Following the death of 'Golden' Godwin on the Night of the Black Knife, another demigod, 'Extended' Greg, was also defeated in Stonewell City.
Facts have proved that the death curse has indeed contaminated everyone, even demigods!
Not many people know how Half-Grek died. Anyway, not long afterward, his pale head and shrunken body were hung high at the main entrance of Stonewell Castle by the angry gatekeeper Gotok. and after that, it was officially announced to the outside world that the golden king, who had a special obsession with limbs, had ended the brutal rule of the Nimgefu region.
At the same time, almost at the moment of Greg's demise, most of the knights and soldiers loyal to the demigod 'joined' Greg fled, and then, the entire Nimgefu area also began to be turbulent.
Fortunately, that turmoil did not last long.
When the original Stonewell City soldiers at the Storm Pass, the Storm Hill frontline, and the Nimgolf Wilderness and other places were still confused, they quickly received the new Stonewell City ruler, the one who defeated After receiving the order of Queen Anne Hastur of Demigod Grek's 'Storm and Fire', they began to return to Stonewell City one after another to prepare for reorganization.
It was at this time that the big tree guards who had been stationed in the Nimgefu Wilderness for many years and transferred to intercepting and killing the faded ones were finally able to end their mission and took their two hundred soldiers located in the Nimugefu Forest Camp. Hundreds of war elites returned to Stonewell City after a long absence.
"..."
Wearing golden armor, holding a golden round shield and a golden halberd, the tall tree guard with golden armor on his crotch and a tall horse walked at the front of the team, looking at the towering Stonewell Castle on the cliff in the distance and the dilapidated castle under the castle. Stonewell City couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
I think back then, when they were ordered to leave Stonewell City, although Greg had already shown some behavior of worshiping 'limbs' at that time, the city was not like this at that time. But now when they come back, here, But it has already been reduced to such a state that it is almost a ruin.
"..."
In fact, the big tree guard was not too surprised by this.
Although they have been away from this city and have never been able to come back, after all, he also knows that the demigod "limb" Greg has actually done a lot of "great achievements" over the years, coupled with the destruction of the Shard War that year , so it is not surprising that the current Stonewell City looks like this with broken eaves and broken walls and sparsely populated areas.
However, although they had been prepared for it, they still couldn't help but feel a little sad and uneasy when they saw the second largest city in the border area turning into this.
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Similarly, at this time, the soldiers who were slowly advancing in the team, their morale was a little low, and they didn't even have a flag. Their expressions and movements also showed the complexity of their moods. .
After all, except for some of them who came from the Royal City with Greg back then, most of the others are local residents of Stonewell City. However, after they have not returned for many years, they see their hometown become like this. The mood will definitely not be too good.
"Stop whoever comes!"
At this time, I saw the big tree guard approaching with more than 200 people. Of course, from the defense fortifications of Stonewell City in front, a man wearing silver armor and carrying a triangular shield behind his back ran out. I don’t know why but there was a small offset print of the Homeless Knight. The other party quickly came to the front and intercepted this group of soldiers who were dusty.
"What?"
"Are you the garrison from Nimgefu Wilderness?"
"Great, you are back. I heard that you are familiar with the great Queen Anne, right?"
"Come with me, the queen told us before, I have been waiting for you here for many days."
Soon, after learning that the soldiers led by the big tree guard who led the team back turned out to be the team that blocked the faded ones in the Nimgofu wilderness and the woodland area, the homeless knight was overjoyed and hurriedly motioned for everyone to follow him. He will personally lead the people into the city.
So, after the defenders outside Stonewell City released them, this group of nearly three hundred people, who looked like they had been covered in dust, finally entered the city and walked towards the tunnel leading to the city in the distance.
"Well?"
As I walked, I saw some people cleaning up the streets and houses in the ruins of the city. I saw a lot of laughter and laughter coming from those who were busy. The big tree guard couldn't help but stop his horse and look sideways. A few glances.
Because, he saw: there seemed to be a light called hope on the faces of those people, and their behavior was different from the refugees they had seen in the wilderness before.
"..."
"Excuse me, how did Greg lose?"
After pondering for a while, the tree guard continued to follow the knight leading the way and finally couldn't help but ask with doubts in his heart.
