Chapter 256 No Problem
As the dazzling light disappeared, Xia Yu regained his vision.
At this moment, what appeared before his eyes was a cave entangled with tree roots. The cave seemed to be formed naturally, and in the corner deep in the cave, it was covered with dense blood-red insect eggs.
There was a skinny and emaciated figure lying on top of the insect eggs. The moment he saw Xia Yu, he spoke.
"...Ah, you are new here, right? It's been a while since we've had a newcomer. I say to you, cheer up. This is the resting place that we taboo people long for, the cold yet gentle world of paintings - Airedel."
"You should also go and look for the sweetness that will lead you to the cradle of decay..."
The figure seemed to be talking to himself, or to Xia Yu. After muttering two sentences, the figure curled up in the insect eggs, motionless.
Although the place where he was lying was disgusting, the figure had a satisfied look on his face, as if this was the most comfortable bed that had an incomparable attraction to him.
Xia Yu felt uncomfortable watching this scene, because he thought of the fly house, which was simply the most disgusting place in the Soul Three World, even more disgusting than the Fran cesspool.
The fly room was filled with large, distinct insect eggs, and blood-sucking flies larger than humans were flying in the air. The floor was covered with rotten blood, and the air was filled with the smell of blood.
What caused all this was the corruption of the painting world.
Because the painting world is painted with different blood as pigments, when time passes too long, the blood will become corrupt, and the world in the painting will also become corrupt.
Only by lighting the flame can this corrupt world be purified and the next painting world be welcomed.
But the trend should have been like this, but because of the taboo, the flame could not be ignited, and the eldest lady of the world painting could not draw a new painting world.
As for the reason, it was because of one sentence.
Those who do not understand fire are not qualified to paint the world; those who are lured by fire cannot paint the world.
As for why the taboo holders are unwilling to let the flames ignite, it is because this world in the painting is their only home , and naturally they are unwilling to let this place be purified by flames.
Although the names of those taboo-holders seem to be subject to some unspeakable taboos, in fact they are just beings .
Or maybe it's because there's no place for him in the outside world, so he has to come to Airedel, a painting world that accommodates everything.
To the outside world, the world of painting is a cold and dark garbage dump, but to the abandoned people who have lost everything, this is their only home!
Of course, not everyone is willing to live in a lifeless painting world forever.
Salivan, the hero throughout the entire story of Souls III, was born in the painting world, and then gradually rose to his current position as Pope of Irithyll.
This unknown person who walked out of the world of painting eventually became the center of the vortex in the long river of the world.
If it weren't for blocking Ashes' path, Salivan might have really had the last laugh and become the new god of the new era.
Thinking back to this, Xia Yu suddenly thought of Salivan who is still in Irithyll. He wondered if the other party knew of his existence?
To be honest, Xia Yu admired Sullivan quite a lot. After all, a little magician who came out of the world of painting was able to reach his current position step by step. His intelligence and ability were definitely not low.
If you can recruit him as your subordinate, he will definitely be the boss's favorite subordinate.
However, being Sullivan's boss is not a good thing. After all, Sullivan's former boss, the Shadow Sun Gwyndolin, has now turned into the shape of the Deep Saint Aldrich... To be frank, it should be Aldrich who has turned into the shape of Gwyndolin.
The former deputy boss, the half-dragon girl Yuer Shika, was imprisoned on the top floor of an abandoned church, lonely and endless.
But in the final analysis, it is because he has no means to control his subordinates. Although Sullivan has joined the Darkmoon Sword, the oath can be cancelled. Sullivan, whose ambition has never been extinguished, naturally will not sincerely become a Darkmoon Knight and work for Gwyndolin.
If it were him, he would have to carve a contract on his soul no matter what. Since true loyalty could not be guaranteed, he would have to settle for the next best thing and just take control of his life.
Since I can't get the heart, it's okay to just get the body.
"Tsk tsk, I actually had such thoughts. I am becoming more and more like a villain. It must be the other me who led me astray."
Xia Yu walked out of the cave, looked at the icy and snowy world outside, and commented.
Speaking of this, he almost forgot to mock his other selves, so he didn't wait and started mocking them.
[Dark Souls III]: Stupid Undead, Stupid Fader, your final BOSS is a god. Even if you have a beautiful teacher , you still have to face such a powerful enemy.
[Dark Souls III]: Hehehehehehehehehehahahahahahaha~
[Elden Ring]:?
