Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 319 Everyone here is rubbish

Looking at the mutilated body parts on the ground, Bai Shi stopped.

Judging from the equipment they left behind, Bai Shi was very sure that many of the corpses here came from the Cuckoo Legion.

All of these carcasses were carefully cut up, and the pieces were almost the same size, probably used to feed the larvae.

Moreover, the corpses were covered in blood, obviously having been slaughtered and collected recently.

But how did the cuckoos appear here?
It seems that the ants did not expand their territory to the above-ground world, but only grew and developed in the Ansel River basin underground.

There are no ants on the ground, so these cuckoos could not have been captured from the ground.

So, it was the cuckoos who took the initiative to go underground?
Bai Shi thought for a while, opened the map and started looking.

Soon, Bai Shi figured out where the cuckoos came from.

On the east coast of Lienia, there is a well that leads underground, and you can take an elevator to the underground.

Just like the underground well in the Nimgefu Mist Forest.

Both of these wells can lead to underground in the game, but neither can lead directly to the 'Eternal City'.

Going down from the fog forest, you will reach the lowest level of the Shivra River.

The 'Eternal City' Noklong is high up on a cliff and cannot be reached by human power.

But this underground well in Lienia is a little special.

Although there is a slight height difference, it is not completely impossible to reach Nox Stella.

After reaching the underground world from the bottom of the well, passing through another site of the Uru Dynasty, you will reach the sluice gate of the Ansel River.

After crossing the water gate, you will arrive at the lower reaches of the Ansel River.

In the ruins downstream of the Ansel River, as long as you kill an upside-down Esti, you can easily climb up from the bottom and set out on the road to Noxstella.

In the game, this road can only be accessed by jumping from top to bottom, but in reality it should not be a dead end that is difficult to pass.

If the cuckoos want to come up, they can just build a ladder and get up.

Although he didn't know what Du Juan's purpose was, Bai Shi certainly couldn't sit idly by and watch them go to Nox Stella.

Now let's find the location of the cuckoos and then see how far they have progressed.

Then, depending on the situation, we will decide whether to eliminate them directly or deal with them in other ways.

Bai Shi walked into the interior of the ant nest, where there were several passages leading to unknown places.

Faced with the numerous passages before him, Bai Shi naturally could not explore them one by one.

After all, it is an ant nest, and there may be more branches behind the passage here.

Fortunately, Bai Shi now has a way to explore the road stably.

The white consciousness summoned a gust of wind, which quickly rushed into the passage.

The wind penetrated the ant nest and transmitted the situation in each passage back to Bai Shi's mind.

The entire picture of this huge underground anthill soon appeared in Bai Shi's mind.

Even the ants moving continuously in the passage were detected by Bai Zhi.

The cave where Bai Shi is now is already very large, but it is just the tip of the iceberg of the anthill.

Compared with the underground anthill that is so huge that it seems to be eating away the entire mountain, it is not worth mentioning at all.

The dense ants kept moving in the anthill, making Bai Shi feel a tingling sensation on his scalp when he was exploring it, as if he was suffering from trypophobia.

But so far, Bai Shi has not found those cuckoo soldiers.

Bai Shi increased his strength, and the strong wind continued to explore the outside of the ant nest and the basin of the Ansel River.

As the scope of the exploration was further expanded, Bai Shi was the first to find the location of the 'Eternal City' Nox Stella.

The passage leading to that place is still occupied by ants, and it is estimated that the cuckoos have not arrived there yet.

Bai Shi silently marked the passage leading to Nox Stella in his mind.

Bai Shi then shifted his attention and stopped paying attention to the direction of Noxstella, letting Feng search downstream of the Ansel River.

This underground place is really too vast, and it requires precise control to explore, so Bai Shi cannot take care of everything.

This time, Bai Shi quickly found signs of human life activities that were completely different from those of the ants.

These humanoid creatures gathered in the lower reaches of the Ansel River, stopping between the ruins of the Uru Dynasty.

Judging from the number of people and their actions, they definitely are not clay people, but cuckoos coming down from the ground.

Nearby, one can occasionally feel the contact between ants and cuckoos.

The ants carried the corpses back to the nest one by one, whether they belonged to the cuckoos or the ants.

Bai Shi opened his eyes, thought for a moment, and then walked towards that direction.

The giant ants' nest blocked their way to Noxtella.

