Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Hey, hey, hey, this is not right!

Although, I know that Ionia's veteran O'Neill can summon exile soldiers to assist him in battle, but that was only four or five. How could he summon as many exiles as the ones guarding Stonewell at once like he does now?

"Brother Zero, what's the situation?" Alexander asked from below.

"The situation is not good." I jumped down from the tree, pulled out the hound's fang, and prepared the brass shield that I had brought to Jie Lianmao. "All those ghost exiles are running towards us. Prepare to attack the sand!"

"Attack, attack the sand?"

"We have to find a way to break out and go directly to the center of the maze to get rid of veteran O'Neill!" I had just finished speaking when an exile rushed over from the corner in front with a long sword in hand.

I took a big step forward, blocked the opponent's attack with my brass shield, and then counterattacked with my shield, breaking the opponent's defense. Then I added another slash and easily killed the ghost of the exile.

——Just as I expected, the ghost that Alexander could kill with one punch, I only need two or three swords at most, it’s not that difficult.

——The most important thing is to interrupt veteran O'Neill's summoning circle... By the way, can he have so much rune magic? Roderica said that my summoning bell can only summon a group of ashes, but this guy almost summoned a group of troops!

Forget it, don’t think too much about it for now.

Alexander and I rushed to the front and beat the exiles who came to block our way.

······At the beginning, that was indeed the case.

But the deeper we went into the Ionian Labyrinth, the more ghost exiles there were, until they even filled the road ahead of us.

Although I was still chopping melons and vegetables without any hindrance, the knife would become bent and people would get tired. It felt like I had been chopping for almost half an hour, and the number of these guys seemed to have not decreased at all, and they were still approaching in an endless stream!

I was so tired that I was a little dazed, and even started to think that if these guys were real people, maybe they would be easier to deal with.

——After all, if they were to encounter an unstoppable opponent, they would likely feel some degree of fear and might even surrender directly.

They have no emotions, no fear, they just charge towards us mechanically... Speaking of which, this is a bit like the Heroic Cemetery of Gaileyd. Even in the years after the war, the Red Lion Knights and the Noble Knights who refused to give in, even though their bodies have fallen, their souls are forever imprisoned in the war, and the fighting continues.

"Haa——Brother Zero, what's going on?" Even Alexander asked with a slightly tired look, "Are these ghosts all the dead from the Ionian War... We have to fight against an entire army?!"

I chopped down another exile, and couldn't help but swing my arms while I had a chance. "I don't know. I can only say that it was probably veteran O'Neill who summoned them. That's why I said just now that we have to deal with him directly."

whoosh-

The sound of an arrow breaking through the air!

I quickly raised my shield to block.

The IQ of these ghosts is still evolving?! The exiles behind us saw that they couldn't squeeze forward, so they climbed up the mushroom reefs on the left and right sides and took out their light crossbows to shoot at us.

——By the way, what about the crossbows used by ghosts? Shouldn't they be physical objects, but a kind of rune power?

"Ah!" Laya behind him suddenly screamed.

Looking back, we saw that there were exiles attacking us from behind?!

But before Alexander and I could make a move, Laya subconsciously swung her tail and slammed the guy directly onto the reef, where it turned into gray smoke.

The next moment, three or two more exiles emerged from behind, holding swords.

——Why does it feel like something is going wrong?

——Could it be possible that the ghosts we destroyed would automatically revive after a period of time? !

I broke out in a cold sweat at the thought that came to my mind. If this was really the case, I might as well withdraw, take a break and think of another solution.

"Ah - it's endless!" Alexander suddenly shouted and turned around, "Brother Zero, the veteran O'Neill is in this direction, right?! I can feel his powerful strength!"

"Well, it's true, but Alexander, what's in front of you is..."

boom--

Before I could finish, Alexander punched directly at it with an iron fist, causing the hardened fungus fragments to fly everywhere and the reef to loosen.

boom--

Another punch.

Cracks appeared on the blocking wall, spreading like a spider web.

"Drink!" Alexander roared, and the whole pot suddenly came under the impact of an iron mountain. He actually smashed the mushroom reefs that served as the wall of the maze into pieces and broke into the other side of the wall.

I was a little stunned, and it took me until I was shot in the butt to come to my senses. I was so angry that I pulled out the arrow and threw it back at my opponent.

But unfortunately, the ghost arrow dissipated halfway through its flight.

"Hahaha! I said that stepping on these things is uncomfortable because of the rustling sound. They don't feel very solid. Brother Zero, follow me!" Alexander laughed confidently, and then he completely transformed into a maze destroyer. Like a savage rhinoceros, he rushed everywhere and forcibly opened up a new path leading directly to the center of the Ionian labyrinth.

——······Awesome.

I had never expected that there was such a solution, and it reminded me of Hertok’s previous hardcore door removal to unlock new passages.

——Are all of you powerful men so domineering and wild?

--I like!

So, I quickly grabbed Laya's hand and asked her to follow Alexander first, while I was responsible for following behind and repelling the ghost exiles.

Moreover, it was probably Alexander's alternative approach that veteran General O'Neill had not expected, as all the exiles were blocking the road we were about to take. As a result, the deeper we explored, the fewer ghosts came to attack us.

Alexander became even more excited without any obstacles. After a while, he actually led us directly into the territory of veteran O'Neal.

When they met, this guy shouted excitedly: "I am Alexander the Iron Fist! Commander of all armies, I challenge you in the name of the warrior in my body!"

“······” There was no response from veteran O’Neal.

After I chopped down another exile who was pursuing me, I took the time to turn my head and look at the center of the battlefield.

Just like the Colosseum in ancient Rome, the withered giant trees and the rotten mushroom reefs formed a circular square.

The place is littered with debris and corpses, it's like a sea filled with death.

The golden armor, silver helmet, red sword and bronze shield are like floating objects after a shipwreck, silently telling the story of the cruelty of the war that year, which was like a meat grinder.

And now, only the old General O'Neill is still standing in the center of the sea of ​​corpses.

Without wind, the crimson broken flag could no longer flutter, and it only trembled slightly as the center of the summoning array. He himself was like a sculpture, and even ignored Alexander's challenge.

But Alexander was not polite to veteran O'Neal. He raised his fist and hit the opponent directly.

when--

The opponent actually took Alexander's punch head-on, slid several meters away in the sea of ​​dead bodies, and then stood up like a robot that had been awakened: "My Lord, where are you?"

——Hey, is he still conscious?

"Oh! Veteran O'Neill!" Alexander seemed to think that the other party had responded, and said excitedly, "I am 'Iron Fist' Alexander, and I come to ask you for advice. Let's fight!"

"Wait, Brother Hu!" I was about to stop Alexander, but he rushed forward again.

And the veteran O'Neal has been talking to himself: "...I...I will always be here, waiting for your return, and will never...allow anyone to hinder me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly unfurled the military flag, dancing it with a whirring sound.

Then a hurricane surged from around him, rolling up corpses and scarlet sand, and rushed towards us like a huge wave!