Crystal Palace from Infinite Anime

Lin Zhiyu gave Saeko a look, and Saeko then briefly recounted Lin Zhiyu's experiences in the first two worlds. In summary, it was nothing more than "subduing demons and eliminating evil."

After finishing her story, Saeko also demonstrated her special ability, "Giant Demonic Poison." The green light, symbolizing the poison, covered Saeko's palm, emitting a dangerous aura.

"Look, this is one of the rewards I got after completing the mission. This poisonous power can be transformed into arrows and shot out, or used to enchant weapons. It can be regarded as a powerful means of attack." Busujima Saeko said to Laura and Evelyn with a smile.

Lin Zhiyu then reminded the two girls, telling them that Infinite Space would give newcomers a novice gift package. Although normally the novice gift package required a choice between redemption coupons, attribute points, and special abilities, Lin Zhiyu still suggested that they all choose special abilities.

Because the upper limit of this option is so high, the lower limit cannot be much lower.

With Lin Zhiyu's guidance, Laura and Evelyn quickly made their choices. Theresa, too, opened her share of the beginner's gift pack under Lin Zhiyu's patient guidance.

"Okay, have you opened the novice gift packs?" Lin Zhiyu's eyes moved between Laura and Evelin, and he pondered:

"Well...if you don't mind, you can tell me and Saeko about your gains. Of course, if you want to hide it, Saeko and I will understand. After all, it's always good to be cautious of others, and it's always a good idea to hide a trump card."

At this time, Evelin, sitting on the chair with her legs crossed, blinked her beautiful eyes continuously, as if she was thinking about something, and soon made a decision.

She stared at Lin Zhiyu closely, seemingly asking, but actually saying with certainty, "When they arrive in the other world later, Lin Zhiyu should be the captain of their group, right?"

Lin Zhiyu shook his head slightly and said:

"We are all equal. If you are willing to follow my orders, it is my honor. But if you have other ideas, I will respect your choice."

Evelin held her chin with her hand, staring at Lin Zhiyu with shining eyes on the table, and said with a charming look in her eyes:

"I think you'd be a great captain. If we were a team, it would be essential for the captain to understand the abilities of the other team members... Well, I followed your instructions and opened the newbie gift pack to gain a special ability called Soul Stealing, which allows me to continuously improve my strength by harvesting souls."

Evelyn originally wanted to say "killing" here, but in order not to scare Theresa who was sitting next to Lin Zhiyu, she changed the word to the relatively less straightforward "harvesting souls".

Lin Zhiyu nodded at Evelynn and thought, isn't this the effect of the classic equipment Book of Death in League of Legends?

After Evelyn, Laura also described the special ability she had acquired - the Soul Gathering Arrow. This ability allowed her to expend her mental energy to condense a psychic arrow out of thin air in her hand, and the psychic arrow could simultaneously damage the target's body and soul.

After listening to Laura's description, Lin Zhiyu then asked Laura knowingly:

"Then you must be able to use a bow and arrow to fully utilize this ability."

Laura then told Lin Zhiyu with confidence that she had loved bows and arrows since she was a child, and had even considered becoming a professional shooting athlete. She had absolutely no problem with archery.

Lin Zhiyu nodded, and finally, he gently rubbed Theresa's head again and asked Theresa to talk about the abilities she had gained.

At this time, Theresa looked at the other older sisters timidly, and then said to Lin Zhiyu aggrievedly that she didn't quite understand the special abilities she had acquired because the relevant instructions were too complicated!

Lin Zhiyu smiled, and then told Theresa that she didn't need to think too much, and just needed to read the original description of the ability she had gained.

So Theresa read out the description of the Infinite System:

"Lucky people are blessed with good luck. Good luck can accumulate and be consumed, but it is uncontrollable. Therefore, frequent small strokes of luck mean that big luck is almost impossible, while average or bad luck means that a big stroke of luck may come."

Theresa still had a vague understanding of her special ability. She only knew that according to the description of the infinite system in her mind, it seemed to improve her luck. But she didn't quite understand what was said afterwards, about luck being able to accumulate and consume, and being uncontrollable. It felt very confusing.

Of course, it is normal for kindergarten-age children to have slightly poor reading comprehension skills.

Needless to say, Lin Zhiyu and the others must have easily understood Theresa's ability.

Simply put, although she has become a "lucky person", Theresa will not always be lucky. It is even possible that she will always be unlucky until the end, when all the accumulated good luck will burst out at once!

This special ability full of randomness may not be the best for Lin Zhiyu and others.

But for Theresa, who is already weak and would find it difficult to fight even if you give her combat skills, perhaps this functional special ability is the most suitable.

"To be favored by the goddess of luck, Theresa is really amazing."

Lin Zhiyu didn't think about explaining it in detail to Theresa. Anyway, this ability was passive. Even if Theresa understood the principle, she couldn't actively decide when good luck would come. Therefore, Lin Zhiyu just rubbed Theresa's head and encouraged her.

