Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 309 Marika's Blessing
Bai Shi just wanted the other party to listen to him carefully, but...

Why did this knight under Messermo suddenly pledge his loyalty to him?
Isn't this rebellion?
Bai Shi is now doubting his life.

Although it is true that he is very orthodox...but can he make the other party betray him just by shaking his tiger body?

It seems that this was not the script he got before...

Bai Shi hesitated for a moment and saw that the knight didn't even look up, as if he would not stand up unless he accepted the suggestion.

And the other soldiers around him also began to follow suit and salute.

Now Bai Shi suddenly felt as if he was covered with a yellow robe.

This, this, you are harming me!

What kind of thing is it to steal my brother-in-law's girl right away?
Bai Shi walked forward and stood in front of the knight.

"Forehead……"

"Aren't you one of Messermo's men?"

Speaking of Messermo, the knight suddenly trembled and looked angry.

"I have nothing to do with the evil snake that betrayed and tainted the golden tree!"

Bai Shi stared at the knight in front of him.

Even though his face was covered by a helmet, his anger was clearly visible.

'what happened? ’

'Did you rebel against Messermo?'

Bai Shi thought about it for a moment and quickly understood why this knight had been so determined to pledge allegiance to him.

It turned out that he and Messermo had become enemies, but no one knew the reason.

Bai Shi helped the black knight who was kneeling on one knee up and asked:

"Tell me more about it."

"Queen Malika's deeds in this land, your identity, and what did Messermo do?"

The black knight stood up, thinking.

"You can call me Harold. That's my name."

"Where should I begin..."

While Harold was hesitating, Bai Shi had already made the decision for him:
"Let's start with the story of Queen Marica and King Gefulei."

Harold nodded and began to reminisce.

"Queen Marika initially preached in various places, spreading the teachings of the Golden Tree."

"At that time, the Horned People were always obstructing, and the powerful Queen of the Night Eyes was also hostile to Queen Marika."

"It is said that Queen Marika was disturbed by them several times and was in danger."

"But after Lord Gefulei showed up, things took a turn for the better."

"Queen Marica and King Gefulei become partners, and the power of the Golden Tree continues to expand."

"During that time, all enemies were defeated by King Gefulei and his army."

"The once invincible Horned People suffered their first defeat, and ultimately could no longer stop the growth of the Golden Tree."

"At the beginning of the Golden Tree, wars were constant, so King Gefulei was also the king of the battlefield."

"After that, it was said that Queen Marika and the Horned People reached some kind of agreement."

"However, I don't know the details. I only know that the Horned People stopped interfering with the Golden Tree after that."

Harold paused and spoke again:

“It was only after that that I joined the Golden Tree.”

"After that, under the guidance of the queen, the king found the weapon to hunt the giant snake and killed the God-killing Snake."

"We continued to fight with the king and finally defeated Queen Marica's opponent, Queen Yeiseyan."

"After the defeat of Queen Xiao Se Yan, Queen Marika was transformed in the Horned People's Tower of God and became a god."

"At that moment, order was restored, and the Golden Tree became the sole ruler of the borderland."

"And Lord Gefrey became the King of Elden."

"The king received the dewdrops with great power and energy—at the moment of receiving them, he remained motionless."

"The King of Golden Trees, towering over the earth!"

When Harold mentioned Graham Frey, he was full of admiration.

Bai Shi nodded.

There was no need for him to tell him what happened afterwards, he already knew it.

After that, in order to protect the golden tree, Queen Marika joined forces with other forces that hated the Fire Giants and marched forward.

Finally, with the end of the Giant War, the Golden Tree was no longer a threat, and the glorious era of life truly arrived.

But after Queen Marika launched a war against the Horn People, the Shadow Land was separated from the Border Land, and the Shadow Tree disappeared with it.

Without the Shadow Tree, the Golden Tree could no longer drop its dew, and the Age of Plenty was fleeting.

Bai Shi then asked the Black Knight:

"What is your status and that of the Knights you belong to?"

Harold straightened his chest and answered:
"We are the Black Knights, with the blood of the Crucible flowing in our veins, and we once studied with the Crucible Knights."

"In addition to the power of the furnace, we are also devout believers of the Golden Tree. For its protection, we master many kinds of prayers."

"It is no exaggeration to say that our Black Knights are the strongest wall of the army."

Bai Shi nodded. The weapons and shields of the black knights looked very reliable.

However, the Black Knights actually have the power of the furnaces, and can perform those furnace prayers.

