Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

I don't know how to describe it, but I was lucky enough to get rid of the only two lost knights stationed in the tower. Then, while no one noticed, I quickly ran to the second floor of the inner city tower and lit up the blessed light in a room that looked like a lounge.

Then, there are two paths:

First, continue to go to the top of the tower. After defeating a group of exiles, move around the rooftops of Stonewell like an assassin. The options are even more numerous. You can even return to the main gate and go around to kill those annoying soldiers operating the crossbow machines.

The second option is to go out from this door, go down along the city wall, pass the church and several rooms, and you will reach the central square of Stonewell.

Go through there and follow the inner path, and you will reach the palace of "Limb Removal" Greg.

——Well, in the game, if you first arrive here, it’s like this.

But in reality, there should be a third option!

There is an elevator on the right side leading from the tower to the lounge, and below should be the large dining hall near the central square.

If you can use it directly, you don't have to go the long way and suffer.

After all, walking along the city wall, there are gunpowder barrels all along the way, and the more fatal thing is that there are several storm eagles flying over the wall. There are also lost knights and exiled soldiers guarding the main roads along the way, which is quite troublesome.

I went to try the elevator mechanism, pulled the joystick, and soon, I heard the sound of gears turning.

——I guessed that this is a lounge, and there must be a lot of people using this elevator to go up and down every day, so it is impossible for the mechanism to be locked.

——I am so smart~

Whistling softly, I waited for the elevator to land and then walked in.

As soon as you go downstairs, the strong smell of decay and blood hits your nose, making you feel nauseous.

After passing through a small room, there was a large hall outside with tables lined up on both sides. It was obviously originally used as a place for dining and gatherings.

But now... the candlelight is dim, and black shadows hang from the ceiling one after another.

Those were the severed limbs and arms—of ordinary people, the Faded, trolls and giants... too many to count.

The shock I felt when I first saw it was no less than the movie "New Police Story" I watched when I was a child. Scarred policemen were hung all over the ceiling. As long as the criminals pulled the ropes lightly, they would be smashed to death on the ground.

Death filled my entire eye socket.

At the end of the hall, a huge figure stopped under the portrait of Ge Fulei, the former king of the border area.

That is the "Spider" mentioned by Roderica - the limb-replacement noble.

The other party seemed to be praying to the statue of Gefulei, and was not patrolling back and forth like in the game.

I suppressed my nausea and carefully got out of the elevator room.

Let’s go to the right first. In the small courtyard outside the door, there are relics left for Roderica by her former companions.

I bent down and quietly entered the small courtyard.

The stench here is even stronger, and it has been completely used as a garbage disposal plant.

There were countless bodies with their limbs grafted onto their bodies, piled up into a small hill. Just as Rodlika had said, they were wrapped in coarse cloth and entangled with ropes, like insect pupae.

Also exposed on the top was the corpse of a giant mountain goblin, with its limbs missing, having also died from limb reattachment.

If I hadn't seen the pile of hybrid corpses in the city of Moren, I would be kneeling on the ground, vomiting.

I recalled that Melina had said that ordinary life on the border was not easy to die because of the blessing of resurrection. And among this horrifying pile of corpses, there were many guys wearing civilian clothes.

——They were probably killed again and again until all the runes in their bodies were consumed... Or every time they were resurrected, they were unable to restore their limbs, and being tied up could not stop the wounds, and finally they could only lie in the pile of rotting corpses, desperately waiting for death to come again.

——This is truly an unforgivable sin, Greg.

"Wang! Wang!"

Ah, I was so impressed by Greg's brutality that I forgot that there were two of you dogs here desecrating the remains.

One dog counters with a shield, one dog executes with a blow, and then stomps on the dog's head, making it impossible for them to be resurrected.

Pinching his nose, he suppressed his nausea and approached the mountain of corpses.

I quickly scanned the top and didn't find the item related to the Little Red Riding Hood Roderica branch quest - the relics of the pupa swarm.

