Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 266 Maliks, the Destined Death
Because the gate of the Beast Temple had been destroyed, Bai Shi and D simply stepped over the broken bricks and walked in.

Two of the pillars carved with ferocious beasts have collapsed, and the remaining ones are in tatters and look shaky.

Bai Shi walked forward and came together with D to the figure shrouded in the coarse robe.

The 'Beast Priest' lowered his head and remained silent.

D walked up to Granger and spoke first:

"Gulranger, what's wrong with you?"

“It doesn’t look good.”

Gulanger raised his head when he heard the noise.

His face was completely hidden beneath the priest's robes.

Bai Shi tried hard to see clearly, but could only see a hairy chin.

The face above was completely obscured by special means, and only darkness could be seen.

As for the body, although it was covered tightly by a rough robe, the inhuman posture was very obvious.

However, the robe did not fit him well and made him look much bigger than his actual body size, almost like a wild beast like a bear.

A very low, hoarse sound came out of Gulang's mouth.

"hungry……"

But then he finally came to his senses and seemed to have regained some clarity.

Seeing D, Gulang nodded slightly.

"Ah, it's you..."

"This place has been attacked, so it's a little troublesome."

Gulanger seemed unwilling to say more, so D did not pursue the matter further.

Anyway, Gulanger himself is still intact, and that's enough.

Granger looked at Bai Shi, who was silently observing beside D, and asked:

"Who is this?"

D slightly turned sideways and introduced Bai Shi to Gulang.

"This is Lord Baishi, the person who has the greatest hope of becoming the King of Elden in the border area."

"He has hunted dead roots before."

"You have been collecting that stuff, haven't you? So I want you to get to know each other."

"It is also to give the exchange for removing the dead roots to Master Baishi."

Hearing D's introduction, Grange sneered.

He found it amusing that D said Bai Shi was the most likely person to become the King of Elden.

D The expression under the helmet was a little ugly, and Gulanger did not hide his smile.

Although he knew that Gulang's identity was mysterious and his strength was definitely not weak, D believed that his description was indeed correct.

But Bai Shi was not angry about this.

After all, he knew Gulang's true identity.

Queen Marika's adopted brother and Queen Marika's shadow beast - Marikas.

Before he could grasp his destined death, Malicus defeated the Queen of the Night Eyes and her Divine Skin Nobles and Divine Skin Apostles.

From then on, at the suggestion of Queen Marika, he sealed his destined death with his own body.

This incident is also recorded in many texts related to the Black Flame.

As a beast that sealed the destined death, his name was equivalent to the death of the demigods, making them feel fear.

Whether in terms of strength or experience, Malicus is qualified.

He had met the King of Elden, twice.

However, Malicus also observed Bai Shi very seriously.

Based on his understanding of D, he would not say such a thing without basis.

After carefully examining Bai Shi, Malicus gradually felt a little surprised.

Bai Zhi is indeed very strong.

He did not conceal any of his aura, so Malicus could easily tell his level.

Yes, this kind of frankness shows some kingly temperament.

Although his strength is still far behind that of real kings and gods, he is already stronger than most demigods.

But what impressed Malicus most about Bai was his youth.

Even if your appearance never ages, the scent of your soul will change over the years.

And Bai Shi is indeed as young as he looks.

As a human being, to achieve this level of strength in such a short period of time is truly commendable.

At the border, the lifespans of living beings are very long, and become even more exaggerated after their destined death is sealed.

Demigods inherit the bloodline and power of kings and gods, so they are generally very powerful, and their power is innate.

But even so, they still need to grow and go through a long period of time before they can achieve true strength.

Even with such a foundation, there are only a few demigods who can barely catch Malicus's eye.

And the foundation of the Faded Ones is nothing compared to the Demigods.

If he were given more time... then maybe he could really do it.

Malicus couldn't help but regard Bai Shi as someone who needed special care.

At this moment, Bai Shi was also observing Malicus.

The other party was staring at him straight, and if he didn't look back, he would feel like he was at a disadvantage.

However, Malicus used special means to hide at this moment, and his true identity and strength could not be seen.

Unlike Malicus, Bai Shi is now completely unable to see the strength of Malicus, who is very well disguised.

Bai Shi felt helpless about this, as he had no way to hide his strength, so he could only let Malicus observe him, while he could not see anything from the other party.

Although he didn't need to use it, Bai Shi felt that he couldn't be without a way to hide his strength.

Fortunately, even if he couldn't directly see Malicus's strength, Bai Shi could still guess it based on the strength in the plot and the strength of the demigods he had encountered so far.

Malicus is definitely a more difficult enemy than all the demigods.

Not only is his own strength extremely exaggerated, but once he releases the destined death, he will be even more terrifying when fighting as a complete form holding a black sword.

Bai Shi doesn't want to be involved in something like destined death.

Maliks didn't dwell on D's previous words anymore and said:

"I smell death, offer death..."

"I will grant you the Eye and the Claw."

Malicus stretched out a large, furry paw.

D turned and nodded to Bai Shi.

Bai Shi took out the three dead roots he had found in the cemetery as well as the one he had used to destroy the Summoning Ship.

These three dead roots have been sealed by the Holy Law, and the breath of death no longer leaks out.

Bai Shi lifted the seal and placed the dead roots onto Malicus' outstretched claws.

And D also took out a dead root that was also sealed from his body.

This is what they found while following the trail.

Malikus held the four dead roots firmly with his claws, and then he put them under his cloak and swallowed them impatiently, making chewing sounds. When he had swallowed all the four dead roots, Malikus groaned in pain and gasped for air.

"Not enough... not enough..."

I keep devouring the dead roots, but... I'm still very hungry, very hungry...

