Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 217: Just an old and frail blacksmith

This time, the place that Bai Shi used the blessing to teleport to was Stonewell.

Now that you have the Knox mirror helmet, give it to Grandpa Iggy and ask him to modify it into a shape suitable for Blaze to wear.

It is better to resolve such important matters as soon as possible.

After the battle festival ended, Mr. Iggy should have returned directly to Stonewell.

So Bai Shi also planned to go back to Stonewell to find him.

But when Bai Shi returned to Stoneville, he did not see Grandpa Iggy in the city.

Bai Shi went to ask Lancelet, but he did not get any record of old man Iggy entering through the main gate.

Moreover, Lancelet told Bai Shi that the Silver Knights patrolling around the city had never seen Old Man Iggy.

Bai Shi feels a little strange, which is not right.

So many days have passed, and at Mr. Iggy's speed he should have reached Stonewell.

Grandpa Iggy is not like Blaze, who has a poor sense of direction and there is no way he would get lost.

If he took the main road, a few days would definitely be enough at his pace.

After thinking about it, Bai Shi decided to let the Storm Eagles go and take a look.

Bai Shi came to his throne.

Next to the White Consciousness Throne there is a box that looks very luxurious, placed on an altar.

Inside are the ashes of the ancient Storm Eagle King.

Ever since Bai Shi recaptured Stonewell, he has left the Ancient King here.

After all, this is the ancient king’s hometown, and it is happy to stay here and take advantage of its home field.

Normally, the Ancient King would use storms here to monitor everything happening in Stonewell.

The patrol routes of the Storm Eagles are all arranged by the Ancient King.

Bai Shi briefly told Gu Wang what had happened and told him about Iji's appearance.

The Ancient King quickly passed this information to the patrolling Storm Eagles and asked them to report whether they had seen anyone with such characteristics.

Soon several Storm Eagles said they had seen someone fitting the description before.

The last sighting was about ten minutes ago.

By piecing together the information of each Storm Eagle, we can learn:
After coming from Gaileed, Iggy headed towards Stonewell, but changed direction halfway.

He then set out on the road towards the Weeping Peninsula, and at some point he suddenly disappeared from sight.

When it comes to finding people, the Storm Eagles who have been patrolling in Nimgefu are the ones to do it.

But it's strange that Mr. Iggy didn't take the route from Gallid to Stoneville.

This can't be the wrong way, right?

And it actually disappeared at some point?

Bai Shi suddenly remembered a guy he had almost forgotten.

Hound Knight - Darriwell.

According to Blaze, Darriwell betrayed Lani, but disappeared.

However, Bai Shi knew that he was actually imprisoned by old man Iggy in a sealed prison in the corner of Nimgufu.

The location of this sealed prison happens to be on the route that old man Iggy took this time.

In other words, after leaving Gaileed, Mr. Iggy headed all the way to the sealed prison.

After disappearing from the Storm Eagles' sight, he must have entered the sealed prison.

Is old man Iggy planning to make room to lock up Blaze?
Bai Shi thought about it, then teleported over to the blessing point near the sealed prison.

Soon, Torrett brought Bai Shi to the hill where the sealed prison was located.

As soon as Bai Shi entered the sealed prison, he saw Iggy beating Darriwell.

Mr. Iggy, you still say you can't fight?

Now it seems that the battle between the two is coming to an end.

Iggy was seen holding his sledgehammer and smashing it at Darryl. The huge impact force hit the ground, instantly shattering the floor tiles into pieces and splashing rocks everywhere.

Even Darriwell, who was using the Hound Step to dodge, was affected by the huge impact and could not avoid it completely.

The ground here has been almost broken into pieces, it seems the battle has been going on for a while.

Both of them had a lot of wounds on their bodies. Iggy had a lot of wounds, and they were dense, and blood was constantly flowing out.

But Darriwell's injuries were even more serious. One of his arms had been completely flattened, his armor and flesh had merged into one, and most of the armor on his body had been dented.

In the end, Darryl was found by Iggy and knocked to the ground with a hammer, leaving him unable to fight again.

Iggy struck down with another hammer, completely killing Darryl.

Iggy was breathing heavily, and then he saw Bai Shi coming in, and subconsciously put the sledgehammer behind his back.

It’s a pity that the sledgehammer is too huge, and even the troll’s body cannot completely cover it.

"Oh? Lord Bai Shi, you actually came to this place..."

Bai Shi waved at Iggy.

"Master Iggy, I'm more curious about why you are here?"

"Do you have any grudge against that guy on the ground?"

Old man Iggy put the sledgehammer on the ground and sat down without caring about his image.

Although he still has some strength, he hasn't been active for a long time. He is really old.

"He is Darriwell, the Knight of the Hound."

"...He betrayed Lani."

