The King of Elden does not die alone!

His hands were tied with rough and strong hemp rope and tied behind his back.

Wilden walked slowly behind Mia as if he was escorting her.

Although the girl's hands were tied, for the Faded One who had a portable space, the ropes could be removed at any time as she wished. In other words, Mia, who appeared in this state, was doing it voluntarily.

In the end, she did not choose to take a detour.

As a homebody in her previous life who could get lost in the city center even with a navigation system, Mia still had some self-awareness.

It was obviously too much to ask her to bypass the main road and make her own path through the woods and bushes.

Come on, city kids have never even been to the fields.

How is it possible to find the right path in the wilderness?

After hesitating for a while, he finally chose the solution given by Wilden.

'Get by'

Although, the biggest lie Mia has ever told in her life was to renew her income as a UP master in order not to worry her family...

But she felt that following Wilden and getting past the tree guards should be easier than finding a way in the wilderness.

Walking in front, Mia could already see the giant's armor in the distance shining brightly under the 'sunlight' of the golden tree.

"If a fight breaks out..." Mia whispered to the back, "You should run first. My resurrection method is different from yours."

“If it’s going to happen, then it’s under consideration.”

Nor did Virden make any further assurances.

"...From what you said, it's impossible to get away with it 100%?"

"Lower your head."

"Oh."

The girl is very obedient.

But my heart keeps beating.

Mia's heart was beating fast not because she was nervous about the consequences of the plan failing, but just because of the act of "cheating".

The tree guard must have seen them.

The distance has been shortened. There is no reason for the giant knight guarding the golden tree not to have noticed the approaching person at this distance.

But he did not speed up his patrol. He carried the halberd on his shoulder and walked towards here slowly.

Gives people a relaxed attitude.

The horse could hardly be called a horse. It was as tall as a floor, wearing a heavy vest, and carrying an equally huge knight.

This is a mountain. Every step taken by the horse's hooves guarding the big tree is accompanied by the shaking of the earth.

This feeling grew stronger as the tree guards approached.

Mia lowered her head, feeling like a soldier seeing a tank for the first time on the battlefield of World War II.

The knight still didn't run.

Mia, with her head lowered, had already seen the shadow appear on the ground in front of her.

I can’t stop, I can’t stop...if I stop, my legs will tremble, right?

"Stop."

A deep sound like a war drum came from overhead.

Mia stood still.

Wilden half-knelt down in front of the tree guard behind Mia.

"This is an amputated sacrifice for King Greg."

'You can't win...'

This kind of oppressive feeling, just standing there, just appearing as a shadow in my sight... that kind of pressure is not something I can resist now.

I am too weak and powerless, I can't even raise my head in front of such a person...

The deep voice said again.

"Looked up."

"..."

You ****, don't go too far!

Wilden poked Mia lightly in the back.

Even though she had cursed the tree guard over and over again in her heart, the girl still raised her head.

Ah, what a sparkle.

At such a close distance, the posture of the tree guard is even more majestic than the golden tree...

Please let us go, I really have no problem at all...

"Marika! If you still have a conscience and want me to repair the Elden Ring, help me deal with this tree guard!"

The girl prayed silently in her heart (?).

As a simple-minded materialist, Mia believes that if gods really exist, they are material facts belonging to the category of materialism rather than idealistic fantasies, so the relationship between gods and believers should be an exchange relationship.

After all, there is no free pie in the sky. It is impossible for believers to pray for the protection of gods without paying anything just by chanting a few words. This must be a win-win exchange relationship.

Since it is an exchange relationship, it is enough to maintain appropriate courtesy.

There is no need to talk about God every day.

Therefore, Mia felt that there was no need for her to worship Marika so much, because she had something to ask of her, she could bless her, and she worked hard to become the King of Elden, so her status was equal to hers.

Therefore, Mia felt that her request to Marika at this time could be considered a prayer.

After all, the meaning of prayer is "religious people silently confessing their wishes to God."

Mia's wish is clear, isn't it?

I don't know if this creative way of 'praying' is effective.

In Mia's own opinion, her and Wilden's disguise was full of loopholes and was actually ignored by the tree guards.

