Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

By the time Awa and I were transported out of Rhea Lukalia College by blessing, a full day and two nights had passed. As promised, Hertok led the reinforcement troops to meet us at noon that day.

Iggy summarized the current situation: "In the past few days of continuous fighting, we have lost about 2,000 soldiers, while Dujuan's army is about 4,000. Now, with the reinforcements from Lord Hurtok, we still have more than 3,000 soldiers, and Dujuan still has twice as many as us... If Dujuan doesn't know about our reinforcements, he will definitely find a way to catch us now. After all, although the feint attack over the past two days has bought time for Blaze and his men, it has also inevitably exposed our weakness of insufficient manpower. For Dujuan's commander, this is very good news."

"Old man, so, if you were Dujuan's commander, what would you do?" Nefeli raised her eyes.

Iggy pointed at the map, the foggy forest area on both sides of the Lascar ruins, and said, "In my opinion, they are very likely to attack from behind and swallow us whole."

"Want to get rich overnight?" I also followed Iggy's thinking and speculated, "If that's the case, Dujuan's troops guarding Menqian Town will naturally be reduced. How about we take the opportunity to cooperate with Blaze and the others to attack there?"

"I thought so too, but...the firepower of the enemy's catapults is too strong. Even if we force our way in, the casualties will be quite severe." Nepheli frowned helplessly. "If the forces inside are not strong enough to break out, it will be too risky for us to attack rashly. It will be difficult to coordinate."

Besides, everyone already knew that the catapult was placed in the center of Menqian Town, so it would be quite difficult to break through.

"Wow wow wow!"

At this moment, the Platinum Sons Awa and Lenia walked in. Oh, there was a faint blue light flashing in her eyes. This should be Lenia's state now.

"Master Zero, Master Nepheli, and everyone else, the Sons of Platinum are willing to provide assistance in this matter." After Letina bowed to us, she continued to translate Ava's words, "The Azalea Knight is two-faced and has completely betrayed Queen Reinara. He is willing to lead his men back to the tribe and inform his compatriots of this matter. We, the Sons of Platinum, will no longer submit to the Azalea and will fight against such ambitious people together with everyone else."

"... However, Dujuan always seems to let the Sons of Platinum take the lead. If they suddenly rebel now, it would be more dangerous." Lenia's original voice actually came out.

——Is this even possible?!

——······If I didn’t know the situation, I would really think she was schizophrenic.

However, Lenya's consideration was also good. Every time Dujuan attacked, the Son of Platinum was always driven ahead of them, and they would not give the Son of Platinum any chance to enter the town in front of the gate.

Although it is indeed a good thing that the Sons of Platinum are willing to surrender to us now, if the signs are discovered too early, Dujuan might deal with them in advance and wait until the battlefield to reverse the situation. To be honest, not dealing with the catapults in Dujuan's camp will not have much impact on the change of the battle situation.

Iggy suddenly said, "I do have an idea. If the Platinum Son is really willing to do it, it can be implemented."

"Oh?" Everyone's eyes quickly turned to him.

Iggy pointed at Menqian Town on the map and continued, "Menqian Town was originally built on the bridge leading to the southeast shore from the Rhea Lukalia College. If we send people to crawl directly under the bridge into the town when they attack, we might be able to destroy those catapults!"

"But the bridge is quite high, and now we suddenly have to climb in, and we don't have a ladder that is that long..." I was speaking when I suddenly remembered something.

And Iggy seemed to have a telepathic connection, and a smile came from under his hood: "Master Zero should be very familiar with this kind of thing."

——Ah, it’s indeed those big shots!

This reminded me of the time when I braved the Kalia Castle. Those big and small hands were just like spiders, climbing and walking on the walls flexibly! I was almost cornered.

Thinking about it this way, it is indeed a good way to attack the enemy directly!

Iggy explained his idea in detail to everyone, and Letina translated it to Awa: "The weight that the excavator can carry is not much, but it should be able to carry a Platinum Son to climb up the high wall of the bridge pier. When it gets dark, you should bypass the church area as soon as possible. After we launch a frontal attack, you can take the opportunity to climb up from under the bridge and break into the town in front of the gate. You don't have to destroy it, just hold back the troops operating the catapults!"

Awa called out twice and immediately followed the order and left.

Nefeli turned to a soldier and said, "How is the progress of the magician unit in breaking the seal of the academy?"

"Your Majesty, the pyroxene key that Lord Zero brought back has enabled them to make rapid progress. According to Lord Tops, they will be able to resolve the issue before tonight!"

——It turns out that Mr. Tops has also joined the mage team.

——In the game, the stance he subsequently developed was able to deflect all magic and prayers, which must have involved the knowledge of breaking magic seals.

Since Mr. Topps was so sure, we naturally chose to believe it.

"Then send some more people to the fog forest area to conduct reconnaissance!" Nefeli ordered, "After everything is prepared, we will fight Dujuan tonight!"

The response in the military camp was unanimous, and then everyone discussed in detail the deployment of the troops and the strategies for dealing with various situations that might occur at that time.

As for me, Nepheli dismissed me casually: "Zero, just follow me when the time comes. Now go and have a good rest. You must be exhausted from the continuous fighting."

Although, during the blessing transmission time, I actually had a short sleep, and the blessing of Queen Marika allowed the Faded Ones to eliminate bad conditions, including sleepiness, at the blessing points in various border areas.

However, I still accepted Nepheli's kindness, found a quiet tent and rested for a while.

But I didn't expect that as soon as I closed my eyes, I suddenly lost consciousness as if I had blacked out.

······Maybe I’m really a little tired.

In the dark night, I seemed to see a moon.

Suddenly, a streak of turbid yellow and red light started burning from below, and the entire camp was engulfed by the crazy turbid fire.

Crackling.

The endless screams were drowned out by the sound of the fire, and human figures were twisted by the flames and turned into ashes.

The raging fire even dyed the sky black, pulling the dark moon into this purgatory.

And there, a pair of eyes from the abyss were staring at me, an outsider.

······

"Ha——" I woke up suddenly, and a chill ran down my spine.

——Is it a dream?

No, it’s not a dream!

Just outside the tent, the noisy sound squeezed into my ears desperately, and the clusters of flames flickered, making my heart feel as if it was suddenly squeezed and ache.

——What happened? !

I hurried out of the tent.

It was already night, and although it was not like in the dream, the entire camp was engulfed in flames.

But it seemed that the place was in chaos. The soldiers running back and forth seemed to have formed a huge whirlpool. In the cold wind, the harsh sounds of gongs and drums were mixed with the neighing of horses.

The soldiers also shouted: "The cuckoos are coming! The cuckoos are coming! Everyone, get ready! Fight the enemy!"

——The cuckoo is coming!

——Just as Iggy expected, these guys took the lead in launching a general attack on us!