Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 81 The Truth
Unknowingly, Rodel has officially entered the early winter, except for the giant golden tree that never fades in the center of the capital, most of the flowers, plants and trees in the city have lost most of their dead leaves.However, most of these trees are influenced by the golden tree. Those golden leaves can maintain a bright and eye-catching color for a long time even if they are separated from the branches. Spreading on the ground is like a piece of gorgeous long carpet, which is a different scenery.

In the past few days in early November, Lucia practiced as usual during the day, and fought with three old friends in the memory battlefield at night, teasing Shirley in her free time, and her life was leisurely.

The only difference from the past is that Malenia no longer comes here every day to watch the fun and play tricks on the fox. Although the scarlet corruption has been temporarily sealed, the little girl is still ordered by Mikaela to stay in the Holy Tree Palace these days. Take a good rest.

It was also because of Malenia's health that the state banquet that was originally scheduled to be held after the queen's return from Rhoderia was also postponed.

These days, among the three Kalia brothers and sisters, Latarn and Lakad have not been seen, and Lani makes an appointment with Lucia every day to go to the Holy Tree Palace to visit Marenia's recovery.

On this day, as soon as Lucia and Lani stepped into the gate of the Sacred Tree Palace, they heard panicked shouts from a distance, interspersed with cheers obviously from Marenia.

The two looked at each other, and walked quickly into the courtyard in surprise, and soon saw a petite figure running happily out of the hall——Marenia threw away the wheelchair that had been with her for six or seven years and ran in the courtyard. In front of her, a head of delicate red hair was like a fiery cloud fluttering in the air, and the golden prosthetic limbs that had never listened to her commands were now as flexible as her own hands and feet, supporting her as she staggered towards the front of the hall.

"Ah, sister Lani, Lucia!"

Seeing the two from a distance, the little girl jumped up happily and waved, and then rushed towards them like a gust of wind.

A group of maids following behind for protection couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief when they saw the two highnesses catching their own princess, and they finally didn't have to worry about the latter being in danger of being injured.

Lani squatted down and hugged Marenia, who was about to fall down, hurriedly checked her prosthetic limb, and asked in surprise, "When will I be able to stand up?"

"Just this morning—my brother tripped over the carpet while he was walking. I was so frightened that I quickly reached out to help him up, but I accidentally stood up!" Marenia said cheerfully, obviously also worried that she could suddenly It's exciting to be able to move freely.

Seeing this, Shirley, who was squatting on Lucia's shoulder, hurriedly jumped down and sniffed around Marenia a few times. After confirming that Marenia was healthy, she happily jumped into her arms, enjoying the little girl's gentle tenderness. caress.

"You kid, what do you mean standing up 'accidentally', aren't you happy when you feel better?" Mikaela, who was chasing from behind, said helplessly.

Lucia keenly noticed that the corners of his eyes were a little red, but the delicate brows revealed a sense of ease and joy that had never been seen since the two met, as if they had swept away the melancholy accumulated in their hearts for many years.

The two looked at each other, and both saw some similar emotions in each other's eyes.

On the other side, Lani was obviously quite excited at the beginning, but she quickly hid her emotions and calmly analyzed: "It seems that the effect of the sealing circle is better than we originally expected, but it is also Not once and for all”

Mikaela was startled when she heard the words, then nodded solemnly, and said, "Go in and talk."

"You mean, you've determined that Malenia's health hasn't really improved?"

In a study room in the hall, Lani's expression trembled slightly after hearing Mikaela's words, "I just guessed when I first saw her, after all, the aura emanating from her body is still abnormal."

"Yes," Mikaela sighed softly, "now she can move only because the curse of corruption has been temporarily suppressed by us, but the disease of corruption is still eroding her vitality. This kind of subtle erosion even succeeded in sealing Then it got worse."

Lucia recalled that when she saw Marlenia just now, her skin was still a little sickly pale. At first, he thought it was just caused by a long illness, and it would naturally get better as time went by, but now it seems that the problem is obviously gone So simple.

"Can you guess the general reason," Lucia asked, "Is it because the three of us are not powerful enough?"

"No, it's just me alone." Mikaela said sadly.

"When I sealed the corruption before, I used my golden prayer as the base," he continued to explain, seeing the doubts in the eyes of the two people, "I used to think that even if the golden law could not eradicate the scarlet corruption, it could at least treat Marenia. I suppressed the curse to a certain extent, and it wasn't until after this seal that I gradually realized that I was wrong—wrong from the very beginning."

"The reason why the golden prayer can barely suppress the scarlet corruption is actually not the effect of the law at all. It's just because my divine power is relatively pure, and the gain from being at the foot of the golden tree is stronger. The reason why it is so difficult to heal Marenia even though she has infinite divine power."

"You mean to say that your power of prayer is not a special medicine to cure Marenia, but just like water dilutes and dilutes her rotten disease, which shows a slight healing effect?" Lucia still When she looked confused, Lani, who had a deep study of prayer and magic, immediately understood what Michaela said.

"Yes," Mikaela said seriously, "If it wasn't for this reason, the effect of our seal this time should be far stronger than it is now. With Malenia's demigod physique, it should have recovered quickly."

Hearing this, Lucia suddenly understood the ins and outs of the whole incident.

At this point in history, when Marenia's scarlet corruption is about to fully erupt, it should be Lani who came all the way from Kalia and cooperated with Michaela to initially seal the curse of corruption for the first time.

It's just that without his participation, the seal of the two of them must not have been as successful as it is now, and Marenia has not been able to recover her ability to act.

After this incident, Mikaela gradually realized that the Golden Law was helpless against scarlet corruption. The two basic principles of the Golden Law taught by Radagon were his last attempt with hope—and the result was of course a failure. .

In the end, in the hopeless situation, Mikaela created his own pure golden law, and the golden needle passed down to future generations was also born.

With the help of her elder brother, Marenia finally succeeded in suppressing the scarlet corruption, and then met the flowing swordsman by chance, and learned the flowing swordsmanship that completely sealed the curse of corruption. Since then, she has become the famous swordsman Valkyrie.

What is embarrassing is that Marenia has always insisted on her dignity as a human being, and she has never compromised with the scarlet corruption after half a lifetime of suffering. Mikaela chose to embrace corruption, and thus fell into boundless sin and despair, and could never turn back.

"What are you going to do next?" Lucia felt a little depressed for a while.

"Father came here last night and said that after he finished dealing with the royal family's private school, he would take me to the stone stage in the center of the Golden Tree to accept the core inheritance of the fundamentalism of the Golden Law." He hesitated for a moment and said, " I want to try one last time."

Lucia looked at his gloomy eyes that still had some hope, and wanted to tell him the truth several times, but in the end she just trembled her lips slightly and couldn't say anything.

"We will always succeed." This time, Lani who had been silent for a long time said so.

　ps. I went out for a long trip today, and happened to be delayed by some miscellaneous trivial matters at home, so the update was a bit late, and there will be another chapter later.

　　
　
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