Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 918 900. King’s Courtyard

It is not difficult to point the way to the courtyard of King Osroais, because in terms of distance, the courtyard is not far away from the church.

Lan En looked at Emma's expression as the officiant.

"You don't look like you just want to show me the way."

"you are right."

Emma, ​​the priest, whispered to Lan En without leaving any trace.

"Compared to Lorenzo, who took office at the last moment, I actually know a little more. After all, the church is one of the main planners of the fire ceremony."

"And what I am going to tell you is an unexpected situation that is not suitable for making a loud statement."

Emma, ​​the priest, turned her head to Lan En. She still lowered her head, and the priest's hood cast a heavy shadow on the upper half of her face.

"Is King Osroais in bad condition?"

Lan En guessed that after all, the world has collapsed to this point, and the person known as the 'Holy King' has locked himself up. This is wrong no matter how you think about it.

"There is no doubt that something is wrong with His Majesty."

Priest Emma's mouth was full of explosive news, but her tone was very calm. This contrast actually made Lan En feel a little ridiculous.

"I'm worried about more serious issues."

"for example?"

"For example, there is a problem at the Fire Sacrifice. Logically speaking, even if the salary kings who supported the world during the transition period have not arrived, the captured hero should have arrived. But as you can see, the world has now changed It’s become like this.”

Lan En narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Things here sound complicated. What can I do?"

"Being straightforward is a good quality in this critical moment." Priest Emma first praised Lan En's deftness, then moved closer to him and lowered his voice.

"There is actually a secret passage deep in King Osroais's courtyard."

"That passage leads to the other side of this mountain range, to the back of Lothric City. And there is the Fire Sacrifice."

"I hope you will not only visit His Majesty and explain to him the current problems in the outside world, but also go to the Fire Sacrifice through there to see the situation at the sacrificial site."

"If it is true that none of the salary kings has arrived, neither has the hero who was captured by us."

"Then I need you to ring the big bell on the bell tower of the Fire Transfer Sacrifice again."

"Second ring?"

Lan En pondered.

"Can you tell me what this means?"

The first time I rang the bell, although the bell was not loud, it seemed to spread throughout the whole world.

At that time, the bell woke up the salary kings who should support the world during the transition period.

And this second time.

"The sound of the bell will awaken the ashes who have been burning with the kings from ancient times to the present, but could not become kings."

Priest Emma paused and spoke in a low and deep tone. Even the candlelight in the church swayed along with it, and the light and shadow trembled.

"That is the final method of Lothric's fire-passing process. It awakens those ashes heroes who cannot become kings but are extremely hungry for fire."

"If the salary kings are not willing to spread the fire and support the world, then these ashes chasing the flame will make them 'willing'."

When the Shin Kings are passing fire, they will be followed by a large number of Lothric knights and other warriors.

This is not only support, but also surveillance and escort at the last moment to prevent the salary kings from doing anything wrong in the initial furnace.

And these warriors who burned with King Xin but were not called King Xin were ‘ashes’.

"I see."

Lan En nodded.

"If things get that bad, I'll ring the bell."

After waiting for the officiant's seat at the deepest part of the church, officiant Emma signaled Lan En to move the chair. Then she took out a basin-like ritual instrument and placed it in front of the statue behind the original seat.

That statue is what is commonly seen in Lothric: a knight kneeling with a sword in hand, rubbing his neck against the blade of the sword.

Symbolizing the devotion of the Knights of Lothric.

And after the water basin was put down, the stone statue seemed to be alive. It really pressed the sword blade against its neck amidst the sound of rubbing stones.

Blood flowed from the neck under the helmet, along the sword blade, and was collected in the ceremonial basin.

Then, an escalator seemed to meet the conditions and descended from the upper level of the church.

Emma, ​​the priest, and Lan En looked at each other, and the priest pointed to the escalator.

——

Lan En climbed up the escalator with a strange look on his face, and then put the ladder away again.

From this height, he could even see the face of Priest Emma below.

You're not saying it's just this high, why bother? Can I just climb up?

Lan En complained, it seems that there are really few warriors in this world whose main style is elegance.

Most of the time, they just fight steadily, then cheat, seize the opportunity, and use [combat skills]. It seems quite difficult to achieve such a small height.

Lan En complained while compiling his mood, making himself nervous, and headed to the King's Courtyard.

"After getting on the escalator, go left."

Lan En started to set off while muttering the path pointed out by Priest Emma.

Mentos also marked information on his retinas.

After walking not far, I walked out from under the dome of the church and was outside the building.

Although the location is high, there are still some tall trees that can extend the canopy to the side of the road.

It's just that because of the lack of light during this period, the leaves on the crown of the tree show a decaying yellow color.

Seeing that there was no one around, Lan En began to rub the ring on his hand.

After a while, a sneaky sound of horse hooves came from below.

