Elden Clergyman

"Your way of descending the mountain is really... creative."

Chapter 3: We’re back, we’re all back!

Fingers move slightly.

Lord's consciousness gradually returned from chaos.

He...is still alive?

When he opened his eyes, Lord found himself in a shallow pool of water, surrounded by a dark cave.

The moment the cliff collapsed, he thought he was dead. After all, even if he was a fully leveled 802 Undead, although he was not as strong as the legendary King of Endurance Geralt, he was not that strong either. Not to mention the cliff, even a small slope that was a little higher could be easily killed by a single person.

but now......

Looking at the surrounding environment, Lord guessed that this place might be similar to the cliffs of the Ringed City, or the Four Kings of Anor Londo. No matter how high you are, no matter what equipment you wear, as long as you land in the right place, you will not die. It can be regarded as a way to switch maps.

So, judging from this, he has left the cliff and gone to a new map?

Thinking of this, he stood up, shook off the water on his body, and began to check the surrounding environment.

The cave is just an ordinary cave with a small pond. Not far away there is a small tree emitting golden light. Next to it is a translucent ghost that looks like a phantom. After approaching and talking to it, the ghost will point to a hole and ask him to jump in to "learn" and "recall" some fighting skills.

Is this... a tutorial for beginners?

Looking at the not-so-deep pit and the pile of suggestions inside, Lord thought for a moment and decided to go down and take a look.

Although according to the logic of the game, without unlocking the teleportation function, if he goes down, he might have to go through many twists and turns on the mountain road to come back.

But this is reality. At this height, even if he goes down, can't he climb up?

After taking a look at the depth of the pit and confirming that there was no problem, Lord jumped down along the wall.

When I read those suggestions, I found that they were all words like "Keep going!", "I did it!", and "There are soldiers ahead."

Walking a little further in, a thing that looked like a golden human being was floating on the ground, emitting a golden glow all over its body, giving people a feeling of peace and warmth.

"This thing is called 'Blessing'. After you touch it, if you die, you can be resurrected here." The blonde girl explained calmly.

"......when did you come?"

Looking at the girl who suddenly appeared beside him, Lord's expression was a little subtle.

He clearly didn't see her at all when he was checking the environment just now, and he thought he had lost contact with her. But how come she suddenly appeared and explained it to him when he turned around?

But the other party had no intention of explaining. After the explanation, he just stood there silently without uttering another word.

Lord didn't dwell on it for too long. After all, the Souls series lacked everyone except the Riddler. If this girl really had a long talk with him and explained everything, he might actually feel a little uncomfortable.

And as for the blessing...

"Isn't this just a skin-changing bonfire?"

He skillfully sat before the blessing, reaching out to touch it, feeling the connection established between them and the familiar feeling. The slight uneasiness that had arisen from the strange world and the blonde girl gradually dissipated under the shining golden light.

After seeing the strange world, strange environment, and the blonde girl, he actually doubted for a while whether he was still in the world of Dark Souls.

After all, even if it feels familiar, the unfamiliarity of those things is real, and maybe all his previous speculations were just wishful thinking.

But after experiencing the familiar cliffs, the Riddler, and the blessing before him, even though this thing seemed to have nothing to do with a bonfire, the familiar smell was like being back home.

I’m back, I’m all back, this is the taste!

After leaving the blessing and heading towards the cave, the familiar feeling not only did not subside, but became stronger.

Seeing the familiar movements of the skinny man in rags in front of him, Lord's hand holding the sword trembled a little.

"Brother Zombie, is that you?"

After easily dealing with a few zombies, several soldiers wearing unfamiliar armor appeared in his sight.

"Wandering soldiers? When did you come? Yes, I love you too."

After killing those soldiers, he walked a little further and a golden fog gate appeared in front of him.

“Even Wumen has a new skin…”

He stretched out his hand and walked into the fog gate. A soldier who looked the same as before, but whose weapon had become a big sword, stood there, looking at him from a distance.

this......

Looking at the big sword man in front of him, Lord fell into deep thought.

Although according to the previous suggestions on the ground, this place should be a place for beginners to learn, but according to the tradition of Souls games, the first boss must always have a big-butt demon, not to mention Guda. A soldier with a big sword really doesn't fit his cognition...

wrong.

Looking at the big sword brother not far away, Lord narrowed his eyes.

He didn't believe that Xiao Gao could be so kind. This thing was definitely not as ordinary as he appeared on the surface. There must be some hidden elements.

Close-up transformation, half-blood transformation, or seemingly ordinary on the surface, but actually very powerful...

Which one will he be?

The wooden stick in his hand turned into a long sword, and a black shield appeared in his right hand.

Then, just as Lord guessed, after he approached, fire suddenly flashed in the eyes of the seemingly ordinary soldier.

Golden flames filled with chaos and madness burst out from his eyes and then devoured the soldier's body in an instant.

As for the soldier's head, which was where the chaos flames first erupted, it was burned up by the flames in an instant, and then turned into a sphere like a black sun, with a dark and hollow core and a circle of chaos flames burning on the outside.

Then, it opened its arms towards Lord as if hugging him.

"Ah, my dear fellow Chaos, although I don't know where you come from, I sincerely welcome you."

Seeing it transform, Lord instinctively wanted to go up and steal a few slashes first.

