Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 81: The Battle of the Trapped Beast 2

In Stonewell's dining hall, my fight with the limb-reattaching nobles was discovered by the exiles on night patrol. I'm sure reinforcements will pour in here.

On the side, there was even a Furnace Knight blocking the exit of the dining hall, ready to take my head after reattaching the noble.

The predicament makes people feel desperate and helpless, but the body still can't stop heating up because of excitement.

I watched the limb-removed noble roll over from the ground like a turtle. Although I didn't have the chance to kill him with one blow, the straight sword pierced his entire back, which must have caused quite serious damage.

At the same time, I was also on guard against the possibility that the Crucible Knights might launch an attack when they saw the situation was not favorable.

The exile was still shouting upstairs: "Hey! Someone come quickly! The Fader is here!"

"These guys are so short-sighted." Suddenly, Rongfu waved his arms, and huge golden wings grew on his back. He then took off and leaped onto the second floor of the cafeteria.

Then, he actually gave the shouting exile an upward thrust, knocking him down.

——What's going on? This guy suddenly had a conflict with the Stonewell guards?

Perhaps he saw my suspicious look, he leaned against the wooden railing and said, "Don't get me wrong, I just don't want anyone to disturb this fight."

——Who does he think he is? An ancient Roman emperor?

"what--"

There was no time to figure out what the Crucible Knight was thinking, as the Limb-Removing Noble had already attacked again.

It went into a frenzy, and its attack was even more hysterical than before.

I dodged backwards repeatedly, but gradually got used to the opponent's attack method -

The most comfortable attack range for the limb-attached noble is two to three meters in front of him, which is the distance after the maximum arm span and the long sword are added together.

In this case, it has a variety of attack methods to choose from, including multi-end sweeps, large spinning slashes, large thrusts, combo thrusts... The most commonly used one is the combo thrust: it has a fast attack speed and strong power. It can attack effectively while also keeping a safe distance for itself.

If the opponent is more than two or three meters away, it will chase quickly, forcing the opponent to have no time to rest.

To sum up, if you want to defeat the Limb-Attached Noble, you have to get into its attack range and engage in super close combat.

Then, the limb-jointed noble would find it difficult to deal with the attack, and he would either hold his swords horizontally and vertically to advance while retreating; or he would roll over and dodge like a dung beetle to keep his distance; finally, like now, he would raise his body and stab downwards continuously with his sword, or he would smash down directly with his big shield.

And I had already spotted the right opportunity. When I used this move, the Limb-Removing Noble turned extremely slowly. As long as I rolled to its side at the beginning, the opponent would not have time to react and would be helpless!

Now is the best time to attack!

Combat skill——Blood slash!

The bloody blade burst out and chopped off several of the opponent's arms.

The limb-jointed noble let out another sharp and piercing cry, swept his sword horizontally, then chopped it vertically, and then retreated while attacking.

But I don't want to give you the chance to return to your comfort zone. After dodging the sweep with a leap, I quickly chased after you with my shield. At the same time, I reached out from behind and took out a flame pot and smashed it hard at the handsome but pitiful face of the noble.

boom!

The flames covered the opponent's eyes, causing the limb-replacement noble to scream and raise his body, while using several hands to frantically scratch his face and eyes.

It's now!

I endured the pain of my eardrums being nearly torn apart by the opponent's screams, gripped the King's Army's straight sword tightly, and activated my combat skill - Blood Slash!

Then, two consecutive kills!

Three consecutive cuts!

puff--

Suddenly, the "bleeding" effect was triggered.

The limb-reattached noble's body was covered with numerous knife wounds, and black, smelly blood was splattered everywhere.

Its voice gradually became lower, and its whole body tilted and fell to the ground with a bang, turning into a wisp of gray smoke and dissipating.

I breathed a sigh of relief and took out the Holy Grail from my waist.

I just took a sip.

From the second floor behind him came the powerful and uplifting voice of the Crucible Knight: "Beautiful battle! As expected, people like you are worthy of being called warriors!"

