“This is a Great Rune… a shard of the Elden Ring?”
A floating object appeared in Meng Bai's palm.
This floating object was between matter and energy, like a rune composed of countless dark gold arcs.
【Godrick's Great Rune】 (Secret Realm Item), Fourth Rank Rare Treasure Item… Introduction: Godrick's Great Rune, the "Shardbearer", this Great Rune is called the Center of Gravity Rune, located in the center of the Elden Ring. "Elden Lord" Godfrey and his descendants — the Golden Lineage — are the first Demigods to appear.
“Eh? This Great Rune doesn't seem ordinary!”
Meng Bai knew that Great Runes were all composed of Elden Ring shards.
It stands to reason that Godrick is called the weakest Demigod, and the Great Rune he possesses should also be the weakest, but judging from the textual description of the Great Rune, this shard is the most central shard of the Elden Ring, and it also belongs to the Great Rune of the first Demigod to appear in the Golden Lineage.
In other words.
Not only is it not the weakest.
It is very likely to be the strongest, or the most important Great Rune.
When other adventurers saw the effect of "Godrick's Great Rune", they also showed expressions of bewilderment, only feeling that Lord Qi was not playing by common sense again!
Black Stone Hammer King: “Strange, really strange, how could the weakest Demigod hold the strongest Rune?”
Wind in Sleep gave their own view: "I think it's completely reasonable. Although Godrick is the weakest Demigod, this Great Rune originally belonged to the First Elden Lord Godfrey and his eldest son, Godwyn the Golden."
Mingyue Zhaoxue nodded: “Judging from the existing intelligence, Godrick the Grafted is very likely the grandson of the First Elden Lord Godfrey, the son of Golden Prince Godwyn, so he considers himself a direct descendant of the Golden Family and attempts to become the Golden King.”
“So that’s how it is!”
“If it’s like this, it’s not strange.”
“Although Godrick himself is a useless waste, his father and grandfather are top-tier existences. The reason why he can hold this Great Rune is purely because he inherited the status of his father and grandfather.”
“……”
Meng Bai felt the Great Rune floating in their hand.
They could clearly feel the Esoteric Skill contained within it.
That is a kind of mysterious information and supreme power that can write laws and order!
The Elden Ring is the concrete manifestation of the Law, and it itself is the incarnation and symbol of the Golden Order, so when Eternal Queen Marika shattered the Elden Ring, the laws of this world directly collapsed and became chaotic.
The power of law contained in each shard is different.
There should be a lot of shards produced after the Elden Ring is broken.
Meng Bai speculated that only Elden Ring shards that automatically bind to Demigods would be called Great Runes. Apart from that, other shards themselves do not directly contain the power of law, but they are also scattered all over the Lands Between, or are held by specific people.
For example, Dragon Lance Vike, Knight of a Hundred Minds, and others.
Therefore, these people do not necessarily have to seize the Great Runes. They can obtain the recognition or tacit approval of the Greater Will through other experiences or cultivation, thus directly possessing the ability and qualification to repair the Elden Ring and become the Elden Lord.
As for those unnamed Tarnished, role-playing as adventurers.
Because they need to prove that they have the qualification to become king, they also need to possess the basic materials to recast the Elden Ring, so they are required to defeat the Demigods and obtain at least two Great Runes.
Of course.
This is just Meng Bai's guess.
As for whether this is the case, it is difficult to determine.
Meng Bai, Biyan Hua, White Crane Hermit, Wan Shan Gu Hong.
After successfully defeating Godrick, the four adventurers went their separate ways and took action.
Meng Bai first teleported to the broken house on Stormhill through the Blessing, and they will hand over the human cocoon relic picked up in Stormveil Castle to Roderika.
When they learned that Godrick had been defeated.
Their companion was also tortured.
This Golden Noble was in tears. Eventually, after a series of guidance, Roderika, like the game's plot, decided to become Meng Bai's Spirit Tuner, and from then on fully assist the adventurer in becoming the Elden Ring.
Meng Bai visited the battle skill teacher, Bernahl, again.
This handsome and handsome knight, filled with a melancholic temperament, was also very surprised and surprised when he learned that Meng Bai had defeated Godrick.
“You are the Tarnished with the best talent I have ever seen, even Vike is not as good as you. But I didn't expect that you could achieve such achievements and defeat a Demigod in such a short time.”
