The son-in-law of Mr. Hachishaku

Chapter 174 The Moon Princess and Two Fingers (7000 words long chapter)
The brilliance of the golden tree shines on everything in the border area, and only the moonlight altar belongs to the stars.

No matter how the outside world changes, time here is always shrouded in dusk.

A huge full moon that almost takes up all the sight is hanging overhead, as if you can reach out and touch it.

Countless cold starlights gathered into bundles, exuding an illusive blue, rising from the ground and gradually disappearing into the vast night sky.

Li Ang went all the way south from the north shore of Lake Lienia and finally arrived here.

The old troll did not follow, because Lani and the other followers were away, and the Kalea Walled City needed him to stay and take charge of the overall situation.

The Moonlight Altar is not just an altar, but a collective name for an area. It is shaped like a mountain with the top cut off. The terrain is very high, which effectively prevents ordinary people from approaching, and also facilitates better observation of the stars.

Li Ang chose to land on a protruding cliff on the north side of the altar.

In front of him is a huge shallow pit made of stone bricks, showing an extremely regular circle.

This is the sealed prison that blacksmith Iggy talks about. Of course, it is not the one where the werewolf Blaze is imprisoned, but the prison of another 'big shot'.

[Head of the Black Knife-Arleto]
The assassin leader that Li Ang just killed was actually just the team leader, and Arleto was the real leader of all the black knives.

After the night of the conspiracy to assassinate Godwin, because the masterminds such as Lani were hidden deep enough, the Golden Tree forces had no choice but to point the finger at the Black Knife Assassins who committed the crime. It was under such circumstances that Aletto was captured.

(If you look at it this way, it is understandable that the black sword takes revenge on Lani and her men)
As for why she was not executed and was imprisoned in the Moonlight Altar beyond the reach of the Golden Tree, that is another mystery worth pondering.

It's not that Li Ang deliberately came to trouble the leader of the black sword because of the previous assassination.

Rather, it adheres to the idea that if you don’t pick up something, you will feel uncomfortable all over again.

Arleto has in his hand a piece of ashes that is of the same legendary level as the bionic teardrop - [Black Knife-Dixi].

The strength of the ashes doesn't matter, the main thing is that Li Ang likes this name very much.

Well, Siddiqi, it was like dreaming back to her childhood in an instant, with relaxing and happy music ringing in her ears.

In addition, it can also find a neighbor for Bayek to prevent him (soul) from being bored alone in the Soul Summoning Bell.

Regarding the method of unlocking the prison seal, Li Ang specifically asked Iggy.

The old mountain demon said that they were basically the same, but the easiest way was to crack it violently, so he took out the Kalia Scepter and bombarded the seal hub protruding in the center of the stone pit.

The magic of tracer light spreads, and stars are born in it like a torrential rain.

A large dark hole was soon opened at the top of the prison.

After a moment, a hand covered with silver-blue scales climbed up to the edge of the hole.

"The fresh air I haven't seen for a long time is really nostalgic."

However, before the head of the black sword could say the second sentence, the torrent of comet named Yazler completely submerged her.

Because Li Ang deliberately controlled his strength, the head of the black sword did not die, but fainted on the spot under the violent rush of magic power.

In the game, Arleto has flexible moves, high damage, and strong desire to attack. He is known as the mage's nemesis. Unfortunately, the mage she met today is not very serious.

He went forward to find the ashes, then threw the unconscious Aletto back into the prison, and re-sealed the entrance of the cave according to the method of the Old Mountain Demon Cult to prevent other small animals from accidentally falling in.

Li Ang felt that he was really a good person, and he even took this into consideration.

The most important reason why he obtained the ashes in such a special way instead of killing her directly was that Dixi was actually Arleto's daughter. She died trying to protect her mother from escaping from the royal city on the night of the conspiracy.

The tragedy of killing one's mother and robbing one's daughter is too much even for Li Ang, who has a flexible moral bottom line.

Therefore, he only robs people but does not kill. Let Arleto continue to stay in the dark prison.

"I will raise your daughter, so don't worry about it!"

