Elden Ring, my witch is a talkative beautiful girl

Volume 2: The Flowing Stars: Chapter 74: Closing the Door and Poisoning

In the end, Melina gave up the idea of ​​confronting the Mother of Dragons and her Black Dragon Army head-on. She got off the horse with A'tai and carefully went around the woods nearby.

At the same time, they prayed in their hearts that what they were looking for was not included in the dragon's territory, otherwise they would have to call people over to do something big.

"The badge's position has stayed the same." Melina wiped the sweat from her forehead. "That's great! It looks like our target is hidden deep within this dilapidated fortress."

The small black fortress had no lights and no people, but every few seconds you could hear sharp screams coming from inside.

As time passed, this place, which was unattended all year round and yet could shelter from the wind and rain, naturally became a nesting place for monsters that liked dark areas.

The situation inside the fortress was as bad as in the underground tunnels, but it was much better than being besieged by an army of flying dragons on the mountain.

"Amei, this dilapidated fortress before us seems to be called the Pharos Fortress." Thanks to the Red Lion Legion, Atai's map now has many more markers of famous places in Galid, and this dilapidated fortress is one of them. "This used to be the front line of the Battle of Ionia. After the war, the Legion was forced to abandon this place due to the spread of the Scarlet Corruption."

Melina glanced back at the giant dragon mother. "So, Guior also came to this place after the Shattering War to retire and wait for death. It's even possible that he passed over during the war and was affected by the Demigod War and suffered a plane crash. What a sad story."

As they spoke, the witch lit the beast-chasing torch, and A-Tu cast starlight magic. The two pushed open the half-broken gate of the fortress and stepped inside.

The dazzling light illuminated the darkness, and at the same time awakened the monsters hiding in the darkness during the day.

"Ahhh-"

The shrill cries of the multiple ensembles stung their eardrums, and the piercing sound reverberated on the walls of the room, causing the sound waves to bounce repeatedly, causing secondary damage.

Under the blue light, A Tui could clearly see the enemy's appearance, the twisted barbed claws and the flapping bat wings.

"Vampire Bat Banshee?" Ah Tui endured the pain in his ears and blocked the Bat Banshee who was about to pounce from the beam with his shield. "Fighting indoors is disadvantageous to us. Let's retreat first!"

Just by glancing around, he saw three or four banshees, and there were at least twice as many bats hiding in the darkness, waiting to suck the flesh and blood of living creatures.

Moreover, these guys' IQ is slightly higher than that of the dinosaur dogs, and they are not very afraid of the animal-driving torches. It is a completely thankless task to force them to stay in their territory and endure the siege from all sides.

The two retreated outside the fortress in time. The banshees who were afraid of the sun screamed a few times and slowly retreated into the shadows, becoming neighbors with the flying dragons on the ground. If they didn't know how to advance and retreat, they would not have survived until today. The dark indoor environment was their domain.

Of course, A'tai and Melina could not give up just like that. The strategic retreat was to save energy and reduce losses.

"Buddy, do you want me to recruit some help?" Melina pulled out the Soul Summoning Bell, her face eager to try. Before leaving Red Lion City, she had acquired a number of powerful ash souls. While she couldn't handle a swarm of flying dragons, working together with A-Tai should be able to take out a few bat banshees.

"No, I have a better idea." A'ti replaced the straight sword with a meteorite staff, and then took out the reward that Gwei had left for them not long ago.

In addition to the prayer related to the scarlet corruption, the parchment also contained a spell with extremely astonishing lethality.

"Night Witch Smoke, are you planning to use this to clear out the vampires lurking inside?" Melina leaned over and read a rough description of the move, then smiled knowingly. "That's a good idea indeed. It's quite sinister, I like it."

The principle of the Night Witch Smoke is to use concentration to create a large amount of silver mist that erodes life and cannot distinguish between friend and foe.

Suppose you release smoke in an open area and a headwind suddenly blows... the caster himself might die faster than anyone else.

In addition, considering that this magic is inhumane and will pollute the environment, A Tai has never used it in actual combat before.

But their current opponent is a vampire who sucks human blood, and the environment is an almost enclosed indoor environment, so the above two concerns can be put aside.

After the preparations were completed, A Tui cast a spell through the outer gate, aiming at the interior of the fortress.

Magic, Night Witch Smoke!

Large clouds of silver smoke were released from the end of the meteorite staff and quickly rushed into the fortress. It was the natural enemy of all living things, and the smoke would corrode all living things it came into contact with.

