Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

The palace tower is upside down and the water flows like cloth.

Under the drainage canal built by the underground residents, a shallow beach was formed. Here, lived the dragon soldiers, a strange life form created by the Nox people and the ancient dragons.

"Ouch——"

At this moment, this huge monster like a mountain was awakened by me and the clay people chasing me, and it let out an angry roar as it woke up.

——But I'm just passing by and collecting props!

That’s right, right under the waterfall that falls from the upside-down tower, there should be a talisman called “Malika’s Mark” hidden.

This was also one of the implicit proofs of the master of the Fallen Eagle Legion. After all, the legion had the most people in the drainage ditch, and this mark was the proof that they were chosen by the gods and given a life mission!

——It can improve concentration, intelligence, faith and sensing ability by three points each. It is a must-have item for mages and faith warriors in the early stages.

——What? Why would a strength-agility warrior like me take that thing?

——Of course I collect them! Besides, wouldn’t it be good to have more mana to use a few rounds of skills and summon powerful ashes?

slam-la-

I saw the dragon soldier standing in front of me excitedly slapped the water with his hands and suddenly made a motion of flipping a table.

Suddenly, its violent power turned into surging waves, rushing towards us.

——I estimate the wave height to be around three or four meters, it should be possible!

"Torret!" I clamped Torret's abdomen with my legs, and made it do two consecutive jumps, directly jumping over the top of the waves.

The group of mud people chasing after me were in a miserable situation. They were hit head-on by the huge waves, and some were even pushed back to the shore of the pool.

——This way, you can completely get rid of those annoying guys, so easy~

"Ow!"

When I turned around, the dragon soldier crawled over like a baby who had not yet learned to stand, raised his giant palm that was bigger than me, and slapped me hard.

boom!

Torrett and I were so scared that we quickly jumped to the side, avoiding the waves stirred up by the other side.

"Get under it, Torrett!"

Phew——

Torret responded loudly and quickly took me under the dragon soldier.

——This guy is extremely large and moves relatively slowly, relying entirely on brute force to attack.

——In the game, the same is true. As long as you hide under the dragon soldier and attack its right hind leg, you can kill this big guy without any injury... Of course, the flying one on Noxstella's side does not count.

But now I am too lazy to fight.

- Just think about it, the Fake Teardrop, the Ancestral King, and the Red Wolf, I have been fighting three BOSSes in a row without stopping in this underground... Although one of them is just a wild elite monster, I still have to deal with the Ancestral King No. 2 next, I am already exhausted.

So, let’s just take the brand and run!

Torret led me quickly through the dragon soldiers, and my Eye of Atai quickly found the purple light hidden behind the water curtain.

Malika's Mark, obtained!

However, this corpse looked more like an ordinary person, not like the fallen eagle army that had become zombies. However, from his armor, the upside-down black eagle could still be identified.

Perhaps he jumped from the top of the drainage ditch out of despair after a long and fruitless search in the Dark Realm... No, it should be an accident. After all, he has obtained Marica's mark, so he must be a captain at least. His subordinates are still alive today. As a captain, how could he give up his mission so easily?

"Ow!"

Ahhh, I found it!

Now is not the time to make inferences, run away quickly!

I put away Marica's brand and returned to Torret's back. The entrance here is narrow, so I have to run quickly before the dragon soldiers block the way out.

boom!

This guy is indeed a big bull, just like a car that can't be stopped.

I had already run to the side, but the dragon soldier still ran headfirst into the wall of the canal.

I can only say that fortunately the construction skills of the rare people are quite good, otherwise the drainage ditch would have been demolished from the bottom by this guy.

"Goodbye, dragon soldiers, and goodbye, clay people, have fun by yourselves." I drove the Torret and ran out of the pool.

Following the flow of the water, you can reach the lower reaches of the Shivla River, and the forest where another group of ancestral spirits live is on the opposite bank.

There is a long and narrow cliff path over there, which is comparable to a single-plank bridge.

The river area below is a bottomless darkness.

Well, let’s go there first…

"Ah!" The roar of the dragon soldier scared me. I turned around and saw that this guy was chasing me like a hunting dog, even teaming up with those clay figures... Oh, no, the clay figure running in front of the dragon soldier was flattened by it with a slap and pressed into the water.

——Hey, hey, hey, no matter what, there’s no need!

Haven't I already run out of your area? I'm so annoying for waking you up! Can you please teleport back directly like in the game?

It can't be that he's chasing me because I skipped class and took Marika's brand directly, right?

This shouldn't be the case. This isn't something that belongs to the underground residents, and the dragon soldiers aren't monsters guarding treasures. There's no need for them to chase me for the brand.

Besides, I am the Faded One summoned to the borderland by Queen Marika. What belongs to the queen is mine!

But the dragon soldier naturally wouldn't listen to my excuses. Even after I jumped off two cliffs and ran away from the drainage ditch, this guy was still chasing me relentlessly. He even pulled up a sapling on the side of the road and threw it at me and Torrett.

It's just like a child crying and making a fuss after his toy was taken away.

——I can only say, is this Ah Dai’s unlucky physique?

The dragon soldiers didn't even look at the clay people and were just venting their anger on me.

With a helpless sigh, I pulled the reins: "There's no other way, Torret, run as fast as you can!"

Phew——

In a blink of an eye, Torrett and I ran to the single-tree cliff road mentioned earlier. There was a golden phantom tree on the side of the road. If I remember correctly, there should be a stone sword key and a rune arc nearby.

——But it was too late to search.

look!

boom--

This time a huge rock was thrown over. Damn it, the dragon soldiers are still chasing them!

Torrett nimbly dodged the rock with two jumps. After falling off the cliff for a long time, he could faintly hear the sound of a splash falling into the water.

At this time, Torrett and I had already run over from the single-log cliff path, and even called on the three or two ancestral spirits who were dancing and performing sacrificial rituals in front of the stone tablet here to look at me in surprise.

"Wait! I'm not here to fight with you, Moo. Look, the horns on my head were given to me by the high priest of the forest over there, asking me to help Torret complete the trial!" I explained to them hurriedly.

I don’t know whether these two guys heard it carefully or not. Their surprised faces were quickly attracted by the dragon’s roar.

——Hey, hey, hey, that’s too much!

——I’ve already run over here, do you still want to chase me?

The dragon soldier was really possessed, and he actually chased after the lone tree on the cliff with a roar.

——It seems that I can’t proceed with the trial without defeating it.

Pulling out the Night Starfire, I turned over and jumped off Torret, preparing to fight this monster to the death.

Unexpectedly, the big guy's forearm stepped on empty air, and his whole body lost balance, and then he fell uncontrollably into the abyss.

"Ow!"

——Robert!

My eyelids fluttered slightly.

——So, I said, why are you chasing after me?

He is clearly a baby who can't even walk, but he wants to imitate Torrett and run across the single-plank bridge. It would be strange if he doesn't fall down.

In this way, it is easy to skip classes.

【Great en······