Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

When I met Bernal originally, I was just guessing, but after listening to Alexander's words, I became further convinced that Dianhuo A Ling was in the Volcano Mansion.

——Who on earth recruited the Mad Fire One? !

Although the Volcano Mansion itself was involved in the Mad Fire in order to desecrate the Golden Tree, it is hard not to worry about problems when recruiting real Mad Fire people into the team.

Laya... nothing should happen to my little snake, right?

There shouldn't be any tough opponents on the way to the Volcano Residence. The only thing you may have to deal with is a Fallen Star Beast on the top of the mountain near the entrance of the residence.

However, that guy can be skipped directly and ignored.

I even have a feeling that the next tough opponent, or BOSS battle, will be that Crazy A Ling and the "Big Snake" Lakkad.

In addition, when I think about the fact that the molten lava in real life is so hot, it is also a difficult problem to figure out how to deal with the big snake.

——It seems that I can only summon Big Brother Teardrop and use the Big Snake Hunting Spear together, shoot, shoot, shoot.

In any case, we should have a good night's rest and make final adjustments, as we will have to travel at full speed tomorrow.

So, we found a relatively intact shack at the Blessing Point outside the Hermit Village, made a fire and had dinner in it.

Alexander volunteered to help keep watch, of course, half of the reason was that his round, chubby body couldn't fit into the door frame, so he had to stay outside.

I found a corner in the shabby house and fell asleep peacefully.

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"...Zero-sama! Zero-sama!"

It was as if someone was calling me anxiously, and the voice seemed to come from far away, penetrating through the layers of window paper.

—Is it Melina?

I opened my eyes involuntarily, but all I saw was turbid yellow and red flames!

The fire is burning!

"Lord Zero... why?" Even Melina was tightly wrapped by the turbid yellow-red flames. In her golden eyes, except for the incomprehensible doubts, there was only hatred.

"Mei, Meimei?" I couldn't believe it and hurried forward to help put out the fire on Melina's body.

But she actually took a half step back and said angrily: "Why? Why didn't you tell me earlier that you were going to get involved in the Mad Fire and become the King of Mad Fire?!"

"I, I didn't."

"······Zero·····" Someone called in a low voice again.

I turned my head subconsciously and saw a group of small snakes curled up in the muddy yellow flames.

"Laya?" I recognized her and rushed forward, trying to extinguish the flames on her body. But no matter what I did, the raging fire did not diminish in the slightest. "Laya! Laya!"

"Zero..." Laya finally opened her eyes in the flames, but her pupils were already completely dyed with this crazy turbid fire, reflecting my face and my figure.

No, that's not right!

That's not me, that's Crazy A Ling!

The other person was facing my face, laughing crazily, making the mad fire in the whole world burn even more fiercely, engulfing everything, even me and my hands, which were burned by the turbid yellow and red flames.

······Ahhh——

"Zero, Zero, wake up, Zero." Suddenly, I opened my eyes again.

I saw Millicent standing by my side, but she didn't seem to have woken me up because I had a nightmare. Instead, she looked alert and had even drawn her Sesher sword.

Perhaps she noticed my reaction out of the corner of her eye, so Millicent continued, "Zero, get up quickly, we are surrounded."

“······Ah?!” I was stunned for a long while before I reacted.

At the same time, there was indeed a creaking sound in my ears.

——Where is Hu Ge? Where is Hu Ge who is on night watch?

boom--

Suddenly, the door of the house was cut open by two circular saws.

Several bean-sized figures swarmed in like bugs.

——So, where is Brother Hu? !

No matter what, I quickly drew out the Night Starfire and stood up.

When the little Asians saw that Millicent and I were already prepared and couldn't launch a surprise attack, they began to circle around us, looking for a suitable opportunity to attack.

But Millicent raised her knife and beat the guys until they screamed.

I held the Holy Seal of the Finger in my left hand and raised the Night Star Fire above my head with my right hand. With a loud bang, the red lightning penetrated the roof of the broken house and entangled the sword and my body.

——To deal with the puppet outside the door that is like a prisoner of iron maiden and has kidnapped a girl, the thunder attribute is the best choice.

——After all, machines are weak to thunder.

The kidnapped girl was still sawing the door frame of the dilapidated house, trying to break in.

I rushed forward quickly, aimed at the gap at the iron prison door underneath where people were being dragged in, and stabbed it directly with my sword.

Lance Shanks's red thunder was indeed effective. With just one strike, it penetrated the iron gate, paralyzing the big guy to one side, and also put Rune into my pocket.

But even in the real world, these things would not turn into gray light and dissipate on their own like in the game. This was a bit tricky, and I had to work very hard to push this bulky girl doll away.

"Ow!"

"Ahhh-"

There was a lot of noise outside the door.

Under the cover of night, the tall and skinny demi-human queen and her group of demi-human sons and grandsons surrounded our dilapidated house. Their eyes were bloodshot, like gangster killers.

I turned my head again.

Ah, isn't Alexander sitting at the door? !

But he remained as steady as a rock, unmoved.

"Hu, Brother Hu, you're not asleep, are you?" I asked in a low voice before the demi-humans attacked.

Alexander did not respond.

——He really fell asleep?!

——Brother Hu, how can you sleep in such a noisy environment? ! And what about the night watch?

"Ah!" There was a roar from the demi-human queen. She raised the magic wand that was tailor-made for her and suddenly burst out with exploding pyroxene crystals.

I quickly dodged to the side, and a subhuman leader rushed towards me with two daggers in hand.

On the other side, the scattered pyroxene crystals hit Alexander, causing him to snap. He suddenly woke up: "Oh, there is an enemy attack! Brother Zero, Miss Millicent, get up quickly!"

"Stop yelling, Brother Hu. We agreed to keep watch. How could you fall asleep?" I kicked the subhuman leader away with a kick carrying red thunder, and couldn't help but complain.

"Hahaha!" Alexander tried to cover up his embarrassment with laughter, "Oh, brother Zero, you're awake. Sorry, sorry, it was so boring that I couldn't help but follow the habit of roasting my body in the molten lava before. Did I fall asleep?"

"You slept even more soundly than I did. The puppet that kidnapped the girl has already sawed off the door, and you haven't woken up yet!"

"After all, the lava earth dragon's snoring is pretty loud, and we're used to it, haha." Alexander stood up with a silly smile, rubbed his fists, and began his usual battle cry, "I am Alexander the Iron Fist, the queen of the subhumans in the mountains, use your magic to compete with my fists!"

After saying that, he rushed directly towards the demi-human queen.

Ordinary demihumans were simply unable to stop Alexander. It was like the Altais encountering a lava earth dragon, and were easily knocked away.

And Millicent suddenly rushed out of the room and followed Alexander.

The demi-human queen quickly raised her staff and smashed it directly at the approaching Alexander... As expected of a demi-human, even the queen is a melee mage.

Alexander blocked the queen's blow with just his strong body, but he had to stop.

And this gave Millicent enough opportunities.

"Alexander the Pot, lend me your shoulder." Millicent jumped directly onto the top of Alexander's pot, took a short run on the queen's staff, and then spread her wings and flew in front of the other party like a bird.

Fighting skill - Water bird dance!

hum-

But just before Millicent's blade was about to swing, a magic laser burst out from the depths of the dark night like a gushing spring.

——······This, is Comet Azrael? !

When I recognized the origin of this magic, my chest suddenly felt a slight pain, as if an invisible hand wanted to reach in and grab my heart.

······Oh, it turns out that it is not an invisible hand!

I saw that the piece of source stone that Teacher Se Lian had belonged to had escaped from my blessed backpack at some point and was now pressed tightly against my chest.