Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Under the vast stars, the dark buildings almost merged into the darkness, with blue-grey bricks and tiles, like tall men in suits and leather shoes, extremely solemn.

However, the most bizarre thing is that on some of the eaves, there are groups of people, not sure if they are sculptures or imprisoned souls, huddled together with their arms stretched out forward, as if they are trying to escape from a burning house.

Looking closely, I found that there was a circle of reliefs around the middle of each building, all of which were depicted with sad faces.

And just at the foot of the cliff on the side of the Ancestral Forest, in the Noklong complex, there is a very spacious long road.

At the end, which is the foot of the cliff, there is a giant sculpture, or perhaps a corpse, sitting on an equally huge stone chair, with his head lowered, as if accepting the worship of everyone.

The key item I need this time - the hunting finger knife - is under the huge corpse.

——It is indeed a scene that is almost completely replicated from the game.

"Oh~ I finally found it, the Dark Night Realm." I couldn't help but sigh.

Unexpectedly, I have to wear this teardrop mask to find the secrets hidden by the Knox people. No wonder the Fallen Eagle Legion searched the entire area nearby, and even passed through the Ancestral Forest and looked for the drainage ditch of the Shivla River, but still failed to find this dark realm.

This is all thanks to the tip given to me by the High Priest of the Ancestral Spirits.

But now thinking back carefully, the ancestral spirits and the goddess with midnight eyes worshipped by the Knox people at that time seemed to have reached some kind of agreement, so they would live in the Shifra River basin and help protect Noklong.

Considering that the Ancestral King has the ability to control souls and is closely related to death, then the agreement is likely related to it... Could it be that the two Ancestral Kings were killed, so the Ancestral Spirits sought protection from the Goddess of Night Eyes, who was their neighbor, and that the Goddess was in charge of the destined death of the border area before defeating Queen Marika, so she promised the Ancestral Spirits to revive their king, who is now Torret?

······It doesn't feel right. Torret was given to me by Melina, and Melina and Queen Marica have a close relationship. Therefore, Torret's original owner should also be Queen Marica.

But according to my previous speculation, it should be changed to the goddess with night-blue eyes.

But these two are mortal enemies...

——I don’t want to think about it anymore. Next time, I’ll go ask Meimei about it.

I turned around, said goodbye to the high priest of the ancestors, and then jumped towards the roof tiles near the cliff.

But just before I jumped off the cliff, I felt a gaze and turned my head subconsciously.

Because the blessing leading to this realm of darkness fell on a mountain path, a red shadow seemed to appear on the top of the cliff on the side that no one noticed, and then quickly disappeared.

Forget it. I should be like a small stone falling into an endless black hole, merging into one with this divine realm.

Even if someone is watching me, without this silver teardrop mask, the other party wouldn't dare to chase me rashly.

After all, if you are not careful, you will fall into the abyss from this roof.

I also jumped on this roof very carefully and collected a lot of props along the way, including forging stones, death moss, star tears, and the most important rune arc!

Come to think of it, I almost forgot about this prop.

——In the game, after obtaining the Great Rune of the Demigod, go to the corresponding divine tower to unlock the effect, and then use this rune arc to get the corresponding ability improvement.

——However, if you die once in the game, this improvement will be invalidated.

——But in reality, I have to complete the game with one life... Find a chance and go back to Stonewell to unlock Greg's Tower of Divine Grant. If I remember correctly, his Great Rune increases all attributes by 5 points, which is quite useful before challenging the big BOSS in the early stage.

On the way to the big chair in the divine realm, you will naturally encounter a lot of black slimes.

Among them, there are also many guys who can transform into human form and fight. In addition, there is a slime in front of the chair that can transform into a mountain goblin giant, which is quite difficult to deal with.

But it would be much easier to deal with these guys before they transform. They have little health, look stupid and move slowly.

Just like now, I am using Fire Prayer, lying on the broken overpass in the square, clearing the slimes underneath.

