Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Hululu~

Snoring like thunder.

Walking across the wooden bridge outside the prison in Moren City, I saw a scaly hybrid and a winged hybrid sleeping soundly on the balcony.

——Then I ask you to stay in your dream forever and never wake up.

After unceremoniously bidding them farewell, he climbed down the side ladder.

The island of Lamentation, where many heroes who once protected Morn City were buried, was close at hand. The angry roars of the lions were hitting the eardrums more and more fiercely, making people feel creepy and their hands tremble.

A soldier asked Edgar softly, "Lord City Lord, could this voice be..."

"Yes, it should be him." Edgar clenched his sword and said with a sullen face, "Let's go. We don't need to show mercy to the guy who caused the destruction of Morn City."

hiss~

From what they said, it seems like they know that BOSS lion hybrid?

What's going on?

But looking at Edgar's determined eyes, I should be able to feel at ease - they won't suddenly turn against us and help the enemy, they will still stand on my side.

As for the lion hybrid holding the Sword Skeleton Greatsword, in the game, as the final BOSS of the first box garden level of the main line of the Novice Village, it had almost no chance to fight when it could have summoned Edgar for assistance and the three wolves to fight together, and then died with hatred.

What? You mean the boss monsters in the early game will become the soldiers in the later game? Then we won't be able to summon our partners and fight in groups?

cut~

If you suffer, we'll talk about it again when we meet again.

Let me handle tomorrow's affairs tomorrow. Maybe I can come up with a better solution.

In this way, we walked across the shallows and passed through the stone gate on the sea, each with our own thoughts.

In front of the tombstones on the Lamentation Island, a lion hybrid was seen going crazy. It was destroying the tombstones with a sword skeleton sword and even dug out the undecayed remains inside, scattering them everywhere.

This guy is similar to other hybrids.

It has a human body, wild beast legs, bird claws, with small, degenerate wings behind it and a green, snake-like tail.

Turning around, the face that looked almost human was ferocious, and the lion's mane was like a blazing fire, bright red and eye-catching.

He looked over, his eyes shining with red and yellow light.

I quickly asked in a low voice: "Edgar, has this guy also been to the sick village?"

"Yes." Edgar nodded in agreement. "This guy is called Ryan. He was originally one of my knights. As a lion hybrid, he has a keen sense of smell and is swift in action. He is a first-class powerful warrior! That's why I sent him to investigate the strange things happening in the sick village... I didn't expect that even you would be infected with that disease, Ryan."

"Ai, Lord Edgar, sir..." The lion hybrid saw us but did not attack us immediately.

Looking at the sword skeleton greatsword in his hand, I recalled the text description in the game.

——A great sword of revenge that carries countless sorrows and anger.

Revenge, revenge...

I seem to understand the whole story.

Mad Fire - this destructive force that curses the entire world, felt the thick sorrow and revenge that had not dissipated for a long time on the Weeping Peninsula.

Perhaps it was through the wandering merchants that the power of the insane fire was able to descend upon this land, even if they had no intention.

...Or maybe it's the ghost of the crazy player who was reincarnated here and whom I have never met?

Anyway, no matter what, the sick village incident happened.

As the city lord, Edgar sent the lion hybrid, Ryan, and his men to investigate.

Although Edgar seemed to be nice to Ryan and even made him a knight, as a hybrid, he must have suffered a lot of unfair treatment in the past.

The rage naturally spread to him in the name of revenge.

The endless pain in his eyes gradually eroded his sanity and even burned his consciousness, just like what happened to Ah Dai in the ending of The Lord of Madness and Fire, when he was possessed by another spirit.

The insane Ryan destroyed the prison and released all the hybrids in Moren, leading to the destruction of the entire city.

As for the city lord's daughter Irena, perhaps her fate was to be chosen by the Mad Fire and become a sacrifice to the witch Haida the moment she followed her father into the city of Moren.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel completely chilled by Dianhuo's meticulous planning.

"Roar!" The lion hybrid Ryan's roar full of pain brought me back to reality.

He covered his eyes tightly and knelt on the ground.

The pain was so severe that it penetrated my brain and I wished I could dig my eyes out.

Soon, it seemed that even the last wisp of consciousness was gradually extinguished in the madness: "Ai, Edgar! Kill! Kill! Kill you! ... Ah ah ah, no! No! My lord, my lord, it's not me! Kill you! Kill me! Kill! Kill! Kill!"

“Lion…” Edgar sighed deeply. When he opened his eyes again, only determination remained on his face. “All soldiers, listen up! Target—the lion hybrid who destroyed our home, Lion! Send him off!”

The soldiers immediately formed a battle formation, with the soldier with a large shield at the front and two soldiers holding medium shields forming the flanks.

Archers ready.

Edgar and I also grasped our weapons tightly and followed the soldiers step by step.

"You, you... Roar—" The lion hybrid Ryan could no longer bear it, or perhaps all his sanity had been taken away from him.

He roared, dragged the sword skeleton in one hand, and rushed towards us.

"Prepare for the first wave of attack!"

"Roar--"

The lion hybrid jumped high, grabbed the sword with both hands and feet at the same time, and smashed it down with the weight of his whole body.

when--

The three soldiers defended together and were able to barely withstand the opponent's attack.

The archers and I took this opportunity to attack the enemy's head directly with long-range weapons.

But I didn't expect this guy to use the soldiers' shields as a springboard, suddenly leap up, and chop down at us with a big sword.

"Drink--"

Edgar thrust out his spear and stabbed directly at the vital point.

As a last resort, the lion hybrid had to interrupt the attack, grabbed the tip of Edgar's gun, and then used the force to leap into the air and flip behind us.

"Set up the shields and use defense as offense. We will suppress it to the corner of the coast and restrict the actions of the lion hybrid!" I also picked up the wooden shield and proposed loudly.

After all, in the game, if you have mastered the shield counter, it will be easier to deal with this guy.

The four shields were like tanks gradually advancing towards the lion hybrid Ryan. No matter how he attacked, he could not break through our defense.

And in the intervals between the opponent's attacks, spears and straight swords would pierce out from behind the shield formation.

Just like in the game, two fists are no match for four hands.

In the blink of an eye, Ryan was already covered in wounds and gasping for breath: "Roar! Roar!"

boom--

While his reaction was slow, I took out the fire pot and threw it out quickly.

Suddenly, the flames ignited the lion hybrid's entire body, burning fiercely.

"Lian!" Edgar roared loudly, raised his spear and rushed towards the lion hybrid.

The moment the other party raised his head from the endless flames, the spear had completely pierced his heart, and it didn't even stop until it nailed the fallen Ryan to the shallow shore.

Clatter. Clatter.

The cold sea tide surged and washed over.

The sobbing peninsula and the lamenting drizzle gradually extinguished the fire in the lion hybrid's body and the dim and turbid fire in his eyes.

“...Finally, it stopped.” Ryan, whose body was charred, murmured, “Thank you, thank you, Lord Edgar...I’m sorry.”

"Okay, I understand, Ryan." Edgar drew out his spear and watched his former subordinates turn into gray smoke and disappear in the wind.

【Enemy Felled】