Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 106 Great Rune (Two in One)

Lani was not the first person to learn the news.

Bai Shi's name spread throughout the border area along with the renewed storm.

After that day, all the forces in the border area began to pay attention to him and his Stonewell.

Various forces took action, either overtly or covertly.

Monget's Night Riders dispersed, each hunting the Faded Ones in their respective areas, trying their best to prevent the Faded Ones from gathering.

The Magic Academy set up a special post to observe Stonewell, and hot air balloons carrying puppet soldiers took off in the lake area.

The remnants of the Volcano sent out more recruiters, hoping to recruit people among the Faded and revive.

The assassins of the Blood Dynasty are ready to go, waiting to gradually devour the White Dynasty.

Only Gaileed, an old warrior wearing strange armor, laughed out loud after hearing the news.

"Yes, yes, you are a really strong warrior."

"Guys like 'Limb-Attacher' Greg should have been killed long ago. His existence is simply a blasphemy to the demigods."

"Such a powerful warrior is really fascinating."

“I hope to see him at future battle celebrations.”

"If he were here, General Latan would have been able to be released with honor."
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After returning from the Round Table Hall, Bai Shi immediately set out for the Divine Tower.

He really couldn't wait any longer. He was very curious about what secrets the Great Rune of this world was hiding.

There is also the Rune Bending Arc, and I wonder what its relationship with the Great Rune is now.

In the outer fortress of Stonewell.

Bai Shi walked towards the road leading to the Divine Tower under the protection of the Crucible Knights.

The guarding lion was lying at the door to rest. When he saw everyone, he yawned and did not move.

Bai Shi walked forward and touched the severed horn on the lion's head, confirming that it was also the hard horn that symbolized the melting pot.

Entering the hall connecting Stonewell and the Tower of Divine Bestowal, several Storm Knights in armor were displayed in a kneeling position, with halberds held at an angle to welcome their arriving masters.

These armors, like the Storm Knight armors that Bai Shi obtained in Moren City, were left behind by Storm Knights who had lost their heritage.

Only four sets of armor are stored here, and the rest are stored in the armory.

Passing through the hall, you will see a long staircase and a magnificent huge square arch.

This huge gate is somewhat similar to the Arc de Triomphe in the previous life, but it is more majestic and magnificent.

Especially since it is built on a long flight of steps, people can only look up.

On both sides of the gate, there was a tall tower extending outward, with a blazing flame on the top.

The carvings of the golden tree and the sage on the door are covered with moss and vines, revealing their antiquity and vicissitudes.

After walking up the long stairs and passing through the archway, three golems lay on the bridge leading to the Tower of Divine Bestowal, sleeping quietly.

The golems on the Divine Tower Bridge have already changed their recognition and will no longer attack white consciousness.

The three golems here are actually not just guarding the Divine Tower.

This bridge is also where they are stored, and the golems can be mobilized when needed.

The golem is extremely powerful, and apart from being a little bulky, it is a very strong weapon.

However, due to their huge bodies, they are completely unable to use their power inside the city and will only cause side effects, so their strength can only be exerted when used to resist attacks.

This time, Bai Shi and his companions entered the city too quickly and there was no time to mobilize the three golems, but they were thus preserved. Now they all benefit Bai Shi.

The road to the Divine Tower is long. Bai Shi walked towards the Divine Tower while listening to Andre's report.

Andre is the Forge Knight who came to Stonewell with Red.

Although he also had objections to the replacement limbs, he still had hope for Greg.

Therefore, he did not have as strong opposition as Red did, but just patrolled the outermost edge of Stonewell City, trying not to see it.

As a Forge Knight who came to Stonewell from the Royal City, he was also a member of the group that escorted Godwin's body. Naturally, he knew that the body that Greg finally connected to was Godwin's.

From then on, he was completely disappointed with Greg and stood on Bai Shi's side.

"There are 32 Storm Knights in the city right now."

"There are four to five hundred storm troopers, and most of them have lost their minds."

"As for Greg's troops, there are only four knights left, and less than a hundred soldiers."

Bai Shi couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

There are very few soldiers now, and it is difficult to maintain order even in Stonewell City.

And how many faded people will come to Stonewell or Morn City in the future? Maybe thousands.

This is definitely not possible.

