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Chapter 237 The Mad Starry Sky and the Shattered Magic Ring (Seeking Monthly Tickets!)

Mengbai.

This is one of the many aliases she has adopted.

And her real name is: Asadran Malestrix.

Mengbai is the second-ranked guardian in the Guardian Elders Council of Qianhu City.

She is almost the guardian with the most mysterious origin in Thousand Lakes City. Like the lich Visaros, she is not a local force in the Evernight Forest, and has only joined Thousand Lakes City for a hundred years.

Mengbai is a female dragon.

My hometown is a million miles away from the Eternal Night Forest.

It was an extremely ancient country of ten thousand dragons that spanned several chaotic eras.

Although she is also an outsider, Mengbai is different from the other elders of Qianhu City. She has no interest in the Eternal Night Forest, and the reason she appears here is for the Eternal Night Dragon King.

There is a tradition in the Land of Ten Thousand Dragons.

Every noblest dragon warrior hunts fallen dragons as they travel the land.

This will become an essential sacrifice in the coming-of-age ceremony and a symbol for a dragon warrior to prove his bravery and honor.

The more powerful the fallen kin you hunt.

The higher the honor and reputation you achieve.

The target chosen by "Mengbai" Asadlan is the Eternal Night Dragon King who is entrenched in the Eternal Night Forest.

However, although Mengbai is a very rare, ancient and noble branch among the ancient dragons, dragons of her species are not good at actual combat, and her current cultivation level is not enough to challenge the Eternal Night Dragon King, so she chose to join Qianhu City.

She believed that with this force as her base, coupled with her own wisdom, strength and courage, it was only a matter of time before she could defeat the Eternal Night Dragon King and return home in glory!

"Cute White" Asadran has never been favored by other tribesmen.

Therefore, she wants to prove that even she can become a brave and powerful dragon warrior!

Although Mengbai has only been a member of Qianhu City for a hundred years and is an independent outsider without any power or foundation, he has already become the second-ranked guardian of Qianhu City's Elder Council, second only to the founder of Qianhu City.

This shows that Mengbai is definitely not weak, and has made considerable contributions to Qianhu City. Now he is one of the most critical forces in the fight against the Eternal Night Dragon King.

The Great Elder has fallen asleep again recently.

According to the rules of the Guardian Elders Council.

Whenever the Great Elder falls asleep, she becomes the most powerful person in the city, which means that during this period of time, she is the de facto acting city lord.

And as the acting city lord.

She recently discovered something strange.

That is, the lich Vesalos, ranked sixth in the Council of Elders, and the elf Artus, ranked eighteenth, behaved abnormally.

These two old guys are very close to a human underground city called Miracle City. Not only that, the power and influence of Miracle City has also entered Thousand Lakes City. It is said that they are very popular among the adventurers and certain groups in Thousand Lakes City.

Qianhu City is an alliance city-state.

Although Presbyterian members have their own rights and obligations.

However, since each elder has a different identity and comes from a different force, they are essentially scattered, and each has his own interests and plans. They are simply banding together for warmth under the pressure of the Eternal Night Dragon King.

As long as it does not harm the interests of Qianhu City.

Perform the agreement and fulfill the obligations normally.

No one can control what these elders want to do.

However, as the second elder and acting city lord, she felt that she needed to learn more about Miracle City.

Mengbai is a rare dragon of noble blood. Although he is 800 years old, he is the youngest and least experienced dragon in his clan. He is curious about everything.

Human dungeon?
That’s really where it gets interesting!

Mengbai has been traveling around the continent for less than two hundred years, and for several decades he has transformed himself into an adventurer, wandering around in various dungeons.

She considered herself to be an experienced adventure expert. The main reason why she had not continued her adventures in recent years was because there were no sufficiently challenging and interesting secret realms in the Evernight Forest.

The secret realm of the human dungeon.

Either it is poorly made or full of malice.

Or the level is not high enough and there is no challenge.

For many years, there hasn't been a secret place with real connotations that can attract people and make them want to conquer and explore.

Miracle City opened an Adventure Hall in Thousand Lakes City.

In just twenty or thirty days, it caused a sensation among the adventurers in Qianhu City.

