Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

After leaving the ruins of the Post Street, I summoned Torrett to head south to the Weeping Peninsula, to the ruins of the Sealed Witch, and to take the Source of Glory Stone from Teacher Se Lian's body.

With my current combat ability, the monsters on the Weeping Peninsula are not difficult to deal with. Even with an ordinary straight sword, I can easily deal with them.

In addition, the city of Morn has been recovered, and Hyde Kenneth and Hertok have also reorganized the entire land when they stayed here. According to Hyde's tolerant philosophy, the Weeping Peninsula should be quite peaceful.

Just as I expected, the Sacrifice Bridge is not even guarded today.

The last time I came here, the valley, which was once in chaos, has been cleaned up. In the drizzle, the tender grass and flowers swayed gently, as if a dance party was being held.

······Um?

Just as I crossed the canyon and was about to turn and head towards the plain where the temple was strolling, a group of people came from the direction of the outer wall of Moren City that was being repaired.

They obviously noticed me, and immediately shouted, "Knight, please stay! May I ask why you are visiting our Weeping Peninsula?"

——As a host, it is reasonable to question the unexpected guest.

——Just don’t attack directly.

I also leaned over obediently and was about to respond briefly when I suddenly realized that the leading knight looked familiar: "You, are you Diros?"

"Huh? Do you know me?" It was indeed Diros!

He was once a close confidant of Edgar, Lord of Morn, and helped me a lot when I broke into Stonewell and challenged the "evil demon" Markit.

——From infantry to cavalry, this guy got promoted!

I quickly took off my Kalia helmet, pointed at myself and said with a smile, "It's me, don't you recognize me?"

"Lord Zero!?" Diros looked surprised and happy, then drew his sword and rode his horse straight towards my head.

——······Huh?! Why?

I hastily drew my sword and barely parried the opponent's attack. At the same time, I glanced at the other soldiers led by Diros. They did not surround me immediately, but remained motionless.

“Hahahhh!” Diros turned his horse back and roared loudly, it seemed that he had no intention of letting me go.

——No, there shouldn’t be any hatred or grudge between you and me, right?

——Could it be...ah.

I recalled, and while blocking another attack from Diros, I quickly said, "Flamebringer! I am the Firebringer."

"It's really Lord Zero!" Hearing this, Diros smiled happily, quickly put away his weapon, dismounted and bowed to me to apologize, "I'm sorry for offending you just now, Lord Zero. Lord Hurtok said that if you can't tell Lord Zero's true identity, then just attack him directly... As expected, Lord Zero blocked it."

"Hehe." I smiled bitterly. I was indeed trying to prevent Dianhuo A Ling from impersonating me.

After all, the fall of Moren City was clearly due to the Dianhuo conspiracy, so it wouldn't be too much for them to be more cautious.

"Don't worry about it, Diros. After all, this was my own request before." I changed the subject. "But judging from the direction you are heading, are you planning to go to Nimgefu?"

Diros nodded and said, "If Lord Zero has been there recently, he should have felt it. There was a sudden and violent explosion in the early morning yesterday. So, Lord Hyde sent us to Stonewell to understand the situation and investigate if necessary."

——Ah, it is indeed the matter of Latan lifting the seal and releasing the meteor.

"No need. You can go back and tell Hyde." I simply told Diros and the others about the meteor that fell in the fog forest area. "As for the investigation, leave it to me. I will also report to Nepheli later."

——Of course, that will be after I obtain the hunting finger knife.

——After all, if too many forces were to be involved now, it would only cause more trouble.

Diros nodded: "I will tell Lord Hyde."

"But I didn't expect that Hyde is still staying in your city of Moren? How is he doing?" I asked curiously.

Diros also responded carefully: "Since Lady Nepheli led us to recapture Morn City, and after Lord Hyde's governance, the hybrids and subhumans on the Weeping Peninsula have also returned to us. Oh, by the way, this is for you."

As he spoke, Diros handed over a stone tablet with a golden tree pattern painted on it.

