Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 438 Heading to the Initial Furnace
According to the settings in the game, the items that Greyrat can obtain from his first and second thefts are not too many or too good.

If we talk about the more valuable gains, the first theft will give you a lower-level knight suit and an assassin suit, and the second theft will give you a full set of weapons for the Lothric Knight, as well as unlimited dragon hunting arrows and dragon hunting thunder arrows.

Unfortunately, none of these were of much help to Li You. Even the dragon hunting arrow seemed meaningless because of the auxiliary equipment, the recycling quiver.

If we were to talk about the most valuable props, it would probably be the ones obtained through two thefts, which included two bottles of the Goddess' Blessing and one bottle of the Secret Blessing.

The Goddess's Blessing is a potion in a small, exquisite golden bottle, and the Secret Blessing has the same shape, but is blue-silver. Their functions are to cure all abnormal states and restore full health, and to restore all concentration points, that is, magic points.

These two secret medicines are actually the most valuable, because although Li You has the "God Eater" pill obtained in the Sekiro world, which is equivalent to the goddess' blessing in terms of gameplay, but now, the God Eater can no longer restore his status to full in one bite.

Because the power level is too low.

Not only him, the effect of God Eater on Yuzu was even more limited, otherwise why did Yuzu wait so long when he was injured before? He just took one pill and was full of energy again immediately. Saliwan would probably be so angry that he would die on the spot when he saw it.

Therefore, these two secret medicines are still very valuable. Unfortunately, even if you add the ones that Greyrat should be able to bring back this time, Li You only has four bottles of the goddess' blessing and three bottles of the secret blessing.

But it would be better to have a few more bottles, so Li You also met Greyrat and Patch who had just returned.

"Thank you for your hard work. I heard you had a great harvest?"

There was also excitement in Greyrat's voice: "We did find a lot of good stuff this time, come and take a look!"

Li You went back with them to Greyret's original residence at the Fire Shrine. The thief patted his bag and showed off his gains.

"...Yeah, pretty much the same as in the game."

After taking a rough look at Greyrat's products, Li You was not surprised. At least everything that was needed was there.

But at this time, Patch on the side smiled again: "Don't you want to see my harvest?"

Li You was stunned for a moment: "Oh, you two packed your things separately?"

As a result, the two nodded in tacit understanding: "We will act together, but we will find things based on our own abilities and be responsible for our own profits and losses. This is the rule of the road."

"...Alright, let me see."

Patch opened the backpack, and this time Li You's eyes lit up a little.

"These are...Flan specialties?"

Li You didn't know that Patch had secretly gone to the warehouse of the Undead Squad, so when he saw the specialties of the street dance team among the goods, as well as a few ghost soldier equipment from the painting world that originally belonged to the game's DLC1, he was a little surprised.

The specialties of France are a small amount of heavy gems, green flowers, red worm pills, purple moss balls, etc. in Patch's inventory.

As for the functions of these props, let's say, purple moss balls can detoxify, and green flowers can temporarily increase the speed of energy recovery after taking them. They are actually good auxiliary props. Although Li You has a lion skin belt, his energy is not exhausted unless it is an extreme case, but it can be used by V and Edge, or friends in the biochemical world.

I just don't know if V, Leon, Claire and the others can accept taking out a piece of green grass from their pockets and chewing it in their mouths before fighting with the enemy.

...Well, V aside, Leon and the others will definitely get used to it, and they might even mix a few red grasses together to chew.

The style of painting is very suitable for this!

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Li You's face.

So he bought a lot of green flowers and plants on the spot and stored them away, ready to take them to Trasefer after returning to the biochemical world.

Of course, these Fran specialties can actually be provided by the old maids at the Fire Shrine after the corresponding ashes are found, but Patch gave them a friendly price, which is a little cheaper than the maids.

Li You also didn't know that the so-called "friendship price" was because Patch felt somewhat guilty. After all, he was actually stealing Li You's spoils in disguise and then selling them to him.

Of course, it was impossible for Patch to confess voluntarily, and he successfully snatched the order from the maid. At the same time, Li You also felt that he had made a profit, and it was a win-win situation.

In addition to the specialties of France, Patch actually has thunder pots and various special crossbows... The latter ones should have been items that Greyrett could only obtain in his third fatal theft.

Although they are not of much use to Li You now, they can still serve as a supplement to some extent.

