The King of Elden does not die alone!

Roger breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He didn't want to be hit with a stick, so after the guard opened his door, he cooperated and lay on the ground. But he was still hit with a stick and screamed.

Finally, there is Roderica.

"Mr. Guard, is it finally my turn?" Roderica slumped on the ground, looking at the soldier who opened the door with the key with her tear-stained face.

"Then please come," she sobbed again, "I am not so afraid of pain anymore."

The soldier took her hand and pulled her up. Roderica obediently turned around and let the heavy chains handcuff her hands.

Roger was jealous of this scene.

Why was he the only one who got hit with a stick even though he was equally obedient and didn't resist?

The Lost Home Knight led the way, while two exiled soldiers followed behind, sandwiching the three men in the middle.

"Mr. Roger, Miss Nefeli..." Roderica lowered her head and walked at the back, whispering to herself, "Thank you for accompanying me."

The girl's sweet voice seemed as cold and dark as this prison.

"Are you scared too? It's okay, we can definitely become the same."

"Mr. Soldier... If possible, could you be gentler when you cut off my hands, feet, and head?"

"Everyone... hehe." Roderica suddenly let out a chuckle that made people feel cold all over.

"Everyone, I can finally become like you..."

“Hehehe…Hehe…”

She lowered her head, looking at the dark ground, her breathing had become rapid, and her face was clearly flushed and with a silly smile.

Roger was clearly a few steps away from Roderica.

But I still felt goose bumps rushing from my tailbone to the back of my head.

Hopeless.

Roderica is dead.

Heartbroken!

The three were forced to walk to a certain place in the prison.

Roger recalled the path they had taken, his heart beating fast.

They turned into a corridor that smelled fishy and had dark red bloodstains on the floor.

In the open cell beside the corridor, bloody torture instruments were placed.

'grunt'

Roger swallowed with some difficulty.

Always felt...

The hope of escape is somewhat slim.

Every breath he took was filled with a lingering fishy-sweet smell.

Nepheli clenched her fists tightly and had made up her mind.

If things really went wrong, she would rather fight to the death and die in battle.

The leading lost knight stopped in front of a heavy wooden door.

In front of the door stood a man dressed as a soldier.

"People brought it."

Wilden nodded, knocked on the door, and stepped aside.

"Wait!" Mia yelled from inside the house.

She almost bit her tongue.

After quickly putting the cold iron that she had previously used to poke her lower abdomen back into the rack and pulling up her shirt.

"Come in!"

she shouted.

When the Lost Knight pushed open the door, Mia was already sitting on the chair in the middle of the interrogation room with her legs crossed.

"I've been waiting for a long time."

Chapter 15. Choices for the Faders

When I saw the blindfolded girl sitting in the middle of the room.

The most surprised was Roger.

He recognized the girl with distinctive features at a glance.

It had been over a month since the last time they met, and at that time, Mia's blindfold was just a blindfold, not a silver crown.

"I have brought the person you requested, Your Majesty."

The Lost Home Knight tapped his breastplate and saluted.

Mia looked at the three people brought to her in surprise.

"Three?"

Soon after being attacked by Nefeli, Mia had always thought that being able to capture Nefeli was already a great achievement.

Chapter 16. Common Enemy

"I promise you."

Mia replied.

After that, she would have a convict soldier take Roderica to where she wanted to go and protect her.

It’s not that Mia doesn’t care about this matter and doesn’t want to go with Roderica.

But she really didn't know how to face Roderica.

Just like Mia said.

Due to her position, she had no way to avenge Roderica.

The person who committed the limb-grafting crime was Greg, Mia's nephew.

The reason why the people in the border area are willing to kill the faded ones under Greg's command is because the faded ones are

Chapter 17. The Truth of the Night of the Black Knife (Second Update)

"You mean—" Roger's eyes widened.

Could it be that there is a deeper secret hidden in the Night of the Black Knife?

Mia jumped down from the wooden window.

Walking slowly around Roger's chair.

Roger stared straight at Mia, from left to right, and from right to left.

"Think about your previous question, Roger. Is it the same person who drove out the Faded Ones and started the Shard War?"

"Queen Marika..." Roger muttered, "She expelled the Faded Ones and destroyed the Elden Ring... But wasn't it Godwin's death that drove her crazy?

Chapter 18. On the Deathborn

It's agreed that this chapter is free~

By the way, after being reminded by everyone, I went to watch Lani’s side quest again.

I'm sorry, Lani, I misunderstood you, woooo.

Lani is a good woman! She said that she can bring anything in the starry sky with her own law.

Instead, she wanted to expel all foreign gods and laws, including herself, and leave a world unaffected by foreign gods to the people in the border area.

I'm sorry, Lani, I'll die again to apologize.

-

"Tell me your story, Roger."

Mia and Roger left the prison building and boarded an ordinary carriage.

Heading towards Greg's palace.

Under the city of Stonewell, the thing that makes the walls of Stonewell entangled with thorns is called the 'abscess of the dead prince'.

The Prince of Death was, of course, Godwin's name after the Night of the Black Knife.

Legend has it that Godwin was buried at the roots of the golden tree, but along with his ever-growing deformed corpse appeared dead roots that continued to expand along the golden tree's veins.

Anyone who touches the root of death and is cursed to death will become an ominous dead-born. They are skeletons and corpses born from death, without intelligence.

At the border, the only correct way to die is to return to the tree.

Mia didn't know whether Greg knew about the thing underground in Stonewell City.

If he knew, Mia felt that Greg would nod his head on this matter.

If he doesn't know, then he should go and see that thing together.

In response to Mia's questioning, Roger also told the story.

"I said before that I once knew a friend who was a faded person who followed the Golden Rule. We traveled together and explored death together."

"what is his name?"

Mia asked, sitting across from Roger.

"D, just one letter, it's a weird name."

Mia nodded. "What happened next? Based on your attitude towards the Deadborn, did you go your separate ways?"

"That's right." Roger nodded bitterly.

"I guess he is cursing me now?"

"Even if we no longer have any contact... that's probably what friends are like."

Now that Roger thought about it, it was really audacious for him to reveal his views on the Deadborn in front of Mia.

D was just a faded one who hunted death, and he was angry because Roger had sympathy for the dead born, let alone a real golden royal family.

He wouldn't have said it without Mia's promise.

Mia shook her head slightly: "That's not necessarily true." Then she continued: "Okay, tell me about the Dead Born. Why do you think the Dead Born can be saved?"

Roger paused and said, "I discovered something while investigating the Night of the Black Knife."

"Those who died did not harm anything, they just tried to survive and thus violated the law."

Mia had not seen any dead borns since she arrived at the border.

But based on my experience in the game...

No, that experience may no longer be credible.

NPCs who can only fight to the death in the game can also become Mia's followers.

"What are Deadborns like? Have you ever seen a Deadborn that you could communicate with?"

Roger shook his head.

Mia raised an eyebrow.

"So, you sympathize with the dead born because you were begged by the dead born?"

Roger shook his head again.

Mia asked, "Then why do you think that the Deadborn didn't harm anything and just desperately tried to survive?"

"This..." Roger fell silent.