Chapter 400 The Faded One Returns From the Shadow Land U0026!

In Lani's magic tower, Xiao was lying comfortably on Lani's bed, playing with the golden leaves in his hands, and couldn't help but sigh: "The demigods in the border area have been abandoned like this..."

The Beast of Elden, or the Supreme Will, after all the demigods experienced the disastrous defeat of the Broken War, mercilessly summoned the Faded Ones outside the border to return to the other side of the fog.

This undoubtedly means that all demigods have lost their qualifications to be kings and have been ruthlessly abandoned by the supreme will.

"The fight for the throne is more demanding than becoming a god. The Supreme Will will never allow the King of Elden to experience the slightest failure!"

Lani, who had put on a doll's body, stared expressionlessly at Xiao, who regarded her magic tower as her own, and responded with a slight nod, but in her smart eyes, the light of someone who wanted to kill someone flashed from time to time.

""A demigod can become a god or a king, but if he fails to achieve anything, he can only become an outcast. "

Xiao turned over, lazily lifted the quilt on his head, and couldn't help but curse in a low voice:

"Marika, that cold-blooded little bitch, treats her own children so cruelly. No wonder they are all so smiling..."

Lani raised her eyebrows and asked with interest: "Does it seem that you have a lot of experience in educating children?"

Lani was very curious about how Xiao educates his children. After all, she didn't know Marika's education level. She was saying that she didn't have children of her own and didn't know how to educate children at all.

"The giant dragon clan and the existing snake people clan are all my descendants!"

In fact, the snake-men clan was born from the combination of the power of the Night-Eyed Queen and the Blasphemous Serpent. They are not truly blood descendants, but they can be said to be reproduced by the power of the two.

Among them, those with pure blood are God Skin, while those with thin blood are snake people. It can be said that all snake people in the border area are the product of her power and the blasphemous snake.

"..."

Xiao's indifferent words left Lani speechless.

After all, the snake people's loyalty to Xiaoyan is well known in the border area, not to mention the dragon's loyalty to Xiao, as all the dragons are willing to sacrifice their lives for Xiao.

If they are all the descendants of Xiaoyan, it is obviously in sharp contrast to the behavior of their demigods who have been trying to kill their father and marry their mother.

"Speaking of which, is there no business to deal with at the Huoshan Residence? You actually still have free time to come and play at my place!" Lani asked Xiao in an attempt to change the subject.

"The children have grown up and have their own ideas. They disliked me as a father who always caused trouble for them, so they kicked me out!"

Xiao covered his face with a sad look on Lani's quilt, squirming back and forth like a giant maggot, completely crumpling Lani's neatly folded quilt into a ball.

At this moment, several months have passed since the end of the Shattered War. The chaos in the border area has gradually calmed down, and the Huoshan Mansion has returned to the paradise that is free from the world.

However, due to the different plans of the two parties for the renovation of the Huoshan Official Residence, Xiao wanted to bulldoze the Huoshan Official Residence and build it into a technological city-state, while his unfilial sons wanted to maintain the original flavor of the Huoshan Official Residence as much as possible.

The two parties disagreed, and then Xiao was mercilessly kicked out of the house by the unfilial sons, who said that he would never be allowed to interfere in any renovation of the Shanshan Mansion.

With nowhere to go, Xiao came to his eldest wife's house, where he planned to live a leisurely life.

"So you came to me and caused trouble for me!"

Lani's cold voice sounded, and her eyes became sharper than knives, as if she wanted to pierce the person in front of her.

"Don't be so ruthless, little Lani, we are the best allies. I haven't even taken back the remaining half of the death runes to ruin your plan!"

Xiao sighed helplessly, with a cunning light flashing in his eyes.

"If you can take it out, you can try it too!"

Lani's tone was still as calm as water, not worried at all that Xiao could ruin her plan, as if she knew that what Xiao was describing was an impossible thing.

However, Xiao was not afraid. He smiled and said: "I know, of course I know, the Prince of Death will not release my Death Rune without the Sleeping Girl's bedmate. But this does not trouble me. , right? Little Lani!”

There was a bit of frivolity and confidence in Xiao's tone, which instantly caused cracks in Lani's calm expression.

"Believe it or not, I will kill you right now?"

She widened her eyes, looked at Xiao in disbelief, and shouted angrily, her expression was like that of a gambler who had lost everything.

