Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 186 Freya the Red Lion
The 'old man' sat cross-legged on the ground in the square.

The mountain of corpses and sea of blood was put into the sheath and placed across his legs, while the other wakizashi was still tucked into his waist.

However, the murderous aura in the sea of blood and corpses cannot be concealed by the scabbard.

What’s more, there was a sea of blood and corpses just now.

The 'old man' himself closed his eyes and rested, not moving a muscle.

In front of him were his incompetent disciples, two of the Inaba group.

The two Inaba people knelt on the ground, leaning forward slightly.

Each of them held the scabbard with their left hand, with their thumb on the blade, and their right hand tightly grasped the handle.

From Bai Shi's perspective, he could see that their swords were already somewhat unsheathed, flashing a cold light in the light.

However, they had no way to continue their actions.

Because they had died as they wished under the mountain of corpses and sea of blood of their master.

There was a deep bloodstain on the neck of each of them, and blood kept gushing out from it, dyeing the armor on their bodies bright red.

The art of sword drawing is a sneak attack technique.

They specifically attack when they are sitting opposite each other, and this moment is the fastest and most difficult to react to.

However, when the two Inaba clan members suddenly attacked, they were easily killed by the "old man" before they could even fully unsheathe their swords.

Until death, they still maintained the posture at the moment of exerting force.

Bai Shi took a deep look at the 'old man'.

Although in terms of numbers now, the 'old man' is definitely not his opponent.

But in terms of skills, the 'old man' has indeed reached the pinnacle in knife skills.

The undisguised murderous aura that emanated from him also proved how much he had killed.

Jie Lian pushed through the crowd and came to the 'old man'.

After a casual glance, Jie Lian knocked the ground with the big sword in his hand, whose blade was like a wave of flame.

"Do you know them both?"

The old man then opened his eyes.

He first stared at the big sword in Jielian's hand, then moved his eyes upwards and looked at Jielian.

After recognizing the identity of the visitor, an old and cold voice came from under the wooden mask.

"Well, they were both my former disciples."

"After being abandoned by me, he actually followed me all the way here."

"What a pity. He is ultimately just an incompetent disciple. How disappointing..."

"I didn't intend to cause a commotion here. I'm very sorry."

Jie Lian didn't expect that the guy who killed people on the spot in the square would be so polite.

"Is that so? I don't care about your grudges."

"But don't involve irrelevant people."

"Otherwise, I will expel you from the Red Lion City."

After saying that, Jie Lian put away the flame-shaped sword and prepared to leave.

The sole purpose of recruiting heroes from all over the world to participate in the battle festival is to bring an honorable death to General Ratan.

As for whether there are any grudges between the people who come to participate in the festival, that is not within their consideration.

Jeremiah would not say that they should keep their grudges to themselves just because they were going to participate in the battle festival.

If you have any grudges, solve them yourself.

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

As long as they don't hurt the Red Lion's soldiers or cause a commotion like they are doing now, it's okay even if there's a fight.

If you have the strength and use normal means instead of using tricks or props to insult the general, then there is no need to care at all.

The premise is that they really have the ability to do so.

The 'old man' suddenly stood up from the ground and called out to Jie Lian who was about to leave.

"Are you Lord Jielian?"

Jie Lian looked back at the 'old man', not knowing what he meant.

"Yes, it's me."

The 'old man' put the mountain of corpses and sea of blood back to his waist, then put his hands beside him and bowed respectfully to Jie Lian.

Then the 'old man' stood up and looked at Jie Lian with a fierce look.

"I have heard of your great name for a long time. I heard that you are a powerful warrior..."

"So, if we all survive the battle festival, can you spar with me?"

Although the 'old man's' attitude was very respectful, the people around him could clearly feel the strong murderous aura rising from him.

Some weaker onlookers were affected by the evil spirit and even had hallucinations:
The shadow of the four-armed Shura stood in a sea of corpses and blood, hungrily choosing the next target for slaughter.

After making eye contact with that Shura, many people's legs began to tremble, frightened by the illusion.

Jie Lian stood directly opposite the 'old man', still calm and composed.

He is knowledgeable and has been fighting alongside Latan, so he has seen many demigods.