Nowadays, the city is crowded every day and secret crystals are very hard to come by. A large number of adventurers are even willing to pay high fees to take risks. In this process, many merchants and adventurers from Qianhu City spontaneously go to Miracle City.

"Strange, I've never seen anything like this before. Is this new dungeon really this interesting?"

Meng Bai couldn't help but feel curious and wanted to go and have some fun, but as the acting mayor of Qianhu City, if he left his post due to playing around, it might have a bad impact.

When she hesitated.

A piece of bombshell information dispelled his concerns.

The information is: Miracle City, with the assistance of Artus and Vesaros, broke through the Evil Wood Forest and completed a major expansion.

This underground city appeared not long ago.

It actually annexed a third-level dark territory!
Although it happened in an extremely dark night and with the assistance of the elves and undead from Qianhu City, it was definitely an event that was enough to cause a sensation!

Regardless of whether Miracle City is supported by both elves and undead.

The current territorial scale and strength of this city have reached at least the third level!

It was able to swallow up the Evil Wood Forest so easily, and it might have initially acquired the strength of a fourth-level territory. Such forces are rare even in the entire forest.

When its rise is enough to cause an impact on the regional power structure.

It may also have a great impact on the power structure of the entire Eternal Night Forest.

So, I have to go and see it myself? This isn't just for fun. After all, as the acting city lord and the second elder of Qianhu City, I have the obligation to understand all the changes in the forces within Qianhu City's sphere of influence, so as to make the most favorable arrangements and decisions for Qianhu City!
Mengbai's true form cannot be shown directly.

This will not only attract excessive attention and discussion, but may also alert the enemy and hinder reconnaissance.

She then transformed herself from a giant dragon about fifty or sixty meters long into a human girl in an instant.

This is one of the racial talents of the "Prophet Ancient Dragon". As one of the oldest and most mysterious sacred dragons, the Prophet Dragon can transform into various races, and this incarnation is not a simple shape change.

Once Mengbai successfully transforms into another race, his body and soul will undergo a fundamental transformation, thus possessing the racial talents of this race. The racial talents of the human race are - the soul of an innate adventurer.

Humans are born adventurers!
Therefore, Mengbai transformed into human form.

She automatically awakened the soul of an adventurer and could enter any dungeon.

"My human form is rarely used in Qianhu City. Almost no one has ever seen it. This way, I won't alert the enemy."

At this moment, Mengbai looks like a big lolita who is as delicate as a porcelain doll. She looks lively, cute and innocent, but because of hundreds of years of experience and temperament, she has a sense of calmness and sophistication that is completely inconsistent with her appearance.

The darkest night will be over in five minutes!

Meng Bai's eyes turned silver-white, and he tore open the space in front of him. He stepped through the crack, crossed hundreds of miles, and appeared in front of the dark valley in the core area of ​​Miracle City from Qianhu City.

This is an extremely sophisticated spatial method.

When affected by the Dark Night, the territorial laws of the Great Forest become invalid. In this case, Mengbai can teleport himself to any location.

Because Mengbai is a human adventurer at this moment.

This true identity quickly passed the city entry inspection, and she was finally successfully teleported to the main city as she wished. At this time, the Dark Night had ended and the Chaos Tide had returned.

"This place... is actually still at the second level!"

When Mengbai felt the power of the laws covering the Miracle Territory, she was surprised and shocked to find that this territory, which had broken through the Evil Wood Forest with the force of a whirlwind sweeping away fallen leaves and destroying dead trees with great force, was only a second-level force!
Even with the full support of old guys like Vesaros and Artus.

It is incredible, even unbelievable, for a second-level territory to want to destroy the Evil Wood Forest overnight. After all, there are many formations and traps, as well as tens of thousands of dark armies in the Evil Wood Forest.

How on earth is it done?
Mengbai was full of curiosity and observed the Miracle Territory at the same time.

Miracle City is now very prosperous. Even though it has not yet absorbed the new population from the Evil Wood Forest, the local population of tens of thousands plus hundreds of extraordinary facilities are enough to make it look no less inferior to the third or fourth-level territory main city that has been painstakingly managed for thirty years.

Not only that.

Almost a minute after the city opened.

At least ten thousand human adventurers crowded here.

