Chapter 487: I am pleased
"Oh? You can't be Ashes, the bell didn't ring, but you entered the painting world..."
In front of the church, a knight wearing armor and a black coat on his shoulders looked at Xia Yu walking over and asked casually out of duty.
Because of the helmet, the knight's expression could not be seen clearly, but his voice came through clearly, deep and magnetic.
But before Xia Yu could answer, the knight continued to talk to himself: "...Forget it, I won't delve into it."
"If you don't know where to go, I'm sure Lady Friede's golden words can show you the way. Come, go inside and listen carefully."
After saying that, the knight nodded his head and gestured to the closed church door next to him, leaving Xia Yu no chance to interrupt.
Xia Yu didn't care. If he guessed correctly, the guy in front of him was the veteran licker... Knight Wehler.
Ever since Friede came to the painting world, the knight Wehler of the Black Church also followed her to the painting world.
Friede had also been puzzled by this. After all, she had already given the other party an onyx sword, which represented the end of the master-servant relationship and symbolized separation.
But in Weihler's own words, he had only said goodbye to Friede of the Black Church, and now he was loyal to Sister Friede of Eredel.
Although Friede did not need such loyalty, she still handed the important mechanism key to Wehler.
The mechanical key can open the mechanical staircase leading to the inside of the library ceiling, where a white-haired woman is imprisoned.
The white-haired woman is the Painter of the World.
Not only does Friede not allow Airedel to ignite fire, she also prevents new painting worlds from being drawn.
Because the world painter is immortal, Fried can only imprison the white-haired girl who can draw a new painting world inside the ceiling of the library some distance away from Crow Village, and let Wehler act as a guard to prevent anyone from approaching there.
"What's wrong? Don't delay any longer and go inside."
Seeing Xia Yu suddenly standing there in deep thought, Weihele couldn't help but remind him, "Just listen carefully to Lord Fried's words."
"Okay, I'll listen carefully."
Xia Yu came back to his senses and waved his hand perfunctorily . What kind of golden words can a bad woman with such a strong desire for control that she is almost yandere say?
Pushing open the frosty stone door, Xia Yu stepped inside. The church was not big and one could see the end at a glance.
At the end, there stands a sturdy statue of a goddess. The face of the goddess is blurry and it is impossible to tell who the statue belongs to.
But there are only so many goddesses in the world of Dark Souls, and even fewer who are qualified to create statues of them.
In Xia Yu's guess, this should be the statue of Belgara, the goddess of sin. After all, apart from this mysterious goddess, he really couldn't think of anyone else it could be.
As for why the statue of Belgara, the goddess of sin, was here, he really didn't know. There was no definite answer to this question, and every soul scholar held a different opinion.
Even though he is in the Dark Soul world now, he doesn't know, because he has never seen the Goddess of Sin. This goddess is really too mysterious.
I have always only heard his voice but never seen him.
After casually glancing at the goddess statue, Xia Yu retracted his gaze and turned his eyes to the side. Next to the goddess statue sat a quiet nun in black.
Sister Friede.
Friede was wearing a black nun's dress and a black silk scarf on her head. She had no expression on her face. She just looked at the person who came without saying a word.
"What are you looking at?!"
Xia Yu suddenly rolled up his sleeves, his eyes widened with anger, and strode towards Friede, who had a calm face.
Seeing the visitor who seemed to be seriously ill walking towards her, Friede sighed faintly: "Welcome to the painting world of Eredel. I am Friede, and I live hand in hand with the priest and the taboos."
"So what?"
Facing the unreasonable Xia Yu, Friede still replied quietly: "But you are not a forbidden person, the fireless ash."
"I don't know why you got lost in the world of paintings. You have a mission, but it has nothing to do with this place. Go back to where you should be. I'm sure you can see the bonfire in this room. Although it's about to disappear, it's enough to guide you."
After saying this, Friede gestured with her eyes at the burning bonfire nearby, and Xia Yu also looked over there.
There was indeed a bonfire burning in the corner of the room. Although the flame was not big, it was enough to carry the ashes.
Seeing that Xia Yu could see the bonfire, Friede said again: "...Ah, let me give you something. Although I got lost here, I want to give you the memories of this cold world that we met. Please use it to complete your mission."
