Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

"Roar--"

Seeing the corrupt followers falling from the sky and about to engulf Millicent who suddenly stopped flying and fell to the ground.

At the critical moment, Pollyanna used the silk again to wrap around Millicent's body and pulled her out with force.

With the swift sword of thunder and the flaming knife, I also cleared out the corrupt followers around me as quickly as possible and hurried over.

Before he got close, he heard Pollyanna's confused and anxious cry: "Damn it, what's wrong with you?"

Millicent frowned, held her chest, looked pale, and sweated profusely.

She moved her lips and teeth slightly, and squeezed out a few words with difficulty: "That...that needle..."

"Needle? What needle?!"

Pollyanna was puzzled, but I suddenly realized:

——It is the golden needle of Michaela that was repaired by the sage Gwei!

——That old bad guy, there was indeed something wrong with the needle he gave Millicent!

Speaking of which, when they entered the inner city of Abrefil just now, Millicent seemed a little abnormal. Could it be that because she sensed the power of Marlenia at that time, the golden needle had already taken effect?

But at that time, Millicent's corruption disease broke out and the situation was quite urgent. Therefore, I didn't think much about it and could only insert the gold needle into her body to suppress the scarlet corruption... But everything was ruined by that bad guy's conspiracy!

“Haha, hahaha~” The eldest sister Mary also laughed triumphantly, “Finally it worked, father, did you see it? In this way, the girl will be used as a sacrifice, and the scarlet corrupt god will come to you, Millicent! Bloom the most gorgeous flower!”

“······This, is this, your, your purpose?” Millicent gritted her teeth and propped herself up.

"That's right. I'll force you to perform Water Bird Dance. Under the influence of the Valkyrie Marennia's power, the scarlet corruption in your body will wriggle more violently than before and corrode your body. The golden needle was originally a broken and repaired thing. Now, the suppressing power will be even more difficult to work... However, it still has some effect. It can sustain your life until the scarlet corruption completely corrodes your body and your mind. Then the goddess of corruption will come and remove it again."

“No wonder you asked me to force Millicent’s Waterbird Dance. So that’s how it is.” Pollyanna suddenly realized.

I was also surprised.

——According to what Mary said, is there really nothing wrong with the golden needle itself?

The problem is just the environment, which makes Valkyrie resonate with Millicent.

Although both of them are protected by Michaela's golden needle, Malenia is a deity after all, and she also has the blessing of the Great Rune. Her ability to resist the scarlet corruption is naturally far beyond that of a mortal like Millicent.

That means that as long as Millicent enters here, the longer she stays, the faster the scarlet corruption will erupt in her body.

And Gwei deliberately arranged the Holy Tree Sisters here just to weaken Millicent's energy and accelerate the erosion of corruption.

“Now you understand, Pollyanna. This is our true mission... and our father has always loved us. The only one who will be sacrificed is Millicent.” Mary extended her hand to Pollyanna. “So, come back, my sister.”

"Interesting, but do you think this is the end?" I let out a long breath, stood between Millicent, Pollyanna and the Holy Tree sisters, and prepared to stab. "Pollyanna will make her own choice. But you, I will never let you go easily."

"...Sure enough, just like my father said, you, a man, will be our biggest obstacle." Mary's voice turned cold in an instant, "Go."

Jasmine and Amy immediately rushed towards me.

Combat skill - Thunder God Killing Gun.

boom--

Red lightning burst out, but unexpectedly, Amy, who was leading the way, reacted very quickly and was able to block it.

——Tsk, I chose the wrong target.

Seeing this, Jasmine used Michaela's Halo to force me to move and disrupt my thrusting posture.

Amy took the opportunity to rush over, leaped up with both swords raised high, and slashed at me.

I quickly dodged it, Yehuo ignited a flame, turned around, and slashed with fire.

Although Amy had the same idea as me, she immediately used both swords to launch a spinning slash after her attack failed, but I was stronger than her, and our swords clashed, and the scorching flames spit out tongues of fire at her face, pushing Amy back.

Jasmine wanted to step forward to help, but Pollyanna had already approached her: "Second sister Dai, you say something too!"

