"Are you still holding the dolls I gave you?" Lani asked.

“Okay, hold on tight,” A-Tui said.

“That’s good. Go to the magic academy. There should be a box on one side of the Great Archives,” Lani said. “Take out what’s inside, and Mother should help you… I don’t want to say it, but right now, the only one who can cheer Mother up is me. I didn’t mention this before because it wasn’t the right time.”

"Really? That's great!" A-Tu's eyes lit up.

If the Full Moon Queen can be mobilized, then the Magic Academy will also join the alliance.

“Well then, that’s all I have to say.” Lani looked at A-Tui and Lu Ye. “I also have to leave as soon as possible. You’ll have to take care of the rest yourselves. We’ll meet again when you’ve finished your business. But before I go, I have something to tell you… someone wants to see you.”

"Is it the person you made an appointment with?" Lu Ye asked.

Lani nodded approvingly.

“That’s right. I teamed up with Black Knife and Raccard to orchestrate the Night of Conspiracy, but the plan wouldn’t have gone so smoothly on its own,” Lani said softly. “I stole the Death of Destiny to kill my own body and escape the control of Two Fingers. Raccard wanted to obtain the power from me to fight against Black Sword. The Black Knife assassins wanted to kill the First Prince, Gold Godwin. But did any of them tell you why they wanted to kill Godwin?”

“Marika?!” Lu Ye asked, frowning.

He remembered.

Previously, when they were underground, Lani had hinted that the Black Knives had some kind of connection with Marika.

Could it be that Marika is manipulating everything behind the scenes?

A slight smile appeared on Lani's delicate doll-like face.

"I should go now. The Moonlight Altar is surrounded by my barrier, so it won't be easily discovered or monitored by the other two fingers or the Supreme Will. Remember the Soul-Summoning Bell I gave you? Use the Bionic Teardrop, and the truth will come out... This sword is for you. I hope it will come in handy."

After Lani put down the greatsword that emitted a bright blue-white glow, her figure gradually disappeared.

With a heart full of questions and curiosity, A-Tui rang the soul-summoning bell.

Bionic teardrops fell from mid-air, and the slime transformed into a humanoid form exactly like A-Tui.

A-Tui approached the bionic teardrop, looked at this thing that was no different from himself, and muttered something.

"Nothing special about it..."

Just then, the bionic teardrop suddenly moved on its own and took off its helmet, startling A-Tui.

Cremated ashes generally won't move on their own without your command...

A-Tui was a little flustered because the face under the bionic teardrop headgear looked just like his own.

Ame wanted to order the destruction of the bionic teardrop, but then he remembered Lani's words, something about the truth being revealed...

Her gaze darted rapidly between the leaf and the bionic teardrop, at a speed no less than you'd switch your computer screen when your parents open the door. Her eyes darted between tension and panic, and her cheeks flushed quickly…

At this moment, Lu Ye pressed on A Tui's kettle head cover.

"Don't worry, she's quite cute."

"You don't need to comfort me..."

"I don't usually lie, really."

Just then, the bionic teardrop in front of them suddenly began to change.

Its body emitted a pure golden glow, its flaxen hair gradually turned golden, and its body continued to grow larger...

Lu Ye and A Tui were both stunned by this sudden change.

I've never heard of ashes doing this before. Could it be that A-Tui's title of "Pokémon Master of the Borderlands" has come true? Are the ashes starting to Mega Evolve?

When the light faded, a figure completely different from A-Tui appeared before the two of them.

Her exquisitely sculpted face was flawless, and her golden eyes were as gentle as water, yet carried an undercurrent of majesty.

She possesses an exceptionally tall stature, with long, flowing golden hair reaching her waist. She wears a black evening gown that perfectly accentuates her stunning figure.

Lu Ye and A Tui had seen this person before.

During their time wandering around the border region, they spent so many Marika churches together, saw so many Marika sculptures, and even played with colorful Marika figurines...

It's absolutely right.

The beautiful and dignified woman before me is none other than the Eternal Queen – Marika!

Chapter 682 Marika's Scheme

Faced with this sudden sight, Lu Ye and A Tui fell silent.

Is this guy in front of me really Marika?

Hasn't she been dead for a long time?

But the facts are undeniable and must be acknowledged.

Even Torrett himself appeared from the spirit horse whistle.

It snuggled affectionately against Marika, rubbing against her like a lapdog trying to please its owner, even though it was a cow or a horse.

Marika gently stroked Toret's fur and spoke.

“My name is Marika, the vessel of the Elden Ring, and the queen of the Golden Law system. My soul survived the death of my physical body… Although I already know you very well, this should be the first time you have seen me.”

The woman before them exuded an elegant yet dignified aura, and her stunning beauty was enough to make many men's hearts flutter.

"Is she really the legendary Marika?" A-Tui asked, somewhat bewildered. "But Melina said you were nailed to the golden tree..."

“What’s nailed there is my physical body, but my soul has been freed from the cycle of the Golden Tree because of something,” Marika smiled. “And that thing… is what the person beside you went to great lengths to obtain at the border.”

As she spoke, Marika turned her hand over, and a fragment radiating an extremely dreamlike luster appeared in her palm.

Lu Ye's pupils suddenly contracted.

