Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

After easily dealing with the magician and magic swordsman who were chasing Laya, he clapped his hands.

"Zero~" Laya swung her big tail and ran over happily.

"Well done, Laya." I couldn't help but encourage her.

"Hehehe~" Laya also grinned and seemed to lower her head a little.

——"I like it most when Lady Tanis touches my head and praises me~"

Suddenly I recalled what Laya had said. I couldn't help but smile and reached out to touch her smooth head: "Thank you, Laya, for your great help."

"You're welcome, Zero."

"Let's go, let's go see how Brother Wolf is doing."

boom!

Just as Laya and I walked back to the innermost part of the hidden cave, there was a loud explosion-like sound, and a black shadow came flying towards us.

Laya and I subconsciously dodged to the side.

The black shadow hit the rocky slope of the cave and rolled back.

——Oh, it turned out to be the crystal man’s head. It was smashed so badly that his original appearance could not be seen.

"Ah? Zero, you're back. Sorry, sorry, I almost hurt you just now?" Blaze's voice rang out, and he walked slowly towards them carrying a stone stick and a big club, sticking out his tongue and breathing slightly, just like a big dog.

And behind him, the three corrupt crystal people were in such a miserable state.

Their bodies were broken, their limbs were flying, and the entire open space in the cave was littered with their fragments.

Even the originally gray-black stone stick was still stained with some red shiny crystal fragments.

"I never thought that this stick is so useful against crystal people. It's getting more and more convenient to smash them. No wonder those Seamaster magicians also love this weapon." Blaze said, and swung the stone stick a few times, making a whirring sound.

"Since you like it, I'll give this weapon to you, Brother Wolf."

"Ah? Really?" Blaze's eyes widened, as if he had found a bone, and his wolf tail swung twice involuntarily, "Ah ha ha, thank you very much... By the way, this is for you."

Blaze pulled out a crystal stone and handed it over.

"What is this?" I was a little curious, as I remembered there shouldn't be such an item in the game.

"This seems to be the core of the crystal man magician. I got it after I defeated these guys." Blaze pointed at the crystal stone and continued, "Look, there are magic runes engraved on it. After returning to Red Lion City, I can find a professional magician to copy it."

——Oh, so it’s the reward for clearing the level, “Magic — Unrestrained Crystal”.

——So magic can have such a carrier?

I was secretly surprised.

However, since all the enemies in the cave have been dealt with, I didn't hesitate to loot all the remaining props.

Crystallized human ashes, crystallized gun, and by the way, a piece of corrupted moss medicine was found. It felt soft and sticky, like a glutinous rice ball.

After walking out of Miyazaki's hidden home, the sky had already brightened.

I stretched and took a long breath: "Ah, I'm a little sleepy... Is the battle memorial of Latan going to be held at noon tomorrow?"

"Hmm? Not so fast, remember we only spent one day and two nights out of Red Lion City." Blaze corrected my view of time, "The general's ceremony should be held at noon four days from now."

——Oh, I remembered it wrong. Three days is the time we should go back.

"So, we seem to have never stopped fighting day and night." I looked towards the direction of Red Lion City. "I hope nothing unexpected happens today, so I can have a good rest when I go back... By the way, Brother Wolf, do you know teleportation magic?"

"Isn't this the power of blessing that only you faded people and finger witches have?"

"······Well, let's walk back." I sighed. Fortunately, it is daytime, and there shouldn't be any monsters on the road from Ceria to Red Lion City, unless that corrupt dragon is still waiting for us.

Anyway, let’s go down the mountain and check on Millicent.

It's been a whole night, and Mibao should have woken up after the injection.

——······How come the words that Crow Mouth just said came true immediately, as if it were a blessing?!

Not to mention, on the long downhill slope, the three of us were chased by the reawakened rolling stone trap and were screaming.

Back in the magic town of Selia, those magicians had actually been resurrected through the blessing, and came to attack me, old A-ti, who had not slept all night. Two or three magicians gathered together to form a pyroxene machine gun, which almost made me roll my clothes off.

Fortunately, Brother Wolf was there. While I was being beaten, he quickly approached from the eaves of the town, then used a wolf attack, bringing up an icy storm and instantly killing those guys.

——By the way, why did I become that taunting tank? What bad luck, what bad luck.

