Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 165: Pure Nation
Bai Shi clearly felt that the black knife assassin in his hand was shaking and breathing became rapid.

But when he looked at her, he was still glaring at Bai Shi fiercely.

Bai Shi didn't know what had touched her and made her show such fear.

But at least it's better than having no reaction and ignoring people as before.

If there is a response, you can try to communicate. As long as you open your mouth, everything will be fine.

Bai Shi finally gave her a chance, took the cloth out of her mouth, and asked:

"What's wrong with you? Is there anything you want to say?"

"If you want to talk, it's better to do it now. I won't have time on the road later."

But she still said nothing and didn't beg for mercy.

She said nothing, and the two of them just stared at each other.

Although her eyes were firm and unyielding, the fear that was difficult to conceal was equally obvious.

It's like being a female knight who just said "Gu, kill me," and the next second finds out that she is about to suffer the ultimate humiliation.

Although he was terrified inside, he had to use his eyes as firm as possible to hide his fear because of what he had just said.

Judging from the look in her eyes, she probably still has no intention of reconciling.

Bai Shi shrugged and stuffed the cloth back into her mouth.

Since you don’t speak, there’s nothing I can do.

If the prisoners of war put forward any opinions, as long as they are reasonable, the white people will accept them.

But if he didn't speak, there was nothing he could do, as he couldn't read minds.

Bai Shi had no choice but to continue pushing her into the big pot, letting her curl up and sit inside the pot.

The lid of this big pot had some damage on it, which just happened to not completely isolate the air circulation, so as to prevent people from suffocating inside.

So Bai Shi put the lid on with confidence.

As the lid of the big pot was closed, the inside of the pot became completely dark.

Bai Shi vaguely heard a slight "woooo" sound.

Ignoring her, Bai Shi used the holy seal to cover the outside of the big pot with a layer of holy law seal, and the packing was completed.

The coverage of the Holy Law makes this pot, which originally had nothing special, able to withstand a certain amount of damage.

This way, there's no need to worry about her breaking the pot with a headbutt or something like that.

Bai Shi wrapped the big pot with a rope several times so that it could be carried or backed with the rope.

Although the design was rather crude and inevitably caused Melina to laugh at it, it was fine as long as it was usable.

Come to think of it, it seemed that the black knife assassin started trembling only when he found out that she was about to be stuffed into the pot.

Does she have any opinion about the pot?

Bai Shi is a bit confused.

There is never any text in the game that mentions this.

An ordinary pot is just a container. It is impossible to have any opinion on the container.

So, is this because of the living pots?
Maybe it’s because the pot is filled with the bodies of the soldiers?
But the reputation of the living pots in the border area is still quite good.

As long as you have met them, you will know that the living pots are all very kind.

They only use the corpses of fallen warriors as their contents, and almost none of them actively hunt warriors everywhere to strengthen themselves.

Or does she think Bai Shi wants to kill her?

It's strange. The black knife assassin clearly didn't seem to be afraid of death at all.

Never mind. There's no point in imagining this.

Bai Shi silently kept the black knife assassin's strange reaction in mind, ready to wait for a chance to understand it.

Maybe you can find unexpected news and clues.

After all, there were many things in the previous life's game that could not be explained.

After Bai Shi packed up the Black Knife Assassin, he did not rush to leave the cemetery.

He also had to go into the cemetery and take away all the spoils that he had not taken previously.

First came the ashes of the Dead Root and the Twin Sage Magicians, then came Rose's axe.

Bai Shi also took another look around the hidden room where the black knife assassin had been hiding, and found a black knife covered with a blue mysterious substance.

This black knife is a broken knife and has no handle, but it can be used as a talisman.

Bai Shi remembered that the effect of this blue-dyed sword was to restore mana, but it seemed that he could not use it much now.

By the way, Bai Shi also discovered a road that had not been discovered before.

This path leads to the lower level of the cemetery by climbing a ladder.

There were a few crabs in there. After killing them, Bai Shi picked up a rune arc from a corpse.

Rune Curve is a good thing, Bai Shi really needs it.

In order to fill the bottom of Grek's big rune on his body, he had used up all the rune arcs in Stonewell's inventory.

