Lord of the Mysteries: Yao Guang

Chapter 635 Me and Me

"Don't even think about asking 'her' for help, because even she herself doesn't understand why this happened - her appearance was an accident."

Merlin Hermes turned his cane, and twinkling starlight emerged from the end of the cane, drawing a twisted silver-white circle. His sight passed through the ribbon-like halo and fell on Esther.

When Merlin talked about Esther, his tone was still polite, but it made people feel much more distant. It was far less friendly and kind than when he talked to Klein: "Fate is indeed wonderful. Even at this point in time, it is still trying to maintain the integrity of this world..."

Esther felt a growing chill, but her mood calmed down, and she was finally able to speak without a tremor: "You can't be here, obviously-"

"Why?" Merlin's cane paused again, making a crisp but trembling knocking sound, and the flipping shadow was torn apart immediately. The oppressive feeling from the deeper memory made Esther close her mouth subconsciously.

The speaker's voice suddenly became stern: "Just because I don't belong to 'your new world', don't belong here, should I just accept my fate and disappear, die, and be replaced by an illusion that follows the development of fate?"

Merlin shook his head pretentiously, the colorful feathers on his hat fluttering ostentatiously: "It's a pity that you forgot the literal meaning of 'eternal life'. This is simply a gift you gave me with your own hands."

But when he turned his gaze to Klein, Merlin's expression softened again: "After all, I can't accept such a fate, so I really want to ask, what do you think?"

At an inappropriate time, Klein suddenly wanted to tell a joke - he felt that he should not be here. He could be anywhere else, or still be forced by Amon to continue playing puzzle games. It would be more comfortable than listening to this guy's sarcastic speech.

He didn't understand why this stranger who called himself "Merlin Hermes" suddenly appeared and said a lot of incomprehensible words, which made everything look more like some kind of prank by Amon. Even though his spiritual intuition didn't give any biased warnings and the other party's words were quite pertinent, Klein didn't believe a word of it.

"I won't comment on something I don't fully understand. This is also a form of respect... At least I need one of you two," Klein glanced at Esther beside him, "who can explain it to me."

"Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun."

The moment Esther opened her mouth, Merlin tilted his head slightly and made a sound that overlapped with hers, only it sounded more pleasant.

Two people, same answer.

However, after seeing Klein's unchanged expression, Merlin revealed a hint of disappointment: "You seemed to have expected such an answer?"

"Because Esther is seldom afraid of anything, I suppose."

Merlin smiled again, and there was something in his smile that was quite similar to Amon's: "Then I think there is one more thing I should tell you about this 'key person'. That is already an even older name."

Klein had a look of confusion on his face. He had given up on using the Joker's abilities to hide anything. "So you have a new name?"

"Do you want to guess again?"

Merlin tilted his head and looked at Klein Moretti with complicated eyes, as if he was admiring an old photo that had been forgotten for a long time, with nostalgia, longing, and the anticipation of arriving at the destination in his memory again.

Klein's spiritual intuition suddenly recovered from the suppressed calmness, and he felt an overly strong sense of oppression, even though he had no way of telling what the other party had done - or perhaps the man who called himself Merlin had done nothing, but had slightly restrained his presence, allowing Klein's spirituality to return to its place and recognize the other party's essence.

Even if the original intention of this behavior was to deter Klein and make him retreat and avoid it.

But Klein took a deep breath and glanced at Esther, who was sweating profusely at her temples. He forced a smile at her as she turned her head to the side. “I have to say, ‘Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun’ is definitely not Amon. Even when facing Adam’s brother, I didn’t think the situation was so bad.”

Esther was stunned by this sentence: "You——"

Why did Klein suddenly mention Amon, not to mention Adam's name?

The dusk emitted a faint light, casting shadows under the feet of the two people.

Two black shadows instantly extended upwards, and in the blink of an eye, they were about to engulf the surprised Klein and Esther.

However, Merlin simply spun his staff once more, and with a sharp knock, sparks of stardust exploded from behind the two men, tearing apart and dispersing the rising shadows, causing them to fall back to their feet.

"Is this the help you seek?"

Although there was no particular change in Merlin's tone, this sentence still sounded a bit gloating and sarcastic.

Klein leaned slightly towards Esther and said, “Not really. There’s no harm in trying.”

Before he could give any further hints, Esther had already grabbed Klein's arm and led him back. Almost like Klein, her spirituality and Beyonder characteristics had just reconnected with each other. Before retreating, she was trying to steal space, but there was no feedback.

So Esther took a more risky approach. She tried to steal some power from Merlin Hermes, such as the ability to forcibly open the door between the spirit world and reality.

And good luck, as always, blesses her.

