Elden Clergyman

He didn't know how long he had been walking, maybe a long time, but it also seemed like only a moment.

But in any case, when he came to his senses, another door appeared in front of him.

Reach out and push away.

As the door continued to open, light came out from it.

After it was fully opened, a huge circular space appeared in front of him.

Stairs, walls, candlelight...

Domes, columns, sculptures...

The structure looks like a fire-transmitting sacrificial site, and the decoration looks like a round table hall.

Spacious and bright, but a little empty.

But these are not what Lord cares about most.

The moment he pushed open the door, his eyes were drawn to the thing in the center of the hall.

That's a resting point.

But it was not the blessing he had become accustomed to recently, but a 'bonfire' with a spiral sword stuck in it above the burning flames.

He subconsciously walked over and stretched out his hand towards the campfire. The next moment, as if in response, the flames in the campfire leaped and emitted some sparks.

"You're here sooner than I thought."

The blonde girl suddenly appeared, and it seemed as if she had been there from the beginning.

"I just finished cleaning up the place, and I thought it might take a while."

Lord turned his head to look at her, but before Lin could speak, he saw her stretch out her hand.

"Give 'it' to me and I'll help you sort it out."

"...the 'fragmented page'?"

"Correct."

Alice nodded, took the torn page from Lord's hand, then took out a book with a blank cover and contents and put it in.

After confirming that the "book" would not be moved, Alice walked to the bookshelf by the wall and placed the book into the empty shelf.

It was not until this moment that Lord discovered that there were a bunch of bookshelves in this 'Round Table Shrine', but they were all empty, which was why he had not noticed it before.

And the number of vacancies...

Hundreds? Thousands? Tens of thousands? Or even...

“You don’t need to brush so much.”

Just as Lord was thinking about it, Alice came back and shook her head.

"What you just experienced is just a 'small fragment', and it's only on the very surface of the fragment, so of course the gains will be less."

"If you want to obtain more 'fragmented pages', or even the 'book', you will need to explore more deeply, and at the same time, you will need more help."

Yes, Lord was very strong. Alice knew this very well, even more clearly than everyone else combined.

But the problem is that what he needs now is 'repair', not 'destruction'.

Only in this matter, his power is of no use and may even make the situation worse.

Perhaps that power once contained something gentle, like healing, restoration, or perhaps life and order.

But now, all Alice could see was a monotonous gray.

It was like after a huge fire, everything turned into endless ashes, with nothing left.

Gently holding the hand with the lava-colored lines, Alice raised her head and said seriously.

"Don't worry, I'll help you."

"Besides, I'm good at it."

The lava-colored lines faded away, and along with them, the "understanding" in my mind also disappeared.

Understanding is a good thing, but understanding too much can also make people sober.

After the embers died down, Lord blinked, still not understanding Alice's riddle as usual.

"Well, it's just a dungeon run anyway?"

Alice nodded. "Almost."

"Then I'll keep brushing...oh shit!"

Following my feeling, I pushed open the door that led to the deeper part of the 'fragment'. Before I even entered, a gray-yellow mist hit me in the face.

In just a moment, Lord's cursed death bar increased by half. If he hadn't retreated quickly, he would have died on the spot.

[City of Dead Pus·Stonewell (Middle Level)]

[World State: Complete Disorder]

[Special Area: City of Dead Pus]

[City of Dead Pus: Curse Death efficiency is greatly increased, the resurrection speed of the Deadborn is greatly increased, and the attacks of the Deadborn have an additional Curse Death effect]

What a valuable copy.

After seeing the text displayed on the system, Lord was completely dumbfounded.

Is this something a human can fight?

"This is not something you should deal with right now."

Alice came over and shook her head slightly.

The 'copy' she created was not a complete copy, but a certain 'order' constructed based on the boundary area using the fragments and with Lord's cooperation, which would be related to and influenced by reality to some extent.

Although Stonewell is only a low-level dungeon, underneath the dungeon lies one of the most difficult problems to deal with in the entire border area.