After confirming that the amount of smoke was enough to submerge the fortress's small interior, A Tui transformed his spell and released a blasting rock plate, creating rubble that blocked the fortress's only passage.

Melina hid to the side, her eyes fixed on the pocket watch used for timing.

Ten minutes later, A'ti used the same trick again to blast open the rubble barrier from the outside, and the witch cooperated by casting flames to burn away the remaining silver poisonous mist.

Under the starlight, the fortress was littered with the corpses of bat banshees. The largest Banshee Queen was completely red, and it was obvious that she had sucked a considerable amount of blood during her lifetime.

The strength of this type of creature is directly proportional to its age and the amount of blood it has sucked. If you use a direct offensive method to fight it, it will definitely be a tough battle.

But even such a powerful creature, after being corroded by the silver smoke, did not even make a sound, its best sound waves, before dying, and died silently.

"What a terrifying killing efficiency. If the environment is right, it would only take a few tens of seconds to kill a flying dragon." A'di marveled at the lethality of the Night Witch's smoke.

Unlike the pyroxene magic that studies stars and explores the mysteries of the starry sky, the original intention of developing this spell seems to be to kill organic life forms with maximum efficiency. It is a magic created entirely for killing, and does not contain the slightest bit of beauty.

He still underestimated the terrifying nature of the smoke and decided to avoid using it in the future: "I need to be more careful when using this magic next time. If I get caught in it, the consequences will be disastrous."

"A small amount of smoke can be burned with flames." Melina looked at the corpses on the ground, convinced that there was no living creature left in the fortress. All the big rats were dead. "We are surrounded by a large amount of smoke. It's best for us to run quickly."

This trick is very cool for killing monsters, but it is not so good if someone uses it on you. Neither of them is a great wind magician, and they can't blow someone's wig away with just a wave of their finger.

Many stars lit up at the A-Tu point, and the two of them climbed from the bottom of the fortress to the top with ease, picking up and throwing away a pile of scrap metal, and finally found the target treasure chest on the lookout tower above.

I don't know which wicked guy hid the box up there, causing the two of them to stare wide-eyed in vain and waste a lot of energy digging three feet underground.

In the opened treasure chest, half of a symbol engraved with half a golden tree pattern lay quietly inside. That half of the symbol was exactly the key needed to activate the Dickas elevator.

"Could it be that the person who hid the talisman here had already anticipated the arrival of this day?" Ah Tui looked at the half talisman in his hand, trying to figure out the secrets behind it.

Judging from the piles of bones in the corner of the fortress, the Batwoman had been building her nest down there for quite some time. In other words, someone had hidden things on the top before them, as if they had foreseen that it was not safe to keep them down there.

"Yes, Mom... Lady Marika sent someone to hide the things here." Melina reached out and fumbled around for a few times.

Deeper in the chest, a slightly damaged golden amulet was found. It was engraved with Marika's mark and crafted by Elden Rune. "This is a legendary amulet bestowed by Lady Marika herself. Only a few of her most trusted guards are qualified to possess it."

An unexpected yet reasonable answer.

Just like the other things Marika prepared for the Faded Ones, the key to activate the elevator on the path to the royal city was split into two pieces early on, leaving a clue buried in an inconspicuous corner of the intersection.

The moment he put on the amulet, Ah Dai felt that his abilities had been further enhanced, but at the same time he also sensed the strong will contained in the amulet.

When he gazed at the surface of the amulet once again, he couldn't help but have the illusion that someone was watching him, as if the eye carved on it suddenly came alive, and the owner of the pupil saw the successor of the heavy mission tens of millions of years later across endless time.

Volume 2: The Flowing Stars: Chapter 75: What should you do if an earthquake occurs while you are sleeping?

As the first rays of dawn fell in the morning, the invisible ghosts that were lingering in the town of Selia and were unwilling to return all melted away with the dispersing red mist.

Many years later, two outsiders, under the guidance of the "Sage", solved the mystery of the ghost town.

After the checkpoint, Torrett walked slowly.

Melina put her arm around A'tai's waist, leaning her upper body on his shoulder. She squinted her eyes and yawned, as if she was using him as a makeshift pillow. "I thought the old man would play some tricks or secretly trick us. I didn't expect that if we did what he said, we would actually send those ghosts to see the golden tree."

After a busy night, the witch was really tired.

Some people may be curious, thinking that this night was like watching a show where an episode was skipped, and whether something unspeakable happened.