Li Ang raised his hands and clasped his fists towards the prison in a serious manner, then turned and left, rushing to the next target location.

Follow the path to the center of the Moonlight Altar.

At this time, to his right is the elevator that leads to the bottom of the Silaf River. After going down, you will meet the culprit responsible for the destruction of the Eternal City - the abandoned child of darkness: Esti.

And in the valley below him is the famous Platinum Village, a gathering place for the Sons of Platinum, another strange race.

However, there is no need to explore these two locations, so just skip them.

Li Ang chose to go straight to [Manus Serlis Cathedral] on the left.

Manus Thelis sounds like a personal name, and most people would think it might be a memorial to a stargazer, or the church of the Archmage of the Pyroxene.

After all, there has always been such a tradition in the junction area, such as the various churches in Malika.

actually not.

Manus means hand, and Seris behind it means starry sky.

(Manus may also pay tribute to the final BOSS of the "Dark Souls 1" DLC, so I won't go into details here)
The combination means 'Starry Sky in the Palm' or 'Starry Sky Hand'. Coupled with the special environment of the Moonlight Altar itself, the combination of the two is easy to understand.

But that's just its superficial meaning.

Because in addition to referring to the starry sky, Sellis can also be translated into other words, such as: hide, cover, and basement.

In this way, the meaning of the Cathedral of Manus Serlis becomes the 'Hidden Hand' or the 'Hand Hidden Underground'.

By further association through hands, it is easy to think of fingers.

So the truest meaning of this name is actually - two fingers hidden underground!
The Two Fingers are not just one, but a group. The great blessing includes the existence of the Two Fingers responsible for guiding and monitoring behind every god. The one hidden underground is the Second Finger who assists Lani.

As for why it needs to be hidden, the reason is simple: the god it chose is dead (on the surface).

Every second finger knows very clearly what happened to the last finger (the third finger) of the god who died.
The Cathedral of Manus Thelis is located in the northeast corner of the Moonlight Altar.

It occupies a huge area and has a majestic shape. Unfortunately, due to years of weathering and no maintenance, most of it collapsed. The damaged outer walls are covered with messy vines, and various weeds grow wantonly in the steps and brick gaps. Only the base is left. And the two statues in front of the main entrance are still in good condition.

When Li Ang arrived, there was a lot of excitement outside the church.

Several shadows of disaster, glowing red, were besieging a purple pyroxene dragon.

It seemed that the former wanted to break into the church, but was blocked by the latter.

The most peculiar thing is that this stone dragon not only breathes out dragon breath, but also occasionally releases a cold sword with white mist, holding it in its mouth and sweeping back and forth.

Even if Li Ang is far away, he can clearly feel the cold air coming from the sword blade.

Although the Stone Dragon showed strong combat effectiveness, the Shadow of Calamity had a large number of people and cooperated with it tacitly. It also specifically targeted the blind spots of its vision. After a while, the huge dragon body received several new injuries, and its condition was visible to the naked eye. Feeling depressed and about to lose.

"How can one be a hero if so many people bully him?"

Li Ang gave a righteous shout, completely forgetting that he and Valkyrie had just surrounded the Godfrey and his son not long ago, took out the Soul Summoning Bell and started shaking people.

"Bayek, Ursidixi, go help that dragon."

After the eldest brother appeared, without saying a word, he raised his sword and stepped forward. The afterimage of the holy sword in his hand was swung, and the blasphemous flames spurted out.

The Black Knife Assassin, who was summoned for the first time, also subconsciously obeyed his master's instructions.

But after running a few steps, he suddenly stopped. He turned around and corrected with a hint of grievance: "My name is Di Xi."

"Okay, Xi Dixi!" Li Ang looked at her sincerely.

Although Di Xi had just arrived, he had already understood the principle of not arguing with the boss, and wisely gave up the idea of ​​correcting him again.

Put on the hood and the whole person disappears in an instant.

Only the bent grass along the road faintly revealed her presence.

Bayek relied on his rough skin and thick flesh to use his various moves, while Dixi was on the other extreme, fully utilizing the assassin's weirdness and agility to the extreme.

