Carry the Ring of Elden with you

"Well, come in." Noel said.

"Yes." The butler responded, gently pushing open the study door and pushing a trolley filled with desserts and snacks. Behind him, a girl dressed as a maid came in with a teapot and teacups.

"Please take your time. I want you to tell me the difference between these refreshments of the Holy Empire of France and your Golden Dynasty. There is no need to estimate my feelings. I want to hear your truest feelings." After the butler and maid arrived, Noel said after exiting.

Even if it was just a gap between refreshments, Noel believed that something about the Golden Dynasty could be inferred from it.

"Hmm..." Feiya reservedly picked up a piece of soft cake, with fresh and juicy strawberries wrapped in white cream.

Lionel came over at this time and took the piece of strawberry cake from Fiya's hand. The old man with an old face said solemnly: "Fiya, let me try it."

Feiya nodded. After all, she and others were in a country that was eyeing her.If the second prince had poisoned the food, it would be very bad if he could not complete the task assigned by Lord Roland.

Noel looked at Feiya with some dumbfounding, and then at D and Roger. As expected, the latter did not extend his palm to these tempting-looking pastries.They even quietly placed their palms on their weapons where Noel could not see them.

The second prince shook his head and said nothing to reassure the other party. Suspicions about this kind of thing would not be eliminated with just one or two words.

"It's very delicious." Lionel only said these four words after eating, without any more words.

Noel raised an eyebrow.

Is this... gone?Don’t you have any other thoughts?What about comparison?

"I made you laugh, His Highness Noel. Lionel is a rough man and is not very good at describing the evaluation of these pastries." Feiya showed an apologetic expression and changed the subject at the same time.

She showed a serious look and said: "Speaking of which, Your Highness Noel. When we were fighting against the frontline troops of the Holy Empire of France, the weapons of four of our soldiers were seized by your subordinates. Those weapons have very dangerous symbols on them. The curse exists, please be sure to return it to us, otherwise once the curse spreads, the consequences may be immeasurable."

Chapter 42: About the Laws Expected by Roland

Noel was stunned for a moment, not expecting Fiya to mention the collected weapons.

He had naturally heard reports from his subordinates about the curse on the weapon.At present, the captured weapons and the corpses of soldiers killed by the curse on the weapons have been sealed and kept in the seal room of the empire. Naturally, there are bold mages who dare to study this never-before-seen cursed killing method, but with the consequences After losing several masters in curse research, it was temporarily listed as a taboo.

Before Noel could speak, Fiya showed an apology on her face and continued: "Judging from your expression, I'm afraid someone has already encountered misfortune, and I deeply regret this. And what I need to remind you is that light It's useless to impose a magic seal, and the curse will even slowly erode the seal."

"Well, it is true that several masters who tried to study died unfortunately." Noel frowned, then he paused, and asked with a deliberately hesitant expression: "I wonder if Miss Feiya can explain to me, those things that come from the human body What are the thorns that penetrated? What about the curse eroding the seal?"

Then he nodded as if he suddenly understood: "Of course, if this involves the internal secrets of your Golden Dynasty, there is no need to tell me. Anyway, these things are also hidden dangers if placed in the seal room. Please, Miss Feiya, please go to the seal room with me to put them in Get those weapons out. Of course, the others have to wait at the door."

Feiya replied: "This is not a secret. Let me think of how to explain it to you in a simple and understandable way."

After finishing speaking, Feiya started to ponder, while D sarcastically said: "It's just a pollution curse on the golden tree. Do you need to think so carefully about how to whitewash it? Miss Feiya."

Noel immediately became energetic after hearing D's words. He glanced at Feiya, waiting for her words.

There is a huge phantom golden tree above the territory of the Golden Dynasty. This fact has long been known to various countries.Because of the phantom of this huge golden tree, they once thought that the Golden Dynasty was related to the elves. Later, the doubts were eliminated after the elves from the Songyue Dynasty confirmed it.

Although I don’t know the specific function of the golden tree, I can know a way to cause damage to it, and it can also be used as a back-up in case they become enemies in the future.

Feiya's emerald green eyes looked at D with some dissatisfaction. Although she knew that these were the words agreed before, being so ridiculed by D still made the girl in death sleep grit her teeth.

"Liannier, Roger and D, could you please step outside the door for now? I want to have a chat with His Highness the Second Prince alone." Feiya said softly.

Roger and Linebier, who were originally here to serve as bodyguards, nodded and stood up immediately after hearing Feiya's words.

D refused according to the previous agreement: "No, I need to stay here to monitor you, Feiya. If you tell anything that is not conducive to the Golden Dynasty, I will immediately kill you, the traitor."