Even though the Faders were asked to collect them later, they haven’t collected much yet.

The huge arc at the bottom of the Great Rune has not been filled yet, and you can continue to build the Rune arc upwards.

When the white consciousness is fully filled, it is estimated that all attributes can be increased by 10.

And Bai Shi also has a feeling:
As long as you can perfectly fill the arc at the bottom of the Great Rune, the Great Rune will unlock a new function.

Bai Shi is looking forward to it, what other special feature might appear?

After getting the good stuff, I first went into the blessed space and put all the spoils in.

During the blessing, Bai Shi took out the map, took a look at it, and determined the next route.

Now it's best to go to Kalia Castle to find Lani.

From a geographical point of view, the current location is quite close to the Kalia Castle, but there is no major road connecting it.

But it doesn’t matter, it’s normal for faded people to take the small path.

After planning the route, Bai Shi came out of the blessing and carried the big pot containing the black knife assassin on his back.

Although there are protruding stone tablets in the canyon outside the cemetery, it is still difficult to climb up.

Jumping down from above and jumping up from below are completely two different levels of difficulty.

What's more, the stone tablet here is broken in the middle, and there will be no way to go if you jump halfway.

It seems that we may have to go back the same way and leave the territory of the ancestors.

Forget it, let’s just go like this.
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A few days after Bai Shi left, D and Roger arrived at the gate of the Black Knife Cemetery together.

Roger was holding the map that Fia had given him.

Although it was just a simple map, there was a magic tower and a small golden tree drawn on it for unknown reasons.

But based on the continuous comparison with the terrain over the past few days, this should be the right place.

The two looked at the rock wall below the canyon, where there was the gate to a cemetery.

However, there is a spiritual headless temple knight guarding the door.

The Headless Temple Knight who had fallen under the attack of White Consciousness has stood up again under the help of the Black Feather of the Bird of Death.

For a creature that is already dead, how can it be easy for it to die again?
Unlike the Deadborn, they are slow to resurrect.

But as long as the black feathers remain intact, they will stand up again and again and carry out their mission forever.

They are waiting. Waiting for the resurrection of Lord Godwin, waiting for the coming of the era of the Lurkers.

And unlike the dead born ones, they do not need the support of those dead roots and the breath of death.

This is the power they gained through ancient rituals and self-curses, at the cost of their lives.

Although they are not deadborn, they are no different from them in D's eyes.

Any existence that is born out of death is an unacceptable violation of the Golden Law.

What's more, he is blocking the road now.

D and Roger looked at each other and rushed over together.

The two fought side by side for the first time in a long time, and their cooperation with each other was still quite skilled.

With the strength of the two of them, they easily took down the Headless Temple Knight.

D cleaned up all the feathers of the bird of death behind the headless knight.

Only after making sure that the Headless Horseman would not be resurrected again did D and Roger enter the cemetery together.

But after a while, both of them came out feeling a little lost.

This purpose has been thoroughly cleared out, and nothing is left.

Apart from a very small number of deadborns and a newborn dead root that was very tiny for some reason, there was nothing else in the cemetery.

They didn't care about what treasures were in the cemetery, but they didn't find the black knife mark.

Not only was it a wasted trip, but their exploration also became difficult again.

Roger looked at D's back and felt not so bad. He was even a little happy.

It was good that he didn't find the brand, at least he had no reason to deceive D.

Although I promised Fia to help her and the Deadborns...

I'd better find a solution myself.

The two of them stopped at the door, but did not rush to go their separate ways.

After a moment of silence, D spoke first:
"What are you going to do next?"

Roger touched his chin, a little confused.

"I probably still have to explore the truth of the Night of the Black Knife and the origin of 'Death'."

"It's just a pity that the clues are cut off here..."

"Alas, I originally thought that if I could find the mastermind behind this through the Black Knife Mark, then maybe I could find the Death Curse Mark."

"As long as we can find the Death Curse, all problems will be solved."

D looked his former best friend up and down.

Just now, Roger showed no mercy when dealing with the Dead Borns, which changed his mind a lot.

After a while, D slowly spoke:
"I got the news that someone found the mark of the Centipede Wound Ring in a certain village."

"I've already come to help you once, so you have to come and search with me."

