Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Laya's words made my head buzz.

—It’s hot? Why is it hot? Has Millicent’s scarlet corruption completely erupted? Or... is it on fire?!

Regardless of the possibility, I quickly summoned Torret and rushed to the top of the hill.

A blood-soaked gust of wind howled in the night sky of Galid.

On both sides of the road, in the lonely graves, there was a sound of earth stirring, but it sounded like the hurried footsteps of the god of death who was about to harvest his prey.

I chased death and rushed across the mountain path.

Before my eyes, there was a blazing yellow-red flame that seemed to burn through the heart.

"Millicent!" I wanted to rush towards the burning church without stopping, but after running at full speed for a few steps, Torrett suddenly became weak and exhausted, just like meeting the Red Shadow in the Ionian Swamp, and his figure gradually faded away.

——Could it be that...

I had no choice but to put it back into the whistle ring and stumbled towards the corrupt church.

The two corrupt dependents who were supposed to be guarding the door were curled up on the ground like roasted lobsters. Their bodies had long been burnt black and carbonized, but they were still burning vigorously like firewood in a foul fire.

Even the stone walls of the church were enveloped in this mad fire, as if it would not stop until everything was burned to ashes.

——The thing I was most worried about happened.

After passing through the door of Zhuoyan, what came into view was the familiar figure in a black and red robe.

He stood in front of Millicent, holding up a flame in his right hand, and sneered, "It's painful, right? Then let me help you end it all."

"Stop it! Nelius!" I immediately pulled out the hound's fangs and rushed towards the opponent at full speed.

The man turned around, and a disgusting smile appeared on his pale face: "Hahaha, Zero, you are here after all!"

After saying that, he threw the flame in his hand towards me, and it sprinkled on the ground like water.

I slammed on the brakes, swung the hound's fangs back, and dodged by rolling backwards.

“Hound sword skills?” Nelius raised his head, then shouted and glared at me.

The turbid yellow and red flames burst out from his eyes like fireworks and scattered everywhere. Pray - Crazy Fire, if you force your way close, you will surely be burned to a crisp by the flames flying everywhere.

But he guessed wrong!

The crazy fire flew wildly and fell to the ground. I poured rune magic into my feet and suddenly jumped up.

——This is a change of tactics that I discovered accidentally during the battle with the veteran: after the first part of the hound sword technique is over, in a half-prone posture, I can also smoothly connect with the combination combat skill - Scarlet Blood Moon Slash!

To Nelius's surprise, the Blood Moon was swung towards him.

But this guy's reaction speed was quite fast. I could feel that the sword didn't hit him hard and he slipped away.

Then, Nelius held his head with both hands and suddenly let out a heart-wrenching roar. The piercing sound seemed to tear my ears off: “Ah ...

"No - pray for me!" I forced myself to stay strong, turned my fangs and cut my hand with blood, then slashed it to the side with blood.

This forced Nelius to shut his mouth, and he fell backwards along with the bloody blade and hit a pillar of the corrupt church.

I was unable to chase after him, and my head was a little dizzy from the heat, as if the flames had penetrated my eardrums and burned my brain nerves. My eyes also seemed to be slightly swollen, causing a slight stinging pain in my eye sockets.

——Praying "The Roar of Chapolili", has this guy really been to the Crazy Fire Village in Lienia?

——He almost caused me to have an epileptic seizure.

However, Nelius was not in a much better condition. His shoulder was bleeding from being slashed by the Scarlet Moon Slash, and his chest was also cut with a scar from being slashed by the Blood Slash.

"You seem to have made a lot of progress." Nelius stood up with gritted teeth and threw something at me.

I subconsciously swung my sword to cut it in half, and when I took a quick look, I saw that it was actually a human ear!

Nelius was still sneering: "How cruel you are! You clearly sent someone to follow me, but you were so heartless that you even didn't let go of someone's ears."

——It seems that the people sent by Lord Baizhi were discovered by Nelius, and they may have been matched by him.

Seeing that I remained silent, he raised the corner of his mouth and smiled: "I say, how about we be peaceful and wait until we get to the throne to decide the winner?"

"Not very good. Today, this is your grave." I raised the sword and was about to rush forward.

"Oh?" Nelius smiled and rolled his eyes.

—Oh no, Millicent!

The moment his eyes moved away, I subconsciously raised the brass shield and blocked the unconscious Millicent.

The next second, the turbid fire shot towards me like a laser, but fortunately I blocked it with force.

——Praying for "Fire in the Sky", the pre-swing is much faster than in the game, almost like instant.

"Asshole!" I became more and more furious.

At this moment, the gate wall of the corrupt church suddenly collapsed, and Alexander and the others rushed over: "Brother Zero!"

"Oh wow, you brought quite a few people with you~ Then I'd better be tactful and leave first."

"Slow down!"

But of course, there was no way Nelius would listen to me, he quickly retreated and climbed over the burning wall.

And I saw Wolf Brother Blaze chasing after him quickly, so I quickly turned around and checked on Millicent's condition: "Millicent! Millicent! Are you okay? Can you hear me?"

“...Woo woo.” Millicent closed her eyes tightly and curled up at the foot of the wall. She exuded a scarlet aura like the Ionian swamp. Even in this scorching aura, her disheveled red-haired face was still sweating profusely.

But she was still whispering: "You, who are you...Oh, no matter who you are, it's better to leave me..."

Amid the roar of the flames, Millicent's voice became lower and lower until it was barely audible.

No matter what, I quickly reached out and wanted to hug the other person.

But in the blink of an eye when the palm touched Millicent's body, a burning pain, as if holding a ball of fire, made people subconsciously retract their hands.

When I looked down, I saw that the palm of my hand had become ulcerated and slightly blistered.

- Is this the scarlet corruption that Millicent has been enduring? It feels even more poisonous than the water in the Ionian swamps.

boom!

Suddenly, I heard a cracking sound. The raging fire caused a stone to burst open, and the wall collapsed and hit the statue of Queen Marica, causing a domino effect. When I turned around, the statue of the queen was about to fall on Millicent and me.

My brain was a little confused, but a huge figure suddenly blocked our way.

"Brother Ling, what are you still standing there for? Take that girl away!" Alexander actually held up the statue of the queen.

"Sorry." I didn't hesitate any longer, grabbed Millicent and put her on my shoulder.

——Let it fester! Anyway, with the recovery of the Holy Grail Dew Drops, why hesitate?

However, the scarlet corruption on Millicent's body was really not to be underestimated. It was like I had a big furnace directly on my back. The pain kept urging me to run out of the church.

From time to time, I could hear Millicent's soft moans.

——Hold on a little longer, hold on a little longer, and I will take you to get the pure golden needle to suppress corruption, Mibao.

Just as I rushed out of the corrupt church with Millicent, I hadn't taken a few steps when I heard a loud noise behind us.

Turning around, I saw that the entire church was engulfed in turbid yellow and red flames.