Bai Shi asked one last question:
"So, what's the matter with Messermo?"

This is what he is most concerned about.

Harold sighed and began to tell what he knew about Messermo's life:

"Messermo is the first offspring of Queen Marica."

"After he grew up, he participated in various wars. He was extremely powerful and soon became the strongest person under King Gefulei."

"Messermo fought all the way and cleared countless enemies for Queen Marika."

"He commands a large army, including his personal guard, the Flame Knights."

"We, the Black Knights, are also his subordinates."

"In addition, there is an army from the royal family of Kalia, led by Lailana, following Messermo."

"After the fire giants were wiped out and everything was settled, Messermo and Laelana became partners."

Bai Shi blinked when he heard this.

'? '

Did he hear something wrong?
Laelana... who is that? And she is related to the royal family of Kalia.

Bai Shi only knew Lenara, and thought he might have made a mistake.

But on second thought, if it was Lenara, the problem would be even more serious.

Bai Shi interrupted Harold who was telling the story of Messermo's life.

"Laelana, who is it?"

Harold didn't expect Bai Shi to ask this question, but he answered immediately:

"She is the biological sister of the 'Full Moon Queen' Reinara, and a former princess of the Kalia royal family."

"They call them 'The Knight of the Two Moons'."

"She eventually left the royal family of Kalia to follow Messermo."

Bai Shi nodded. It turned out to be Lani's aunt...

Does Lani know that she has an aunt?

Bai Shi probably didn't know, otherwise Lani wouldn't have known nothing about the Shadow Land before.

"In the past, we respected him from the bottom of our hearts and followed him in the wars."

"But at the end of the holy war, he betrayed Queen Malika and the Golden Tree."

"He took the Shadow Tree for himself, and thus incurred punishment from Queen Marica."

"This place has completely become a place abandoned by God."

Harold looked up, feeling very complicated.

"Until this point, we had not completely decided to rebel against Messermo, but we were very dissatisfied with his behavior." "But... Captain Andros discovered the nature of Messermo's evil snake."

"This is a betrayal and a stain we cannot accept."

"The leader and deputy leader led us in the rebellion."

"In order to protect the orthodoxy of the Golden Tree, we declare war on Messermo."

Harold clenched his fists, but then gradually loosened them.

“Ultimately we failed.”

"The chief and deputy chief were imprisoned and executed, and the rest suffered heavy casualties."

"As for those of us who slipped through the net, Messermo didn't even think of hunting us down."

Bai Shi began to think.

From what I heard, although a rebellion was launched, the reasons on the Black Knight's side were quite reasonable.

However, according to the information provided by the ancient king, all of this is still under the control of Queen Marika.

Messermo's 'betrayal' was only supposed to be at the behest of Queen Marika.

The truth of the matter was probably concealed from the soldiers below.

But people change, and Bai Shi has no idea what Messermo is thinking right now.

The black knights around him have rebelled, and it’s hard to say what’s going on now.

We still have to wait until we actually meet him.

It’s a pity that this black knight participated in the rebellion, so now he can’t lead the way.

Bai Shi patted Harold's breastplate and nodded at him.

"Very good, thanks to you, I also know a lot of information."

Harold lowered his head. This was nothing.

Suddenly, Harold remembered something.

He turned around and said to the three soldiers behind him:
"Quick, bring us the thing we have been guarding."

A soldier immediately turned around and left, walking quickly in a certain direction.

Bai Shi looked at the soldier curiously and began to guess what he was about to bring.

Could it be a weapon, a prayer, or some special item related to the golden tree?
Regardless, it certainly looks like a rare find.

Soon, the soldier came back, holding a small box in his hands carefully.

The soldier stood in front of the White Knight and the Black Knight and handed over the box in his hand.

Harold took out a key, opened the locked box, then stepped aside, and the thing finally appeared in front of Bai Shi.

I saw soft cotton placed in the small box, with a small golden bottle lying safely inside it.

The body of the bottle is covered with branches and leaves of the golden tree, and the gentle power of blessing is revealed through the body of the bottle.

Bai Shi looked at the item called 'Marika's Blessing' in front of him with his eyes widened.

This is obviously a bottle of elixir, and it is an extremely powerful elixir.

Bai Shi reached out and took it out of the box, carefully feeling the power contained in it.

In just a few seconds, Bai Shi determined where the effect of this elixir came from.

