Crystal Palace from Infinite Anime

While approaching the ring with his three female relatives, Lin Zhiyu was chatting with Busujima Saeko.

Busujima Saeko's mind was still on Millicent. She asked Lin Zhiyu with some concern, "Aren't you afraid that Millicent will go berserk again?"

Previously, Lin Zhiyu brought the disguised Millicent back to Red Lion City. After meeting, Busujima Saeko recognized Millicent without her hood at a glance and almost attacked her.

It was Lin Zhiyu who grabbed Busujima Saeko's wrist in time and whispered something in her ear, telling her that Millicent did not attack her intentionally and that Millicent had now lost that memory.

Considering that Millicent had lost a hand and seemed to be at a greater disadvantage, Busujima Saeko suppressed her murderous intent, but was still curious why Lin Zhiyu wanted to pick up Millicent?

"I have my own thoughts on this, and it would be complicated to explain, but Saeko, you will definitely choose to trust me, right?" Lin Zhiyu said to Saeko at that time.

Saeko was very clever. After a little thought, she came up with a guess and quietly asked Lin Zhiyu, "Could it be that this world is also a story you've seen before? You know the plot, and Millicent is an important character in the story?"

"Yes, but this story is a bit complicated and the world view is very large, so I won't explain it to you in detail." Lin Zhiyu answered Saeko.

Indeed, the plot of Elden Ring cannot be explained in a few words.

The script written by George R.R. Martin is truly brilliant, with many things to explore in depth.

However, Hidetaka Miyazaki, who worked with George R.R. Martin to complete this story, likes to use fragmented narratives, so that even many players only have a vague understanding of the plot of Elden Ring and only know the general outline of the story!

The book returns to its true story.

Saeko Busujima is still wary of Millicent, and Lin Zhiyu doesn't find it strange.

After all, the two of them had fought in the Ionian Swamp and both were injured and almost lost their lives!

"Trust me, Saeko. Millicent is absolutely trustworthy," Lin Zhiyu said to Saeko Busujima with conviction. Although Marenia was dubbed a "trashy Valkyrie" by many players for releasing the Crimson Corruption, she actually had many shining points.

Born to suffer from corruption, she was able to stick to herself for several years with her broken body. Even though her brother Michaela contributed a lot to this, Marlena's own loyalty cannot be ignored.

Millicent, as the incarnation of Malenia, corresponds to the loyalty of Malenia.

So Millicent has the same loyalty as Marlene, but Marlene's "debris" is Marlene's own business and has nothing to do with Millicent.

You called Marlenya a despicable woman for releasing biological weapons. What does that have to do with me, Millicent?

Of course, Busujima Saeko definitely didn't know about all this. But Lin Zhiyu's resolute tone finally suppressed her worries.

While talking, the few people did not stop.

As we got closer to the ring, more and more people gathered around.

"boom!"

Suddenly, a man was kicked hard to the ground by his opponent on the wide ring.

Seeing this scene, Lin Zhiyu's gaze was then fixed on the person who won the competition on the ring.

It can be seen that the man is a bald man wearing black leather armor, and his weapons are a combination of a large shield and a spear.

"Good! Patch! That was a good kick!"

"Good boy, you're not very good with the spear, but you're pretty good at kicking people!"

"Hahahaha, Patch, if you put a spike on the toe of your shoe, I'm afraid no one in this world would dare to spar with you!"

As the outcome of the competition on the ring was decided, many onlookers laughed and made comments, mainly praising or teasing the contestant named Patch on the stage.

From this we can see that the guy named Patch has a good relationship with others and seems to be quite familiar with other people.

"Hehe, thank you all for the compliments! After all, I'm the one who's going to fight against Star-Breaking General Ratan, so how can I not have some real skills?" Patch, who won a victory, stood on the ring and proudly responded to those who were shouting at him from the audience.

But strictly speaking, not all the audience in the arena are actually "people".

At this time, a "pot" with two hands and two feet slowly climbed onto the stage.

Under Patch's astonished gaze, this "pot" that had no mouth at all made a sound.

It was a deep and rhythmic male voice, and he only heard it say:

"Ah! This is exactly why I came to Red Lion City! Just treat it as a final warm-up before challenging Star-Breaking General Ratan! Powerful man named Patch! Before the battle festival officially begins, I—'Warrior Pot' Alexander—challenge you!"

Seeing the warrior pot named Alexander running onto the stage and challenging him excitedly, Patch, who had been complacent just now, immediately changed his expression.

Because in the past few days, this warrior named Alexander had fought nine different opponents in the ring, and his record was perfect! And Patch witnessed several of these fights with his own eyes, and they were overwhelming victories!