After a lot of trouble, they finally returned to the sage Gwei's shabby house.

From a distance, they could see Ishtopia and Alexander squatting outside the door like puppies who had lost their owner.

"Brother Zero! Brother Wolf, and little Laya!" As soon as he saw us, the frown on Ishtopia's face suddenly relaxed, "You are finally back!"

"What's wrong, Senior Ishutopia?" I asked curiously.

"That girl...Ah." Ishtopia sighed.

My head was buzzing.

——Oh my god! Could it be that Millicent's corruption has completely broken out and it's too late? !

——Or has that fellow Gwei already done something treacherous and harmful to others?

I rushed into the shabby house and saw Millicent lying in a corner of the house.

As she walked forward, the smell of scarlet corruption mixed with blood entered her nostrils. At the same time, Millicent's body exuded a warmth like a high fever, which made her frown in pain and groan slightly.

——Is the pure golden needle useless?

"Yes, I'm sorry, brother Ling." Ishtopia also squatted beside Millicent, and the complete pure golden needle was in his hand. "I, my brother Hu and I don't know how to use this thing. When we returned to the shabby house, the old sage was nowhere to be seen, and even his adopted daughters disappeared, leaving only this golden needle... So, I, I can only give her the Holy Grail Dew Drops to drink. I don't know if it will help. I can only wait for you to come back."

"Oh, it should be okay, Millicent can still be saved." I comforted Ishtopia, but after I took the golden needle, I was also in trouble.

——······Where should this thing be inserted? It should be the chest, right?

——But, but where on the chest? If I miss the target, let alone if it will work, I am not a medical student. If my shaking hands pierce Mibao’s heart... I might as well just open a new account.

"Brother Ling, don't you know how to use it?" Ixutopia saw my hesitation.

"I······"

"How about we find a way to wake this girl up first?" Blaze walked in and suggested, "This needle can be used to suppress corruption. This girl should know best where the root of her corruption is."

——Oh, right! In the game, wasn't it Mibao who gave himself the injection? How could I have forgotten that?

I came to my senses, quickly took out the Holy Grail bottle, helped Millicent up, and fed her gulps after gulps.

——Of course, I also left some for myself.

Mibao, who was in direct contact with the corruption disease, was no different from being infected with scarlet corruption. My hand, which was holding her, was burning hot, as if it was being roasted on a stove.

"Woo...Woo." Millicent finally made a sound, like a cat that just woke up, and opened her golden eyes drowsily.

"Millicent, can you hear me? Millicent." I asked with concern.

Millicent subconsciously put her hand on my chest, trying to push me away: "Please, please don't come near me, you, you will also..."

"Don't worry about that for now." I held the pure golden needle in front of her eyes. "This golden needle can suppress the corruption and disease in your body, but you need to pierce the source of the disease yourself. Do you understand?"

“… can… can… suppress… corruption?” Millicent responded weakly. “I, I understand.”

I quickly put the golden needle into her hand.

“Thank you, thank you.” Millicent snuggled in my arms, raised her hand, and grabbed the collar of her clothes. Then, after a slight pause, she continued, “… Could you please help me unbutton my collar? It’s really embarrassing, but, but I don’t seem to have enough strength.”

——Hey!

My eyelids trembled slightly, and I raised my head in surprise and hesitation, intending to ask my friends.

——In this border area, helping the opposite sex to unbutton their clothes should not be a big deal.

However, Blaze and Ishtopia had already turned their heads away leisurely, and Alexander even pulled Laya, who was clinging to the door, away.

——······I’m the only one who can do it!

I swallowed and reached out shakily to unbutton Millicent's clothes.

“······Solve, solve the third one, should, be enough.” Although she had no choice, Millicent turned her head away embarrassedly.

I did as I was told carefully and helped to open her collar.

Suddenly, a stronger smell of blood came over.

scarlet--

A large scarlet patch fell on her chest. The flesh and blood were festering, and the surrounding skin had turned into a butterfly's wings, covered with turbid red scales.

It was like the Ionian swamp, growing directly on Millicent's body, which was shocking.

"Thank you." Before I could be surprised, Millicent raised her arm and stabbed the golden needle into the center of the swamp.

As if attracted by some force, in just a moment, the entire needle was inserted into her body.