above the ring

Chapter 2 King Hou Chapel

Lear opened his eyes from sleep.

The dilapidated church, the faint smell of blood, and a statue of a woman holding a vase but stained with heavy dust first came into view.

There were a lot of gaps on the top of the church, and bricks and tiles fell all over the place, but the thick darkness outside remained unchanged.

And the candle chandelier that was split in half but still glowing pale.

After carefully feeling his body, there are many places he can control. Lear clearly realized that he was like in a dream. He could jump very high, and he could also use strength that he didn't have before.

"But the scene."

Lear got up from the ground, and the heavy armor on his body collided with each other, making a crisp and dull sound.

The shield in his left hand fits snugly on his arm, and at his waist hangs a straight sword in a scabbard.

Looking around, Lear finally found where he was.

King's Chapel.

This is the birthplace of the Faded Ones controlled by the player in the game "Elden's Ring".

Lear stood on the spot for a long time, he didn't see the white phantom shaking, but he saw the woman leaning sideways in the corner, with a hole in her chest pierced by some kind of sharp weapon.

She is young and beautiful.

Therefore, the delicate figure lying in the pool of blood looked even more sad.

And in front of her were words written in blood.

It should be her own blood.

Lear couldn't understand those characters at first, but after a short pause, the blood characters gradually turned into Chinese characters he knew well.

Yes, it was transformed into Chinese characters on the surface of the blood characters.

【Even if the guidance has long been broken, please become the king of Elden】

After playing for two weeks, Lear has never paid attention to this location. He only remembers that there is only one item that can be used by players to connect online, and there is this message that looks like a player's message.

Even in the second week, they just took the props mechanically and then left, and didn't go through this extremely simple birthplace carefully.

In fact, for most players, the real starting place should be the place where they first entered Ningmgfu and saw the big tree guard and the white mask after leaving the catacombs.

Lear never thought that these lines of blood were the advice left by the young and beautiful woman in front of her at the end of her life.

Now, he saw it, and he wrote it down.

So, he later realized that he had a witch, but she had already died here before starting to travel together.

Perhaps, the road to becoming a king since ancient times should be so lonely.

The finger-clearing witch is a profession in the junction. This profession is very inconspicuous in the game, just because in the game, the faders controlled by the player do not have witches.

Every fader has a finger witch, and the duty of the finger witch is related to the origin of the name "fader".

It is said that the age of the golden tree, which is shining with golden light, has been passed down for countless years. In this era, every living being is bathed in the grace of the golden tree, and survives because of being blessed by the golden tree.

However, after countless years of inheritance, after all, some strange species appeared. Many people lost the blessing of the golden tree due to unknown reasons, because the appearance of losing the blessing is like the color of gold gradually fading from people's eyes Generally, therefore, these people who lost their blessings were called "faded ones".

Because they lost their blessings, they were expelled from the borderlands, and had to stay away from their hometowns, wandering outside until they died.

until
"The fallen leaves bring a message: Beyond the mist, our homeland 'Junction', the great Elden Circle has been broken - 'Eternal Queen' Malika disappeared, on the night of the Black Knife plot, 'Gold ' Godwin lost his life first.

The son of Malika—the demigods got the fragments of Elden's ring, but because of that power, they went astray and fell into madness, triggering the war of fragments.
At the end of that war without a king - the Supreme Will exiled them.

Once again, the lost blessing returns to the unknown faded one, marching towards the other side of the mist, reaching the junction, and meeting the ring of Elden-be the king of Elden! "

The faded people who were once expelled from the junction did not have blessings on them. They could not see the light and guidance given by the blessing, but they all got the inspiration and guidance at the same time and marched towards the junction.

And when they arrive at the junction, they will meet the finger-pointing witches, and the mission of the witches is to guide the faded people to the royal city and the golden tree, and teach the faded people how to transform the big rune into their own within the blessing. Power, under the guidance of the supreme will represented by the "two fingers", they assist the faded to become the king of Elden.

In fact, during the game, Lear also met many finger-pointing witches. They were all haggard old women without exception. He had noticed the young and beautiful witch in front of him, but he still ignored it after all. her existence.

Lear looked at the witch and the motto in blood written by her, feeling a little lost and comforted in his heart.

He walked towards the gate of the church. There were a lot of boxes piled up behind the gate, as well as tables and chairs that had been scattered and scattered randomly, as if to prevent someone from coming in.

He knew that he was doing this to stop the descendant of the crazy "grafting" nobleman, a young prince from Stonewell-crazy monsters are always impatient, but after several failed attempts to smash the door , the lunatic left.

At that time the chapel was temporarily quiet.

Looking at the dilapidated situation inside the chapel, and carefully recalling the situation of the boss guarding the gate outside, the descendants of the nobles who "attached limbs", Lear discovered some details that he had never noticed before.

