Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 405: The Faith of the Venerable Knight is Being Tested
Millicent had the blade in hand, ready to engage in battle with the corrupt knight, but was stunned by her sudden kneeling.

Just now, after dealing with other enemies around, Millicent had already spotted the noble knight guarding in front of the room from a distance.

But at that time she seemed to be sleeping, curled up with her head down, without any movement.

So Millicent originally planned to rely on agility to attack and then immediately take the initiative.

At this moment, Millicent was holding a knife, looking at the corrupt knight kneeling in front of her. She didn't know whether to chop him or not.

Millicent was no stranger to the noble knight.

In the Crimson Swamp of Ionia, there are many noble knights who followed Marennia to Gaileid.

However, because they have been soaking in the Corruption Lake for many years, the bodies of the Zun Corruption Knights are constantly suffering from the infection of scarlet corruption.

Even if those Zun Corruption Knights had performed prayers to resist corruption, the effects would gradually fade over the long years, and they would no longer be able to continue to fight against corruption.

As a result, all the proud and noble knights were unable to resist, and were degenerated into corrupt puppets, completely losing their self-consciousness.

This was also the first time that Millicent had seen a conscious and normal conversational Knight.

Millicent gritted her teeth, a little dazed.

'Marenia? Me?'

At this moment, the corrupt knight seemed to have just woken up and finally saw Millicent's appearance clearly.

She looked at her carefully and suddenly realized that the Millicent in front of her was indeed not Marlenia.

Although they have extremely similar or even identical looks and hair color, they have also lost their right arms, and their bodies are filled with scarlet corruption...

But Lady Marennia’s body is not so petite, and her defects are not limited to this one.

Mistress Michaela is always young, but Mistress Marlenya is always developing normally.

And Millicent in front of her was not even as tall as her.

It is impossible for Lady Marennia to grow backwards, and her body size is even shrinking.

But at first sight, they were indeed extremely similar.

The Zunfu Knight immediately stood up and crossed his weapons in front of him.

"wrong!"

"You are not Lady Marenia!"

Millicent blinked, only to point her knife at the knight in front of her again.

"I'm definitely not..."

"And it seems that he has never said that he is."

The Zunfu Knight said nothing, but just held up his weapon silently to ease the embarrassment of being mistaken.

After a brief period of silence, it was the corrupt knight who spoke first.

She still held the weapon carefully and asked Millicent:
"Who are you? What are you planning to do here?"

"And what is your relationship with Lady Marenia?"

Even if it wasn't Lady Marennia, the Zunfu Knight had no intention of attacking first.

She was certain that the person in front of her did have some relationship with Lady Marennia.

Seeing that the other party was able to communicate normally, Millicent thought for a moment, then took the lead in slowly putting down the knife and putting it back into the sheath.

"I'm Millicent, and I don't know exactly what the relationship between me and Marenia is."

"The only thing I can be sure of is that she and I are indeed related by blood."

"But as for whether they are biological children, sisters, or her clones, or even some other relationship..."

"I can't explain all this myself, but no matter what, I have my reasons for wanting to see her."

The noble knight listened silently, trying to determine the truth of these shocking words.

After a while, she slowly separated the weapons she had raised and let them fall naturally.

"Where is Lady Marenia?"

Millicent pursed her lips and answered reluctantly:

"She...is probably not in a good condition right now."

When the noble knight heard this, he became anxious and asked:

"What does it mean?!"

She was a garrison during the Shattered War, and at that time there was no news of the expedition south.

Faced with further questioning, Millicent simply looked away in silence.

Since they have a close relationship with Malenia, they will be humiliated together.

Millicent found it difficult to talk about what Malenia did in Galeed.

Bai Shi shook his head and spoke for Millicent, telling the story of what happened to Gallid in plain terms.

"During the battle in Ionia, Marenia took the initiative to remove the golden needle and released the scarlet corruption in her body."

"Both Latan and Marenia were defeated, and the entire Gaileid was completely tainted by the Scarlet Corruption."

"After the scarlet flower bloomed, Marennia lost consciousness and was taken back to the sacred tree. She has never been seen since."

Hearing that Marlennia had taken the initiative to release the Scarlet Corruption, the faith of the Honored Corruption Knight in front of him was being tested.

The weapon in her hand gradually slipped and fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

"how come?"

"How could Lady Marenia... release the power of corruption?"

"Impossible, this is impossible..."

