Beginning as King of Elden

Chapter 10 Santa Claus
After bidding farewell to the half-wolf warrior, Li Lin found that the half-wolf's personality seemed to be different from his appearance, and he might be a person with a good temper unexpectedly.

What kind of place is Rhea Lucalia... I have no impression at all.

If it weren't for the fact that the battle with the ownerless hound was basically consistent with expectations and memories, and Carlos's memory was also consistent with the game plot, Li Lin would have doubted whether he had traveled through the "Ancient Ring" world.

Back at the nearby blessing, Li Lin tried to call Melina's name in his heart.

In just a few seconds, golden light and shadow appeared next to the blessing.

The light and shadow quickly solidified, turning into the appearance of Melina.

After asking Melina to upgrade himself, Li Lin asked curiously, "How did you do this? Why can I call you just by thinking about it?"

"It's just a trick of a witch." Melina said lightly.

And say you're not a witch!
Li Lin almost couldn't hold back the words.

After completing the upgrade, Hound Fang can now be used freely, and the previous equipment update has come to an end.

Next, go to Wangcheng.

As a necessary path for the main plot, Li Lin still remembers that on this road, he must first pass the storm checkpoint and then arrive at Stonewell City.

There, there is the first demigod that players will encounter in "The Ancient Ring"-Grek "The Limb".

After passing through Stonewell City, the player has officially embarked on the road to the royal city.

After thinking about it, Li Lin suddenly realized a problem.

In "Ancient Ring", although countless people died because of the "Broken War", and the world was already devastated, there are still a large number of people who lost their sanity after losing their blessings due to the broken ring.

On the tens of kilometers long road from the storm checkpoint to Stonewell City, there are a large number of soldiers who have lost their minds and will only actively attack strangers who approach.

In the previous life, tens of thousands of Faded players spent nearly a month flattening this long road with a lot of blood.

Combining Carlos' memory and the actions of the past two days, he is probably the only player on Earth who traveled here.

Thinking of this, Li Lin couldn't help but feel a little troubled. He first asked Melina about the direction of the storm level.

After getting the answer of the direction, he happened to complete the body strengthening of Rune.

Li Lin hesitated and asked Melina who hadn't left yet: "Well, may I ask if you go to the king city... if you pass the storm checkpoint, is there any hidden and uninhabited path?"

Melina still maintained the same calm expression, looking at him without saying a word.

"..." Li Lin couldn't help sighing.

"I understand, I will work hard."

If you want to recast Elden's ring and become the king of Elden, these should only be regarded as the smallest difficulties on the road.

Melina nodded, let go of Li Lin's hand, and turned to leave.

"Please work hard."

"—to see Elden's ring." She said softly, and then it turned into a little bit of light and shadow and dissipated.

"Bang bang."

Staring at the disappearing light and shadow for two seconds, Li Lin patted the helmet on his cheek with his hands covered in light armor.

The sky is not dark, hurry up and go to the blessing in front of the storm level before dark.

After boarding the spirit horse again, Li Lin couldn't help but sigh for the convenience of Torret.

Spirit horses don't need to be fed, and they don't even need to be maintained like weapons and equipment. They come and go when they are called.

Even so, he could even feel from the actions of this sympathetic spirit horse that it was loyal to him, and even a little attached.

Thinking of this, Li Lin couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

All the way to follow the direction Melina had pointed out before until the sky was dark, and the light of blessing and the flames of the bonfire appeared on a ruin not far away.

bonfire?Is there any other fader here.

Entering the ruins, a man wearing a red and white cape and hat, with many goods beside him, who looks like Santa Claus is sitting around a campfire.

...What kind of dress is this.

Li Lin entered the ruins on a spirit horse, and the man turned his head.

"You are a fader, I can tell."

The way to spot a faded one is fairly simple - there is no blessed golden light in their eyes.

Li Lin got off Torret and nodded.

"And it looks like they won't attack me. If that's the case, why don't you try to buy something?" He said while sitting.

This is said, as if it has been attacked by many faders.

After getting off the horse, Li Lin didn't immediately send the spirit horse back as usual, but watched the merchant's goods with Torret.

Telescopes, all kinds of ordinary clothes and ordinary weapons, machetes for throwing, torches...

"Isn't business doing well now?"

While looking at the products, Li Lin casually struck up a conversation.

"Hehe." The businessman smiled inexplicably, "You are the only client recently."

Nodding his head, Li Lin was not in the mood to continue the topic.

"Toret, what do you want?"

Using the runes left over from the upgrade to buy torches, binoculars, a dagger and a machete for throwing, Li Lin asked subconsciously.

When he was laughing at his actions, Torret actually looked at him with a gentle look, and shook his head slightly.

"It's a fine horse," said the merchant suddenly.

"This saddle is given to you. It is not a valuable thing. It is just a prop used by wandering people." As he said this, he took out a saddle with exquisite patterns from his back.

You also have a four-dimensional chrysanthemum?

"Treat it well."

"I will, thank you."

After bidding farewell to the wandering merchants and saddling Torret, Li Lin continued to head towards the Storm Pass in the direction Melina had pointed out earlier.

Before it was completely dark, Li Lin saw a corner of the checkpoint in the distance.

There was a new blessing a few kilometers ahead of the checkpoint, and he stopped there.

Here is a small high slope. From this angle, you can see the huge city wall of the storm level, and quite a lot of soldiers all over it.

There are even a few small camps not far from the checkpoint.

There are three such camps, which are simply surrounded by low walls. There are about a dozen tents in each camp.

At this time, the sky had completely darkened, and the soldiers who lost their minds still kept their previous habits. Outside each camp, there was a soldier holding a torch to watch the night.

Li Lin took out his binoculars and observed the duty schedule of the soldiers in several camps in the distance.

Like diet, the fading people of this world have relatively small physiological needs such as sleep, and it is not a big problem not to sleep or eat for a few days.

It took about half an hour for Li Lin to write down the night patrol route of the professional soldiers, and after confirming it twice, he put away the binoculars he bought from the merchant.

Taking a deep breath, when he looked up again, his expression became a little indifferent.

(End of this chapter)