Chapter 338: Character Collapse
A promise with Melina.
This was the agreement he made with the other party when he first traveled into the Elden Ring world.
He was quite young at that time. Although he is not old now, when he thinks about it carefully, he still has some feelings.
After all, the original agreement was in the first chapter, and now there are more than 300 chapters. Time always passes so quickly, making people sigh that time flies.
After expressing some incredible feeling of breaking through the dimensional wall, Xia Yu withdrew his thoughts and replied in his heart.
"How could I forget the agreement between my dear Meimei and I when we first met? It was a secret agreement between the two of us."
Melina: “…”
There seemed to be a faint sigh, and then Melina replied: "What happened to make you become like this?"
"You were...quite serious before."
Hearing this, Xia Yu's frivolous expression relaxed and he felt inexplicably uncomfortable in his heart. He didn't want to do this, but reality...reality was too cruel.
Three soul games, two soul-like games, a total of five Xia Yus, and he is the only one who is still single...
They say that soul-type games are about developing relationships, so... he hasn't been able to achieve that kind of relationship with a woman in this game!
He now feels that he can learn the mysterious sword technique.
“Tsk!”
With a light sigh, Xia Yu suppressed the inexplicable sadness in his heart and replied in his mind.
"That's because you don't know me. Although I may look like a playboy, I am actually very loyal. My love for you is sincere."
This time Melina remained silent for a long time. Just when Xia Yu thought she was silent because of shyness, Melina suddenly replied.
"You just said that you liked that red-haired girl, and now you're telling me this. Is this what you really mean?"
Tsk, a cold and indifferent person actually asked such a sharp question. Is it true that people get redder when they are around red people, and blacker when they are around black people?
Xia Yu silently complained in his heart, and quickly replied: "Don't say that, you are also very important to me. For you, I can even go crazy!"
"Insane?"
"Don't worry about it, what I mean is, you are all my wings!"
“…”
This time Melina didn't reply, and Xia Yu didn't say much either. After all, he understood the principle that too much is as bad as too little.
To be honest, he was not like this before. It was all because of a bunch of fake bastards in the group who led him astray.
He was originally an innocent young man who would blush if he told a lie, but now he has become like this, and no matter how you think about it, it is someone else's fault.
Alas, life is so unpredictable.
Xia Yu sighed slightly and thought, never mind, he was enjoying it anyway.
Let him be a scumbag, at least he is not a human scumbag.
When Xia Yu was about to go to the group to seek advice from those scumbags, Millicent, who was in his arms, suddenly turned around and asked softly.
"What's wrong? I just heard you sigh."
Being asked the question suddenly, Xia Yu was slightly stunned, and then he felt happy in his heart. Millicent cared about him, and he knew that being bold, careful and thick-skinned would be rewarded.
If she can care about him today, she will accept him tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow he will hold Millicent and reach out to Melina, and then take the two of them to find Lani.
"Ah, nothing."
Xia Yu put away his delusions and decided to wait until he had collected all the fragments of the magic ring before dealing with this matter.
His current target is the fragments of the rings of Valkyrie and Monger. One of his incarnations has already found Laya , and once he infiltrates the rebels, he will be able to snatch the fragment of the ring of Orochi.
There is no need to rush to get the fragments of Starshatter Ratan's ring. Now the battle festival has not started yet. He will give the opponent the final ending after it starts.
As for the fragments of the ring of the Blessed King Monggot, he was still thinking about turning the other side against him. If the other side was still his enemy, he would then take it away by force.
In addition to these fragments of the ring that can be snatched by force, this world also has three other great runes that can repair the Elden Ring.
They are the Rune of Restoration of the Dead Prince, the Rune of Taboo Curse, and the Rune of Restoration of the Perfect Law.
How does the saying go? He can do without it, but he can't live without it.
But reality is not like a game, where the plot characters will remain static without the participation of the protagonist.
Therefore, the benefits of the incarnation are reflected again at this time. These three branches are carried out by his incarnation respectively, while he can do what he wants.
But he is also the incarnation, so he has to suffer a lot.
…
for a long time.
Because we are flying in the sky, the passage of time becomes blurred.
However, Xia Yu can release his perception and determine his location.
