Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 138: Stonewell's Monster Arrives in Selia Town
Bai Shi walked back along the original path and returned to the previous checkpoint.

Although according to the map, it is possible to reach the town of Selia by exploring further from where O'Neill was previously.

But by then the night had enveloped the earth, and it was difficult to tell directions in the swamp.

In order to avoid going further and further astray, Bai Shi chose a more stable path.

We also spent quite a bit of time today exploring the scarlet corrupted lake.

Although the return journey was fast, it still took a lot of time.

By the time Bai Shi saw the checkpoint again, it was already night.

But Bai Shi did not plan to rest this time, but decided to continue on his journey.

We have to quickly confirm Millicent's location, otherwise Bai Shi is worried that she might have an accident.

Although those corrupt followers were not very powerful, they were still quite threatening to Millicent, who had lost her right arm and was no longer able to swing a sword.

Little did Millicent know that the corrupt followers would not harm her.

It would be bad if Millicent could not bear the humiliation and committed suicide with a "gulp".

However, when Bai Shi returned to the vicinity of the checkpoint, he suddenly saw a strange creature.

The creature looked like a bird, but it was very strange and somewhat scary.

The creature had a huge, broken skull head.

The short beak on its head indicated its bird identity.

The skull of the head was shattered and exposed outside, emitting a blue fluorescent light.

Its neck is long and winding. It is very long, much longer than its body.

The torso is almost as thick as the neck, which makes it even more strange.

In other words, its entire body is a crooked long strip.

The body is like it has been stripped of feathers and skin, just bare.

There were cracks on the skinny body.

But like a dried corpse, there was no blood in the cracked wound.

To be honest, the whole body of this thing is like a super long duck neck.

If you look closely, you will see that what are hanging on its jet-black wings are not feathers, but azure souls.

The souls held forked spears, hanging from the wings of the alien birds.

Like a choir singing a hymn, they sang an inexplicable song.

This is the messenger of death, the bird of death.

The souls hanging from it are the ancient priests who were allowed to join the ranks of the dead birds.

After the death ritual, the priests become guardians of the dead bird.

It is said that making this move is equivalent to making a contract for reincarnation in the distant future.

After Bai Shi recognized the dead bird, he tried hard to recall the information related to it.

And the dead birds in the distance are now constantly collecting corpses on the roadside.

It did not notice the existence of Baizhi and continued to carry out its own actions.

Bai Shi also stopped and watched silently.

Before the golden tree is born, death will be baptized by spiritual fire.

And the bird of death is the keeper of the spiritual fire.

As for the so-called spiritual fire in the cemetery, there is not much information in the game.

Bai Shi only knew that the thing should look like a crematorium.

Although I don’t know exactly how the soul is baptized, it is definitely about throwing the corpse into the spiritual fire.

Because the death hook stick held by the Death Bird is the tool they use to take out the burnt corpse residue from the spiritual fire furnace.

Is the Bird of Death collecting these corpses with the intention of taking them back to the furnace of spiritual fire to burn them?
It is possible, if spiritual fire is roughly regarded as spiritual flame or soul flame.

Burning the remaining spiritual energy on the corpse might make the spiritual fire more vigorous.

Of course, it is also possible that it actually has no effect, and the bird of death is just instinctively repeating the previous death ritual.

After the Shattering War, the Golden Law's control became weaker and weaker.

Those ancient beliefs that were once driven away and disappeared by the golden tree began to return to view.

I just don’t know whether the mother of the dead birds, the twin birds, have returned to the border again?
The twin birds are not only the mothers of the birds of death, but also the messengers of some external gods.

Bai Shi looked at it for a while and found that the most eye-catching thing was the twisted neck.

This kind of neck is actually not unique to dead birds.

In the game, there is another character with a neck like this.

That is the 'Death Guide' Rosses.

Many people may be unfamiliar with this name, but his statues are actually quite common.

It is the same statue that will indicate the location of the underground cemetery at various locations in the border area.

His statue also has this long, twisted neck.

