Chapter 112: The Meaning of Light
Calwin's strategy was not unsuccessful, whether intentionally or unintentionally, he did grasp Esther's greatest weakness and firmly control her emotions in the palm of his hand.
But Calwin didn't really intend to take Esther's anger head-on, and the anger in her eyes that almost turned into substance even made him feel uncomfortable, as if just her intense hatred could convey an invisible power.
When Esther's figure sprang up from the spot, and the dagger slashed out a streamer, a golden light flashed through Calwin's right eye, and a few dark golden scales even appeared around his eye sockets.
The conjecture in Xiao Qi's heart was confirmed, Galvin was indeed forcibly promoted, his state was not very stable, far less relaxed than what appeared on the surface!
Calvin's unleashing is certainly not a substantial skill, and he certainly has a more relaxed way to deal with an emotionally charged enemy.
"Psychiatrist", "crazy"!
Esther didn't even rush in front of Galvin, kneeling directly a few steps away from him, the short sword that exuded a little warmth came out of her hand, slid down the ground for a short distance of two meters, and was stepped directly under the feet by Calvin.
Esther felt her veins screaming en masse, and it was hard to believe that her heart hadn't jumped straight out of her chest, and the rapid blood was stiffening her limbs, which was why she would struggle to maintain her balance. Her brain was also aching from overcongestion, and it was as if a herd of beasts was rushing wildly in her head, stomping on her nerves, covering her vision with a faint color of blood.
Her gray eyes seemed to be soaked in ink, and rich shadows were boiling in the depths.
Esther seemed to have forgotten how to breathe, she struggled to open her mouth, but because of the nervous tension caused by anger, she could not absorb the oxygen in the air smoothly, her lungs became more and more stuffy, but her heart spared no effort to pump blood, making her dizziness and headache worse.
She covered her heart and tried to mobilize her limbs, trying to get back up.
Calwin held the dagger in his hand, but cautiously kept his distance from Esther.
Dots of light began to float above Esther's head, and the galaxy of fireflies was not so conspicuous in the daytime, but the power that faintly revealed from it was enough to make anyone with spiritual intuition feel threatened.
Calwin, however, was undaunted, and even showed a flirtatious smile, playing with the dagger in his hand, as if he did not take this strange situation to heart at all, but his golden vertical pupils were closely following the light, and there was obsession in it.
"It's really beautiful, even when it's obscured by the sun, it's still amazing...... As soon as I saw them, I remembered, little sheep, are you the wolf in sheep's clothing? ”
Calvin, of course, was not simply admiring such a "beautiful view", he was also secretly stalling for time. He needs to stabilize his state before he can launch a strong mental attack again, otherwise after using his extraordinary ability again, even if Esther completely falls, he will enter an irreversible loss of control, which is not the situation that Calwin wants to see.
Esther couldn't reply, she had just barely regained some of her breathing instincts, and was swaying her body and getting up from the ground again, but her legs and hands were still shaking. Her internal organs twisted together uncomfortably, and although the pain was not as intense as in her brain, it was also like she could vomit out at any moment due to a physiological reaction.
More and more points of light flew out disorderly around her, emitting a humming sound like a huddle of the king's guards.
Guarding this body is a fundamental instinct for them.
Esther's left hand trembled and raised, but not at Galvin, who was two meters away, but at herself.
The fingers are spread and then clenched.
She stole her thoughts and took a dazed step forward.
At this moment, Esther's consciousness went blank.
In its place, there is another that has been hidden for a long time.
Whether it was Calvin on the opposite side or the crow Xiaoqi flying in the sky, he felt an indescribable sense of dislocation at the same time.
Xiao Qi vigilantly landed on the roof of the building next to him, and didn't even dare to fly down at all, it felt that it was a little uncontrollable, and the gentle and bright light seemed to be full of attraction. But Xiao Qi also understands that once it gets close, it will inevitably be engulfed and completely annihilated in the twist of fate.
The darkness in Esther's eyes was pierced by the light, and her eyes also turned golden, but the light in her eyes was softer and lighter than Calwin's golden vertical pupils, mixed with a wave of mercury.
The half-face mask she had been wearing on her face dissolved directly into her skin, being pulled under unbearable force and melted directly into her cheeks.
Under Esther's eyes, a strange symbol emerged from her pupil:
At the bottom is a semi-circular ring layered layer after layer, holding up the center of the symbol on the cornerstone, on which is suspended a circle with a four-cornered protrusion, giving it the characteristics of a few four-pointed stars, twisted and diffused lines around the middle round star, and at the bottom is a light that spreads outward.
At the moment when the symbol appeared, all the points of light began to vibrate violently, and the tiny spiritual cracks were torn apart in their swirling group, making the surrounding scenery distorted and chaotic, and the colors of the spiritual world were gradually seeping into reality.
