Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

It takes longer to get from Nahuatl Island to Port Behrens. The safe channel on the violent sea has to bypass many dangerous areas. There is no way to move forward in a straight line, unlike the airship that saves time.

Under the guidance of Aaron, Esther conducted a functional divination on the "Pale Bone Nail". Since her dream divination could not obtain information, Aaron had no choice but to borrow the smallest crystal ball for Esther. ster.

Esther obtained quite comprehensive information about the "Pale Bone Nail" from the chaotic scene:

It indeed once belonged to an earlier era, coming from a fallen powerful creature, and contained rich necromantic power. If not controlled by Esther, it can contain and drive extremely powerful spirits, allowing the user to communicate with the spirit world more efficiently without being corroded by any breath of death.

In addition, it has strong penetrating properties and can be attached to the bones of any creature. Weaker ones will be directly contaminated by the breath released by the "Pale Bone Nail" and will die soon. Powerful creatures Its bone hardness is about the same as tofu.

Esther specifically asked Alexander for advice. Unfortunately, Alexander did not know much about this path. Esther could only guess that its extraordinary power belonged to the "Corpse Collector" path, which is a common path for the Nighthawks of the Church of the Night. one.

As the "Clover" returned to its peaceful voyage, another Monday arrived.

Esther found Aaron in the morning and asked him about the "Roselle Notes".

"Yes, but I only have two here. The teacher may have...but what are you collecting these for?" Aaron stopped talking casually and asked Esther's purpose.

But just a few words he revealed were enough for Esther to confirm her previous guess. The "Mysterious Queen" might have a deep entanglement with Emperor Russell, but she didn't know what the relationship was.

Esther looked at Aaron innocently for two seconds before speaking: "Would it be too deliberate to say it's a secret?"

"You still know." Aaron looked at her with blank eyes, "Is it someone you know who is collecting it?"

"You can just lend me a copy, so to speak, and I will return the original to you."

Although she told Aaron that it was a copy, it was just an excuse. Esther only needed to read the original text once, and then she could roughly remember it in her mind, and then she could embody it in the tarot meeting.

Aaron didn't care: "Okay, wait for me to look for it. We can't understand this thing anyway. We can definitely make a few gold pounds with it."

A few minutes later, Esther returned to the cabin with two pages of Russell's diary, closed the door and started reading.

The unfamiliar yet familiar Chinese fonts made her feel friendly, and her eyes gradually widened at the content:

"March 1st, damn it! That silver medal that allowed me to travel through time! I actually saw it again in my dream last night, and it even made a voice to talk to me! The voice seemed to be that of a young person. Girl, I’m really curious about what she looks like.”

"But as soon as I woke up, I couldn't remember it at all. I even forgot what I said to it or her. It was so unlucky! Which time traveler would be so unlucky as to forget his golden finger??"

"On March 2nd, the maid uniforms in this world are much more cumbersome than those I have seen before. It's a pity that there are no beautiful girls to wear them. Alas, even if the world is different, some of the beauty is the same."

"It would be great if my golden finger could stay. The maid Loli is also great, hehe..."

"March 5th, I don't know why, I often encounter bad luck in the past two days. Although it's not to the point of breaking a leg or a foot, it's really damn unlucky. I can suddenly fall on my face when I get off my horse. Annoying. He's dead, and I don't know if he was cursed by someone?

"I heard a few servants say that I can go to church to pray and so on. Let's forget it. I only believe in myself. As long as these bad days pass quickly, there is no need to think about such troublesome things."

"On March 9th, I looked through my diary from the previous two days. It's strange. Why do I have a vague impression of dreaming about the silver medal, but I don't remember it talking to me at all? Could it be that I was really disturbed by some magical power? ?”

"Maybe it, no, she! It must be her! Can she come and say a few words to me again? Maybe this time I can remember what I communicated with her in the dream, and then remember what the silver medal looks like. "

"On March 10th, I will go to sea in the afternoon. There are stories of ghost ships circulating in the area on the edge of the Misty Sea. I have collected enough clues. There must be important ancient secrets hidden there. This may be the beginning of my journey. I want to see the feats of the new era!"

Esther put down the two pages of the diary with a continuous timeline, raised her hand to rub the center of her right eyebrow, and browsed it twice more.

Different from the "romances" and "inventions" she collected last time, there were some things in Russell's diary this time that made Esther feel that there was too much information.

In just a moment, Esther's mind jumped from clues to the reason. Is "Zoya" related to Russell's time travel? At least he and the silver medal were "one" in Russell's dream, and he at least had a certain influence on this matter.

