Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Combat skill - Water Bird Dance.

When the knife light enveloped me again, I seemed to be back in the vast white snowfield. The blade swung out from Millicent's hand seemed to split the flying snow into two.

Then I was chopped and flew out, falling headfirst into the snow.

"Oh my god! It's so cold, so cold, so cold!" I hurriedly pulled my red, frozen face out of the snow pile, making Pollyanna laugh.

After rolling his eyes at her, he couldn't help but sigh: "This move is really too strong. In reality, it is impossible to block it!"

——Besides, even in the game, it’s hard for me to completely avoid the water birds that are so close to me, and I’ll always be chopped into a Muggle.

"Millicent, do you know how to solve this trick?" To find the answer, you might as well ask the person who set the question.

"Break the Water Bird Dance?" Millicent frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then said, "... Personally, the opponents that are more difficult for me to deal with are those who are wearing solid armor and have brute strength. It's like water meeting a rock. They can use unreasonable strength to break my blade. This may be the way to break it."

"Haha, that's it." I rolled my eyes and collapsed to the ground.

Let’s not talk about Millicent. After all, if we really compare strength, I am naturally superior to her, so the method she mentioned might indeed be effective.

But what if you meet the Valkyrie Marennia herself?

She is a deity. In terms of strength, she can lift A-Tu high up with one hand as if she were a chicken. Moreover, the water bird cannot bounce back and is difficult to interrupt. Only by controlling the mechanism well and using frostbite, bleeding or other methods to cause massive damage instantly when she spreads her wings and flies can it be effective.

But will the real Marennia give such an opportunity?

In that case, the only person who can crack the water bird using the method Millicent described may be Brother Latan before he was corrupted. Otherwise, even if it is Monggot, who is also a demigod, I estimate that the teacher's thin body will not be enough.

"However, as the essence of the Flowing Water Sword Technique, Water Bird Dance is naturally not separated from the origin of the sword technique, Zero." Millicent said, "When encountering flowing water, blocking it may not be a good choice. After all, even the strongest stone will be damaged and destroyed under the agitation of time and space."

"Alas, I just couldn't dodge it, so I was thinking about whether I could find a way to block it." I sighed. It seems that Fahuan is not a wolf after all. It is best not to think about a mortal body clanging with gods.

Millicent smiled and said, "Turn yourself into a fish and walk with the water, Zero. If you can understand this, it won't be difficult to hide from the dancing water birds."

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When I came to my senses, Malenia in front of me had already leaped up again, like a water bird spreading its wings and flying towards me lightly.

He originally planned to keep a close eye on the opponent's arm that was swinging the sword, but in an instant, Malenia's arm and the blade were so fast that they split into many virtual images.

——Mibao, did you see it?

——I am not the Monkey King, not even a dark horse, how can I become a fish and walk with the water? !

Dangdangdang——

The blade fell on the brass shield, and the next second, a torrential rain hit it without stopping.

I gritted my teeth, but was still forced back step by step.

Even when the teardrop replica behind her summoned a meteor shower to attack, Marennia didn't take it seriously at all.

The blade swung, and just like that day, Millicent easily cut through the flying snow, and all the magical gravel turned into broken crystals and dissipated around her.

Under the glow, she turned her body, swung her sword with great force, and threw me flying, crashing headfirst into the wall of tree roots beside the sea of ​​flowers.

The arms holding the shield had lost feeling, and even the brass shield, which was 100% invulnerable, was chopped into pieces.

My head was also dizzy, and I only saw that crimson figure coming towards me like a flower from the other shore of death.

boom--

Fortunately, a torrent of water forcefully pushed Marennia back.

It seems that even the Valkyrie is afraid of the power of the origin magic - Comet Azrael.

Taking advantage of this gap, I quickly drank two sips of the Holy Grail Dew, which healed the injuries on my body and restored the feeling in my arms along with the warmth.

When he looked up, he saw Marennia rushing towards the replica teardrop.

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"Millicent, do you think about anything when you use Waterbird Frenzy?"

"Hmm? I probably won't think about anything. When the water birds are dancing, I just need to focus on the feeling of swinging the sword, letting it flow freely, just like water going with the flow."

