Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

I had a delicious meal of prawns at the Shrimp House, and unexpectedly got some information about Edgar from Shrimp Brother - just like in the game, after saying goodbye to Shrimp Brother, he went to the west shore of Lake Lienia.

"Man, I didn't expect you would kidnap someone else's daughter... Is she pretty?" Patch, the bald guy, immediately came over to inquire about gossip.

I couldn't help but roll my eyes at him, and then asked Brother Xia suspiciously, "Did Edgar really say that to you?"

"At least, after he ran into me, the first thing he asked about was your whereabouts."

"When did it happen?"

"It's been five or six days."

——Five or six days... At that time, I should still be learning how to perform combination combat skills from Senior Bernal, and it was not long since I conquered Stonewell City.

And Edgar had left to look for Irena long before I defeated the "Evil Omen Demon" and officially entered Stoneville.

There was about a week between the two events. Who did he meet during this week that led to this misunderstanding?

There was only one answer in my mind - Nelius the Fire-Man.

Before I arrived in Lienia, he seemed to have been lingering near the back door of Stonewell, waiting for Haida to come.

After all, his current ability level was insufficient, and the most important thing was to transform Haida into a fire witch, and then use runes to transform power with her help.

At the same time, there are two more pieces of evidence to support this speculation:

First, the dew drops of the Holy Grail that were supposed to be in the Elis church where Teacher Tops worked had been taken away;

Secondly, last night, after I escaped from the town in front of the academy, I found a golden phantom tree nearby and obtained the golden seeds.

Therefore, the place where Edgar and Madfireus met should be at the back door of Stonewell.

——But why did Edgar take the initiative to go to the west coast of Lienia?

I couldn't help but let out a long sigh, as if I felt an invisible hand manipulating our fate. Even if I knew where the plot was going, it was still difficult to change... No, I couldn't make a conclusion yet.

If they could find a way to clear up the misunderstanding, Edgar would not have become a sacrifice to the mad fire.

So, I pointed to the far end of the horizon, the towering golden tree on the west bank of Lienia that seemed to hold up the sky, and asked, "Brother Xia, are you sure that Edgar is going in that direction, right?"

Brother Xia nodded.

"Why, you're leaving so soon, old man?" Patch looked at me and stood up.

"Well, if the misunderstanding is dragged on, it will only turn into a quagmire, which will become more and more muddied as time goes by." I called Torrett, "We must meet with Edgar as soon as possible."

"······Well, to be honest, I don't quite believe that you would kidnap someone else's daughter or something." Patch threw something at me, and it turned out to be a festering bloody finger.

——To be honest, I may not need it.

Seeing my slightly confused look, Patch smiled and said, "This is Patch's way of giving back to old customers. If you need to find someone, bring him along... Although, there's a good chance that he'll be misunderstood as an enemy, hehehe."

"I see. Thank you very much!" So I rode on Torret and headed straight towards the big golden tree on the west bank.

I tried my best to choose shallow waters with a wider view and galloped on my horse. Perhaps Brother Shrimp had almost finished hunting for the nearby prawns, so I didn't run into the Shrimp King along the way.

——But, if I really meet Edgar, what should I say?

Now, he has been deceived by Dianhuowusi and regards me as the enemy who kidnapped his daughter.

If I told him directly that Irena had actually been murdered on the Weeping Peninsula, he would definitely put the blame of the murder on me.

A conflict is probably inevitable... Let Edgar first realize that Mad Fire Us is not in the same group with him.

whoosh-

There was a faint sound mixed in with the sound of the wind. I subconsciously pulled Torrett and saw a sharp spike flying past me.

A strong smell of blood rushed into my nostrils.

In front, on an island in the lake, one silvery-white ball of flesh after another rolled over.

——This is, the Rose Church?!

Looking at the dilapidated church on the island, with a crimson aura oozing out from between the cracks in the walls and the stones, I couldn't help but click my tongue.

——Now is not the time to deal with the crazy group of "Blood Finger", so don't get in the way.

"Toret, let's rush over." I pulled out the long tooth in my hand, became more alert, and planned to bypass the island of the Rose Church.

But the opponent was obviously not willing to let me go easily. Those silvery-white flesh balls rolled in front of Torrett first. After standing firm, they picked up the strange fork-shaped weapon that looked like a ripple, put it to their mouths, and took a deep breath. Surprisingly, they exhaled silver mist with ice crystals floating in it as if they were blowing bubbles.

In an instant, the ice fog formed a high wall.

I had no choice but to hold Torret, and the next second, several beams of silver water shot towards me.

I quickly jumped off the horse and blew the whistle, asking Torrett to return to the ring, holding the shield in one hand and putting on the holy mark on his finger with the other.

Pray—Throw yourself into the fire!

Throw it with force directly in the direction where the silver water is spraying.

The raging fire penetrated the ice mist and fell on the silver sons with frog-like faces and round bodies, causing their clothes to burn.

"what--"

The screams did not sound very human, but more like a duck about to be slaughtered.

"If you don't want to be burned to death by me, get out of my way!" I condensed the raging fire again and threatened the Silver Sons who were surrounding me.

But these guys were still hiding in the ice fog and did not respond.

Gulu gulu!

— Bubbles?!

I quickly threw out the flame, then pulled out my long fang, turned around and attacked, while doing a somersault backwards.

Unfortunately, he was still a beat too slow and his shoulder was cut by the sharp blade. At the same time, the opponent jumped back to avoid Changya's swing.

——He was a member of the Bloody Finger, who, like Nelius, wore a black and red robe and a golden scarf.

The next second, silver water shot towards me from all directions.

——But you probably didn’t expect that the action just now was only the first part of the sword skill of Hound Fang.

Combat Skills——Wolf Attack Blood Dance·Two Stages!

I suddenly jumped up and rushed to the bastard who attacked me at full speed. When he showed surprise under his hood, I used the blood with the murderous intent of the blade to slash him with all my strength.

puff--

The opponent was thrown out and fell on the water, rolling several times.

"So it's not Crazy Fire Us." I clicked my lips.

Recalling the content in the game, this guy should be just a minor character under "Blood Finger". He doesn't even have a name. He lurks in the Rose Church and specializes in attacking the Faded Ones passing by.

After defeating Greg, with the initial powerful combat skills and weapons, this guy was not difficult to deal with and could be easily dealt with with just three blood slashes.

Not to mention, this is a full-strength attack that combines two fighting skills.

——······Wow, you’re standing up again.

It seems that the opponent did react to some extent and used the rapier to block some of the damage.

"Are you still planning to come?" To be honest, I don't take this little character with blood fingers seriously. What I should pay more attention to are the Silver Sons around me.

These guys are obsessed with blood. If they were to besiege us, it would be difficult to deal with them.

"Handsome, handsome! He is worthy of being the man I like." At this moment, the sound of applause came from the gradually dissipating ice mist.

Among them, a pale figure walked out, with eyes that seemed to be smiling under the white mask: "Long time no see, Faded One."

"······Fan Lei."