Elden Ring, my witch is a talkative beautiful girl

His eyes inadvertently caught sight of the cooked shrimp in the pot again, and an idea suddenly struck him. He said, "The shrimp you cooked smelled so good, they must be delicious too. The fact that she ate thirty shrimp in one go is proof of that. How about I catch some new shrimp for you as compensation?"

"You like shrimp, and... you want to catch some for me?" Shrimp Brother looked at Ah Tui's equipment and seemed interested. "Okay, then I'll give you a chance, but the shrimp you have to catch for me won't be just any shrimp."

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Volume 2: The Flowing Stars: Chapter 27: The Prawn Hunter

The lake's nutrient-rich ecosystem gave rise to the Shrimp and Crab Kings, which typically roamed the corners of Lake Lienia alone, occasionally gathering in groups of three or two. Once these massive creatures formed a swarm, even a pyroxenon would retreat. At least Smarrag would never dare engage in ground combat with several crabs and prawns simultaneously.

If the flying altitude is too low, the Shrimp Fire King will shoot the dragon down from the sky with a high-pressure water gun, and then the Crab Fire King will use its claws to press the flying dragon's head into the swamp and rub it. Even the tenacious vitality of the dragon will be injured by this operation, not to mention the small body of the Fader.

As luck would have it, Shrimp Brother's condition for returning the necklace is that A-Tai capture a nearby roaming Shrimp King. He's been living in a shabby house on Lake Lienya for a while now, his ultimate goal being to catch a giant, native shrimp and complete his ancestral super shrimp dish: Lobster X Domination!

Unfortunately, although Brother Shrimp is a skilled cook and can easily catch large shrimp, he is no match for the King of Shrimp Firewood in terms of fighting power. The appearance of Ah Dai gives him a glimmer of hope in realizing his dream. It would be best if this free laborer could succeed, but even if he fails, he won't lose anything.

"Is that the shrimp? It's really big." Ah Tui hid behind a big tree and observed the green "hill" moving a few hundred meters away through a telescope.

The Shrimp Fire King's high-pressure water gun, coupled with its own sturdy shell, was indeed difficult to deal with a group of II alien umbrellas (VII) leeks 6san'er attack and one defense, but simply killing it was not a problem for A Tui. A long-range first move with a Comet Azler was a simple task.

The problem is that Brother Xia wants to cook it, so he has to catch it alive. If Ah Tui uses a laser to "biu" it, the deal will probably be over.

At this time, you can't rely on brute force, but you have to rely on your intelligence to solve the problem. To put it bluntly, it's time to use your money.

After repeatedly observing the Shrimp Fire King's movements, Ah Tui was 70% certain. He cautiously left his cover and kept a close eye on the Shrimp Fire King's sight. Whenever he was about to be discovered, he would use his mimicry veil, disguising himself as a rock or tree to deceive the shrimp's low IQ.

After walking and stopping like this three or four times, A Tui arrived at the path that the Shrimp Firewood King must take. He quietly took out a purple disc trap and buried it in the shallow water.

This item is a rare commodity bought from a wandering merchant - a paralysis trap, which can paralyze large creatures that step into the trap within 20 seconds. The time is reduced by the size and strength of the target, and will not exceed 10 seconds at least.

It was said that this thing was imported by merchants from a place beyond the border, a land teeming with monsters. The people there hunted wild beasts and dragons daily, creating a wealth of wonderful things from the biological materials. If this imported item wasn't the last one left, Ah Dai would have definitely bought two more just in case, at the cost of Melina complaining about her bruised wallet for three days and three nights.

The next thing to do is to wait. The tree disguised as A Tui quietly waits for the moment when the prey steps into the trap. A good warrior is also a qualified hunter, and he has no lack of patience to wait for the prey.

The Shrimp Firewood King lazed leisurely across the lake, enjoying the warm midday sun. Its tiny eyes darted around, contemplating what to have for dinner. Suddenly, it felt a sharp numbness in its lower body, a terrifying yellow electric light swirled beneath its feet, and then... it blacked out.

