Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 398 Anri and Horace
At the edge of the platform, Li You felt refreshed.

TNND, you have been kicked into the trap so many times in so many generations of soul games, and this time it’s finally my turn!
In the words of a Buddhist sculptor, this is cause and effect!
But when Li You looked down, he saw that Patch was still moving.

“Ah, ah, ah…” He twisted on the ground, then actually struggled to get up, “My back, my back!”

Li You: He’s not dead yet?
If it was in the game, Li You remembered that falling from this height would not necessarily result in death, but the health bar was short and the equipment was heavy.

Patch, wearing Horace's heavy armor, was kicked down but was still able to get up. It seems that he probably has some props like the Silver Cat Ring on him, which reduces his falling damage.

But although Patch was still alive, the fall just now had broken his Executioner's Armor, which didn't fit him well to begin with, into pieces, revealing the black leather armor underneath.

He pressed his lower back with one hand, and climbed up in a miserable state. He tilted his head and raised his head to curse at Li You: "You despicable guy, you actually attacked me from behind! Are you already a wandering soul!?"

Li You looked down and smiled, "I was actually called despicable by the notorious Patch. It seems that I have made a name for myself."

Patch was also surprised when Li You called him by his name: "Who... who are you? Do you know me?"

Li You smiled even more: "Thousands of years ago, in the Giant Cemetery in Lordran, you kicked me. I still remember it."

Patch: “???”

Edge and V in the mental link: "???"

Li You said, and started counting on his fingers: "It's not over yet. In addition to the Giant Cemetery, there are also the Stone Tooth Tunnel, the Nightmare Border, and the Gmir Volcano..."

Patch below was stunned.

"...No, buddy." Patch was stunned for a moment, and finally spoke, "If you mean Lordran... then I'm not sure, I can't remember anything about the past. But I've never been to those other places!"

Li You didn't explain to him: "That was done by you in the parallel world."

Patch: “…”

TNND, it was always Uncle Pachi who cheated others and put the blame on others, but today he met someone who cheated him instead and made him take the blame!

"…No, you are not an immortal. How could you have been in Lordran thousands of years ago?"

Actually, Patch originally wanted to just run away, but after trying to hold back, he couldn't help but retorted: "I don't remember what I was doing in the past, but don't try to pin something on me that is not true! I, Patch, will never take the blame!"

Li Youze didn't want to waste time talking to him, so he just said, "Don't worry about that. You just need to know that you are lucky to be alive now. If it were before, I might have killed you right here."

What he said was indeed true, because when Li You was advancing through the game, he would chop Patch while he was pretending to be Onion. This was the fastest and most convenient way to advance through the game...

What? Didn't you ask him not to kill NPCs?
He is not a saint. Patch attacked first, so it’s okay for him to fight back, right?
After all, to be fair, although Patch would occasionally help the protagonist, that was only based on the fact that the protagonist had been tricked by him and was still alive.

However, most of the unlucky guys who were kicked into the pit by him were not as lucky as the protagonist. The two zombified priests in the giant cemetery were the best examples.

So although Patch acts like a comedian in front of the protagonist, he is actually the kind of sinister guy who will pounce on you and bite you as long as you are a little weak.

Of course, the amnesiac Patch from the Ringed City is an exception. After all, Lapu has forgotten all of his past and can be considered a good friend of the protagonist Ashes, so he cannot be equated with Patch.

Li You: Patch of the Ringed City ≠ Patch of Lothric, justice has been cut.

The Patch in front of him was Lothric's Patch. When he turned around, Li You almost subconsciously stabbed him in the back with the Undead Slash.

But considering that they were not playing a game after all, Li You did not kill him, but just kicked him down.

"…Patch, you saved your life." Li You said at last, "In your words, since you are safe, then what I did doesn't count, right? Go away, we can talk slowly next time we meet."

Before Patch could say anything, Li You had already waved towards the opposite platform.

While they were talking, Aiji had already followed Li You's instructions, walked past the huge metal valve connecting the two platforms, and came to the lever on the opposite side. At Li You's signal, she immediately pulled the lever.

With a rumbling sound, the bronze-green metal valve slowly descended. Hearing the noise, the two slave giants were awakened and strode towards Patch!
"Damn it!" Patch couldn't say anything more and could only point at Li You and say, "We will see each other again! Just wait!"

Having said that, he no longer cared about anything else. He threw off the Horatius armor that was hindering his movement, slipped into the side door on the other side of the church before the two giants' big feet landed, and escaped.

