Survival in the game world starts with Resident Evil 2

Chapter 774 Phased Mission

While Li You was fighting, Kratos was advancing towards the circular temple.

The father and son first came to the opposite side of the artificial Lake of Light, the entrance to the circular temple, where there was a bridge made of light leading to the gate of the temple.

But before the two of them could step onto the bridge of light, they saw a thick, light pink vine stretched out from under the temple in front of them, tightly entwining the light crystal under the temple gate. The light was blocked and the bridge disappeared instantly.

"Oh no, the bridge is gone! They covered the crystals with that thing! Why?" Atreus was a little annoyed.

"To avoid reinforcements." Kratos has already drawn his axe, "Get ready, they are coming!"

The sound of flapping wings was heard in the sky again, and another group of dark elves came over waving pistols, and what greeted them were Kratos' battle axes and Atreus' sharp arrows!
Although they came suddenly, with the help of Atreus, who was becoming more and more accustomed to the battle, Kratos quickly killed them all.

However, the vines covering the crystals in front did not disappear.

"What should we do now?"

"Let's go find the runes." Kratos still remembered the sandbox from before.

"I really wish Li You was still here. He can fly and take us there directly." said Atreus.

Master Kui: “…”

The father and son did not delay and quickly found the mechanism roller and solved the puzzle of the rune. Then they returned to the sandbox platform, carved the rune, and solved the puzzle.

Then, the entire Lake of Light began to move!
The lake surface is divided into two sections from the center, and the lake water splashes down from the opening. From the perspective of the father and son, they can see that the lake is actually very shallow and is built on an artificial base.

At this moment, the base split apart, revealing a traversable space below. The sand table platform also turned into an elevator, carrying the father and son to the area below.

In addition, in the process of crossing the Lake of Light and solving puzzles, Atreus heard "voices" in his mind more than once. These voices spoke to him and even cursed him, and some people were calling for help. The content was extremely complicated, which made the young him a little overwhelmed.

This is the divine power that Atreus possesses as the Son of God. He can even understand languages ​​he has never heard of, but this power is more like a burden to him now.

Kratos had no good solution for this, so he just remained silent and told Atreus not to pay attention to those voices... But to Atreus, his words sounded like he didn't care about him at all, which made the child a little dissatisfied.

Although the game does not mention Atreus' childhood in detail, it is not difficult to guess.

First of all, Kratos is definitely not good at taking care of children. Also, because Atreus didn’t know his identity as a god, he had many illnesses since he was a child. Most of the time, his mother took care of him, and the time she spent with Kratos was very little, which made it difficult for the father and son to understand each other.

The main storyline of "God of War IV" is actually about a father and son who gradually understand each other and grow together during their journey.

Although it is based on Norse mythology, it is not a grand epic, but this is exactly why Li You likes the story of God of War IV.

Of course, Li You still plans to manually skip some plots that may cause high blood pressure - that will be a matter for later.

At this time, he was still fighting the Valkyrie in Odin's secret room, while Kratos and his son were looking for a way forward in the area under the lake. Although there were dark elves who kept coming out to obstruct them along the way, they were no match for Kratos, and they killed their way through to the other side.

It is worth mentioning that in the game, when passing through this section, you will be forced to enter the scene where Atreus was abducted by the Dark Elf King, and then Kratos will launch the Spartan Wrath to rescue his son... but this did not happen here.

Kratos and his sons successfully reached the other side of the lake and found the thick, glowing red roots of the vines that entangled the crystal of light. Under Kratos's Leviathan Axe, the roots were quickly frozen and chopped off, turning into pieces all over the ground, and the vines died.

They took the elevator back to the platform where they had turned the gears, and crossed the reappearing bridge of light to the other side.

"Wait, this door won't open. There's not even a crack!" Atreus was not happy for a moment before he immediately noticed something was wrong. "How are we going to get in?"

"Let's find another way." Kratos replied.