After confirming that the Shrimp Fire King was trapped and unable to move, A'tai, who was disguised on the side, was quick-witted and immediately aimed at the head and added three sleeping pots made from Tolina's water lilies.

A gray mist of sleep dissipated, and a heavy sense of drowsiness overtook the shrimp, making it feel instantly tired and sleepy. After a few seconds, its eyelids closed, and with a thud, it fell to the ground, motionless.

To be on the safe side, A Tui waited for another minute until the sleep fog completely dissipated and confirmed that Xia Xinwang was soundly asleep before he went forward and notified the employer to come to the scene to pick up the goods.

"You are a good boy. You actually completed my commission." Brother Xia pushed the truck to the scene and his joy was beyond words. The most powerful proof was that he did not habitually say "Be careful or I will kill you".

With the ingredients in hand, he didn't hesitate to hand over the necklace and cloth bag he had brought with him to Ah Ti. Ah Ti opened it and saw that the necklace pendant was engraved with a relief of a dignified foreign woman, whose eyebrows bore a resemblance to the girl in green robes, while the cloth bag contained a few freshly baked red shrimps.

"What is this?" Ah Tui looked puzzled. The necklace was the agreed reward, so what about this bag of shrimps?

Brother Shrimp tied up the prawns and pushed them onto the cart. He then walked towards the cabin. Without even turning his head, he said, "These prawns are for you. They're extra reward for hunting prawns. There are no bad people who like prawns. Remember to tell that little girl not to eat and free meals again."

Ah Tui smiled and collected his deserved reward: "Are there no bad people who like shrimp? Although this guy has a bit of a rough personality, his nature is not bad."

He had originally planned to buy some shrimps for Melina after the deal was done, so this saved him money.

......

Inside the pavilion.

Ah Tui took out the necklace and handed it to the green-robed girl, not forgetting to teach her a lesson: "I got your necklace back. Don't eat and dine without paying in the future. Remember to pay for it."

"That's it, thank you!" The green-robed girl grasped the necklace with both hands, a smile spreading across her face. "I forgot to introduce myself to you earlier. My name is Laya, and I serve the master of the Volcano Residence, Lady Tanis. As a recruiter, it's my duty to find and invite faded ones with heroic qualities to the Volcano Residence."

Ah Tui listened quietly, motioning for her to continue, thinking to himself, "The Volcano Residence... I think Ah Mei mentioned that place when she was introducing the border area. Where is it?"

"I can see you're a powerful Faded One," Laya praised him generously. "Not only are you skilled in combat, but you also listened patiently to my requests and were willing to help a complete stranger. I beg you to accept this letter, Desi."

"A letter?" A letter with a red seal on it came into Ah Ti's hands. The seal depicted the solemn face of a judge. He tore it open and took a look. "Is this letter... an invitation to the Huoshan Residence?"

The concise and powerful handwriting on the letter clearly stated that the recipient was invited to a meeting, and the Volcano Official Residence would treat the person holding the letter and his entourage with high-standard VIP treatment.

Laya waved her hands excitedly: "Yes, I believe you can become a hero."

"Could it be that eating a free meal is part of your test?"

"No, I just couldn't find my wallet and was hungry when I passed by the pot. Thank you very much for helping me. I will pay for my meal after I finish it next time."

Ah Tu didn't know how to respond: "......"

Laya is such a sincere girl that she is too cute.

He didn't refuse Laya's offer and accepted the letter for now. He still needed to discuss with Melina whether or not to visit the Volcano Residence. The Faded One's recent schedule was already packed, and he probably wouldn't be free for a while.

In the evening, Melina walked alone, dejected, along the waterway. "I'm so hungry... This took longer than expected, and I almost ran into that crazy old dragon on the way back. The sun was almost setting before I realized it. I don't know if my partner and Torret have prepared dinner yet."

The witch's journey back was full of difficulties. She spent a lot of energy hiding and avoiding Smaragd who was looking for the thief, and her physical strength and energy were severely depleted.

"Amei?"

"Eh? Partner? Why weren't you waiting for me at the church?"

