Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

It was like a flash of light, bringing with it a field of flowers and flying leaves.

Millicent moved nimbly among the crowd of poisonous immortals, the light of her sword fluttering like a fluttering butterfly, beheading those monsters one after another.

Rather than saying she is martial arts, it would be better to say she is dancing.

Pollyanna, as competitive as ever, followed Millicent's footsteps in small steps.

On the walls of Riyin City, the two sisters created a storm of knives and blades, with an unstoppable force.

"Ah, in my lifetime, I can actually see the figure of the God of War again. It is such a great honor!" Maremare held his ant-sting rapier in his arms, his eyes shining with golden light, and sighed over and over again.

Riley and I looked at each other and sighed helplessly.

As soon as he heard my voice, he came over and said, "I have to thank you very much, Zero. It was you who brought Millicent here so that I could see that adult again. If Sunshade City had not been taken away by criminals, I would have treated you well."

"No, you don't have to. Don't get so close." I pushed Maremare away with one hand, and at the same time began to doubt whether it was a wrong decision to bring Millicent and the others here.

"Zero." The pioneers called my name. "Next, go this way?"

Millicent and Pollyanna stood at the gap in the city wall, and below them was the central square of Sunshade City.

Of course, most of the area here is still a green poison pool. Because of the commotion just now, many ghosts have crawled over here from the poison pool, and the poisonous immortals have also climbed up to the nearby roof.

I was just about to tell them the next route.

Jingle bell bell~

In the evening breeze, there was a burst of rapid and crisp bell sounds.

I saw two ghost riders riding on ghost wild horses that seemed to have broken free from their reins, running around everywhere.

Along with the ringing of bells, thick fog quickly covered the entire square, making us feel like we were above the clouds.

Phew——

A rider actually jumped onto the eaves of our house. Everyone just raised their weapons and became alert, but the ghost horse under him spread its hooves and ran to the left side of the roof of the broken house.

The fog was surrounding me, and the ghosts' wailing and crying sounds, mixed with that annoying ringtone, brought back my bad memories.

"Tsk, I told you to just go down and rush through. Why did you have to wait for someone?" Pollyanna angrily said to Millicent, "Now you can't even find the way."

Mare Mare immediately patted his chest and stepped forward: "Lady Pollyanna, please relax. Although I am stupid and asked others to take the city away, after all, Riyin is still my city. Even if I close my eyes, I can lead you through the square and reach the inner gate."

"We don't have to go through the square." I pointed in the direction the ghost rider left. "In fact, we can follow the path that the rider just ran on the roof and go around to the inner gate of Sunshade City. We can also avoid the monsters below, killing two birds with one stone."

"Stop talking nonsense and lead the way!" Pollyanna kicked me on the butt without any courtesy to show that she chose my plan.

"Okay, then be careful not to get attacked by the cursed soul." I gathered the rune magic power at the soles of my feet and released it slowly.

Combat skill: Storm Foot, weakened version.

——In this way, you can clear the fog around you to avoid stepping on empty air and falling to the bottom.

“Ahhhhhhh—”

The surroundings were like the bottom of Naraku, an unfathomable abyss. The cries of ghosts invaded their ears day and night, but they had no other choice but to summon cursed spirits to attack.

On the roof, as I expected, there were no other enemies.

In a blink of an eye, they arrived at the high platform in the front left side of the square, and there, a golden light of blessing was swaying under the wide-open city gate.

"That's half the journey. Let's go before those immortals and ghosts get in the way." I touched the blessed light and restored my strength and the Holy Grail bottle.

And Mare Mare quickly said: "Next, I will lead the way for you all!"

"Ahhhhhhhh——" Suddenly, a shrill roar came from the fog behind him again.

"It's the royal ghost!"

As soon as Riley finished speaking, the monster emerged from the fog and rushed towards us as if it had lost control of its hands and feet and was running wild.

Millicent and Pollyanna immediately drew their swords, while Riley prepared his crossbow.

but······

"Leave it to me!" I held the Holy Seal on my two fingers and quickly chanted the prayer for "recovery". Almost in sync with the runes that emerged in my mind, runes were quickly written under my feet, drawing two circles of golden light that spread out.

"Ow—"

There was a loud "bang" and the royal ghost seemed to have hit an extremely thick wall.

All of a sudden, all of his hands and feet twitched and his head tilted and fell to the ground.

Pray – to recover and do it again.

The huge ghost corpse turned into gray smoke and dissipated in front of me, and I also harvested a lily of the valley from Lingyi Cemetery.

"So, the weakness of this kind of guy is actually the recovery type of prayer?" Riley was quite shocked. "I thought it was a holy attribute attack that would be more effective against them..."