Meng Bai said: "There is also your merit in it!"
Bernahl said: “Since the Demigod of Stormveil Castle has been defeated, I am also preparing to leave Stormhill.”
Meng Bai asked in surprise: “Where are you going?”
This battle skill teacher still has a lot of battle skills that haven't been learned, and what he is currently showing is also likely not his full ability, only some relatively basic battle skills and magic.
Bernahl is a Tarnished comparable to Vike.
His ability and means are definitely more than that.
Bernahl has no intention of competing for the Elden Lord. If all his means can be imparted, Meng Bai believes that the future path will be much easier, and they will have more Certainty against other Demigods!
“I’m going to do what I should do, but I can’t tell you now. If you are curious about this, you can come to Volcano Manor to find me.”
“Volcano Manor?”
“Volcano Manor is Rykard's territory. He is one of my best friends.”
Meng Bai's expression changed slightly when they heard this. Adventurers have been adventuring in the Lands Between for so long, and they have naturally inquired about some of the relationships in the Lands Between, especially those of the Golden Lineage.
Rykard is one of the sons of Eternal Queen Marika.
In other words, they are a Demigod.
Rykard once served as the Judge of the Golden Dynasty. He was famous for his absolute justice and selflessness and his punishment of evil and promotion of good, and he was a figure who was loved and respected by the people of the Lands Between. He is also one of the current holders of the Great Runes.
Is such a person a best friend of Bernahl? The battle skill teacher is indeed extraordinary!
Bernahl continued: “Of course, I will return to the Roundtable Hold regularly. If you want to learn battle skills, you can find me at the Roundtable Hold during these times, and I will teach you battle skills to the best of my ability.”
I almost forgot.
Bernahl can enter the Roundtable Hold.
Meng Bai was completely relieved when they heard this.
After they said farewell to the battle skill teacher, they immediately teleported back to the Roundtable Hold through the Blessing. When they learned that they had defeated Godrick and obtained the Great Rune, all the adventurers in the Roundtable Hold were shocked.
“Godrick has been defeated!”
“Although Godrick is the weakest Demigod, Stormveil Castle is heavily guarded and step-by-step. How did they do it!”
“Who exactly is this Tarnished named Meng Bai!”
“……”
The Tarnished were all shocked.
Meng Bai's prestige among the Tarnished has greatly increased.
It will be much easier to recruit people to team up in the future.
It made Meng Bai feel great and produced a strong sense of pride.
After all, before this, Meng Bai was just a small transparent person in the Roundtable Hold, and from now on, everyone will truly regard them as a strong competitor for the Elden Lord!
As for why the Tarnished are so surprised and shocked.
Of course, it can also be understood!
In order to break into Stormveil Castle, even under the circumstances of having Gostoc as an inside man, Meng Bai died more than a dozen or twenty times. The strictness of this city's guard can be imagined!
Unlike adventurers who have infinite fault tolerance.
Other Tarnished only have one life, without fault tolerance.
Therefore, even if their strength is ten times stronger than Meng Bai's, they would not dare to get close to Stormveil Castle easily.
In addition, the BOSS battlefield experienced by the adventurers was specially designed by Miracle City. How many minions, how to mend, and when reinforcements appear, all have patterns to follow, while other Tarnished, if they rashly break to Godrick's side.
Then being surrounded by ten or eight Godrick Knights, plus three or five Grafted Nobles, and a hundred and eighty small soldiers at the same time is very normal, and they are hard to find such a space and occasion for a duel.
For this reason.
Even if it is Vike or Knight of a Hundred Minds.
Without enough helpers, it is also difficult for them to kill Godrick. This is also the main reason why Godrick and other Demigods could still be in separate regions after the Shattering.
After all, whether the Demigods establish a force.
There will definitely be followers or knights gathering around them spontaneously.
Now this kind of thing has been done by a little-known Tarnished, no wonder other Tarnished would be so shocked.
Not long after, Meng Bai received an invitation from Knight of a Hundred Minds. They walked into Knight of a Hundred Minds's exclusive room. It was a huge study with a vast number of books piled up, and Knight of a Hundred Minds was standing in front of a desk.
“Congratulations, from now on, you are a formal member of the Roundtable Hold!” Knight of a Hundred Minds said: “As one of the few Tarnished with the qualification to become king, I hope we can cooperate for a long time.”
