Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Success

"Success! Brother Ling! You succeeded!" Before I could cheer, someone else shouted first. I saw Diros and others rushing towards me, each of them looking more excited than me, "Brother Ling, you are amazing! This battle really opened our eyes!"

"Yes! In just one day, Brother Ling, you actually defeated your opponent! You must be stronger than when we met in Morn City!"

——The second half of the sentence is redundant. After all, I increased my ability values ​​two or three times afterwards.

——The current attributes should be equivalent to the game, with a relatively balanced allocation of points, and around level 18 where you want everything.

I breathed a sigh of relief. At times like this, I should have pretended to smile and responded modestly, "Thanks to you for throwing the prisoner back to me, I was able to succeed in the challenge."

Diros shook his head quickly: "No, no, no, you clearly used the prisoner to suppress the opponent, but we didn't see you take action. Without that thing, you should be able to defeat the demon."

——You see, this way they will praise you more. Remember this trick to trick people into praising you. Hehe~

"The time delayed by the prison device gave me a good opportunity to catch my breath. And... at the last moment, I was probably worried because the evil omen demon was worried, so I took advantage of the opportunity." After all, from my physical feeling, in the last fight, the movements of the evil omen teacher did slow down a bit.

Diros asked doubtfully, "Speaking of this, Brother Zero, what did you and that evil omen demon talk about just now? Dynasty, smile, and so on..."

"Ah, then, those things, you don't have to worry about them." I scratched my head a little embarrassedly, and then pretended to be mysterious, "After all, if the evil omen finds out, and you know those things, maybe he will target you and kill you to silence you."

Of course, this wasn't entirely me intimidating Diros and the others.

The connection between the King of Evil Omens and the current Lord of the royal city of Rodel is not known to the world, and it is likely that it will not be recognized by the world.

For Diros and the others, knowing this matter would do more harm than good.

Diros naturally understood the reason, so he changed the subject: "By the way, Brother Ling, are you going into the city now?"

I looked towards the main gate of Stonewell for a moment, sighed, and shook my head: "I am a little exhausted today. Since all the obstacles on the road have been solved, there is no rush to set off now. Let me get ready."

After temporarily leaving the long cliff path, I took a short rest inside the outer wall of Stonewell.

By the way, it turns out there is an internal passage here, leading to the rest room for the gatekeepers.

Now, I am sitting in the lounge of Diros, eating jerky peacefully, and even drinking goat milk, so comfortable~

But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense. Stonewell's outer gate is built against the mountain, and there are several towers. It is impossible that there is only one main passage.

As for the game, after all, the size is limited, so it is impossible to really build every room and every passage. Just like the city of Morn, the interior is also connected in all directions.

So, if we enter the city of Stonewell, it might be quite different from the Ring of Magic world that I know... Before we set off, I should ask Diros and the others about the specific rooms and buildings inside.

Just as I was thinking about how to attack Stonewell, a blue light appeared in my peripheral vision.

It's Melina!

"Create a world where everyone can live with a smile...? So this is what Mr. Zero believes in." Meimei said to me with a gentle smile.

Ha... Haskashi (So, so shameful!)

It's just like when I was a kid, shouting to my relatives and friends, "I want to be a scientist or an astronaut." It's really funny!

I quickly stopped Melina: "Stop, stop talking. It's embarrassing."

"Why? I think that kind of world is pretty good too."

"It's not because of that." I sighed. It seems that Meimei doesn't understand my shame at all. "By the way, Melina, what's wrong?"

——After all, Meimei wouldn't show up just to say this.

"I'm here to ask about our previous agreement, Master Zero," Melina explained. "When we were at the Weeping Peninsula, I asked you if you wanted to go to the current Round Table Hall, and you said that we could talk about it after we entered Stonewell... Now, you are about to face the demigod, 'Golden King' Greg. So, I'm here to ask you again if I need to take you to the Round Table Hall."

So, it was this kind of thing. I almost forgot about it... Or rather, I had already forgotten about it.

When it comes to the agreement, I subconsciously thought it was what we agreed to do before, to explore the border area more, or to send Meimei to the foot of the golden tree.

I thought she wanted to change the agreement or even leave me because she heard that the world I wanted to create was not what she expected... Of course, Melina would never do that. After all, she never abandoned me when I was a coward. So I was just a little scared by Meimei's sudden seriousness.

But, the round table hall.

It is indeed time to show up and find out the current situation.

It would also be helpful to give Roderica some guidance later.

Of course, the most important thing is to sharpen my weapons, or buy some useful props from the twin old ladies.

——What, what, you said you were going to find the "Dead Sleeping Girl" Fia to hug her and give her some hugs?

······Hehehe, it's not that I haven't thought about it. Besides, this is someone else's initiative, it has nothing to do with me! Meimei, don't blame me~

"Zero, Master Zero? Please stop drooling."

Oh no! Did Meimei discover my evil thoughts?

——But this look of disdain is also irresistible~

I quickly wiped my saliva with my sleeve and smiled at her awkwardly: "I, I know, the Round Table Hall, right? Yes, yes, now is indeed the time to go and take a look. I wonder if I can find someone who can help."

"I understand. Then please allow me to touch you a little, Lord Zero." Melina extended her hand to me.

——It doesn’t matter how long you want to touch me. I want to stay in touch with you for a while longer~

If I blurt out something like this, Melina will probably never show up again, even if she doesn't leave me.

I controlled my expression and was about to hold Melina's hand when I suddenly remembered something: "Wait a minute."

"What's wrong, Master Zero?"

"If I leave suddenly, Dyros and the others will be worried." I stretched out my finger and condensed Rune on it, and then I could write a short message on the table, "——I will be out for a while, don't worry, Zero."

——Well, I learned this method by accident when I was learning magic from Teacher Se Lian. At that time, I also remembered that it was no wonder that I didn’t collect the item "Faded Old Finger" in the Chapel of the King.

——But, I didn’t really care about it at the beginning.

After finishing the text message, I took Melina's hand and said, "Sorry to have kept you waiting. Let's go."

Melina shook her head, indicating that she didn't care. Then she gently reminded: "Well, Master Ling, I will start the transmission. The distance this time is a little long, please be prepared."

"Yes, got it."

In the room, a golden glow gradually lit up, enveloping Melina and me, and finally turned into a wisp of fine powder, floating out of the window.