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Chapter 698 - 215: Holy Tree Stage!_1

Chapter 698: Chapter 215: Holy Tree Stage!_1

Just like a storyteller, Yuan spoke with animation and enthusiasm.

The audience listened with rapt attention too.

Among them were some who, even after beating the game, had no idea what the story was about; watching Yuan’s videos, they filled in a tremendous amount of the worldview.

And as the story neared its end, Yuan didn’t skimp by splitting it into multiple episodes to artificially boost his view count.

After all, there was a long list of character side stories waiting for him to slowly explain.

A single "Elden Ring" was enough to invigorate his series of game commentary.

Moreover, this also gave Yuan some inspiration.

He thought about looking for other games with equally excellent narratives, but which had been overlooked by many, to make separate commentary videos.

As long as the stories were fascinating enough, he believed they would definitely attract an audience.

"The Supreme Will Deng, aside from Gedwin and Lani, had another plan."

"That is, the two pureblood offspring designated by Him, the god-man Marika’s children—Mikaila and Marlene."

"Originally, Deng’s favorite was actually the elder brother, Mikaila."

"But perhaps as a product of self-crossing, even a god-man couldn’t escape the rules set by fate."

"From birth, Mikaila never grew, which can be understood as a birth defect."

"By the time his sister Marlene had grown up to be a Valkyrie, brother Mikaila was still a little boy."

"As we’ve said before, the Supreme Will has always pursued perfection."

"Deng saw right through Mikaila, who, as a deformed child, would not be perfect when he grew up, and so had to be abandoned."

"As an alternative, his sister Marlene was chosen and sealed as a god-man."

"Although Marlene wasn’t as pure as her brother, Deng really didn’t have a better option at the moment."

"And in the future, whether it be martial prowess, her detached emotions, or her nearly impeccable divinity, Marlene was the best current choice as a vessel for the Elden Ring."

"Unfortunately, the Intersecting Land, a land of trouble and strife, has always been a place where you don’t have to live, but you can’t live without causing trouble."

"The active Outer Gods are not limited to the one Supreme Will; as the saying goes, there will be new talents in every generation."

"Some friends may encounter a boss named ’Dark Abandoned Child Esti’ in the Eternal City’s Ansel River Region, which looks like a giant dragonfly. This creature is an Outer God, who fell into the Intersecting Land with a meteorite in the past."

"There’s also the area around the tributary of the Xifala River, which many friends are likely familiar with. It is home to the so-called fiercest sniper in the Intersecting Land, the Minotaurs. The deity they worship, the ’Ancestor Spirit King,’ is also an external deity, advocating the symbiotic coexistence of creatures and nature."

"This next Outer God we’re going to talk about, the Corrupt Goddess, isn’t given much background in the game. We only know that the Crimson Rot in the Intersecting Land arises because of her."

"Even the Crimson Rot has contaminated the entire downstream area of the Ansel River, which is now known as Corruption Lake. Throughout this lower river region, the waters are blood-red, solid like swamps, and do not flow. The creatures that live here, mostly grey-white worm-like creatures taller than a person, are minions of the Corrupt Goddess, residing here because they venerate the Crimson Rot."

"The Corrupt Goddess also has her own set of rules—decay in silence, be reborn in decay."

"This isn’t hard to understand. Take, for example, a glass of clear water; if left undisturbed for too long, it will corrupt and spoil, and then new microorganisms will proliferate in it. If you leave it long enough, it will slowly breed more life."

"Indeed, a glass of water is insignificant, but if the Crimson Rot turns the entire Intersecting Land into a land of decay, life here would certainly not be permitted."

"The creatures that believe in the Golden Rule and dedicate everything to it might scrape by, no matter how xenophobic the Supreme Will might be. If this Corrupt Goddess overturns the great dinner table of our world, meaning no one can eat, who would be happy with that?"

"A blind swordsman from the Land of Reeds encountered a fairy known as ’Blue Dancer’ and was endowed with the Water Sword by the fairy. Using it, the swordsman defeated the Corrupt Goddess and sealed her forever beneath the earth."

"From the description of the ’Water Curved Sword,’ we can learn the method used to defeat the Corrupt Goddess back then."

"That is to use flow to break stasis, which is also easy to understand."

"A glass of water left standing will breed corruption, so if you make the water flow, the elements of decay will break down on their own."

"After being sealed, the Corrupt Goddess lay dormant underground, looking for a way to be reborn."

"Only this time, it was hard to find anything stagnant. The entire Intersecting Land was full of life; neither creature nor plant gave her any opportunity to exploit."

"That is, until the birth of a baby girl."

"Marlene!"

"With her highly pure divinity, she caught the eye of the Supreme Will and was chosen to be the next upholder of the Golden Rule."

"But, brothers, what is this Golden Rule?"

"The so-called perfect Golden Rule pursued by the Supreme Will, isn’t it immutable? There are no variants ever; everyone is born under the Golden Tree, then receive blessings, then die and return to the tree, and the cycle repeats. The fate of all living things is completely predictable, stable to the point of being unshakable."