"It just so happened that I also came to Nimgfu, so I came all the way here to deal with him."

Bai Shi nodded and used the sun's healing power to heal Iggy's wounds.

"I heard Blaze talk about it before, and he even asked me to help find this guy."

Iggy glanced at Darriwell who was lying on the ground and sighed.

"Hound Knights are trained in the ways of hounds and are known as 'relentless trackers.'"

"They don't rely on words to communicate. Once they acknowledge their master, they will never betray him."

Since there is no need to communicate verbally, there is no way to know what happened to him. Bai Shi has two guesses:
The first theory is that hound riders identify their owners based on smell.

Darriwell chose Lani's body, but after Lani gave up her body, he thought he had lost his master.

Another theory is that two fingers controlled Darriwell.

Because Iggy has almost no connection with Two Finger, but he wears a mirrored helmet all the time, worried that he will betray Lani.

In other words, the two fingers should indeed have the ability to control living things.

But no matter what, Darriwell has been killed, and it doesn't matter how he betrayed.

Bai Shi looked at Iggy and asked:
"Master Iggy, it looks like you knew that Darriwell was hiding here?"

"The Storm Eagles told me that you seemed to have made it all the way here."

"Why didn't you tell Blaze before and let him do it? He has been looking for Darriwell for a long time."

Iggy paused and said nothing.

While I was still thinking about how to get away with it, Bai Shi spoke again:

"Master Iggy, you're the one who locked Darriwell up here, right?"

Iggy was shocked and didn't know how Bai Shi came to such a conclusion.

But the fact is just as he said, it was indeed him who locked Darriwell into this deserted sealed prison.

No matter how Bai Shi knew it, since he already knew the truth, Iggy no longer needed to hide it.

Iggy admitted it openly.

"Yes, that's right."

"It is true that I hid Darriwell here."

"Because he was once a capable general under Lani, but unfortunately he went crazy and betrayed Lani."

"But it's not entirely his fault."

"So I hid him secretly from Blaze, hoping to avoid being killed..."

Bai Shi then asked Xiang Yiji:
"Then, Mr. Iggy, what is the reason why you changed your mind and came here to kill Darriwell yourself?"

Iggy thought about the relationship between Bai Shi and Lani, and slowly spoke:

"Okay, I'll tell you the details."

"Blaze is the servant given to Lani by the two fingers. He will never betray you, Lani's shadow."

"Blazer is the shadow, and he is also the sworn brother of Lani."

"Lady Lenara, Lani's mother, agrees with this."

"When they were young, they really looked like siblings, and I often played with them."

"When Lani chose to abandon her body, she decided to embark on the dark path of becoming a god."

"Blazer and I both choose to become subjects and serve Lani."

“I’m sure everyone remembers that time spent as a child.”

Master Iggy paused and told Blaze what was going to happen:

"But, as a god, Lani refused to be a puppet at the mercy of two fingers."

"From that moment on... Shadow will go crazy."

"This is a terrible curse for Lani."

"…This is a destined thing, and Blaze's own will has no way of intervening."

"It's hard to do this, but for Lani, I have no choice but to seal him."

"At the very least... this will make everyone feel better, so they won't have to witness the cruel scene of brothers killing each other."

Bai Shi nodded.

"So that's what it looks like."

"So you plan to empty this sealed prison in Darriwell and let Blaze stay here?"

Iggy was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"Yes, that's exactly it."

"Thank you for your care before, Blaze."

"He has always been very strict since he was young...so please keep it a secret from him."

"There's no need to tell him that he's destined to betray Lani, or he'll find it hard to accept it."

Bai Shi smiled and said:

“There’s no need for this.”

"Blaze doesn't have to be sealed in prison."

"Wouldn't it be enough if we could just solve the problem of the two fingers interfering with Blaze?"

Iggy shook his head.

Although Bai Zhi is very knowledgeable, he probably doesn't know much about the matter involving the two fingers, and it is difficult for him to imagine how terrifying the two fingers are.

"In fact, there is a way to solve the problem of two-finger interference."

"It's just that it's really difficult and there are absolutely no clues."

Iggy tapped the mirrored helmet on his head and explained to Bai Shi:

"This is a precious relic from the Nox City that I obtained before, the mirror helmet."

"This helmet can repel any interference. It is said that it can even repel interference from the fingers of the Supreme Will and its messengers."

"But I can't take it off, otherwise I might be interfered with and betrayed."

"If we had a second mirrored helmet, that would really solve the problem that Blazer is facing."

"It's a pity that there is no certainty whether there is a second one of this kind in the border area..."

Bai Shi took out the Knox mirror helmet he had just obtained from the space disc.

"The second mirror helmet."

“We really do.”

Iggy opened his mouth under his helmet and remained silent for a long time.