Crystal Palace from Infinite Anime

The next second, Millicent appeared in Greg's sight, holding a weapon in her prosthetic hand and hovering in the air. Greg's eyes widened instantly, full of fear, and scenes of extremely humiliating memories emerged uncontrollably in his mind.

Long ago, the Fragment Kings, including Marennia, Greg, and Latan, united to form the "King's Army" and attacked the royal city of Rodel. They planned to capture the city first and then decide who would ascend the throne.

As a result, after the Elden Ring was broken and Marika was imprisoned as the criminal who broke the ring, there was no one to take the lead in the royal city, but suddenly a powerful and wise "King of Blessing" appeared.

The Blessed King was even able to defeat Ratan at full power.

Finally, under the encouragement and leadership of the King of Blessing who suddenly appeared, Rodel's side, which had a natural advantage as the defenders, successfully repelled the King's army.

Afterwards, Greg argued with Marlennia, saying that she did not give her all when attacking Rodel. He also belittled Marlennia, claiming that Marlennia must have wanted to help but was unable to do so. After all, Marlennia was just a cripple who was missing limbs and was blind!

The result was that this blind girl, whom Greg called a cripple, defeated all the masters around Greg at the time by herself, and put her prosthetic sword on Greg's neck.

However, Malenia did not kill Greg after all - because Greg's father, Godwin, had been extremely kind to her and Michaela. Michaela, who did not have the same father as Godwin, regarded Godwin as a real brother who could be completely trusted, just like Malenia.

So out of old friendship - and because Greg decisively gave in and knelt down to lick Marennia's feet (prosthetic limbs) on the spot, Marennia finally spared Greg's life.

To this day, Greg still remembers this humiliating memory and is both afraid of and resentful of Marlenya.

now--

Looking at Millicent whose body was suspended in the air.

Greg had a feeling that this was definitely Marennia!

Millicent's figure suspended in mid-air was exactly the same as the posture when Marlennia defeated all the masters around Greg!

"No... no! This is impossible! Marennia! I want you dead!" Greg roared like a madman, and then pretended to swing the axe and kill Millicent.

At this moment, in Greg's heart, his hatred for Marennia surpassed his fear.

He has inherited the name "Golden"! He's a powerful being who has gained strength through "limb grafting"! He's a completely different person now! So today is his time to exact revenge and prove himself!

At the moment when Greg made up his mind to kill Millicent, Millicent, who was suspended in mid-air, moved!

whoosh-

In just a moment, Millicent rushed in front of Greg, and swung the Sesher long sword held tightly in her prosthetic hand at a speed that was impossible to see with the naked eye.

Swish, swish, swish, swish...!

Bright white sword lights flashed and intertwined, causing blood to splatter everywhere.

In just a blink of an eye, dozens of arms on Greg's bloated body were cut off and fell to the ground.

Water birds are dancing!

The unique skill that Marlennia learned from practicing the Flowing Water Sword Technique!

“Ahhhhhhhhhhh…!” All of his arms were chopped off and fell to the ground. At this moment, Greg knelt on the ground in pain, letting out a shrill scream.

After completing a set of Water Bird Dance, Millicent appeared behind Greg.

"Shh!"

The red-haired girl swung the Sesher long sword given to her by Lin Zhiyu in her hand, shaking off all the blood on the blade.

As if sensing his impending death, Greg suddenly stopped screaming and turned around to look at Millicent in horror.

"You...you are not her! Who are you?!"

Only then did Greg realize that although Millicent's facial features were very similar to Marlene's, she had red hair like Marlene, and her broken arm was replaced with a prosthetic limb... but there was a clear difference in Millicent's body shape compared to Marlene's!

And if it was Marennia, even if Grek had the blessing of the Great Rune and strong vitality, it would be impossible for him to eat a lot of Water Birds and not die!

Millicent was slowly approaching Greg, intending to kill him with one blow.

But at this moment, looking at Greg's face full of fear and hearing Greg shouting the name "Marlennia", Millicent suddenly froze in place, and a picture briefly flashed through her mind.

In the picture, she saw a man with facial features similar to Greg's, but his skin was not as pale and his body was not as bloated as Greg's. Just like Greg now, he was kneeling on the ground and looking at her with horror.

Then, the man who looked like Greg in the picture was actually crawling on the ground... and licking her feet?

"..." The sudden memory in her mind made Millicent forget for a moment that the battle was not over yet.

Finding Millicent frozen in place for some reason, Greg, driven by his desire to survive, began to crawl towards a stone pillar by the roadside. Hanging on the pillar was a dead dragon, the prey Greg had previously spent a lot of effort to obtain.

Just reattach the dragon's limbs.

By attaching a dragon head to a broken arm, he, Greg, can gain the power of a dragon!

At that time, he must release flames like a powerful flying dragon and burn everyone to death!

But just as Greg finally slowly crawled to the stone pillar where the dragon's corpse was hanging.

"Whoosh-bang!"

