Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

A red dragon of scorching flames roared out from the magic and books, spread its wings and swooped down towards me.

I hurriedly dodged behind the bookshelf at the back, and suddenly, a fire dragon destroyed the entire shelf, and the flames danced on the scraps of books and papers.

Behind the light and fire, the group of magic apprentices were like little children watching fireworks, their eyes sparkling, and some even clapped:

"Wow, so beautiful!"

"Zero is so agile, he managed to dodge again~"

"Zero, my magic is beautiful, isn't it?"

The worst thing is that I actually felt that these guys had no ill intentions, but really wanted to play with me, but they were like brainless children and had no idea how hard they would hit them.

——What should I do? If I hesitate any longer, they will kill me, right?

——These guys have almost no resistance to attack, so it would be quite easy to kill them all.

but······

"Zero, let's continue playing~"

"Zero, you'll come with us, right?"

——So, I hate playing the emotional card. What should I do in this situation?

——Lani, help me.

Just as I was thinking this, a faint blue light flew out of my pocket and drifted towards the "Full Moon Queen" Lenara.

Gala——

The golden barrier that wrapped around the queen made a fragile sound and some tiny cracks appeared.

Even Lenara, among them, raised her eyes and looked towards me for the first time: "...Lani, Lani?"

——Is there any hope? !

I quickly took out the memory stone that Lani gave me and shouted to Lenara, "Queen of the Full Moon, do you still remember Lani? This is the memory stone that Lani gave me, the magic that she bestowed upon me! She needs our help now, please wake up quickly!"

But that seemed to be only a moment. Then, the queen lowered her head as if the child in her arms was awakened. She gently comforted the golden amber jade: "Oh, my child... Oh, good, good, good, don't be afraid. Come to your mother. Your mother will not let you get hurt again. No one can."

However, the group of apprentices below also looked over at once, and there seemed to be a hint of apology in their expressions.

"It seems we woke up my sister."

"But, it's been a long time since anyone came to play with us, I still want to continue playing with Zero~"

"Zero, let's go outside for a bit and play together some more, okay?"

I said this, but these guys didn't give me any choice at all!

They left the two apprentices at the innermost to sing the lullaby, and the others crawled towards me using their hands.

But since the calming magic that Lani gave me is effective, and there were originally five chances to use it, and now there are three left, looking at the shattered golden barrier that wraps the "Full Moon Queen" Renara, it should be the same as in the game, and it will break and fall in two more times.

I continued to hold up the Memory Stone, and kept calling out in my mind:

-Rani, Lani, please, please continue, continue to call your mother back.

But this time, the memory stone showed no reaction.

——Speaking of which, how do you use this thing? The first two times, I seemed to have used the magic inside passively, and I didn't get the trick at all.

"Shh, Ling, let's go further away and don't disturb mother and sister's rest." The apprentices crawling on the ground approached step by step.

——But weren’t it you guys who made the loudest noise just now?

——Well, anyway, since the memory stone can’t be used, let’s use the original method!

I took a few steps back, took a deep breath, and then rushed towards the group of guys. At the same time, I accumulated magic power under my feet. The moment I got close, I suddenly summoned a storm and flew directly over the heads of these apprentices!

bang bang bang-

As if an earthquake had struck, the bookshelves on both sides suddenly shook violently, and then all the magic books on the shelves flew towards me with purple light.

It was like two huge hands pinching a fly, causing me to lose balance in the air and fall to the ground.

Then, an apprentice imitated her sister, hugged me from behind, and whispered in my ear: "Zero is really naughty, but now, you can't disturb your mother and sister."

——Tsk, that’s so annoying, don’t be so familiar with me.

I ducked my head and then slammed back hard.

Sure enough, the apprentice who was holding me let go of his hands and fainted.

——However, they were not unconscious for long, about ten seconds, and then they woke up again, as if nothing had happened, and continued to look for me.

——Since people are running over there, magic, prayer, or other long-range attacks should be fine!

I picked up a book from the ground and threw it directly at the singing apprentice.

But a ball of fire intercepted my throw in mid-air.

Several apprentices' eyes sparkled again, and they asked, "Zero, what game was this just now?"

"Would you like to play toss with us? Zero."

...I took a deep breath, and the books that I had just thrown down fell beside me. I was like a machine gun, throwing whatever I caught directly at the singer.

