Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Crack! Crack!

It's a flame, burning and roaring...

In the dark world, a ball of dim fire was burning. On the other side of the fire, I seemed to hear someone whispering:

······chaos·······

who is it?

Where am I now?

The flame was silent, without any response, it just continued to burn and burn until it blazed up the sky, filling the entire world with a dim, turbid fire!

I was surrounded by it.

The raging fire took away my oxygen, making me feel chest tightness and suffocation; the fire was burning, and sticky sweat kept oozing out of my body... I lowered my head, and my hands seemed to be made of wax, dripping and melting.

My whole body will be burned to ashes by this raging fire!

"Ah——" I suddenly opened my eyes, and the fresh and cold air poured into my lungs, making me stand up and cough.

Crack! Crack!

There was indeed a bonfire beside me, emitting faint sparks.

And from the other side of the fire, a sly man's voice came: "Oh, are you awake?"

I looked up—and saw a bald man?! It was Nelius!

Suddenly, a hundred thousand alarms sounded in my heart!

I glanced around, but my weapon was not with me, and my waist bag was not on me either. Did this guy take them all away?

--die!

In desperation, I grabbed a stone and threw it at Nelius.

"Hey, calm down!" The other party quickly stood up and walked away.

And I squeezed out a warning from my teeth: "Don't, don't come over here! Nelius!"

“I’ve already told you…Ahhh!”

Very good, hit the bald head right on the head!

The man was also furious. He suddenly took out something from his waist, took a gulp, and then exhaled towards me, stirring up a cloud of choking yellow dust.

——Ahem, what is this?

Before I could figure out what was going on, a dark shadow suddenly rushed out from the fog, hit my neck with its arm, and forced me to the ground.

The next second, the dagger stabbed into the stone, making a crisp and harsh sound, which instantly cleared my chaotic brain.

Only then did I see clearly who was coming.

The sharp-nosed monkey-faced man, with a faint red tinge on his smooth, round bald head, looked at me fiercely, but then he became kind and said with a smile, "How about it, are you sober now?"

This guy is indeed not Nelius. Although they both have bald heads, there is no bright red trident mark on his face, which is the symbol of the "Blood Dynasty".

Speaking of the other bald guy, it is naturally...

"My name is Patch, 'Crazy' Patch. I'm a faded person like you, and also a wanderer who travels everywhere." Patch stood up and walked back to the other side of the fire. "So, let's just live in peace, hehehe~"

My brain is still a little confused. Could it be that I am not dead yet?

"What happened to me?"

Patch smiled and said, "You are lucky. You fainted outside the Mengliu Cave this morning, and I happened to meet a good guy like you, so I rescued you."

"What about Nelius?"

"Nelius? Oh, you mean that troublesome 'Blood Fingers'." Patch poked the flames, "He's dead."

“Dead…?”

"Yes, when I saw you, his body was right next to me. It looked like he was attacked from behind and had his head pierced through." Patch looked at me again, "Although I don't know who it was, you were lucky, so you probably survived that guy."

I recalled the last scene I saw before I fainted:

——After being ambushed by Nelius, I suddenly saw a cold light extending from the end of the darkness, which seemed to have pierced Nelius’ head.

"Blood Finger Hunter" Yura, did he finally arrive?

However, when I think back to the life-and-death fight last night, my hands and my heart still can't stop trembling.

Is it so terrible to kill someone or be killed by someone else?

But speaking of it, that time I passed through the fog again...

Ok?

When I touched my chest, I found that the wound had healed.

Of course, with the miraculous healing of the Holy Grail Bottle, it is not surprising. But the question is, where is my Holy Grail Bottle! ?

"Hey." Patch seemed to see through my embarrassment and took out a package and threw it to me, "Take it."

A straight sword, a large leather shield, a tool bag, a two-color chalice bottle...all of them were wrapped in a set of cloth clothes. I remember that in the game, Patch hid this set of cloth clothes in the treasure chest in the beginning to lure the Faded One into being fooled.

But now, it should be given to me for free?

In the real world of the Ring of Magic, the first set of clothes I had was given to me by Patch?!

Could it be that the guy I met is a good person!

Patch raised his hand, and a ball of golden rune light condensed in his palm: "However, I will accept the rune from you without hesitation. After all, I saved your life."

Uh, I take back what I said before. This guy is taking advantage of the situation!

But then again, using around two thousand dollars to save a life seems to be a better deal for me.

After seeing me wearing cloth clothes, Patch continued, "Hey, man. You have a lot of runes on you, and you survived from that Nelius, so you must be pretty strong."

“······I’m not too sure either.” I chose to give an ambiguous answer.

But Patch disagreed: "You don't have to be so modest. To be frank, I've fought that guy before and I know his strength."

“······You can’t defeat him? So, you can only hide in this cave?” I speculated tentatively.

Patch was slightly stunned, and touched his bald head helplessly: "Hahaha, you figured it out? But, I am more familiar with this cave, so he doesn't dare to come in rashly."

That’s right, there are many traps in Mengliu Cave.

The first time I came into the game, I was poisoned and then beaten up.

"My brothers told me about your fight with that guy. If we really fight, I probably won't be your opponent." Patch put his arm around my shoulder. "So, I have a deal I want to discuss with you."

"Deal?" I asked, confused.

"In two days, Greg's convoy will come from the Weeping Peninsula. We will intercept them halfway and give them a beating!" Patch loosened his hand. "To be honest, I'm tired of being a bandit and robbing people... After all, the risk is too great."

"Then why do you still..."

"Hey, I want to quit and open a shop, so I need some start-up capital~" Patch came closer and whispered to me, "Besides, I have some brothers under my command to protect, so before I leave, I want to leave something behind so that they don't have to live hard."

"this······"

"Since we saved you, please do us a favor and we'll write it off for now."

——If this old fox doesn’t agree, I’m afraid this favor will never be cleared.

I could only sigh: "But... I'm not as strong as you think. I might even hold you back."

I wasn't lying about that.

Even now, whether it is the remaining fear in myself or the sin of depriving others of their lives...death still lingers in my mind, like a ball of cotton wool stuck there, making my chest stuffy and difficult to sort out.

Perhaps Patch thought I was simply afraid, so he patted my shoulder confidently and said, "It's okay, it's okay. We just need to work together to disrupt the other side's formation. More people means more strength~"

"Well, that's fine too." I agreed reluctantly.

And Patch nodded with satisfaction: "Hey, long live communication~"

"Come on, brothers, welcome our new partners." He clapped his hands, and a small group of robbers immediately came to the entrance of the cave.

Uh... Just now, if I had insisted on refusing, there would have even been a conflict. Now this small group of guys would not rush in and execute me on the spot, right?!

I felt a chill in my heart. Sure enough, this "bald crazy" Patch was more of a fox than I thought.