Luo Yao continued her patrol mission, Esther followed her, her eyes couldn't stop falling on the tombstones, she couldn't control herself, she always wanted to know more about the souls who were sleeping here.

Most of the epitaphs are very serious, but some of them are cheerful quips, such as the tombstone of a sixty-year-old man with the inscription "Good night and good dreams, I finally say goodbye to insomnia", and a stone slab with a bow that reads "The most fashionable bow must belong to Annabelle", followed by the shape of a heart.

Beneath an intricately carved wine bottle is engraved the epitaph of this alcohol lover: "One more bottle, a full glass of skeletons!" ”

Esther even saw a joke: "Dear Drake will never be bothered by baldness again!" ”

Even if life has passed, a dirt pit and a stone are not enough to tell so many trajectories of their lives, but it reflects the side of their lives, including the side they most want to leave to their acquaintances, which can be tearful or hilarious.

However, most of the tombstones are square, like ID photos growing out of the soil, spreading out the names of the deceased's birthdays, and the words below come from the deepest nostalgia of relatives and friends.

It's often heart-wrenching.

Esther sighed, and as she walked through a bush, she didn't notice the rustling and something flying underneath her feet, until she stepped on something and was bitten on the calf by the long striped creature. Such a sudden attack caused Esther to let out a scream, and she subconsciously grabbed the thing by the neck with her backhand, and threw it to the hard ground with all her strength.

"Esther!?" Luo Yao, who was walking a few steps ahead, immediately turned around and saw the snake that had lost its breath, lying in the center of the ground. "How can there be snakes in this place?"

"I don't know, did you run in? Shocking. Esther lifted her trouser legs, but there were no tooth marks, only two deep red marks.

"This snake seems to be very rare, I have never seen it in Tingen." Luo Yao turned the snake over with the tip of his shoe, looked at its pattern, and said suspiciously.

Esther stared at the swollen tail of the snake coiled around for a few seconds, and picked up the lifeless red-ringed snake from the ground, "At least I caught it." Take it back and check it out, maybe it will come in handy. ”

Luo Yao didn't take it seriously, Esther was safe: "Also, it's your trophy." ”

Two hours later, Esther walked into the Black Thorn Security Company's arsenal with the snake and showed it to Old Neil, who was also here today.

After examining the fangs and tail of the dead snake, the old professional's eyes lit up: "This seems to be a Badha rattlesnake!" Where did you get it? ”

Esther laughed dryly twice and said bluntly, "Picked it up." ”

"Picked up? This extraordinary creature is not something that weeds can pick up on the ground! Its blood and snake scales are worth a lot of money as extraordinary materials, which is rare......"

Esther's heart moved: "This is called a Badha rattlesnake, isn't it?" ”

"Yes, the hoop pattern of the snake's tail and body is an easy feature to notice, but you can see the tusks here, there is no edge, but some silver light." Old Neil opened the snake's mouth to make Esther see more clearly, "This is the light it uses to hypnotize its prey, this snake has no venom of its own, but it will trick other animals into approaching it, and then quickly strangle it." Where the hell did you catch it? ”

"I went on patrol with Ms. Luo Yao to the cemetery today, and then it suddenly rushed out, and I stepped on it......"

Old Neil glared at Esther with an indescribable look, "Your luck is far beyond common sense, little one. ”

Esther looked at the long snake on the table helplessly: "But I can't deal with it, it's useless for me to take it." Can Mr. Neil help me? ”

"Oh? You're not going to find someone to sell this snake yourself? ”

Esther hastened to say, "Actually, I just want a souvenir of those fangs, and if you can do me a favor, I can give you anything else." ”

"You can really pick, the most valuable thing is this pair of fangs, at least fifty gold lists." Old Neil hesitated for a moment, patted the smooth and gorgeous snake body, and nodded, "Okay, I can find someone to help deal with the materials of this snake, after removing the labor cost, the fangs will be given to you, and I will give you the other materials at a price of fifty percent, and I will not take advantage of this." ”

"Is that okay? Thank you very much! ”

Old Neil smiled and waved his hand: "It's just that I went to go through a channel, and in the end I earned it, after all, this is your harvest." ”

"No, no, it would be a great help if someone could help me with it." Esther said with a grin, but she was quite excited.

This is one of the main ingredients of the "monster" formula, and half of Admisor's potion is gone!

——

"Special request?" The next day, when Esther was elated to share her lucky harvest with Klein, he was typing the report paperwork in the clerical office, and Klein shared his good news with Esther.

"Yes, I'm going to apply for a promotion from the Templars, Sequence 8."

Esther was sincerely happy for her fellow: "This is amazing! You've only been a member of the Night Watch for a long time, and you've already been promoted! It's been less than two months since you've been here, but I've watched you become extraordinary, and I didn't expect you to level up so soon! ”

"Actually, it's two months old next week." Klein blinked and said innocently.

