Elden Clergyman

Two fingers exclaimed.

"Eh, no."

After failing to act as a finger-splitting agent again, Lord was a little discouraged.

But before he could be discouraged for long, looking at the two fingers in front of him sighing, he suddenly remembered something and his eyes lit up.

Wait, swearing?

He suddenly had a good idea.

"Well, Finger, you understand what I'm saying, right?"

He pointed with two fingers.

"Since you understand but just can't express yourself, can't I just teach you the movements to express yourself?"

Tanis, who had just come to her senses, said: "......?"

What shocked her even more was that in response to Lord's abstract request, the two fingers actually nodded after a brief thought.

Then, she watched as Lord stretched out his fingers, squatted on the ground, and imitated the two-finger gesture with two fingers, doing some movements.

"This is called a hook finger, and it means provocation."

"This is called a squat, and the connotation is insulting."

"This is called the down-pointing finger, which means pointing downward."

Then there's the head-rubbing gesture to express confusion, the gesture of "Hey, I have an idea!" with one finger raised and one finger bent, and the finger language of slowly bending two fingers at the same time to express approval and praise.

I learned the two-finger technique very seriously.

After all, this is the first time it has served as a butler for others.

It might even be the first time in the entire history of the finger that this has happened.

After a while, the study ended.

Lord nodded with satisfaction, then pointed to Tanis on the side.

"Now, you can communicate with her."

Hearing this, Two Fingers thought for a moment, then turned towards Tanis and made his own response.

First he hooked his finger at her.

Then he pointed to the battlefield outside that had been pushed to the doorstep and did a few squats.

Finally, it stood up, poked the ground with one finger, pointed the other finger downward, and turned a few times while pointing downward.

Lord: “…?”

BYD learned the spiral finger downwards on his own, right?

What a genius with soul 5, so talented.

After finishing a set, seeing that Tanis didn't respond, she turned her fingers to Lord, and after indicating that she had to go to work, she asked him to take her back.

After sending the two fingers back, Lord thought about it and felt that the communication just now seemed not very friendly, and it might even cut off the branch line at the Volcano Residence.

So after thinking for a moment, he decided to bring someone who could establish connections with that side and express goodwill to ease the awkwardness just now.

Then......

"Where's Larcade?"

A blue-skinned four-handed monster spoke as soon as it was teleported over, and was then pulled away by Lorda.

"I haven't even finished the side quests yet, and you're starting a boss fight right away. Should I even play?"

After saying that, Lord pulled Lani behind him and turned to look at Tanis.

"Although my buddies seemed to have some opinions about you before, you see, Justice Lakkad's sisters are all my friends. Doesn't that mean my identity is okay?"

After a pause, looking at Tanis who was silent in front of him, he remembered something and added.

"Oh, by the way, you guys said before that you were here to defile people, right? Well, me too, I've defiled people before, and I'm still defiled now—if you need anything, I can call someone over to show you around."

Tanis still didn't answer, but it was Lani behind her who spoke instead.

"Who did you defile?"

"Chaos."

"......刺∨∠ 4 fold ~ * purchase ≯: ㈨＞［似⑻⊥￡贰４￡”彡∷÷３靈≌'５that incarnation of madness?"

"Yes, or more precisely, it's the essence of the insane fire——Didn't Reina tell you?"

"No, she's been busy lately and hasn't said much to me."

Listening to the conversation between the two people in front of her, Tanis became more and more silent.

Just like that, after chatting for a while, because Tanis was really unable to communicate, Lord thought that this might be the reaction to the end of the branch line, so he didn't think too much about it and then started wandering around the Volcano Viewing Residence.

First, he went to the guest room on the left. After Lord opened all the doors that could be opened, he saw several people inside.

"Ah, it's you."

The man sitting on the chair, holding a scepter, looked up at Lord and spoke in a low voice.

"Why did you come to a place like this?"

"The Volcano Residence is a haunt of those who desecrate the blessings and hunt their own kind."

"Do you understand what this means?"

The one who spoke was the Knight Bernard, a being Lord had met before when he was exploring the map in Stoneville.

At that time, the other party was in the dilapidated house of a warrior, and one could buy some war ashes from him for runes. The two had met and chatted several times, and Lord also bought various war ashes from him.

