From Dungeon to Gaming Empire

This man sat alone behind a large pillar in the corner of the Islay Church, away from the blessing. He was wearing a red coat, a red hat and a mask, and was surrounded by several donkeys loaded with goods.

According to the conversation, Kale came from a group called the Wandering People. This people did not believe in the Golden Rule and had been brutally oppressed. The survivors had all fled the border area.

But ever since the Elden Ring was broken.

The people of the Golden Tree Dynasty who believed in the Golden Tree and were blessed by it suffered some kind of backlash.

At this moment, most of them have turned into zombies or lunatics with abnormal brains. Rodel's rule over the border area has been greatly weakened, so many wandering ethnic merchants took the opportunity to return to the border area.

Curry is one of them.

He now earns runes by doing business with the Faded.

Simply put, these wandering tribes that appear regularly at various blessing points or randomly in the wild are like mobile shops where you can buy some practical equipment, tools, consumables, etc.

There are more faded ones in the Blessing Point camp in Islay Church.

If there was enough time to deal with them, perhaps a lot of useful intelligence or side quests could be dug out, or perhaps some faded people could be met who could be used, but Mengbai did not stay here for too long.

Time is running out on this adventure.

The problem of no witches must be solved as soon as possible.

As she repeatedly challenged the tree guards, other adventurers had already discovered a solution.

In fact, it is very simple. Just activate three blessings in the Nimgerfu area, and then choose to rest in the blessed land to trigger it. At that time, a girl named Melina will appear in front of you.

This girl has no physical body.

She exists in the form of a spirit.

It was the mysterious woman who saved the adventurer in the Drifting Cemetery and returned the Dewdrop Chalice Bottle.

Mengbai immediately headed to the nearest blessing point based on the map Lu Xuan and information provided by other adventurers.

In the game.

Adventurers are going to trigger Melina.

Generally, it will appear either at the blessing point in the ruins in front of the checkpoint when you arrive at the city of Stonewell, or by taking another route to the blessing point near Huan Yakirhu.

The intersection area created by Miracle City is larger.

Therefore, in order to ensure the adventure experience and efficiency, some small blessing points have been added in the wild, so most adventurers do not need to run to the front of the level or around Yakielhu to trigger the plot.

Mengbai advanced several thousand meters towards Stonewell City.

A forest appeared ahead. There was nothing magical about these ordinary trees, but perhaps because they grew in the land ruled by the Golden Law, they were influenced by the golden trees, and their leaves also appeared golden brown.

Looking from the top of the hill, one could see at least tens of thousands of acres of forest land covered with lush trees more than ten to twenty meters high. Countless golden-brown leaves had the texture of an oil painting, and the woods were very deep and quiet, with only the occasional growl of wild beasts.

Mengbai knows based on the intelligence.

This woodland is located between the Airey Church Camp and the outer city checkpoint of Stoneville City, which means that as long as you pass through this woods, you can reach the front checkpoint of Stoneville.

Because this woodland is one of the necessary areas to go to Stonewell, a considerable number of the soldiers sent by the demigod Greg to hunt down the Faded Ones chose to patrol or ambush in it, which made it a bit difficult to pass through.

However, there is a hidden blessing point outside the dense forest.

As long as the adventurer activates the blessing point in advance, even if he is ambushed by Grek soldiers while crossing the woods, he can be resurrected nearby to minimize the impact on efficiency.

"Big guy!"

"Coming."

"The hidden blessing point is 500 meters away at 8 o'clock."

"As long as you get close, you can see the light of blessing!"

"..."

Meng Bai took some effort to figure out the specific direction of the so-called "eight o'clock direction" of Miracle City. Based on the navigation of the adventurers outside, she soon found a striking blessed light in the dark forest.

Take a closer look.

This is a ruin in the woods.

Different from the previous blessing points.

Perhaps because the environment here is too dangerous and easy to be discovered by the Grek soldiers, there is no camp formed, and there is no one in the vicinity of Blessing.

Activate the blessing!

Sat down and chose to rest for 1 hour.

When Mengbai opened her eyes again, it was a little later and her condition had fully recovered. When she was about to get up, she suddenly saw bits of energy gathering together to form a figure in the forest in front of her.

This person's body gradually transformed from virtual to real, and spiritual energy surrounded his body. It was not difficult to see that it was a soul body that appeared.

"who?"

Mengbai gripped his weapon tightly and asked knowingly.

"My name is Melina, and I want to make a deal with you..."

The young girl Melina, wearing a black burqa, walked to the blessing, knelt on one knee, and slowly took off her hood with her hands, revealing her short pink-brown hair and a face that did not look stunning, but rather quiet and pretty.

This girl gave Mengbai a very strange feeling.

She has a deep and steady demeanor that is inconsistent with her well-behaved appearance and age. Her right eye is light gold, symbolizing her relationship with the golden tree, while her left eye is tightly closed with black scar-like runes around it.

What happened to her left eye?

Mengbai felt that this eye seemed to contain some special power.

"You are the one who saved me before, right? What is your purpose in approaching me?"

Melina: "Your witch is gone. The Finger Witch is someone who serves Two Fingers and is ordered to help guide the Faded Ones. Each witch will only choose one Faded One, and each Faded One will only be chosen by one witch."

"You now desire the Elden Ring, but without the witch by your side, this goal will be impossible to achieve."

"And I can serve you in place of the witch's duties."

Meng Bai asked: "Why are you helping me?"

Melina said calmly, "I said this is just a deal. I will transform the power of Rune for you on behalf of the witch, and you must take me on a journey together until we reach the foot of the Golden Tree..."

