"Eh? Going back again?" Asuna tilted her head.
"There were lots of monsters along the path we took here, so there's plenty of experience. If we farm it a few times, we can gain several levels. Then we'll be better prepared to go elsewhere," Kiriko explained. "Besides, we need to return to Stormveil Castle to get another item—the Return Bone Shard. That thing is even more important than the 'Resurrection' we have now."
After all, the Tarnished were not Undead.
Even in the "original" Elden Ring, the Tarnished protagonist could be said to have cleared the game in one life—a true badass who slaughtered their way through everything.
Things like rebirth, revival, and resurrection had always been clearly described in the Souls series, but Elden Ring had no such explicit descriptions. Even when falling off a cliff at the beginning, the Tarnished had not truly died.
Well, simply put—
It was the player who sucked, not the Tarnished.
Still, as a game with Souls elements, Mr. Miyazaki had added a few things that could slightly improve the player's margin for error.
The Return Bone Shard and Resurrection Grace were exactly such things.
After all, Elden Ring was not entirely devoid of elements similar to "resurrection."
Specifically, as long as one could see Grace, one could revive. If one lost the guidance of Grace, one could no longer revive.
Mr. Miyazaki had brought this point to life in this Sword Art Online version of Elden Ring.
"Then is there a faster way to gain experience?" Asuna asked again.
"That depends on our rating when we clear a dungeon," Kiriko said. "When we leave a dungeon, there's a results screen, right? The fewer times we get hit in the game and the higher our combo count, the higher our rating... Come to