Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 487 The Godskins

Seeing that Celine Sanders had come to greet him, Bai Shi nodded slightly to her.

Celine Sanders arrived just in time; now it's up to her to find a local to guide her.

Without her guidance, we would have wasted even more time searching.

Celine Sands stepped forward, intending to report on what had happened since returning to Fam Azra.

Bai Shi waved his hand and said to her:

"Alright, take me to find the Temple of the Beasts first."

"We'll talk about the rest on the way."

Celine Sanders nodded obediently and turned to lead the way for Bai Shi.

At the same time, she was also quite surprised.

Their master's destination wasn't the Dragon King, but the Beast Temple...

The Beast Temple that Bai Shi mentioned was all too familiar to Celine Sands.

In the past, among the beasts that followed the ancient dragons were a group of extremely devout beastmen who were therefore favored.

After going through layers of selection, the powerful beasts became high priests, fulfilling their duties in the Beast Temple.

However, even those priests shouldn't have anything that the master should care about.

Why would the master want to go to the Temple of the Beasts?
Was there some special individual among the beast priests in that part of history she was unaware of?
Or is there some secret hidden within the Temple of the Beasts that even she has never heard of?
Bai Shi followed behind Celine Sands, curiously looking at the surrounding buildings.

These buildings all shared similar features: pits dug into the walls, where humanoid skeletons buried with gold ornaments were found.

This is probably a graveyard for wild animals.

We live here, and we will die here.

It's unclear when it started, but a large number of beastmen have appeared among the surrounding building ruins.

These were not the orcish unborn, who were nothing but bones, but living, breathing orcs of Fam Azra.

The earlier commotion of Bai Shi annihilating the orcish Deathbringers, coupled with the arrival of Celine Sands, had already attracted the attention of the orcs.

The guards emerged from various places, peering in this direction and cautiously observing the situation.

These beastmen also kept their distance from their 'kins' who had long since died but had risen again, and were unwilling to get close.

Although those orcish undead do not harm the ancient dragons, they have no feelings for their own kind.

Once they get close, they will also attack out of hatred for the living.

Perhaps it's more likely that the immortal life forms of the ancient dragons are less appealing to the Dead than their possession of emotions and thoughts.

Therefore, the orcs drove away the unborn and went to various peripheral areas to guard against them, while also serving as traps.

The beastmen initially assumed that Bai Shi's uninvited arrival was the appearance of an enemy.

But Celine Sanders' arrival clouded their judgment.

Celine Sandks glanced at the orcs, frowned slightly, and gave the order:

"Everyone back down, immediately."

"Do not dishonor Fam Azra before the noble king."

They can't be allowed to act recklessly in front of their master, otherwise, where would she put the honor of her hometown?

Upon hearing Celine's command, the orcs immediately scurried back into the corners of the building and continued their aimless wandering.

With Celine Sands leading the way, there were no further obstacles along the way, and the two headed straight for the location of the Beast Temple.

Bai Shi gradually put aside his curiosity about the sky city and turned to Celine Sangs to ask:
"You have already seen the Dragon King, haven't you?"

"How is the Dragon King now?"

"Is he, like Baylor, trapped in the past?"

Celine Sands pursed her lips, feeling a little worried about the Dragon King's condition.

"Trapped in time...?"

“Master, your guess is correct.”

"Perhaps because it is located at the center of the space-time rift, even after such a long period of time, the Dragon King's condition is almost unchanged from the past."

"Those horrific injuries, as always, continue to gnaw at his body."

Celine Thorns, recalling her previous audience, relaxed slightly and continued:

"However, just recently, the Dragon King's injuries have suddenly begun to improve."

"Perhaps it was because of the avenging of his great grudge, the Dragon King's blood and bones began to slowly grow again, undergoing healing."

"Therefore, Frysanthus stayed by the Dragon King's side and continued to serve and take care of him."

"It is hoped that the Dragon King can recover from his injuries as soon as possible; this is probably the wish of all the ancient dragons."

Bai Shi nodded; he had already guessed this situation.

Hearing Celine Sangs's words now only confirmed her suspicions.

The Dragon King used his two severed heads as anchor points to suppress Beile's power and recovery, freezing his time.

But at the same time, isn't this also a form of self-imposed constraint, preventing the injuries from healing and the escape from the rift in time and space?