"Chong-"

Li You picked up a saber with a hand guard from Patch. This was the weapon of the lower-level ghost soldiers of the Undead Corps. It had a simple and practical appearance, but was quite powerful.

He held the knife and slashed it a few times in the air, feeling that it was going quite well, so he nodded and said, "Not bad."

When DLC1 was first released, the stats of these new weapons were quite high. This Ghost Sabre was even called the Fire Kirin, and it was a powerful weapon for PVP... Then when the protection period was up, it was immediately nerfed. Fortunately, it did not turn into scrap metal and can still be used.

In this world, there is no such thing as strengthening, weakening, balancing, or version changes. As long as the weapon is good, it can be strengthened by using wedge stones to make it almost a magical weapon. If it is a powerful weapon, it can be taken to the next level.

So even though the Fire Kirin Sabre was good, Li You had no intention of getting another weapon. What he lacked the least now was all kinds of weapons, and he already had a bunch of them hanging on his body, not to mention in his bag.

So Li You put the Ghost Saber back, and Patch looked disappointed: "...You're not going to buy it? I can't stand you, a guy with no taste."

Greyrat quickly waved his hand and told Patch not to talk to Li You like that.

Li You didn't care about those things. He picked out some useful props and stockpiled them, then let Greyt and Patch do their own things, and he returned to old man Andre.

"Haha, I heard that you brought the four Cinder Kings back to the Firelink Shrine, right?"

Old man Andre still smiled cheerfully and said to Li You, "I never thought that I could witness the birth of a hero again by watching him walk all the way. I will remember you."

Li You's expression changed: "... again?"

Andre laughed: "Yes. Don't look at me like this, I have survived since the time of King Gwyn. Without being modest, I am probably the oldest person in this Firelink Shrine. I may even be older than this shrine itself!"

"...So I have seen the rise of a hero in the past. In the era when King Gwyn had just devoted himself to the fire, the gods had not yet disappeared like they do today. There were all kinds of kings and gods everywhere, and most human countries outside of Lordran also existed. But similarly, the continuation of the First Flame requires firewood, and even the soul of the Sun King cannot support it to burn until now.

“At that time, there was an undead man—yes, an undead man, not ashes—who came to this land and strengthened his soul step by step from scratch. In the end, he gathered four king souls, inherited King Gwyn’s will, and passed on the First Flame.

"That immortal who inherited the flame, haha, forged his first handy weapon right here with me, and then set out on his journey!"

Li You listened quietly. He knew that the history Andre told was exactly the journey of the protagonist of Soul One, the chosen immortal. In other words, it was also the path he had walked before.

However, in this last three generations, listening to the survivors talk about the past glory certainly made Li You feel a little proud, but more of it was a feeling of vicissitudes of life.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Andre added: "...Don't think I'm bragging, what I said is all true. Haha, back then, I defeated a bunch of competitors in the Undead Town outside the ancient city of Sain to occupy that good position." Li You was still a little distracted, so he subconsciously answered: "I know, you are the boxing champion of the Undead Parish."

It is said that in the abandoned draft of Soul 1, Andre was originally the eldest son of the sun, in other words, the predecessor of the current nameless king. Although this setting was later abandoned, Andre is still different from other blacksmiths.

In the game, if any player attacks him out of curiosity, Andre will show his powerful strength that is no less than that of One Punch Shroom. His punches hit the target, his toughness is incredible, and his flying kicks can bring endless surprises to those players who attack NPCs indiscriminately.

Li You was just teasing subconsciously, but Andrei's expression froze after hearing it: "...How did you know my name back then?"

Li You was also stunned, and then he came to his senses and realized that he had said the wrong thing.

...Although, so you were really called the Undead Parish Boxing Champion back then?

Seeing Andre's strange look, he quickly said, "Well, I heard your name and story from another blacksmith in the past, but I didn't expect to meet you in person."

As he spoke, he took out the master craftsman's hammer that he had won in the system lottery and showed it to Andre. Andre then turned to look at the hammer.

"...I see. It seems that the owner of this hammer was an experienced craftsman, and his spirit is also left in the tool."

Andre nodded and asked again: "Since he left the hammer to you, does it mean that he accepted you as his apprentice?"

Li You was stunned again, but after thinking about it, he came up with an idea, so he answered: "No, when I met the master, he was almost dying. He just saw that I had a little basic knowledge of ironwork, so he entrusted the hammer to me and told me not to let it gather dust."