Mengbai has traveled to many top dungeons, many of which have reached the fourth and fifth levels. Although the scale of their main cities is much larger than Miracle City, he has never seen adventurers so passionate or even fanatical.

"I thought this was a puppet dungeon supported by elves or the undead... but now it seems it's not that simple. Even without the support of elves and undead forces, this dungeon still has great potential and strength!"

"Interesting! This dungeon is really interesting!"

While Mengbai was observing.

Suddenly a group of female adventurers passed by.

Cat Mengmeng: "Wow, look, there's such a cute little sister over there. Is she the new adventurer in Miracle City?"

Lihua Yuluo was a little puzzled. "In our world of adventurers, generally only those over sixteen are allowed to participate in adventures. Such a young girl is very rare."

The white deer took the initiative to ask: "Little sister, where are you from?"

"I'm an adventurer from Dahe City. I recently heard rumors about Miracle City while traveling in Qianhu City. Today is my first time here, so please take care of me."

Mengbai made up a random story.

She then continued, "Also, don't treat me like a little sister. I just look smaller on the outside, but if nothing unexpected happens, I'm actually older than all of you!"

"is it?"

Mengbai speaks in a steady manner.

It even has a sense of old-fashionedness.

This temperament contrasts sharply with its juvenile appearance.

Several female adventurers were surprised. They quickly noticed Mengbai's bulging chest. The little guy's figure and appearance formed a sharp contrast. He was simply the legendary baby-faced giant, which made a deep impression on people at first sight.

It seems that I was indeed wrong.

Some people just have baby faces and are short in stature.

"Hahaha, sorry, sorry, we were rude!"

"Now that we're in Miracle City, we're a family from now on!"

"Yeah, let's go to the lobby together. We'll treat you to some fat otaku happy water and spicy noodles!"

"..."

Mengbai didn't refuse.

She was originally going to the secret hall.

During this process, I heard the adventurers communicating with each other.

"Have you heard?"

"Today, the Lord will open the fourth main secret realm."

"Well, there's no doubt about it. This matter has been announced. I think it must be true."

"This is truly bizarre! It's only been so long since we captured Xiemu City, and they've already created the fourth main secret realm? I knew the Lord was incredibly efficient, but this is just too fast!"

"Nothing wrong!"

"Isn't the Lord always this quick?!"

"He might have been planning a new secret realm half a month or even a month ago."

"..."

A few minutes later.

The secret hall of Miracle City.

"What kind of drink is this? It's so delicious!"

Meng Bai took a sip of the ice-cold fat otaku happy water, his eyes shining.

Cat Mengmeng laughed out loud: "What's that? We have so many good things in Miracle City. Now that we're here, we should make good use of it and try to settle down here as soon as possible!"

"come on! Come on!"

"I can't wait to go on this adventure!" "Let's go!"

"Mengbai, if you have any problems, you can always come to us!"

"..."

Mengbai walked around the secret hall while sipping the fat otaku's happy water. Although the thing in her hand was just an ordinary drink, it had a magical power that made her feel very intoxicated. Unfortunately, she finished it very quickly.

Miracle City is truly unique!
The territory has been open for less than ten minutes now.

The secret hall is already very lively and full of adventurers.

This is formed by the merger of four third-level halls, and the space can accommodate tens of thousands of people. Even so, it still seems very crowded. There are not only many adventurers but also many people from the territory who provide services.

While drinking Coke.

A large number of adventurers have already started their adventure.

The image revealed from the secret crystal shocked her.

Zombies, mechas, tanks, spaceships... These strange and novel elements and scenes were all things Mengbai had never heard of before. The several competitive gun battle modes she saw were also very interesting.

No wonder Miracle City is so popular!
The style of the secret realm is completely different from other dungeons!
Mengbai threw the Coke can to the dwarf waiter who collected garbage, and she quickly found a secret crystal, activated it immediately and started the challenge with great enthusiasm... How could watching other people's adventures be as exciting as experiencing it yourself?
When the crystal is activated successfully.

The secret works of Miracle City are presented one by one.

Main secret realms: Doomsday Frenzy, Ten Alien Kingdoms, Sea of ​​Stars, and Nightmare Disease Realm.

Secondary secret realms: End Arena, Free City, and Arad Continent.

