Chapter 383: The Princess's Protector
[The illusion is broken, the truth comes]
Such words appeared before my eyes.
Gwynevere disappeared
Sid couldn't help but rub his eyebrows, cast a sedative spell on himself, and calm down from this incident as soon as possible.
Judging from the way Gwynevere disappeared just now, there is no doubt that she was not a real person, but an illusion created using some means.
In addition, Gwyndolin appeared the moment the phantom disappeared, and Anor Londo was turned into the same dark night as when the person who offended her appeared.
There is nothing wrong with this, as it is also disrespectful to the gods, so it is reasonable to use the darkness of night to punish them.
But, wasn't Gwyndolin guarding Gwyn's tomb in the lower level? Why did he know the situation here, and appeared as soon as the illusion was broken?
Putting aside the possibility that the other party possesses special abilities to control the entire royal city, Sid felt that he could reasonably assume that the illusion of Gwyneveryah might have been created by Gwyndolin?
"It seems that the known conditions can be combined."
Once the thoughts diverge in this direction, they cannot be stopped at all. With the advantage of reading the database of the Adventurer's Guild of Bed City, Sid can easily combine various information together.
For example, the Brass Woman once said that after the gods left Anor Londre, it had become a lifeless and lonely city.
The bonfire image at Faran Fortress mentioned that after Gwyn passed on the fire, the Shadow Sun took on the responsibility of maintaining the fire alone, but for some reason she could not appear in front of the world.
The darkness in Anor Londo does not feel to Sid like a simple change in the sky, but rather the influence of a deeper force. After dark, some monsters that exist during the day will disappear, just like disappearing phantoms.
Ornstein and Smough, who are testing the newcomers, will flicker like phantoms after their vitality is exhausted.
"I see."
Sid felt that he had come up with the most correct answer.
After the gods left, Gwyndolin was left alone to guard Anor Londo and maintain the fire, but for unknown reasons he could not show himself in front of others, so he created the phantom of the Sunshine Princess, who would hand over the so-called royal weapon to those who passed the trial, and the duo on the trial were most likely the phantom!
I understand! The entire royal city might just be a huge illusion!
“It must be very hard.”
The moment the conclusion was reached, Gwyndolin in Cid's mind changed from "a god who is good to the oath-takers" at the beginning to "a great god with a strong sense of responsibility."
Regardless of why the other party maintains the fire, in short, thanks to her efforts, this way of protecting the world currently seems to be very intact, which is worthy of respect.
But to put it in a more funny way, it seems that Gwyndolin's image has become that of a diligent office worker who works all year round.
Sid is a very qualified adventurer. After guessing all this, his thoughts will diverge freely around it. Suddenly, an idea that can be called "blasphemous" appears in his mind.
If the duo in the royal city are really phantoms created by Gwyndolin, then if we enter the fog gate of Darkmoon Temple in advance and kill Gwyndolin, can we skip the battle with Ornstein and Smough?
No, no, what am I thinking? Killing a god is more difficult no matter how you look at it, and the risk is higher no matter how you look at it.
Shaking his head to dispel the dangerous thoughts in his mind, Cid walked towards the bed where the phantom of the Sunshine Princess once lay.
Princess Sunshine was holding something like an egg in her arms. No one knew what it was, but when the phantom disappeared, it still existed.
When you get close, magical words like this will appear in the air.
【Do you want to sign the "Princess's Guardian" pledge? 】
How can we make a vow if the princess is gone?
Sid frowned. If there were no other factors, this oath would probably have the highest threshold to sign, even more troublesome than becoming the Sword of Dark Moon.
So what are the benefits of being this?
He thought about it, half-knelt in front of the bed, and signed the oath.
No sound was heard, and no image of a god appeared in the mind. All that appeared before him was a ruthless spot of light.