Stonewell and Moren City, as gathering places for the Faded and other races, must be guarded by a large number of people.

In the early stages, various conflicts and incidents will certainly occur frequently, and order will be quite fragile.

If there aren't enough people to maintain it and chaos often occurs, then people won't believe that this is the ideal city as advertised.

Even with Bai Shi's strength as a backup, the plan may not be implemented as expected.

"What about training soldiers?"

Andre thought back to the situation in the city and shook his head.

“The situation is not very optimistic.”

"Many of the city's residents have lost their minds, so they don't have to worry about that."

"As for the relatively normal residents, there are very few people of the right age. Counting the people in the outside territories, we should be able to barely form an army of about 500 people."

"But a short period of training cannot guarantee their combat effectiveness. I doubt whether they can shoulder this responsibility."

"Lancelet also said that he would look for candidates to learn magic and form a team of magicians, but I'm afraid it will take longer."

Bai Shi touched his chin. The current situation was indeed not very optimistic.

The number of Faded Ones must be huge, and training soldiers is a long process.

"Yeah, it's okay, let's train first."

"This matter cannot be rushed. Rather than quick success, I hope they have enough fighting power."

"I hope they can help me on the battlefield in the future, instead of just being guards in the city."

"As for the management of the city..."

“The initial work does not require a lot of people, and we can first divide an area in the city as a trial.”

"If there are too many people coming, we can recruit some from the Faded Ones and let them manage it."

"We teach them combat skills and magic in return."

"If there is a chance to learn combat skills and magic, I believe many people will come. The Faded are descendants of warriors after all."

As they talked, they soon reached the end of the bridge.

The bridge broke in the middle and there was no road ahead.

"The bridge here was broken a long time ago, and repairing it would be a huge and complicated project, so we built a portal directly connecting the two ends of the broken bridge."

This time it was Red who spoke.

The bridge broke a long time ago, long before Greg came to Nimgfu.

It was he who flew to the other side and left the teleportation mark.

Bai Shi looked at the stone portal in front of him that was emitting magical light, and he became interested. This was the first portal he had seen since he came here.

Bai Shi was eager to try it out and wanted to experience the feeling of using the portal.

"How to do?"

"Just put your hand on it and input magic power."

Bai Shi did as he was told, and soon, with a flash of light, the space around him was enveloped by a force.

The next second, the scene in front of Bai Shi had changed.

Looking back, Red and the others were still there.

Bai Shi recalled the feeling of teleportation just now, and it seemed familiar.

Since the increase in intelligence, Bai Shi's sensitivity to magic has become much sharper.

It felt like... a blessing.

Yes, although there is a big difference, it should be correct.

The principle of the portal should be more or less borrowed from the blessing transmission.

Red and Andre didn't use the portal, they just spread their wings and flew over.

Bai Shi couldn't help but feel a little envious. Having wings would be a lot more convenient, and being handsome was the most important thing.

Unfortunately, Bai Shi had already asked Red and Andre before, and without the Furnace Aspects, he couldn't use these prayers.

They are all blessed with the Hundred Aspects of the Furnace, and can release the power in their bodies when they pray.

Bai Shi pushed open the heavy door of the Divine Tower.

The Divine Tower was beautifully built, carved from complete boulders without any trace of splicing or construction.

Both the inside and outside of the Divine Tower are carved with exquisite patterns.

Such a huge, perfect and exquisite building really seems to be a gift from God.

It is unknown who built the Divine Tower.

But at least this is definitely not a building that can be built by humans.

There were rays of light coming through the small windows surrounding the Tower of Divine Assignment, but the interior of the Tower of Divine Assignment was not illuminated by these rays of light.

The brazier emitting warm orange light illuminates the interior of the Divine Tower, and the stone walls that make up the Divine Tower even emit tiny dots of light on their own.

Bai Shi walked to the disc in the middle of the Divine Tower. As he stepped on the tiles that controlled the rise and fall, the entire platform slowly rose.

Bai Shi poked his head out from the platform, but found no mechanism lifting the disc from under it, nor any trace of magic power.

In other words, this platform was raised by a completely unknown mysterious force.

Bai Shi's face became solemn. This was a completely unknown power. This was not good news.