In fact, Lani and Marika are two gambling monsters. They made a huge gamble and entangled the past and future of the junction.

It can be said that the entire plot of Elden's Circle was planned by the big gambler Marika and the little gambler Lani. It doesn't matter whether other people are willing or not.

But since it is a bet, there is a possibility of losing, and losing means that their sacrifice will be meaningless, and they will be everything.

This is also the fact that Lani is least likely to accept. Therefore, even though she has transformed into a doll at this moment, Lani's expression is no longer indifferent. Her eyes are full of murderous intent, and she seems to be ready to take action at any time.

However, Xiao laughed calmly and joked: "Hey, Lani, are you interested in seeing the world outside the junction? Go to the real starry sky world,

You know me, I've been out there for tens of thousands of years! There are endless possibilities and adventures waiting for us out there, you don’t have to box yourself into a borderland! "

Hearing these words, Lani's face changed slightly, her expression appeared dazed for a moment, but she quickly calmed down with firm will:

"I don't want to, not at all!"

"Hehehe~~"

Although Lani quickly strengthened her thoughts, she was still caught by Xiao.

There was a hint of insincerity in her voice, as if there was some hidden longing deep inside.

The big blasphemous snake emerged from Xiao's robe, its scarlet snake core kept spitting and inhaling, as if tasting the scent in the air.

It slowly crawled to Lani's cheek, licked it gently, and then said in a mocking tone: "This smells like lying, little Lani, forget it if you lie to the sisters, you But don’t fool yourself!”

Lani's eyes became sharp, and she stared closely at the blasphemous snake, seemingly dissatisfied with her behavior.

Xiao then spoke, his tone calm and firm, as if he was stating a fact.

"You want to escape from this prison all the time, you want to be free all the time. You are the stars in the sky, not a meteorite trapped on the ground."

Xiao's eyes met Lani's, trying to break Lani's disguise and make her face her true thoughts.

However, Xiao's words made Lani calm down quickly. A trace of vigilance flashed in her eyes, and the corners of her mouth raised slightly, revealing a sneer.

She glanced sideways at the blasphemous serpent wrapped around her body, her eyes flashing with cold light. The power of the dark moon began to gather, and the cold breath spread, dispelling the bewitching power released by the blasphemous serpent.

"I do yearn for freedom and the starry sky. At some point in the future, I may accept your invitation and leave with you, but not now.

If running away could solve the problem, then I could have left this damn junction long ago? Tell me, what do you want? Stop trying to bewitch me and tell me your true purpose, otherwise get out of here! "

There was firmness and determination in Lani's voice. She knows her responsibilities and mission well and cannot give up easily.

Although she longs for freedom in her heart, she understands that now is not the time. What she wants is for the junction to be completely liberated from the hands of two fingers, instead of leaving alone in embarrassment.

"Well, I wonder where my kids are?"

"???"

"Malika used my body and power to give birth to two children, and they inherited my law, but I am sure that my power will never follow the golden law and become a tributary.

Marika, that cruel old bitch, must have driven them out of the Junction, like the Omen Brothers in the sewers, so I had to know, where did Marika hide them? "

Although Lani expelled the power of the blasphemous serpent, the bewitchment still aroused the desire in Lani's heart and played its due role.

At this time, Lani was the best to talk and it was also the time for the most transactions. Xiao naturally no longer concealed his purpose and stated his needs straightforwardly.

"Messemer the Impaler?"

A gentle and kind figure appeared in Lani's mind, and she couldn't help but recall her former brother.

He is his mother's true eldest son and the most obedient child among all the demigods. He longs for love more than anyone else, but he has never received true love from his mother.

Malika only regarded him as a useful tool, a loyal black glove, and even exiled him with the Horned Dynasty during the Holy War launched by the Golden Dynasty against the Horned People.

"Messemer the Impaler was exiled to the Shadow Land by Malika!" Lani gave the answer.

"Where is that and why have I never heard of it?"

Xiao asked curiously. For Xiao, who had played games, the word "Land of Shadows" was a word he had never heard before.

"That place was created after your death!"

Lani continued to explain:

"Under the original Golden Law, there were two big trees, the Golden Tree and the Shadow Tree.

