Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

"Gaia——" Once again, it rolled out of the courtyard of the royal moon-viewing area like a ball.

Once again, with a similar script:

——I was constantly being pulled by Loretta. Just when I had tried my best and finally pulled her into my attack range, this guy leaned on his warhorse and suddenly jumped, avoiding damage while shooting a magic bow at my head. Fortunately, I reacted quickly and barely avoided the frontal attack of the bow, but the aftermath of the magic still blew me up and I had no power to fight back.

I can only say that it was just like when I dealt with the "Evil Omen Teacher" Markit. Fortunately, there was no fog gate seal in reality, and Loretta's clone was only ordered to guard the moon-viewing place and would not chase me out, so I escaped again.

He sat down weakly on the steps and sighed.

It was almost dawn at the border, and after a whole night, there was still no clue of how to defeat Loretta.

Originally, I thought that since she was just an incarnation like Markit, I should challenge her a few more times, chop her a few more times each time, and thus slowly weaken the power of Loretta's clone.

but······

——This guy's distance control and pulling ability are too good! I can hardly touch his horse's butt!

——How should we deal with this?

Extremely troubled.

But at this moment, there were still a few "flies" buzzing around my ears.

"As expected of Lady Loretta, even if she is just an external incarnation, she is still so holy and glorious, just like the brightest star in the night sky!"

"Ah~ Lady Loretta, this graceful battle and this graceful figure are enough to make me worship you forever!"

"That's enough! You bunch of Loretta's supporters!" I couldn't help it anymore, and I shouted at the women who were chattering around me, "I'm always getting beaten up! Can't you just care about me?"

"You? Aren't you the invader of our Kalia royal family? If we want to support someone, we should support Lady Loretta!" Fan No. 1 said with sharp tongue.

Fan No. 2 was not to be outdone: "Zero, I advise you to give up! Compared to the stars in the sky, you are just an ordinary stone on the ground. How can you possibly win?"

"...Zero, Master Zero's tumbling is also very beautiful. He can always dodge the critical attacks. If it were me, it would be terrible."

——Thank you, the third little follower.

——But doesn’t your comfort prove that I was beaten to a pulp?

——Loretta is a bright star, and I am a dung beetle. This makes me feel even worse.

I was speechless and could only sigh.

The three Razli magic swordsmen lowered their big stone heads, seemingly thinking about something.

One of them couldn't help but ask, "Speaking of which, Zero, when you were fighting us, didn't you have a super strong recovery ability? Why didn't you use it?"

“... Never mind. It doesn’t matter if I tell you.” I explained everything in detail. “In fact, there is a blessed light in that room. As long as we Faded Ones come into contact with that light, we can heal our wounds and eliminate all bad conditions.”

"Huh?" Fan No. 1 jumped up immediately, "So you used this method to beat us! I don't accept it, come again if you have the guts!"

"······If you can also fight with Loretta, I will agree to you." I irritably found a reason to refuse the other party.

And that guy even yelled, "Huh? Why should I help you? If I have to help, I'll definitely help Lady Loretta!"

······Wait? Yes! Help!

My eyes lit up and I glanced at the people in front of me. Why not ask them for help?

——I wanted to see Lani, and they wanted to wait for the Dark Moon Princess to revive the royal family, so our ultimate goal is the same.

——And Loretta is already the final boss here. It’s not like dealing with Market before, where we need to worry about her reporting to Xiao Ge and harming Diros and the others.

Thinking of this, I stood up and dusted off the dirt on my body gracefully.

"What? Are you going to get beaten again?" the mean follower asked contemptuously, "...Look, why are you looking at me?"

“Big sister——” With a thud, I knelt down at lightning speed, hugged the other person’s thighs, and burst into tears, “Okay~ Big sister, please help me! Lady Loretta is too powerful! I can’t beat her, wuwuwu... But I, I just want to see Lani and share her worries!”

The other party was shocked by my sudden change of heart and subconsciously tried to pull her legs away: "Get out, get out! Who, who is your elder sister!?"

