Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

In the elevator room, some bows and arrows were collected and distributed to Roger and Hertok.

We jumped down along the broken wall. There were several big bats and rats on the way. They were just a drop of water in front of us. It was not difficult.

Soon, we arrived at the bottom of Stonewell, under the long tunnel that seemed to be filled with the sighs of death.

At the end of this place, there were many scattered ruins of bricks, tiles and wooden beams. A dung beetle was found among them, and the spell of "summoning resentful spirits" was taken.

After passing through the ruins, a huge pit appeared in front of us.

Below, there were corpses and skeletons everywhere.

From the remains that have not yet been completely corroded, one can see that they have been completely wrapped in black thorns like a cocoon.

Around the pit, black things were climbing the rock walls and growing everywhere. It was impossible to tell whether they were thorns or tree roots.

All we know is that something like a curse is hidden beneath the ground, and it wants to start from here and engulf the entire Stonewell.

"How on earth do you know about this kind of place?" Roger expressed the biggest doubt in his mind.

"Ahaha..." I made up an excuse, "Yes, it's like this, I have done business with many wandering merchants in Nimgfu, and I learned a lot of things from them."

"... Really? It seems that I have to talk to those businessmen more often in the future." Seeing me jumping and jumping on the spot, stretching my muscles after raising my legs high, Roger couldn't help asking, "What are you doing?"

"For a moment, don't rush down. Let me go around and come back first." After warming up, I jumped to the bottom of the pit, then headed straight to the other end.

Soon, the ground began to tremble slightly, and scattered skulls rolled everywhere.

boom--

With a loud bang, something like a giant slug with hands and feet jumped out from under the ground.

This guy has a dragon-like head, with various tree roots covering his body. Underneath, black and red flesh are intertwined, giving it the ability to move freely like an animal.

——The Corrupted Tree Spirit, a deformed monster born from the Golden Tree under the influence of the Dead Prince, is also the hidden boss of Stonewell!

But the moment it came out, stones flew everywhere and a broken bone hit my head.

"You're really something. Just wait for me!" I said harshly. After passing through the stone door behind the tree spirit, I could see a huge face lying on its back in the deepest part of the tunnel.

—Good morning, Godwin, and see you later.

On the left side of the stone gate, there was a long ladder just like in the game. I hurriedly climbed up before the rotten tree spirit arrived and reached a courtyard in the dining hall. This was where I was surrounded by the exiles before and almost lost my life if it weren't for Roger.

Then, go through the dining hall and run across the central square. Don't touch the blessing and go out directly from the small door in the elevator room to return to your previous position.

——Relying on the super high terrain advantage here, you can easily skip classes by using bows and arrows, magic, and prayers~

——Otherwise, this guy has a lot of health in the early stage, and he can't use the summoning bell and NPC helpers. In addition, I don't know who designed it, but the rotten tree spirit is the most disgusting monster in the Circle of Magic game. Sometimes even half of its body is drilled into the wall. You can't tell its attack moves at all, and you will be beaten for no reason. It's a complete shit monster!

Go through the ruins and retrieve Roger and the others.

They were hiding in the corner of the ruins, guarding against the rotten tree spirits.

"Guys, I'm back~" I greeted, taking a few deep breaths.

“You, you guy, did you know from the beginning that there was a monster underneath?” Roger’s eyes widened, while Edson even glanced at the rotten tree spirit, trembling all over. “Death, death... This, this monster, all I can feel is death.”

Hertok looked calm, but his tone revealed his inner turmoil: "I didn't expect that this city was also affected by the death of the prince? Could it be that the entire border area is already..."

"That shouldn't be the case." I pulled up the longbow and aimed at the head of the rotten tree spirit. "Anyway, the answer is right in front of us. We just need to defeat this guy."

Whoosh!

The arrow hit the target easily, and the rotten tree spirit also noticed us. It opened its mouth wide, made strange noises, and twisted towards us like a snake.

Now is the time to attack! Attack! Attack!

The height of the pit wall is twice the diameter of the tree spirit's body, unless it is as smart as a human and can stand up and then climb up with its arms.

But since the rotten tree spirit had no legs, it was impossible for it to stand up.

Therefore, this guy could only stare blankly at the bottom of the rock wall, angrily enduring the torrential rain of arrows and the attacks of pyroxene magic gravel.

