Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

The torn military flag stirred up a scarlet hurricane, and the skeletons rode on the rolling red dust, trying to merge everything around them into death.

"Laya, let's hide back first!" I quickly killed the chasing exile ghost with a few swords, and took Laya back to the maze, using the partition wall formed by the mushroom reefs to avoid the corrupt and surging moves.

——It’s really difficult.

——That move just now almost swept up half of the field, right? It's twice as big as in the game. If you're not careful, you'll easily get stained with scarlet corruption.

——However, the old general seemed to still have some consciousness left, which was why he stayed on the battlefield, waiting for his master to return.

Although it is not explicitly stated in the game, I think his master should be one of the twins, Michaela and Marenia:

After all, if he was a general under Latan, there would be no reason for Jellian to leave him here alone.

And Marenia fell into a coma after the battle, and was brought back to the sacred tree by her subordinate, the noble knight Finlay. Veteran O'Neill, who was also a survivor of the Ionian War, should have heard about it. If he only served Marenia, there would be no need for him to stay here after finding the pure golden needle.

Therefore, the conclusion is that veteran O'Neill is most likely serving Michaela, and he followed Marennia to Gaileed in order to find his master who was kidnapped by Nantong from the border area.

While I was dealing with the ghost exiles in the maze, I made up my mind.

In addition, due to Alexander's attack, veteran O'Neill had to stop summoning the magic circle, and the number of exiles finally decreased visibly.

——It seems that their number is not countless, but if we don’t interrupt the summoning, the ghosts will be summoned again and again.

After dealing with the last exile, the scarlet rotten dust that had leaped into the maze from outside had also dissipated.

I signaled Laya to climb up the tree to avoid being affected by the battle, and at the same time, I rushed back to the arena.

Alexander was seen using his spinning top boxing technique and charging directly towards veteran O'Neal.

But the opponent had no intention of dodging. He clenched the military flag made based on the halberd in both hands, and even took a big step forward. He gritted his teeth and swept at Alexander with all his strength. Not only did he block the attack, but he also knocked Alexander out.

"Haa——" Then, O'Neill opened his mouth, took a deep breath, and faintly let out a scarlet breath.

——This guy is also a top-notch strong man, even stronger than Alexander.

However, while the two of them were separated, I quickly stepped forward and shouted, "Stop it! Veteran O'Neill, we are not your enemies!"

The other party did not react and continued walking towards Alexander with heavy steps.

"Micaela!" I called out the name quickly, "I know where your master, Michaela, is!"

“······Micaela?” The other party actually listened to what I said and stopped.

Alexander also turned around and did not continue fighting.

Seeing that there might be a chance for negotiation, I couldn't help but feel secretly delighted, and my voice became higher: "As long as you are willing to stop and lend me the Pure Gold Needle, I will definitely tell you where Michaela is. I swear in the name of a warrior!"

“······Haha, Michaela······Pure golden needle·····”

"That's right! Um...how should I put it? I need to use the golden needle to help a girl, and she has a close relationship with Malenia!" I went all in and told her my true purpose.

——Now that we have brought up those two sons of God, we should be able to convince the other party.

Veteran O'Neal slowly reached out his hand and covered his chest: "Michaela's pure golden needle... absolutely, absolutely cannot be given to anyone!"

"Eh?"

"This is a gift dedicated to our Lord, the Saint, to save the world. How can I give it to you thieves!" O'Neill slammed the general's flag into the ground and shouted, "All soldiers, listen to my order. Join me in defeating the thieves who kidnapped the Saint!"

A huge pale magic array unfolded from under the feet of veteran O'Neill.

All of a sudden, three or five ghosts of exiles holding huge axes stood up from the pile of corpses. Moreover, unlike the previous guys, this group of exiles had an aura rising from them, and their eyes under their hoods were as red as those of demons, and they looked like they were not easy to mess with.

——By the way, is the master served by veteran O'Neill Saint Torina?

——But he didn't know that Torina was Michaela? !

——Moreover, with just one sentence, how did I get accused of being a thief who stole treasures and turned into a bastard who kidnapped the saint?

"Wait--" I was about to explain, but the exile soldier rushed over, raised his huge axe and chopped down at my head.

I subconsciously raised my brass shield to block.

But I didn't expect that the opponent was so powerful that one blow made my arm numb, and then he swept me back with another move.

Before I could stand firm, another guy came from the side with an axe.

I quickly stomped my foot hard on the ground, summoning a hurricane to disrupt the opponent's attack. Then, with the stepped foot as the center of the circle, I swung the hound's fangs in a circle, spinning my body and giving the opponent a spinning blow.

The exile didn't have time to react before he was bitten on the arm by the long teeth, and then fell to the side.

But the next second, he stood up as if nothing had happened and continued to attack me with his companions.

——Is this really the effect of the old general’s flag?

Combat skills - powerful auxiliary combat skills that can improve the attack and defense of yourself and your friends. Their use in this team battle is even more difficult.

The situation on Alexander's side was not optimistic either. Three bloodthirsty axemen also suppressed him and made him unable to escape.

——Hmm? Where is veteran O'Neal?

Just as I once again fended off the attack from two axemen and was looking for the final target, I felt a chill on my back. I subconsciously drew my sword and turned around, only to see a flash of cold light coming straight at me.

In a contest of strength, I was no match for him, let alone a hasty blow. I couldn't block the veteran O'Neill's thrust at all, so I had to put the shield in front of my chest.

Afterwards, the opponent's force came like a tidal wave, pushing me forward with force, knocking me flying. I fell into the pile of bones, rolled several times, and then fell to the ground.

"Cough cough cough!" The red dust on the ground made me cough continuously.

The arm holding the shield was numb and painful, and there were cracks and blood at the base of the thumb, making it impossible for him to hold the shield steadily.

"...The army of Latarn is unreasonable! They took away my monarch and returned him with blood!" The veteran O'Neill was still muttering incomprehensible words and pressing towards me step by step.

After taking two deep breaths, I stood up.

Before those two annoying exile axemen came forward, I started quickly in a crouching position, dragging the hound's fangs and rushing straight towards veteran O'Neill.

Seeing that I was lowering myself so low, he casually swept the military flag across at me.

Little did I know that by doing this, I was just compressing a spring. The next second, my feet suddenly exerted force, and I stepped on the hurricane and flew high into the air.

"I've already told you! I'm not an enemy!" I was also furious.

——Since you refuse to listen to me carefully, I will beat you until you are willing to calm down!

Combat skill——Scarlet Blood Moon Slash!

I poured all my strength into the long fangs and hacked down at the veteran O'Neal.

pong——

There was a buzzing sound and sparks flew between the two weapons.

The opponent subconsciously raised the military flag, and actually forcibly blocked my Lion Slash... But, there was also the Blood Cascade that followed!

"Drink!"

My ears were hit hard by the old general's angry shout, and then I was blown away and fell heavily on the mushroom reefs surrounding the arena.

——Damn, the power gap is too big!

——My Blood Moon Slash is actually divided into two parts of damage. The Lion Slash first breaks the opponent's defense, and the subsequent Blood Blade is like a waterfall pouring down, causing huge damage to the opponent.

But this time, the opponent actually managed to withstand the Lion Slash, and after regaining his strength, he knocked me away, causing the subsequent blood blade to be blocked as soon as it fell on O'Neill's shoulder.

I stood up with difficulty and was groping for the holy grail bottle at my waist, trying to recover.

But taking advantage of my weakness, two figures rushed to me, one on the left and one on the right, attacking me with axes raised high, leaving me no way to retreat or time to recover, and they were determined to kill me!