Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

"Blood Fingers" are a group of people on the border who believe in the "Mother of Truth" and serve the "Blood King" Mung.

Blood, blood! They were craving for blood and wounds almost madly. Many of them were even doctors on the battlefield. In pursuit of blood, they ended the lives of the wounded with crazy smiles.

It is no exaggeration to say that they are the most dangerous guys in the entire border area.

Moreover, there are many powerful Faded Ones who are seeking power and have joined them.

To be honest, I have absolutely no intention of fighting with them.

But now, I didn't have time to think about it, because the scarlet-faced "Blood Fingers" Nelius was already rushing towards me with a double-edged dagger in his hand.

I tightened my grip on the sword and took a deep breath.

In the Elden Ring, there are two extremely effective methods to deal with humanoid monsters, especially those lightly armored units wearing only cloth clothes.

The first is to throw bricks directly and hit the opponent with great force. For example, the combat skill "Hunting Giants" attached to the spear and the "Upward Slash" of the giant sword can hit the opponent so hard that he can't stand up;

The second is a high-toughness attack that makes the opponent unable to raise his hands! Among them, the simplest one is - jump slash!

"Hah!" I roared, gathering my strength, and rushed towards Nelius. After estimating the distance, I took a big leap, raised my straight sword and chopped down suddenly.

Suddenly, water splashed everywhere, leaving a deep crack on the riverbed!

Ah, ah, this is really strange. How come I didn't cut it?

All I can say is that this is the straight sword of the magic ring, and its attack range is frustrating.

I raised my head awkwardly, and just happened to see Nelius standing at the tip of the sword: "Hey, Hello~"

Under the hood, the smooth, pale, skeleton-like head raised its red mouth, and its eyes suddenly flashed a bright red light.

"Hahahaha, I'll dedicate you to the 'Mother of Truth'!" He drew his two swords and launched a fierce and continuous attack like a lion's claws, with each sword going straight to my throat.

"Wait, wait a minute!" I rolled and dodged hurriedly, just like a dung beetle... Oh, no, it was its dung ball.

After finally creating some distance, unexpectedly, Nelius suddenly swung his dagger in the air, and a bright red slash flew over!

Combat skill—reverse stabbing blood blade!

I quickly raised my shield, slashed and charged, and the cold, sharp blood inevitably splashed onto my body.

"Haha!"

The next second, Nelius took the opportunity to attack continuously, and his whole body seemed to have turned into a blade drawn from its sheath, stabbing forward.

but--

when!

I swung my sword with incredible speed, accurately cutting off his dagger attack.

Straight sword fighting technique--ready stance!

Then, his left hand took advantage of the situation and used the shield to charge, hitting the opponent's crazy face hard, knocking Nelius out directly.

Humph, since the jump attack failed, don't blame me for using the T0 level combat skill of the magic ring straight sword system.

Light strikes are fast, heavy strikes are powerful, and no matter how light or heavy the strikes are, the toughness is quite good. This is the wheelchair combat skill - ready stance!

Do you know how powerful I am?

Nelius covered his face, sat up silently, and trembled slightly.

What, are you scared now? I don't think so.

I remained alert.

Sure enough, this guy laughed that weird laugh again: "Good! Good! Good! Very good!"

Unexpectedly, the next second, Nelius stabbed both daggers into the ground, used the power of his hands to bounce up like a rocket, and rushed towards me again.

——It’s exactly the same move, won’t you learn from it?

I raised my hand calmly, judged the timing, and used my fighting skills again - readying myself and swinging my sword!

puff--

Eh?

Under the deep night sky, the bright red flowers of the other shore splashed like rain and seeped into the black river.

My shoulder was burning with pain.

——I clearly hit that guy!

But Nelius did not flinch at all. After taking the blow with his body, he swung his hand back and almost broke my entire arm.

Fortunately, as a Faded One's body, my warrior instincts were quicker than my thoughts, and I jumped back, barely avoiding such a fatal blow.

But, it didn't give me a chance to catch my breath.

Nelius brandished his two daggers wildly, and the bloody blades flew back one after another, making it difficult to dodge.

I subconsciously raised the big leather shield to defend myself... No, I can't block with a shield!

puff--

Suddenly, without any warning, his body exploded!

Chest, arms, legs and feet... In just a moment, the man was like pork cut off the assembly line of a pork factory, with wounds as numerous as cow hairs, and bright red blood spurting out from every wound.

It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!

The intense pain rushed straight to the brain, and every part of the body was wailing, as if it was being burned by fire.

I lost all my strength in an instant and fell to my knees.

······Is this the real and complete “bleeding” effect?

There was only the whistling of the wind in his ears, mixed with Nelius's extremely excited laughter: "Haha, very good! Very good! Just like that, give everything you have to the Mother of Truth!"

For the first time since arriving in the world of Elden Ring, I could hear the slow footsteps of Death so closely.

The pain began to be completely replaced by another terrible thought.

Die die die die——

My mind was completely filled with fear, my whole body was so cold that I started to cough and choke, and even my vision began to become dimmer...

No!

No, no, no, I don’t want to die yet, I don’t want to die!

Oh, right, the Holy Grail Bottle! We need to recover quickly!

Trembling, I quickly pulled out the Red Holy Grail bottle and gulped it down.

"Oh?" As soon as Nelius' voice sounded, the god of death let out a sharp hiss again!

The reverse blood blade hit me again, and my body's reaction was slow for half a beat!

Fortunately, there were enough Red Holy Grail bottles, and after two consecutive fillings, all the wounds on his body were healed.

You have to quickly keep your distance and stay alert.

But his hands and feet still couldn't stop shaking.

······Am I afraid of Nelius?

Ah, speaking of which, in order to play different styles, I have played the first round several times, and almost every time I would fail with him and lose some runes.

For a newbie, he's pretty strong!

But then again, what about good brother Yura?

Although he was always late, there should have been a friendly NPC who came to help us when we fought Nelius. Could he have lost his way in the dark night? That guy.

I look forward to the arrival of help.

And Nelius was ready for another fight and charged at me.

Get ready... No, this guy is a complete mad dog and will fight back against me like he did just now!

Then use a heavy blow...but will it be too late?

"Jie Jie Jie!"

While I was hesitating, Nelius almost jumped into my arms, swinging the double-edged dagger like the wind.

I could only raise my straight sword to block, and was forced back step by step.

Inadvertently, I tripped over something and subconsciously glanced downwards.

【ah--】

Whose corpse, pale face, mouth opened in fear, and from the depths of the bottomless darkness, came the howling of death!

Following a soft "ding" sound, my sword was knocked away, and I lost my balance and fell on my buttocks to the ground.

"Haha! Just like that, it's over!"

In the cold night, the dagger flashed with cold light and fell straight towards my head.