Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Watching Yura swing his long-fanged sword, the gorgeous red spider lilies bloomed in the pool and finally merged into the dark land.

I hurried back to Mugram, who had been abandoned in the cold and rainy night.

I took off this guy's helmet. Fortunately, Mugram was still alive. Unfortunately, after rounds of battles, my Holy Grail bottle was empty. I had to go and bless some supplies.

——Perhaps it was because I did not completely defeat the "Full Moon Queen" Reinara, the blessing that should have appeared in the Great Library did not appear, and the Red Wolf was also counted as the defense force of the academy, so I had to run back to the blessing point at the entrance of the school building.

Under the bamboo hat, Yura looked at us coldly for a while, as if he was about to turn around and leave.

"Wait a minute." I hurriedly called out to him, "This time it's all thanks to you for saving me, old hunter Yura, otherwise I would have been defeated by Bloodfinger again. So, thank you very much."

"... It's nothing. I'm just cleaning up this land and hunting down the filth of my compatriots. Don't worry about it." Yura said lightly. He paused and then asked, "By the way, have you seen a faded one named Eleonora? She is like a dragon, gorgeous and powerful, but she has also fallen into the madness of the cursed blood."

"'Pure Purple Blood Finger' Eleonora? I might know her approximate location."

As soon as I finished speaking, Yura turned around immediately. Even with his messy hair and iron hat, he couldn't hide his almost eager eyes: "Where is she?!"

“... Let’s talk while we walk.” Of course, I wouldn’t reveal the information so easily.

First of all, of course, the current situation in the academy is extremely critical. I didn’t expect that “Blood Fingers” and “Scavengers” would be entangled with the Cuckoo Legion.

——Although it cannot be guaranteed that it was the assassin from Yashan and Yaluo who acted on their own initiative.

Secondly, in this world, Yura is really my savior, and he saved me twice! Therefore, I don't want him to deal with Eleonora alone. At least, I hope to challenge that powerful warrior together with him.

Yura watched me carry the seriously injured Mugram on my back. He seemed to understand how precious intelligence was in this world, and said bluntly, "How much do you want for me to share this information with you?"

"It's not about money... Let's make a simple deal, old hunter." I stopped beating around the bush. "As you can see, I am now a knight of Kalia. I can't just sit back and watch the Rhea Lukalia Academy fall into such chaos... So, I need your strength."

“...To be honest with you, in order to deal with that Yashan guy, I once sneaked into the Cuckoo Legion and followed them into this magic academy. Their strength is probably over 10,000. With the remaining strength of the magic academy now, it is only a matter of time before it is devoured by them, unless...”

"Unless there are reinforcements, right?" Perhaps Yura was going to say that the Full Moon Queen had awakened and was counterattacking Dujuan, but I interrupted him with a smile, "In five days, the combined forces of Stonewell and the Kalia royal family will launch an attack from the outside. If there is enough resistance in the academy by then, it won't be difficult to take down this army of 10,000 people with the help of both inside and outside forces."

Yura seemed a little shocked by what I said, and fell into silence and thought for a while.

I also took Mugram and ran to the main entrance of the Great Library, where we found a group of magicians and pumpkin-headed soldiers in the attic who were controlling the rockfall traps.

When they saw the Scepter of Kalia in my hand, without saying anything, these guys put away their magic wands and bowed to me as a sign of respect.

I said bluntly, "Can one person control the trap here? If possible, please assign people to the door of the library to guard the queen. I need to take Mugram to heal his wounds. He will come back and take over from you later."

"Yes!" Several magicians immediately obeyed my order and walked down the stairs.

The pumpkin-headed soldier roared and jumped directly from the rockfall trap.

——I can only say that it’s a good thing that your kneecaps are strong.

——From this height, three or four old witchers named "Geralt" could be killed by the fall.

After everything was arranged here, I continued to carry Mugram to heal his wounds.

And Yura suddenly speculated, "Since you can mobilize Stonewell's troops, could it be that... you are the faded one named 'Zero'?"

"······Ah, have I always forgotten to introduce myself?! How rude." Thinking carefully, I really hadn't mentioned my name to Yura. After all, the other party always played the role of a lifesaver, and the situation at that time didn't allow us to have a leisurely conversation.

Meanwhile, Yura was talking to himself, "I didn't expect that it was you who defeated Greg and saved the Storm City of Stonewell... When you were defeated by Nelius, I thought you were dead."

“Ahahaha.” I laughed dryly. “If I start from that side, it will be a long story.”

——After all, at that time, I was still a simple coward.

——Now I have more or less adapted to and become accustomed to the world here.

"Oh, and by the way, I didn't take on Greg by myself. It was all thanks to the new Storm King Nefeli Lu who took on the challenge with me. She was also the one who pushed forward the rescue of Rhea Lukalia Academy." I also corrected Yura's point of view and gave Nene a thumbs up.

"Wow~ The young are really formidable." Yura seemed to laugh softly, then he paused and suddenly said, "In that case, I will accompany you on this trip."

"Eh, really?!" I turned my head in surprise.

Although I had a hunch, I didn't expect Yura to agree so easily.

——After all, in the game plot, this old hunter with blood fingers always seems to be in a hurry to come and go. As soon as the battle is over, he is eager to say goodbye and look for the next target.

"After all, there is a Bloody Fingers in the Cuckoo Army... Nelius. I don't know if I heard it wrong, but this name did appear in the mouths of those soldiers."

Yura's words of explanation made my head explode with a buzzing sound.

——The bastard Crazy Fire Us, it’s him again? !

——I was wondering how the Azalea Knights suddenly knew the whereabouts of the Pyroxene Key, and how they even thought of climbing onto the roof of the Azalea Church to attack the Great Library.

——Is that guy behind the scenes directing things again?

Now, I finally understood why Blood Finger colluded with Dujuan, and the fundamental reason why that guy attacked the Rhea Lukalia Academy should be the amber jade in the arms of the Full Moon Queen - the Great Rune of the Unborn.

Their intentions coincided with those of the "scavengers", so Yalu boarded the pirate ship.

Although the first wave of attacks has been resisted by Yura and I, we still have to hurry up and move Lena away as soon as possible.