A flying arrow wrapped in purple light, like a cannonball, instantly hit Greg's head. Like an anti-material sniper rifle hitting a watermelon, Greg's head was caught off guard and exploded on the spot, turning him into a headless corpse!

boom!

The ambitious "limb-removing" Greg, who became conceited and arrogant due to his extreme inferiority complex, was killed and his body fell to the ground with a bang.

In an open space some distance away from the dead Greg.

"Well done!" Lin Zhiyu patted Laura's shoulder and smiled at her.

Laura killed Greg with a "gravity arrow". She knew it was a sneak attack, but she did kill an enemy who seemed to be very powerful... So she did have some use in the team, right?

Thinking of this, Laura and Lin Zhiyu looked at each other, and then thought of Lin Zhiyu who had been watching the show and had never made a move, so she shook her head and suddenly laughed:

"It's just a kill. Even if I didn't take action, either Saeko or Millicent could easily kill this guy called Greg. What's more, the strongest among us has been watching the show all this time?"

The "someone" Laura was referring to was naturally Lin Zhiyu.

Lin Zhiyu maintained a faint smile on his face and explained to Laura:

"I also wanted to see how strong you all are now. I had actually thought about it before coming here. This operation is mainly to provide you with a backup. In the end, you really didn't let me down!"

After saying that, Lin Zhiyu walked towards Greg's body.

At this moment, a large rune shaped like a halo appeared on Greg's body.

Chapter 82: Wood's Promise

Nimgefu Divine Tower.

Standing on the edge of the towering tower with the cold wind blowing in his face, Lin Zhiyu could see the royal city of Rodel, located in the north of Nimgfu, across the Mediterranean Sea.

And the towering golden tree.

Lin Zhiyu had already harvested Great Runes in the southern regions of Galid, Lienia, and Nimgefu... Even if he followed the game's path, he would advance towards the Royal City and prepare to "see" the Elden Ring.

"King of Blessing" Mungot, the Last Flame Giant, "Black Sword" Malicus, "King of War" Gefulei...

When Lin Zhiyu thought about the enemies he would face next, each of whom was stronger than Latarn and the Dark Abandoned, he felt that he had a long way to go and did not dare to relax at all.

Although, he had just activated Grek's Great Rune and got a generous reward by pulling ten times in a row again.

……

[Grek's Great Rune (Activated)]: The Great Rune of the "Shard Lord" Grek. Before the Elden Circle was shattered, this Great Rune was located at the center of the Elden Circle, hence the name "Center of Gravity Circle." Activating this Great Rune grants a boost to all abilities, valid only in this Elden Circle world.

Ten consecutive draws, rewards at a glance:

[Hound Step]: A combat skill that allows one to instantly disappear and move by stepping. It has a fast movement speed and a long distance. During the movement, the caster will be unselectable.

[Hound Step]: A combat skill that allows one to instantly disappear and move by stepping. It has a fast movement speed and a long distance. During the movement, the caster will be unselectable.

[Mist Raptor]: Lower your body and enter a brief unselectable state, then instantly jump up to launch a surprise attack on the enemy from a high position.

[Storm Blade]: A lost combat skill from the city of Stonewell. This skill wraps the weapon in the power of the storm, releasing a storm blade forward. It can be used rapidly and continuously at a high frequency.

[Dark Wave]: Insert the weapon into the ground, triggering three gravity waves that will cause damage and imbalance to the enemy.

[Black King Thrust Wave]: A combat technique mastered by the astral alien race known as the "Black King," one of the sources of gravity magic. Slamming a weapon into the ground triggers a thrust wave, knocking back all nearby units.

[Nebula Slash]: Swing your weapon to strike, leaving behind a purple nebula in its path. The nebula explodes after a brief delay, dealing heavy damage.

[Redwood Shortbow]: A carefully crafted red wooden bow that relies on dexterity rather than strength to be used.

[Heroic Rune]: A golden rune containing the power of a hero. Crushing it yields a large amount of rune.

[Heroic Rune]: A golden rune containing the power of a hero. Crushing it yields a large amount of rune.

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Lin Zhiyu is quite satisfied with this ten-consecutive draw. Although there are repeated rewards, Lin Zhiyu feels that this wave of repetition is very good!

Hound Stride - this is a noble displacement skill with an invincible effect!

Saeko and Laura are both very fragile, unlike Lin Zhiyu, who is not only fast but also has a high health. Therefore, two Hound Steps can be learned by Saeko and Laura to further increase their survival ability.

The two heroes Rune are also okay, in fact, it’s just a certain amount of attribute points!

Then Lin Zhiyu thought about it carefully and realized that of the ten consecutive draws, only "Storm Blade" seemed suitable for him to keep. Although it was similar to "Vacuum Slash" in positioning, both were long-range attack skills in the form of sword energy, but Storm Blade had the characteristics of faster casting speed and could be released continuously in a short period of time.

The most important thing is that Lin Zhiyu has discovered that all storm combat skills can be integrated into the power of fire.

