Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

After sharing the information with Iggy and Blaze, we decided to split up.

On behalf of the current royal family of Kalia, the Igi Artisans went to Stonewell in person to negotiate with Nepheli and the others and discuss how to deal with the ambitious cuckoos.

Blaze and I immediately rushed to the academy to find a way to rescue the "Full Moon Queen" Lena.

"But, Zero." Blaze couldn't help but ask me curiously while we were on the road, "Do you have another pyroxene key?"

"No, what's wrong?" I asked back curiously.

"Um... then how are we supposed to get into the academy?" Blaze was worried about this. Then, he suddenly realized something and let out a cry, speculating, "Could it be that the group of cuckoos have used the pyroxene key to completely break the academy's magic seal? We have to disguise ourselves as them and sneak in together?"

"But to be honest, even if you changed into the clothes of the Cuckoo Knights, you can still be found at a glance." I smiled and said, "Brother Wolf, you should know the location of the academy's crystal cave."

"The crystal cave of the academy?" Brother Wolf's voice was filled with a hint of doubt.

——Hey, he doesn’t know?

I thought about it again and changed my words: "Well, you know the location of the 'Magic Realm' hidden in the academy."

"'Magic Realm'?" Brother Wolf had heard of this one. "Oh, I remember that was a big magic in the academy. It is said that the magic circle is on the top of the tallest tower in the academy, but I have never been up there, and I haven't even found the door."

"It's okay, I know how to get up there." Seeing Blaze's skeptical expression, I added, "Lani told me. Last time, I asked her if there was a way to enter the academy without a key, so she told me about it."

"So that's it."

——Of course, this is a lie.

Following the simple map, Blaze and I were the first to find the place where the pyroxene key was supposed to be hidden.

Sure enough, the "pyroxenite dragon" Smarag had been hunted and disappeared, and there was no trace of it nearby.

buzzing-

The sound of flapping wings could be heard in the mist by the lake. When I looked up, I could see a little bit of azure light, floating around like a will-o'-the-wisp.

Those are dung beetles. After shooting them down, the small ball in the arms can restore and replenish the Blue Dew Drop Holy Grail Bottle.

"Brother Wolf, come this way." According to the memory in the game, I took Blaze and followed a few dung beetles towards the academy. After a while, we found a cliff... Strange, where is the entrance to the cave?

Looking at the bare rock wall, I was a little dumbfounded. It was different from the game. Could it be that the location had also changed?

And Blaze asked with a little doubt: "Zero, is the crystal cave you mentioned really nearby?"

"······That should be right. I think maybe it was hidden by magic." I immediately thought of the possibility and walked forward with the hound's tusk in hand.

I connected the general movement paths of those dung beetles into a straight line, and then continued to extend it towards the rock wall. I stood in front of the cliff and slashed it with a knife.

Sure enough, as Changya's swing missed, a hole appeared in front of his eyes.

Inside, a thick layer of white smoke filled the entrance of the cave, and next to it, there was a small gargoyle sculpture.

——The double insurance of hidden walls and fog door seals is indeed as Brother Wolf said. This is probably a top-secret location of the academy, and even he, the Knight of Kalia, does not know it.

Fortunately, I asked Nepheli and Edson for the stone sword key in advance last night, because every time I arrive at a city, I basically don’t have time to scan the map, so you know what, this thing is in urgent need.

After the fog door was opened, a faint ray of golden light floated out from the deep and dark cave.

I walked forward and just lit up the blessing when I heard a sharp and piercing sound in my ears.

squeak--

"Zero, be careful!" Blaze swung his sword and cut the guy who rushed towards me in half.

"We are so welcome. You've just greeted us since we entered the cave." I complained casually, and the hound's long teeth swung out and tore into pieces several big rats that continued to follow behind.

Blazer explained: "These guys have lived in darkness for a long time, so their hearing is naturally very sensitive. I'm afraid that the footsteps we just came in were detected by them."

...In that case, sound is indeed easier to travel inside the cave.

A bad premonition suddenly emerged in my heart.

Continuing forward and passing through the long and narrow tunnel, the cave became much wider.

There is a light mist in the air, and large crystalline stones stand in rows, like a small maze.

Blaze was about to move forward when suddenly, a fluorescent green light illuminated a figure hidden in the cave, and large pieces of pyroxene magic rubble shot towards the two of us.

"Brother Wolf, be careful!" After I reminded Blaze, I also hurriedly dodged the magic gravel attack.

But the glow of magic also made the opponent completely lock onto the two of us, and then, from different locations in the cave, one pyroxene magic gravel after another shot out.

Blaze and I were still crowded near the cave entrance, with no room to dodge.

——Sure enough, I guessed that the noise just now might attract the attention of the magicians and monsters inside. The other party would have the upper hand, and the two of us who lack long-range means would definitely be suppressed.

"Brother Wolf, let's retreat to the corner of the tunnel first!" He was forced to retreat temporarily to avoid the magicians' attacks.

But the other party was also very cautious and had no intention of chasing after him. He just waited outside, waiting for his chance.

——What should I do now?

——This cave is really annoying in the early stage. There are many magicians in it. If your level is too low, your health and strength are not enough, you will be beaten to a pulp.

——So, in the game, I usually sneakily go and assassinate the old six in the two corners first, and then deal with the others, and gradually defeat them.

But now, these magic machine guns have been set up at the entrance of the cave. If we rush out forcibly, we will probably be shot into a hornet's nest!

--what to do?

"Zero, those should also be magicians from the academy, right?" Blaze suddenly asked me.

"Of course. It's impossible for magicians from other places to stay in this academy, a godforsaken place."

"That's easy to say." Blaze actually took the initiative to step forward. Suddenly, the fog was lit up again with a fluorescent green light, like dots of red stars aimed at by a sniper rifle.

"Everyone, I am the knight serving the royal family of Kalia, 'Half-Wolf' Blaze, not your enemy! Please stop attacking!" Blaze said loudly, "Rhea Lukalia Academy is in danger now. No matter which faction you originally belonged to in the academy, now is not the time for us to fight each other. Instead, we must work together to fight against the two-faced Du Juan and take back the academy!"

Blaze's words made the stars dim, and the cave was dead silent.

"Are you really from the royal family of Kalia?" the other party suddenly asked. He didn't seem to know Blaze.

Blaze took out his Kalia badge from his arms and threw it in the direction of the voice: "This is a unique badge for our Kalia Knights. Please believe me."

There was a faint rustling sound in the mist for a long time, and then the sound of splashing footsteps could be heard.

A magician from the Highmore battlefield, who was no less massive than Blaze, came out and handed the Kalia badge back to him. “This is indeed the family crest of the Queen… Knight Blaze, what exactly is this matter of ‘reclaiming the academy’ that you mentioned?”