Bai Shi nodded, ruthlessly shattering her fantasy.

"It's absolutely true. I don't bother to lie."

After a moment of trance, the noble knight looked at Millicent again and asked again with trembling voice:

"So... why are you here?"

Millicent looked at the noble knight opposite her and answered seriously:

"I want to give back to Marenia... to give back to her the will she once held."

"The whispers of scarlet corruption, the pride of a human being who fought against them, and the rules that she had broken with her own hands in the past."

"To achieve this goal, I must go to the Holy Tree and find a prosthetic hand that can help me fight again."

Millicent looked past the figure of the noble knight and towards the room.

"It seems... maybe I have found the right place."

The Zunfu Knight looked at Millicent and was silent for a long time, as if he was making some kind of decision.

She picked up the weapon on the ground, made way, and said to Millicent:
"Looking for a prosthetic hand? Then please follow me."

"You can call me Dahlia."

"I will treat you and follow you with the same respect I gave Lady Marenia."
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The room was filled with various statues, and in between were several shelves containing supplies from the Holy Tree.

A noble knight named Dahlia led Millicent and Bai Shi to the shelf, took down a huge box and placed it on the ground.

He reached out and opened the box, and the contents inside were revealed to the two of them.

Preserved in the box were two complete sets of Malenia's golden prosthetic limbs.

Each set has three types, corresponding to Malenia's right hand, left leg and right calf.

No matter what is damaged in the battle, it can be replaced with the prosthetic limbs stored here.

Millicent picked up one of the prosthetic hands, feeling the delicate pure gold, and exclaimed.

The prosthetic hand was indeed very well made, and Millicent was sure that it would be able to perform the desired movements perfectly.

“Such an exquisite prosthetic hand…”

"No wonder Marenia was able to overcome her congenital disability and gallop on the battlefield."

"And are there two of them stored in places like this?"

Dahlia nodded slightly and explained to Millicent:
"Ms. Marenia's body is no longer growing. There is no need to improve the size. Just generate a fixed size."

"The craftsmen of the Holy Tree made enough of them out of respect for Lady Marennia."

"It's just that... it seems that this size is not suitable for you..."

Millicent shook her head, helpless.

"Yes, the sizes don't match."

This kind of thing can be solved by simply comparing the prosthetic hand with your own body.

The prosthetic hand in her hand is longer than her left arm, with a whole palm and half of the forearm included.

If it was just a slight difference, then it would be fine, it could still be used. Even if the effect was not perfect, the combat power of the right hand was much stronger than that of the left hand.

Unfortunately, with the current length difference, it is impossible to use it.

After installing it, let alone recovering my strength, I'm afraid it will be worse than my left hand.

Sighing slightly, Millicent was very disappointed.

"Hey, is it possible that it will fail?"

Dahlia looked Millicent up and down, thought for a moment, and then spoke again:
“It’s not completely impossible.”

"I still have a deep impression of Lady Marenia. Your body proportions should be exactly the same as hers."

"As long as we find a prosthetic hand from the right period, we can still use it normally."

Millicent's thoughts were self-evident as she scanned the room filled with statues.

Dahlia shook her head and said quickly:

"What is properly preserved here are the war supplies."

"In fact, there are many other kinds of prosthetic limbs in the city."

"In the transaction with Sunshade City Lord Maremare, the Holy Tree also traded a lot of things."

"A large part of them are the prosthetic hands and feet that Lady Marennia once used, but they were replaced because they grew out of size and no longer matched the original."

"Those prosthetic limbs should still be in the city lord's hall if nothing unexpected happens."

Millicent finally responded after hearing what Dahlia said.

Mr. Patch did say before that the owner of this city, Maremare, has a unique hobby of collecting Marennia's prosthetic limbs.

I originally thought they were talking about the two pairs here, but it turns out they were referring to the others.

It seems there is still hope.

Hope rekindled in Millicent's heart, and she hurriedly asked Dahlia:

"Why? Can you tell me the location of that room in detail?"

"If we just find Maremare, we can find the prosthetic hand, right?"

Dahlia glanced at Millicent and said:
"If you go, Maremare will definitely agree and be willing to give the prosthetic hand back..."

"It's a pity that Maremare is no longer the mayor of Sunshade City."

"A man named Elonmeier occupies this place, and his strength is far greater than that of Maremare."

Millicent was surprised to hear this.

"From what I have heard, the only thing I know is that the city lord here is Mare Mare..."

