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Chapter 437 Final BOSS, Challenge Preparation

Anor Londo, the Tower of the Captive.

"...in the past, our father Gwyn, worried that the fire had dimmed, became the Lord of Cinder. Later, many sons of men, heroes, carried on the flame.

“This is the will of my father, God.

“Therefore, Dark Moon will transform into a sword to protect those who pass on the flame.

"…However, long ago, the Knights lost their official knights, leaving only the oath, and only today did someone finally inherit the order."

After saying this in a chanting tone, Youershika, who was sitting upright on a wooden chair, turned her head and looked at Li You.

"...The only remaining Dark Moon Sword, what brings you here?"

Li You stood two meters away from Youershika. He did not rush forward, but looked at the leader carefully.

I didn't pay attention to it the last time I came to sign the contract, but now looking back, I can actually see from the details of her body movements that Yuershika's attitude has always been somewhat vigilant.

But although she was cautious, she didn't seem to be very nervous or cautious.

Li You thought about it and asked directly: "Captain, when you saw me, didn't you find this person annoying?"

His question was rather strange, but Yurshika frowned slightly and answered frankly, "It is true."

"When you first appeared, I felt hostility and even hatred towards you for no reason. Even now, the feeling has not eased much."

Is the title still valid?
"Then why did you..." Li You asked.

However, Yurshika had already guessed what he wanted to ask, so he spoke first: "Although I can feel that strong hatred, I have never met you before, and you are obviously not a subordinate of the usurper Salivan, so I naturally have no reason to hate you."

"Besides, you immediately demonstrated the etiquette of the Dark Moon Knights, so I should naturally put my job as the leader of the Dark Moon Knights first. Is this what you are curious about?"

Li You nodded. This was indeed what he wanted to ask.

This is not only out of curiosity, but also to understand how the effect of the title works. After all, if the passive deduction of his two titles will lead to forced hatred, then it will be a big problem.

Fortunately, it seems that even if the favorability is deducted, the specific way it takes effect varies from person to person. For example, with Captain Yurshika, even if the initial favorability seems to have dropped to a negative number, she can still communicate politely and elegantly, and even express gratitude.

Of course, Li You also knew that most of the gods and dragons he would encounter in the future would not have such good cultivation, so he couldn't be too optimistic.

Although Yurshika didn't say it, Li You guessed that there was another reason why she was so calm, that is, she was imprisoned here by Salivan and it seemed that she could not even use her own power, so no matter who came, there would be no worse result, so she was naturally calm.

The doubt was answered, and Li You didn't hesitate any longer. He stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Captain, I have good news. The traitor Salivan is dead, and Devourer... and Salivan's ally, the Deep Saint Aldrich, was also killed."

To prove it, Li You also took out Salivan's soul. The deformed soul like a flame kept leaping in his hands.

Yuershika was also stunned: "You... were able to kill the usurper Salivan? In this era, he is quite powerful."

But the twisted soul could not be faked. Yurshika gently reached out and felt it, and then she could clearly distinguish the soul breath of the young magician who was once a subordinate of the church.

"...It is the soul of the usurper. Dark Moon Sword, your achievements are truly outstanding, and your strength is even more impressive."

Yuershika raised the corner of her mouth slightly, revealing a rare smile: "It seems that accepting your oath is the right decision I made."

"But Aldrich? Why would that... that maverick Lord of Cinder become an ally of the usurper Salivan?"

Li You didn't want to say it at first, but Youer Xika asked about it, so he could only take out another thing.

——The pale severed finger that Anri had left to him through Rhodos before he left.

As soon as Li You saw the severed finger, he already knew who the owner was.

When Li You handed over the severed finger, Youershika also just took a look and subconsciously trembled all over.

The remaining aura on the severed finger was enough for her to recognize the person it belonged to without even taking a second look.

"...Ah, it's my brother's finger. It's thinner than before, and has also been eroded..."

Yurshika took the severed finger, her slender arms trembling constantly, tears silently overflowed from her eyes, first rolling over the fine scales at the corners of her eyes and the pale skin on her face, and finally disappearing into her simple long skirt.

She held the severed fingers in her hands, lowered her head, and cried silently.

Li You didn't say anything, just stood there quietly waiting.

However, the leader did not maintain her fragile appearance for too long. She soon raised her head again and wiped away the tears on her face. She held the severed finger in her hand and turned to Li You.

"Dark Moon Sword, thank you, my brother must have been saved by you.

"Although it is not a token of respect, please accept this."

As Youershika raised her hand, a ball of soul light emerged from her hand and then fell into Li You's hand.

Li You looked down and saw a small and exquisite holy bell with a light golden color, which was wrapped with a strong miraculous power.

Seeing this thing, Li You was also slightly stunned.

this is not……

Yulsika looked at him and added, "This gift is not given to you as the leader of the Knights, but as the sister of the Shadow Sun Gwyndolin. I want to express my gratitude to you."

