When Fang Zheng pushed open the door and walked out of the dilapidated building, the scenery before him immediately made him feel emotional.

"Wow, it's quite beautiful."

Looking around, the mountains and plains are covered with green grass and lush trees. In the distance, you can see the castle built on the mountain. The whole world seems full of vitality and vigor - although you can see the collapsed bridge in the distance, and even the church seems to be completely dilapidated. But it must be said that because of this green world, the vitality and beauty it shows are even more beautiful than the world of radiation wasteland.

At this moment, Fang Zheng saw a man wearing a mask standing not far away and looking at him. The man also smiled and greeted him.

"Hey, how are you...are you...the Fader?"

"No, I'm not."

Fang Zheng shook his head. This was not the first time he was mistaken for someone else. For example, he met a man in Yharnam who called him a hunter. At that time, Fang Zheng wanted to write a sign on his cloak that said "Not a Hunter".

But at least hunters can understand it, but what is a faded person? Is he a person without color?

"Hey, I know. You don't have to hide it."

However, the masked man didn't seem to care about Fang Zheng's answer and just chuckled.

"I know that you sought the Elden Ring, and that brought you to this borderland. I know all about it. It must be so."

"Ah, yes, yes, yes."

Fang Zheng was too lazy to explain, but the masked man didn't finish his words.

"But, it's really sad... You don't have a witch to accompany you, you don't know where to guide you, you can't get the power of runes, and you can't be invited to the round table hall... You can only die in obscurity..."

"I'm not interested in anything you say."

Fang Zheng interrupted the masked man unhappily.

"I just want to ask you one thing. How much do you know about fire? I am looking for a kind of fire that can burn and devour everything... Have you heard of it?"

“Oh… this…”

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, the masked man paused for a moment while rubbing his hands.

"I never thought that a fader would try to chase it... But this seems quite interesting."

At this point, the White Mask chuckled.

"Go find your witch, Faded One. Only when you find the witch can you get guidance..."

"...Where can I find a witch?"

"I don't know about that... maybe only you know it."

"Oh well."

Seeing that he couldn't get any information out of the white mask, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders and turned away. Are you kidding? Why does he need a witch? He already has a fire girl, why does he need a witch?

Walking down the hillside, Fang Zheng headed forward along the road. He planned to go to the castle first. Maybe... well, maybe there would be someone there who could answer his questions?

I have to say that the peaceful environment in front of him really made Fang Zheng relax a lot as he walked along. There were cute little animals shaking their fluffy tails running through the woods, and a group of sheep strolling leisurely on the grassland, which looked very comfortable.

Not only that, Fang Zheng also discovered something very interesting.

When he approached a sheep, he saw the sheep lower its head, curl up its body into a ball, and then just like that - roll forward and run away!

Hey? This thing is really interesting!

Seeing the sheep running away in an invincible way, Fang Zheng was also quite surprised. He also had the idea of ​​catching a few of them and raising them. After all, he had never encountered such an interesting sheep in other worlds.

At this moment, Fang Zheng saw a knight with a burly figure, riding a tall horse, wearing golden armor, holding a halberd and a large shield, coming towards him. He seemed to be patrolling this road, and seeing the appearance of this knight, Fang Zheng felt relieved and then walked forward.

"Hello, knight, I would like to ask a question..."

However, before Fang Zheng finished speaking, the golden knight suddenly stared at him, then pulled the reins and rode his horse towards him! At the same time, the halberd in the golden knight's hand whizzed past and chopped down on Fang Zheng's head!

Oh my god, are you so hospitable?

The golden knight in front of him reminded Fang Zheng of the unruly people in Yanan Town. Those guys were also quite enthusiastic. When they saw him, they rushed over and wanted to rip his heart out... It was almost the same here!

Fang Zheng grasped the idea in his mind and rolled over to avoid the golden knight's halberd attack. Then he drew out his pitch-black sword and chopped down on the golden knight's horse.

