Lu Xiu was not a Dark Souls scholar.
Although she could recall every line of text while building a dungeon, if asked to truly explain all the details of Dark Souls' story and piece together every fragmented clue to reconstruct it, she would probably stumble through it.
Still, a thousand readers had a thousand Hamlets.
Naturally, she also had her own understanding of Dark Souls' story and its characters.
For example.
Gwyn, Lord of Sunlight, whom she was about to fight.
Lu Xiu considered him a great king.
In the story, faced with the doomed situation of the First Flame fading and the Age of Fire nearing its end, he was the only one who actually did something. As for the other holders of Lord Souls...
Gravelord Nito, the first of the dead, really was a Nito.
The Witch of Izalith had attempted to create a new First Flame, only to produce the Bed of Chaos.
And the Furtive Pygmy had never appeared from beginning to end.
Only Gwyn, the founder of the Age of Fire, foresaw the fading of the fire and made a choice truly worthy of a king.
He bestowed most of his soul power upon his people and children, then led his most loyal knights into the Kiln of the First Flame without hesitation.
He directly began burning himself, using his own body as fuel to prolong the Age of Fire.
That was also the beginning of linking the fire.
Considering what the other Lord Soul holders had done...
And then considering the followers and descendants who had received Gwyn's soul power, the contrast became even starker.
After receiving their Lord Soul Fragments, the Four Kings of New Londo not only failed to shoulder any responsibility, but were easily beguiled by Primordial Serpent Kaathe. They directly