Elden Ring, building a legion of ashes

Chapter 88 Mengliu Underground Cemetery

The next day, at the entrance of the Mong-ryu Cave.

As agreed, Xia Tong gave Patch three thousand runes to buy Markit's prison equipment.

"Brother Xia Tong, haven't I been a good friend?"

Patch counted the money, his face contorted with pain, as it was nearly at his cost price.

If it were someone else, like Kenneth Hyde, who looks like a sucker, he would at least dare to sell it for five thousand runes!

"Got it, my good brother, I'll make sure you earn it back next time."

Xia Tong smiled and patted his shoulder.

"Is this your servant?"

Patch looked at the demi-human Burke, who was riding on Torette's back and dressed in tattered clothes, and asked curiously.

"No, no, no, this is my friend, the demi-human Burke."

Xia Tong corrected him.

"Friends? Since you, Xia Tong, are friends, then you are also my friends, Patch."

As he spoke, Patch asked Xia Tong and the other girl to wait for him.

After a moment, he ran out of the cave and threw out a cloth bag, which he threw straight at the demi-human Burke.

"then!"

Burke caught it in a flurry of activity.

"Here is a relatively clean cloth suit. It's not anything fancy, but it's better than the tattered rags you're wearing."

"I never expected... you'd be so generous?"

Xia Tong glanced at Patch with some surprise.

After all, in his eyes, this bald guy was quite mercenary and selfish.

When he first saw this garment, it was kept in a box and carefully preserved by him.

I never expected him to be willing to give it away.

Moreover, it was given to Burke, who seemed weak and useless.

"I'm naturally very generous, okay?!"

Patch offered a defense of himself.

He then waved his hand impatiently, signaling them to leave quickly and not delay his business.

Xia Tong said nothing more and thanked Burke along with him.

They then rode their horses forward to the end of the river, preparing to head to their next destination.

Watching the two figures gradually disappear into the distance.

Patch stood at the cave entrance and sighed softly.

His eyes remained fixed on Burke's thin but gradually straightening back.

"When I first started out, I was just like him, dressed in rags and looked down upon by others..."

He chuckled self-deprecatingly and dusted off his hands.

He turned and went back into the dark cave.

.........

As Xia Tong and his companion walked, a huge, naturally formed stone ruin appeared ahead, lying across the shallow water.

In the shadows beneath the horizontal stone platform, something seemed to be throbbing.

The demi-human queen's staff in Xia Tong's hand glowed faintly.

A luminous stone fragment shot out in that direction, its eerie blue light illuminating the scene inside.

Only then did he see that they were groups of skeleton soldiers wielding worn-out scimitars or spears.

On the ground, there are also some disgusting fleshy sacs covered with fleshy synapses.

They remain fixed in shallow water, their bodies constantly contracting and throbbing, spraying toxic mist around them.

"And terrestrial sea squirts!"

Xia Tong rubbed her temples, then quickly formulated a battle plan.

"Ring ring—"

Xia Tong rang the summoning bell, summoning Ruthel and three stray wolves.

Finally, I took out the Blue Dew Holy Grail bottle, took a sip, and replenished my slightly dizzy mind.

After understanding Xia Tong's meaning, Ruthel immediately teleported to the shadows.

With a "whoosh".

A dark yellow flame of death suddenly erupted from the knight's lance in her hand, illuminating the pale white skeletons.

Although these skeleton soldiers moved stiffly, there were many of them, and eerie will-o'-the-wisps flickered in their eye sockets.

Ruth's steps were heavy.

The spear in her hand drew a sharp, cold light in the air, instantly piercing through two skeleton soldiers who tried to approach!

"Clang!"

She raised her enormous Eclipse Shield, like a moving city wall, and ruthlessly crashed into the horde of skeletons.

The rusty scimitars struck her shield, only sending up a few sparks.

Then, one skeleton after another was either pierced by spears or smashed to pieces by giant shields.

She was like a sharp knife, instantly tearing a gash in the entire skeleton horde!

Torret followed closely behind.

Burke, the demi-human, clung tightly to Torret's neck, his entire body hunched over on the horse's back.

He revealed his large eyes, staring ahead in terror.

At the same time, there was a hint of eager excitement in his eyes.

He never imagined that one day he would be able to appear on a real battlefield.

Seemingly overly excited, the ordinary academy radiant staff in his hand suddenly lit up.

A faint but real shard of radiant magic shot out and struck a skull precisely.

It actually worked?

Burke's eyes gleamed with incredible excitement.

At the same time, Torret's hooves trampled the fallen skeletons, crushing them to pieces.

Torret easily dodged some of the terrestrial sea squirts that lurched towards him and sprayed venom.

Xia Tong rode the stolen black horse, closely following behind Toret.

He waved his staff from time to time.

One after another, brilliant meteors accurately struck the skeleton soldiers who had managed to slip through the net and try to flank them.

After the skeletons are shattered by Ruthel or blasted to pieces by Xia Tong.

Their bones emitted an eerie blue light on the ground, and countless invisible threads tried to pull them back together, reassemble them, and bring them back to life.

This is a characteristic of those born from death.

But the lone wolf was too fast.

They moved like three gray lightning bolts across this small battlefield.

As soon as they saw a pile of glowing bones, they swarmed towards it.

"Snap! Snap!"

Sharp wolf fangs frantically tore at the bones that were gathering together, obliterating any remaining spirituality within them.

For those troublesome terrestrial sea squirts on the ground.

Whether it was Xia Tong, Ruthel, or a pack of wolves, they all easily dodged them.

Although they are thick-skinned and poisonous, they are too slow to pose much of a threat unless surrounded.

"Tong-ge! I've ejaculated!"

"I...I really just ejaculated! A very fast burst of Radiant Stone Shards!"

Even as he moved further away from the battlefield, Burke's emotions remained unsettled.

He called out to Xia Tong with a trembling voice, his voice filled with excited sobs.

"I saw it! You're awesome, Burke!"

Xia Tong never hesitated to praise Burke.

The Radiant Stone Demonic Gravel he just used wasn't particularly outstanding in terms of either power or accuracy.

However, compared to yesterday's dud that only rolled twice, it is now barely usable in actual combat.

At least this time, his Radiant Stone Shards were really fast and powerful!

.........

We continued walking for another half hour.

Xia Tong and Burke finally arrived in front of a rock wall.

There stood a heavy iron and wooden door, marked by the passage of time.

"Do you dare come down with me?"

Xia Tong turned to look at Burke.

"dare!"

When he said that one word, Burke did not stutter, which was rare for him, and his eyes were firm.

Xia Tong patted Burke's head and smiled encouragingly.

Then I lit up the blessing point located in front of the Mengliu underground cemetery and rested for a while next to the blessing point.

"Click click click...!"

Xia Tong pushed open the heavy wooden door with force, making a teeth-grinding scraping sound.

Burke followed closely behind.