Lu Mingfei, become the King of Elden!

Chapter 297 Heresy Discussion Group

Roger stared at Lu Mingfei for a long while, and only after confirming that this powerful man was not joking with him did he slowly speak:
"Actually, you can't say that. Although that thing is a twisted existence, it is also a part of the world. Do you know about 'Black Blade Night'?"

Lu Mingfei nodded:

"I know some things, but it's all rather confusing."

He knew little about what happened before and after the Ring of Law was broken, and most of what he learned came from the old knight and Melina.

Roger gathered his thoughts, and his tone became serious:
"In that case, I will explain it to you in detail."

Before the Elden Ring shattered, during the distant golden age of the tree, someone stole the Death Rune fragment held by 'Black Sword' Maricus and murdered 'Gold' Godwin in the cold night.

That was the first recorded death of a demigod in history, which also led to the shattering of the Elden Ring and the outbreak of the Shattered War.

Lu Mingfei looked somewhat surprised.

He thought for a moment and said:

"I am clear about the part about Godwin."

Not only that, I also know that after his death, that part of the Death Rune scattered to various places in the border region, turning into something called 'Death Root'.

But are the 'Night of the Black Knife' and the shattering of the Ring of Law directly related to the subsequent war?

Roger paused for a moment, seemingly considering how to respond to Lu Mingfei's statement.

Then he said:
"Shortly after the Night of the Black Knife, the goddess Marika wielded a stone hammer and shattered the Ring of Elden, and then the First and Second Wars of Shattering broke out."

Currently, the prevailing view among scholars is that the 'Night of the Black Knife' and Godwin's death led to the goddess's actions.

Lu Mingfei frowned, but didn't ask any more questions.

He felt there were still many things that couldn't be explained, and his intuition told him there must be a more complex reason behind the broken ring. He then asked:
"So, what does 'Black Knife Night' have to do with what you're searching for?"

Roger's expression became even more focused:

"I believe that to correct the distortions in this world, we must first understand the causes of these things."

While tracing those events of death and distortion, and the traces of the unborn, I discovered some information pointing to Stoneville.

"The One Born of the Dead?"

Lu Mingfei raised an eyebrow:
"Are you referring to those guys who kill and then come back to life?"
They are indeed quite troublesome, but are they some kind of insurmountable problem? Don't try to fool me.

A hint of surprise flashed in Roger's eyes.

He looked at Lu Mingfei with great surprise:
"It seems you're not exactly a conventional person either."

Lu Mingfei was baffled:
"Why do you say that?"

Roger laughed, a smile that held a deeper meaning.

他 说:

"I think it would be better if you and I were the only ones present for the next topic."

Upon hearing this, Edgar and the guard both looked at Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei didn't say anything, just waved his hand gently. Edgar understood, and quietly led the guards out of the tower room, closing the heavy wooden door behind them.

There were only two people left in the room.

“Now you can speak freely, Mr. Roger.”

Lu Mingfei said.

“In a world that has been ruled by the Golden Law since ancient times, people believed that ‘death is the return to the tree.’”

The only correct way to die is to return to the embrace of the golden tree after death, where both body and soul are taken.

Therefore, people would bury the body in the roots of the golden tree, allowing the flesh to become nutrients and the soul to return to the tree's embrace.

Roger paused, his tone becoming serious:
“And those who die and are born are heretics, they are blasphemers.”

They are a people born from death, who did not die properly and whose souls will not return.

They lived in death; in the eyes of most, they were monsters who had to be eliminated.

Lu Mingfei tilted his head slightly, his face showing pure confusion:
"Wait, I didn't quite understand. What does 'born from death' mean?"
"They're already dead, how can anything be 'born' from them? That sounds a bit contradictory."

Roger leaned forward, gesturing with his hands, trying to explain the abstract concept more clearly:

"Because they came into contact with the 'Dead Root'—those scattered fragments of the Death Rune."

You can understand it as them coming into contact with the laws of the concept of 'death' itself.

Once connected with the root of death, the deceased is no longer simply a 'corpse', but transforms into a 'life existing in death'.

They were not resurrected, but rather, in the state of death... they acquired another form of existence.

Lu Mingfei stroked his chin, his eyes gradually brightening:

“I understand. You mean that we ‘normal people’ live under the concept of ‘life’ as defined by the Golden Law. Our existence, our death, and even our afterlife all follow the complete system of laws of the Golden Tree.”

"And those born from death, are they beings living within the concept of 'death'? They have come into contact with the 'root of death,' which is equivalent to coming into contact with another set of independent laws—the laws belonging to 'death.'"

Therefore, their mode of existence transcends the Golden Tree system and becomes independent..."

Lu Mingfei clicked his tongue softly, then said with a sudden realization:
"No wonder that guy D keeps talking about 'hunting the dead' all the time."

Roger nodded slightly:
"Yes. D is a fanatical believer in 'Golden Law Fundamentals'. He hunts 'Deadborn' in order to maintain the world's only 'correct order' and to eliminate any 'heretical laws' that might shake the absolute authority of the Golden Tree."

Lu Mingfei nodded thoughtfully, his fingers unconsciously tapping the armrest of the chair, a playful expression on his face:

"So, according to this standard, the topics we're discussing now are actually in the category of 'heresy'?"
If that fanatic D heard this, wouldn't he just draw his sword and come at him, shouting slogans like "For the purity of the Golden Law?"

Roger couldn't help but smile upon hearing this. He elegantly adjusted the brim of his hat, and the blue feathers swayed gently with his movement.

"I'm afraid it's not just D. There's also Mr. Colin, and at least half of the Faded Ones in the Round Table Hall—they are all devout followers of the Golden Tree and Two Fingers, whose lifelong goal is to restore the Ring of Law, ascend the throne of Elden, and let the light of the Golden Law shine once more upon the Borderlands."

Lu Mingfei couldn't help but roll his eyes inwardly:

Well, so this round table hall is actually a large religious group? Did I accidentally infiltrate a heretical discussion group?
No wonder this guy didn't dare to talk to me about these things in the round table hall.

(End of this chapter)