Carry the Ring of Elden with you

"Stop talking nonsense now and think of a way to save me. The bigger this tree grows, it will be discovered sooner or later. If there is no armed force to protect me and you, it will be over." Roland slumped on the trunk of the golden tree resigned to his fate. On his face, he looked like a mask of pain.

[Don’t worry, please trust the after-sales service of our Hedgehog Cat System.In this way, since you have no way to store magic power, you might as well change your thinking and let other life forms with magic power sign contracts with your body to link them. This is equivalent to you also having magic power to summon. 】

"Where can I find an intelligent life form in this deep mountain and old forest that can understand what I say and still obediently hand over my magic power? I was careless. I wanted to stay away from people and develop in a low-key manner, but in the end I forgot the fact that I have no magic power. What a pity. Money can't help a heroic man." Roland sighed.

[Don’t worry, it’s hard to find a two-legged person, but there is an intelligent life form that listens to you and has enough magic power. 】

"Where is it? It can't be the rabbits nesting under the tree, right?" Roland glanced at it and wondered why the tree had attracted many small animals to nest on or near it.

At first, Roland thought these were game meats delivered to his door, but later he realized that he really couldn't catch them, so he let these little animals go as long as they didn't affect the growth of his son.

Seeing that Roland had given up their appetite for them, those little animals gradually became familiar with him.And Roland himself didn't necessarily want to eat them, he just wanted to eat some meat.

Roland keeps this little cutie as a pet who doesn't need to feed himself but lets you handle and knead him casually.

[Isn’t this the golden tree you planted? 】

Roland frowned: "Wait, you mean the golden tree has its own consciousness?"

[Isn’t this certain?Every time you get close to it, its branches and leaves dance happily. Why do you think that is? 】

"To be honest, I thought it was the wind..." Roland hissed.

[I can only say that your intelligence is 0 and I really didn’t misunderstand you (sigh)]

Roland became angry with embarrassment: "Can you please don't mention this matter? You can complete the summoning first by connecting me with the tree son."

[It’s done. I just mentioned it to it and it immediately agreed.It can be seen that it really likes and trusts you. Take a look at the upper right corner of your field of vision, and I will help you display its ether amount in data. 】

When Roland heard this, he found that there was a line of numbers in the upper right corner of his field of vision that would not affect his vision.

(Amount of ether: 400/400)

Roland can now only summon force units from the early game map "Nimgefu". The ether amount to summon a basic unit "King's Army Soldier" is 50, and the ether amount to summon an elite unit "Knight of the King's Army" is 150. [-].

The soldiers and knights here are actually the most numerous types of soldiers under the major demigods in the game, such as the Grik soldiers and Gark knights in Stonewell, or the Rodel soldiers and Rodel knights in the royal city of Rodel.

However, the specific performance is still different. For example, the troops in Rodel in the Royal City have more or less lightning-related combat skills or enchantments. The Red Lion, the troop to which Latarn belongs, likes to use fire.

There seems to be nothing special about Grek's soldier Roland. Except for the fact that he encountered a knight commander who took refuge in the Blood King Chao who used blood slash during the mission, most of Grek's soldiers did not know how to enchant.

Unlike the exiled soldiers and homeless knights in Stonewell City, these two units are capable of storm combat skills.

While playing the game, Roland felt that Greg, a coward who had been beaten to death by the Valkyrie, had occupied Stonewell City. After the death of the original Storm King in Stonewell City, what agreement did these exiled soldiers reach with Greg? The soldiers were stationed outside the city.

Of course, there is also a gap between soldiers and knights. 50 ether can summon Grek soldiers, but if you want to summon Latan soldiers or Rodel soldiers, you need more ether. Summoning exiled soldiers and homeless knights requires more ether. The amount of ether is also different.

Maybe the soldiers brought out by Greg were really bad.

But Roland said it didn't matter, as long as the one he summoned was better than him.Moreover, this is like playing an RTS game. In the early stage, you rely on the overproduction of basic units to shape the later units. You can build powerful units later on.

Otherwise, based on his understanding of the military strength of this world, a town with no walls and only simple wooden piles could probably be captured by a single elite unit such as the 'Big Tree Guard' or the 'Night Cavalry'.

Or an elite unit like three Homeless Knights or Rotten Knights.

However, summoning tree guards or night cavalry requires 2000 units of ether magic power, and it shows that it cannot be unlocked temporarily.

Sure enough, this method of suppressing big crowds won't work. You have to take it one step at a time.