Protoss fragments... No wonder Marika was able to deceive the Supreme Will's vision and escape from inside the Golden Tree!

"Wait, have you been with us the whole time?" Lu Ye asked.

“Yes, Melina is my daughter… or rather, a creation I made before I died.” Marika took a few steps forward, took Ame’s hand, and looked at the ring on it, saying softly, “She carried Toret to the borderlands in search of the person Toret chose, while my soul resides in the Soul-Summoning Bell, the item the Moon Princess gave you. When Toret finds a suitable candidate, Lani will bring the Soul-Summoning Bell to that person, and that person is you.”

"Um, why me?" With curiosity in his heart, A-Tui asked this question.

“I trust Torrett’s judgment.” Marika nodded slightly.

Lu Ye and A Tui looked at Toret, who seemed to notice their gazes and turned his head away.

Bullshit!

What kind of vision could a cow or horse possibly have?

It just picks whoever has the biggest butt, okay?!

A-Tui really wanted to complain, but since the other party was the Queen, he held back.

"If the fragment is still with you, it means that the fragment inside the Golden Tree is still there."

“That’s right.” Marika nodded. “The reason why the Supreme Will has been able to directly influence the intersection of the Golden Tree and the Golden Law recently is because of this.”

After learning the location of the fragments, Lu Ye notified Xiao Bai and began the investigation.

It can be preliminarily determined that there are only two fragments of this world.

However, Xiaobai also sighed, no wonder they hadn't been able to find the other fragment for so long.

It turns out that it had become spiritualized, in other words, it had assimilated with Marika's soul.

As long as Marika doesn't remove the effect, it will be difficult for Xiaobai to track it down.

However, A-Tui wasn't too concerned about the fragments; she was more interested in something Marika had said earlier.

"Is Amei your daughter?!"

“Well, before I got the fragment, she was originally my backup plan for finding the eligible Faded Ones,” Melina said. “However, she was discovered the moment I sent her out of the Golden Tree. Although I eventually sent her out of the royal city, she lost some of her memories.”

"It must be the 'mission' Melina mentioned..."

Marika did not deny it and nodded.

"Yes, Melina's mission is twofold: first, to guide and help the chosen ones who have faded away to gradually acquire the qualifications to become kings; second, to assume the responsibility of the fire... In order to extinguish the flames with ash, one must be able to see the phantom of the flames. Even among the Finger Witches recognized by Two Fingers, almost no one can do this. I allowed Melina to exist in a near-spiritual form so that she could see the phantom of the flames and take on the responsibility of burning the trees."

The message conveyed by Marika's words was already quite clear.

Melina's mission was to become the spark that extinguishes the flames and ignites the golden tree.

This was utterly heretical to the Queen of the Golden Law.

But in fact, Marika had already smashed the Elden Ring, and Melina was born around that time.

Considering Lani's earlier statement about "a reason to smash the ring" and the actions of the Black Knives...

It's not hard to draw a conclusion.

Marika's initial goal was to smash the Ring of Law; it could even be said that it was premeditated.

"Amei...was born a spark?"

“Yes,” Marika said calmly. “However, since you have chosen the path of Mad Fire and obtained the method to suppress Mad Fire from Michaela, Melina no longer needs to fulfill her duties, and I can also achieve my goal—overthrow the rule of the Supreme Will and the Golden Law.”

Although Lu Ye had a vague idea, hearing it from Marika's own mouth was still quite shocking.

Now that things had come to this, Marika took the opportunity to recount what had happened.

It all began when the supreme will descended upon the borderlands.

The starry sky of the borderland is a channel connecting the consciousness of the Outer Gods, and the Outer Gods often use meteors to teleport into the borderland.

The supreme will dispatched beasts to invade the borderlands via meteors.

The essence of the Golden Law, namely the Elden Ring, requires a container as its carrier.

It was at this time that Twofinger approached Marika, a rare person with considerable talent.

“Those fingers spoke to me about the doctrines and dogmas of the Golden Law. At first, I thought it was quite good. Abandoning death and bringing true life and reincarnation would surely make the world shine and radiate light wherever it went. So I agreed to the two fingers’ request and became the first God-man, and also the vessel of the Elden Ring.”

Marika said softly, "You all know what happened next. In order to expand the Golden Law and eliminate threats, the Golden Tree launched the War of Giants, which solved the threat of the Ash Flame. After that, they killed the Night Queen and seized the Death of Destiny, eliminating the second major threat. War after war established the strength and status of the Golden Law in the Borderlands... until the appearance of the 'Hunter's Finger Knife'."

"Before the anomaly occurred, Two Fingers was the Supreme Will's messenger in the Borderlands, His eyes and mouth, and the only way He could communicate with this land. So the Eternal City developed a weapon specifically to hunt down Two Fingers. Once successful, the Supreme Will would no longer be able to control the Borderlands. The latter was furious about this and destroyed the Eternal City with a meteorite, burying it deep underground."

“So that’s how it is… So you, like those black knives, want revenge, right?” A-Tui asked.

"Though that is my homeland, throughout history, the armies I have led have also conquered the fortresses of other races and trampled on the corpses of other races. The Eternal City has developed weapons that can threaten the rule of the Golden Law, so this end is not unexpected."

"why?"

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