Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 296 Why is there so much garbage in Tower Town?

Bai Shi left the place where the battle had just taken place and soon returned to the fork in the road where he, Leida and Freya had previously split up.

This time, Bai Shi changed direction and walked towards the road the two of them had just taken.

However, before Bai Shi could walk for long on the fork in the road, he saw a collapsed and broken dead end in front of him.

Bai Shi stood at the edge of the fracture and glanced downward.

We discovered that underneath was the source of the sewage that had been flowing continuously to form the "waterfall".

There are several bodies of Horned Men at the edge of the sewage channel over there.

Because of their shadow bodies, Bai Shi couldn't tell whether these guys were just dealt with by Leida and the others or had died long ago.

However, there are still many active people below, and none of them have the intention to fight.

Bai Shi leaped forward, easily crossed the destroyed and collapsed part, and reached the other end.

The horned man standing on the opposite bank brandished a machete and rushed towards Bai Shi.

Maybe he wanted to push Bai Shi down directly when he was on the edge of the circuit breaker.

But no matter what he was thinking, Bai Shi dodged his attack by just turning sideways.

The horned man's momentum was difficult to stop, and he staggered and barely stopped at the edge of the broken road.

Bai Shi pushed him on the back and he fell down into the sewage pool at the bottom.

Other people near the sewage channel were startled when they saw a fellow countryman performing a flying trapeze in front of them.

However, from their perspective, they could only see their companions falling from above and had no idea what exactly happened.

After a while, a thin stream of rune floated into Bai Shi's body from the corpse of the horned man in the sewage below.

At this moment, Bai Shi suddenly felt a weak force inexplicably arising in his body.

This force slightly increased the power of white consciousness, but the effect was quite weak.

But the effect lifted his spirits at the same time.

Bai Shi quickly found the source of the emerging power, which was the holy war badge that had just fallen from the "Flame Knight" Kunlan.

How come this thing suddenly triggered its effect on its own?
Bai Shi thought about what he had just done, but it seemed like he had done nothing...

No, is it because I just killed a horn man?
Bai Shi suddenly understood what jihad meant.

Although it was a naked massacre, there must be a reason for such an act that is not tolerated by the secular world.

If we tell the soldiers directly that they are going to commit a massacre, I am afraid no one will feel at ease.

The massacre was once called a jihad.

Only by firmly believing that their acts of massacre are for the sake of holy war can the warriors deceive their own hearts and avoid collapsing in the brutal killings.

Even if it was a false reason, it could soothe the hearts of the soldiers.

And this holy war badge has exactly such an effect.

Kill enemies and boost morale.

Compared to the slight increase in strength, the effect of uplifting spirits is the real key.

Only in this way can the fighters believe - believe that they are sacrificing their lives for the holy war.

Bai Shi clenched his palms. The effect of the Jihad Badge came and went quickly and had disappeared at this moment.

I don't know what the enhancement mechanism is like, and whether there will be a kill streak reward that can increase the enhancement a bit.

If there really was a kill streak reward, the holy war would probably be more successful, right?
Bai Shi looked at the body next to him at the edge of the broken road.

Next to the corpse were several shiny throwing knives wrapped in cloth.

Bai Shi picked up a handful and started turning it in his hand.

The things inside Tower Town are really difficult to deal with.

I haven't seen anything good so far.

The only holy war badge that was somewhat useful was obtained from the Flame Knight.

With a sigh, Bai Shi stepped onto the ruins, stood at the eaves of a house nearby, and walked inside.

At this time, there was actually a road extending upward in front of Bai Shi, but he did not choose to go there.

Just when crossing the broken area over there, Bai Shi saw a dead body in the corridor of the house next to it.

At that moment, a hint suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, indicating that there seemed to be something there.

It's just that Bai Shi's attention was not on that at all just now, and the hint only flashed in his peripheral vision, so now he is somewhat concerned about it.

Besides, isn't it normal for faders to take strange paths everywhere?

Bai Shi stepped into the corridor of the house and walked to the corpse.

At this moment, the small words that flashed before my eyes appeared again, this time clearly visible.

'White Mushroom'.

Bai Shi picked up a mushroom and placed it in front of him.

It turned out to be a mushroom...

Bai Shi dropped the mushroom and completely lost hope for the spoils in Tower Town.