Otherwise, when the tree son grows up and the amount of ether is enough, he can directly summon hundreds of big tree guards and mages who are proficient in gravity magic, and cooperate with the super-time air soldiers (dense fog) and the homeless knights to carry out a group charge, even if it is that kind of city wall He was confident of attacking the towering Holy Capital of Mankind.

He can also summon BOSS-type enemies or some NPCs. For example, the limb extension 'Grek' is currently in the state of unlocking summons. He can now summon it by spending 4000 units of ether.

It was just the only unit and could not be summoned repeatedly, but Roland remembered that he had a good brother who was locked up in a sealed prison near the plateau or somewhere.

The summoned BOSS will have its own thoughts. Although the system will not rebel if asked, Roland still doesn't like Greg's behavior.

Limb replacement is a bad thing. Roland himself is not a good person, but he still rejects and hates this evil thing.

At the same time, I also felt that Greg was a little pitiful. In the original world of Elden's Ring, as a golden heir with a large rune, he was too weak. Weakness was the original sin, so he pursued strength and underwent limb replacement.

Then he made himself neither human nor ghost, and when the faded person played by the player met him, he was already in a crazy state.

Although the face was not clearly visible in the initial promotional CG, it can be seen that he is still a handsome young man. This can also be seen in the elite monster "Arch Noble" in the game, whose faces all look like those of a beautiful young girl. .Maybe it was because he had too many limbs that he was tortured like Greg.

If possible, Roland would still prefer to summon the Star-shattering General 'Ratarn' or the Valkyrie 'Marenia', but he doesn't know how long it will take to unlock them.

[Have you thought about what you want to summon for the first time?My side is ready. 】The system asked.

Roland took a deep breath, and it seemed that his nervousness was also transmitted to the golden tree with which he had made a contract.Although the tree son couldn't speak, he could feel it clumsily comforting Roland from the contract.

The actual performance is that the golden tree starts to release its own light in a soothing way, just like an LED light.

"By the way, do the summoned soldiers have their own thoughts?" Roland thought of the last question and asked.

If he didn't have his own thoughts, Roland might still have a cold attitude and feel that sacrifice doesn't matter.But if it was a living person, Roland would have to take on the heavy responsibility of shouldering the fate of others.

This is not to say that Roland is a brainless and gentle person. He knows that the path chosen after this resurrection is bound to involve many sacrifices.Only cruel fire and warm blood can create a kingdom of one's own in this other world.

But there is a difference between sacrificing thoughtless puppet soldiers and sacrificing a group of soldiers with their own lives.

If he was truly cold-blooded and regarded human life as a number on paper, Roland would become completely different in the end. So what was the difference between him at that time and this group of natives from another world who did not know etiquette and disrespected life?

Roland is not afraid of sacrifice but hates it. The word always reminds him of something bad.

He is the kind of person who wants to ensure that his own losses are minimized or even zero when playing games.

There used to be a classic war chess game in the "Fire Emblem" series. Roland's previous works were all completed on the highest difficulty without any friendly forces dying.Except for plot kills and some neutral soldiers who really cannot be saved, as long as he can do it without sacrificing him, he will make countless trials and errors and will never miss the opportunity to perfect the strategy.

Not only that, he will also try his best to fill the bonds between characters.

One of the works that had the most profound impact on him was one of them.

Reality is not a game, and there is no way for Roland to find a perfect way to pass the level through trial and error step by step.His return from death is different from Subaru Laiyue in "Zero - Starting Life in Another World". The latter is returning to a certain point in time, and some of it can still be the same.But the world will not reset after Roland's death, and the timeline will continue to flow forward.

In other words, he has no way to have countless chances to come back like Lai Yue Subaru to save the people he wants to save.

[I can only guarantee you what it looks like in the game, I can help you summon it authentically.Those who have their own thoughts will naturally do so, but for those who don’t, I can’t guarantee whether anything strange will happen later. 】

"How come your system doesn't understand its own mechanism?" Roland complained.

[This is also my first time to turn on the computer. If you are not nervous, I am still nervous.How can a time traveler who has been in a different world for decades still not use the system to help?Thank God that I don't get rusty and have bugs and can communicate with you normally.The weirdest thing is that you still can't die. I have to spend a lot of effort every time you resurrect. I really...￥%...￥*]

"Okay, okay, you're all blaming me, please stop making noise." Roland's ears were filled with the noise of the system, and it was so noisy that even covering his ears was useless, so he quickly begged for mercy.

After the system vented its emotions, Roland said: "Let's maximize the use of ether. Help me summon 5 Grek soldiers and 1 Grek knight. It's exactly 400 points of ether. It won't have any impact on the golden tree, right? "

[It’s probably similar to how you look out of breath and sweating profusely after running 1000 meters. Just wait until the ether is replenished, just like humans replenish energy.It will not have a fundamental impact on it. 】

While he was talking, six Grek troops from "Elden's Circle" had been summoned in a golden light, standing there in a daze.

