Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 116 Danger Surrounded

"what--"

Ghosts roar and spirit horses neigh.

The royal ghost that suddenly emerged from the ground grabbed Torrett's hind feet and pressed it to the ground.

Then, the royal ghost raised its arms one after another and suddenly bombarded Torrett continuously.

——Is this the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms? !

I quickly blew the spirit horse whistle, and Torret turned into a faint blue light and returned to the ring, seeming to bring back a slight vibration.

——After all, this guy not only helped me block the attack of the cursed soul, but also suffered the most brutal combo of the royal ghost.

——If it were an ordinary A-ti, two lives might not be enough.

"Thank you, old man." I stood up, raised my shield and drew my hound's tusk.

When the royal ghost saw Torrett suddenly disappear, he naturally locked onto me as his next target, using his two hands to pry at my dark, bottomless, and openable mouth.

——Is the poison going to be released? Be careful...

——Hmm? Gone!

Teleport? !

Then, I heard a violent sound of vomiting behind me. I didn't have time to look back, so I could only roll to the side as far as I could to avoid it based on my feeling.

The next second, the water surface where I was standing was covered with a layer of strong poisonous water that smelled foul and even produced smoke when it came into contact with water, like concentrated sulfuric acid.

"You guy, don't think that I can't cure you without the recovery prayer!" After turning around with Long Fang and swinging a sword skill in the air, I suddenly kicked forward with a gust of wind. At the same time, the blade cut a wound on my left hand, and Rune drew the blood out.

Combat Skills——Wolf Attack Blood Dance·Two Stages!

The extremely sharp blade was splattered with blood and swung with all its strength. With just one strike, it chopped off all the arms and legs on one side of the royal ghost.

"Ah——" This guy actually flinched in fear. Golden-ink dirty water surged under his body, and he quickly hid underground.

"Tsk, coward." I had just finished saying this when the sound of bells ringing came from all around again.

Jingle Bell--

Jingle Bell--

Soon, group after group of black and golden cursed souls rushed towards me.

——However, without the Ghost Knight, and with the day gradually brightening and the fog dissipating, your figures will have nowhere to hide!

I aimed at a ghost servant that was ringing a bell, spun my fangs in the air, triggered the first stage of the hound sword skill, and then used the second stage of the hound step to rush forward quickly, and before the opponent could react, I chopped off his dog head.

The purple flowers sway and drift in the wind.

While the Curse Soul hasn't caught up yet, I set my sights on the next target again, but this time the distance is a bit long, and a surprise attack is not enough to catch up.

——Never mind, let’s just run over there first.

I held the tusk in hand and approached, estimating the distance of the attack.

But when the other party saw that I was coming at him aggressively, he immediately stopped ringing the bell and went back underground.

"Tsk, you coward!" I was so angry that I couldn't help but stomped my feet, but I immediately heard the scream of the curse soul behind me, and I rolled over subconsciously.

"what--"

Just like the sound of a car whizzing past, the cursed soul disappeared into the sky without returning.

——Huh? Could it be that only by shaking the bell can the cursed souls be controlled? Once stopped, these guys will fly away like mad bulls out of control?

——It is necessary to test it.

While I continued to circle around to avoid the cursed soul, I took out a throwing knife from my pocket, locked onto the next ghost servant, and threw it directly at him.

The flying knife accurately pierced the servant's wrist, forcing him to stop.

Turning around, I saw that another cursed soul had crashed into the ground.

——Oh, there is a way! As long as we deal with these nagging cursed spirits, it will be easy to deal with you!

My confidence swelled, and I was about to adjust my mindset and launch the next wave of attack.

But suddenly, there was another sharp scream from my heel, and then someone grabbed my ankle and I fell forward uncontrollably.

——It’s the Royal Ghost guy!

He popped his head out from the ground again, and the arm that I had cut off before was still attached to me. He lifted me up with one hand and started to open his mouth with the other hand. Was he going to spray poison directly on me?

I quickly turned around and cut off the royal ghost's hand with my knife. Then, as soon as I landed on the ground, I quickly rolled to the side, and barely avoided the venom spray from this guy.

