Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

The Crucible Knights were once one of the strongest knight legions under the command of Gefulei, the King of the Borderland.

The heavy armor gives them super high toughness, and their powerful and steady attacks are difficult to defend against. At the same time, they are also proficient in various furnace-like prayers. Therefore, each furnace knight is almost a monster that can fight one against a hundred.

——In the game, experienced soul players who are proficient in the combat skill "block" can easily play with the furnace. After all, when the attack is forcibly interrupted by the opponent, the heavy furnace suit will cause them to fall into a huge stiffness.

——But for a newbie like me who got into the game from the Ring of Magic, especially the Crucible Knight who wields a sword and shield and is good at both offense and defense, it is an extremely torturous existence no matter in the early, middle or late stages!

Not to mention the limb-transplanted nobles.

As soon as he came out of the Chapel of the King, he was given a real monster to kill according to the plot.

Now, these two guys would actually gather in Stonewell's dining hall. I, weak and helpless, could only hide under the long table, shivering, and praying sincerely that I would not be discovered by them.

——Speaking of which, why did the furnace appear here? The bugs in reality are too big!

There is indeed a Crucible Knight among Stonewell.

But he should be stationed on the very bottom floor of the tower, which is the lowest point in Stonewell and basically no one cares about it.

······No, no one cares?

I suddenly remembered that the two lost knights in the tower before, didn’t they fall into the elevator shaft leading to the bottom floor of Stonewell?

Could it be that these two corpses falling from the sky attracted the attention of the furnace that was resting there, which led him to use the elevator to come up and check the situation?

Tsk, if I had known this earlier, I should have tried raising the elevator there in advance and completely trapped this guy underneath.

"Ah——" The limb-replacement noble suddenly let out a sharp roar.

But I didn't hear any footsteps approaching, so the problem couldn't be my fault.

"I know, I know." A deep and powerful voice came from under the helmet of the furnace, "Storm City is in such an ugly state now, and I don't want to stay here any longer."

——Oh, so you are leaving?

I was secretly delighted.

“But in the final analysis, you are nothing more than a mindless beast. You didn’t even notice a rat sneaking in?” The heavy sword of the furnace was dragged on the ground with a clanging sound. Then, with a strong swing, the long table above my head was directly lifted off. “Hahaha, I was wondering why it was so noisy tonight. It turns out there is a Fader!”

Damn it, discovered!

"what--"

Behind me, the limb-reattached nobleman roared with excitement and madness when he saw me, and rushed towards me quickly.

no solution anymore!

I judged the maximum distance, drew the sword with my right hand, and at the same time grabbed the blade with my left hand and slashed across.

Combat skill——Blood slash!

The sharp blood sword instantly cut off one of the arms of the limb-replacement noble, forcing it to retreat.

——The guy in the hall doesn't have as much health as the monster in the Chapel of the King. It only takes four or five hits to deal with it.

But now is obviously not the time for a fight. The Crucible Knight is the biggest hidden danger here.

I made a judgment in an instant and ran towards the door on the left side of the elevator room - if I remembered correctly, this side led directly to the church.

As for the other end of the dining hall, there were two other doors - one leading to the central square, and the other leading to the second floor of the dining hall. There were also many difficult-to-deal-with knights and exiles there, so it was not the best choice for escape.

"Oh huh? Want to get more weapons? But, this road is blocked!" A golden light swept towards me from the side, forcing me to dodge to the other side.

The Crucible Knight actually used the Tail of a Hundred Aspects summoned by prayer as a fulcrum, turned around quickly and moved significantly, directly blocking my way to escape.

This guy······

Before I could think of a way to deal with the furnace, a violent storm approached rapidly from the side.

The limb-jointed noble held several long swords in his hands, and his entire huge body spun around, attacking me.

I had no choice but to hold up my shield and retreat.

Fortunately, the limb-replacing noble forcibly intervened between me and the furnace, isolating us and making it impossible for the furnace to pursue. He even shouted impatiently, "Hey, you only reattached the arm, but not the eye? Be careful!"

Very good, very good. It turns out that these two guys don’t work well together.

Also, you see, this leaves a hole at the elevator door.

——Everything is beyond my plan!

A glance into the back of the room revealed that the lift was no longer there.

That guy, the Furnace Knight, actually raised the elevator back up after coming down?

Was this what you expected?!

"Faded Ones, fight with all your might!" That guy suddenly shouted at me, "Let me see what you are capable of when you were once led by King Gefulei!"

——You are so arrogant. If you have the guts, let’s fight!

Of course I didn't dare to yell like that, and I didn't have time to yell. After all, the limb-replacement noble's attack came towards me again.

I saw it raise half of its body and stab me with the sword in its hand.

I retreated step by step, intending to create some distance between me and then wait for the opponent to finish his attack so that I could counterattack with the Blood Slash.

But I didn't expect that this guy would use his other limbs like a crab to keep advancing. His attack was continuous and I didn't even have a chance to breathe.

Bang.

Before I knew it, I had walked back across the dining room, my back resting against the framed painting of Geoffrey on the far wall.

"Ah!" Seeing that I had nowhere to retreat, the limb-removing noble raised his body again, ready to take advantage of the moment when he pinned me to the corner and kill me.

——This guy’s arm span is too big, it’s not easy to escape from the left or right side directly, and the guy from the furnace is always watching closely nearby.

--what to do?

I looked up and watched the movements of the limb-transplanted noble...

——Hmm? Got it!

Just as the opponent swung his sword towards me, I quickly turned around and jumped back, stepping on the wooden frame of Gefulei's portrait. Then I jumped up again, dodging the opponent's two consecutive attacks, and narrowly grabbed the severed arm hanging from the ceiling. I swung it hard and landed on the back of the reattached noble.

"Try this, you bastard!" I raised my straight sword high, and while the other party had no time to react, I stabbed it hard into the back of the limb-removed noble.

Thick black blood spurted out, and the pungent smell hit my face.

The limb-removing noble let out a sharp roar that stung my eardrums and even felt like it could pinch my heart, and the whole thing angrily leaned back, wanting to crush me directly.

I quickly did a somersault and jumped back, creating some distance between me and the limb-replacement noble.

"Oh~"

I glanced at him from the corner of my eye and saw that the Crucible Knight did not take the opportunity to attack me. He even sighed slightly as if he was watching a show.

It seems that the relationship between the Crucible and the Limb-Jointing Nobles is not harmonious, and, right at the beginning, he casually confronted the other party, and his tone also showed dissatisfaction with the current "Storm City" Stonewell.

——In other words, it won’t be a two-on-one battle, but will it turn into a one-on-one round-robin battle?

——There doesn’t seem to be much difference in difficulty!

"Hello? Who is it?" Suddenly, someone shouted from the second floor of the cafeteria, "There's something going on here!"

They are the exile soldiers guarding the area!

It makes sense. After all, the commotion has become so big, it would be unreasonable if they didn't show up.

But one thing is for each thing, we have to deal with the limb-removing nobles, the furnace knights, and even the exiled soldiers and the lost knights who may come at the same time.

I felt a chill in my heart and a chill down my spine.

It's a hopeless situation!