"You just summoned it? I thought there would be some kind of strange phenomenon from heaven and earth."

Roland thought there would be a waiting time like in RTS games.

This is more like the method of recruiting troops in the protoss battle in "StarCraft". As long as the minerals and gas are in place, even strategic units such as colossi and aircraft carriers can jump out for you and form a golden fleet in minutes.

At this time, the ether amount of the golden tree in the upper right corner has also changed to (0/401).

Um?Is it a little too much?I remember the upper limit was 400 before.Roland scratched his head. The golden tree's light was dimmed due to the low amount of ether. Some birds, hedgehogs and rabbits looked at the golden tree worriedly.

"Is it really okay?" Roland asked a little worriedly. This was the first time he saw the light emitted by the golden tree being so dim.

[Trust me, it’s okay. 】The system patted its non-existent chest and assured.

The Golden Tree sensed Roland's worry, and the pulse of 'Don't worry' came from the contract.Only then did Roland feel relieved and began to observe the summoned king's army.

Just like in the game, the clothes on his body are a bit tattered. Four large pieces of emerald green and orange plaid cloth are staggered to cover the chain armor inside. The embroidery of big trees and beasts is slightly shiny on the cloth. This is belonging to The King's Army uniform of the Grik force.

Roland was inevitably a little disappointed when he saw the withered, mummy-like face under the helmet of the Greg soldier that had signs of nurturing.

In fact, he was well prepared for this.If they are truly summoned as the system says, then given the era and background of the game, most of the soldiers are just irrational living corpses.

The knight Grek standing at the back was covered in armor. Although his head could not be seen clearly, he must be a living corpse like these soldiers.

Inevitably, Roland felt a little lonely. Man is a social animal.If it weren't for the system that kept him bickering with him these days, he wouldn't be able to tolerate this kind of environment without any kind of communication.

At least that's the case for Roland.

Roland came back to his senses and began to observe the equipment of the six monarchs. The knight captain had a standard golden shield and broadhead gun, while the soldiers were a little different.

2 soldiers with brass shields + war picks, 2 soldiers with brass shields + King's Army straight swords + crossbows, and 1 soldier using King's Army sword.

Taken together, it is a standard offensive team. The crossbowmen are responsible for harassment, the war picks are responsible for those heavy armor cans, and the last big sword cooperates with the knight commander to rush into the enemy's formation and kill the enemy.

Roland thought of how wasteful he was in the game when he was chased by this group of people just after he entered the 'Station before the level', and a nostalgic smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

However, what neither Roland nor the system noticed was that after the summoned king's army discovered the golden tree in front of them, their dry eyeballs began to be attracted to the golden tree.

From the golden tree, it also felt that this group of soldiers who were once bathed in glory and glory under the golden clan's command also noticed that after the appearance of this group of people, its 'father' was not very happy but felt a little lonely.

So it made a decision without permission.

The gentle golden light flowed out substantially from the tree, branching into six branches like willow branches, and then penetrated into the bodies of these soldiers.

"Wait, what is this?" Roland naturally discovered this situation. The golden tree's own ether has been consumed a lot, and he is worried that the current changes will damage the foundation.But the fluctuations from the contract made Roland understand what Shuzi was doing.

"This is, 'Golden Blessing'..." Roland felt the words conveyed by the golden tree in his heart and watched those blessings enter the body of the newly summoned King's Army.

As more and more blessings came in, the six monarchs were shrouded in a shimmering light. As the summoner, Roland could feel that some kind of change was happening to them.

As the golden light dissipated, a loyal voice came from it: "May King Grek belong to the fifth squadron of the third squadron, Farrugia Lange and his team members, we will be loyal to you, the great 'Golden Will' Your Mightiness."

Chapter 5: Golden Blessing and Starting Farming

Roland looked at the six monarchs who were kneeling towards him, blinked, and his brain was thinking rapidly about why they who were just mummies could now speak human words.

The tree son told him that it had just used its ability "Golden Blessing" to return the blessings that had been withdrawn from these kings' troops to them, so they regained their sanity as humans.

Let’s not talk about what blessing is. The golden blessing in the game is related to the human soul.However, Roland was certain that his tree son only gave some substance in his body as a gift to the six soldiers, and it was definitely not a human soul.

Roland said that although I didn't understand it, in short, the matter was so successful that he decided to ignore it.

