Chapter 861 - 45: Hero of Steel
He merely lightly hooked his finger.
The Amber Egg held by the Full Moon Queen, containing the Great Rune, was effortlessly extracted and fell into his palm.
The essence of the Great Rune is actually the fragments of the shattered Elden Ring. Because "Eternal Queen" Marika shattered the Elden Ring, the fragments scattered in the Boundary Land. Many demigods obtained these fragments, but also because of that power, they went astray and fell into madness, leading to the "Shattering War"—
which made this land even more fragmented and devastated.
No one can achieve ultimate victory, just a stalemate or mutual destruction, eventually retreating to their respective domains... becoming regional bosses, waiting for the arrival of destiny.
Logically, the power of such "Great Runes" has always existed. After all, demigods are tempted by them, and even their wills are twisted and frenzied by them. However, Gu Mo gently stroked the Great Rune in his hand but didn’t feel any power from it.
"As expected, no reaction..."
It’s not that his level is too high, and the power of the Great Rune is insignificant to him... Although that’s indeed the case, it’s not so much that he should feel nothing at all.
"Could it be that it comes with DNA authentication?"
Gu Mo seriously pondered for a moment, and it seemed really like that. In the hands of demigods, the Great Rune could easily exert power. However, when it reached the hands of Fades, after painstakingly defeating Fragment Kings, directly facing demigods’ power, and arduously obtaining the Great Rune, they often could only look at it.
Because the Great Rune simply had no power, no attributes at all.
One must go to the corresponding Divine Tower to activate the usage of the Great Rune... If Gu Mo were to say there’s no authentication issue involved, he wouldn’t quite believe it. Besides, the so-called Divine Tower just perfectly represents the divine bestowed power.
He didn’t plan to make a trip, so he directly enveloped the "Great Rune" in his hand with his Spiritual Will—
as if an endless calculation ability stealthily allocated some computation resources to this project.
Almost at the same time.
In the far Solar System of another universe, the mechanical Holy Body in the void started exerting force, and the torrent-like data was exchanged just once in this superbrain akin to the Moon.
Then...
Ding—
Of course, this was a mental note from Gu Mo, mainly to indicate it happened very quickly, almost like heating fast food in a microwave. The Great Rune in his hand bloomed with light, effortlessly bypassing the steps of the Divine Tower and directly cracking the Great Rune’s protective program.
"As expected, really... a conception like an artwork."
With a hand on his chin, examining the interior logic and mysteries of the Great Rune, the white-clothed, black-haired youth couldn’t help but click his tongue in wonder.
—"Rebirth."
It should be the law of reincarnation; if combined with laws dominated by other Great Runes, it involves the domain of cyclical reincarnation.
However, in the Boundary Land, there doesn’t seem to be this set of religious concepts; what’s relatively similar is the concept of "returning" or "Returning Tree." Generally speaking, the souls of the deceased naturally return to the great tree, turning into nourishment for the Golden Tree.
This is normal since the Golden Tree governs the Boundary Land and maintains the structure of the Golden Law.
But the supreme will is definitely not here to bring warmth and support; the Golden Tree itself roughly isn’t a perpetual motion machine. It gives blessings and benefactions to all beings, certainly also has a process for harvesting all beings. The ideal state is to maintain the smooth operation of this order, balance the income and expenditure, and the surplus can be offered to the supreme will.
Yet now, this pasture in the Boundary Land has ultimately collapsed.
A thought flashed through his mind, and Gu Mo had some peculiar ideas. He continued to observe the Great Rune in his hand, analyzing the mysteries and characteristics of the Magic Ring fragments relying on his High Perspective.
Just the law of this Great Rune alone, the Power of Rebirth is evidently incomplete.
His gaze swept over the group of deeply asleep people on the ground around him. He thought that this group of people was the result of the Full Moon Queen exploring the forbidden rebirth technology, and the result was also visually obvious... Defects, disabilities, incompleteness, fragile and short-lived.
These are exact existing conditions.
In the information he possessed, only the Fade, as the protagonist, after obtaining the Tear Drop Embryo, could come here to reset stats and make rebirth complete. As for other people, they probably don’t have this privilege...
Gu Mo browsed the attributes of the Great Rune again and lightly shook his head.
There’s no function to reset stats.
Looking up at the Full Moon Queen in front of him, no interaction options appeared in his perspective, probably because she didn’t become a recognized system trustee function NPC... In the end, he could only see if the Tear Drop Embryo could offer him some surprises; Gu Mo felt slightly regretful about this.
He casually stuffed the Great Rune back into the Amber Egg, turned around, and began to wander in the great library, beckoning a thick magic book into his hand.
Casually opening the book, the youth leaned diagonally against the bookshelf, quietly reading.
