3. Underground giant face
With Roger's consent, the two did not move on. Under Roger's guidance, start from the big lift, go down. The further down you go, the more turbid the air becomes, and the view begins to be obstructed by darkness. Ash was distressed that he had made the mistake of not preparing a torch. Roger swung his staff and summoned a blue ball of light, which hovered above his head, and suddenly the surroundings were clear. However, this dead and silent environment, with the light of blue light, is even more terrifying.
Apparently neither of them cared, especially for Ash, who had not seen any horrific and twisted scenes. At this time, Roger took the initiative to start the topic.
"In fact, this investigation is not very dangerous, because it is mainly to explore the underground area of Stonewell City, where there are no heavy guards, only some mutated rats."
"Can you tell me more about what kind of mystery it is?" Ash asked softly.
After all, Roger had already said it before, and it was not an ulterior matter, and he was ready to make the truth of the investigation public, so in order to satisfy his curiosity and deepen his understanding of the Elden Continent, Ash directly inquired.
Roger gathered his thoughts and began to recount the whole story.
"Let's start with the Broken War, when the goddess tied the knot with the first Elden King, and gave birth to three children, Godwin, Mongot, and Monge."
"But, Godfrey, the first King of Elden, was a mortal, so all three children are demigods."
"And Gemont and Monge are twin brothers, but unfortunately when they were born, they had bad omens and basically never showed up."
"This highlights the eldest prince Godwin, Godwin is also very competitive, not only inherited his father Godfrey's force, but also learned the power from the mother goddess Marika, in the battle of the ancient dragons, Godwin won a big victory, and also turned from enemies to close friends with the ancient dragons."
"Therefore, it can be said that Godwin is someone else's child."
Hearing this, the ashes were a little unbearable, there was once an eldest man of the god clan, both martial arts and literature, and he was with Gu Long all day long, but the final ending was a little sad. There are also such similar people in the Elden Continent, so according to the convention, the end is probably not much better.
Roger's subsequent words were as expected.
"Such a dazzling prince, but on a night of conspiracy, he was brutally killed."
"Killed? Was a demigod killed so easily? ”
Ash was surprised, knowing that the demigod was already at the peak of his combat power, and he could still be killed by a conspiracy.
"That's right, I was killed." Roger continued.
"This kind of thing, of course, is surprising, so it is also the reason why Conspiracy Night was able to succeed."
"After all, no one could have expected that someone would dare to assassinate the eldest prince."
"The death of the eldest prince has had a great impact."
"Because he is not a simple death, the Elden Continent is blessed by the Golden Tree, which looks very peaceful, but in fact it is controlled by the Golden Law."
"There is a golden law that does not allow demigods to die! However, Godwin has been killed, which leads to bad things happening. ”
"Godwin became the first and first deceased, and came into conflict with the Golden Law, and this force of death turned the Great Prince into a soulless monster, the Dead!"
"Then came the Battle of Shattering, where Elden's Ring, which symbolized Elden's supreme power, was shattered."
"No one knows how the Elden Ring was shattered, and the goddess Marika has disappeared since."
"The whole continent has lost its goddess and the great prince, and various forces have begun to covet the throne."
"Coveting the throne?" Ash was a little confused.
"This, the goddess is missing, the eldest prince is dead, isn't there any Elden king?"
"Is there something wrong with this king?"
"That's right," Roger continued.
"The family of the goddess is very complicated, and the king of Elden, Godfrey, who was mentioned before, is Godwin's father, who was exiled by the goddess a long time ago."
"Can the king still be exiled?" There was another piece of news that surprised Ash.
You know, the king is the most powerful symbol in the land of the ashes, with supreme power, and it is the first time that I have heard that the king can be exiled. It seems that this Elden King is not good, he will be exiled when he says exile, and these faders are pursuing this thing?
Roger also saw Ash's confusion and continued to explain.
"In the Elden Continent, the only one with the greatest power and power is the goddess Marika."
"Godfrey is a mortal, but he has great force."
"After he established his relationship with the goddess, he was blessed by the golden tree, and then he controlled even more powerful power."
"At the beginning, in order to pacify the Quartet, Godfrey fought against the Storm King, and although it was a victory, it was also a tragic victory."
"Exhausted the power of blessing and became the first to lose the blessing, that is, the original fader."
At this point, Godfrey disappeared from everyone's sight, leaving the continent of Elden and heading to a distant land. It is believed that Godfrey was exiled by the goddess because he lost his blessing. ”
"Of course, this is not speculation, because the goddess soon began a second marriage, and there was a second Elden king."
"Therefore, many people in private think that the goddess is unkind, and Godfrey fought for the Golden Tree after all, and losing the blessing was also to defeat the enemies of the Golden Tree."
"Godfrey is still the husband of the goddess, and it is embarrassing to say that he will abandon it."
After saying this, Roger's expression sighed a little.
"The war of broken battles is fought without a goddess and without a king."
"And it was the other children of the goddess who caused the turmoil."