Lear whispered to himself: "Anyway, it's time to avenge you."

He also wanted to verify his conjecture.

Lear pushed open the door, and the thick black mist formed a deep curtain, covering the distant sky with heaviness and oppression.

Moaning and sobbing came from nowhere, maybe it was the witch's soul crying.

Relying on his memory, Lear slowly walked down the dilapidated revolving wooden ladder, walked through the path between the tombstones, stepped on the creaking suspension bridge, and walked step by step to the back of the huge arched door. In the moonless night, in the golden In the dim light of the tree, the statue of the Queen looked paler.

In the distance, the branches of the golden tree and the statue of the queen complement each other, and Lear feels that this is fate, and this is the old enemy he must face.

At the foot of the Queen's statue, there are more than a dozen sarcophagi scattered. Well, it's probably the same as Lear imagined. This scene appeared in the cg of the prologue of the game.

Suddenly, there was a crisp scream, and a huge spider-like creature jumped out from behind Malika's statue, and the moment it landed, it splashed countless flying dust.

The descendant of the "grafting" nobles.

As if playing a holographic VR game, Lear's eyes showed the red blood bars of the enemy.

It's just that the smell, the scene, and the texture from the hands are more real.

Here in the game, he can actually be stabbed and teleported away by death, but now Lear has a more important and sufficient reason to kill this guy who has forgotten his personality because he is obsessed with power.

Lear held his sword backwards and held his shield forward.

His eyes were fixed on the monster's sword-arm.

The crazy descendants of the "attached limbs" controlled two arms holding long swords, and smashed them in front of Lear indiscriminately, bursts of flying stones collapsed, and the air waves made the sleeves of the nobles fly up, looking like a child. The deformity appeared in front of Lear.

He raised the two swords high, and swung them down. He saw that the sharp long sword was about to hit Lear, but the moment it struck, Lear had already raised his shield, and his eyes under the helmet narrowed. , just wait for the moment when the long sword falls, raise your hand and shake the shield!
"Boom!" Red sparks burst out, and the two long swords that fell at the same time were bounced away. With four or two strokes of force, Lear successfully stunned the descendant of the "attached limb".

This is the realistic way of bouncing and counterplaying. Sure enough, this is really the profound meaning of Tai Chi!

Lear didn't have time to think about it. Without hesitation, he was extremely decisive, and stabbed the core of the deformed child under his robe with the sword in his right hand. Blood spattered everywhere, and his armor was covered with blood. The monster in front of him began to howl sharply.

It was hit hard!

The red blood strip on its head seemed to have leaked in an instant, and it lost three-fifths of it.

The reality is far more cruel than the game. In the battle, the weapon is bounced or knocked out, which is no different from death.

Leveraging the power of the descendants of the "attached limbs" to retreat, he drew out his straight sword, and Lear swam to the side and rear like a leisurely stroll. The terrifying monster in front of him was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

"Let you live for a while, and feel the pain that those people who have been 'grafted' by you, as well as my witch, have suffered."

Lear didn't know why he said these words in a flat tone, but he felt that not saying anything was not in line with the current atmosphere.

Under the rebound, they are all ants.

The descendant of the nobles of "Graft" is probably the type of boss with extremely poor toughness. Even in the game, two rebounds can make him dizzy. The big boss in the game needs at least three bounces to successfully perform the execution.

But now, this guy can be successfully stunned with only one bounce. Lear didn't know whether it was because of his own dream or the carelessness of the descendant of the noble, but he really understood that the bounce Here too, top-notch technology.

Looking at the sword-holding arms that flew high, it took the monster a long time to regain control, even though the owner of the long sword was still holding them tightly, but in fact he no longer had the strength that he had when he first appeared on the stage. The power of oppression is over.

Humph, it's just a pest, nothing to worry about.

Holding the sword in one hand, relying on his imagination to draw a not-so-beautiful sword flower, Lear walked step by step towards the descendant of the "attached limb".

The descendant of the nobleman seemed to be a little scared, and the child began to howl, with fear in his voice, but the knights who had been grafted would not back down, respecting the so-called code of chivalry, they relied on instinct without hesitation, raised their swords and shields, Count your feet and charge towards Lear!

"Dangdang!"

It was another rebound that seized the opportunity, and the two arms holding the sword could already be seen to be obviously distorted. If you do it again, the arms should be useless.

This is a detail that cannot be seen in the game, but this dream is perfectly presented.

"You're the only one who's called 'Jet Limb'? You're the one who deserves to be a nobleman? You're the one who deserves it? Lie down."

Before Lear could finish his mocking words, the hand holding the shield on the other side bumped into him.

The situation is critical, the situation is serious, but as if by muscle memory, he raised his hand and threw the shield again, but he turned sideways and found a good angle.

"Dangdang!"

The shield-holding hand of the descendant of "Limb-Connecting" also withered, but Lear also took a step back.

