Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 282 Yatan Plateau

Seeing Diaros limp on the ground, I confirmed that the rune of the Lava Earth Dragon had the dragon's heart and its weapon, the Earth Dragon Scale Sword, stored in my body, and quickly jumped down and asked, "Diaros, how are you? Are you not hurt?"

"Ah... um." Diaros swallowed and nodded slowly.

I held out my hand and Radialos stood up.

At this moment, Laya ran over from outside the cave like a golden retriever, "Great, Zero! You are indeed a true warrior. Congratulations on completing the trial!"

"Hmph, what kind of warrior? It still depends on me to drive away this monster." Pollyanna immediately poured cold water on me.

I could only smile and say, "That's true. After all, there are seven of us here. If we unite as one, it won't be difficult to deal with a dragon."

"Woo...a bit sick and I have goose bumps." Pollyanna shuddered.

——You feel uncomfortable when you see that I don’t argue with you, right?

I ignored this weird guy and turned to look at the lava earth dragon whose corpse had not yet dissipated... Could this guy be resurrected through blessing?

Blaze seemed to see that I was worried, so he asked curiously, "Zero, what's wrong?"

"Um, I was wondering, why hasn't this earth dragon disappeared yet... didn't all the large enemies we fought in the past turn into ashes in the blink of an eye?"

"You mean those rune-transformed monsters?" Blaze turned to look at the lava earth dragon Makar. "For a giant like this that hasn't been transformed into a rune, if it's not resurrected through the blessing, its corpse will be hard to dissipate... Perhaps, it will eventually turn into stone like those dragons."

A dragon turned into stone?

I thought of the stone dragon in the Dragon Feast Church. Can this guy also turn into stone?

By the way, since it won't dissipate, I suddenly want to taste what dragon meat tastes like... Wait, the magma earth dragons are the result of humans or other creatures undergoing multiple dragon feasts, right? Eating them doesn't mean... It was a close call, I was suddenly possessed by Xiao Laya and almost eaten by her (Note: a term used in a certain food anime to describe hunting and eating one's own kind).

Zhen Laya coughed lightly to attract our attention. She bowed to us solemnly and said with a smile: "Warriors who have completed the trial, please allow me, Laya, to lead you to the Atan Plateau."

——Wow, it looks pretty good.

We followed Laya and boarded the elevator leading to the Yatan Plateau.

There was a creaking sound coming from above our heads. Perhaps it was because there were too many of us, or perhaps the elevator was indeed too high. After being in the tunnel for a while, the little bit of starlight above our heads only grew to the size of the moon.

I started to liven up the cold atmosphere: "By the way, everyone, where are you going next?"

"Hmm! Hmm, Hmm!" Brother Big Horn was the first to speak, but he had difficulty speaking, and the words he said were not as much as those expressed by his dancing hands.

Millicent helped explain, "Brother Telages should have said that since we are in the Yatan Plateau, we must go to the Royal City of Rodel to take a look."

"Hmm!"

"If we need any help later, he is willing to help." Millicent said, and bowed to the other party. "Thank you for your trouble."

"What about you, Millicent?"

——After all, it’s impossible in reality to be like in the game, where Mibao just stands there stupidly waiting for me to trigger the plot. It’s better to find out the other party’s general plan in advance to prepare for future “encounters”.

Millicent didn't hide it: "I... I still want to continue to follow Marlenya's footsteps. There are rumors that she lives beyond the golden tree, and even further..."

"The place after passing the golden tree is the northern snow mountain, right? It has been designated as a forbidden area by the Golden Dynasty, so it may not be easy to go there." Blaze, who is most familiar with the current border area among us, mentioned it casually like an elder brother.

Pollyanna immediately retorted rebelliously: "We are not from the Golden Dynasty. No matter whether it is a forbidden area or not, can't we go and take a look?"

“Okay, all is fine.” I sighed, “…Unfortunately, I have something important to do, otherwise I could take you to a place. I heard that place is also closely related to Marennia.”

"We still need you to take us there. Tell me, where is it?!" Pollyanna always said that she had nothing to do with Millicent, but who exactly are the "we, we" you are talking about?

but······

The place I am talking about is naturally the City of Sunshade that can be seen on the way from the Royal City of Rodel to the Gmir Volcano. Its lord, Maremare, is a big fan of Malenia.

But in the game, the Marley family was captured by the bell and bead hunter, "Ironthorn" Elronmel, and even the city lord was driven away.

That guy is a classic heavy-armored tough dog, so Pollyanna's dagger is naturally not easy to deal with. Millicent is only left-handed now, so even if Marlemarle is added, she is probably no match for the hunter.

But with Pollyanna's temper, if she knew about it, she would definitely go ahead with it.

So, I have already started to regret letting it slip and looking away.

"Hurry up and tell me." Pollyanna grabbed my face and pushed it back.

I subconsciously glanced at Millicent's arm and had to yell, "I, I only know that we are in Yatan Plateau, I don't know anything else!"

"You won't say it, right?!"

—Hey, you, what are you trying to do with that filthy smile, Pollyanna!

——By the way, put down your dagger first and then we can talk properly, okay?

"Pollyanna." Millicent couldn't help but call out.

"Big Horn" Telages couldn't bear to watch it either, but he didn't seem to be good at dealing with such situations. After being at a loss, he chose not to watch it.

Brother Xia had no intention of joining in our quarrel.

But Blaze still smiled and said, "What a good relationship."

--Hello!

Fortunately, at this time, Laya said excitedly: "Everyone, we are going to the Yatan Plateau."

After hearing this, Pollyanna let me go temporarily.

The elevator finally reached the top, but as soon as it emerged, the strong wind mixed with sand and gravel made it difficult to open one's eyes.

Pollyanna looked to both sides and clicked her tongue. "I've heard that the Yatan Plateau is where the city of Rodel is located, and there's gold everywhere. I thought it would be different from the area below, but it turns out it's still just ravines."

Well, that's indeed true.

After all, the cliff of the ancient ruins had been abandoned, and was surrounded by a desolate area. The current location was sandwiched between a mountain road with flying sand and rocks, which really did not give people a good impression.

But this land is full of gold... You know what, aren't the weeds here golden?

Laya led us tourists forward as if she had returned to her hometown, and said with a smile: "The scenery will be different if we walk forward. Besides, after we climb over the hill over there, we can directly see the Royal City of Rodel. And that big golden tree, it seems that we can break off its branches with just a stretch of our hands."

"Really? Then let's go and take a look." Pollyanna was still quite curious.

But I remembered that if I crossed the mountain road so slowly, I would probably run into some trouble.

"Woo! Where did you come from, little one? Be good, put down all your things, and I will spare your life."

——Look, let me tell you.