Theresa didn't know why Lin Zhiyu encouraged her, but she was very happy to receive Lin Zhiyu's recognition. In the past, she was regarded as a bastard by the witch clan, and she was always insulted and despised. God knows how important encouragement and recognition are to a little girl like this.

And just when Theresa laughed and felt happy because of Lin Zhiyu's praise.

[The portal is open. The environment inside the safe house will become unsuitable for living beings in one minute. Please enter the infinite world immediately through the portal!]

The prompt sound of the infinite system sounded in everyone's mind.

Chapter 3 Lovely Children, Lovely Soldiers

In the evening, the great golden tree, towering into the clouds and visible to all living beings on earth no matter where they are, covers the entire border with its eternally shining golden light, and also illuminates the Gelid region in the east of the border where Lin Zhiyu is located.

The avenue is ancient, wide, but not very flat, and the roadside guardrails are mostly damaged.

Corruption spread outside the avenue, turning the fields into a scarlet color.

And the rotting corpses and broken weapons and armor that littered the roads and fields...

This is the northern part of Gayleigh Avenue.

Lin Zhiyu was lying on the roadside, holding Theresa in his arms, on the ground covered with various fungi. As soon as he opened his eyes, he heard two different voices.

A voice is the voice of the infinite system in his mind, prompting him:

[This world is named: Elden Circle]

[World Background: This is a continent known as the Junction. In the past, a great god known as the Supreme Will cast a golden meteor from the starry sky. This meteor fell to the Junction and transformed into the Elden Ring, which merged with the World Tree at the Junction. Thus, the Golden Tree and the Golden Dynasty, representing the Golden Tree's rule over the Junction, were born. But now, due to various accidents, the great Elden Ring has been shattered, and the eternal Golden Dynasty has also collapsed. The wheel of time has begun to roll forward...]

[Main Task: Repair or destroy the Elden Ring]

Secondary Quest: Collect the fragments of the Elden Ring - Great Runes. Each Great Rune collected allows a ten-fold draw to randomly obtain various rewards related to the Elden Ring world. After clearing this world, each Great Rune collected by the collector will be transformed into a unique ability.

[Tip: You must complete the main task to pass the level, and the secondary tasks are not required to be completed]

Compared with the numerous prompts from the Infinite System, the other voice that Lin Zhiyu heard after waking up was much shorter.

"You...you finally woke up."

It was a very low male voice, sounding weak and frail.

After receiving the prompt from the Infinite System, Lin Zhiyu belatedly looked at the person who was talking to him and found that the other person was a soldier.

A soldier who was seriously wounded and feared to be dead soon.

The soldier was wearing a red robe and armor with a lion emblem, and was sitting cross-legged on the ground, leaning on a large sword that was one-third buried in the ground.

Not far from this soldier lay another dead soldier, who was wearing the same style of armor. One hand held a one-handed sword tightly until his death, and the other hand held an extinguished torch. Next to his body lay a dead giant dog.

The giant dog was bigger than the elephant in Lin Zhiyu's world. Its body was covered with signs of decay. It looked like it had been dead for a long time, which was why its body was so rotten.

"Um...Brother, where is this place?"

At this time, Theresa woke up in Lin Zhiyu's arms.

The prompt sound of the infinite system also rang in her mind, but she still didn't know where this place was, and she was not clear about her and Lin Zhiyu's current situation.

She only remembered that earlier in the safe house, a door suddenly opened automatically. Then Lin Zhiyu pulled her to the door. She looked outside, but saw golden clouds!

At that time, the other three older sisters jumped out of the door one after another.

But she didn't dare.

She was so scared that she kept holding on to Lin Zhiyu's pants and didn't move.

In the end, Lin Zhiyu held her in his arms, and then she was taken by Lin Zhiyu and jumped down from a high altitude.

After that, she couldn't remember anything.

Lin Zhiyu still remembered a little bit of the scene after jumping out of the safe house. He remembered landing in the air with Theresa in his arms. The strong wind made it almost impossible to open his eyes. He could only vaguely see Laura, Evelyn and the others below, as if they had been blown away by the wind.

Thinking of this, Lin Zhiyu woke up in shock.

"That's right! Why is Theresa the only one with me?"

He began to look around, and indeed saw no one else. All he saw was the land and vegetation nearby that were eroded by corruption, and the golden sky in the distance illuminated by the golden trees.

Slowly, calm down.

Looking at the greatsword soldier sitting cross-legged on the ground in front of him, head bowed and almost out of breath, Lin Zhiyu, who had completed the Elden Circle multiple times, immediately realized the soldier's identity, where he was, and what plot point he was currently at.

First, as Infinite System explained, the border region is currently ruled by a faction called the Golden Dynasty. The symbols of this faction are the Elden Ring and the Golden Tree.