"Uh... this, cough cough!"

Facing Alexander's challenge, Patch hesitated for a moment, his expression changing continuously in a short period of time. Finally, he coughed dryly and said to Alexander righteously:

"Warrior Pot Alexander! I admit that you are indeed an extremely powerful opponent, worthy of my full effort! But I just had a sparring match, not to mention that the battle festival will officially begin soon! So I think right now, we should conserve our energy and save our best condition for the upcoming battle with Starshatter General Ratan!"

Having said that, Patch didn't give Alexander another chance to challenge him. He turned around and jumped off the ring in a cool and neat manner, as if he was really ready to devote himself to the next battle with the "strongest demigod" Ratan!

Chapter 38: Stick to Stick~ But Earthworm Face

After jumping off the ring, Patch's eyes swept across the crowd, and suddenly stopped when he saw the three women next to Lin Zhiyu.

Afterwards, the boy carried his shield and spear and quickly came to Lin Zhiyu and his group of four. He ignored Lin Zhiyu and greeted the three women around Lin Zhiyu.

"Oh! Look what I found! Three beautiful ladies! Are you also here to participate in the battle festival, hoping to fight the legendary 'strongest demigod'?"

At this time, facing Patch's proactive approach, the three women around Lin Zhiyu all had blank expressions on their faces, and no one responded to Patch.

The atmosphere was a little awkward, so Patch coughed dryly and said:

"Well, it's like this. What I meant was that there are many women in this world who are both beautiful and powerful, such as Marika, the 'Eternal Queen', and Reinara, the 'Full Moon Queen'. They are both legendary figures in the history of the Borderland. I hope the three ladies will not misunderstand me."

After saying this, Patch smiled slickly, leaned forward and half bowed, looking like a gentleman.

Li Meifeng turned her head and exchanged glances with Lin Zhiyu. Lin Zhiyu pursed his lips at Li Meifeng, as if to say to her, "However you want to respond to the boy next to you, it's up to you!"

So Meifeng turned around and looked at Patch again, smiling and saying to him, "My friend, take a closer look. Do you really think my companions and I are beautiful?"

Although everyone except Theresa had already changed into plain clothes that matched the style of the border area, a true beauty could still be seen in her simple attire.

So Patchy was confused as to why Meifeng would ask such a completely meaningless question. Could it be that this woman was also "face-blind"?

With that thought in mind, Patch just blinked.

Then, in his eyes, Li Meifeng, Uehara Rin and Busujima Saeko, who were beautiful just a second ago, turned into extremely ugly monsters. Their faces had no facial features at all, and were covered with densely packed gray-black earthworm-like tentacles!

The sudden change caused Patch's heartbeat to accelerate suddenly, his eyes widened involuntarily, and he almost jumped up in fright.

What frightened him even more was that the woman who had just spoken to him had turned into an earthworm face and was now leaning close to him, as if she wanted to have an intimate contact with him!

Faced with this situation, Patch wanted to retreat and take out the weapons on his body to defend himself, but for some reason, his body was completely unable to move!

He couldn't even open his mouth or make a sound!

Until that earthworm face was infinitely close to him, and those countless earthworm-like tentacles were about to touch his face.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

Suddenly, Patch screamed, his legs went weak and he fell backwards to the ground.

Because of Patch's scream, almost everyone near the ring looked over to him. Patch sat on the ground with a look of horror on his face, raised a hand and pointed at Meifeng, but then he found that the three earthworm faces in his eyes had turned back into their original beauties.

"You, you, you...you, you!" Patch's eyes moved between Li Meifeng, Uehara Rin and Busujima Saeko, and he was now incoherent.

Lin Zhiyu put his mouth close to Li Meifeng's ear and asked quietly, "What did you do to him?"

Li Meifeng tilted her head and whispered to Lin Zhiyu, "It's nothing. I just used an illusion to make him see something he was afraid of."

After hearing Li Meifeng's explanation, Lin Zhiyu looked at Patch who was still sitting on the ground and had not recovered yet, and thought: Well, at least he was not scared to pee, so it's not too embarrassing!

"Haha, my friend, I heard everyone calling you... Patch just now, right? Why don't you get up from the ground first? You won't be able to successfully chat with others if you sit on the ground in such a mess~" Lin Zhiyu took a step forward and stood beside Patch. At this time, he stretched out his hand to Patch.

At the same time, the people around who were unaware of the situation burst into laughter because of Lin Zhiyu's teasing of Patch. It seemed that everyone was happy to see this slippery guy Patch get humiliated.

