Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 375 Fire Sacrifice Site

Li You looked not far away and saw that the fallen teacher Guda did not turn into smoke and dissipate. This was also different from the game.

"Didn't disappear? It's interesting..."

He thought for a moment and ignored the Guda halberd on the ground. Instead, he came to Hui Guda's body and tried to take off his armor.

"Pfft-"

However, when he tried to peel off the armor, he found that the armor seemed to be stuck to the body below. The black substance of human pus filled all the gaps and could not be torn off at all.

This armor is more like a metal skin than equipment, and tearing it apart will only destroy it.

Li You's mouth twitched, a little annoyed: "Damn abyss!"

After trying again and successfully tearing apart a piece of Guda's breastplate, Li You finally gave up.

"...Forget it, it seems like it can't be torn off."

"Rumble--"

In terms of strength, that person is the complete body. The halberd of Hero Guda has its own unique combat skill, Hero Assault.

After putting away the Guda Halberd, Li You looked at another key item he had put into his backpack before - the spiral sword inserted into Guda's body.

Judging from the way it is performed, this move should be reproducible with other weapons. The only problem is...specifically how to perform it and the operation of its power still need to be learned with the help of genuine weapons.

From the door, it looks like an ancient building made of stone bricks. Two old trees are leaning crookedly at the door. There are torches on both sides of the stone door, and part of the eaves at the top has collapsed.

This halberd "lost its original ability"? This description reminded him of something.

In Soul Three, there are two Guda teachers. In addition to the gray Guda who was defeated just now, there is also a "black Guda" - the hero Guda.

After thinking about this, Li You put the broken Guda Halberd into his backpack. Since this one has no combat skills and is too big for him, it is obvious that he himself cannot use it.

When Soul 1 and Soul 2 were used, only a few weapons had special effects for their heavy hits, and they consumed the weapon's durability to activate. By Soul 3, it had been perfected so that all weapons had a combat skill, and when used, concentration was consumed, that is, Blue bar.

Li You shook his head, picked up the huge Guda Halberd on the ground again, and looked at the item description.

You owe me a set of Guda armor!
...Forget it, don’t waste time.

It is indeed becoming more and more convenient, but Li You feels that most of the combat skills attached to "Zhan Hui" should be skills and can be mastered by others. Only those special weapons that cannot be replaced with combat skills, such as the Sacrilegious Holy Sword and the Moonlight Great Sword, have combat skills that rely on the weapon itself.

[Broken Guda Halberd]

He is not Ash, but he defeated the Ash Judge and got the Spiral Sword. How will the Fireproof Girl react?

Well, human pus is the power of the abyss, and Rondore is a country of wandering souls that respects the power of the abyss. It can be considered a family (forcibly). Li You thinks his logic is okay.

Different weapons have different special attacks, some are unique modules, and some have magic-like effects.

The fire ceremony site is a three-story annular structure. What you see in front of you are five tall stone thrones. One is in the center, and the other four are distributed in pairs on the sides from high to low.

There were traces of flames burning on the thrones, but except for a small man sitting on the second throne from the left, they were all empty.

Li You has no interest in them. These wandering souls are the weakest undead. You can't get any souls if you chop them down. It's a waste of energy.

"Londoer, remember this grudge!"

Therefore, it will be necessary to collect these special weapons in the future.

With a dull vibration and harsh metal friction, the door that had been closed for an unknown length of time slowly opened, revealing the road behind it.

Scattered corpses in robes were walking along the roadside. Some were sleeping with their heads in their arms, while others still had the strength to move around, carrying tattered spears and log shields, wandering around.

Let's go back and see if Yuzu is interested.

It just so happens that it's time to meet the fire prevention girl and see what she will say to me.

[Item description: "Judge of Ashes" Guda's halberd is old and dilapidated. It has lost its original appearance and ability, leaving only its ability to slash and thrust. 】

He would rather believe that it was the fire girl who did it (no).

The Ash Judge is the scabbard of the Spiral Sword. His existence is to confirm whether the awakened Ashes have the qualifications and strength to go to Lothric, the city of fire among the kings.