[Dark Soul 1]:?
[Dark Soul 1]: What has provoked this guy again? Why does he feel...
[Elden Ring]: Feeling like crazy?
[Dark Soul 1]: That’s right, could it be that he was finally driven crazy by the world of Dark Soul 3?
[Dark Souls III]: Hehehe, I'm not crazy! I just thought of something happy! !
Xia Yu: ...
Xia Yu and the others were speechless at this moment. Why was Huijin so neurotic every time he appeared?
[Clash of Clans]: What did you do? Why are you so crazy?
[Dark Souls III]: I didn’t do anything, I just killed the Faran Undead Squad, and now I’m in the painting world again.
[Clash of Clans]: Is it because the painting world is too cold? So my brain is frozen?
[Dark Soul 1]: Tsk, how pitiful! Poor Cinder’s brain was not only burned by the embers, but now it’s also frozen.
[Dark Soul 1]: Speaking of this, this is the spell and fire magic I learned recently. It’s quite useful. I’ve sent it out.
[Dark Soul I]@[Dark Soul III]: By the way, freezing magic seems to be unique to the painting world. I haven’t been to the painting world yet, so I can only rely on you.
[Dark Souls III]: Aba Aba Aba...
[Dark Soul 1]: …
[Dark Souls III]: Abba, Abba Abba, Abba Abba Abba Abba!
[Dark Soul 1]: That’s enough!
[Dark Souls III]: Okay, I won’t talk any more. I originally wanted to go directly to Irithyll after opening the painting world. Since you need freezing magic, I’ll go look for it.
[Dark Soul 1]: Uh... actually it’s not that necessary.
[Dark Souls III]: Get out of the way. I said you must be needed if you need me. I will also go and look for Sullivan’s old mother to see if I can find her.
[Clash of Clans]: Hey, you want to perform the role of 子の目の前で狠されて?
[Dark Souls III]: ...You are the pervert.
[Dark Souls III]: Salivan’s old mother is a tree banshee. How could you bear to kill her?
[Clash of Clans]: Huh? Aren’t you the one who did it?
[Dark Souls III]: I... won't be fooled. Do you think I will be furious? Stupid, you are 20,000 years too early to provoke me.
[Dark Souls III]: It’s been moistened.
After sending the message in the group, Xia Yu closed the chat group. He wanted to provoke him. Haha, what a naive idea.
However, when it comes to the fact that Sullivan's old mother is a tree banshee, this is actually just the guess of the soul scholars.
Because a big guy once unpacked a piece of missing dialogue in the game.
'My lovely child... where are you? It's cold outside, isn't it? It's cold, isn't it? Where have you been... My lovely child, I'm here. It's cold outside, isn't it? You can't find a place to stay - because you are my lovely child, so, child, come back soon.'
With the help of a big guy, I successfully concluded that this passage belonged to the tree banshee at the end of the ice lake path at the bottom of the painting world. The tree banshee was crying all the time, and there was a magic spell of "instant freeze" under her feet.
This is how the magic of "Instant Freeze" is described.
One of the magics that the young magician Salivan left behind before leaving the painting was the ability to emit extremely low-temperature fog. For him, who was born and raised in the painting, that cold land was a hometown that he had to abandon. So far, he has never experienced loss.
Combining the description of the magic and the unpacked voice, we can draw a very likely conclusion, that is, Salivan is the child of the tree banshee.
There is another piece of evidence for this speculation, which is the second stage of Salivan. In the second stage, Salivan will grow branch-like wings, which is very similar to the tree man.
But in the final analysis, this is just speculation by soul scholars. There is no definite evidence to finalize the matter. After all, the fragmented narrative of the Dark Souls world is a bad thing. Various stories can only be collected, pieced together, and guessed by players themselves.
However, for Xia Yu, fragmented narrative is not a problem. After all, no matter how much of a riddle man he is, he has come to this world in person, so he can naturally verify this speculation in person.
If the tree banshee is really Salivan's old mother, hehehe, that would be fun.
As he thought about it, a sinister smile appeared on Xia Yu's face, but the next moment, he retracted the smile. He was a serious man, how could he show that kind of smile? It was totally inappropriate.
Shaking his head to get rid of the inexplicable thoughts that popped up in his mind, Xia Yu walked towards the snow and ice outside.