The evil spirit can't affect him.

Although this guy doesn't look weak, Jie Lian is not afraid.

"After the battle festival, there are other things to do..."

'But we can't refuse to fight and ruin the reputation of the Red Lion.'

After a moment's thought, Jie Lian accepted the challenge from the 'old man'.

"Okay, wait until the battle festival is over."

"If you weren't dead, I would fight you."

After receiving a satisfactory answer, the 'old man' bowed deeply again.

"Then I'll wait and see."

The atmosphere was no longer tense, and the weaker warriors around them finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Bai Shi glanced at the 'old man' twice more.

He was thinking whether he should keep the 'old man' here forever after the battle festival was over.

The 'old man' is not only a great swordsman, but also a Shura.

As a great swordsman, he honed his mind to the extreme, discarded all useless things, and kept only the sword and himself.

However, the path that he realized as a great swordsman, which was unique to him, was the Shura path of killing.

After joining Monger's Blood Dynasty, he became extremely pure - pure bloodthirstiness.

If it wasn't for the battle festival, where so many powerful people gathered, the 'old man' would probably have already started killing.

The people of the Blood Dynasty are a bunch of murderous maniacs, and the 'old man' is an excellent employee.

Whenever Bai Shi meets one, he will almost certainly kill him.

However, since Jie Lian and the 'old man' have already agreed to fight, Bai Shi still has the patience to wait for the battle to end.
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As the incident came to an end, Red Lion soldiers began to come out and clean up the bodies.

Even though this incident was over, the square returned to its previous appearance.

Except for the old man who was sitting cross-legged, a circle of open space was intentionally left.

They didn't dare to provoke the 'old man', for fear of becoming the next soul to be killed by the knife.

Many people get together to make new friends or reunite with old friends.

Without exception, everyone is looking forward to the upcoming battle festival.

The Knight of the Red Lion stood on the stage and introduced the rules again to the newcomers to the square.

The ring can be regarded as a warm-up before the battle festival, and everyone can go to the ring to fight.

This arena is set up for sparring, not a life-and-death arena.

If you want to fight a life-and-death duel, both parties must sign a life-and-death agreement in advance.

If the life and death situation in the ring was not discussed in advance, the fatal move would be made suddenly.

Then the Furnace Knights and Hybrid Warriors nearby will take action to eliminate those who do not follow the rules.

Bai Shi had no intention of competing with these people, as they were too weak. However, Alexander and Blaze seemed to want to go up and have some fun.

So the two of them stayed, and Bai Shi went to find Jie Lian alone.

When the Crucible Knight of Red Lion City saw Bai Shi coming back, he took him all the way to Jie Lian's room on the second floor of the square.

When some people who didn’t know Bai Shi saw this, they were very curious about who Bai Shi was.
Lord Jie Lian would not meet anyone unless there were special circumstances.

Why can this person let the Crucible Knight lead the way personally?

Even though Bai Shi's reputation is well known in Nimgfu, it is still not well known in other places.

At this time, the Faded Ones who came out of Stonewell proudly introduced Baishi's feat to them.

So the story spread from mouth to mouth, from one person to ten, from ten to a hundred.

Everyone in the square knew that the Storm King of Stonewell had also come to participate in the battle ceremony.

Without Bai Shi knowing, he gained another wave of fame.
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When he arrived at the second floor of the square, Jerry did not stay in the church as usual, but sat next to the open-air altar.

Next to him, the huge Iggy was sitting on the ground.

His huge body made it impossible for him to enter the church, so Jerry had to sit out and accompany him.

After bringing Bai Shi to the place, the Furnace Knight left on his own and went back downstairs.

"Oh? It's Master Baishi. I haven't seen you for a while."

Iggy was the first to see Bai Shi and took the initiative to greet him.

Bai Shi smiled and nodded.

"Long time no see, Master Iggy."

"The equipment you made is really excellent. I like it very much."

Even an elder like Iggy would feel happy to see his craftsmanship being praised.

"As long as you like it. By the way, there is still some time before the battle festival. Do you want me to help you fix it?"

"Looking at the appearance of this armor, it must have seen a lot of battles."

