Infinite Transmigration Starting from Violet

"Very disappointed?"

“No, I am grateful to you all for making me realize that my king’s power is still insufficient.” Tanis remained elegant in her posture. “However, defeat is not the end. My king is immortal and will one day be resurrected and become a stronger being. I will begin to prepare for all of this.”

"The people there...were all tricked into going there by you?" A-Tui asked.

She was asking about the remains at the location of Laqad.

“That’s the path of a hero,” Tanis said. “Some people understand it, some don’t, and you should know that from Bernal as well.”

“So you knew…” A-Tui said.

“Yes. I know Bernal always discourages newcomers. It’s just that some people don’t understand the meaning behind his words,” Tanis said. “The Herrschers are warriors who raise the banner of rebellion against the laws of the Golden Tree. Now that the Golden Tree has summoned the Faded Ones back to the Borderlands, we hunt our own kind to gain power. That’s what hunting commissions are all about, so you already had the answer in your hearts before you even asked me, didn’t you?”

“Can you answer one question for me?” Lu Ye said, “What role did Lakkad play in the Night of Conspiracy?”

“Unfortunately, I couldn’t understand the actions of my king at that time,” Tanis said. “However, he did receive a gift of gratitude from the Moon Princess later.”

"A thank-you gift?"

“My king passed this gift on to his close friend, Bernal, and I don’t know any more details,” Tanis said. “I will soon be leaving the Volcano Mansion, and you should prepare to leave as soon as possible... Heroes who walk on the filthy and unclean path are always so dazzling. You are truly captivating. I hope that one day our paths will intersect again.”

“Oh, right! There’s one more thing!” A-Mei said, “Rakad said that Raia is her daughter, is that true?”

Upon hearing this, Tanis remained silent for a moment.

“I didn’t expect my king to tell you even this… I’m sorry,” Tanis’s eyes dimmed, “no matter what, I am the mother who raised Laya.”

Tanis seemed unwilling to tell the truth.

A-Tui did not insist.

When you ask someone a question, if they give an irrelevant answer, that's the answer, and you don't need to ask any more questions.

The Great Rune is already in hand; there's no need for me to stay here any longer.

Just as the two were about to return to their guest room and pack their things to leave, Bernal, who was by the fireplace, called out to them.

"It seems you killed Rakad... The law of the jungle is our rule. From the moment he threw himself into blasphemy, he should have been prepared for a bad end. But with that, the Volcano Mansion will come to an end."

Bernal said, “I have hunted many of my own kind and seized much power, all in order to raise my sword against the Golden Tree. I should fulfill the promise I made long ago, but before that, I want to ask you something.”

"What?" Lu Ye asked.

"Do you want to become the King of Elden?" Bernard's deep voice echoed in the guest room. "I must tell you something: the Golden Tree rejects everything. Only by burning the tree with extinguishing flames can you gain an audience with the Elden Ring. But that will come at the cost of sacrificing your witches, and success is not guaranteed. Are you prepared for that?"

“I don’t care,” Lu Ye said. “The Supreme Will has already caused almost irreparable damage to my people. I just want Him to die.”

"I... as long as this guy keeps his promise to me, I don't care about being the King of Elden," A-Mei said.

“Is that so? Very well, I believe in you,” Bernal said. “You should be able to use this to defeat my dear friend Raccard, since you can borrow armor from various renowned Faded warriors.”

As he spoke, he took out an object that resembled a sharp claw.

It was carved with intricate patterns and inlaid with red gemstones, resembling a fine work of art.

“This is what Lakad gave me,” Bernal said. “I thought we would have a chance to be together, but his personality changed after he was devoured by the serpent. From that moment on, I knew that my dearest friend was gone.”

"So that's why you told us about hunting the giant serpent spear?"

"In fact, I heard about the Great Serpent Spear from the knights of Gemir. After the magic ring was broken, it was not easy for the souls to return to the tree. Their souls lingered in the Volcano Mansion for a long time."

Lu Ye accepted the items handed to him by Bernal.

[Item Obtained: Blasphemous Beast Claw]

[Description: A stone shard inlaid with fragments of the runes of death, capable of deflecting the power of the Black Sword. On the night of the conspiracy, Judge Rakad received this item from Lani as a gift. He intended to use it as a trump card when facing the destined-death black beast—"Black Sword" Maricus—in the future moment of desecration.]

It turned out to be the case.

Lu Ye roughly understood.

Raccard probably helped Lani for this reason.

The stone tablet inlaid with fragments of the Death Rune was able to challenge Marika's beast, which is why he helped Lani steal the Death Rune.

"By the way, I'll give you this too. Tanis gave it to me when I completed a previous mission, but I admire swordsmanship and don't need it."

[Item Obtained: Grimr's Wrath]

[Note: This is one of Gmir's lava magic techniques. It can cause lava to erupt from the ground and spray in all directions. The eruption time can be prolonged by charging up the energy. It is said that this magic represents the wrath of a volcano, so the intention to cast it can be seen as either human or the arrogance of a serpent.]

"how about you?"

“You need it more now than I do,” Bernal said. “I will wait, wait for your success or failure. If it is the latter, I will take over and challenge the Supreme Will. In any case, we should not be manipulated or controlled by any being.”

……

Afterwards, Lu Ye and A Tui left the Volcano Mansion.

The two successfully arrived at the Yatan Plateau via the Dicos elevator.

They followed the main road, defeating some of the Rodel knights patrolling along the way, and crossed the old and wide steps, finally arriving at the main gate of the royal city.

The massive, thick, and magnificent city gate, towering twenty or thirty meters high, remained tightly shut, refusing entry to anyone.

