This isn't a souls-like game at all.

The former is useless without a bow, but the latter is quite practical and you can make some when you have the chance.

Then, there is the panel.

Ye Yiyi clicked on the simplified light screen to expand it and found the soul echo column.

Soul Echo: 3300

Defeating the Unintelligent Creature grants 3000 Soul Echoes, plus the "Nothing to Lose" personal trait increases the total amount of Echoes by 10%, for a total of 3300 Soul Echoes.

The main use of Soul Echoes is for leveling up, and they can also be used as currency when trading with other Unsung Heroes.

Ye glanced at his various attributes, all of which were 10 points.

With such uniform properties, there is great potential in choosing any development direction.

The only headache is that to upgrade you need to go to the Cursed Temple and receive "guidance" from the Saint.

To do this, he needs to find a "holy monument" first.

After thinking about it, Ye Yiyi packed up his things and walked back along the dirt road.

If I remember correctly, there was a "holy monument" at his "birthplace", which was the mass grave where the slave-catching team found him.

Chapter 5: Holy Monument, Cursed Temple, and Saint

"Fuck! I finally found it~"

Ye Yi casually stuck his spear into the ground and finally stopped.

It took him a full half day, until the sun set behind the mountain, before he finally returned to his "birthplace".

Panting heavily, he found a grave mound to sit on and took in the surrounding environment.

The mass grave is backed by a medium-sized mountain and is located next to the fork in the main road.

The fork in the road near the mass grave was overgrown with weeds, a sign that few people had used it. A little further out, green dominated the entire view until it disappeared into the forest, and even the road was no longer visible.

The road on the other side of the fork is relatively better.

Ye Yiyi also saw the tire tracks on the dirt road.

I imagine the slave-hunting team took this main road back to the capital. The peasants they captured along the way probably also returned along this road.

I don’t know what happened to those people.

Ye Yiyi put away his messy thoughts. At this moment, his breathing was steady and his physical strength had returned to its best condition, so he stood up.

On the simplified light screen beside him, the green bar symbolizing energy gradually returned to full.

Although ten points of energy is not much, it recovers quickly.

Picking up the spear, Ye Yiyi pushed aside the weeds one by one and searched for the holy monument in the mass grave.

"Holy monument, holy monument... I remember the holy monuments in the game were quite obvious, visible from a long distance... Ah, got it!"

Ye Yiyi searched around until his feet were numb. Finally, under the shade of a tree at the foot of the mountain, he found a tombstone with a faint golden glow.

"Is this the holy monument?"

Ye Yiyi looked at the broken tombstone in front of him. If he ignored the faint golden light, it would be almost the same as the other tombstones in the mass grave.

After thinking for a moment, he imitated the posture in the game and knelt on one knee in front of the tombstone.

The next moment, golden light bloomed and turned into a thin light curtain that extended out.

He watched the scene in amazement. The extended light curtain formed a semicircular sphere, enveloping the entire mass grave.

At the same time, a name appeared in his mind.

[Fairy Mountain Range: Ancient Mass Grave]

Ye Yiyi understood. Just like in the game, the Holy Monument needed to be activated before it could be used. The name in his mind was the name of the location where the Holy Monument was located.

After he activates other holy monuments, he can use the names as coordinates to teleport between different holy monuments.

"This is where the ancient hero rests in peace." He sighed, thinking that he and this ancient hero had a connection, as they were buried in the same mass grave.

He sat down cross-legged in front of the holy monument, reached out and touched behind his buttocks, and two cursed bottles, red and blue, appeared out of thin air and fell into his hands.

This was figured out by Ye Yiyi while on the road. Although the principle is unclear, it does not prevent him from calling it the "four-dimensional chrysanthemum."

Because that's what the characters in the game do.

For example, after parrying with bare hands, he would pull out a giant sword from his anus to execute the opponent.

The same also applies to the "magnetic back", but I won't go into detail about this. Ye Yiyi will simply call them "player characteristics."

After sitting in front of the holy monument and pondering for a while, Ye Yiyi figured out a way to distribute the capacity of the cursed bottle.

To put it simply, it means pouring the blessing drops in the red bottle into the blue bottle mouth to mouth.

This approach is actually quite counterintuitive, after all, in the game you just click on numbers and the bottles are allocated.

Even Hidetaka Miyazaki probably doesn't know how it was actually distributed.

Afterwards, Ye Yiyi continued to imitate the actions in the game and knelt on one knee in front of the holy monument.

"Send me to the Cursed Temple..."

Then, a golden light flashed, and the world before his eyes changed.

Ye Yiyi slowly stood up and then looked up.

A huge statue stands in front of you.

The statue is yellow all over, about a hundred meters tall, holding a hammer in one hand and a book in the other, and has a metallic luster.

Looking up from the bottom of his feet, he could only see a sliver of white light, shining from the glass dome onto his blurry face.

In addition to being solemn, it also exudes a faint sense of sacredness.

"This is one of the ancient kings who created this temple..."

At this time, an ethereal female voice came from behind.

Ye Yi subconsciously continued the second half of the sentence.

"...the Heavenly Forger."

He turned around and saw a tall woman in a simple black dress with a black veil covering half of her face standing gently on the steps not far away.

