Game world survival starts from Resident Evil 2

Destined Death, also known as Death Rune, possesses the power to kill gods and is a sealed taboo.

To describe its positioning, we have to start from the early days of the Golden Dynasty. At the beginning of the golden age, Queen Malika defeated the queen with night-colored eyes who was also a god, and then stripped the power of the Death Rune from the law.

Queen Malika entrusted her destined death to the custody of Malikas, who was her adopted brother and a hero in the war against Queen Nighteye, and placed a seal on it.

Since then, there has been no concept of "die and perish" in the Junction. After death, the soul will return to the tree under the guidance of the law and enter the reincarnation built by the golden tree.

This is also one of the characteristics of the Golden Law, the Golden Age, that there is no complete death - as it should be.

However, later, someone hatched a conspiracy to steal a small part of the Death Rune, and used a special ritual to inject it into the weapon, and finally forged it into a sharp blade capable of killing gods... which is the black knife that Li You obtained. .

Back then, the rare killers who obtained the black sword used it to kill the demigod equivalent of the Golden Dynasty crown prince, "Golden" Godwin, creating the first death of a demigod in the history of the Golden Dynasty, known as the "Black Knife" A Night of Conspiracy.”

The night of the Black Knife Conspiracy is also considered to be one of the causes of the subsequent shattering of the Ring of Law, and its influence is extremely far-reaching.

And the mastermind who planned this, judging from the reward Li You received this time, it is not difficult to guess that it is "Princess of the Moon" Lani.

The reason why Lani moved with a doll body that was incompatible with spirit and flesh was because she not only killed Godwin's soul with the Death Rune, but also killed and abandoned her original body and the fate given to her by her two fingers.

And now, she is hoping to embark on a future that is her own destiny. That's why she needs Nokron's secret treasure, the Hunting Finger Knife, because it is an extremely rare weapon that can harm the fingers of the Supreme Will Messenger.

"...According to this, isn't that Lani a completely dangerous person?"

Everyone was gathering around the campfire in the abandoned church to take shelter from the rain. After listening to Li You's explanation, V was the first to ask.

Yuzi and Aiji also agreed. After all, Lani had to bear a large part of the blame for the chaotic appearance of the border area.

"It's true, so you see, I didn't give her the hunting knife." Li You was playing with the black knife in one hand at the moment, and with the other hand he picked up a small animal unique to the border area, the jumping rabbit.

The jumping rabbit looks quite cute, like a combination of a rabbit and a squirrel, with long ears, a big tail, brown fur, and a bit cute at first glance.

The jumping rabbit in Li You's hand was tightly tied up. He caught it casually and planned to use it to test the knife.

He mentioned the jumping rabbit, raised the black knife and was about to strike, but suddenly paused and looked at Aggie and V: "Don't you two say something?"

Two people: "?"

"say what?"

"For example, 'Tutu is so cute, why do you want to kill Tutu?' and so on..." Li was halfway through the lobbying. Looking at the reactions of the two people, he also tilted his head and did not continue to get sick. Instead, he directly pointed at the black knife. Inject magic power into it and slash it down.

"Pfft——"

The knife didn't penetrate too deep, it just opened a long and slender wound on the jumping rabbit's back. There was a faint red flame that was almost black beating on the wound.

The jumping rabbit struggled violently, but was tied so tightly that it was impossible to break free. On the contrary, within a short time, all its vitality was swallowed up by the continuous burning flames, and it died immediately.

"Is this a destined death? It looks like the effect of continuous damage."

The companions are naturally also concerned about the effectiveness of Li You's reward, but for now, it does not seem to be particularly powerful.

"The destined death lodged in the black knife is still too weak, and I haven't fully inspired it. Otherwise, how can a jumping rabbit withstand it?"

Li You simply explained: "If you look at the nature of power, Death of Destiny should be the upgraded Legend Supreme Collection Annual PRO MAX PLUS version of Immortal Slash. The damage caused has the characteristics of continuous erosion and non-healing. But..."

However, the Immortal Slash in his hand is no longer the original Sekiro Immortal Slash. At least compared to a mere black sword, the Blood Immortal Slash is stronger.

"It's somewhat of a gain." Li You said, handing the black knife to V. "You take it first, it's also a good secondary weapon."