There are currently seven optional secret realms.

These secret realms are all very unfamiliar to Mengbai, but as an old bird with rich adventure experience, he also knows that there are many benefits to exploring new secret realms. It is said that the fourth main secret realm of Miracle City, "Nightmare Disease Realm", was just opened today.

"I'll choose you!"

The moment Mengbai made his choice.

She immediately fell into a chaotic void.

This is a starry sky scene similar to the Sea of ​​Stars, but it is completely different from the feeling of vastness, depth and breadth of the Sea of ​​Stars. The first feeling this scene brings to people is madness and chaos.

The sea of ​​billions of stars in the endless void was distorted by some power beyond cognition.

Eventually, strange whirlpools of various colors and shapes were formed.

Thousands of strange star swirls eventually formed a "crazy starry sky", which is similar in shape to Van Gogh's famous starry sky paintings, but more distorted, weird and full of weird atmosphere.

When you look around.

Behind the endless and deep background of the crazy starry sky, in the gaps and cracks between the thousands of star vortexes, there are billions of tentacles, eyeballs, tumors, or other indescribable tissues and organs piled up, and all kinds of strange substances and energies are looming.

Mengbai can feel the deepest cracks in time and space among the countless whirlpools and the crazy starry sky.

There is a very ancient and indescribable existence sleeping. It seems to be the source of the entire crazy starry sky. Everything is born from the reflection of its dreams, as fragile and absurd as flowers in the mirror and moon in the water.

"What kind of world is this?"

"Why does it give people such a weird and absurd feeling!"

"This secret realm is called 'Nightmare Disease Realm'. Does it contain some deep meaning?"

"..."

Mengbai doesn't have enough information now, so she naturally can't make an effective guess, but she feels that the reason why the Lord of Miracle City created such a scene is not just a gimmick, it must be related to the content of each secret realm and the entire secret world.

When the morbid and crazy starry sky appeared before our eyes, all the star vortices were closed, with only one currently in active operation.

The first activated star vortex marks the first chapter of the Disease Realm: the Shattered Magic Ring!

Qi Ji did not change the original name.

Because the name really reflects the characteristics of the story.

The reason why Qi Ji changed the name of the secret realm that he had remade in the past was mainly to more intuitively reflect the characteristics of the secret realm, or to better integrate it with the main secret realm. The disease world is a chaotic, disordered, and madness-filled world.

The main plot of this story revolves entirely around the "Elden Ring". If it is renamed "Golden Tree Dynasty" or "Borderland Chapter", it would seem too rigid, and the direct translation of the original name "Ancient Ring" or "Old Man Ring" would be weird.

The word Elden itself has no special meaning.

Instead, it highlights a sense of mystery.

There are currently hundreds of adventurers, including Mengbai, who have entered the login interface of the Nightmare Disease Realm. When they saw the name of the opening work of this secret realm, "Elden Ring", they were all confused.

Because there is no other information to support it.

It is impossible to guess what this secret realm is about just by looking at its name.

However, precisely because of the mysterious and obscure feeling, coupled with the extremely crazy login interface of the disease world, people have a sense of awe and an urge to enter and find out what is going on.

"The Lord of Miracle City is indeed very thoughtful..."

"I haven't even entered the secret realm yet, but I'm already so curious. I don't know what story this is going to tell!"

"Very good, this trip was worth it. Now let me see how many surprises the secret realm of Miracle City can bring me!"

Mengbai didn't waste time.

I immediately chose the secret story.

A huge attraction came and sucked it into the deepest part of the star vortex.

Mengbai appears in the character creation interface. She can choose one of ten initial identities, including: Wandering Knight, Brave Man, Warrior, Prisoner, Secret Agent, Samurai, Thief, Stargazer, Prophet, and Useless Person.

Different initial identities have different specialties.

This will obviously have an impact on the exploration of secret realms.

The adventurers were surprised to find that they could not only choose their initial identity, but also freely set their appearance. Theoretically, they could shape the protagonist into any appearance.

"Fuck!"

"Can this still happen?"

“This setting is so interesting!”

"Then we can create a protagonist that looks exactly like us!"

"..."

No wonder adventurers find it fresh and new.

