Lord of the Mysteries: Yao Guang

The next morning, at nine o'clock, Esther boarded the passenger ship returning to Bayam from Simim Island.

A few hours later, the ship entered the port of Bayam, and all the dark clouds in the sky had dissipated. Such a sunny and fine weather set off the furious torrential rain of the previous few days as a kind of joke.

There is also an airship patrolling in the sky, and the atmosphere in Bayam seems to be quite tense.

Esther was standing on the side of the ship, and she could see several Loen soldiers in red uniforms by the pier at a glance. They were staring at all the ships entering the port with piercing eyes, checking suspicious persons from time to time.

Esther was a little thankful that she didn't take any disguise on her appearance this morning because of her laziness. If she was censored, it would be the same as the fake identity certificate of "Hamel Brook". In this crowded Bayam , is a rather inconspicuous tourist.

After all, Esther was not on the reward list and was not wanted.

But some people are not so happy.

As Esther stepped off the gangplank onto the solid pier, a man dressed as a soldier happened to stop a lady.

Although her face was powdered to make her complexion look a little darker, and she wore a black wig on her head, but Esther recognized the girl's true identity at a glance - she had a relationship with Esther yesterday "Brilliant Pearl" Mary.

With a thought, Esther walked to her side with a smile, superimposing a little illusion interference on the girl's face at close range.

Esther greeted her warmly on the surface: "Hi Anna, long time no see, I didn't realize that you were also on the boat."

Fortunately, Mary didn't have any protective power, and Esther's little trick didn't fail.

Immediately afterwards, before the soldier on the opposite side could speak, Esther looked at him in surprise and covered her mouth with her hand: "I'm sorry, sir, did Anna do something wrong? She is reckless and didn't let you Not fast?"

The Loen soldier on the opposite side clearly recognized Esther's Loen language with a Backlund accent, which was much milder than the tough attitude just now: "It's just a routine interrogation, ma'am, your friend..."

The moment Esther put down her hand, she suddenly held back her hand, stealing the idea of ​​the ordinary soldier, because she deliberately turned her body away from the angle of the other soldiers, and no one noticed such a small movement.

Mary saw it, of course, and glanced at Esther in surprise, but said nothing.

Esther smiled and grabbed Mary's arm: "I hope there will be no suspicious people appearing. It's really disturbing to come to Bayam for vacation. Let's go first, sir. I wish you a happy day."

It took several seconds for the soldier to come to his senses and nodded subconsciously, thinking that the girl was here to strike up a conversation and ask about the situation.The trance in his head prevented him from taking further action, and let the harmless-looking blond girl and her friend go.

As soon as the soldiers were out of sight, Esther immediately let go of Mary's arm and looked at her funny: "You seem to be unlucky, ma'am."

Mary gave Esther an angry look: "Who would have thought that Bayam would suddenly become like this? What are those running dogs of the Augustus family going crazy!"

"You should keep your voice down, I don't care if you are targeted again, the people from the Church of Storms are over there, it feels like there are Extraordinary people..." Esther pointed to a few figures walking past the corner of the street.

Mary shut up immediately, but she was still annoyed.

The two walked like this for a few minutes, and Esther had to turn to her suspiciously: "Why are you still following me? Don't you have anywhere to go?"

"Ah, didn't you take me as a hostage?"

Esther looked at her with disgust: "Your head is much more valuable than a hostage, miss. Can I trouble you to find a place to cool off by yourself?"

Mary suddenly realized: "You are indeed a supporter of Emperor Roselle, right? Why do you always say his famous words?"

"If you don't leave again, I will really exchange you for a bounty." Esther raised her right hand, and suddenly stretched out and closed in the air. This action made Mary subconsciously take two steps back, but found that nothing happened .

Esther was very satisfied with Mary's reaction, and walked away with her hands behind her back and a smile.

However, what she didn't expect was that Mary mustered up the courage to catch up, but before Esther could speak again, Mary threw something very small over her.

Esther quickly caught the thing, then spread her palm, and found a bead lying in her palm, and her urge to leave was suppressed, but a little good feeling suddenly emerged, and she really wanted to hear what Mary had to say What.

Such a sudden change made Esther's expression gradually turn cold: "So what do you want to say? Better hurry up, I'm not interested in talking nonsense to you."

Mary also realized that the extraordinary ability she exerted was detected by the other party, but she continued cheekily: "I, I want to ask about your method, is it..."

"No comment." Esther replied indifferently.

"That's right! Our captain has a very important item that is contaminated, so we have always wanted to entrust the ability users of the 'thief' path to help."

