Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

Luo Yao continued her patrol mission, and Esther followed behind her, her eyes constantly falling on the tombstones. She couldn't control herself, always wanting to know more about the souls sleeping here.

Most of the epitaphs contain very serious content, but some also contain cheerful witticisms. For example, on the tombstone of a sixty-year-old man, there is a sentence "Good night and sweet dreams, I finally bid farewell to insomnia", and A slate with a bow engraved on it said "The most fashionable bow must belong to Annabelle", followed by the shape of a heart.

Underneath a finely carved wine bottle is engraved the alcohol lover's epitaph: "One more bottle, the skull will fill the cup!"

Esther even saw a joke: "Dear Derek will never be bothered by his baldness again!"

Even if their lives have passed away, a pit or a stone is not enough to explain so many trajectories of their lives, but it reflects one side of their lives, including the side they most want to leave to the people they know. What makes people cry can be hilarious.

However, most of the tombstones are square, like ID photos growing out of the soil, with the birth date and name of the deceased spread out. The words narrated below come from the deepest remembrance of their relatives and friends.

It's often heartbreaking.

Esther sighed, and when she walked through a bush, she didn't notice the rustling in it, or the things flying under her feet, until she stepped on something, and the long creature turned and bit her calf. . Such a sudden attack made Esther scream. She subconsciously grabbed the thing's neck with her backhand and threw it to the hard ground with all her strength.

"Esther!?" Luo Yao, who was walking a few steps ahead, immediately turned around and saw the lifeless snake lying in the middle of the ground. "Why are there snakes in this place?"

"I don't know, did you run in here randomly? It's scary." Esther opened her trouser legs, but she didn't see any teeth marks, only two deep red marks.

"This kind of snake seems to be very rare. I have never seen it in Tingen." Luo Yao turned the snake over with the toe of his shoe, looked at its pattern, and said doubtfully.

Esther stared at the coiled and swollen tail of the snake for a few seconds, then picked up the lifeless red-ringed snake from the ground: "At least I caught it. Take it back and check it out, say Maybe it will be of some use."

Luo Yao didn't take it seriously. Just wish Esther was safe: "That's right, it's your trophy."

Two hours later, Esther took the snake into the weapons depot of the Blackthorn Security Company and showed it to Old Neil, who was also on duty here today.

After examining the fangs and tail of the dead snake, the old professional's eyes lit up: "This seems to be a Badhar rattlesnake! Where did you get it?"

Esther laughed dryly and said bluntly: "I picked it up."

"Picked it up? This extraordinary creature is not a weed that can be picked up casually on the ground! Its blood and snake scales are worth a lot of money as extraordinary materials. This is so rare..."

Esther's heart moved: "Is this called the Badhar Rattlesnake?"

"Yes, the circular patterns on the snake's tail and body are its easily noticeable features, but look at the long teeth here. They don't have sharp edges, but emit some silvery light." Old Neil opened the snake's mouth and let Ai Sette saw it more clearly, "This is the light it uses to hypnotize its prey. This snake itself has no venom, but it will lure other animals to approach and then strangle it quickly. Where did you catch it?"

"I went to patrol the cemetery with Ms. Luo Yao today, and then it suddenly rushed out and I stepped on it..."

Old Neil stared at Esther with an indescribable look: "Your luck is so good, little one."

Esther looked helplessly at the long snake on the table: "But I don't know how to handle it, and it's of no use to me. Can Mr. Neil help me?"

"Oh? Don't you plan to find someone to sell this snake yourself?"

Esther quickly said: "Actually, I just want to keep those pair of fangs as a souvenir. If you can do this for me, I can give you everything else."

"You are really good at picking. The most valuable thing is this pair of fangs, at least fifty gold medals." Old Neil hesitated for a moment, patted the smooth and beautiful snake body, and nodded, "Okay, I can find someone to help. The materials for processing this snake, after deducting the labor cost, I will give you the fangs, and I will give you 50% of the other materials, so I won’t take advantage of this.”

"Is that okay? Thank you very much!"

Old Neil waved his hands with a smile: "I just went through a channel, and in the end I earned it. This is your gain after all."

"No, no, it helps a lot to have someone help me deal with it." Esther said with a smile, but she was quite excited.

This is one of the main ingredients of the "monster" formula, and half of Admissor's potion has been found!

——

"Special application?" The next day, when Esther happily wanted to share this lucky harvest with Klein, she saw him typing up report documents in the office of the civilian staff. Klein also shared his own with Esther. good news.

"Yes, I'm going to apply for promotion to the Holy Church, to the eighth rank."

Esther was sincerely happy for my fellow villager: "This is amazing! You have only been a member of the Nighthawks for a long time, and you have already been promoted! You have been here for less than two months, but I watched you become an Extraordinary. I didn’t expect you to be upgraded so soon!”