Meng Bai said: “Cooperation?”
Knight of a Hundred Minds: “You should want to get more Great Runes. To welcome your formal joining, I can share some information for free, including Godrick, who you defeated. The Roundtable Hold has a total of five Great Rune holders' whereabouts and related intelligence.”
Meng Bai's eyes lit up.
This is indeed very valuable information.
Knight of a Hundred Minds directly introduced: “The first is the lord of Stormveil Castle, ‘Godrick the Grafted’, the second is ‘Starscourge General’ Radahn, who once fought with the Valkyrie to a draw in Caelid, the third is the ‘Judge’ Rykard, the lord of Volcano Manor in Gelmir, the fourth is the lord of Leyndell, Royal Capital, and the invisible ‘Blessing King’ Morgott, and finally ‘Queen of the Full Moon’ Rennala of the Academy of Raya Lucaria……”
Next.
They detailed the other four Great Rune holders besides Godrick.
Their locations, backgrounds, abilities, etc. are all very clear and useful information.
During this process, the adventurers also obtained a lot of useful information, such as "Queen of the Full Moon" Rennala is not a Demigod, but holds a Great Rune.
Rennala is the leader of the Academy, and also the Queen of the Carian Royal Family. The Carian Royal Family once waged war with the Golden Order Dynasty, and later joined the Golden Order Dynasty through a political marriage.
However, Rennala's husband, Radagon, abandoned her not long after and returned to the Royal City to become Marika's second husband, succeeding First Elden Lord Godfrey and becoming the Second Elden Lord.
The amber egg he left for Rennala contained a Great Rune.
This information caused the adventurers to be deeply puzzled, because it is not difficult to see from the information that the time Rennala obtained the Great Rune was far before the Shattering event.
This seems to imply that the Great Runes are not completely equal to the Elden Ring shards.
The shards of the Elden Ring may only be the carrier of the Great Runes.
The essence of the Great Runes may be closer to a kind of Divinity. It will automatically bind to each Demigod or Godman, so where did the Great Rune of Radagon of the Golden Order, the Second Elden Lord, come from? It's really puzzling!
In addition.
There are also a few puzzles.
The Queen of the Full Moon Rennala sounds a bit familiar.
The adventurers couldn't help but think of the mysterious Witch they met in the Ayleid Church.
This Witch, who gave the adventurer the Spirit Calling Bell, called herself Renna. Does she have some kind of connection with the Queen of the Full Moon?
In addition, Knight of a Hundred Minds only mentioned five Great Rune holders, but according to the adventurers' understanding, Marika also has several children, such as Mohg, Miquella.
Regarding these two.
Even Knight of a Hundred Minds does not have any definite information.
Not long after, Meng Bai left Knight of a Hundred Minds's study. They walked to a room at the deepest part of the Roundtable Hold, and there were almost no Tarnished near this room, because the Tarnished who were qualified to enter here were few and far between.
This is where the Two Fingers, the envoys of the Greater Will, are located.
Only the Tarnished who truly possess the qualifications to become king are eligible to see the Two Fingers!
When Meng Bai walked into the room, they were immediately stunned by what they saw. They saw a pair of huge, pitch-black fingers in the room…
“So the Two Fingers are not a metaphor, it’s really two fingers sticking here!”
“Damn, I've fantasized about the appearance of the Two Fingers countless times, who could have imagined that the Two Fingers are really two fingers!”
“Old Thief Qi is really elusive!”
“I have to say, this is even more eerie, how can the envoy of the Greater Will be two fingers? Are all the Finger Maidens trained by these two fingers?”
“……”
Meng Bai saw that the Two Fingers were very huge, like two pitch-black pillars. Their surface was covered with scars, riddled with holes, and even rotten, which made people have to doubt whether they could really operate.
As the envoy of the Greater Will, the truly divine.
Why does it appear so dilapidated?
“New Tarnished?”
An old, dry voice of an old woman rang out. They saw that under the scarred and ugly Two Fingers, an old woman was sitting on a chair. Although she was so old that she was almost a living corpse, her tone and gaze were very kind.
“It’s been a hard journey, I am ‘Enia, the Finger Maiden’. The Fingers are the envoys of the Greater Will, and I am responsible for interpreting and conveying the words of the elders.”
At this moment.
Enia, the old woman, seemed to feel something.
