Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

As the death ritual bird fell down with hatred, the dead souls that had been gathered together by it also followed the dissipated gray smoke and floated away into the gray sky.

The light pushed aside the fog covering the lake area, and the giant wolf was seen standing still in the bright light, so white that it was dazzling.

The girl on his back also turned her head towards Nefeli and me. The stern look on her face faded away with the light in her eyes, just like a glacier melting, and she returned to the enthusiastic look I was familiar with: "Master Zero, Master Nefeli!"

"Lena, Fenrir, you arrived just in time." Nefeli walked forward with a smile.

—Wait, Fenlig?!

——This white wolf the size of a small truck is actually Fenlig? The king of white wolves that I brought out from the Near Forest Cave? !

I was slightly stunned for a moment, and that guy actually pounced directly at me just like before.

I was completely unable to resist, and when I came to my senses, I was pushed into the lake, gurgling with water pouring into my nose.

The key point is, that would be fine, but it also licked me with its big tongue, causing me to be submerged in the lake water again and again, feeling so uncomfortable that I couldn't even find a chance to catch my breath.

——Help, help, this, this is premeditated murder!

"Fenrigh, get up quickly, Lord Zero is almost crushed to death by you." Lenia urged, got off the wolf's back, and lifted Fenrigh.

I was able to sit up, but was drenched in water by Fenlig.

——······I am speechless. It seems that I have to find a trainer to teach this big wolf some etiquette.

"But why did Fenlig suddenly become so big? The last time I saw it, wasn't it only the size of an adult?" I couldn't help but ask.

"Huh? Didn't we hunt the flying dragon Aakir before? I think I got the dragon's heart... but that thing was of no use to me, so I fed it to Fenlig. As a result, in the blink of an eye, he became like this." Nefeli answered casually with a smile.

This behavior is just like that of the old men and women in the village. No matter what the food is, they will let their dogs have a taste.

——If you don’t want it, give it to me! I can learn the Dragon Prayer and evolve into a dragon knight!

——I am completely speechless.

As I looked at Fenlig who had swallowed the dragon's heart, I began to worry a little. I wondered if this guy would turn into a giant lava lizard, or learn the aura of a furnace, grow wings and dragon horns, and fly into the air and breathe dragon's breath.

Seeing that I was staring at him, Fenlig stuck out his tongue and licked my face.

stop stop stop!

Why do I feel like an ice cream that is about to be licked and melted?

"Ah!" At this time, the roar of the mountain monster giant came from the other side.

Under the siege of the coalition soldiers, Bols stepped on the dead bird, turning it into a wisp of green smoke.

"It's finally solved." Nefeli breathed a sigh of relief, just like me, and then ordered, "Let's go back to the camp and rest first."

I followed the main force back to the ruins of Laska and glanced at the cavalry troops in the camp. Of the more than 50 people who had originally followed me, only about half were left.

In just such a short while, I haven't even remembered all their last names... War is so cruel.

However, the atmosphere in the camp was not depressing.

After all, Dujuan launched a surprise attack at night, but was beaten into a coward by Nepheli and his men. If it weren't for the powerful firepower of the catapult, she would have probably captured the town in front of the academy long ago.

In addition, although the Death Ritual Bird brought a great shock to everyone, we also successfully defeated these two powerful enemies that suddenly appeared, which inevitably made all the warriors talk about it with relish.

"Welcome back, Lady Nefeli... Oh, and Lord Zero, you've come back too?" Old Man Iji was sitting in the military camp and greeted us.

And next to him was that guy named Servis.

As soon as he saw me, the old professor gave me an angry and reproachful look from under his hood, but of course, it was quickly covered up.

——Ah, come to think of it, I have already accepted the task from Selvis to make Nefeli into a puppet.

——Now that he saw Nepheli alive and well, he naturally realized that he had been deceived, but due to the current situation, he couldn't get angry.

“······Yo, yo.” I raised my hand as a greeting.

After Nepheli took a bowl of broth from the logistics soldier, she asked me, "Zero, you came here in such a hurry. Do you have any good news for us?"

"Ah, it's good news." I paused and continued, "It is estimated that in two days, Hertok will lead about a thousand troops to support us. In addition..."

I took out the Kalia Scepter from my blessing backpack and said to Iggy and Servis, "I have talked to Lady Reinara who is in her right mind. She should have returned to Kalia Castle by now."

"Oh, this is really good news." Iggy couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"But the academy is still in danger. Behind Du Juan is the conspiracy of the group of fire madmen, who are directing the soldiers to infiltrate... Now, I can only trust Blaze and Mugram."

"The Dujuan Army used the teleportation feature between the two sealed gates in the north and south of the academy to easily dispatch troops. This was beyond my expectation." Grandpa Iggy thought about countermeasures. "Before the reinforcements arrive, I think we should conduct a few more feint attacks. This will not only attract Dujuan's firepower from the front and help Blaze and his men buy time, but also minimize our army's consumption and prepare for the final decisive battle."

Servis also said: "Our magicians are also working hard to break the seal of the academy, but it will take some time."

After hearing this, Nefeli sighed slightly and said, "We'll have to trouble the mage to lead people to hurry up on this. After all, we can't expect the cuckoos not to be cowards. If we don't break the seal of the academy, we won't be able to rescue the people inside as soon as possible."

"... Actually, it's quite simple to evacuate. The academy has a door that can lead to the Church of Bonding, but those magicians are unwilling to give up their academy so easily."

Servis snorted and confirmed my guess: "For them, giving up the academy is equivalent to giving up magic. It would be better for them to give up their lives as well."

"Then we have to hurry." I became even more worried about the safety of Blaze and the others.

My eyes accidentally fell on Lenia, and suddenly I remembered something, so I asked curiously, "By the way, do we have any discussion with the Platinum Son of Dujuan?"

“… Sorry, Master Zero. Although we have captured several Sons of Platinum and Letina has communicated with them, there is still no progress.” Lenia sighed helplessly, “They are more stubborn than I thought. They still firmly believe that the cuckoos are protecting Queen Lena.”

——Uh... If I had known this would happen, I should have asked Adula to bring the Queen over here.

——It was a wrong decision.

"Hmph, those stupid sons of platinum, what can they do even if we win them over?" Servis snorted contemptuously, but then looked at me, "But if you really want to accept them, isn't now the chance, Master Zero?"

——You old man, you are deliberately picking on me, right?

——What can I do?

...Wait, as Selvis pointed his head towards the scepter in my hand, I seemed to understand the meaning of his words.