Elden Clergyman

When the last golden flame died out, Lord walked up to the strange hybrid holding the greatsword and stretched out his hand to pull him up, but was rejected.

"It's only a part, actually. But I'm only a fragment of the past, and I can't show you more."

It raised its head, looked at the defense line of Moren City, and slowly stood up.

"Humans and hybrids are the same kind. Or rather, life itself comes from the same source. At least that's the case in this world."

"Differentiation, evolution, metamorphosis."

"Death, killing, devouring."

"Just as corruption and abundance are two sides of the same coin, each dependent on the other, these are also part of life."

"But now..."

He turned his head and looked at the huge golden tree in the distance that supported the entire border area.

He put down the sword skeleton and slowly raised his hands. Golden flames rose from his hands and floated above the city of Moren with the breeze.

Then, a golden rain of fire fell, not to harm, but to bless.

The war in Moren City also stopped.

"There's something wrong with life itself."

He turned his head and looked in Lord's direction. After the last ray of golden flame dissipated, his figure began to slowly dissipate.

"Go and become the King of Elden, my friend."

"I can sense the coexistence of destruction and redemption in you. They contradict and intertwine with each other, but perhaps, this is exactly what the world needs right now."

"As for me, you don't have to worry. It's just a fragment. We will meet again."

As soon as the words fell, the embodiment of the furnace dissipated.

Two fragments, one gold and one black, fell into Lord's palm. The black one was the same as the one that had exploded from the strange monster before, and it melted directly into his palm.

The golden one is an object.

【Fragments of the Furnace】6

[Furnace fragments with the ability to create life. When materials are added, they have the ability to repair and create life.] 6

[But because they are only fragments, they cannot create a complete life, they can only construct a body to accommodate the soul] 3

[In the distant past, the original golden tree was called the 'Furnace of Life' and was the beginning of everything]

【At that time, life is no different】4

After collecting the fragments, Lord picked up the sword skeleton on the ground.

In other words, the former sword skeleton greatsword.

【Furnace Hundred Aspects Great Sword】

[A great sword of revenge once treasured by Moren City, carrying countless sorrows and anger]

After being baptized by the furnace, the sword changed, growing horns that symbolized the furnace's blessings.

If you listen carefully, you can feel the pulse.

That is the symbol of life

【Combat Skill: Crucible】

[Exclusive Combat Skill: Crucible]

[Through the cry from the instinct of life, awaken the power of the furnace contained within the sword]

[Increase all ability values within a certain period of time]

[And slowly restore health while the effect lasts]

Switching to the main character, Lord picked up the sword and tried it twice, then looked at the 90% physical damage reduction rate during defense, the 50% increased defense after it was turned on, and the 5 points of group attribute, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Is that a sword? A large shield would be fine, right? It's the Smoke Greatsword 2.0, right?

Moreover, this skill not only reduces damage, increases the upper limit of health, but also restores health by a percentage.

If the sword's stats weren't so pitifully low, I'm afraid I could kill the BOSS just by standing there once I activated the skill.

As for the fragments of the furnace...

Lord wanted to try it, but a prompt popped up saying [Materials and a willing soul are required to use it].

I'll figure out how to use it later.

After shutting down the system, Lord was about to leave, but suddenly noticed a tall lion hybrid beside him.

After looking over, the other party slowly walked over, knelt on one knee in front of him, and then his figure slowly disappeared.

[Obtaining the ashes of the Lion Hybrid]

what?

Looking at the extra lion hybrid ashes in his inventory, Lord was stunned.

No, buddy, why did you turn into ashes?

"These voluntary ashes are not dead, they still have souls and consciousness. If you want, you can pull them out and chat with them."

Alice explained.

"It exists in the form of ashes only to facilitate your use in battle. When you no longer need it, just mix it with some meat and throw it into the furnace, and you will be resurrected immediately."

"That's pretty good."

Lord had become accustomed to Alice's elusiveness. After collecting the ashes, he glanced in the direction of Moren City and recalled the previous rain of fire.

"In there now..."

"Well, there's no one fighting anymore. After all, they've all become hybrids. It's still a bit chaotic though."

Using the blessing to return to the city, and then entering again, all I saw were hybrids. Even the dead bodies on the ground had the characteristics of the furnace.

They found the city lord Edgar, who was originally worried about being turned into a hybrid, but in the blink of an eye, fire rained down from the sky and everyone turned into hybrids.

He didn't have to worry about himself anymore, but he really didn't know what to do in the current situation.

"That hybrid..."

"left already."

Edgar was silent for a while, sighed, took out a token and handed it to Lord.

"I have a humble request. I would like you to help me take care of my daughter. After all, as you can see, the current situation in the city is... not very good."