"Thanks to you... I was able to touch my brother in the end."

As Youer Shika spoke, she actually bowed her head to express her gratitude to Li You.

Li You held the holy bell and sighed.

The gift given to him by the leader was the "Yursika Sacred Bell", the most powerful sacred bell in the game. But for some reason, the old thief deleted the normal way to obtain this bell in the game, and in the end, the only way to get it was to kill Yursika.

Coupled with the fact that ears are notoriously difficult to obtain, a large number of "Dark Moon Knights" will kill their leader after obtaining 30 Proofs of the Promise.

Li You was certainly against this behavior, but he also knew that the blame would have to be borne by the old thief Miyazaki.

But before the leader finished speaking, she immediately raised her head and said to Li You: "There is one more thing. You killed the usurper Shaliwan. This is the achievement of the Dark Moon Sword. As the leader, I should be clear about rewards and punishments."

She motioned Li You to come forward, then extended her hand again, stood up in a similar posture as when she signed the contract before, and recited softly:
"Darkmoon Sword has made remarkable achievements. It is the captain's responsibility to reward the knights who have made outstanding contributions.

"I have inherited the secret rituals of Dark Moon from my elder brother. Please accept this. It is worthy of your status."

This time, what fell from Captain Youershika's hands was a yellowed ancient parchment. Li You could feel the breath of power from it.

Now even his eyes lit up!
Needless to say, what was recorded on the parchment was the most powerful enchanted miracle worth 30 ears, the Dark Moon Light Sword!

Li You stood up, and Youershika sat back down. She looked at Li You, who was happy, and smiled as well, but there was a hint of sadness in her smile.

"The Dark Moon is actually the knight order of my brother, Gwyndolin the Shadow Sun. But my brother fell ill, so I inherited it. Later, Salivan seized my position as Pope and I was imprisoned. Now I have heard the bad news about my brother.

"Fortunately, you have saved his soul and expelled those usurpers and blasphemers from the temple. I am satisfied with that." She looked at Li You again, "The seal left by Salivan has gradually dissipated. I can feel the breath of fire on you. Are you about to embark on the path of passing on fire?"

It was indeed about time, Li You nodded.

After defeating the two princes, there was exactly 12 hours left. After a little thought, Li You chose to devour the souls of the two princes together.

He still hasn't found the way to the DLC, and even if he did, he wouldn't have the time to go there, so the only thing left in the world of souls is the final boss - the incarnation of the Lords of Fire.

In order to deal with this battle, the most adequate preparations must be made. In addition, there are many tails that need to be tied up in this world, so Li You also used the souls of the two princes to buy as much time as possible.

However, when he crushed the two entangled souls of the twin princes, the system prompt popped up again.

【Ding! 】

[You have successfully used the Dark Ring to absorb the souls of the four Cinder Kings. The Dark Ring's soul strength has increased, and the remaining cooldown time of Humanity Loss has doubled.]

【Current remaining time: 48:24:38. 】

The souls of the two princes + 12 hours, and then double the remaining time, we get the current hours. Compared with Li You's original plan, this remaining time is enough for him to finish.

That is why Li You was talking to Captain Youer Shika leisurely here.

Seeing Li You nod, Yoursika also said: "Since our father Gwyn, generations of heroes have devoted themselves to fire to maintain the continuation of light. Now you are also going to embark on this path. It is indeed a righteous act... This is what is called inheritance."

"I will pray for you, hoping that you can complete your mission and continue to shine your light on the world."

In fact, at this point, Li You's purpose of coming here this time has been achieved. However, looking at the captain sitting quietly, his eyes moved slightly, and he suggested that he could take her away from this captive tower.

Yurshika was a little surprised after hearing this, and even asked the classic question, "Can you fly?" After all, the captain didn't know that there was an invisible bridge next to the tower, and thought that the prisoner tower was tall and isolated, and no one could reach it.

As for this question, Li You chose to answer truthfully.

Yes, I can fly!

This answer did make the team leader cover her mouth in surprise, but she chose to refuse Li You's suggestion to help her move.

The reason given by the leader was that the seal had not been completely lifted yet, and her strength had not yet recovered, so it would be dangerous for her to leave the tower. When she recovered her past strength, she could leave on her own.

Since Captain Youershika himself had considered this issue, Li You naturally would not force him, so he said goodbye and left.

When Li You teleported away, the campfire in the Prisoner Tower also dimmed, with only a small flame still flickering.

Yulsika took out Gwyndolin's severed finger and sighed:
"...Brother, I wish I could boast to you as the leader of the Knights Templar that you would be delighted to have such a rare and good knight join us. Unfortunately..."

She held the severed finger in both hands and began to silently recite a prayer to bid farewell to Gwyndolin.

But after only reading a paragraph, her prayer suddenly stopped and she looked puzzled.

"...Why is there only his breath in my brother's severed finger, but not a trace of his soul? Even if it was corroded, it shouldn't be like this.