【Sunshine Princess Ring】
[The ring passed down in the name of the Sun Princess Gwynevera, the famous eldest daughter of "The First Lord of Fire" Gwyn, is like the sun, giving people a little warmth]
[Can slowly replenish lost vitality]
[She left her hometown with many gods, and it is said that she became a wife and a mother, and later gave birth to noble children.]
There is another miracle.
【Sunshine nourishment】
[A special miracle taught by the Sunshine Princess, which slowly and significantly restores the vitality of people around you in a large area. Those who believe in the sun will become more heroic.]
[Gwynevera, the sunshine princess loved by all creatures, bestows the grace of miracles upon warriors]
[Those who make a vow with the princess will receive additional blessings when using this miracle]
Each oath has its own tasks to do, such as the Farran Guards protecting the Farran Fortress, the Sun Warriors helping others, the Soul Suckers constantly invading, and the Princess's Guardian needing to protect the Princess and punish those who break the Princess's illusion.
"But the phantom is gone?"
Sid couldn't understand. Doesn't this mean that this oath can no longer be used to defeat criminals and obtain the oath items?
After all, the princess to be protected is gone, so this situation is understandable, but...
Looking at the [Sunshine Blessing] and [Sunshine Nourishment] he had obtained, both of which were miracles that greatly restored vitality, he suddenly felt like he had changed his job to become a priest.
He inflicted some injuries on himself to try to use both miracles, only to find that the introduction of the miracles was wrong.
The word used in the introduction is "significantly", but in West Germany's opinion, this thing should be changed to "huge amount"!
Cut your wrist and heal instantly.
After cutting open his upper arm, he felt better instantly.
Stabbed through the chest, nothing happened.
Cut off the left hand
The wound healed, but the left hand did not grow back.
"Hiss, it seems like I got carried away."
Sid was just about to cast a spell to regenerate severed limbs when he suddenly realized that after the experiment, his magic power had been depleted by more than 40%.
I used it several times just now, probably more than ten times in total, and I injected a lot of magic power into it twice to test the limits of these two miracles. It's not surprising that there is the current loss.
"If you are not a magician specializing in healing, it would probably take more magic power to produce an effect similar to these two miracles."
In other words, these two miracles can accomplish great things with a small amount of magic power. If there is someone in the adventurer's team who can use this, the adventure should be much smoother.
As mentioned earlier, those who make a vow with the princess will receive additional blessings when using this miracle. Sid felt that he became more energetic and even stronger. He tried to push the stone door and found that the stone door that he had previously needed to use several kinds of enhancement magic and the wizard's hand to push could now be pushed with just his bare hands.
Strengthen strength? No, it's strengthening everything, all attributes.
The enhancement is not as good as Oath of Vengeance, but it can be stacked a limited number of times.
From the most critical point of view, this oath is still not enough to drive adventurers to come here to make it through numerous difficulties and dangers. The effect of the Sunshine Princess's ring is not satisfactory. The slow recovery of vitality is really slow. Such inefficiency cannot be tolerated in battle.
Sid always felt that there were other explanations for these two miracles, such as the sentence in the introduction: "Those who believe in the sun will become more brave."
He thought of the Sun Warrior. Could it be that these two miracles have additional effects on the Sun Warrior?
What is this, faction linkage?
Now he doesn't have a Sun Warrior on hand, so he can only go out and catch one to conduct experiments, but before going out he has to clean up the remaining things.
There was nothing left in Princess Sunshine's bedroom, and it would be hard to find anything new if he stayed any longer. There were still many places in the castle that had not been explored, but without Solar, Cid himself was too lazy to explore as he was really tired.
He walked back to the brass woman because she seemed to have said that he could come back to see her after completing the trial.
After arriving, Sid discovered that he could exchange his soul for the armor of Ornstein and Smough from the other party.
Ornstein’s is still okay, but is there really anyone who can wear Smough’s armor?
Cid was not interested in these and was about to leave, but suddenly he thought of something and turned back. He repeatedly killed several giant guards to collect their souls, and then added the souls obtained from the boss battle, and exchanged the total for a set of Ornstein armor from the Bronze Woman.