"Because of the previous civil unrest, I don't have anything to show here. I hope you don't mind."

[Obtain 'Discolor Forging Stone 3'*2]

"can."

After bidding farewell to the sad-looking Edgar, Lord returned to where Irena was.

There were several corpses scattered around, still burning with flames.

"Oh, compatriot, you're finally back." Chaos looked at him with a smile: "How was the delivery process?"

"good."

Lord nodded.

That is, all the people and hybrids in Moren City were slaughtered, and a fight was fought with the furnace. Then there was a golden rain, and all the people in Moren City were turned into hybrids.

This is very normal for an immortal who makes his debut wherever he goes.

"By the way, Irena, your father is fine now, but because of something that happened in the city, he has to be busy, so he asked me to take care of you. This is a token as proof."

After touching the token, Irena nodded.

As for where to throw it for her, Lord had already thought about it the moment he agreed.

Unlike in the game, players in the real Round Table Hall can get a room of their own, just like Baizhi's office and Chaos' dormitory.

As for bringing people in, as long as it's not too excessive, just bringing an attendant or a maid, Shuangzhi won't mind.

So that was settled.

After letting Chaos go back, throwing Irena into his room, and giving her a Braille Bible to play with for entertainment, Lord left the Round Table Hall, returned to the Blessing Point, and looked at Melina on the side.

"Well, Melina."

"what happened?"

"Do you want the whole body?"

Chapter 22: The principle of regression, the round table hall is the street of Shenyang!

Make a body...

Melina fell silent as she looked at the fragment Lord showed her.

Because she followed Lord to the city of Morn, although she did not go in with Lord due to concerns about the great consumption of spirit movement and combat, she also knew the general situation. After they reunited, she told her what had happened.

As for the body...

To be honest, it is impossible to say that Melina has no desire to have a body.

After all, as mentioned before, just the existence and activities of spirits in the real world will cause certain losses. If they fight, the consumption will be even greater.

And if she could have a physical body, it wouldn't just be a matter of consumption. She...

Melina was silent for a long moment, then shook her head.

"I don't have such plans for the time being."

"Okay then, call me if you change your mind."

Lord didn't care. After all, he just asked casually. If she didn't want to, he wouldn't force her. Besides...

"Then this is for you."

After collecting the fragments, Lord cut into the tuba and handed over a ball of soul.

Melina did not refuse. After taking it, she put the soul ball into her mouth like eating candy, replenishing the energy she had consumed during this period.

This was not the first time she had received a soul mass from Lord since the catacombs.

In fact, after that, because he knew about Melina's problems and there was really no room for improvement in the main account, Lord simply took out some souls from time to time to feed her. Although he was a little hesitant at the beginning, now both he and Melina have begun to get used to this kind of thing.

Of course, in addition to Melina, Lord did not forget to feed others, such as the ashes of the finger witch he picked up at the starting point.

But maybe the little witch's soul was too weak compared to Melina's. After feeding it a few times, a +1 mark appeared on the [Incomplete Finger Witch Ashes]. When it was summoned again, although it was still dull, its eyes did have some spirit.

Maybe, if she is fed more, she will be able to return to normal?

Lord didn't know, but to be on the safe side, he planned to follow Melina's previous suggestion and find a "spiritualist" to ask for professional help.

But the problem is, as mentioned before, it is difficult to find a spirit trainer in the border area now.

After completing the letter delivery branch, Lord started exploring the map again. However, after exploring for a long time and collecting a lot of things, he didn't find any clues, let alone a psychic trainer.

Shopping, licking pictures, killing monsters, brushing Rune...

I chatted with Alice and Melina when I had nothing to do. When I was free in the evening, I went to Seren's class. In the meantime, I also took some time to visit Brother Carlos and Burke.

As for the white-masked Fan Lei? Who is that? I don't know him well.

As for the rewards of exploration...

A turtle shell shield, a demi-human queen's staff, and the magic spell 'Crystal Scattering'...

A copy of the ashes of the Demi-Human Group, a copy of the ashes of the "Headless Horseman" Lutier, and a memory stone that can increase memory space after solving a puzzle in a magician's tower...

Of course, these were not all the findings from the exploration. There were also many rune props and the like, which he put away after looking at them.

Among them, the most worth mentioning is the description of the ashes of the "Headless Horseman" Lutier.

According to the witch, Lani, the Summoning Bell is "the ashes that have not returned to the Golden Tree, from which souls can be summoned." However, the description of Lutier's ashes is that "she has been rewarded and can return to the tree as a hero."

Maybe it's a special case? Or maybe it's because of a problem with the 'return tree'?

Lord didn't know, but he didn't worry about it. After confirming that the ashes could be used normally, he didn't care about it anymore.