Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Alperich once again took up an attacking stance, but before he moved, a chill wave had already hit him in the face.

Before he could attack, I quickly waved my hand to interrupt him: "No, I'm already tired enough today, I don't want to fight anymore."

"Oh? Are you losing your courage? Are you surrendering to me?" Alperich's eyes became sharper, like a sword that would pierce my chest.

Seeing that we were still at a safe distance and Alperich had no ability to charge forward, I simply displayed the spirit of a Japanese craftsman who had lived a good life and prostrated myself: "I am really sorry, I was also chased by Sir Baizhi's men, and had no choice but to break in here, please spare my life... And, sir, think about it carefully, except for Enxia's trick, I should not have used my sword against you once, right?"

“······” Alperich seemed to be speechless because of what I said.

——After all, in the game's equipment text description, he is also a faded person with a knight's heart, dedicated to protecting the glory of the round table. His venomous tongue is also to deliberately attract the hatred of the enemy and protect other companions.

What I'm betting on is that he in real life also abides by the code of chivalry and will not attack without reason against a non-hostile opponent.

After a long while, Alperich continued to ask, "So, that guy is really a subordinate of that stinky fox Gideon Ovniel? Why did he want to kill you?"

"I, I don't know either. Did I accidentally offend that knight?" I pretended to be weak and powerless. "Otherwise, I, a newcomer to the hall, should not have made an enemy with this man."

"Hmph, just pretending." Although Alperich said this, he also relaxed his guard a little.

I simply sat on the ground, continuing to indicate that I had no intention of fighting, while sighing and complaining: "I am so unlucky. I just responded to Queen Marika's call and came to this land. I also heard from Senior Ishutopia that the Round Table Hall is a good place for us faded people to help each other and save the Golden Dynasty together... I don't know how I offended someone, and they came to me to kill each other?"

“······Do you know Ishtopia?” The muscles on Alperich’s face twitched slightly.

"Huh? You also know Ishutopia?" I deliberately asked back, but looking at Alperich's cold face, I put away my poor acting skills and told the truth, "I met Senior Ishutopia in the coastal cave of Nimgefu. He helped me to recapture the treasure left by his mother for a little demi-human... It seems that the senior has been looking for his former partners at the round table, but it seems that he has never come to this hall..."

"Humph, that guy, is he still the same?" Alperich's tone slowed down a bit, and then he said to me, "Since you have no intention of fighting, I will spare your life for the sake of Ishutopia... If you see him in the future, let him go directly back to the royal city of Rodel... Your so-called round table is nothing but a group of maggots, everyone has evil intentions, which makes people sick when they see it."

——Well, from the perspective of the game’s plot, it does seem to be the case.

——But Nefeli, Roderica and Shugu... OK, there are Roger, Fia, and D who will help, they are not maggots! Oh, and little Di Khosrow who drinks tea instead of wine, he can also be called a hero. It's just that I haven't met him yet.

Of course, these complaints are just what I say in my mind.

For some reason, Alperich has a strong prejudice against the current Round Table. If I casually refute him, it might rekindle his fighting spirit and he might insist on dueling with me.

"In short, if you don't want to die inexplicably, I advise you to leave the fake round table as soon as possible. If you still have the courage to climb the Atan Plateau, then come to the real hall, Zero." Alperich turned around and walked towards the door. "When the time comes, I will re-examine you and decide whether to kill you."

"······I don't like fighting. I hope we can have a good talk." After saying that, I watched Alperich's figure gradually turn into a golden light and dissipate into the air.

——This, this is also teleportation?

"Master Ling, I'm so sorry." Melina suddenly appeared behind me, "I was not paying attention and actually led you into someone else's trap."

"Trap?" I was a little confused.

Melina nodded and explained, "Just as the Knight of the Round Table said, the hall we are going to is actually a unique space created by Lord Two Fingers with the power of the Golden Tree. It can be regarded as a house parallel to the border. Only after blessing can it be teleported here... And the original hall was built in the royal city of Rodel by Queen Marica and the first king of the Faded, Lord Gefrey."

“...No wonder Alperich said we were fakes. But what does this have to do with the trap?”

Melina looked at Enxia who was lying on the ground and continued to explain: "When teleporting, the scene of the destination will appear in our minds in advance, and these two halls are almost identical, so if there is any deviation, it is easy to fall into the subspace between them... It was precisely by taking advantage of this that this King Skeleton Knight set a trap and lured us into it."

"Subspace?" It feels like there are more and more settings, and I'm even a little confused.

"This is related to the origin of rune magic. Even if I explain it, it may be difficult to understand." Melina paused and thought for a moment. "Or it may be more convenient to explain it this way. The round table hall we are in now is actually moved here by Lord Two Fingers from a certain point in time during the heyday of the dynasty. There are also countless halls at different points in time, which is the so-called subspace."

"Oh my god, these two fingers actually have the power of time?" This made me open my eyes wide in disbelief.

Melina shook her head and said, "No one can truly control time. Only the root of the borderland, the Golden Tree, has this power. Even Lord Two-Fingers and Queen Marika have only borrowed a small part of its favor."

"······The Queen can also reverse time?"

"Dew Drop Holy Grail Bottle." Melina pointed at the most critical recovery item for the A-Tai and continued, "In fact, its core is to guide the runes in Master Ling's body to reverse and return to a healthy time point."

"Wow, that's awesome." I couldn't help but be amazed. Could it be that this small bottle contained such incredible power?

-Oh, come to think of it, isn't the Dragon King Platonsanks located in the cracks of time?

——Perhaps the border area really has the power to control time.

"Alright, Master Zero. Let's get out of here." Melina extended her hand to me. "If we wait for this point in time and space to collapse, it will be bad... This time, I won't make the same mistake again."

I took her hand and asked curiously, "...Can I ask first, how should we teleport in order to avoid mistakes?"

“Just add the uniqueness of that place, or the people who must be there.” Melina said, and we were once again enveloped by Rune’s golden light.

I opened my eyes again, and the bright and shining blessing once again appeared in my pupils.

but······

"My beautiful lady, is there anything else you need? I can serve you! By the way, do you need to eat? Read a book? Or if you have anything bothering you, you can tell me..."

"No, no, that's not necessary, sir."

"You really don't have to be polite to me. One of the missions of the Khosraw family is to do our best to help anyone in need."

Roderica was as timid as ever, like a little rabbit.

But I didn’t expect that, I just praised you in the game, could you be such a complicated character in real life?

My fists are itching.

I walked up to her without any hesitation and hit the back of the wavy-haired girl who was entangled with Roderica, causing her to almost fall off the chair at the round table.

"Zero, Lord Zero." Rodlika was surprised and happy.

"Hey, Roderica, long time no see." But in my eyes, I was more looking at the wavy-haired girl with a sullen and surprised look on her face, and raised the corners of her mouth threateningly, "And hello, Diaros Khosrow."