Chapter 333: The Pope's Left Eye, Homecoming
Why!
When the magical words [Salivan's Undead] appeared in people's eyes, the adventurers were stunned.
Especially the words "Big brother", the voice coming from under the zombie's face made people confirm the identity of the monster, which was the little boy.
But why?
Why did the little boy suddenly turn into a monster?
What about the logic behind it?
The mental shock that Malu was experiencing now was no less than the time when she saw the Warrior Pot explode in front of her in the Great Tomb. Seeing a living person being transformed into a monster was probably even more powerful.
It's a pity that if Gong Qiying was a little more ruthless and showed the entire transformation animation, with the little boy happily putting on armor in front of people to go find his brother, but immediately starting to scream in pain and twist and mutate, there would have been more explosive points.
However, the effect of this abrupt turn is still good. It can only be said that the viewing experience varies from person to person.
When the warrior pot exploded, Malu screamed, but now her brain was frozen and she didn't even have time to scream. Her expression was just changing a little bit, which reminded people of a world-famous painting.
The Scream
"Drew!" Leon just said one sentence, and Drew reacted immediately. He stepped on the pillar of fire that shot up into the sky and ran towards Malu. Before the other party's emotions could fluctuate further, he shot a green light on her head.
【Sedation】!
A green light flashed above her head. Today, Malu will see through the world and no longer care about worldly affairs.
Her mouth, which was about to scream, closed instantly and her expression became blank. She was now terrifyingly calm.
"Help, help"
The little boy's voice came out stutteringly, but was soon completely drowned out by the beast-like roar. Now he, like the Papal Knight, was the undead of Pope Sullivan.
No matter how you look at it, there's no way he can be rescued, so it's better to give him a peaceful death.
Under the effect of the sedative, Malu's eyes became sharper, the mercenary's knife flashed in his hand, and he said:
"Well, it's time for me to rescue you."
Salivan's undead leaped as lightly and flexibly as a papal knight, and waved his magic wand like a fire witch, causing raging flames to rise into the sky and explode under people's feet.
"Bang!"
When Malu rushed to his side and the mercenary slashed with his sword rubbed with lightning grease, Sullivan's undead was able to respond flexibly with the Pope Knight's curved sword. The curved sword swung out ice mist and the magic wand immediately sprayed flames. The cold and hot together were an excellent combination of the two monsters.
His attack power is also much higher than that of normal monsters, and his strength is completely comparable to that of the War Knight.
“Watch me!”
Tel broke through the sea of fire with a large shield made of magic power. The undead was caught off guard and was knocked away. It hit the wall before quickly getting up.
It seems that although Salivan's undead combined the advantages of two monsters, it also inherited the shameful toughness, and the shield belonging to the Pope Knight was gone, and the defense capability was further reduced.
Drew imitated the magic of the elf aunt he had seen before, and summoned plant monsters at the undead's resting place to restrain it, but the fire released by the undead immediately forced the plant monsters back.
[Fire Witch Arm Armor]
[Irithyll's Cold Dead Spirit, Witch Arm Guards with High Sin Flame]
[The witches who led the Papal Knights were said to have been ordained as Paladins, but were soon enchanted by the flames of sin.]
The fire of the undead from the Fire Witch is not ordinary fire, but the fire of sin from the hometown of the giant king Youm.
Although this tiny bit is certainly not as powerful as the huge ball of sin flame in the City of Sin, and does not have the ability to bewitch people, its lethality is definitely first-class.
"Tsk, I really shouldn't imitate others so casually." Drew was frustrated and decided to just use his best skill, the quagmire technique, in the future.
Under the effect of sedation, Malu can fight the undead at a normal level. It is not that she has lost the will to fight. They are professional adventurers and generally will not surrender.
But I definitely feel awkward in my heart. Whether it was the warrior pot last time or the little boy this time, it was definitely done on purpose by the Sean Dungeon! Deliberately trying to mess with people's mentality!
The considerate Leon naturally would not let his partner fight while feeling upset. He took the initiative to replace Malu and went into full fire right away, aiming to eliminate the enemy as quickly as possible.
It is not a problem for the strategy team to deal with an ordinary elite monster. Sullivan's undead does not have supermodel abilities, but it can perform marathons a little bit. Unfortunately, the monsters around have been cleared out by the strategy team, so even if the marathon is used, it will be useless. If the monster pile cannot be found, half of the power of the marathon will be wasted.
