Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 539: Two People Go Together (Part )

Just as Millicent and I were discussing matters related to Marenia, suddenly, a man's questioning voice came from the side door of the prayer room: "Who are you?!"

Oh no, they are the soldiers from this "branch of the holy tree" Abrefil.

——Could it be that our voices attracted him here?

Millicent and I quickly stood up from our chairs and looked at each other. I then explained, "We... I am escorting this girl to the Holy Tree to meet the Valkyrie Marennia. Brother Soldier, if you can see the Valkyrie, please go and let her know."

"To see Lady Marennia?" The soldier frowned and glanced at Millicent.

Millicent bowed politely to him.

Then the other person's eyes fell on me again, and I followed suit and bowed slightly like Millicent.

"Wait a minute, you man, are a Fader!" Suddenly, the soldier said in surprise, as if he had discovered a new continent.

"Huh?" I began to have a bad feeling.

Sure enough, the next second, he shouted, "Oh no! There's a Fader here! He defeated Lady Loretta and is coming to seize Lady Marennia's Great Rune!"

Outside the prayer room, there was a flurry of noise: "What?! Faded Ones? Why would Faded Ones appear in the Holy Tree?"

"What the priests said is indeed true. The villains in the border area have indeed set their sights on this piece of pure land!"

——Ah, this... the reputation of the Faded One cannot be covered up anywhere.

——Even though Millicent was already used as a cover, the hatred value was directly covered.

By the way, although I do have some plans against Marennia, I didn't come here just for her Great Rune!

At this moment, any explanation is probably no longer useful.

Millicent also realized this and asked, "Zero, what should we do next?"

“There’s no other way. I can only force my way through!” I pulled out the Night Fire and let it burn, my little universe.

Combat skill - Fiery Storm Slash!

The roaring flames blew away the soldiers blocking the door.

I rushed out with Millicent: "Follow me!"

Rushing out from the side door of the prayer room, I saw a large group of Holy Tree Knights in golden armor rushing towards me.

I quickly found the gap in the right guardrail and said to Millicent, "Just jump down!"

Jump!

Then, it landed on a roof on the next level.

Wuwuwu——

Overhead, the soldiers blew their horns, allowing the seaside wind to inform all nearby knights of the invaders.

At the same time, the entire map of Abrefield quickly unfolded in my mind. If I ran straight forward from the house here, passed through a house with several noble knights, and continued along the avenue, before reaching the next blessing point, there would be a row of crossbow soldiers guarding the main road.

Moreover, there are two Knight Commanders and the corrupt Golden Tree Guards guarding the gate. If Millicent and I force our way in, we will probably suffer.

"Don't run, Fader!"

It was too late for me to think about it carefully. I saw a golden glow on the chest of the holy tree soldier, and he jumped down directly from the top.

——He has turned himself into a human bomb and is determined to die together with me!

There’s no other way, let’s go this way first!

I took Millicent back down the roof, then found the gap in the right railing again and jumped towards the terrace with square stone pillars opposite.

After falling down, we went around the stone pillars and found a long corridor underneath.

Keep jumping down.

thump—

Behind me, there was an immediate sound of dull footsteps.

Turning back, we saw that we had alarmed another golden tree guard on this side, and he was coming towards us with a corrupt ritual staff and a big butt.

Millicent hastily drew out her long saber.

"Don't worry about this guy, just follow me over here." I took her hand and led Millicent all the way to the end of the corridor, and took away a piece of ancient dragon rock faded forging stone.

Then, he jumped directly inside from the guardrail on this side and landed on a roof.

Looking down from the roof of the house, suddenly, the sound of ghosts howling and wolves howling accompanied by gusts of cold wind filled our ears.

Here it comes, the Royal Ghost Street.

Before I could figure out the weakness of that guy, I was almost defeated here. When I first came here, I struggled all the way, thinking that the damn guy moved so fast that he could always get in front of me. It was only after he died that I realized, my goodness, the old thief had placed five of those dung monsters in such a small street!