"This is so soulless, it's like..."

Thinking of this, Youershika's eyes moved slightly, and then he immediately fell silent.

……

Fire sacrifice site.

Li You teleported back to the Fire Sacrifice which had become much quieter.

In the game, this place is the base camp of the player Ashes. It was almost unpopular at the beginning. Only as the players continued to advance did more people gradually stay here.

But in the end, when the characters' missions and their stories were completed, the Fire Shrine returned to its deserted appearance at the beginning - it was somewhat like the whole process of the flame from its birth to its peak, and finally gradually extinguishing.

The same is true for Li You in this world. He gets acquainted with ashes, undead, and knights one by one, then watches them complete their missions, and then leave one after another.

Just like what was said before, Li You certainly wanted them to survive, but the problem was that these people were different from the residents of the worlds he had experienced before. It was not some natural disaster, powerful enemy or serious illness that led to their demise.

Most people in this world live with their own obsessions, and when their mission is completed and the obsession disappears, they lose the meaning of life, and Li You cannot change this.

What could he do? If he didn't help them complete their mission? Then these people might die on the way, which would be a worse fate. Force them to live? Regardless of whether it was necessary or not, it was impossible.

——Not long ago, when Sirius said goodbye to Li You, Li You talked to her for a long time, trying to change her mind, but in the end he failed to convince her.

He tried several different ways of saying it, including but not limited to persuading Cirissa to go with him to meet Yursika and join the Darkmoon Sword, asking Cirissa to bring her grandfather Fodorink's ashes back to her hometown, and even asking Cirissa if she was interested in other worlds, but was rejected one by one.

Siris said that she served the Nameless Moon, and that the Knights of the Dusk Kingdom were companions of the Sword of the Dark Moon, but they did not share the same faith, and that their country did not seem to have the saying of "returning to one's roots". As for the wider world, it was clear that she had no interest in it.

So in the end, Shiris gave all her weapons and equipment to Li You, and left alone.

Aggie, who understood her choice, was still a little shocked, so he simply returned to his companion space and refused to show up for the time being. Yuzu and V also returned after receiving Li You's signal.

In fact, not to mention Edge, even Li You was quite shocked, but this is the tone of the Dark Souls world.

To put it bluntly, here he can really say, "It is this world that is wrong," and Li You can do nothing about it.

Among all the comrades in this world, only Hawkwood took a new path because of Li You's influence, but that was also his original idea.

Like Igor, Li You helped change some of his ideas, but that only prevented him from immediately running off to seek death. But there was no guarantee that one day, he might feel that Irina no longer needed him, and then he would choose to end it all.

All I can say is that in the worldview of Dark Soul, it is very difficult for people to have any chance to enjoy their old age. It is already a very happy thing to be able to die a worthy death after completing their mission.

Of course, this world is so big, and there are people who have nothing to pursue, such as the spell teacher Komicus and the dark arts teacher Kalula. They are both so poor that after being rescued by you and brought back to the Fire Shrine, they have nothing to pursue and just stay here.

This is a good thing. Let alone Komicus, the witch Carula had also been tortured in the underground prison in the past. She was also related to the second generation of Yava and the Black Witch. Li You still liked the stories of those two very much, so naturally he also hoped that Carula could live a better life.

Then there is the miracle teacher Irina, who has become a fire keeper and was transferred by Igo to the tower behind the fire sacrifice site, which is used as the fire keeper's cemetery.

As for the last magic teacher, Oubeck, because Li You tricked him back, he didn't die in the library like Yugi. But he looked at Li You at this time, and his meaning was very clear: Didn't you say you had other magic to discuss? Where is it?

Li You was not completely deceiving. He also acquired some magic from other sources along the way, such as Soul Torrent, wasn't he found in the secret room of the Great Library?

In addition to Soul Torrent, there are other magics that can be obtained by picking up and refined by the BOSS soul. So at this time, Li You took out two magic scrolls, Powerful Magic Weapon and Powerful Magic Shield, and exchanged them with Teacher Obeck.

He also raised an additional question: Why are the soul guns used by Prince Aldrich and Prince Lothric different colors? And how can one make magic stained with the color of one's soul like them?
The magic scroll plus the two difficult questions made Teacher Oubeck feel a little dizzy. He didn't care about anything else and immediately picked up his collection of books and started studying.

Now Mr. Obeck was stable.

Apart from them, there were no other latecomers in the Fire Shrine. Even Hawkwood had disappeared and was no longer in his original position.

Li You strolled to the side of the blacksmith Andre, intending to sort out his weapons and equipment. At this point, there was no need to save any resources.

But at this moment, there was a loud noise from above the Fire Shrine, followed by a familiar laugh:
"Hehehehe, look at it! As expected, Uncle Patch came back with a full load after making his move!
"Where's Li You? Li You! Come out and see! This is the reward for my hard work!"

(End of this chapter)