Lord of the Mysteries: Yao Guang

"It's okay, Klein. I've made up my mind."

Esther noticed Klein's hesitation and immediately gave him a brilliant smile: "I should have known that He would not let me go easily - if I can gain something from this, it will be a good result for me."

As if to deliberately attack Klein, Amon added a sentence on behalf of Esther: "But I want to kindly remind you that this is only because helping you is beneficial to 'Him' and is destiny's expectation."

Amon continued to speak under Esther's accusatory gaze: "You don't want to become a sinner who brings disaster to the world because of your momentary weakness after being deceived, right?"

Klein was stunned for a moment by Amon's exaggerated statement. He couldn't help but frown, but he didn't rush to refute it.

According to Klein's usual habit, he should have used divination to verify this statement, but in front of Amon and Esther, Klein realized that such divination was not reliable.

If only it were in the gray fog palace...

Klein dared to sleep and recover his energy, but he didn't dare to go directly into the gray fog. This was based on his consideration that Amon would parasitize him. He highly suspected that Amon would find a way to deeply parasitize him and catch up.

Klein took a deep breath, and the Joker's ability naturally helped him adjust his facial expression. His smile was filled with alienated indifference: "Whether it's a bet or a game, what exactly do you want to do?"

Amon held up his monocle seriously and said in a gentle voice, "It's very simple. I will give you three days. The original journey will continue, and you just need to find a way to escape from the journey I planned."

"That's it?" Esther was incredulous about this rule. "Just seventy-two hours, then I can--"

Amon immediately shook his head: "No, you can't just 'steal' the distance and take your little friend away. But I am more tolerant, so I will give you two options to decide when this game ends.

"First, you find the surprise I prepared at 'Journey's End' in advance. Second, one of you two can successfully escape my sight for 24 hours... I think this time should be long enough.

"You don't have to suspect that there is any language trap here. Just like what I said, as long as anyone escapes my sight, no matter where they hide, then in the end..."

Amon smiled at Esther, his dark eyes deep and bottomless: "He can leave, and I will give you the same reward."

"what?"

But after Esther's curiosity was aroused, Amon kept it a secret: "That was originally an extra gift - so I will keep it a secret."

Esther snorted dully and met Klein's gaze. When he shook his head slightly, Esther took two steps forward firmly and patted his shoulder: "It's okay, don't worry, there will definitely be a solution!"

Klein choked at such blind optimism, and then he followed Esther's words and smiled, "Since you said so..."

Then Klein looked at Amon: "How can we ensure that you will follow the rules of this 'game'?"

"He won't follow it." Esther had thought about this issue long ago. With her understanding of Amon, she could confidently criticize this "fellow traveler". "If I'm right, 'cheating' will also be one of the parts of this bet."

"Yes, this is more interesting. Even if I make any promises, they will not be credible to you." Amon shook his head with a sigh, "You can discuss it casually, and you can also try any way to escape..."

Klein's brows furrowed as he listened to Amon's suggestion: "Will you also use 'parasitism' to find us?"

Amon waved his hand very casually: "I don't need it. When your opponent thinks you will use a trick, not taking action can also be a good trap."

It was hard to tell whether it was true or not. Esther thought about it for a moment in confusion, then turned her inquiring gaze to Klein. As a result, she saw the same worry on his face as hers. Both of them were thinking about referring to each other's opinions.

Klein and Esther nodded to each other in silence, and then spoke together:

"can!"

"No."

Esther tilted her head in surprise: "Why not? You obviously escaped--"

"I don't know, but I have a very uncomfortable feeling." Klein couldn't tell where his spiritual intuition was to determine the danger, but he felt it necessary to point this out to Esther, who looked very anxious.

Esther was silent for a few seconds. "Klein, listen, I will be fine. He will not do anything to me... If Amon wanted to hurt me, he could have done it long ago."

Amon seemed to be happy to see the disagreement between the two, and even added fuel to the fire when he interrupted: "That's because I am concerned about the chain reaction that will follow. In particular, 'my brother' may be angry."

This time, Esther heard the subtle tone in Amon's voice: "Does this have anything to do with Him?"

Amon's voice immediately turned cold: "You should know better than me."

Knowing that if she continued asking, she would easily run into Amon's inexplicable anger, Esther immediately turned to Klein: "You must seize this opportunity, understand? You must leave here. This place is too dangerous for you - what Amon wants."

Klein was silent for a moment. He seemed to be hesitating about something. It was not until Esther warned him seriously that Klein made up his mind: "No, I can't just leave like this."

Esther looked a little panicked. She took a step back and distanced herself from Klein again. “Why? Isn’t this the most important thing right now?”

“Esther, I was wondering why you were so anxious to let me leave.” Klein chose his words carefully, not wanting to hurt Esther’s good intentions in helping him. “If you believe in my spiritual intuition, think about it more... You may have been affected by something special.”

"No, I just—"

Esther gritted her teeth and held back the breath that was about to come to her defense. The lark in her arms made a low cry, which made Esther feel that the momentum pushing her had calmed down a little.

"Okay, you're right, I was a little anxious."

Amon waited until the two of them were silent for a while before he spoke slowly, "So, you plan to choose the first rule?"

Esther nodded heavily: "Yes and no, you didn't say the second one is not allowed..."

This time she didn't look at Klein again: "He chooses the first option, and I choose the second option. Is that not okay?"

Klein didn't say anything else, his expression was calm.

Arrodes seemed to have retained the nickname of "all-knowing". Just as the mirror said, she seemed to have made a different choice from him.

Amon smiled and pinched the lens: "Of course."