Perhaps it was because partners were attracted to each other that the Faded Man and the Miko met unexpectedly on the road.

"It's a long story. I met a lot of people and things along the way. Oh, right." Ah Tui took out some freshly cooked shrimp from his bag. Steam was still coming out of the red shell. "Amei, do you want some shrimp? This is the reward I received from someone when I was doing some work for them. You can eat it after removing the head. It has six times the protein of regular beef."

Melina swallowed and said, "Actually, I'm not very hungry right now, or..."

"Cuckoo..."

The witch tried her best to maintain the image of a lady, but her hungry stomach protested.

Ah Tu pursed his lips, considerately broke off the shrimp head, and handed the delicious shrimp meat to the witch's mouth: "Do you want to eat it? Or are you too hungry to have the strength to eat it, and you want me to feed you?"

"No... I don't want you to feed me. I'm not a child." Melina's cheeks flushed. She grabbed the shrimp and took a bite. The delicious broth exploded in her mouth, and the taste buds on her tongue were cheering. "Good, so delicious. How did you cook this shrimp? The broth inside is so fragrant and sweet. Give me another one, no, give me two!"

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Volume 2: The Flowing Stars: Chapter 28: Stories Come from Life

The entrance to the Gale Tunnel was overgrown with weeds and no one was around.

This place is close to the junction of Nimfug area and Galid area. It is adjacent to the Third Church of Malika in the west and the ruins abandoned after the war in the east. Atai and Melina passed through several blessing points before they crossed the long distance in the middle.

Looking down at the bottomless tunnel below, Melina's eyes twitched. "Oh my god, if we keep going forward, we're almost to Galid. What kind of crappy treasure location did that Blue Witch give us? Is she deliberately trying to trick us?"

What kind of backward, primitive place was this? There wasn't even an elevator down to the tunnel. From a height of hundreds of meters, they could only find a suitable foothold and slowly hop down. One slip and they'd be shattered into two lumps.

Ah Tui cast a torch towards the next landing point and said, "Focus, Ah Mei. Aren't the treasures in the stories all hidden in dangerous and uninhabited places like this? There might even be a dragon waiting for us down there. If you feel tired, I can carry you on my back and jump."

The only combat skill at the border that allows one to master the ability to fly is the "Wings of the Furnace" derived from the Furnace Life. Neither of them knows where to learn this skill, otherwise this wave of underground exploration would have a little more safety guarantee.

"I can do it myself. I just complain a little bit." Melina glanced down, found the landing spot, landed easily, and pulled up a few bunches of white and purple flowers growing in the corner of the wall.

These were cemetery lilies of the valley, growing in the shadows, absorbing the yin energy of the dead as nutrients. The more powerful the undead creature, the more abundant the lilies of the valley would be. While there were no undead creatures in the Gale Tunnel, there was a small cemetery for the dead not far from here.

The lily of the valley that Melina picked could be brought back to Roderica as a gift, allowing the new spirit trainer to practice her skills.

After jumping repeatedly, the two finally reached the bottom of the mine. With their feet on solid ground, they felt relieved that they no longer had to worry about falling to their death. On the other side of the cave, they could clearly hear the clang clang sounds of pickaxes hitting rocks.

Ah Tui leaned against the wall and peeked inside. He saw a dozen ragged, skinny miners wielding pickaxes half the height of a man, digging for stone from deep within the cave. "There are actually people alive in this tunnel?"

The elevators connecting the inside and outside of the mine have collapsed for many years, but it is incredible that mining is still in full swing at the construction site below.

"It's said that during the Shattered War, many armies increased the intensity of their mining teams to produce sufficient weapons," Melina explained. "Many mines collapsed due to over-exploitation, which dug deep into the ground. At the time, the superiors had no spare capacity for rescue operations, so they could only abandon the collapsed mines and look for new sources of ore."

"Could it be that not all of those trapped in the tunnel died, but instead some of them survived and adapted to the dark environment here." After hearing what she said, Ah Tui carefully observed the physical characteristics of the miners and found that they did not dare to look directly at the kerosene lamps hanging above their heads, and their skin was covered with a layer of scaly gray-white stone chips, as if they had never been exposed to sunlight.

