Elden Clergyman

But the action module is a bit stiff, and the back and forth swings are quite large, so it may be a bit disadvantageous to use it to fight bosses, but it should be useful for clearing soldiers and PVP.

However, because Lord was holding the Hound's Tusk in his hand, he couldn't change to War Gray, so although this thing looked okay, it couldn't be used for the time being.

After confirming the harvest, Lord prepared to return to the small room to rest for a while.

After all, they had just fought such a battle, and Melina needed to rest. And because of his sudden sleepiness last time, he also planned to take a nap for the sake of safety.

But just as he was about to leave, Market's voice rang out again.

"Wait, Fader."

Because Lord was just experimenting with his new toys next to him, Markit naturally witnessed the whole process of him performing various skills.

Then, his expression gradually became subtle.

how to say......

Although he is just an incarnation in this place and his strength is far inferior to his original body, he still has some vision.

Not to mention anything else, he had just been infused with three kinds of power, which was definitely not something that some random Faded One could handle. Even he himself was controlled by that powerful force. In terms of strength, he was not necessarily worse than his original form in the royal city.

But even with such power, he was defeated by the strange faded one in front of him who was holding a machete, accompanied by a lion hybrid and a strange woman. Even if they joined forces, it at least showed that this guy was qualified to compete for the King of Elden.

This thought continued until he saw Lord cut into the tuba and used his moves casually.

Although he couldn't tell how strong Lord was in this form because he hadn't fought him in person, he was certain of one thing: this strange faded one was even stronger than he had expected.

Even in the fight just now, he didn't use his full strength, and he might not even have taken it seriously.

Considering how he was when we just communicated...

Even without talking about the current situation of the Golden Dynasty and his own responsibilities, even as a normal resident of the border area, Markit felt that he had an obligation to keep an eye on this guy, or at least to educate him with some common sense so that he could be a little more normal.

Otherwise, who knows what a guy with the strength comparable to that of a demigod and a mental disorder can do.

So, for various reasons, Market prepared to explain to him in detail about the Elden Ring.

Even if there is no way to make him agree with his ideas and become his supporter, it is always good to reduce the potential harm of this guy.

However......

After Markit tried to simplify the language and patiently recounted to Lord his understanding of the 'Elden Ring', 'Broken War' and 'Golden Rule', Lord shook his head and spoke honestly.

"I don't understand."

Market covered her face with her hands and sighed deeply.

But it’s not that I didn’t understand it at all.

"So, Queen Marika was a god, and her children were demigods. They were originally a large family, but one day Marika disappeared, and that old man's ring was broken. Everyone started fighting over the right to inherit the Great Rune, and it became known as the Shattering War..."

"The Golden Rule is the Constitution incarnate, stipulating the various rules of the border area. And it's not just a piece of paper. The laws within it not only have real power, but can even be used to strike people..."

"The so-called faded ones are Marika's former subordinates. Because they committed some unidentified crime, Marika exiled them from the company headquarters to the border. They were also stripped of their official employee status, known as 'Blessing,' and became temporary workers..."

"And now, while the head office is in turmoil due to Marika's family's dispute over the family property, this group of temporary workers suddenly died and came back. With the support of certain entities, possibly other shareholders of the company, they also want to fight for Marika's inheritance and take control of the entire company..."

Lord didn't know if what he said was right, but that was how he understood it.

Now it was Market's turn to be confused.

Constitution? Spirits? Corporations? What the hell is going on?

But although I couldn't understand what Lord was saying, he looked like he understood something, so what he said was not in vain.

"So what's your stance? Are you standing guard here for that 'Greck', supporting him as the boss?" Lord asked Marketeet.

"I support him—"

When she mentioned Greg's precious limb graft, Marketeer almost blushed again.

He wanted to say something, but when he thought about his current identity as the 'evil omen demon' Markit, and not the 'blessed king' Mungat in the royal city, he slowly swallowed back the words that were on the tip of his tongue, and finally turned them into a long sigh.