Malika, is this my sin?
Can't go back to the past?

This hunger will always be with him, because this is the sin that he can never wash away...

Only when he devours the death roots and allows the death power within them to return to the Death Rune, can he reduce the number of dead-born people on this border.

The Deathborns spread across the border area because the Death Rune was stolen, so Malicus believed that this was his responsibility.

Find the murderer at that time and clean up all these dead roots.

This is his atonement.

Bai Shi looked at Malicus, whose condition was obviously abnormal, and thought of the mad state he would go into when he devoured too many dead roots in the game.

It seems that it is not so easy for Malicus to seal his destined death.

Sealing this power that does not belong to him is also a torment for him.

What's more, these deaths have changed their form in the outside world, and should be no different from spoiled food.

But now only Malicus, who seals the destined death, can completely solve these dead roots.

After taking a break, Malicus realized that they had no dead roots now.

Then, it's time to reward them.

Malicus took out four items and handed them to Bai Shi.

Among them, there is a claw mark holy mark and a beast eye, as well as two parchments with different prayers recorded on them.

"I hope useful to you."

Bai Shi nodded and accepted them.

The Claw Mark Holy Seal is a physical holy seal.

In fact, this kind of physical holy seal is common in the border area. The two illusory Holy Seals of Dragon Feast and Ancient Dragon that Bai Shi possessed successively are extremely rare.

The main body of this holy seal is a smooth, round stone. If there is anything special about it, it is that there are several deep claw marks on it.

Just by looking at it, one can understand that the claw marks contain Malicus's anger.

Therefore, this holy mark can strengthen the series of beast prayers taught by Malikus.

As for the beast eyes, it is a special auxiliary prop.

This is a stone eyeball that holds power. As long as it is close to a dead root, it will vibrate to alert the holder.

However, this thing is not particularly useful for Baishi.

Because he had already memorized all the places with dead roots.

As for the last two prayers, they are both pretty good prayers.

One is the beast stone, the other is the beast vitality.

The Beast Stone can quickly release a large number of sharp stone flakes from the hand, and can be used immediately after other actions, making the move extremely fast.

In the game, you can cancel the backswing between combos to achieve various fancy moves.

In reality, it probably won't be particularly powerful, but it can probably be used.

As for the other prayer - Beast Vitality, it is different. It is a very useful prayer.

This prayer can house the beast's vitality in the body and continuously restore blood volume over a period of time.

In the game, this prayer is the best prayer for restoring health using mana.

Bai Shi had high hopes for this prayer, hoping that its blood recovery effect could be stronger.

In this way, it is useful whether you activate the ember state to ignite yourself to increase damage, cooperate with the self-healing ability to continuously recover blood, or when it is inconvenient to take medicine.

I just don't know yet how fast this prayer can recover, I'll try it out later.

As for D, Malicus directly took out a large piece of golden rune and handed it to him.

D accepted it without hesitation.

The two of them had previously agreed on the terms of cooperation and would trade in Runes.

Bai Shi probably understood the deal between the two of them.

As a staunch believer in the Golden Rule and a man who has delved deeply into the fundamentalism of the Golden Rule, D's goal is to expel all the Deathborn from the border without a single one left.

He would not use the prayers of other faiths, and essentially he just used Malycus as a recycling station for dead roots.

After all the rewards were paid, Maliks ordered them to leave:
"Okay, please go back."

"I expect more death from you."
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Bai Shi and D left the Beast Temple and decided to say goodbye there.

D still has a lot of things to do, and this trip was an unexpected situation.

So he decided to return to the Round Table Hall as soon as possible, while Bai Shi planned to take advantage of this time to take a look around here.

In fact, Bai Shi was a little hesitant, wondering whether he should take advantage of this opportunity to get rid of Malicus and take the Death Rune away in advance.

But then Bai Shi shook his head.

Because just now, Bai Shi suddenly had a guess.

Perhaps only by killing Malicus in the Sky City can the Death Rune be seized.

Even if we kill this Gulang in the Beast Temple now, it will probably be of no use.

In the game, the deaths of these two characters are not related, except for a special passage that confirms that they are the same person.

Although the time and space of Fam Azra is disordered, things like the Death Rune should be unique.

It should not be affected by time and space.

Perhaps in order to prevent the Fated Death from being stolen again, Malicus hid it directly in the chaotic time and space of Fam Azra.

Therefore, even if his body in this present time and space is killed, it is estimated that it will not be possible to save him from his destined death.

As long as Fam Azra is not found, then the Fated Death will never be found.

Bai Shi sighed.

Although it is just speculation, it seems that this possibility is quite high.

Bai Shi thought about it and walked down the hillside in front of the entrance of the Beast Temple.

The nearby Rain Magic Tower can be entered directly. Let's fly in and take away the things inside.

Bai Shi descended the hillside, passing numerous tombstones.

Here you can also see the bodies of the evil soldiers lying on the ground, their bodies broken.

No one would take the initiative to approach the stinking battlefield ruins or the forgotten forbidden areas. The evil soldiers were the guards without honor to protect such places.

In border areas, smaller bodies are discriminated against.

Therefore, becoming dishonorable evil soldiers is the way of survival for these dwarves.

Bai Shi shook his head and walked past them.

If it was in his Stoneville, there would be no such discrimination.

Even subhumans and hybrids can be accommodated there, and the evil soldiers are just short people.

"Roar--!"

Bai Shi turned around and saw that Malicus had already run to the side of the Beast Temple and roared to the sky.

No one could know what kind of emotions were hidden in this roar.

　Today I had a full schedule, three classes in the morning, and evening self-study and experiments until nine o'clock. After I finished coding, it was still a little late...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)