Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 364 Species Repository

Faced with Messermo's proposal, Bai Shi did not hesitate.

My brother-in-law's attitude has become much more relaxed. Although the relationship is still a bit stiff, it is at least progress.

After all, from the perspective of the brother-in-law, it is really difficult to cope with the appearance of a brother-in-law of his status.

Now it can be said that there is no acquaintance without fighting. Since my brother-in-law has taken the initiative to invite me, how can Bai Shi refuse?

"Okay, I also have a lot of things I want to know."

"I am quite curious about the Shadow Land and what happened here."

Looking at the smiling Bai Shi, Messermo lowered his eyes with an inexplicable meaning.

"Yeah……"

"If that's the case, I'm afraid I'll disappoint you."

"In the Shadowlands, there is only the original sin and unforgotten hatred."

"Just like the name of this place, it is the hidden shadow of the golden tree."

Bai Shi shook his head and spoke again:
"It doesn't matter."

"Under the shining light, shadows are bound to exist. This is an objective law."

“Only by understanding the existence of shadows can the light be real.”

"Otherwise, it's just a glamorous appearance."

Messermo could not deny Baishi's opinion, so he did not answer and did not continue the topic.

Melina shook her head slightly.

It seems that the atmosphere is still not very good in the short term.

Messemo silently turned his gaze to Irena and Liliana again.

Looking at the man and the goblin, Messermo asked curiously:
"You're a goblin, aren't you?"

"I was very curious when I saw the shadow of the winged snake just now."

Liliana nodded proudly.

"Yes, it's a fairy!"

"Irena is my contractor."

Looking at Irena who had just helped the winged snake phantom dispel the influence of the crazy fire, Messemo nodded to her in a friendly manner.

Although they are influenced by the power of fairies, they are still the orthodox golden people, which is good.

The winged snake looked at Liliana from left and right, and Messermo was also surprised at the magical existence of the fairy.

"It's really rare. I didn't expect to see a long-lost species here."

"Such a body structure and unique strength are truly amazing."

Liliana looked at Messemo and asked back:
"I seem to sense the breath of the God-Eating Snake on you."

"It was only for a very brief moment during the battle just now."

"Can I ask what this is all about?"

In response to Liliana's question, Messermo folded his arms and tapped them lightly with his fingers.

Although it was a bit offensive to him to mention the topic of the evil snake, it was an indisputable fact.

And he had no problem with the goblins that had no ill intentions.

Messermo nodded and admitted it.

"Yes, this is the sin I was born with."

"Within me is the flame of the evil serpent."

"I...hate this power."

Bai Shi raised his eyebrows, very surprised.

During the battle just now, he also noticed that the fire that Messermo used at the end was a bit strange.

It was slightly different from his previous flames, and more powerful, but he just thought it was a change of tactics.

Although I had learned from the Black Knight Harold that Messemo possessed the power of the evil snake, I didn't expect it to be the God-Eating Serpent?

However, when it comes to the existence that can be called the evil snake, it seems that there are indeed not many choices at the border.

Bai Shi secretly glanced at Melina.

Why do these two siblings have strange powers sewn onto their bodies?

Melina has night-blue eyes and the power of black flames.

And Messemo possesses the power of the God-Eating Snake.

Unfortunately, Messermo obviously didn't want to continue talking, so Bai Shi had no way to gain deeper understanding.

At this point, except for Ashmi who had long since retreated back into his white consciousness to continue digesting the Holy Grail, Messemo had already gotten to know everyone present.

Then Messemo invited everyone to go to Shadow City.
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Messermo held the spear, turned into a beam of fire in the air, and turned back towards the direction of Shadow City.

Bai Shi controlled the storm and lifted up several people to follow behind Messermo.

After a brief exchange just now, Bai Shi had a clear understanding of his performance in his current state.

All I can say is that it feels really good when the numbers go up.

However, Bai Shi was still somewhat dissatisfied with the battle just now.

Although all attributes in this state have been improved, the power of the moves cannot keep up.

In terms of magic, only the moves of the Crystal Man are relatively powerful, and the others are no different from ordinary high-level magicians.

