Survival in the game world starts with Resident Evil 2

Chapter 771: First Entering the Elf Kingdom
Alfheim.

Or to be more precise, the three of them were still on the temple bridge and did not move forward.

Because just now, after Freya welcomed them and pointed out the direction of the light of the world, her body began to gradually turn into particles, and then was attracted by a magical force back to Midgard, her own home.

Atreus looked a little worried, because even though Freya had prepared in advance this time, she still looked very uncomfortable when she was forcibly teleported back.

"Is she going to be okay, father?"

"Not likely." Kratos was calm.

After answering his son's question casually, Mr. Kui exchanged glances with Li You and reached a consensus immediately.

"Come on, kid, it's time for us to go find the light of the world."

Li You followed naturally.

On the bridge ahead, the rock vegetation belonging to this country occupied both sides of the road. According to Freya, the nine realms are reflections of each other. In this country, there is also a lake around the Temple of Tyr, but it is much smaller than the Nine Realms Lake in Midgard. There is no other way to go except to go along the bridge.

Even next to the three people, there are plants of various colors such as emerald green, white, and pink, making this country give people a completely different feeling from Midgard.

As they walked along the bridge covered with various plants, more lush vegetation appeared before their eyes. But there were also some discordant things, such as the light pink vines growing between two rocks on the side of the road that blocked the three people's way.

The vine grew out from the rocks on both sides and came together in the middle of the road, blocking the intersection ahead tightly. The junction of the two vines was entangled into a glowing knot like a core, or it could be said to be a root system.

"What is this?" Atreus was always the most curious. He looked at Kratos and Li You, but mainly at Li You.

Of course Li You knew what this was.

Simply put, Alfheim has always had two tribes, the light elves and the dark elves, who have been fighting each other for years to seize control of the light of the world.

This thing is the manifestation of the power of the dark elves, or a companion creature. In short, it represents the dark elf camp. It grows everywhere in Alfheim to stop the light elves or anyone else who is not an ally of the dark elves.

However, even though he knew this, Li You still thought about it and felt that explaining this should not be considered as revealing key plot information, and then he was about to speak: "I have heard about the light elves and dark elves in this country..."

"Pfft-"

However, before Li You could finish half of his sentence, Kratos had already raised his hand and threw out the Leviathan Axe. The spinning axe cut off the core connection of the vines, which also killed the vines blocking the three people, and the road was clear.

"Let's go, kid." Kratos raised his hand to recall his battle axe and strode forward.

"Oh... here I come." Atreus looked at Li You helplessly, received a comforting look from Li You, and then followed him.

As we walked further, other things began to appear on the road besides vegetation and vines blocking the way.

——corpse.

Judging from their clothing and skin color, it was easy to tell that these humanoid creatures with pale skin and plain robes were light elves, while the scepter-shaped weapons that killed them and left their bodies on the ground belonged to dark elves.

Even on the stone platform a little further away, one could see a humanoid creature with translucent wings on its back and double horns on its head. He was holding a gun and piercing a light elf, then flying with him further away.

"Father! Over there..."

"That has nothing to do with us. Focus." Kratos just looked ahead.

Before leaving, Freya told them that their target was the pillar of light that went straight into the sky in the distance, and directly below it was the circular temple of the elves.

So Kratos locked onto that place.

However, on the rock on one side of the bridge ahead, there was a circle of runes engraved. Kratos stopped in front of the runes and said, "Kid! Read this."

"Okay father!"

Atreus ran over, identified the circle of runes, and said, "Hmm... this is about the endless war for light."

As he identified them, he took out a small notebook and kept recording them, while asking, "I don't understand, if both sides need light, why can't they share it?"

"Because of greed, this is a common cause of war." Kratos would not ignore the opportunity to educate his son.

Li You did not interrupt, but just said: "Excuse me, we have guests... No, should I say someone is here to greet us?"

Kratos and Atreus turned their heads and looked forward at the same time, and sure enough, they saw more dark elves flying in the air in front of the bridge.

