Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 212: Where is the Spiky Mountain? Where did the big Spiky Mountain go? (6k)

Bai Shi left Shiv, who had eaten and was lying down to sleep, in the tent, and walked out of the tent with Celine Shanks.

Before leaving the Dragon Blood Knights' base, Bai Shi went to Hakan's tent again.

I walked so fast yesterday that I forgot to bless Hakan.

However, Hakan's tent was empty.

Bai Shi went out and found a dragon blood knight on guard, and only then did he know Hakan's location.

It turns out that Hakan organizes training for the Dragon Blood Knights every day.

Except for those on rotation and those who are injured, all other Dragon Blood Knights must participate to maintain their standards.

Bai Shi quickly found the training ground behind the camp.

This is a temporary site with nothing on it. There are simply some training stakes made from trees and stones for weightlifting practice.

In addition to physical training, more practice is done with swords and shields in hand, practicing combat techniques against each other.

At times like this, they often don't really attack with all their might, but instead attack and defend each other at a relatively slow pace, stopping when they have enough, without really taking any action.

Practicing the moves in this way will not damage the armor and weapons, and will basically not cause accidental injuries.

When Bai Shi found Hakan, he was sparring with another Dragonblood Knight in a temporary arena.

The standard equipment of the Dragon Blood Knights is a medium shield in one hand and a dragon blood greatsword in the other.

Although in Dark Soul, the Dragon Blood Greatsword is jokingly called the Dragon Blood Greatdagger because of its length that is incompatible with the greatsword category.

Bai Shi used to be quite awkward to use, and I suffered many losses.

Therefore, Bai Shi had specially designed it so that the Dragon Blood Greatsword would truly have the length and width of a greatsword.

Its current length is on the same level as the standard King's Army Greatsword.

However, Hakan did not equip himself with a shield as per the standard legion equipment, but instead abandoned the shield and held the sword with both hands.

He was a Kaidan mercenary and was used to using weapons to attack violently.

So he replaced his cavalry saber with a dragon blood greatsword that was larger than that of other knights, almost the size of an extra-large sword.

Seeing Bai Shi coming, they also stopped what they were doing.

“Very hard-working.”

"Haha, just daily training."

Hakan took off his helmet, waved to let the other Dragonblood Knight leave, and walked over.

When he walked in front of Bai Shi, he saw Bai Shi extending his hand to him.

"Hakan, I will bless you from now on, and let the light of gold guide you."

Hakan was shocked.

"Blessing?"

Bai Shi nodded.

"Yes, blessing."

"It is the blessing you know."

"Why? You don't want to accept it?"

Hakan didn't say any nonsense. Since Bai Shi asked him, he just had to answer.

"No, how is that possible?"

“No one who lives in a borderland does not desire blessings.”

Hakan knelt solemnly on one knee, looked at Bai Shi, and waited for his action.

Bai Shi nodded.

The golden light in his hand floated out, and the Rune, under the power of the Great Rune, turned into a light of blessing.

Those runes slowly merged into Hakan's eyes.

Then, a bright golden light shone in Hakan's eyes.

This time, Bai Shi also blessed Hakan with 30,000 runes using the power of the Great Rune.

Hakan stood up, clenched his hands, and felt the new power entering his body.

This blessing not only allowed him to see the blessed points on the border, but also increased his strength.

He could feel that he had improved in every aspect.

It seemed that the bottleneck that once troubled him was now within reach.

Some accumulation, some adventure or some excitement, no matter which one, can help him break through the current bottleneck.

The commotion here also attracted the attention of other Dragon Blood Knights present.

When they saw the brilliant golden light flashing in Hakan's eyes, all the Dragon Blood Knights were excited.

They wanted to raise their arms and shout, but were afraid of disturbing Bai Shi and Hakan.

So they could only silently suppress their excitement.

Now they were so excited that they couldn't express it in words.

That is a blessing! Everyone in the borderland longs to have this blessing again!

Since Lord Baishi can bestow the blessing, he is the most legitimate heir to the borderland and the best candidate for King Elden!
There is no doubt that such a blessing brought unparalleled morale to the knights of the Dragon Blood Legion.

They are more convinced that what they do is correct and orthodox.

Hakan looked at Bai Shi.

Bai Shi had experienced countless shocks along the way.

At the beginning, when he met Bai Shi on the beach.

Bai Shi was still quite immature, and when he first entered the border area, his strength was about the same as his at that time.

But now it's completely different.

"Bai Shi, I won't say those worthless words of thanks anymore."

"If you treat me as a friend, my life will belong to you."

"Since you are willing to trust me, let me command the Dragon Blood Legion."