"Maybe ghosts are not like the dead born, who are rejected by the Golden Law. They are cursed souls that cannot return to the tree, so the holy attributes derived from the law do not cause obvious harm to them." I also spread my hands, "Well, at first, I had the same idea as you, Riley. I really don't know how the underlying logic of this world is set."

Jingle Bell--

The sound of bells rang out again, and the howlings of ghosts and immortals followed one after another, and many figures had already appeared vaguely in the fog.

"The toughest monster has been dealt with. Let's leave quickly to avoid being entangled by the subsequent guys." I said to my companions.

And Mare Mare took the lead: "Follow me."

I climbed up a ladder to the top of the high wall and immediately heard the sound of dogs barking.

"Wang Wang Wang-"

"Tianci! Lai Fu! Come here quickly, I'm back... Wow!"

Listening to Maremare's screams, it seemed that his dog didn't recognize his owner and bit him hard.

By the time I climbed up the ladder, the two dogs had been dealt with by Millicent.

Pollyanna couldn't help but laugh: "Hey, Maremare, are you really the master of this city? How come even the dogs don't recognize you?"

“······These beasts, Steward Yu Ling treats them well on weekdays, but they turned against me like this.” Maremare sighed angrily and helplessly.

"Hahaha, you're so useless."

"Pollyanna." Millicent quickly stopped Pollyanna's ridicule and apologized to Maremare, "I'm sorry, Lord Maremare..."

“No, no, no, Lady Millicent, please don’t bow to me.” Maremare shook her hands quickly, but also said rather dejectedly, “…I, I am indeed a useless man. I actually let the criminals take away the city-state, and ended up with my family broken up and my people dead.”

"Don't worry. Since I'm here, I will help you drive out the criminal and take back this Sunshade City." Pollyanna walked towards the door of the room at the side with full confidence.

Seeing this, I quickly grabbed the other person and said, "Wait, Pollyanna, be careful!"

bass--

Almost at the moment when I pulled the other person back, a slender straight sword suddenly stabbed out from the corner of the door.

Whoosh!

Then, another spark lit up from the dark room and shot towards the person at the door.

Pollyanna and I quickly got out of the way.

——Wow, this combo is even more sinister than in the game.

First there was a sneak attack, and if he succeeded, the next rocket would be a fatal blow aimed at the head.

But the opponent's tricks were completely useless in front of me, a player who was opening the map.

Pollyanna was extremely angry. While the other party was still loading their crossbows, she rushed in quickly and killed all the dignitaries and followers in the dark room.

"So, Pollyanna, you have to be careful too. Don't brag, or you'll be killed in the next second." I said with a smile, "In this world, there are many people who like to launch sneak attacks."

"Hmph, what do you care?" Pollyanna's face turned red, but she still said without showing any disadvantage, "These guys are so slow, even if you weren't there, they couldn't hurt me."

"Okay, okay, of course I know I can't hurt you, so I'm just reminding you, Pollyanna."

Riley, who had been silent for a while, suddenly asked, "But, Zero, how did you know there was an ambush here? There was no movement inside just now... and before that, too. It seems like you know this Sunshade City better than Maremmare."

“... Intuition?” This time it was my turn to break out in a cold sweat, but I quickly found an excuse. “Well, I’ve been to many cemeteries, and there are often such insidious and cunning monsters there. It’s no different from this Sunshade City. It was this intuition that told me there was an ambush just now.”

——After all, I can’t tell these people that I relied on memorizing maps in the game to cheat and pass the levels.

"Okay, okay, let's go." I quickly ended the topic and took the initiative to lead the way.

Afterwards, just as I expected before entering the city, the few noble knights who stayed in Sunshade City stopped opposing us once they sensed the scent of their master on Millicent and Pollyanna.

Although in the game, these guys are not difficult to deal with.

However, in the real world, the recovery ability or endurance of the Zunfu Knights is unusually high. Having fought against them in the Ionian swamps, they were as annoying as indestructible cockroaches.

So, we have to bring Millicent and Pollyanna with us. It’s really not easy to deal with these messy guys in the city just by me, or even with Riley.

But as for the other dogs, followers, or the dignitaries who betrayed the Sunshade City, they are no match for us at all. We can easily deal with them.

After taking an elevator, we arrived at our destination, the Lord's room of Riyin City.

The last passage was filled with statues of women and children. They all had a fake smile on their faces and their bodies were wrapped with bright red vines.

Under the cover of night, it was like a bloody ghost, staring at passers-by and embarking on the road to death.

——It’s strange and creepy.

"······Sure enough, he is still here." Maremare's body trembled uncontrollably.

At the end of the passage, the door seemed to seal an evil god. Even though it was tightly closed, a thick bloody smell continued to leak out from inside.

"What are you afraid of? There are so many of us, can't we deal with one guy?" Pollyanna strode forward and kicked the door open.

In the dim room, Youyou raised a pair of scarlet eyes.