"So, Faded One, knowing all this, will you still fight for the Elden Ring? To betray gold, to violate the law, to plunge your loyalty into the abyss..."

"Um, I don't understand what you're saying."

Lord scratched his head. "But I promised a friend that I would take her to the Royal City. But I heard that to enter the Royal City you need two Great Runes, so I'm definitely going to fight for it."

"What are you kidding...are you serious?"

Market subconsciously felt that he was playing a trick on her, but looking at that sincere face and thinking about the previous conversation, she stopped talking.

Lord nodded: "Seriously? Or if you have another way to let me enter the royal city, I can consider it."

"You..." Markete hesitated to speak.

Putting aside whether he would let this person in, let’s talk about the seal of the royal city. That was not set by him, so there is no way to let him in even if he wanted to.

"It seems that you can't do anything, so I can only find it myself."

After the chat, Lord's spirits had almost recovered, so he stood up, went back to call Melina who had also almost recovered, and prepared to go to the city to take a look.

Just as he was about to enter the city, there was a rustling sound and something stood up.

"I will go with you."

Market followed behind him with a complicated look in her eyes.

"can."

Lord nodded and took a step forward.

Started my own Stoneville journey.

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Chapter 26: Just open it?

bang bang bang-

Along with the whistling sound of the crossbow, cursing voices were heard.

"What kind of firepower is this Gou Ba? Three sniper rifles at the door, right?"

In Market's sight, Lord took his first step and officially entered Stonewell. However, he was blocked by a closed door after taking only two steps.

Then, a little to the left, there was a guard named Gotok. After talking to him, he suggested that he take the small road, but Lord said he wanted to see the main gate, so Gotok helped to open the main gate.

And then...

bang bang bang-

The city gate rose and Lord walked in. As soon as he entered, he saw several soldiers on the platform holding crossbows, pointing the black muzzles at him.

Then, accompanied by the whistling sound of the crossbow, Lord was shot out directly, and his whole body was pierced like a hedgehog, and the previous scene happened again.

Then, before he could help eliminate the ballistae, after Lord stood up, he saw red fire burning in Lord's hands. He threw several small fireballs that seemed to shrink in the direction of the ballistae. A few seconds after throwing them...

boom--

The sound of an explosion was heard, and the sweeping flames turned the soldiers and crossbow carts inside into ashes.

This flame still has power...

Looking at the place where the fire exploded, Market's expression was subtle.

What happened next made him even more puzzled.

"Haven't you already cleared the main entrance? Why don't you just go in?"

Yes, after getting rid of the crossbow cart at the main entrance and even going in to kill all the remaining people, Lord not only did not go deeper, but retreated instead.

"Because I want to explore the map."

Lord said as a matter of course: "And look at those ballistae at the door. It's obvious they don't want you to go this way. Although it's possible to force your way in directly, you might miss something important."

Exploring the map? Missing something? What is this?

Malkit couldn't figure it out, and before he had time to think about it, he saw Jouraud start walking again and set off along the path Gotok mentioned.

After that, he also knew what Lord meant by "exploring the map".

After walking just a few steps along the path, several war eagles with sharp blades tied to their legs fell from the sky.

Lord didn't hesitate at all. He took out his hound's fang and stabbed him twice, mumbling something incomprehensible like "Where did the Blue Steel Eagle come from?"

Walking a little further in, he met some exiled soldiers. Before he could even get past them, he saw Lord pull out his hound fangs without saying a word, and slashed at them with a few slashes, making those soldiers fall down without even being able to react.

After walking two steps further in, I saw several mentally ill residents sitting there. As soon as I approached, they stood up. There was another person hiding in the blind spot on the side. When the two residents stood up, he took advantage of the time when they attracted attention and launched a sneak attack.

But Lord seemed to have anticipated this. He dodged the knife thrust from behind with a leap, then struck it back with a backhand strike. Then, with a second blow, he turned and slashed, just in time to send two residents who had just stood up in front of him away. Finally, he said something he couldn't understand, "BYD, Xiao Gao, I don't know what you're thinking?"

