Thoma threw the box out, looking angry, but his strength was so small that it tumbled twice in the air and landed on the ground between the two men.

When the man pounced on the box on the ground, it was exactly the right target, and Esther stole his thoughts for a moment with a precise grip.

And Thoma also grabbed a gray-black scroll from his waist at the moment when the man was distracted, and quickly recited the ancient Hermes that activated the spell: "Frozen! ”

As the crystal clear light bloomed in an instant, the surrounding temperature plummeted, and a large area of ice spread out, freezing all the ends of the passage, including the rather threatening stack of explosive tubes, and the exit of the crevice shrouded in vines.

Naturally, this also includes the man in the middle of the ice, who is in a trance, and his whole body is quickly covered with ice.

And Aaron's eyes suddenly turned bright red for a moment.

"Priest of Calamity", "Spiritual Storm"!

The man, who was already defenseless because of the idea stolen, was suddenly hit by the spirit body brought by the extraordinary ability of the higher sequence, and his body immediately lost control and fell to the ground, falling into a state of vertigo.

With this successive cooperation, the middle-aged man didn't even let out a shout, and his companions outside had no way to probe the situation inside.

Of course, Esther would not let go of such an opportunity, she opened her palms, and the "pale bone nail" instantly fell into her hand, and Alexander had already taken a step to the side to make way for her.

Esther leaped up, and the rest of the passage was not far away, and in the blink of an eye she was close to the man. Esther complied with the desire of the Pale Spike, and the bone sword pierced through the back of her head, inviting death and absorbing and annihilating the man's spirit.

A spot of light spread out above Esther's head, and they ran towards the inferior explosive tubes beneath the ice in front of them, quickly dissolving on them, completely preventing the possibility of the outer enemy using magic to detonate the explosives.

"I can't channel." Esther reminded of this.

Aaron nodded, "Let's go first." ”

Alexander picked up the bronze box with the coat of arms again, and they didn't wait for the Esoteric member on the ground to reveal his extraordinary properties, still wary of the other party's accomplices outside.

Because the enemy is not numerous, they must be more cautious, and delaying time in the passage can easily give the opponent a second chance to detonate the explosives.

Thoma was the first to climb out of the hole, and the moment he stepped out of one leg through the gap, he unfolded another scroll and shouted, "Guard! ”

A hemispherical shield of light immediately erected through the hole outside the gap, and it looked like the morning sun had condensed.

The other three walked out after them in turn, and to their surprise, they were not ambushed by the enemy's rear in the process.

"He might have been bluffing just now?" Thoma couldn't help but ask, and when he walked outside and didn't encounter any attacks, he felt like he was wasting a scroll.

Alexander frowned: "No, stay vigilant, it's likely that it was because of your protection that they gave up." ”

"Maybe it's luck, the other side doesn't have many people, and when they found that we were well prepared and could prevent them from blowing up the passage, they made a judgment that the situation was even more unfavorable to them." Aaron pulled out his small crystal ball again, holding it in his left hand and the long-barreled revolver in his right.

"Believe you this time," said Thoma, smiling, and all the anger he had shown was gone, "as long as your misfortune doesn't make us unlucky again." ”

"Hamel, please help me get this box. I've got to tidy up my backpack, it looks like I hit the ground with something. Alexander sighed, and as soon as he flicked his shoulder straps now, there was a sound of some pieces colliding against each other in his backpack.

Esther took the box handed by Alexander, and the key coat of arms was inside: "Some of the skeletons in this ruin don't look so old, and the Night Nation should be more distant?" ”

Aaron replied to her doubts: "The passage on the right hadn't collapsed the last time we came, it was destroyed when we tried to clear the danger, and there should have been people who tried to get in, but in the end only the tainted key was left. ”

"There's also a skeleton show." Thoma added, but after he had no idea how to say this, the four of them were silent for a long time, quietly waiting for Alexander to clean up the few broken pill bottles in his backpack.

At this moment, another voice that made Esther feel unfamiliar suddenly sounded: "Delasco! Thoma! My old friends! Are you really here!? ”

The man pushed through the bushes to reveal a sweaty face, his white shirt and brown trousers in a mess, scratched and worn everywhere, and even a little dried blood.

There was a hollow in the middle of the bridge of the man's nose, like a bridge that had broken in half, the dark circles under his deep eye sockets were full of prostration, and his short blond hair was full of stains, as if he hadn't taken care of it for a few days.

