Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang.

This was Esther's first night at the Kroger Hotel. After the half sob she encountered when she entered the door, until she lay down on the feather pillow, there was nothing unusual.

So Esther covered the quilt, listened to the occasional sound of sparks crackling in the fireplace, and soon fell asleep.

She didn't expect that she would usher in an extremely long-lost dream.

This is a barren and empty plain, there is nothing under the feet except for the dark and hard stones, not even the weeds that will take root in any cracks in the stones.

Esther stretched out her hand and moved it twice. These stones seemed to be fixed, completely unaffected by external objects, and firmly performed their duties as a background board.

So she raised her eyes and looked further away, the dark and blurry sky seemed to be covered with a curtain, so chaotic that no shape could be drawn, the clearest thing was a towering tower on the edge of the horizon.The body of the tower was too dark to reflect any light, and a giant silver-white snake was coiling around it, its head drooping slightly, as if it was taking a nap.

There are no snake scales on the body of the giant snake, and the dense patterns full of mystical significance are covered on the outer layer of its body, forming various strange wheel-shaped symbols. These wheels are connected to each other, surrounded by more dazzling ID is filled.The runners of the snake's head and tail are only half, unless it holds the lower tail, it will form a completely perfect shape.

When Esther looked at it, the giant snake didn't move, its eyes were closed.

There was nothing else around, and Esther couldn't stand still, so she raised her legs in the direction of the giant snake, wanting to get closer to the black tower for a look.

She may have only walked a dozen steps, and the giant snake suddenly opened its eyes, and turned its head in Esther's direction full of shock.

Its red vertical eyes are quite cold, but because they are full of shock and even panic at this time, they don't look so scary.

Esther immediately froze on the spot, not knowing whether to move forward, but the snake gradually raised its body, its upper body leaned back, its posture was very similar to the preparatory action that snakes would make before attacking.

There were extremely humane emotions and thoughts in its eyes, which made Esther want to test whether the other party could communicate, so she took another step forward, wanting to meet the giant snake under the steeple.

The body of the giant snake jumped up, and it bit its own tail violently, making the half of the incomplete round wheel complete.

The touch around Esther's body became sticky, as if something invisible wrapped around her body.

The next moment she opened her eyes from the quilt, and there was still an hour before dawn, the charcoal in the fireplace was almost burned out, and the red light on it was dim and bright, and it would not be long before it was completely extinguished.

"Why are you dreaming again..." Esther rubbed her eyes, and buried her face under the quilt which was much warmer than the outside.

Xiao Qi on the cushion heard her chanting, and opened her eyes, just in time to see a blurred and bloody face in the landscape painting hanging by the bed.

It is not accurate to say that it is a human face. There is no skin on this flat face, only blood-red muscle fibers are exposed outside, and tears are still oozing from both sides of its eye sockets.A pair of dark gray eyeballs are tightly held by muscles, protruding like bulging goldfish, covered with fine orange-red bloodshots, which seem to burst from the painting at any time, spilling blood and tears into the real world.

But those eyes are full of fear and fear now, if it is not difficult for it to move, it may have slipped away long ago.

Xiao Qi met its gaze silently.

The skinless face in the painting shook his head desperately, his expression full of begging.

Xiaoqi understood what it meant, and the other party wanted it to pretend that it didn't see it, and didn't want to attract any attention.

So Xiao Qi nodded to the spirit who was terrified of Esther——

"Esther, look at the painting on your head."

He mercilessly woke up Esther who was still trying to stay in bed.

Hearing these words, Esther sat up in a daze, looked back at the "flower field landscape painting", and saw a human face without skin floating inside.

She widened her eyes.

The eyes of that human face were wider than hers. If it weren't for the difficulty in moving, it might have shrunk into the corner with trembling. Such a situation made Esther couldn't help but shook her head with a smile.

No wonder the spiritual intuition didn't call the police at all, it was much more frightened than I was.

"Do you have anything to say?"

The spirit's expression seemed to have become a little dazed, and more and more tears appeared on its face, and it let out a small sobbing sound: "Save me, save... help me!"

It was a hoarse and shrill female voice. Esther sat cross-legged on the bed, looking at the spirit trapped in the painting, always feeling that something was wrong.It is said that the blood-stained mirror has been taken away by the "police". From Esther's understanding, there is a high probability that the "mechanical heart" responsible for managing this place is responsible for handling such extraordinary incidents.

Didn't the other party find out about the remaining spirit?No, according to the procedure, the entire room should be "disinfected" in terms of mysticism.