The ingredients in this elixir don't seem to be unique, but the effect is unprecedentedly powerful.

Moreover, Bai Shi was even more familiar with the power it contained.

That’s part of the power of blessing.

Combined with its name, this is probably an elixir made and blessed by Queen Malika herself, which is why it has such a powerful effect and special meaning.

Bai Shi held the elixir in one hand and placed the other hand on his chin.

Instead of thinking about the effect of this elixir or when to use it, Bai Shi now has a bolder idea.

He had used the Great Rune's blessing ability several times before, but the objects of the blessing were all humans without exception.

He had never attempted to bless other objects with the power of the Great Rune.

If he could bless the elixir like Queen Marika did, wouldn't he be able to sell this rare and powerful item wholesale?
Even if the effect is slightly worse, you can always win by saving more in daily life.

Thinking of this, Bai Shi immediately took out the bottle of elixir from his body.

This contains the elixir that Melina prepared for him personally, with red crystal dew drops and green crystal dew drops added to it.

The former can instantly recover a large amount of injuries, while the latter can bring more physical strength.

Bai Shi tried to activate the Great Rune to infuse power into the elixir.

The effect of the blessing really took effect.

As the runes in the body were consumed, a dazzling golden light flashed on the elixir bottle.

Harold's eyes widened beneath his helmet when he saw this.

The light that lit up on the elixir bottle was exactly the same as that on 'Malika's Blessing'!
Bai Shi looked at the elixir bottle in his hand and nodded.

Then he drank the elixir in one gulp.

Anyway, the elixir can be prepared again, so I don’t feel bad about it at all.

As expected, the blessing not only brings golden special effects, but also greatly improves the recovery effect.

Although the effect seems to be incomparable to 'Malika's Blessing'.

This is also normal. After all, it was blessed by Queen Marika herself, and there might be some procedures that he doesn't know about.

But Bai Shi’s main focus here is large quantity and sufficient supply, and the small workshop produces powerful materials.

No matter what Queen Marika does, just pour the blessing of Rune into it!

After testing the effect of the blessed elixir, Bai Shi was very satisfied.

Bai Shi took out the red and blue dew drop holy grail bottles that had not been used for some time.

As the level of battle continues to rise, the recovery effects of these two bottles of medicine have become less than impressive.

It is difficult to collect more Holy Grails for the time being, so use the blessing method to increase the additional recovery amount.

After trying to bless the two holy grail bottles in his hands, all of Bai Shi's recovery methods were upgraded to a higher level.

Each time a blessing is applied to the medicines here, it would cost approximately three to five thousand runes.

However, this number of runes is really just a number to the current Baishi.

After the last upgrade, I had more than two million runes left, and during this period I have also saved up three or four hundred thousand runes.

After doing all this, Bai Shi waved at the stunned Harold, signaling him to come closer.

Harold came in front of Bai Shi, not knowing what he was going to do.

Bai Shi looked at the black knight who was loyal to the golden tree and extended his hand to him.

He immediately realized what Bai Shi was going to do and knelt on one knee excitedly.

A golden light extended from Bai Shi's hand and descended upon the Black Knight.

With Rune's blessing, the golden carvings on the Black Knight's body continued to light up, and his power also increased steadily.

When the blessing ended, Harold looked at the blessing that had returned to him, still feeling a little bit unbelievable.

Such blessings have been completely away from him as the Shadow Land was closed.

The only traces of Queen Marika and the golden tree left on him were his eyes, which had not yet faded.

This is the symbol of the blessed ones, and also the last line of defense they can hold on to.

Unexpectedly, today, the blessing that had gone away returned again.

Harold was in mixed emotions at the moment and lowered his head to Bai Shi.

He swore in his heart that he would follow Bai Shi to the death.

Bai Shi smiled.

For those who firmly believe in the golden tree and keep their faith in it even if they are abandoned, blessing is the best comfort.

Queen Marika's practice of using blessings to preach and guide warriors to fight is now of great help to Baishi.

It can be said that whenever faced with people in similar situations, Bai Shi has found a way to easily make them follow him.

He only needs to show his legitimate identity and then bestow his blessing, and he can basically raise the other party's favorability to more than 90 points.

For these devout warriors who were locked in the shadow land by the golden tree, such blessing is a guide for them to return to faith.

Although this loyalty is now to the Golden Tree instead of Baizhi, it doesn't matter.

Over time, this loyalty will eventually turn into loyalty to Bai Shi.

(End of this chapter)