Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 177 The Mutation of the Four Bell Towers
Bai Shi had already left underground and crawled out of the tent when he heard the noise.

After letting Slud leave the two Cuckoo Knights outside the tent, the two of them easily left the Cuckoo camp by turning invisible.

It seemed that the Cuckoo Knights had never fought against invisible enemies before, so they were not equipped with any anti-stealth measures.

After all, the Royal City of Rodel only popularized the sentinel torches after learning a painful lesson on the night of the Black Knife Conspiracy.

Of course, the cuckoos may also have anti-stealth reconnaissance methods.

However, due to the long-term lax state, it is estimated that even if it is available, it will not be used.

This time, Bai Shi will definitely help the cuckoos regain the good habit of using anti-stealth.

Bai Shi took Slude away from the Cuckoo Knights' camp.

On the way, he also saw several rhododendrons with unique shapes.

Bai Shi was not surprised that there were strong ones among the cuckoos.

But these rhododendrons are indeed quite distinctive.

If he wasn't in Dujuan's camp, he might be able to become an NPC with these pieces of equipment.

Without paying much attention to these cuckoo leaders, Bai Shi stopped in the woods behind the cuckoo camp.

I didn't see many cuckoos in the northern half of the east coast before, but I saw a small group fighting with the spiritual Kalia goblin knights.

But it's completely different here on the West Coast.

Looking south from Bai Shi's current position, he could still see tiny dots of fire.

Obviously, the areas in the rear were also occupied by the cuckoos, who set up camp there.

Bai Shi and Slude are still in the cuckoos' territory.

The cuckoos' camp was quite large, occupying almost the entire west coast of Lienia.

I just don't know how many troops there are.

It seems that Du Juan is quite good at preserving his strength.

Not only has it been passed down from ancient times, even the fragmented wars that tore the border areas apart had little impact on them, and they still retained a fairly large army.

But Bai Shi was also very curious about where so many military cuckoos came from.

As for these armies, they did not appear out of thin air.

What Bai Shi didn't know was that the cuckoos looted more than just property and resources.

The human population is also within the plundering range of the cuckoos.

After the cuckoos occupied the conquered territories, they centralized and ruled the civilians.

There, civilians had to do all kinds of hard labor like slaves, and they were also needed for production.

In fact, they are almost the same as slaves, and even the cuckoo soldiers can bully them at will.

But the cuckoos also left them room for improvement.

As long as you show your worth, you can join Dujuan and exercise the power to abuse your former companions.

Although simple, it is effective.

After joining Dujuan, those people treated their former companions more harshly.

The slaves below were also more willing to demonstrate their own value in exchange for a status higher than their peers.

It was obvious that the cuckoos were the culprits who caused them to fall into this state.

However, under such rule, they gradually identified with Dujuan and joined Dujuan.

In the end, she willingly became an inseparable part of Dujuan.

The cuckoos' strategy of taking the initiative always works, and it is their time-tested way of survival.
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Now it was clear that they were in the jungle behind the camp.

Now is the time to count the harvest.

Bai Shi began to take out items one by one from the space disc.

There are three stone boxes here, some big and some small.

Bai Shi opened the largest one first, which was a weapon.

A one-handed axe.

The axe blade is inlaid with large pieces of green pyroxene, and there are traces of the spread and growth of pyroxene crystals on the axe handle and axe face.

A line of words appeared in front of Bai Shi's eyes, telling him its name: Pyroxene Cutter.

Bai Shi lifted it up and looked at it for a while, and found that this was another weapon he had never understood before.

This weapon comes with a special combat skill that can release a constantly fluctuating magic blade on the axe blade.

It looks a bit like the vibrating cutting knife that appears in various science fiction works.

It looks somewhat similar to broken rock, and probably is just like its name suggests, a tool specifically for cutting pyroxene.

As a weapon, even if it is somewhat powerful, it is most likely just a toy.

The second box contained a dagger of excellent workmanship.

It comes with a combat skill called assassination.

For Bai Shi, it does have some effect.

At least you can use it with the "turn invisible" to eliminate the footsteps.

As for the third box, there was an unknown decoration inside.

The most noteworthy thing is that there is a dull black gem in the center.

Bai Shi looked at it for a while and felt that this black gem was a bit like Nox Stella's Black Moon.

