Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

The crazy fire ignited the giant's flames. Under the glow of the golden sacred tree, the scattered dead leaves were ignited by the fire and turned into flying martian butterflies, which also looked like bright red blood, floating down from the sky.

Under the firelight, the man who abducted Melina had a mad glow in his eyes.

As he flew up into the sky on a flame, he lowered his head and said to me, "Zero, let me see what choice you, who is a role model of the Faded, will make next."

"Be, Bernard!" I looked at that familiar yet unfamiliar face in great surprise.

There was a snap.

I saw a face made of human skin falling to the ground with the wind.

That was Bagram's face... Could it be that in the battle between Bagram and Bernal, not only did he lose, but he also lost his face?!

Moreover, according to Wehler, Bagram was a bit taciturn, and his hair was disheveled, making it impossible to see his face clearly. He was indeed the best choice for disguise.

I couldn't help but think of the conversation I had with him outside the Flame Watcher Fortress. Perhaps at that time, I should have been more suspicious of this guy's true identity!

"Be... Bernard, you, you bastard!" On the other side, the crazy A Ling, who had a bloody hole in his chest, also gritted his teeth and squeezed out the words, "But... but, you can't escape!"

After saying this, he seemed to have died, and fell forward, directly into the blazing giant cauldron of fire.

Only then did I react and hurriedly planned to follow Dianhuo A Ling and jump in.

But Nepheli grabbed me.

"Let me go!" I pushed her away forcefully.

But Nepheli once again stubbornly pulled me back: "Calm down, Zero, what are you doing?!"

"What are you doing?! Melina was taken away by that guy, of course we have to catch up with them!" I turned around angrily, "Let go!"

After shaking off Nepheli once again, I turned around and jumped directly into the cauldron of fire.

——It’s okay. The pillar of flame is still rising. I will definitely be able to...

But, instead of rising, I just felt myself falling.

--why?

"Zero!" At this moment, my vision went black, and then a huge force pulled me up and threw me to the ground.

Laya couldn't help but cough lightly a few times.

——She saved me.

but why?

Why can't I rise into the sky on fire like Bernal and the others?

"So I told you to calm down, Zero. Didn't you see that the Fire Madman also fell into the bottom of the pot just now?" Nepheli came over and held my shoulders. "Although I don't know what happened, but right now, the rest of us may not be able to fly up like them by relying on fire. There must be other ways!"

——Other methods?

Yes, this incident almost burned my brain. Since the cauldron of fire has been ignited, the only place Bernal can go by riding the fire is the broken sky city Fam Azra!

The fastest way right now...

"Torret!" I quickly summoned the spirit horse and ran directly out of the cauldron.

——Just like Dianhuo A Ling said, Bernard, you can't escape!

"Wait for me, Zero!" Laya shouted behind him.

"Paris, please go and tell everyone briefly about the cauldron. It's getting late, so organize the team and return to the Church of Repose. We will meet at the Watcher Fortress tomorrow." Nepheli made arrangements quickly, and then said to Laya, "Laya, could you please take me with you?"

"it is good."

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Ignoring everyone, we crossed the snowy ridge of the Fire Giants. Just as Nepheli said just now, it took us almost half a day to defeat the Fire Giants, and dusk had quietly arrived at the border.

In the giant snow area, all kinds of strange noises began to appear one after another.

"Wangwu——"

A Tyrannosaurus Rex dog in the snow smelled my scent first and rushed towards me and Torrett with a roar.

I couldn't help but click my tongue, but I didn't intend to stop Torrett: "Torrett, after I jump, you go back to the ring first."

Phew——

Facing the oncoming enemy that was smaller than itself, the dinosaur dog just lay down like in the game, with its head with a bloody mouth opened wide and pushed forward with its hind legs like a bulldozer.

I chose the right moment, jumped off Torret's back, raised the Night Star high, and stabbed directly at the head under me.

"Don't block my way—"

The sharp blade went straight from the dinosaur dog's head to the tail vertebrae. I gave a final jump and blew the whistle.

Torret immediately appeared below, caught me, and continued running forward without stopping.

"Roar--"

"Ga! Ga! Ga!"

In the blink of an eye, the troublesome guy seemed to be back again.