She has long black hair like silk, and there is almost no other color on her body except black.

Except for those emerald green eyes that are as clear as clear lake water.

When Ye Yiyi saw her for the first time, he was attracted by her clear eyes.

She is the Saint of the Cursed Temple. In the game, she is the character who accompanies the protagonist until the end of time. In other words, she is...

"Wife... Ugh! It's the Saint!"

Ye Yiyi reacted and quickly changed his words.

Off-screen, she's my wife, of course. Like Melina and Firekeeper. It's a game, after all. As long as she's a woman and good-looking, she's my wife. As for outside the game...

Ye Yiyi suddenly raised her eyebrows.

It seems that it is not impossible...

The saint choked slightly, and her clear green pupils moved away slightly and then quickly moved back, as if a ripple had just appeared on the surface of a lake and returned to calm in an instant.

The saint clearly heard it, but she spoke as if she heard nothing.

"Welcome, hero who has come in search of a name. This is the Cursed Temple, and also the starting point of your journey...

"My hero, do you need me to help you solve your doubts?"

The Saint raised her eyes to the towering statue. "It's about this temple, about the stagnant curse."

Ye Yiyi felt so relieved when the saint said "Hero".

Although he heard it every day outside the game, it was separated by a screen after all. How could it be as comfortable as hearing the Saint call him "Hero" in person?

After getting Ye Yiyi's nod, the saint used her ethereal voice to recount a forgotten story.

"In the ancient times, before the Borderlands were divided, ancient kings ruled over the land kingdoms. These kings expanded their territories, built land kingdoms, and even expanded their explorations to the stars.

"At that time, the kings used their supreme power to forge a 'natural' teleportation array on the earth.

"Relying on teleportation arrays, kings were able to travel to exotic planets. But endless exploration will eventually bring disaster.

"One day, the [Curse of Stagnation] was born from the power of the ancient kings, and the [Border] was plunged into crisis.

"The kings severed the teleportation array's connection and decided to fight the [Stagnation Curse] to the death.

“That battle shattered the [Bordering] continent, and the world was divided into the four parts it is today.

"But what's frustrating is that the [Curse of Stagnation] didn't disappear during the war. On the contrary, the ancient kings suffered heavy losses.

"For the future of the [Border], the kings sealed the [Stagnation Curse] and built the Cursed Temple.

"One day in the future, when the [Stagnation Curse] revives, it will awaken those dormant heroes... Hero, hero? Are you listening?"

"Ah...ah! I'm listening, I'm listening very carefully!"

Ye Yiyi suddenly opened his eyes, yawned drowsily, picked up the seal, and pretended to be serious.

The saint's ethereal voice seemed to have a kind of magic. Ye Yiyi felt so comfortable listening to it that he almost fell asleep.

"Really? I listened very carefully. Come, let me repeat it to you."

The saint narrowed her eyes slightly, but when Ye Yiyi closed her eyes and repeated the general content, her eyes suddenly became surprised.

"...Later, the teleportation arrays abandoned by the kings were activated in reverse. This was because the descendants of the abandoned kings on those planets developed civilization. The [Stagnation Curse] resurrected in a different form, destroying the ecosystem and transforming into the [Decadent King].

"Those interstellar refugees fled here via the teleportation array to survive, but they also brought with them various forms of the [Stagnation Curse]. For this, they needed me... By the way, what did you call me?"

"My dear hero." The saint nodded slightly.

"That's right! You need me, the hero, to come out and solve the problem! Knock that damn [Decadent King] into the ground! Save [Border]! Then marry the Saint and reach the pinnacle of life!"

Ye Yiyi patted his belly and smiled at the saint.

"What? I said I heard everything. I didn't lie to you, right?"

"Yes..." The Saint was a little embarrassed, but she hid it well, "...except for the part about marrying the Saint."

Ye Yiyi kept smiling.

"There's also the matter of the teleportation array restarting, and the refugee issue... I don't think I've gotten to that point yet..."

The smile on Ye Yiyi's face froze.

Fortunately, the saint did not pursue the matter any further. After a moment of silence, she took out two bottles wrapped in gold threads from somewhere.

"Hero, this is..."

Before she could finish her words, Ye Yiyi interrupted her with his actions.

"I have this."

Ye Yiyi took out two identical bottles.

Seeing this scene, the saint was a little dazed.

"I see, my hero... have you seen the Ancient Dragon of the Hell of Fire?"

"Yes, we worked together to kill a Cyber ​​Messiah's unintelligent creation. I also got a fragment of the Universal Cauldron from it."

"You are indeed a hero!"

Seeing Ye Yiyi showing her the ordinary piece of pottery as if he were presenting a treasure, the saint's eyes curved and she hid her melancholy mood deep in her heart.

"My lord hero, I have discovered that you seem to possess ownerless soul echoes. If you require, I can transform those soul echoes into power that belongs to you, my lord hero."

Ye Yiyi came here for this very purpose, and nodded without hesitation when he heard this.

"Then trouble you."

A faint white light bloomed at the intersection of the two palms, and Ye Yiyi's 3300 soul echoes were transformed into the 4 attribute points required for upgrading.

Ye Yiyi thought for a moment and added all four attribute points to his skills.

Level: 1 → 5↑

Tip 10→14↑