Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 152 Why are you here?
Bai Shi looked at Laya's young face.

You can tell from her expression that she is very anxious, but she still maintains as much courtesy as possible.

If I reject her harshly, I wonder if my little pearl will fall.

Of course, Bai Shi is not such a bad person.

"You look very anxious, so tell me, what's the matter?"

Laya was so happy to see that Bai Shi was willing to listen to her that she could not express it in words.

"That's great, thank you so much!"

"Well, where should I begin? Oh, come to think of it, I haven't told you my name yet."

"My name is Laya, and I'm traveling according to my master's orders...Ah, Ah Qiu!"

Halfway through her speech, Laya suddenly sneezed.

Laya's face instantly turned red because of embarrassment, and the toes of her shoes rubbed against each other.

This is really embarrassing and disrespectful.

Laya quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe it, and then apologized to Bai Shi repeatedly:
"S-Sorry, it's a bit cold around here, I haven't gotten used to it yet..."

The lake water in Lienia is all cold, and the temperature is quite different from that of the volcanic mansion where Laya lived before.

Bai Shi glanced down at Laya's robe.

The hem of the robe and the shoes were all wet. Although they were not dripping with water, it was obvious at a glance that they had been soaked in water.

It must be because we have been wading in the lake since we came to Lienia.

Even when resting in the pavilion, it was not completely dry.

"Wait a mininute."

Bai Shi turned around and rummaged through Torrett's bag, quickly finding the props he wanted.

Bai Shi injected some magic power into a fist-sized warm stone.

Wait until the heat stone starts to emit temperature, and then give it to Laya.

"If you're cold, use this."

"When you are alone outside, you need to be more careful about all aspects of your life."

Laya felt a little embarrassed, but still accepted Bai Shi's warm stone.

She was clearly seeking help, but she still accepted additional gifts. Her etiquette education told her that she shouldn't do that.

But she really didn't like the coldness of the lake area, or rather, she hated the coldness a little.

If it was the body of a snake, the water would immediately slide off the body and it wouldn't be so uncomfortable.

But as a recruiter, Laya cannot reveal her snake body.

If she showed her snake form, the recruits she had chosen would no longer want to listen to her.

However, in order to fulfill her mother's expectations, she will try her best to endure these inconveniences.

Laya held the hot stone in her hands, and the warmth made her feel better.

Although she preferred the scorching temperature of the Volcano Mansion, the hot stone did make her feel warm both physically and mentally at this time.

"Thank you, you are such a good man."

"Then allow me to continue."

"Because that is really something very important to me, please."

There are too few people in Lienia, and there are not as many faded people as in Nimgefu.

If she missed Bai Shi, Laya didn't know how long she would have to wait.

So Laya had to continue to be thick-skinned and ask Bai Shi for help.

Laya recalled what happened earlier and continued:
"After arriving in Lienia, I met a person who was a faded person like you, but I later found out that he was a gangster."

"At first he entertained me warmly, but in the end he cheated me out of my important necklace and drove me away."

"Because it's something very important to me, I want to get it back no matter what."

"please!"

However, Laya hesitated and added:

"Because we might have to fight with our compatriots..."

"If a gentle person like you doesn't want to fight with your fellow faders, please don't force me. I will find another way."

Although she really wanted to get the necklace back, and as a recruiter, she also needed to recruit people who dared to fight their compatriots.

But she doesn't want to force anyone, especially someone who is willing to help her.

Bai Shi nodded and agreed.

"Yeah, no problem."

"Just leave it to me."

There's no need to fight anyway.

As for Laya's words, Bai Shi believed that she was not lying.

As a recruiter for the Volcano Residence, Laya has to search for Faded Ones who are willing to fight their compatriots.

But she didn't need to use such a valuable personal item as bait.

And Bai Shi remembered that the gangster was commonly known as Brother Xia.

He would also say during the conversation: If you are cheated, it is the fault of the cheated person.

Hearing Bai Shi's agreement, Laya showed a happy smile on her face.

Laya bowed deeply again.

"Many thanks!"

"Ah, sorry, I haven't asked your name yet, benefactor. I am being rude again."

