Lord of the Mysteries: Yao Guang

"Such a weird collection should not be something that Captain Aaron can collect." Esther was a little puzzled.

Alexander smiled gently, with polite distance:
"It was brought by Aaron's mentor. The long voyage on the sea can counteract the negative effect of this object's desire to return to the altar and obtain sacrifices. Surrounded by a large amount of sea water, it almost lost its 'alive' characteristics.

"Because of Aaron's good luck and the necklace from the Fourth Epoch, we can ensure that the bone sword is disposed of in time before it gets out of control. So if you choose that necklace, we must first seek the help of Aaron's mentor and seal it in other ways."

Esther pointed to the shorter end of the bone sword: "What if I choose it?"

Alexander was also taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Esther to be so bold:

"That's a good thing for us, but its negative effects are very vicious, you'd better think carefully. It will try to integrate into the skeleton of the person it contacts, and transform it into a container suitable for its own actions. The strange-shaped skeletons that the locals hang beside the altar are all the 'hosts' that have been distorted by it over the years.

"When it's 'alive', its consciousness is quite close to that of an 'evil spirit'. It is extremely thirsty for the souls of living things, and it can easily assimilate the holder into a feathered, cruel and crazy monster. Because no living things are in contact with it now, it doesn't have any 'believers', so it has no way to exert any power.

"This item seems to have a response to something in the spirit world. Those who hold it will be eager to go to the spirit world and go to the place it points to, but we don't know exactly where it is. It has a high personality, and ordinary sealing methods will be eroded and destroyed by it soon. You... I don't know how effective your method is."

Esther closed her eyes and felt silently for a few seconds. The "spiritual intuition" in her mind gave a very gentle feedback, so she asked Alexander again: "Can I try?"

"I've already told you about its negative effects. If you are confident in yourself, please allow me to make some preparations." Alexander put on white gloves while speaking, and opened the cabinet that sealed the gemstone necklace.

Esther vaguely discerned a faintly sweet fragrance, but she suppressed her inner doubts and watched as Alexander held the necklace that could open the passage to the spirit world in his hand.

Alexander nodded at her, ready to put on the necklace and activate the magical items at any time. He didn't need to do anything to Esther, he just needed to open a passage to the spirit world.

Because of the urgent instinct to guide the "host" into the spirit world, once something abnormal happens to Esther, this bone sword will give priority to controlling her to go to the spirit world.

In this way, Alexander's actions are not considered "malicious harm", and can even be said to be "respect for Esther's wishes", because she wanted to go in by herself-he just opened a passage to the spiritual world.

Esther could also figure out the key point. She smiled and said to Alexander: "Please keep the next thing a secret for me, Mr. Alexander."

When Alexander heard this, he rushed to the door in two or three steps, fully alert.

The next moment, he watched in shock as light spots floated from Esther's hair. As those light spots left, part of her pale blond hair turned into silvery white. Those light spots floated around her freely, as if they were dancing around an altar.

Esther's hands covered the shorter section of the bone sword, which was hard and cold to the touch, as if she was holding a piece of cold ice pick, and she slowly took the bone sword off the wall.

Mutation mutation.

The end held by Esther suddenly erected a few spikes, piercing her palms, Esther lowered the tip of the sword, and the blood flowing from her hand fell quickly, leaving bright red marks along the bones.

Thin down feathers began to grow around Esther's palm, but when they were just formed, they began to shrink, and soon turned into shriveled filaments, re-melted into Esther's skin, and then tried to grow again, repeating this process.

Esther tilted her head to make sure Alexander couldn't see her eyes.There was a faint light in her eyes, and all the light spots rushed down, following the trace left by Esther's blood, into the pure white bone sword.

A strange buzz sounded, and Esther caught the voice in her hand. Apart from the overflowing jealousy, hatred and unwillingness, this bone sword with the consciousness of "alive" even begged her to let go.

But Esther couldn't let go. Her hands had already been pierced by those spikes. It was the bone sword's instinctive desire. It was so greedy that it tried to draw strength from her, but it couldn't bear the consequences at all.

A few drops of blood fell on the ground, instantly melted into the "Clover" and disappeared.

Ten seconds later, the stalemate ended.

The bone spurs in Esther's hands slowly retracted, and the blade surrounded by light at the lower end also quickly retracted. Its volume became smaller and smaller until it completely merged into Esther's hands, and just like that, it melted into her bones.

Where Esther's hand was pierced through, white bone splinters grew out to cover the bloody mouth, and she could feel the skin inside was healing rapidly.

"Although it wasn't intentional..." Esther breathed a sigh of relief and smiled helplessly at Alexander, "but I can only ask you to pay for this magical item in advance."

Alexander wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, feeling exhausted due to the excessive tension during this period: "You are really...casual, I don't know if it is courageous or what."