V was a little surprised: "I thought you would definitely throw it into the campfire and burn it."

"That was indeed the plan at the beginning, but... the Spiral Sword seems to be unwilling to accept the power of destined death."

Li You pointed to the campfire next to him: "When you first went to catch the rabbit, I threw it in and burned it for a long time. Only the blade turned a little black. It seems that at least the current spiral sword is still difficult to absorb the power of destiny. die."

"Then there's nothing we can do." V suddenly took it, and the twisted black knife flexibly spun a few times in her hand, and then hung it on her waist.

Aggie asked: "Then what are we going to do next? The information you just got about Kara should be useful, right?"

Li You nodded immediately: "We will not hunt for treasures in Lienia of the Lake. Now we will go directly back to the Round Table Hall to find people."

"...Sir Baizhi?" The companions all realized Li You's purpose.

"That's right." Li You nodded, "He is the most likely person to know the identities of those people who suddenly appeared. Let's go!"

——Soon after.

Round Table Hall, in Baizhi's study.

Li You and Baizhi looked at each other across the desk, and no one spoke for a long time.

Outside the door, Yuzi and the other three were also confronting Baekchi's bodyguard Enxia, ​​and they were also very quiet.

Until V finally couldn't help it anymore and asked Li You in the spiritual link: "Are you talking or not?"

Li You finally came to his senses, looked at Baizhi, and said, "I have a question I want to ask you."

Momochi looked at him, then at Yuzi and the three people outside the door, and said slowly: "You don't seem to be asking for advice."

"Well, I hope you don't mind it, because I'm really in a hurry." Li You just thought about it for a long time, but he still thought it was better to ask directly, so he simply said:

"Sir Baizhi's eyes and ears are almost all over the border, so it is most appropriate to ask you this question. Of course, I will also exchange information according to your rules.

"Did you know that there is a group of mysterious people with mysterious but powerful movements operating in the border area, and the leader among them seems to be related to the god... Michaela."

Hearing the name from Li You, Sir Bai Zhi paused for a moment, then said, "Is it related to the 'Holy Tree' Mikaela? Are you sure?"

Li You shook his head: "I just speculated based on the information I obtained. It is said that the cloak he is wearing has an embroidery of golden intertwined trees, and that seems to be the mark of the god Michaela?"

Momochi was obviously silent for a while this time before finally speaking: "That's right, the golden interlaced tree is the emblem of the elite knights who serve Mikaela, the Golden Needle Knights." He said, filling the table with piles He randomly picked out a book from his mountain of books, turned to a specific page with one hand, and handed it to Li You. Li You took it and saw that it was exactly the pattern Iji had drawn, which was two spirally intertwined twigs.

"Knights of the Golden Needle?"

Li You was sure that he had never heard of this name during the game.

A knight who serves Michaela? He only knew that there was one Michaela Knight Sword. Because it was not given to the knights, it was also called the sword of unappreciated talents, so Li You thought that Michaela only had some Holy Tree Knights - the color-changed version of the Gray Knights.

As a result, a Knights of the Golden Needle suddenly appeared?

"What's going on with this knight order?" Li You flipped through the book, but couldn't find any more records, so he couldn't help but ask.

"Is this..." Momochi thought for a while and then said: "There is no need to hide this. The Golden Needle Knights used to be equivalent to the personal guards of the god Michaela. At the same time, their existence was also very secret and not known to ordinary people. Know."

"The number of this knights is small, but just like the Knights of Carlia, they are all elites and all of them are extraordinary. It's just..."

"It's just what?" Li You was a little bit embarrassed by Baizhi's problem of breathing heavily when speaking, but he could only wait patiently for him to finish.

"It's just that, as far as I know, the Knights of the Golden Needle were close to destruction a long time ago. There are only one or two people left at most, and they never act in a high-profile manner. So I am curious, how do you know about them?"

Li You did not hide anything this time, and directly told him about Kara, briefly explaining the cause and effect: "...I traced all the way to Lienia, and finally discovered the footprints of this group of people while investigating the whereabouts of my apprentice. , so I came back to ask.”

Baizhi suddenly nodded: "It turns out that you are looking for that person because she is your apprentice... It is really surprising."