Of course, Knoxtella's Black Moon doesn't look like this.

The text prompt that Bai Shi saw was: The Sealing Key to the Eternal City.

To be honest, there is not much useful information from the name.

I know neither which eternal city it is, nor where the key lies.

But at least we know that this is a product of the Eternal City and that it is a key.

But, this thing is actually called a key...

Bai Shi thought that if he didn't have a hack that could display the name of an item, he would never have thought of it as a key.

It would be difficult for a normal person to associate this thing with a key.

If you find out what this key is, you might put it away separately.

Bai Shi looked at the shape of the key and felt that it actually looked more like a talisman.

And the black gem in the middle that imitates the black moon really looks like the Moon of Nox Stella.

The Black Moon and the memory stones forged from the Black Moon fragments are both powerful. This key is so similar to the Black Moon, it feels like it should not be an ordinary thing.

Thinking of this, Bai Shi put it into the amulet leather bag and tried it.

When the key was put into the amulet leather bag, it actually began to merge with the amulet leather bag.

In other words, although this thing is a mysterious key under a certain eternal city, it also possesses additional power because of the extraordinary nature of the black gem.

But it seems that the abilities that Bai Shi currently possesses are not able to resonate with it.

I just feel that my thoughts about magic have become a little clearer.

Although the bonus is very weak, for magicians, it is definitely a precious item.

However, Bai Shi felt that this effect was too weak for such a precious key and amulet.

Maybe it's because the magic it adds is a certain kind of magic that Bai Shi doesn't know yet.

In short, these three things are things that normal people can see are somewhat useful, but they have no idea where they are useful. However, this is in line with their placement.

Bai Shi put them away again.

I plan to store them in Stonewell's collection for continued preservation.

Although I have some ideas, except for the dagger that can be used for assassination, none of them can be used for the time being.

The two of them set out again, and soon Bai Shi discovered one of the goals of this trip, which was the location of the jellyfish shield.

There was a destroyed truck on the road with several human corpses next to it.

Judging from the purple skin of the corpses on the ground, they must have been poisoned by jellyfish.

However, the jellyfish that killed them was nowhere to be seen, and it seemed that it had left after taking revenge.

There were a few Dujuan soldiers around, I wonder if they were investigating the cause of the accident...

Okay, I'm stuffing my pockets.

Bai Shi walked over to the truck and took a look.

The truck was damaged and its cargo was scattered on the ground.

They were all very ordinary goods, and a lot of them were picked up by the cuckoos.

The jellyfish shields that were supposed to be inside had disappeared, and there was no place on the bodies of these cuckoo soldiers to hide the jellyfish shields.

Bai Shi thought about it and guessed that the group of jellyfish probably took away the jellyfish shield made by the jellyfish head after avenging their companions, and then buried it somewhere.

Jellyfish are creatures transformed from human souls and have very high IQs.

Not only do they have their own consciousness and thinking, but when their companions are attacked, all other jellyfish around them will also join in the hostility to protect their companions.

The specific manifestation is that when a jellyfish is attacked, it and its surrounding companions will turn red and become red jellyfish.

If a weak race still wants to protect itself and its companions in this world, then the only way is to connect anger with each other. Only the common anger can preserve the race.

The combat skill Resonating Rage on the Jellyfish Shield also shares this ability.

There is no doubt that anger can bring power to people.

Since the Jellyfish Shield is gone, forget it. It's just one less way to buff.

And it seems that in the real world, using a jellyfish head as a shield is indeed a bit strange.

Bai Shi looked up at the vague outline of the building complex on the hillside.

Although it was night, the buildings on the top of the mountain were still conspicuous enough.

Bai Shi and Slude walked up the hillside.

Bai Shi remembered that there was the spiritual Kalia Goblin Knight here, so he used the transformation into invisible again.

On the way, Bai Shi saw three headless goblin knights. It was obvious that the headless spirits, which did not rely on their eyes to find their enemies, would not be affected by the method of turning invisible.

However, due to the huge difference in agility, Bai Shi and his companions easily left behind these spiritual mountain monsters.

In this way, the two arrived at the four-bell tower blessing point on the top of the mountain.

After lighting up the blessing, Bai Shi turned back to observe the architecture of the four bell towers.
The treasure chest containing the magic stone sword key had long disappeared. It seemed that Bai Shi had indeed taken it away just now.