"Hey~ I, A-Tu, have been recalled to the border area for less than half a year, and now I am only half a year old~" After I finished showing off, I continued to hug the other person's thighs and howled, "Okay~ Big sister, please help me, a weak half-year-old fader!"

"I've already said it. Who wants to help you?"

"For Lani, I turned into a werewolf, for Lani, I burned with madness! For Lani, I traveled through the long time, for Lani, I will never let go until I die!" I ignored the other party's resistance and sang the song with deep emotion, infatuation and touchingness, and even won the applause of the little follower No. 3 and the troll giant.

Then, I also said to the others passionately: "Now, the fate of the Kalia royal family rests on Lani alone. The only ones who can really share her worries are Brother Wolf Blaze and Military Advisor Iggy... Everyone, I understand your determination to resist Du Juan and protect the Kalia royal family, but Brother Wolf is the only one who is out there collecting intelligence and trying to advance Lani's fate of being sealed. Is that enough? Of course it's far from enough!... But now, the opportunity to change her fate is right in front of you. Do you have to let it go on its own and let the Kalia royal family continue to remain in such a miserable state of neither death nor life?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment when they heard that.

Silence shrouded the entire long staircase, with only the slightest breeze rustling the grass and trees.

——Hey, hey, hey, say something! I have a sense of shame too! Hurry up and continue the topic!

I shouted in my heart for almost four or five minutes, and my eyes were almost dry.

Finally, the oldest magic swordsman, Razli, spoke to me, "Zero, to be honest, it's not that we don't trust you at all... But after all, the current situation of the Kalia royal family has lasted for a long, long time, so long that I have become numb to it. Now that you suddenly appear, even though you say that you can find a way to change the fate of Her Royal Highness the Princess, we dare not believe you so easily when no one can prove the truth."

——Sure enough, being a riddler for too long to maintain the sense of mystery will only make people suspicious or even disgusted?

However, I dare not reveal too much information. After all, no one knows what kind of butterfly effect will be triggered afterwards.

"Well, what should I say?" I thought for a moment and found a starting point. "My magic teacher taught me that the fate of people on the border is actually contained in the life of the stars, right?"

The three magic swordsmen nodded in unison, confirming what I said.

And I continued, "But now, Lani's fate seems to be sealed. She can never find a way out and is lost in the darkness... I noticed a connection in this!"

He cleared his throat and drew everyone's attention. "In order to protect the magical town of Ceria on Galid, General Star Crusher, Latan, used gravity magic to seal the movement of the stars... So, I wonder if the stagnation of Lani's fate is related to Latan's seal."

"Impossible!" the harsh attendant said immediately, "Don't you know that General Ratan is our princess's biological brother? Why would he hinder Lady Ranie's fate and hinder the revival of the Kalia royal family!?"

"So, I'm just guessing! Whether this is possible or not, we have to ask Lani to know... After all, you also said that General Latan is her biological brother, she must know more than us!" I also immediately found a reason to explain.

The follower was also speechless.

Silence fell upon us again. The three followers naturally had no way of verifying the truth of my words, but the other three magic swordsmen would surely be able to think of the connection by following my train of thought.

As for whether to believe it or not, it really depends on themselves.

“·······If·····” the leading magic swordsman spoke, “If this information can really change Lady Ranee’s fate, and can make our Kalia royal family revive again·····Zero, I am willing to help you!”

"I am willing too! As long as it is for Kalia and the princess, even Lady Loretta cannot stop us." The followers who had originally supported me immediately expressed their support.

The other two magic swordsmen naturally followed Big Brother and joined my camp. The mountain giant even beat his chest and stamped his feet at the beginning, eager to challenge Loretta.

There were only two followers left, one of whom immediately said that it didn't matter. My mean "old sister" looked at me and hesitated for a moment, then sighed as if she had given up on herself: "Never mind! Never mind! The thought of having to help an outsider like you deal with Lady Loretta makes me feel uncomfortable all over. Let's quickly resolve this matter!"

Yay, unanimous approval!

I regained my composure, discussed countermeasures with everyone, and then led Kalia's guards back into the royal moon-viewing area.

Then, continue the fight, Royal Guard Knight Loretta!