Although the two slave giants tried to catch the fleeing Patch, that old bastard was not good at anything else but his running speed was first-rate and his skill of admitting defeat was perfect.

Let me put it this way, an ordinary person would not be able to defeat Patch before he surrenders.

Therefore, the giant, who was huge and clumsy, couldn't even touch the slippery Patch, and he escaped from under his feet.

The giant who lost his target looked around and then looked at Li You.

"Roar--!"

"boom--!!"

In response to the giant's roar, there was an even louder gunshot!

A bullet with a faint electric arc shot out from the muzzle of the Echo sniper rifle, directly piercing the palm of one of the giants.

But the giants were too big after all, and the sniper rifles had little effect on them. So Li You flipped his hand, put away the echo, and pulled out his blood immortal sword!
"Do it——!!"

Youzi who was following Li You, Edge on the opposite platform, and V in the passage below, all followed Li You and attacked!
“Bang bang bang——!!”

"Susu-"

"boom--!"

The Eight-Star Gun's micro rockets were fired at the same time, the gold-plated arrows were wrapped with lightning, there were also electric beams ejected from Yuzu's mouth and blood flames waved by Li You.

The slave giants were originally large and bulky, and their skin was actually quite fragile. So under the concentrated fire of the crowd, the skin of the two giants peeled off one after another, and black blood still spurted out.

Li You showed no mercy, he pulled out the Lightning Moon Shadow with his backhand, blood flames and electric currents fell together!
"Zila——!!"

……

Soon, Li You put away his knife, stood in front of the sludge pool, and looked at the soul light ball on the ground.

The ball of light was dropped after the slave giant was killed. If it was the same as the fixed drop in the game, then there should be a large wedge-shaped stone fragment inside... but he didn't want to pick it up.

Because the fixed drops of the slave giant include not only large fragments but also the Ash People's favorite snack, chocolate.

So Li You only thought for 0.001 seconds and decided to ignore the soul light ball.

Whoever wants to pick up the chocolate can do so. He has no interest in it anyway...

While he was thinking, V behind him walked up and said, "Didn't you drop something? Why don't you pick it up?"

Li You widened his eyes in horror: "Don't touch it--!!"

——After that, Li You cursed harshly.

“…I’ve already told you to stop being attracted to light! You’re not immortal!”

This time, V did not refute, but just looked at the soul light ball on the ground, still feeling a lingering fear.

No, who would have thought that the precious item entangled with the ownerless soul would be something like "chocolate"?
V thought to himself that it was a good thing that he didn’t touch that thing…

Edge on the side tried to hold back his laughter again and again, but finally couldn't help it and laughed out loud.

"Hahahaha-"

V's face darkened for a rare time, and Li You just kept shaking his head.

Finally, Aggie laughed enough, then he held his stomach and asked, "Okay, what are we going to do now?"

Li You looked at the Executioner Armor that belonged to Horace that he had just collected in the system backpack and said, "Although Patch has been driven away, his victims should still be trapped nearby. Let's go look for them."

Anri and Horace are a pair of brothers in distress... Oh no, the Anri in this world seems to be a female. Anyway, this pair of unlucky children seem to have been separated by Patch.

Considering that Horace's armor was stripped off by Patch, the most likely possibility is that Horace is in the dry well where Onion was originally trapped. And the worst case scenario... is probably that Horace has turned into a zombie.

Anri should be fine, but after losing Horace, she is probably in a state of losing her fighting spirit.

"Let's go find the original owner of this armor first. He should be trapped nearby." Li You said.

Naturally, his companions had no objection, so they followed him to the small church for purification.

But on the way, V thought about it and asked, "By the way, Li You. What did you say to that guy... Patch? Was it true? Did you... know him thousands of years ago?"

She asked this, and Edge and Yuzu turned to look over, also showing curiosity.

Has Li You really lived that long?

Looking at the expressions of the three people, Li You laughed: "Do I look that old?"

V shook his head. "That's not true. Arasaka Saburo is only 150 years old, and he's almost an adult. If you're really thousands of years old, how can you be so stupid?"

Li You: "?"

Just stick to the point, what does personal attack mean?
He glanced at V and said without complaining, "I have traveled through too many worlds. I have come to this world in different ways before - and that era was thousands of years ago."

He took out the soul pendant: "This is the magic item I got at that time. That's also where I met Patch."

Yuzu and the others now understood, and V concluded, "So, you came to this world thousands of years ago?"

