Well then, that does changes things right away.
We are now unable to make any jokes about not seeing the problem, for once.

She slowly sits up and absently flexes her right hand, then realises it is still gone.
Ah, the good old phantom limb phenomenon, always there to make you miss something you don't have anymore.
The mere fact no tree crests the horizon in any direction tells her enough.
But if there are no giant tree around, where are we going to sleep?
The notion has Malenia muse on what burial rites may be practiced in these lands. Without an Erdtree, there can be no Erdtree burial after all; how are the souls of heroes reincarnated if there is no great tree to consume their mortal remains first?
*Put on a teacher's hat and get a board out of nowhere*
Well, you see....
Scarlet witch.
HER.
Aaaaaahhhhhh god, make it stop, make it stop!
Though the handful of children spying on her is unusual. Malenia just pretends not to notice them and they leave her be.
Man, that's some quite calm children, some would take that as incentive to poke the tall lady.
A butterfly flutters past her, dark as the night. Her skin still tingles. And with a start, Malenia realises that the Rot is flowing forward unbidden.
Oops, the nearest continent.

Malenia shifts her clothes as cancerous growths emerge from her shoulder blades. Crimson vines stretch outward for several metres, between them membranes of countless black butterflies. It feels right, even though the moonlight is what coaxes out the rot. But more than that, it is stable. She does not need to fight the Rot to keep it under control.
Hmm... interesting.
A stable Rot? Is it local or not? Why is the god of Rot cooperative?
Hmmm....
Or she could apply the faster solution of slaying them all, then salvage what is useful to her.
*Raise eyebrow*
Nope.
She who is deemed the (currently) hardest boss in FromSoft games and holds that title while (most likely) blind.
Balteus called, he says: "But does she filter the journalists?"
Helicopter called too, he adds: "In the tutorial at that?"
[x] Agree to investigate the curse
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