Li You thought and slowly pushed open the heavy metal door on the other side of the circular venue.

But Li You is also a little curious. If the person who wakes up is not the protagonist Ashes, but an ordinary Ashes who does not have enough strength, and is beaten by Teacher Guda to lose his fighting spirit and cannot get back up, then what should be done with the spiral sword on this Ashes body?
It couldn't have been Teacher Guda who snatched it back and inserted it into himself, right?
Li You: This picture is a bit rough.

The Spiral Sword is not a weapon, but a key item that can give the campfire at the Fire Transferring Sacrifice the power of teleportation.

As for the last old ring, it has been upgraded to "War Gray", which can be used to assemble combat skills on its own with conventional props except special weapons.

At the end of the dilapidated stone steps is the temporary residence of the Ashes, the Fire Sacrifice Site.

So he just followed international practice and kicked down the living corpse standing by the cliff looking at the scenery on the roadside. He ignored others and went straight to the Fire Sacrifice Site.

Climbing up the already dilapidated stone steps, there are still crooked tombstones scattered on the road, slanting ancient trees, roots and weeds growing wantonly, almost covering the ground.

Li You: "...Hmm."

Standing at the gate and looking forward, you can see the outline of the sacrificial site and the bell tower standing next to it. At the top of the bell tower is the big bell that wakes up the Ashes.

Walking into the sacrificial site from the stone gate, a sacrificial site space that is much wider than it appears appears in front of you.

Like the Ash Cemetery, this area is built on the edge of the cliff, overlooking Lothric from below. And his destination, the Fire Sacrifice Site, is more like a lighthouse deep in the sea, built at the end of the cliff.

"——The fire has gradually extinguished, but the king is nowhere to be seen."

The games in the Soul series, from Dark Souls Trilogy to Elden's Circle, have a setting that has been gradually improved, and that is "combat skills".

In the era of Dark Souls III, the First Fire that brought light has come to an end. Even if the heroes and salary kings of the past generations continue to pass on the fire, the survival of the First Fire is already in danger.

It's the same at this time. The five thrones in front of me, except for the Holy King Lothric Throne in the middle, all belong to the four salary kings who have passed the fire. Even though their bodies were burned, they still could not rest in peace. Now when the first fire was about to go out, they were awakened again, so that they could become the food of the first fire.

Of course, any normal person who encounters this kind of thing will definitely think: Why the hell am I doing this?

I've been burned once. It's not enough to turn the wax torch into ashes, but I have to scatter all the ashes, right?

Therefore, most of the four awakened salary kings left their thrones, abandoned their mission of spreading fire, and returned to their hometowns. Only the last cow horse who was willing to be burned again was left sitting on the throne, waiting for Bring back the firewood of the kings with a certain ashes.

Or maybe he didn't do it voluntarily. After all, he was actually a cripple and couldn't run away...

Well, to be serious, in fact, the reason why most of the awakened Xinwang left the throne is that they were already burned by the first fire and were delirious, so they would only follow their own obsessions and do what they had not finished before they were alive.

They are all heroes and kings who burned themselves to continue the world, and they will not abandon their duties for the simple and selfish reason of "I don't want to be burned again."

Li You looked up. There was a closed dome at the top. The entire sacrificial site was not exposed to the sun, but there were torches lit everywhere inside, and candles were burning next to King Xin's throne, so the lighting was sufficient.

When you come in through the door, there are stairs going up and down on both sides. Going up is the third floor of the fire ceremony, which can also lead to the outside of the fire ceremony and to the small building of the lighthouse.

As for going down, we came to the center of the fire ceremony along the road, surrounded by five thrones and overlooking the campfire. A solitary round stone container was half buried in the ground, where the fire was burning.

However, at this time, the campfire at the fire ceremony site was extinguished, and a quiet woman wearing a dark robe with long gray-blond braided hair was standing next to the campfire, waiting for someone to arrive.

Li You walked down the road and came to her. He could see that she was wearing a dark silver complicated eye mask. There were faint lines on her robe and skirt. Her hands were wrapped in straps and there were burns on her fingers. of scars.

