Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

"Roar--"

The ancient dragon Fulshanks was perched on top of a tall building, roaring at Roger and me, causing red thunder to fall to the ground one after another, and black smoke of death rose up one after another.

Roger and I had no choice but to dodge quickly.

Then, a huge black shadow suddenly came pressing down like a dark cloud falling from the sky.

Combat skill - hound step.

I ran as fast as I could and finally escaped from the giant claws of Furshanks. The dragon snorted and did not continue to attack Roger and me. Instead, it came to the giant gate and scratched it a few times with its claws.

But unfortunately, the door remained silent.

"Ancient Dragon Fulshanks!" I took the opportunity to shout, "We are not here to fight you, we just want to take you and Lance Shanks away from this realm of death."

The other party also turned his head and looked at me, then suddenly raised his huge claws and grabbed towards me.

I was stunned for a moment, but still managed to dodge the opponent's attack in time.

——What's going on? Didn't he understand what I said?

——That shouldn’t be the case. Lance Shanks even knows our language, and Fulshanks is good friends with Godwin, so it’s impossible that he doesn’t understand what I’m saying.

So I shouted again: "Stop, Fulshanks, I'm not here to fight you, but..."

"Roar--"

The loud roar of a dragon interrupted me, and then a powerful voice rang out directly from the bottom of my heart: "You who came through the Gate of Death, I command you to come and open this gate again!"

Sure enough, he understood what I said, so was he trying to grab me and force me to open the door?

——The ancient dragon Fulshanks may be more violent than I thought.

I swallowed my saliva. Even though this guy was aggressive, he was Lance Shanks's younger brother after all. I had to endure it and listened to what he said and prepared to step forward.

At this time, another dragon roar was heard from the end of the street.

Lance Shanks also appeared in this illusory fusion city: "Ful!"

Just like the outside world was entangled and pierced by the thorns of death, black thorns grew all over Lance Shanks' body, and even her wings were entangled and pierced, so she could not fly and could only crawl over.

"Sister!" Fulshanks roared, sounding quite excited. "You also saw the gate to the dead realm open just now! Godwin's soul must be there! I will bring my friend back!"

Then he called out to me, "Son of man! Do not delay any longer and open the gate!"

"Zero?" Lance Shanks's eyes also fell on me.

"Hey, Lance Shanks." I raised my hand and greeted him with a smile, "Long time no see, but it seems that you have had a hard time recently."

"Hurry up!" Furshanks stamped his feet anxiously.

I sighed.

——You little brat, if it weren’t for your sister, I would have beaten up this “dead dragon” of yours.

At the other party's urging, I walked back to the so-called door of death, stretched out my hand, and pressed the crack in the door.

······

An icy cold wind blew by, and the gaze from Gu Long behind him made the hair stand on end.

But strangely, this time, there was no movement at the Gate of Death, even those heart-wrenching roars were silent.

"Strange, strange?" I retracted my hand, then put it back and patted it.

"Son of Man, what's going on?!" Furshanks asked harshly.

“Why is there no response?” I was also extremely confused. Could it be another classic “can’t open from this side”?

“Roar—” This made Fulsanx so angry that he couldn’t help but roar, “Son of man, don’t try to fool me. Otherwise, can you withstand the might of the ancient dragon?!”

"For!" Lance Shanks also shouted from behind, and Fur Shanks was so scared that he flapped his wings and flew away like a cat.

——Okay, okay, you just want to be intimidated by your sister, right? Bloodline suppression?

But, according to what Roger just said, wasn't Furl suppressing Lance Shanks?

Moreover, looking at the conditions of the two, although Folshanks was definitely the one who was more seriously eroded by death, he had already gotten used to that feeling and seemed more energetic. Lanceshanks, on the other hand, looked sick except for his loud voice.

After sending his brother away, Lance Sanx let out a rather tired breath, "Son of Man, Zero, did you really come from that door?"

"Yeah." I nodded, but looking at Lance Shanks's appearance, I couldn't help but ask, "Lance Shanks, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. I just inherited part of the curse that eroded my brother. With my body of an ancient dragon, it's not a big deal." Although Lance Shanks said it calmly, one could feel from her panting that sharing the curse of death was not an easy task.

It's no wonder that Furshanks would avoid her sister. I'm afraid that from the beginning, the two siblings were not fighting, but Lanceshanks insisted on helping each other, but Fur refused and could not persuade his equally stubborn sister, so the two ancient dragons started fighting.

When Lance Shanks was cursed with death and could no longer fly, their fight came to a stalemate.

"This door seems to be what the girl Feiya found. It must have a great relationship with Godwin. But since the door appeared, it has never been opened except just now." Lance Shanks continued to explain, "Zero, my brother is impatient and irritable. Don't be angry with him. If you can really open this door, I hope you can do me a favor for me."

But I was also quite helpless: "I'm sorry, Lance Shanks, I don't know what's going on. Now, I really can't open this door... Just now when I was inside the door, I just put my hand on it, and inexplicably, it opened by itself."

“······Could there be some constraints?” Lance Shanks speculated.

Fulsanx hurriedly asked, "Son of man, I ask you, what is the scene inside the door?"

"Um...how should I put it? It looked like a ward. Although it later became a burning hell, I didn't seem to see any trace of Godwin at all." I told him everything.

But Furshanks shouted, "How is this possible?! This is impossible!"

He swung his tail and paced around the street for a few times. Then, he turned around and shouted, "Get out of the way. Today, even if I have to destroy this door, I will definitely enter!"

"Wait, Ancient Dragon Fulshanks." Roger stepped forward to stop the other party. He said to me, "Maybe it's because, after reaching this side, the door can't identify your strength, Zero. It's like an ordinary door. Opening it from the inside and from the outside is completely different."

"······makes sense." I understood what Roger meant, so I cut a bloody mark with the blade of Night Starfire, and then pressed it against the door.

【Ahhhhh——】

Sure enough, the noisy and sharp roar was heard from the door again.

The statues seemed to have come alive, scrambling to climb up, stepping on each other's bodies and heads.

Black wind gathered from all directions in the virtual city.

The black thorns on the streets and tall buildings actually began to shrink. Instead, they grew wildly from under the gates and entangled around them. Finally, they swallowed up everything and covered everything under the thorns.

"Why does it feel different from before?" I had a bad feeling and quickly reminded everyone, "Everyone be careful."

After wrapping around the entire gate, the black thorns seemed to begin to reshape themselves, gradually, gradually forming a huge body that is familiar to all of us.

Prince of Death, Godwin!

And it was the appearance of the dead corpse!

“······My friend, are you·····really back?” Furshanks looked at the other party in surprise, and was attracted to walk forward.

The other party actually responded, and the hand that seemed to be pulled by a puppet string dropped down.

But that hand suddenly slapped Furshanks' neck and pressed him directly to the ground, which was completely beyond all of our expectations.

Then, Godwin's huge body roared, just like the countless souls in purgatory crying and screaming on the door.

【Ahhhhh——】