No, no, maybe it includes more people... Zhou Mingrui, Heiye whose real name is hidden, and Li Xing?

Esther quickly recalled the vague dream fragments during that period, feeling that this guess was getting closer to the truth. Russell will forget the memory of the conversation with "Zoya" at that time. Judging from the length of time, this is very consistent with the situation that Esther will be forgotten by others.

At this time, Russell should have traveled not long ago? He also uses words like "fantasy power" instead of extraordinary power. It can be seen that he does not trust any church. I am afraid that he has not joined the Church of Steam at this time.

Esther held her forehead in distress, trying to sort out her thoughts that were confused by her emotions.

Haha, you are so brave to return a loli maid, Senior Russell, if you are not unlucky, who will be?

Esther looked at the two diaries in silence for a moment, and decided to hand them over to Mr. Fool truthfully during the afternoon Tarot meeting.

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The light faded, and the members of the Tarot Society took their seats around the long bronze table.

Miss Justice is still the first person to say hello to The Fool. Her brisk voice makes every Tarot session start in such a pleasant atmosphere, and today is no exception.

Esther looked around at the people present and found that the light on the "Sun", "The Hanged Man" and the "Moon" was more turbulent. Thinking of several transactions reached at the previous Tarot meeting, it seemed that these three All the gentlemen have been promoted, and they sit neatly in a row...

Esther put her hands with cold dark green patterns under the table and covered them under her folded arms. This small movement fell into the eyes of "Justice" and "The Hermit", and the "World" next to her showed no reaction. , the "Fool" at the head tilted his head.

"Justice" and "Magician" successively apologized to "The Fool" because they did not collect new Russell's diary this week, and "Sun" also did not obtain new ancient mythological information. In the end, only Esther was the " Lover" handed over two of Russell's diaries.

After the reading time of "The Fool" ended, He leaned back on the chair and nodded to everyone: "You can start."

"The World" asked "The Sun" for information about "Grossell's Travels", but did not get any information. "Justice" expressed interest in it, but the price of eight thousand gold pounds prevented the transaction from being completed. "The World" "It will take some time before "Justice" has the extraordinary characteristics of a "psychiatrist."

After that, only "The World" wanted to purchase magical items with powerful attack power, and the others had no need for extraordinary materials for the time being.

"The World" commissioned "The Magician" to pay attention to the anomalies on Williams Street, which made Esther take another look at him, guessing that "The World" was guarding against the "Red Angel" evil spirit underground. Could it be that Mr. "Fool" has recently Have a new action plan?

Immediately afterwards, the news thrown out by "The World" confirmed Esther's suspicion just now. When "The World" laughed, his hoarse voice made the news even more grim:

“There won’t be a Port of Bansi for some time.”

So it turns out that "The World" or even Mr. "Fool" considered that the Punishers' raids on Bansi Island would have an impact, allowing the "Red Angel" to find a chance to escape?

When "Moon", "Justice" and "Hermit" were discussing whether the vampires needed to play roles, Esther's eyes dropped slightly and she thought about the "Wheel of Fortune".

What she needs is not the potion formula of that path, but the personality contained in the "blasphemous card", which is enough to allow her to use more power of "destiny" in the "Stealer" sequence.

The communication session came to an end, and so did today's Tarot Club. After everyone said goodbye to the "Fool" at the head, their figures disappeared above the gray mist.

Klein put one hand on the side of his face, and tapped the armrest of the bronze high-backed chair with the other hand again and again, his eyes falling on the empty seat of "Lover".

Huang Tao said in his diary that what he heard was also a female voice. Could it be Esther? It shouldn't be, that was too far away from the time Esther woke up in Tingen. She said that she woke up only about half a year earlier than me, and that Emperor Russell was active a hundred years ago.

Then infer based on this time...

Klein raised his head, and the translucent ball of light above the bronze table obeyed his will and floated in front of him. The gentle light inside was intertwined and continuous without taking on any specific form.

The silver medal that allowed Huang Tao to travel through was related to this gray fog, so the probability that the voice he heard came from "Zoya" was very high. Maybe it was "Zoya" who was trying to influence Huang Tao at that time, and she might even be seeking Huang Tao's favor. Body, use him to try to get out of here.

But what happened when Russell "traveled" so that "Zoya" lost that opportunity and failed to achieve her goal?

But in the case of Li Xing and Esther, "Zoya"'s plan seems to have been partially successful.

Klein raised his hand to hold the lower end of the ball of light and held it in his palm.

"Betrayal..."

The man pretending to be a god let out a long sigh.