This is something the faders can't resist.

After all, without a witch, there would be no breakthrough in strength.

And with his current ability as a weakling, how could he possibly become the King of Elden?

After a conversation with Melina, Mengbai accepted Melina's deal and immediately started the first Rune transformation.

Killed many wild animals along the way.

He even killed a powerful tree guard.

The runes that Mengbai currently holds are just enough to complete a round of level upgrades.

Melina's urged rune immediately turned into streams of energy and merged into Mengbai's body. During this process, Mengbai could clearly feel his strength increasing rapidly.

Breakthrough!

This Rune enhancement is just right, neither too much nor too little.

Let her go directly from level one five stars to level two one star.

"How amazing! Is this breakthrough so immediate? I wonder if Rune can manifest in the real world."

Mengbai's face was filled with surprise as she felt the significantly improved physical strength. If she were to challenge the previous tree guard again with her current physical fitness, based on her current understanding of this tree guard, her efficiency and chances of winning would definitely increase greatly.

First kill the monsters to collect runes, then find Melina to strengthen your strength, and then go back to challenge the tree guard. Perhaps this is the right approach, and it is also what most other adventurers in the border area are doing.

However, although too much time was spent fighting with the tree guards.

Mengbai did not regret it. It is indeed a torture for a low-level player to fight a high-level player, but this kind of victory can also obtain a higher secret realm evaluation, and the emotional value generated after the victory is also higher.

"If you need to convert Rune in the future, just call me near the Blessing."

Melina said this and took out an item from her clothes: "Oh, there is one more thing. This ring is for you. It is a spirit horse whistle."

A simple golden ring.

It emanates powerful spiritual energy.

[Spirit Horse Whistle] (Secret Realm Item), a rare tier 3 item...

"With it, you can call upon the spirit horse Torret. Its speed and endurance will be determined by your strength, making long journeys and crossing rough terrain much easier."

Melina explained: "Don't ask why. It was Torret who chose you, and this is why I came to you, so I hope you can treat it well."

that's it!

Finally got it!

Mengbai showed a look of joy.

This horse has been used by many adventurers. It is very fast and can climb walls and jump in the air. It is definitely an indispensable partner and means of transportation on this journey.

the most important is.

This spirit horse will never die.

Even if he was killed, as long as the ring that housed his soul was still there, he could be resurrected at any time using the Dewdrop Holy Grail Bottle!

Mengbai then had another conversation with Melina. She tried to get more information from Melina and also tried to figure out Melina's identity and origin.

however.

Melina was tight-lipped.

She revealed very little information.

Perhaps she didn't really approve of the adventurer at this moment.

After all, this Faded One's current strength and performance are not much stronger than other ordinary Faded Ones, and it will not be an easy task to fulfill the promise and take her to the foot of the golden tree.

Along the way, you will have to go through too many dangerous areas and face too many powerful enemies and challenges.

Among them are powerful demigods, legendary monsters, and all kinds of unknown dangers that are completely hidden in history!

Although Melina was unwilling to reveal her origins and did not give the adventurers more information about this world, she did explain and introduce the nearby city of Stonewell.

Stonewell City is a huge and majestic city standing on a thousand-meter cliff.

It was once the capital of the Storm King, so it is shrouded in storms that last for years, and it is difficult to verify the details of the Storm King.

This was an ancient force that existed before the founding of the Golden Tree Dynasty. It once became a powerful enemy of the Golden Clan. After the last Storm King was defeated by the first King Godfrey, most of its related traces were erased.

The limb-jointing demigod "Grek" who currently resides there is a descendant of Godfrey, the first king of Elden.

Although Greg is a descendant of the Golden Clan, he is not the child of Godfrey and Marika, but a direct descendant one or two generations apart, and his bloodline is relatively weak and fragile.

After Marika shattered the Elden Ring.

Greg obtained the Great Rune formed from one of the fragments, but fled in fear when the Fragment War broke out and hid in the city of Stonewell. He was later defeated by the Valkyrie Marennia who passed by.

Although Melina didn't know the specific process of the battle.

But this battle undoubtedly dealt a great blow to Greg. He believed that his body was too weak, and in order to change this, he embarked on the path of limb transplantation.

The so-called limb grafting is to splice the limbs of other creatures onto one's own body.

Greg believed that the more limbs that were successfully transplanted, the greater the power gained. The limb-transplanted noble that Mengbai met in the Royal Chapel was one of the descendants of the Golden Clan who had gone astray, and there were many monsters like this in Stonewell City.

"In other words... this Greg not only has a sturdy castle and a powerful army, he also has a group of limb-replacing monsters as his subordinates. He himself wields the Great Rune and has been reattaching limbs for years. No one knows how powerful he is now."

Mengbai felt a lot of pressure.

It’s not easy to take over the city of Stonewell!

Judging from Melina's tone, Greg is the only demigod who is not the biological son of the Eternal Queen Marika, which means that he is very likely the weakest and most useless demigod.

Every demigod has his own sphere of influence and territory.

Now even the weakest and most vulnerable can occupy the majestic Stonewell... The difficulty and challenge are indeed very great!

Mengbai was not discouraged but instead developed a strong interest. The abilities and means of this world are very unique and have extremely high research value, and the realism and delicacy of this world can also make people immerse themselves in it.

I believe that as long as you keep exploring.

You will definitely get many unexpected gains.

There is a lot of knowledge and abilities in this, which will probably be of great help even to her!

Before Mengbai could conduct further investigation and exploration, she received a reminder from the secret realm that this round of challenge had ended.