Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

I was at the end of my rope and just when I had run into a dead end due to my own memory lapse, the magician Roger unexpectedly dropped a rope and saved me from the dire straits.

Climbed over the railing bridge and passed through a lounge.

This is the real road leading to the church!

It seemed that all the patrolling exiles in the city were attracted to the dining hall by me, and there was no one guarding the way.

While the exiles hadn't caught up yet, I quickly asked, "Where should we run next, Brother Jie?"

"Jie... Brother Jie? What a weird name." Roger thought for a moment, pointed at the long staircase on the side of the church and said, "Take off one of your shoes and throw it down there. Let's go into the church and hide."

I did it immediately, even took off the other one, and then swung it up to the roof of the church.

After confirming that there was no one behind us, the two of us immediately entered the church and carefully closed the innermost door of the church.

"Brother Jie, are you sure it's safe here?" I asked in a low voice.

After all, this side of the church is a dead end. If we are surrounded from the outside by the exiles, we will be in big trouble.

Roger said confidently, "I think it should be safe. After all, I have been using this place as my base these past few nights... Although Greg is performing the horrible ritual of 'limb reattachment', he seems to feel guilty about Queen Marica and doesn't dare to come to this church to worship. Naturally, his men don't come close... Occasionally, some residents come here during the day, but at this point, they have all gone to rest."

Suddenly, chaotic footsteps sounded from outside the church wall.

The exiles are chasing us!

I subconsciously held my breath, hid myself between the chairs in the church, pressed against the wall, and listened to the noise outside.

"Hey, you two go into the church and take a look. Maybe the Fader is hiding inside!"

Hey, hey, hey, is your luck so bad?

Was it guessed right from the start?

Roger and I looked at each other, picked up our weapons, and prepared to break out of this area.

But the next second, someone else's voice came from outside: "Look, there's a shoe under the ladder here... It's the Faded One who's wearing the same armor as us! He must have escaped back to the tower on the city wall!"

"Let's chase!"

Suddenly, all the footsteps climbed up the stairs and tinkled past our heads.

“······The other shoe is here too. As expected, that guy ran this way.”

——The strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain was successful, thanks to you, the sharp-eyed exile.

Roger and I both breathed a sigh of relief at the same time and couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Thank you Brother Jie for your help. I almost had to have my limb reattached." I thanked him sincerely.

After all, I really didn't expect Roger to appear in that position.

Roger waved his hand and said, "Let's just say we are repaying each other. After all, I was wrong to leave you alone to deal with the 'evil omen demon' last time."

"You actually knew you were wrong. You knew that you shocked Market and made her speechless at that time?" I immediately put on a bad face.

"Please forgive me for that." Roger smiled stiffly and stepped back a little. "The secrets hidden in Stonewell City are too attractive to me. After being repelled, the opportunity to enter the gate was right in front of me. I was too excited and didn't think too much about it."

——But, maybe this is what scholars are like, they regard exploring mysteries as more important than anything else.

"... Forget it. Just like you said, tit for tat. Without you, I really would not be able to escape tonight." I sighed and changed the subject. "How is the matter you are interested in going?"

"Although I can sense where that thing might be, I'm still looking for a way to get there." Roger smiled bitterly and spread his hands. "There are too many exiles in the city. If it weren't for you causing such a huge commotion tonight, it would be difficult for me to move freely."

He paused and asked again, "Zero, since you have entered Stonewell, that means you want to challenge Greg, right?"

"Why? Are you willing to help again this time?"

Unexpectedly, Roger actually nodded in agreement when I asked casually: "Since you can defeat the 'evil omen demon', then I think you also have the ability to defeat Greg... However, by then, the exiles in the city will definitely be in the way, so the best way I can think of is to cause chaos like tonight, and then take the opportunity to find Greg."

——This idea coincides with what I had thought before.

I asked, "So, Brother Jie, are you willing to help me attract the attention of those exiles? Or do you have a way to divert them?"

"It's certainly not enough to rely on just the two of us. Perhaps we should also consider the people from Stonewell." Roger's suggestion was beyond my expectations.

After all, everyone in the game wants to kill A-Tu, and apart from Nepheli Lu, there is no other helper in Stoneville.

But my experience in Moren City made me realize that if I could meet people with whom I could communicate, even soldiers from my opponents, they would indeed become my helpers - Diros and his men were the best proof of this.

I quickly asked, "Could it be that you have chosen someone?"

"For now, there is only the possibility of negotiation." Roger continued, "After all, not everyone in Stonewell is infected with the madness of limb grafting. In the past two days, I often saw a resident in the church who always came early and prayed in front of the Queen's statue, hoping that someone could stop Greg."

Roger's words reminded me of the soldiers and civilian soldiers I had met before. They were deeply shrouded in fear and had no choice but to hunt the Faded Ones, hoping that things like "limb transplantation" would not happen to them.

It would be great if we could turn these people into allies, but there is also a major flaw -

"But ordinary residents can't provide any fighting force at all. Can they help us hold back the exiles?" I expressed my doubts.

Roger shook his head calmly: "What we need is a huge chaos, not just a simple battle of combat power."

“…I don’t quite understand. Without the ability to fight, they will be suppressed very quickly. Wouldn’t that mean those people died in vain?”

Roger pointed at me.

But I still tilted my head in confusion: "Me? What's wrong?"

"Of course, you are indeed very important in my plan, but now, I am not referring to you, but the armor on you."

Roger said this, and I suddenly realized: "You mean, there are enough people disguised as exiles in the city to riot, and then cause chaos among themselves?!"

"That's right!"

"But can we really find so many people? You are one, I am one, and the potential one you mentioned is also one. Even if we barely add Diros and the others, there are less than ten people."

"So, at this time, we need a hero who can rally everyone." Roger patted my shoulder, "Zero, you will be the hero who splits the darkness and illuminates Stonewell!"

······Ying, hero?

I?