Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 240 Divine soldiers descend from heaven

After Blaze revealed his identity, the magicians in the Crystal Cave had no intention of continuing to fight us, but instead eagerly asked about the situation in the outside world.

"The Azalea Knights have seized the pyroxene key that unlocks the seal of the academy, and have now launched an attack on the Rhea Lukalia Academy." I also briefly stated my purpose. "Now the gates on both sides of the academy are firmly controlled by the Azalea Knights. If we want to enter the academy and rescue Lady Renara, the 'Full Moon Queen', we can only enter from this side."

"This..." The magicians looked at each other.

"What's wrong?" I asked in confusion.

Magician Haimo explained to me: "This is the forbidden area of ​​the academy, and that tower... does not have a passage leading to the academy. Therefore, it is not realistic for you to enter Rhea Lukalia from here."

"Isn't it unrealistic?" I smiled lightly, and after snapping my fingers, Rune's golden glow floated over from the entrance of the cave, transformed into a large hemp rope, and fell in front of everyone.

Even through the hood, I seemed to see the stunned looks of the magicians: "This rope is more than 100 meters long. I think it should be long enough to fall from the top of the tower to the ground."

"One, one hundred meters?!" Magician Haimo was quite surprised, but he admitted, "If it is this length, it is more than enough."

"Time is running out, so please take us to the bell tower."

Magician Hammer nodded and sent two magicians to the entrance of the cave to repair the hidden wall.

He personally took Blaze and me into the deepest part of the forbidden area.

When the two BOSSes of the Crystal Cave, the Crystal Men, saw the strangers, they were about to stand up and attack, but Magician Haimo just raised his hand and pushed them back.

Looking at the tower door that seemed to be embedded in the rock wall of the cave, Blaze couldn't help but sigh: "I never thought that the entrance to the tower would be outside the academy. No wonder I couldn't find the main door no matter how many times I passed by there before."

"After all, the 'Magic Realm' is a great magic covering the entire academy, which can help all magicians use magic better and facilitate learning and research. Once it is destroyed, not to mention the impact on magicians, most of the magical creations in the academy will probably fall into an abnormal state and fail to distinguish between friend and foe. Therefore, this place was set up as a hidden forbidden area, and we magicians who designed and built the tower were ordered to guard it." Taking advantage of the free time on the elevator, Magician Haimo briefly popularized the relevant knowledge to us.

Climbing to the top of the tower, I saw a stone slab made of crystal pyroxene under the dark clock, with a circle of huge academy magic runes drawn on it, shining with blue light.

The magic academy Rhea Lukalia is always shrouded in a mysterious thick fog, and even during the day, it seems as if it has fallen into darkness, making it impossible to see what is happening under the tower.

The only recognizable building was the second tallest building nearby - the college's large library, which at least seemed to be safe and sound for now.

I took out the hemp rope, wrapped it around the pillar of the bell tower a few times, used the hook to tie a strong knot, and then threw the whole rope down: "Well, Brother Wolf, I'll go down first. Wait about ten minutes, and then you follow me down, in case the rope can't bear the weight of multiple people. It will be troublesome if it breaks."

Blaze nodded.

I grabbed the rope and wrapped it around my body a few times, making it wrap around me like a python. Then I carefully stepped on the wall of the bell tower and went down.

To be honest, I was very nervous at the beginning.

Holding the rope tightly with both hands, he lowered himself down little by little. After several minutes, he had only slid down about ten meters, and his palms were already sore from the friction of the hemp rope.

And I was constantly worried about this and that, afraid that what would happen if the hemp rope suddenly broke.

However, when I was about halfway down, my ears were filled with all kinds of chaotic sounds, which even blocked my thoughts.

"Ahhh-"

"Damn it, why did these clay figures appear again!"

"Damn it! Get out of my way!"

The roar was like that of a zombie, mixed with a mess of curses.

Countless arrows flew through the air, hitting the shields, making them clang continuously.

Whoosh whoosh—

"Where did all these puppets come from? Crossbowmen, aim! Only by shooting through their magic cores can we defeat them!"

"The bridge hasn't been repaired yet?!"