As she spoke, Friede suddenly took out a ring inlaid with an ice-blue gem, which exuded a faint magical aura.
Xia Yu could tell at a glance that this was one of the "biting rings" circulated by Karim, called the Frost Bite Ring, which could enhance resistance to cold.
After giving the ring away, Friede ordered them to leave: "Well, hurry back to where you should be. It's such a blessing to have a place to go back to."
After putting away the Frostbite Ring given by Friede, Xia Yu showed a clear smile: "You are a very nice person."
Hearing this, Fried was about to smile, but Xia Yu's next words made her expression freeze.
"I feel a little embarrassed to kill you if you're like this."
"Why..." Friede looked at the unfriendly Xia Yu calmly and asked softly, "There is no conflict between us, so why should we be hostile? As you can see, I am just an unarmed nun."
"Oh, unarmed?"
Xia Yu sneered. If he hadn't reloaded the game file eighteen times before defeating the BOSS Friede, he would probably have really believed Friede's words at this moment.
"Let's not talk about being unarmed. You asked why we were hostile? That's because I knew we would definitely be hostile. The answer is that simple. I just skipped the process and went straight to the answer."
Hearing this, Friede remained silent. She really wanted to ask Xia Yu, are you deliberately looking for trouble?
"Okay, I'll be frank." Xia Yu suddenly grinned, "I want to take the Painter away, do you agree? If you agree, then we don't have to be enemies anymore. "
“…”
"Look, I told you that we would definitely be enemies, but you didn't believe me."
Friede was silent for a moment and sighed softly: "I understand, then... the battle is inevitable? The painting world has nothing to do with you, so why get involved?"
"I am pleased."
Xia Yu explained the reason in three words. Of course, only he himself knew the real reason.
Looking at Fried's instantly tensed body, Xia Yu waved his hands and stepped back repeatedly: "Don't worry, don't worry, I'm not the one who wants to fight you, wait a moment."
After saying that, without waiting for Friede to react, the shadow under Xia Yu suddenly spread out, and the breath of the abyss instantly filled the space.
Feeling the breath of the abyss, Friede froze and her expression became unpleasant.
But unlike what she had imagined, Xia Yu did not use the abyss to flood the place. Instead, he reached into the abyss and fished something out.
The next moment, Xia Yu suddenly pulled out a slender man from the abyss. After the man appeared, he floated up and soon appeared completely in the outside world.
The man was tall and slender, nearly twice as tall as Xia Yu. A pitch-black robe covered his body, leaving only his bluish-white hands, feet and face exposed.
As if he had noticed something, the man's eyelids moved, and then he opened his ink-black eyes.
The man looked around without showing any surprise. After seeing everything clearly, he lowered his head to look at Xia Yu.
"cough!"
Looking at the tall and ignorant man, Xia Yu coughed lightly, and then the man squatted down uncontrollably, directly at the same level with Xia Yu.
"That's right."
Although it didn't turn into looking down, at least it was no longer looking up.
The tall man in front of him was Salivan who was corrupted by the abyss. He did not kill Salivan directly, but controlled him with the corruption of the abyss.
"Salivan, how does it feel to see your hometown again?"
“Is this my hometown?”
After hearing this, Sullivan looked carefully inside the church again. After looking for a few seconds, Sullivan looked at Xia Yu again.
"Won't you let me go out and take a look? And...can I go see my mother?"
"Hmm? Your mother?"
"Yes, my mother." Salivan smiled bitterly: "You shattered my ambitions and made all my efforts come to naught. Perhaps you don't know what I gave up for everything that you shattered..."
"I really don't know."
Xia Yu told the truth. Although he knew about Saliwan's experience, it was only a few lines of words.
"Okay, don't be sad. Even though your ambitions were crushed by me and you were controlled by me, at least you survived, right?"
In response to Xia Yu's comfort, which was like pouring salt into the wound, Saliwan moved the corners of his mouth but said nothing.
"Look at that nun over there. Her views on the world of painting are completely incompatible with yours."
It was not until this time, with Xia Yu's reminder, that Sullivan discovered Friede who had been sitting on the bench.
