“... About me? ”

“... All right! ”

Melina sat on her knees in front of the ashes with her knees together.

“... Where to start? ”

Ash propped her chin in her hand and looked at Melina.

"Let's start with the first time we met."

“... Well. ”

"Mother has given me a mission in the Golden Tree to guide the Fading One to become the King of Elden."

"That's the whole reason for my life..."

“... But. ”

"I met you..."

"Unlike many faders, I refused the first time."

"This makes me very curious, the golden blessing gives the faded a second life, just so that you can meet the Elden Ring."

"You, on the other hand, are different."

"The journey along the way has prevented me from being firm in my original mission."

"Now I will have a new mission, which is to assist you and change the world."

Melina finished speaking, looking at the ashes with a clear gaze.

Getting the answer he wanted, Ash covered his head, feeling his burden getting heavier and heavier.

After a short break at the Marika Chapel, the two continued on their way.

Descend the church to a waterhole. At the edge of the waterhole, there is a stone portal.

Ash took out the map and compared it, it should be here.

Passing through this portal, this should be where D disposes of the dead roots. Just in case, the ashes still hold the weapon.

White light flashed, and Ash and Melina came to a large hall.

The shape of the whole hall is very quaint, and there are unknown beasts standing on the pillars around it, I don't know if it is a carving, or a corpse.

On the steps in the center, there was a huge figure lying on its stomach, covered with rags, and it was difficult to see the face.

Ash cautiously stepped forward, attempting to speak to the figure, only to hear a heavy gasp.

Without bothering him, Ash walked to the door of the main hall, which seemed to be a dilapidated place, and from the scarlet corruption everywhere, it was no longer Ningmu Gefu, but Galid.

Back in the main hall, Ash stepped forward again, this time mentioning D.

The huge figure slowly got up, spitting out a rough breath from its mouth and nose.

“... Are you a friend of D? ”

"It's me, the root of D's death last time, and we eradicated it together."

“... Dead roots... I need dead roots... Devour it up... Devour them all..."

The figure in front of him seems to be delirious and will only instinctively devour the dead roots. No wonder D would send the Dead Root here, but isn't he afraid that this person will be corrupted by the Dead Root? Confused, Ash prepares to continue communicating with the figure.

"Do you know the Dead Prince?"

“... Call... Phew. ”

“... Prince... Prince... Prince. ”

"Ah~ It's all my fault... Prince... Yes! ”

As if the name of the Dead Prince had stimulated him, the figure held its head and trembled wildly, as if remembering unbearable memories.

Just as Ash was about to be appeased, Melina suddenly shouted, "Be careful! ”

When Ash turned to look, a huge beast claw had swung in front of him.

"Boom!"

The ashes were flapped up and mounted on the wall on the left.

Looking at the figure again, he has begun to attack the surroundings indiscriminately, and there is no reason to speak of.

Melina was already armed with a knife, waiting for Ash's order, ready to attack at any moment. Ash pressed the knife in Melina's hand and whispered, "He's just gone berserk, now we have to quiet him down." ”

Then he stepped forward and waved [Sun Healing] with both hands and sprinkled it on the figure's body.

As the golden light gradually enveloped it, the frantic figure gradually quieted down.

Finally, he knelt on one knee and made a whine~woo~sound.

"Fader, thank you~"

"Won't get lost again, I definitely won't."

"What do you call that?"

Ash asked cautiously.

"You can call me a beast, don't be too restrained, I'm really awake this time!"

"May I ask, why do you have that reaction when you mention the Dead Prince?"

Now that the beast let go, Ash went straight to the point.

"Hah, I can't tell you that."

Yes, I asked in vain.

Since, no useful news can be obtained from here, Ash intends to leave.

With a wave of his hand at the beast, the two Ash duo departed from the blessing.

Looking at the back of the ashes as it departed, the beast muttered to himself.

"It's a strange power, similar to the Golden Tree, but more pure than the Golden Tree."

Since the beast can't continue to get clues to the dead here, it can only look for D's brother. Previously, Roger said that D's younger brother is below the Eternal City.

"Melina, have you heard of the Eternal City?"

"Yes, I've heard of it."

"It seems to be a very old city, because of some disaster, it fell into the ground."

"Do you know the entrance?"

"I really don't know about this, why don't you go to Sir Hundred Wisdom's room and look for it?"

"That's a good idea, last time I was only looking for clues about the dead, and I really ignored the Eternal City."

First, he sent Melina to the Academy of Magic and talked to Roger, who had heard about the beast for the first time.

As for D's younger brother, when they first traveled together, D only mentioned it casually, and did not explain the path to the Eternal City, and it seems that he only pinned his hopes on Sir Hundred Wisdom for clues.

