Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 143 The Storm of Angry

After dealing with the Fallen Perfumer, in order to prevent this guy from being resurrected through the blessing, I threw him directly to the bottom of the cliff in Platinum Village.

The poisonous swamp was filled with rotting crabs. He would probably be reduced to a pile of skeletons within a day.

"Cough..." My throat is still a little uncomfortable. Even after the recovery of the blessing, the humidity in the poisonous swamp below is too heavy, and the toxins are still beginning to slowly accumulate in my body.

I couldn't help but wrap my headscarf tighter. I had to hurry and act.

Looking around, I suddenly noticed a small white statue of Malika near the entrance of the village - a symbol to summon the Faded Ones.

Does that mean Nefeli is still in Platinum Village?

The villages here have been completely destroyed and there is no one in sight. Looking towards the fire on the other side of the stone bridge, the only possibility is that side.

——This is not good.

In the game, at this point in time, Nepheli is still unable to defeat the BOSS monster of Platinum Village, the Omen Hunter.

What's more, that guy brought several tamed dogs with him. If Nefeli was beaten up by a group of people, it would be very likely that something bad would happen!

Thinking of this, I quickly blew the whistle and was about to ride on Torret.

Suddenly, something cold wrapped around my ankle, and I was so scared that I quickly pulled my legs back, while raising my hound's fangs to warn.

It turned out to be a human being, not the Son of Platinum.

There were wounds all over his body, and his originally clean white robe was stained with dirt or blood.

He seemed to have escaped by hiding in the pile of corpses, but he was already dying: "·······This village is finished, finished······Ma, please, quickly, quickly go find old Mr. Elpath······He, he hasn't been taken away yet, he is, he is our last hope."

—The big water tank in the corner of the village, right? I will go there.

——But the most important thing now is my Niene!

Fortunately, this guy didn't continue to pester me. After he finished speaking, he let go of my hand and fell down dejectedly, as if he had accomplished his mission.

I rode on Torret, raised the reins, and ran onto the stone bridge of Platinum Village, running towards the cliff on the opposite bank.

Along the way, all the Platinum Sons who were guarding the bridge in the game disappeared.

Faintly, I also heard the sound of weapons colliding and clanging in the fire at the end of the bridge.

The fire seemed to be getting more and more intense, but within it, the golden thunder was roaring and shrieking continuously, mixed with hurricane force, as if it wanted to engulf the raging fire and turn it into its own destructive power.

When I arrived, the blazing fire illuminated that dark and resolute face at the foot of the pile of corpses.

She looked like she had just walked out of a pool of blood, with blood dripping all over her body. But Nefeli was not the one who was about to fall. Instead, she grabbed the collar of the evil omen hunter with one hand and forced him to kneel in front of her.

One of the evil omen hunter's arms was chopped off, and the mask on his head that looked like a stone old man with a malicious smile was also knocked away by Nepheli.

With the momentum of almost devouring the opponent, she roared: "You bastards who only know how to bully the weak! Go! Go to the other side and ask for their forgiveness! Then go tell those equally spineless bastards that the warrior Neferi Lu will never let any of them go, never!"

As she spoke, Nepheli raised her battle axe, and with the sharp blade carrying golden lightning, she directly split half of the opponent's body in half.

All of the runes of the Evil Omen Hunter flew onto Nepheli, and his figure disappeared forever in the rage of thunder.

——Nepheli defeated the evil hunter and his hounds all by herself? !

——It’s really worthy of being called Ate’s Storm Wings!

"Nefeli!" I waved and walked towards the other party.

But Nepheli just turned her head and glared at me, which made me feel horrified and I stopped in my tracks.

Those eyes were like an eagle locking onto its prey, and the fierce blood gushing out of them almost completely devoured me in an instant.

At this moment, Nepheli, who was already a bloody man, was even more emitting a red flame. The Storm Axe in his hand also responded to its owner, and the golden lightning wrapped around it crackled: "Are you here to support? You are also one of them... Cruel, rampant, and only know how to bully the weak! It is you who have created such a piece of hell on earth!"

——It’s over. Didn’t Nepheli recognize me?

"Nefeli, it's me..." I only said half of my words.

Nepheli rushed over with incredible swiftness, leaped high in front of me, raised her battle axe, and swooped down like an eagle.

I dodged in a hurry, but the opponent didn't give me the chance to speak again. His double axes were like bear claws, swinging at me continuously with lightning.

As a last resort, I pulled out my hound fangs to block.

But Nepheli was incredibly strong, and the electric current would creep up my arms at the moment of the weapons' clash. I couldn't take a few attacks before my arms became numb and I could hardly hold anything.

"Why?! Why?! Why?! It was you who taught me that as a warrior, strength should be used for the weak, but why did you create such a purgatory? Tell me! Why!" Nepheli waved her two axes wildly as if to vent her anger. Not to mention keeping a distance, the airflow she created even pulled me tightly, making it difficult to escape.

——No, Nepheli is now blood-thirsty.

The hurricane was mixed with crackling thunder. I was afraid that even if I shouted at the top of my lungs, she might not be able to hear me.

Anger has clouded Nepheli's mind. Will she stop only after she has sworn to destroy everything in front of her?

But the more this happened, the calmer I became.

After all, in order to defeat the powerful enemy, Nepheli herself was also covered with scars. In such a rage, blood would splatter every time she swung the battle axe.

She had lost her mind and didn't realize that she couldn't sustain this state for long.

Just like a machine, he vented the anger in his heart that could not be extinguished, the anger of his ideals being betrayed, and at the same time, as a warrior, he held great power but still could not save anything.

——I understand you, Nepheli, but please stop.

——If you continue, you will only hurt yourself.

As if she heard the prayer in my heart, Nepheli's attack became a little slow.

As expected, her strength began to fail. After I dodged the attack again, she did not catch up with me. Instead, she stopped where she was and gasped for breath.

But those eyes were still extremely sharp, as if they wanted to tear apart everything that came into their sight.

I made up my mind, put away my hound fangs, and shouted, "Stop, Nepheli! I am Zero!"

“Haa—Haa? I, I don’t care who you are…” Although her throat was dry from exhaustion, Nepheli just took a deep breath, stood still with her slightly shaking body, and was about to attack me again.

I rushed towards her without hesitation, and even when Nepheli raised her battle axe at me again, I did not hesitate to stop.

I was hit on the back of my shoulder again, and the electric current instantly penetrated into the wound, stabbing my shoulder and half of my arm so that they were almost numb.

But I also hugged the other person, and took Nepheli, who was already unsteady, to the ground and rolled a few times.

"It's me, Zero, Nepheli! Have you forgotten?" I tried my best to call Nepheli's mind in her ear, and I was so anxious that I almost cried... Of course, this was not because of the pain in my shoulder. "It's me, Zero! Zero who defeated Greg with you and saved those people in Stoneville who were persecuted by limb grafting! There are no enemies here anymore, or have you really forgotten me?"

“······Zero?” The sounds of the storm and thunder stopped at this moment, and she finally listened to my words, “So it’s you······I·····”

It seemed as if the tense nerves relaxed.

Before I could finish my words, Nepheli passed out in my arms, falling heavily on top of me.

I couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Really, does it have to be like this to wake you up? My storm."