Author: Little Black Box - A Little Tall today (Authorized)
xdm, hello everyone, the junction of folklore scholars Dumb MaoJun is online again! Because my push map speed is relatively slow, currently still dangling in Nyingef, the character history lacks enough clues to temporarily can not be updated, because the number of explorations in Stoneville City is relatively large, found a lot of story points worth discussing, sorted out the fragmented information in the game and also added some of the conjectures of Dumb Maojun himself, so the formation of the "Strange Talk" series, of course, this is still the first issue!
Stoneville City
After coming out of the drifting cemetery, the faded man looked at the vast Ning gefu with a blank face, did not know where to go, and inadvertently found a strange person with a "white mask" waving in front of him, after which he took the initiative to come forward to talk:
...... Oh, you are... It's a fader, right?
Longing for the Eldon Ring, he came to this junction.
I know it all, and that's for sure.
But, alas, it's sad... You don't have a witch to accompany you.
I don't know where to guide, I can't get the power of Lune,
It is even more unlikely to be invited to the Round Table Hall...
You can only die in obscurity.
.. ... Even if you don't have a witch, there's still a glimmer of hope
Because you met me, Van Ray.
You know the blessing, right?
It is the golden light that allows you faded to rest for a while.
The cluster of golden light produces a glow, pointing in a certain direction———
That is the so-called "blessed guide," the path that the faded one should take.
...... Yes, that's right. Guidelines will tell you
Where should the faders go.........
Or where to be buried
...... I want to bless the direction of guidance,
It must be the city on the cliff, Stonewell.
The city was the residence of the old and ugly demigods who "took over" Greco.
Let's get started.
Head to the direction indicated, the city of Stoneville on the cliff.
This is the case without the company of a witch and a desire for the Ring of Eldon.
At this point, the aimless Fader has a goal, that is, to go to Stoneville City according to the guidance of the blessing, and in the process of traveling, the Fader gradually learns some truths about the city lord Greco, and defeats him completely in the Battle of the Atrium, winning Greco's great Lune. It seems to have come to an end here, but as the Faders explore the city, more mysteries gradually emerge:
1. From the gates of Stoneville to the Storm Hill, several units serving Greco (SS) were deployed, with relatively elite soldiers, commanded by a knight and heavy units of giants. Getting to the castle can be difficult. But what is surprising is that after entering the castle, there is no Grecker's guards, and the people responsible for guarding the inside and outside of the castle are actually a group of exiled soldiers and knights, as well as some of the residents of the junction.
The Grecker Guards soldiers, who would wear the "Barrel Coat of Trees and Beasts", were well identified
The equipment description of the exiled soldier is as follows:
hat:
A crimson hood used to cover the head.
Armor worn by soldiers sent to exile.
They are not allowed to show their faces.
armor:
Scarred armor covered with large patches of crimson cloth.
It can be seen from this that the important force guarding the castle is not Greco's personal soldiers, but a group of exiled soldiers who have been punished, and they cannot even show their faces. So why can't Greg bring his own soldiers into the castle to guard him?
2. Judging from the situation inside and outside the castle and the deployed fortifications, stonewell should have had a great battle, the walls were widely damaged, and there were black thorn-like plants spreading and growing on the walls, and if you look closely, you will find that even the exile soldiers have thorns growing on them. Through the investigation of the soldiers' equipment, you will see this description:
Leather shields held by Stonewell's soldiers.
The shield surface is eroded by black spots and thorns,
It's the same as the city.
People are talking about it: Is this a curse caused by the limbs?
Or, somewhere in the city,
Is there something more terrifying lurking in it?
Walls covered with black thorns
When you enter the city, you will find that the castle is in ruins
The exiled soldiers also had black thorns on their bodies
Erosion skin shield
From this, we can conclude that the erosion of black dots and thorns has been going on for some time, and should have appeared after Greco entered the city, not only soldiers (living things) but also the walls (dead things). It is not clear where this erosion is coming from, and speculation is whether it will be a curse caused by the limbs or something else of terror lurking in the city. But the faders knew that this was not the result of the joint, because Greco and the descendants of the nobility, who participated in the "articulation", did not have this erosion, nor did they appear in Greco's relatives outside the city. It can be seen that this erosion is limited to the center of Stoneville Castle.
3. At the fog gate of the "Evil Omen Demon" Malkit, the Fader can summon a Sorcerer of Roger, but we do not know his purpose at this time, only that he also wants to go to the city, and sure enough, in the church where the wall tower blessed the point, the Fader meets Roger again:
...... We're meeting for the first time, right?
Hello, I'm Roger. As you might think, I am a magician.
The item I'm looking for is in this city.
So he has been hiding from the soldiers.
...... Then again, why did you come to Stoneview?
The people of this city are hunting the faded ones as sacrifices for "limbs",
Normally speaking, it should not be active to approach it.......
When the Fader tells him that he is trying to bring down the lord of the city, Roger will say:
It turns out that you're here to get big Loon,
Run to challenge Greco....
So you see the guidance of blessings?
......... I really envy you.
I'm a fader like you,
It's just that I haven't read the guidelines for a long time.
However, at that time, the original intention of coming to the junction,
I still keep it in mind.
...... I know a few magic-related combat techniques.
If you want, do you want to learn to see?
I am also a faded one who has been blessed and guided,
I want to help you in this capacity.
He would sell some magic-related battle notes, but he didn't reveal much about the items he was looking for. The Faders then continued their exploration of the city, where they found Roger's apparition in a clearing on the city walls:
The item I was looking for seemed to be at the bottom...
Previously, in the catacombs, the souls learned that the inhabitants of the junction called death "Return to the Golden Tree", and the correct order of death before the law was broken was:
Physical death—the body buried in the roots of a great tree—the soul returning to the golden tree—was reincarnated under the influence of the Golden Law
Therefore, the tombs in the junction are located in the sub-trees that were once connected to the golden tree, the big tree roots, and the corpses are buried here to complete the cycle of life.
And there are undoubtedly big tree roots under the city of Stonewell.
Roger in stoneville
Roger's Phantom
In summary, we can draw several conclusions, Roger is also a fader, but he has not seen the guidance of blessings for a long time; he did not come to Stoneville City to challenge Greg, but to find an item, and this item was hidden in the root of a large tree under Stoneville City.
So will the items Roger find be related to the erosion that spreads throughout the city? Predict what will happen and listen to the next breakdown.