——Let Miyazaki’s mother fly out of the solar system, Amen.

However, now that I'm here, I summoned a stone sword key from my blessed backpack, turned around and opened the sealed fog door here before the royal ghosts appeared.

As expected, Marika's rotten mark was found in the table that looked like a washbasin.

——A charm that can increase mana, intelligence, faith and sensitivity. Although it is somewhat incompatible with a strength-agility warrior like me, it would be a shame not to take it.

Millicent and I took a moment to catch our breath in the room.

Millicent inquired, "Which way do we go next? Zero."

I explained quickly, "Go through this path and you'll find a long ladder. If you climb up, you'll run into the Zunfu Knights and the Holy Tree Soldiers. But there's no other way. If you want to get into the city of Abrefil, that's a better option... Sorry, Millicent, if you weren't with me, you should have been able to go in directly."

"There's nothing to apologize for, Zero. Rather, the current situation is better for me." Millicent gripped the Sesir long sword tightly and said with a smile, "My sword will be wielded for you. It is also my wish to be by your side, to advance and retreat with you, and to fight together with you."

——Mibao~You are so nice.

I was so moved that I almost shouted out my true feelings. I quickly coughed twice and changed the subject: "But it's strange. Obviously, the noble knights all respect you, and those hybrids and ants on the sacred tree should not have given you any trouble. And these little soldiers are blind. Can't they see that you have a close relationship with Marennia?"

"······Perhaps, it is because they have eyes that they can tell that I am different from Marennia after all."

Millicent's explanation seemed to make sense.

Hybrids and ants, these guys probably trust their intuition more than the information sent back by their senses;

The noble knights were deeply affected by corruption, and perhaps their vision was already affected. Moreover, they, like the beasts, should be more able to feel the power of corruption contained in Millicent;

Even if it was Loretta, she let me go only because Millicent and I passed by her one after the other, and because of various reasons with the Kalia royal family.

If Millicent and I had entered the sacred tree together from the beginning, the hybrids and ants might not have stopped us, but Loretta would have made the same choice as those soldiers.

...Forget it, there's no point thinking about these things, let's just get through this Royal Ghost Pedestrian Street first.

“······Oh no, that’s bad!”

"What's wrong? Zero."

"I was discovered in such a hurry that I forgot to remember some recovery prayers. This is the biggest weakness of the royal ghost." I slapped my thigh, "Oh, right, there is a backup plan."

Jingle bell bell~

Fortunately, this street can summon ashes, and I and my dear Serolina can help me~

After taking a few steps out of the street on this side, a pool of filthy water was boiling in front of the road, and the royal ghost with a big mouth emerged from the black smoke.

"Hehe, let them see how powerful you are, Serolina!" I waved my hand.

Serolina immediately followed my orders, squatted down, clenched her fists and prayed, and a circle of golden prayer runes spread out from under her body.

Just a slight touch to the Royal Ghost, and the big guy immediately twitched like a bug that had been sprayed with pesticide, and then fell to the ground. Another hit would have turned it into ashes.

"Well done, Serolina~" I praised, "Let's move on~"

At this moment, the light around suddenly dimmed.

"Zero, overhead, get out of the way!" Millicent immediately helped me carry Serolina and rolled backwards.

As soon as I looked up, I was so scared that I turned around and ran away.

thump—

Dust flew up.

The golden tree guard that was originally on the corridor of the city wall actually jumped down directly, blocking the entire passage, and even splashing the corrupt tree sap on its body everywhere.

Fortunately, Millicent, Serolina and I are all fine.

"It seems that it won't let us pass easily unless we deal with this guard." Millicent stood up calmly.

"Be careful about the royal ghosts around us." Just as I finished speaking, two more ghosts screamed miserably and crawled out from the ground.

——If you don't accept our toast, you will be punished. Do you really think we are afraid of you?

In that case, let's all become the strength of Millicent and I!

The blade burst into flames.

Flame Blade, Charge!