To get to Noxstella, you must pass through the anthill.

The cuckoos have not yet broken through the giant ants' nest, but that place is very close to Nox Stella.

In other words, they don't have to expend much effort to enter Nox Stella.

Although it doesn't matter if they are left alone, Bai Shi must have entered Nox Stella earlier than them.

However, as for guys like Dujuan, Bai Shi decided to get rid of them in advance.

After adding a layer of storm barrier to himself, Bai Shi completely isolated his own breath.

After putting on another layer to become invisible, Bai Shi went straight to the depths of the anthill.

Under the double cover, Bai Zhi passed straight through the giant ants, and the ants had no reaction at all.

Seeing that the effect was good, Bai Shi began to move around in the anthill with confidence.

Along the way, the anthill was a sea of blood and corpses.

A large number of skeletons of various creatures were scattered on the ground, forming a thick layer.

There were so many corpses that even Bai Shi began to wonder where the ants got so many people from.

It can't be that it just drifted down, right?
And even with so many corpses, they cannot sustain the consumption and reproduction of the ants.

However, Bai Shi quickly found the answer in the ant nest.

In several of the caves, there were piles of plant debris, on which grew many thick mushrooms that were unique to underground areas.

It seems that these ants are omnivorous, no wonder they can reproduce so many.

But even mushrooms are eaten, and there seems to be no corpse of the mud people among the corpses that just passed by.

Apart from that, there was no sign of Esti's juvenile form at all.

Esti was floating, and the ants were hard to catch, and it was not certain that she could be defeated.

But the clay people moved slowly and were definitely no match for the ants.

It eats everything, but has no interest in the mud people. It is somewhat incredible that they can live in harmony underground.

Maybe it’s because the clay people don’t taste good, or they simply can’t be eaten?

Apart from this reason, Bai Shi couldn't think of any reason why they were not eaten by the large number of ants.
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In the lower reaches of the Ansel River, cuckoos are stationed here in large numbers, constantly advancing into the anthills of giant ants.

We set up camp, dismantle camp, and set up camp again every day, which is extremely boring and tiring.

Fortunately, they brought enough soldiers and minions, and the zombie soldiers were not afraid of boredom and fatigue at all.

Although a large number of ordinary soldiers are dragged away by ants every day.

But for the cuckoos, as long as they don’t become cuckoo knights, they are just cannon fodder.

If you are a cannon fodder, you have to be a filler.

After all, giant ants are just ordinary creatures on the border, not some kind of insect race in space.

Therefore, even if nutrients are continuously recycled, the speed of reproduction cannot keep up with the advancement of the cuckoos.

As the front continued to advance, several cuckoo leaders gathered in a huge tent in the center of the camp.

A tall Dujuan leader with a war hammer beside him looked at the blurry map in his hand and said:

"If this map is true, our current location is probably not far from the 'Eternal City'."

Her equipment was modified to distinguish her from the ordinary Cuckoo Knights. The other Cuckoo leaders in the tent also had different styles.

Sitting opposite this noble sister, a thin man with a silver double-headed sword on his back held his head and shook his head.

"No matter whether it is true or not..."

"That damn thing told us to come here, so we just did what we were told."

"I couldn't find the place anyway, so I ended up wasting my time."

The other cuckoo leaders also nodded numbly.

No one knows what that ghost thing above is thinking every day, and it always makes them explore inexplicable places.

Sometimes it's a strange cemetery, sometimes it's a cave full of wild beasts.

It doesn't care about the losses to the cuckoos. The rewards of exploring these places are totally disproportionate to the effort.

But it happens that such a guy is ridiculously powerful.

That replica teardrop ruled them, leaving them no room for resistance.

At this moment, a voice sounded from beside them:
"I have a question I'd like to ask you."

"Excuse me, what is this 'ghost thing' you are talking about?"

Everyone in the tent was startled when they heard this strange voice.

The leaders of Dujuan all turned their heads to look, only to see that this was a person they had never seen before.

Who?! When?!

They were in the center of the camp, and the strength of everyone present was almost the same, but no one noticed him!

Uninvited visitors are naturally ignorant.

The difference in strength was so great that no one could find him as he passed through the cuckoos' territory.

At this moment, Bai Shi was also observing these cuckoo leaders.