This battle should not last more than ten minutes unless there are unexpected circumstances.
[Invaded by the Dark Moon Sword "Rigfen"! 】
"Again?"
During the break in the battle, Leon stared at Fingri, who slowly appeared as a dark blue spirit, and couldn't understand what the other party was going to do.
The first invasion could be seen as Fingerly's carelessness, but the second one was probably intentional.
It would be a problem if the other party really came to cause trouble while they were fighting the monsters, but Fingri shouldn't be such an ungrateful person.
Looking back at Fingerly, he was also a little confused.
"I, why am I here again?"
He swore he hadn't meant to invade.
Because he and his friends had just told the little boy the location of the Church of Yurshika, and were on their way to a shortcut. They didn't even have time to clear out the monsters along the way, so why would they have time to invade?
He was just playing with the Deep Blue Eyes Orb on the road. Because he was a little impatient, he chose to use the invasion and cancel the invasion from time to time. He liked the feeling of jumping back and forth.
It turned out to be a failure. The last time he chose to use it, he was teleported to Leon's world.
"So there are no other adventurers in Irithyll?"
Fingri quickly jumped aside to indicate that he had no intention of fighting with them and had completely come here by mistake. People stopped paying attention to him and focused on fighting the undead.
"Why have I never seen this monster before?"
Fingri looked around and found that this was where the little boy's house was, but what was this monster in front of him that looked like both a fire witch and a papal knight?
"I'll help, too."
He joined the battle against Shalivan's undead out of friendly intentions (to gather intelligence), and during the battle he inquired about the origins of the monster.
With his joining, the battle pressure was reduced dramatically, and Leon told everything that happened.
"What!? Is this what that kid turned into?" Fingri's mouth opened so wide that he could pass by the One Piece studio next door. He asked in surprise, "What's going on? What's going on?"
"We don't know either."
Malu delivered the final blow, and Sullivan's undead fell to the ground, unable to get up again.
"elder brother."
The undead stretched out his arms towards the sky, and with the sound of his last breath, he slowly turned into ashes.
The equipment previously given to him was scattered on the ground in the form of light spots, and there was also a new item.
【Replica of the Pope’s left eye】
[Pope Shalivan gave the knights a magic ring. Continuous attacks can absorb the enemy's vitality. This is a replica of the ring. It is quite popular among the common people of Irithyll. It is said that this represents people's admiration for Pope Shalivan.]
[Staring into the black pupil of the Pope's left eye will make the knight excited and have the desire to fight to the death. In the end, the knight will be degraded to a beast-like berserker. Therefore, the Pope only gives this item to the knight when he goes out to fight.]
[The frenzy effect of the replica version has been weakened, but the combat effect has also decreased. If the long-term wearer is exposed to enough inducements, frenzy will also occur.]
"Putting on the monster's equipment will turn you into a monster. Will we become the same after putting it on?" Fingri became a little worried. However, compared with weapons, the protective gear produced by Sion is not as popular and its popularity is not high.
Leon fell into deep thought, checking one by one to see if the descriptions of the dropped equipment had changed, but there hadn't been any.
It's just that it's mentioned on all the equipment. The Pope Knight/Pyre Witch is a dead spirit of Shalivan. The monster that the little boy turned into just now is also called a dead spirit.
Could it be that Sullivan possesses the ability to transform humans into beings called "Undead" and applies it to equipment?
That's possible, but what's the meaning of the imitation Pope's left eye? It's exactly the same as the description of the right eye, and both can drive the wearer crazy.
"Could it be that the trigger in the Pope's left eye also includes the monster's armor, and the little boy who got the replica ring from somewhere went berserk after putting on the armor?"
Leon guessed.
"Saliwan doesn't seem like a good person." Malu said coldly.
The Sen Dungeon did not explain the whole story clearly, so the adventurers were left to guess at everything. The more they thought about it, the more confused they became, and everyone had their own explanation.
The more people with different ideas, the better. Just guess like psychologists. Gong Qiying doesn't intend to give an "official explanation" anyway.
Maybe in the end, the adventurer will analyze the introduction of various equipment word by word and start to do reading comprehension.
"No matter what the reason is, it seems that giving equipment to children will turn them into monsters." Fingri was suddenly glad that he did not give the armor to the little boy, but only told him the location of the church.