Fortunately, the giant troll and the giant crow seemed to be arguing. The troll grabbed the other's big mouth, twisted it a few times, and threw the giant crow out.

—Damn it, don't throw it at me!

In order to prevent Torret from attracting their attention, I ordered the spirit horse to hide again, and then activated the combat skill "Hound Step".

As soon as I landed, my body quickly turned into a shadow of wind, avoiding under the flying giant crow and passing by the giant's feet. Then I summoned Torret and continued on my way.

Boom boom boom——

The hurried footsteps came from the monster of the hand. Give it a prayer of "throwing fire" and it will be quiet.

I kept on going, intending to cross this snowy area as quickly as possible.

However, Laya's voice suddenly came from behind: "Zero——"

When she turned around, she was surprised to see that the mountain giant, the dinosaur dog, the hand monster and the strange crow were all chasing her and Nepheli who was grabbing her head.

"My two young ladies, how did you provoke so many monsters!" I couldn't help but slow down Torret's pace a little.

Laya felt extremely aggrieved: "I don't know either. Halfway through, a lot of monsters suddenly appeared. When they saw us, they chased after us."

"You killed a dinosaur dog on the way, and the smell of blood on its body attracted other monsters, and we just happened to run into them." Nefeli explained quickly.

——······Okay, blame me.

He sighed, now was not the time to cause trouble with these guys.

"Brother, please help us cut off our retreat." I rang the soul-summoning bell.

Big Brother Teardrop was forcibly summoned, and as soon as he appeared, he helped us to stir up a violent storm. Afterwards, the white snow floating in the storm turned into a raging red fire, which made the group of guys in Xueyuan who were somewhat uncomfortable with fire almost stop in their tracks.

Only then did I breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, Nepheli suddenly asked me: "Zero, what is going on?"

"...To be honest, I don't know much about it. But Bernal and Crazy Fire A Ling seemed to have reached an alliance when they were in the Volcano Mansion. They also defeated the Devouring Snake - Lacard together." I explained quickly and simply.

——But why did Bernal kidnap Melina?

——Also, Melina should have been able to transform into a spirit at that time. Could it be that something cut off her connection with me?

"But the question is, why were those two people able to fly on the flames, and where was their destination?" Nepheli asked.

"They will go to the Broken Sky City, Fam Azra, which is the domain of the ancient dragons." I replied, "As for why they can leave on the flames, the only thing I can think of is that Melina and Bernal, who was tainted by the fire, can see the shadow of the flames."

"The shadow of flame?"

"It's hard for me to explain this. It should be a kind of guidance, just like the guidance Queen Marika gave us at the Blessing Point."

Laya suddenly interrupted and said, "Come to think of it, when they were rising on the flames, I seemed to see flames burning on Sister Melina and that bad Bernal."

——······Is Melina also on fire? Could this be the reason that prevented Melina from becoming a spirit and cut off my connection with her?

At that time, things happened too suddenly, and the pillar of fire was right behind them, so I couldn't see it clearly for a while.

——I think everything will be fine, Melina.

"But, that girl...is her name Melina? Why did Bernal want to capture her?" Nefeli still had many questions.

"······I don't know either."

"Hiss~ Sister Melina is Zero's witch, even though I've only seen her once... He might be scared. Will you, Zero, follow the witch's instructions and go and stop him?" The little snake Laya inferred.

——"As a role model for faded people, what choice will you make?"

I couldn't help but think of Bernal's words, but what exactly did he mean?

"······By the way, where are we going?" Nefeli asked curiously.

"I'm going to find a man who should also be able to see the phantom of fire. Maybe he can help us."

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After passing through the Giant Snow Area and taking a short rest at the Flame Watcher Fortress, I continued to move towards the mountains opposite the fortress.

Laya and Nepheli naturally followed along.

After finding the sealed prison, I dripped blood, opened the prison door, and approached the deep blue mark.

Sure enough, a man emerged from inside while sitting.

He was wearing a suit of silver-grey knight armor with various finger marks on it.

——Those were the marks of indentation left by the three fingers of the Evil Fire.

"You must be Senior Vic from the Round Table Hall." I strode forward, "Please, lend me the power of your crazy fire."

“... Crazy fire?!”