The witcher stretched his head and looked down from the edge of the railing. Qilin was carrying a flannel ball below and looking up at the same time.

"Ha, I knew you were smart enough."

The witcher and Elcat gave each other a thumbs up.

The flannel ball was holding a torch in his hand, and it looked like he had made it himself.

The three-flowered kitten inserted the torch into the gap in the armor of Qilin's harness, then climbed up by grabbing the gap in the wall, and pounced on Lan En's chest.

"That's great, boss meow! You're fine too!"

"Thankfully you made us act normal, meow. It was so scary when the knights in the city fought with each other! Fortunately, they saw that Qilin was just an ordinary horse and didn't come specifically to kill us."

The velvet ball was rubbed on the head by Lan En, meowing and talking about its experience with Qilin.

The knights of the coup wanted to kill people, but they didn't need to kill horses.

So under Lan En's instructions, the Kirin behaved obediently, and the flannel ball under its wide rune cloth. During the most dangerous period at the beginning of the coup, no one bothered them at all, or even paid attention to them.

Easily dodged.

Later, in this increasingly dangerous city, the two of them did not dare to act rashly. It was just a matter of dismantling the stables, lighting a bright fire with wood, and dispelling the darkness.

Now I can confirm Lan En's position through the connection with the magic horse harness, and he will be here immediately.

Lift the flannel ball off your chest and place it next to you. Lan En leaned down again and released the variant [Yaxi Seal].

‘Qilin, stand by below. ’

"Xilulu! (Why! It's so scary here! I don't want no one to accompany me!)"

‘Don’t worry, where I’m going, the darkness will probably be scarier than outside. ’

The holy king of Lothric locked himself up and has not come forward until now.

Lan En did not believe that there was no problem, but something that could cause problems for a protoss known as the 'oldest and most powerful' clan today.

Gee, just thinking about it makes my head tingle.

Sure enough, when Lan En said this, Qilin, who had no spirit of challenge in the face of difficulties, immediately lowered his head. He was still serious, pretending to be walking nearby, and didn't look up again.

This made Lan En feel a little guilty. This guy is so cowardly, wouldn't something happen soon and he shouldn't be called out?

However, after Lan En pointed downwards twice, Qilin reluctantly snorted to indicate that he was on standby.

Seeing that his 'Speed ​​Mobile Device' was operating normally, Lan Encai led the flannel ball and continued to follow the route towards the King's Courtyard.

"You take these."

As he walked, Lan En took out a stack of red frosted paper-like things from the alchemical leather bag on his waist and handed it to the flannel ball next to him.

"Meow?"

The velvet ball's little paws took it, not knowing why.

"This is a prop that can add flames to the weapons in your hands. It was a gift I got during my previous adventure. It's called [Fire Paper]."

Lan En explained how to use it while gesturing with his hands.

He himself has the [Igni Seal], and with the skill of [Air Blade], he can easily make the blade engulfed in fire. Therefore, he has never had the chance to use this hunting prop produced in Yanan.

It's just right for the flannel ball now.

"Just rub it on the strike end of the weapon. Now a special kind of monster has appeared in the city of Lothric, and its whole body is like a big ball of asphalt. They are like mad dogs, powerful and lawless, but exceptionally Afraid of fire.”

"I understand, nya!"

Ellu's optimistic nature makes Lan En feel relaxed even in this cruel world.

He was a little lucky that he had signed a contract with Flannel Ball in the New World.

Witnessing the process of a world slowly heading toward death and decline is a huge psychological impact.

At the end of this section of the road is an elevator, which is still the kind of technology that Lan En can't understand the principle of.

The complex height differences in the mountain city's terrain mean that buildings in Lothric must often use steep stairs, escalators, and even such elevators to connect them.

On the elevator, Lan En's hand pressed the scabbard on his waist.

Already secretly on guard.

After all, the journey so far has been easy and uneventful.

It would be surprising if this was how a king sealed himself off.

The Prince Faction and the Fire Faction were fighting like this, but no one bothered the King. No matter what he said, it was wrong.

However, even though Lan En was mentally prepared to face some strange and even dangerous situations.

After the elevator stopped, the scene in front of him still made him open his eyes unconsciously.

"This is."

A hesitant sound came from Lan En's thin lips.

In the courtyard, you can vaguely see the exquisite vegetation plan and Gothic architectural style of this courtyard.

Just like the open-air environment outside, the air here is also filled with flaky ash.

It's just that the size of the flakes of ash is larger than the outside. The density also needs to be greater.

In fact, these flakes of ashes were piled up in the courtyard.

The originally fertile ground with flowers and plants was completely covered into a gray-white color!

The large number and density made Lan En feel suspicious.

Those things that are scattered in Lothric City and turn the residents into plants. Could it be that they all spread out from here?