Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 293 "Tower Town" Barrett
After climbing the long stairs and spiral columns, everyone arrived at the gate leading to Tower Town.

This gate is extremely huge and heavy. I wonder how much manpower it took to build it.

Bai Shi stood below and looked up, and he had the illusion that the door was touching the sky.

Faith-driven societies seem to have such architectural features, building magnificent buildings in order to please the gods or to show their own devout beliefs.

Rows of figures are carved on this heavy door.

The characters in these reliefs are all performing different actions, and one can feel the piety in their actions, which have a strong religious nature.

It’s a pity that judging from the fate of their race, faith cannot save the Horned People.

This heavy door had already been opened, with a crack large enough for someone to pass through.

Leida was the first to step into the gate to Tower Town, followed closely by Freya.

Bai Shi walked at the end, catching up slowly.

Now that Melina is not around, Bai Shi is a little absent-minded.

The matter of the horned man has nothing to do with Bai Shi, but Melina is Marika's daughter after all.

Massacres are something that cannot be allowed to happen in public in the border areas. Even someone of Queen Marika's status has to keep this matter secret in the shadow land.

It was quite a shock to Melina to suddenly learn that her mother had done such a thing.

Bai Shi had no good way to comfort her for a moment, so he had to try to find out the truth.

Maybe Leida and Ampah can help him, they both seem to have some interest in the Horned Man.

Bai Shi sighed.

Oh, I hope I can find some good loot in Tower Town to make me feel better.

As soon as you enter the gate, you will be greeted by a long staircase that continues upwards. The cold stone walls on both sides and the dim light make it look very depressing.

This place is obviously not what it looks like inside Tower Town.

From the map given by Ampah, we can know that we need to pass through this transitional building to reach the Tower Town.

Bai Shi and others walked up the stairs and stood on the platform at the end.

At this moment, several giant scorpions were lurking at the end of the stairs. They gathered together on the platform and were gnawing on the somewhat rotten corpses of their companions.

These scorpions are huge in size, about the same size as the king shrimp, but they don’t look like they have much meat, and I don’t know how they taste.

Seeing the invaders, the scorpions turned their heads, raised their stingers, and greeted the crowd with their pincers.

Without Bai Shi having to take action, Leida and Freya had already drawn their weapons and stepped forward to fight with these giant scorpions.

Although they were suppressed by the Shadow Land and their strength was greatly reduced, they still had no problem dealing with the beasts.

After a short battle, all the giant scorpions were eliminated and the road ahead was completely clear.

Bai Shi walked up to the two scorpion corpses that were being surrounded and eaten at the beginning and observed the marks on them.

These two scorpion corpses should have been left behind during Ampah's previous exploration.

There were wounds on their bodies from being cut by some kind of weapon, but due to decay and being eaten by their companions, it is now impossible to tell what kind of weapon Ampah used at the time.

Based on the location of the wound, Bai Shi could only guess that it might have been caused by a sickle.

Bai Shi looked at the stairs and thought that the building outside the Tower Town should play a similar role to the outer fortress of Stonewell.

Deploy troops to hinder the enemy. Those scorpions just now were placed here as guards.

But soon, Bai Shi overturned this idea.

They walked through the small door in front and then entered a spacious hall.

In this hall, the body of a Horned Man ancestor was placed in the center, and on his left and right were stairs, each extending to the next level.

This hall is supported by spiral pillars, and on both sides of the stairs are statues of monks kneeling with their heads bowed and holding candles in their hands.

The still burning candles emitted light, but it was not enough to illuminate the room. Instead, the dim light made the entire hall seem extremely solemn and dignified.

This is obviously a place with special religious significance for the Horned People.

Perhaps this building is placed at the forefront of Tower Town, not only to hinder the enemy, but also to allow everyone who enters to feel the presence of "faith".

But now the scorpions that are moving around wantonly have completely destroyed the atmosphere.

Just before the altar of the Horned Man ancestor, the corpse of a huge dead scorpion began to emit a foul stench and gradually rotted.

Densely packed small scorpions surrounded the corpse, tearing the flesh off with their mouthparts.

Bai Shi glanced around casually, not paying attention to the small scorpions, but focusing on the dead big scorpion.

The body of this giant scorpion is relatively intact, and one can clearly see several arrow feathers deeply embedded in its body.

Judging from the strength, it is obviously not as the veteran himself said, that he is not good at fighting due to old age.

Even if he said, "Although I am old, my arrows are still sharp," it would not be surprising.

A bow and some kind of sharp weapon that looks like a sickle are probably the weapons used by Ampah.

In addition to the scorpions on the ground, there are many scorpions hanging on the walls of the hall, ready to ambush.

Seeing that there were a lot of scorpions, Bai Shi summoned a storm and swept them all away in an instant.

After cleaning up the scorpions, Bai Shi walked to the center of the hall, where the remains of the giant horned man ancestor were placed.

Leida and Freya also came forward and looked closely at the body of the horned man.

