Elden Clergyman

"what happened?"

Chaos glanced at Roderica, who was shaking more and more violently in his hand, and shook his head.

"If I watch her any longer, I'm afraid she'll be scared to death."

Lord was a little confused: "Scared to death by you?"

Chaos nodded: "Well, this kid seems to have some spiritual talent, and can see things that others can't see."

Spiritual talent?

Lord was stunned for a moment, then nodded after realizing what was happening.

"Okay, then you can leave her with me."

Chaos nodded and disappeared.

Markit glanced at the place where Chaos disappeared and spoke with some confusion.

"That's..."

She looks like the Finger Witch, but both her abilities and the feeling she gives are very strange, especially since Lord had previously stated that Melina is his witch...

Lord said casually: "Oh, nothing, just a crazy fire guy."

"Oh, playing with fire... Wait, what do you think she's playing?!"

After coming to his senses, Market exploded.

"Do you know what epilepsy is? Do you know what kind of taboo it is? Do you know what the consequences of contact with it will be..."

As the person who can let his most trusted brother guard the seal of Mad Fire, Monggot's impression of Mad Fire cannot be said to be very good, but can only be said to be disgusted with it.

Compared with him, let alone those traitors, he could even accept Xiao Ge.

"I know."

As Lord spoke, he held the shivering Roderica in his arms, lit a warm fire, and then patted Roderica's back while answering.

"But there's no point in killing his incarnation. It's better to keep him and see what happens. You can also find out what he wants to do."

"you--"

Market was about to say something, but suddenly caught the words in his words.

Instead of saying a certain name, he directly said "Dianhuo" and used the pronoun "He".

"Don't look at me like that. I don't know how I ended up getting entangled with her, and I even killed her incarnation once."

Lord shook his head: "But it's no use. I killed that incarnation less than half a day later, and the new incarnation came directly to me."

After saying that, Lord lowered his head and began to comfort Rodlika in his arms.

It’s not that he has any strange thoughts about Roderica, but it’s obvious that the child is scared and needs someone to support her.

And although there are other women around him, but as for those two...

Melina seemed to have a thorn of rejection on her body. She instinctively refused to have any contact with the outside world and even rarely chatted with him.

The only time she comforted him was when she said to her brother, "Your mother is dead."

And as for Alice...

Families, let’s just look at the flaming cauldron in the distance.

Besides, it was he who asked Chaos to take care of Roderica, so he was also responsible for the other party becoming like this. So no matter what, he had to take some responsibility.

But speaking of spiritual talent...

Lord thought for a moment, took out the Soul Summoning Spirit, and after shaking it gently, the [Soul Jellyfish], [Incomplete Finger Witch], and [Lion Hybrid] floated out and surrounded Rodlika, emitting waves of soothing, gentle, and kind soul fluctuations.

I don't know if it will work, but it won't hurt to try.

On the other side, after seeing Lord shake out three souls at once and confirming again and again that there were no traces of any resurrection monuments or similar things around, Markit fell silent again.

for a long time.

A long sigh.

Otherwise, he should go back to guard the door.

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Chapter 27: Old Ma, Old Ma

"Hey, Lao Ma, why are you silent today?"

After watching Er set off again, Markit followed him silently without saying a word, and Lord Wu was a little curious.

After all, this guy was quite active yesterday. We could talk and discuss all kinds of things with him. He also told him some more detailed things about the Elden Ring.

But in order to appease Little Red Riding Hood, he delayed for a night before setting off again. He seemed to have suddenly become mute and has not said a word until now.

"I don't want to say." Market said briefly.

He now understood why the two companions around Lord were so quiet.

Anyone who encounters something like this would find it hard not to remain silent.

So he didn't want to talk anymore.

As for Roderica, after comforting her for a whole night and barely calming her down, he considered that the city of Stoneville was not very safe and it would not be appropriate to throw her back to her original place.

Lord thought about it and simply took her directly to the Round Table Hall and left her in his room to keep Irena company.

As for the spirit-tuning talent Chaos mentioned, since Roderica's mental state was not very stable, Lord planned to wait for her to calm down and then talk to her when she was almost recovered.

After that, after sending Roderica away and Market shut up, Lord had nothing else to do, so he continued to explore the map.

Kill monsters, search maps, and brush Rune...

Chop monsters, chop people, chop walls...

After a long time, Lord arrived at a place that looked like a church, and finally met a man inside who did not come up to chop him.

"Is this the first time we've met?"

The other party looked at him, confirmed that he was not Greg's subordinate, and introduced himself.

"Hello, I'm Roger. As you might imagine, I'm a magician, looking for an item in this city, and I'm currently hiding from the soldiers..."

"By the way, why did you come to Stonewell? The people of this city are hunting the Faded Ones as sacrifices for 'limb reattachment'. Normally, they wouldn't approach them on their own initiative..."

