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Chapter 417: The Invading White Shadow and the Deceiving Patch

Fortress of Flanders.

"Pfft-"

Jue stabbed in and out, leaving a bloody hole on the head of the huge Elder Guru. Elder Guru let out a wail and fell heavily to the ground.

V kicked hard on its fallen body and leaped into the air. Then air spurted out from her leg prosthesis, pushing her sideways several meters in the air and landing on a rare piece of dry ground in a small swamp nearby.

Although it was dry ground, it was actually sticky and disgusting to step on. V's mouth twitched, but he didn't care about anything else and immediately turned to the side.

Several of the beastly Gollums looked almost the same as ordinary Gollums, but they had no covering clothes on their bodies. They moved quickly on all fours in the poisonous swamp like wild beasts and were rushing towards her.

"Boom-"

V raised his left hand, and the projectile launch system emerged. A bomb wrapped in electric current was suddenly shot out, exploding among several Gollum dogs, spreading out blue arcs!
The arc spread through the mud in the swamp, and the explosion caused damage, which instantly blew most of the Grunts half to death, unable to get up again. However, two of them were still agile enough to avoid the explosion, and they leaped into the air and pounced on V!

V didn't want to step into the poisonous swamp. After walking around here, he realized that Li You's casual mention of "Flannel Pit" might not be a joke. God knows what ingredients are in this thick poisonous swamp!
Take the Grunts in front of you for example. Can you expect them to find a secret place to dig a hole when they need to go to the bathroom? Or do the Undead Team have a special toilet here? Obviously, neither is possible.

Therefore, V has never set foot in the poisonous swamp during his entire journey, and he has no plans to do so now.

Therefore, facing the two flying dogs, V's back flickered with light, and she accelerated rapidly. She held her right hand upside down, exerted force with her feet, and moved her body according to her heart, turning her body quickly on the spot, and when the two dogs flew over, she swung out more than ten blades in an instant!

The blade of the sword broke through the air, and at the high speed brought by Sian Westin, it instantly cut the two Gulu dogs into pieces! They were still leaping in the air, but their movements suddenly froze, and they turned into pieces of meat of different sizes and fell into the mud by inertia.

After dealing with all the enemies, V breathed a sigh of relief, and then was almost dizzy from the stench of the poisonous swamp.

She waved away the stench in front of her, and imitated Li You's movements, shaking the knife and putting it back into the sheath.

In fact, V's sense has undergone a chaotic qualitative change. Although it is not obvious on the surface, there is a powerful fire power hidden inside, so the blade will not be stained with blood or dirt at all. She just thought this action was cool, so she did it.

This weapon that has been endowed with power has another characteristic, that is, the strength of its flame power depends on the attributes of the user. For example, if Li You uses this knife, its power will be stronger than in V's hands.

This is the "correction" setting in the game.

Of course, even in V's hands, Jue is not weak now and can fully hold his own.

After putting away the knife, V identified the direction and jumped towards the beacon altar under the last stone tower in the Fran Fortress.

The last time Li You and his team came, they relied on Yuzu to push through directly, and then picked up some key or important props. The beacon fires of the three altars were not extinguished, and the huge stone door leading to the temple of the Fran Undead Team was not opened.

This time V came back to accept this trial.

Although there was no Li You who was familiar with the map to lead the way, and no Youzi to rush around here, V's performance was still very good.

Except for the extra stamina and energy she consumed because she didn't want to step into the poisonous swamp, her battle went very smoothly. The upgraded prosthetics and her own attributes were perfectly combined, and the +9 Chaos Sense was sharp enough to allow her to advance all the way and extinguish two bonfires, and the last one was just around the corner.

When Li You was standing in front of the entrance of the mausoleum waiting, he saw the last bonfire beside him light up and heard the rumbling sound of the huge stone door behind him. He knew that V had completed the trial of the Undead Corps.

According to Hawkwood, this trial is actually a test to join the Undead Team. After extinguishing the flames on the altar, the door to the wolf blood will open.

So if the Undead Team is still running, maybe V can get a set of team uniforms to wear? With V's figure, the effect is probably not bad...

However, the Undead Squad died early. From the core street dance group, to Gollum's logistics team, to the ghost soldiers, all the order collapsed.

Therefore, forget about getting the leader uniform or anything like that. The most you can get it from the system rewards, or you can take it off their corpses.

He was daydreaming aimlessly when a figure came running, jumping and gliding towards him from a distance. The movements looked familiar to Li You.

"...Isn't this how I travel in the game? How did she learn it?"

Li You was a little confused. He had never taught V to run like this. The main reason was that this way of running was too gamey. If he did this in the real Night City, passers-by would definitely think he was a cyber psychopath.