Esther succeeded.

However, the development of things once again deviated from her expectations.

The door with floating starlight was indeed open behind Esther and Klein, but the hazy and thin gray fog covered it like a film, blocking the escape route and mocking her for overestimating her own capabilities.

Outside the gray fog, Esther faintly saw her own smiling reflection flash by - just like the figure she had seen before, at the edge of the East Continent, deep in the gray barrier, another "Li Xing" in gorgeous and melodious clothes.

"It was you...even back then?"

Esther turned her head stiffly and continued to drag Klein slowly back to the edge, approaching the stairs outside the platform.

She suddenly realized why she didn't think about it carefully when she saw the reflection, and was completely led by the other party's topic.

What really attracted her was another existence watching her in the gray fog.

"Why can't it be you?" Merlin actually had a bit of regret on his face. "After all, your current situation is abnormal..."

Esther choked for two seconds, then looked at Klein who was frowning beside her: "To be honest, I don't have any other choice."

Klein seemed to have just come to his senses. At such a critical moment, he was also trying to search his mind for a way to turn the situation around, because the pressure the other party brought to his spiritual intuition was too dangerous, far more than Amon - thinking of this, Klein's brows suddenly relaxed.

So, did I overlook something? It's impossible that the annoying guy didn't leave behind a clone, just hiding in a place that Esther and I overlooked, and this "puzzle game" has never been declared over.

At this moment, as if he had heard Klein's thoughts, the back of his head felt a slight pain.

Please...collect 6...9...books...!

After having a tuft of hair pulled out as revenge, Klein realized that his thoughts would also expose Amon who was hiding near the two of them. However, Klein couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. Could it be that the oppressive stranger didn't notice it?

If the other party is really the "Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun", even if Amon is still here, how much impact can he have on the situation?

But in the blink of an eye, Amon, wearing a black pointed hat, was standing on the other side of Klein. His face was uncharacteristically indifferent. After removing all disguised expressions, only his pair of black eyes were left shining with concentration.

Merlin's smile grew even more intense. "It's been a long time since we last met. I didn't expect to see you so...full of life."

Amon pinched his monocle and sighed softly.

After this weirdo appeared, Amon never gave up his difficult "decryption" operation. He tried to steal the sense of suppression from Klein and Esther. Thanks to the two's attempts to escape, this self-proclaimed "God of Heaven" failed to completely restrain himself, allowing Amon to capture some special things.

He is not the Lord of Mysteries, nor is he even a complete "creature". He is more like a sealed object with a strong sense of self - or a vessel descended from God?

"You are not just a Sequence One, nor are you just a 'Secret Server'... You are just a telegram. A more detailed explanation is a 'real-time phone call'."

Klein was quite surprised when he heard this. Did Amon really understand the meaning of this word?

Esther's reaction was even more straightforward: "How is that possible! Whose phone can travel all over the world?"

"Smartphone?" Merlin interrupted, too much to fit the situation, causing the atmosphere to freeze again. "Then I do need some medium to communicate with you in this way."

Esther's tense body relaxed again. She glanced at Klein, but noticed that Amon was looking in her direction.

Before Esther could speak, Amon exposed her thoughts: "What do you want to do now?"

Klein's attention was still on Merlin, but he glanced at Esther anxiously from the corner of his eye: "Think optimistically, if this is true, then perhaps, his medium is limited in time and can't hold on for too long..."

Klein felt that this was too forced. He was not such an optimistic person, but in order to appease Esther, he had tried his best to think of excuses, fearing that she would do something too risky.

Esther was indeed amused by Klein's words. She narrowed her eyes at her familiar friend, but there seemed to be a deeper meaning in that cheerful smile.

"I just want to say - I actually know of an 'emergency exit'."

"Whether it's Esther or Zoya," Merlin shook his head regretfully. He seemed to have a special preference for this action of rejecting others. "You are no longer the goddess of fate. Do you think you can be luckier than me?"

"How can you know the result if you don't throw the dice?"

As Esther raised her right hand, the ancient dagger suddenly appeared in her palm. Almost at the same time, light golden spots of light broke away from her hair and merged into nine circles, intertwining and enveloping her.

Klein's outstretched hand fell into thin air. In the brief isolation of the endless loop structure, he could only hear the soft "I'm sorry."

Amon's "stealing" also failed to capture anything. He silently closed his palms and felt a sense of loss of control over the situation. This made Amon feel the same regret as when he faced Esther.

Merlin Hermes did nothing but watched it all, his eyes filled with indifference, as if he was the only audience member waiting for the show to begin.

Then the dagger changed direction and fell on Esther's forehead, landing on her determined smile.

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