The King of Elden does not die alone!

Melina held Torrett's hand.

Patch walked at the back with nothing to do.

There is always a sense of déjà vu, but something is missing.

"Wait a minute!" Mia suddenly shouted, then turned around: "Patch! Do something."

"Ok?"

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Under coercion (literally) and inducement (persuasion with a sharp knife), Patch carried the burden on a thick wooden stick.

A look of being forced to do business.

This is right.

Mia, who was very satisfied with her arrangement, nodded complacently while riding on her horse.

"Let's go, the stuff in there is already very light."

The whole roasted lamb from last night was not finished. After Mia went to bed, Kale divided it into two portions in preparation for the next morning.

The extra portion accounted for three-quarters of the weight of the entire sheep, and it was all cut into easy-to-stack shapes and stuffed into the bag that Curry gave to Mia.

However, when Patch was carrying the bag, Mia had already taken the food out.

It doesn't seem to be bad in the storage space.

The girl holding the astronomical stick hummed the melody of "You carry the load, I lead the horse".

The four masters and apprentices traveled westward.

But after all, unlike when she came here, Mia chose to go along the main road, and it was inevitable that she would encounter people.

So he ordered the three spirit wolves to spread out and stand guard in the front, behind and on the fields, several thousand meters away from the team.

If a stranger approaches, the wolf will immediately return and sound the alarm.

They traveled peacefully until night, when they found a ruin on the side of the main road. There was a shallow stream flowing through the ruins, which then passed through a culvert under the main roadbed and eventually led to Lake Yakir.

This seems to be a post station.

After all, it was once the main road, so there must be a place for people to rest and stay.

But unlike the posthouse where Teacher Seren was hiding, there was neither the brutal Miranda Flower nor the big crazy pumpkin-headed soldiers.

It's just an ordinary relic of a former post station.

Mia decided to set up camp among the ruins.

One thing to be thankful for is that we found the post station street where Teacher Se Lian was right away, without wasting unnecessary time on other post station ruins on the main road.

We lit a bonfire in the evening and heated up the leftover barbecue from last night and had a meal together.

The journey afterwards was more or less the same.

Although the scenery is always changing, humans are not machines that can record everything after all.

After getting tired of seeing it, all the scenery seems to remain unchanged.

Walking on the main road, you have the illusion that you are moving very slowly.

When I was with Kale before, I followed the principle that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line and crossed the wilderness directly.

But if you want to build a road, you can't simply do it directly. The straight line between two points is the shortest. The road must be extended along the terrain suitable for roadbed construction.

However, although it is a bit slow, you can still encounter ruins that can shelter you from the wind and rain almost every night.

It’s a good thing that we don’t have to sleep in the wilderness.

I recalled the time when I was in the forest and was woken up by the dew drops in the morning.

Mia said she definitely didn't want to go through that again.

Slowly.

We passed several deserted villages.

On the way, we met several teams of wandering immortals who were in a daze and completely non-aggressive.

A week later, a bridge across the river appeared in front of us.

Patch once said that the big river was called Monliu.

Although it sounds like the name of a stream in the woods.

But it is true, without a doubt, that the Mengliu River is a turbulent river with a span of more than 100 meters.

The entire river, the entire section, is sandwiched between nearly vertical canyons.

And the stone bridge above it, which was deliberately built at the widest part of the river as if for ostentatious display, was undoubtedly a wonder that could only be built in the Middle Ages in a fantasy world.

but...

"It is indeed heavily guarded."

Mia, who was standing high and seeing far, said with regret.

"I should be able to get by."

Wilden replied.

It just so happened that Currie was not here.

She and Patch should be able to pretend to be the faded ones who were captured to have their limbs reattached.

"It's better not to take too many risks." Mia shook her head.

After all, Wilden is still wearing the tree and lion cloak.

Mia didn't want to make things difficult for Wilden unless it was absolutely necessary.

After all, they were once comrades-in-arms serving the same master, and Mia had no interest in letting them kill each other.

Although this kind of thing may not necessarily happen...but didn't Murphy say that if a bad thing has a probability of happening, it will definitely happen?