Lu Ye tried to climb up, but was rejected by an invisible barrier.

A-Tui pointed in another direction, the direction indicated by the blessing point.

So the two of them walked through the withered leaves and along the path.

Then they came to a half-open door, a door leading into the interior of the royal city.

However, there were two large tree guards at the entrance, clad in heavy golden armor.

One of them, Lu Ye recognized, was the guy who had initially patrolled around the Ereshkigal Church.

"Damn it, I don't want to do this anymore," the Tree Guardian complained. "I'm stuck here all day, and I don't even get a raise. I don't want to work for Twofinger and the Supreme Will anymore. Back when Queen Marika was still around, she'd come and visit us subordinates when she had time, wearing a figure-hugging white dress that showed off her curves, her butt swaying so much it made my eyes dizzy. And now? Those two big fingers are useless. If they'd at least given me a two thousand runes raise, I could keep doing this!"

“Hey bro, stop complaining. These days, having a job is a blessing.” The tree guard that Lu Ye knew sighed. “I ran into some idiot who hung out with the Faded Ones. Don’t laugh, but all my runes were stolen. Luckily, the Royal City isn’t as manpower-intensive as before, otherwise I would have been fired, unable to pay my mortgage, and become a defaulter, thrown into the Royal City sewers! That bastard Two-Fingers even suspected I was unclean and insisted on purifying my entire body with a Golden Fundamentalism prayer, even using the principle of regression! I couldn’t sleep at night for days because my whole body was glowing with golden light!”

"Hey, you've had it tough too..."

The two chatted idly, completely unaware of Lu Ye and A Tui's approach.

When Lu Ye and A Tui realized that there were people there, they dismounted and quietly wandered out of the grass into the nearby woods.

“It looks like it’s worth a try,” Lu Ye said.

Should we fight them?

"Idiot." Lu Ye gently tapped A Tui's head. "The Tree Guardians aren't so easy to deal with, and didn't you hear the most important thing? They don't have much rune at all, so why waste your energy fighting them to the death?"

"What should I do?"

"The quantum converter has cooled down. I'll go check it out. You stay here and provide support if anything happens."

"okay!"

Just as Lu Ye was about to call Icarus, she contacted him.

“Master, it seems Nymph has discovered some problems,” Icarus said. “The energy fluctuations around you are a bit strange.”

"W-What do you mean?"

“Based on what you and Miss Violet encountered in Gelid about the ‘Supreme Will,’ Nymph has recently developed a device to detect the Supreme Will’s ability to find you by analyzing the energy left behind in Gelid.”

Icarus's voice was soft as he explained in detail the achievements Nymph had made during this period.

"In fact, the so-called 'Supreme Will' also uses our energy fluctuations to detect your situation. It uses the Golden Tree as a medium to unleash its power, and it is currently unknown whether it can directly affect the border area."

"But as long as this energy is kept within a certain range, He cannot detect you," Icarus said. "Nymph used this as inspiration to develop a new device that detects the energy fluctuations of the Supreme Will to deduce whether you are being monitored by Him."

“Hmm… I think I know that,” Lu Ye said. “The Supreme Will certainly doesn’t discern things by sight, otherwise He would have come knocking on our door long ago.”

The news Icarus brought was fairly good.

In other words, as long as you pay a little attention to the magnitude of the energy, Icarus can still continue to provide support for himself.

"But what's with the strange energy fluctuations around me you mentioned earlier?"

"Let Nymph tell you about that."

After a brief crackling sound, Nymph's voice rang out.

"Hello, is this Lu Ye?"

"Yes, thank you for your hard work."

"Hard work and all that... Hmph, of course, if Chaos hadn't been nagging us to go out and have fun, I wouldn't have bothered... Achoo!!"

"Hey, keep warm, don't catch a cold."

"Stop nagging, of course I know!" Nymph said irritably. "It's just that someone was talking about me behind my back, that's why I... Achoo!!"

Did you go to the Arctic without bringing warm clothes?

"Of course not, do you think I'm stupid? It's all Δ's fault. He tried to steal my donuts on the way here, causing my clothes to fall into the sea... But don't worry, I've already asked that idiot to borrow some clothes from those Inuit people."

"Why don't you have Icarus send some to you?" Lu Ye asked curiously. "Wouldn't that be faster?"

"No... well, if Alpha finds out that all our winter clothes fell into the sea... some bad things might happen. Anyway, don't worry about it. We can definitely take care of ourselves, yeah! Definitely! Probably!"

Why is everything becoming increasingly uncertain...? Lu Ye grumbled.

“Anyway, let’s get back to the main point,” Nymph said. “The unusual energy fluctuations around you are very similar to the energy that occurred during the Galid incident, but it does not belong to the Supreme Will.”

"You mean there are other Golden Tree factions around us all along?"

"No, it's just an energy fluctuation, it's harmless to you... However, I don't know its source, but just in case, I still have to remind you that I will continue to monitor the movement of this energy."

"Thank you." Lu Ye nodded.

After explaining the requirements to Icarus, the quantum converter was activated.

Lu Ye transformed into a fallen leaf, drifting over the heads of the tree guardians and heading towards the gate.

Everything seemed to be going smoothly, but just as they were about to cross the door, a pattern of three overlapping rings appeared.

Those who do not possess two Greater Runes are not permitted entry.

Lu Ye's body was instantly thrown back, and the quantum converter also lost its effectiveness in shock.

The two tree guardians were startled when they saw a figure suddenly appear at their feet.

The tree guardian who knew Lu Ye looked as if he had seen a ghost.

Hi, how are you?