Elden Clergyman

But he couldn't avoid his instincts.

"She didn't abandon you."

Melina whispered.

"She just died."

Or a gradual death? A life worse than death? Either way, it's almost the same, or even worse.

Lord: “…?”

No, sister, is there anyone as comforting as you?

He couldn't tell for a moment whether Melina was comforting her brother or rubbing salt into the wound.

As Lord expected, after hearing Melina's answer, the other party not only did not calm down, but after a period of shock, his expression gradually became ferocious.

"You lied to me."

The flame on the spear became more and more violent under the catalysis of anger, and the trembling in the flame was gradually filled with anger.

"I understand. You betrayed the Golden Tree and your mother..."

He raised his spear, and the twin snakes on his body hissed continuously.

"You've joined forces with the Lightless Ones, yet you've attempted to deceive me. Do you still wish to release the Destined Death and restore the power of your Night Eyes?"

Melina was stunned.

"No, I just..."

boom--

Without giving Melina a chance to explain, Chi Yan's spear stabbed directly at her.

But the red flames could not touch Melina's body because a pitch-black shield blocked her.

"I can dodge it." Melina said to the figure blocking her way.

"unnecessary."

Lord looked at the ferocious-looking Messemo in front of him, and the black sword in his other hand began to ignite with flames.

"If you can cast healing spells, just cast healing spells at the back."

"Leave the rest to me."

The shield blocks and the sword swings out.

With the support of level 802, this attack is no longer as weak as the previous small wooden stick, but a blazing fire. Every time it is chopped down, the health bar will be directly depleted.

Messemo didn't care at first after being stabbed several times, but soon he found something wrong.

The snake fire, which usually plundered other people's lives and burned their souls, became the one being plundered and burned after coming into contact with the flame on the strange black sword.

Although the sword did not cause any wounds after it struck him, strangely enough, he could feel that he was injured.

Chinese￠转qUN：㈨←．０〉●驷‖⊥㈧≈∴④⒉９♂『０∈^五 Moreover, the injury was very serious.

"The Lightless One—"

A giant snake stretched out its head and dropped a fireball from the sky with its mouth. Lord couldn't dodge it in time. Although he picked up the shield, it was not 100% fire resistant after all, so he also suffered some damage.

It's almost like the health bar has been reduced by about one percent.

Afterwards, before Lord could even notice the damage, the golden tree behind him made up for the damage.

"Melina—"

With the cooperation of Lord and Melina, in just a few tens of seconds, Messemo's health bar was reduced to the bottom.

Before he died, he looked at the two of them, with fire in his eyes rising.

"I will come back. I will definitely come back here and burn you guys who betrayed my mother to death..."

After saying this, as the last trace of flame died out, he half-knelt on the ground, staring at the two of them, his spirit gradually dissipating and turning into dust.

Considering that the other party was the brother of his Fire Keeper, Lord hesitated for a while and did not go forward to give him a set of 'small snacks' and 'spiral finger'. Instead, he stood there and watched the other party disappear.

It was not until the system popped up a prompt that the opponent had been eliminated and the soul had been recorded that Lord put away his weapon and turned to look at Melina behind him.

"Well, you..."

Melina shook her head. "I'm also looking for answers about my mother."

"No, I'm not asking that."

Lord organized his words.

"Well, actually, I wanted to ask you during the battle just now. Is your brother a little... um, too attached to your mother?"

From the moment he opened his mouth, he couldn't stop talking about his mother. The first thing he asked about wasn't how his sister was doing, but whether his mother had abandoned him. And judging by their conversation, it seems likely that eliminating the "Lightless Ones" was a task his mother had given him...

What kind of super mama's boy is this?

Melina was stunned.

Before Lord said it, she hadn't thought about it, but after Lord's reminder, coupled with some previous information...

Melina's expression turned strange.

"It seems... a little bit."

Chapter 9: The Blue-skinned Middle Schooler and the Ashes

After the episode with Messermo, although he fought with a high-level character and the Rune he obtained turned into a soul and entered his Dark Souls character that could not be upgraded, so it was a waste of time, he did not gain nothing.

At least, after this episode, perhaps because they fought side by side and complained about certain topics together, the gap between him and Melina was significantly reduced.

Lord gained some new understanding of this mysterious girl who looked like a piece of wood, and was a little surprised that this fire keeper actually had relatives. When Melina got on the horse again and held Lord's hand, she was not as hesitant and resistant as before.

As for Lord's previous combat prowess...

The Faded Ones were originally warriors or the descendants of warriors. Those who returned at this time were most likely those who died fighting outside the border area. It's normal for them to have strong martial arts skills...

?

Recalling his identity as Messemo and his performance in suppressing Messemo just now, Melina felt that it didn't seem so normal.

Despite her help, and despite the fact that Messermo had only a partial incarnation due to his hasty arrival, he was still far from a threat to an ordinary Faded One. Yet, he was swiftly killed in a matter of seconds...