He won't wear it, he's saving it to give to someone else.
He always had a feeling that as the fame of the Sen Dungeon grew, he would face more troubles, such as the Royal City Guild that had protested before, and the Church of the Holy Light would sooner or later cause trouble, so he had to find a protective umbrella to protect himself from the troubles.
All elderly people know that people of this age are not afraid of difficulties, but they are too lazy to care about troubles.
As for who is most attracted by Ornstein's armor.
You can tell it at a glance, right?
After defeating Ornstein and Smough, Cid received the news that he could leave Anor Londo at any time. After putting away his armor, he left.
After returning to Irithyll, he looked at the Onion Knight sleeping in front of the campfire. He was still a little dazed. After coming out, he felt physically exhausted. It turned out that his spirit had already reached its limit.
But just as he sat down by the campfire, another scene appeared before his eyes. Rudolph's figure appeared and asked if he wanted to refine his soul.
"You are so dedicated, old man."
Smoo's soul can be refined into three things:
1. Smough's hammer. Compared with the ordinary version that Irithyll can pick up, this one has the ability to absorb slightly more vitality from the enemy during battle, and carries the combat skill [Endurance].
Second, War Ash [Thunder Strike], which is made to imitate Smona's big butt falling from the sky like a mountain pressing down on one's head. It releases a large range of lightning while smashing out huge power.
3. The Blood of the Executioner. For those who choose this, the more cruel the means used in battle, the more powerful they will be. However, this increase is not permanent and must be repeated in every battle.
Sid took a look and found that these did not fit his fighting style at all, so he did not choose to refine his soul and bid farewell to Rudolf.
"Well, I teamed up with Solar to kill one of the King's Four Knights and a powerful executioner. This kind of record should make Japar shut up."
As he walked towards the bonfire that could be used for teleportation, Sid couldn't help but ponder in his mind.
How can I let the missing Japar know that I have done these things? I should publicize it, but I am so old that I will be criticized for being unreserved if I show up in public. But I will not be willing to not publicize it.
"No, we still need to promote it."
He clapped his hands suddenly and decided that not only would he publicize it, but he would also speak out in person.
I won't go back to Bed City, but to Lake Lienia where many adventurers gather!
He is going to the most crowded pub to give a shocking speech!
Along the way, Sid was thinking about what tone of voice to use, what position of arms to put when speaking, and how to tell the whole story.
“It must have the most perfect effect.”
Thinking of this, he came to the town in front of the college.
As soon as he appeared from the bonfire, he suddenly heard a noisy sound coming from the square where people gathered. People were gathered there, and no one knew what they were doing.
Using visual enhancement magic to take a closer look, wow, the person standing on the stage and giving a speech indignantly was actually Luluwo, and next to Luluwo was Fingry.
The two of them sang in unison on the stage, holding a "microphone" made of amplifying stones, waving their hands and turning their heads. Their expressions and movements were quite passionate, and the adventurers' emotions were aroused to a very high level.
Isn't it my turn to be in the spotlight? Xide's face was full of questions. Was he here at the wrong time?
I used magic to enhance my hearing and finally heard clearly what Fingri said:
"The evil Pope Shalivan has kidnapped our kind and gentle Lord Gwyndolin. Everyone, follow me and charge in! Save the leader of the Darkmoon Sword!"
“Kill, kill, kill!”
Did I miss a few episodes?
Sid's expression of surprise was almost exactly the same as the emotion reflected in the above sentence.
It was the first time he saw the adventurers so excited, as if, uh, they were given an injection of chicken blood?
When the Sean Dungeon went berserk and I asked you to protect the City of Bede, I never saw you guys so excited!!!
At this moment, Luluwo on the stage spotted him, smiled, and greeted him:
"Mr. President, why don't you come up and say a few words?"
(End of this chapter)
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