Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

We had just reached the top of the Giant Snow Mountain when the expeditionary force I led was surrounded by the fallen heroic nation, Samir.

Those slender figures seemed as ethereal and vague as ghosts in the snowy wind that made people's eyes hurt.

However, the Samirs did not seem to be in a hurry to attack.

"Zero, be careful." Nefeli stared at the shadows in the wind and snow with vigilance.

"Leave it to me." I jumped off Torret and shouted, "People of the Snow Plains, I am here to lead my army to the Snow Plains in search of the Flame Cauldron, following the orders of the Blessed King of the Golden Dynasty of Rodel. I am not your enemy."

——Yes, in the text description of the game, the Samir people and the giants of the snow mountains seem to be mortal enemies.

When Queen Marika launched the Giant War, the Samir people also contributed to the Golden Dynasty. A Samir hero who was imprisoned in the sealed prison in the Weeping Peninsula who once rebelled against the gold is one of the evidences.

“... As expected, it’s the army of the Golden Dynasty? But it doesn’t matter.” In the snowstorm, the voice was so dull and dejected that it reminded people of those dead-eye characters. “I’ll give you two choices. Leave everything behind and go back to Rodel. Second, I don’t need to tell you.”

······dead?

——But, what a big tone.

I have four Furnace Knights supporting me, and the rest are first-rate fighters as well. There is nothing to be afraid of.

Perhaps the other party had the same estimate and just surrounded us without taking any action.

"If we insist on fighting, it will be bad for both of us, right? After all, we just want to pass through here and then we have to deal with the fire giants. We don't want to cause trouble." I said calmly, "Besides, I remember that the Golden Dynasty also helped you defeat those giants. Why..."

"Hahaha, you're still asking why? What a joke!" The cold wind around them became even more biting. "You golden people are treacherous. The so-called assistance in the expedition is just to watch us Samir people and the giants kill each other and reap the benefits! Now, those giants have been slaughtered by you. Are you going to use the same hypocritical excuse to wipe out my people today?"

As soon as he finished saying the word "clan", a figure leaped over like a bird in the wind and snow, and the blade, carrying the coldness of frost, swung down to chop down.

The night star fire ignited the molten flame, and the flame and ice and snow collided instantly.

The white light illuminated each other's faces.

The moment the other person's eyes under the platinum mask saw me clearly, he was stunned for a moment, and then I pushed him back with my strength.

"You, are actually the Lightless One?" The other party, hiding behind the ice and snow, asked with a little surprise.

"The Fader, to be exact. But what's wrong with that?"

"...No light means that you are a sinner deprived of blessings. How dare you work for the Golden Dynasty?"

"Well, to be precise, I'm not working for gold, but for the border." I suddenly thought that the Samir people who had been imprisoned in the snowfield for a long time might be like the deep-rooted Silurians, and had no idea what was happening outside the border. So I asked tentatively, "Leader of Samir, do you know that the Elden Ring was smashed by Queen Marica?"

"Ok?"

"As expected... The border area below is now in chaos, and the Shattered War has led to years of fighting. And because of [Eternity], the blessings allocated to each person are constantly decreasing, and everything has fallen into decline." I explained to the other party briefly, "Now, the way to break the deadlock is hidden on the snowfield, so we have to find the Giant Flame Cauldron, find it."

“Everything has fallen into decline...?” The other party was silent for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter, “Hahahaha, good, good, good! Great! Golden Dynasty, you have come to this day too! Tell me your name, Man of No Light, you have brought me good news.”

I was a little confused about what the other person was thinking, but I still responded, "Zero."

"Zero? Very good, Zero, I, Yushlo Samir, will spare you again. I don't need your things. Take everyone over there back." The other party said again.

“Why?” I didn’t understand. “The breaking of the Elden Ring must have affected you too, right? Don’t you feel that your power is declining?”

But Yushulo said calmly: "According to what you said, it does feel that way. When I was hunting those damn mountain monsters, I fell down and revived, but my strength was not as good as before... But, so what? The decline of the Golden Dynasty is just right. Anyway, without those giants, gold is the most unforgivable existence for us Samir."

"Strong, specious arguments." I felt like a scholar meeting a soldier, unable to explain myself clearly.

"Fraudulent arguments?! Then let you see for yourselves what the Golden Dynasty has done!" Yushuluo shouted angrily, and the blizzard around him dissipated in an instant.

Of course, the surroundings are in ruins. I knew this from playing the game.

but······

“The world praises us as warriors born in the snowfield and heroes, but who has ever seen heroes exiled from their world, with even their hometowns destroyed!” Yushuluo’s voice became increasingly low, but the golden light in his eyes became even brighter. “After the rabbit dies, the dog is abandoned. This is the fate of us Samir people... Lightless One named Zero, be careful. Even if you have done everything you could for them, you will still be betrayed by gold in the end.”

"No, that won't happen. Teacher Mungert..."

Yushu Luo snorted coldly: "Humph, you might as well ask those big guys like iron plates behind you. If I remember correctly, they are called the Crucible Knights, right?"

Almost everyone's eyes turned to the Crucible Knights. Even Crazy Fire Zero couldn't help but laugh out loud in this situation: "Hahaha, what that Samir guy said is really good! Zero, I think you have also seen the things buried under Rodel, right? What do you think? Combined with what he said, don't you have any ideas?"

"Shut up!" I scolded him irritably. Teacher Mongget should have also put a seal on Dianhuo A Ling's tongue.

"...Alas." Finally, Paris, who was more familiar to me among the Crucible Knights, sighed and stood up. "Regarding your village, it was indeed our fault... At the end of the Giant War, we thought we had pushed those guys into a desperate situation, but we never imagined that they would be so desperate that they would wantonly destroy the village and jump directly into the snowy field below. By the time we arrived, it was already too late."

"It's ridiculous. Aren't you deliberately taking advantage of the feud between the giants and our Samir and our village, intending to catch them all in one fell swoop?" Yushuluo also held a different opinion.

"We didn't intend to do that, but...it did cause irreversible consequences." Paris said with a guilty tone, "To make amends, Queen Marica also bestowed the blessing of [Eternity] on you, the Samir clan."

"Who cares?! Eternity will only make us suffer the pain of the destruction of our hometown forever. I know that the Golden Dynasty even fears our Samir's revenge and lists this place as a forbidden area, isn't it?"

——The reason why the snowfield is listed as a forbidden area is mainly because of the cauldron of fire.

But Yushulo and his people will probably not listen to my explanation at all now.

On my side, there were even some people who added fuel to the fire: "After all this chattering, if you can't make it clear, why not just have a good fight!"

"I couldn't ask for more!" Suddenly, a cold wave of ice and snow spread from Yushuluo's body, and the other Samir people also made frost float on the scimitars in their hands.

—Pollyanna, shut up!

——What do you think I worked so hard on talking for?

"...Duel!" Paris suddenly shouted, "Since fighting is inevitable, I challenge you, Yushlo Samir, to a duel! The right and wrong of the past will all be determined by this fight!"

——Sure enough, in this world, strength is king and the strong hold the truth.

"Very good!" Yushulo accepted Paris's proposal, "Then let your king come out and duel with me!"

...Suddenly, there was an ominous chill.