"Then I will definitely make the Dragon Blood Legion the sharpest weapon in Stonewell's conquest."

"I will do my best to help you realize that wish."

Bai Shi certainly knew what wish Hakan was talking about.

At the beginning, he made a wish to bring peace to the border area, and Hakan was the only witness.

I'm afraid even Melina doesn't know about this, so it's an agreement between Bai Shi and Hakan.

Bai Shi patted Hakan on the shoulder.

"Haha, then I'll wait for that day."

"You can rest assured and wait for the day when I become the King of Elden and realize my wish."

Without saying anything more, Bai Shi prepared to leave with Celine Shanks to learn the prayers of the ancient dragon faith.

Before leaving, Bai Shi called out to Hakan again:
"By the way, take care of Shiv..."

"It's the egg I was holding yesterday."

"A little wolf hatched out of it, and I named him Shiv."

"It is in my tent now. If it wakes up, feed it with the meat in the tent."

Hakan also has a white wolf companion, so it should not be a problem for him to lead the little wolves.

Although the life form is slightly different, at least it looks like a wolf...

Moreover, Bai Shi also left Torret in the tent.

Torrett can also help take care of Shiv, and he seems to like Shiv very much.

Anyway, I'll be riding Celine Shanks for a lot of time from now on, so let Torrett take a break.

Hakan nodded and agreed.

Anyway, their Dragon Blood Legion is stationed here now, so there is nothing to worry about.

The following things can only be done after Bai Shi goes to Selia Town and brings the mount over.

Although no one knows why a wolf hatches from the egg, nor does anyone know why the wolf cubs can eat meat as soon as they are born.

But since Bai Shi has said so, there should be no problem...

Bai Shi led Celine Shanks forward and gradually left the base of the Dragon Blood Knights.

They soon came to a deserted wilderness.

Bai Shi took a deep breath and injected magic power into the Ancient Dragon Holy Seal.

Recalling the feeling of being guided by Celine Shanks to pray yesterday, Bai Shi started to circulate his magic power.

Controlling the magic power to run along the same trajectory, red lightning instantly emerged from the holy mark on his right hand.

Bai Shi successfully released the same red lightning as yesterday.

The red lightning spread from the holy mark, quickly moving over Bai Shi's body and wrapping around his entire body.

Celine Shanks was quite surprised that Bai Shi had mastered the prayer so quickly.

"Wow, I actually used it on my own today."

"It seems that your strength is much stronger than I thought."

Bai Shi felt the red lightning clinging to his entire body.

"I remembered how it felt yesterday, and it came naturally to me."

"By the way, is this red thunder your original creation?"

"It seems that the red thunder of different ancient dragons will also be different."

Celine Sanx said with some pride:

"Yeah, this is my unique red thunder."

“Although it’s not as good as those famous compatriots, it’s still of some standard.”

Bai Shi nodded. The manifestation of Celine Shanks's dragon thunder was similar to Vic's dragon thunder. It was a special prayer given by the Dragon Lady.

The numerical difference should not be too big, but the type of buff is slightly different from Vic's Dragon Thunder.

The blessing of Celineshanks adds lightning damage and attack power, with no negative effects.

The blessing that Vic received from Lance Shanks is an increase in lightning attribute damage and equipment weight limit, but it will reduce the lightning attribute's damage reduction rate.

This type of blessing prayer is considered to be relatively advanced among all kinds of prayers.

Bai Shi asked Celine Shanks curiously:

"Speaking of which, what level are you among the ancient dragons?"

Celine Shanks picked up another lock of hair and twirled it around her fingertips.

"Hmm...how should I put it?"

"It's definitely not comparable to the top ancient dragons."

"Like the ones you mentioned earlier, the ones that waged war against the Golden Dynasty."

"The 'Great Ancient Dragon' Gulanshanks, Lanceshanks and Fulshanks are two siblings. They are both very famous among the ancient dragons."

"Gulansanks is known for its large size."

"The huge advantage in size gives him a far greater advantage over his fellow ancient dragons when facing other creatures."

"Although the Lance Shanks siblings are much smaller than Gran Shanks, they are only slightly behind in strength."

"As for me, I am not well-known among the ancient dragons."

"But whether in terms of body size or lightning, I can be considered one of the best in the entire tribe."

“That’s why I’m qualified as a missionary.”

"Of course, they are still far behind those truly powerful ancient dragons."

Bai Shi nodded, and probably understood Celine Sanx's status and strength among the ancient dragons.

Basically, he is one of the more powerful ancient dragons.

"Speaking of size, is there a big difference in size between ancient dragons?"

The ancient dragons in the game, except for the 'big ancient dragon' which is ridiculously large, all the others are the same model.