Even though Beller's brutality didn't defeat the Dragon King at the time, it still dragged him into a situation where both sides suffered heavy losses.

Now that the two severed heads have been completely destroyed, the Dragon King no longer needs to worry about suppression.

Without the burden of suppressing Baylor's spacetime power, with the Dragon King's power, self-healing is only a matter of time.

I just don't know how long it will take to regain full power.

If possible, Bai Shi also hopes to witness the power of the Dragon King at his peak.

Perhaps sensing Bai Shi's fighting spirit, Celine Sanks looked troubled and slowly said:

“Master, please forgive my boldness, but I mentioned your existence during my previous conversation with the Dragon King.”

"After hearing about your many great deeds, the Dragon King was also amazed by your power."

He has a very good impression of you.

"Furthermore, the Dragon King also looks forward to meeting you and hopes to communicate with you in person."

Upon hearing this, Bai Shi raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

He had always looked forward to meeting the Dragon King and seeing the demeanor of the first King of Elden on the borderlands.

It's good to let the Dragon King know about me beforehand; it will save us some trouble.

Since the other party is being friendly, Bai Shi seems to have no reason to fight.

After all, there are some battles that he doesn't necessarily have to provoke, especially against those with whom he has no grudges.

Perhaps we should wait until the Dragon King recovers to his full strength before finding an opportunity to spar with him, thereby subduing him and achieving our goal.

Bai Shi was somewhat disappointed that he couldn't use the Dragon King's scales to forge weapons.

However, for Bai Shi now, weapons are more for collection than for actual use.

After all, his true form doesn't need any weapons; he himself is the most powerful force in the world.

In other words, the character needs to use weapons when transforming, but otherwise collects powerful weapons to satisfy their interests.
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As they traversed the ruins of Fam Azra, Bai Shi and Celine Sanks drew ever closer to the Beast Temple. Throughout this journey, Celine Sanks fondly recounted her homeland to Bai Shi.

Even though most of the area is broken, it is still filled with her memories.

The so-called hometown, in the border areas, is always full of important significance, which no creature can forget.

Bai Shi wasn't in a hurry and patiently listened to Celine Sanders' recollections and introduction.

If Bai Shi were really in a hurry, he would have already had Celine Sands carry him to the Beast Temple.

While chatting, the two did not neglect their schedules.

Soon, a huge building came into Bai Shi's view.

Amidst the ruins of that enormous church floating in the air, several knights who had lost their homeland wandered about.

They were all wearing red scarves, symbolizing the execution of the dragon feast, to shield themselves from the biting cold wind at the border.

Faced with these extremely wary knights from their lost homeland, Bai Shi unleashed the power of the storm for the first time in a long time.

Bai Shi did not harm them, but instead conveyed his words to the knights through the purest wind.

Recognizing the scent of their former homeland, these knights who had lost their homeland immediately bowed to Bai Shi.

In such situations, this method is far simpler and clearer than words, allowing them to understand everything immediately.

With the power of this storm, Bai Shi is rightfully the Storm King.

Bai Shi comforted these lonely warriors, allowing the lost storm to envelop them once more, transforming them into storm knights once more.

Bai Shi also promised them that he would take them back to their hometown after everything was over.

Surrounded by the Storm Knights, Bai Shi entered the enormous Dragon Cathedral.

However, the guy we're about to meet is not someone we can easily deal with with words or avoid fighting.

Moreover, Bai Shi also needs to accomplish something from them.

Inside the shattered Dragon Church, decaying curtains fluttered without wind, and shadows seemed to twist and writhe between the stone pillars.

Several apostles dressed in pale white leather overcoats looked down at Bai Shi from above, realizing the arrival of uninvited guests.

From beneath the smooth robes sewn from flat human skin came the cracking sound of bones dislocating, and then their bodies stretched and deformed like melting wax figures, slowly drooping down the pillars in the church.

In the shadows of the church, the nobleman of the Godskin, who had been hiding by the collapsed wall, slowly rose and stood with his companions.

Three apostles and one nobleman stood in neat rows, blocking Bai Shi's path to 'Destined Death'.

This number of divine skins represents an incredibly formidable fighting force.

It can be said that as long as they are not facing demigods, they can roam freely on the border.