This was the first time they had encountered the remains of their ancestors worshipped by the Horned People.

"It seems that these are the giant horned ancestors that Mr. Ampah mentioned."

This horned man ancestor was different from the headless corpse that Bai Shi had seen before. He had a complete head.

This head was covered with ominous horns, but otherwise there was no difference. Even the posture was much the same as the previous one.

The ashes in front of the body have been taken away, but there is still some scattered powder.

Bai Shi had no interest in collecting the little bit of ashes left.

However, Leida took out a container and collected some samples.

Freya walked around the body and knocked on the hard remains that were no different from stone.

"Is it from the shadow of this thing that the Horned People found the essence of God?"

Leida nodded.

"Although I also find it incredible, Mr. Ampah has obviously found evidence."

Bai Shi had already walked aside and started collecting the spoils here.

Soon, Bai Shi reaped the rewards from a corpse.

On the corpse, a piece of Shadowland Rune 1 was found.

Just as Bai Shi was about to leave, he suddenly saw that the corpse was holding something tightly in his hand.

Bai Shi pried open his fingers, wanting to see what kind of precious thing could allow him to guard against it so tightly even after his death.

After breaking it open, Bai Shi discovered that it was just a faded forging stone1.

Picking up the faded forging stone 1 from the corpse, Bai Shi was speechless.

Is this... a bit humorous?

Even though it's just something from the Horned Man's corpse, but for just one Dim Forging Stone, it's still a bit cheap, right?
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After exploring the lowest level, Bai Shi and the others walked up along the stairs on both sides.

After passing through another narrow door, a stone staircase that continued to extend upwards appeared in front of everyone.

There is a faint light at the end of the stairs, which must be the exit.

Leida took the lead and walked forward, and everyone got closer to the exit where the light was coming from.

Just as she was about to reach the next platform, Bai Shi suddenly grabbed her shoulders and pulled her back.

The next moment, a huge pair of pincers suddenly stretched out from the corner.

After Leida stood firm, she was very surprised when she saw the pincers that suddenly attacked her.

The staircase spirals upward diagonally, so the field of vision is severely limited at the corners, making it difficult to spot these terrifying, motionless giant scorpions in advance.

"I was careless, thank you."

Bai Shi looked at the giant scorpion that rushed out, smiled, and felt inexplicably better.

"nothing."

This kind of place where you are about to complete the exploration and move on to the next area is the most relaxing place to be.

As he expected, there would definitely be a monster that would sneak up on him from the corner in such a place.

After all, this is the world of the old thief Hidetaka Miyazaki.

Bai Shi has already penetrated Miyazaki Hidetaka.

Freya rushed forward and broke one of the scorpion's huge claws with a leap.

After dodging the tail needle, they pursued the enemy and easily solved it. After this little episode, everyone did not encounter any more unexpected situations and walked out smoothly.

Seeing the light of day again, the road ahead suddenly became bright.

Various fires and carved lion statues appeared on both sides of the road, and further ahead was another heavy city gate.

The place was badly damaged, with broken bricks and stones, much of which had been destroyed when Messermo's army rampaged through it.

Only here can we truly enter the "Tower Town" Barrett.

Walking in front of the giant gate, Bai Shi and others lit up the blessings nearby.

This door is much smaller than the previous huge city gate, and its material and carvings are completely different.

It’s a pity that Bai Shi still can’t understand what the statues are doing.

Leida went forward and tried to push the door, but the heavy door did not move at all.

Seeing this, Freya stepped forward and tried it together.

But it doesn't seem that the reason why it can't be opened is due to lack of strength.

Leida took two steps back, looked up at the huge door, and said:

"It seems to be locked by a mechanism."

Classic: This door cannot be opened from this side.

After thinking about it, Bai Shi did not kick the door open as usual.

In the past, I was in the cemetery to skip the tedious puzzles and go directly to the cemetery boss room.

Now he had no reason to open the door, so there was no need to waste effort here, and now he had to pretend that he was also suppressed by the Shadow Land.

It's just right, I can experience the interior of Tower Town along the normal path.

It would be bad if you missed some precious props on the road because of skipping levels.

At this moment, in the alley to the right of this door, a shadowy figure suddenly looked over here.

Seeing Leida, who obviously possessed the power of the golden tree, he picked up a stone from the basket behind him and smashed it at her.

However, his aim was a little off, and the stone missed the target and flew in the air towards Bai Shi.

Bai Shi looked at the stone thrown by the horn man flying towards him, raised his hand, and lightly flicked a finger forward.

The wind was howling, and the stone stopped in the air, then flew back towards the man at an even faster speed.

With a "pop", the horn man's head exploded and his body fell straight to the ground.

After getting rid of the corner man, Bai Shi saw that there was a road over there, so he walked towards that direction.

Leida and Freya also walked around the Horned Man's body and followed.

After walking between the buildings for a short while, Bai Shi saw a spacious circular plaza in front of him, with a strangely shaped multi-layered pool in the center.