The golden tree is a symbol of the day, representing integrity, kindness, light, justice and other beautiful blessings, and carries the golden law;

The shadow tree is a symbol of the night, carrying the impurities of the Golden Law. Those evil forces brought by the returning tree that cannot be digested will be repelled to the shadow tree.

Therefore, the Shadow Tree gradually became dark, twisted, and evil, and no longer conformed to the image of the Golden Law. Its existence was a stain in Marika's life and a flaw in the Golden Law.

Therefore, Marika launched a holy war against the Horned People, and used divine power to cut the Shadow Tree out of the Golden Law at the cost of the entire Horned Race, half of the royal city of Rodel, and the center of the border area.

But the Shadow Tree, as the shadow of the Golden Tree, possesses a power comparable to that of the Golden Tree, so it created the Land of Shadows in the space storm caused by being cut.

It has become a caged world that is attached to the junction, but completely independent, where even the blessings of the Golden Law cannot reach it.

In the entire junction, only Marika had the method to open the door to the Shadow Land, so she threw countless garbage into the Shadow Land.

As a result, the chaos and darkness there became even more chaotic and dark, becoming an unexplainable taboo at the junction. After Marika's death, no one dared to open the Land of Shadows! "

"I probably understand!"

Xiao nodded, finally understanding what the Land of Shadows was.

To put it bluntly, it is a dark cage with a small space and no blessings and faith.

This may be nothing in other worlds, but in the borderland, the lack of faith and blessing means that there is no meaning of existence.

And those creatures that were abandoned here could only struggle to survive in this darkness, gradually becoming twisted and crazy.

Xiao then asked:

"What about my other child? If Mersemer is the snake, then where is Melina, the child who truly inherited my power of destined death?"

What makes Xiao even more curious is his other child-Melina.

Now that Mersemer has appeared, where is Melina?

Why is Melina in a spirit state when she appears? What about her physical body? What did Marika do to her?

"I don't know. I have never heard of this name, let alone her existence. Maybe it is because of the power she has that Marika has completely hidden her!"

Lani shook her head in confusion, saying that she knew nothing about Melina.

According to Xiaoyan, if Melina was born together with Mersemer, she should be their eldest sister.

However, Lani had never heard of the existence of this person, which made her very surprised. It seemed that Marika had many things she was hiding from her.

"Never heard of it?"

Xiao frowned, feeling helpless in his heart.

He originally thought that Lani, as Marika's collaborator, should know something about Melina.

But now it seems that Melina is so deeply hidden by Malika that the entire Junction may not even know she exists.

In addition, Melina is a spirit body. If she doesn't want to show up, it is really difficult for anyone to find her.

Faced with such a difficult situation, Xiao had a headache for a while.

However, now that he had learned the information he wanted, Xiao decided not to stay here.

No matter how hard he thought, he probably couldn't find his two stupid sons who were completely bewitched by Marika.

However, there must be a road for cars to reach the mountain, and for boats to reach the bridge, it will be straight.

The Shattered War is like an exam between demigods, but now that all the demigods are out, they can only recruit people from the sidelines to continue the exam.

However, the faded ones are not accepted by the golden tree after all. Therefore, if these people want to enter the golden tree and recast the magic circle, they need to let the golden tree burn and break the seal on it.

As the fire that burns the golden tree, Melina will inevitably appear next to the blesser and guide the blesser until the golden tree burns and

As long as he continues to follow the plot, Melina will show up sooner or later, and the gears of fate will bring her back to him one day.

…

…

On the distant sea, there is a thick layer of fog, which seems to envelop the entire world.

However, in this fog, there seems to be some mysterious existence quietly approaching.

They returned from distant overseas countries and set foot on the borderland with endless mysteries and unknown fates.

"The Faded One is back!"

The sound resounded through the sky like thunder, breaking the originally peaceful atmosphere of the junction.

In the long past, the first king Godfrey led his army to conquer all four sides of the border area.

But as time passed and the war gradually subsided, the eyes of the king and his warriors gradually lost their color.

They no longer have blessings and are despised by the world as faded people. They are forced to take a boat away from the border area and go to the unknown shore to find a new home.

However, at this moment, the blessing of the golden tree came again, and even resurrected many dead faded warriors.

These once-forgotten souls have now returned to the border and become an emerging force in this land.

Because each person's constitution and world are different, the time it takes for the faded ones to return to the junction also varies greatly.