One of them, the Shadow of Calamity, managed to avoid the aggressive blasphemous flames, but his back foot was pierced through the heart with a black knife.

Before he could see clearly who the murderer was, Di Xi disappeared again and continued to look for the next target.

Li Ang was delighted to see it, Bayek felt relaxed, the Shadow of Calamity complained incessantly, the Stone Dragon looked confused, and the moonlight sword in his mouth accidentally dropped to the ground.

Just a few minutes later, all seven Shadows of Disaster fell to the ground.

Some had their throats sealed with a sword, some were burned into charcoal, and some were completely dismembered. Their deaths were all bizarre.

There were supposed to be eight, but the pyrogenous dragon swallowed one alive.

The task was successfully completed, and the two legends who didn't like to talk much returned to the owner of the mouthful silently.

Bayek stood leaning on his sword. He learned this from the Furnace Knight at the Volcano Residence and thought this was very handsome.

Di Xi took off her hood and looked down at the black knife in her hand. Only now did she have time to think about why she came back from the dead.

Li Ang smiled and said to Hui Shilong: "Professor Yadula, long time no see."

From the moment he saw the cold moonlight sword, he had already confirmed the other party's identity, so he took the initiative to help.

Adura's ferocious dragon face showed a hint of human shock.

"It turns out to be Mr. Li Ang. I almost didn't recognize him after he changed his clothes. How did you get involved with the black knife?"

Li Ang walked closer before speaking: "It's a long story, so I won't go into it. If you have a chance, you can ask Mr. Yiji, but you... finally swallowed the dragon's heart."

Adura flicked her tail and said with a wry smile: "As long as I can protect Lady Lani, eating a dragon heart doesn't matter."

"It's just. Alas." He sighed deeply:
"If I suddenly don't recognize you later, I hope you won't blame me."

Li Ang expressed his understanding. Obtaining the power of the dragon so easily will naturally have to pay a corresponding price.

Adulla seems to still have clear consciousness at present, but it won't take long before he will completely transform into a savage aphrodisiac dragon.

While he was still awake, Li Ang asked straight to the point: "What's going on with the princess now?"

Adura shook her head: "I don't know. Only Lady Lani can walk the way deep into the darkness. I am only responsible for guarding the entrance of the church to prevent some young people from disturbing her."

Li Ang then asked: "Didn't she say that the remaining Shadows of Disaster should be dealt with first?" He pointed to the corpses on the ground: "What's going on with these?"

Adura seemed to be unable to fully adapt to his dragon body, twisting frequently.

"Some time ago, the shadows of disaster that were originally scattered everywhere were suddenly recalled by Two Fingers. Lady Lani was afraid that the night would be long and she could only start planning in advance."

Li Ang guessed that when he took the Hunter's Finger Knife, although he killed the Shadow of Calamity in time, it still passed on the news before it died, so Finger immediately recalled his subordinates to protect him.

"So, there must be a shadow of disaster around Erzhi now?"

Adura lowered her head in shame: "I don't know, Lady Lani doesn't allow me to follow her in."

Li Ang saw that he was really loyal, but he didn't look very smart, so he immediately said: "She didn't let you in, but she didn't say she wouldn't let me in."

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Adura became furious in an instant, opened his big mouth full of fangs, and the emerald green azurite dragon breath spurted out, burning everything in front of him.

"No one is allowed to disturb Lady Lani!"

Fortunately, Li Ang reacted in time and turned into a pool of blood to avoid it, and at the same time moved to the entrance of the church behind Huishilong.

"You two hold it while I go in and take a look."

"Be careful, don't kill yourself."

With a few words of instruction, he walked up the steps of the church.

Only when Adura heard the sound did he realize that someone was behind him, and hurriedly moved his body, which was stronger but cumbersome than before, in an attempt to stop him.

As a result, just halfway through, Bayek was already standing in front of him with a flaming holy sword.

"You're going the wrong way, change the direction."

Di Xi has long since disappeared.

Adura could only watch the man's back disappear, but was powerless, raising his head and letting out an angry roar.

The roar of the dragon and the scream of the sword piercing the air coming from behind had no effect on Li Ang at all.