After leaving Gaileed, the two passed through the novice village of Nimgefu and Lake Lienia. Now the outline of the Yatan Plateau can be seen.
Because they can fly, the two of them don’t need to take the big elevator. They can fly directly to the Yatan Plateau.
Yatan Plateau is the only way to the foot of the Golden Tree, and it is also the main road to the royal city of Rodel.
At the foot of the golden tree is the place where Xia Yu and Melina had agreed to meet.
It was a long time again, so long that Xia Yu had fallen asleep on Millicent's back, and was completely relying on Torret to fly towards the destination on his own.
Torret's speed was indeed very fast with the help of the enchantment, but the area of the border was too large.
When Xia Yu woke up, they had already arrived at the hill near the golden tree.
Torrett was standing aside and resting, while he was lying on the grass next to him. The red-haired girl was not here. Xia Yu looked around carefully before he found her looking into the distance on the hillside on the other side.
Millicent stood on the hill, clasped her hands together and looked into the distance, wondering what she was thinking about.
Seeing this, Xia Yu first stretched himself to loosen up his stiff body before walking over.
When Millicent, who was distracted, noticed Xia Yu coming over, she smiled elegantly: "You're awake, how was your sleep?"
Hearing this, Xia Yu felt a little embarrassed. He did not answer, but asked back: "What are you looking at? You are so engrossed."
Millicent turned her head and looked into the distance. That was the direction of the royal city of Rodel, but her hazy vision clearly saw farther, even farther than the royal city of Rodel.
"For some reason, the more I walked in that direction, the more my heart began to beat. Just by looking at it, my hazy consciousness told me that my destiny was there."
Millicent spoke as if she was telling a story or muttering to herself, and then she turned her head to look at Xia Yu.
"Do you know what that place is? Although you seem a little self-righteous, I always feel that you seem to know everything, as if there is nothing you don't know."
"Hmm... Girl, you have the right feeling."
Xia Yu suddenly felt a little elated when Millicent said this in a tone of admiration. It was no wonder that he lacked self-control; this was human nature.
He is still an innocent little boy. Which cadre can bear to be tested with this?
"Come, sit here!"
Xia Yu immediately found a flat stone, swept away the dust on it and sat down, then waved to Millicent.
Millicent was a little helpless, but she didn't refuse.
After sitting down, Xia Yu reached behind him and pulled out a rainbow fruit platter, a product of the captive world of gourmet food. Even just smelling it would make one drool.
In an instant, a rich sweet smell suddenly filled the air. It was a scent that had never appeared in the French Ring world, and it was also a scent that Millicent had never smelled before.
Due to the evaporation of the juice, visible rainbow stripes appeared above the platter, making the rainbow fruit even more beautiful.
The moment she smelled the scent, Millicent suddenly covered her mouth tightly. She felt her saliva was about to flow out.
Realizing that Millicent's behavior was totally inconsistent with her character, Xia Yu chuckled and thought, this is the power of food.
In order to prevent other people or wild animals from discovering this place, he had used his telekinesis to seal the smell around the two of them, so the rich smell was even sweeter.
It was so sweet that Millicent found her palms were wet and her saliva was secreting uncontrollably.
“…”
Millicent looked at Xia Yu in a daze and wanted to speak, but she was afraid that saliva would flow from the corners of her mouth as soon as she opened her mouth, which was really... too embarrassing.
Seeing Millicent like this, Xia Yu couldn't help laughing.
Fortunately, he was already used to the delicacies of the Captive World of Gourmet Food. You know, when he first saw the rainbow fruit, he behaved even worse than Millicent.
"Try it, and you won't drool after eating it."
Xia Yu shook his hands like a magician, and two spoons appeared in his hands.
After placing one of the spoons in front of Millicent, Xia Yu scooped up a piece of fruit pulp and put it into his mouth, and immediately squinted his eyes in comfort.
"Unparalleled sweetness, occasional sourness, and this sweet chestnut fragrance as a embellishment..."
After swallowing the fruit in his mouth, Xia Yu opened his eyes with a look of no regrets in life.
"tasty!"
After he finished speaking, he realized that Millicent had been staring at him, neither eating the rainbow fruit platter nor speaking.
"Why don't you eat?" Xia Yu asked curiously when he saw Millicent not moving.