Bai Shi looked at the group of divine skin apostles in front of him and felt a little curious about why they were here.

Even back in the game, Bai Shi found it strange that the Divine Skin Apostles and Divine Skin Nobles were appearing in Sky City.

The vast majority of the apostles of the Godskin who are still on the border are closely related to the three siblings of the Ra family.

However, it is clear that the people here are not like that; they are standing on the side of the Golden Tree.

The Golden Tree did not completely exterminate the Night-Colored Eye Queen's faction, who were its enemies.

For some reason, even the Golden Tree tacitly allowed the 'celebration' of the Godskin Apostles killing and skinning people to continue.

The charming festival in the windmill village of Doming Nura has a long history and continues to this day at the foot of the golden tree.

Even there, the apostle of God Skin openly presided over the ceremony.

Perhaps there are different factions and ideas among the apostles of God Skin.

Perhaps they chose to follow 'destined death' after the defeat of the Night-Eyed Queen.

That is why they guard the path for their former enemies, just to continue serving their destined death.

Just as Bai Shi was curiously observing them, the Divine Skin Apostles had already launched their attack.

The leading nobleman, swung his robe made of human skin, and his massive body rolled over like a mountain of flesh and blood.

The nobles are the oldest group of apostles, and their power is far greater.

At this moment, he was incredibly powerful, and wherever he passed, the paving stones and rock pillars shattered as he charged straight at Bai Shi.

Meanwhile, the apostles of the divine skin stretched their bodies again, gliding gracefully like snakes, wielding their blades from the sides of the divine skin nobles.

The grotesque blade of the God-Skin-forged Sword swirled and danced, carrying black flames, as if transforming into a whirlwind to peel off Bai Shi's skin.

Another divine apostle was hiding in the distance, constantly releasing black flames from his hands and throwing fireballs at Bai Shi.

Bai Shi remained unmoved as he watched the attacks coming at him from all directions.

In his eyes, these were not enemies, but rather a progress record to be completed.

Since they aren't related to Lani, it doesn't matter whether we keep them or not.

Bai Shi raised his hand and made a grasping motion, compressing the turbulent currents of the storm into a bluish-green vortex in his palm.

As he threw out the vortex that gathered the power of the storm, the wind that had been so gentle in his hand expanded instantly, devouring everything like a roaring beast.

The rolling divine noble was immediately pulled by the gale and forcibly sucked into the center of the vortex.

The bloated body of the nobleman was torn apart out of thin air, and fat and blood splattered like a torrential rain, only to be shredded into a blood-red mist by the hurricane before it even hit the ground.

The other divine skin apostles, their blades imbued with black flames, had just reached mid-air in front of Bai Shi when his figure vanished as a blur.

At this moment, the apostles of Godskin realized that something was wrong, but they were powerless to stop it.

They braced themselves and began checking each other's blind spots, trying to quickly spot Bai Shi.

But Bai Shi seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving only Celine Sanks beside him.

Just as they were filled with terror, they each discovered a slight warmth on their backs.

They craned their necks to look behind them, only to find that a red fingerprint had been branded onto their bodies without their knowledge.

Bai Shi stood quietly in place, as if he had never moved.

Looking at the divine skin apostles in front of him, Bai Shi snapped his fingers lightly.

With his movements, the fingerprints previously left on the backs of the apostles of God Skin became even redder and brighter, and the warm feeling completely transformed into an unbearable heat.

A surge of heat ignited their bodies along the fingerprints, like a tree stump burning from the inside out.

The apostles of the Godskin cried out in terror, and more and more cracks appeared on their bodies, with flames gradually emerging.

In their terror, the flames of destruction erupted completely, burning them to ashes from the inside out, the aftershocks sweeping across the entire church.

As the smoke and dust dissipated, Bai Shi brushed away non-existent dust from his sleeves and stepped over the completely carbonized residue on the ground.

Each of the Divine Skin Apostles is a boss-like being in the game.

Even if they attacked together now, they wouldn't last a single round against Bai Shi.

After all the apostles of God in the church were defeated, an achievement lit up Bai Shi's eyes once again.

After glancing at the battlefield, Bai Shi didn't linger and walked past them toward the back of the church.

After finishing the appetizers, it's time for the main course.

(End of this chapter)