Because of the secret stories in Miracle City’s past, whether it’s Rebecca and Leon from the biochemical world, or Wolf, Kratos, Ego, and Acho, the image and identity of each character in the story are fixed.

Even in the continent of Arad, where you can freely create characters and choose professions, there are actually only a few fixed templates to choose from. The Elden Ring is the first secret realm where you can completely customize your characters.

An interesting innovation for adventurers.

Can the protagonist's identity, gender, and appearance be customized?
This means that this may be a secret realm with a higher degree of openness and freedom, and a completely different way of plot interpretation, which makes the adventurers in Miracle City more curious about this world and the story.

Mengbai also found it very interesting.

It took her half an hour to create a satisfactory character. As for the identity, she chose a wandering knight and then officially entered the story.

Boom!
In endless darkness.

Violent banging sounds.

It's like a strike on the soul.

A ray of light was smashed out from the deepest part of the endless darkness.

Although this light looks so weak and powerless, it stubbornly fights and tries to tear apart all the darkness.

A deep and old voice sounded:

Fallen leaves bring a message...

A picture with the texture of an ancient oil painting emerged from blurry to clear and appeared in front of Mengbai's eyes.

This was a slender, curvaceous woman with her upper body naked. She was swinging a sledgehammer with both hands and hitting something on the stone platform hard.

Even though it's just a still painting.

But it is full of tension and artistic conception.

Mengbai could clearly feel from the static and unclear image and the dull sound of impact coming from the background the destructive power contained in this blow, a power that was enough to shake the entire world.

Boom!
Without waiting to see carefully.

Suddenly the picture changed.

The characters in this picture full of oil painting texture suddenly changed.

The same scene, the same posture, the same hammering action, but the character in the painting suddenly changed from a slender woman to a strong man with well-defined muscles.

"what happened?"

"Who are these two people?"

"What are they hammering on?"

“Why do the same thing in the same place?”

"..."

The adventurer was confused.

Mengbai, however, had a different feeling: "No, they are doing different things, or even completely different things!"

She passed through the images and the alternating crashing sounds.

I actually felt two completely different flavors.

Every swing of the hammer by a woman is filled with relentless destructive intent; she's probably trying to break something. Every swing of the hammer by a man is an attempt to repair something, which is the exact opposite of a woman's motivation.

When the knocking sounds alternate.

It's like some kind of silent but intense game.

Mengbai couldn't believe it.

Just a few pictures that are not very realistic.

It actually allowed her to feel the artistic conception and charm so vividly.

I have never had this feeling before, and even though I don’t quite understand it yet, the amount of information contained in the painting must be quite large.

The two scenes together lasted only five seconds.

At this time, the angle of the picture changed, this time giving a close-up of the stone platform. The moment the ancient hammer hit the stone platform, it burst into dazzling light and complex runes full of energy.

The adventurers couldn't see clearly what was hit.

But something must have been broken.

Meng Bai wondered, had the woman finally won? She had shattered not only an object but also some conceptualized law of power.

At this time.

The picture changes again.

A giant tree that is a thousand feet tall or even taller is emitting a golden light that is so divine that it is difficult to look directly at. Under the light is a ruined city full of vicissitudes of life, tens of thousands of troops are attacking the city, and a huge gray dragon corpse lies in the city.

The deep voiceover sounded again:

[Beyond the fog, in our hometown, the 'Junction', the great Elden Ring has been shattered...]

Mengbai couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw this. Although he had only been in this secret place for a few seconds, and although he had only seen a few static images and a few short monologues, it was shrouded in mist and full of mystery.

But don't know why.

She could sense the extraordinary nature of this story.

The mysterious object that was smashed, the giant golden tree full of divinity, everything gives people a mysterious and magnificent epic feeling, and I don’t know how the story will unfold next.

It seems.

The legend is true.

The secret place of Miracle City is not just a secret place.

Each secret realm seems to bring people into a whole new world!

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(PS: My personal favorites of Lao Zei's works are Elden Circle and Bloodborne. The author will try his best to express the charm of the original story of the Circle, while writing some different features and innovations. So it doesn't matter if you haven't played the game, it won't affect your reading. I'm begging for guaranteed monthly tickets in the new January!)

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