Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Behind him, the Furnace Knight rushed towards him with great momentum.

But right now, I have to clear up Laya's misunderstanding of me first.

——After all, if they could convince her, then the furnaces serving in the Volcano Residence would probably listen to their eldest lady.

——Besides, Tanis’s affairs have nothing to do with me at all.

"Senior Ishutopia, please help hold him back." I explained quickly, "Laya may be emotionally unstable right now. Once she recognizes me, we can end this unnecessary battle."

"Okay!" Ishtopang immediately raised his saber and walked towards the Crucible Knight.

I quickly lowered my posture, carefully comforted Laya, and said to her: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Laya. Look carefully, I'm not the one who hurt you... His eyes are the color of turbid yellow flames, you see, my eyes are gray-black."

"No, don't." Laya still held her head and curled up into a ball.

"······Laya, don't you remember me? I am Zero." I can only put it another way, "You once said that I am the hero you found, and that I will accompany me on the road of bravery and witness me becoming the King of Elden. Don't you remember all this?"

"No, no, I, I don't know you at all, please don't burn me again." Laya said, and suddenly realized something, "T-Lady Tanis?"

——······Ah, that’s bad.

I felt something was wrong in my heart.

“Lady Tanis!” Laya hurriedly crawled over and held Tanis’s head in her hands. Her eyes were wide open as if they were about to pop out, and her mouth was trembling so much that she couldn’t close it. “No, no, this, this is not real. No, mother, this, this, how can this be like this?”

She suddenly grabbed her head with one hand and groaned in pain.

——This, this was really the worst scene at the worst time.

"······Laya, listen to me." I swallowed hard and racked my brains to think of an explanation. "I, I'm sorry that I was late and couldn't save your mother, but..."

"Yes, did you kill her? The Faded One." Laya held Tanise's head tightly in her arms.

"It's not me! It's the fire maniac who stayed here just now..." I argued like this, but I felt that all the explanations now seemed so pale.

Laya seemed to have not heard my words at all and stood up indifferently.

“…I remember.”

"Laya?"

She staggered towards the giant snake Lakkad and knelt down in front of the other's face: "Hiss~ You must be my father, right? My mother, she was killed, and my father was defeated. We, our Volcano Mansion must have been destroyed by this man... Great king, Lord Lakkad, please give me the courage to defeat the evildoer!"

"Wait, Laya, I..." I subconsciously wanted to step forward, but Lakkad's mutilated face actually responded to Laya's prayer. The red cursed souls flew out of his mouth and attacked me with fangs and claws.

I could only pull out the Night Starfire and chop open the skulls that were rushing towards me, trying to catch the figure behind them.

But then, waves of molten flames exploded all around him.

Magic——The Wrath of Lakkad!

I was blown away by the successive explosions, and my whole body was burned by the scorching flames: "Cough cough cough, La, Laya."

"Despicable Faded One hiss!" Amidst the flying resentful souls, Laya stood up, reached her hand into Lakkad's mouth, and pulled out a bloody sword.

——Wouldn't this be a blasphemy against the holy sword?!

She turned around and swung the sword casually. The blood on the sword stained the ground and turned into a pool of burning molten flames: "I am the last person in the Volcano Mansion, Laya, Zelayas! Those who invaded the mansion will be judged!"

Just as she finished her words, her upper body suddenly spun and stretched out with the Blasphemous Holy Sword, rushing towards me like an electric fan.

I had no intention of fighting with Laya, so I could only quickly retreat to the side.

boom!

Her blow struck the black rock, causing the molten lava underneath to splatter.

Laya also quickly pulled her lower body over, then stood up again, twisting her body, and waving the Holy Sword of Blasphemy at me.

This set of attack moves is exactly the same as that of the Thin Godskin Apostle in Windmill Village.

I held the Night Starfire in both hands and blocked the opponent's attacks one by one.

It's no wonder that each of Laya's blows was quite heavy. Moreover, the blood dripping from the Profane Holy Sword would turn into flames and burn people once it touched their bodies.

——After all, in previous journeys, she had occasionally demonstrated her natural strength and speed.

However, Laya herself is not a warrior, so her attacks are very methodical, relying entirely on her strength and power. I can still somewhat block her attacks.

——But this is not a solution. What should I do?

——From what Laya said just now, maybe she didn’t simply regard me as that crazy Aling, but completely forgot my existence!

——······Could it be that the bastard deliberately gave Laya the bottle of secret forgetfulness medicine that Tanis would give to the others in the branch quest? !

——Then, he wouldn't kill Tanis with his own hands in front of Laya.

That's why Laya is looking at me like this now, with only hatred in her eyes, and no other emotions at all!

Pong!

A distracted person.

Laya spun her upper body and swung the Blasphemous Holy Sword across.

I didn't have time to dodge and had to block the attack.

Unexpectedly, the blood molten flame of the profaned holy sword exploded directly in the middle of us, blowing Laya and I apart.

"Cough cough cough, Laya." I supported myself and stood up, but something hit me from behind. I spat out a mouthful of blood and almost choked to death.

——It’s Ishutopia.

He was also beaten by the Crucible Knight and happened to fly over.

"Brother Ling, what's going on? Can't that girl recognize you?" Ixutopang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

I was also quite helpless and could only say: "Give me some more time, I will find a way."

"How about you try to take away her weapon and knock her out first?" Ishtopia stood up. "That furnace is not easy to deal with."

"······As a last resort, I will consider this method." I also stood up with the help of Night Starfire and took out the Holy Grail bottle to recover a little.

The Crucible Knight immediately turned his head and glared at me, but he still chose to go and help Laya who had fallen to the ground first.

"Thank you, Uncle Paris, I can still fight. Please let me fight with you!" Laya's eyes were as firm as torches.

······Paris?

Wait, this name sounds familiar.