Melina nodded, then shook her head. "I don't know either. After all, this is difficult to investigate." She pointed to a mountain of rocks, next to which lay several skeletons. "These people have degenerated into complete underground creatures. They can't speak human language and can't communicate normally. Digging for ore is their sole mission in life."

Ah Tui lowered his armor and strode into the cave. "It seems obvious what we need to do. Wait for me for a few minutes. Once we're done, we'll head deeper."

"Eh? So direct this time?"

"Hurry, I don't want to be cursed by the witch."

The crisp sound of armor treading on the ground was so distinct that the miners stopped their work and looked at the faded man, whose attire was so different from theirs. A second later, a deep roar erupted from the depths of one of the miners' throats, and the disheveled cave dwellers surrounded A-Tai and attacked him.

As Melina had described, the miners were incapable of communication, their only means of greeting outsiders being to smash their heads with their picks, killing anyone who entered the tunnels and disturbed their life's work.

If anyone harbors a lucky mentality and thinks that they can be tamed, then the corpses of the unlucky guys with their heads split open over there are a warning.

Faced with an enemy with murderous intentions, A'tai had no choice but to stop the killing by killing.

The miners' lives were pitiful, but they couldn't change what happened a thousand years ago. Since the enemy's descendants had turned on each other, the only way for both sides to decide the outcome was through combat.

The miners surrounded the area from the left, center and right, hammering down with their heavy pickaxes.

Ah Tui dodged and moved sideways. The attack that was powerful enough to break through the thick stone wall only hit his transparent afterimage left on the ground where Master Qi Shan was.

Combat skills, small steps!

A dodging technique that allows you to maintain a standing posture while dodging. This technique is particularly effective when encountering heavy and slow attacks.

The miners were unable to turn back, and the sharp straight sword swept through from behind, cutting three of them in half. Ah Tui then spun around and blocked the attacks of the other two miners with his heraldic shield, choosing the perfect time.

The body lost its balance, and the sword that stabbed out like lightning ended the lives of the two men, and the long-lost silence returned to the mine.

"Let's go." Ah Tui wiped the blood off the dry sword and put the straight sword back into the sheath.

"Oh, here I come." Melina didn't expect the battle to end so quickly. She was stunned for a moment before she realized what was happening. "Walk slowly. I'll pick out some stones. The high-quality forging stones can be brought to Grandpa Xiugu."

The battle felt like a high school bully bullying a first-grader. Although the miners performed heavy labor day after day and possessed remarkable strength in their hands, they had never received formal military training.

The fighting style of rushing forward and hitting randomly is okay to deal with adventurers who accidentally enter this place, but it is not enough to deal with the battle-hardened A'tai.

The deeper we went into the cave, the more turbid the air became. And the deeper we went, the more violent the miners became. A small number of them even had their vision completely altered, becoming cave dwellers accustomed to moving in the dark.

None of them wanted to communicate, and those who took the initiative to attack were turned into dead souls under A'tai's sword.

"It should be right here," Melina said, wiping the sweat from her forehead. "The treasure is behind the half-open wooden door."

"Isn't it a bit too casual to leave things in a place like this?" The moment he pushed open the door and saw what was inside, Ah Dai no longer thought so.

Ah Tuxue stared at the sleeping khaki giant behind the door. The box under its tail was probably filled with the target of their trip. "Are you kidding me? There really is a treasure guarded by a dragon in this place..."

He deeply understood what it meant that stories came from life, and those thrilling adventure stories were really not lies.

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Volume 2: The Flowing Stars: Chapter 29: The Famous Sword Yueyin

The earth dragon's yellow body, which was tens of meters long, lay horizontally in the empty cave, with an ancient wooden box under its fat tail.

Being able to bear such heavy weight without being damaged, the material of the box is obviously not ordinary, and the items inside must be of higher value.