Millicent put her hands over her mouth and said nothing, even holding her breath.
Millicent: “…”
Xia Yu: “…”
"Okay, okay. I get it."
Xia Yu shook his head and stood up, turning his back to Millicent and walking away, saying as he walked, "I won't look at it. Really, there's nothing to be ashamed of."
Girls are troublesome. They are just drooling because of greed. He won't laugh at them.
Seeing Xia Yu leave, Millicent finally breathed a sigh of relief. For some reason, she just didn't want Xia Yu to see her embarrassed.
As soon as I breathed in, the sweet smell couldn't stop going into my nose. In an instant, the saliva that I had been holding back flowed out instantly.
Her body was instinctively drooling, as if her body was urging her to eat faster...
Seeing that Xia Yu didn't look back, Millicent calmed herself down, hurriedly picked up a spoon, scooped up a piece of fruit pulp and put it into her mouth.
“Woo…”
The other side.
Xia Yu left with his hands behind his back, drawing circles on the ground with his toes, and shouting in his heart.
"Meimei~Meimei~Xiaomei~Mei'er~Xiaomei'er~"
However, no matter how he shouted, there was no response in his heart. After realizing this, Xia Yu curled his lips.
"Melina, you have the guts to question me, but why can't you open the door? I know you are here, open the door!"
“…”
"Okay, Melina, if you don't open the door today, I will run away tomorrow. We are already at the hill near the golden tree. If you don't come out, forget about going to the foot of the golden tree."
“…”
"Why are you calling me?"
Under Xia Yu's sincere call, Melina still couldn't hold on and couldn't help asking worriedly.
"I just want to ask you, if we get to the foot of the golden tree and I don't want you to leave, what will you do?"
"...I will leave by force."
"What if I force you to stay?" Xia Yu asked.
"...I will be your enemy."
After getting the expected answer, Xia Yu shook his head and said, "I don't know what your mission is, but if it costs your life, I won't allow it."
After a moment of silence, Melina replied: "We are just collaborators. You have no obligation and cannot make decisions for me."
"You have your path to becoming a king, and I have my mission. We just happen to be traveling together. Other than that, we have no other relationship."
"That's really cold, Meimei."
Xia Yu patted his chest and said, "You are clearly living inside me, and we are already one, and you still say there is no other relationship between us."
“…”
"There's no point in keeping silent. You can't deny it."
Melina still didn't reply, and Xia Yu didn't force it.
"I don't know what you want to do, but if I don't like it, I will stop you. You know, I have the power to do it."
After leaving this sentence, Xia Yu put away the serious expression on his face, rubbed his face, and returned to his usual frivolous expression.
Then he turned and walked towards Millicent, shouting: "How does it taste? Do you feel happy~"
Millicent, who was still savoring the taste, came to her senses instantly after hearing the shout, and then looked at the plate in front of her with a confused look on her face, which was so clean that it could reflect light.
“…”
“I, I, I…”
Millicent hurriedly tried to hide the plate, but before she could even start this self-deception, Xia Yu came up to her.
After seeing the clean dishes, he looked at Millicent with a teasing look and said, "You have a good appetite. I don't even have to wash the dishes."
Millicent didn't answer, she covered her face with shame, and even her ears turned red.
"Don't be shy. I was even worse than you at that time. I ate the whole plate." Xia Yu patted Millicent's shoulder and comforted her.
But this consolation obviously had no effect. Millicent still did not loosen her hands that were covering her face, and did not even open her fingers.
Seeing this, Xia Yu did not insist, but sat down next to Millicent and spoke softly.
"In that case, I will take this opportunity to tell you about your fate. Isn't that what you have always wanted to know?"
Hearing this, Millicent secretly opened her fingers, glanced at Xia Yu, and then silently focused her attention.
"You should know that the Valkyrie Marenia is the second daughter of the Eternal Queen Marica and her king Vladagon."
"She has a charming brother named Michaela. It all started with the Shattered War..."
Near the hill with the golden tree, the red-haired girl propped her face up with her hands and listened attentively to the whispers of the people around her.
It is a story about a broken war with no winners, a Valkyrie who lost her loved ones, the strongest demigod who worships force, and the corruption of Galide...
