Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

The sealed door of the magic academy has a built-in teleportation effect. After a moment of trance, he slowly opened his eyes and found himself at the main gate of Rhea Lukalia Academy.

I couldn't help but turn my eyes and look towards the south.

There is a long road leading to the south gate. It has been overgrown with weeds and shrubs for a long time and is home to wild wolves.

But now, the place is filled with Dujuan's tents, one hill after another, just like the waves of the sea.

——The reclusive merchant hiding here must have disappeared.

——Remember that he had the ashes of two stone imps on him, which were necessary props for opening a magic tower in the Saint Transformation Academy in the later stage.

······Forget it, I’ll think of a solution later.

I sighed softly and continued to walk into the academy with Awa, the Son of Platinum.

Take the elevator and walk through the quiet and deep corridor, and you will see the magnificent Azalea Church.

Occasionally, a few Cuckoo Knights passed by. They all looked at Awa first with surprise on their faces, but after seeing my face, they did not stop me. At most, they just greeted me and didn't say much.

——Thanks to this face, I was able to infiltrate so openly.

I walked to the long stairs in front of the Azalea Church. Originally in the game, there were two pyroxene magicians guarding the gate. When they saw A-Tai breaking in, magic gravel poured down like machine gun bullets, forcing A-Tai to roll around.

But now, the place is full of Cuckoo Knights.

The armor on their bodies was tattered, obviously having gone through round after round of battles. Their tired faces and pale golden eyes stared blankly at the ground, as if they had turned into puppets.

Awa couldn't help but be distracted a little when looking at these cuckoos, so I quickly coughed lightly to remind him to keep up.

——It seems that this Platinum Son has more or less understood the situation in the academy.

It’s a pity that from outside the main entrance of the Azalea Church, one can only see the clay figurine cemetery leading to the direction of the waterwheel.

Before I left the academy, the White King's magic stopped the waterwheel, and with the clay figurines appearing one after another, Dujuan seemed to have decided to concentrate all his forces on the attack and defense of the roof, and the clay figurine cemetery was completely silent.

Otherwise, after Awa sees the decisive evidence, I will have completed my mission and can evacuate directly.

Looking carefully at the door of the church, it seemed to be used as a place for the wounded to heal and rest, and it was also filled with tired knights.

"Lord Zero." A knight commander came up to me and greeted me immediately after seeing me. His eyes naturally fell on Awa behind me, and he asked, "Who is this?"

learn from mistakes.

I changed the excuse: "This is a freak I captured from the United Army. Is there anyone here who can understand the words of the Son of Platinum? I need to interrogate him."

After shaking his head, the other party asked with a hint of suspicion: "The united army? Did you go to the battlefield in Nanmenqian Town?"

"... Well." I continued to weave a web of lies. "The war over there is a bit tense. Lord Galamod asked me to think of a way... I saw this guy staying with the Storm King, so I tried to capture him first."

"I see... But didn't you go to the academy before? What did you find?"

——I see, that guy went to the academy... Blaze should be able to recognize the difference between me and that Fire Madman, I hope they don't fall into his trap.

I thought about it for a moment and gave him some irrelevant information: "I heard that the waterwheel was sealed by those magicians using gravity magic. If someone here can use gravity magic, we should be able to unlock it."

"...That's a pity. We have never been taught how to use gravity magic."

"Is that so?" I sighed slightly, but inside I was humming with relief and a little complacency.

——Sure enough, although the cuckoos have been eyeing the magic academy, they have only learned some basic knowledge of pyroxene magic, and it is unlikely that a genius who has learned gravity magic will suddenly appear.

——As for "Blood Fingers" and "Scavengers", although they are indeed unstable factors, the Cuckoo Knights don't understand these new guys.

"By the way, did you capture the Pyroxene Mage alive?" I found another excuse, preparing to exonerate myself. "The Sons of Platinum are also a kind of magical creation. Maybe those magicians can understand their language."

The Knight Commander shook his head again: "Those pyroxene magicians put up a stubborn resistance. We have killed all those who could be killed. No one was captured or surrendered."

"Then I'll go catch one myself." He glanced around the church. The ladder leading to the second floor had already been lowered, and there were several long ladders placed on the side.

So, I turned around quite casually and kicked Awa's butt, urging him, "Hurry up and climb up! Don't play tricks on me."

"Wow..." Awa also cooperated with my acting skills. He climbed up the ladder while muttering.

I also said to the Knight Commander, "Go and rest. This war will probably be a protracted one. Make adjustments as soon as possible. We will need your strength to break through the academy."

"Yes!"

After getting rid of the other person, I also climbed up the ladder.

When I looked up, there seemed to be a pair of purple stars twinkling in the dark ceiling that looked like the night sky.

——Hey, could that be...

After reaching the second floor of the church, except for the magicians guarding this place who had become Dujuan's men, the rest were no different from the game.

——How did the cuckoos climb onto the roof of the church and attack the college building?

This question was answered when I walked out of the balcony.

The cuckoos built a bridge between the church and a nearby tower that looked like a storage warehouse. There was a long ladder that could directly climb up to the middle of the tower. Then, along the connected terrace and the top of the house, a wooden ladder was set up at a slightly different position, thus opening up a road in the opposite direction leading to the college building.

After climbing halfway up the tower, Awa seemed to sense something and walked along the terrace to the top of the nearby tower.

I followed him to the roof of the building where a magic stone sword key could be obtained in the game, and looked to the side.

The overpass between the high-rise buildings of the academy had been breached by the cuckoos, but underneath one end, faint blue starlight continued to fly out, and from time to time, crimson flames would rise.

"Ah, please stay here for a while. I have something to do."

The Son of Platinum still looked dazed, with the flames of battle reflected in his big black eyes. I didn't know if he heard what I said.

I turned around, returned to the top of the ladder, jumped toward the roof of the Azalea Church, landed on the solid roof tiles, and then sneaked through the broken window to the beams high up in the church.

Sure enough, the purple light I saw just now was not my illusion!

The group of cuckoos did not take away the pyroxene key hidden in the chandelier of the Cuckoo Church, and the Fire Madman, who should be as familiar with the plot of the Ring of Magic as I am, did not come to take the thing away in advance.

——Is it because they have already cracked the seal of the academy, so they all think there is no need to take this key?

——I’m so lucky~

I secretly rejoiced, but still had to be careful when landing on the chandelier.

After all, in reality, the chandelier is not fixed like in the game. If it makes too much noise and is noticed by the cuckoo below, it will be difficult to find an excuse.

"Master Zero?!"

——Shit! They were discovered so quickly!

I had just landed on the chandelier and put away the pyroxene key when I heard the call from the knight commander below.

I was so scared that I shrank back like a rabbit, an awkward smile appeared on my face, and I was ready to find an excuse.

"Weren't you planning to go to the Academy Square and capture a magician? What happened?"

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

A voice exactly the same as mine came from below, but it was so cold that it had no warmth at all, as if a gust of winter wind was blowing through my heart, freezing it with severe frost and making my hair stand on end.

The Knight Commander was naturally confused: "Eh... Just now, you brought a Son of Platinum who was captured from Nanmenqian Town, and said you wanted to find someone to interrogate him..."

I couldn't help but swallow and looked down.

In front of the knight commander, there stood a man wearing the black robe of Bloody Fingers. His face was exactly like mine.

And at this moment, as if by telepathy, the other party also raised his head.

In those turbid yellow and red eyes, a raging fire surged towards me.