108: Greg

Raising his hand, Joa's eyes narrowed.

“Shinra Tensei.”

A powerful repulsive force erupted from him as its center.

Completely blocking the flames spewed from Godrick's right arm dragon head.

'However, even the cleanest and most decisive actions are useless in the face of an absolute power gap.'

“Impossible! The power of the dragon is invincible!”

Seeing the Tarnished opposite, nearly half a head taller than him, walking towards him step by step, enduring the flames spewed from the dragon head.

Godrick's face showed shock, and his eyes were full of fear.

Joa's strength made him recall the feeling of kneeling at Malenia's feet, licking her feet, and begging her to spare him.

“Demigod?”

“You don't even know how to use the prayers of the golden law.”

“Your strength might not even be as good as the Great Tree Guardian.”

“How can you call yourself the Golden Monarch?”

Slowly walking in front of the somewhat dazed Godrick.

Joa grabbed the hideous dragon head and pulled it with great force.

With a tearing sound.

The dragon head that Godrick had just reattached not long ago was torn off.

Splurt...

Blood immediately splattered all over the ground.

Godrick screamed in pain, half-kneeling on the ground.

With his dignity so trampled, Godrick's face began to contort and twist hideously.

He swung the Royal Axe in his left hand, fiercely chopping towards Joa.

But...

What happened in the next moment.

Made Godrick completely lose the idea of resisting, and his heart was completely filled with despair and fear.

He saw that the Tarnished who invaded his territory.

Actually took his attack with bare hands.

His full-strength chop couldn't even break through the opponent's defense.

“No! This is impossible!”

Pfft!

Casually throwing the dragon head aside.

Joa clenched his fist in the air.

A Black Rod created by Yin-Yang Release suddenly plunged into Godrick's forehead in the next moment.

“You are so weak that I have no interest in playing with You anymore.”

Along with Joa's calm words.

Godrick's body fell to the ground with a thud.

“A trashy demigod, not even as good as the Great Tree Guardian.”

Joa's words were a bit exaggerated.

Compared to the Great Tree Guardian.

Godrick was still much stronger.

After all, no matter what, Godrick was also a descendant of the first Golden Lord, Godfrey.

At least he was someone who had his own Divine Tower and Great Rune.

After killing Godrick the Grafted, he put his corpse into the Amenominaka space.

Joa flew high into the sky, returning to Kaguya, Tsunade, and the others.

He was about to take them to Godrick's Divine Tower to get his Great Rune.

Melina's spirit body suddenly appeared in front of him.

“You... defeated Godrick.”

“I want to apologize to You.”

“I had been silently observing You before, doubting whether You were truly a Tarnished, whether You truly wanted to meet the elden ring.”

“It turns out, I was worrying for nothing.”

“From the beginning, Torrent believed in You.”

“I was not sincere enough.”

“There's one thing...”

Melina's words were only halfway through.

Joa smiled and interrupted her.

“I know what You're going to say.”

“But I can't go to the Roundtable Hold.”

“Your suspicions are indeed correct.”

“I am not a Tarnished, and I cannot see Grace.”

“But...”

“Meeting... no, seizing the elden ring, I am serious about it.”

Then, under Melina's puzzled gaze.

Joa explained in detail everything that had happened in The Lands Between, his lost memories, and what he would do in the future.

“Perhaps it's hard for You to accept at once, but everything I said is true.”

“Once I prepare to fight to the foot of the Golden Tree, You will understand.”

“No matter how much the elden ring is repaired, this World will still be full of tragedy.”

“If you want to save this World...”

Joa only said half of his last sentence, not finishing it.

But Melina already understood his meaning.

Her eyes were a little unfocused now.

“My brother... Miquella.”

“Did Mother... really... abandon them?”

“The Land of Shadow...”

“Whew!”

Taking a deep breath, Melina took a deep look at Joa.

Then her figure instantly disappeared.

She was going to verify it herself.

...Ah, did I act too hastily?

Scratching his head.

Joa muttered to himself.

He wasn't too worried about Melina's safety.

In terms of strength, Melina was quite strong.

Even if she couldn't defeat Miquella, escaping should be no problem.

Moreover, Miquella was her brother, there was no reason for him to attack Melina.

“Sigh, never mind, let's first get Godrick's Great Rune and send it to the Ancient One.”

“The sooner I thoroughly understand and learn the power system of this World, the sooner I will conquer this World.”

With a light sigh, Joa temporarily put Melina's matter out of his mind.

He was now eager to reach the realm of a god.

Recalling the location of the Limgrave Divine Tower in his memory, Joa took Kaguya and the others and flew towards their destination.

However, just as they flew to the gate of Stormveil Castle.

Joa's attention was drawn by the battle below.

Below, Hashirama, White, and the Second, Third, and Fourth Hokage, along with dozens of Blacklight Warriors, were jointly Siege Morgott's clone.

Wood Golem, Susanoo, Flying Thunder God, various Ninjutsu and the prayer magic of the golden law clashed.

Seeing the evenly matched battle between Morgott and Hashirama below, Joa was stunned.

'Good heavens, even a clone of Morgott is much stronger than Godrick.'

'How useless is this Godrick, after all?'

He stopped and watched for a while, feeling that Hashirama and the others should be able to win, so Joa continued flying towards the Limgrave Divine Tower.

After flying for about a few hours.

Joa, Kaguya, Tsunade, and Konan arrived at the top of the towering Divine Tower in Stormhill.

'Being able to fly is so convenient.'

He looked back at the golems guarding the bridge leading to the Divine Tower below, and Joa grinned.

'If I could fly in the game, I wouldn't have been so stuck back then.'

Shaking off distracting thoughts, Joa looked at the corpse of the Two Fingers at the top of the tower, which served the demigod Godrick.

And the glowing Great Rune within the corpse.

He stepped forward.

Raised his hand to touch the Great Rune.

“Huh?”

“Why is there no reaction?”

Hearing Joa's slight questioning sound, Kaguya pondered for a moment and guessed.

“Could it be due to the rejection of the golden law?”

Upon hearing this, Joa suddenly realized.

'That's right, I'm not a Tarnished, I've never received Grace.'

'If I can't take it, how do I take Godrick's Great Rune away?'

Seeing Joa's troubled expression, Kaguya tentatively spoke.

“How about finding a local to collect it, and then bringing them back to the Los Santos Sanctuary?”

Hearing Kaguya's suggestion, Joa's eyes lit up.

“Huh? Good idea.”

“You all wait for me here for a moment, I'll go grab someone.”