Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 367 Hidden Place
Melina was in a trance when she heard the truth from Messermo's mouth.

Without waiting for Melina to react, Bai Shi secretly took a deep breath.

He had wondered before where the power of Melina's Night Eyes came from.

Even the tiny possibility of Marika and the Queen of the Night Eyes engaging in a yuri relationship was something that Bai Shi had imagined with his rich imagination.

But no matter how hard I think about it, I can't find a reasonable explanation.

Especially after Messermo showed his power, Bai Shi became even more confused.

Although the divine apostles and nobles under Queen Xiao Se Yan all have the appearance of snakes, the power of the evil snake in Messermo has nothing to do with the black flame and has another source.

Now after hearing what Messermo said, Bai Shi gradually understood everything.

Now I finally know where the 'Great Rune of the Unborn' that Radagon gave to Lenara came from...

It turns out that after Malika had used it up, she threw it to the half-body Radhagang.

Anyway, we are gaining power from defeated enemies, and not giving birth to life through normal processes, so there is no need to worry about it.

Also, there is the rare person's subtle ability to fuse the powers of other creatures.

Could it be that the power of the reattached limb is also related to the former wizard?
Queen Marika was able to achieve this because her power far exceeds that of her compatriots. It is a miracle that no one else can replicate.

Bai Shi turned his head and looked at Melina, wondering if such a shocking origin would be difficult for her to accept.

However, after listening to Messermo's story of their life stories, Melina's reaction was unexpectedly calm.

After a brief moment of surprise, she quickly accepted the news.

No wonder the relationship between her mother and her is so strange, not like a real mother and child.

Although everything is for the mission, Melina does not resist this innate mission.

Looking at the silent Melina, Messemo thought she was unable to accept it, so he spoke to comfort her:

"I hope you don't blame your mother for her decision."

"Although she is a queen and a god, she was originally just a rare person who was slightly special."

"Mothers are not omnipotent, they make mistakes, and they can't always find the best choice."

"That's why she is a mother, not a cold god."

"She has used all means to make the golden tree shine in the border area."

Melina shook her head and looked up at Messermo.

"I don't have any ideas."

"Although the origin is unexpected, it's not that hard for me to accept."

"I won't resist the mission, don't worry."

Looking at Messemo, Melina suddenly asked:
"Brother, what is the mission of your birth? What is it?"

Messermo seemed to have known that she would ask this question and replied:

"For revenge. I was born for this."

"For those rare people who were abducted and tortured, we must take complete revenge on the Horned People."

Messermo paused and spoke again:
"And you're different, Melina."

"You carry your mother's beautiful wishes."

"For a better border to come, for everything to be saved."

Melina sighed, feeling somewhat puzzled by her brother's filial piety.

With her understanding of her mother, she could not understand her brother's loyalty.

"Brother, have you ever felt dissatisfied with your mission?"

Messermo stood up and walked over to Melina.

There was a golden blessing flashing in his eyes, without any confusion, full of determination.

"No, the mission is the mission."

"In order to fulfill my mother's wish, to carry out the holy war of cleansing, I don't mind becoming a symbol of fear."

"As long as it's for my mother, I won't have any complaints."

"My mother was with me growing up, so I know the sadness in her heart."

Melina smiled faintly.

"Should we say they are indeed brother and sister?"

"There seems to be no difference between my thoughts and yours."

"It's just that I didn't continue on the path to fulfill my mission for my mother."

"I am doing this for someone more important than my mother, and for all the lives in the border area."

With a wave of his hand, Messermo ignored Melina's slightly rebellious remarks.

He walked past the two people and reached the door of the dark room.

"Your heart is not empty, that's good."

"Now that you know all this, there is one place you should go and see."

“That’s where my mother used to be.”

“There are also things our mother left for us there.”

Compared to the past that she could no longer recall, her brother's words now made Melina even more confused.

Mother, would actually leave something for them?
At this time, Melina was a little surprised.