"And there's the flame pot, let me have a good taste~" I threw it down, and with a bang, it exploded on the opponent's forehead.

However, the rotten tree spirit, although it was a wood attribute, did not seem to be afraid of fire. Its forehead was on fire, and it opened its mouth wide and roared at me.

——Hey, what do you think? You can’t come up!

Just be good to me...

Suddenly, golden flames emerged from the body of the corrupt tree spirit, and then it opened its mouth and sprayed towards me, scaring me so much that I quickly stepped back.

——Are we about to enter the second stage of the tree spirit?

——At times like this, you have to be more careful. When you see it starting to accumulate power, quickly step back, otherwise the flames that burst out from its body can still inexplicably hurt people.

I just wanted to remind everyone about this.

But unexpectedly, Roger pointed at the rotten tree spirit and shouted first: "Zero, watch out behind you!"

Eh?

The rotten tree spirit first twisted wildly in the pit, and then, like a spring, it climbed up the wall with its claws and bounced suddenly.

The entire tree spirit actually flew into the air and opened its mouth wide at us.

Inside, turbid yellow flames gushed directly towards us.

"No, everyone disperse quickly!"

As soon as I finished speaking, Hurtok raised his great forge shield and stood in front;

Old Edson had no fighting ability to begin with, so he quickly ran to the end of the back end;

As for Roger, he actually hid behind me and used me as a shield? Bastard!

Fortunately, Hertok was at the front, so the pressure of the fire on us behind was much less. When the fire dissipated, we quickly drank from the Holy Grail bottle to heal our wounds.

boom--

But with a loud bang, the rotten tree spirit smashed directly in front of us and roared loudly: "Roar——"

——This guy actually flipped over! He is really a model-piercing monster!

"This, the flame spitting out of this monster's mouth seems to be the primordial fire of the border area, the flame of the furnace, right?" Roger was so excited that his eyes were shining with golden light.

And Hertok admitted: "After all, it was a monster that was born after the golden tree containing the original power was eroded by His Royal Highness Prince Godwin."

"Godwin?! He was the first demigod to die, right? Could it be that his remains were buried in Stonewell?!" Roger's questions kept pouring out.

But I couldn't help but interrupt him: "Stop, stop, stop. Let's talk about these questions later. The most important thing now is to deal with this monster!"

"Roar--"

The rotten tree spirit raised its arms and attacked us frantically.

Even if you use a shield to block, the scorching heat of the fire will make the shield hot at the moment of collision, which will make your arm feel painful as if it was roasted by fire.

But, I'm not the only one here. Roger and Hertok are also top-notch warriors!

Holding the Furnace Shield, Hertok was more like a tank, taking root and persevering, suppressing the Rotten Tree Spirit step by step. The runes on the greatsword lit up with golden red light, and with a sudden sweep, even the Rotten Tree Spirit was knocked out and fell under the wall.

Roger and I quickly seized the opportunity and used whatever we had, such as pyroxene magic gravel, radiant sword garden formation, and heavenly magic power, and sent them all to the rotten tree spirit.

Soon, the guy collapsed in the corner and didn't move at all.

"Is it dead?" Roger asked cautiously.

"No, there shouldn't be." I learned my lesson. Without the runes gathering here, the guy on the opposite side definitely wasn't dead yet, so I quickly replenished my flame pot and threw it over.

But I didn't expect that even after I threw all the flame pots away, this guy was still there.

······How can this be solved? Does the rotten tree spirit in reality have a blood lock cheat?

"It's the Golden Phantom Tree, Master Zero." Suddenly, a gentle reminder came to my ears.

Ah!

I immediately remembered the golden seeds that most rotten tree spirits drop after being defeated. I understood what this meant and responded softly, "Thanks, Melina."

"Hmm? Zero, did you say anything?"

"No, no." I took a deep breath and said to Roger and Hertok, "You two, I have a solution, but I would like to trouble you to keep an eye on this guy."

As I said that, I walked forward and reached out to touch the body of the rotten tree spirit.

It was like touching the golden phantom tree and collecting golden seeds - close your eyes, and a little golden glow gradually appears in the dark world.

I reached out and touched it, holding the golden seed tightly in my hand.

When I opened my eyes again, the wriggling black and red rotten flesh under the rotten tree spirit's body had all turned into golden rune light and gathered on me.