Elden Clergyman

After the rain stopped, Lord, who had made preparations for departure, was found by Alice and given a piece of map fragment.

"You seemed to have missed the one you were cleaning out in that base earlier, so I picked it up for you."

After receiving the map fragment, a new prompt popped up in his [Elden Ring] system, saying that he had unlocked the map function.

After clicking it, he found that this thing could not only display the surrounding terrain, but also mark his own position at all times. There were also several golden blessing points next to it. After clicking it, it would show "Do you want to teleport to this blessing point?"

Is this, unlocking the teleportation function?

Lord was stunned for a moment, but soon realized a problem.

Can this teleportation carry people? If not, then Melina and Alice...

Alice said calmly, "Normally, you can just act on your own. If needed, I can bring her to find you."

"Would it be too much trouble for you?"

"It's okay. I don't have anything else to do anyway."

Alice didn't care about it. Although it was a bit difficult to go wherever she wanted with the power of this incarnation, Lord had actually established a connection with her after accepting her help in the "transformation".

To use a gaming analogy, it is similar to a moving humanoid blessing point. If you want, you can teleport to it at any time, and there is no problem bringing someone with you.

"Thanks for that."

After settling the teleportation issue, Lord opened the map and looked at it for a while, his expression gradually becoming subtle.

Why does this map look so different? Searching for it in the QQ group: ②抽●“⑷≥”晽⒋san5Lusi doesn't feel like a small garden with fixed routes, but rather like an open world...

Not sure, he took another look.

As he watched, he realized something was wrong.

Wait, he is not in the simulation world's box garden now!

Because his previous encounters were too familiar, such as the skin-changing monsters, the skin-changing elevators, and even the skin-changing high-wall salary king, he had the illusion that he was back in Lothric, and subconsciously regarded this world as a box garden with a fixed route.

But now looking at this map, Lord realized that he was not in a simulation or a small garden, but in reality.

There is no need to follow any route, nor is there any need to go along a certain road. Instead, you can go wherever you want and walk however you want.

But having said that...

"Melina, are you in a hurry to go to the royal city?"

He turned to look at Melina beside him, who shook her head slightly.

"It's not urgent, what's wrong?"

"nothing."

Putting away the map, Lord blew the whistle and summoned Torret.

"I just wanted to lick the picture."

Chapter 11: Endless Ashes, Come Out!

After crossing over, because of all the familiar scenes, Lord always thought that he had come to the world of Soul Four or Soul Five.

And because the Souls series games have always had a small-box garden design since Demon's Souls, although there are forks in the road, there are only a few fixed routes in the end. As a result, he has become accustomed to thinking that this world is the same and can only take fixed routes.

But after coming to his senses, he realized that this was the real world, not a simulation. Even in Dark Souls, the small garden in the game was just for you to play with. The real world must be much bigger than that, and it is impossible for it to be full of twisted monsters that want to kill you.

The sandbox is the sandbox, and the world is the world. If you take the sandbox as the world, then my cousin could probably cross the USA in just a few minutes of riding.

That doesn't make sense, bro.

After realizing this, although Lord didn't notice it, Melina on the side noticed it.

Something has changed. The degree of "alienation" of the surrounding environment has been slightly reduced.

Even the border scene in the distance was extended a little.

This is......

"His laws have changed a bit."

Alice looked at Lord not far away, and there was a hint of interest in her deep pupils.

Originally, she just didn't want to have a conflict and wanted to find a helper to deal with the unusual situation, but as time went on, she found more and more strange things about him.

Whether it was power, flame, or even existence itself, these were strange things that had never appeared in this world before, and even their essence was completely different.

Especially now, after spending some time together, and with the other party's 'laws' open to her, she has seen more.

That was something that neither the 'Mad Fire', the 'Blood Flame' nor the 'Snake' had discovered.

Perhaps the sacrifice as an incarnation was too weak, or perhaps its own status was too low, but in any case, they only saw the illusion of the burning flame.

She had already seen more, but after He opened His trust in her, her gaze went further and she saw a deeper existence.

That strange law was not a help to him, but rather restricted him.

This limitation is not just in terms of strength, and even strength is only a small part of it. The biggest limitation is actually "cognition".

They seemed not to want him to know that he actually lived in a normal world, but instead constantly used various methods to shape his "false sense" of everything he knew.

It's like some kind of seal.

So when Melina was confused, she advised the other party not to try to expose the lie, because that would be equivalent to prying the foundation of the seal.

But this is also a kind of protection for Lord.

Not every sealed being would want to break the seal. According to her observation, although this incarnation could not reveal the whole picture, if the other party wanted to destroy the seal on their body, it would be no more difficult than poking a piece of paper.

Fengyin didn't want him to face the reality, or rather, he wanted to use a gentle attitude to make him accept the reality little by little.

And the other party cooperated willingly.

It's a delicate balance.

"What's wrong?" Lord noticed Alice's strange look.

"Nothing." Alice looked at him and said calmly, "I just thought it was interesting."

"...I'll take that as a compliment."

......

Shortly after leaving the small slope, Lord came to a cave.

As an old player of Soul 5, although he realized that this was a real world and not a small garden after getting the map, he was still a little unsure in his heart.

This situation occurs because this game is an "open world" or because the "box garden" has been expanded into a world. These are two different concepts.

The former was fine; if it were an open world, then wandering around would be fine. But if the small garden had been expanded into a whole world, how would he know what the original route was? If he took the wrong path, he might miss out on items, side quests, and more.