As the saying goes, when shooting a man, shoot the horse first; when capturing a thief, capture the leader first. This principle is understood by everyone.

The Golden Knight was no pushover either. Upon seeing Fang Zheng attacking his warhorse, he quickly steered his warhorse to roll over and avoid Fang Zheng's attack. At the same time, he raised the halberd in his right hand high and swung it hard at Fang Zheng.

At the same time, Fang Zheng suddenly raised the white dagger that he was holding in his left hand.

“Boom!!!”

With a violent crash, the golden knight and his horse trembled and fell to the ground. Then Fang Zheng clenched the pitch-black sword and slashed at the golden knight. The unlucky golden knight was knocked out and fell heavily to the ground. Before he could get up, the pitch-black blade pierced through the golden knight's head and nailed him to the ground.

The golden knight struggled for a moment, and then his entire body turned into ashes and disappeared into the air.

"What the hell are these guys?"

Fang Zheng put away his sword and saw the body of the golden knight gradually disappearing. Just now, he saw the face of the golden knight through the helmet. But to Fang Zheng's surprise, the person inside was not a living person. On the contrary, it was a lifeless face that looked like a zombie. There was no light in his eyes, only a lifeless darkness.

In this world full of life, how could such living dead creatures exist?

Fang Zheng thought for a moment, shook his head and put his thoughts aside, then turned his gaze to the tall warhorse covered in golden armor next to him.

Anyway, I have my own car.

After losing its master, the warhorse did not disappear. It just stayed there obediently, not moving. Fang Zheng carefully observed the warhorse's insides and found that it was the same as its master. Although it looked alive, it was actually... dead.

Neither dead nor alive, half dead and half alive, in short, these guys are in such a situation at the moment.

But no matter what, as long as it can be used.

Fang Zheng rode the golden warhorse forward and arrived at the church in front. To his surprise, there was someone in the church. It was a guy dressed like Santa Claus, wearing a turban and holding a musical instrument similar to the erhu in his hand. Next to this man was a donkey carrying goods.

"Hello, sir, what are you doing here?"

Fang Zheng dismounted and greeted the Santa Claus in front of him. Upon hearing his voice, Santa Claus put down the erhu in his hand and turned to look at him.

"Ah, you are the Fader, right? And it looks like... you won't attack me?"

"If you don't cause me trouble, I won't attack you."

"hehe."

Hearing Fang Zheng's answer, the Santa Claus smiled slightly.

"In that case, do you want to buy something?"

"Are you a businessman?"

"Yes, my name is Kale. You may not be able to tell, but I'm a businessman."

The man named Kale nodded and spoke.

"I was born into a nomadic tribe, traveling and doing business. After the Elden's eye protection was broken, the brains of the people in this land almost became abnormal. Fortunately, with the existence of the Faded, I was able to escape the fate of having no income."

"Even if you say so, I don't seem to have anything to trade with you."

Of course Fang Zheng didn't have the currency of this world on him.

"But we can barter..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng took out the halberd of the golden knight he had just killed.

“This thing should be worth some money.”

"Oh, of course..."

Looking at the halberd that Fang Zheng took out, Kalie nodded.

"So, what do you want?"

"information."

Fang Zheng handed over the halberd.

"I want to know what happened here. Also, I'm looking for something, and I hope you can give me some clues."

If what Kale said was correct, then he was a traveling merchant. Fang Zheng knew that this kind of people had always traveled far and wide and had a wide range of knowledge, so he didn't mind asking him about the situation here. Although the white masked man could also tell him, Fang Zheng didn't have a good impression of the white masked man. Moreover, he always felt that the other party seemed to be up to something, and that bastard actually dared to mock him for not having a witch - I don't want a witch either, I have a fire keeper, why do I need a witch?

"Ah...of course there is no problem with that."

Taking the halberd, Kale laughed.

"I will tell you everything that happened on this land..."