Ash returned to the round table, looked at Rodrica as usual, and then went back to rest.

Anyway, if you're there, you can't run, and if you're not there, it's useless to be anxious, so it's better to relax.

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, Ash stretched, then took the key and walked into Sir Mercy's room.

I quickly searched for clues about the Eternal City, but I really didn't find anything.

Well, I don't know if I should be happy or sad.

If you can't find a clue, you can salted the fish, but the quest has been stuck here, and it's quite uncomfortable.

Just when Ash didn't know what to do, Roger came to the door. Looking at Roger's grinning face, the ash gas did not hit anywhere.

Sure enough, Roger brought "good news".

"What a coincidence, who would have thought that Serian would know that there was a clue about the Eternal City!"

"Speak quickly!"

"It's in the well next to the little golden tree in the fog forest."

"There's a vertical lift there that goes all the way to the bottom of the Eternal City."

Receiving a specific address, Ash sets out on his journey again. Because I ran on an empty trip last time, I didn't take Melina with melena.

Teleporting directly to the Third Church of Marika, Ash rode his spirit horse and began to move towards the Little Golden Tree.

This time it went very well, and when he came to the small golden tree, the ash turned over and jumped into the well, and after triggering the mechanism, the elevator began to run.

It is estimated that it took nearly an hour or so for the elevator to fall to the bottom, and you can imagine how deep the Eternal City was buried.

Ash walked down the steps and down the already tattered path.

As far as the eye can see, there is a huge temple. This temple is very unique in that it has no walls or roof, only a few pillars to stand up.

In the middle of the temple, there was a huge corpse, some like a deer, but larger and more majestic than a deer!

Ash stood at the door of the temple, and did not enter rashly, for fear of extraneous branches.

In this way, Ash walks through the entire underground area, but finds D's younger brother.

In desperation, Ash could only walk into the temple.

As soon as he stepped into the temple, two burly souls appeared in the air. Ash hurriedly said that he didn't have any malicious intent, he just came to find someone.

Seeing that Ash did not act aggressively, one of the male souls walked up to Ash.

"This is the place where the ancestral spirit sleeps, outsiders, please leave."

It seems that the corpse that looks like a deer should be the ancestral spirit in his mouth. Ash also does not ink, and asks directly how to get into the underside of the Eternal City.

The male soul said that it did not know.

Ash could only leave, but when he turned around, the male spirit told him that someone had asked about it. The wolf-headed human body is very distinctive.

If the goal is the same, maybe Ash can ask him for help.

"The wolf-headed human body, so familiar, where do you seem to have seen it?"

Thinking about the wolf's head, Ash got on the elevator and prepared to go back.

When he returned to the ground, he was covered in scarlet ashes and realized that this was already Galid.

This made Ash wonder, could it be that he was on the wrong lift?

I was going to go back the way I came, but the elevator came and went, it was too time-consuming, and it was better to go back across Gailid.

Half an hour later, the eyes were full of corruption and corruption, and all kinds of poisons were rampant. Compare them to each other, Nimgefo is simply simple and simple.

Fortunately, there is a spirit horse this time, otherwise Ash really doesn't know how to get off his feet. Especially in the central area of Galid, the rich scarlet and corrupt aura began to flutter in the air.

As the clock ticked to noon, Ash came to a ruined church.

Just as he was about to go in and rest, several silk threads of fiasco sprayed out.

The ash could only roll and dodge, and when he pulled away, he realized that it was actually an attack from two disgusting bugs.

He was white all over, with multiple hands and feet on his body, holding a halberd, and hissing in his mouth.

In the face of this kind of thing, Ash has always been unrelenting, and greets directly with the sunlight gun.

After killing the disgusting bugs, Ash wanted to change places, which affected his appetite too much.

As a result, I suddenly saw a one-armed girl lying miserably on the ground in the church.

Although Ash is the kind of person who has more than one thing is better than less, he is not so cold-blooded that he will not save him.

Hurriedly stepped forward, first with an [emergency healing], stabilizing the girl's injury.

Judging by the blood stains on the clothes, after another half an hour, the girl's life was not guaranteed.

Pulling out the kettle and feeding the girl some water, Ash began to prepare lunch.

As Ash gulped her meal, the girl finally woke up.

“... Woo... Woo. ”

Ash hurriedly approached, but the girl seemed frightened and kept shrinking into the corner.

Ash could only whisper comfort, indicating that the two bugs in the doorway had been killed.

"Stranger, please stay away from me, the scarlet corruption in my body keeps churning..."

After hearing this, Ash realized that the girl was not afraid of herself, but afraid of hurting herself.

What a miserable and kind girl, Ash secretly resolved that she must be saved.