Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Irena, dead?!

Blaze apologized to me with a depressed look: "I'm sorry, Zero. When I arrived, the girl was already like this."

"No, it's okay." Looking at the scene in front of me, I was a little dazed.

Just like in the game, Irena curled up and fell in a pool of blood on the side of the road.

Next to him stood a large black machete covered in blood, as if proudly showing off his actions and the owner behind him.

But why?

First of all, it is not easy for players to kill Irena. She will use a move called "Rejection" to deflect all attacks.

Secondly, I clearly hadn't triggered any of the plots in the Crazy Line, but Irena was still dead? Her blood had already turned black, so it was estimated that she had been dead for almost a whole day.

In the game, even if I ran to the Yatan Plateau and entered the snow-capped mountains in the later stage of the game, as long as I didn't follow the plot and ran back, I could still see Irena sitting here, waiting... Ah, no, this is not the game world.

Things don't start to happen after I arrive.

Irena, who is also blind, might have been attacked by someone and had no power to fight back.

——The fire is burning.

I suddenly remembered what Melina said last night.

Could it be that, since then, Irena has already...

In the real world, if you miss the opportunity, things will develop on their own.

Even without my knowledge, the situation had become irreversible, just like Irena's situation today.

I felt a chill in my heart.

Suddenly, Blaze patted my shoulder and comforted me: "Don't be too sad, Zero... If you want, I will help you find the murderer."

Uh, Brother Wolf has an extremely sad look in his eyes. Maybe he misunderstood something because of my dazed expression.

I was just wondering if anyone else's side story would be as precarious as Irena's.

But before I could reply, Brother Wolf had already started investigating: "It seems that she has been dead for some time. There is no suspicious smell left in the air... As for this weapon, I think it should be from a hybrid."

Hybrid - also a unique creature in the borderland.

They look quite strange, like a mixture of many kinds of creatures: bird's feet, beast's legs, human's body, wings on their backs, frog-like faces, and overly wide eyes and long mouths, which always make them look neither funny nor sad.

Perhaps because of this appearance, hybrids are not welcomed by people in the border areas and are generally treated as coolies and servants.

And now in the city of Morn in the Weeping Peninsula, the hybrids suddenly started a rebellion and riot. In order to protect the main city, the city lord Edgar was forced to separate from his daughter Irena. As a result, the fleeing troops were caught up by the hybrids, which led to the current tragedy.

"Huh? Something's wrong, Zero." Blaze suddenly made a discovery.

"what happened?"

"Look at the wounds on this girl's body."

Following Blaze's instructions, I looked closely at Irena.

Her death was quite miserable. The machete left a huge wound on her back, which should be the root cause of death. There were also many wounds of different sizes all over her body.

Blaze probably saw that I didn't notice anything unusual, so he pointed to the wound on her arm and explained, "Look, this thin knife wound is obviously not caused by a crude machete like those hybrids... Moreover, there are more than one such wound on her body, on her arms, shoulders, chest, legs and feet... almost covering her entire body."

Wait, if this is the wound phenomenon, I suddenly thought of a similar state: "Bleeding?!"

"Yes, it was most likely caused by bleeding." Blazer approved of my guess, "If you examine it on this basis, it's not hard to see that the other rough wounds were added afterwards."

"It means someone wants to use this to confuse us and make us think that Irena was killed by a hybrid with a machete!"

Blaze nodded.

I gasped.

——This is an interpretation that is completely absent in the game "Elden Ring"!

- After all, The Circle of Magic is not like The Witcher 3, which requires the demon hunter to observe the wounds to advance the plot. Miyazaki simply tells the players that "it's too late to save the situation."

A strong sense of conspiracy hung over my heart.

And Brother Wolf soon made a new discovery.

"What is this?" He pointed at the curb where Irena was leaning on. There was a silk handkerchief pressed down by the stone.

I picked it up and saw some crooked characters written in blood inside.

"This should be the souvenir that Irene wanted to persuade her father to abandon Moren City and flee with her...but why is it here?" I said as I looked at the curbstone.

——More importantly, the handkerchief was weighed down by a stone, obviously intending to be picked up by someone.

——······Picked up by someone who is familiar with the story of the Elden Ring! ?

The moment this thought appeared in my mind, I felt a sudden chill running up my spine, rushing straight to my brain, making my whole body tremble.

The person who would set up such a reminder is naturally someone who is familiar with the plot of the Ring of Law.

So, is there someone else who has reincarnated in this world besides me? Who is he? Where is he now? Why did he kill Irena? What was his purpose? If I really find him, what should I do?

······

Questions came one after another like waves, pouring in and almost swallowing me up.

It wasn't until Blaze patted my shoulder that I came back to my senses: "Zero, what's wrong with you? You look very upset."

"No, nothing." I forced myself to calm down and put Irena's handkerchief in my arms.

In any case, since the other party insists that I find this handkerchief, maybe he is waiting for me in Moren City.

No matter what his attitude is, I need to go to this appointment and find out.

——If it really doesn’t work, I’ll just run away. Anyway, since Torrett is on top of me, the other party may not be able to catch up with me.

After making up my mind, I said to Blaze, "Brother Wolf, can you do me a favor?"

"what happened?"

"I want to bury Irena simply. After all, it would be too pitiful to let her lie on the ground like this."

"Burial? Oh, you mean the tree-returning ceremony, right?"

"Well, just dig a simple hole and put her in it." I picked up the bloody machete, used it as a shovel and started digging the hole and shoveling the soil.

However, the soul returning to the earth can also be considered as returning to the tree. After all, the decomposed body can also be used as nutrients for trees and plants.

······Oh my gosh! Brother Wolf digs so fast and hard! He really deserves to be a canine.

After it was over, I took the initiative to say goodbye to him.

After all, if there really is someone who is also familiar with the plot of the French Ring, and no one knows what the other party will do, they may threaten Lani in the future.

This is the result I least want.

"Let's say goodbye here, Brother Wolf. Thank you so much for tonight."

"Are you going to Morn City?" Blaze saw my intention, "I can help you."

I also said frankly: "No, I am worried that this will expose your identity and the princess behind you. After all, the border is full of two fingers' eyes and ears, right?"

"But······"

"Hahaha, don't worry, we will definitely meet again in the future." After saying that, I rode on Torret and set off along the road towards the main city of Moren, the southernmost end of the entire border area.