The King of Elden does not die alone!

Uh, never mind. It's really against my will to portray someone as resourceful and calculating in this situation.

The reason why Patch has no weapon is actually because Mia forgot about it.

After all, since dealing with the monsters in the ruins of Post Station Street, we haven't experienced any battles since then.

"Okay, follow me."

Mia urged, leaning on the astronomical staff in one hand and holding the golden sword in the other.

A few drops of sweat dripped down Patch's smooth, hairless face...

I just didn't want to encounter danger, and the ultimate purpose of all the reasons I came up with was just to escape...

But unexpectedly, Mia just happened to have the means to restrain him.

"Well... well... I'm good at using spears and tower shields. Now I only have spears, so it's hard for me to fight..."

"Here!"

Mia threw out a large shield of the King's Army with a charred surface.

Remember the first King's Army soldier that Mia killed?

When the King's Army soldier holding a spear and shield in the study cave rushed towards Mia with a large shield raised.

Mia hit the shield with fire, and the fire overflowed from the edge of the shield and burned his face, and then Mia killed the fire with a short spear.

This is the shield left behind by the soldier, with charred marks from the flames still on it.

Originally, after Wilden's big shield was chopped off by Fam Azra's orcs, Mia planned to give this shield to him.

But Wilden didn't accept it.

So, this big shield remained in Mia's storage space.

Faced with such a smooth combo.

Patch no longer had any reason to avoid a fight.

"Now that we have weapons and shields, let's go explore the cave."

At this moment, Melina added another blow to Patch's heart with words.

"I, I, I, I should go in front?"

Patch looked at Mia, the leader, with a sad face.

"Haha," Mia chuckled, "That's not necessary, just follow us."

in case.

If you treat persecuting Patchy as entertainment...

That's pretty good too.

Mia thought with evil humor.

Patch stood hunched behind the two of them, in front of Melina.

Okay, let’s look again into the Mengliu Cave where a faint smell of blood is coming from.

Just now, after the grass covering the cave entrance was pushed aside, an unpleasant smell instantly came out.

And after that, the smell dissipated a lot.

‘Starlight! ’

Mia raised her staff, and white stars appeared above her head.

Well, this is something I made while traveling.

Compared to the cold blue light, white light is more friendly to Mia, a person living in the 21st century.

Too much blue light can cause myopia (confusion)

The starlight hung above Mia's head, enough to shine over Wilden's tall head and forward even when Wilden was walking in front.

"You guys wait outside."

Mia said to the spirit wolves.

Then, several people walked into the cave.

"Don't play tricks."

Mia said to Patch who had regained his equipment.

"You saved my life, how could I possibly cheat you?"

At that time, Patch, who was beaten to a pulp by the pumpkin-headed soldier, was able to survive thanks to Mia's protection.

"I am a man named Pachi. I value friendship and loyalty. I will never break my promise when I say I consider you a friend."

"Really?" Mia snorted, "I'll take it with a grain of salt."

In the cave, the smell of blood naturally increased instead of decreasing.

"Be careful."

Mia reminded Wilden in front.

"Ah."

The soldier nodded.

While observing the surroundings vigilantly, several people walked carefully along the tunnel of the cave towards deeper levels.

Mia walked along the side and behind Wilden. The tunnel was not as narrow as it looked from the outside.

Mia could see past Wilden's side and see a slightly more spacious stone chamber in front of her.

A flash of fluorescence appeared in the darkness.

'Is that a blessing?'

Mia couldn't help but think.

Then, after turning a corner, a stone chamber appeared in front of us.

In addition to the tunnel leading deeper into the chamber, there was something else in the stone chamber.

It's that glowing thing, a translucent white ghost.

Wilden put his foot in full stride.

"Can you see him?"

Mia asked.

"Yes," Weldon replied.

"What about you?" Mia turned around and asked Patch.

There was also the light from the ghost in Patch's eyes.

Obviously, he can see it, too.

When several people tried to go there, Wilden stopped Mia and the others behind.

He stepped forward first.

At the feet of the ghost, there lay a corpse.

In the light, one could see a body that was no longer in human form, and looked like a blurry piece of flesh. One could barely tell that it was once a person.

The ghost had long forgotten his memories of being alive, and he saw someone coming.

"Blood, it's blood... the evil one with bright red fingers."

The ghost's voice was shrouded in a ethereal echo.

"Don't come back, Boss Patch."

"Everyone is cursed."

The ghost spoke Patch's name.

Mia turned her head subconsciously.

"Patch?"

So, this is a former member of a bandit gang, right?

Killed by someone or something...

Was it the bloody finger that did it?

Nelius, the 'Blood Fingers' who once appeared in front of the Mongliu Cave in the game to block the player, became crazy because of blood and kept hunting down the faded ones.

Followers of the Blood King Mung.

Patch walked over without saying a word, holding a spear and a large shield.

He narrowed his eyes and looked at the ghost with a very familiar face, then lowered his head to look at the bloody corpse.

No one knows what he really feels.

He was seen poking the remains that gave off a strong smell of blood with his spear.

"What a loser! Without Patch here to guard the place, it was easily invaded?"

"Tsk." He spat with disdain.

Then he just held up the shield.

Head toward the tunnel that leads deeper into the cave.

"Come on!" Patch turned around and said, "I can't see the road clearly without the light."

"I may know the culprit who did this." Mia, with the stars above her head, quickly followed: "Have you heard of Blood Finger?"

"Tsk, what? Do you think I want revenge?" Patch curled his lips and said, "I won't do such a stupid thing. The only thing I care about is whether the property I left here has been stolen!"

Patch seems to be the same Patch as usual.

The only sounds in the quiet cave were footsteps, and the sound of flowing water gradually disappeared.

There are obviously many traces of past life around.

The extinguished torches and the wooden beams used to reinforce the cave reminded Mia that this was not an uninhabited cave in the wild.

There was a more spacious stone chamber ahead, and Patch stopped.

He saw something ahead, so he raised his shield and poised his spear.

The other person was a human figure covered in red. In the cave where the campfire had long been extinguished, the red figure obviously saw the white light above Mia's head.

Then, it staggered towards this side, making a low growl like that of a wild beast.

When the figure came closer, several people saw clearly the source of the red color on his body.

This tall, dry golden tree has already rotted.

Scarlet blood vessels and tumors entangled its body like a curse of thorns.

Wilden was about to step forward.

No matter what kind of enemy he faced, he remained calm.

"Don't move yet!"

Mia suddenly shouted.

As she spoke, the pyroxene on the tip of the stargazing staff in the girl's hand glowed, and a pyroxene magic gravel shot out and pierced through the golden tree dweller in front of her who was cursed by blood.

At that moment, the pyroxene magic gravel passed through the man's chest and shattered his heart.

All the red man could do was pause for a moment, then fall to his knees like a stopped machine.

Everyone was puzzled as to why Mia suddenly stopped Wilden's actions.

But only Mia herself knows the reason.

"Back off!" she shouted again.

The red tumors and blood vessels on the red man's body began to wriggle violently and then swell in the second he took a breath!

It was as if something was about to break free!