above the ring

Chapter 10 Pink Sister Hong Guoguo and the Flow of Time

".Do you know the Finger Witch?"

"I don't know."

Beautiful women first, Lear replied honestly.

"They are the ones who serve the two fingers, help and guide the faded ones. But now you, without witches by your side, I can, take their place, I can turn the rune into your strength, as long as you desire Elden Dharma Ring, this will definitely help you."

"Sounds like it's okay, what about your conditions?"

"I want you to help me and lead me to the foot of the golden tree."

"At the foot of the golden tree? That is, the royal city Rodel?"

"Yes."

"It sounds simple, just go north all the way."

"There will be many ups and downs and challenges on the road. If you are a warrior, I think you should not be afraid of challenges."

"But I'm a traveler, and I don't really want to get into fights with insignificant people at all. I think it's a misunderstanding that I came here, and uh, I just want to, see the scenery, explore some unexplored places, find out Lost history, or um, a wife by the way?"

Lear laughed heartlessly, feeling more relaxed than ever. He stretched his waist, leaned on the green grass at an angle, put his left leg on his right leg, and took out a Roya fruit , "Kachi" a mouthful, a leisurely look.

Whoa!Sweet and juicy, why is this Roa fruit so delicious!

Lear remembered that he hadn't eaten dinner that night.

The fear brought to him by the time travel just now gradually dissipated under the sweet taste of Roa fruit, and the warm power from the blessing made him feel as if he belonged to this world, and the Melina in front of him was also the same as the plot in the game , which made Lear feel at ease.

"Thinking about it, this kind of life might be pretty good."

Melina whispered.

"Right, why don't we travel together, you're my pie, no, you're my friend now."

"I would love to be your friend, if possible."

When Melina said the word "friend", there was a tremor in her voice.

This actually caught Lear's attention.

In her golden and clear pupils, Lear's figure occupies everything: "Fate is always unpredictable, and there are always more ups and downs than smooth ones. I have a mission and must go to the royal city, but I am only a spirit body. The hope of going there rests on you."

"You have a mission on your shoulders. Seeing that you are dressed in a black robe, you look a lot like someone else. Forgot, oh, that's from my place. It's normal if you don't know. To be honest, you can actually choose someone else's. For example, there is a guy named Ka Lie in the church of Airey, he is a wandering merchant, it is no problem to take you to the foot of the royal city, right? Wait, you will not be out of money!"

Lear took a bite of Roya fruit, and said to himself: "Let me tell you, there is an old saying in my family called 'the poor family is rich on the road', since it is on the road with a mission, it is basically the same as mine. At that time, leaving home to go to university was almost the same. They all went to the capital, which was not bad. Let me tell you, my mother gave me a lot of money at the time. It was the first time I grew up. get that much"

This guy not only didn't care about Melina's increasingly exciting expression, but also didn't care whether it was appropriate to say these things on this occasion. He just suppressed it for a long time, and today he almost experienced the economic crisis. Those who are willing to listen can't hold back the chatterbox.

It felt like Melina was his good friend for many years, and he didn't shy away from the fact that she was a cute girl who didn't know much about these things.

In Lear's mind, women and men are the same, apart from good-looking and bad-looking, what's the difference?I don't have a date, and I don't get married and have children. Is it different?

Hey, speaking of this matter, it seems that Malika and that Radagon
Hmm~ hard to say, hard to say~
"Well, can you stop for a while?"

Melina is a well-bred lady, interrupting others' conversation is not what a lady should do, but she still has to complete the task, at least let Lear agree to her own conditions.

"Say." It was another mouthful of sweet and juicy Roa fruit.

In the game, Lear felt that this thing was feed for horses, but now that he had tasted it, he suddenly felt that it was too wasteful for horses to eat.

But thinking that the horses in reality seem to eat apples, Lear felt that it didn't matter.

They are all eaten, whoever eats is not eating nirvana.

"Are you trying to reject me?" Melina stared at Lear with wide eyes.

Lear stopped chewing.

What, what's the situation?Me, you, the two of us, what's wrong?Why do you say it was rejected?
This can't be done!
Suddenly, Lear changed his mind. He didn't mean that, but he was just making up his mind.

"No, no, no, it's nothing like that, I promise you, we're going to travel together anyway, and I'll go to Wangcheng at that time, just go together, what do you want to help or not? If you go to Wangcheng, I will go to Wangcheng too, which is very good."

