Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 356 Nanaya's Letter

Seeing the soul of the Horned Butler being burned by the mad fire and returning to the original chaos, everyone present was silent.

The soul is supposed to be eternal.

Even death will go to where it should be through various means.

Whether it is the return of the golden tree, the soul of the horn, or the more ancient spiritual fire funeral.

The souls of the dead either go to the afterlife or attach themselves to objects and linger in the borderland.

It’s just that the border area is in a mess now, and neither of the two routes has been fully restored.

But the fire of madness can directly burn and melt the soul.

It's like just flipping the table and saying no to playing anymore.

Because of this, all creatures with souls should fear the insanity fire, and every dynasty has regarded the insanity fire as a taboo.

This is the case with the Golden Dynasty, which aims to make the souls return to the tree and achieve eternal immortality.

The same is true for the horned people who believe in the power of God and yearn for the immortality of the soul.

Even the souls that are supposed to be immortal cannot withstand the fire of madness and are burned and disappeared - this is why the Horned People hate the fire of madness.

Bai Shi shook his head and felt that they were somewhat pathetic.

Obviously, this was another tragedy of playing with fire and getting burned at Midra's mansion.

For some unknown reason, Midra was touched by the fire of insanity.

From the words of the horned man's soul just now, we can know that Midra knows the harm and horror of the crazy fire.

Even when he was sealed, he still had the rationality to advise others not to come into contact with madness and insanity.

But the wise man who still had some sanity left did not stop in the past, even though he knew that the insanity fire was taboo...

In other words, he couldn't stop at that time.

In the end, Midra became the King of Madness and Fire, causing all subsequent tragedies.

Irena stared blankly at the place where the soul of the horned man disappeared, covering her mouth and muttering to herself:
"how come……"

"Before anyone knew it, everyone in the mansion had turned into monsters..."

Looking at Irena who looked confused, Bai Shi explained:

"Dianhuo is such a terrifying existence."

"Once infected by the epileptic fire, the first thing to be burned is the eyes."

"The eyeballs were burned by the epileptic fire, and the symptoms were accompanied by maddening pain."

"However, after his eyes were completely burned by the insane fire, his eyeballs burst and burst into yellow residual fire."

"Those patients in the late stage of epilepsy have become calmer."

Bai Shi recalled the cases admitted in Nimgfu and continued:

"The fire of madness burns the eyes and brings peace to the heart - this is the light that brings salvation."

"Those patients whose eyes are completely occupied by epilepsy think so."

Thinking of this, Bai Shi couldn't help but look at Irena twice more.

If Irena had not been rescued at the Weeping Peninsula, she would probably have already embarked on the path of madness.

Unexpectedly, Irena has now embarked on a completely opposite path.

It's fate that plays a trick on Haida, the crazy fire witch who seeks the light on the other side, and Irena, the magical girl who tries hard to seal the crazy fire.

Perhaps this is yet another manifestation of the duality that is so ubiquitous at the border.

It is obvious that the insanity will corrode the infected and make them go deeper and deeper into the taboos.

After becoming Haida, she will be deceived by the false lights of the other side forged by the Mad Fire and embark on the path of a Mad Fire witch.

Obviously, when she was Haida, she was like a blank sheet of paper and should not have felt the despair of coming into contact with the fire of insanity.

There is no such thing as redemption in despair. It's just that the Madness needs a witch to guide the King of Madness.

Together with Chapolili, who spread the hype, it is enough to prove that the hype actively induces deception and spreads the hype.

Perhaps this is what servants in a house like this are like.

After being completely infected, I even forgot the painful past.

Bai Shi looked around the desolate mansion and said:

“…all things begin with the great One, and from the One come differences.”

“After the difference was created, life was born, and it also had mind, and differences and distinctions were born.”

"But the Mad Fire regarded it as a 'mistake' and wanted to melt everything back into one huge entity."

Bai Shi took a deep breath.

Getting back together might sound good.

Just as the Human Instrumentality Project in a neighboring world hoped, there would no longer be anything separating them.

But such a world cannot be recognized by common sense.

“It is precisely because of the birth of differences and distinctions that ‘people’ can truly and truly live in a ‘wrong’ world.”

