Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 189 Talks
Lucia returned to the Valyrian palace and issued three orders within 10 minutes.

The first route dispatched Guerrell to lead fifty storm knights to garrison in front of the Dark Moon Hall. Anyone who insisted on breaking into the temple could be killed on the spot without warning or reporting.

The second route sent Christopher to lead [-] ancient dragon knights disguised as ordinary citizens, and deployed them around the Second Two-Finger Church where Valenice and her party were stationed, closely monitoring the other party's movements.

The third way is to let Eggerkiss go to the Fifth Two-Finger Church, and invite Epsilon, the two-finger god envoy, to come to the Valyrian Hall to discuss matters.

A quarter of an hour after the order was issued, Guerrell led fifty fully armed knights to the Dark Moon Palace with great fanfare. Naturally, prying eyes were inevitable along the way, but this was exactly what Lucia wanted.

The matter has come to this point, he does not intend to use any private means to resolve the conflict between himself and Beta, but chooses to openly send a signal to all parties in the capital - it is the Beta side who has repeatedly provoked and offended the dignity of the two gods. , he was forced to launch a counterattack.

In this way, no matter how fierce the conflict between the two parties breaks out in the future, Lucia has already taken the moral position first, and anyone who wants to secretly poke and stand on Beta's side must weigh it first Can you bear his anger?

Another half an hour later, Lucia waited in the study for Epsilon who hurried over.

The two-fingered angel is still wearing a plain white priest robe as when he first saw it. The surface is embroidered with the pattern of Elden's circle of law in gold thread. Above the neckline are two fingers with a stone luster. The following are the legs and feet formed by the condensation of two rays of light.

"Apostle Epsilon, I have met His Royal Highness Lucia Sanks." Epsilon bowed deeply to Lucia with two fingers, and saluted respectfully.

"It's been a long time, Envoy of Epsilon," Lucia nodded and smiled, "It seems that the collection of books in the royal library of Rodel is really attractive enough to allow an existence like you to indulge in it for several years without feeling boring ——Based on your experience, don’t you feel that the content written by mortals is too superficial?”

"Knowledge is endless, Your Highness," Epsilon replied in a gentle tone, "I don't think the value contained in books will change because of the identity of its owner, even if the Supreme Will will not pretend to be omniscient, let alone me. What about such a tiny existence?"

Lucia laughed a few times, looked at himself, the envoy of God, and said, "It seems that you are much more humble than your brother."

"If you are referring to Beta, then I have to clarify that the five two-fingered angels are neither brothers nor do they have any direct connection."

Epsilon sat on the large seat specially prepared by Lucia for him, and replied unhurriedly: "We are all creations of the supreme will, and the mission he gave us at the beginning is to use up all our wisdom and abilities , assist the gods and men to become gods, and create a more perfect law for the next era."

"That's why we appear next to the God-man as apostles. During this process, there is usually no active communication between the five God-envoys. We only choose the most reasonable way to serve the God-man. And the starting point of all actions and plans can only be the interests of the god-man one serves."

He smiled softly and said: "Just like between your Highness and me, with your talent and ability, you don't need a follower who chatters around at all. If you insist on following you, it will be annoying, so I will choose Roaming around the sea of ​​books to live a leisurely life, only obeying the call when you need me—at least for now, His Highness and I get along at least better than the tacit understanding between His Highness Lani and Beta, right?"

Lucia didn't answer immediately, but looked at Epsilon in silence for a long time, and the other party just sat there quietly bearing his scrutiny. After a long while, he smiled and said, "That's not bad."

"However, I'm curious about one thing. What do you mean by the 'initial mission'?" Lucia leaned on the seat, silently tapped her fingers on the table, and said, "Could it be that the mission entrusted to you by the Supreme Will will follow along with you?" Does it change with the passage of time? Beta's style is obviously different from other envoys, and what does it have to do with this mission?"

This time, it was Epsilon's turn to be silent for a long time. He seemed to carefully consider his words before he said cautiously: "Until your Highness becomes a god, my mission will naturally not change, but if one day you become an eternal With an existence like the queen, the mission of the envoy will naturally be easier."

"Just like Lord Alpha today, his mission is to assist His Majesty Malika to better manage the Elden Ring, so that the golden age can run more prosperously and smoothly until the next era comes."

Lucia listened to Epsilon's obviously whitewashed words, her face was still calm, but she sneered in her heart.

Assist Malika to better manage the Elden Ring?As the founder of the Golden Age, does the Eternal Queen still need others to teach her how to hold the ring and how to run the law?
In his opinion, if there is a day when the gods are promoted to gods, then the mission of the gods to assist the gods will be changed from that moment to monitoring and control, and this is the reason why they have been canonized as gods by the supreme will. A fate that cannot be escaped from day one.

Even with the heart and skill of Queen Malika, she still couldn't get rid of this control after struggling for many years, and instead got deeper and deeper in the conflict between herself and Radagon.

Taking a ten thousand step back, even if the gods are willing to pay the price of death, they will face the backlash of shadow beasts. With the terrifying power of the "black sword" Marikas overwhelming the world, the price for the queen to regain her freedom is even more incomparable high.

"As for Beta." Speaking of this, Epsilon was obviously more cautious, "I think he has deviated from his mission to a certain extent."

"Huh?" Lucia was taken aback, "What do you mean?"

"Except for Mr. Alpha, Beta was born among us the earliest, and came to a land outside the golden law like Kalia. In the past ten years, has He been eroded by the outer gods, Bewitched by heresy. We don’t know for sure, but at least one thing can be confirmed, all the acts of arrogance and offense He made towards His Royal Highness Lani and you are definitely not the original intention of Supreme Will.”

Lucia pondered for a moment, raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "You mean, as a creation of the supreme will, Beta is already broken and can be cleaned up, right?"

"Your Highness misunderstood!" Hearing Lucia's outrageous remarks, Epsilon's calm attitude also showed a trace of panic.

"Beta is wrong, but he is not guilty of death. Just now I just said that Beta may have some negative changes due to external factors, but with the ability of the two-finger angel, even if the outer god personally takes action, it is impossible to bypass the infinite God will completely rewrite his soul."

"What's more, if he really committed a serious crime, the supreme will will personally send down divine punishment to deal with him. Please forgive his previous offense a little bit, so that the matter will not turn to the point where it is difficult to end."

Lucia glanced at Epsilon lightly. The difference from the meeting between the two at the Two Fingers Church three years ago was that the latter felt an indescribable pressure with just one look from him now.

In the silence that lasted for a few seconds, he finally opened his mouth and said: "I don't need to pursue the previous matter further, but Lani must go to Lienia with me on June [-]th. And from now on, no Lani Ni summoned, Beta is not allowed to take the initiative to visit."

"These two things, if the envoy can do it, then everything will be as you said, but if not—" He narrowed his eyes slightly, and said softly: "The envoy should understand me, please don't stop me then. "

"I understand, please rest assured, Your Highness." Epsilon got up and bowed deeply again, and said in a slightly difficult voice, "When Beta returns to the capital, I will definitely finish this matter."

(End of this chapter)