He followed the unique and cold breath in the air deeper and deeper.

The interior of the church is even more dilapidated than the outside. There are rubbles everywhere after the roof collapsed. It is almost the same as a ruin.

At the end of the gravel road covered with moss and weeds, there is a square stone platform used for sacrifice.

There is a hole leading to the ground on the right side of the stone platform. The violent excavation method is similar to that of Li Ang's opening of the sealed prison just now. It was obviously taught by the same master.

Jump into the hole without hesitation.

It's not very deep inside, but it's still about three to five meters deep. There's a protruding stone wall halfway through, which is used as a buffer to prevent someone from accidentally slipping and falling to their death.

The temperature at the bottom of the cave was unusually low and bone-chilling. A few seconds after Li Ang entered, a layer of white frost formed on the surface of the black sword scales on his body.

This actually reassured him a lot.The unique cold magic of the Snow Witch's lineage, also called Samir's cold magic, is a legacy of the mysterious race that contended with the flame giants in ancient times. It is as old as the Gemir volcano spell.

Later, Lani combined it with her own dark moon magic, making it even more powerful than before.

Being able to maintain such a large-scale magic residue and even change the environment shows that Lani is still safe and sound.

Subsequent discoveries also confirmed Li Ang's conjecture from the side.

Continuing forward along the cave, you can see several fallen shadows of disaster at intervals.

The limbs are stiff and there is no trauma. The surface of the strange white skin is covered with a thin layer of ice. It is obvious that he was frozen to death.

"Fire and water are incompatible." Li Ang sighed inexplicably, and then quickened his pace.

After traveling for about a few hundred meters, the narrow cave wall suddenly opened up, and a spacious cave with tree roots came into view.

The familiar petite princess is facing off against four shadows of disaster that are several times taller than her.

The witch's robe and cloak were badly damaged and stained with blood, and the wide pointed hat had also fallen to the ground due to the previous battle.

One hand holds a finger knife, and the other three are the color of ice and snow.

Although the Princess of the Moon is very powerful and is no weaker than the other demigods, it is still a bit difficult for her to face a group of fully armored warriors alone.

What's more, behind this group of warriors there is a powerful assistant who constantly adds BUFF to them.

The second finger is not good at fighting. Its weird huge size and immobile weakness make it a living target in a fight. Therefore, it maximizes its gift of eloquence and develops a unique finger-based prayer.

This genre does not have any damaging skills, and all prayers are used to provide recovery effects and attribute protection.

Abbreviation: The thickest stack of nails.

The Shadow of Calamity, which was created based on the half-wolf Blaze, is already made of copper and iron. Coupled with the prayer of two-finger release, it is like being wrapped in a turtle shell.

Even though there were only four left, Lani tried many times but failed to take them down.

Li Ang's appearance attracted the attention of everyone present, including the two fingers that were huddled in the deepest part of the cave, trembling and squirming.

"Fortunately, we caught up. Everyone is doing well, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, one of the Calamity Shadows gave up on Lani and immediately attacked him.

Whether it is the hiding place of the second finger or the Moon Princess's assassination of the divine envoy, these are shocking secrets that cannot be known to others. Therefore, Li Ang, the unexpected intruder, has become a target that must be eliminated as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, once you choose the wrong goal, no matter how hard you try, it will be in vain.

The sword struck by the Shadow of Calamity with all its strength was easily caught by Li Ang with one hand without even breaking the skin.

Bloody red flames suddenly rose from the palm of his hand, melting the thick heavy sword into hot molten iron.

Just as the Shadow of Disaster was stunned by this scene, the churning blood flames had already rushed up its body along the hilt of the sword.

At the critical moment, a golden and red four-circle secret text appeared at the foot. Two fingers used prayer on it in time, and both were released at the same time.

[Great recovery]: Greatly restore vitality.

[Fire Protection]: Improve fire attribute resistance.

With the blessing of these two prayers, the Shadow of Calamity was not burned to death on the spot, but his whole body was crippled and he fell to the ground half-dead, moaning weakly, and his dark, charred body gave off a smell of paste.