"Let's go to Stonewell." The tree guard nodded.

Then, without paying any attention to the two of them, he slowly walked towards the back.

Mia and Wilden quickened their pace in tacit understanding.

Mia, feeling guilty, secretly looked back and saw that the knight in golden armor didn't notice anything unusual and was walking away from them with his back.

How much of a relief,

"Just get away from him quickly."

Not long after walking, Wilden behind him suddenly whispered, "He stopped."

"what?"

Mia subconsciously looked back and saw the huge golden knight turning his head and staring at them.

He looked back first, and then turned the horse around.

Something is wrong!

Mia felt a word of danger appear above her head.

If he had simply reached the end of his patrol route and turned around...why would he have looked back at her first?

It's like an ordinary person taking a walk. If he is familiar with the road, he doesn't need to make any extra observations to determine his next direction. If he suddenly looks back halfway through his walk, it must be that something has attracted him.

"Run!" Mia yelled.

The tree guard sped up his horse and trotted towards the two men.

With every step the horse's hoof took, the stones on the ground trembled. However, not far from Mia, the tree guard slowed down again.

The horse snorted, the rider's helmet turned left and right, and Mia held her breath and pressed tightly against the shoulder of the road, hiding her body behind the roots of a tree.

Hiding on the other side of the road was Wilden.

If they separated, maybe at least one person could escape.

She saw the huge, armored horse head sniffing to both sides of the road. The girl didn't dare to breathe, she could even hear the horse's heavy breathing.

The sound of breathing...is it sniffing?

Mia reached out her hand as gently as possible to the soil beneath her and slowly grabbed a large piece of soil with grass roots.

The sound of her movements was still hidden in the breeze blowing through the treetops. Mia rubbed the soil in her hands. If she raised her head slightly, she could see the chin of the knight's black horse.

The smell of soil and grass roots emanated from the rubbing, and the horse sneezed and retracted its head.

The horse paced continuously on the road, each step hitting Mia's heart.

The knight looked at the trees and bushes on both sides through his heavy helmet. After a while, the girl heard a cold snort.

"Just a faded one."

The sound of horse hooves began to sound again, this time gradually moving farther away.

"call----"

I can finally relax my tense body.

Mia tried to turn around to see how far the knight on the road had gone, but

She accidentally stepped on a bunch of branches, slipped, and fell onto the shoulder of the road and rolled down!

call--

The golden halberd pierced into the swaying bushes with a sound of breaking through the air!

With a puff, the knight raised his weapon.

A dead wild sheep was hanging on the tip of the halberd!

Wilden stuck his head out and watched the knight not far away throw the goat on the halberd to the ground.

The tree guard gradually walked away.

The soldier lowered his body and rushed onto the road, and then saw Mia on the other side of the road, who had slipped to the ground and dared not move.

Mia breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Wilden appear in her sight.

Chapter 10. Church of Elay

The previous article has been revised and the number of words has been slightly shortened. It will not affect readers who have already read it.

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"Ha... I can't run anymore!" Mia's face turned red, she held on to a pillar on the side of the road with both hands, and bent her body at a 90-degree angle.

After deceiving the tree guard, Mia and Wilden ran forward quickly for fear that the other party would notice something was wrong again.

It takes more than half an hour to run.

"I guess he won't be caught, right?"

The girl's flat chest kept rising and falling, and hot breath came out of her mouth. Her moist breath moistened her lips into the tempting color of a waxed red apple.

There was also sweat, which stuck her hair to her ears and soaked her neck. Although she looked embarrassed, it gave the girl a maturity that did not belong to her petite body...

"If he really saw something, we can't escape."

In sharp contrast is Wilden.

As Mia ran, the soldier followed closely behind her.

When Mia felt that she was about to die from running, Wilden was still following behind Mia calmly.

"You just... Huh. Huh... Aren't you tired?" Mia turned to look at him with gritted teeth.

Weldon was still fully equipped, carrying a large sword and a brass shield on his back, two straight swords on his waist, a huge tower shield in his left hand, and a painted spear in his right hand.

“It’s tiring,” Wilden said.