The opponent was holding a heavy shield, and the impact of the heavy shield had a wider range of impact, so Lear still needed to back off to relieve the force.

"Hey, at such a young age, you've learned how to sneak attack, right?"

Lear put his sword back into its sheath, raised his fist, and hit the child's head with eyes and mouth.

One punch, two punches, three punches.

It really hit the nail on the head, and the blood strips on the top of the forehead of the descendants of the "attached limbs" fell off one by one.

"Aw!" The child was slapped anxiously, and suddenly roared.

The air wave brought by the sound wave made Lear raise his shield subconsciously to block, even so, he was still uncontrollably knocked back two steps.

Only then did Lear understand that there is a reason why the technique of "attaching limbs" is called a forbidden technique, and the descendants of "attaching limbs" who can still find their center of gravity like a spider without falling to the ground after being grafted with so many limbs must be the same. Still left behind.

Sure enough, after the roar, a ray of golden light with the breath of the holy law flashed, and it enchanted the long sword in just a moment.

And this descendant of the "limb-attached" also stood up again with the support of the large shield in his left hand.

"Hey! You've got your temper, haven't you dared to yell at your grandpa?"

Lear's mouth was not idle, and he still taunted the other party, preparing to make this lunatic who was on the verge of collapse be enraged and make some stupid operations.

Sure enough, this descendant stood up on his hind legs, and his limbs began to dance wildly, as if he was irritated, he rushed straight towards Lear!

Lear felt that the long sword attached to the power of the holy system was obviously not strong enough for the shield with no magic defense ability in his hand, so Lear turned sideways, observing this big monster, while stepping nonchalantly Stop, distance yourself from the opponent.

It is impossible to roll over. In such a scene that is close to reality, Lear dare not and cannot roll casually when he is not sure whether he will die.

In the real ancient times, which knight swordsman is idling and rolling around when he is dueling with others, isn't that showing his flaws to the opponent?
So, Lear ran around this field composed of tombstones, sarcophagi, sword mounds and golden fallen leaves, while that silly monster chased after him, neither detour nor detour.

When Lear noticed that the golden light on the opponent's long sword had dissipated, he immediately turned around.

"Little b, you can't cast spells, can you?"

Lear knew that it was the blessing of the knight's faith power, but the effect was actually the same as that of the mage's enchanting spell, and he had to swing his sword to get the effect.

so.
"Dangdang!"

Another burst of sparks splattered, and the descendant of the "attached" noble was stunned on the spot again.

Lear still did not draw his sword, raised his fist, aimed at the core where the child in the middle was, punched one, two, three times.
This time, the monster didn't stand up again.

Instead, between the fists that Lear slammed down, the child's miserable cry came out.

At that moment, Lear seemed to have the achievement of being an "educator for bear children" popped up in his mind.

Hmm. This scene becomes less scary now.

Perhaps "attaching limbs" is not the child's own problem, maybe he is also a hard-working person.

But there are too many miserable people in this world, just like the famous saying expressing love, "Three thousand weak waters, just take one ladle", just care about what you see, and what you can't see and can't control, that has nothing to do with me Why?

After dropping out of university and working hard at the bottom of the society for so many years, Lear has long been used to seeing the cruelty of the world, and his heart has long since become cold and hard.

He will never help those who have nothing to do with him, nor will he care about things that have nothing to do with him.

He learned a truth very early on, that if you are not qualified, you are not qualified. If you are too lenient, you will die too early.

Of course, Lear would still help if the person being helped or anyone else would not know about it.

For example now.

"Well, you should be in pain because of the 'attached limb', forget it, I won't hit you, let me give you a good time."

Lear drew his sword, and plunged it into the Heir's breast, as it had thrust it into the Witch's breast.

The blood bar was emptied, and the child's mournful cry stopped abruptly.

Well, he was relieved.

Lear really thought so.

"Rest in peace, young man, and have a good pregnancy in your next life. Don't be a nobleman, just be a commoner honestly. How good it is to grow land. When you grow up, your wife and children are hot on the kang, so don't you just eat it? It's delicious." .”

Lear thought of the Windmill Village at the foot of the Royal City in this world.

"I take back what I just said, it's better for you not to reincarnate."

Pulling off the aristocratic cloak on his body, he wiped off the blood on his armor and straight sword.

Strangely, Lear didn't find the blood disgusting, and he didn't feel any discomfort when poking the "limb-attaching" monster.

Well, as expected, this is a dream. How can I, Lear, be such a cold-blooded person?Absolutely not, yes, that's it.

Although he comforted himself in this way, Lear has already decided to see a psychiatrist when he gets off work in the daytime tomorrow, and if it doesn't work, he will find a lady with a nice voice on the Internet to heal himself.

After all, having such a dream is no small problem.

(End of this chapter)