Melina pursed her lips, she felt that the faded person in front of her seemed to be different from other people.

But since the other party agreed to herself, she also showed a sweet smile, nodded her head lightly, and then said slowly: "In this way, the negotiation is over. If you want Rune to turn into power, please give me the power The blessing is calling me, if you want to improve yourself now, please reach out and let me touch you"

"No, no, no, what kind of power to strengthen, I don't fight little monsters or anything."

"But, Rune can strengthen your strength!"

"What do you do to strengthen your strength?"

Lear took another bite of Roya fruit, oh my god, it's so juicy, I can't stop it!

"That can help you reach the royal city safely."

"The road is not peaceful? Or are there many people blocking the way?"

"If you want to enter the royal city from the south, there are only two roads. I only know one of them. It needs to go through the Dikdas elevator located north of Lienia to the Yatan Plateau where the royal city is located. Only in this way can you enter it. The Dikdas Elevator has not been operating for many years, and the talisman to activate it has been lost somewhere, so I need your help, Faded One."

"Oh~ So it's so complicated."

Lear responded perfunctorily, but his thoughts were already racing.

He played the game for two weeks and took the road of Dikdas's big elevator, and the other road was at the bottom of the valley next to Dikdas, from there all the way up, fighting monsters and bosses, and the bottom was quite winding.

"In any case, please take the matter of Rune strengthening seriously, it will be of great help to you and me."

Lear tilted his head, carefully studied Melina's expression, he felt that he guessed the girl's mind at this time.

Well, it probably started to doubt Lingma Torret's vision in selecting candidates.

Lear became playful, he wanted to tease Melina.

So, he took out two fruits from the bag.

"Since it's so complicated, then I won't go, okay, anyway, you don't know where the talisman festivals are scattered, and I don't know, it's not necessary, it's not necessary, it's good to travel in the south, so don't go The king city is over, just travel with me here, here, I invite you to eat fruit."

Lear took a bite of one himself, and passed the red fruit with the other hand.

Melina didn't take it immediately, she said in amazement: "Aren't you a descendant of a warrior?"

She meant that the descendants of warriors are not afraid of challenges and dangers, but Lear's obvious retreat made her feel a little chilled.

"I said that I am not a fader, I am a traveler. To be honest, there is no conflict between the two. Don't they all travel to the border to find their own opportunities? Hey, is it just Guoguo? It’s tiring to say that.”

Hearing this, Melina raised her hands lightly, took the glowing red Roja fruit, held it in her palm, and held it to her chest.

Like a fire lady holding up the last kindling.

Lear could clearly see that the red fruit was almost half-suspended on Melina's hands, and the pale light was dotted around the fruit.

Melina at this moment is unexpectedly beautiful.

Well, it's as cute as Melina when she tilts her head up and recites the Proverbs in Malika Church in front of the faded ones.

"Can't you eat it?"

Lear took a bite of Hong Guoguo.

"The plants of this world are still bathed in the grace of the golden tree, and they are still ripening and becoming beautiful as usual, and bearing fruit full of hope."

Melina closed her hands, the palms with white spots covered the red fruit.

It is said that pink is made with red and white paints.

Such an idea suddenly popped up in Lear's mind.

Suddenly, a touch of gold emerged from her palm.

She spread her hands.

thump, thump, thump, red fruit has become golden fruit!
Lear took another bite of the juicy red fruit, but his eyes were fixed on the golden fruit in Melina's hand.

Watching that Jin Guoguo was handed over by the tender palm.

Lear picked up Jin Guoguo.

"You don't want to accept Rune's power, it just surprises me, but it has nothing to do with me. Even if you don't want to take me to the royal city, I don't have any resentment - this is my request, but, I am willing to believe in another person, I believe in its vision - you, will be an excellent fighter."

"Even if you say that, I'm um, it's not easy to refuse, hey, I understand what those girls felt when they accepted Xiaonian's confession."

Melina didn't care about Lear's rhetoric, she just bowed slightly, saluted lightly, and said, "I will follow you everywhere, you only need to call me at the blessing place, and I will wait for your answer. "

Afterwards, Melina's figure turned into a misty halo, which slowly dissipated with the breeze.

Lear felt a little lost, a feeling he hadn't felt for a long time.

So, what is lost?

Lear pondered.

Eh?By the way, where is my horse?

With a little bit of sadness, Lear touched the blessing again.

