"Oh, this is really delicious!"
By the bonfire, Blaidd held up a giant roasted bear paw and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
Then he opened his gaping maw, took a huge bite, tearing off a large piece of meat, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it.
This scene made Xia Yu want to complain. According to his understanding of biology, wolves cannot move their lower jaws left and right due to their jaw structure, so wolves cannot chew food.
Blaidd, with his wolf head, should theoretically also be unable to chew food, but he was eating very happily. One could only say that it was indeed a fantasy world; werewolves certainly couldn't be lumped in with ordinary wolves.
"How is it? I told you my cooking is definitely better than anything you've had before, right?"
Xia Yu, eating a skewer of roasted meat, raised an eyebrow at Blaidd and said with a smile.
"Mmm, indeed, delicious!" Blaidd nodded indistinctly. "I really want to let Old Man Iji and the others try it."
Blaidd mumbled softly as he ate. Hearing his mumble, Xia Yu's eyes showed a faint smile. There would definitely be a chance in the future.
If only he could conquer all the BOSSes with food. Unfortunately, this wasn't a cooking game. If it were, what would the BOSSes like to eat?
Xia Yu couldn't help but let his thoughts wander. Godrick might eat dragon meat, Radahn... eat a Rotten Knight Salad? Rykard eat a Family Stir-fry?
As expected of two brothers, the words 'man-eating' were written between the lines.
"Thanks for the meal."
After casually discarding the bone he was holding, Blaidd wiped his mouth and thanked Xia Yu.
Xia Yu, startled by Blaidd's voice, glanced at the pile of bones beside him, his mouth twitching. He really could eat! The entire Rune Bear had almost completely gone into the other party's stomach.
"Then let's go." Xia Yu casually tossed aside his wooden skewer, stood up, and extinguished the bonfire in front of him. "After a meal, it's time for some exercise."
"Mhm!"
Blaidd also stood up, shaking off the dirt from his body.
Because Blaidd was accompanying him, Xia Yu didn't summon Torrent and chose to walk instead.
However, neither of them were ordinary people, so even walking, their speed wasn't slow, and Xia Yu even took a shortcut.
Crossing the forest, then climbing a cliff, and after finding the main road, they walked for a long time before arriving at a circular Sealed Prison.
Near the Sealed Prison, there were long worm-like structures made of circular stones. The heads of these worms emitted a strange purple light, and it was this purple light that maintained the prison's seal.
Looking at this Sealed Prison, Blaidd narrowed his fierce eyes. "Darryl, I never expected someone like you to be sealed in a Sealed Prison."
"Blaidd, who exactly is Darryl?" Xia Yu asked deliberately.
"Darryl?" Blaidd glanced at Xia Yu, thought for a moment, and decided not to hide it. "He is a Bloodhound Knight, but he betrayed my master."
"A Bloodhound Knight, huh..." Xia Yu paused as if in thought, then continued, "As far as I know, Bloodhound Knights do not converse with words; they each choose a master, and once they pledge allegiance, they absolutely will not betray them."
"This is everyone's common understanding of Bloodhound Knights. Darryl, as a Bloodhound Knight, shouldn't suddenly betray, right?"
Regarding Xia Yu's statement, Blaidd calmly said, "But he did betray. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come looking for him. Please wait for me; once I make him disappear from this world, I will give you a thank you gift."
After speaking, Blaidd walked towards the center of the Sealed Prison. Seeing this, Xia Yu quickly followed.
"I still think there's something fishy. Can I follow you into the Sealed Prison? If that person named Darryl truly has other problems, I might be able to help a little."
Hearing this, Blaidd paused, lowered his head, and stared at Xia Yu without speaking. Just as Xia Yu thought he would refuse, he suddenly nodded.
"Alright."
After agreeing, Xia Yu followed him while pondering Darryl's situation.
In the game, Blaidd was the Empyrean Shadow assigned to Ranni by the Two Fingers, and Blaidd himself believed he was absolutely loyal to Ranni.
However, this wasn't wrong; in the later stages of the game, Blaidd proved his loyalty by betraying the Two Fingers and choosing to be loyal to Ranni.
Since Blaidd said Darryl was a traitor, it means Darryl was also loyal to Ranni before. As for why Blaidd considered him a traitor, it must be because Darryl committed an act of betrayal.
But a Bloodhound Knight would never betray their master. This was the in-game description of Bloodhound Knight equipment, and equipment or weapon descriptions are usually objective facts. Therefore, Darryl's betrayal must be peculiar.
In Xia Yu's speculation, Darryl was very likely to have had his mind controlled by the Two Fingers, just like Blaidd in the later stages of the game.
After all, Ranni had already committed an act of betrayal, so it made sense for the Two Fingers to control those around her. Darryl might have been mind-controlled by the Two Fingers under such circumstances.
Xia Yu wanted to enter the Sealed Prison with Blaidd to confirm this. If he was indeed controlled by the Two Fingers, he could try to lift the effect first.
If it couldn't be lifted, then he could also learn about this method of mind interference in advance and prepare Blaidd for defense.
Blaidd's hostility in the game had truly saddened him for a while.
Now that he had come to this world, he had to ensure Blaidd and Old Man Iji survived, whether for Ranni or to make up for his past regrets... "Input magic into the magic circle, and we can enter the Sealed Prison."
Upon reaching the very center of the Sealed Prison, Blaidd placed one hand on the central array eye of the magic circle and spoke to Xia Yu.
Seeing this, Xia Yu also squatted down and placed his hand on the circular array eye. As the two of them input their magic, the array eye glowed with a purple radiance.
An illusory barrier rose from all sides, and the air in all directions twisted. The two of them had already arrived in another space.
"We've entered the Sealed Prison. This is a different space from where we were just now," Blaidd explained.
The next moment, a purple spatial rift appeared from the ground. Darryl, the Bloodhound Knight in special armor, holding his Bloodhound's Fang, materialized from the illusion.
Darryl appeared without a word, like a true beast.
"Disappear!"
The instant he saw Darryl, Blaidd drew his greatsword with a backhand, unleashing a thrust and a horizontal slash towards his opponent.
But Darryl, seemingly insane, had not forgotten his combat instincts. He took a special step, and his entire body suddenly vanished.
Bloodhound's Step, a combat art that allows one to instantly disappear and move with a stepping motion. This was the renowned combat art of the Bloodhound Knights.
The next instant, the vanished Darryl suddenly appeared behind Blaidd, slashing fiercely at Blaidd's back.
Clang—!
The sound of clashing metal rang out. Blaidd nimbly turned and blocked Darryl's sword art with a parry, then his greatsword became wreathed in frost.
Wolf Assault!