Sister Friede and the priest were not in a hurry. After all, they were people who were content with the status quo. A reality without any change was the best reality for them.
He could have explored the entire painting world, then gone out and hunted down the remaining three Fire Kings, and then come back to find Friede.
As for the Ringed City after that, there is no need to worry. The Ringed City is in a time-sealed state. Princess Felianor used the price of her own eternal sleep to force the Ringed City to stay at the moment before the fire was extinguished.
Although the time seal is not an absolute stillness, it only slows down the passage of time in the Ring City and itself to the maximum extent, but it is not so easy to disappear after all.
Unless someone learns from Ashes and specifically touches the eggshell that serves as the core of the seal, I guess apart from Ashes and the undead, no one else would be so shameless.
While thinking about this, Xia Yu stepped into the white land of Airedel.
…
[Clash of Clans]: That guy didn't get so angry that he started to post dirty stories? It's amazing.
[Dark Soul 1]: Do you think everyone is like you, always posting content that is blocked by the chat group?
【Clash of Clans】：(￢_￢)
【Clash of Clans】: Ah, yes, yes, yes.
[Marvel]: It feels so peaceful recently. There are no new people joining the group, and no major events happening.
[NieR: Automata]: Wouldn't it be better to have some peace? If there are big events every day, people won't even have time to catch their breath.
[Genshin Impact]: To be honest, it is true.
[Marvel]: I don’t know when DC will join the group. If DC Xia Yu joins the group, the first thing he will do is to throw the Riddler out of Gotham.
[NieR: Automata]: Come on, if the Riddler really gets out of Gotham, there will probably be Riddler everywhere. It would be better to lock him up in Gotham.
Why is the Riddler everywhere? Because everyone wants the Riddler to get out of Gotham, so the Riddler is everywhere except Gotham.
【Marvel】: Well, that’s true.
[Marvel]: Speaking of which, how are you doing as a ball owner?
[NieR: Automata]: What else can I do? I'll just leave it as it is. I'm currently moving resources out of the Kingdom of Darkness. After all, there's no sun over there, and it's so gloomy that it's not suitable for building a country.
[Marvel]: So you don’t plan to try to get the Earth spinning again?
[NieR: Automata]: Forget it. I’m afraid the earth will collapse before it even starts to rotate. After all, this is a magical world and anything can happen.
[NieR: Automata]: However, I plan to try to observe the parallel world later to see if I can open a space gate to the world of "Dragonback Rider". After all, that world has a deep connection with the world of NieR.
【Marvel】: Wow, that’s awesome!
[Nioh 2]: What are you guys talking about?
[Nioh 2]: What the hell? You're planning to observe a parallel world? It's really annoying to compare yourself to others. I just completed Oda Nobunaga's plan to conquer the whole of Japan, and you're already thinking about conquering a parallel world.
[NieR: Automata]: Emmm, I didn’t say I wanted to conquer parallel worlds. I’m not a tyrant who’s greedy for power. I just want to bring glory to humanity to that world.
[Niouji]: What if they don’t accept it?
[NieR: Automata]: They will accept it. After all, we have played Paradox games and have some experience as leaders.
[Sekiro]: The thoughts of a war criminal, right?
[Niou II]: Oh, you're a guy who can actually show off sometimes. We're both from the late Warring States period. How's your side doing?
[Sekiro]: It's nothing. I just threw all the responsibilities to Kuchiro. This bastard has a great idea. He actually wants me to be the lord of Ashina. Only a fool would be the lord of Ashina. There are too many things to do and little time off. There is no vacation.
[Niou II]: Indeed, only fools become leaders.
Neil Xiayu: ...
I suspect you are scolding me, and I have sufficient evidence.
[NieR: Automata]: Ahem…
[Sekiro]: Ahem, being a leader is not bad. By the way, I found the Undying Slash to open the door.
[Niou II]: So fast?
[Sekiro]: Damn it, the door to the Undying Slash is also in Senpouji. If I had known this, I would have taken it back last time.
[Ghost Line Tokyo]: Undead Slash opens the door? Perfect, lend it to me.
Of the two immortal swords, Kaimen is a ritual sword used to sacrifice the immortal body to call back the dead from the underworld.
In other words, opening the door can communicate with the underworld, and there is obviously a problem in the underworld on the side of the evil spirit Xia Yu, so he just uses the opportunity to open the door to go to the underworld to take a look.
