Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 208 Can I ride you? (5k)

Bai Shi held the blue wolf egg in front of his eyes.

Although separated by a thick eggshell, I could still feel the beating pulse inside.

However, Bai Shi doesn't seem to have any good way to take it away, so maybe he can only hold it.

After the space disc that Lani gave me was modified to be lightweight, it can no longer be used to place living things like a sealed prison.

Bai Shi looked at Celine Shanks.

Come to think of it, now that there is an ancient dragon around me, I should consider becoming a dragon knight.

Bai Shi has been longing to ride on a dragon and fly into the sky for a long time.

It should be said that if you travel to a fantasy world with dragons, no one can resist the temptation of riding a dragon.

"Celin Shanks."

When Celine Shanks heard Bai Shi calling her, she moved her eyes away from the wolf egg in Bai Shi's arms.

"What's the matter? Please tell me."

Bai Shi and Celine Shanks looked into each other's eyes.

"Can I ride you please?"

Celine Shanks was stunned for a moment, then she was a little incredulous, and her fair skin suddenly turned red.

"Wait, wait a minute, I'm not mentally prepared for this kind of thing..."

Bai Shi reacted and realized that what he had just said seemed to be somewhat ambiguous.

There is absolutely no problem using the word "ride" for mounts.

The mounts on the border are all very intelligent, and only their owners can ride any horse.

If it was said to Torret, there would naturally be no problem, but the other party was a dragon girl who could transform into a human form.

Could she have misunderstood something?

Regardless of whether she misunderstood something or not, Melina had already misunderstood something and was starting to get angry.

Bai Shi felt a chill coming from behind him and his expression changed immediately.

"Uh uh, don't get me wrong."

"What I said is, let me ride on you while you're in dragon form and carry me flying."

Celine Shanks now looked at Bai Shi in a somewhat strange way.

"Huh? What if?"

"Apart from this riding method, is there any other way to ride?"

Bai Shi was speechless for a moment.

"Um, can I ask why you reacted so strongly just now?"

Celine Sanx turned her head to the side, glanced at Bai Shi out of the corner of her eye, and said shyly:
"For an ancient dragon, letting someone ride on him is not something that... just anyone can do."

"We must conclude an ancient contract and oath..."

Celine Shanks crossed her arms over her chest, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Although I do want to be by your side and serve you, this is something I have to do sooner or later."

"But suddenly speaking of this... at least let me be prepared."

Bai Shi:......

But fortunately, the cold gaze behind him seemed to have disappeared.

Bai Shi breathed a sigh of relief.

No, how did Melina know that 'ride' has another meaning?

It seems like this incident can be used to tease her in the future.

But for the sake of his own life, Bai Shi gave up this plan.

Returning to Celine Shanks's question, Bai Shi asked her:

"Contract and oath? Okay."

"Anyway, you've already agreed, right?"

Celine Sanks lowered her head, put the tips of two fingers together, and poked them back and forth.

Then she nodded slightly, as a sign of agreement.

Although Bai Shi still didn't know what the so-called contracts and oaths of the ancient dragons were, it was understandable that the ancient dragons took this matter very seriously.

After all, ancient dragons have always been at the top of all living things.

Perhaps for the ancient dragons, letting someone ride on them really requires careful consideration.

But anyway, Celine Shanks agreed.

In this case, Bai Shi plans to continue exploring this Dark Night Realm.

There are actually many places to explore in the Dark Night Realm.

Because of the time limit for Feng Ling Yue Ying to clear the burden, Bai Shi went to the church where his eldest brother was supposed to be after getting the Hunting Finger Knife, and did not explore anywhere else.

After all, if you miss the time to use Feng Ling Yue Ying, it would be a big loss.

But since Celine Shanks had already agreed to be Bai Shi's mount, he didn't care about the short time it took Feng Ling Yue Ying to clear the load.

Bai Shi brought Celine Shanks out of the underground and began to explore the Dark Realm again.

This time, Bai Shi went to the building located to the right of the Chair Temple in the Dark Night Divine Realm.

These buildings are built facing the church area and their architectural style looks somewhat like residential areas.

But once you actually get in, you'll find that this place is not as simple as it looks.

One of them was indeed similar to a house, with all kinds of luxurious furniture inside, which was obviously different from the houses in Noklongn.

It looks like the place where the ruling class once lived.

There was nothing that particularly interested Bai Shi here, so after a quick look around I didn't stay for long.

But other places are not residential areas at all.

According to Celine Shanks, those are all research sites.

Bai Shi came to another similar building with great anticipation.

There are quite a few silver teardrop guards here, and there are also two defective replica teardrops that can only transform into Knox people.

In addition to these simulated teardrops, there are also some classic lightning balls.

Lightning ball is one of the pure births in the game.

There is no health bar and it cannot be locked. If you encounter a Faded One, just shoot at it randomly.

If you encounter a large group of them, it would be like the Thunder King coming to life, the sourness is indescribable.