The predecessor of the Golden Tree was the World Tree at the border. It was transformed into a Golden Tree because it merged with the Elden Ring.

According to the plot of the Elden Ring, one day, Marika, the "Eternal Queen" of the Golden Dynasty, chose to smash the Elden Ring for some reason!

For this, Marika also paid a price. As a sinner of the Golden Dynasty, she was imprisoned in the golden tree for a long time by the Supreme Will and its messengers.

With Marika imprisoned, the Golden Dynasty was leaderless and a new king was needed.

As a result, there was chaos in the border area!

The war broke out!

During this period, the "Valkyrie" Marlennia, who came from the Holy Snowfield in the north of the border and was parasitized by the Outer God named "Scarlet Corruption", led her army to attack the southeastern part of the border, Gelid, which was ruled by "Star-Breaking General" Latan, and was the area where Lin Zhiyu was currently located.

Both of them are descendants of Marika, noble demigods, and the two most powerful among the demigods!

The two fought until the last moment. Marennia was half a move behind Ratan, so at the critical moment of life and death, she chose to unleash the scarlet corrupt power in her body and perish together with Ratan.

The result was that the Gaileyd area, which was once lush with vegetation and fertile land, turned into a dead land overnight!

The power of crimson corruption completely eroded the area! Everything was dyed crimson! Once vibrant flowers, plants, and trees died one after another. Countless hyphae and spores, symbols of decay, grew on these withered plants.

Most of the beasts and intelligent creatures that once inhabited this fertile land either died from the erosion of the scarlet corruption or were driven completely mad by the power of corruption, transforming into a twisted, half-dead, and extremely dangerous life.

For example, the giant dog that Lin Zhiyu saw next to him was a crazy and corrupt wild dog.

It looked festering all over, as if it had been dead for a long time, but in fact, it might have been rampaging and hurting people just a few hours ago. Lin Zhiyu guessed that the two soldiers nearby, one dead and one injured, probably ended up like this because of fighting this corrupt wild dog.

But that's the duty of these soldiers!

They were all soldiers of the Red Lion Legion under Latarn, who were lucky enough to survive the war that destroyed Galeid.

Their generals were also driven completely insane by the scarlet corruption.

But they never forgot the general's teachings and never forgot their duties as soldiers!

They are the red lions that guard Galeed!

Even if this land has completely collapsed under the erosion of scarlet corruption, they will never desert and abandon this land or their general!

They built an extremely long wall of fire on the northern border of this land connecting to other areas, using the power of fire to prevent the damned scarlet corruption from spreading to other places.

They drew a circle on the ground and fought like trapped beasts, locking themselves in the corruption-infested land within the Fumigation Wall, fighting corruption all day long. In order to maintain the Fumigation Wall and suppress corruption, they were willing to sacrifice their lives that they had barely managed to survive the war.

These are the Red Lions of Gaileyd.

This is a soldier.

So, looking at the Red Lion soldier sitting cross-legged on the ground with a sword in his hand, Lin Zhiyu didn't know his name, and couldn't even see his appearance because he didn't have the strength to raise his head.

But Lin Zhiyu has respect for this soldier.

Perhaps he felt Lin Zhiyu's gaze.

The dying Red Lion soldier raised his head with great effort. He saw Theresa, who had already opened her eyes and was lying in Lin Zhiyu's arms. He asked Lin Zhiyu incoherently, "Why...why did you bring a child to this place?"

Because Lin Zhiyu and Theresa's dressing style was not like that of the locals, the soldiers did not think that Lin Zhiyu and Theresa were originally the people of Gaileyd.

Lin Zhiyu couldn't answer the soldier's question truthfully, so he could only whisper, "We have reasons for coming here."

After hearing Lin Zhiyu's answer, the soldier was silent for a moment, and finally focused his attention on Theresa.

At this time, Theresa saw the soldier's appearance clearly.

His face was like a zombie, gray and bloodless, and his eyes were dull and lifeless.

Theresa was frightened, so she shrank in Lin Zhiyu's arms and hugged him tighter.

Seeing Theresa's reaction, the soldier laughed.

"Haha, what a cute child..."

As he laughed, his heart began to feel sour and he had a strong urge to cry.

However, his broken body had long lost the physiological function of "crying".

Staring at the cute little girl who dared not look him in the eye, the soldier used up his last bit of strength and whispered:

“If you insist on staying in this place, please take my ashes and the ashes of my comrades and I and send us back to the Red Lion City in the southeast.

"All of us have no other wishes but to return to Red Lion City after death. This is my last hope."

"Please be careful along the way. Our numbers are dwindling. It might be hard for you to run into us again like this time. You might get help from us, from me, from us..."

Before he could finish his words, the soldier stopped breathing, his upper body leaned forward weakly, his eyes closed and he died completely.

I heard the soldier's last half sentence.