She originally thought that her mother created them just to carry out her wishes, nothing more.

Did that person really love them?

What a terrible mother, she has no sense at all.

Melina followed silently, not knowing what she was thinking.

Bai Shi followed beside him, somewhat confused.

These brother and sister are really emotionally stable.

I was worried that there might be some arguments, but in the end it went smoothly.
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Leaving the dark room, Messermo took the two of them onto another elevator.

After a short landing, the three arrived at the back door of Shadow City.

Outside the door was a wasteland filled with weapons, and the roar of battle seemed to still echo there.

There is a city wall in the distance, blocking the road to somewhere unknown.

But Messermo did not go there.

Near the back door, Messermo walked towards a secret room.

In that secret room, there was only a statue of Queen Malika built against the wall.

Messermo walked up to the statue, slowly knelt down, and spread out his hands piously.

As he moved, the mechanism on the statue was triggered.

After a heavy roar, the statue slowly moved, revealing the hidden road behind it.

Flowers were blooming quietly all over the mountains, bright and brilliant, and it didn't look like a scene from the Shadow Land at all.

Bai Shi and Melina walked out of the dark room and looked out at the endless sea of flowers.

Although I have witnessed countless stunning views at the border, this place is particularly different.

Incredibly beautiful, yet incredibly sad.

Because there is no one here.

Even the Eternal City, which had long been destroyed, still retained some evidence of its existence.

But there is no one here, it can only be used for remembrance and memorial.

Messermo had already stood up and walked silently ahead, leading the way without saying a word.

The three of them didn't want to disturb the tranquility here, so they didn't choose to hurry up by other means, but just walked slowly on this road surrounded by flowers.

After a while, Bai Shi suddenly raised his eyebrows and made an unexpected discovery.

On the distant hillside, he actually saw two old friends.

The two tree guards were fully armed and were carefully repeating the extremely boring patrol tasks.

Seeing the extremely familiar tree guards in a strange place like the Shadow Land made Bai Shi feel an indescribable sense of nostalgia.

After seeing Messemo's figure from afar, the two tree guards saluted as usual, and then continued patrolling in the distance.

Bai Shi turned his head to look at Messermo and asked:

"Do you come here often?"

Messermo nodded, thought for a moment, and then shook his head slightly. "Not often."

“Sometimes, when I feel a little lost, I come here.”

"Over time, I came here many times."

As he spoke, Messermo stopped and pointed forward.

"Here we are."

"Witch Village, which is my mother's former hometown."

There are also blooming flowers, but also the same dead silence.

In the dead silent village, there is only a small golden tree emitting a faint golden glow.

Malika surrounded her hometown village with gold—even though she knew that the people she was supposed to heal were long gone.

This is gold that has only gentleness and no law.

Bai Shi and Messermo both stopped and gave Melina some space.

Melina walked forward, reached out to touch the little golden tree, and quietly experienced the complex emotions.

The small golden tree used by Melina was inherited from here.

Therefore, Melina can easily feel her mother's tenderness and love from it.

Compared with powerless words, such contact is more direct for the mother and daughter.

In the past, Melina had rarely experienced her mother's love.

So when Melina truly felt the genuine love and tenderness, her emotions were very complicated.

The image of Marika gradually became fuller and more three-dimensional in her mind, but it seemed to become more elusive.

She is a queen and a deity, yet she is also someone's offspring and mother...

Before long, light appeared on Melina's fingertips and poured into the little golden tree.

The somewhat dim little golden tree began to emit light again and continued to grow, and the light completely enveloped the Wizard Village.

Bai Shi did not disturb Melina, but turned to Messemo and asked softly:

"Are we going to let the rare people live here next?"

Listening to Bai Shi's suggestion, Messermo raised his chin with his hand and began to think.

He had never thought about this before.

Seeing that Messemo was also very moved, Bai Shi continued:

"Our compatriots who could not be saved in the past have now received treatment."

"If Queen Marica knew, she would definitely be happy to see this."

