Lu Mingfei, become the King of Elden!

Chapter 98 is... irreversible.
Lu Mingfei dismounted, his heavy iron boots clanging as they pounded on the rocks.

Rodrigo's appearance was like a powerful medicine, completely changing Lu Mingfei's understanding of demigods.

Previously, he had only thought of Greck as a power-hungry madman whose things were disgusting and sinister. Now, looking at Rodrika and feeling her silent despair and the torture she was about to face, Lu Mingfei truly "understood".

This isn't a pursuit of power at all!
This is naked, pure evil! It's treating living, breathing people, capable of both crying and laughing, as playthings to be disassembled and pieced together at will. It's trampling on countless lives, dignity, and all traces of life, using corpses and suffering to forcibly build one's pathetic throne of "demigod."

He destroyed not just one or two people, but a whole group of people like Rodrika, their past, their present, and all the perhaps ordinary yet precious futures they should have had.

They couldn't see the light of blessing, received no guidance from the Finger Witch, and lacked the ability to rise from the dead like Lu Mingfei; they were merely a group of pitiful people struggling in the borderlands. In the eyes of Grek and those high and mighty demigods, they were no different from ants that could be crushed at will by the roadside.

The law.
Lu Mingfei subconsciously raised his head, his blank gaze falling on the colossal tree that stretched across the sky. Its eternal radiance fell coldly, illuminating the devastated landscape.

Before the legal system collapsed, was the era when the Golden Law maintained order even slightly better than it is now?

Goddess Marika.
For the first time, Lu Mingfei silently uttered this name in his heart.

What were your feelings when you swung the hammer and smashed the center of order known as the Elden Ring? Was it anger? Despair? Or did you see an abyss darker than the mess before you?
There is no answer.

At least, all Lu Mingfei saw along the way was madness and chaos.

Getting Rodrigo from the city gate to Grek's limb-setting room was no easy task. She didn't have the ability to come back to life, nor did she have a strong body or solid armor to defend herself, and her combat skills didn't seem very strong either.

So how did this little girl dare to embark on this journey?

"White mask!" Lu Mingfei cursed inwardly. "You bastard, you're quite the con artist to trick people into dying. One day I'll go back and chop your mask into eight pieces."

He even had a fleeting moment of regret—he had acted rashly! He had agreed too quickly in the heat of the moment, and he knew better than anyone how dangerous Stoneville was.

But the thought only flashed through his mind before he ruthlessly suppressed it.

He repeatedly considered the route to infiltrate Stoneville in his mind. Going through the main gate was definitely out of the question; the massive number of enemies there and the dense rain of arrows from the gatehouse could turn the little girl into a sieve in an instant.

So the only option is the side door. But the side door is quite dangerous.
Lu Mingfei gritted his teeth and took out a Rune Curve from his spatial storage.

This thing is incredibly valuable! Emiya and Subaru, his two good brothers, lent him four, and Lu Mingfei himself spent a fortune to buy all five from the twin old women of the Great Blessing, which cost him a whopping 20,000 runes. This plunged Lu Mingfei into abject poverty, and he couldn't even raise enough "travel expenses" to return home in a short time.

Click!

With a crisp sound, the golden crescent moon instantly transformed into countless shimmering streams of light that merged into his body. The Great Rune that originally belonged to Grek on his chest was activated, and a powerful force surged forth.

There's no other way, so let me, Xiao Lu, handle this! Since the NPC characters in the dungeon can't die, it's simple, I'll just clear it in one life, right?

Anyway, the Rune Curve will lose its function once it dies, so even for the sake of this precious item, Lu Mingfei has to go all out!

"Let's go!"

Lu Mingfei hoisted the two swords onto his shoulders, struck what he thought was a very cool pose, and said to Rodrik in a very dashing manner.

"Are you alright?" Rodrica's voice trembled slightly as she looked at the arrow that was shakily stuck in the gap of Lu Mingfei's armor.

Lu Mingfei grimaced, but feigned composure as he pulled the arrow out, gulped down a mouthful of the Red Dettol Holy Grail, and, feeling the warm current dispel the pain, calmly said:

"It's alright, my armor is thick."

Mr. Lu Mingfei

Rodrigo looked at the blood-soaked man who had turned around. Half of his face was covered in congealed, blackened blood, and his two eyes, which gleamed with a molten gold light, flashed with a fierce glint. His neck was covered with faint black scales, making him look like a demon that had crawled out of hell—if there was a hell in the borderlands.

The second half of her sentence, "Actually, I don't necessarily need to go. Give me more time, maybe I've already come to terms with it," was abruptly swallowed back down her throat.

Lu Mingfei was completely unaware of how horrifying his appearance was at that moment. He nonchalantly waved his hands, which were stained with blood and an unknown liquid, and flicked away a few dark red drops:

"Relax, relax, it's just a minor injury. You didn't see how my master trained me. Tsk, he beat me much harder than this."

There was an odd hint of nostalgia in his tone.

"Mr. Lu Mingfei, perhaps we should go back?"

Rodrika's voice trembled with tears as she looked at the figure who had firmly shielded her with swords. She was truly terrified, not of death, but of being a burden to the person before her who had been teetering on the brink of death because of his obsession.

However, Lu Mingfei completely ignored him. At this moment, he was completely absorbed in his own unique "soaking celery" time.

His stubbornness was gradually amplified during the life-and-death trials at the border, and his inner childish spirit burned fiercely.

Lu Mingfei turned around coldly and said indifferently:

"Rodica, this is no longer something you can decide. There's no going back."

Although Rodrika felt that Lu Mingfei had encountered numerous obstacles along the way, in his own eyes, it was actually surprisingly smooth. The power enhancement brought by the Great Rune had almost brought about a qualitative change in Lu Mingfei's strength.

The feeling was like having a heavy shackle pried open inside the body, and power gushed out like a flood bursting its banks, accompanied by a strange sense of clarity.

Only now did he truly understand that this thing was not just a power bank that offered some extra benefits, nor was it merely a power amplifier.

It is a key, a key that forcibly pries open the fundamental understanding of the world!
Its speed of understanding the path it has taken is terrifyingly fast, almost like cheating! Those progressively obscure and difficult-to-understand sword techniques, the wildly and incessantly commanded dragon feasts and storm powers, and all sorts of subtle key points become clear with just a little thought!
Lu Mingfei gripped the sword hilt tightly, feeling the surging power flowing through his body, and a chill quietly crept up his spine.

That's it
He finally understood why everyone said that it was almost impossible for a mortal without the blessing of a great rune to challenge a demigod.

The difference is too big!
This is not just a gap in power, but also an insurmountable chasm in terms of understanding the rules of the world and the path! The Great Rune is the passport that can cross this insurmountable chasm.

This is the most powerful and naked blessing from the very origin of the world.

(End of this chapter)