Moreover, Mia's memory of drawing cards in her previous life made her extremely sensitive to things like probability.

There are no pursuers at the moment and supplies are sufficient, so there is no reason to speed up and get away.

It's better to take a safer road.

"Isn't there another way?" Mia said.

For example, the suspension bridge they crossed on their way here.

"You didn't build that suspension bridge, did you?"

Mia looked at Patch.

"As for this question... hehe, who built it? The truth is like drawing lots in a box. You won't know what it is until you draw it."

In response, Patch started talking nonsense.

I wonder if this guy knows that in another world there is a scientist named Schrödinger who proposed a theory similar to his?

If Schrödinger knew that a robber came up with this theory just to defend himself, he would probably be furious to death on the spot.

"Tsk, then it seems that's not you." Mia curled her lips in disdain.

After being exposed, Patch did not feel guilty at all.

Instead, he still looked proud.

"No matter what, the fact that the suspension bridge is well maintained is also due to the efforts of our Patch Bandits." He paused, then pretended to be mysterious: "I actually know there is a shorter way to cross the bridge."

Ah, it finally appeared!

Patch's trick!

First, they lie to lure others to a certain location (most of the time it's a cliff or a vertical cave), and then kick them down.

This guy's lying and seductive tactics are "There is a treasure ahead" or "There is something interesting ahead".

"Do you think I will believe you?" Mia said righteously without changing her expression.

Although the relationship is justified, we should keep things separate.

We have to be on guard against things like this!

"I'm not lying to you. There really is another way to cross the river. It's much closer than the previous bridge."

"Hmm..." Melina stared at Patch, pondered for a moment, then looked at Mia: "He probably didn't lie."

The Fire Girl is much more sensitive to lies and sincerity than ordinary people.

"Is that so?"

Mia was a little surprised.

If Melina, who has always hated Patch and treated him even worse than Carlos, is willing to speak up for Patch and clear his name...

Perhaps Patch was right.

"Then let's go. You lead the way and don't play any tricks."

Mia warned.

This attitude made Patch show a superficial sadness: "Don't you trust me? We've been through so many things together..."

"It's easy to change the country, but difficult to change one's nature." Mia shrugged.

To put it bluntly.

Dogs cannot change shit.

Although sometimes, Patch's tricks are not malicious.

In the Ringed City of Dark Souls III, he tricked the player who had already considered him a friend and kicked him into a deep pit.

But it actually puts the player on the right path to the ending.

In the original Elden Ring, Patch kicks the player off the mountain at the Volcano Mansion.

But a warning was also issued: "Don't go near the volcano residence."

But the question is...if you want to help others, can you come up with a method that is more acceptable to others?

Did you know that Tsundere has retired?

Do you think you are a queen who can arouse the sexual desire in human nature?

That shiny bald head wouldn't arouse any desire even for a mission like Mia's.

Perhaps, players are in a love-hate relationship with this guy.

"Hurry up and go."

Mia urged.

"I seem to be helping you, what's your attitude..."

Patch muttered, carrying a load and leading the men into the wilderness.

"When the time comes, I'll apologize to you when you really bring us to the place. Don't you always say that everything will be alright as long as you apologize?"

"That's true."

The guards in front of the bridge didn't notice many people.

The four of them successfully left the main road and disappeared into the wilderness with ravines everywhere.

There is a small valley formed by a river in ancient times, which is just big enough to reach the bank of the Mengliu River.

Going down the narrow river channel, several people could already hear the sound of the Mengliu River flowing.

Mia asked Torrett to return to the ring and walk carefully on the rocks to a lower place. When the view in front of him suddenly became clear, he looked to the left and could see the magnificent stone bridge that spanned the two banks from below.

In the middle of the hundreds-meter-long stone bridge, there are two piers as big as buildings, which are deeply immersed in the flowing water and separate the white waves.

The river water here is much calmer than that under the suspension bridge.

To the right, you will come to a steep path on the edge of a cliff.

"Go forward from here."

Mia still had no idea where Patch was taking them.