But before he took action, he suddenly remembered what happened when he met the girl before, and then suppressed the urge to take action directly.

"Who are you?" Lord asked the strange being in front of him.

"I am like you, my fellow man, chaos, the only one, and equal despair."

Although there was no expression on the sphere, Lord could feel that it was smiling.

"I do not know you."

"Me too, fellow, but that's beside the point."

His fingers gently stroked the sword, and a crazy flame began to burn from the place where his fingertips touched. In an instant, it covered the entire sword, turning it into a big sword burning with crazy flames.

"What's important is that the instinct between flames is to devour each other. You will become my best nourishment, used to heal this world separated by pain."

As soon as the words fell, flames burst out.

The strange being instantly disappeared from its original position and appeared in front of Lord in a manner that was almost teleporting. The greatsword wrapped in crazy fire slashed towards Lord swiftly, and then -

boom--

Looking at the small leather shield that Lord had put on his hand at some point, and feeling the sense of loss of control coming from his body, the strange being fell into confusion.

Wait, how did he deflect his greatsword with that little shield?

And why was its body unable to move after being deflected from the attack?

Then a dagger pierced its abdomen.

Seeing the dagger in its abdomen, it tilted its head, seeming a little confused.

"It's useless, compatriot. You are also a Chaos Fire. You should know that this kind of attack is of no use to us... Itch?"

pat.

It fell to the ground and its body gradually dissipated.

How is this going?

It froze.

And Lord opposite it was also stunned.

When he first heard this guy's speech, he thought the opponent was very powerful, but after a counter-execution, his health bar was directly emptied.

Even after his health bar was empty, he kept saying things like, "This little injury is nothing," which made him think he still had a second stage, but now...

Looking at the body gradually disappearing on the ground, Lord had a strange expression on his face.

No, buddy, why did you die?

"I see......"

Before completely dissipating, the hollow head stared at Lord, as if realizing something.

"It's truly the law of chaos, fellow man. You are even crazier and more chaotic than I imagined..."

"I hope that next time we meet, you can still maintain this madness and chaos. I'm really looking forward to seeing you again..."

When the last word fell, the crazy flames dissipated, leaving only a headless charred corpse.

【ENEMY FELLED】

[Obtain 'Memories of the Mad Fire Soldier']

[Obtain the weapon 'Crazy Fire Great Sword']

Chapter 4: This is Dark Souls!

[Item Name: Memories of the Crazy Fire Soldier]

[Memories of the 'Crazy Fire Soldier', Carved by the Golden Tree]

[Through the help of the finger-removal technique, you can gain the power of the Lord of Memories. If you use it directly, you can gain a large amount of runes.]

[The appearance of the Dianhuo is often accompanied by misfortune and despair, but this time, it appeared to welcome its kind who came from afar.]

[Perhaps it is just as he said——]

The instinct between flames is to devour each other.

[Item Name: Crazy Fire Greatsword]

[Originally just an ordinary greatsword, after being stained by the insane fire, it possessed incredible power.]

[A line of small words is engraved on the sword]

I'm really looking forward to meeting you next time.

【Combat Skill: Crazy Fire Roar】

[Through the desperate roar, you can increase your own attack power, but your madness value will slowly accumulate.]

Reminiscence? Madness? Madness value?

Looking at the extra items in his inventory after defeating that strange being, Lord thought for a moment and simply took out the Mad Fire Greatsword and tried out his combat skills.

"Is this madness..."

After testing, Lord discovered that the so-called madness value is similar to "bleeding" and "frostbite". It is an abnormal state. After accumulating to the maximum, it will lose some health and mana, and fall into a short state of stiffness.

The loss of health and mana is not that much. If you want to rely on this thing for output, it would be better to just swing the big stick and hit it.

But the problem is that it also comes with a brief period of stiffness.

As we all know, the output of monsters in Souls games is generally high. Unless you build a set of targeted resistance equipment, the boss can only hit you with two or three hits.

Based on the description of the equipment and the previous performance of that strange thing, it was not difficult for Lord to guess that the thing might have the effect of accumulating a madness bar even with its normal attack.

Once he is hit, although the damage is not high, as long as the opponent hits him twice during the period of stiffness, or directly follows up with a throwing skill, his health bar will be emptied directly.

Add to that the flash-like teleportation, the extremely fast attack speed, and the desire to attack before even finishing the words...

After thinking carefully, Lord suddenly realized that the opponent might not be bad, and might even be a very difficult enemy.

The only weakness might be that his health bar is a bit short, and then when he rushed over, he instinctively raised his hand to shield and executed him, and because his attributes were too high, he was killed instantly.

Oh, I should have typed slower...

After realizing that the other party was not bad, Lord felt a little regretful.

As the first boss he encountered after coming to this world, he should let the other party show off his talents more so that he can have some understanding of the fighting style of this world.

And judging by what the opponent said, this thing is probably just a clone of the opponent. Maybe we'll have to fight again in the future. If we don't familiarize ourselves with the routines in advance, it might be difficult to fight when the opponent's stats go up...

In addition, Lord also discovered that after killing the other party, the number of "Runes" in his [Elden Ring] system did not increase, but the number of "Souls" in the Dark Soul system increased by five thousand.

"Although these two sets of laws are similar, they operate independently and are not intertwined with each other. Whichever set of laws you use to defeat the enemy will strengthen that set of laws."