Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

"Wow ah ah ah -"

Even though I mustered up my courage and took Melina with me, jumping directly from the stone slab that remained still even at the edge of the storm, I still couldn't stop the fear in my heart as the wind blew us around and tossed us around. It was as if the roller coaster we were riding had suddenly derailed, and there were even huge rocks crashing into us from time to time. How could I not scream?

——Today, I’m afraid it’s all over.

"Master Zero!" Melina suddenly grabbed my hand, turned around, and said loudly, "Use your runes, use your power, to respond to the storm!"

"Eh? Respond to the storm?" Although I didn't quite understand what Melina was saying, I didn't care!

Combat skill - Storm Foot!

I released the power of the wind from the soles of my feet, thinking that my insignificant wind would be crushed by this strong storm in an instant.

But unexpectedly, my wind merged into the central storm of Fam Azra, as if an invisible hand was leading me and flying into the center of the chaos.

woohoo-

The sound of the wind in my ears naturally never stops, but I can feel that the wind is gradually weakening and slowing down.

Slowly, it came to a stop.

·······Stopped?!

When I opened my eyes, I found that I had unknowingly arrived in the middle of the storm. The sky was covered with dark clouds and faintly flashed red thunder.

Below, the broken beast cemetery was surprisingly pieced together again, forming a huge and empty circular plaza... somewhat like the ancient Roman Colosseum.

Time and space really did flow backwards when I closed my eyes, showing us the former glory of the ancient dragon civilization!

We were suspended in mid-air, taking in everything, and then we began to fall.

"Lord Zero, be careful!" Melina shouted loudly, pulling my nerves back.

Oh, we are falling!

I quickly used Storm Foot again. Fortunately, the height that the wind lifted us up was not too high, about three or two floors? Anyway, I used Storm Foot to slow down, and like a hero, I landed safely on the ground, and then...

"vomit--"

"Zero, Lord Zero, are you okay?" As a spirit, Melina naturally landed safely on the ground. Seeing me retching, she couldn't help but ask with concern.

I wiped the corners of my mouth and stood up shakily: "No, it's okay, I just felt a little dizzy, I'm much better now."

——How can I not feel dizzy? How can I not feel dizzy?

This damn storm made me dizzy, and the wind and sand made me completely disoriented. Even after I followed Melina's instructions, released the power of Rune, and summoned my own storm, that power seemed to pull me in the opposite direction and started spinning.

It's just like falling into a washing machine, tossing back and forth!

By the way, the principle of passing through this central storm seems to be to release one's own rune power to respond... Does that mean that, in fact, like in the game, lying on the vacant position of the stone cemetery and releasing the rune may also be able to come in? !

Forget it, let's stop thinking about this embarrassing thing right away, and just treat it as a reality where I have to jump down and get caught in the storm.

boom--

Suddenly, a red thunderbolt exploded beside Melina and me.

In the center of the stone pillars in the cemetery, the Dragon King Platon Shanks had awakened. He spread his huge but broken dragon wings, stretched his two heads toward the sky, and let out a powerful roar.

"Platonshanks, we..." I shouted loudly, trying to explain my purpose to the other party.

boom--

But another bolt of thunder interrupted my words.

It can even be said that the lightning strikes were becoming more and more frequent. In the entire beast cemetery shrouded in dark clouds, red thunder began to strike one after another because of the Dragon King's summons.

"Are you so grumpy after waking up?" I dodged another bolt of lightning and took a breath.

And Melina suggested, "Lord Zero, the thunder is too loud. We may have to go over there first to have a chance to talk to the Dragon King."

"That's exactly what I meant!" I raised the Night Fire towards the sky.

Prayer - Lance Shanks's Dragon Thunder Shelter!

Summoning the lightning, I performed the hound step and rushed towards the Dragon King Platonsanks.

Upon seeing this, the opponent condensed five red arcs of light on his dragon claws, and then swung it in my direction.

The five arcs of electricity seemed to turn into a huge net and covered me.

I also gathered the lightning that Lance Shanks had bestowed upon me onto the blade of my sword, and with a roar, I charged towards the increasingly huge lightning net, dancing and slashing with my sword. Although my steps were slightly delayed, the equal power of the lightning allowed me to tear open the Dragon King's lightning net and charge forward.

boom--

Another bolt of lightning, like a pillar supporting the sky, suddenly smashed towards me.

I quickly dodged to the side, but I didn't expect that after landing, the electric arc would spread in all directions at an incredibly fast speed.

Combat skill - Storm Foot!

I had to fly into the air to avoid the large circle of electric net spreading on the ground.

And the next second, several bolts of lightning in the sky were aimed at me, and struck me when I was unable to move freely.

——Damn, it’s too hard to hide!

The night fire burned with raging flames, following the rapid flow of the wind, wrapping me up completely.

There were also flashes of lightning in the fire, which forced me to forcibly block several bolts of lightning that were attacking from all directions.

As soon as he landed, he quickly accelerated and rushed towards the Dragon King.

As we got closer and closer to the opponent's huge body that looked like a fighter plane, I shouted, "Dragon King Platon Sanx, please calm down. We are not here to be your enemy... Please forgive us for trespassing here without permission!"

“Son of man.” Platon Shanks lowered his head when he heard my voice. His golden eyes looked at me as if they could emit X-rays. “…The power in you, as expected, belongs to Lance Shanks!”

His other head also took over the conversation: "Is this person really not sent by that Beile? We must be careful."

"Tell me, son of man, how did you know that we are in the center of this storm, the rift in time and space?" the head with more imposing manner asked loudly.

This... I really can't answer it for the moment. If I say that I came from another world and broke in through the game knowledge there, I'm afraid the Dragon King will think that I'm teasing him and slap me to the ground.

“My Lord Dragon King, please forgive me.” Melina stepped forward, holding the ancient king’s amulet in her hand. “We heard rumors about you in Fam Azra, and we dared to come to see you.”

——Yes!

In the game, this amulet is indeed the clue that guides the player A-tai to the storm, and the amulet describes the Dragon King sitting in the center of the storm.

Platon Shanks examined Melina for a moment, and one of them asked, "Your spirit body has the scent of Marika. What is your relationship with her?"

"Lord Dragon King, I am the daughter of Marika, my name is Melina." Melina bowed slightly.

The dragon head looked at me again.

I also quickly introduced myself: "My name is Zero, and I am a Faded One traveling with Melina... We came here just to use the cracks in time and space to seal the power that intends to destroy the border, Mad Fire. So, we are not here to fight with you, Platonsanks."

“······”A dragon head remained silent.

The other one said, "Since Lance Shanks favors you, we can give you a break, but... is that person the power of destruction you mentioned?"

Melina and I hurriedly looked in the direction the Dragon King was looking, and saw a black shadow falling from the sky in the distance.

As expected, Mad-Fire Trond and his witch Haida also followed.