Calvin couldn't move, his body seemed to be fixed in this instant, and even if he wanted to use "madness" or "shock" again, there was absolutely no way to do it.
As soon as he has the idea of acting, a small Möbius ring will automatically appear on the glass bead of his right eye, echoing the subject's wishes.
The means he used to track Esther were now a threat to himself.
"Smack!"
The glass bead finally couldn't withstand the impact and repetition of the circulating force, and the moment it shattered, the trapped point of light on the strand rushed back to Esther's side, dragging the bright tail line into the group of light.
"Esther" kept her mouth shut, but with an illusory hum, a more crisp and childish voice was transmitted directly into Calwin's mind:
"Go and tell Hols behind you, I won't help Huls, I won't help Amon, my goal is only to witness the birth of a new mystery."
Just a few words made the golden scales on Calvin's face spread out rapidly, taking up almost his entire face. The dagger fell to the ground again, Calwin clutched his hair, beads of blood sliding down the corners of his eyes and nose at the same time, and he let out a roar of pain, a voice that sounded unspeakably majestic, like an ancient beast.
Esther's hands swirled at the same time, and a silver fluid phantom flashed through her palm, like sliding silk or spilled quicksand.
But her brow furrowed slightly, and she stared at her hands in confusion, this time in her own words: "The projection of the uniqueness of the 'error'? What a bad trick. ”
In the end, "Asther" simply beckoned the points of light around him, causing them to gather on Calwin, forming a giant Möbius ring around him.
As the state quickly regressed and recovered, the scales on Calwin's face quickly faded, and even the left eye that was still intact was out of the pointed pupil state, but it was mainly his spirit body and star spirit body that were restored, his body was still full of a strong sense of weakness, and there were bursts of throbbing pain in his head, as if something had stung a wound in it.
Again.
Calvin thought bitterly and amusementingly, as he had been spared by "Luna" once again, and had been rescued by her from the brink of losing control. Only this time he understood why the other party wanted to suppress his loss of control, a crazy monster or a dead person can't speak.
All the points of light flew away from Calwyn and poured back into Esther's hair, and she gently closed her eyes until the windless strands of hair hung down softly and returned to a pale cinnamon yellow that was more shiny than before, and she opened her eyes again.
Her eyes had returned to normal, and there was a dazed and confused look in the very pale gray color.
Esther's consciousness was still in the void of the moment when she stole her consciousness, and she had no idea what had happened during this time, but she vaguely heard what the phrase said was a "bad trick".
It wasn't what she said, but the "Zoya" hidden in her, who seemed to know why there was something strange about her.
Xiao Qi on the roof didn't come down immediately, nervously watching every change below. The spiritual rift around Esther's body lost its grip at the center of the storm, and quickly closed and was not further torn apart, and it was obvious that "Esther" just now was deliberately restraining the leakage of power.
Is He afraid to communicate the spiritual world completely? Obviously, with the power of fate he shows, the spirit world is his home field, and entering the spirit world will only make him stronger, why is he afraid?
Esther's chest was rising and falling violently, and her body felt an extremely empty sense of hunger, which could only be due to the fact that "Zoya" had taken control of her body at that moment just now. Although the negative feelings brought about by the previous anger were completely dispelled by "Zoya's" consciousness, this hunger still made Esther dizzy.
She grabbed the packet of peanuts from her arms, didn't bother to peel the shells and skins, squeezed them directly in the palm of her hand, stuffed the shells and nuts into her mouth, chewed them twice and swallowed them around her neck.
It was uncomfortable to have her throat and eyes crossed, but when food entered her digestive system, her weakness was temporarily relieved.
I have to get out of here, if I don't leave, the official extraordinary person will arrive soon, and even if the power of that moment just now is suppressed by "Zoya", it will have an aftermath and will soon attract attention.
Esther took one last look at Calwin, who was struggling to get up from the ground, and her mind moved, and the mask that covered half of her face "grew" directly from under her skin, clinging to her cheeks, but it was so light and breathable that it didn't seem to exist.
The mask had become a part of her body.
Esther didn't look at the man who stumbled against the wall and tried to leave the scene, Calvin pulled something out of his bosom and whispered the ancient Hermetian word "mind", his presence quickly diminished, and soon disappeared into Esther's perception, as if invisible.
Esther picked up her dagger and turned around for another path leading to the steam metro station. A faint circular halo appeared and disappeared on her forehead, cutting off the traces that had been left behind for her.
A black crow fell from the sky and rested quietly on her shoulder.
No one spoke.
* Huls: The old winter sun god
Halls: The newborn winter sun god
(End of chapter)