Why is this Tower Town full of garbage?

Bai Shi turned around and prepared to leave.

At this moment, a circle of light suddenly appeared under his feet.

A small halo gathered above Bai Shi's head and was about to fall.

However, this halo gathered very slowly, and Bai Shi walked out after discovering it.

Bai Shi looked into the room on the side of the corridor.

I saw a horned sorcerer holding a short staff in the room at the other end.

It was he who swung the cane and unleashed this strange move.

Bai Shi turned and walked towards him. The horned sorcerer's legs trembled and he slowly retreated.

He waved his staff repeatedly, continuously casting the only spell he knew at Bai Shi.

But the slow spell was completely unable to hinder the approaching pace of the white consciousness.

A cornerman hiding behind the door suddenly attacked and rushed out from the blind spot of vision.

Before he could swing the dagger in his hand, Bai Shi grabbed his head and smashed it against the door frame.

The horned man's head was completely crushed in an instant, the dagger fell to the ground, and the headless corpse slowly slid along the door frame.

The horn-man sorcerer in the room became even more fearful, and after finally casting a spell at Bai Shi, he actually chose to run away.

He turned and jumped out of the room, then landed heavily on the ground below, but never stood up again.

A flying knife pierced through the back of his head and came out of his eye socket, taking his life.

It was the flying knife that Bai Shi had just picked up.

Bai Shi stood at the edge of the room and looked at the fallen body.

This place is the second floor of a residential building near the battle site with the Horned Warriors.

Feeling the power emerging from the holy war emblem, Bai Shi also understood how it worked.

I just dealt with two corner men in succession, but the effect has not changed at all.

It's just that the time is a little longer than before. It seems that it will last for a certain period of time after killing an enemy.

It seems that there is no reward for killing streaks...

But it seems that I can’t draw a conclusion yet. Maybe I haven’t killed enough people?
Ignoring the corpse, Bai Shi turned and left. Going out from the corridor in front, Bai Shi came to a certain avenue on the upper level of Tower Town.

Now a horizontal road appeared in front of Bai Shi, extending in different directions.

To the left is a magnificent spiral tower leading to the upper floors.

The road to the right continues to extend and connects with the streets that extend in all directions.

Bai Shi thought about it and chose to walk to the left.

That place obviously leads to the top level of Tower Town, which is more in line with the exploration purpose of Leida and Freya, and is also the place where powerful enemies are most likely to appear.

And it seemed that from the map I had seen before, another cross mark of Michaela seemed to be nearby.

Not long after we walked out, a downward fork appeared next to the avenue, and there was an elevator at the end.

Seeing the elevator, Bai Shi got on it directly and was carried all the way down by the elevator.

After arriving at the place, Bai Shi discovered that this was the main entrance of Tower Town, behind the door that could not be opened.

At this time, the mechanism behind the door had been pulled, and the heavy door was opened.

This trace allowed Bai Shi to confirm that this was the road that Leida and Freya had taken before.

Bai Shi started the elevator again and returned to the upper level. Now he was not far from the tall tower leading to the top floor.

As we got closer to the tower, a large number of small scorpions appeared among the ruins.

When these little scorpions saw Bai Shi, they all rushed over.

Bai Shi released gravity around his body, and all the little scorpions were immediately pinned to the ground and burst into juice.

Before entering the tower, Bai Shi planned to explore Michaela's cross first.

It’s a good opportunity to see what part Michaela is giving up this time.
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Bai Shi walked along the road on the map in his memory, passing through the ruins next to the tower.

Soon they entered a narrow doorway that was almost submerged by ruins.

As soon as he entered the door, a group of strange creatures rushed towards Bai Shi at an extremely fast speed.

Bai Shi was startled when he saw the giant black shadow flapping its wings and flying towards his face, and he quickly summoned a storm.

The wind was howling, and all the dark shadows were smashed to death against the wall by the fierce storm.

Bai Shi looked closely and found that they were a group of fly-like creatures with human heads and strange limbs.

Bai Shi heaved a sigh of relief.

I was so scared, it turned out to be just a twisted creature mutated from a human. I thought it was a super invincible giant cockroach.

The cockroach, which has a huge body and can fly towards people's faces, was one of the creatures that Bai Shi least wanted to see in his previous life.