“Look carefully, the Fingers are trembling… This means they are welcoming you, the holder of the Great Rune!”
Meng Bai looked at the Two Fingers in front of them with a face full of suspicion, only feeling that the Two Fingers in front of them were like a statue, and there was no sign of movement at all, but after staring at the Two Fingers for a few seconds, a feeling of dizziness and vertigo surged into their mind.
This thing seems to emit Mental Pollution, making it impossible to look directly at it for a long time.
“Come, listen to the words of the Fingers:”
Enia, the old woman, said this.
Her tone suddenly became solemn and solemn: "The great Elden Ring is the Golden Order — let the laws of the world not be chaotic, let life be blessed and bestowed, breaking the law is a great sin, and the evil consequences are of course inevitable…"
“Now the world and life are damaged beyond measure, curses and misfortune are spreading everywhere, even so, the Greater Will will not abandon the world and life, so you Tarnished will be guided by the Blessing and given a mission.”
“Tarnished, the Great Rune you hold is a great shard of the Elden Ring, go find another one!”
“……”
“Demigods are the hosts of the Elden Ring, Marika's children have gone astray and are fighting each other because of the Great Runes, but none of them can become the Elden Lord!”
“Because long, long ago, the Greater Will had abandoned this group of Demigods!”
“Tarnished, there is no need to hesitate, kill them to your heart's content, plunder them!”
“Become the Elden Lord, and repair the Golden Order!”
Enia, the old woman's interpretation was over.
She returned to her kind tone and looked at the Tarnished.
“Even so, you also have to be careful. After all, the Demigods are the children of Queen Marika. Only Godrick is a descendant, with the thinnest Divine Blood and the weakest power.”
Meng Bai suddenly felt.
This old woman is actually quite nice.
They seemed to feel something: “Oh, and also, it seems that you still have a Golden Remembrance, this is the treasure sculpted by the Erdtree after the Demigods and great heroes disappeared, if you want to obtain the power contained in it, the Fingers can help you…”
After the adventurer defeated Godrick, they not only obtained the Great Rune, but also a Remembrance.
This Remembrance can be used to exchange for equipment that is endowed with the power of the Remembrance's master.
The Remembrances of different Demigods or heroes.
The items transformed are even more different.
For example, "Godrick's Remembrance" can choose one of the two Fourth Rank Rare Quality equipment, "Godrick's Axe" and "Grafted Dragon", which is really amazing!
……
After the battle to hunt Godrick ended.
The four adventurers took different actions.
For example, White Crane Hermit took the Godskin Talisman and Godskin Prayer Book found in Stormveil Castle's secret room, returned to the Roundtable Hold to find the cleric Corhyn, and finally unlocked the two Black Flame Incantations "Black Flame" and "Black Flame Blade" from the Godskin Apostle.
For example, Biyan Hua went directly through Stormveil Castle to the back of Stormveil. When they stood on the cliff and looked at the opposite side, the scene they saw not only shocked them, but also shocked all the spectators in Miracle City.
“Beautiful!”
“Too beautiful!”
Overlooking “Liurnia of the Lakes” from above Stormveil Castle.
This scene can be said to be one of the most classic and beautiful famous scenes in the entire game. The shock caused to the adventurers is completely no less than what they saw when they first came out of Stranded Graveyard.
“This is Liurnia of the Lakes!”
Biyan Hua felt the hint of the Secret Realm: “So I have left the Limgrave area and arrived at the next area!”
This area is a huge wetland, with abundant clouds and water vapor, and relics everywhere, giving people a very old feeling… When looking far away towards the sky, a mysterious building can be vaguely seen.
“According to the latest intelligence!”
“That is the Academy!”
“Queen ‘Rennala’ of the Full Moon is inside!”
“This seems to become the second target of the Big Shots!”
“The terrain and landform of this Lands Between are really rich, and the scene is so shocking and rich.”
“I feel that there are still many places in Limgrave that have not been explored. In addition, the Caelid direction is also very worthy of careful research and exploration. The Lands Between is a treasure land!”
“……”
Not long after.
Several adventurers successively withdrew from the Secret Realm.
【Adventure ends!】
【The evaluation of this adventure: A-!】
【You obtained "Skill Stone: Vyke's Dragonbolt"!】
After Meng Bai exited the Secret Realm, this adventure achieved a good result of A, and the spoils of war they obtained were nothing else, but the super skill Vyke's Dragonbolt, which they had learned not long ago.