Bai Shi waved his hand, telling Laya not to worry about these trivial matters.

It can be seen that Laya received a lot of etiquette education from her mother when she was in the Volcano Mansion.

But maybe because she is still young, she hasn't mastered it very well, but this is actually a bit cute.

"Just call me Baishi. Where is that gangster you mentioned?"

"By the way, do you have a map?"

Laya silently repeated the name Bai Shi in her heart, and she felt like she had heard of it somewhere.
But it’s better to get the necklace back first. After all, it’s a necklace engraved with my mother’s name and it’s an important thing to her.

Laya took out a map of the Lienia area, and almost all the buildings were clearly shown.

Laya pointed to a place on the map, then stood up and pointed the direction with her finger.

"That gangster should be resting in the empty house over there. Please."
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Under Laya's expectant gaze, Bai Shi headed in the direction she pointed.

Because he didn't have the blessing, Bai Shi couldn't ask Melina to help him draw the map, so he had to memorize the map first and deal with it later.

However, after taking a quick look at the map, Bai Shi almost remembered the location of where he wanted to go.

When Bai Shi left for a distance and there was no one around, Melina's voice rang in Bai Shi's ears:

"That girl doesn't seem to be as simple as she looks."

"It's hard for me to describe this feeling. It seems that this appearance is just her disguise, but the strange thing is that this appearance doesn't seem to be fake."

"Well, it seems hard to explain, but she doesn't seem like a bad person."

Bai Shi was somewhat surprised at Melina's keen perception.

Although this has happened several times before, isn't Melina's feeling a little too accurate? Is it because her sensing attribute is relatively high?
Laya should be able to switch between human and snake form.

Moreover, both forms are her true form. Although the snake form is the main one, there is no such thing as disguise.

Melina might be talking about another form of hers that she hides.

However, because Laya herself is a very innocent child, even when Melina discovered her abnormality, she did not feel anything was wrong.

"Yeah, but everyone has secrets."

"A child who is safe to travel in the border area must have something extraordinary about him."

As he was speaking, suddenly a stream of water shot towards Bai Shi at high speed.

Bai Shi casually summoned a storm to block it and looked over there.

I saw a huge lobster crawling out of the mud in the deeper water on the side of the avenue.

The water column that attacked Bai Shi just now was spit out from its mouth.

This lobster not only spit out water, but also waved its claws to show its protest. At the same time, other lobsters appeared around the area.

Lobsters are not something you can easily mess with. In the previous life, they were also called the Shrimp King.

Although not as beastly as Rune Bear, it is not much worse.

In particular, they like to spit water jets to attack passers-by when they have nothing to do. I don’t know how many faded people have been shot off their horses by them for no reason.

Bai Shi didn't expect to encounter such a situation again in this life, but this time they had found the wrong person.

Bai Shi picked up his sword and spear, ready to use lightning to teach these ungrateful lobsters a lesson.

Several jets of water sprayed towards Bai Shi and were blown into scattered water droplets by the storm.

Bai Shi broke through the water curtain and charged towards one of them, gathering air blades from the sword and spear in his hands, ready to swing out.

However, unexpected situations occurred on the way to the charge.

Gray smoke suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and a figure gradually emerged in the smoke.

The man was covered in dirt, holding a pickaxe used for mining in his hand. His bald head, which should have been shiny, was covered in dust and was no longer as shiny.

It turned out to be Patch who was supposed to be mining in the mine as punishment.

"Haha, I finally escaped!"

As soon as Patch appeared, he saw the open scene which was completely different from the mine and shouted excitedly.

Then he saw the huge lobster facing him.

"Huh? Shrimp!?"

Patch tried to raise his weapon in panic, but then he remembered that all the weapons on his body had been taken away.

Not to mention a large shield and a spear, now there is only a pickaxe for mining.

"No, no, no! What bad luck! Why do I always have to encounter such bad luck!?"

Patch was very panicked. Facing such a giant beast in the wild, he couldn't deal with it easily without weapons.

After thinking for a while, Patch found that he seemed to have no solution.

Patch began to slowly back away, hoping that the lobsters would let him go.