"I really envy Li You for being able to fly by himself. If I could do it too, I could fly directly into the temple." Atreus said again.

Kratos frowned even more tightly, but still said nothing.

Just then, they heard the sound of iron hammering.

"It's Sindri!" Atreus ran over immediately.

After a brief conversation, Kratos and Atreus followed the path under the ruins pointed out by Sindri and entered the temple.

The Dark Elf King who had been absent before showed up here just like in the game process, but he did not attack. He turned around and flew away, but left a large number of dark elves to continue the siege.

Surrounded by a large number of enemies in an indoor area that was narrow on both sides and wide above and below, the battle was very difficult. Kratos was even slightly injured while protecting Atreus.

After the battle, Atreus pulled his arrows from the bodies of the dark elves and complained quietly: "These dark elves always like to fly around. I have lost several arrows."

Just as Kratos was about to teach Atreus about the accuracy of his attacks, he heard him continue, "If Li You were here..."

"enough!"

Kratos looked at Atreus and interrupted him coldly, "I don't want to hear you mention that man's name again. Remember, he is not our companion, not even a friend."

"But... he is the witch's friend? And witches are our friends, right? Friends of friends..." Atreus was puzzled.

"That doesn't make him a friend either."

"...Okay." But obviously, the child was not very convinced.

"The key is that because of his appearance, you have the idea of ​​looking for shortcuts and avoiding difficulties. If a person always thinks of 'what if' when encountering difficulties, he will never be able to overcome difficulties and achieve his goals."

At this point, Kratos's face was more serious than ever, and he rarely spared his words. "Atreus, if you continue to be like this during the rest of the journey, then we will never have any contact with that person again, and you have to go home. You can only come out again when you have given up this idea."

"What? No!" Atreus shuddered. "I get it. We have to solve the problem on our own, right? I won't think about relying on others anymore!"

"Very good." Kratos nodded. "It's one thing to seek help from others, but it's another to only think about relying on others. Remember, kid."

……

On the other side, in Odin's secret room.

Li You looked at the collapsed floor of the arena and took a breath.

The battle with the Valkyrie was more difficult than expected. Without relying on his companions, if the opponent's explosive power was a little stronger, Li You would have to use the power of dragon man. And Li You knew very well that among the ranks of Valkyries, Orlune's combat power or combat difficulty could only be ranked in the upper middle at best. And the most difficult to deal with was undoubtedly the current Valkyrie King.

After canceling his half-dragon transformation and restoring the Fire Sword to the Spiral Sword, Li You looked at the body of Orluun lying on the cracked ground, took a breath again, and prepared to move forward.

"Oh, I almost forgot."

Li You suddenly remembered something, raised his hand, turned around instantly, and threw out several glass shurikens!

"Shhhh-"

The shuriken flew out with a flashing luster and accurately hit the crow resting on the outer wall of the arena behind Li You.

Although it is called a crow, the bird's body is actually half real and half virtual, and is made up entirely of dark green light - that is Odin's eyeliner.

These ravens are distributed in key corners of Midgard and even the Nine Realms, monitoring everything that happens in each realm for Odin.

In the past, whenever he passed by, Li You would take care of the nearby ravens, but because the Valkyrie's presence was too strong when he first saw it, Li You had ignored it before.

But it doesn't matter, as long as it hasn't left, the news won't be passed on to Odin.

After completing this step, Li You came to the body of Orluen, and a body that seemed to be condensed from a shadow emerged from the body.

Except for her gray-green spirit appearance with black air, she is exactly the same as Orluun on the ground. After all, Li You is not so violent when fighting, and he will not tear off the wings of the Valkyries with his hands like Kratos before he is willing to kill.

Orluen's soul also looked at Li You. Unlike in the previous battle, her eyes were full of gratitude at this moment:

"...you have freed me from my corrupted form, and I owe you my eternal gratitude," said Orluun. "But my sisters are imprisoned as well as I am. Take my helm, find them, and free them."