It was precisely because he had come into contact with Annie, that unique little girl, that he couldn't believe that such a child could defeat Greg.
In fact, until he received the 'order' to cancel the camp checkpoint and return to Stonewell City from the Nimgofu Camp, he never believed that Greg was really defeated, and that he was defeated at the hands of the little girl they knew. Well, that does sound a bit ridiculous.
"this……"
"Well……"
"To be precise, he should have been defeated by a group of knights!"
Although he had not seen it in person, the Homeless Knight, who was relatively clear about the matter, did not hide much and simply said it with certainty in words that he thought were more accurate.
"A group of knights?"
"A group of knights are no match for demigods, right?"
He lowered his head and pondered for a while. While following the other party and continuing to move forward, the big tree guard suddenly asked with some confusion.
After all, no matter how bad Greg is, he is still a demigod with pure blood, and he is also a direct descendant of the Golden Family. If it were replaced by their big tree guards, it would probably take at least a whole team to win?
But unfortunately, looking at the Nimgefu area, there is no whole team of big tree guards at all!
Besides, he himself didn’t know whether a team of big tree guards could defeat the demigods. He just made assumptions in his mind. After all, their big tree guards had never fought against Greg, and they had never thought of doing that. It's a disloyal and disgraceful thing, even if what the other person has done over the years has been very unpopular and alienated everyone.
"Of course it's impossible for a group of knights!"
"but……"
"What if there are thousands of knights?"
The homeless knight who was leading the way on horseback paused for a moment, then suddenly turned around on his horse and asked in a tone that seemed dull due to the closed helmet.
"Thousands and thousands..."
"Ah!"
First he was startled, and then the big tree guard shook his head with a dumb smile.
You know, the kind of cavalry that can be knighted, or can have plate armor and horses, which one is not an invincible warrior, how can it easily gather so many knights?
In the thousand-man team he led to the Nimgefu Wilderness to stop the Faded Ones, the number of knights could be counted on one hand. Otherwise, they would not have had such a difficult life that they would be reduced to It was time for him to patrol the wilderness alone.
"Impossible. Where are there so many knights here in Nimgefu?"
In short, there is no doubt about the quality and power of the knights. It is impossible to gather such a large number easily!
For example, if the homeless knight in front of them is leading the way with them, if the opponent confronts him, even though he is confident of defeating the opponent, he probably won't be able to solve it in a short time, but with the presence of the opponent, the entire Nim Gefu is estimated to be less than ten?
"I didn't believe it at first, but..."
"You'll find out soon enough."
It seemed that the reaction of the big tree guard had been anticipated, so the homeless knight did not explain any more, but continued to wear Luze with a smile.
"!!"
"Well?"
"Whose men are those people?"
Suddenly, as the team gradually approached Stonewell Castle, the big tree guard suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed forward, pointing at the majestic people standing majestically on both sides of the gate of the passage gate wearing red patterned armor, with a faint red light emerging from their eyes. Two teams of guards dressed like knights asked.
He has never seen a knight dressed like that. It is different from the lost knight. It is not the knight of Grek, nor the 'Red Lion', nor the 'Cuckoo' or 'Kalia', but more like the golden knight of Rodel in the royal city. There was a huge difference. Anyway, the big tree guard who thought he was well-informed could not recognize it.
"Queen Anne's direct line of guard!"
"Actually, they are the powerful knights I told you just now. They worked together to defeat the 'Extended Limb' Greg."
"Speaking of which, they were formed less than half a month ago..."
"In fact..."
"I still don't want to believe that they are all knights summoned from the ashes of innocent people whose limbs were 'replaced'?"
"You can call them 'Lava Casters', that's their real name."
"However, compared to that, we all prefer to call them 'Fire Eyes Knights'. After all, you should have discovered that they all have a pair of flaming eyes. That's very appropriate, isn't it?"
"Ah!"
"In short, they are very powerful, but some of them seem to be a little lacking in battle experience. In a one-on-one situation, I am 80% sure that I can beat them!"
"But if it takes time, or if it's one-to-many, the result may not be certain."
The homeless knight seemed to be a talkative person, and he told what he knew so eloquently that he immediately stunned the big tree guards and those elites who had been stationed outside all year round. Startled.