Fortunately, this kind of lightning ball will explode by itself after being hit twice in reality, and its power is not particularly exaggerated.

But their form of existence made Bai Shi very interested.

These lightning balls are a group of lightning that gather together. After they dissipate, nothing will be left and there is no entity.

Moreover, the color of this lightning is different from other lightning on the border. It is blue and white.

In the game, only the special kind of lightning, ice lightning, has this color.

Moreover, the lightning balls are not traps set by magic, but are special life forms in themselves.

At the border area, the three most important elements that constitute life are: body, soul, and consciousness.

Bai Shi felt that these lightning balls were special life forms without bodies or consciousness, but with artificial souls.

It's a pity that there is no means to control them, otherwise we could study them.

Bai Shi explored the various laboratories here one by one.

He didn't understand how many things were used. After all, they were too far away in time and were things left over from another civilization.

However, the various products produced by their research are still quite intuitive and easy to understand.

For example, Bai Shi has now found a special corpse in a room.

The body was immersed in a silvery liquid, but the vessel that had once held it had broken long ago, and he had fallen out.

The corpse was silver all over, with shrunken legs and was extremely skinny.

Obviously, this is a platinum child.

However, his appearance is very different from the Platinum Sons that are commonly seen in the border area, and his body is much larger.

Bai Shi thought about it for a moment and felt that the origin time of the Sons of Platinum could be pushed back further.

I originally thought that the magic academy had researched it from the Simulated Teardrop, but now it seems that there was already a prototype.

Perhaps the ancient Son of Platinum mentioned on the Platinum Staff refers to this kind of Son of Platinum.

That's right. After all, even the dragon soldiers who had been created a long time ago had broken legs. This technology must have been used a long time ago.

The academy must have found a special Son of Platinum similar to this prototype and started the corresponding research.

Because the research was conducted directly based on the prototype, the appearance is so similar.

In this way, the map of Huasheng Snowfield may have a lot to do with the Knox Dynasty.

There are also huge sons of platinum on the Holy Snow Plain, as well as the spirits of the dragon soldiers.

In addition, there are also giant fossil-like columnar trees of the same species underground, so it is hard not to suspect that the two places had some connection in ancient times.

Bai Shi entered the next room, but there was nothing worth talking about in the following rooms.

It wasn't until the next level that Bai Shi discovered something interesting.

This entire floor is a huge room without any partitions and is quite spacious.

In this huge room, Bai Shi found several large corpses. These corpses had an aged dragon-like appearance, with huge holes in their abdomens, and they were kneeling by the wall in almost the same posture.

These corpses are exactly those of the dragon soldiers.

The dragon soldiers relied on their physical bodies to fight against the ice thunder, and their strength was not weak.

That ice thunder is their unique power.

They had never seen the real sky and thunder, so they created ice thunder.

The bodies of the dragon soldiers were placed in two rows in this huge room, three in each row, filling up the entire floor.

They don't look like they have been active, perhaps they have never been awakened since they were created.

Celine Shanks followed Bai Shi and helped him hold the wolf egg.

Seeing these dragon soldiers who clearly had some ancient dragon features, she couldn't help but speak:
"Our Gu Long is obviously much more handsome than this."

"I don't know how they put together a weird guy like this."

Bai Shi didn't respond, because he actually thought the dragon soldiers were quite handsome.

It feels like a runaway artificial biological weapon.

However, what surprised Bai Shi was that the dragon soldiers actually left behind ashes.

In the abdomens of two of the dragon soldiers, Bai Shi found the bones that contained their souls.

Their souls attached themselves to one of the breastbones and fell down, landing at the bottom of the abdominal cavity.

Such bones serve to carry the soul, which is equivalent to ashes.

Bai Shi was not polite and took away all their ashes.

The ancient dragon is the king's iron wall.

The Knox Dynasty created dragon soldiers to assist them in their research on the artificial Lord of the Night - the Simulacrum Teardrop.

Although the dragon soldiers were considered failures, Bai Shi did not despise them.

Bai Shi arrived at the top floor of the building, which was a small room with a round vaulted roof that was tightly locked.

However, Bai Shi managed to get in easily through forced demolition.

There is nothing here, only a separate platform in the very center.

On the table was a gorgeous silver-white holy grail decorated with intricate patterns.

This holy grail is different from the golden holy grails that Bai Shi has picked up.

The shape of this silver-white holy grail is flatter and the mouth of the cup is wider.

This silver-white holy grail also contains a purple liquid with a strong "mysterious" atmosphere.

Rather, the liquid in this silver-white holy grail is the liquid 'mystery' itself.

Bai Shi looked at this strange silver-white holy grail and the highly concentrated "mysterious" liquid inside, wondering what it was used for.

Looking closely at the liquid, it looked like there were stars twinkling in it, and on the surface there seemed to be steel patterns similar to the teardrops.

Could it be that the tears were born from here?

Bai Shi carefully searched his mind for anything that might be related to the Holy Grail and the liquid.

But there seems to be nothing that corresponds to it.

