Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

——It’s decided. Let’s call the son of platinum who assists me, Awa.

I pretended to be the knight commander of Dujuan who was attacked by the white wolf, and with the help of Awa, I successfully infiltrated Dujuan's army.

Next, my plan is to take Awa into the academy and let him witness with his own eyes the evidence of the cuckoos' rebellion against the Rhea Lukalia Academy and the Full Moon Queen.

In the next period of time, Nefeli and her men should continue to launch feint attacks like they did just now to tie down Dujuan's large forces and distract them from the strategic battle inside the academy.

At the same time, Iggy has also sent a giant big hand, carrying Franken, the son of platinum, and his other partner, to the royal family of Kalia to meet the Queen of the Full Moon to verify whether my words are true.

——No matter which platinum commission is completed, Awa and the others will lead all the platinum sons who were originally guarding the vicinity of the academy to turn against us and resist Dujuan.

To this end, we came all the way to the town in front of the college.

Just as I stepped onto the entrance ramp cautiously and casually, I heard a shout from behind me.

"Stop! How dare you, the sons of platinum, move forward? Go back to your own territory." The two cuckoo soldiers guarding the gate did not stop me, but blocked Awa's way with the swords in their hands.

——Does it start to hinder you from this step?

The Son of Platinum looked at me with his big watery eyes and cried "wa wah wah", but it only made the cuckoos irritated, so they raised their swords to drive Awa away.

"Wait a minute." My mind raced, remembering what Lenia had said about the miserable treatment of the Sons of Platinum at the hands of Du Juan. "... I need to use that guy to refine blood and forge a sword. Next time, I'll teach those bastards of the United Army a lesson!"

The two soldiers suddenly realized what was going on and quickly bowed their heads to me. Then they urged Awa impatiently, "Go in! For the glory of our legion and for the Full Moon Queen, give your all!"

"Wow." Awa quickly followed my steps.

——Wow, luckily it wasn’t exposed.

I cleared my throat and continued walking towards the town.

Although a lot of troops had been attracted away by Nepheli and his men, there were still many troops left in the camp. Moreover, both sides of the slope were filled with crossbows, and in the middle there were several fire chariots that were undergoing repair and maintenance.

——It seems that it is unlikely to lure the tiger away from the mountain and then cut off the source of the trouble.

After all, the total number of troops was more than twice as large, and the enemy occupied a favorable defensive terrain, making it difficult to attack head-on.

Continuing to walk in, it turned out that the cuckoos had concentrated the catapults in the central square. The terrain here was higher than the surrounding lake area, and there were houses as cover. Even though Stonewell's golem could shoot arrows hundreds of miles away, it was not easy to destroy the main firepower of this positional warfare.

Even if Stonewell also has a slingshot, if he wants to smash it here from the low ground, he will inevitably fall into Dujuan's range and be destroyed first... In this case, only attacking from the air can completely destroy Dujuan's slingshot unit.

Well, the only one I can think of who can break the impasse is the "Pyroxene Dragon" Adura, but that guy only listens to Lani and Lenarla, so I'm afraid he can't be counted as part of our combat power.

...Never mind, if several other soldiers disguised as Dujuan like me also sneak into Menqian Town, they will find a way to synchronize this information to Stonewell.

I had better take advantage of the fact that most of Dujuan’s troops are out and quickly carry out my mission.

Fortunately, the outfit I changed into was the armor of a knight commander. I was covered in blood and looked like a veteran who had just withdrawn from the battlefield. The helmet covered my face and eyes tightly, so no one in the camp could recognize my true identity, and no one even came up to disturb or question me.

Awa pretended to be dumb and ignorant and followed me towards the south gate of Rhea Lukalia.

——No, he doesn't need to pretend, his eyes are already intelligent enough.

Soon, they approached the sealed door and saw that Dujuan's soldiers were transporting supplies here without any hindrance and were coming in and out freely.

They also don't seem to be equipped with a pyroxene key.