——Can these ghosts recover after shrinking the earth?

Without restorative prayers, there is absolutely no way to deal with their shrinking the earth.

Jingle Bell--

The Soul Summoning Bell kept ringing in my ears as if it was asking for my life.

——Or we should retreat first.

"Torret!" I blew the horse whistle, but this time, my good horse did not show up.

——Oh no, probably because the injury just now was too serious, Torrett has not recovered to the point where he can run.

——In the game, at this time, you need to consume a bottle of Red Dew Drop Holy Grail Bottle to help Torret heal, but in reality, this is the first time I have encountered such a situation: it doesn't show up, how can I feed Holy Grail Dew Drops to Torret? !

And in the brief moment I delayed, the royal ghost had already raised its entire upper body towards me, with four or five arms stretched out with bared fangs and claws.

Oh no, the next move won’t be the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms!

I quickly looked for an opportunity to dodge to the side of the Royal Ghost, but I neglected the attack from behind.

"what--"

Two cursed souls hit my back one after another, causing me pain and making it difficult for me to stand firmly.

The next second, the pale white palms that rushed towards me almost formed a huge wall that could not be climbed over, and continued to advance towards me - is this the martial arts secret skill "Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms"? !

when!when!when!

bang——

"Cough cough cough!" There was no way I could stop it. The moment the shield was opened, I flew out and hit my head on some hard steps.

I couldn't stop coughing violently, and my chest hurt so much that it felt like the whole thing was caved in.

——Isn’t it possible that the lungs were pierced by the ribs? Cough cough cough...

The violent coughing caused blood to spurt out uncontrollably, and I seemed to see wisps of golden light floating away from my body.

······Yes, is it Rune?

Am I going to die here?

“Master Zero! Master Zero!” I could hear Melina’s anxious voice calling out to me. Someone was pulling my arm up desperately. “Master Zero, behind you! Use the portal behind you!”

——Portal?

I turned my head and found that I had just been knocked onto the ladder of a pavilion.

So, in the ruins of Lakas where Atai and his companions first encountered ghostly enemies, there was indeed a teleportation gate in the central pavilion.

"what--"

The royal ghost roared again and swooped over.

The soul-summoning bell continued to ring.

I gritted my teeth, squeezed the last bit of strength out of my body, climbed up the pavilion, and reached out to the silver vortex in the center: "Ahem, ahem, bye, bye asshole!"

"what--"

The railings of the pavilion helped me block the attack of the royal ghost.

I felt like a boat caught in a whirlpool, constantly turning and spinning, my head became dizzy and swollen, and a heavy sleepiness swept over me. I always felt, always felt... so tired, so tired.

"Master Zero, you can't sleep yet!" Melina's voice whispered in my ear, and my body seemed to be held up by her so that I didn't fall to the ground. "And, there are still enemies in front of you! Master Zero!"

——······Enemy, enemy?

"Tsk, we finally got rid of this stinky old guy. How on earth did he get in here?"

"It's probably from the Kalia royal family. They learned a strange magic that can temporarily hide their bodies. It's quite annoying."

"But what's the point of going through so much trouble to come here? This old fool, doesn't he know that the magic academy has been completely closed?"

I opened my eyes tiredly, and in front of me, there were two guys in blue and purple clothes squatting on the ground, searching for something furtively.

"Hmm? What's this drawing? It's a mess."

“…Wait a minute, is this the schematic diagram of where the pyroxene key is hidden?! Brother, brothers, we have done a great job!”

——It’s the Cuckoo Soldier.

So, is this the main gate of the Rhea Lukalia School of Magic?

But it doesn’t matter.

"No, it's okay, leave it to me, Mei, Meimei." I fumbled and grasped the hound's fang, and turned the blade while the other party turned his head and looked at me in surprise.

Combat skill - Hound sword skill, one-stage form.

Suddenly, a warm current splashed onto my body, and soon I heard the dull sound of two bodies falling to the ground.

I was also unable to hold on and fell to the ground.