It was Esther's first night at Kroger's Hotel, and nothing unusual had happened until she had fallen down on a feather pillow after half of the sobs she had encountered as she entered.

So Esther put on the quilt and listened to the occasional sparks popping in the fireplace, and soon fell asleep.

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

It was a barren and empty plain, with nothing but pitch-black and hard stone underfoot, not even the weeds that would take root in any stone crevice.

Esther reached out and struck twice, the stones seemed to be fixed, completely unaffected by external objects, and firmly fulfilled their duties as a backdrop.

So she looked up and looked farther away, the dark and blurry sky seemed to cover a veil, so chaotic that it could not be outlined in any shape, the clearest being a towering spire at the edge of the horizon. The tower was so dark that it could not reflect any light, and a huge silver-white snake was coiling around it, its head hanging slightly, as if it was napping.

The serpent has no scales, but is covered with a dense pattern of occult patterns that form a variety of peculiar wheel-like symbols, which are connected to each other and filled with more dazzling signs. The head and tail of the snake are only half of the wheel, and unless it latches on to the tail below, it will form a complete shape.

As Esther looked at it, the serpent didn't move, her eyes closed.

There was nothing else around, and Esther couldn't stand still all the time, so she raised her leg in the direction of the serpent, wanting to get closer to the Black Tower to take a look.

She had probably only taken a dozen steps before the serpent opened its eyes and turned its head in Esther's direction in shock.

Its red vertical eyes were rather gloomy, but because they were full of shock and even horror at this time, they didn't seem so mad.

Esther immediately froze in place, not knowing whether to move on or not, but the snake gradually lifted itself up, and leaned back with its upper body, in a posture like a snake would make before attacking.

There were extremely human emotions and thoughts in its eyes, which made Esther want to see if they could communicate, so she took another step forward, wanting to meet the giant serpent at the bottom of the spire.

The serpent's body bounced up, and it bit its own tail violently, completing the half of the broken wheel.

The touch around Esther's body became viscous, as if something unseen had wrapped around her body.

The next moment she opened her eyes from the bed, and there was still an hour before dawn, and the charcoal in the fireplace was almost gone, 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 that was much warmer than the outside.

Xiao Qi, who was on the cushion, heard her chatter, and then opened her eyes, just in time to see a vague and bloody human face in the landscape painting hanging at the head of the bed.

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

But those eyes were now full of horror and fear, and if it weren't for its difficulty in moving, I am afraid it would have disappeared long ago.

Xiao Qi met its gaze in silence.

The skinless face in the painting shakes its head desperately, and its expression is full of begging.

Xiao Qi understood what it meant, and the other party wanted it to pretend not to see it and not want to attract any attention.

So Xiao Qi nodded at the spirit that was extremely scared of Esther-

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

Woke up Esther, who was still trying to stay in bed, without mercy.

When Esther heard this, she sat up in a trance, looked back at the "Flower Field Landscape", and saw a human face floating in it with no skin.

Her eyes widened.

The face's eyes were wider than hers, and if it weren't for the difficulty of moving, it would have shrunk into a corner, and Esther couldn't help but smile and shake her head.

No wonder my spiritual intuition doesn't call the police at all, it's much more frightened than I am.

"Is there anything you'd like to say?"

The spirit's expression seemed to have changed a little bit, and the tears on its face became more and more, and it let out a small sob: "Help me, save ...... Help me! ”

It was a hoarse and miserable female voice, and Asther sat cross-legged on the bed, looking at the spirit trapped in the painting, and always felt that something was not right. It is said that the blood-stained mirror has been taken away by the "police", and according to Esther's knowledge, it is likely that the "mechanical heart" responsible for managing this suspected extraordinary event is responsible for handling this suspected extraordinary event.

Didn't the other party find this remaining spirit? No, according to the process, the whole room should be "sanitized" in the occult.

Esther didn't care about the terrifying face in the frame, she felt that seeing too much muscle photos was not much different from the mannequin's muscle photos. She reached out and tapped around the frame, and found that the painting was embedded in the wall, which may be one of the reasons why it hadn't been taken away, and everything else in the room had most likely been replaced.