——Could it be that the seal of the gate has been completely broken and anyone can enter?

I decided to go forward and give it a try. At the same time, I casually told Du Juan who was guarding the sealed gate the same excuse as before: "I want to take this son of platinum to refine blood. Let him come with me."

As I said that, I reached out my hand towards the sealing rune on the gate.

"Wait." Suddenly, Du Juan, who was also dressed as a knight commander, took my hand and pointed behind me: "The blood refining workshop is in the town. Why did you bring the Son of Platinum here?"

······It’s over. I hope the secret won’t be exposed.

I quickly turned my mind around, coughed twice, and pretended to be serious: "Ahem, yes, is that so? I came from the North Shore, and I don't know much about the situation here..."

“Even if you are a brother from the North Shore, you should know that there is no place for us to refine platinum blood in the academy. After all…” The other party suddenly paused, and grabbed my wrist with more force. His voice was as low as a beast that had stepped into its territory, “Who are you?!”

——Shit! We were discovered so soon?!

I quickly glanced to my side.

Although the man's voice was low, it was enough to attract the attention of other cuckoos nearby, and they slowly approached.

——Once we take action here and are surrounded, we will be in danger of death!

——Should we jump directly from the high bridge here? But in the game, this height is 100% fatal.

The only hope was to summon Torret and have it perform a double jump at the extreme position. At least by eliminating a certain amount of gravity, it might succeed.

But this is also a complete gamble, I...

Just as I was hesitating, the other party suddenly grabbed a bunch of blue-purple cuckoo tail feathers on my helmet and completely tore off my disguise.

——There is no other choice but to fight!

I subconsciously drew out the ordinary straight sword I was equipped with, and was about to strike first.

“······Zero, Lord Zero?!” The other party’s blurt-out call made me slightly stunned, and my mind was working rapidly at the same time.

——What's going on? Why did this guy suddenly call out my name? !

——He knows me? Could it be that this person is a spy from Kalia who was placed in Dujuan a long time ago?

——But even so, if he calls out my name now, doesn’t that mean he has exposed us all?

What was even more unexpected was that not only the Knight Captain Dujuan who was blocking me, but even the other knight guarding the gate recognized my face.

The two men quickly stepped back and then respectfully saluted me as a knight.

The Knight Commander who had grabbed my arm before said with a trembling voice: "I'm sorry, I, I really didn't expect that you, Master Ling, would come to Menqian Town. I'm really sorry for offending you just now!"

——No, it seems that they didn’t recognize my identity, but mistook me for someone else!

——"······There is a conspiracy of the Mad Fire Man. Maybe, in the eyes of the cuckoos, you will be the same as that person, Master Ling?"

Iggy's speculations played out in my mind.

He really predicted it right. This group of cuckoos must have mistaken me for the crazy person with a similar appearance!

——But, that bastard even used my name!

In that case, I'll take advantage of the situation, cough lightly, and continue my disguise: "Ahem, I heard that you fought with Stonewell's people and were suppressed... So, I was wondering if I could use the blood of the Son of Platinum to refine weapons to deal with them. I've already informed Lord Galamod of this matter, and he agreed. Is there any problem?"

"······This·····of course there is no problem." Knight Commander Dujuan changed his previous attitude and stood upright.

Sure enough!

That Fire Madman must have used the intelligence to make a deal with Galamod, the so-called hidden leader of the Cuckoo, whom Brother Wolf told me about, to assist them in attacking the Rhea Lukalia Academy.

Therefore, that guy has a pretty good reputation in the Cuckoo Corps.

——Before, he always came to pretend to be me and cheat people.

——Now, I have finally regained a point!

However, Du Juan's words also made me suspect that the maniac who looked similar to me was also in their army. If they met, there would inevitably be a conflict.

But this is someone else's territory, so we must be careful.

I swallowed, reached forward, and touched the magical rune that sealed the academy's gate.

A large blue light bloomed before my eyes, and then a suction force swallowed up Awa, the son of platinum, and me.