As the leaders of Dujuan, each of them has their own strengths, and each of them has the strength of a hero.

If it was at a very early stage, this group of people could still be considered a good group of experience babies, and could drop some Runes.

However, as the number of enemies continued to increase, Bai Shi could easily wipe out the group by picking any one of the various enemies he faced.

One of the Dujuan leaders held two poisoned daggers in his hands and used his position to silently stab Bai Shi's lower back.

According to his expectation, this move would definitely deal a heavy blow to the mysterious guy in front of him.

When the other cuckoo leaders saw this, they cursed him in their hearts as a brainless idiot, but they couldn't help but look forward to his results.

Although the possibility is small, if it really works, then maybe we can still win.

It's a pity that this attack, which was so highly anticipated, had no chance of hitting Bai Shi.

Bai Shi snapped his fingers calmly without even turning his head.

Behind him, the Dujuan leader who had attacked turned into a human-shaped blood mist out of thin air with the sound of a snap of his fingers.

It was as if he disappeared in a gust of wind.

In just a moment, the storm enveloped him and cut him into pieces.

The blood mist filled the tent, slowly staining the old coarse cloth into a light pink.

The remaining cuckoo leaders couldn't help but tremble all over and no longer had the courage to fight.

The rich smell of blood filled his nostrils, and his former comrades slowly merged with them in his lungs.

Seeing the miserable plight of their companion, the other cuckoos, while feeling lucky that they had not taken action, also fell into despair.

Looking at the cuckoos in front of him, each holding a weapon but hesitant to attack him, Bai Shi smiled.

"Please, I'm really weak."

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not targeting any one of you. I want to say that everyone here is garbage."

"So answer my questions honestly."

"Otherwise, the ending might not be so good."
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At this moment, in the Golden Tree's capital, Rodel, an unusual meeting was taking place.

Mungt stood beside the golden tree throne, silently looking at the guest he had personally summoned.

Two cuckoo leaders with identical appearances stood in front of him.

They all have black curly hair, middle-aged male faces, and a slightly aristocratic temperament.

The clothes he wears are clearly different from those of other cuckoos and have their own unique equipment.

One of them looked at Monget and said expressionlessly:

"I never thought that the famous 'King of Blessing' Mungat would be the son of evil omen."

Hearing the person next to him speak, the cuckoo leader named Merrill, who had previously spoken with Bai Shi, broke out in a cold sweat.

Please, boss, don't be so bold as to say anything on other people's territory, okay?

He wanted to live two more years.

If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't decide his own actions, he wouldn't want to come here.

To Merrill's surprise, Mongett showed no reaction.

Although Mungert deliberately did not show up in Rodel, he would not hide his identity from those who could meet him.

All who were summoned by Monget in person could learn the truth that he was the son of an evil omen.

Of course, Mungert had only summoned a few of them.

Mungette spoke calmly to the person in front of him:
"Be with each other."

"Rather, I'm more surprised that the real leader of the Cuckoo Corps is the Simulated Teardrop."

"You are the second teardrop with its own consciousness that I have ever seen."

Mungert observed it carefully again and continued:

"You seem to be more peculiar..."

"Ordinary bionic tears won't take over humans."

The expressionless face of the teardrop replica opposite finally revealed a hint of surprise.

"Have you ever seen another, conscious replica teardrop before?"

Mungette nodded.

He had met Ashmi before when he and Monger used their clones to fight in Stonewell.

Since it was about Bai Shi's intelligence, Mungert didn't mind chatting with the other party for a few more words before getting down to business.

It would be great if the other party knew something.

"That is a replica teardrop called Ashmi."

"The host she was staying in and imitating was none other than Stonewell's 'Storm King' Bai Shi."

The replica teardrop on the opposite side heard Ashmi's name and understood.

"So it is this one. It's no wonder it has its own consciousness."

"But I didn't expect it to find Bai Shi."

"In that case... that's a little troublesome."

Mungert agreed.

Bai Shi is already the biggest enemy right now, but now he has a teardrop that can imitate him to help him.

The fire of ambition in his heart still burned fiercely, and Mongett had to extinguish it.

The teardrop replica on the opposite side thought for a while and stopped hesitating.

"If you're interested, we can talk about this later."

"Let's talk about cooperation first."

"Regarding the matter of handing over the command of the Cuckoo Legion completely to Rodel."

(End of this chapter)