I regret to tell you that nothing happened. They just spent 12 long hours to exorcise the souls of those who studied forbidden magic, turned themselves into invisible people and stayed in the town.

The key to the puzzle in Selia Town is not to kill the necromancers who chase people and cast pyroxene magic. Even if someone really has the ability to kill them all, the necromancers will still refresh the next night. It is a purely thankless task.

The correct way to do it is to light the bonfires erected on top of the three towers in the town, completing the soul-calming ceremony that was built here by someone in the past but the final step was not implemented.

The power of the ritual will erase the remaining obsessions of the undead. Without the power to hold them together, they will be like ships that have drawn up their anchors.

After the night is over, the souls that have passed away for many years will naturally return to dust and return to the place where they should go.

So last night, A Tui and Melina divided the work and worked together, pretending to build a plank road while secretly attacking Chencang.

The Faded One held a shield in his right hand and continuously refreshed the "Magic Shield" spell with his left hand, attracting 90% of the town's residents. Melina took the opportunity to cast "Invisible" on herself and quietly sneaked into the town.

With the help of both insiders and outsiders, the three lights were lit one by one, and the souls of the dead in Selia Town were able to be physically liberated.

After finishing, the two did not forget to call the magic teacher Seren to tell her the happy news, but it also relieved her of a worry.

Unexpectedly, when Kalia called, she only received a message:

"Hello, the number you dialed is unanswered or out of the designated service area. If you're a wandering merchant selling goods or advertising, please leave a list of your goods. I'll review it when I get home and consider contacting you. If you're the old immortal from the magic academy, please hang up and delete my contact information quickly. Don't bother me any more, or I'll shoot you to the sky. If you're one of my two lovely and well-behaved apprentices, I'm sorry I'm away on business and can't help you at the moment, but I believe you can get through this on your own with your wisdom and courage."

After hearing this message, A'tu and Melina were stunned for several seconds.

First, they didn't expect that Seren had such a wide circle of contacts. They thought they were the only ones who would call the big witch who lived in the dilapidated ruins.

Secondly, I didn't expect that the super magic nerd who refused to move would actually leave her nest on her own initiative. I was a little worried that she was going somewhere to summon a comet to blow up the planet.

But there was no point in thinking about it, and besides, Serlian's mastery of all the pyroxene spells was there, and there were not many people in the border area who could hurt her, so they didn't think about it.

The morning sun shone on the two people and the rider, warm but also making them more sleepy.

Seeing Melina yawning non-stop, Ah Tui glanced at his partner who was forcing herself to stay awake, and pulled up her hood to block out the sunlight: "Go to sleep if you want. We're still some distance from our destination. I'll wake you up when we get to the temple."

"Since you said so, I won't be polite." Melina changed to a more comfortable position, rubbed against A'tai like a cat, and closed her eyes and fell asleep in a few seconds.

After all, the witch's physique is not as enduring as that of a warrior. After taking the ghosts for a walk all night, Ah Tui is still energetic and cannot be considered to be driving while tired.

"From the map, most of this area is open wilderness, and it's far away from the Scarlet Corruption, so there shouldn't be too much danger. Let's go slowly and try to reach the temple before sunset." As Ati slowed down further to let Melina sleep more peacefully, he chatted with Torrett.

Torrett snorted in agreement. "Slow down your pace, and lunch and dinner will taste sweeter."

However, we all know that such a comfortable and leisurely pace of life is basically non-existent for the journey of the faders.

Especially when they step into new unknown areas, because the map will not mark where unknown dangerous creatures live.

Without even getting half an hour of good sleep, Ah Tui started running as fast as he could, his speed going from walking to running, and then to sprinting ten minutes later.

"Damn, damn, damn, there's an earthquake?!" Melina suddenly woke up from the bumpy ride in tenth gear. She subconsciously hugged Ah Tui tightly with both hands, her little face turning left and right in a daze, her bones almost broken.

"It wasn't an earthquake." Ah Tui replied without even turning his head. "It was the Night Riders guarding the bridge!"

He pointed to the sky, and at some point, darkness replaced the clear sky. Under the starless night, the heavily armored cavalrymen in black armor held on to the spirit horse tightly.

This time, there was no cliff to trick this guy into jumping off.

"What, what, what? It's those dark-skinned guys again, who like to contradict the tree guards in terms of appearance?" A cold wind blew across the witch's cheeks, and she was completely awake now. "How dare they disturb this beautiful girl's sweet dream? This guy is dead! Partner, stop the horse, let's go kill that bastard!"