Walk a little further in and you will pass by a place where wooden barrels are piled up. Two residents are standing on a high platform behind the barrels.

After seeing this scene, he wanted to remind the other party to be careful of traps, saying that those wooden barrels might contain explosives or something like that.

As he turned around, he saw a nostalgic expression on his face, and he said something like "classic zombie throwing flame pot, right?" He couldn't understand it.

Then, he saw the other party skillfully detonate the barrels, take out his staff and use pyroxene magic to kill the residents, and then on the rest of the journey, he cleverly and skillfully avoided all the traps and sneak attacks that followed.

He killed all the living things he saw along the way.

This person...

Looking at Lord, who killed wherever he went and went around every place, even stabbing a dog wherever he passed by, Market's expression became more and more subtle.

He had to admit that his initial assessment of this strange faded being was wrong; he was indeed not a traitor.

He's just pure madness.

Normally speaking, if you want to kill Greg and get the Great Rune, even if you don't have to sneak in, you should at least try to keep a low profile and avoid attracting other people's attention, right?

He could understand killing a few people if they were discovered on the road they had to take, but he couldn't stop them from running around. He had to explore every small path he saw, and even if he missed it, he had to go back and kill everything inside. After that, he had to walk around, as if he was determined to clear out the entire Stonewell...

Looking at Lord in front of him, who suddenly started swinging his knife at a wall for some unknown reason, Marketeer had a complicated look in her eyes and didn't know what to say for a moment.

But just when he was about to speak and give the other party some advice, asking him to cause as few casualties as possible.

As Lord sat down in the place of blessing, the "corpses" he had killed returned to their original state in an instant, as if time had gone back.

Even when I was still recovering, I entered the working state as if nothing had happened before.

Seeing this scene, Markit was stunned and the cursed sword in his hand almost fell to the ground.

No, what is this?

As someone born with an evil horn and connected directly to the sewers of the royal city, Markit believed that he had seen enough evil things in his life.

I was born with an evil omen, and I've even glimpsed the Mother of Truth, and even the Mad Fire Seal...

But he had never seen this, let alone heard of it.

While he was stunned, after sitting down at the blessing place, two figures gradually emerged beside Lord.

One of them was a woman whom Markit had met before, whom Lord called 'Melina'. He said that she was his witch and had fought against him together with him before.

But there was something strange. Although it was their first meeting, for some reason, after the battle, when he recalled the other party's fighting posture, Markete felt as if he had seen something similar somewhere, and there was a vague sense of disharmony...

As for the other one, he simply didn't recognize him at all. He had never heard of his name, and he had never seen him during the previous battle. He thought that he was probably not good at fighting, so he didn't pay too much attention to him.

But just as Market was thinking and about to go over to ask what had happened, an even more horrifying scene happened.

He watched as the strange faded one stretched out his fingers, condensed his soul at the fingertips, and then sent the soul to Melina's hand, and then was swallowed by her.

Judging from their skillful movements, this probably isn't their first time.

Market: "..."

He suddenly felt that he might be dreaming, otherwise how could so many outrageous things happen suddenly in reality.

Then, after a simple replenishment and confirming Melina's condition, Lord set off again and continued to "explore" Stonewell.

Because they are in reality, and because the "Law" has been extended before, the city of Stonewell where Lord is located is much larger than in the game, and the number and distribution of monsters have also changed.

In addition, he was afraid of missing something, so he browsed the map very carefully. As a result, although half a day had passed since he entered Stoneville, he was still wandering around the city. Although he had spawned a lot of runes and picked up a lot of things, he still hadn't seen the golden fog gate or the NPC who saw him but didn't attack him.

After nightfall, Lord wanted to take a short rest and check and organize what he had gained during the day, but as soon as he sat down, another figure appeared.

The crazy yellow Chaos appeared out of nowhere, holding the trembling Roderica in his hands.

"Fellow countryman, you should watch her yourself."