——In the game, I also used the Crazy Fire sniper rifle and shot each small slime at the same position.

——But now, the prayer of the Dianhuo has been learned by the Dianhuo Wus, so he can only find another way to skip class.

Fortunately, in reality I am not restricted by the perspective, so I just lay on the bridge and kept attacking the unresponsive guy below.

In addition, because of the masks on their faces, these guys seemed to really treat me as one of their own. They didn't fight back at all and just wandered around. Even the guy I just encountered didn't react to me until I jumped in front of them, then he slowly imitated me, and ended up getting beaten up by me.

After a short while, all the slimes in the square were cleared away. Next, it was time to welcome the real King of Elden, dear Brother Teardrop!

I jumped out of the window into the second floor of the church on the other side, and it turned out to be the same as in the game.

In the center of the church-like hall on the first floor, there is a large black rolling ball, and two or three Knox monks are praying intently.

I tiptoed to the side room on the other side of the second floor, and sure enough, I found a door shrouded in fog.

——Luckily, I bought three stone sword keys in the Weeping Peninsula before.

After the seal was unlocked, there seemed to be a treasure storehouse inside. Brother Knox, who was guarding inside, heard the noise and slowly stood up.

——Why are you taking your time?

Combat skills——Wolf Attack Blood Dance!

I rushed forward and slashed with blood with all my strength. The monk fell to the ground before he could even groan.

——Hohoho~Brother Teardrop, I’m here~

I couldn't wait to run to the treasure chest where Brother Knox was bowing and pushed open the lid with force.

Suddenly, everything in front of my eyes went completely black, and the imitation teardrop hidden in the box actually pounced on my face like a facehugger, and even tried frantically to drill into the gaps in my mask.

——Didn’t we agree that it would just be ashes?

——Big, big brother, no, big sister, you are too active!

I twisted and thrashed around in the room, trying to pry the simulated teardrops away from my body.

But this thing feels like an octopus's tentacles, soft, wet and slippery, and it's impossible to get a firm grip.

Oh no, the imitation tears have even started to drill into my nasal cavity and mouth, leaving me no chance to breathe.

——This, this is really suffocating!

Jingle Bell!

At the critical moment, the soul-summoning bell on my waist suddenly rang, and the imitation teardrop that wrapped me suddenly seemed to lose interest and drilled into the bell.

"Cough, cough, cough!" I rubbed my neck and knelt on the ground, vomiting bitterness.

——It’s so annoying. Is this Brother Tear’s revenge for me always skipping classes?

"Who is it?" Suddenly, there was a sound at the door. Two Knox monks saw the miserable situation in the room as if I had caused a havoc in heaven, and they quickly drew out their blades and daggers.

But, they are just two small monsters, how can they be my opponent?

I jumped up from the ground at lightning speed and opened my bloody mouth towards the prey in front of me like a cheetah.

One monk didn't even have time to react before I chopped him down with a bloody blow.

The other one was obviously panicking as well, and I could clearly see his intention to retreat, so I stepped forward with a hound step and stabbed him in the abdomen with my knife.

They must have heard the noise here and came downstairs to find out what was going on.

Then, the next monster to deal with is only the big iron ball on the first layer. This guy is even simpler. We just need to keep suppressing its attacks before it rolls at full speed.

You see, in just a short while, we got the teardrop larvae and rune.

——After all, Noklong had long been destroyed, and the sculptures here all looked like they wanted to escape.

——If you know the strategy, this place will be completely effortless.

There are weapons that can be collected on the beams in the middle of the church. Just jump out of the empty window on the left side of the corridor outside the room where Brother Teardrop is hiding, and you can go back into the church.

However, I remember that this item was the Knox Fluid Hammer, and I have used it many times since I got it from Gallid.

After leaving the church, finally, just walk across the Avenue of Stars to get the Hunting Finger Knife.

Relax~

"Ouch——"

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a wolf howl was heard from the night sky.

Suddenly, a red figure jumped down from the huge corpse sculpture and became the BOSS that I would face next.