Li You nodded.

"You could say that, but for me, it was only a few years ago."

Aggie then realized something: "Well, when we were in that poisonous swamp before, your reaction when you saw those mushrooms..."

"…Yes, those 'mushrooms' were a species that lived in the forest thousands of years ago. I have dealt with them before (referring to being punched away by Mushroom Dad)."

Li You sighed, "But now this clan has completely disappeared."

Edge and V looked at each other, both of them were a little dazed.

No wonder, this explains a lot of things.

Li You said, "...Actually, I am the most curious. Those who can live from that era to the present are extremely rare. Even the gods have fallen and disappeared one after another, and the once powerful royal family has collapsed. As a result, Patch, a thief, is still alive and well. I don't know how he survived." After hearing this, Edge and V also found it strange. V became more alert: "Does that mean he might have been pretending to be stupid just now?"

"No, I don't think so." Li You shook his head. "Maybe it's just luck. Forget about him, let's find the victim first."

The group returned to the small church. Li You pretended to search for a while, and then went straight to the dry well at the door.

This dry well is not big, but it is quite deep. Li You leaned over the edge of the well and looked down. It was still pitch black at the bottom.

"Is anyone here--??"

Li You called down, and his voice echoed in the well. After waiting for a moment, he really caught a "ah-ah-ah-woo-woo" sound coming from below.

“It’s really down there!”

Li You immediately said: "I'll let the rope down, you grab the rope and I'll pull you up!"

He lowered the wrist hook, and after some effort, he successfully pulled up a zombie with blue-black skin.

“C++!!”

Seeing that zombie-like face, Li You almost loosened his grip and sent the person back down.

Fortunately, he immediately remembered that Anri and Horace seemed to be cursed, so their appearances were like zombies, but they were still rational and not crazy.

After the zombie was pulled up, it did not attack them, but stood where it was and slowly raised its hands.

Li You asked tentatively: "...Horace?"

The zombie nodded.

Li You felt relieved.

"Are you okay? Where's Anri?" he asked again.

The zombie nodded, then shook his head.

Li You said no more, took out the executioner armor from his backpack and handed it to Horace. This guy's zombie look is a bit scary, and wearing only underwear is too shabby, so he should change his clothes first.

Horace had no objection and quickly changed his armor. The genuine Silent Knight finally appeared in front of Li You.

"Let's go and find Anli." Li You said, rummaging through his backpack again, and finally handed him the Exile's sword that he had no use for.

——Friend, let me lend you this new weapon first.

Horace took the exile's sword, nodded, and walked into the church first in a very sensible manner.

Li You waved to his companions: "Let's follow."

Li You still likes Anli and Horace. Not to mention Anli, he also approves of Horace.

Horace is known as the Silent Knight, and he never speaks to anyone. It's not that he is naturally silent, but that he is dumb.

In the game, when talking to him in Lubanbian Village, Horace will give the protagonist Ashes a certificate of oath, the Azure Guardian. This oath is simply an auxiliary police, with the same duties as the Dark Moon Sword. The Azure Guardian also shoulders the task of expelling dark spirits.

As for the dark spirits of Rosaria who serve the Finger Cult, their oath items are none other than the tongues cut from defeated enemies.

So it is not difficult to guess why Horace became mute.

Therefore, in Li You's view, Horace is a senior worthy of respect, so of course he will help him.

At this time, Horace was moving forward in front. His goal was quite clear. After following the passage back to the interior of the Deep Church, he headed straight for the archway opposite.

Horace wielded the Exile's broadsword, killed the slave soldiers blocking his way in the corridor outside the archway, and rushed inside.

Li You and others followed and found that Horace was already fighting with a church knight holding a sledgehammer and a large shield in the prayer room at the back.

The Deep Cathedral is actually the main activity area of ​​the Cathedral Knights, but the strength of the Cathedral Knights here is much weaker than their colleagues in blue uniforms at the gate of the Demon King.

However, Horace was obviously not in good condition and did not even have a weapon that suited him, so in the fight with the Church Knight, neither of them gained the upper hand.

Li You did not hesitate and rushed forward quickly, pulling out the Bleeding Immortal Slash and taking the opportunity to stab him in the back!

He now likes to use the Blood Immortal Slash more and more, mainly because in the soul world, the effect of killing the undead is so useful.

Kill once and for all, isn’t that great?

Although it doesn't make much sense to use it on these miscellaneous soldiers.