As a result, now in the world of Dark Souls III, since no one is watching, V is letting himself go?
"Shh-"

Li You was so angry that he didn't have time to rant before V flew diagonally past him, braked suddenly and landed on the ground, then slid forward for a long distance before stopping.

Li You turned his head to look, but her figure flashed and she was back in front of Li You.

"I've got the trial done."

Seeing her nonchalant expression, Li You swallowed back the complaints he wanted to make and said, "...Okay. Let's go, let's go to the Undead Squad's mausoleum and take a look, and then..."

Before he finished speaking, Li You suddenly paused. At this moment, the Dark Moon Sword badge hanging on his waist suddenly trembled violently and almost jumped off his body.

Li You held the badge with one hand, looked at V, and then turned to look in the direction of the poisonous swamp.

There, a figure wearing a white robe and a golden mask was sliding forward in the poisonous swamp.

He had a pair of claws on his hands, and he moved quickly, gliding forward. Although his movements were fast, the mud in the poisonous swamp could not be avoided from splashing up, sticking to his white robe and even his golden mask.

But the man didn't care at all and continued gliding.

Li You recognized the clothes. They were the white shadows of Londor, the clothes of the assassins of the Black Church of Londor.

The white shadows of the Black Church are all immortal wandering souls and ruthless assassins, feared and tabooed by people.

If you are hostile to Londor in the game, you will be repeatedly invaded by the White Shadow.

Perhaps it was because Li You was not ash after all and could not be invaded by spirits, so the white shadow in front of him was his real body.

But today, Li You is no longer afraid of a mere assassin, especially since he doesn't know how to hide and attack, but rushes out in a swagger... Hmm?

Wait, what's behind that guy?
Li You took a closer look and immediately took a breath of cold air.

"Fuck, this guy has attracted a group of curse frogs here!"

In fact, the group of curse frogs is not a problem for Li You now, but firstly, there is always a risk in facing this group of things, and secondly, his curse frog PTSD is deeply rooted.

It was all because Soul One went to the Lake of Ashes without getting the royal weapon.

So Li You waved his hand, and the divine power in his body surged, causing a spreading storm that swept towards Bai Ying and the group of cursed frogs behind him. He then dragged V and ran towards the gate.

"Let's talk about it somewhere else!"

V had already displayed the projectile launching system, but before he could react, Li You grabbed his right wrist and started running away.

V: "???"

She subconsciously tried to struggle, but when she exerted force with her hands twice, it was like a drop in the ocean. Li You held her hands and did not move at all, and almost dragged her into the stone gate.

As for Bai Ying and the Cursed Frog, facing the sweeping storm, Bai Ying's figure suddenly stopped!
When the storm was over, the curse frogs were blown all over the place, and the white shadow disappeared. After the other curse frogs came to their senses, they flew too far to find their target, so they left on their own. Only two or three curse frogs with better luck passed through the storm and continued to pounce on Li You and the others.

Li You can only control the shape of the storm as much as possible now. He has no catalysts or bonus weapons, nor any systematic magic. The effect of the storm is not very good, which is why he missed a few curse frogs.

As for the last time at Gulongding, that was a special case after all.

“Bang! Bang!”

Li You was not panicked. He raised his hand and fired two shots. The hand cannon knocked down the two fastest curse frogs. V fired another shot and sent all three curse frogs away.

But at the same time, Li You also found that the white shadow had disappeared, and he couldn't help but frowned as he stood inside the stone gate.

It seems that this guy did use his brain. He knew that he couldn't force his way through, so he even thought of luring the group of cursed frogs over.

Li You didn't know that the group of cursed frogs was actually the work of a bald guy.

In short, as far as the current situation is concerned, Li You's perception is certainly not weak, but it is still not as strong as Edge's humanoid detector. Once others hide well, it will be difficult for him to find them.

V is similar. Her prosthetic eye has built-in analytical capabilities, but it is powerless against things outside of her field of vision.

What's more, V was a little distracted. She was touching her wrist with a look of surprise in her eyes.

Li You did not notice this detail. After looking around, he did not find any trace of the white shadow. So after a little thought, he said, "Let's go to the Undead Squad's temple." Then he walked towards that place first.

V didn't ask any more questions and followed Li You quietly with a knife in hand.

Arriving at the gate of the Undead Corps' mausoleum, Li You saw the sign that said "This leads to the underground cemetery" and was a little confused.

Can this brand alone make others avoid the hip-hop team?

But soon after that, he saw several corpses of cursed frogs lying on the side of the road.