What Alexander didn't say was that Esther's arbitrary behavior easily reminded him of Aaron's usual behavior. Although it seemed ridiculous, it often had unexpectedly good results.

If it wasn't for luck, such a strange girl would have died long ago...

luck?

Alexander suddenly suppressed the thoughts in his heart, and an inexplicable chill appeared behind him, which made him stop the habitual thinking brought about by his probing heart.

"You might want to give it a name, after all it's yours now."

Esther moved her hands: "Let's call it 'Pale Bone Nail'."

Alexander cleared his throat: "But the bone sword has directly integrated into your body, won't it affect you?"

Esther touched the bone fragments growing on the back of her hand and palm. After the wound healed, it was slowly sticking into her skin, leaving thin lines of silver rivers and feathers intertwined, which made Esther's hands look like a layer of painted patterns.

Esther rubbed the marks on the back of her hand, but there was no way to hide it: "It seems that this is the only way to do it. If it doesn't work, you have to wear gloves. Don't worry, it won't do me much harm."

Especially now that it has been annihilated by those rays of light, and the remaining thoughts have completely dissipated, but why is it directly integrated into my body?Esther was very puzzled.

Esther flicked her wrist subconsciously, and looked at Alexander: "I'm fine, let's go to solve the 'pollution' from Captain Aaron's side. I've already been paid, so I'm sorry if I don't do something."

Alexander hesitated to speak and looked at Esther for two seconds, then slowly put the necklace on his right hand back into the cabinet.He reached into his bosom with his empty left hand as if he was holding something, his eyes under the thick lenses were clouded for two seconds, and soon became clear again.

The other party has no malicious intentions, has not been negatively affected, and everything is normal.

There was a clear spiritual feedback from the sealed item in Alexander's possession, so he nodded to Esther and closed the cabinet containing the necklace again: "Then let's go to the captain's room."

She is not abnormal, it is the most abnormal place.

Alexander suddenly had some doubts. Did Aaron allow the young lady to board the ship, did he attract a powerful enemy that was difficult to fight for the "Clover"?
Aaron's "good luck" that has never failed, will it really not make them unlucky this time?
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"It's better to believe in your luck than to believe in a snake! The archipelago may be more believable!"

In the captain's room, Thomas yelled at Aaron angrily.

Mary was leaning against the door, and when she heard Thomas' words, she said coldly, "Or you might just trust that Miss Thief, she sounds like a Loenian."

"That's why I hate Loen people the most!" Thomas wrinkled his nose, and tapped the long table again.

Aaron, who was sitting behind the table, rubbed the center of his brows vigorously. Ever since he met that "Hamel" today, he was always excited that he couldn't calm down and think: "Be quiet, you two, stop arguing. This is my way, and this is already a part of my life."

"If she really brought about the mutation of the 'Clover', what would you do if she wanted to seize the ship?"

Aaron was silent for two seconds, and forced a smile: "I will tell my teacher everything that happened. Other than that, I have nothing to worry about. My spiritual intuition has always told me that Hamel is trustworthy."

Mary opened her mouth but didn't say anything. Her pupils shrank suddenly, and she realized that she was paying attention to Hamel subconsciously wanting to defend her.Mary gritted her teeth and closed her mouth tightly, swallowing back what she just wanted to agree with the captain.

Thomas walked back and forth in the captain's cabin twice: "This is not normal, you should know it? Mary too! You are just strangers who have only met a few times. We are being influenced by her. This may also be some kind of extraordinary ability of hers."

"If even Alexander and I are secretly affected by this ability, how can we control her? What if she is a high-sequence Extraordinary?" Aaron spread his hands quite indifferently, "As long as she shows the form of a mythical creature, no one on this ship can survive."

Thomas opened his mouth, but nothing came out.He couldn't find anything to refute, and there really was nothing better for Aaron than to ask his teachers for help.

"Are you going to write to that one now?"

"No, I think..."

Before Aaron finished speaking, he suddenly covered his head.

Ever since he learned the "acting method" and was steadily promoted to the middle sequence, the hallucinations that he could control freely suddenly became extremely strong.

A large number of mixed color blocks and images flooded into his mind, dizzy and frantic, making his sanity shaky.

"Captain!" "Aaron!"

Mary and Thomas exclaimed at the same time.

"Don't come here!" Aaron lay on the edge of the table, his body shaking violently.

Until a gentle light rose from the ground of the "Clover", gently enveloping Aaron's body, and washed away the images that made him want to go crazy.

Aaron heard some unreal, soft calling.

He opened his eyes again, the layer of light suddenly shattered, and Aaron lay on the ground in embarrassment and retched, but because of his order just now, Mary and Thomas still didn't come over.

"I know, I know! It's light, that's light! On the day when the great smog occurred in Backlund, I had such a dream!"

Aaron looked up, and the frantic look on his face made Thomas even more worried.

"I will write to the teacher now, and I must let the teacher meet us in Port Behrens!"