Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 129 Stonewell’s Celebration?

"Edgar, poor man deceived by the madness, may your soul return to the tree in peace, no longer suffering from pain, sorrow and resentment..." Looking at Melina kneeling beside Edgar's remains, paying her final tribute to him.

After quietly waiting for the end, I said, "Melina, can your teleportation help me bring extra people?"

Melina guessed what I meant: "Master Zero wants to return to Stoneville with Creek and Edgar?"

I nodded. "If I leave Edgar here, that Mad Fire Us might find a way to find him and take away Edgar's eyes... just like Haida did. So, I want to change the similarities with the game to a greater extent."

"I understand. Please hold their hands, Master Ling. Leave it to me from now on."

I followed Melina's instructions, moved Edgar and Creek together, and then held their hands.

Melina reached out and gently stroked my forehead, and said softly: "Master Zero, I am going to teleport, please be ready."

"Yeah." I recalled the courtyard in front of Stonewell's Storm Throne in my mind. As the golden rune light around us gradually enveloped us, my consciousness became a little vague... In a trance, I seemed to catch a glimpse of a pair of dark green eyes staring at us in the direction of Lake Lienia.

--who is it?

——Is it true as Van Lei said, that Shuangzhi sent someone, or asked Sir Baizhi's men to monitor me?

However, when I opened my eyes again, I had returned to Stonewell.

The sky gradually brightened, and the chaotic and turbulent night had quietly passed.

I placed Edgar and Creek next to the stone tablet in the courtyard, walked towards the Storm King's throne, and pushed open the door. There was no one in the hall, only a few tables piled with document slates.

——Strange, Edson usually works here, where is he?

Let's go to the square and take a look.

I passed through the Imperial Courtyard, and not long after I was on the road, I heard a bustling noise.

When I walked over and took a look, I saw that the central square was full of people walking around, including exiles, homeless knights, and ordinary soldiers, as well as three or two finger witches, and a few knights that I had never seen before and even had no impression of in the game.

——Are they also faders?

——And there are so many Finger Witches here. I only saw four in the game, two of them died, one was Haida, and only one appeared in Gaileed's square... Wait, there seems to be another one, but that one is a bit weird and cannot be considered a Finger Witch.

Among the crowd, I also found three or two familiar figures - Teacher Colin, "Hunting Death" D, and even Sir Baizhi.

To be honest, the first two people are still within my understanding, but Baizhi actually walked out of the round table hall?! This is really surprising.

However, I was still a little scared when I saw this group of people.

——After all, he got into such trouble in the Round Table Hall.

D Let’s not talk about it for now. Kelin and Baizhi will definitely nag me like old parents.

I'd better pretend I didn't see it and continue looking for Ederson.

“Hey, Zero! My good friend! Long time no see~” Suddenly, a voice came from behind me. I subconsciously ducked, causing the other person’s shoulder-hugging action to be stuck in the middle. He smiled at me awkwardly, “······Why are you so distant all of a sudden? Did you forget about me?”

"Brother Jie~"

"I always feel that you have bad intentions when you call me this." Roger's eyes twitched slightly, "Where have you been recently?"

"I just came back from Lienia and I'm a little nervous. Sorry." I smiled and extended my hand to Roger.

He also smiled and high-fived me.

"By the way, how is Roderica?" I asked the question that concerned me most.

"It's okay. Roderica is already in the Round Table Hall." Roger couldn't help but snorted. "But, Zero, you and Bernard are really the same. You care about others so much, but neither of you comes to help us find the witch."

"I trust you, don't I?" I also felt relieved. "But... have you met with Senior Bernal?"

"Well, after hearing that, that guy seemed to be planning to leave that shabby house."

"Huh? Did he come to Stonewell?" I looked among the crowd curiously.

Roger sighed, "If he had come, I wouldn't have to bring Kate and Bain here myself."

—Kate? Bain? Who?

Two figures suddenly jumped out from behind Roger, and their loud voices almost scared me: "Brother Ling, good morning!"

"Brother Bernal, tell us brothers to come to you!"

"We brothers will go through fire and water for you!"

"At your service!"

“Do your best!”

"Do your duty!"

"Defense... bear the brunt of it first!"

"Stop!" It turned out that this was the pair of former bandits. Were these words taught to them by Roderica?

If you can’t continue with the last sentence, don’t use idioms randomly!

I sighed with a headache: "I understand what you mean. When I find the person in charge of Stonewell, I will ask him to find a job for you."

The two brothers smiled at each other and bowed quickly: "Thank you, big brother!"

"Ahem, ahem, the young are really to be feared." At this time, a slightly vicissitudes of life voice sounded beside me. I turned around and saw a group of people from the round table hall, led by Baizhi, walking towards me.

——Well, you are not here to call me to task, are you?

"Hello, everyone." I slowly raised my hand and greeted them.

Teacher Colin looked very happy and he started praising me. "I never thought that you, Master Ling, could defeat the 'demigod' Greg and even win the hearts of the people of Stonewell. This is truly amazing!"

"Ahaha...well, it's nothing big. It's all thanks to everyone's help." I glanced at Roger. The bastard actually hid aside and laughed.

“No, no, no, it’s not uncommon to see Faded Ones who can challenge demigods, but what’s valuable is that you were able to improve the declining Stonewell in these troubled times, and let the people here regain hope and the motivation to move forward... In my opinion, you have considerable qualifications to become a king!” Colin finished his words excitedly when he suddenly realized something and quickly apologized to Baizhi and “Hunting Death” D, “Oh, sorry, everyone, I made a slip of the tongue and offended you.”

Bai Zhi shook his head: "The establishment of the Round Table Hall is for mutual assistance among the faded ones. What's wrong with everyone appreciating each other?"

Then, he looked at me and said, "However, as Colin said, you were able to defeat the troublesome Greg and rebuild Stonewell, which also gave me some inspiration. In this doomsday, there may be other ways to save the borderland."

"Yes, is that so?" Baizhi said this, but I couldn't see his expression under his helmet at all, so I couldn't guess what he was thinking.

However, since he is here, then there should be another person who is here as well.

"Nefeli, where did she go?" I asked curiously.

"Nefeli still has important things to do, and that girl is a person who can't sit still." Baizhi smiled bitterly.

This made me feel a little regretful: "Yes, is that so? Originally, I wanted to introduce her to Hyde and the others. After all, it was she and I who defeated Greg together... Unexpectedly, she didn't come to participate in this celebration? Could she have gone to that village..."

"Celebration? What celebration?" Roger on the side suddenly interrupted me curiously.

--Um?

"Isn't it? There are so many people here. Didn't Edson or Kenneth find a new Storm King and hold a coronation ceremony?" I was also full of question marks.

——That’s not right. Since Nepheli didn’t come, who could be crowned?

——Another new plot?

Roger couldn't help laughing again after hearing this: "Zero, have you forgotten that there is the face of the dead prince under Stonewell? Otherwise, why would I bring the prayer master and that dead wood here?"

——Dead wood...it refers to "Hunting Death"D.

I seemed to see D give Roger a cold look under his helmet.

As of now, the relationship between these two people is still good?

However, Roger's words also reminded me.

When I turned around, I noticed that those knights I had never seen before were holding different holy seals in their hands. They were also here to help suppress and eliminate the death curse contained in the dead prince's face.

——It turned out that what I attended was not a celebration, but the funeral of that adult.