Well, it seems that there is some personal grudge in D’s words.

After D finished speaking, Noel entered the theater mode.If he came forward to help ease the atmosphere at this time, I'm afraid it would only cause a bigger misunderstanding, and it would inevitably not make the other party think that he was very urgent to know the weakness of the Golden Tree.

In fact, Noel wanted to know very much, but he could never let the other party see it, at least not on the surface.

"D, don't cause trouble. I believe that Miss Feiya will not betray the Golden Dynasty and Lord Roland. As your friend, you should believe in my view of people." Roger spoke appropriately at this time, as if he was a friend The look of exhortation.

D looked helplessly at Roger, nodded, then looked at Feiya and said harsh words before walking out of the room: "I swear by the golden law, if you make any betrayal, I will chase you to the ends of the earth. "

"If you want to kill Feiya, you must first pass me." Lionel walked to the study door, opened it, and snorted at D before walking out.

Soon, Fiya and Noel were left in the study. The dead sleep girl deliberately showed a relaxed expression and relaxed her tense body.

"I can see that you seem to be having a difficult time in the Golden Dynasty." Noel broke the silence and said with a smile.

Feiya nodded lightly: "Fortunately, Lord Roland actually still trusts us very much. Otherwise, he would not have sent me on this mission."

Then she shook her head, raised her head and said, "Let's talk about the 'Thorn of Death' first. Your Highness, the Second Prince, how much do you know about the golden tree in our Golden Dynasty?"

Noel pondered for a moment and said: "Okay, I won't hide it from you. I have sent my businessmen to Moren City and know that your Golden Dynasty has its own religion, and the Golden Tree is its belief. It It seems that it can condense a dew drop that can cure all diseases, and every Sunday the church will give this dew drop to those in need."

Fia nodded and motioned for Noel to continue.

"Businessmen have also heard from taverns that the crops in their fields are growing better than in previous years, and the yield has also increased a lot. Although there is not enough data to make it, the ancient tree of life that the elves believe in It does have the effect of improving the environment. I think the golden tree, which is also a sacred tree, should have the same effect."

After saying so much, Noel picked up the tea cup and drank the tea that was at a moderate temperature and exuded magical light in one gulp.

A smile appeared on Feiya's lips, and she nodded in praise: "What you said is correct."

"But I still don't know how what you asked me has to do with the 'thorns of death' you mentioned... Wait a minute, I seem to understand." Noel interrupted himself mid-sentence.

The second prince's mental agility is unusual for ordinary people, so he quickly realized the true meaning of Feiya's question.

"It's life." Noel thought for a while, suddenly looked up at Feiya, and suddenly said this word.

Feiya smiled and nodded: "Yes, the essence of the golden tree is to bless living lives and wish them to be more beautiful in the world."

"And death is the enemy of all life." Noel took over the words. He took a look at Fiya's clothes and continued: "Judging from your dress, Miss Fiya, it doesn't seem to be related to life, more like In the service of death.”

Feiya nodded: "Yes, death is the thing that the people of the Golden Dynasty hate the most. They want to get rid of the shadow of death, but they did not expect that it would attract curses. This is how the curses on those weapons came. And I am responsible for putting these The curse suppresses the priests who are good at death magic, which can be said to be the dark side of the golden tree. The reason why D hates me so much is because I am close to death."

All of what Feiya said was discussed with Roland and others, and the real situation is not like this.

The reason why the Deadborn were born was the bug of "Golden" Godwin who could not die normally.

In the reincarnation system of the Golden Tree, after the destined death was sealed by Queen Malika, the gods and men under the Golden Tree system are immortal and cannot die.

Then the Death Rune was stolen, and Godwin's soul passed away suddenly, but his body was constantly resurrected by the Golden Tree with the power of the Life Furnace, and finally turned into the grotesque dead prince.

Then Malika broke the magic ring, and there was a problem with the reincarnation system in the junction area. As a result, some people who had exhausted their lifespan were unable to return to the tree smoothly, but they could not really die. In the end, under the influence of the bug of the dead prince, they became The dead.

This is only a part of them. There are many more who have neither become dead nor returned to the tree. They are the immortals whose bodies are rotten but still alive in the game.

Under the influence of the golden blessing, they had enough time to enjoy life, but after the magic ring was broken and the reincarnation system went wrong, this blessing turned into a lingering terror.

The Immortals have endured the decay of their bodies over the long years. Their hair and tissue have fallen off, their organs have rotted, and maggots have emerged from their bones to eat their flesh. Living for them means suffering like torture every moment. among.