"That's it..."
"It's unbelievable..."
After pondering for a while, he looked at the so-called 'magma pourers' and the 'Fire Eye Knights' on his horse, and found that those people's bodies seemed to contain some kind of flame power. The big tree guard thought for a while, In the end, he didn't say anything more, but continued to ride his horse and follow him slowly forward.
He knew that the homeless knight in front must be hiding something from him, but he didn't take it to heart.
"!!"
"that is……"
"Knight of the Furnace?!"
Suddenly, they found a familiar figure standing on the top of the city not far away, and the big tree guard exclaimed again.
"That's right!"
"There are two Crucible Knights in Stonewell City now. One of them is said to have been rescued from the sealed prison by Queen Anne. You should know that place, right?"
"Speaking of which, we put a lot of effort into dealing with them before!"
As he spoke, the homeless knight couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
But no matter what, the former Storm King and the former Golden King Greg have become a thing of the past. Now, they who once did not deal with each other and were even hostile to each other now belong to the new Queen of 'Storm and Fire' Under Anne Hastur's command, all the previous conflicts, whether they were conflicts or imprisonment, no longer need to be argued about.
"Is that so?"
Nodding, the big tree guard expressed his understanding, and soon stopped obsessing over why the Crucible Knight appeared in the castle.
"correct."
"here……"
"How did it become so dilapidated?"
Finally, seeing that the time was right and seeing that he was about to enter the castle if he didn't ask, the big tree guard couldn't help but ask about something that he had always found difficult to accept.
After all, although he had been mentally prepared, the current situation in Stonewell City was still far from what he had imagined.
"Ruined?"
"ha!"
"You may not believe it, but before Queen Anne came here, this place was even more dilapidated than it is now!"
"Fortunately, after the defeat of Greg, many people have come back one after another after hearing the news. There are about three to five thousand people like this now, but there were not even a thousand people before."
"Recently we are cleaning up those dead people. I believe that this place will get better in the future."
"Clean up?"
"..."
"But how to clean up the dead ones?"
The big tree guards naturally know about the dead ones, and have even seen a lot of them. After all, that kind of thing is now everywhere in and around the border!
Those guys are basically living corpses turned into because people cannot die and reincarnate normally after the Elden Ring is broken. They are either doing insignificant things to kill endless time, or they are begging for death, and either It attacks the living people like the wind and is very difficult to deal with.
In short, the emergence of the Deadborn is the result of the flaws in the Golden Law, and is also evidence that the death curse has contaminated the entire world after the 'Night of the Black Knife'.
"It's easy!"
"Queen Anne gave us the Flame Furnace. For those completely twisted Deathborn, we can directly purify them and turn them into the purest runes in the world!"
"For those that can be saved, we can convert them into 'magma pourers.'"
"That's the best way."
The homeless knight was still talking, and even revealed the relatively core secrets.
"I see……"
Nodding, the big tree guards stopped talking and continued to lead their people forward silently.
"!!"
Finally, not long after, they arrived in front of the main entrance of Stonewell City Castle, and saw the head of the former Golden King 'Extended Limb' Greg.
Now, the originally immortal 'demigod' was hung up like that.
"..."
Seeing this, the guard of the tree quickly turned over and dismounted. After looking up for a while, he followed the more than two hundred soldiers he brought and gave a final solemn knightly salute to the withered and ugly head.
"Stop!"
"Who are you, and why do you salute that weak king and that miserable slug?"
"Are you spies?"
At this time, when the big tree guards and others had just formed their formation and paid their last respects to their former king, very suddenly, a guy suddenly ran out of the hut next to the main entrance of the castle, and spoke loudly scolded sharply.
He even took out a horn and wanted to call people.
"Gotok!"
"You have nothing to do here!"
"Back off!"
But fortunately, before the cursing gatekeeper Getok could take action, he was repelled by the homeless knight with footprints on his cheek.
"Let's go in."
"Although I don't know if you can see the queen when you come back at this time, but you still have to go in."
After slumping his shoulders and signaling to the tree guards and others not to mind the lunatic guarding the door, the Homeless Knight continued to lead the way and motioned for everyone to follow him to report inside Stonewell Castle.
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