Li You reacted immediately. It turned out that the cursed frog might not have been lured here by the white shadow?

It is even possible that Baiying is also the one being chased.

Li You: "...I said that the wandering spirits of Londor are not that smart." After understanding this, I looked at the design of the trap. It seems that the thinking of a professional trapper is different from his. He wants to trick people into going in, while the other person wants people to jump in voluntarily.

However, Li You looked around and still couldn't find the bald man.

"I wonder where he is..."

Just as they were thinking about it, they heard a sound unique to magic from behind them. They turned around and saw the white shadow of Londor coming out from behind a big tree, holding a white staff called the branches of the demon tree, and hanging five purple-black balls on his head and shoulders.

This is the Dark Arts Tracker, which can release five floating magic balls that will automatically track and attack enemies within a certain distance. It is the dark arts version of the magic "Tracking Soul Block".

After releasing the magic, Bai Ying put on puppet claws on both hands and ran towards Li You and the others without fear, as if he was ready to die.

Li You and V looked at each other and said nothing. In their opinion, the unknown object on the white shadow was more intimidating than him.

After thinking about it, Li You raised the hand cannon.

For the sake of their noses, which had finally relaxed, it would be better not to let this guy get close.

But at this moment, Li You and V both heard a faint sound of rope friction, which seemed to come from behind the hill. Then, there was another muffled "dong" sound, and a series of clattering footsteps!
This voice was very familiar to everyone present. Even if some of them were not clear about it, the group of cursed frogs just now was enough to leave a deep impression on them.

The three turned around and saw that another group of curse frogs had rushed out from behind the hill, and they were even trying to surround everyone! The fastest ones in front had already jumped up, their cheeks bulging, and then they spewed out large mouthfuls of gray smoke!

Li You reacted very quickly. He immediately grabbed V and threw out a grappling hook, pulling the two of them up into the air, avoiding the smoke and landing on the trunk of a large tree nearby.

The curse frogs couldn't jump that high, and the cursed smoke itself was heavy, so it would only sink in the air, so they had no way to deal with the two. So, all the curse frogs turned to the white shadow without knees!

Seeing the dead eyes swaying above the cursed frogs' heads, and the pair of flickering little eyes, the white shadow who had killed countless people couldn't help but take a step back.

Unfortunately, there is still the cursed frog behind him.

So, under the watch of Li You and V, the white shadow was surrounded by cursed frogs and shrouded in the deadly smoke. He soon reached his limit.

Although he did try to break out of the encirclement, unfortunately Li You raised his hand and shot from the tree, shooting through Bai Ying's left leg. This caused him to fall directly into the smoke and he could no longer run.

When the gray smoke dissipated, all that was left on the ground was a corpse covered in dark spike crystals. Its clothes were tattered and its face was so blurred that it barely looked like a human.

V felt a chill down his spine as he watched: "...Is this a death curse? Too weird."

As she spoke, she looked at the curse frogs that surrounded the two people under the tree and refused to leave, and asked, "What should we do with them? Kill them?"

Before Li You could say anything, another sharp male voice came from the side: "Don't do that! What will I do if you kill them!"

Both of them turned their heads and saw a vague and wretched figure hiding in a big tree opposite. It was difficult to see clearly because of its dark clothes. Only the bald head that was shaking was conspicuous.

A professional swindler, the indomitable Patch.

Patch gestured to Li You and said, "I'll take care of it!"

As he spoke, he took out a piece of wood with a human face on it and threw it behind the hill.

"I'm so sorry~"

As the strange voices rang out, the cursed frogs seemed to have discovered a new target and all rushed over there.

Patch continued to use the wooden blocks with human faces to lure the cursed frogs. Finally, when he saw that they had gathered together, he pulled the rope at hand. With a "click", a large wooden cage was covered and all the cursed frogs were locked inside.

The wooden cage was exceptionally strong and well sealed. The curse frogs jumped and hopped and blew smoke inside, but they couldn't get out. Only a few tiny wisps of curse smoke leaked out and soon dissipated into the air.

Patch was relieved and climbed down from the opposite tree.

Li You and V also landed on the ground and watched Patch reinforce the cage and fasten the mechanism.

"Phew—okay, done."

Patch wiped the sweat from his forehead and turned his head.

"Hey, you two, I saved you this time. Don't you plan to give me some compensation?"

His despicable look made Li You feel familiar. While he missed him a lot, he instinctively took two steps forward, grabbed his collar and lifted him up.

"Hey, hey!" Patch screamed in fear, "What are you doing? I was just joking, just joking! Put me down!"

Li You finally came to his senses and let go of his hand. Looking at Patch who was panting a little, he smiled and said, "Don't mind it, I was just joking."

