Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

After passing through the magic seal of the north gate of Rhea Lukalia, they were teleported to the north side of the east coast of Lienia, on the main road leading to the Dikdas Elevator.

Of course, we don’t have the corresponding symbols, so we can only take a long detour to the ancient ruins cliff and then to the Yatan Plateau.

Along the way, Laya was in a good mood and was obviously more talkative than usual. She kept telling us about the situation of the cliff: "After the opening of the Dikedas Elevator, the ancient cliff tunnel, which was originally the only way to connect the Yatan Plateau and Lienia, was gradually abandoned... I don't know when it started, but it was occupied by a lava dragon and eventually turned into a monster's lair."

"Lava dragon?" Blaze finally recovered from his hangover headache. "That's a tough opponent to deal with."

Laya nodded. "That's why, even after the Dekes Elevator stopped functioning, the Ancient Ruins Cliff was still deserted, and that place was also called the Trial of the Brave."

"But, Laya, since you came from the Yatan Plateau, how did you pass through that ancient ruins?" Diaros asked curiously.

Laya explained everything in detail: "As long as you keep running, you can get through quickly. The dragon can't catch up with me~"

"Is it all right to just keep running?" Diaros looked a little incredulous.

——Oh, maybe Xiao Di has not seen Laya’s true ability yet.

——When this little girl runs at full speed, she is not slower than Torrett.

"Ah, of course, I hope everyone can defeat the dragon... Because Lady Tanis said that only those who have completed the trial can be called true heroes. What we need in the Volcano Mansion are also people with real strength. We entrust them with our strength to fight against this chaotic world together and save the border." Laya smiled and said, "Also, I also want to witness the moment when a hero is born. Everyone is so powerful, there will be no problem."

"...a monster's lair, little Laya, do you know what kind of monsters are in there?" Blaze asked curiously.

Laya raised her little head, looked at the sky and thought: "Apart from the lava dragon, the most common ones should be the big bats... Oh! Oh, and there are also very scary fog monsters that suddenly make strange noises like "hehe haha". I couldn't see them clearly and ran away in fear."

"A mist-shaped monster?" Blaze and Diaros looked at each other involuntarily, as if neither of them could find the corresponding monster in their minds.

——But, actually, they are just evil soldiers.

——Those short soldiers who are only half a person's height like to set up various traps and throw smoke bombs. They seem to have some relationship with beast sacrifice, but they don't have any great abilities.

I told everyone what I knew.

"So it's the evil soldiers." Laya was the most surprised. "But, how did Ling know? Have you been to the cliff?"

"Hmm...ah, I just guessed based on your description. How could I have the time to travel so far?" I laughed dryly. "Anyway, after entering the ancient ruins cliff, just be careful. The most difficult opponent is the earth dragon."

Following Laya all the way, without Dujuan, there were no obstacles at all.

Passing through the Perum Church, I found that the dew drops from the Holy Grail had indeed been collected.

——After all, in the game, A'ti will meet the "Mad Fire Witch" Haida here.

——In reality, it was naturally the crazy people who passed by here and took the props.

Going down the slope here and following the quiet and narrow mountain path, you will arrive at the rock wall of the Yatan Plateau, which stands tall like a curtain hanging from the sky.

By the way, there seemed to be one less wandering merchant on the road. I guess he was scared away by the Lienia War... Although, the merchant didn't seem to have any important equipment on him.

I climbed up the unattended ladder. It was much longer than the one in the game. My arms were tired from climbing. I finally found the entrance to the pit... I estimated that it was about a hundred meters long.

After entering, the dark cave was quiet.

The cold air flowed through the soles of the feet, making people shiver uncontrollably.

"It seems like there's no one here." Blaze listened for a long time with his ears perked up, then told us the situation around him in confusion.

——······This isn’t right. In the game, there should be a lot of evil soldiers in the first stage of the pit. Moreover, Laya just said that this place has become a monster’s nest.

I have even thought of various countermeasures to deal with the various unfavorable situations that the evil soldiers may create for us by taking advantage of their numerical advantage.

But now, you tell me there's no one here?!

--How can it be!

"Wait." Blaze suddenly raised his nose and sniffed again, "There's a weird smell here..."

"It's poison gas!" I immediately thought of a trap that the evil soldiers are best at setting. They would place black bottles of poison gas on the ground, and in a dark and gloomy environment, people would be easily triggered to be poisoned by the traps, and then these guys would rush forward.

Quickly preparing the holy seal on my finger, I whispered, "If you feel unwell, tell me. The fire prayer can help you detoxify."

"...However, these poisonous gases have been triggered by someone." Blaze squatted down, "Zero, come and take a look."

I took the lantern and saw that the ground was covered with broken glass and covered with green powder like pollen.

"Could someone have been here before us?" Diaros also speculated.

——“Big Horned” Telages? !

I immediately thought of the good brother in the game who could help A Tui fight the lava earth dragon.

He was wearing the heaviest set of armor in the entire magic circle. The scrap metal in the hands of the evil soldiers should not be enough to even tickle Big Horned Brother... But, I still had a bad feeling in my heart.

At this time, Laya also shouted: "Zero, everyone, there are the remains of the evil soldiers here, and they are still warm."

——Is that so?

"Follow me!" I quickly quickened my pace.

As we went deeper into the tunnel, the remains of evil soldiers gradually increased.

However, what is strange is that they have quite obvious knife wounds on their bodies, but I remember that Big Horned Brother’s weapon is a masonry hammer, so how could there be knife wounds?

Ah, there are even more strange deaths, their bodies look like they were shot by a machine gun, like a sieve.

There was some white stuff left in the tiny blood holes.

After passing through the pit and running up to the halfway point of the cliff, the traces of the battle here became more obvious.

Someone led all the monsters away, so we had no obstacles on our way.

"Zero, look over there!" Looking in the direction of Blaze's finger, in a relatively spacious area in the middle of the cliff of the ancient ruins, a large group of giant bats were shrouded in a thick pale mist.

They continuously fire sonic attacks into it.

Amidst the shrill cries, there was also the evil soldier's creepy laughter.

“······Oh, what a misfortune it is that the land that was once blessed has now completely lost its grace…” The singer bat with a human face sang loudly.

The song sounded mournful and desolate, as if a sacrifice was being performed.

Are they going to sacrifice all those trapped in the fog to appease their anger at the invasion of their territory?

——······Wait, what is that?

A flash of red seemed to suddenly appear in my eyes, and in the blink of an eye, it was submerged in the vast fog.