Hmm...Storm Blade, Fierce Wind Blade?

Tsk!

With this calculation, Lin Zhiyu now seems to have mastered a complete set of "Fierce Wind Fighting Skills".

Lin Zhiyu considered the other prizes he had won from the lottery and decided to give most of them to Saeko, such as the Mist Raptor, Dark Wave, Black King Thrust Wave, and Nebula Slash.

In addition, there are the two gravity-based combat skills, Star Summoning and Collapse Wave, which were previously reserved for Saeko.

Well! I originally thought Saeko was a professional poison master, but now she's transformed into a gravity-type swordsman!

Thinking about it again, Millicent's arm was cut off by Saeko in the first place, and now Saeko is going to take the route of gravity magic, Lin Zhiyu suddenly has a feeling that the Valkyrie and the Reincarnation of the Starshatter are beside him.

…Regardless of the situation, Lin Zhiyu was willing to invest resources in cultivating his closest and most trusted wife. Furthermore, with Latarn's Great Rune now in Saeko's possession and already activated, Saeko's combat power had actually increased significantly. No wonder she had acted so effortlessly against Greg earlier.

You know, even if Greg is the worst among all the Shard Kings, he is still a demigod after all, and can at least match ten Red Lion Knights!

(Latan, Marenia, Mongert, and others: "Why are there only ten?")

In short, even if we put aside a series of gravity combat skills, just relying on the blessing of Latarn's Big Rune, Saeko is actually now qualified to fight against demigod-level enemies on her own.

[Ratan's Great Rune (Activated)]: This Great Rune of the "Shard Lord" Ratan, once burned fiercely to resist the erosion of the Crimson Corruption. Activating this Great Rune grants significant fire and poison resistance, and each point of Stamina and Spirit increases your stats by an additional 15%. This boost is only valid in this Elden Ring world.

——Latan's Great Rune, the buff effect after activation is very powerful.

In particular, the increase in the two attributes of endurance and spirit is not as simple as increasing from 100 to 115.

Because attributes have soft and hard caps, the higher the value, the lower the benefit. However, Latarn's attribute amplification does not directly increase the value on the panel, but increases the benefit of each value!

Including the "Grek's Great Rune" activated by Lin Zhiyu, it has a similar effect, but Grek's Great Rune improves all abilities, unlike Latan's Great Rune, which focuses on improving endurance and spirit.

All in all, after the Great Rune was activated, both Lin Zhiyu and Busujima Saeko received great improvements.

The only drawback of this improvement is that it is only valid in this Elden Ring world.

However, according to the description of the secondary task "Collecting Great Runes" given by the system, as long as you can successfully pass this Elden Ring world, the Great Runes will be transformed into a permanent special ability afterwards!

"Although this time in the Elden Ring world is fraught with danger and takes longer than the previous two, Saeko and I have both experienced a dramatic increase in strength in this world. Now that almost all of our team members are at the boss level, it's time to consider preparing to wrap things up..."

Having been in the devastated borderland for quite some time, Lin Zhiyu was in a state of tension most of the time. He actually wanted to relax, too. Just these past few days, he'd even dreamed of returning to Earth, taking Saeko, Melina, and the others on vacation to the seaside to play beach volleyball.

Oh, Melina...

As if suddenly remembering something, Lin Zhiyu turned his head and looked to both sides, then shouted:

"Melina, are you there?"

Melina, in her soul form, appeared behind Lin Zhiyu the next second, and stood shoulder to shoulder with Lin Zhiyu on the edge of the divine tower, looking together at the royal city of Rodel and the golden tree across the Mediterranean Sea from Nimgefu.

"This is my first time climbing to the top of the Divine Tower. I never thought that even in Nimgfu, we could see Rodel far away in the Yatan Plateau." Melina sighed softly beside Lin Zhiyu.

The Yatan Plateau, or the entire northern part of the border area, has a huge altitude difference from the southern part.

So normally speaking, no matter how majestic the royal city of Rodel is, if a person is in the southern part of the border area, then at most he can only see the towering golden tree.

However, the Divine Tower was an exception. Standing on the top of this tower, one felt that the sky was so close, as if one could leap onto the vast sea of ​​clouds with just a single jump.

"Next, we will head towards the royal city. Perhaps soon, our original agreement will be fulfilled." Lin Zhiyu turned his head to look at Melina, observing Melina's expression.

Melina didn't meet Lin Zhiyu's gaze, instead keeping her gaze fixed on the golden tree. Her face was expressionless, her eyes unmoved, and she merely uttered a "hmm" in response to Lin Zhiyu's words.

Seeing that Melina was still so expressionless, Lin Zhiyu couldn't help but shake his head and laughed.

"At the foot of the golden tree lies the royal city of Rodel. In other words, once we reach the royal city, it's time for us to part ways. But you said you hoped I would become the new King of Elden. I'm worried that without you, I might not be able to successfully ascend the throne."

Well... as for the strategy to capture a girl, no matter what, I must first emphasize how important she is in my heart!