Does this mean that the power of the Supreme Will is still affecting the border area?
However, Bai Shi didn't have time to think deeply, as the platform had already sent them to the top floor of the Divine Tower.

"No matter what, let's activate the Great Rune first."

Following the steps on the outer wall of the Divine Tower, Bai Shi arrived at the top of the Divine Tower.

On the open-air tower top, a dead pair of fingers was in the very center of the venue.

The shadow of a Great Rune that was exactly the same as Greg's Great Rune floated between the two fingers.

Bai Shi walked forward and reached out to touch the shadow of the Great Rune.

The phantom immediately shattered, turning into spots of light that gathered into Bai Shi's body, merging into one with the Great Rune in his mind.

As the Great Rune in his mind solidified, Bai Shi's consciousness finally established a connection with it.

Feeling the information conveyed by the Great Rune in his mind, Bai Shi widened his eyes.

He had thought that the Great Rune was different from the game in his previous life, but he didn't expect the difference to be so great.

First of all, the ability to enhance physical attributes is only the basic function of the Great Rune itself.

As Bai Shi officially activated the Great Rune, he could already feel his body getting stronger again.

He could even control his body size to become bigger if he wanted.

The real power of this Great Rune does not stop there.

It allows Baizhi to use various powers without any 'rejection'.

For example, the silk and furnace series in prayer, without the corresponding organs and bloodlines, the power cannot be activated at all.

If someone else wants to release the silk, he or she must integrate the organ that releases the silk into himself or herself.

Just like Dragon Feast, you have to make it a part of yourself before you can use it.

And this big rune serves as a cornerstone, allowing Bai Shi's body to use these powers without rejection.

There is no need to perform the Dragon Feast. All you need to do is to fully analyze and embrace the power contained in the Dragon's Heart through the power of the Great Rune.

The same goes for other powers. The Great Rune, as the cornerstone, is enough to carry and contain their power.

No wonder, no wonder Greg can use other people's prayers and magic after his limbs were reattached.

In a sense, the function of this large rune is very suitable for limb replacement.

However, if the limb is not reattached, it seems that using only this big rune would make the body stronger and more flexible.

Compared with the function of this Great Rune, limb replacement is simply incomparable except for a slight improvement in the physical condition.

Perhaps Greg was too weak and couldn't even fully unleash the power of the Great Rune.

By the way, Big Rune also conveyed the function of Rune Bending Arc to Bai Shi.

Bai Shi took out a piece of Rune Curve and crushed it.

A tiny arc appeared at the bottom of the Great Rune in my mind.

With the addition of the bending arc, the Great Rune's physical strength is further improved.

Bai Shi was pleasantly surprised to find out that the enhancement of Big Rune was not fixed but could be improved.

The rune arcs in his hand were crushed one by one, and the arc at the bottom of the big rune became more and more complete.

The power brought by the Great Rune also continued to increase.

By the time Bai Shi crushed all 13 rune arcs and merged them into the Big Rune, the increase in power became enormous.

The initial improvement was 2 points for all attributes. After incorporating so many rune arcs, it became a 6-point improvement for all attributes.

Looking at the arc that had solidified for the most part at the bottom of the Great Rune, Bai Shi felt a little regretful.

It seems that once this arc is filled, it will be the limit of the power increase brought by the Great Rune.

By the way, Bai Shi also thought about the role of Rune Arc.

Rune curve, that is the fragments of the broken Elden Ring.

In the past, the lower half of the Elden Ring had a curved arc at the bottom, which symbolized the vessel that carried the Ring's grace.

The Rune Curve is exactly that fragment.

The current Rune Arc, after being crushed and used, is placed under the Great Rune, which should imitate the arc of the Elden Ring.

The more arcs there are, the more grace it carries, and the greater the power that the Great Rune can exert.

And Bai Shi had a premonition.

When the arc fills the Great Rune, it seems that the Great Rune will reveal something else.

　After thinking about the function setting of the Great Rune, I am still a little dissatisfied. As for the use of other powers, just like the previous epilepsy fire, only epilepsy fire patients can use it. The other powers are similar. After all, this is the real world. It always feels weird to be able to use the physical strength of other races casually. It is more reasonable to swallow the power like Dragon Feast and integrate it into one. (Those that have nothing to do with the body structure, such as Dragon Thunder, can be learned directly)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)