The second finger saw this and prayed several times for restoration, but it failed to make it stand up again.

Li Ang, who debuted for the first time, showed amazing strength. The remaining three Shadows of Disaster did not dare to act rashly and took the initiative to retreat and surround Erzhi.

Lani's pressure suddenly dropped, and she had time to say the first words to Li Ang.

"You shouldn't have come."

"But I'm here."

After the Gulong-like conversation, Li Ang picked up the witch hat that fell on the ground, dusted it off, and put it on the head of the tsundere princess again: "Keep it elegant at all times, Your Highness."

"Hey!" Lani couldn't help lowering her head, letting the wide brim of her hat cover her slightly red face, but she immediately realized that now was not the time to be shy, and her expression became serious again.

At the same time, she quietly glanced at the fingers of the man beside her.

"I told you there is no need to come. It will do nothing but cause trouble. I will have to protect you later."

You have to listen to what Tsundere says in reverse.

So what Li Ang heard was: Thank God you are here, you really helped me!
"You're welcome."

"?" Lani looked up at him, showing just the right amount of confusion.

Li Ang actually wanted to ask her if her neck was tired, but in the end he wisely didn't ask: "I'll deal with the Shadow of Disaster and leave my two fingers to you, how about that?"

Lani did have a headache about these turtle shells, so she readily accepted the arrangement.

"Then I'll have to listen to you once!"

The two people discussing tactics in front of each other made the two-finger lungs explode with anger, even though it did not have such an organ.

Then he ordered his three subordinates that no matter how the other party tried to seduce him, they would not leave it even half a step until they died.

Thinking of fighting separately and defeating them one by one is completely wishful thinking!

And it has already asked for help from the church composed of the two fingers. If it persists for a while longer, there will definitely be fingers to save it.

Although it is somewhat embarrassing, only by surviving can you have a future.

On this side, Erzhi was confident that he could survive. On the other side, Li Ang and Lani were ready to kill it.

Li Ang took out the Kalia scepter and slammed it on the ground.

Countless sparks and billowing smoke flew out from the tip of the staff, and the ground under his feet began to crack. With a gurgling sound like hot oil boiling, the power of nature turned into blazing lava, erupting from the increasingly larger network of ground gaps. .

It wasn't over yet. Dozens of large and small red vortices suddenly appeared at the top of the cave.

Dense drops of blood slanted down from the vortex like a torrential rain, as if overturning the Milky Way in the sky.

Blood helps fire, and fire borrows its power from blood.

The ambient temperature rose rapidly, from the freezing cold before to the oppressive heat now.

Within a few moments, the entire cave had turned into the terrifying purgatory of legend. As far as the eye could see, there were dancing tongues of fire everywhere.

Li Ang put away his staff and was very satisfied with his results.

In a confined space with limited space, it is perfect to use this large-scale AOE skill.

He was so calm in the lava and blood flames that others couldn't stand it.

Lani, who was well prepared, summoned a lonely and hazy dark moon, encompassed herself in it, and curled up like a baby.

"Don't set fire in front of me next time, do you hear me? Otherwise, I will punish you severely!"

The Princess of the Moon hates fire and everything related to it. In addition to the ice magic she learned, the other main reason is that her body died from the black flames of her destined death.

Although she committed suicide and although she didn't care about her body, it still didn't stop her from hating it.

Li Ang held the cold dark moon in his arms, thinking in his mind whether he should challenge his weakness and enjoy the punishment of Her Highness the Princess again.

On the opposite side, the second finger in the sea of ​​​​fire was thinking, why haven't the rescuers arrived yet? Is he really going to die this time?
Despite desperately praying for release, the three shadows of disaster were burned to ashes one after another.

Because of the blessing from the Supreme Will, it was temporarily unscathed, but the problem was that Lani had a finger knife in her hand.

Thinking of this, the two fingers began to panic a little, and the two deformed long fingers like flesh pillars shook like chaff.

It even thought about turning somersaults and using its two fingers as feet to escape.

It's a pity that it can't be done.

"Your Majesty's psychological quality seems to be a bit poor." Li Ang noticed the fear in his second finger.

