Lord of the Mysteries: Yao Guang

When the broken wolf head with exposed bones suddenly cut in and the rotten eye sockets emerged from the ground, Klein had easily gotten rid of the influence of the "dream". After all, he was not the main target of this ability.

Esther and Amon are.

But the opportunity before him was too clear. Klein even felt a hint of ecstasy brought by freedom from his fluctuating spiritual intuition. He couldn't let go of such a good opportunity.

Klein didn't care who the owner of the wolf head was or who was controlling the dream. He knew that if he missed this opportunity, Esther's escape plan, which she had always been thinking about, would not be able to find a better time to execute it.

But Esther was not in a good condition at this time. She was obviously the most affected by the "sleeping" ability. Even though Klein had woken up and quickly realized that the two of them should escape quickly, Esther still stood there in a trance.

Her eyes were tightly closed, and she was swaying slightly back and forth. She looked as if she was about to fall down in her sleep at any moment. Even the ball of light hanging next to Klein had dimmed a little.

No, I can't use "teleport" here. The barrier between the God-forsaken Land and the spirit world is unstable. If I rashly take Esther into the spirit world, I don't know what will happen. I always feel that I will encounter more troubles. I am also not familiar with the God-forsaken Land. I don't know what I will encounter if I continue to go deeper here. Similarly, I don't have time to go up to the gray fog to divination my safety...

But he couldn't hesitate any longer. Amon wouldn't be delayed for long. If he continued to stay here, this opportunity would slip away completely.

Klein was thinking quickly about the countermeasures in his mind. In fact, he only paused for half a second and made a quick decision.

However, accidents often happen just before plans are made. When Klein leaned forward, trying to pull out the historical projection of "Creeping Hunger" with one hand and about to grab Esther's arm with the other hand, Esther opened her eyes.

The circular star symbol lit up in her eyes, but it did not hide her anxiety. Klein confirmed this with just one glance and felt relieved. However, Esther's movements were even faster than Klein's. Her left hand grabbed Klein's wrist, and in her right hand there was an ancient stone dagger. Klein didn't even know where she had hidden it before.

The dagger stabbed forward lightly, and along with the distorted "stealing", the scene around the two began to change rapidly. This level of dizziness no longer made Klein feel uncomfortable, but he noticed that Esther's trajectory was quite chaotic, and it was almost difficult to grasp the real direction of travel.

The comfort of this journey was not even as good as his "teleportation", but it gave Klein some time to think about the current situation, including Esther's changes.

Finally, he couldn't help but asked in a low voice: "What are you doing now——"

The two people's voices were stretched and pulled by the ever-changing distance, barely reaching each other's ears. Esther's tone was quite brisk, and she even had time to turn around and smile at Klein:

"I am who I am. I have always been Esther, the person you know."

"That……"

Klein had just opened his mouth when he suddenly swallowed back the rest of his question. He shouldn't have asked that question. He was afraid that if he asked that question, everything would be in vain.

But Esther already knew what he wanted to ask. After she coughed twice, the smile on her face became a little more bitter: "Yes, I can't deny that I deceived you, although I knew nothing at that time... but it was still a lie."

In the silence of the two, a dim yellow light passed through the darkness and reached their toes after all the rapidly spinning lightning was thrown away.

"We're here. You and Him must have come from here."

Esther looked at the empty buildings of the Giant King's Court and let go of Klein's arm. Her cheeks flushed with guilt, and in a moment of nervousness, she suddenly switched back to a language that only the two of them knew:

"But I didn't completely lie to you. Just like you are 'Zhou Mingrui', I am also 'Li Xing'... But, I'm sorry, in fact, I have been avoiding them for things other than 'Li Xing'."

Klein wanted to say something to comfort Esther, but he didn't say the words "I don't blame you" against his will. After a moment of silence, he nodded to Esther and said, "There's nothing I can do about it. After all, I have concealed many things."

"Like 'The World' and 'The Fool' or something like that."

Klein glared at Esther in reproach, and then when their eyes met, they both laughed at the same time. Klein saw Esther's slightly silly smile and guessed that his expression would not be much different, but he felt particularly relieved.

Even though it was far from the time to feel at ease, and the two of them had not even escaped from the God-Forsaken Land, Klein felt as if everything had suddenly become clear. In his cheerful mood, the "result" of the previous answer to the mystery was suppressed deep in his thoughts.

Perhaps, he thought, maybe he could ask her later if Esther would be willing to tell him the truth of the story this time? A tiny expectation crossed over hope and ignited a flame.

Esther keenly noticed the changes in Klein and looked at his eyes, which had regained their brightness and calmness. "Have you come up with any ideas?"

"Not yet, maybe you have any good ideas?"

As Klein spoke, he was also alert to the darkness behind the two men. He didn't think that the suddenly appearing demon wolf could stop Amon for long. Then again, who was controlling the demon wolf?

Could it be the goddess of night?

Esther turned toward the lingering dusk at the Giant King's Court. She looked at the buildings that were so grand that they made her feel insignificant. The tall towers and stone walls were frozen in a corner of time, standing silently for a thousand years. Perhaps there were still traces of past residents inside - but there was no life anymore, only the dead silence that blended with the dusk.

Although the two of them could enter this area with just one more step forward, their intuition gave rise to a faint resistance, as if reminding Esther that she had still missed something very important. Of course, she had no direct evidence for this, but Esther never dared to underestimate the warning conveyed by her intuition.

The last time I left, Ouroboros took me into the spirit world. This might be difficult for me, but Klein should be able to...

Esther blinked, and a terrible idea came to her mind again, becoming clearer and clearer.

"When I was brought in, I went through the door over there, which is the road I saw you coming from," Klein pointed in the direction of his memory, "but according to what He said, it should be a one-way street."

"Not necessarily. The key to leaving should be nearby. What I'm worried about is..."

Klein's finger tilted slightly. "If my guess is correct, is there anything in the Giant King's Court that can help us leave here?"

Before Esther could say anything, she subconsciously reached out to grab Klein's arm. But before she touched Klein, Esther froze in place and frowned in confusion.

Then, another slightly hoarse voice sounded:

"Yeah, why don't you try? Just open that door. I've been waiting for a long time."

Without even looking at it, Esther grabbed the crow that had landed on her head and shook it fiercely: "Your true form is not here, how can you still be so proud?"

"Oh, it's so fierce." The crow shook his head weakly along with Esther's hand to relieve his discomfort. "I'm here, doesn't it mean that the real body is also very close?"

Klein said nothing, but silently took out the projection of "Creeping Hunger" and was ready to pull out a historical projection to help at any time - as for who it would be, he couldn't decide for the time being.

However, Esther was not fooled. She smiled and threw the crow aside, watching it nimbly flip over and fly, hovering over the two people's heads from a distance: "If Amon can really come, He will not send a clone here at such a critical moment..."

The crow croaked loudly in protest, but did not refute Esther's words verbally.

Klein glanced at the black crow shadow above his head: "We have to hurry."

Esther still hadn't made up her mind: "So are we going to enter the Giant King's Court now?"

A coin bounced high up and then fell down. A terrifying foreboding feeling instantly caught up with Klein, but it did not shake his firm will.

A huge danger, but not completely impossible to face... After all, he is not alone now.

The foreseen crisis caused ripples, disrupted by fate into chaos.

Klein let out a long breath, smiled at Esther and nodded: "Let's go."