But the magic of these guys forms an inseparable network.

Gravity magic, fire attacks, pyroxene magic...even the aerial interception of the three wolves of B.

- I'm not playing Frisbee with you three brothers! It's fine if you don't help me interrupt the lullaby, but you're standing here to make trouble!

I was speechless, and even slowed down the pace at which I threw the book.

"Zero, are you tired?" an apprentice immediately asked with concern.

Then, the other guys immediately agreed: "Zero, if you are tired, just sleep with us for a while. When you wake up, you will become one of us."

"We're safe here with mom. No one will do anything to us. Zero, take a rest."

——Just say it, but don’t get involved!

I don't know when, two or three apprentices came around behind me and grabbed my feet.

They were so strong that I couldn't pull them away for a moment. I could only raise my fist and punch the other person's smiling face.

But one of them fainted and soon two apprentices came up.

There was no fear in their eyes. They even grabbed my fist-raising hands and said with concern: "Take a break, Ling, you must be very sleepy, take a break."

The devilish sound pierced his ears, like a brainwash, and the gentle requests made his tired spirit feel dazed.

——"Oh, you are here, come to mommy."

——"You are all your mother's children...be good."

——"My children... don't be afraid, come to your mother... I will never let you get hurt again, no one else can."

——Wrong, wrong, all wrong!

I originally thought that "Queen Manchu" Rena Laina became ill and lost her mind because her husband Radagon left without saying goodbye and became the husband of Queen Marika. She hated Okako, a heartless man.

Not only me, but outsiders like Teacher Se Lian also understand it this way.

But think about it carefully, the youngest daughter burned herself to death, the eldest son and the second son attacked the royal city of Rodel, and as a result, one was infected with scarlet corruption, and the other was obsessed with power but was swallowed by a giant snake. Any mother would go crazy!

What Lenara has always cared about is her children, not Brother Okako!

“Queen Lenarra!” Thinking of this, I came to my senses, raised the memory stone in my hand and shouted, “Although your eldest son Latan is trapped in corruption, he has been suppressed now! He really needs your power to reshape his body, and then use your magic to help him transfer the soul of the demigod! Only then will he have the possibility of rebirth!”

Ding!

The memory stone in my hand responded to my words and turned into a faint blue magic light, flowing into the golden barrier.

Gala——

The barrier shattered once again, scattering pieces of fine golden snow.

Although the Queen herself seemed indifferent, the group of apprentices around me reacted violently. They began to frantically grab my raised arm and pleaded, "No, no, Zero, you can't hurt Mother."

There was even one more apprentice who sang a ballad to Lenara.

"I'm sorry." My mind raced.

——Rani responded to my wish from the very beginning and helped me demonstrate.

——And Latan’s name did indeed cause the Queen to react.

——Then only Lacard is left, but that one...

do not care!

"Your child has another one named Lakkad, right?! Although, I haven't been to the Volcano Residence yet, but..." I couldn't help but laugh when I thought of that strange girl who was like a little tail that couldn't be shaken off, innocent, cute, and a little greedy. "Queen, did you know? Lakkad also has a child... Her name is Laya, and she is very, very cute. If you could see the child with your own eyes, you would definitely exclaim: Ah, she really looks like her father."

Another streak of blue magic flew out from the memory stone, completely shattering the golden barrier.

The "Full Moon Queen" Lenara fell dejectedly from mid-air to the ground.

The apprentices who were originally gathered around me immediately crawled towards the queen and the mother in panic.

She was in a state of daze and didn't even notice that the amber jade she once treasured so much had fallen to the ground. She just called out softly: "·······Lani, Lakkad, Latan······Oh, my children, my poor children, where are you? Come to your mother quickly."

"·······Your Majesty, Lani..."

Lenara finally heard my voice and turned around.

And I was just about to tell her in detail once again about our plan, the plan to save Latan.

But at this moment, a familiar voice came from the amber jade.

"I declare in the name of the witch Lani: rude people, do not disturb my mother's deep sleep."

"..."

——Lani, haven’t you turned off the security system yet?

——You were the one who asked me to come and find your mother!

I almost vomited the blood in my chest. The next second, an extremely thick fog of night gushed out from the amber jade, swallowing up everything around it.