Lani rubbed the finger knife in her hand: "Fear of death is the nature of living things, and the high-altitude finger is no exception."

Seeing that the fire was almost burning, Li Ang asked, "Are you ready?"

After receiving a positive answer, he immediately threw Dark Moon and Lani out of his arms.

"Come on, the decision is yours, use the hunting finger knife quickly!"

The Princess of the Moon treated any words she didn't understand as nonsense and stared at the two fingers with all her concentration.

The cold dark moon drew an arc in the sky, and when it turned into a white mist and dissipated, Lani was already above the second finger, holding the finger knife with both hands, and stabbed it with all her strength into the gap between the fingers.

The buzzing sound echoed through the cave, and the whole world seemed to be stagnant at this moment.

The two fingers emitted a ring of golden light from the inside out, trying their best to prevent the deadly threat from approaching.

Lani's already overwhelmed witch robe was completely shattered into rags, and the doll's body was also shattered under the continuous erosion of light. The shell fell off in pieces, revealing the hemp rope inside.

But the blessings from the supreme will will always be exhausted, and the ominous finger knife finally penetrated the body of Erzhi.

The eloquent man met his destined death.

Dark red blood splattered out, just like ordinary people, and hideous wounds snaked down, even the bones and fascia were clearly visible.

The two fingers pointing upward twitched like crazy.

There was no scream or wailing, and the whole process was silent, as if the ears were blocked by cotton, which was eerie and terrifying.

It wasn't until Lani landed with a soft sound that the world seemed to return to normal.

Even with the finger knife, it is still very difficult to kill the second finger. At least her doll body is now useless.

As for the price paid, only Lani herself knows.

The Princess of the Moon, who was completely freed from the shackles of the Golden Law and the Supreme Will, fell weakly in front of the stationary divine messenger, her eyebrows drooped, as if she was exhausted.

"What are you doing standing there? Why don't you help me up!"

Listening to her angry voice, Li Ang was confused.

According to the normal process, Lani should not sit there motionless, waiting for him to put the dark moon ring on her, and then appear in the form of a spirit body and tell him: You are my king, let's get married.

How could it be different for him?
After scratching his head, Li Ang walked over.

The two met each other's eyes, and Lani took the initiative to stretch out a hand, her ring finger quietly raised a little, as if to hint at something.

Li Ang seemed not to notice, grabbed her hand and pulled her up from the ground.

However, our Princess of the Moon is not a fuel-efficient lamp. She actually sat back down and stretched out her hand again: "It doesn't count just now, let's do it again!"

Li Ang couldn't help but laugh when he saw this, and didn't restrain himself until he was warned by a slightly shy look.

Then he solemnly knelt down on one knee, took off the dark moon ring on his right hand, and put it on Lani's ring finger.

"Are you satisfied now, Your Highness?"

"It's not bad." Princess Moon stood up slowly and looked at the hand with the ring: "It looks like a joke."

Li Ang shrugged noncommittally.

Lani re-transformed into a set of witch robes and pointed hat, and then picked up the fallen finger knife.

Li Ang, who was standing still, looked up at the dead two fingers and thought: What would happen if he assimilated it?
Lani, who had regained her former majesty, knocked on his back. She actually wanted to hit his head, but she couldn't reach him.

"Let's go, do you still want to spend the night with it?"

Li Ang lowered his head: "Aren't you going to say something to me?"

"No plan." Lani said in a natural tone.

"There's nothing to say, there should be gifts, right?" Li Ang asked: "For example, the Dark Moon Sword."

The angry Princess of the Moon jumped up and stomped on him hard: "Sword, you are a dead man, a greedy scoundrel, and a bold liar!"

Li Ang squatted down and wiped the black knife boots lovingly: "If you don't give it, I won't give it."

As soon as he stood up, a petite doll that looked exactly like Lani appeared in front of him. Even the details were made very delicately.

The arrogant princess held up the puppet and turned her head away from him:

"Don't say I took your ring for nothing, I'll give this to you."

　This month is a month to pay off your debt, so pay it off slowly~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)