Patch came to his senses and gritted his teeth angrily, but finally held Lin Zhiyu's hand and let Lin Zhiyu pull him up from the ground.

"Yes, my name is Patch, my friend, it seems that these three ladies next to you are your companions?" After standing up again, Patch patted the dust off his butt and then asked Lin Zhiyu.

Lin Zhiyu smiled lightly and emphasized to Patch in a low voice:

"More than a companion, I should say, a partner."

Unexpectedly, Lin Zhiyu's answer would be like this. Patch looked at the three women next to him, then looked at Lin Zhiyu again, his eyes instantly filled with respect.

"That's awesome, my friend! How about you teach me the trick? Don't worry, I will definitely repay you!" Patch said to Lin Zhiyu in a low voice with sparkling eyes.

Lin Zhiyu raised his hand and patted Patch's shoulder lightly, and said concisely:

"Strong and big, that's the secret."

powerful?

No, he said strong and big.

Where is it strong and where is it big?

Why do I feel like this guy is fooling people?

……

Patch looked at Lin Zhiyu with a questioning look on his face.

Lin Zhiyu didn't explain much, but changed the subject and said to Patch:

"By the way, my name is Lin Zhiyu, you can call me 'Lin', and the three ladies next to me are..."

In the Souls series, Patch is a somewhat comedic and Easter egg-like NPC, appearing in both Dark Souls and the Circle of Eternity. Despite being a bit of a non-conformist, Lin Zhiyu didn't mind getting to know him properly, and even introduced Saeko and the other two to Patch.

Patch still had some sense and knew that Lin Zhiyu's three female companions couldn't really be monsters. What he had just seen must have been an illusion caused by Li Meifeng in some way.

"No wonder they dare to come to participate in the battle festival, these people are not simple!" Thinking of this, Patch didn't dare to speak flatteringly to the three women around Lin Zhiyu anymore, and didn't even dare to shake hands when Lin Zhiyu introduced the three women to him.

As Lin Zhiyu and Patch entered into a normal communication state, the people around them no longer paid attention to them.

It was at this time.

"Tick, tick, tick, tick..."

A heavy sound of footsteps came from behind Lin Zhiyu and the others, and was getting closer and closer.

Driven by some intuition, Lin Zhiyu looked back and his eyes became serious!

What caught Lin Zhiyu's eyes at this moment was a tall werewolf.

He was wearing heavy armor, a fur cloak, and carrying a heavy sword on his back. He was approaching Lin Zhiyu with a steady gait!

Chapter 39: For Lani, I Became a Faded Person

Just as Lin Zhiyu was watching the werewolf approaching him step by step.

"Such a huge warrior pot! Haha! It turns out that coming to Red Lion City this time was the right decision!"

A loud and bold voice sounded from the side.

This person was wearing a thick suit of heavy armor with shoulder plates shaped like goat horns. As he spoke, he jumped onto the ring with a sledgehammer in hand and shouted to the warrior Alexander who was still standing on the ring:

"Warrior Pot Alexander! I, Terages the Great Horn, am here to fight you!"

A Warrior Pot is a unique life form filled with the flesh and blood of a warrior. While this life form might seem sinister, nearly all Warrior Pots are actually quite pure.

Because their bodies are filled with the flesh and blood of dead warriors, they are called Warrior Pots. Their personalities and life pursuits are like those of real warriors. They are eager to fight continuously and become stronger. Even at the end of their lives, they hope to end with a hearty battle.

As a warrior, Alexander never refused a challenge. Even though he knew what Patch had said made sense, perhaps he should conserve his form for the upcoming battle with Starshatter General Ratan.

However, as the man nicknamed 'Big Horn' and named Telages jumped onto the ring, Alexander immediately became excited!

He could feel that the flesh and blood of the warriors filling his body was boiling!

This is a special sensation unique to the Warrior Pot, which means that the person standing on the same stage with him and challenging him is a real warrior with great strength. His body is eager to absorb this warrior!

"Haha! Then let's fight to our heart's content!" Unable to suppress his battle-crazy nature, Alexander shouted to Telegus excitedly.

Then, each of them rushed towards each other with a pot.

While charging, Alexander spun his body like a giant gyroscope, with a momentum as terrifying as a howling tornado.

However, Theragus did not retreat. He turned around and swung his hammer, and when he got close to Alexander, he smashed it at Alexander.

"boom!"

A violent and thick collision sound occurs.

Alexander's movement was forcibly interrupted by a miraculous blow from Terages' hammer.

However, Tragus lost his balance due to the powerful impact, and the sledgehammer almost slipped out of his hand and fell to the ground. He staggered and almost fell.