His expression was calm, as the rest was just a matter of waiting.
......
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The chaotic Boundary Land lacks everything but vitality.
This is not a form of wild growth, bursting vitality, but a true chaos emerging after the collapse of order...
It cannot be controlled, nor suppressed.
In this grand backdrop, all major factions that were once subdued by the Golden Law have developed their own ideas and ambitions, including famed heroes, the Fragment Kings holding Great Runes, and even the most lowly, blessing-deprived Fades...
A hundred types of creatures vie in the great swamp.
——Some wish to save the world from ruin and support the falling establishment...
——Some aim to follow their own path, to become the king or god of the next era...
——Some, in their confusion, follow the guidance of blessings, still hoping to repair the Elden Ring and end this chaotic world...
No matter the reason, during this time on the Boundary Land, there is never a shortage of people with initiative. So the recent falling star event naturally attracted people from all walks of life to investigate, and many have set off for the lands of Nimgefo.
Prior to this, the falling star event was nothing significant and wouldn’t have attracted any attention.
But after that demigod sealed the sky of the Boundary Land with Gravity Magic, suppressing the fate of Stellaris, the fall of stars became a nonexistent occurrence... Now, despite that demigod’s magic remaining unchanged, the rare occurrence of a falling star naturally indicates something extraordinary.
Coupled with the prior appearance of the mysterious Moon and night sky, despite them quickly disappearing again, it signaled that something had happened, followed by the celestial phenomenon of meteorites descending...
These connections are extremely tight, and anyone would make associations, so this situation attracting curious explorers is quite normal.——They certainly cannot reach the Moon in the night sky, but at least the falling star has indeed landed in the Boundary Land, one could at least go and take a look, right?
So, whether holding strange dreams, burning ambition, or simple curiosity, people set out one after another.
Nimgefo is located far south of the Golden Tree.
Most of this continent is surrounded by the sea.
The main city of Stoneveil is ultimately far removed from power, compounded by that nearly universally mocked, old and ugly demigod with considerable problems, whose power and authority are unable to cover the entire Nimgefo Continent, nor effectively govern the land, moreover, he causes more destruction...
Thus, explorers from all directions pour into the southernmost part of Nimgefo.
They arrive at the site of the pit.
Early exploration of the falling star pit is not very smooth, especially as the earth layers continuously sink downward, the astonishing ruthlessness of the Underworld reveals itself to them.
Bloodthirsty ants the size of elephants are merely the basic appetizers, and yet they appear in seemingly endless numbers. This alone is a danger beyond the capability of ordinary people to handle.
Moreover, the deeper one ventures into the Underworld, the more ferocious and bloodthirsty the life forms become.
Even amongst companions from the surface, trust is not assured, with occurrences of backstabbing and betrayal being not uncommon... Whether suspecting the other party found the meteorite, or obtained some secret or benefit, these are reasons to tear faces and start fights, not surprising at all.
Another very common situation——is using "friend (tool)" to help oneself escape danger at critical moments, isn’t that quite normal?
All in all, with the passage of time.
The exploration of the falling star pit continues to progress, yet the dangers at the bottom of the pit grow increasingly terrifying.
Frankly, although no one could find the crash site of the starship, indeed many benefits were gained in the Underworld. After all, the dark Underworld, washed by time, buried countless secrets and ancient historical relics.
However, those who gained are still relatively few, and how to safely bring them up to the surface is another problem.
Moreover, over time, Nimgefo has also made moves, dispatching a large number of Hunters to hunt the Fades, staging scenes of predators capturing preys, causing numerous tragedies and casualties, blood staining the land around the pit.
Yet it is precisely at this critical moment that someone finally discovers the relics of the Underworld’s Eternal City, and emerges with a treasure.
Thus becoming recorded in history as...
The first Hero of Steel.
And actually defeating a demigod in their first battle...
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Thundering roars accompany the furious growl of Flying Dragons!
On the vast plains near the coast in the southernmost part of Nimgefo, the pit has already transformed into a battlefield, a scene of carnage with flesh flying everywhere. A monstrous abomination, resembling a gigantic spider standing upright, with various limbs stitched together, erupts in hysterical rage.
"Impossible! Impossible! Ahhh, I am the Golden Monarch..."
Its right arm tightly grips a Golden Double-Bladed Axe, numerous arms attached to its main arm, countless human and other creature limbs stitched together, looking extremely eerie.
While its left arm holds the massive head of a Flying Dragon, with the junction twisted and decaying, as if the dragon’s head was torn from its corpse and attached to its own arm.
At this moment, with the roar of this abominable creature, the dragon’s head seems to come back to life, opening its bloody maw to roar and spew scorching flames from deep within its throat.
And the enemy facing it is like a Demon God...
A mysterious armor stands quietly.