There are visible strangulation marks on the man's wrists and neck, which are quite glaring on his pale skin.

Esther lowered her eyes, as if to weigh the box in her hand, but a glimmer of light passed under her eyes, and she quietly opened her senses, and no one noticed.

Thoma smacked hard: "Phew! Simon, you're a miser, it's not because you sold the news here to someone else! ”

Simon's footsteps were vague, and he staggered in the direction of several people: "Then you can't blame me at all!" Fuck a couple of crazy people, I almost died at their hands, just a little bit! ”

Aaron's voice suddenly sank: "Stop, don't move, then it's time for you to prove yourself, right?" ”

Simon's footsteps quickly stopped, his lips twitched for a moment, and then he sighed in pain: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" You should suspect me too...... How am I going to prove it, talk about the wine we drank? We don't have any other friendships other than money! ”

Thoma exchanged a look with Aaron, something that Simon himself would have said.

Esther shook the box in her hand, raised her eyes again, and gave Aaron and the three of them a reassuring smile: "It's okay." ”

This time, Simon stared at her vigilantly: "Are you?" I haven't seen you before. ”

Esther's smile was very gentle and sweet, and she looked rather harmless, and she slowed down to approach Simon: "I'm sorry, but I can only be regarded as a temporary companion to Mr. Aaron, to assist them in investigating the matter here. I'm interested in the old ruins. ”

With that, she stopped where she was and kindly stretched out her outstretched right hand at the other party.

Thoma frowned, not quite sure what Hamel wanted to do, Alexander had no expression on his face, his eyes were indifferent but deep, he and Aaron were faintly aware of Hamel's thoughts, so they didn't make any sound.

Simon's face was full of disbelief, and his eyes kept wandering over the young lady and the others, and then Simon saw Aaron bow slightly, as if it were a hint that what the lady said was true.

Simon let out a hard breath from his nostrils, and he stepped forward and slowly raised his arm, and the two of them got closer, and Simon seemed to be about to shake Esther's hand amicably.

However, Esther's open palm snapped shut.

At the moment when the other party's thoughts were only blank, Esther spat out three clear onomatopoeia words one after another:

"Bang, bang, bang."

She had stolen the extraordinary abilities of the "Air Bullet" from that Esoteric Order.

It's still the time when the ability is active.

Three blood holes appeared on Simon's body in almost no particular order, on his forehead, heart, and abdomen.

After the two approached with their own thoughts, the distance was too close, leaving Simon with no time to dodge, and he was still in a trance brought about by the idea of stealing, and failed to launch the "paper man stand-in".

Because of the fatal blow to the brain, he didn't even have a chance to divert the wound.

The moment the bullet was fired, Esther stepped back and protected the square box in her arms, but also because of the distance, there were still splashes of blood falling on her, and her face was half red.

Esther's expression didn't change, the smile on her face didn't fade, and she raised her hand to wipe the blood from her cheek with the back of her hand so as not to be obscured.

Esther looked back and found that Aaron and the three of them were full of shock, even Alexander rarely showed a little surprise, but soon returned to the normal state of the ancient well.

Esther blinked incomprehensibly, "I remember you saying that Simon wasn't extraordinary. ”

"Yes...... It's not, you, it's just ......"

Thoma simply lost the ability to organize language, and it was one thing that Hamel didn't communicate with them at all and acted on her own, after all, she didn't have a tacit understanding with several people, and she couldn't put on an impromptu play.

On the other hand...... The smile on her blood-stained face still hadn't completely disappeared.

It looks very scary.

Aaron's expression quickly regained his composure, and he nodded at Esther: "Yes, but I turned on the spiritual vision and didn't notice any abnormalities on him, how did you find out?" ”

Esther stared at Simon a few paces away, lying face up on the ground, still in that trance-like demeanor, more and more bright red spreading out from beneath him, dripping through the blades of grass and dirt nearby.

The midday sun shines through the branches, casting a spot of light overhead.

Esther finally sensed that something was wrong with her behavior, and her smile faded, "I'm sorry, I can't tell you that. ”

When she quietly opened her perception while people were not paying attention, the outline of "Simon" became extremely blurry, and it was only recognized from the "vision", and Asther did not find anything too abnormal.

But she smelled something delicious about this person, like an appetizing hot and sour soup.

Esther raised her hand again and wiped the blood from her face twice, afraid that she would not be able to help licking the warmth of her lips.

When she thought of such an impulse in her heart, even if it was just a fake smile with a disguised nature, she couldn't put it on at all.