Then one day the other party suddenly disappeared. Lord was curious about where he went, and found out that he went to the Volcano Residence.

As for his question...

"I know."

Lord answered as a matter of course.

As for the badass side quest, you can get rewards for completing it, and the rewards will probably be very good.

And after you’re done, you’ll become the worst of the bad guys, and you’ll be the worst of the bad guys.

Seeing him take it for granted, Bernal was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, looking a little sighing.

"If you understand, I won't say more. I thought you were a role model among the faded ones..."

“Perhaps that’s why I feel confused.”

"Participating in blasphemy will only lead to a bad end. I advise you to think carefully before hunting your compatriots."

After hearing what Bernal said, Lord blinked.

"In that case, why did you become a rebel?"

Bernard was silent for a moment, as if recalling something, then shook his head, did not answer the question, but pointed to the corner of the table next to him.

There was a letter placed there. Lord walked over and picked it up. It showed that it was a letter of commission from the Volcano Residence. After receiving the letter, a red mark appeared on the map.

"That is the target commissioned by the Volcano Residence. After killing the target, you can come back to claim your reward."

"I'm reminding you one last time. Those who rebel against the law will turn their swords against their compatriots and become enemies of gold and the finger. No matter what, they will not have a good end in the end."

"It's not too late to stop now. Put down the letter and leave here. You can pretend nothing happened."

Lord thought for a moment and then went out.

Then come back.

"I asked my finger, and it said yes."

Bernal: “…?”

After a pause, Lord added another sentence.

"Oh, by the way, I mentioned you when I was talking to it. It seemed to know you and told you about your witch thing. It was very sorry."

"But the message from above said that a witch was needed as a kindling, so it told her to go find it."

"And in the end, it actually noticed something was wrong and tried to stop it."

"But the witch ultimately ignored its orders. Because she wanted you to become the King of Elden, she chose to burn herself."

"Finally, it also said that it missed the old days at the round table and loved seeing you two together. If there's a chance, it hopes you can go back."

Lord didn't know what the two fingers meant, but he helped convey it anyway.

I don't know why, but after conveying this, Bernal's expression became very strange.

The environment inside the house also became quite silent.

Even dead silence.

In short, after conveying the message, Lord put the letter of commission into his pocket and left the room.

After leaving the guest room where Bernard was, Lord met Laya in another room.

After a brief chat, the other party asked him if he had heard any strange noises in the mansion.

After Lord said no, Laya was silent for a moment and shook her head.

"That might be my illusion..."

No, it should be a hint of a hidden path.

After saying goodbye to Laya, Lord saw an old acquaintance.

"Hey, Patch, squatting over there?"

Seeing the bald man squatting in the corridor, Lord walked over and said hello.

The latter was startled by his sudden appearance, and after he reacted, his expression gradually became weird.

"Ah, you're here too, but that's only natural. You'll always come to places like this to try..."

"From what you said, it seems like you knew I would come."

Lord walked over, squatted in front of him in the same posture, and looked at him curiously.

"Why are you here?"

Patch did not hide anything and spoke frankly.

"That blessing guidance thing, and the two-finger thing, I agree that's bullshit."

"Since someone has second thoughts and plans to catch them off guard, I think it wouldn't be a bad idea to lend a hand."

After a pause, he continued.

"Besides, I think Tanis is quite interesting."

"I don't know how powerful the person behind her is, but judging by her self-confidence, not only did she openly declare her blasphemous intentions and ambitions, but she also had a stern attitude. This is the first time I've encountered a woman like that..."

As he spoke, Patch seemed to realize that the topic was not going well and suddenly changed the subject.

"Speaking of which, how did you get here?"

"Laya brought it here."

"Oh, Laya..."

Patch nodded, then shook his head as if remembering something.

"I guess after a while, Tanis will start to wonder what the kid pulled over..."

In fact, it doesn’t take some time.

After chatting with Patch for a while and buying some things from him, Lord walked around the Volcano Mansion again. After confirming that there was nothing else, he opened the map and teleported to the blessing point near the red mark after getting the letter of commission.

"Are you really going to complete their mission?"

Lani emerged from thin air and looked at him with a somewhat subtle look.

"of course."

Lord nodded as a matter of course.

After all, as mentioned before, the bad guy side quests usually have relatively generous rewards, so you must collect them.