Indeed, this set of equipment had been damaged several times before.

Although it had been repaired by Stonewell's blacksmith before, his craftsmanship was definitely not as good as Iggy's.

"In that case, please."

"Oh, and my weapon, I hope you can help me strengthen it."

The dragon hunting sword and spear also need to be strengthened, don't forget.

Iggy agreed.

"Okay, leave it to me."

"But I didn't bring anything with me this time. You need to provide all the materials yourself."

Bai Shi agreed and said that this was not a problem.

After chatting with Iggy, Bai Shi looked at Jie Lian, who had not disturbed them until now.

"Lord Jie Lian, that person just now came with bad intentions."

Jie Lian touched the white beard on his metal mask.

"Well, that guy looks like he has blood on his hands."

"But I have a reason not to lose, as I bear the honor of the Red Lion."

Seeing that Jie Lian was very confident, Bai Shi didn't say much, but just reminded him to be careful.

"Anyway, you better be careful. He doesn't look weak."

Jie Lian laughed heartily twice.

"Haha, thank you for your concern."

"Although I am old, I am not a weak person who can be easily bullied."

That's true, Jie Lian is one of the top masters in the Red Lion Army.

Otherwise, how could he make the Furnace Knight and the Lion Hybrid obey him.

What's more, this is an opponent that even Teacher Lian Se Lian has to deal with seriously and even ask others for help.

However, the 'old man' who walked out of the sea of blood and corpses is no pushover, so it is hard to say who will win or lose.

Bai Shi shook his head and didn't want to think too much about it. He just wanted to wait for the final result.

"By the way, where is the perfumer I brought with me earlier?"

"I went to her room just now, but no one was there."

Jie Lian suddenly realized that Bai Shi came here for this matter.

"You mean Miss Hilbert?"

"You asked us to protect her before, so we arranged a safer place for her."

"So that you can find her when you come back, there should be a note left in your room and her room to let you know."

Bai Shi thought about it and realized that he didn't even enter the room just now.

Hilbert's door was closed, and he didn't open it directly.

Bai Shi scratched his chin with his finger, feeling a little embarrassed.

Seeing Bai Shi like this, Jie Lian also knew that he definitely did not return to the room.

"Well, don't worry, Miss Hilbert is under our protection."

"Now we should discuss with several other physicians how to combat the scarlet corruption."

“Her neutralizing incense helped us a lot.”

Well, since we know Hilbert is safe, let's just leave it that way for now.

Bai Shi was in no hurry to leave, so he sat next to them and started chatting about the battle festival.

From Jie Lian's mouth, we learned that hundreds of soldiers from all over the border area have gathered in Red Lion City.

Among them are strong and weak. There are thirty or forty strong ones, and at least some of them are heroic.

The battle festival will begin in three days.

On the night before the battle festival, a grand celebration will be held in the square.

There will be an extremely lively dinner at that time, which will be the best opening before the battle festival.

Bai Shi had no plans to leave Red Lion City during this period of time, so the dinner party would be a good way to avoid being bored.

As we were chatting, a burst of hearty laughter came from the stairs.

Without anyone leading the way, a strong woman who looked like a noble lady came up the stairs in a familiar manner.

She was wearing golden armor and a black wool cloak, and looked a bit like a gladiator.

There is a scar on the face of the helmet, which has never been repaired and remains as it is.

"Hahaha, Grandpa Jie Lian, I'm back."

Jie Lian was very surprised to see the visitor and stood up from his chair.

He walked forward, in disbelief.

"Freya?!"

"You are still alive."

Bai Shi looked at the woman named Freya who suddenly appeared.

It was someone I had never seen before, and he didn't seem to be an unknown person.

Bai Shi was somewhat curious about her story.

Behind Freya, two people followed her up the stairs.

These two people also have different images.

One was a man wearing simple robes and a big hat, looking like a seeker.

The other is a knight wearing a snow-white cloak, a tubular coat, and golden armor.

There is no doubt that this eye-catching set of armor attracts more attention from Bai Shi.

As if noticing Bai Shi's gaze, the knight also looked over and nodded to Bai Shi.

(End of this chapter)