"It's a pity that I don't have a master to teach me, and I'm really not good at forging, so I just keep this hammer and haven't used it until now."

Although it was an impromptu speech, Li You's speech was convincing and emotional, which frightened Andre. So the old blacksmith nodded and said, "I understand. I can understand the blacksmith's idea. In this case..."

Andre thought for a moment, then took out a roll of thick parchment tied with hemp rope from the corner behind the forge, which was covered with dust.

Andre blew hard and patted it a few times, finally wiping off the dust, then handed the parchment to Li You.

"…Here, these are some of my forging experiences that I wrote down when I had nothing to do over the years. The content is scattered and I originally intended to leave it to my own apprentice.

"But now it seems that I don't know how long this world can last. It's useless for me to keep this. You can take it."

Li You was also delighted. He hadn't expected that chatting with Andre would yield a hidden reward. But thinking about it, this was mainly due to the famous craftsman's hammer.

Andre handed the hammer back to you: "Since it was entrusted to you by others, you should keep it well. When you have the ability in the future, you can make it shine."

“…Although this world looks like it’s about to end, I believe that there will be another hero who will stand up and pass on the flame, and the world will continue to live on.

"Just like you, and the undead man at the beginning, we fought for fire and people... We are the same. Although this mission is not much different from a curse, it is because of this that there is hope, right?"

Facing Andre's gaze, Li You nodded heavily.

After discussing history and mission with Andre, Li You finally got to the point and focused on strengthening weapons and equipment.

He now has seven wedge-shaped stone original plates. Lightning Moon Shadow and Blood Immortal Slash have each used one piece, so there are still five pieces left.

The last step of using the original disc to strengthen usually does not bring about a big improvement in the game, but in the current world, it is undoubtedly a qualitative improvement.

This one-step difference is the gap between an ordinary iron blade and the weapons of the gods.

So when he was about to face the final BOSS, Li You no longer hesitated and planned to strengthen his companions' weapons to the maximum.

He also made a brief selection and finally decided to strengthen the gilded longbow and dragon hunting sword first.

Although these two weapons are system rewards, the Gilded Greatbow only needs +5, while the Dragon Hunting Sword is more special. Perhaps because it was given by the Nameless King, the enhancement can skip the previous steps and directly use the wedge-shaped stone original disk to enhance it once, which can restore its power as a weapon of the gods.

Obviously, they were prepared for Edge and Yuzu respectively. As for V, it was not that Li You favored one over the other, but he and V both felt that although it was good, it didn't seem worth using a wedge-shaped stone disc for it. V himself also wanted to change to a more handy weapon.

So currently, V's weapons have not been enhanced.

When the gilded longbow and dragon hunting sword emitted a faint glow under Andre's hammer, Li You knew that the weapon enhancement was completed.

After taking the two weapons from the old man, Li You thought for a while and returned to his companions' space.

……

Twenty-four hours later.

In the world of Dark Souls, time is actually quite confusing. Fortunately, Li You’s system has a built-in timer function, so he and his companions have their own set of standards.

Li You, who used this day to complete the final work, returned to the Firelink Shrine once again. After all, he had to consider the possibility that he would not be able to turn back after the final battle with the final boss.

This time, Li You put the four pieces of firewood back on the throne where they were originally supposed to be.

The Deep Saint, Aldrich.

Abyss Watchers, Farran Undead Squad.

Giant King, Yom.

And, of course, there is the exile, Rhodos of Courland.

And the last and most central one is the Holy King Lothric, who was supposed to become the Lord of Cinders in this generation.

The five Lords of Fire finally returned to their thrones.

At this moment, everyone in the Fire Shrine suddenly sensed something, and the Fire Keeper who served the flame stood up and came to the bonfire in the center of the Fire Shrine.

She then turned to Li You. During the final preparations, Li You also told her that he was branded as an immortal and told her about his plans.

But even so, she still asked as if to confirm: "Master Li You, are you sure you want to do this?"

"You are not ash, nor were you originally undead. You just bear its mark. If you try to carry the embers of the king with such a body, what will happen? Even I cannot predict it."

In fact, if the usage of the Dark Ring was not indicated by the system, Li You would not dare to do this, but at this time he naturally seemed very confident and said: "I'm sure, just do what you should do."

The fire keeper was naturally very clear about her duties. Seeing that Li You had made up his mind, she took a deep breath and said, "I understand. Then... let's get started."

(End of this chapter)