That’s great! Now he won’t turn into a monster and can live safely in the church.
Thinking of this, he told Leon and the others about his choice, with a hint of pride in his tone.
Malu said:
"Won't such a small child have an accident on the road?"
This sentence directly controlled Fingerly for half a minute.
The more he thought about it, the more restless he became. He casually said hello to Leon and the others and returned to his own world.
"Back again?" Matilda stared at him, condemning her captain's behavior of running away so casually.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Fingerly put his hands together, "Can you please come back to the church with me? I want to see if the child has arrived."
"Brother, you actually care so much about Canying's fate. You are indeed a man of excellent character!" Tus said with a smile.
Compared to Malu, the Guza team is not as "sentimental" and does not have any feelings about the little boy's story, or they have not encountered a story that can make them feel anything.
Ah, all that crap about Patch really did make them feel - Red Wen.
Leave the shortcut, return to the west avenue, and head towards the Yurshika Church.
I don’t know why, even though it was snowing heavily, Fingerly’s palms were actually a little sweaty.
Why? Because after seeing what happened to the little boy in Leon's world, he couldn't help but worry about the little boy in his own world.
However, all the monsters on the west avenue were cleared out by himself, so the little boy shouldn't be in danger, right?
wrong! Why does what I said sound so weird? No more flags!
When the roof of the Yurshika Church gradually came into view, he suddenly smelled a familiar smell.
That is the stench of wild beasts, the smell of the Crocodile King!
Sure enough, on the avenue, the huge Crocodile King was facing away from them, with his head down as if chewing something.
Fingri recognized the familiar wounds on the Crocodile King's body, which were caused by his double swords.
This is actually the crocodile king that escaped from the lake!
"Hey, we meet again, it's a good opportunity for me to deal with him here—"
Fingri just smiled grimly when he suddenly saw clearly what the Crocodile King was eating.
It was a bloody corpse that looked short, like an underdeveloped child, with blueworm pills scattered all over the ground around it.
His expression froze on his face and his heart was pounding wildly.
"Hey, hey, hey, wait a minute!"
“Ouch!”
The Crocodile King spotted the adventurers and turned around, excitedly rushing towards the more delicious people.
"rub--"
The knife flashed instantly.
Fingri suddenly appeared behind the Crocodile King and squatted in front of the corpse.
The body had long been unrecognizable and could not be recognized. Even if the body was well preserved, he would not be able to recognize it because he had never seen what the little boy looked like.
"Oh?"
The Crocodile Fire King turned around in confusion, and suddenly dense scars burst out on his body, and blood gushed out.
Without even being able to utter a single wail, it shattered into countless pieces on the spot.
Fingerly stared at the unidentified corpse without even turning his head. Suddenly he discovered something and gently moved the corpse. A purple light spot appeared on the ground.
After picking it up, he found that it was a page of a book recording a miracle.
[Miracle: Homecoming]
[The miracle taught to the traveling priest, which everyone can learn later and return to the campfire where they last rested]
[Originally it was a miracle that allowed the user to return to their hometown, but the effect was distorted by the undead curse. Or is it that the bonfire is the hometown of the undead? 】
Because he touched the page, he automatically learned this miracle.
The conditions for using the Road Home are somewhat different from the previous ones. It does not require the consumption of magic power, but it can only be used once within a certain period of time. Is the interval roughly a whole day?
I wonder if it can be used outside of the dungeon, and if I can teleport directly from home to the Firelink Shrine after using it?
Fingri didn't have time to think so much now. He threw a ball of fire to burn the corpse, and made a gesture to the people, indicating that they should continue to move towards the Church of Yurshika.
It is not certain that the body is that of the little boy. What if it is just a coincidence? Maybe when they arrive at the church, they will see a well-behaved and cute child thanking them.
Their footsteps were getting closer and closer to the Church of Yurshika, and Fingri looked down at the ground.
The heavy snow had accumulated a thick layer of snow on the road, and their footprints on the snow were clearly visible.
But the snow in front of the church was extremely smooth and flat, with no footprints at all.
Fingerly's heart sank, and he took a step forward and rushed in.
The Yurshika Church still looked the same as before, but because the door was open, the snow blew in, making it even colder inside.
The entire church was empty.
"No!"
(End of this chapter)
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