This is the only designated wife of the Ember Man, the Fireproof Girl.

Seemingly hearing footsteps, she turned to Li You and said in a gentle and elegant voice:

"Welcome to the campfire, Lord Cinder...eh?"

She suddenly paused, and a wave of confusion appeared on her originally calm face, and she said with some surprise: "You...are not Ashes?" Li You shook his head subconsciously at first, but immediately realized that something was wrong, and answered again: "No ,I'm not."

Fire girls are invisible. Their name should actually be translated as "fire-keeper girl, fire-tie girl". As the name suggests, they are the ones who protect the flames. Because they are exposed to fire all year round, they must be prevented from seeing things they shouldn't.

So she can only identify everything around her through sound.

At this moment, hearing Li You admit that he was not ashes, the fireproof girl was also a little at a loss. She hesitated for a moment and then said: "I am the fire prevention girl. I am the person responsible for maintaining the flames and serving the ashes here."

"I was originally waiting for Lord Ashes to be awakened by the bell this time, waiting for them to cross the cemetery, bring the spiral sword here, and become an aid to them on their journey to find the king. But you..."

Li Youyou: "I understand, I am not ashes, so I cannot complete the mission of spreading fire, right?"

He still has the Ring of Darkness in his backpack. According to the system's instructions, if he uses that item, he will probably be recognized as ashes by the Fireproof Girl and others... But the risk is too great, and Li You doesn't plan to use it for the time being. .

Let’s wait until the salary king comes to talk about it.

The fireproof woman nodded and said: "I can feel that you are carrying a spiral sword on your body. It seems that you defeated the Ashes Judge. But you are not Ashes, and you do not need to embark on the road to find the king."

"Can I ask why you came to this sacrificial site built for spreading fire?"

Li You thought about it and felt that there was no need to hide it from the fire prevention girl.

The world of Dark Souls is "spiral-shaped". The royal city of Rodran for the first generation and Lothrik for the third generation can both be called the "place of wandering confluence". Countless worlds and countless time and space overlap and intersect here, so all kinds of people will appear.

What's more, in the world of souls, there are other countries outside the royal city. So a visitor from the outside is not particularly unusual... maybe?
So Li Youyou said: "I should be considered a stranger who came here from outside Lothric, but I just happened to appear in the Ashes Cemetery."

After hearing this, the fire prevention girl opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.

But at this time, another weak male voice came from above the two of them:
"Are there any visitors from the outside? It's been a long time since we've seen you."

Li You and Fireproof Girl both looked up and saw that the speaker was none other than King Xin, the only one sitting upright on the five thrones.

He has an old appearance and a short stature. He wears a crown on his head and a broken and blackened robe. He has no legs and a little spark on his body.

Rudos the Exile, the only salary king guarding the fire sacrifice site.

Although his appearance is not impressive, he is indeed the king who once passed down the fire.

At this moment, he put his hands in front of him, looked down at Li You, smiled softly, and introduced himself: "I am Ludos from Courland. Although I don't look like it, I am also a salary king."

"You said you are an outsider who accidentally entered the Ashes Cemetery? This is really a rare sight. If you don't mind, can you come closer and let me see you?"

Li You didn't mind at all. He nodded to the fireproof girl, then jumped up several meters high and landed next to Ludos.

"Oh, you are really... energetic." His actions also frightened Ludos a little, and he paused for a moment before speaking.

Then, Ludos looked at Li You carefully, then gently stretched out his hand and touched his arm, and then nodded slowly: "...Yes, it should indeed be a guest from outside Losric. Now It’s a bit difficult.”

He looked at Li You and said, "I would like to ask, did you see anyone else coming here on the way here?"

Li You naturally knew what he meant and shook his head: "If you mean the 'ashes' crawling out of the grave, then I didn't see any of them."

Ludos narrowed his eyes: "But there should be a reason for you to come here, right? I think you seem to know the ashes and their mission very well. This is not something ordinary outsiders will know."

"So I want to ask, is there a reason why you came to Lothric?"