"What two months?" Leonard also walked into the civilian office, where he was buttoning up his baggy shirt, and noticing that Esther was also there, his lazy unbuttoning suddenly sped up a lot.

Klein shook the report he had just typed, "I'm going to apply for promotion to Sequence 8." ”

Leonard coughed violently, his hoarse appearance causing Esther to pat him on the back vigorously. Perhaps it was because Esther was hurting too much, but Leonard quickly calmed down and flashed out of Esther's arm: "You've finished digesting the potion?" ”

Esther glanced at Leonard in confusion: "Digestion? ”

Klein raised an eyebrow and took the words: "Yes." ”

Crane walked up to Leonard, lowered his voice, and added with a smile, "I remember someone telling me that there are always people in this world who are special and can accomplish things that others can't do.

Take me, for example.

Or you, for example. ”

Esther's face gradually twisted together, she rubbed the goosebumps on her arm and walked out quickly, feeling a headache at the countryman's sudden offense: "It's none of my business, it's none of my business......"

She walked to the front desk and found Janet and Jon making small talk to Roshan, so she joined in the conversation.

At the same time, at Leonard's instigation, Crane was dragged to the Nightwatcher's Lounge, where he shared the shortcut to digesting potions through the "cosplay" method with the rest of Tingen's Nightwatcher team.

——

The next day, Old Neil gave Esther the fangs of the Badha rattlesnake, and gave her eight gold pounds and five souls for the materials, much to Esther's surprise. Old Neil just smiled and waved his hand, saying he got something more.

A few days later, due to several suspected hauntings reported by Morse Town, Crane, Leonard, and Kornley once again traveled with the seal "3-0782", because Dunn himself did not have a plan to accompany him, he did not let Esther participate in the mission of the three-person team, and Dunn was really worried that Esther would leave too far with the seal.

Esther was a little disappointed, but Dunn had already made up her mind, and after telling Klein to stay safe, she honestly stayed in the arsenal and helped Neil Sr. sort out and revise some of the literature in the old language.

"Esther."

"What's wrong, Mr. Neil?"

Esther looked up from a translation of Elven language, and more than half of the interpretations in it were close to nonsense, giving her a headache in revising.

Old Neil was holding a tin bottle, not holding the coffee cup he used to hold, and his dark red eyes were cloudier than usual, as if there was a gloom rooted in them, making his already old face more and more sad. Although he called out to Esther, he didn't speak again, just looked at Esther quietly, but his eyes stared into the void, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Mr. Neil?" Esther shouted again.

"Ah, right...... Sorry, I was too distracted to think about things just now. If you think about it, you really can't involve others, hehe. Old Neil smiled very gently, and somehow Esther felt sadness in it.

Esther put down the translation, moved her chair to her desk, and looked at old Neil worriedly, "Mr. Neil, is something wrong?" Is there anything I can do to help? ”

"Well, maybe there is, maybe not." Old Neil blinked slyly, "To be honest, I've always been scared of you, Esther. ”

"Scared?" Esther scratched her head, "It's normal for you to think so, I know that your path has the ability to see vision, and you may see anomalies in me. Klein secretly told me that I was in a strange state. ”

"Hahaha, Klein is also a very good young man, so it's okay, I'm the successor." Old Neil smiled with relief and patted Esther on the shoulder, "But you won't hurt the Tingen Nightwatchers, will you?" ”

Esther immediately straightened her face: "Of course not!" I'm going to protect everyone! ”

Old Neil's eyes seemed to be smiling, but it made Esther more and more uneasy, and she leaned over: "Mr. Neil, if something really happens, you must ask everyone for help, okay?" ”

Old Neil shook his head: "I can't help much, forget it, it's just because people are old and can't do it......"

"Mr. Neil—"

Old Neil raised a hand and motioned for Esther to stop dwelling on it: "Don't worry, it won't cause you any more trouble." Okay, okay, help me look at the document, I'm still waiting for you to finish proofreading. You don't know, those superficial novices who have mastered a few words and start translating indiscriminately, and the market is full of this kind of semi-finished products, which is really a headache......"

Hearing this, Esther knew that she couldn't ask for anything, so she continued to look through the literature, and she accompanied Old Neil in the arsenal until Old Neil and Frye left Black Thorn Security Company in a shift.

After the two of them handed over shifts, Esther helped old Neil, who left in a hurry after asking Dunn for leave, to pack up the things and tables in the house.

In the middle of a Hermesian book on the alchemy of life, Esther discovers the safe knot bookmark she had given to old Neil.

However, this peace knot has been broken inch by inch, and it seems that it has been caught here and abandoned for a long time.