Moreover, because of its wide connections, that thing cannot be dismantled by violent means, otherwise if it is not handled properly, the entire Golden Tree system may collapse.

"Anyway, let's go back first."

Lord nodded, then shook the hand Alice offered him.

After a moment of trance, Lord opened his eyes and found himself back to reality.

In front of me was a familiar perspective and familiar blonde hair.

"Are you awake?" Alice asked.

Lord was about to answer, but before he opened his mouth, he realized something was wrong.

Wait, why does he feel heavy?

Looking down, a purple spirit came into view.

It was a sleeping Tolina.

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【Photo: Torina】

Chapter 32: Tolina: A usable item

after a while.

"Why did you bring her out here too?"

Melina was stunned when she saw Torina in Lord's arms.

"I can't come."

Looking at Tolina who appeared in his arms, Lord looked a little confused.

"How about I throw the round table at her too?"

"Absolutely not." Melina immediately shook her head.

Irena and Roderica were fine, they could at least be dealt with by using the identities of maids and attendants, but Torina...

"In short, she can't go to the Round Table Hall."

After a pause, she added.

"And it's best not to let others know of her existence, otherwise it might cause some unnecessary trouble."

It seems that this person's identity is a bit sensitive.

Although he didn't know who Tolina was, Lord understood the meaning of Melina's words. After thinking for a moment, he spoke.

"Then it's not a good idea to just keep it with you, right? You know, we still have to find another Great Rune, and then go to the Royal City. We're bound to have to deal with other people along the way, not to mention all the battles..."

Melina's face showed a bit more confusion.

She knew that what Lord said was correct. In fact, besides that, she also knew some problems with Tolina that Lord was not aware of yet. She knew that the situation was more complicated than he thought.

But the problem is, if she can't be sent to the Round Table Hall, and it's not easy to keep her with her, then she can't just 'abandon my sister here'...

Alice suddenly popped up: "Why not just throw it in your inventory?"

Lord: “?”

Melina: “?”

"Alice, now is not the time to joke..."

When Lord heard Alice's words, his first reaction was that she was joking, but after coming to his senses and looking at the spirit girl in his arms, he suddenly realized something.

Wait, isn't there something similar in his inventory?

Although I didn't realize it before, but now that I think about it, his ashes seem to be the same thing.

Although Torina is no longer in ashes, she is also a spirit. If she is willing, then can she...

"Is it really possible?"

Looking at the extra 'Torina' in the inventory, Lord didn't know what to say for a moment.

No, bro.jpg

But soon, Lord discovered the abnormality of 'Torina'.

Although it was in his inventory, 'Torina' was not classified as an ashes, but as an 'usable item'.

This is still usable?

After confirming that the number of uses marked behind this "prop" was "unlimited", Lord clicked to use it.

Then, accompanied by a burst of soft purple light, Tolina in spirit form appeared from behind him, stretched out her arms, slowly put her arms around his neck, and leaned on his back.

After being hugged, Lord suddenly had a feeling in his heart, that is, he could control this "soul body" and perform various "hypnosis" skills.

Hypnotic arrows, hypnotic smoke, hypnotic weapons...

But before Lord could study the uses of these skills, he discovered another problem.

"Wait a minute, why isn't this kid awake yet?"

After all this trouble, he even used the child as a prop, but when he came to his senses, he found that the child had not woken up yet and even seemed to be sleeping soundly.

"Oh, that." Melina also recovered from her shock and nodded. "That's normal. She's just a bit sleepy."

"How sleepy are you?" Lord asked curiously.

Melina thought for a moment and said, "Basically, the kind that can't wake up."

Lord: “…….?”

What do you mean by basically unable to wake up?

"That's what it means."

Because Torina's situation was a bit special, Melina explained it a little this time.

"You've seen this before. This child possesses the ability of hypnosis, but because of this power, she rarely wakes up."

In fact, to describe the number of times Torina woke up as 'rarely' was a bit much in Melina's opinion.

There are many little-known demigods in the Golden Dynasty, such as Melina herself and her brother who lives far away in the Shadow Land, such as Market and his brother who grew up in the sewers, and such as Torina.