Being wary of the power of the abyss, Fried did not act rashly.
"You are a magician who abandoned this place because the painting world remains unchanged, and she is a nun who protects this place because she wants to keep the painting world unchanged. You two can be said to be natural enemies."
Ignoring the expressions of Sullivan and Friede, Xia Yu continued talking to himself.
"Of course, since you, Sullivan, abandoned your hometown, the painting world, you don't know about Friede's affairs. Now, I want to see who is stronger between the two of you."
"So, she is the enemy?"
Sullivan stared at Friede for a moment, then suddenly reached into the abyss and pulled out two large swords that matched his size.
One is a dark blue sword of punishment, and the other is a dark gold sword of sin.
Sword Saint Salivan stood up with two swords in his hands, and the two swords began to shine. A deep dark blue light shone from the sword of punishment, which was extremely gorgeous.
However, the Great Sword of Sin, which was supposed to ignite the fire of sin, did not ignite the orange-red flame as it did before, but instead ignited an ominous black flame.
Ever since the fire of ambition that never disappeared in Salivan's heart was extinguished, the flames on the Sword of Sin no longer burned, because the master of the sword lost his ambition, and the flames disappeared as well.
The black flame burning on the Sword of Sin at this moment is the black flame born from the abyss. This kind of flame cannot produce shadows, and no one understands it clearly.
This is the flame of humanity, and also represents Salivan's heart, which has been corrupted by the abyss.
Looking at the black flames burning on the Greatsword of Sin, Salivan laughed at himself, and without hesitation, he walked towards Friede with two swords in hand.
Seeing this, Fried snorted coldly, waved her hand and took out her weapon from the void, a large sickle that was shining with cold light.
The curved blade of the sickle carries a faint chill of painting. In the world of painting, the sickle is a long-lasting symbol of homesickness . Therefore, Fried chose the sickle as a weapon.
Seeing that both sides were ready to fight, Xia Yu lightened his steps and sneaked out. He only needed to leave Saliman here, and he was going to find Xiaolongmei.
Xia Yu had just left the church when Weihele, who had been guarding the church door, suddenly looked over and said, "Ms. Friede, have you finished talking ? Then leave here quickly. I want to remind you that being too curious in this cold world can get you killed."
But before Xia Yu could reply, the sudden sound of fighting inside the church made Weihler pause.
Just as Weihele wanted to go in to see what was going on, Xia Yu suddenly slapped him on the shoulder to stop him: "I'll give you back what you just said. Being too curious can get you killed."
"open!"
"I don't."
The atmosphere gradually became solemn, and Weihele narrowed his eyes slightly, but before he could make any move, the shadow under Xia Yu's feet spread, and dozens of black arms suddenly stretched out from the shadows.
Then, a pair of boneless black arms climbed onto Wehler's body, and in his astonished eyes, the black arms effortlessly dragged him into the abyss.
"Just calm down in the abyss. We can't let you disturb their battle."
Although he knew that Weihele definitely couldn't hear him, Xia Yu still said this.
After saying this, he left and walked along the mountain road towards the distance, where the library was located.
When passing the Crow Village, Xia Yu felt a little uncomfortable because both the roads and the houses were covered with corpses and dirty blood.
There is no one to collect the bodies of the dead Crow People. After all, as the corruption of the painting world spreads, the minds of the residents here also begin to become abnormal.
The only ones who still had sane minds were the abandoned followers of the Fran Knights and the Millwood warriors.
Because they live far away from the church and Crow Village, alone in the cold ice field far away, corruption has not yet affected that place.
And those knights and warriors obviously would not go to the Crow Village specifically to collect the bodies of these dead Crow People.
Looking at the corpses of these Crow People lying in the wilderness, Xia Yu once again determined to ignite the painting world with fire. As expected, no matter which world it is, corruption is not a good thing.
Not long after walking, Xia Yu arrived at the end of Crow Village. At the end was a dilapidated-looking manor with its gate tightly closed.
If it were in the game, there would be a specific sentence saying "Cannot be opened from this side" here, forcing the player to take a detour to find a shortcut.
But in reality, I just kicked the iron door open with one foot. Do you think a mere broken door can stop me?