"I don't know. I've been thinking about this as well." Lord shook his head. "But if I had to say, they should be here to rob the Great Rune?"

Although I don’t think I can defeat a demigod at my level, especially since it’s so difficult to defeat the guard at the door.

But now that I'm here, the monster stats seem to be normal. Even if I don't fight that 'Grek', it's also a good idea to take a look around the map and get some things first.

So they're here to fight for Grek's Great Rune...

Roger nodded, then realized something.

"So, you can see the guidance of the Blessing?"

"I can see it, what's wrong?"

"I really envy you. I'm a fader just like you, but I haven't looked at the guidance in a long time."

Roger sighed and then spoke.

"I know a few magic-related combat techniques. If you're willing, would you like to learn them? I'm also a Faded One who has been blessed and guided, and I want to help you in this capacity."

Hearing this, Lord couldn't help but look at Roger twice more, and his eyes became increasingly subtle.

"......What’s wrong with you?"

"It's okay, it's just that what you said reminded me of some old friends."

A good guy plus a magic teacher, the smell of death is almost overflowing.

Then, after a brief exchange, Lord expressed his willingness to learn magic from him, and Roger followed suit.

"The combat skills you're learning are classified under the category of pyroxene magic. It's said to have originated from a large academy in Rhea Lukalia, north of this city..."

"I heard that they've been following a law that's completely contrary to the Golden Rule since a long time ago. This is really interesting..."

"The Golden Rule used to be so lenient that it even accommodated completely opposing principles. Now that the Golden Rule is broken and distorted and must be repaired, I believe this quality is truly crucial..."

Lord nodded. He had heard about this matter from Seren when they were chatting before. It was said that the two sides fought a war later, but the war was finally ended through marriage.

But this is not the issue that Lord needs to worry about right now. Compared to that Kaka Academy, he has more information that he needs to know right now.

"Can you tell me about Greg? I just got here too, and I don't know what his situation is like..."

Although Market has now joined the team and seems to know Greg very well, Lord has tried to get information from him, but for some reason, the other party seems to be very disgusted with this name and in the end he couldn't say anything useful.

After hearing Lord's words, Roger's expression became subtle.

"You want to fight for Greg's Great Rune, but you don't know him at all? And you just come here like this?"

Lord nodded, which made Roger's eyes twitch.

Then, he sighed and spoke.

"Although I don't know what you're thinking, or if you're hiding something from me, it doesn't matter. As a senior, I'm willing to help you..."

Then, Roger told Lord what he knew about Greg.

"A powerful demigod." - It was true for him.

"Proficient in limb reattachment technology, with no obvious weaknesses." - Or rather, his entire body is full of weaknesses.

"The Great Rune in his hands is the most central piece of the Elden Ring, and some say it is the strongest." - This is even more true.

If Market were here now, he might correct Roger.

But the problem is, because he didn't want to be polluted by Lord's spirit again, and didn't want the Faded People other than Lord to see him, he didn't enter the church and had no way of knowing about this conversation.

So, after listening to Roger's description, Lord's expression became serious.

A demigod with no weaknesses, a great rune at the center, and a ridiculous guard guarding the outside, whose last name was even Ge in the Souls game...

Why does this description not seem like something that should appear in this map? Or maybe when he passes by, he'll just appear as an apparition or a minion, and then I need to meet some conditions before I can officially enter the map to challenge him...

"You still have time to leave, but be careful of those patrolling soldiers. They are catching faded ones everywhere to use for limb grafting. It could be very troublesome if you are discovered."

Lord waved his hand: "Oh, that's okay, I just killed them all."

Roger: “…?”

Then, after learning magic and obtaining the information he wanted, Lord said goodbye to Roger and continued to explore Stonewell.

"You didn't kill him?" After leaving, Market looked at Lord in surprise.

"Why would I kill him? He didn't attack me."

Lord looked at him with a puzzled expression: "Do you think I'm a madman who kills wherever he goes?"

Malkit nodded and said seriously, "Yes."

Lord: “…”

Then, after "exploring" for a while, Lord found a place on the city wall where he could jump down. After going all the way down, he found himself at the edge of a cliff. After walking a little further, a Furnace Knight whom he had seen in the prison appeared in front of him.

It's another beggar version of the hybrid brother...

But just as Lord pulled out the hound's fang and prepared to see what the Crucible Knight would reveal, Markit, who had been following him, stood up.

"I'll take care of him."

Is this the plot trigger?

Since Markit said so, Lord naturally would not refuse. After nodding, he put away the hound's fangs, watched Markit walk over, and slowly raised the cursed sword in his hand.

That is indeed communication.

It's just communication in the physical sense.

After beating up the Crucible Knight, Markit lowered his head and said something to the Crucible Knight who was knocked down.

But in short, after the communication was completed and he stood up again, the Crucible Knight did not attack Markit again, but stood beside him respectfully.