He wondered what to do in the future.

This girl Melina is really amazing, if you don't agree to her conditions, you won't even give me a horse!

Lear shook his head, feeling the change of blessing.

Then he was stunned.

Because the blessing gave him an option.

【Whether to return to reality】

Return to reality
Lear chose to return to reality.

In an instant, it was still foggy and misty, and then it was dotted with stars. This time, it changed from falling to rising.

Not long after, Lear returned home.

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar furniture around him, his expression gradually became serious.

"Return to reality" is a very special phrase, it is a verb phrase with a specific meaning, which means that the blessing in Lear's eyes stipulates the distinction between reality and non-reality.

The world of the game "Eirden's Circle" is unreal, but the earth where Lear is located is reality.

Non-reality is not equal to dreams, it may also be some other specific space.

Moreover, the switching between reality and non-reality seems to have been calculated into time.

The time at the junction passed very slowly, but the reality has already flowed a lot of time.

This is the obvious thing.

Lear felt that the communication with Melina didn't last long, only about ten minutes, but when he returned to reality, he saw the clock hanging on the wall. It was more than eight o'clock.

Lear did not calculate the specific time ratio accurately, but it should be roughly 1:4. If one minute passes by the border, four minutes will pass in reality.

That's why Lear felt jet-lagged when he woke up this morning.

That is the unknown reaction caused by being immersed in another time stream for a long time and switching time streams.

Is there any connection among these?

Why do I travel through, and what is the relationship between the junction and the real earth?
Lear didn't think about anything. If he had learned such knowledge in college, he wouldn't be a wage earner.

But this undoubtedly reminded Lear that no matter what he wanted to do at the border, he had to do it as soon as possible, after all, the time at night was limited.

Thinking of this, Lear decided to get himself a stutter first.

Before going home this evening, Lear bought potatoes.

But just when Lear was about to stand up with his hands on his knees, Lear noticed something was wrong.

"in my hand"

A red fruit with a few bites suddenly appeared in front of Lear's eyes!
"This, this is Roya fruit?"

Lear took a bite, it was sweet, juicy, juicy, and the taste didn't change at all.

What happened?
Then Lear began to search his whole body.

He made sure of one thing, that he brought back the Roya fruit that he had bitten into, and the rest, equipment, weapons, tool pouches, and even the golden fruit that his sister with pink hair gave him did not bring back. .

"Is it possible that I can only bring back the things I bitten?"

Lear thought to himself, do I want to bite the shield?

That must be impossible!
The quality of the shield, to be honest, really needs to be bitten, and it's really hard to use without teeth.

First of all, after thinking about it carefully, Lear has confirmed one thing, that is, the affiliation of the item is not the key to bringing back the Roja fruit, and secondly, whether the item has been used by him is not the reason for this phenomenon.

Or hold it in your hand?Or maybe, after consuming part of an item, you can bring it back?

Lear decided to experiment.

He stood up, turned around twice, and began to worry again.

"Why go back?"

I just touched the blessing, so I should try to touch the blessing once?

Lear remembered that there was a blessed golden spot of light on his chest, but that spot of light would be covered by an obscuring object.

But in the living room, he put his hand on his chest, but he didn't feel anything.

Then, he went to the bathroom, stood in front of the mirror, and put his hand on his chest, which was close to his heart.

Suddenly, a message appeared in his mind.

【Whether to enter the junction】

This reminder still uses the specific title of "entering the junction".

Sure enough, in this blessing, the unreal space corresponding to reality is the junction.

Moreover, the medium leading to the junction actually needs a mirror.
Are you crossing the spirit world?
It is very possible that the fog is lingering there, and Melina once said that she came through the fog.

Lear chose yes, and then, after another spin, fog and free fall, he appeared in front of the storm level.

He got up from a lying position, and it seemed that the moment he left, the flow of time was suspended.

"interesting."

Lear has a guess, that is, the expression of online connection and invasion in the game is to enter other people's world.

Then that explains it.
The junction where Lear is located has its own timeline, and this timeline only serves him!
"Oh! Then this is not awesome!"

Explore however you want!Do whatever you want!
Good guy, I don't think much of this setting in the game, it's nothing more than a save issue, but it's definitely the ultimate bug in a world that fits the reality.