They were holding spears and staffs, and were chasing and intercepting the two light elves. They had strangled the enemy just as Li You and the other two noticed them.

Then, these dark elves looked at Li You and his group.

"Oh... I guess they are coming." said Atreus.

"Get ready, kids!" Kratos certainly wasn't going to be polite.

The dark elves were shouting in an incomprehensible language and swooping down with flapping wings. The dark elf in the front had a particularly ferocious look on his face, and kept shouting some unfriendly-sounding words, with a flickering light condensing on the top of the long staff in his hand!
...Then he was hit by Kratos's Leviathan Axe, which he threw with almost all his strength, and his entire head and most of his chest were cut open by one blow.

The Leviathan Axe even continued to spin, cutting off the arm of a dark elf at the back before being called back into Kratos's hands.

On the side, Atreus stood carefully within Kratos' reach, while pulling his claw bow and continuously shooting arrows at the dark elves.

Not to mention, although the claw bow has not yet undergone magical enhancement, and Atreus himself has almost no spells or talismans mastered, the arrows he shoots from the bow are quite powerful. As long as they hit the vital point, a few arrows can kill an ordinary dark elf warrior.

Li You understood. It seemed that even though Kratos had never told Atreus his identity, Atreus had always believed that he was actually a mortal, but the inherent power of the blood of God still gave him a good fighting ability.

"Pfft-"

While thinking, Li You was not idle. He turned the spiral sword into a long whip and swung it, grabbing the dark elf flying towards him, and then swung him up with force, smashing him towards the other two dark elves.

The collision alone could not kill them, but Kratos's Leviathan Axe flew over and cut all three of them into two.

Although strictly speaking it was the first time they fought together, Li You and Kratos cooperated quite well, and Atreus also achieved some results with his assistance, and this group of dark elves were quickly wiped out.

"Wow, your flaming sword can transform!" After the battle, Atreus immediately noticed Li You's spiral sword. "So cool! Is this also a trophy you got in other countries?"

"I guess so. Actually, this is a gift from a friend." Li You smiled.

He glanced at Kratos again and said, "According to the rumors I heard, the light elves and dark elves of Alfheim continue to fight for the light of the world. Judging from the current dimming of the light, the dark elves should have the upper hand at the moment."

"That is to say, if we want to get closer to the Light of the World, we will probably be obstructed by them along the way."

"Is there no way to avoid fighting?" Atreus asked, "We clearly have no ill intentions..." "I don't care what they think. If they block our way, we will break through." Kratos hung the axe back on his back. "Let's go, kid."

The group then continued to move forward. Not to mention Mr. Kui and his son, Li You naturally followed.

But after taking two steps, Kui Ye stopped and turned to look at Li You: "...Collector, right? What is your goal?"

Li You: "Huh?"

"The witch said you came here for another purpose. What is that?" Kratos turned around. "When are you going to do your own thing?"

"Well." Li You shrugged. "I do have another goal, but the witch also said that if we don't immerse the Rainbow Bridge Stone in the Light of the World, then we won't be able to leave this country, so I have to go to the Ring Temple first."

"Are you planning to find the light of the world with us and then do your own thing?" Kratos asked, "and then we have to wait for you here?"

"...This is indeed a problem." Li You thought for a while, "Then if you don't mind, I will separate from you when we get there, and I will leave the exploration of the circular temple to you?"

"Give me the Rainbow Bridge Stone, and we will go to the temple to infuse the world with light. After you finish what you need to do, go to the Temple of Tyr and wait for us, and we will leave together." Kratos said.

Li You asked: "What if I'm delayed by something?"

"That's your own problem, Collector." Kratos was not polite.

Li You obviously would not agree to such a condition: "Then I'd better take the Rainbow Bridge Stone first, so that at least I won't be unable to return to Midgard."

"We don't have time to wait for you." Kratos frowned.

"You don't have to worry about this." Li You said, "From what I know, you may not be able to do it so quickly."