What she didn't know was that this was because of the experience of the last Dianhuo. In order to see the opponent's methods, Lord deliberately delayed some time for the other party to show his talents. Otherwise, with a little effort, it would not be difficult to shorten the quick kill seconds to single digits.

But there is more than one strange thing about Lord.

"You said you lost your memory?"

"Yeah." Lord nodded. "Even the matter of the Elden Ring was told to me by Brother Kale, the reliable businessman I just told you about."

"Then how did you get there? I mean the blessing just now."

"I didn't go there. They all said that the Faded Ones just need to follow the guidance of the Blessing. So I went there, and then I met you."

This time, Melina can’t do it.

She originally thought that her physical body had died and her existence as a wandering spirit was confusing enough, but she didn't expect that the person Torrett chose was even more important.

Without knowing what the Elden Circle was, he followed the blessing as a guide, rolled around when he encountered an enemy, and didn't even know what he was doing or who he was...

"Interesting, isn't it?" Alice said softly, looking at Lord in front of her.

Melina was stunned for a moment.

"you......"

But before he could finish his words, the blond figure disappeared again.

"Mr. Lord, that Miss Alice..."

"Oh, just pretend she doesn't exist."

As he spoke, Lord reached out and patted Torret on the head, signaling it to stop.

"Are we there yet?" Melina looked at the surrounding forest and did not find the 'merchant'.

"not yet."

Lord dismounted and took out his club.

"Just before going, I need to brush some Rune first."

Melina was stunned.

What does it mean to brush Rune?

Before she could wonder for long, she witnessed with her own eyes Lord's method of 'brushing Rune'.

It was a massacre.

In just a few minutes, everything that moved in front of Lord fell to the ground.

Miners, soldiers, wandering dignitaries, and even passing small animals were not spared...

“It’s still a little.”

Shaking off the blood on the stick in his hand, Lord walked to the nearby blessing and sat down.

Then, under Melina's dull gaze, the zombies and soldiers who had just been beaten to death by Lord with a stick were resurrected in an instant, as if time had gone backwards, and all of them turned into the same scene as when they were first seen, even the trajectory of their movements was exactly the same.

Yes, the Golden Rule does exclude death, but that does not mean that after a person's body is smashed to pieces, it can be completely restored instantly by just sitting and blessing.

In other words, the 'immortality' in the Golden Law is more of an immortality at the soul level. Even if one dies, one can still replace their soul by 'returning to the tree', but this...

Melina really had never seen it.

She even suspected that even if she dragged her mother over, she would probably say, "I've never seen such a scene before."

But just as she opened her mouth and wanted to say something, Alice's figure suddenly appeared in front of her.

"Shh." Alice put a finger to her lips and whispered, "Don't tell him."

Melina was silent for a moment: "Doesn't he know this himself?"

Looking at Lord who was still "farming Rune" over there, Melina didn't know what expression to make for a moment.

"He doesn't know, and he doesn't need to know." Turning to look at Lord not far away, Alice said in an inexplicable tone: "Sometimes, ignorance is a kind of bliss, and also a kind of protection."

Although if Melina insisted, she wouldn't stop her.

Melina didn't know what Alice was talking about, but just when she was about to ask, she suddenly recalled the sigh in her mind.

The words stopped.

Although she had no reason, she instinctively felt that if she continued to ask questions or talked about this topic with Lord, it might lead to something bad.

Ignorance is bliss and protection... right?

While thinking, Lord resurrected everyone and killed them several times. He looked at Rune in the inventory, and when he felt that it was about time, he called out Torret again and came to Melina.

"what happened to you?"

"......fine."

Taking Lord's hand, Melina sat on Torret without asking, without testing, and without even mentioning it.

Being used to dealing with the Riddler, Lord was not surprised by her reaction and then rode his calf back to the half-ruined church.

"Brother Kale, I'm back."

As soon as Lord entered the church, he saw the familiar brother Kale and a less familiar one, who was sitting on a half-ruined wall. He was wearing a dress and a huge witch hat, and exuded a quiet and cold aura.

Is this... the magic teacher coming?

Looking at the huge hat, Lord immediately thought of the big hat Logan of Soul One and walked over habitually.

And when he approached, the being raised its head, revealing its exquisite doll-like face.

"Nice to meet you, Fader. I'm the witch Re...na?"

Halfway through her words, she saw Melina behind Lorde and her voice gradually faded away.

Melina also looked at her, and after a moment of silence, she squeezed out a word.

"I don't have to know you, La... Miss Reina."

To be honest, if she had a choice, she would never recognize the other party. If she could stay in Lord's body, she would never come out in his presence.

But the problem was, she had followed Lord in directly, and was even brought directly to this person by Lord. She couldn't transform into a spirit and get into Lord's body, so it was hard not to see it.