Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

——Great, Kalia.

At the moment when the glorious magic sword fell, I seemed to have suddenly realized the hound step. I continued to release Rune, and my whole body seemed to turn into a gust of wind. I dodged Mugram's attack, and then imitated Blaze's appearance. I leaped into the air, raised my hound fangs and stabbed at my opponent.

Although Mugram dodged the stab, the blood I had stored in my fangs exploded and sent him flying.

but······

——Every time you use a new move, it consumes too much energy!

My head felt a little dizzy, and I knelt on one knee on the ground, holding the hound's fangs with both hands, and I couldn't stop gasping for breath.

——How could Hound Step consume so much mana? Besides, I hadn't used many combat skills before, so I shouldn't have used up my mana after just one move.

——It seems that there is something wrong with the method I used.

There was the sound of armor next to my ears, and I saw Mugram standing up with blood all over his body.

——Of course, a large part of the blood is mine.

······Still complaining! I quickly drank the red and blue Holy Grail bottles, then straightened myself up and got ready.

But surprisingly, Mugram did not attack, nor did he raise the knight's sword in his hand: "·······Did you learn that move just now from Blaze?"

"So what?" I didn't let my guard down.

Mugram was silent for a moment, and actually put away his knight's sword and shield. "Since you are Blaze's disciple, you are probably not someone who would make things difficult for the Kalia royal family. I am sorry for offending you just now, the Faded One."

"······To be honest, I am not Brother Wolf's apprentice." I also put away the hound's fangs, took out the Kalia badge, and threw it to Mugram.

After the other party took it, he actually recognized the original owner of the badge at a glance: "Pols?! Could it be that your badge is..."

"Well, on the way to Kalia Castle, I rescued Bols from Dujuan's prison. This is his gift to me." I told the other party without reservation.

Mugram looked at me, his hand holding the badge trembling slightly. "Great, great, he's not dead yet? Great."

After saying this, the Kalia Knight took off his helmet, revealing an elegant, handsome, yet sad face of a blond man.

He walked up to me, saluted me like a knight, and bowed deeply. "I'm so sorry! I didn't expect you to be a new member of our Kalia Knights, but I attacked you without any explanation, and it almost caused a disaster!"

"..." Since the other party said so, I scratched my face in embarrassment and quickly helped Mugram up. "You can't say that. I was too impatient before and hurt the magician with a knife. That's why you misunderstood me as an enemy... I was also wrong..."

"You're right."

"······ah?"

— You are such a Mugram, you just tore down the steps I just prepared?!

Mugram was speechless and said with a bit of helplessness and sadness: "I heard that Dujuan had already invaded the Magic Academy. I didn't expect to run into you hurting people in the academy. I subconsciously thought you were someone like Dujuan... By the way, may I ask your name?"

I really couldn't argue with this misunderstanding, so I could only smile bitterly and say, "Zero, just call me Zero."

Mugram nodded, and then asked sternly, "Zero, to be honest, the Queen is in a state where she can't listen to anything. I wonder why you want to see her."

"Then I won't hide it from you. I want to take the queen away from the academy temporarily." I briefly analyzed the military strength in Dujuan's hands and Grandpa Iggy's plan to go to Stonewell and declare war on Dujuan in about six or seven days from now. I told him everything.

"······Also, do you know anything about Princess Ranie?" I asked cautiously.

Mugram also nodded: "The princess should be in the city now, since you have been there, is she okay?"

"Well, Lani seems to be in a deep sleep now, but I have an appointment with her to find a way to rescue General Latan." I paused, "The first step of the plan in Red Lion City has been successful. General Latan has regained some of his sanity and has more or less suppressed the corruption in him. So, now I need to rely on the power of Queen Renara to shape a new body and the soul transfer in the origin magic..."

"Ahem..." Before I could finish my words, Mugram coughed loudly, as if blood was spurting out, and he suddenly slid to his knees on the ground as if he was exhausted.

I was so scared that I asked quickly, "Hey, are you okay, Mugram?"

——Could it be that my fighting skills have a delayed effect, and have only now triggered Mugram's bleeding reaction? !

"No, it's okay." The aura around him was so low that I even doubted whether the Knight Kalia who almost forced me into a desperate situation just now was the same man in front of me.

Mugram was still mumbling: "······When I think about how I almost ruined the princess's plan and almost pushed my royal family into the abyss where the stars cannot be seen... cough cough cough, just let me die. Zero, please do it."

——······The richest man is actually a pessimistic person? Don’t do that.

"No, you can't die now! With the enemy at the gate and as a knight of Kalia, you actually want to escape punishment by dying on the battlefield?! Stand up right there, if you have to die, die at the hands of those cuckoos!" I dragged Mugram up almost as if I were pulling a carrot.

"You're right." The words touched him anyway. Mugram put on his helmet again and said, "I'm so sad, but for the queen, I can't just fall down... Zero, you go in, and I'll take care of the things outside."

“...To be honest, the battle with you has almost drained my Dew Holy Grail. Hey, hey, hey! I haven’t finished talking yet, don’t fall again!” I quickly reached out to support Mugram.

—A comedian? This guy.

——Most wealthy man, you have to stand up! The royal family still relies on you to fight NPC fake matches and make a lot of money!

"Hmm, sorry. Actually, I understand that it's all my fault."

"Alright, alright. I just want to say that I'll go down with you first. I have to go back to the discussion room... No, I have to go back to the school building to catch up."

After much persuasion, Mugram and I temporarily left the door of the library, crossed the overpass connecting the school building, and opened the door.

I saw magicians with puppets constantly passing by. They hurriedly jumped down from a terrace nearby, and then continued to rush to the other overpass on the roof of the academy.

And the red wolf of Radagang was brought to the square just as the double-sage magician had commanded before, and it fiercely attacked the pyroxene explosion at the other end of the overpass, bombarding it with flames and howling loudly.

"What's going on?" Mugram couldn't help but ask.

"Brother Wolf and several magicians from the Crystal Cave are guarding the path from the Cuckoo Church to the waterwheel, so the cuckoos are planning to move over here from the roof of the academy." I explained hastily. I caught a glimpse of Mugram, who seemed to be planning to follow the magicians to the front line, and quickly grabbed him, "Do you want to go over?"

"Of course, the mission that the princess has given me is to protect the queen! According to what you said, the academy is already in danger, and I have to support the front line."

"No." I interrupted him bluntly. "The path on the roof is actually not easy to find. I'm a little worried that there is someone behind Du Juan who is giving advice... They might want to take advantage of the chaos to kidnap the queen. So, Mugram, your most important task is to guard the library. It would be better to go back now... Wait until I try to use Lani's magic to awaken the queen's consciousness, or take her away, and then make other plans."

After listening to my analysis, Mugram nodded and said, "Okay."

After saying this, he returned to the Great Library.

I returned to the school entrance, touched the blessing point, filled the Holy Grail bottle, and hurried back to the library again.

This time, Mugram even opened the door for me, but it was as dark as night inside, with no light at all.

As I walked forward, a terrifying chill hit me in the face.

"Next, the Queen will be handed over to you, Zero." Mugram bowed to me.

"Yeah." This time, I also prepared the magic memory stone that Lani gave me in advance. I took a deep breath and stepped into this lightless library.

——The queen just lost her mind. With Lani's magic, maybe she can get away with it by just talking nonsense.