Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

The flames burned fiercely, and the stone imps below jumped up and down like a cannibal tribe holding a banquet.

And I am the pitiful sacrifice - either I starve to death on this stone pillar, or I roll into a mountain of knives and a sea of ​​fire and get chopped into small pieces...either way, it will not be pleasant.

Staring silently at the flames that sounded like the breath of a dragon, I carefully recalled the entire map of this catacombs.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in my mind: "Hmm? Wait, there seems to be a way!"

Although there is a certain element of gambling, it is definitely worth a try!

I quickly put the big leather shield on my back and prepared to run at full speed.

The problem is that I can't touch the fire-breathing ghost in the middle of the stone pillar... Got it! I untied the string of the loincloth from my body. At the critical moment of life and death, I don't care about politeness or not!

He tied it to the handle of the straight sword and then swung it downward with force.

Ding!

Become!

The stone pillar shook slightly, and the sound of gears turning was heard at the bottom, and it began to descend.

The stone ghosts had obviously noticed something as well. They raised their heads, jumped around eagerly, and waved their weapons.

"Come on, stupid guys, let's fight it out!" I stared at the stone imps closely, and just as they jumped up and pounced on the top of the stone pillar, I leaped back with all my strength, turned around and ran towards the passage I came from.

This was the only gap - after all, there was a raging fire just now in this direction, and no gargoyle was willing to get close.

But soon, these guys who were knocked unconscious by the collision of the stone pillars came chasing again, shouting, like mad dogs.

Boom——

However, it's not just you who are chasing us, there's also fire!

I heard the stone pillars rising again. After all, the real stone statues were also quite heavy. I deliberately attracted them to jump onto the descending stone pillars, in order to make them trigger the mechanism of the stone pillars rising again!

boom!

The next second, scorching flames rushed over.

Burn it for me!

"Gah-"

"Wow! It's so hot, so hot--" I rolled and crawled out of the fire passage.

Ah, the cape that Meimei gave me was half burned by the fire. Although it was already in tatters due to my tossing, I still feel so sad.

But there was no time to think so much.

The stone imps followed closely behind me and rolled out of the fire, with wisps of burnt smoke coming out of the cracks on their bodies. It turned out that the rock attribute was more resistant to fire than ordinary monsters.

but--

"Hello, little ones~"

Seeing me, these guys rushed towards me again with full energy.

Sure enough, with their intelligence, they didn't realize the danger was coming. This T-shaped fork has two flamethrowers!

I stepped hard on the top of the stone pillar, and just as the stone imp was about to rush in front of me, the stone pillar lifted up, and a raging fire burned, running through the entire passage!

Then, five golden rays of light flew out from the flames one after another and merged into my body.

Humph, just as I expected, I easily dealt with the Five Tiger Generals, the “Newbie Killers”.

Hurry up and go to the previous location and search for props~

——"Martian Butterfly".

I took a deep breath, and a thousand alpacas ran through my mind: "Damn it, Miyazaki Hidetaka! After all the hard work, you actually gave me this cheap prop that is everywhere. I hope that Martian butterflies can fly out of your bed tonight!"

Never mind, I'm used to it.

Although the level map is deeply imprinted in my mind, I can never remember the props inside.

After all, I had added a "random all props" MOD to the game to enhance the fun, and at that time, hilarious situations were often played out.

Therefore, the memory of related props becomes even more confusing.

The subsequent underground cemetery is almost not difficult. As long as you are careful about turning corners and checking more often, you can avoid being attacked by the old six ghosts.

Moreover, it has been proven many times that the gargoyle triggering mechanism of the real magic circle is more sensitive than that in the game. You must pay attention to it when exploring higher-level tomb mazes in the future.

In the deepest tomb on the third level, I also collected the "ashes of the wandering dignitaries" - something that is better than nothing, and I don't have a soul-calling bell yet.

The mechanism was successfully opened, and a dull sound was heard throughout the tomb.

The door of the BOSS room opened - if I remember correctly, the BOSS inside should be the Guishu Guard Dog, which is a large gargoyle.

That guy has a slender appearance of a lucky cat, but he holds a big sword in his right hand. His attacks are slow and heavy, and the frequency is not high. As long as you grasp the rhythm, you can still easily deal with it... At least, it is easier than the gang attack of the Five Tiger Generals.