——Oh no, it must be because I just drank Orange Juice, which triggered the teacher’s stress response: no drinking in class, and you have to vomit as much as you drink.

Thinking of this, I subconsciously rolled to the side, but saw that the other party just jumped from the second floor normally and landed steadily on the ground.

——Well, the prediction is a little embarrassing, but it’s harmless.

Moreover, at this moment, the Crucible Knight's aura was not as aggressive as it was at the beginning. He even praised me: "Even if you are in trouble, you can remain calm and even devote your all to win. Faded One, you have excellent warrior instincts!"

I didn't dare to slack off at all. I held the sword tightly and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Nothing, just a warrior making a reasonable evaluation of the wonderful battle just now." The Crucible Knight continued in a loud voice, "I am a member of the Crucible Knights led by King Gefulei, my name is Hertok! Faded One, tell me your name!"

"My name is Zero!"

——After we tell each other our names, we're going to fight, right? !

"Very good! Zero, I will remember you." The Crucible Knight still did not make any offensive moves, but continued, "A warrior should have the glory and ending that is commensurate with a warrior! Such a shameful act as 'limb grafting' will never be recognized!"

I was extremely puzzled: "If you think so, why don't you stop Greg?"

"...After all, he is the heir of King Gefulei, and should be dealt with by the king himself." The Crucible Knight paused for a moment, raised his head and continued to say to me, "But I have decided that before you challenge the demigod, I will not stop you again, Zero."

--oh?!

After hearing this, I couldn't help but widen my eyes.

So, does that mean I escaped tonight?

"Then, stay alive! And continue to fight! If you can really defeat the 'Golden King' Greg, I will come back to take your life and gamble our honor as warriors." After saying that, the Crucible Knight actually turned around and walked away.

And I was just about to say: Actually, I don’t have any glory as a warrior. Everything I have done is just going with the flow and trying my best to survive.

But the shouts coming from all around didn't allow me to waste even a second.

"The Fader is here! Someone come and catch him!"

"Cut off his hands and feet, and present them to King Greg!"

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There was a noisy sound, and the exiles were seen pouring in from all the entrances and exits of the dining hall like a tide.

On the second floor, the figure of the Lost Knight even appeared, summoning a storm and launching a surprise attack on me directly from the upstairs.

——Really, damn it!

So many guys came at once, do you think I'm too lucky?

Unless I become a Subasaiyan now, I can wipe out these guys!

I turned around and ran. Huh? No one came out of the door on the left side of the elevator room? ! I was so lucky. Now I can run directly to the church from here~

Rushed in quickly.

But this first step completely stupefied me.

This is another courtyard. There is a fog door on the left side of the entrance, and on the right side is a statue that should be Queen Marika. There are walls on all sides, and there is no way out!

——It’s over, it’s over. The previous situation was too urgent and I made a mistake in remembering it.

There is no way to get to Stonewell's church from here. Even if you unlock the fog door, there is only a weapons warehouse inside. At the end of the warehouse, you can only see the wall leading to the church, but you can't get through it unless you mutate into Spider-Man or grow wings.

In order to escape, I subconsciously remembered being able to run to the church instead of being able to see it.

But now I have fallen into a dead end of memory.

——No wonder the guy from the furnace said "I wanted to get more weapons" instead of "I wanted to escape" when he stopped me at the beginning.

"That fader has run into the blind courtyard! Come and catch him!"

The Lost Knights and Exiles are catching up with us. What should we do?

There are two trees against the wall in this courtyard. Can I climb up?

Although I am not Jackie Chan, I can only give it a try.

This is a fight of life and death. Explode, my little universe!

"Hey! Hey! Are you Zero? Over here! Over here!"

Hmm? Someone's calling me.

Looking up, I saw a head poking out from the railing on the goddess statue, and then a rope was thrown down from above: "Come up quickly, Zero!"

——Oh, oh my god, Brother Jie!