But no matter what the situation is, it is definitely a good idea to lick the entire picture first. At the same time, you can also look for clues and confirm what is going on.

With this thought in mind, he entered a cave.

This was not the first time he had seen this cave. When he was fighting Rune before, he discovered this cave after clearing out the soldiers.

But because he didn't realize that this world was open at that time, and others also said that "the faded should follow the guidance of the blessing", and the pitch-black environment easily reminded people of the Giant Cemetery in Soul One - the underworld map that could be called a maze without teleportation - so he opened fire at the door, but did not explore further.

Now that I have the map, the teleportation, and the torch, I naturally want to see what this place is like...

Is that all?

He killed a few skin-changing dog firewood kings and picked up some things. After walking a few steps, he saw a golden fog gate.

Pushing the door open, he saw something that looked like an elite monster rushing towards him. With one hit from its stick, even a small monster was visibly knocked down a large part.

The desire to attack is okay, I've never seen an action module, but the health and toughness are a bit embarrassing...

After letting the other party show off his talent, Lord sent it to the west in a few moves, then looked at the 'Fire Dragon Emblem Amulet' in the reward column and fell into deep thought.

Isn't this a hot square stone ring? It's really just a skin change.

Also, is there only one slot for accessories in this game? Or can it be unlocked through some means?

After equipping the newly acquired amulet, he began to explore back along the edge of the cliff. Not long after, he found another secret door.

After pushing it open, he found that it was a place similar to the one he had come out of before, like a cemetery.

Moreover, there is always a strange sense of familiarity.

He lit the fire and entered. Just as he walked a little inside, Lord raised his eyelids when he saw the little devil on the high ground throwing knives at him.

He responded with a throwing knife and walked a little further in. As the flamethrower was activated, a little devil jumped out from the corner and swung a small axe at him.

The familiar action module, and after dealing with the two flamethrowers, the familiar configuration of the corpse and light spots clinging to the wall, and the familiar smell that tickled me came up, even a little pungent.

The BYD thief is not hiding on the church roof, but has changed his skin and come to work in the cemetery, right?

While lamenting that Xiao Gao was useless and was always fooling around with some skin-changing things, Lord finished exploring the cemetery and opened a mechanism by the way.

The iron gate opened and the golden mist gate appeared again. After getting ready, he entered. After seeing the existence inside, Lord was stunned.

He has a red scarf and a dog head, and holds a stone sword that looks like a dark sword. He can also perform extremely slow sword techniques with a delayed knife.

Isn’t this Brother Qin Chuan?

——Actually, it’s a Guishu guard dog.

He could even imagine the other person's voice.

Ah, anchor, ah, it’s not yours, ah, electronic pet, ah.

Of course, just a joke.

Observe the moves, look for gaps, and strike with the stick.

After defeating the suspected incarnation of Qin Chuandrich, Lord obtained an item.

[The Ashes of the Powerful Magician]

Another bone ash?

When he was exploring just now, he picked up the [Ashes of the Wandering Noble]. Together with the [Ashes of the Three Wolves] given to him by the suspected magic teacher, and the [Incomplete Finger Witch Ashes] extracted from the witch in the Awakening Land at the beginning, he now has four ashes in his ash column.

It seemed quite important, but the problem was, he didn't know what it was used for.

You can't just take it out during a fight, shout "the power of ancestors" while hitting people with the urn, or scatter the ashes to confuse people, right?

This isn't Florida.

"Did you forget you had a spirit bell?" Alice reminded her.

Huh? Wasn't that a quest item?

He opened the inventory and took out the bell that was given to him by the supposed magic teacher. After shaking it gently, the ashes in his hand began to change.

The tree that had no home and the immortal soul that resided in it appeared in the world under the influence of the bell and the resurrection monument.

This is......

Looking at the familiar hunched figure in front of him, Lord was shocked again.

Oh my god, Hun Ke Meng!

Soulkemon is a mod for Dark Souls III. Simply put, it is similar to Pokémon, weakening the performance of the game's protagonist itself, but giving the ability to capture various monsters to fight for itself. The main feature is to use monsters to fight monsters, and its popularity is quite high.

Although the summoned soul in front of him was very weak, if he had called it out when fighting Brother Quinn's incarnation, I'm afraid he wouldn't even be able to get rid of the skin.

But the problem is, this is just the beginning. Since the ashes of the Wandering Noble can summon the Wandering Noble, if he gets the ashes of something else, not to mention the various BOSSes, even the ashes of some elite knights, he dare not imagine how cool it would be.

By then, maybe he could bring a bunch of healing and BUFF spells, then throw the ashes forward, only cast spells, and let the ashes kill the opponent.

After hearing Lord's idea, even Melina couldn't help but complain: "Isn't that a summoning snail?"

"What is a soul-calling snail?"

"It's the kind of existence you're talking about."

After confirming that the ashes could be summoned, he immediately thought of the [ashes of the incomplete finger witch] and then rang the bell again.

But, nothing happened.

"The spirit and soul of a living thing are limited. At the same time, even a soul-summoning snail can only summon a limited number of souls at a time."

Melina explained.

"This limitation is related to your own soul strength and the strength of the souls within the ashes. Generally speaking, even a soul-summoning snail can only use one type of ashes at a time. If you want to summon more, you must disperse the previous one."

"That's it."

Lord nodded, not surprised.