"And the survivors probably won't refuse to return to their hometown."

Messermo was convinced and nodded without hesitation.

"You're right, let's do it."

"Once their condition becomes more stable, we will repair this place."

"only……"

Messemo turned his head and looked into the distance on the other side.

"Over there, there is a finger relic with a large number of finger worms."

"From time to time, some finger bugs would come over here and move around."

"It's all right now because no one is living there, but if they move in, we might need to deal with it."

Bai Shi followed Messemo's gaze and saw a series of strange landforms with raised grooves like fingerprints.

Previously, Bai Shi had seen two gigantic finger ruins on the Shadow Land on Messemo's map.

The mark left by a finger pressing on the ground was frightening.

Especially since there are countless huge stone fingers growing there, these are not the traces that would be left if they fell down.

Bai Shi recalled the mysterious finger-like existence he had seen in the past.

The existence that pretends to be the supreme will and controls the fate of all living beings in the border area must be related to these finger relics.

"What exactly are the finger relics?"

"Is there anything in there besides finger-worms?"

Messermo looked at the finger remains and replied:

"We don't know much about it, except that the finger bugs there can attack people."

"As for more information about the finger ruins, I can't give you an answer."

"But if you're interested, I can recommend someone to you."

After thinking for a while, Messermo explained:

"My partner, Lailana, was once the princess of Kalia and led a group of warriors to participate in the holy war."

"In the past, there was a strange magic professor among the Kalia personnel who followed Laelana to the Shadow Land."

"His name is Ymir, and he is a very talented man."

"It's just that during the long period of time since the Shadow Land was sealed, his mind seemed to have become slightly abnormal."

"Although Ymir was Laelana's magic professor, she betrayed her loyalty to the moon."

"He firmly believed that he had found the trace of the Supreme Will, and turned to search for the truth among the finger ruins."

"Even so, we still have minimal contact with him."

Bai Shi nodded and took note of this matter.

If the magic professor really has a clue, maybe he can follow it to find the existence of the fake Supreme Will.

Melina had returned to his side, and the conversation between the two of them had ended for the time being.

Just when Bai Shi and Melina thought the trip was over, Messermo took them to the other side.

In the trunk of a giant tree, there is the body of a special rare woman.

Just like Marika in the game, the body of that rare woman was completely turned into stone, like a statue.

In front of the stone figure, there was a cut golden braided hair.

Bai Shi quickly realized that this was Queen Marika's braid.

No wonder the statues of Malika in different places sometimes have a single braid and sometimes have a double braid. Is this the reason?
Looking at the golden braided hair, Messermo slowly recounted its origin:

"This is the braided hair that my mother cut off. It is her offering to 'Grandmother'."

"I don't know what my mother prayed for, made a wish for, or confessed for."

"After that, my mother never returned to her hometown again."

Messermo reached out and picked up the braided hair, handing it to Melina.

"My mother once told me that if I missed her, I could take the braids with me."

"But I think this should be left to you."

"After so many things happened, I could feel my mother gradually closing her heart."

"It's really not fair to you."

Bai Shi can feel the power of this braid.

This is the braid that Marika took off her body after she became a god. It embodies a special power.

If used as a talisman, the holy attribute's damage reduction rate could probably be increased to a terrifying level.

Of course, for these two siblings, the emotional significance outweighs the practical value.

Melina looked at the braid and shook her head, not reaching out to take it.

"Here, I have found my mother's love."

"Just knowing a little bit about her is enough for me."

"This braided hair will remain here as a symbol and guardian of the Wizard Village."

"And you're wrong about one thing, brother."

"Although I didn't feel the love my mother gave me in the past, I don't need such compensation."

"Now I have a more precious love."

Melina turned to look at Bai Shi and smiled slightly.

　I stayed at my post and didn't go out on a date (sad). I wish all my single friends can find a significant other who will choose them firmly in the new year, and I wish my friends who already have a partner a long and lasting relationship.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)