Perhaps knowing that this request was too much, Orluen added: "The fate of the Valkyries now rests on your shoulders. If you cannot free my sisters, the Nine Realms will continue to be in chaos... So please."

"It's not enough in return, but you may use whatever you like on my body. If you can free all my sisters, we promise to give you a reward that will adequately compensate you for your hard work."

Compared to the brief conversation with Kratos in the game, Orluun was very polite. Li You also responded with a smile: "Don't worry, ma'am. I know very well what the Valkyrie means to the balance of the Nine Realms. I will do my best."

In the plot of the fifth part of God of War, the Valkyries are also considered important allies. Although Li You is not sure whether this will enter the story of the fifth generation, it will not be a bad idea to establish good relationships in advance.

"Thank you, warrior from a foreign land." said Orluun.

Then, Li You squatted down and took off her golden helmet from Orluen's body. It was not until then that Orluen's soul finally broke free from the shackles of the flesh, left this place and returned to Valhalla.

As for her corpse, perhaps because it was not a normal body, after Li You took off the helmet and Orluen's soul left, it quickly turned into smoke and light and dissipated. The armor also dissolved in a strange way, and in the end only two rough and uneven steel ingots and a spell rune were left in the original place.

[Steel of Asgard: Asgard metal found on the fragments of Valkyrie's armor, a legendary forging material.]

[Feather of the Fallen Messenger: A legendary spell rune that can slightly increase the sprint speed.]

Spell runes are one of the manifestations of power in the Nordic world. Their actual use can be understood as gems and skill stones in other games, and they are used by inserting them into equipment slots.

However, Li You’s equipment does not have slots, so it cannot be used at the moment.

After putting these gains and the helmet of the Valkyrie Orluun into his backpack, Li You's system prompts were also updated.

[Main Quest 2-3: Find and defeat the Valkyrie imprisoned in Alfheim (completed).]

[Main Quest 2-4: Kill a dragon without relying on outsiders’ cooperation (in progress).]

【Ding! 】

[You killed one of the corrupted Valkyries, and the staged target mission of this world has been unlocked! ]

[Stage Mission: Kill and liberate all corrupted Valkyries (1/9). ]

[Please note that before the stage mission is completed, the unlocking of the higher stage main mission will be restricted. ]

"...Oh, thank you so much."

Seeing the updated tasks, Li You's mouth twitched.

You don't want to install the dog system anymore, right? Is this targeting me?

First he was asked to deal with a corrupted Valkyrie, and now he's asked to slay a dragon alone?

Nordic dragons, apart from other things, are all four-legged, two-winged, huge ancient dragon templates. Judging from Kratos's battles in the plot, although they should not be as strong as the stone-bodied ancient dragons, they are definitely not easy to deal with.

Originally in the main storyline, Kratos did kill a dragon while climbing the mountain, but the system required him not to seek help from outsiders and did not allow him to be lazy at all.

However, if we are just outsiders, it seems that we can rely on the help of our companions.

As for that phased task...it is indeed a phased task, because right now, Li You can't even reach the places where many Valkyries are.

Not to mention the places far away, there was originally a secret room near Somur's body. However, because the water level of the Lake of the Nine Realms has an impact on the surrounding areas, the entrance to the secret room is at a lower level and is now submerged in water.

So this can only be searched slowly. Li You plans to think about which secret rooms can be unlocked now.

As for Alfheim, there is no need to look too much, as there is only one secret room in this country.

So Li You immediately walked out from here and prepared to look for Mr. Kui and his son. After all, if they didn't charge the Rainbow Bridge Stone, none of them could leave this country.

Walking out of the secret room and looking at the lake of light divided into left and right, and the bridge of light connecting to the gate of the temple in the distance, Li You roughly knew the progress of Kratos and his son.

"It's about the same as I expected...it should be just in time."

Muttering to himself, Li You spread out the dragon wings transformed from his teardrops, rose into the sky, and flew towards the circular temple.

(End of this chapter)