There are indeed four bell towers in ancient architectural style on the Four Bell Towers, and they are scattered on the mountain.

The four bell towers have exactly the same shape, with three large bells hung in a triangular shape on the top. On the wall of the bell tower below is carved the image of an old man holding a stone slab, supported by golden tree branches and leaves.

Bai Shi felt that the old man looked very familiar.

I always feel that he looks somewhat similar to the stone statue of the sage from the Udd Dynasty, but the facial carvings have become blurred over the years, so I'm not sure if they are the same person.

After all, one is a carving on the wall and the other is a three-dimensional statue. Once the former is blurred, it is simply unbearable to look at.

This ancient building of the Four Bell Towers even connects the underground Eternal City and the isolated Sky City through a portal. So according to the time, it is really possible that they are the model of the same person.

Bai Shi looked up at the dark night sky.

Here the stars are twinkling, and with the huge moon hanging high in the sky, you can clearly see the starry sky above all the border areas.

For what purpose were these ancient four bell towers built?
Later, when exploring the Four Bell Towers, Bai Shi was surprised to find that the Four Bell Towers were different from those in the game.

In the game, there are only three bell towers with portals under them. There is no portal under the top bell tower, but only a treasure chest containing the magic stone sword key.

And now, there are indeed four portals here, which is in line with the name of the Four Bell Towers.

Among them, there is a little devil statue next to a portal that has been inserted with a magic stone sword key, allowing the portal to be used normally.

It seems that the magic stone sword key that was once stored here was obtained by the cuckoos and then used.

Before the cuckoos used it, they certainly didn't know where to teleport to like Bai Shi. They probably just randomly chose a portal to open.

Since this place is different from the game and has four portals, there is naturally one more place besides Houwang Cliff, the eternal night sky, and the ruined earth.

This place is completely mysterious and unknown.

And because there is an extra portal, Bai Shi is now unable to confirm whether their corresponding portals are still the same as in the game.

Bai Shi thought about it and decided that if that was the case, he couldn't waste the magic stone sword key as he had thought before.

He had already obtained a magic stone sword key in the town of Selia, and originally thought that he would have another one here. Moreover, the Chapel of the King was his own backyard, and there were only two portals that needed to be opened, which was enough to open them all.

However, the current situation is that he only has one magic stone sword key, but there are three portals waiting for him to open.

This time the pressure is greater.

The portal opened by the cuckoos can first be ruled out as the Chapel of the King.

If they had entered the Chapel of the Kings before Bai Shi arrived, it would be impossible that there were no signs left in the Chapel of the Kings.

And if an army or something entered after Bai Shi had taken over Stonewell, there was no way Bai Shi would not know about it.

So the portal opened by the Cuckoo Knights must be somewhere else.

Bai Shi thought about it and decided to trigger the portal to teleport to see where the portal led to.

When Bai Shi opened his eyes again, he came to a place filled with various pyroxene crystals.

Bai Shi looked at this strange place, not knowing where it was.

There is no external light here, and the light is entirely from pyroxene crystals. It must be a cave, and the size of this cave is not small.

There are indeed such places in the game, such as certain caves in Lienia and Master Luther's sealed cave.

But it was obvious that this was not any place that Bai Shi knew.

At least Bai Shi can't remember any crystal cave where the corpses of cuckoos are strung on pyroxene crystals.

Bai Shi looked around and found that there was no blessing here, but there was a portal behind.

Without rushing to explore, Bai Shi touched the portal.

So Bai Shi returned to the Fourth Bell Tower.

After coming out, Bai Shi stood there in a daze.

Bai Shi remembered that the transmission to the Four Bell Tower was a one-way ticket.

But there is both a portal going out and a portal going back.

This is the point that Bai Shi can't believe the most.

Because there is no portal on top of the Chapel of the Kings.

In other words, the portal that was originally thought to be the portal leading to the Chapel of the Kings may not actually be the portal leading to the Chapel of the Kings.

That could be another portal to somewhere unknown.

Bai Shi held up his forehead in distress.

　I'm dying. I've been typing away until three in the morning, and now I have to get up at seven to attend a wedding, but there's nothing to do yet. I've been waiting for two hours before dinner is served_(□`」∠)_I haven't gotten much sleep in the afternoon, so I hope tonight's activities will end early.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)