"Actually, it will be two months next week." Klein blinked and said innocently.

"What two months?" Leonard also walked into the clerical staff's office. He was buttoning up his loose shirt. When he noticed that Esther was behind him, he lazily unbuttoned his shirt faster. few.

Klein shook the newly typed report in his hand: "I want to apply for promotion to Sequence Eight."

Leonard coughed violently, his voice hoarse, which made Esther worried, and she patted him hard on the back. Perhaps it was because Esther's patting was too painful. Leonard quickly calmed down and moved to a place beyond Esther's arm range: "Have you finished digesting the potion now?"

Esther glanced at Leonard in confusion: "Digestion?"

Klein raised his eyebrows and took over the words: "Yes."

Klein walked up to Leonard, lowered his voice, and added with a smile: "I remember someone once told me that there are always some special people in this world who can accomplish things that others cannot.

Take me for example.

For example, you. "

Esther's face gradually twisted together. She rubbed the goosebumps on her arms and walked out quickly. She felt a headache for the fellow countryman's sudden behavior: "It's none of my business, it's none of my business..."

She walked to the front desk and found Janet and Jon chatting with Roxanne, so she simply joined the conversation.

At the same time, at Leonard's instigation, Klein was dragged into the Nighthawks Lounge and shared with the rest of Tingen's Nighthawks team the shortcut to digesting potions through the "acting method."

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The next day, Old Neil handed Esther the fangs of the Badhar rattlesnake and gave her eight gold pounds and five soles for the materials, which surprised Esther. Old Neil just smiled and waved his hands, saying that he got more things.

A few days later, due to reports of several suspected hauntings in the town of Morse, Klein, Leonard and Cornley once again traveled with the sealed artifact "3-0782". Because Dunn himself had no plans to accompany him, he He did not let Esther participate in the mission of the three-person team. Dunn was really worried that Esther would leave too far away with the sealed artifact.

Esther was a little disappointed, but Dunn had already made a decision. After telling Klein that they should pay attention to safety, she stayed at the weapons depot and helped Old Neil organize and revise some documents in ancient languages.

"Esther."

"What's the matter, Mr. Neal?"

Esther looked up from an Elvish translation. More than half of the interpretations in it were close to nonsense, which gave her a headache to revise.

Old Neil was holding a tin bottle instead of the coffee cup he usually held. His dark red eyes were cloudier than usual, and it seemed that gloom had taken root inside, making his old face even more miserable. Although he called Esther, he didn't speak anymore. He just looked at Esther quietly, his eyes staring into the void, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Mr. Neil?" Esther called again.

"Ah, yes... I'm sorry, I was too absorbed in thinking about things just now. Thinking about it carefully, I really can't involve others, haha." Old Neil smiled very gently, but somehow, Esther felt it from inside. sad.

Esther put down the translation, moved a chair to sit at the desk, and looked at old Neil's expression worriedly: "Mr. Neil, what happened? Is there anything I can do to help?"

"Well, maybe, maybe not." Old Neil winked slyly, "To be honest, I have always been afraid of you, Esther."

"Afraid?" Esther scratched her head, "It's normal for you to think so. I know that your channel has the ability of spiritual vision, and you may see abnormalities in me. Klein secretly told me that the state of my body Very strange."

"Hahaha, Klein is also a very good young man, so that's good, I have a successor." Old Neil smiled happily and patted Esther on the shoulder, "But you will never hurt Tingen Nighthawks, aren’t they?”

Esther immediately made a serious face: "Of course not! I want to protect everyone!"

Old Neil's half-smiling look made Esther even more uneasy. She leaned over and said, "Mr. Neil, if something happens, you must ask everyone for help, okay?"

But Old Neil shook his head: "I can't help much, forget it, it's just because I am old and unable to do what I want..."

"Mr. Neil——"

Old Neil raised a hand and signaled Esther not to worry anymore: "Don't worry, it won't cause trouble to everyone. Okay, okay, help me read the document, I'm still waiting for you The proofreading is finished. You don’t know, those simple novices start to translate randomly after mastering a few words. There are such semi-finished products circulating in the market, which is really a headache..."

Hearing this, Esther knew that she couldn't find anything out, so she had no choice but to continue reading the documents. She stayed with Old Neil in the weapons depot until Old Neil and Fry left the Blackthorn Security Company after changing shifts.

After the two of them handed over work, Esther helped Old Neil, who had left in a hurry after asking for leave from Dunn, pack up the things and desktops in the room. Old Neil left too hastily today, and even the various documents that he usually collected were gone. Forgot to organize it.

In the middle of a Hermetic brochure on the study of life alchemical magic, Esther found the peace knot bookmark she gave to Old Neil.

However, this peace knot has been broken into pieces, and it seems to have been caught here and abandoned for a long time.