Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Above the glow of the Golden Holy Law, a man wearing armor made of a combination of gold and silver, holding a glittering sword in his hand, walked forward from among the scattered bones, like the first ray of sunshine that split the wind and rain.

Under the iron helmet that made it impossible to see the face clearly, the cold eyes seemed to be blowing up with an extremely cold storm, which even made the Dead Borns stop in their tracks.

"What are you waiting for? Let's go," he said.

"D!" I was overjoyed. I immediately took Laya with me and followed D out of Shuihuan Village. I was relieved to see that the deadborns behind us did not chase us. "We are saved. Thanks to you who are nearby, D."

"..."

D looked at me coldly, which made me feel a little uneasy. I couldn't help but ask, "What, what's wrong?"

"Nothing... I just didn't expect that the person who defeated Greg would be such a reckless person."

My face couldn't help but turn slightly red. To be honest, I was indeed careless.

——But who could have known that the Calling Ship in the real world could summon so many Dead Borns at once! The scale just now must have been no less than a hundred people!

——Besides, the village is so big, and that guy disappeared completely once he ran away.

"Zero, who is this?" Laya looked at D curiously, especially the two heads on his armor.

D took the initiative to bow to Laya and said, "Nice to meet you, honorable golden man. You can just call me D. My main task at the moment is to hunt these deadborns, remove the dead roots, and prevent this erroneous existence from spreading further."

"Dead roots?"

"Ever since Prince Godwin was murdered in a conspiracy, the Golden Tree was also corroded by the filth in order to resurrect him, releasing a wrong death that was completely opposite to Lord Godwin's, causing some souls to be resurrected in the world but unable to obtain a physical body. These are the Dead Born." D briefly explained the origin of the Dead Born to Laya.

——No wonder those guys are muttering all day long: blood, flesh, whatever they need, they want it all, and it has become the only obsession of the dead born.

However, according to what D said, the dead borns were not caused by a mistake in the death of the golden tree, but by the failure to give flesh to those souls in the resurrection system... Perhaps the missing part of the dead borns was moved to the dead prince Godwin by the golden tree, which caused his body to continue to swell and expand after the death of his soul, and even a small abscess could turn into the huge face under Stonewell.

I used to think that there was an accident in the death process, leaving the soul wandering in the world. It seems that this was a big misunderstanding.

“······Therefore, only by collecting all the scattered dead roots and erasing all the dead borns can we repair the current Elden Ring and restore the order of the world to normal.” It turns out that this is how D thinks about the mission of the Faded Ones, or in other words, this is what the beast priest Grunge behind him thinks about the current border.

Laya's eyes lit up with joy and a hint of admiration: "So that's how it is, D is also an amazing warrior! If you can, please come to the Volcano Residence. We welcome warriors like you who have ambitions and aspirations!"

"Hmm...hmm?" I turned my head in surprise.

——Quack! I didn’t expect you to be such a scumbag, Laya. I’m still by your side!

But after D heard about the Volcano Mansion, a trace of surprise and disgust flashed across her eyes, so she quickly declined the other party: "Thank you for your kindness, Miss Volcano Mansion. Although I don't want to get involved in the troubles between demigods... Besides, I am already working for others, so it is not easy for me to accept your invitation."

It seems that D knows about the Volcano Mansion and the rebels, and he is a staunch supporter of the Golden Law. But Laya may not know that their Volcano Mansion is one of the major forces against the Golden Dynasty.

However, no matter how rebellious the Volcano Mansion is, it is still a part of the current Golden Law system. Just as D himself said, he only wants to hunt the Dead Born and take back the Death Root, and does not want to get involved in the affairs between the demigods. So although he is disgusted, he did not fight us.

I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but Laya felt it was quite a pity.

but······

"The most troublesome thing now is the problem in this village." I brought the topic back on track. "Since there are so many dead born here, as expected, the dead roots are also here... D, do you have any solution?"

"The troublesome thing is Tibia's Summoning Ship. With him around, even my Holy Law of Death will only be effective for a moment." D sighed from under his mask.

I was a little surprised: "Huh? When you were in Stonewell, wasn't your Holy Law of Death Correction able to completely eliminate the Deathborn? Why not here?"

D did not deny my guess, and explained: "It is said that before Queen Marika brought eternal blessings to the border, it was these Tibia's Calling Ships that guided the dead into the shadow of reincarnation...Now, although death has been sealed, the Calling Ships' ability to summon and guide the souls of the dead still exists. Therefore, even if the Deadborn are defeated, it will only be temporary. Their souls will be summoned away by the Calling Ships, and then revived at will."

As he spoke, D could not help but clench his fists. It seemed that the Voice Ship's behavior of randomly resurrecting the dead was the greatest blasphemy against the law to him.

——But in this case, that is to say, if the calling boat is not overthrown, the number of dead born in the water calling village will be endless;

——But if we don’t reduce the number of dead borns, it will be very easy to be surrounded by them like before, and we will not have time to find the hidden calling ship.

It seems like I've reached a dead end. I was originally thinking that I could ride on Torret as bait to attract all the Dead Borns, then use D to directly use the Holy Law of Death to solve all of them, and then go find the Summoning Ship.

This idea didn't work, so I changed my mind: "Is there any way to lure the Summoning Ship out, so we can kill it right away."

——Although in the game, it should be difficult to do with my current level 40 ability and D's Holy Law of Death, but in reality, as long as I chop off the opponent's head, I can kill him with one blow.

However, I recalled that we had finally found the calling boat today, but in the blink of an eye, the other party disappeared without a trace. I felt that this strategy was not very reliable.

"It's not easy to kill the Summoning Ship instantly." D seemed to have guessed my thoughts and continued, "However, every time the Summoning Ship dives into the shadow and moves at super high speed, it will stop for five to six minutes to recover its strength. This is also when it is at its weakest."

——Well, although, five or six minutes is more than enough for D and I to deal with the Summoning Ship.

——But even if there were no Dead Born, this time would be enough for the Summoning Ship to play hide-and-seek with us in such a big village.

D added, "Besides, it's not easy to attract the Summoning Ship to come out. As the ferryman of death, what he desires most is a life like the Deadborn, a life with only a soul but no body... I think there shouldn't be such a person among us."

——Haha, what a joke, if there is such a guy, wouldn’t you execute him on the spot?

······Wait, it seems like it really exists!