As soon as her mind cleared, Melina's temper came back, and she immediately wanted to dismount and fight the Night Riders.

"Oh, he should be fine soon." Ah Tui, contrary to his usual calmness, replied: "Because there is an even more ruthless one waiting ahead of us."

"What do you mean by even more cruel..." Melina didn't finish her words. When she looked up, she saw a flying dragon with its bloody mouth wide open and dragon flames billowing from its mouth. "Ahhh! I'm going to be roasted!"

There is a flying dragon in front and pursuers behind. If we really stop, the two people and the horse caught in the middle will inevitably suffer a double blow.

The only solution now is...

Rush over!

"Amei, hold on tight, or we'll have to slay the dragon again today." Saying these domineering lines, while trying to escape for his life, A'tai drove the Torret to exceed the limit speed and jumped.

With a perfect double jump in the air, the spirit horse avoided the flames and stepped over the dragon head. With a provocative look that said "You little bastard, come and chase me if you dare", it ran across the ruins of the bridge guarded by the flying dragon.

Volume 2: The Flowing Stars: Chapter 76: The Beast Priest Who Devours the Dead Roots (3.5k)

Thanks to Torret's strong step, or perhaps the enchanting look it left behind angered the dragon.

Guior's great-great-great-great-grandson, the Flying Dragon Guirel, not only did not engage in a dog-to-dog fight with the Night Cavalry who caught up with him as Atie had expected, but instead shared the same hatred and chased after them together.

The two ferocious guys joined forces, and the air force and the army launched a double life-threatening chase, which scared Torrett so much that he lost all six of his spirits and had no energy left to do anything unnecessary to provoke the other party.

"Buddy, why don't we find a place to kill them?"

Melina glanced back and decided that continuing to run was not an option, so she offered a simple and crude suggestion.

After all, no one knows how large the coverage area of ​​the Night Cavalry is. If the dragon is so vengeful, he might just chase them to the ends of the earth. If they run for a while, Torret might be exhausted first.

Even though this thing is asking for trouble, we can't really use it as bait.

"That's what I thought." Ah Tui adjusted the pace of the spirit horse to ensure it could hold on for a while longer. "Go a little further. Once we get close to the Beast Temple, we'll use the terrain there to counterattack. I hope the master of the temple doesn't mind us bringing extra visitors to see him."

The spirit horse galloped across the dry and barren land, and the outline of the ancient beast temple gradually appeared before the two of them.

Two ferocious obsidian statues guarded the two sides of the temple gate, and the dark temple gate looked like the gaping mouth of a giant beast from the abyss.

Solemn prayers accompanied by a gloomy and lonely atmosphere came from the temple. The voice of the person praying was hoarse and low, making it difficult to hear the specific content, but it seemed that he was confessing his sins.

As the Faded Ones and their pursuers gradually approached the temple, the sounds of galloping horses and flapping dragon wings became louder and louder.

At a certain moment, the volume exceeded the critical point and disturbed the owner of the temple. The prayers in the temple stopped, and were replaced by the unique "rumbling" sound when the giant moved.

The beast priest walked out of the temple gate with heavy steps. His plain and worn priest robe wrapped his bloated body like a black dumpling. His eyes, covered with white bandages, narrowed slightly, and through the little light he could see clearly the chase scene of one fleeing and two chasing not far away.

The man, who was as big as a mountain, took a deep breath. The next second, a violent airflow gushed out and the roar of a beast was deafening.

Fighting skills, beast roar!

The sound emitted from the throat is condensed into a solid entity, and in an instant, everything encountered by the sound wave is torn apart. The speed of this fighting skill is equal to the speed of the sound.

This roar was just a warning. When it reached hundreds of meters away, it was just a loud roar and no longer had any physical killing power. However, the flying dragon Guirel and the night cavalry chasing after Torret still understood the meaning conveyed by the thunderous roar.

roll!

Yilong and Yiqi braked suddenly, turned sharply on the spot and turned back, their speed was two points faster than when they came.

They feared the guards outside the temple who looked like dead things, and they were even more afraid of the master who ruled this wilderness temple - the "Beast Priest" Gulang.

No one knows when this weathered temple appeared on this land. It was as if the temple and its priests suddenly appeared one day, and an antique-level building was built from the ground within a day.

The only priest in the temple became an existence that no one dared to offend in the desolate land at the far northern edge of Gaileyd.