Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

"······Lord Zero······Lord Zero."

In the endless darkness, there seemed to be a faint sound, gently calling me.

I don’t know where I am now, but it feels like I am in a river that is above my waist, walking and walking, not knowing where I am going.

"...Zero-sama!"

That voice... sounds like Melina? !

After I became aware of what was happening, I pushed the river water away, quickly quickened my pace, and ran towards the direction Melina was calling. Gradually, a little golden light appeared on the surface of the river.

“Melina!” I called out, moving closer.

The other party also heard my voice and turned back with a smile: "Master Ling!"

"Great, are you okay?" I asked worriedly.

Before Melina could speak, a familiar voice suddenly rang out from behind her: "My half, you are finally here. But this time, it is not as timely as the one at the Volcano Mansion."

"Who!" I raised my voice subconsciously, but even though I knew the answer, I couldn't help but feel terrified.

The next second, a red and yellow flame penetrated Melina's chest from behind. The flame burned fiercely and soon enveloped Melina's entire body.

"Melina!"

"Hahaha, good, good, I just wanted to see this expression of yours! This expression of hatred and anger, but helplessness towards me, hahaha!" The flame was pulled back, causing Melina to fall down, revealing the face of the real murderer behind her.

——Dianhuo A Ling, it’s you again!

“Ahhhh——” I roared, wanting to rush forward and tear him to pieces.

But the river flow suddenly increased rapidly, constantly dragging me back.

The other party was still laughing happily, his voice was so harsh: "I told you long ago that such a world is not worth saving. You still want to be a hero... What's the result? After working so hard, in the end you are kicked aside like a useless dog. You can't even protect the person you love the most. Haha, hero."

"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!"

"Look at you, aren't you the same as me? You pretend to be a role model and say those high-sounding words, but in the end you still make the same choice." Dianhuo A Ling's voice was distorted, and his face seemed to be distorted into Bernard, but it also seemed to be still my own face.

But I just felt my head swell and ache. His words were like flames burning deep in my mind: "Shut up! Shut up! I'm different from you, I'm different from all of you!"

"It's the same! It's just that you relied on the knowledge of people from another world to be proud of yourself for a few times, but in the end, our fate, the fate of the border area, has never changed... We are just the playthings of some supreme will." Crazy A Ling, or Bernal was still chattering, "So, open your eyes and take a look, my half-body\Zero, see what you really look like!"

bake--

I couldn't help but open my eyes. On the dark river surface, there was a reflection of a blazing red and yellow fire, and a figure whose head had turned into a blazing fire.

——This is, the King of Mad Fire? !

"A world like this... do you still think it's worth saving?"

My own voice rang in my ears.

I hastily stirred the water and shouted, "No! No! No, I won't..."

At this moment, Melina, who was burning with flames, floated over. Her eyes were cold and blood was flowing from the corners of her mouth.

She asked: "Then why haven't you come to save me, Master Ling? Or maybe you can't save anything... If I had known the result would be like this, I might as well have accepted the flame earlier, and so many things wouldn't have happened, right?"

“No, this is not right... You, you are not Melina, you...”

"Of course I'm not Melina." The other party interrupted me, "After all, that girl is dead."

In an instant, Melina's face turned into a skeleton. I stepped back in surprise and accidentally fell into the river.

The icy cold woke me up instantly. When I opened my eyes, I found myself in a dark area filled with thick fog.

——What just now...was that a dream?

I couldn't help but hold my cold forehead. The moment I fell into the river, I saw countless skeletons underneath. They sank to the bottom, covering the entire riverbed, boundless... and I seemed to have become one of the skeletons of those nameless people.

"You're awake, junior." A man's voice suddenly came from behind.

Turning around, I unexpectedly saw Vic sitting opposite a bonfire.

"What am I doing..." The situation was a little confusing. As far as I could remember, I only remembered that I was defeated by Mongget in front of the door sealed with the Three Fingers of Madness.

——Am I not dead yet?!

Vic also sighed and said, "It seems that you still didn't listen to my advice and touched the crazy flame. That's why you were imprisoned in my prison by the current King of Blessing."

"But if I don't do that, I can't think of a way to save Melina." Since I was not dead, I quickly stood up and waved my hand to summon the Night Star in my backpack.

——After all, in the game, even if Blaze was imprisoned, he was able to break out in the end, so maybe I can do it too.

But...the blessed backpack did not respond.

strangeness.

"Senior, can't we summon weapons in prison?" I turned around and asked.

Vic shook his head. "The prison won't completely eliminate Queen Marika's blessing, so the blessing backpack should still respond to your call... But here, even if you summon a weapon, it's useless. The people inside can't get out."

"How will you know if you don't try?!"

“······Ah.” He sighed again, “Then go and give it a try.”

Needless to say, I had this plan too.

So, feeling angry and anxious to get out as soon as possible, I walked towards the dark fog around me.

I walked and walked, and I felt like I was moving forward all the time. However, I didn't know how long I had been walking, and I couldn't even find the edge of the prison.

——Is the Sealed Prison so big?

Suddenly a ball of fire lit up in front of me. I couldn't help but quicken my pace and run over, but found that I was back to the starting point.

Vic said: "Here, we are equivalent to being exiled from the border. Without the guidance of blessing, it is impossible to return."

"······" I find it hard to accept. It's obvious that Blaze succeeded!

Turned his head and walked in the opposite direction.

I don't know how long I walked, but it was exactly the same as before. I was clearly walking forward, but in the end, I somehow ended up back in front of Vic's campfire.

This feeling is like being trapped in a maze, and it is also like the feeling when I stepped into the border area and tried for the first time to walk directly into the foggy seal without using the stone sword key.

I couldn't help but walk forward and ask, "Senior, is there really no way to get out of here?"

"No." Vic said firmly without looking up.

"But I know someone who seems to have violently broken out of prison."

"Impossible. If you want to leave here, someone has to come in and take you out, or you can just kill that person and then break out. But no matter which one, the prerequisite is that someone must open the prison... You also know that the way to enter the prison is to drip blood. In fact, this is a guide for those of us in the prison, leading us back to the border. After all, the people at the border have the magic of Rune in their blood." Vic briefly explained the operating principle of the prison.

But Blaze... Suddenly, I understood something.

Although it is not specifically stated in the game, since Blaze is the shadow beast that Finger gave to Lani, after he was locked up, Finger must know where Blaze is. Wouldn't it be better to send a black knife assassin to find him?

Release the mad Blaze and ask him to lead the way to the magician's tower where Lani is hiding, so as to cause trouble for Lani and kill two birds with one stone.

And apart from Blaze, there is indeed no record of anyone escaping from the sealed prison.

"······Lord Zero······"

Melina's call seemed to ring in my mind again.

But time is passing by minute by minute. If no one comes to rescue me, I will be trapped in this sealed prison for the rest of my life... Then, what should I do?