"I won't hide it from you. I know you are looking for her, but I didn't understand the reason before. I didn't expect it to be like this.

"I also have a deep impression on the faded one who always changes her name. When she first came to the Round Table Hall, she was still a fledgling who knew nothing about the world. But after wandering around the border, she Grow into an excellent fader at an astonishing speed.

"I originally thought highly of her and thought she was a role model for the faded ones. As I expected, she continued to grow, and finally emerged in the battle to challenge General Latarn of the Broken Star... It's a pity that since then, She never returned to the Round Table Hall."

Baizhi shook his head slightly and said: "For such a faded person, I am willing to do my best to help you, so I will not ask you for exchange knowledge this time. However, that's all I know. That’s all.”

"But, the golden needle knight of the god Michaela..."

Baizhi paused again and said: "If the person you are talking about is really a remnant of the Golden Needle Knights, then this matter may really be related to the god Mikaela. After all, the Golden Needle Knights will never be in Buimi. Acting according to Keira’s will, but it’s not right, the god Michaela should... No, it’s nothing.”

Compared with Sir Baizhi who hesitated to speak, Li You's eyes lit up.

Sir Bai Zhi's words provided him with a key idea. If the so-called Golden Needle Knights must follow Mikaela's will, then their appearance means that Mikaela is behind the scenes.

And Michaela... If others don't know, doesn't Li You know? Isn't he himself "spending the night" with his "partner" hiding in a boudoir deep in the underground world?

Li You knew very well where and how to find him.

So he didn't waste any time, said goodbye to Bai Zhi and left, taking his companions with him.

Looking at his back as he decisively left, Baizhi was also thoughtful.

"To leave so simply, could it be that... he has information about Michaela?"

Thinking of this, Bai Zhi called out directly: "Enxia! Use all your ears and eyes to follow them and see where they are going!"

Enxia remained silent, but his figure disappeared from the door.

...

There are a few things to explain about the god-man "Holy Tree" Michaela.

He is the son of Queen Marica and the second king Vladagon, and the twin brother of the "Invincible Blade" and Valkyrie Malenia.

However, although he is the elder brother, he has his own shortcomings like Malenia. Michaela will never grow up, and Malenia is inhabited by the corrupt power of the Outer Gods, and will suffer for the rest of her life.

In the Shattered War, the border areas were in chaos everywhere, and only the Holy Tree area in the north of the continent where Michaela and Malenia were located barely survived.

The sacred tree was planted by Michaela himself and cultivated with blood. The entire sacred tree area was born based on his ideal of embracing all things, so it accommodates various races that are unwelcome in other places in the border area.

It is said that Michaela originally lived in the sacred tree, but during the Shattered War, someone took advantage of the opportunity, cut open the sacred tree, and took away the child demigod in it.

Shortly after that, Marenia led the army all the way to Galid, and fought with General Ratan's Red Lion Army. Both sides were injured. While she was injured and fell asleep in the duel with Ratan, she also beat Ratan unconscious with scarlet corruption and could only eat corpses to survive.

In fact, Michaela's location is almost under the ground of Galid.

So in the past, most ecologists tended to believe that Marenia went to Galid to find her brother, and then had a conflict with General Ratan because of a misunderstanding, and finally a war broke out.

In fact, the person who kidnapped Michaela was hiding under the ground of Gaileid, dreaming of creating his own dynasty.

This is what Li You knew.

"... This kind of thing is really bad."

After listening to Li You's general explanation, Edge showed a disgusted expression on his face: "Just for his own ambition, he plotted and harmed so many people."

V had a slightly different opinion: "If he can really make a plan and let two powerful enemies fight each other, and he sits on the mountain and watches the tigers fight, then he can be called a hero. However, forcibly robbing a partner... I don't agree."

She looked at Li You again: "So who is the guy who stole Michaela? Is she an older leftover woman from some family? Or is she some other older queen with heterochromia eyes who came to rob a young man?"

Edge also showed a curious expression and looked at Li You.

Then they saw Li You's strange expression, showing an expression that wanted to laugh but was holding it back, and said:

"No, the one who took Michaela away was his blood cousin, the son of evil omen, Monger, who called himself the 'blood king'."

Aggie, V: "???"

"Ah???"