“It's actually a Third Rank Rare Treasure Skill!”
“Even in Miracle City, there are not many of these skills!”
Meng Bai immediately used the Skill Stone. Rich magic knowledge poured into their mind. The Incantations of the Lands Between are a very special kind of magic. This kind of special magic in the Secret Realm does not exist in the Chaos Continent.
But no matter what kind of items, equipment, or skills.
As long as they leave the Secret Realm and appear in the real world, they will be adapted to the world's laws.
“This is Vyke's Dragonbolt… a special lightning from the Gu Long!”
Meng Bai raised their hands and saw blood-red electric light jumping on their fingertips. Each electric light contained powerful energy and destructive power, and at the same time was full of the breath of life.
This kind of lightning from the Lands Between is very special in nature.
It is different from any kind of lightning in the Chaos Continent.
Even if ordinary adventurers master this kind of lightning, they will only have one more useful skill.
Meng Bai is different. They can clearly feel that the red dragon lightning has a certain perfect adaptability to the dragon clan bloodline… The dragon clan can exert even greater power by mastering this red lightning, and at the same time, they can understand and develop it at a deeper level!
They showed a look of ecstasy!
Although they only obtained a skill, Meng Bai believes that based on this skill, they can develop a variety of Fourth Rank and even Fifth Order new skills.
If they take "Vyke's Dragonbolt" back to the Dragon Country.
Meng Bai will become the Big Shot who establishes their own school among the Dragon Clan!
This harvest is too great.
It is priceless to the Dragon Clan!
Not long after, Biyan Hua, White Crane Hermit, and Wan Shan Gu Hong also successively finished their challenges and withdrew from the Secret Realm.
Biyan Hua also obtained a Skill Stone, which was exactly the “Gravity Rock Ball Technique” they used, while White Crane Hermit burst out the “Grave Scythe Greatsword”.
Of course.
The most worth mentioning.
Of course, it is still Wan Shan Gu Hong.
The spoils of war he obtained were originally "Godrick Essence Soul".
In terms of value, it is already a cut above others, which is considered a personal luck explosion.
But Wan Shan Gu Hong already has a Fourth Rank Essence Soul, so they resisted the temptation and did not want this Fourth Rank Named Essence Soul, but instead launched the three Abundance Marks they had prepared.
The final rating was raised from A- to the level of Double A, and the spoils of war also changed from "Godrick Essence Soul" to "Godrick's Great Rune"!
“What?”
“Fourth Rank Rare Treasure Item!”
“A Big Shot burst out a Fourth Rank Rare Treasure Item? Damn, this wave is going straight to heaven!”
“……”
The Miracle City territory has been in operation for many months, but no adventurer has ever burst out a Fourth Rank item from the Secret Realm.
Does Miracle City not have Fourth Rank items? Of course not!
Whether it is the nuclear bomb in the Raging Tide Secret Realm, the Ten Great Divine Artifacts in the Ten Kingdoms Sui and Tang Dynasty, or the Space-Time Folding Weapon and the Spacecraft Carriers in the Star Sea Secret Realm.
These things can theoretically all burst out.
It's just that the worst of them is not lower than Fourth Rank.
However, it is also because the rank is too high, and the adventurer cannot burst out items beyond their own rank, and the Fourth Rank adventurers of Miracle City are scarce. For this reason, the Fourth Rank items that have been produced are very few.
As of now.
Some Common Grade Fourth Rank spoils of war have been produced.
Rare items are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, but Rare Treasure Items have never appeared.
The “Godrick's Great Rune” burst out by Wan Shan Gu Hong is not only the first Fourth Rank Rare Treasure, but this is also an item that no one has ever seen or heard of, especially when they saw the related attributes, everyone was stunned and very shocked.
【Godrick's Great Rune】, Fourth Rank Rare Treasure Item, can be used to strengthen Essence Souls and improve their quality, or to imbue any Innate Essence Soul that does not exceed Fourth Rank, so that the Essence Soul obtains the characteristics and ability to temporarily fuse or absorb any three Essence Souls of the same rank.
When the effects of this item were seen.
The adventurers immediately fell into a daze.
They had never seen such an incredible item.
The appearance of this item has the ability to completely rewrite the adventurer's cultivation method and Essence Soul system!
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