Noticing Esther's unfriendly eyes, Mary quickly said again: "You don't need to board the ship! I will contact them as long as you promise to come down, and I can even ask the captain to send someone to deliver the things. Our ship stops at Bai It won’t take much time to go to the small island tens of kilometers away from Yam.”

It was the first time Esther heard such a solution: "You mean to let me steal the 'pollution' on that item?"

"Yes, precisely because you can steal ideas, I think your sequence should be able to..."

Esther didn't speak, and after hesitating for a moment, she asked the most important thing: "What about the reward?"

Mary laughed, and she was very confident: "You can choose any item from our captain's collection as a reward, and we will also give you an additional five hundred gold louis, or you can directly choose a reward of three thousand gold louis."

"Intis currency?" Esther calculated in her mind. A gold louis is a gold coin worth twenty fils. Twenty-four fils of gold can be exchanged for one gold pound. According to Mary, it is just over four hundred gold coins. pounds plus something or two thousand five hundred gold pounds.

How could this not move her heart!

"Yes, they are all real Kim Russell!"

You seem to have misunderstood me a lot, miss, I'm not a fan of Roselle!Esther didn't understand what Mary had added on purpose.

But she asked again: "Will this matter itself be risky?"

"We have the corresponding means to store pollution, and of course we won't transfer this kind of harm to our collaborators." Mary grinned, which made the overly elegant temperament on her face a lot weaker.

Esther looked at her carefully for two seconds: "You really don't look like a pirate."

"I don't have a choice, this is life. So you accept it?"

"Yes, but how should I contact you? I don't want to leave my place of accommodation to you, because I still have friends, and there is no need for them to bear the corresponding risks of this matter."

When Esther said this, she was also deliberately reminding Mary that she was not alone, and if she was in trouble, there would be other helpers.

Of course, Mary also heard the voice of Esther's words. She was afraid that the girl would regret it, so she quickly gave her contact information: "At the cafe at No. [-] Trianavoe Street, just say you want to buy pearl juice when you get there. Remember to bring Show the boss the bead on your hand. I'll go back and contact the captain now. I'll usually be there in the morning."

"Speaking of which, I'm a little curious."

Mary froze for a moment: "What?"

Esther's eyes fell on the white fingerless glove on Mary's right hand: "Are you carrying something from the 'Hunter' route?"

"Hey, how did you know?" Mary was very surprised. Her glove was indeed a magical item from the corresponding path. Could it be that the other party was wearing some kind of prop with identification or detection functions?

"Intuition, probably." Esther gestured a "please" gesture very gentlemanly, "It's still the same, please go first."

"Um... well."

Watching Mary's back as she turned the corner, Esther continued walking in the direction of Lime Street.

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A few minutes later, the "Blue Wind" hotel.

Esther dared to walk on the avenue so naturally and comfortably, some people would not dare.

When she stepped into the room, Esther saw Danitz with a depressed face. He was paralyzed on the easy chair and almost slipped to the ground.

"You look troubled?"

"It's you, how was your trip to Simim Island? You're bored to death." Danitz said with a sad expression.

Esther shrugged: "I just went to complete a commission, not to go sightseeing. What do you seem to be worried about?"

Danitz just asked casually, without expecting any answer: "Do you have any good ways to improve your strength as soon as possible?"

"Swallow extraordinary characteristics?"

Danis sat up from the chair, with a huge question mark written all over his face: "This kind of joke is unnecessary."

Esther was very serious, with sincere eyes: "Give someone else's Extraordinary characteristics."

"...you're kidding, right?"

"I was serious."

That obviously sounds like a downright crazy statement - Swallow Extraordinary characteristics alive?In this case, you have to be crazy if you don't die!

But Esther's eyes were too serious, causing an inexplicable chill to suddenly appear from behind Danitz.

After tens of seconds of silence, Danitz lazily sat back in his chair, deciding to put this matter behind him, never wanting to recall such a theory that sounds like it would make people feel mentally unstable.

Esther put the suitcase back into the house, went back to the living room and sat on the armchair next to Danis, and also leaned lazily on it: "Why don't people believe me when I tell the truth?"

"Anyway, I'm going back to the 'Golden Dream' soon, so you should tell Gehrman these crazy things."

"Are you leaving? Leave your bounty behind." Esther replied with a smile.

Danitz's expression obviously froze for a moment.

Esther knew his reaction without even looking: "Look, this is a joke. Congratulations, I finally bid farewell to the hostage life."

"Hum..."

Hearing Danitz's smug sneer, Esther knocked on the table again and asked him:

"Then did you tell Gehrman about this?"

Danitz didn't speak again.