The King of Elden does not die alone!

As long as she can find shelter, Mia will help her companions dry their wet clothes and hair as soon as possible.

On this point, Mia clearly distinguishes between public and private affairs, and even takes care of Patch.

On the fifth day of the journey.

"Ahead, the village in front of the checkpoint."

Mia stared at the vaguely legible sign in front of her.

The girl looked ahead at the grassland that ended at the cliffs of Storm Hill.

She looked at the sign again. On it were just the few words she had just read out, without even a number representing the distance.

"Doesn't the village have a name?" Mia asked.

"I forgot," Weldon replied.

He studied the sign in front of him.

"This was put up not long ago. It seems that others have forgotten about it."

"Not long ago?"

Mia turned her head, trying to make sure she heard correctly.

But Wilden did say the word.

But this sign is covered with traces of wind and sun.

The color of the wood is difficult to distinguish, and the edges and corners are full of uneven cracks.

Even the words on it are missing a lot, and one has to work hard to distinguish them before being able to read them.

"Are you sure this was a while ago?"

The subtext is, can you translate for me what "not long ago" means?

"Yeah." Wilden nodded as if it was a matter of course: "Looking at the traces of weathering, it should be around forty years old."

"Oh, so this was not long ago."

You call forty years not too long ago?!

"How many years was that long, long time ago?"

"Before the Shattering War began?" Wilden tried to recall: "About four or five thousand years."

He paused, and roughly understood where Mia's shock came from.

the soldier added.

"From that time on, it became difficult for people to return to the trees, so their sense of time was completely destroyed."

Mia suddenly felt something stuck in her throat.

She seemed to have a vision. Countless years later, a skeleton in a grave sat up in shock and slapped himself: "Why did I ask such a question at that time! !"

The breaking of the Elden Ring and the outbreak of war were undoubtedly a thorn in the hearts of all the indigenous people in the border areas.

"Well... let's go on."

Mia changed the subject.

The Storm Level is located at the end of the sight, but it is too far away.

It's really hard to see clearly.

The remains before the level were just black dots the size of ants on the grassland.

“How do I get through this afterward?”

Compared with the concept of time, this issue is obviously more urgent.

“Is there a side road or something?”

Wilden shook his head. “As far as I know, there aren’t any nearby.”

Unless you are a mountain goat, it is impossible to find a foothold on the almost vertical cliff.

As for other channels...it's not that there aren't any.

"If we go north and walk along the path for another four or five days, we will reach the relatively flat terrain and reach Storm Hill."

"...What do you think?"

Mia asked Wilden for his opinion: "Should we take a detour or try to get through directly?"

If Mia were left to make the decision alone.

She still tends to find a way to get through it.

Because the current situation is different from that in front of the Mengliu Bridge, the detour in front of the Mengliu and the incident of dealing with the Mengliu Cave only took half a day.

Mengliu Cave is very close to the bridge.

But it’s different now. If you take a detour, it will take four or five days.

Mia, who had long been bored with the journey, just wanted to reach her destination as soon as possible.

But if we want to get through this, Wilden's help is indispensable.

Mia is not a leader who likes to talk to herself and cause trouble to others. Just like before the Monliu Bridge, Mia is worried that Wilden will conflict with other monarchs because of her.

So, even if I really want him to help me pass the level.

Wilden himself must agree to this.

"Me?" He was stunned, as if he didn't expect Mia to ask him this.

He then responded: "I'm fine."

Mia breathed a sigh of relief.

That's good.

"what happened?"

Patch looked bewildered by the conversation between the two, which was conducted entirely on tacit understanding.

He had never experienced or heard of anyone pretending to be a prisoner to deceive the guards of the tree.

"We're going to take a detour, right?"

Patch also knew there was a checkpoint there.

"No," Mia shook her head.

Patch's face froze.

"If you want to force your way in, do it by yourself, don't drag me along!"

After shouting, he made the move to escape.

Melina grabbed him by the collar as if she were grabbing a husky by the scruff of the neck.

Mia said angrily, "Who said I was going to force my way in!"

Patch, who was controlled, turned around and asked: "What are you going to do?"

"Get lost."

“Is this something that can be done?”

"Why not?"

Having said that, Mia turned over and dismounted, allowing Torrett to return to the spirit ring.

Then the rope was taken out.

"come over."

"What do you want to do?"

It seems that because he always cheats people, Patch doesn't trust other people's words.

Mia looked at his wary look with both anger and amusement.

He explained: "If you want to get away with it, you have to pretend to be a sacrifice who is being captured for limb reattachment. Of course you have to be tied up."

Seeing that Patch was still very resistant.

Mia added: "Don't worry! I'm going to be tied up too, no one is going to cheat you!"

"Really?" Patch asked tentatively.

"Really." Mia nodded.

"Ok."

Patch swallowed and handed the weapon to Mia, who put it into her personal space.

Then he held out his hands and let Mia tie him up.

He had already made plans to run away immediately if anything went wrong.

He has plenty of ways to break free from the rope, even a dead knot can't stop him.

Mia said as she tied the knot, "Melina. Can you please go invisible for a moment? And don't come out until I call you."

Melina nodded obediently.

Mia didn't tie Patch's hands into a knot.

Patch felt a little relieved until she let Wilden tie her up as well.

"Well, that's almost it. Let's go."

Mia took a breath.

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Thanks to MatCosta for the salty fish stab!

Someone gave me a gift. I am so touched. Someone is actually willing to give me a reward.

The previous reward amounts were basically paid by myself and py.

written request for leave

I'm sick...

The temperature in Chengdu suddenly dropped, and I felt something was wrong when I woke up this morning.

I feel groggy and can't see clearly.

Constant runny nose.

So I took a day off...

then

Thanks to reader '(QAQ)∏_∏' for the spicy strips and razor blades.

Thanks to the reader 'Shuke12322698056' for the Xianyu spike.

But I really feel sorry for all the tips and votes you have given me today. I will definitely find a chance to make up for it with two more chapters later.

good night.

Chapter 51. Passing the Level

The few of them walked along the avenue for more than half an hour before they approached the ruins in front of the checkpoint.

After all, we are on the great plains, and there are often places that appear close but are actually very far away. This is an illusion caused by the lack of reference points.

On both sides of the road stood Y-shaped racks with zombies hanging on them.

Mia and Patch were tied up with ropes and strung together like slaves.

Mia followed behind Patch.

The rope in Patch's hand was being held by Wilden.

Melina disappeared, and the spirit wolves temporarily returned to the urn.