Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 51 Proverbs
Bai Shi was trembling with fear on the shaky suspension bridge.

As Torrett walked, the suspension bridge not only swayed, but also made a creaking sound from time to time.

Bai Shi always felt that as he walked along, a huge white snake would appear in the canyon next to the suspension bridge and break the bridge in one go.

It's a mix-up, the border area is not Ashina.

Bai Shi looked down at the bridge. Although it was very high, it was not so deep that it was bottomless.

There is a large group of Miranda flowers of all sizes below, which are constantly spewing poisonous pollen, so that the poisonous gas at the bottom of the valley is as thick as fog.

No longer looking at the Miranda flowers, Bai Shi raised his head and looked forward.

The destination church is at the end of the road behind the bridge, and you can reach it by walking uphill.

But there was something that attracted Bai Shi's attention even more, and it appeared in Bai Shi's field of vision at the same time as the church.

It was an extremely sturdy towering tree with a straight trunk and only branches near the crown covered with golden leaves.

It's a small golden tree.

There is usually a golden tree incarnation guarding the small golden tree. Killing the incarnation can obtain various dew drops with special effects.

Bai Shi tried to recall carefully what kind of dew drops this incarnation would drop, but after recalling for a long time, he still couldn't remember what kind of dew drops this incarnation would drop.

The incarnation of the golden tree should be weaker than the demigods, but it is definitely one or two levels stronger than the limb-grafted nobles and the lion hybrids.

Before fighting Greg, it seems to be a good idea to use an avatar to test the strength.

After all, we can’t judge Greg by the numbers in the game. Even if he is weaker than other demigods, he is still a real demigod.

However, let’s wait until we accomplish the purpose of this trip.

Cross the suspension bridge and head uphill towards the church.

A group of strange guys appeared along the road, wearing golden masks carved with patterns and golden tops, moving slowly and patrolling aimlessly.

A half branch strangely grew on its back.

These guys are the guards of the Little Golden Tree. They were once well-known martial arts experts and had an ancient pact with the Golden Tree.

It is said that because of this ancient contract, they remain immortal after death and are the eternal guardians of the golden tree.

In other words, they were all dead.

Bai Shi gathered the storm on the sword and swung it hard at the nearest small golden tree guard.

The spiral air blade condensed by the storm tore through the guard's body, and half of his body was directly shattered.

But no blood was spilled, only sawdust.

Bai Shi looked at the wound and saw that the body beneath the clothes had almost completely turned to wood.

The guard was knocked to the ground, but was still moving. Bai Shi fired another storm blade, completely destroying his upper body.

The other guards around gathered around.

Bai Shi didn't even dismount, and released a storm on Torret's back, occasionally striking with his greatsword.

But in just a moment, all the guards were eliminated.

"It's a bit weak. How can we protect the little golden tree like this?"

Bai Shi walked past the bodies of the guards, went uphill and headed straight for the church.

After Bai Shi left, there was a slight movement near the bodies of the little golden tree guards.

"Susu"

Something seemed to be moving through the soil, and then broke out of the ground, revealing thick tree roots.

These tree roots connected to the bodies of the small golden tree guards, and soon their bodies were filled up. As the tree roots retracted into the ground, the small golden tree guards stood up again and continued to guard forever according to the contract.
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Bai Shi also saw a group of dignitaries holding flags on the road. Their bodies were almost shriveled up and there was no flesh left. The bodies of two of them had even begun to rot.

But even so, they can still walk normally and constantly look for ways to kill themselves.

Bai Shi ignored them. Elden's ring was broken, and the part of the Golden Law that returned to the tree of death also became invalid.

These once powerful and distinguished people are now completely immortal. Even if their heads are chopped off and their bodies are torn into pieces, they will turn into pieces of meat and keep wriggling.

What was once a gift from the Golden Tree has now become a terrible curse.

Bai Shi arrived at the door of the church. Melina had just told him the name of the church in his ear - the Pilgrimage Church.

In front of the church, a translucent resident soul was sitting on a chair, with his head facing in one direction, muttering to himself:

"The spirit temple is wandering, embracing the soulless demigod."

"Oh, Eternal Queen Marika, sleeping in it is your ugly abandoned child..."

Bai Shi looked in the direction of the soul and saw a huge four-legged spirit temple walking in the wilderness, covered with moss. It was unknown how much time had passed.

"The spirit temple is wandering..."

The soul kept repeating this sentence, and no one knew why it had such a deep obsession.

Bai Shi entered the ruined church, which housed a huge statue of Radagon. There was also a golden holy grail left under the statue.

Bai Shi picked up the Holy Grail, lit up the blessing here, sat down and put the Holy Grail away, recovered his magic power a little, and prepared to continue on his journey.

But Melina suddenly spoke:
"Wait a minute, someone seems to have left a message here. I want to stop and interpret it. Maybe it's a special message."

Bai Shi suddenly remembered that some churches would have mottos left by Queen Marika. So he might as well listen to them and see if there was any difference from the ones in the game.

“What does the book of Proverbs say?”

Bai Shi asked curiously. He had forgotten what the proverb said specifically. He only remembered the general content about the process of Marika exiling Gefulei and the Faded Ones.

As the proverb was interpreted, a hint of shock appeared on Melina's face.

"These are the words left by Queen Marika, who disappeared long ago."

"I just repeated the Proverbs."

"After you face death, what was taken away will be returned. You will return to the border, join the battle, and display the Elden Ring at will."

"Become strong in the face of death - the king's warriors, my king Gefulei."

As Melina repeated, Bai Shi's memory was awakened little by little. After comparing, it seemed that the content had not changed much.

Melina thought for a moment.

"This seems to be the motto left by Queen Marika after she exiled Gefulei and his army, but the content is incomplete. There seem to be other mottos before and after."

“No wonder so many faded ones received blessings and guidance and returned to the border. It turns out that Queen Marika had arranged everything long ago.”

"But what is Queen Malika planning?"

Bai Shi heard a hint of excitement in Melina's tone. He didn't expect that Melina was interested in this kind of historical archaeology.

But Bai Shi himself is also very interested in the history of the border area.

"Bai Shi, we seem to have found the secret of the border. We should go look for more proverbs."

"Well, we'll figure it out one day."

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(End of this chapter)