Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Unexpectedly, the Holy Blood Wood bud, which had been almost withered by the turbid yellow fire, was revived again in Millicent's hand by sucking her blood.

The newly grown flower buds are even more colorful and eye-catching than those on the intact buds on the branches.

All of our eyes were focused on Millicent in surprise, and after she completed the infusion of the Holy Blood Wood Bud, her body shook involuntarily.

"Millicent!" I quickly stepped forward and supported her.

Millicent smiled grimly, "Okay, it worked... These wood sprouts were taken from the church I was in before, right? Although I don't know exactly what happened, but I vaguely remember that my blood can make these branches grow and sprout."

"That's too much." I couldn't help but sound reproachful.

But Millicent said calmly: "After all, Zero, you seem to be troubled by this matter... My power is too weak now, and I can only think of this way to repay you for saving me."

As she spoke, she looked at the remaining scorched Holy Bloodwood buds and forced herself to stand up straight. "So, please let me continue."

At this time, Pollyanna on the side suddenly became unhappy. She stretched out her hand to block Millicent and asked the soldier from Red Lion City for the buds: "Hey, give me the buds you have! If Millicent can do it, I can do it too!"

"Eh? Pollyanna, don't do anything rash." I had just finished speaking when she had already snatched the scorched wood bud from the soldier's hand, skillfully cut her palm with a dagger, and then held it tightly.

——Theoretically, Millicent and the four Pollyanna sisters were all born in Ionia, which means they are part of the "Valkyrie" Marennia, so...

Ah, as expected, Pollyanna also succeeded.

The wood buds sucked the blood, and the withered leaves on the branches slowly fell off, replaced by new bright red.

But her nourishing speed was obviously not as visible to the naked eye as Millicent's, but the energy consumed was no less. In just a moment, big drops of sweat oozed from Pollyanna's forehead, and her lips and face turned from red to pale.

I couldn't help but grab her hand and took the bud. "This should be enough, Pollyanna. Even if you want to be angry with Millicent, don't get too angry and hurt yourself."

She turned her head and glared at me, without saying anything more.

I handed the Holy Bloodwood buds that had been re-nourished by Millicent and Pollyanna to Jerryan.

Even the well-informed Lord of Red Lion City couldn't help but ask softly, "Holy Blood Wood Buds... As I recall, only the purest golden young blood can produce such buds. Ling, do you know who these two women are?"

——They can probably be considered as the incarnations of Marlennia, and naturally have the purest golden blood.

Of course, I couldn't answer that.

After all, after the battle in Ionia, the Red Lions and the Army of the Sacred Tree had formed an eternal feud. If Jerry were told the identities of Millicent and the others, even if he could swallow his anger and was highly respected, he might not be able to control his angry subordinates from causing trouble for Millicent and Pollyanna.

So, I could only rub my head and laugh. "We met these two near the town of Selia... They are sisters, right? A lot of things seemed to have happened between them, and we don't know anything about it. But, they heard about the general's festival from us, so they wanted to come with us to see it."

"I see." Jerry stroked his beard and bowed slightly respectfully to Millicent and Pollyanna. "I, Jerry, welcome you on behalf of Red Lion City... The general's battle festival will be held at noon two days later. In order to prepare enough corrupt moss, holy blood wood buds are indispensable... So, although it can be seen that making a wood bud is very consuming for the two of you, I still beg you to help us again so that we can make sufficient preparations for the production of moss. Of course, Red Lion City will treat you with the highest standards. If this matter is successful, we will definitely reward you generously!"

Millicent returned the greeting gracefully: "I'll do my best."

And Pollyanna was as awkward as ever: "Huh, thick report? How thick is it?"

"As long as it is within the capabilities of our soldiers, no matter what your request is, just make it and we will do our best to achieve it." As the lord of Red Lion City and the person with real power in the entire land of Gaileyd, Jie Lian's words still carry considerable weight.

However, Pollyanna was just speaking out of spontaneity, and it was obvious that she hadn't decided what reward she wanted.

Seeing her puffing up her cheeks and glancing away, I couldn't help but laugh, but I held it back in my throat: "Ahem, although the Holy Bloodwood Bud is indeed important, you are more important. You must do what you can and don't force yourself... Especially Pollyanna."

"Humph, what do you care?"

"Thank God you don't have to take care of it. I'm just afraid that you'll compete with Millicent to see who can re-infuse more nourishing Holy Bloodwood buds, and end up running out of energy and passing out."

Pollyanna actually kept her mouth shut and didn't refute.

——Could it be that I was right?

"In short, everyone has worked hard. Please have a good rest before the ceremony begins." Jie Lian gestured to the soldiers behind him, indicating that everyone should go and rest first.

However, he turned to Blaze and me and said, "You two, please come with me."

Blaze and I looked at each other, followed Jerry's footsteps, and walked with him to an armory in Red Lion City, where we saw several soldiers sorting their weapons.

After seeing Jie Lian, one of the soldiers understood what he meant and brought a slightly curved silver hammer.

"Do you know anything like this?"

"Is this... the Knox Fluid Hammer?" I recalled the weapon illustrations in the magic circle.

Jie Lian nodded, threw it to me and asked me to try it.

Gripping the hammer handle tightly, I injected rune magic into the fluid hammer. Immediately, an image of the hammer extending appeared in my mind, and then I subconsciously swung it around my head.

Ping ping! Bang pong!

The fluid hammer smashed the warehouse wall, sending sparks flying and knocking over several weapon racks.

Jie Lian lowered his head skillfully and dodged the fluid hammer.

But Blaze was quick-eyed and quick-handed, grabbing the hammer chain that was sweeping over.

As a result, like a soft whip, the fluid hammer wrapped around his body and hit Blaze so hard that he screamed: "Ah!"

"Oh, yes, I'm sorry, Brother Wolf, I subconsciously..." I quickly took back the rune magic, and the fluid hammer shrank back at once, causing Blaze to spin for several circles like a top.

——Well, it’s not my fault. It was Jie Lian who asked me to try it.

I quickly glanced away and asked Jie Lian, "City Lord Jie Lian, what's wrong with this hammer?"

"Hmm? Nothing. I was just thinking that you are worthy of being the Faded Ones. With the blessing of the Queen, you can use even extraordinary weapons in a competent manner." Jie Lian responded casually.

——You wouldn’t call us here just for such a simple reason!

Under the gazes of Blaze and I, he continued, "Now the purpose of the battle festival has changed. When the general is weakened by the battle, we need tools to subdue him first, and then use the internal and external combination method you mentioned, Zero, to reduce the scarlet corruption on the general's body... This Knox Fluid Hammer can use its characteristics to tie up the general. In addition, Knox's craftsmanship also makes these weapons very tough and powerful. They should be able to withstand the general's power and the scarlet corrosion."

It turned out to be the case.

"But are there enough of them? I can't be the only one tying up the Broken Star, right?"

"Of course not. We have about twenty such weapons here. They were originally given to us by General Latan when they were still on good terms with the magic town of Selia." Jellian explained, "Now time is running out. If I ask my men to practice using this fluid hammer, I'm afraid it will be difficult for anyone to master it. So, I need to find someone from among you Faded Ones."

Blaze and I nodded and agreed with Jerry's idea.

Then, Jerry turned his head and said to me solemnly, "Also, Zero, I have a few suspects about the people who attacked you that day."

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