"Deciphering the information on the brand requires your ability and knowledge."

"I can allow you to satisfy your desire for exploration and curiosity, provided that you promise me not to continue to be deceived by that woman named Feiya."

"If you do find anything, you must decrypt it under my supervision, and the brand or curse mark must also be kept by me."

D paused for a moment and advised Roger:

"Deadborns do not deserve sympathy. This is not only my advice as an enforcer of the Golden Rule, but also my advice as a friend."

"Even if you ridiculously mistake them for real life, they won't thank you."

"They will only attack you madly with hatred for the living, trying to kill you and turn you into one of their own."

"Don't have unnecessary emotions towards such an existence."

Roger was also very surprised to see that D was willing to invite him to explore together.

Similar to the Black Knife's Brand, the Centipede Wound Ring's Brand is also an item closely related to the Curse Mark.

Through the Centipede Wound Ring, they also have the opportunity to find the curse mark caused by the death of the demigod.

D, Roger, and everyone else didn't know that there were actually two stigmata.

They all thought that the black knife mark and the centipede ring were curse marks left by Godwin.

Roger knew that the death curse was not on Godwin's dead body.

Because D's brother had met the dead prince before, and there he did not find any marks of the death curse on the dead prince's body.

That's why they have to run around the border area in search of traces of death.

In other words, this is the only way they know of now to find the curse mark.

Roger was still a little hesitant.

His fundamental goal is the same as D's, which is to find the truth about the Night of the Black Knife and the truth about 'death'.

But once found, D will use it to study how to eradicate the Deadborn, and he will try to help the Deadborn.

Although Roger knew what D said, it was true that the Dead Born would not thank him.

But even though he knew this, he still wanted to help the Dead Borns.

Roger still couldn't abandon his promise to Fia, nor could he change his opinion of the Dead Borns.

Although they can still rely on their goals and interests to get along with each other, once the time comes to make a real choice, the two will definitely be in opposition to each other...

Roger didn't want to betray D, nor did he want to hurt D himself.

Roger swallowed.

But no matter how you look at it, this seems to be the only way for him to find the curse mark.

Let's take a step by step.

"If there is a chance to find out the truth, it would be great."

"Don't worry, if we find the curse mark in the end, it will be yours. I just want to know the truth."
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Bai Shi returned along the same route, passed by the Rune Bear that he had previously photographed as a gummy bear, and re-entered the ruins of the Ud Dynasty.

When the ancestral spirits saw Bai Shi coming back, they all stood up nervously.

As usual, the male stood in front of the female and the cub, watching the uninvited guy warily.

And this time, it looks like this guy is going to do more than just pass by the edge.

It looks like this guy wants to run directly into the area where his race lives.

Although they are not that averse to outsiders.

But Bai Shi doesn't look like someone who is easy to mess with, especially with that huge weapon on his back.

Besides, no matter how kind and innocent a race is, they would get angry if someone came directly into their home.

A burly ancestral spirit with a huge horn-shaped decoration on his head and bone decorations on his body stood up. He looked like the patriarch.

He spoke to the oracle in a somewhat unclear, yet inexplicably innocent accent:

"Outsider, what are you doing here?"

"If you don't have a good reason, we will expel you and won't let you enter our tribe."

Several ancestral spirits holding bows and arrows aimed their arrows at Bai Shi, and would shoot if there was any abnormal situation.

　There is only one update today, because I have to write about the story of Lani soon. I have been reading the text for a whole day, but it is still difficult to say what the relationship between Lani and Black Sabre is. The main reason is that after the DLC came out, the previous speculation that Marika participated in the Night of Black Sabre is a bit unreasonable. I can't make any more guesses based on this speculation. I can only use the text to infer the character logic. At present, I think Black Sabre should have internal factions, and not all of them listen to Marika. After all, we can't say that they all listen to Marika just because Black Sabre is a member of Marika's clan. If you want to say, Radagon is a half-body, which is also a rare person. The royal family of Kalia is also a descendant of the Eternal (the emblem is directly inherited from the Eternal City). There are many rare people, and the demigods are all of rare blood (after all, they are the children of Marika or Radagon). I will study the DLC text carefully.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)