If this attribute existed in the game, his spell list would have been filled with legendary magic like Comet Azrael and Meteor of Destruction, or the very useful Broom Star and Estelle Meteor.

While praying, although Bai Shi had mastered a very high-level ancient dragon prayer, he also faced similar problems.

Apart from the powerful Dragon Feast Prayer and Ancient Dragon Prayer, the power of other moves is much weaker.

Although when using combo suppression, power is not the first priority, what matters more is the smoothness of the connection between the front and back swings.

However, prayers and magic powerful enough to change the outcome of a battle are absolutely indispensable.

Because of the path, some powerful prayers and spells have not been collected yet.

Next, we will also start collecting various magic and prayers in this state to completely build the Bucket Number.
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The distance between Shadow City and the valley bottom is quite far, spanning almost one-third of the Shadow Land.

Even at the speed of Messermo and Baishi, it took some time.

Bai Shi estimated the time in his mind.

It seemed that Messemo had just rushed over without stopping after the battle at the bottom of the valley.

After a while, Bai Shi finally saw the majestic Shadow City on the desolate plateau.

After seeing the full picture of the Shadow City in the air, Bai Shi was immediately shocked.

This Shadow City not only covers an extremely vast area, but is also extremely exaggerated in its vertical construction, with the height difference between the upper and lower parts difficult to estimate.

Behind the Shadow City, a tall tower stands proudly, reaching into the sky.

In contrast, looking down from the air, Shadow City has large buildings designed underground on the plateau that lead to other areas.

Not only that, Bai Shi can clearly see that this is the real transportation core of the Shadow Land.

From Shadow City you can reach the other several plots of land in Shadow Land, which is very obvious from the sky.

Bai Shi looked at the tall tower behind the Shadow City, rising straight up to the sky, and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration:

“It’s really spectacular, both in terms of scale and design, it’s astounding.”

"In the border area, perhaps only the royal city of Rodel can surpass this place." Hearing Bai Shi's praise, a barely perceptible smile appeared on Messemo's face.

Obviously, Bai Shi's praise was very helpful to him.

No matter what, Rodel, which was built by his mother, is the first in Messermo's mind.

If Bai Shi said that Shadow City was more magnificent than Rodel, he might feel uncomfortable.

"We are here, follow me in."

With a wave of his hand, Messermo was the first to fall from the air.

Although they could fly directly to his residence from the air, Bai Shi and others were here for the first time after all, and it was not certain whether Melina still had any memory of this place.

Messermo decided to take them on a brief tour first and then use this place as a place to stay.

There are many military camps at the main gate of Shadow City where soldiers are stationed to guard.

Seeing Messermo returning, the soldiers came to greet him and lined up neatly on the roadside.

Bai Shi and others followed behind Messermo, observing him silently.

The soldiers here are obviously in much better spirits and can continue to guard the city gates.

Follow the road into the gate, take the elevator all the way up, and you will arrive at the main entrance of Shadow City.

As they entered the square, a tall statue of Malika caught everyone's attention.

Just like the other statues on the Shadow Land, this huge statue of Marika also had its head destroyed.

If it were still in good condition, this would definitely be a statue that everyone entering the city would be in awe of.

Melina looked at the headless statue, opened her mouth, and then lowered her head.

After struggling for a while, Melina finally chose to speak and asked Messermo:
"Brother... In the Land of Shadows, all of our mother's statues are headless..."

"This is how the same thing?"

Without even turning his head, Messermo said calmly:

"Well, I did it."

"The holy war, the purge of the Horned People, the sealing of the Shadow Land, all of this is for my mother, and also to prevent the truth from being revealed."

"If you want to make your mother completely withdraw from this, you naturally have to eliminate all the malice directed at her."

"But how can the malice disappear out of thin air? Someone needs to take responsibility for it all."

"Just draw a clear line between everything and my mother, and direct all the resentment towards me."

"I made this choice in order to make the soldiers believe that I was the cause of all this, but I didn't expect that there would still be soldiers following me."