So they lost their minds and wanted to die. Players can see these poor immortals in any dangerous environment: in fires, lakes, or even in scarlet corruption. As long as it is possible to actually kill them, they will definitely go there. try.

But this world does not have the dead prince who became a bug, so there are no dead ones either.

Then Feiya's original wish to allow the dead to live a normal life naturally ceased to exist.

When Feiya was first summoned, she was actually a little confused when she heard that she no longer had to fight for the dead and could control her own destiny.

This body exists to "sleep next to the dead", so how can she find her new mission without this responsibility?

So Roland gave her a direction, which was to become his messenger of death, reminding the people of the Golden Dynasty that they would eventually have a normal death.

This position is very suitable for Feiya, who once gave birth to the "Dead Prince Restoration Rune".

In the law envisioned by Roland, death will eventually come to everyone equally, even if he summons gods like Malenia, Latarn, and Mengt in the future.

These gods who have survived in the borderland for thousands of years and have not aged will one day die, but this is not the end.They will have their own descendants to pass it on from generation to generation, allowing the Golden Law to continue to develop.

Even Roland's own descendants are the same.

If everyone's lifespan is infinite under the influence of the golden blessing, then there will be no new changes in the Golden Dynasty.It will fall into stagnation, and stagnation will lead to corruption, and eventually the golden dynasty of this world will be in the same situation as in the borderland.

Roland guessed that Queen Malika, in addition to resisting the Supreme Will by smashing the Elden Ring, might also have predicted the stagnant appearance of the junction in the future.

In fact, this was indeed the case. Thousands of years passed in the blink of an eye in the borderland, and in the end, the gods could not tell the winner or decide a new king.

Everything waited until the faded player as a player came to the junction to break this long-standing stagnant environment.

When Feiya heard Roland sincerely telling her about the law he wanted to create, she was immediately attracted to his law.

This time Roland sent Feiya as an envoy to the Holy Empire of France, also deliberately revealing to the empire and other countries that the Golden Dynasty was not monolithic.

Because Roland has won too many victories recently, it is easy to attract the fear of other countries.

Therefore, he chose to take the initiative to expose some controllable information within himself, letting other countries know that he also has shortcomings.This will not only make these countries relax their vigilance, but also make them waste time and energy studying the shortcomings Roland released.

Feiya was faithfully executing Roland's plan at this time.

"That's it." Noel nodded with an understanding expression: "No wonder during the autopsy, it was found that the life energy contained in the body of the deceased who was penetrated by thorns seemed to be sucked away by something."

His brows relaxed, and the questions that had been stuck in his mind were solved. At the same time, he also learned the inside story of a golden dynasty, which made the second prince feel a little better.

"Miss Feiya, thank you very much for your answer. Since those weapons are so dangerous, I would like to ask Miss Feiya to work harder. I will take you to the sealing room now." He stood up and stretched out his hand in a friendly way: "If there is any One day you were extremely ostracized in the Golden Dynasty, and the Holy Empire of France will always open the door to you."

Feiya chuckled softly: "If one day comes, I hope His Highness Noel will not stay away from me because of my use of death magic."

Noel shook his head: "Of course not. The Empire is very tolerant and has always believed that what matters is whether the person using the power is evil, not whether the power itself is evil."

"What you said really touched me. If the Golden Dynasty views all kinds of power like the Holy Empire of France, why worry about the Golden Dynasty not being revived again." Feiya showed an emotional expression and stretched out her hand. He gently placed his hand on Noel's outstretched palm, and used the latter's strength to get up from the chair.

Noel looked at Fiya and asked casually: "From your tone, Miss Fiya, it seems that apart from you, are there other companions like you who have also been discriminated against because of their use of different powers?"

Feiya smiled and looked at Noel's inconspicuous face: "This question involves some privacy within the Golden Dynasty, Your Highness Noel."

But she continued without waiting for Noel to apologize: "But these things will actually know sooner or later, and it doesn't matter if I tell you. For example, those Kaliya mages who use magic are very different from warriors like D who believe in the golden tree. If they are not dealt with, serious quarrels often occur between the two sides. There are also those homeless knights wearing silver armor. Some of them believe in beautiful and powerful dragons, not the golden tree itself."

As Fiya said here, Noel memorized it word for word, and then compiled the information and handed it over to his father and the intelligence officers behind him.

And this is exactly what Roland expects to see. If the enemy thinks that they can frustrate the Golden Dynasty by instigating the forces that Feiya said, then Roland will let these enemies who believe in it learn a painful lesson.

Chapter 43: The situation in Leiden City

Golden Dynasty, Leiden City.