There were quite a few shadow horn people in front, kneeling around the pool.

Bai Shi walked forward, stood beside them, and glanced at the pool in the middle.

The shape of the pool is pretty good. It is somewhat similar to the small fountain pools in some parks in the previous life. However, the water in this pool...

Looking at the dark green and foul-smelling water with unknown plants floating in it, Bai Shi frowned.

No, man, the water is already like this and you are still kneeling here?
The people kneeling around looked at Bai Shi standing beside them and observing the pool very naturally. They were stunned for a moment, and then they remembered to expel the intruder.

A very large shadow-horned man stood up, holding a phantom-like machete in his hand that was as black as his body.

Bai Shi took a step forward, and suddenly countless rock spikes protruded from the ground.

Several sharp rock spikes pierced the horned man's body from all directions, hanging his broken body high in the air.

The other characters had just stood up, and seeing this scene brought back unbearable memories.

After turning into shadows and going through a long period of time, their sanity had almost disappeared without a trace.

But the tragic massacre had long been engraved in their hearts.

Even if the memories have long disappeared, the body will remember them for them.

The surrounding Horned People were instinctively frightened at this moment and fled in panic.

Bai Shi ignored the fleeing horned people and instead observed the tall horned man in front of him.

This horned man is about two and a half meters tall, much taller than other of his kind, but still not as tall as the ancestor's corpse.

In addition to this, this horned man also has more ominous horns on his body.

It’s a pity that Bai Shi knows nothing about anatomy and only has a basic understanding of classical mechanics.

Therefore, even if we wanted to dissect this person and study his body structure, we couldn't do it.

If Bai Shi were to do it himself, it would probably just turn this place into a slaughter scene, with the whole place in a mess.

Bai Shi suddenly missed Hilbert who was far away in Red Lion City. If she were still there, she could probably act as the chief surgeon and study the Horned Man.

By the way, if I use the perfumer's skills, can I create a powerful poison that only targets a certain type of creature...

No, this idea seems a bit dangerous, so forget it.

Besides, classical mechanics is indeed faster in solving problems than chemistry.
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Seeing Bai Shi staring at the horned man's corpse in a daze, Leida and Freya did not disturb him and continued their explorations nearby.

Freya walked up the steps and explored the town.

And Leida walked towards the pool on the left.

In this tower town, there is a 'waterfall'.

It was a brown 'waterfall', and it was hard to guess what was inside it...

This "waterfall" discharges sewage from the upstream city indiscriminately downward, accumulating in the foul-smelling sewage pool below.

I don't know what kind of drainage structure is under the sewage pool that allows the sewage to maintain a depth just enough to fill the pool but not overflow the shore.

Leida stood beside the sewage pool and looked at the pool in front of Bai Shi.

Although they look very similar, it seems that these two types of water are indeed quite different.

Anyway, it seems that the people in the horns don't pay much attention to hygiene.

Leida glanced at the sewage pool, where there was a skinny corpse lying on its back, dead, and she felt a little concerned.

Most of the body was submerged in sewage, but one hand was holding something and reaching towards the sky.

There seemed to be something in his hand, and judging from his posture, it was probably very important to him.

Could it be something important?
But Leida was not very willing to go into the sewage to find out what was going on.

As a Golden Needle Knight, she uses the power of pure golden needles and requires her body to remain pure.

In other words, Leida is a bit of a germaphobe.

This can be seen from the fact that she always keeps her snow-white cloak on.

Even if she has no time to take care of it during battle, she will immediately repair and clean it up after the battle.

Leida abandoned the body and turned away.

At this moment, foul-smelling water suddenly splashed onto her cloak.

Leida turned around and saw a tall horned man holding a machete rushing out from the foul-smelling brown waterfall.

The water that splashed onto her cloak just now was the splash caused by the horned man when he emerged from the dirty water.

Leida watched as the dirty water spread across the snow-white cloak, staining it with a filthy color.

The foul and pungent smell also constantly stimulated her spirit.

Finally, when she saw the horned man covered in unknown liquid rushing towards her, one of Leida's nerves finally broke completely.

Before the horned man could react, several piercing needles pierced his joints, blocking his movements.

Leida swept the sword across, and the golden sword energy passed by. The head soared into the sky and fell into the smelly pool.

Leida stood in front of the sewage pool, wondering what she was thinking.

Bai Shi witnessed the whole process after hearing the noise.

Looking from behind, Leida's straight figure seemed to be shaky.

Looking at the waterfall made of sewage, Bai Shi also shook his head.

He is a historian, and this is history.

To be fair, he didn't want to be involved in this kind of thing.

Fortunately, he has Storm Protection, so he basically doesn't have to worry.

However...it seems that I have underestimated the old thief Miyazaki.

I didn't expect that there would actually be people hiding in such a cesspool-like place.

　Do you like my fat? Do you like my color loss 1? Do you like my rope? Hehehe XD
　　
　
(End of this chapter)