Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

(The following is all from Roger's perspective)

As a bayonet broke out from the inside of the wall, a hollow darkness appeared in front of Muran, but the huge murderous intent surging from it almost swallowed him up!

"Be careful!" D shouted.

I have to say, fortunately when I realized that something was wrong, I was somewhat prepared, and I quickly retracted my arm, while stumbling and rolling to the side.

The moment the opponent's figure emerged from the darkness, D had already swung his twin swords and slashed at the black shadow that had just stopped.

The golden light of the Holy Law transformed into a crescent-shaped blade and flew out.

But the opponent had no intention of backing down, and responded with a full-strength attack from bottom to top, using a black and red sword blade.

boom!

The two sword energies collided with each other.

The golden glow and the black and red flames intertwined together, illuminating the entire tomb.

Only then did we clearly see the opponent rushing out from the hidden wall - the black knife assassin!

According to legend, on the night of conspiracy, it was this assassination organization that sneaked into the royal city of Rodel, causing the highly respected Prince Godwin to become the first demigod to die.

But after his death, he still encountered many misfortunes and became the real source of death, which is the root cause of the emergence of the Dead Born.

——I didn’t expect that there would be a black knife assassin hiding in this tomb!

"D, this guy is not easy to deal with." I couldn't help but remind him.

"I know it without you telling me." This time, D took the lead in attacking. He spread his arms, and the basic golden law quickly spread from the ground in the form of a cross grid towards the black knife assassin.

But unexpectedly, the assassin did a nimble backflip and stepped on the wall, and then seemed to have turned his entire body into a flying knife, stabbing straight towards D's face.

D was obviously a beat slow to react, but he still managed to block the attack from the black knife assassin.

However, the opponent's powerful impact caused the man to stagger backwards and hit the wall.

"D!" I quickly controlled the brilliant sword and shot at the black knife assassin, forcing her back from D.

The opponent's attention quickly fell on me. He actually dragged the dagger on the ground and spun it in a circle, easily avoiding the attack of my shining sword. At the same time, he swung the knife in the air, and another black and red flame flew towards me.

——This is a destined death that can assassinate even a demigod!

I quickly dodged, but the moment I raised my head, the sharp black blade had already pierced my forehead and caused it to hurt.

Fortunately, a golden sword fell from our side.

The black knife assassin had to interrupt his attack and jumped back lightly.

"This woman is so flexible." D couldn't help but express the sigh in my heart.

Yeah, it's very flexible.

If I wasn't careful, the tip of her knife would have pierced my vitals by the time I came to my senses. No wonder D didn't react in the first place.

No matter who you are, you will be amazed when you see such a strange speed for the first time.

——Suddenly, I could understand how the prince was defeated by the black knife assassin.

——If there were a group of guys like this, and they were still carrying out assassinations, there would be no way to deal with them if there was only one person.

"Don't think too much, let's go forward together and pin her down!" D seemed to see my hesitation and took the initiative to rush forward.

He was right. Overthinking during a battle would only restrict one's movements, which was a big taboo!

I followed closely behind D, forming a pincer attack with him and forcing the black knife assassin into a corner.

The Black Knife Assassin will naturally not sit idly by and watch D and I suppress her movement space. After all, her agile movements also require a sufficient range to perform, which is the Black Knife Assassin's greatest weapon!

The black and red flames slashed towards me and D one after another.

I chose to dodge, but D relied on his sturdy armor and the blessing of the Golden Law to block the attack of the black knife with his greatsword, and then swung it horizontally at the opponent.

The black knife assassin jumped back nimbly to avoid the attack, then jumped up again lightly, raised the black knife dagger above his head with both hands, and stabbed it down at D suddenly.

This blow looked quite heavy, but D seemed to be determined to take it.

——What a reckless man.

I quickly swung my rapier and summoned a circle of shining swords.

The moment the black dagger collided with the twin swords, the shining sword flew out in an instant.

But I didn't expect that the black knife assassin was just using D as a stepping stone. At the same time my brilliant sword shot out, she used her dagger to hook D's twin swords and his entire body under her body, using the force to make the assassin fly up again.

——Is her real target actually me?

I quickly gathered magic power in my hands and threw the rapier at the black knife assassin.

The opponent seemed to be stunned for a moment, and subconsciously waved his dagger, trying to block my attack.

but······

Fighting skill - Spin and spin!

My Rune pulled the rapier and spun in the air, avoiding the opponent's block just right and breaking the black knife assassin's posture.

"Judge our enemies with the Golden Law!"

——Moreover, the Black Knife Assassin obviously doesn’t understand this man D. He is not a character who can be easily ignored!

A golden blade of light hit the assassin from behind.

After all, there is no way to retreat in mid-air.

The dull blow also caused her to fall out and she fell to the ground, coughing slightly.

While the opponent was still trying to stand firm, D swung his sword again and attacked.

I also rushed forward, using my deftness in stabbing with the sword to assist D's fierce and aggressive attack style.

The injured black knife assassin's movements obviously began to slow down, and the continuous attacks forced her to retreat back to the hidden room.

This place looks like a church, with several rows of benches and a sculpture embedded in the wall at the end.

"Roger!" D's roar made me quickly look away.

I saw that the black knife assassin forced D away with the aura of doomed death, and then he turned into an unsheathed blade again and stretched his arm towards my neck.

——Don’t get caught!

This is the only thought in my mind.

But the other party's movements were too fast. Before my body could move according to my thoughts, her hands had already tied my neck like handcuffs, pushing and pulling me backwards. Somehow, I fell into the arms of the black knife assassin.

The dagger of destined death was hanging over my body, ready to fall in the next second.

But a golden glow suddenly appeared under us, and the dazzling light seemed to dazzle the assassin's eyes for a moment.

——It’s D’s holy law of death!

Although it is only a momentary barrier, it is enough!

Before the dagger stabbed into my stomach, I hugged the black knife assassin's waist with my hands, turned over and rushed directly into his arms.

There was a slight cold touch on the side of my waist and back, followed by a sharp tearing pain.

But my unexpected attack caused the black knife assassin to lose his balance and he was knocked to the ground by me.

"Get out of the way!" D yelled angrily.

I quickly broke free from the black knife assassin's hand and rolled towards her feet, while also restricting her movements.

The golden sword blade slashed down, and the assassin had to use the dagger in his hand to block the opponent's attack.

boom!

But how could such a fragile assassination knife be able to withstand D's full-strength attack?

The dagger of the black knife broke with a sound, and the sharp blade of the twin sword slashed at the black knife assassin without any hindrance!

As the golden rune gathered from the opponent's body into D's hand, the assassin had already dropped his arms, fell into a pool of blood, and merged into the darkness.

"Huh!" D took a deep breath and stood up. "It's over."

"No, it's not over yet. We haven't turned on the mechanism joystick yet." I couldn't help but remind him with a smile.

"······Oh, that's right, the dead roots have not been recovered yet. But why is there a black knife assassin here? Is she guarding the dead roots?" D was as confused as I was.

But his speculation was not accurate.

After all, if he was guarding the dead root, then this black knife assassin should not be in this hidden room, but somewhere else in the cemetery, especially inside the big door that has not been opened by the mechanism.

——What she is guarding is other secrets.

I looked at the black knife assassin lying on the ground.

Suddenly, the black and red flames emitted from the broken dagger caught the attention of D and me. In particular, there seemed to be subtle words in the smoke.

"This, this is... the Black Knife Mark?"