Bai Shi rode Torrett and jumped over Patch's back, going over his bald head and split the lobster in two.

Patch finally breathed a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on his face again.

Seems saved.

"Haha! It seems like I shouldn't die here."

However, when Patch saw the person who saved him, the smile froze on his face.

He didn't expect that the person who saved him just now was Bai Shi.

This is so embarrassing, as I ran away only to run into the real culprit.

"You really shouldn't be sentenced to death here. After all, you still have several years left in your sentence."

Bai Shi looked at Patch who suddenly appeared in front of him and inexplicably wanted to laugh.

He actually dared to run away. He is really brave.

But can we say that this way of appearance is truly something that Patch would do?
Let's get rid of these lobsters first, and then find Patch to figure it out.

After all, they are just some wild beasts and pose no threat to Bai Shi.

Soon, Bai Shi finished eating all the lobsters.

Bai Shi drove Torret and slowly walked towards Patch's position. He raised his sword and was about to put it back to its original place for storage.

But Patch seemed to have misunderstood something. When he saw Bai Shi's actions, he actually knelt down.

Patch knelt on the ground with his legs and stretched his hands forward to block his head.

"Wow! No, no, please talk nicely, don't kill me!"

Bai Shi walked up to Patch and asked him to raise his head.

"I didn't say I was going to kill you. You're just imagining things."

"I'm more curious, how did you suddenly appear here?"

Patch saw that Bai Shi had put away his sword and spear, and it seemed that he had no intention of executing him on the spot.

So he quickly stood up from the ground, his expression as normal, as if the kneeling just now had never happened.

"Oh, well... this is a long story."
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Patch was digging hard in the mine.

When the stone collided with the pickaxe, there was a crisp knocking sound.

A sharp forging stone was mined out of the rock by him.

Patch threw it into the basket on his back, which already contained a lot of forging stones.

But there are some things in it that shouldn't be in the basket.

This is a wonderful material that he will use later.

Although he came here obediently and obeyed Bai Shi's punishment.

But Patch didn't plan to stay like this.

Making traps for teleportation is a method that has always worked for him.

Although some rare materials were needed, they were unexpectedly found in the mine.

So he planned to use this method to teleport out.

Although there is no way to arrange the coordinates at the other end, if it is just a random teleportation in a specified general direction, then there is no problem at all.

So Patch mined every day while collecting various materials he needed.

Finally, today, Patch successfully gathered all the materials and made the teleportation item.

"Hehehe, as expected, there is no prison in this world that can hold me!"

"For an eagle like me, every feather on my wings sparkles with the glory of freedom~"

"Freedom can't be killed!"

Patch carefully selected a location to teleport.

Since you cannot select the coordinates to which you want to teleport and can only choose a more vague direction, this choice is crucial.

Patch thought about it and realized that he had met Bai Shi before on the way to Gallid.

Bai Shi must be going to Gallid to do something, such as a battle festival.

In that case, this time he chose to go in the opposite direction and head towards Lienia.

There was fog and a sea of trees in the vast Lake Lienya, and it was impossible to find any trace of him.

As for the little brothers, haha, Patch believes that life will find a way.

Besides, it would be nice for them to be miners for Bai Shi instead of following him around.

At least food and accommodation are provided, and their living conditions are even better than before.

Patch used Teleport with determination.

Patch successfully teleported to Lienia.

Patch met Bai Shi, and sent! ——
The above is what Patch experienced during this period.

After listening to this, Bai Shi fell silent.

He wanted to laugh.

Unexpectedly, Patch was so unlucky.

As luck would have it, they happened to meet when Bai Shi was heading to Lienia.

But in a way, this is how Patch was saved from these lobsters.

Bai Shi looked at Patch, who was pretending to be calm and whistling in front of him, and thought about how to deal with him.

Now there is no one around him who can manage Patch and escort him back.

It’s not convenient for me to send him back myself, it’s a waste of time.

It's not possible to just let Patch go, after all, his punishment is not over yet.

In this case, why not let him follow me first? It will be easier to supervise him.

But Patch doesn't have a horse, so he runs very slowly.

　After the exam, we held a class meeting. It was invincible.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)