Although there were outsiders, there were no soldiers here, so Messemo had no hesitation in telling Melina the truth behind the scene.

Turning around, Messermo smiled at Melina, who had a complicated expression.

"But don't worry, there are still statues in Shadow City for the two of us to admire."

Melina originally thought that it was done by resentful believers after being abandoned, but she didn't expect there was such a truth behind it.

Melina sighed, feeling extremely complicated.

"Brother...thank you for your hard work."

Moses did not take it seriously and did not think it was a big deal.

"This is our brother and sister's mission, you know it."

Bai Shi listened to everything and his favorable impression of his brother-in-law increased a lot.

What a good boy to be so loyal to Malika.

Moreover, even after such a thing happened, most of the soldiers were still willing to follow him, and he must have a high reputation in their hearts.

Among the many armies, only the Black Knights rebelled.

The reason was not because of Messermo's actions, but because his evil snake nature defiled the golden tree.

At this moment, in the square at the main entrance, a huge monster rushed out from the corner.

Looking at that thing, Bai Shi's expression became more and more weird.

The creature had a pointed head with a large golden horn that looked like a rhinoceros horn.

However, from other parts of the body, it looks very much like a giant hippopotamus.

Before this, the creature stayed quietly in a corner of the square, enjoying the running water pouring on its body.

Messermo stretched out his hand, and the giant beast stopped obediently in front of him.

Looking at the people with strange faces, Messermo took the initiative to introduce:
"This is the golden hippopotamus. It's my pet."

"It was very common in ancient times, but now it is a species that needs to be protected."

"Fortunately, I still have some strength, so I'm pretty good at guarding the gate."

It’s a pity that not everyone can appreciate the cuteness of this pet.

Except for Irena who tried to touch the golden hippopotamus politely out of curiosity, the reactions of the others were somewhat dull.

Messermo shrugged, turned around to drive away the golden hippopotamus, and led everyone to turn left and walk out of the square.

After a long upward staircase, you will reach the real core area of Shadow City - the Species Preserve.

Leading everyone into the species collection, Messermo finally showed a hint of pride on his face.

Turning around and opening his arms to face the crowd, Messermo began to introduce:

"The Species Collection, Shadow City's proudest work."

“It functions as both a species preservation collection and a library, and the collections in it are the most amazing in the entire Junction.”

After saying that, Messermo glanced secretly at Bai Shi.

Perhaps he was still somewhat dissatisfied with his brother-in-law, so at this moment, Messermo had an inexplicable desire to win.

I always feel that... Bai Shi is not worthy of his sister's family background.

Although he sensed a strange desire to win in the words, Bai Shi had to admit it.

When he was in the forest at the bottom of the valley, he was shocked by the collection of books in the mansion.

But after all, the place is full of books, and Bai Shi would not read many of them. I just feel sorry about it and don't feel any real sense.

But a species collection filled with specimens is a different story.

Even without looking at the books and stone tablets that record the transfer, it would be amazing to just look at this place as an exhibition museum.

Especially when he learned that this entire towering building that looked like the Tower of Babel had this function, Bai Shi was extremely shocked.

I have to say that my brother-in-law’s family is indeed very wealthy. I wonder if he can get some gold coins later.

Forget about runes and the like, the main thing is to see if I can get some prayers, spells or amulets.

As soon as he entered the species collection, Bai Shi was completely attracted.

Looking at the biological specimen at the door with mixed horns and the appearance of a deer-like beast, Bai Shi felt a familiar power from it.

Bai Shi couldn't help but ask:
"What does this creature have to do with the mythical beast, the lion dance?"

Messermo smiled and proudly said:

"This is one of the many beings that the Horned People call land gods."

“Although this is not the most widely believed lion, it is also a fellow of similar status and strength.”

“This is one of the most precious items in the vault, so it is placed where you can see it as soon as you enter the door.”

　The breaking of Michaela's Great Rune is a means of reaching a designated location in the game, indicating the stage of the game progress. Logically, it should be broken after Michaela is abandoned. In the novel, Michaela's progress has not reached that point yet, so it will not be broken for the time being.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)