In fact, it is not a problem to give the Rainbow Bridge Stone to Kratos. Li You's target is the Valkyrie imprisoned in the hidden chamber of Alfheim, and Kratos and his companions have to go through the circular temple occupied by the dark elves. According to the plot of the game, when they finally enter the Light of the World, Kratos will be attracted by the scene inside and spend a lot of time there.

Therefore, unless Li You was pinned to the ground and beaten by the Valkyrie, he would still have time to go there after completing his mission.

But it is impossible for Li You to listen to Kratos in everything and make himself like a follower - he is not really here to curry favor with him.

Seeing that the two could not reach an agreement, Atreus tried to mediate: "Well... Father, and Mr. Collector, let's not argue for now, shall we? After all, you see, we haven't even finished walking the Temple Bridge yet. We don't know what's ahead, and there are still many enemies..."

He came to Kratos again and pulled his arm: "Father, the Rainbow Bridge Stone was given to someone else by the witch after all. It's not good for us to take it by force..."

Mr. Kui turned his head and looked at him. In the end, he said nothing. He just turned his head away and said, "...Then keep moving forward."

Li You and Atreus looked at each other and followed him.

Then, he looked at Atreus and smiled, "Thank you, kid. Your father is very stubborn."

"Well... I wouldn't say that, but he is indeed different from ordinary people." Atreus scratched his head, "Don't worry about it, Mr. Collector."

Li You smiled again: "Don't call me that. My real name is Li You, just call me by my name."

"Oh!" Atreus' eyes lit up, "Nice to meet you! My name is Atreus!"

They did not encounter large numbers of dark elves on the way forward, and Kratos could easily send one or two away with a wave of his hand, so Atreus almost kept pestering Li You and talking all the way.

"How many different countries have you visited so far?"

"Let me count. Adding up the big and small ones, there must be more than ten of them."

"Wow! Are the weapons you have also obtained from those countries? Are they souvenirs?"

"You can say that, but they are not just for commemoration, they are also weapons with magical powers. Some of them have bonuses just by carrying them, while others need to be used actively."

Li You said, pulling out the Sun Straight Sword from his back: "For example, this one."

As he spoke, he injected magic power into the sword and raised it above his head. Golden light instantly emanated from the sword, covering the three of them.

Kratos and Atreus were both covered with a layer of faint flames. Kratos paused for a moment, and Atreus felt the power and said in surprise, "Wow! I feel... full of power now!"

"That's it." Li You said with a smile.

"...Next time before you cast a spell, tell me, or don't include me." Kratos said without turning his head.

"Okay." Li You's response was also brief.

"Hey wait, look!" Atreus suddenly noticed something, "Is there something on it?"

Li You and Kui Ye both looked up at the side of the bridge, and saw a light pink vine hanging an elf-style package on the branch of a large tree growing diagonally beside the bridge, hidden among the branches and leaves.

It's a good thing Atreus could see that.

"That's also a resource, right?" Atreus asked. "It seems to be the storage method of this country?"

Kuiye narrowed his eyes slightly: "It is a resource, but we can't get it."

The branches had extended beyond the bridge, and outside the Temple of Tyr, except for the direction pointed by the bridge, all that could be seen around it was white fog. There was no idea what was underneath or how to get there.

Kratos could use an axe to tear the vines, but then the package would fall into the bottomless fog.

Atreus was a little frustrated after observing it: "...It seems so, we can't get it."

But Mr. Kui seemed to remember something and turned to look at Li You: "Collector, I do remember that you can fly, right?"

Atreus' eyes widened again, "Wait, what? You can fly?"

Li You was originally looking at the scenery, admiring the different landscape of Alfheim from the one in the game. Upon hearing this, he turned around and said with a smile, "Indeed, I can get that thing, but I'm a collector and I never work for nothing. How are we going to divide it after we get it? 50-50?"

Mr. Kui said in a deep voice: "30% to 70%."

"How come it's only 30%..."

"You take seven."

"Come right away!"

(End of this chapter)