"Other children?"
"That's right, it's the child born to the goddess and her second husband!"
"After the goddess married her second husband, she gave birth to 2 children, the Valkyrie Malenia, and the sacred tree Michaela."
"This second husband's name is Radagaon, and he had his own marriage before he married the goddess."
"The leader of the royal family of Kalia, the Full Moon Empress is his original match, and they also have three children, Ratarn the Star Breaker, Lakad the Judge, and Lani the Witch."
"These three children are also demigods, and at the same time, the sudden departure of Radagon also caused the Full Moon Empress to have a nervous breakdown."
"As for why he abandoned his wife and children and chose the goddess Marika, the reason is unknown to outsiders."
"When the goddess disappeared, the Valkyrie Malenia was the first to attack Ratarn the Star Shatterer, because in her heart, Ratarn was the only one who could be her opponent."
The two fought fiercely with their respective armies, and Ratarn not only had a strong force value, but also learned gravity magic since he was a child, so it can be said that he cultivated both magic and martial arts. Valkyries were always inferior on the battlefield, and when she saw that she was about to be defeated, Malenia made a decision to release the scarlet corruption in her body. ”
Roger also frowned when he said this, as if he had thought of something bad. Seeing Roger's dark and dignified color, Ash did not immediately ask questions, but waited quietly. After a few moments, Roger continued to tell what was next.
"It is estimated that only the survivors know how tragic that battle was, but the ending is called the Battle without a King."
"Ratarn didn't lose, Valkyrie didn't win, and there was a stalemate between the two sides."
"Eventually, the Valkyrie disappeared, and Ratarn returned to his Red Lion City, and no news came out again."
"In this shattered battle, the sacred tree Michaela and the magistrate Rakard did not show up, and the twin children of the first king Godfrey did not appear."
"Then Twofinger began to descend and train the Fingered Maiden to guide the Fader to the Golden Tree and become the new King of Elden."
After hearing all this, Ash also began to ponder, this continent is also bloody and bloody, and it is not much better than his hometown. Seeing that Ash was digesting the information just now, Roger did not bother, continued to direct the ball of light, and began to explore the way.
"So, this exploration is related to the killing of the eldest prince?" Clearing his mind, Ash spoke.
"That's right, the eldest prince became a dead one, and was once sealed under this city, but because the power of death was too strong, he was finally transferred, and this place was deserted.
"If you want to solve the mystery of Conspiracy Night, this is the first stop."
As he went deeper, a faint aura of death appeared around him, and the ashes sensed that although this aura was not fatal, it was estimated that it would be contaminated with an ominous curse after staying for a long time. So he opened his mouth to remind Roger to speed up his pace.
Roger also understood that he was a mage, and his resistance was naturally not as good as that of Ash, so he increased the mana output and allowed the blue ball of light to illuminate a larger area.
At this time, something under the stone steps in the distance caught the attention of Ash.
At first, the light was low, and Ash thought that there was an uneven area under the stone steps.
As a result, after Roger intensified the light, Ash realized that these uneven areas looked like faces.
If it's really a face, it's really terrifying, you know, the area under the stone steps is the size of a football field, and such a big face, if it's not a carving, then it's a very dangerous monster.
Roger also noticed Ash's gaze, and the two began to move forward slowly, and when they reached the edge of the stone steps, the blue light made Ash and Roger see everything clearly.
Under the stone steps was the face of something, but it no longer had any breath of life, and it looked more like a cicada.
Upon closer inspection, Roger made a further discovery, the giant face seemed to be unthreatening, but it was filled with the aura of curse. These cursed breaths were not deliberately arranged, but more like the escape of their own power.
Ash also notices the power of this death curse, reminding Roger not to get too far ahead.
"That's right, the legend is true, this is the face of the eldest prince after he became a dead man!"
"No wonder it is necessary to transfer, and with this face, you can also guess how terrible the monster that the eldest prince incarnates is."
Just as Roger sighed to himself, Ash was also making comparisons.
What kind of combat power should this face be in his hometown?
At the very least, it is an abyss-level power, although the degree of erosion is not as high as that of the abyss, but this lethal aura is much higher than that of the abyss.
There are really some terrible guys in this world, and it seems that not directly trading with the witch who calls herself Melina is the right choice.
Gathering intelligence, planning and then acting, is the tradition of the old immortals.
Just as Roger was about to collect some samples of the giant face and study it carefully.
Suddenly, there was a huge tremor from the ground, and soon with a roar, a behemoth that looked like a lizard covered with vines came out.
Ash's first impression of this monster was very bad, even more disgusting than human pus.
After all, the pus of the human body is pure black, and the thing in front of him, green, purple and pale yellow, twisted together, keeps wriggling.
Roger immediately recognized this thing, the corrupt dryad, the open ground can still maneuver, and now this narrow space underground, it is definitely a nightmarish enemy. didn't have time to say more, Roger directly pulled the ashes, a teleportation spell, and the figures of the two disappeared into the air in an instant.