"Burning away the life full of meaning, leaving the world in chaos..."

"I will never allow this to happen. I will never allow Him to deny the meaning of life's 'existence' itself."

Liliana agreed with it and nodded seriously.

"Is such that!"

"Ecstasy is the enemy of life, you must remember this!"

Irena still couldn't understand what Bai Shi said, so she just kept it in mind and nodded.

At this moment, Melina, who had been listening quietly, pointed somewhere in the hall of the mansion.

"There's something strange there."

"There may be a space behind that."

Everyone looked over there.

I saw that it was a huge painting that occupied almost the entire wall.

The content of the painting is a beautiful mansion surrounded by flowers and full of vitality.

Of course, this is the valley floor before the madness breaks out.

Bai Shi stretched out his hand toward the painting depicting a beautiful mansion.

As the fingertips touched the painting, the painting gradually became illusory, revealing the road behind it.

Seeing her disguise broken, Melina shook her head slightly.

“It’s obviously a beautiful scene, but it’s illusory.”

"Is this hinting at something?"

"It's like a beautiful vision for epileptics."

After taking a look at the tightly closed door beside him, Bai Shi walked into the passage behind the painting.

I originally just wanted to take a look first, but since there is a road here, I might as well go from here first.

As soon as he stepped in, Bai Shi saw several interrogators ready for battle, blocking the passage behind the painting.

Seeing the outsiders coming in, the torturers raised the candlesticks in their hands and shot out golden arcs.

Seeing the interrogators who had been lying in ambush, Bai Shi shrugged.

He admitted that the noise outside was indeed a bit loud and disturbing to others.

But who allowed them to block us?
Bai Shi stretched out his hand, and two completely different lights bloomed from his hands.

The pale green Topps force field blocked in front of him, and the golden arcs were refracted and bounced away.

The purple lasers continued to gather and accumulate in the palm of his hand.

The next moment, the destructive rays that were aimed only at the Horned People burst out, and dense rays swept away.

These torturers were clearly not as strong as the old man who was tortured, and the narrow environment also made it difficult for them to hide.

Under the cover of the destructive rays, the torturers were all hit in the body.

The parts that were hit immediately began to disintegrate, and no matter how they used healing prayers, they could not reverse it.

The process was so fast that even the screams disappeared in an instant.

After developing this life form disintegration ray, it is very efficient and quick to deal with people with corners.

Putting down his hand, Bai Shi walked silently towards the depths of the mansion. When he entered, he was surprised to find that there were books everywhere.

The aisles on both sides of the corridor were filled with bookshelves, without any clutter.

The same scene was happening inside the room.

Unless the owner has so many books that they cannot be stored, this situation will not occur.

Unfortunately, the interrogators here obviously had no concept of protecting books.

The books that were knocked off the shelves were scattered on the ground and were trampled to pieces.

Just when Bai Shi was surprised and saddened by the number of books here, two familiar figures appeared at the door of the room.

I saw two mighty horned warriors, one in front and one behind, leaning forward with weapons in hand and rushing towards the crowd.

Unlike the previous torturers, these two horned warriors are all spirits and will not be directly destroyed by the life form disintegration rays.

There was no need to remind her. As soon as she spotted the enemy, Melina acted faster than Bai Shi.

As she passed by one of the horned warriors, Melina attacked his neck with the mission dagger in her hand.

The blade of the mission dagger pierced the enemy's body with precision and grace.

The soul's body instantly disintegrated and turned into the original magical light point.

The other warrior ignored the disappearance of his comrades who were charging into battle, and just stared straight at Bai Shi who was marked as the target.

Bai Shi smiled slightly and charged towards the other horned warrior who was coming towards him.

Just as the horned warrior was about to swing the large curved sword in his hand, he found that his head was already clamped in Bai Shi's hands.

Before he could react, his body was pinched by Bai Shi and instantly flew backwards in the direction he came from.

Before the head hit the wall and dissipated into magic, the spine had already been broken backwards under the influence of the reaction force.

He casually dealt with the torturer who was hiding nearby and summoning spirits, and Bai Shi led everyone to continue exploring deeper into the mansion.