"You guy..." Patch's eyes and mouth twitched, but he still didn't dwell on it.

"Compared to this, why did you come here again?" He turned and asked, "I was just about to ask you, you told me last time that you had prepared all the traps here, and I just had to come over and watch, and I was guaranteed to make a lot of money, how come there is no profit at all?"

Li You said, "Am I not well prepared? Look at the conditions. You only need to catch the curse frog and set up traps to trap people, but I have to consider a lot when digging traps!"

Even though Patch had seen big scenes before, he was still at a loss after hearing these words.

"No, I...you, I..."

He shook his bald head vigorously to sort out his thoughts: "Are you crazy? Even my old friend who has turned into a zombie probably can't say such a thing!"

Li You didn't intend to argue with him, and said, "Okay, anyway, I provided the venue as agreed. As for your business, it's none of my business. To be honest, you didn't even consider us when you released the curse frog just now. You must want to regret it, right?"

"Ah... this." Patch's voice suddenly became sincere and clear. "Well, this is a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! Look at the guy chasing you, isn't he the white shadow of Londor? He is so dangerous! I had to take this risky move just to save you, haha, hahaha."

Li You glanced at him but didn't say much. That was Patch's personality. No matter how nice he said, he would never let go of the chance to trick you, except for those he really cared about.

For example, there is the thief Greyrat, and there is the protagonist Ashes in the Ringed City.

Ever since he gave Patch a kick in the Deep Cathedral, this bald guy has disappeared and has not appeared in the Firelink Shrine.

Li You found him through Greyrate because he thought that someone would be needed to watch over the door of the street dance team after the prosthetic puppet was transferred away. After a friendly exchange based on mutual consent and fairness, he asked him to come and watch over the door.

As for the reward, it was naturally based on how much he scratched from passers-by.

However, Li You did not go too far. He only emphasized to Patch that he should not really kill passers-by or turn them into zombies, and he did not make any other requests.

Therefore, after Patch thought about it and found that he would not lose anything, he happily reconciled with Li You, and then ran over to watch the gate.

Of course, the thief Greyrat played the most crucial role in the reconciliation between the two.

When he was in prison, Greyrat had taken care of Patch, so Patch always remembered his kindness. It was also because of his intervention that Patch agreed to meet Li You.

Li You, on the other hand, thought of another thing he had forgotten before.

Even if it is not the Patch from the Ringed City, but the original Patch, if the player kills Greyrat in the Fire Shrine, Patch will become hostile to you and cannot atone for his sins.

So it seems that the good part of Patch's nature has not changed, and he is a man who values ​​friendship and loyalty, so Li You was not too harsh on him this time.

In addition, there is a sequel to the transaction between the two.

"... Then again, didn't you say before that you were going to deal with that Salivan?" Patch asked again, "I was waiting for you to deal with him and then go to the Frigid Valley to pick up some treasures. But why haven't you done it yet? Is that okay?"

Li You answered seriously this time: "Sullivan is too cowardly. He went to live in the same room with Aldrich, so I am not in a hurry to go there for the time being. But it won't take too long. After I deal with him, I will let Greyrat come to find you."

Patch nodded and said, "Okay. Then, just wait and see how well the thief Greyrat and the indomitable Patch will work together. I promise that I can steal back some treasures that will blind your eyes, and then sell them to you at a high price. Hehehehe!"

Li You just smiled and said, "Then I'll wait and see."

The street dance team was still dancing in the spirit temple, and the sound of ding-dong continued to be heard. Li You was now more confident in dealing with this weakest Fire King. But there was no rush for this matter either, as he had other things to deal with, and the Fire Kings also had to be dealt with in order.

So he took out the fragment of the spiral sword and prepared to leave.

"Wait! I remember!" Patch suddenly shouted, "Before, a guy passed by here and left a key here. Although I don't know which door it opens, but judging from the pattern on the key, it should be the style used in the inner city of Lothric."

He chuckled and said, "Do you want to buy it and take a look? There might be a surprise."

"Oh?"

Li You asked about the man's appearance and found out who Patch was talking about. He couldn't help but smile and said, "That key is used to open the door of the Lothric Library. It's useless to me. You can keep it and sell it to someone who is interested in it in the future."

As he said this, he activated the Spiral Sword Fragment.

And Patch was stunned for a moment before he said, "So that's how it is... Wait, don't go, I still have some here - Hey!"

Seeing Li You and V disappear, Patch also shook his head. He came to Bai Ying's cursed body, poked it with his gun, and began to search for useful props.

"Tsk, how come the assassins from Londor are so poor!"

(End of this chapter)