Although Furshanks has a new skin, his body shape has not actually changed.

Celine Sanx nodded. "Yes, the sizes of ancient dragons vary greatly."

"The largest of them all is Gulan Sanx, whose body is as big as a mountain."

"As for some people who are born small, they are half the size of me."

"In addition to body size, it is normal for the morphology to be different."

Celine Sanx thought back to the anomalies among the ancient dragons.

"Some ancient dragons are born with different appearances than other ancient dragons."

"Our normal ancient dragons should have four legs and four wings, but sometimes it is normal to have more or less limbs."

"As long as he has rock scales and eternal life, we consider him an ancient dragon."

Although Bai Shi had never seen those strange ancient dragons, he could roughly understand the way they identified their companions.

After all, their Dragon King has five heads.

Who dares to say that he is not an ancient dragon just because his appearance is different from that of ordinary ancient dragons?

Compared with the morphological similarities, eternal life and rock scales are the true characteristics of ancient dragons.

Bai Shi returned his thoughts to the main matter of learning to pray.

"Okay, let's start studying anyway."

Celine Sanx thought for a moment and said:

"Speaking of which, Master, have you ever come into contact with the power of thunder and lightning before?"

"You still have some traces of lightning on you."

Bai Shi nodded.

"One of my weapons once had the power of lightning."

"And I also attached the Lightning Slash combat skill to that weapon and used it many times."

Celine Shanks nodded, understanding the general situation.

"Okay, I know."

"Well, in that case, let's start by learning about lightning strikes in the ancient dragon faith."

"Lightning Strike and Lightning Slash have almost the same power."

"These are all very basic prayers and combat techniques in the ancient dragon faith."

Next, Celine Shanks began to guide Bai Shi step by step.
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After half a day of training, Bai Shi has completely mastered lightning strikes, lightning weapons and precise lightning strikes.

That’s all for today’s study.

Although Bai Shi still has some energy left, it is not necessary to learn everything today.

Bai Shi planned to let Serin Shanks go to Gaileed with him first.

On the one hand, we need to determine how to get from the exit well of the Shivla River to the town of Selia, and we need to plan the route from the air.

On the other hand, it is to make Celine Shanks take a new look at the current junction.

She has stayed underground for too long, it's time to go out and get some fresh air.

Because the Dragon Blood Knights were stationed near the exit well, Bai Shi and Celine Shanks easily found the elevator to the exit well.

It was just a short distance, so Bai Shi didn't let Celine Shanks restore her dragon form to carry him.

It just so happens that Bai Shi also likes to think about some problems while traveling.

On the way, Bai Shi and Celine Shanks also saw some ancestral people.

When these ancestral spirits saw Bai Shi and the other man, they retreated immediately and disappeared from their sight, seeming to be a little scared.

Bai Shi remembered that he had specifically instructed the Faded People who came here to avoid conflicts with the indigenous people here.

However, it seems that there have been some fierce conflicts before.

Bai Shi felt that the Faded Ones that came over were relatively obedient, and there were also Storm Eagles watching over their heads.

If there was anyone who really ignored his orders and attacked, he would have known about it long ago.

I'm afraid it was the ancestral people who launched an attack to defend the land.

Later, the Dragon Blood Knights moved in and provided support to these Faded Ones.

Although Bai Shi didn't know what happened at that time, it seemed that the ancestors must have left behind a lot of corpses.

Bai Shi shook his head. The lofty goal of racial harmony was still a long way off.

I don’t know what’s inside Michaela’s sacred tree that allows creatures that hate each other to gather together.

Within Bai Shi's current strength, there are basically no problems with the lives of various races.

Except that the city of Moren is not very welcoming to hybrids because of a rebellion that happened there before, there is nothing else special.

But in the future, as various races join in, the conflicts between them will become more and more acute.

Some races may be born with hatred for each other.

These are all problems that need to be solved in the future, but Bai Shi can’t think of any good solutions.

Oh, it’s such a hassle.

I don’t know why, but when I read novels, the protagonists seem to know everything after traveling through time.

He knows everything about astronomy and geography, and when he has nothing to do, he can do some scientific research, or learn about politics and military affairs.

When Bai Shi came here, he basically just enjoyed the battle.

If you ask him to do anything else, he really doesn't know how to do it.

Like building materials, researching gunpowder, glass, papermaking...

It's so funny, the ingredients in the border area are completely different, and many things have similar functions.

Haha, it really is more convenient to discover talents among your subordinates.

The border area must be managed in its own way.

Bai Shi thought that maybe he should go to Michaela's sacred tree to learn from it in the future, since he had already found the Holy Snow Plain.