"So, there are no fixed moves?"

"That's true. Every time I used it, I didn't pay much attention to the sword swinging moves or anything like that."

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When rushing to support Brother Teardrop, he couldn't help but recall the conversation he had with Millicent during their sparring.

I intervened between the two from the side, and slashed with a flaming sword from bottom to top, breaking Marennia's stabbing moves: "Your target is me, Marennia! Let's do it again!"

Naturally, Marennia didn't say anything and directly made three quick slashes with the sword, but compared to the water bird, I have already adapted to this speed.

Three consecutive blocks produced sparks, and as soon as the opponent held back, he thrust forward with a sword.

As I dodged to the side, I turned around and struck a bloody blow.

Marlennia defended quickly, but the blood blade still fell on her, causing her to step back.

Behind her, a dark blue spiral suddenly twisted, and then a beam of magic gravel shot out from it towards Marlennia's back.

Magic-surprise attack on magic gravel.

Marlennia noticed something, turned around and used her prosthetic sword to block Moli's attack.

But on my side, the night fire burned, and the flames danced wildly with me, like a roaring dragon, leaping into the air.

Fighting skill - Turbid Fire Falling Dragon!

Sensing my rune power, Malenia chose to jump away, and just as she flew into the air with no way to dodge, the replica teardrop also seized the opportunity.

Magic-Broom Star!

A huge pyroxene magic gravel rushed towards her, and Marennia could only block it with her prosthetic sword, but she was still knocked to the ground by the power of the broom star and rolled several times.

Seeing this, I rushed forward!

But after getting up, Marennia jumped lightly, and after gaining a certain distance, she spread her wings and flew high again.

Combat skill - Water Bird Dance.

From my current position, there was no time to step back and create some distance to dodge, and my sight was once again completely enveloped by the light of the blade.

——It is completely useless to just stare at the opponent's arm to judge the direction of the slash. Moreover, this move does not have a fixed way of attacking like in the game... How can I break it?

His eyes couldn't help but fall on Marlenya's feet.

——"······The Water Bird Dance is the secret of the Flowing Water Sword Technique, and naturally it does not deviate from the origin of the sword technique······Turn myself into a fish and walk with the water, Zero."

Millicent's words once again rang in my mind. At the moment before Marinetta landed, I subconsciously looked at her feet, quickly stepped forward, and circled to her left side. I glanced at the opponent's blade and rolled over to dodge.

After Malenia landed on one foot, she flew towards me quickly like a dragonfly skimming the water.

One, two, then quickly bend your knees and take a leap...

Combat skill - hound step.

Looking at the opponent's footsteps, I accelerated and slid, dodging the blade that was swinging in front of me, and went around behind Marennia's heels again.

However, when he was dodging, he was hit lightly on the top of his head, and the Kalia Knight's helmet was chopped off and fell to the ground.

——But it’s not serious.

Marennia landed on one foot again, bounced up, turned around in mid-air, and swung her sword to attack me.

But I seemed to have gradually figured out the trick. In order to turn around and attack directly in the air, I had to jump relatively high, then lie almost close to the ground, and thus slip over the opponent's sword tip again.

——Sure enough, the most important thing about Water Bird Dance is not the blade wielding in her arm, but her steps!

The core of the Liushui sword technique is not the slashing, but the footsteps that are as agile and continuous as flowing water, leaving the enemy with nowhere to hide and no escape.

If you want to turn into a fish and avoid the dancing of water birds, the first thing you need to do is to keep up with Marennia's footsteps!

And this is not difficult for me, who is already familiar with the steps of hounds.

Marennia seemed to be flying and dancing among the flowers, and although I was a little embarrassed, I crawled and rolled on the ground and managed to avoid the opponent's blade again and again.

Even if one is a god, swinging the blade at such a high intensity will eventually run out of energy.

The moment when Marennia paused, I seized the opportunity, stepped forward quickly with the hound's steps, and slashed from bottom to top.

Combat skills——Wolf Attack Blood Dance!

I will seal the frenzy of water birds here!