But why the painting? Esther reached out and poked at the glass case in the outer corner of the canvas, causing the spirit to roll her eyes in fright, lest her finger come any closer.

Xiao Qi also flew over from the sofa, landed on the quilt, and looked at this scene with a smile: "She is too weak, she only has instincts, I'm afraid it's just the remnants of the spirit attached here after the tragic death." The mirror that was taken away should be the key. ”

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

"Help me......" This resentful spirit really has no power, except for sobbing and repeating this sentence constantly, which confirms that Xiao Qi's words are quite correct.

Esther suddenly raised her hand and clasped her knuckles next to the eyes of the resentful spirit, making a small muffled sound, her movements were too sudden, Xiao Qi didn't expect it, let alone the resentful spirit trapped in the painting.

She let out a half-sad "Help-", and then she pursed her mouth tightly, trying her best to endure the sobbing of grievance, and the tears fell desperately, but she didn't dare to cry at all.

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

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

Esther shrugged: "Just stimulate her, maybe it can cause some abnormal reactions?" It's not convenient for me to smash this painting if she stays in the painting......"

But she already had an idea in her heart, she tapped on her forehead, and more than a dozen points of light instantly floated up, and a small star seemed to rise in the room. Ignoring the wraith's increasingly panicked eyes, they flew straight through the glass into the frame, and then flew out lightly.

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

"It's not the painting that traps her, it's the glass...... She seems to have been an extraordinary person at one time, do you know the 'witch'? ”

"Ha, the 'witch' without her beauty? Who recognizes this. ”

Esther muttered in a low voice, "Red faces are white bones", because it was in Chinese, Xiao Qi did not understand, knowing that she was speaking the kind of language he did not understand.

"'Witch' refers to the middle and high sequence of the 'Assassin' sequence, and it only bears this suffix from sequence six upwards. But the weak spirit in front of her should only be the 'witch' of Sequence 7, and the 'witch' you are talking about is probably the real culprit behind the scenes that made her so much. ”

"I see, so she has an obsession with the murderer and wants to convey it to others?"

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

Esther glanced at the painting: "Don't read about beauty, we're discussing how to solve you." ”

The wraith was immediately silenced.

Esther is indeed still hesitating, she doesn't really want to get involved in this matter, she has enough troubles, the doubts caused by the dream just now are still haunted in her heart, and now a "witch" has popped up and even has something to do with a higher order of "witches", and Beckland can be renamed the "Capital of the Extraordinary".

The main thing is that Esther doesn't want to keep this face anymore, she doesn't like to be stared at all the time while she sleeps, even if the other party is "harmless".

Now Esther is weighing several choices in her mind:

One is to directly destroy this painting, use a short sword with a purification function to directly erase this evil spirit, and then pay the boss money, as if he accidentally broke the picture frame, vaguely covered up the past, and left the hotel immediately after staying for a few days; The second is to find some other carriers, try to tear and isolate the spiritual power with the ability of light points, transfer this resentful spirit from the frame glass to another place, and then continue to live here with peace of mind; Three, go and inform the front desk boss about this matter, ask him to call the police, and transfer this "supernatural event" to the local "mechanical heart", but then it will be the other party's interrogation and arrest, Esther does not have any identification, and she has extraordinary items on her body, which can easily arouse the suspicion of the other party, so this is the least likely action she will take.

"Xiao Qi, do you think it's necessary to keep her?" Esther looked at the face in the frame, and after getting used to it, there was no longer the discomfort that appeared at first sight.

The points of light around her floated up and down, and they were the main source of light in the room.

Xiao Qi of course shook his head: "Although the charm or curse of the 'witch' is probably ineffective for you, but on the physical level, they can also cause a lot of damage, so it's best not to touch it." ”

"That's still ......"

Esther met the eyes in the frame, and saw the despair and sorrow in them.

Xiao Qi raised his head: "Don't be soft-hearted, Esther." Even if it's just the 'witch' of Sequence 7, you don't know how many people she has killed and how many innocent lives she has taken. Hasn't this always been something you despise? ”

"I know," Esther's voice sounded cold, "I'm just thinking about what I can do with her." ”

She's getting better at lying.

Xiao Qi thought so.

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