Under the light of the golden tree, the city gate that had not been cleaned of blood stains slowly rose up as the hinges turned, making a creaking sound.In the eyes of a long queue of noisy people outside the city gate, the city of Leiden, which had been closed for as long as a month, finally appeared in front of them.

"Da da da." Neat footsteps came from the city. Grek soldiers wearing gold and green armor filed out of the city entrance and stood on both sides of the city gate.

Then came two large Troll Demon Knights, carrying huge Troll Demon Golden Swords on their backs. They stood quietly at the end of the team with heavy steps and straightened their bodies.

In more than a month, Roland built huge armor suitable for some mountain monsters.

The style of the armor is based on the armor of the Knight Commander of the King's Army. Since the color is uniformly golden, the two Troll Knights look glittering in the daytime.

The purpose of creating armor is naturally to increase the protective capabilities of these mountain demon knights.

Roland read the battle damage report in Morn City and found that many of the mountain monsters who died or were injured in the dragon's fluctuations had their limbs torn apart by the dragon's fangs and claws.Lucia, who was directly hit by the dragon's tail, was only seriously injured because of the Homeless Knight armor she wore.

That's why Roland specially asked the dwarf blacksmiths who had come to Morn City to create such a fitting armor for the Troll Knights. These armors also covered the Troll Monster's organs that had been dug out of the evil god, making it look disgusting. Feeling of discomfort in the horrible abdomen.

At least judging from the reaction of the residents in Leiden City, they are more receptive to the trolls wearing armor to cover their hideous and terrifying bodies.There is no way, after all, people always like things that match their own aesthetics, and they will never tire of it even if it means cheating.

The appearance of these two behemoths made the crowd queuing outside the city scream in surprise.Although they learned from the mercenaries who ran out of Morn City that the Golden Dynasty had a group of giants as soldiers, they never saw it with their own eyes.

Now the huge mountain monster giant stood in front of them. The difference in size caused them to start talking with the people next to them after a brief shock.

"Everyone is silent! Everyone lines up in three lines according to the order! Those who are looking for relatives stand in the middle of the line, the vendors stand on the right, and the rest stand on the left!" Knight Commander Greg looked at the noisy crowd and announced loudly.

At the same time, the Grek soldiers knocked their weapons on the ground regularly, and the sound made the crowd quiet down.

"After entering the city, those who deliberately cause trouble will be killed! Those who oppress the people, beheaded! Those who rob and steal, beheaded! Those who buy and sell by force, beheaded!" Knight Greg announced the four bottom lines that were not allowed to be touched in a long breath, and then retreated to the team. .

The crowd began to move, and the noise returned again, but no one dared to risk their lives in front of the gleaming weapons of the king's army.

The composition of these people is very complex. There are mercenaries who want to try their luck, there are opportunistic traders who bring food and other daily necessities and want to make a fortune in Leiden City, and there are people who have heard that long-dead giants have reappeared in the world. Bards came from all over to confirm the authenticity of the news, as well as spies from the Charles Empire. The last remaining ones were the travelers who came to Leiden City to visit their relatives or friends.

However, it is not known how many of these travelers who came to visit were genuinely worried and came to help, and how many were just taking the opportunity to invade other people's property.

The vendors at the front of the queue have passed the inspection by the King's Army and are heading towards the market under the latter's instructions.

The merchant passed through the dark gate passage and was surprised when the sun shone on his face.

The interior of Leiden City was very clean and tidy, different from the messy environment he had imagined before.

Although there were still many buildings destroyed by the war, the vendors found that many men who were obviously soldiers were carrying out repair work in an orderly manner with the survivors of Leiden City. They even asked tall giants to carry the repair tools. Stones and wood.

In fact, Roland only asked the King's Army to temporarily clean up a part of Leiden City, and other areas were not cleaned for the time being.Especially in those urban areas that are more severely affected by undead natural disasters, it is unclear how many undead souls have not been found lurking in the dark places where the golden trees cannot shine.

But this was enough to surprise the merchant. This was the first time he saw a soldier personally helping the people and doing most of the hard work.

Since all the building debris on the main streets had been cleared away, the vendors quickly arrived at the cleared market space according to the guidance of the royal army standing guard along the way.

There are sheds built by help in the market, which can block the sun and cold wind for the vendors who come here.The stone slabs in the open space of the market are cleaned with clean water, revealing their original gray appearance.

This subtle consideration once again made the vendor click his tongue.Of course, he sighed, he still had to do business, and he still had to make a lot of money.

Since this vendor was the first group of people to arrive here, the market was still deserted, with only him and a few other vendors coming in one after another.

He took out his folding chair from the goods, sat on it comfortably, and then greeted his men comfortably and asked them to lay out the goods.