When Roland came back to his senses, he found that the six soldiers were still kneeling on the same spot, as if they were acting like idiots without waiting for Roland to speak.

So Roland rubbed his eyebrows and said in a cheerful tone: "What should I say to you? Welcome you to the new world or welcome you to join me? By the way, can you take off your helmet and let me see your face? ?”

Of course he was happy. After being lonely for a few days, he finally had someone of the same kind that he could communicate with. He didn't cheer directly because he couldn't damage his image too much.

The leading knight, Grayk, took off his helmet, revealing his white skin and brown curly hair that remained weather-beaten. This was a knight with a 'powerful appearance'.

What made Roland concerned was that Farrugia's eyes were glowing with the same golden light as the golden tree. Unlike the golden dragon pupils in the game that were transformed by using dragons to pray too much, Farrugia's golden eyes were still human eyes.

It was the voice he made just now, calling himself "Farrugia Lange".

Farrugia took off his helmet and placed it gently on the grassy ground. The withered gray hair used to decorate and identify his helmet slowly fell down.

When the other five Grek soldiers heard this, they also took off the soldier helmets they wore on their heads, revealing their appearance.

The two crossbowmen were handsome young men with similar looks. Roland noticed that the two crossbowmen should have a good relationship. Even though they kept kneeling, they were communicating with each other with their eyes.

Among the soldiers holding war picks, there was one who had a wider build and could not tell his age. From his appearance, he seemed to be a taciturn man, and his skin color was grayer. The war pick was like a small hammer in his hand.

The other soldier with a pickaxe and the last soldier with a two-handed sword were both women. The former had beautiful short platinum hair. He looked older and looked at Roland curiously from time to time.The latter had long fiery red hair. She just looked at Roland and lowered her head, showing the same respectful expression as Farrugia.

The only thing they have in common is that their eyes all have a gentle golden glow.

Of course, it's not the kind of eye-catching eyes, it's more like wearing some contact lenses.

When they put down their helmets, the scene became quiet again.

Roland decided to say something. The soldiers of the Royal Army present seemed to regard him as the incarnation of the 'Golden Will', and he would not deliberately correct this.

Elden's worldview is highly religious and different from the religion of his original world.There are indeed gods manifesting themselves in the border area, so the people's beliefs in the border area are also very pure.

For the Grek soldiers who were originally driven out of the royal city of Rodel and have always wanted to go back and bask in the glory of the golden tree, the current situation is no less than that the gods they believe in personally gave them the blessings they lost and looked very happy. appeared in front of them.

"Stand up first. Captain Farrugia, could you please introduce your team members to me? I know you may have many questions. I will answer them one by one for you later." Roland broke the silence and said.

Farrugia stood up, saluted, and said, "Yes! Thank you for your gift that allows us to find ourselves again. Please allow me to introduce you to the team members who make me proud."

He pointed at the two crossbowmen who looked similar: "They are half-brothers from the Frye family. The elder brother, Robles Frye, is 19 years old, and Amber Frye is 17 years old."

Hearing Farrugia call their names, the Fry brothers restrained their expressions and saluted Roland with the same loyalty and respect, and said at the same time in a tacit understanding: "Brother Fry is willing to serve you!"

Roland was slightly surprised and said, "You actually joined the army at such a young age?"

Upon hearing this, Farus said proudly: "Yes, please rest assured, Lord 'Golden Will'. Although they are young, they are veterans who have experienced the 'Broken War', and they are facing a Valkyrie Marlenia." The two brothers relied on their excellent cooperation to delay the arrival of the large army during the Zunro Knight. At the same time, they are also excellent scouts, so please rest assured of their abilities."

After finishing speaking, Captain Farrugia continued to introduce his team members: "The attackers Rucci and Verena. Rucci is a descendant of giant blood, so he is bigger than us. Verena is an experienced soldier. She is also responsible for the meals of our team. Ikosela, who holds a two-handed sword, is the ace and deputy captain of our team. She used to be a knight in the royal city of Rodel, but she was dismissed as a knight for some reasons."

Every time someone is introduced, the person whose name is called will stand at attention and try to adjust their posture.

Roland also nodded, silently remembering the names of these people: the one who is taller than his younger brother is his brother Robles, the one with some freckles on his face is his younger brother Amber, the taciturn and big pickaxe soldier is Lu Qi, with short platinum hair. The sassy older sister is Verena, and the two-handed swordsman with long flaming red hair and a quiet voice is Ikosela.

In the later stages of the game, miscellaneous soldiers who players don't want to take a second look at can also have their own stories. This is the difference between games and reality.Roland sighed in his heart.