Suddenly, Bai Shi had a flash of inspiration.

Bai Shi thought of the previously missing replica teardrop Ashimi.

It seems that in the abandoned plot, players need to find the Teardrop Holy Grail in the 'Eternal City'.

After that, Ashimi must be strengthened by drinking special drops of dew from the Holy Grail.

It seems that this thing is also known as the cradle holy grail. It seems that the tears are most likely born from it.

If that's the case, then is this the Tear Grail and Dew Drop used to strengthen her?

No matter what, Bai Shi stuffed the silver holy grail into the space disc.

Don’t worry about what this thing is for now, it’s always right to take it.

At this point, the Dark Night Divine Realm had been thoroughly explored by Bai Shi.

Seeing that there was no place left to explore, Bai Shi brought Celine Sanx to the edge of the Dark Realm.

At this moment, Feng Ling Yueying's time for clearing the weight has long ended. If Bai Shi wants to leave, he must rely on Celine Shanks.

So Bai Shi needs to hold the contract ceremony with her here first.

Bai Shi looked at Celine Sanx and asked:

"Celin Shanks, how does the contract you mentioned earlier work?"

Celine Sanks picked up a strand of hair by her ear and twisted it around her fingers.

"Well...actually the contract process is very simple, it doesn't have to be complicated."

"We just need to leave our own marks on each other."

Bai Shi blinked.

This always sounds a bit weird.

"Um, what should I do?"

Celine Shanks took a few steps forward, almost sticking to Bai Shi's body, making the scene look somewhat charming.

Bai Shi immediately held his breath, not daring to breathe heavily, but his heartbeat immediately accelerated.

Celine Sanks bit her lip, feeling somewhat nervous.

The ancient dragons are a very self-respecting race, and very few of them would mingle with other creatures, let alone let other creatures ride on them.

In Celine Shanks's opinion, such a thing can only be done after signing a contract.

"Well, although I have never signed a contract..."

"But please leave everything to me."

She pulled up Bai Shi's somewhat stiff hand and gently placed her right hand on the back of Bai Shi's hand.

Soon, a unique lightning magic power entered Bai Shi's body, and the Holy Seal of Dragon Feast on his hand gradually changed its appearance.

When Celine Sanx moved her hand away, a red ancient dragon emblem appeared on the back of Bai Shi's hand.

At this moment, red ancient dragon lightning was flashing around the holy mark.

A force of thunder and lightning was also generated in Bai Shi's body.

Celine Shanks let go of Bai Shi's hand, turned around and lifted up her pigtails, revealing her smooth back.

"Please put your hand up and leave your mark on me..."

"Don't worry, I'll guide you through it."

Bai Shi placed his hand on Celine Shanks's back. Her delicate and smooth skin was completely different from the ancient dragon's rocky scales.

Celine Shanks' body seemed to be shaking a little, and it seemed that she was not so calm either.

Bai Shi released his magic power, which was drawn by Celine Shanks for branding.

The emblem of an eagle with flapping wings appeared on her smooth back, and behind the eagle, the sun was rising.

It wasn't long before Celine Shanks' back was completely branded.

Bai Shi could sense that Celine Shanks had also gained some of the power of the storm and the sun.

This contract seems like a ritual of exchanging power.

Bai Shi moved his hand away, and Celine Shanks turned around and explained to him:

"Because the contract has such extraordinary significance, very few ancient dragons would sign a contract with other races."

"An ancient dragon will only make a contract once in his long life."

Celine Sanx paused, a little embarrassed.

"In fact, this contract is not a completely equal contract."

"When ancient dragons signed contracts in the past, they usually took the leading role in the contract. Of course, the leading role did not have any special powers."

"But I took the initiative to change you to the leading role when the contract was made."

Celine Sanx's eyes met Bai Shi's and she immediately lowered her head and bowed slightly.

She called out shyly:
"Owner……"
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Afterwards, Bai Shi took a vow under the guidance of Celine Shanks.

The general content is that he and Celine Shanks will watch over each other from now on and never betray each other.

Although this contract does not involve love.

But there is no doubt that this relationship may even be closer than an ordinary partner relationship in the border area.

Bai Shi was riding on Celine Shanks' neck. Thinking back to what happened just now, he still felt it was a bit outrageous.

I didn't expect that Gu Long's contract would be such a heavy one.

No wonder she reacted so strongly when she first asked Celine Shanks if she could ride her.

After signing the contract, the intimacy seems to be even more exaggerated than that of "riding".

What is the difference between this contract and marriage?
The contract feels good for a while, but it will be a nightmare in the future.

Bai Shi always felt that the Shura field in the future would not be something he could withstand.

But who can stand hearing the beautiful dragon lady calling him master?
And she has the appearance of Fire Keeper or something, this is too unfair!

He rescued an ancient dragon from the dungeon, and it transformed into a dragon maiden to repay her master. From then on, he gained a beautiful and powerful dragon maid.

Is this some light novel set?
　Quack! I want to be a dragon rider too!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)