She got the news about Sunshade City from Patch.

Millicent only knew that the city lord was Maremare, and had no information about Elonmere at all.

I don’t know what happened during this period that caused such a huge change in the city.

Dahlia nodded, understanding of Millicent's outdated information.

"It is difficult to communicate news about Sunshade City to the outside world because this is one of the most remote areas under the control of the Golden Tree."

"And it's full of poisonous swamps, and no one wants to come here."

"Even if Maremare escapes, we won't be able to get any decent reinforcements."

"So maybe the news didn't get out, and no one cared."

Bai Shi nodded in approval.

It's not that Riyin City is a place where no one lives, but it can be said that any bird passing by will be poisoned to death.

Moreover, Mare Mare's identity is quite embarrassing. He was originally a lord under the Golden Tree, but during the Shattered War, he defected to the Holy Tree.

Now that the Shattering War is over, all the sacred trees have been beaten back.

After the war, Golden Tree did not come to destroy him. Perhaps he thought this place was too desolate and was too lazy to waste time, or he simply forgot about it.

Maremare was alone on the Yatan Plateau, and even if the city was captured, he could not get any reinforcements.

Bai Shi knew the situation in Sunshade City very well, but due to his own considerations, he was not in a position to tell Millicent.

Now with Dahlia's explanation, it became much easier for him. He just needed to add a few things.

For example, the strength of Elon Meier.

Seeing that Millicent was eager to try, Bai Shi quickly poured cold water on her:

"Don't act rashly and think you can easily kill Elon Meier."

"Alonmeier is not a good person."

"He is a powerful warrior from the foreign country of Oh, who is proficient in the use of 'Chi'."

"At the same time, he is also a vicious death row inmate, known for his acts of killing and looting."

"At least before you get the prosthetic hand, you probably won't be able to fight him."

Millicent gritted her teeth, having a headache.

If she wants a prosthetic hand, she must first overcome the hurdle of Elonmeyer.

But if you want to defeat him, you need to have a prosthetic hand first.

In this situation...if I want to solve it myself, what should I do?

Millicent's eyes couldn't help but look towards the shelf nearby.

These are all the supplies that the Holy Tree prepared for Malenia. They are of excellent variety, quantity, and quality.

Following Millicent's gaze, Dalya immediately said:

"Please feel free to use the supplies here."

"The Sunshade City has been abandoned, and the Holy Tree probably can't intervene again. Your identity can be used completely."

Millicent nodded and began to pick out supplies that might be of use.

There are many supplies that can be used in battle. Maybe we can use these to fight against Elonmeier...

No, if we just go to the city lord's room to find the prosthetic arm, we might not even have to fight.

It is not impossible to take advantage of the opportunity to lure him out of the room with props to find the prosthetic hand.

As for getting a prosthetic hand through communication...

Millicent couldn't bring herself to entertain such a thought.

After all, he is a vicious death row inmate, and one can only assume in advance that he cannot communicate with him. This is the only way to ensure one's own safety.

Dahlia seemed to remember something and spoke to Millicent again:

"When Elronmayer took Sunshade City, our knights stationed here did not participate."

"So don't be surprised if you see them here and there, we won't be an obstacle in your way."

"After seeing you, my companions will definitely be like me and will not take the initiative to attack."

With Dahlia's words, Millicent felt relieved.

After selecting and putting in the props she could use, and after making all the preparations, Millicent was ready to set off.

However, Dahlia looked at Millicent who was about to leave and suddenly called out to her.

"if……"

"If one day, you really find Lady Marenia."

"Can you also say a word to us knights who are wandering outside?"

Looking at Dahlia, Millicent nodded.

"Please tell me."

"I will definitely bring the words to you."

Dahlia clenched the Noble Knight's Spear in her hand. Although the prayer engraved on it was dim, it still radiated light.

"Lady Marennia... I hope she can continue to fight and continue to struggle."

"Ms. Marlennia's invincible heroic figure on the battlefield and her heroic will to never succumb to corruption are still deeply engraved in my mind and have become a pillar that supports me."

"It is precisely because I was moved by those beautiful things that I volunteered to fight alongside Lady Marennia and accept the consequences of gradually falling into corruption..."

"The noble knights... we, the insignificant mortals, are still fighting against corruption..."

"So please, please pass on this small wish to Lady Marenia."

"Please never give in to corruption..."

(End of this chapter)