“…Anyone who disobeys Mary will be killed!”

"Well!"

The distance was too close, and the sickle blade could not play its advantage. Pollyanna was faster than Jasmine, so she chased her relentlessly.

Seeing that both sisters were in a disadvantageous position, Mary immediately assigned the corrupt tree spirit to disrupt the situation.

But after hearing the tree spirit roar a few times in succession, it still twisted and turned, looking like it didn't know what to do.

“Ha-ha-you control and command monsters like this through corruption, the power of corruption.” Millicent panted and managed to stand up. “But now, if we compare the power of corruption, I have the strongest one.”

"······Can't you feel the pain of corruption?" Mary gritted her teeth.

Millicent said calmly, "I've already gotten used to it."

Then, she suddenly yelled at me, "Zero, go deal with that tree spirit first, and leave the others to me."

"Really? Are you sure?" I suspected that I had heard it wrong.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

——I wish everything was alright!

But I still listened to Millicent's words and headed towards the corrupt tree spirit.

Amy and Mary immediately launched an attack on Millicent... As expected, with a slight disturbance, Millicent's control over the corrupt tree spirit weakened.

And with her current mobility, it might be difficult for her to deal with this hyperactive monster.

The corrupt tree spirit roared, twisted its body, raised its claws towards me, and was about to smack me down.

Combat skill - hound step.

I quickly dodged the attack and rushed straight to the opponent's waist...if the area under the arm is the waist.

The night fire is burning fiercely, and the fighting skill is - the turbid fire dragon falls!

“Roar——” After being stabbed, the corrupt tree spirit twisted its body wildly in pain, and its claws kept scratching around.

But unfortunately, I am too flexible, and the opponent is huge, which means there are many blind spots. If I keep a good distance, all this guy's efforts will be wasted. Then, I can pounce on him with a Fiery Storm Slash at the right time.

The corrupt tree spirit couldn't bear it any longer, and after slapping the ground several times in succession, it raised its head and roared, then suddenly dived forward and dived into the Lake of Corruption. Then it slapped the water surface with its arms and tail, and the whole tree spirit leaped up, turned around, and breathed dragon breath towards its original position.

But it must be very strange, why is there no one at that location?

——I've seen this trick of yours hundreds of times in the game. Just move your butt and I'll know what you're going to fart.

Just after the Corrupt Tree Spirit finished slapping the ground, I took advantage of its roar, moved forward, and then jumped up with the hurricane, and asked Night Fire to directly stab into the body of the Corrupt Tree Spirit, causing it to carry me around for a while, and then soar into the sky.

After the corrupt tree spirit landed on the ground, it was stiff and dazed for a while.

I stood firmly, and the rune magic provided the maximum firepower output. At the same time, the combat skill - hound step was activated!

With the speed of wind, I carried the night fire that had stabbed into the body of the corrupt tree spirit and directly cut a huge wound on the opponent's back. Finally, I twisted the blade and turned it hard, and a raging fire erupted from the wound.

【Enemy Felled】

The light of Rune seeped out from the corrupt tree spirit and gathered towards me.

The huge monster also roared for the last time, twisted and struggled for a few times, and finally fell headfirst... Oh my! How come this guy fell right at the edge of the cliff?! Its head was so big that it dragged its entire body down quickly.

I was still on its back, so I quickly pulled out Nightfire and wanted to run back.

But it was still too late. I tried my best to jump, but I was still two steps away from reaching the edge of the cliff...

come down!

Gravity dragged me down, and I continued to fall into the hollow in the center of the sacred tree.

"Zero!" But at the critical moment, the insect silk shot over from above and I was lucky to catch it.

"You're so heavy!" Pollyanna complained.

“······Sorry.” I had to apologize obediently and climb up with the help of Pollyanna’s silk.

"Where's Millicent? How is she?" I asked as soon as I climbed back up the cliff.

Pollyanna did not respond. She turned her head and saw that the last section of the water bird sword energy suddenly burst out, tearing the three sisters of the sacred tree around them into pieces.

Millicent, who was in the middle of the scene, couldn't stand still and fell headfirst among the withered flowers and branches.