The blade of the Blood Undead Slash easily penetrated the cathedral knight's back armor and breastplate and protruded from his chest!

The Cathedral Knight was tall, but Li You held the knife in both hands and pierced him from bottom to top with one blow. The blood flames from the blade gradually burned his body to ashes!

"boom--!!"

Horace was also stunned when he saw the church knight turning into smoke and dust instead of soul.

But he immediately shook his head and came to his senses. The most important thing at the moment was Anri.

He pointed at the room and gestured a few times, as if he wanted to express something, but Li You failed to understand.

He was not in a hurry and called for Edge's help on the spot.

With a spiritual connection, the mute can also speak! Are you excited? Unfortunately, this thing cannot be bought~
With Aggie's help in connecting and transferring, Li You and Horace finally stopped communicating across channels. Horace was connected to the mental link communication network. Before he could sigh, he said, "Anri and I were separated by a trap, and she ran to this room! But I didn't see her, and I didn't find the seven-color stone!"

"Calm down." Li You looked around and still didn't find anything.

Then it's time for Edge to come on stage again.

“…In the room over there, there are two streams of life activities, one big and one small, and the big one is a little strange.” Aiji was well prepared, and spoke directly when Li You looked at her.

Hearing this, Horace did not question it. He rushed into the room with his sword in hand without saying a word!

“…!? No, wait a minute!” Li You didn’t even have time to grab him.

Horace rushed into the room. The interior of the room was quite large, much more spacious than the narrow archway. But there was nothing in such a large room, just an isolated quadrilateral space.

In the farthest corner of the room, a warrior wearing Astra's advanced knight armor was standing there with his hands on his head.

This, of course, is Anri, one of the fireless ashes.

"Uuuuh—!!"

Horace immediately rushed towards Anri!

Anri, who heard the noise, also raised his head. Seeing Horace, he was not happy but surprised. He shouted quickly, "Horace! Get out of the way! Up there!"

Horace was also shocked, but above his head, a huge shadow was pressing down on him!

But just as the shadow began to fall, a grappling rope flew quickly from the rear door, grabbed Horace and pulled him out!
"Boom-!!"

The shadow fell heavily, causing the ground to tremble and spreading a large amount of smoke and dust.

"Horace--!?" Anri asked worriedly. The flying smoke and dust made it difficult for her to see Horace's condition clearly.

However, a mental force immediately touched her brain. Anri was startled at first, but because he did not feel any hostility from the touch, he lifted the blockade.

"Anri!"

Hearing this voice ringing directly in his mind, Anri was also stunned: "...Horace? Can you speak?"

"It will only work this way." Horace said without further ado, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine! You're not hurt, are you?"

"Ahem—!"

A cough was heard, and Li You couldn't help but speak: "You two, don't be too busy feeling the joy of reunion, there is still an enemy."

"The space here is still a bit narrow, so...you can either go and reminisce about the past, or wait until the fight is over!"

With a "swish", Anri drew out the Astra-style long sword from his waist: "No problem! As long as we work together with Horace, we can overcome all obstacles!"

Li You: 6.

If I didn't know that you two were siblings who grew up together, it would be hard for me not to misunderstand.

But the complaints can be left for later. Li You looked at the invisible monster blocking the entrance to the room and narrowed his eyes.

At this time, the smoke and dust cleared, and its true appearance was finally revealed. It was a spider-like monster several meters tall, with several long legs, but its torso was a whole piece, and covered with long gray-white hair. Its head, which looked like a human head, had a big mouth full of sharp teeth.

Because it was attracted by Horace, the monster was blocking the door at the moment, trying in vain to bite the people outside. But after realizing that it was meaningless, it gradually calmed down, began to slowly retreat, and looked at Anri in the corner of the room.

"Gah——!"

Anri couldn't help but tighten his grip on his sword and patterned shield.

The literal translation of this thing's name is "Deep Curser". Most players call it the Cursed Spider because the unknown liquid that spews out of its mouth also has the power to trigger a curse.

Although its appearance looks ferocious and terrifying, it cannot escape the basic laws of the Souls series.

The body is large, the chrysanthemum and gate are weak, the hair is thick and the fire is weak.

This thing is large and hairy, and is similarly weak in the head, so it's actually not difficult to deal with - as long as you know how to beat it.

So Li You picked up the knife again and said to everyone: "This thing is afraid of fire, and its weak point is on the head! The others go around to the back and set fire, I'll deal with the front!"

Having said that, he rushed directly into the room!

(End of this chapter)