Both serve death and have the same physical characteristics.

It was hard for Bai Shi not to associate the connection between Rosses and the Bird of Death.

But what's strange is that if Rose has any connection with the Bird of Death.

So why were the birds of death driven away by the golden tree?

The statue of Roses points to the underground cemetery of the golden tree.

The Return Tree is a circulation system unique to the Golden Tree, so these statues must have been built later.

Even in some underground cemeteries, there is the light of Roses, which can make invisible shadows become solid.

Also, the Death Bird will be attacked by the Holy Law in the game, which is very strange.

Bai Shi suddenly had a bold idea.

Does this mean that although the Dead Bird and the Dead Born are not the same, they have very similarities with the Dead Born in terms of life form?

The Deadborn were born after the death of 'Golden' Godwin, from the dead roots that spread along the roots of the tree.

Their birth was completely accidental.

It is abnormal for a soul to have died but not returned to the tree and continue to live.

Therefore, the Golden Tree forces studied holy laws specifically to deal with life forms like them.

The dead bird probably did not become like this after death, but was dead when it was born.

At the same time, it perfectly meets all the conditions for being attacked by the Holy Law.

Baizhi's thoughts couldn't help but diverge.

Perhaps, the forces that want Godwin to die properly have already found the Birds of Death.

The jet-black feathers on the soldiers of the mausoleum, the figure that can exist as a headless spirit after death, the soul that baptizes the soul...

Suddenly, the dead bird seemed to notice Bai Shi.

It glanced at Bai Shi, interrupting his thoughts.

The bird of death tilted its head, turned its head and neck 90 degrees, and made a head-tilting move.

Bai Shi was caught off guard and felt a little frightened by this strange scene.

Just when Bai Shi thought that the Bird of Death was ready to fight him.

The dead bird suddenly flapped its wings and flew away, and no one knew where it flew to.

Bai Shi looked at the direction the dead bird flew away, confused.

But this is the best thing, there is no need to fight it.

There's an entire death faction behind Deathbird.

In the future, Bai Shi wants death to return to the border area correctly and equally.

So death is part of the law that must be taken into account.

There are many ways to bring death back into the entire legal system, whether it is the destined death sealed by the 'Black Sword', the death repair rune bred by the dead sleeping girl Fia, or the current bird of death.

Since the Bird of Death has no intention of attacking, you can try to contact it later.

Bai Shi took advantage of the night and passed through the towering checkpoint.

Unlike Stonewell, the checkpoint here is unmanned.

Come to think of it, Greg is quite timid.

That's why so many troops were deployed on the road from the checkpoint to Stonewell.

On Selia's side, there was nothing left that needed special protection.

After passing the checkpoint, we walked another distance.

Bai Shi saw a small shabby house on the side of the road and a huge dog on a tie.

The giant dog had a simple, crude collar around its neck.

This giant dog was obviously also kept in captivity.

However, this giant dog had sparse hair, a thin body, and scarlet rotten fungi growing all over its body, just like tumors, which was quite disgusting.

Compared with Hilbert's, the difference is obvious in appearance.

However, this kind of disgusting giant dog is the common giant dog in Galide.

The giant dog tied there saw Bai Shi and immediately rushed over, opening its mouth and wanting to bite him.

Then Bai Shi chopped off his head with a sword or a spear.

Bai Shi walked into the small shabby house and looked around.

There was only a chair in the small wooden house that was leaky on all sides, and nothing else.

The 'sage' Gwei, who was supposed to be here, is now missing.

Bai Shi didn't find any clues, so he just took a look and left.

So Bai Shi continued to move towards the vague buildings in the distance.

The town of Selia is not far ahead.
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Not long after Bai Shi left.

The 'sage' Gwei he was talking about slowly walked towards the house.

Today, the 'sage' Gwei is not in a very good mood.

Things haven't been going well lately.

First it was his adopted daughters, who were finally old enough to receive the gift of Scarlet Corruption.

This is a big deal.

After some effort, I finally got them to stay in the buds.

