Lu Mingfei, become the King of Elden!

Chapter 281 Windfall from Heaven
"I understand."

After thinking for a moment, Lu Mingfei sorted out his thoughts.

"In other words, the Dead Roots collected by the beast priest Granger are the parts of the Death Runes lost during the 'Night of the Black Knife'."

“A death hunter like D helps him collect the roots of death in the world, correcting the imbalance between life and death. And he then swallows these roots of death into his body to suppress his destined death?”

"but."

Lu Mingfei asked with some doubt:

"Why would he do that? He is neither a demigod belonging to the Golden Tree faction nor a member of the 'Hunting Gods' cult."

"Could it be that this Gulang, and his religion, also have some special connection with 'predestined death'?"

Melina's voice rang in Lu Mingfei's ears.

"Legends and beliefs about wild beasts have a long history."

She explained softly:

"It is said that they originally came from the sky."

This vague explanation did not dispel the confusion in Lu Mingfei's mind. Afterwards, no matter how much he questioned her, Melina remained silent and refused to respond.

Lu Mingfei felt helpless, but he couldn't force the issue.

The girl was knowledgeable and knew all sorts of secrets. Before meeting Lu Mingfei, she seemed to have been wandering the earth with Toret for a long time.

However, she herself is shrouded in mystery.

Her physical body was destroyed, and she continued to exist only in spirit form, yet she could still use the power of the Golden Tree.

She claimed that she had forgotten her mission and could only remember it by returning to the roots of the golden tree.

Lu Mingfei often pondered a question:
Why did I only remember my mission when I reached the foot of the golden tree?

Who exactly gave her this guidance?
What is her true identity?
With his growing strength, Lu Mingfei no longer needed to worry about survival.

When he began to examine himself and his surroundings, he found doubts arising and problems following one after another.

Perhaps he really should seriously collaborate with Gideon Ofnir, the "King of Wisdom" who pursues knowledge and claims to know everything, to resolve his inner doubts...

Thinking of this, Lu Mingfei slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, flicked his wrist, and shook off the bloodstains on the sword.

Then, he bent down and gently touched the soldier's eyes.

The golden light dissipated, transforming into countless points of light that surged into Lu Mingfei's body.

This is not a necessary condition for plundering runes, but it is certainly the most efficient method.

During his long adventure, Lu Mingfei discovered that "eyes" have a very special meaning in the borderlands, and that they are inextricably linked to the soul.

"Quite a few."

Lu Mingfei was slightly surprised.

The amount of runes looted from the soldiers was considerable.

If a Grik soldier has "10" runes, then a regular soldier has "1000".

"After all, he can use Beast Prayer and Fated Death, and his combat skills are not weak either."

As Lu Mingfei muttered to himself, he rummaged through the corpses of the soldiers, searching for spoils of war.

He had absolutely no interest in the dirty and short-sized armor, but the long hook sword was somewhat valuable.

Lu Mingfei picked up the strange long-handled weapon from the ground.

[Evil Soldier Hook Sword]

A weapon with a curved blade attached to the top of a long handle.

The weapons wielded by the villains can bypass weapon defenses and launch attacks.

No one would willingly approach the stench-filled battlefield ruins, or the forbidden zones that should be forgotten.
"Ruthless soldiers" are guards who protect these kinds of places, receiving no recognition whatsoever. So this guy is called a "ruthless soldier"?
Guardians protecting the forbidden zone?
Lu Mingfei expressionlessly sheathed his hook sword, gripped both swords tightly in his hands once more, and looked around.

Since they are the guardians of the Beast Temple, there must be other vicious soldiers nearby.

Lu Mingfei gripped his twin swords tightly, his soul's perception sweeping over the dilapidated buildings and bushes on the ground.

As he had expected, the previous vicious soldier was not an isolated case.

Soon, he spotted two more villains behind the bushes.

One man wielded the same vicious hook sword, while the other brandished a bizarre, even more grotesque, serrated machete.

Lu Mingfei suddenly exerted force with his feet, crashing into the two like a chariot.

He prioritized targeting the vicious soldier wielding the hook sword, and the Storm Knight's greatsword slashed down, forcing the enemy to retreat hastily.

At the same time, he twisted his left wrist, and the blade of his sword precisely blocked the serrated cleaver that another vicious soldier was sweeping across.

clang!
A harsh friction sound sounded.

Lu Mingfei could feel an uncomfortable tearing sensation when the serrated blade collided with the sword, and a cold force tried to travel through the weapon and corrode his arm.

Bleeding attribute?
Lu Mingfei frowned.

This power can directly damage the essence of the soul, and its continuous accumulation will lead to a drastic loss of vitality; it is indeed insidious.

However, compared to the enemies who used "Cursed Blood" combat techniques encountered before, the bleeding effect brought by this serrated blade was much inferior in terms of both the speed of accumulation and the power of the final burst.

His attacks became even more ferocious.

Taking advantage of the soldiers' short stature and relatively weak strength, Lu Mingfei completely overwhelmed them with his ferocious power.

In a flash of sword light, the villain wielding the hook sword was the first to be cut in half at the waist.

Immediately afterwards, the thug wielding the serrated knife was also knocked to the ground by Lu Mingfei's powerful slash, the serrated knife flying out of his hand and crashing to the ground.

【The Serrated Blade of the Evil Soldier】

A weapon with a long handle and a serrated blade at the end.

The uneven blade can cause bleeding; these are the weapons wielded by the villains.

Serrated knives were also used to dismember the dead. Rumors circulated that the soldiers would eat the dismembered body parts, but no one has ever witnessed it.

It does indeed have bleeding properties.

Unfortunately, the quality is too poor, and the style is also unsuitable.

Lu Mingfei put it away and continued his extermination.

He searched the area around the Temple of the Beasts as carefully as a seasoned hunter in the jungle.

These vicious soldiers patrolled alone or in small groups, using the terrain to launch surprise attacks.

Their attacks were extremely frequent, with hook swords delivering cunning thrusts and serrated blades unleashing a barrage of blows, occasionally interspersed with the unpredictable prayers of wild beasts.

However, given the absolute disparity in strength and Lu Mingfei's increasingly cautious approach, these treacherous tactics ultimately failed to reverse the course of the battle.

Their short stature became their biggest weakness in the face of strength and impact, and they were often knocked away along with their weapons when they tried to block.

After clearing a circle around the temple, Lu Mingfei had dealt with a total of seven or eight vicious soldiers.

As the last villain fell amidst the sword light, he felt the runes gathering within his body reach a considerable level.

The number is close to ten thousand!
"Tsk, he really struck it rich."

Lu Mingfei flicked the blood off his sword and muttered to himself.

Although these vicious soldiers are not as strong individually as enemies of the Knight Commander level, the rune rewards they provide are exceptionally generous, far exceeding those of ordinary Grek soldiers.

(End of this chapter)