——Sure enough, the cuckoos have already breached the Cuckoo Church in Rhea Lukalia and are heading towards the church?

——However, it seems that no one has discovered me yet. It seems that choosing to slide down in the direction of the Azalea Church with its back to the bell tower was the right choice.

I raised my guard and continued to move forward.

Gradually, everything wrapped in the fog was revealed.

Below me, I saw scattered Cuckoo Knights waving their swords and continuously hacking at the clay figures whose eyes emitted faint blue light, while the opponents were like hungry beasts, and even if their arms were chopped off or their bodies were injured, they would still pounce on their opponents without hesitation. If they really succeeded, they would bite their prey with their bloody mouths.

Several archer puppets stood in a cave high up in the mountain, continuously shooting at Dujuan and the others.

In addition, the suspension bridge that originally led to the Azalea Church had long been cut off, causing most of the azaleas to stand on the cliff on the opposite bank, feeling quite helpless.

And below, although there is a passable mountain path to this side, it is too narrow, and three or two sword puppets actually blocked a group of Cuckoo Knights, giving a sense of one man blocking the pass from ten thousand.

A famous Azalea Knight shouted, "Use the Azalea Pyroxene quickly! Smash these bastard puppets into pieces! These clay figurines are magical products of the academy and cannot be handled cleanly! Don't worry about them, go to the academy as soon as possible!"

——You are screaming so loudly under me, are you afraid that others don’t know you are the commander?

——Catch the leader first!

When I thought I had reached the right height, I pushed hard against the wall to launch myself into the air. I pulled out the hound's fangs on my back, raised them above my head, and directed a Lion Slash attack directly at the knight.

The opponent probably never expected that the attack would come from above his head.

With just one strike, the Knight Commander was pinned to the ground, unable to move.

"Team, captain!"

"Who are you? Who are you?" Several Cuckoo Knights around were a little panicked. They even pushed away the clay figures they were dealing with and rushed over with straight swords raised.

——But you guys are not good enough.

The hound's fangs cut my left hand, and the magic power drew out the rune blood, which bloomed like a gorgeous red flower.

The Dujuan who surrounded them had their necks slashed by the bloody blade in an instant, and they fell down with their heads tilted.

I snorted softly: "Just you guys? You don't even deserve to know my name."

"Ahhh!"

When I turned around, I saw blue eyes like a demon, floating towards me quickly. The zombie raised his hands and opened his black bloody mouth, trying to pounce on me.

I subconsciously raised my brass shield and thrust it forward. At the same time, Hound Fang attacked from the side, piercing the clay man's belly with a sword, and then kicked him back. "Really? Can't you see that I'm here to help you?"

Whoosh whoosh!

This time, I was attacked by arrows again. As expected, the puppet also regarded me as an enemy.

——Tsk, what a hassle.

——To be honest, I don’t want to attack these guys now. After all, they can at least hold off Dujuan for a while and buy me some time.

but······

A figure suddenly rushed out from the side, and the whole clay figure actually pounced on me, catching me off guard and pressing me to the mud ground.

I immediately struggled and grabbed the clay figure's head tightly with both hands, trying to push it away, but I didn't expect that the opponent was extremely strong. He grabbed my arms and pulled them apart, as if he was determined to give me a "kiss of love" throw today.

"Zero!" Suddenly there was a wolf howling above my head, and pale lightning suddenly struck next to me, exploding with icy force, shaking away all the clay figures that kept gathering towards me.

Then, Blaze turned around and swung his sword, chopping off the clay figure that was pressing on me. "Zero, are you okay?"

"Fortunately, I managed to keep my chastity."

"Ow?"

"Let's go quickly, Brother Wolf. It seems that the cuckoos haven't broken into the school building yet." I stood up and was about to go inside.

After Blaze blocked the puppet's arrow, he said, "Wait a little longer, those magicians are also getting ready to come down."

"······Okay, after we enter the school building, we can ask them to explain to us to avoid unnecessary fighting. Now, it's a good opportunity to vent my anger on the cuckoos." I grinned wickedly, condensed a red flame in my hand, and walked towards the broken bridge.

And below, the cuckoos that were stuck on the mountain road by the puppets were in trouble.