Speaking of which, Michaela's ability is that he can naturally make people feel good about him.

Bai Shi had personally witnessed the power of the enchanted branches before, which also made him have some questions.

Could it be that Michaela's sacred tree relied on Michaela's personal charm to forcibly bring those races together?
But it seems a little unreasonable?
After all, in the game, Michaela was kidnapped by Monger, but the Sacred Tree still remained peaceful.

As for the real world, Mikaela appeared after the Ionian War.

But from such a distance, could the effect of the sacred tree still be maintained?
While daydreaming, Bai Shi brought Celine Shanks to the elevator.

By inserting the stone sword key into the sealed devil statue, the elevator was completely reactivated.

When the dark blue magic power appeared on the patterns of the elevator, Bai Shi and Celine Shanks got on it.

The two took the elevator, crossed the starry sky, and then crossed the dark and silent rock formations, and came to a canyon in Galid.

Celine Shanks looked at the sky she had not seen for a long time and felt a little moved.

In this canyon, the view of the sky is very limited.

But the branches and leaves of the golden tree still covered most of the sky. Even the fiery red sky of Gaileyd seemed a little dim in front of it.

Celine Sanx looked at the brilliant golden tree and sighed:
"Is that the golden tree?"

"It's truly spectacular."

"There is such power..."

Bai Shi also looked at the dazzling golden tree under the fiery red sky.

"Yes, that is the golden tree."

Celine Shanks tilted her head back and stared at the golden tree.

"The Golden Tree's power is much stronger than I thought."

"I thought it was just another dynasty that passed by in the borderland."

Bai Shi nodded. The power of the Golden Tree should be one of the most powerful in the history of the border area.

The essence of the Golden Rule lies in eternity and immutability.

Moreover, the military force of the Golden Tree was also extremely powerful, which is why it created this extremely powerful dynasty.

Bai Shi glanced towards the end of the canyon.

At the end of this canyon road, there is a huge silhouette.

This figure is none other than Galide's mysterious pot.

It was blocking the entrance to the Gallid Arena, waiting for something unknown.

Bai Shi pointed to the top of the cliff, and Celine Shanks understood what he meant.

She transformed back into an ancient dragon and let Bai Shi ride on her.

As Celine Shanks flapped their four wings powerfully, they leaped from the valley bottom into the sky in an instant, making Bai Shi unable to help but admire the ancient dragon's flying speed once again.

Celine Shanks circled and flew freely in the vast sky.

But suddenly, Celine Shanks screamed

"Lord, master!"

"Is this Gallid?!"

Bai Shi didn't expect that Celine Shanks could actually recognize this place.

But perhaps it was because of the scarlet corruption that she was so surprised.

"Yes, that's right. Because of the previous war, Gaileid has changed a lot."

"The entire Gaileid was infected by the scarlet corruption, which is why it has become what it is now."

"It's normal for you to be surprised..."

But what Celine Shanks said next made Bai Shi's brain freeze.

"No, not the Scarlet Corruption."

"What about Spiked Mountain next to Galid?"

"Was it destroyed in that war?"

"How come such a huge spike mountain disappeared?"

Bai Shi was stunned for a moment and didn't react for a moment.

Spiked Mountain?
What it is?
It must be a place from the name, but Bai Shi never remembers such a place in the game.

Bai Shi quickly asked Celine Shanks:
"Spiky Mountain? What is Spiky Mountain?"

"Next to Gallid?"

Celine Shanks was even more surprised to see that Bai Shi didn't know either.

She continued to ask Bai Shi:
"what?"

"The Spike Mountain, that's the Spike Mountain where the flying dragons are entrenched."

"This is the Spiked Mountain where the ancient dragons once attacked and where the flying dragons live."

Bai Shi was completely confused now.

Shouldn't the place where the dragons live be Gallid's Dragon Tomb?

In his impression, there is no such place at all.

Bai Shi swallowed his saliva and said to Celine Shanks:

"Celin Shanks, can you point to where Spike Mountain used to be?"

Celine Shanks hesitated, somewhat hesitant to acknowledge him.

She stretched out one of her front paws and pointed to the north of the dragon tomb.

"Uh, if I remember correctly, it's right there."

"But now it has turned into the sea..."

Celine Sanx looked north along the inland sea in the center of the border area, and she became more and more incredulous.

"Eh?"

Not to mention the Spiky Mountains, why is there a large piece missing from the center of the border area?

The border...what happened?
Why has the world on earth become like this?
　Woohoo, I just finished writing about the heartwarming interaction with Shiv yesterday, and today my pet ran away >_< I spent the whole day looking for it, and I don’t know if I can find it back in the next two days.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)