However, no matter where they come from, they all appear in the same place - the Prince's Chapel in Nimgefu.

This place was once a religious place established by the Golden Clan. Its original intention was to wait for the return of King Godfrey of the Golden Clan.

But now, this chapel is no longer the place of hope for the Golden Clan, but the beginning of their endless nightmare.

Because the faded ones will continuously emerge from here and follow the guidance of the blessing to tear the golden clan into pieces.

These faded ones have just returned from another world, exuding a strong fighting aura.

They move forward bravely with the dream of repairing the Ring and becoming the King of Elden.

Although they don't know what the Ring of Elden actually means, it is their only chance to regain the blessings of the Golden Law.

The power of immortality has long become a torture for the golden people; but for the faded ones, it is the supreme gift.

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Xiao rode a cow and horse captured from the spirit world, carrying a huge satchel, and became a wandering businessman, walking on the land of the junction.

His oxen and horse satchels carry various items, which may not be uncommon. Even if they do not buy them, the faded ones can obtain them through their own efforts.

However, for those faders who have just returned, it is the best thing to save time,

For the faded ones, every minute and every second is precious. Hundreds of faded ones are returning in a steady stream. The sooner they gain power, the greater their advantage.

Unknowingly, the horses and oxen from the spirit world had already carried the animal to Nimgefu and entered Gereke's territory.

At this moment, in Stonewell City in Nimgefu, Xiao Ge was drinking and going crazy.

He was holding a wine glass, his face was red, his eyes were blurry, and he was mumbling some nonsense: "I am the King of Gold! Ah...hahahahaha..."

It turns out that the Great Rune he held, inherited from generations of the Golden Clan, is called the Center of Gravity Circle. It is located at the center of the Elden Circle and has the power to connect all other Great Runes.

It was this power that led Gofuya to perform the taboo limb grafting surgery, splicing the limbs of strong men to his own body to enhance his strength.

However, after Cofuya was captured, no one tried to reattach the limb.

But since being humiliated by the Valkyrie, Greg has fallen into madness due to lack of strength.

After trying various methods but unable to gain more strength, he had to make an idea of ​​the limb-repairing ceremony.

However, when he began to try this forbidden ritual, the golden tree disqualified him from being the king, which made him angry.

"What does it mean to be given up by the supreme will? I am the king of the golden clan!"

he roared angrily.

When the message from the falling leaves reached Xiaoge's ears, his mood changed subtly.

Just like a sprint race, you were originally leisurely and careless on the field, but suddenly you learned that you had lost the qualification to participate. Xiao Ge's mentality collapsed instantly.

"From the moment you started attaching limbs, you lost the qualification to be a king."

Xiao, led by the Homeless Knight, came to the opposite side of Greg. He stared indifferently at the golden Greg in front of him who had begun to receive limbs, causing his body and mind to gradually become distorted. He had already decided to keep a distance from the crazy Greg.

In fact, the limb-replacing ceremony violates the principle of regression in golden fundamentalism. People who have had their limbs taken away will not be able to return to the tree.

This in itself was an act of blasphemy against the Golden Law. From the moment Greg began to attach limbs, he had been expelled from this power struggle.

"Ah, the damn faded ones, I will definitely chop off their hands...!!"

After another burst of madness, Greg slumped down in his seat weakly, looking into the distance with a face filled with resentment.

At the same time, Menggert, who had been observing silently in the dark, shook his head helplessly, feeling very disappointed with Greg's behavior.

Despite this, as a descendant of his eldest brother, Menggert was still a little worried about his safety, so he created a clone to guard in front of the throne hall to ensure that Greg would not be easily defeated by the Faded One.

"What are you doing here?"

Mongert asked Xiao in a serious tone.

"I'm waiting for a person, a faded person who returns from the Land of Ashina!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure appeared below Stonewell City as quickly as lightning.

Next to a blessing point under the city wall, a man dressed as a warrior stood quietly, his eyes were firm and calm.

When he turned to look at Xiao, under the dim light of blessing, what Xiao saw was a pair of gray eyes full of wisdom and perseverance.

"Faded One, do you also harbor ambitions to become king?"

Menggert, who was following closely, saw this person and couldn't help but ask.

"No... I'm just an ordinary warrior from the Land of Reeds."

The man replied calmly, with a firm belief in his voice.