However, there is no rush to go there right now.

I returned to the blessed place at the entrance, touched it gently, and my body's strength was quickly restored, and the holy grail bottle was filled again.

Oh? The gargoyle in the tomb at the beginning has also recovered.

This is the same as the original magic ring. After touching the blessing, the monsters in the whole world will be refreshed.

But what is the principle?

I still can’t figure it out now.

But the most important thing is to go through the entire underground tomb - let the Tree-Returning Watchdog truly return to the tree and experience the so-called correct death!

I took a deep breath and walked into the BOSS room.

Here, there were piles of bones, and the tall figure of Guishu Guardian Dog was sitting in front of the wall on the other side of the tomb.

Hearing the noise, its head suddenly turned around as if a spring had been pressed, and its terrifying face, like that of a vampire demon, let out a sharp whistle: "Ga——"

Then, as if being lifted up by an invisible giant hand, the monster quickly flew towards me - it was a common heavy pressure attack in the game!

This move really tests your ability to grasp the timing of rolling. If you roll too early, you won't be able to avoid the shock wave from landing; if you roll too late, you will be hit hard by the heavy hammer.

But for me, practice makes perfect. When the Guishu Guard Dog flew over my head and was about to fall, I rolled backwards and easily avoided it!

Then, taking advantage of the opponent's stalemate, he jumped up and slashed at the statue's neck with his sword.

when--

"Oh my god, it's so hard!" I felt my wrist a little numb.

At this moment, the watchdog stood up suddenly.

This is one of its common melee tactics - the ultimate fast and slow knife! When I was a novice, I would panic and roll over and over again when I saw this, and at this time, the guard dog would choose to chop off Ah Tui's head with a knife while you were rolling!

The correct solution is to hold the shield and quickly move around its left side.

Firstly, the guard dog's left side is not very aggressive, so even if it strikes with its right hand, it can dodge quickly; secondly, it can also steal damage, just like now!

I held the knife in both hands and chopped at the weak lower limbs of the Guishu guard dog.

This guy suddenly lost his balance and fell to the ground, unable to move for a while!

Eh, so he was executed immediately? Beautiful!

Without thinking twice, I picked up the sword and quickly struck him several more times.

The guard dog lying on the ground suddenly began to twitch wildly, and red light burst out of its eyes.

It looks like the next move is fire breath.

I quickly distanced myself.

As expected, a scorching fire came towards him, but the flames of the Guishu Guard Dog were not very powerful after all. He could avoid them perfectly by just stepping back four or five steps, and even take this opportunity to replenish his supplies.

And while the fire forced me away, Guishu the guard dog sat up again.

But when the fire was about to die down, I strode towards this guy.

I saw that the Guishu guard dog slightly leaned forward, gathering strength for a sudden attack.

I dodged by jumping to the right and continued to close the distance.

This guy failed to obey, so he smashed his sword to the ground, obviously intending to use a spinning slash! However -

"Too slow!" I took a big leap and dodged the sweeping attack of the spinning slash. Then, holding the sword with both hands, I chopped my opponent's neck again with force.

boom!

"Hehe, although you are indeed very tough, water drops can wear away stone. As long as the attacks land in similar positions, the rocks can still be chopped down, right?"

【Enemy Felled】

Before the second round of spinning slash could come, I struck the throat with my sword and blew off the head of the Guishu guard dog.

As expected of the BOSS of the Novice Village, the difficulty is just right to make me sweat~

Watching the body of the Guishu Watchdog dissipate in the wind like the smoke from a fire, and a handful of golden runes merge into its body, I breathed a sigh of relief - the first maze strategy of the real Elden Ring world is completed!

The additional reward is "The Ashes of a Powerful Magician."

Well, it’s something better than nothing.

I packed up briefly and prepared to leave.

In a trance, I seemed to hear waves of weak wailing. Was it coming from the end of the tomb?

There, the tree roots extending from above the tomb chamber were intertwined and tightly wrapped around one shriveled corpse after another, as if they were squeezing them dry as nutrients.

——Is this the so-called correct death, returning to the tree?

I wondered for no reason: "Perhaps, the so-called Guishu guard dog is not guarding the gate for intruders to come in, but watching them to prevent them from escaping?"