——Most people wouldn’t come here for no reason.

——That thing can’t be buried in this mountain of corpses. I have to find it myself, right?

My head hurts a bit.

Although, even if she didn't find that thing, Roderica would probably go to the Round Table Hall later to help the A-Ti and others to tune their spirits.

However, that thing was also the last memory of Roderica by her companions. Roderica, who had the talent for spirit tuning, could naturally read everyone's true expectations of her from it and complete the final farewell.

I don’t want Roderica to live in the dark self-blame for causing her companions’ deaths due to her cowardice. I hope she can gain enough courage from everyone’s thoughts and move on from that tragedy.

——So, I’m sorry, my dear.

——Please allow me to offend you.

As we approached the mountain of corpses, it suddenly occurred to me that Roderica had escaped from Stonewell not long before we met, so it should have been only three or four days.

Then, the degree of decay of her companion's remains should be relatively light.

After checking the entire courtyard, they finally found four or five bodies. On one of the bodies, a corner of deep red appeared from the coarse cloth wrapped around it, and there seemed to be a faint wisp of smoke coming out of it.

I untied the ropes that bound him and found the remains of the pupa group, a pin wrapped in velvet red cloth.

After the matter with Stonewell is over, I will bring him to Roderica. Of course, the prerequisite is that I can get through the heavy guards and the final level of Greg.

But to be honest, there is no good strategy right now.

Moreover, I deeply doubt that even if I have the ability to force my way into Stonewell's square now, when I fight against Xiao Ge, that guy will summon the remaining troops of Stonewell to come and help him.

After all, he is still the nominal king here. Reality is not a game, and there is no rule that bosses must be fought in a one-on-one duel.

In order to survive, Xiao Ge would kneel down to Malenia and beg for life.

Then when the battle situation is extremely unfavorable, he should also think of calling people to gang up and capture the little faded one first.

With this in mind, I have to think carefully about my future strategy.

······Launch a surprise attack at night? Or, stir up trouble in Stoneville first, create a huge chaos, and then take the opportunity to deal with the opponent as soon as possible?

But the latter method is obviously not enough for me alone, and I don’t know where Nepheli Lu, who would help Ati, is now. After all, there is no news about her at all.

So, do I really need Roger's help?

But when I thought about how he had betrayed me before, I got so angry that I gritted my teeth.

——How come the good brother in the game becomes so despicable in real life? Damn it!

But no matter what, it’s not safe to think about troubles here, so I’d better go back to the lounge on the second floor of the tower and make plans slowly.

He poked his head out from the courtyard and saw the nobleman with the limb graft still facing the wall.

I quietly slipped back to the elevator room... Wait, where's my elevator? It's gone!

Overhead, there was the sound of gears turning and the elevator descending.

Oops, someone's coming down!

After all, if I can use it, others can use it too. The city is full of enemies, and they must be malicious!

I quickly ran out of the room and turned around to look around - I vaguely remembered that the left side seemed to lead to Stonewell's church, but there would be wandering knights and exiles patrolling on the road; and the right side was the courtyard just now, which was a complete dead end.

After hesitating for a moment, I decided to crawl under the table in the cafeteria, use the shadow to cover myself, and then quietly stare at the elevator room.

——If it's just the exiles who come out, go up and kill them as soon as possible. The limb-removing noble can't rush into the small door of the elevator room, so just run away before him.

——The Lost Knight? I should have solved the Lost Knight problem in that tower area.

coming!

He walked in with steady steps, but he never expected that a burly bronze figure would appear at the door.

I was so horrified that I couldn't believe my eyes.

——Furnace Knight?! How did this monster appear here?

Moreover, such loud footsteps naturally attracted the attention of the limb-replacement nobles.

Now, I have been trapped in the dilemma of being sandwiched from the front and back by two elite monsters. What kind of hellish difficulty is this!