It's sad that the daughters have grown up and learned to rebel against their father.

But as long as they all accept the favor of Scarlet Corruption, all of this will no longer be a problem.

Having accepted the scarlet corruption, they will no longer abandon their corrupt believers.

These buds will bloom into the most beautiful flowers.

Then, after the coming of the Goddess of Corruption, she was reborn as a Valkyrie of scarlet flowers.

In the future, they will spread the gospel of corruption throughout the border area.

But here's where the problem lies.

Millicent, she escaped.

She fought against the Scarlet Corruption, even at the cost of cutting off her own arm.

Gwei actually didn't hate it.

Although she resisted the Scarlet Corruption, this was proof that she was most like her 'mother', Lady Marenia.

She must be the best bud among these sisters and will definitely be able to bloom the most beautiful flowers.

But now Millicent’s whereabouts are unknown, which is what Gwei can’t accept the most.

It doesn’t matter if your consciousness hasn’t been completely changed, there will be plenty of time in the future.

But if she died alone in that swamp...

Gwi's heart would break if he couldn't see those beautiful flowers bloom.

Not to mention that Millicent has not fully accepted the corruption, the scarlet corruption will continue to erode and harm her body as it would any ordinary living thing.

Just because she had a broken arm, she could have died without any treatment.

Moreover, the smell of blood will attract other creatures in the swamp, some of which are quite terrifying and difficult to fight against.

So he sent Millicent's other four sisters to search the swamp for Millicent's whereabouts.

At the same time, go look for the veteran O'Neill who once participated in the Ionian War.

Gwei believed that he must have the golden needle to suppress corruption.

The current situation is no longer suitable for Millicent to continue to be corrupted. The most important thing is to save her life first.

And it's a good thing to let her fight corruption like her mother did.

With such a strong will, what kind of beautiful flowers will bloom when you are desperate after being betrayed?

But this was the second thing that made him uncomfortable.

The four sisters failed.

Clearly winning was in sight, but the situation was disrupted by a mysterious man who showed up out of nowhere.

That man's strength is too amazing.

Two of the four sisters were seriously injured in the brief confrontation. If he had not pursued them, I'm afraid none of them would have escaped.

That is not something that ordinary heroes can match. I am afraid that he will not be weak against the descendants of demigods.

He called himself the Storm King, and Gwei was impressed by the name.

During their infiltration and exploration of the Nimgfu area, they also collected some information.

This Storm King seems to be the one who defeated the demigod 'Limb Reattachment' Greg and seized the Great Rune some time ago.

Although Greg is a descendant of demigod, he is different from other descendants of demigod.

He holds the Great Rune, a fragment of the Elden Ring, and also has his own fiefdom, making him a true fragment king.

Being able to defeat Greg, this Storm King should not be underestimated.

Now that such a person has come to Gaileed quietly, I wonder if it will have any impact on their great cause.

No, it has already affected it.

Without the golden needle, if Millicent couldn't hold on, she would most likely be killed by the scarlet corruption in her broken body.

Now we can only hope that Millicent can pull through it.

It is ridiculous that the believers of Scarlet Corruption, the masters who cast Millicent into corruption, are now begging Scarlet Corruption not to take Millicent's life.

Gwei sighed and prepared to go back to his cabin to rest.

As a result, before he reached the cabin, he smelled a strong smell of blood.

When he got closer, he saw that the giant dog he had kept for a long time had been killed.

The huge head was chopped off from the neck, and blood flowed on the ground.

The land infected by scarlet corruption has begun to grow various plants as it absorbs blood.

Gwei remained silent.

Then Gwei walked silently into the hut and sat on a chair.

What happened recently made him feel a little uncomfortable, as if he had eaten a fly.

"I have a bad feeling again..."
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Now Bai Shi has reached the outskirts of Selia Town.

Looking at the architectural style of Selia Town which was different from that of the border area, Bai Shi resolutely stepped into it.

Then, Bai Shi was attacked by magic coming from all directions.

(End of this chapter)