After hearing this question, Li You thought for a while and then said: "You can also say that. Although I am not Ashes, I am here to complete Ashes' mission."

Hearing this, Ludos' eyes flashed, and the fireproof girl opened her mouth in surprise and looked at him.

"You are not Ashes, but you want to complete Ashes' mission? Do you also want to spread the fire?" Ludos asked.

Li You did not answer directly this time, but just smiled: "It depends on how you understand Ashes' mission."

Ludos looked at him and felt that he understood: "Could it be that you want to challenge King Xin and bring them back to this fire ceremony?"

Seeing that Li You did not deny it, Ludos was also stunned: "You... are really brave. Challenging King Xin as an ordinary person is tantamount to seeking death."

"At least I have defeated the Judge of Ashes. Does this qualify me to try?" Li You asked instead of arguing with Ludos on this topic.

Ludos nodded after hearing this: "Yes. If you can defeat the Ashes Judge, you are indeed qualified to try. In that case..."

He looked down at the fire-proof girl below and said, "Fire-proof girl, since this person is interested, how about letting him try? Anyway, it seems that no other ashes will come."

The fire prevention girl also hesitated for a moment before saying, "That's... okay."

Ludos smiled and looked at Li You: "So, the warrior from the outside world, can you tell me your name?"

"My name is Li You."

"That's it, Li You. It sounds like the name of a distant country." Ludos supported his chin with his hands and nodded slightly, "In that case, go and talk to the fire prevention girl. This fire sacrificial site, This will be your temporary home from now on.”

Li You didn't hesitate, jumped off the edge of the throne and returned to the fire prevention girl.

The Fireproof Girl said to him: "Lord Li You, since you also want to embark on the road to find the king, then show the spiral sword to the campfire. The power of the spiral sword will take you to the land of kings, the King of Lothrik. "

But then she paused: "But... you are not ashes, and you cannot travel between campfires with the spiral sword. This..."

Li You was also a little curious about what he should do. He couldn't be allowed to run through the third soul map on his legs, right?

Classic 365 Miles?
This isn’t Soul One, there are some maps that you can’t pass without teleportation!
Wait, there are some NPCs in Soul III who are not undead, right? How did they leave?

He was thinking, and then he heard the fireproof girl continue: "If you have deep faith or a person with extraordinary skills, you can also come and go in the royal city. I wonder if you..."

Li You thought for a while, and he seemed to have no shortage of means of movement. Apart from anything else, before leaving the cyberpunk world, the "car" that Lai Xuan gave him as a gift had not been pulled out yet.

He was about to say that he had his own way, but the system prompt rang.

【Ding! 】

[It has been detected that you are holding the Ring of Darkness, and the campfire teleportation function has been unlocked for you. 】

[Through the Ring of Darkness, you can spend your soul to teleport between campfires, and the soul stored in the prop will be quantified into a specific value for you. 】

Li You: Oh?

He looked at the total number of souls in the system panel. After removing the decimals, there were about three thousand souls.

It costs 1000 to teleport once.

Li You: "...It's pretty dark."

But this is just the early stage. In the middle and late stages, he can still afford 1000 souls.

So he changed his mind and said to the fire prevention girl: "I also have my own methods, you don't have to worry about it."

The fire prevention girl nodded: "In that case, please feel free to do as you please. This Fire Sacrifice is your home, you can look around."

Li Youzheng had this intention.

Don't tell me, returning to the fire ceremony is really just like going home.

He took out the spiral sword and, following the instructions of the fire-prevention woman, inserted the sword into the campfire in the center of the fire ceremony, and a clump of flames ignited.

Then, without hesitation, Li You turned around and headed towards the passage behind him. At the end of the passage, there is a bare-chested old man with white beard and hair, strong and strong, hammering and forging iron.

This is the legendary blacksmith who has survived from one generation to the present, the boxing champion of the Immortal Parish, Andre. He is the first person Li You wants to contact.

It goes without saying how strong the blacksmith in the Soul series is, right? What's more, this person survived from the age of gods and is a true god-level blacksmith! Li You wanted to come to him a long time ago.

Old man, I see you are here!
(End of this chapter)