Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Just like on the eve of the college entrance examination, I lay on the bed, staring at the dark red ceiling, wondering when I could fall asleep...

Tuk - Tuk - Tuk -

A knock on the door suddenly woke me up. When I opened my eyes, the sunlight from Gaileyd shone through the scarlet dust of decay, illuminating the entire room with a faint red glow.

I feel refreshed and my body even feels light as if it is floating.

——······Still, I’m sleeping soundly.

I stretched and quickly walked over to open the door.

I saw Millicent standing outside the door: "Zero, did you just wake up?"

Hearing this, one could not help but yawn again: "Well, what's the matter, Millicent?"

"The battle festival is about to begin."

“······Oh my god! Did I oversleep?” I was perked up and wondered why Mibao suddenly came to my house. It turned out that I was going to miss the “College Entrance Examination”!

Millicent shook her head. "It's not too late, Zero. Lord Jerlian is telling everyone about the detailed strategy for this festival and the fight against General Latan. Blaze didn't see you, so I was asked to come and look for you."

"I see. Let's go." I followed Millicent and hurried to the square of Red Lion City.

Along the way, there were almost no human figures to be seen, only the noisy shouts that echoed throughout the city-state one after another.

Just as we were about to step into the square, Millicent suddenly called me: "Zero."

"Well, what's wrong?" I turned around.

Millicent placed her hand on her chest and sighed softly, "For the first time, I feel sorry for having my arm cut off. I can't help you with my sword."

"It's okay, it's not a big deal."

“······These two days, the general’s roar has been lingering in my mind, and my heart is always uneasy. I asked you before to give the general hope·····But I did nothing, which made me feel guilty. So, I thought you would take this golden needle with you, maybe it would be better to give it to the general······” As she spoke, a faint golden light flashed in the palm of Millicent’s hand that was placed on her chest.

——Does she really want to remove the needle?

"No!" I was so scared that I quickly grabbed her hand. In front of Mibao's confused eyes, I explained, "General Ratan's condition is different from the corruption you were born with. He was infected with corruption because of a close fight with Marlennia... The effect of gold on him may not be very obvious? Ah, anyway, Millicent, your willingness to use blood to restore the Holy Bloodwood Buds has been a great help. We have also made preparations for what happens next, so you don't have to worry about it."

“Really?” After hearing what I said, the light in Millicent’s hand faded away. She smiled softly, with trust in me and a hint of helplessness, “Then this time, I can only watch you fight. May you win.”

"Oh!" I accepted Millicent's blessing and walked into the square.

In an instant, several gazes fell on me, with expressions of expectation, joy, peace of mind, and of course blame and indifference.

Even City Lord Jie Lian, who was standing at the highest point of the square, greeted me silently with his eyes.

In the square, everyone had changed their usual nonchalant look at the banquet, their faces became serious, and they were fully armed and ready to go.

Oh, even the furnace from Red Lion City is here!

Is he going to participate in the battle festival too?

——By the way, could this furnace be Hurtok’s brother, Paris?

——······Forget it, let's survive the festival and ask after it's over. Now even if the other party is really Paris, I go over to him and tell him that your brother is waiting for you in Stoneville, let's go find him together after the war, it always feels like raising a death flag.

Um?and many more.

What is that pink ball that was just lifted up to the tower from the edge of the square?

Is it a corrupt moss medicine?

I've never seen such a big rotten moss medicine. It's already, bigger than half of me, right? A big ball Rasengan?!

——Then this should ensure that the disease is cured.

"You kid, you're finally here! Brother Zero!" Seeing me coming, Ixutopia put his arm around my shoulder, smiling with a hint of anger.

"Sorry, I overslept." I smiled helplessly, "But no matter what, I can't miss such a grand battle stage."

Blaze also said leisurely: "Yes, we have prepared everything we can, and the actors are all here. The next step is to let go and do it, but remember, don't lose your life, Zero!"

"You don't have to tell me. When the time comes, if you can't beat me, you'll be the first to run away." I said with a smile.

This made a bald guy in front of me shudder. Patch noticed me and came over to me from the crowd, laughing: "Hey, old friend, long time no see! I haven't seen you in the past few days. I thought you were going to miss the festival."

I casually complained: "You drank too much and are confused. Don't teach Diaros bad things."

"Of course not! That was all voluntary, brother Dia. I didn't force him." Patch glanced at the people around me, rubbed his hands like a fly, and introduced himself with a smile, "Oh, you are all Zero's friends, as the saying goes, a friend of a friend is also a friend. My name is Patch, and I am also an old friend of Zero. Now I am running a small shop. The war is imminent, do you want to come and see what preparations are needed?"

——Good fellow, he is using me as a stepping stone to do his business!

——Look at me. When I’m at the festival later, I won’t watch you run away, but I want to leave the world halfway?

when--

when--

when--

The sound of the ancient bell suddenly rang, drowning out all other sounds, and thus seemed silent and distant.

Every time the bell rang, the faces of everyone in the square became more solemn. Their hearts beat faster and faster. Even the dust in the air seemed to be infected and trembled slightly.

“...Warriors, the time for the festival has finally arrived!” City Lord Jellian raised the greatsword in his hand to the sky and declared loudly, “In the Shattered War, the most powerful demigod, General Ratan, is waiting for us! Warriors, let us kick off the festival! Let us fight! Let us defeat the powerful enemy with glory and return the name of warrior to General Ratan, ‘Shattered Star’!”

"Latan Battle Festival! Officially begins!"

"Oh--"

As Jerryan swung his sword down, like a reservoir with its floodgates opened, an uplifting torrent of energy surged toward the tower, toward the final battlefield of the festival!

"Oh, it's finally started!" Alexander was so excited that his whole body was shaking. He followed the crowd and rushed forward with his arms raised high. "I am the warrior pot "Iron Fist" Alexander. Please witness my battle!"

——But others were crowding around, the battle hadn’t even started yet, but an accident happened on my side.

I followed slowly, and at the same time, I briefly checked the props I should bring:

Right hand main weapon: Hound tusk, secondary weapon: Nox fluid hammer;

Brass shield in left hand, secondary weapon, holy mark on finger;

Flame Pots: Prepare seven of them;

Recovery items: Holy Grail Bottle, Dew Drop Holy Grail are all ready;

In terms of ability levels, strength (physical strength, energy, power) has been raised to twenty-two or twenty-three, agility (dexterity, sensitivity) is around seventeen, and wisdom (concentration, intelligence, faith) is twelve.

——Everything that can be done has been done.

——Just like Blaze said, the next step is to just go for it!

I followed about fifty people into the tower's elevator. Below us, black and white flags stood on the Weeping Dunes on the other side of the river, fluttering gently in the breeze, welcoming us as we entered the battlefield.

After passing through the teleportation gate, Latan's tall and majestic figure suddenly appeared in the center of the dunes, at the highest position, in the vast red sand dunes.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--"

Heart-wrenching roars mixed with angry and unwilling cries.

Then, a purple light suddenly appeared, and the meteoric arrow rolled up a scarlet sandstorm, shooting towards all of us!