Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

The wind was raging and the black and red flames were burning.

Inside the temple, "Black Sword" Malicus covered his head with one hand, gasping for breath, looking exhausted from dealing with the noise in his head.

The "Rebel" Bernal's eyes were blazing with fire. He raised the World-Devouring Scepter, gradually quickened his pace, and walked towards Malycus.

"Wait a minute!" I quickly stopped in front of him.

"...Zero, you should know that besides your witch, what Dianhuo wants most is the power that controls the true [Death] of the Borderland—the Destined Death." Bernard said coldly, "Besides, his roar will obviously attract the attention of that guy who is hiding somewhere. We must deal with the 'Black Sword' Maliks as soon as possible."

"I know, but Malicus is on my side!" I retorted loudly.

——In other words, I trust Malicus a little more than Bernard.

The other party looked at me for a moment and sighed: "Really? You are worthy of being a role model for us Faded Ones... As expected, you came to Fam Azra with his help?"

——He actually guessed it.

However, Bernal himself seemed to have some connection with beasts, as evidenced by his beast-gathering armor. Perhaps, in the past that I didn't know about, he had already met the "beast priest" Gulang.

Seeing that the other party had let down his aggressive attitude a little, I turned around and approached Malicus carefully: "'Black Sword' Malicus, do you remember me? I am Zero."

“Hua-Hua-Zero?” The other party was still panting, and raised his somewhat blurry golden eyes, “Faded, the one who faded, it turned out to be you, wu——”

——He still remembers me!

I quickly summoned Iggy's huge mirrored helmet: "Malikus, believe me, wearing this helmet should be able to resist some fingers from interfering with your consciousness, so that you will feel better."

"Woo--" Malicus still clenched his teeth, enduring the mental torture, and even blood in his saliva dripped onto the ground.

I carefully handed Iggy's mirrored helmet forward.

However, at this moment, Malikas seemed to unconsciously call out a not-so-nice name: "Ma, Malika?"

My heart suddenly tightened, as if someone was grabbing it.

The other party's eyes did not fall on me, but were staring closely at... Melina! Malikus seemed to have accidentally seen Melina behind me, but he mistook Melina for Marica? !

Although their hair colors are different, they are mother and daughter after all, so they naturally have some similarities in appearance. And it is also possible that Maliks had seen Melina when she was a child. After all, as a shadow beast, he had even seen Mongot.

But now is definitely not the time for him to meet Melina!

My brain quickly sorted out the logic, but it was too late.

"Ahhhhhhhh——" Malicus roared in pain again. He suddenly raised his hand and slapped me away with my helmet. Then he raised the black sword that embodied the destined death and slashed at Melina.

when!

But Bernal held up the World-Devouring Scepter horizontally, and in a flash, he used soft power to cleverly avoid Malicus's attack.

——Is it an evolved application of the combat skill “block”?

"I have already removed the seal on you, let's go back to Zero first."

Hearing Bernard say this, Melina nodded and quickly turned into a faint blue light and gathered towards me.

And Malicus fell into a state of madness again: "No! No! Mother, Malica, she is not wrong! We, we pray for the [Eternity]... Woo——"

—Mother? Did Malicus call Finger mother?

boom!

All of a sudden, Malycus slammed his head against the stone pillar of the temple with lightning speed, smashing the pillar into pieces and making it shake.

He hit his head and it was bleeding. For a moment, he leaned against the pillar and didn't move.

“······Malicus?” I walked forward cautiously.

But Roderica hurriedly shouted: "Master Ling, Master Bernal, be careful! This is not Master Malikus now!"

"Huh?" I just started to get suspicious.

Then I saw the "Black Sword" Malicus suddenly jump out like lightning, then leap high into the air, turning into a huge black shadow, and stabbing towards me with the black sword.

——This is the same move that just ended the dragon-clad tree guard!

I quickly moved away with the hound steps, and saw that the moment Malicus landed, the black and red aura of destined death burst out in all directions with his slash, and also raised a cloud of flying sand and rocks.

In the gray smoke, the golden pupils had been completely dyed scarlet, just as if his snow-white hair was also stained and obscured by blood because of the previous collision.

"Just like Roderica said, Malicus has completely lost himself, Zero." Bernal walked forward.

His unchanging cold eyes seemed to have anticipated all of this, but he still asked: "So, next, as a role model of the Faded, what will you do?"

"Don't always label me as a role model." I couldn't help but complain.

Malicus turned around and immediately swung a black and red slash at us.

Bernal and I both had to move out of the way.

After all, if I were to encounter this kind of fatal slash in real life, I don't know if Malikus's fatal flames would have any additional [death] effects. HP burning? I'm afraid it's the same as Amaterasu in "Naruto". Once it's stained with the flames of fatal death, it will keep burning until the target is completely reduced to ashes.

The mad Malicus's attack was also extremely fierce. Just as he had narrowed the distance, the black sword burned with the flame of destined death. With a big leap, it invaded in front of the man, and while swinging and slashing, it ignited a curtain of fire.

He barely dodged the attack, and then the opponent leaped into the air, turned his body, and launched another slash.

I was beaten so hard that I ran away in fear.

And Malicus landed right on the pillar, and roared and growled murderously at us.

He has indeed lost himself, and is now just a complete beast who has invaded his territory and is determined to annihilate all those who disrespect him.

——What should I do? I have no choice but to seize the destined death... that is, to kill Malikus?

Although I know now is not the right time, I still have some hesitation in my heart.

"Lord Zero!" Roderica suddenly called out to me. She seemed to see through my thoughts and said straight to the point, "I will find a way to retrieve Lord Malicus' soul and invite him back. I also ask you and Lord Bernal to delay time and try to weaken his power!"

Deep down, I breathed a sigh of relief. I couldn't help but smile and held Nightfire tightly: "Okay, leave it to us!"