"What's wrong? Let me take a look." Melina squeezed towards the door, "Wow, there really is a ground dragon guarding the treasure here. Buddy, your mouth is not..."

"That's enough, stop!" Ah Tui, who knew what the witch would say next, interrupted her strange look. "What we should think about now is how to get our target from under the tail of this big guy."

He now finally understood what Lani meant by "Whether you can get it depends on your own ability." It turned out that if you want to get a weapon you have to be a dragon slayer, which really fits the story mode of Dragon Quest.

Earth dragons belong to a branch of flying dragons. Because they have lived in places such as lava, loess, and lithosphere for many years, they have gradually degenerated and finally lost their ability to fly.

In exchange, they gained stronger physical strength than their peers. Their lazy nature and physiological needs caused these big lizards to sleep underground for many years.

There is also a legend that the earth dragon was once a human, but it kept swallowing dragon hearts and using the dragon's power, and gradually lost its human heart and appearance. Whether this is true or not, only the person involved knows.

Melina tilted her head and thought for a moment: "How about we do it the old way? I'll turn invisible, sneak over, take the things in the box, and then run away."

"It's a good idea, but could you please tell me what to do with that tail?" Ah Tui lowered his voice to avoid waking the earth dragon. "Can't we just go up to it and greet it, hoping it will move its several hundred-pound tail away? If a fight breaks out underground, I'm not sure I can escape unscathed."

Fighting on the ground is easy. It's like a piece of cake for Atie to ride on Torret and chase the fat dragon, but underground is their home ground.

Considering the situation along the way, it is possible that the miners dug into the place where the earth dragon lived, angered it, and caused the mine to collapse. The earth dragon is buried underground as if it has returned to its home, sleeping for a while, and then digging a hole out when it wakes up. Whether a person who encounters a mining disaster can survive and see the light of day depends on their strong character.

Don't let there be an 8.0 magnitude earthquake underground, and the mud will cover their heads. It will be difficult for A'tai and Melina to find the blessing to teleport out.

By that time, it is said that the weapon had not been obtained, and the man had not yet completed half of his business, but died halfway through.

Melina pondered for a few seconds, feeling the wooden support structures within the mine tunnel. She then ran back and forth, occasionally testing the softness of the soil. After repeating this process several times, she reviewed the path she had taken and concluded, "The miners have been working tirelessly day and night to strengthen the supporting pillars of this tunnel. The rock is also sufficiently solid that there's no immediate risk of collapse. That fat dragon is too large to fit into the narrow passage. Find a way to cut off its tail, and we'll grab our supplies and leave."

"Amei, there are teachers in charge of civil engineering in the Miko Academy?" A Tui seemed to have discovered a new world.

"This beautiful girl is a genius," Melina said proudly. "I'm a self-taught person. I know a little bit about everything."

Since his partner was so confident, Ah Tui had no reason to refuse the proposal. The two of them snuck up to the side of the earth dragon's tail step by step, sticking close to the wall. The big fat dragon was snoring loudly, immersed in its dreams, completely unaware of the two intruders.

Arriving at the treasure chest, Melina silently made an OK gesture to A-Tu.

The Faded One took a deep breath, raised the pyroxene staff above his forehead, and the crystal magic power condensed into a crystal-like magic sword at the end of the staff.

When leaving the Great Library, Mugram expressed his gratitude to them for curing the Full Moon Queen's heart disease, and specially taught Atai two sets of Kalia Knight's exclusive magic.

There are two moves, one offensive and one defensive. The defensive move is naturally the famous "Return of Kalia", and the offensive move is the blinding sword of light in front of you - "Great Kalia"!

He raised the weapon high above his head, accumulated concentration three times in a row until it reached the peak, and created a magical sword that could kill gods and Buddhas.

As long as the caster has high enough intelligence, the power of this move when charged to the extreme will be feared even by demigods. The only drawback is that the charging time is too long, and the person has to stand still. Opponents with brains will either avoid it in advance or interrupt the charging. It is extremely difficult to exert the maximum power in actual combat.

But now he is a living target in his sleeping state. If we don’t use him now, when will we?