As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 772 The Helmet of the Sun Knight

In the courtroom in 1888.

Hei Jie and the others apologized to Li Nuo after hearing this.

“I’m sorry… some of us harbor strong hostility towards the Healing Church. Mr. Derby probably attacked you because you were wearing the old-fashioned black priest’s robe of the Healing Church.”

Li Nuo shrugged, indicating that he didn't care. He could also use the magic of clothing transformation to change his appearance, which was called illusion, but he didn't want to.

However, this also confirms one thing from another perspective.

The Healing Church has a truly terrible reputation.

Healing Church.

It was a branch of the Bayer Kinworth Institute, or more precisely, an organization that broke away from due to academic disagreements.

The Healing Church is the creator of all tragedies.

Blood therapy and the study of ancient gods were both brought to their full potential. This group of researchers established a theological church and brought "blood therapy" to Yharnam in a religious form.

The entire Yharnam was their testing ground.

They established orphanages and used orphans as experimental subjects, which is almost identical to vampires breeding humans for blood-sucking.

Therefore, as the wheels of time rapidly advanced, the existence of the Bulma Merchant Guild and the blow of Yharnam being swept away by the celestial convergence completely caused the Healing Church to collapse. Now, the Healing Church only has a small chapel and almost no devout believers. Although the choice of faith is not prohibited by law, most people still regard the Healing Church as a cult.

This is also why Li Nuo chose to always wear the Healing Church's attire.

Only by dressing dangerously can you attract the most dangerous things, just like a prostitute can't be seen walking the streets in a down jacket.

But Blackie had another concern.

“Mr. Derby may have some deep-seated grudge against the Healing Church, otherwise he wouldn’t have attacked without even saying a word.”

"Are you worried I'll beat Derby to death?"

"Yes."

"How could that happen~"

Li Nuo laughed easily, but Mr. Derby was in danger.

……

Let's go back to Yharnam, the world depicted in the painting, on November 22, 1887.

When Mr. Derby came over with the [Transformer Axe], Li Nuo took out a [Random Card] from his pocket, randomly picked out a brick, and smashed it over Mr. Derby's head.

He pinned Mr. Derby to the ground and kept switching between random cards, smashing bricks into his head one after another.

"Li Nuo! He's dying!"

Amro quickly pulled Lino away from behind.

"You should be glad that I'm now a good person..."

"..."

Mr. Derby sat in the corner, clutching his head. He had received "combat training" since childhood, making him much stronger than the average person. Yet, his [Transformer Axe] had been defeated by a brick, and he began to doubt his life.

Derby's character was already clearly revealed in "The Mask of Emil".

[Fragment of memory: He was a coward who liked to pretend to be profound]

Miaham took out a bandage and applied it to Derby's head wound to stop the bleeding.

"I think there must be some misunderstanding..."

“This isn’t a matter of misunderstanding,” Derby said in a low voice. “I hate the Healing Church, especially in Yharnam. The presence of the Healing Church here means danger.”

Li Nuo chuckled.

"I found these clothes."

"Only a fool would believe that."

"That's not important. What do you know about Cainhurst, about the world in the painting?"

Li Nuo and his friends are very interested in the level 200 side quest and want to figure out the problem of the world in the painting, which is related to their becoming stronger.

Previously, Miaham stated that Derby's research revealed issues with the world depicted in the painting.

Derby covered his head and let out a low chuckle.

"In the stillness of the night, at the moment the gates of rebirth open, death will give us the answer." Xiao Wu grabbed a chair and smashed it into Derby's face.

"Kill the riddle-maker!"

This time, even Amuro didn't stop him.

After being beaten again, Mr. Derby covered his eyes to hide his tears and sobbed as he told what he knew.

On the table was a parchment. The contents recorded on the parchment came from a person who was passively drawn into the world of the painting and could not get out. That person was an "archaeologist" who possessed some secret knowledge and could retain some memories after the night of the hunt. He spent several years investigating some of the problems in the world of the painting.

As for the recorder himself, he had become a bloated corpse in the sewers. Derby was terrified by the night of the hunt and hid deep in the sewers, where he happened to find the corpse and the parchment.

"That person used a script that's very difficult for most people to understand, the ancient script of the Sumerian civilization. I used to study a less commonly taught language, so I happen to know it..."

Derby has a habit of showing off.

Li Nuo handed Xiao Wu a dagger, and Mr. Derby was so frightened that he immediately shouted everything out.

"The world in the painting is where Cain Hearst is hiding. The vampires are using this place to conduct strange experiments, most likely related to human modification and bestiality. They want to use the painted world to restore the lost Yharnam, but their real purpose is the great labyrinth beneath Yharnam!"

What makes Yharnam City special is that the oldest civilization on the continent is hidden beneath its surface.

This is the "Sumeru civilization," which is also the origin of the Old Gods in Bloodborne.

The specific details of the labyrinth and Cain's research could not be found, but the person who wrote the parchment found the location where Cain Hearst was hiding.

Vampires do not appear during the day.

Their castle is hidden in the dream world of the painting.

There are three ways to get to that dream.

Firstly, they receive goods, such as humans lured from reality, for use in blood-sucking farming.

Secondly, the visit of the deceased refers to the appearance of people from the "Healing Church".

Neither of the above can be implemented.

Although Xiao Wu obtained Cain's access rights as a commodity, Li Nuo stole the middleman Rugal from the goods, so they will most likely be on guard.

The third method involves using a prop found deep within a large maze.

"The Helmet of the Sun Knight".

When Mr. Derby uttered the name of this thing, the three players were not calm, because Dark Souls had finally arrived.

At this moment, Mr. Derby's mouth disappeared. This was the power of the curse, indicating that he had talked too much and his own resistance was too low, making it impossible for him to stop the curse from eroding him. If he revealed the truth again, he would not be far from going insane.

So he wrote down the answer with a pen, and after he finished writing, his right hand disappeared as well.

—Some of the dead know the truth, and Yharnam's public fundraising hides the truth, but it can only be believed at night.

The answer is clear: at night, we need to go to the cemetery to find the body that knows the location of "The Helmet of the Sun Knight".

There is more than one cemetery in Yanan.

Derby pulled out a map he had drawn himself and marked a spot at the end of the sewer, indicating that it should be there. He wrote on the paper: I'm an expert in this area, please trust me.

[Main quest updated: The Secrets of Cainhurst]

[Mission Details: We have entered the "world within the painting" and found the first clue. During the day, everyone can be trusted, but at night, no one can be trusted...]

【…】

[Sorry... all three of you are completely immune to the side effects of dreams due to your anti-curse abilities... Anyway, the first clue has been found, go find "The Helmet of the Sun Knight"]

What follows is a detective game, but please be careful about the danger level of the destination.

Li Nuo stared with dead fish eyes.

He felt that... it was probably because the employees of "Redemption" had given up again that World Tree had to step in and act as the mission issuer once more.

Blood was flowing from Derby's eyes. He sat down in a chair, closed his eyes, and recovered.

Miaham took out a "capsule," extracted some medicine from it, and treated Derby's curse while looking at Li Nuo and the others with difficulty.

"This method won't work. We can't really pry open a dead person's mouth unless we bring them back to life."

Li Nuo pointed to his face.

"I can."

(End of this chapter)