Esther didn't care about the horrified face in the frame, she thought it was not much different from the muscle photos of mannequins after seeing too much.She reached out and tapped around the picture frame, and found that the picture was stuck on the wall, which may be one of the reasons why it was not taken away. Most of the other things in the room had been replaced.

But why painting?Esther reached out and poked the glass shell at the outer corner of the canvas, which made the spirit almost roll her eyes in fright, for fear that her fingers would come any closer.

Xiao Qi also flew over from the sofa, landed on the quilt, and looked at the scene with a smile: "She is too weak, she only has instinct, I am afraid it is just the residual spirituality attached here after the tragic death. The mirror that was taken away should be is the key."

Esther withdrew her hand, looked at the painting and asked, "Do you have anything to say?"

"Help me..." This wraith really doesn't have much power, it keeps repeating this sentence except for weeping, which proves that Xiao Qi's words are quite correct.

Esther suddenly raised her hand and clasped her knuckles next to the eye of the wraith, making a muffled sound. Her movement was so sudden that Xiao Qi didn't even expect it, let alone the one trapped in the painting. Wraith.

She uttered a half-screaming "Help—" and then squeezed her lips tightly together, trying her best to endure the grievous sobs, tears fell down desperately, but she didn't dare to cry at all.

"It's not like a fake." Esther said to Xiaoqi.

Xiao Qi looked at her in shock. : "Why did you learn badly?"

Esther shrugged: "It's just to stimulate her, maybe it will cause some abnormal reaction? It's not convenient for me to smash this painting..."

But she already had an idea in her heart, she tapped on her forehead, and a dozen light spots floated up instantly, as if a small star had risen in the room.Ignoring the increasingly flustered eyes of the wraith, they flew straight through the glass into the frame, and then flew out lightly.

After retracting these points of light, Esther lowered her eyes and "listened" to their feedback.

"It's not the painting that traps her, but this layer of glass... She seems to have been an Extraordinary once, do you know about 'Witch'?"

"Ha, the 'witch' without her beauty? Who would recognize this?"

Esther murmured in a low voice, "Beautiful faces are white bones", because it was in Chinese, did Xiao Qi understand it, and knew that she was speaking a language he didn't understand.

"'Witch' refers to a mid-to-high-sequence Extraordinary of the 'Assassin' sequence, and this suffix will only be seen from Sequence Six upwards. But this weak spirit in front of me should only be a 'Witch' of Sequence Seven, what you said The 'witch' is probably the real culprit behind the scenes that made her become like this."

"So that's why she still has the obsession about the murderer and wants to convey it to others?"

As if feeling a glimmer of hope, the face in the painting spoke again, eagerly repeating those few words: "Help me, save me..."

Esther rolled her eyes at the painting: "Stop thinking about beauty, we are discussing how to deal with you."

The wraith fell silent immediately.

Esther is indeed still hesitating and doesn't want to get involved in this matter. She has enough troubles on her body, and the doubts brought about by the dream just now are still lingering in her heart. With the high-sequence "Witch" involved, Backlund can be renamed "Extraordinary City".

The main reason is that Esther doesn't want to continue to keep this face, she doesn't like being stared at all the time while sleeping, even if the other party is "harmless".

Now Esther weighs several options in her heart:

One is to directly destroy the painting, use a dagger with a purification function to kill the wraith directly, and then pay money to the boss. Leave the hotel; the second is to find a way to find some other bearings, try to use the ability of the light spot to tear and isolate the spiritual power, transfer the wraith from the frame glass to another place, and then continue to live here with peace of mind; Three, tell the boss at the front desk about this matter, let him call the police, and transfer this "supernatural incident" to the local "Mechanical Heart", but the other party's interrogation and arrest will follow. Esther did not Any proof of identity, and extraordinary items on her body, can easily arouse the suspicion of the other party, so this is the most unlikely action for her to take.

"Xiaoqi, do you think it's necessary to keep her?" Esther looked at the face in the frame. After getting used to it, she no longer felt the discomfort at first glance.

The dots of light floating up and down around her are the main light source in the room.

Of course, Xiao Qi shook her head: "Although the charm or curse of the 'witch' is probably ineffective for you, but they can also cause quite a lot of damage on the physical level. It is best not to touch if you can."

"That's really still..."

Esther met the eyes in the frame and saw the despair and grief in them.

Xiao Qi raised her head: "Don't be soft-hearted, Esther. Even if it's just a 'witch' of Sequence Seven, you don't know how many people she has killed and how many innocent lives she has taken. Isn't this something you despise all the time? something?"

"I know," Esther's voice sounded cold, "I was just thinking about how I could use her."

She lied more and more.

Xiao Qi thought so.

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