Soon, the real library in the mansion appeared before everyone's eyes.

Giant bookshelves several meters high are scattered throughout the room, and the densely packed books are so numerous that they form "hills" on the floor.

Bai Shi felt even more heartbroken when he looked at the huge library.

Although he will not study these ancient books, their value is self-evident.

Besides, professional things should be done by professionals, and it would be nice if we could report the results to them in the end.

Bai Shi was shocked and couldn't help but say:

“There are probably more books here than in the entire Stonewell collection.”

"It's a pity that the books here are no longer available to read."

"Otherwise, this mansion can still be of great use."

Logically speaking, it would be nice for a private residence like this to have a few libraries.

Even if it is a little bigger, it is just a small library.

Now, looking at these books that are almost overflowing, it would not be surprising to say that this is a giant library.

There are no enemies here. They probably heard the noise and acted together, and then most of them were killed by Bai Shi.

Suddenly, Bai Shi heard a sound coming from the second floor:

"... Stop it, I've had enough..."

"Aren't we of the same race? Then why did you do such a cruel thing..."

"What did Lord Midra do wrong?"

Bai Shi looked up and saw a white ghost crying and holding his head, still immersed in the pain of his previous life.

From the mouths of these horn men, one can undoubtedly hear their respect for Midra.

It's not because of power, but from the heart.

Otherwise, they would not have defended him in such a tone after being tortured.

"Ah! There seems to be another breath of the Mad Fire King..."

"No, it doesn't seem to be. It's a very strange smell."

Liliana spoke suddenly, but immediately fell into deep thought.

The next moment, her figure disappeared instantly.

After a while, she appeared next to them again and said:

"I seem to have found something and someone that has something to do with the Mad Fire King."

"here--"

Everyone looked at each other and followed Liliana to the place where the abnormality was discovered.

This looks like a small study room.

Bai Shi looked towards the fiery aura.

All I saw was a woman slumped in a chair, her body emaciated and she had turned into a mummy.

In her arms, she gently held a spine, on which a faint epileptic fire was burning.

And this spine is the thing that made Liliana mistakenly think it was the aura of the King of Mad Fire.

Bai Shi did not touch the spine of the man with the devil's fire, but turned his head to look at the desk beside him.

Because there, there was a letter.

'Nanaya's Letter'.

Baishi has an impression of this name.

Isn’t this the wife of Midra, the lord of the mansion, as Bai Ling mentioned?

With curiosity about the truth, Bai Shi opened the letter:
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I don’t know if there will be someone coming.

My name is Nanaya, the wife of Lord Midra.

A lot of time has passed since the mansion was cleared out by the torturers.

Because of the fear of touching Lord Midra's heart, I was allowed to keep my life, but I had to be imprisoned here.

And behind this wall is the adult whom I deeply love.

Even though there was only a wall between us, I could not see him and could only silently endure his cries as he accepted eternal punishment.

My king, Lord Midra...

Unwilling to touch madness, what a merciful king.

It is difficult for me to describe the mood in which I write this letter.

Is it pain, despair, or the joy that breaks out from the bottom of the heart?

The mansion was shrouded in despair and burning with madness.

When I look back on the past, I realize that I am the source of all these evils...
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Seeing this, Bai Shi’s eyes changed.

what happened?

Nanaya, is the culprit of everything?

Bai Shi immediately continued to look downwards.
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I was once pregnant and should have given birth to a child for you.

But the hybrid horns that were given to my youngest son by God took my life during childbirth.

However, I, who should have died, came back to life.

Gradually, I discovered that there was another 'me' inside me.

Is it me? Or is it something that is not me?
I can’t tell…

But I survived and was able to continue living with the King for the rest of my life.

——At that time, I was immersed in such blind happiness that I caused the king to suffer so much pain.

This is a pain I cannot forgive.

The latecomer.

If this letter is fortunate enough to be seen by someone, please give the candle in my arms to Lord Midra.

This is the light of hope for the king.

My king, you no longer need to be patient.

　I have finished the exam and I am honest now :(
　　
　
(End of this chapter)