After leaving the dunes, the next step should logically have been to tackle [Wailing Gorge].
But the player kept feeling that something was off. Had he overlooked something?
While thinking and exploring the City of Sin, the player suddenly discovered a treasure chest and remembered: the Mimic Chest! My reward!
That talking Mimic Chest from before had asked the player to "go save that child."
Now that Radahn had been beaten and the gorge unlocked, surely it was time for a reward?
The player silently put away the weapon in the chest, [Corhyn's Flail], and promptly teleported back to the Impassable Greatbridge.
However, the player fell silent at the sight of the empty bridgehead.
The enormous chest was gone. Windblown sand swept across the empty bridgehead, with not a trace of it in sight. The player circled the spot three times to the left and three times to the right, confirming that he had come to the right place.
"Where did it go?"
Just as the player was about to leave, he noticed a new NPC at the bridgehead.
Silver hair, red eyes, dark robes, and a cold, finely sculpted face. He was frowning at the spot where the Mimic Chest had disappeared.
The player approached.
Then he froze for a moment. Wasn't this the Blood Moon Duke who had deleted his save on his first playthrough? Although they had yet to meet on the second playthrough, the player could never forget that face.
Horace: "Lilith? Why would she come all the way to Caelid?"
The player selected the dialogue option: [About the Mimic Chest here]
Horace frowned. "Mimic Chest? Hah, what trick is she playing now..."
He glanced at the Tarnished, seemingly discovering something unexpected. "You... are a Tarnished?"
The player selected: [That's right]
Horace wore a strange expression,