Bai Shi carefully observed the human-shaped flies that he had pasted on the wall.

These humanoid flies were pressed against the wall by the intense wind pressure, turning into a thin puddle, just like small flying insects stuck to the wall after being swatted to death...

Bai Shi suddenly shook his head, realizing that his wording was not rigorous.

No need to say 'like', forget that they are flies.

These humanoid flies originally had rags on their heads, but those rags had now fallen off in the storm, so their bodies could be clearly observed.

The humanoid fly was seen to be skinny, with its head retaining the startling features of a horned man, and a face that was almost completely unchanged.

The skin on the fly's entire back had almost completely disappeared, and the pale shoulder blades and skinny gray flesh could be seen.

The structure up to this point seems to be not much different from that of a normal hornman, but the following physiological structure undergoes a mutation.

The body from below the shoulder blades instantly became thinner and turned into a narrow inverted triangle, with only the spine protruding and exposed.

A pair of skinny limbs inexplicably appeared on either side of the humanoid fly's spine, replacing the ribs that should have been there.

Under the thin wings that were no different from those of a real fly, the twisted and deformed legs were equally skinny, and behind the buttocks appeared an insect-like abdomen.

It has wings and three pairs of limbs, and apart from retaining some human features, it is almost indistinguishable from a fly.

And in this room, there are actually some different human-shaped fly corpses.

Some have huge bones and even larger bodies.

But the insect abdomen of this corpse inexplicably ruptured, as if something had drilled out of it.

All of these corpses fell to the ground, and without exception, they covered their faces with their hands and died in despair.

After observing it carefully for a while, Bai Shi couldn't help feeling a little disgusted.

These creatures are the strange "horned people" that Ampah mentioned before. I really don't know what caused the mutation.

In this room full of corpses and despair, part of Michaela's body was buried.

White consciousness touches the Michaela Cross in the room.

The words engraved on my mind come to mind:

'Leave my left arm here.'

Bai Shi looked at Michaela Cross in front of him and touched his chin.

"Last time I talked about the body I first abandoned..."

"Is it the left arm this time? Why is it so detailed?"

"How many pieces does he intend to divide himself into?"

Bai Shi suddenly thought of a question.

If Michaela dismembered himself bit by bit, would he end up running around with only two legs?

Or when he only has his hands left, is there a chance to see Michaela's special version of the 'finger worm'?
Walking out of the room, a small tombstone appeared in front of Bai Shi.

In front of the tombstone was a lovely bouquet of dried flowers, from which one could feel the deep grief.

This bouquet of flowers already has power and can serve as a talisman. I wonder what its function is.

Bai Shi did not take it away, but left it here to continue to mourn the dead silently.

Shaking his head at the tombstone, Bai Shi returned to the front of the tower.

As soon as he entered the tower, several giant scorpions jumped down from the wall and attacked Bai Shi from all directions.

Bai Shi waved his hand, and countless wind blades appeared out of thin air and instantly cut them in half.

Another scorpion was right above the door, trying to attack Bai Shi from behind.

Bai Shi easily discovered its intention and used gravity to crush it without looking back.

Now Bai Shi’s attainment in gravity magic is already quite close to that of Latan.

It’s a pity that the big rune that once brought Latan huge magic power and life has become ineffective, otherwise he could also drive a rock mecha.

After getting rid of the scorpion, Bai Shi picked up something called a skeleton bow in front of the collapsed stairs.

This bow, as its name suggests, is made of bones.

The bones used to make the bow were extremely skinny, with black spots clinging to the gray bones, making them look unhealthy.

It looked like this bow couldn't withstand much force. Perhaps it was used for some kind of catalyst also used for séances, rather than an ordinary bow and arrow.

Bai Shi looked up and saw the internal structure of the tower.

The internal stairs of the tower spiraled upward, but now they were all broken and the bricks and stones collapsed in front of it.

The upper level is relatively intact, but the nearby parts have all collapsed and can no longer be connected to the upper level.

The broken part of the spiral staircase is quite large. Bai Shi is a little confused. Can Leida and Freya really climb up here when their strength is suppressed?
No matter what, let's go up and take a look first. If worst comes to worst, we can go find them later.

So Bai Shi used gravity magic to float himself up and reached the upper level of the tower.

(End of this chapter)