Lear can immediately think that if this is the case, assuming that he has mastered the method of bringing back things, and because the timeline of the junction is suspended when going back and forth, then the entire golden mountain at the junction is not all Is it your own?
Hmm. Why does it feel like this kind of behavior is not too different from what the golden tree did in the borderland.

Eh?If you bring back that golden tree seed
He stopped this thought, because after two weeks of the game, he already knew that the golden tree was actually a parasite sent by the so-called "Supreme Will", and the last boss "Eldon's Beast" was It looks like a parasite, if it brings seeds and causes any crisis to the earth, it will really regret it.

But if you can only bring back fruit that people can eat like Roya fruit, that's not bad. At least you will have fruit to eat in the future. Don't have to plan carefully every time you want to eat apples, strawberries, etc. Let's see what can be done this month. How much money do you have at your disposal?

Thus, Lear began a long experiment.

The first thing that made Lear sure was that the seemingly long time-traveling between the two places did not seem to take much time. It may be that the time spent in the crossing itself was small, or it may be that the time flow between reality and the borderland was different during the crossing. became slow.

The blessing can allow Lear to teleport between the two worlds many times, and after many rounds of attempts, Lear finally confirmed one thing:

He can only bring back specific things, namely "consumables that Lear bitten and can be used", but he cannot carry items from reality in any way.

Luo Yaguo was one of the representatives. For this reason, Li Erte rushed back to the church of Airey and bought some pieces of meat from Ka Lie.

Unfortunately, because the pink-haired sister couldn't get a horse, the blue-haired sister couldn't see it either.

The marinated deli slices didn't smell very good, but after taking a bite, Lear felt that the taste of this thing could compete with the sauced elbow meat sold in the deli downstairs.

Callie said that he made it by hunting a pig.

What kind of thing is this pig? Lear is not very knowledgeable, but this piece of meat is quite delicious.

Lear couldn't help taking another bite.

Afterwards, Lear was able to bring this piece of meat back to his own world.

Afterwards, Lear took a small bite out of each piece of meat, then stacked them together, put them in his hands, and brought them back to his real home together.

This thing can stack.

But if Lear only bites a small piece of one of the stack of meat slices, then he can only take back the bitten slice of meat, and the rest, when he comes back, the rest of the meat slices will be quietly Lie in your hands.

After tossing and tossing for a long time, Lear's first feeling about this was that he was full.

That's right, he didn't cook and eat in reality, but no matter which world he was in, he felt full.

The feeling of satiety is common, and Lear is really satisfying!
This is good, even the real meals are saved.

So, Lear and Gale discussed a deal, which was about the large-scale production plan of cured meat slices, as well as the picking and purchasing plan of Roja fruit.

Think about it, marinated meat slices are old Kalie’s craftsmanship, but Kalie is not a chef who specializes in cooking. The taste of this marinated meat slices is not inferior to that of sauced pork. If you find a chef who specializes in this to refine it, then It must be the kind of super sauced beef with a box of thousands of yuan!

Even though Lear was full, he still drooled a lot with his imagination.

Needless to say, Roya fruit is sweet and juicy, crisp and refreshing. It is really a good fruit for all ages. There is no market for this stuff, so it is really unreasonable.

All of this can be turned into small money, and my family is in the countryside. I have learned to set up a stall and yell since I was a child, and I don’t have any small ability in eloquence. Lear dare not apply for a field employee of an insurance company.

And according to my mother, things are getting better at home. Although it is not a big fortune, but life is also looking forward to a better life. Then the source of fruit will be there. It is difficult to approve the certificate for meat processing. But there is still a great chance.

Lear doesn't want to make a lot of money, it's enough to support himself, he can buy a computer with better performance, and he can buy the games he wants to play at will. Such days are very good, and he has nothing to pursue.

As for the start-up capital, it is the thousands of runes in hand.

Of course, the result was that the negotiation failed, because Ka Lie had no companions, and on his own, this matter could not really be accomplished.

Although there are still a lot of wandering merchants left at the border, they hardly encounter each other, because only by keeping themselves alone can the continuation of their race be maintained to the greatest extent.

Therefore, the plan died before it even started.

After much deliberation, Lear felt that there should be only one last solution left.

"Isn't that the King of Love? Look at your uncle, I'll make one!"

Lear looked at Stonewell City behind the storm level, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, and he pulled the shield on his back to his arm.

"The first thing to do when making a king is to break through, Stonewell!"

PS: Change first and then change.

(End of this chapter)