Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Wearing red robes and scarlet attire, the Archbishop of Flame and a group of believers surrounded people like a blazing fire.

The rune magic that has been depleted in my body cannot be restored for the time being. Right now, it seems that the only thing I can rely on is the Night Star Fire in my hand.

"Oh oh oh oh——" Archbishop Firehammer roared and rushed towards me like a chariot of fire.

There was no way to resist it, and I could only roll to the side to avoid it.

Snapped--

I barely had time to stand up before the scarlet thorn whip came towards me like a python with its mouth wide open, biting me.

I could only subconsciously raise my sword to block, and when the opponent saw that the whip was wrapped around Night Starfire, he pulled back hard, trying to remove the weapon from me.

But Bishop Thornwhip certainly could not have expected that I would take advantage of his force, follow the force with which he pulled Night Starfire over, jump up with a big step, rush forward, and kick the silver mask on his face.

The opponent was kicked by me and retreated a few steps, covering his face, and Night Starfire was also freed from the thorns.

I quickly did a somersault like a crane, and just as I landed on the ground, a huge fire hammer came from behind.

——Wow, these two fat guys cooperate very well and their attacks are continuous.

I had no time to dodge, so I could only continue to block with my sword.

At that moment, the flames swallowed up the person in the blink of an eye like surging waves. Then, he felt like a fruit core that could not be bitten off, being spit out onto the snow, wrapped in ice and snow and rolling for several circles.

First it was scorching hot, then bitterly cold, making one shiver all over as if hugging a hedgehog.

As soon as I stopped rolling, two or three old women in red robes saw me landing at their feet, and they raised their thorny staffs with flames on the top and slapped me on the head.

I had no choice but to grit my teeth and continue rolling and dodging. At the same time, the Night Star Fire in my hand was also rolling on the snow like a dragon. With just one cut, I bit off a piece of flesh from the old women's legs and feet, and they fell to their knees involuntarily.

I simply rolled all the way to the gate of the Watcher Fortress. While there was no one around, I quickly stood up and drank the Red Dew Drops from the Holy Grail to heal my burnt and frostbitten body.

"Flame, punish your disrespectful followers!"

I saw that the two monitor brothers, Abiti and Abigan, even called a third flame monitor, probably named Abigani... The three brothers took a deep breath, and spit out three flaming dragons at the torches. In the blink of an eye, they pounced at me with their fangs and claws.

——If it were any other time, I would have to use the Molten Flame Hurricane Dance to let you see who will be punished by the flames.

My body reacted reflexively and I was about to perform a combat move, but now my magic power has been completely depleted.

It was this unaccustomed hesitation that caused three fire dragons to rush in front of me. Even if I wanted to dodge, I would definitely be hurt by the fire.

boom--

Suddenly, a black and white flame slashed down and instantly extinguished the three fire dragons. It even fell on the ice and snow. The black and white flame was still burning, making the three fire watchers dumbfounded.

"Zero, you're slow." The wind blew in from outside the fortress gate. I saw "White Wolf Warrior" Bagram casually extinguishing the black and white flames on the hunting god's sword. He walked in calmly and lectured me, "Relying too much on combat skills will gradually loosen your body's combat instincts."

"Senior Bagram." I breathed a sigh of relief.

As expected of someone who had made eye contact with me, he indeed dealt with the two fire monks who stayed behind to guard him and came back to provide support.

I also laughed and joked: "Isn't the 'Queen's Flame' you just used, Senior, also a fighting skill? As long as it can quickly eliminate the enemy, it is a good method."

Bagram did not respond to this, but asked: "How is the situation?"

"That guy Arganti seems to have drugged my drink and sealed the rune magic in my body. I'm afraid the others have been captured." I explained quickly, "Now, that guy is most likely in the highest tower of the fortress."

"Yeah." Bagram said nothing more, carrying the hunting god's greatsword, and rushed forward.

——As expected of the White Wolf Warrior Ghost.

Even though the enemy outnumbered us, we still did not hesitate. We did not even have the option of temporarily retreating to think about countermeasures, and we just rushed forward recklessly.

I don’t hate this way of fighting either. I held the Night Star tightly and followed Bagram’s footsteps.

The three fire watchers looked a little scared when they saw us coming at them aggressively, and quickly asked the red-robed old woman beside them to use rune magic to perform combat skills.

The bloody red thorns, like dragons in the water, rolled over and attacked me from all sides.

I took quick steps and jumped left and right like a dragonfly, making it impossible for the opponent to figure out my position and also making the thorns that suddenly grew out from the ground fall one by one.

In the blink of an eye, I rushed in front of those red-robed old ladies, raised my knife and slashed them, knocking them to the ground before they could even swing their sticks.

After successfully approaching the three Flame Watcher brothers, Bagram threw a powerful punch, sending them flying and crashing into the stone steps at the side of the square.

Seeing this, the other two used their long-handled torches as spears and waved them vigorously, as if they were drawing a dragon in the air.

But with all the fancy tricks, none of them realized that I had quietly approached from behind and gave him a six-handed back attack, asking him to hand over Rune.

The other one was distracted because of what happened on my side, and was chopped off the shoulder by Bagram's sword, knocking him to the ground.

This made the two Fire Archbishops unable to sit still, and they walked forward with big bellies.

But suddenly, there was a bang from a nearby wooden door.

A familiar bronze figure walked out from the dark room.

——Are they Paris and his other Forge Knights? !

A Sword and Shield Forge directly spread out his golden forge wings and flew high up, then slammed down heavily towards the Fire Hammer Bishop.

Of course, Bishop Thornwhip could not care about others. The spear in the Treecrown Furnace's hand emitted a golden glow, and he stabbed the archbishop with a vortex of Silurian power.

They were simply born for the battlefield, so the fire monks and the red-robed old women did not dare to approach them for a while.

——If that’s the case, how did you end up in that small dark room in the first place? !

Paris came over to greet me and explained, "Zero, I'm sorry I'm late. The leader of the watchers added dried powder of fire flowers containing the power of giant fire to our drinks, disrupting the flow of runes in our bodies that were given by the golden tree... But don't worry, most of the others are locked up with us, so they're fine."

...In other words, after realizing that something was wrong, the Crucible Knights deliberately drank and pretended to be unconscious, then went deep into the tiger's den to investigate the situation?

——What a bold plan.

Well, the Crucible Knights all have rune-transformed bodies, and they can sense this kind of poison that interferes with magic power as soon as they touch it. Unlike me and other noisy Faded Ones, our rune magic power was drained away without us noticing, and we thought it was because we were drunk.

but······

"Most people? Who was taken away?" I caught the frowning word.

"Princess Laya... and that one, the Mad Fire One." Paris' words made my heart stop. "While the leader of the Watchers was taking people away, he was still mumbling something. The power of fire is only in the hands of Agonti. No one else is allowed to blaspheme or overstep their authority!"