"This is······?"

"This is the pass designed by Lord Hyde. Lord Zero is going to do some business on this peninsula, right? If you encounter demihumans or hybrids, take out this stone tablet and they won't attack you."

"I see. Thank you very much." I accepted the golden stone tablet without hesitation.

"Also, Lord Zero asked us to investigate the possible whereabouts of the Mad Fire Man in the Weeping Peninsula..."

"How is it, any results?" I suddenly became alert.

Diros also nodded and continued, "In addition to the sick village, they seem to have caused trouble in the demi-human forest and seriously injured the demi-human queen. However, the demi-humans are weak and did not cause much trouble during the riot in Morn City. In addition, there are traces of their activities near the temple field. The small golden tree over there was originally guarded by an incarnation, but now it has disappeared. And... those guys completely destroyed the statue of Queen Marica in the Fourth Church."

"Huh?" I didn't expect that.

——Why did those crazy fire people destroy the statue of Marika? Do they hate her so much?

——However, since the activity was carried out in that area, the Holy Grail Dew and other things should have been taken away as well.

After saying goodbye to Diros and others, I continued to move towards the wilderness.

We did encounter a crowd of sub-humans and hybrids on the way, and after showing the stone tablets, we were allowed to pass.

It seems that in order to reconcile with the demihumans, Hyde should have prioritized helping them repair the ruins in the forest and also healed the queen.

Therefore, just now near the outer wall of Moren, one could see quite a few demi-humans helping to carry stones.

——If no more accidents happen, the wounds on this land will heal quietly.

——I hope that one day, the heroes’ weeping will stop.

when--

when--

It’s so tall and big, it looks like a giant turtle!

But this time, I didn’t come here to find the sacred temple. Instead, I crossed the wilderness and came to the ruins where the witch was sealed.

Be it the human-faced magic ball or the mechanical doll, they were no match for me. After easily dealing with them, I went underground and lifted the sealed door.

From deep in the dark basement, a weak voice called out: "Disciple, you have worked hard along the way..."

"Teacher." I quickly lit the lantern and walked towards the corner where the voice came from.

It was slightly different from the game. Teacher Se Lian not only had his hands and feet bound by magic and tied to the corner of the wall, but he was also locked in a black cage.

——······Speaking of which, this magic looks like frost freezing, so if I use fire to roast it, can I directly help the teacher escape and rescue him?

"Teacher, please wait a moment. Let me find the key to the cage first." I looked around.

And Se Lian said: "Don't bother, apprentice, come to me... The restrictions imposed on me by the academy are really difficult to remove, but you just need to accept my source stone... You have already understood this part of the origin magic, and you also know that it will be me, Se Lian. So, come here, apprentice."

——It seems that my superficial thoughts have been seen through.

I had no choice but to squat obediently in front of Se Lian's cage.

"Come on, please accept my source stone and keep it for me." As he spoke, a faint magic circle appeared on Se Lian's body.

I reached out and touched the circle through the cage. It was as if a suction force was pulling me and I grabbed the hard block-like object.

"Uh uh uh uh——" As I pulled my hand out, Se Lian subconsciously let out a heart-wrenching roar from the bottom of her throat, as if I was pulling her heart out.

...It can indeed be called a heart. When I came to my senses, a piece of bloody blue pyroxene had fallen into my hands. I could seem to feel a warmth beating slightly underneath this hard crystal.

"Go, find Selvis... From now on, I'll leave everything to you, my disciple." After saying the last words, Se Lian lowered his head, which was covered with a heavy hood.

——Did the real Seren already foresee that his new body would be with Selvis?

——Well, after all, the two should have had a friendship in the past. In the plot of the game, Selvis also told A-Tai through Selene that the key to unlocking Lani's fate is the seal of the starry sky by "Star Shatter" Latan.

——So, Teacher Se Lian could also guess that guy’s bad taste, so he left me some guidance.

I thought about it, thrust my sword through her chest and abdomen: "I'm sorry, teacher."