Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 287 The day of separation

——What the hell, Diaros kidnapped Laya? !

——Oh, no, to be precise, it was Laya who kidnapped Diaros? !

After the night watch, I slept until dawn. When I woke up and was about to leave, Wolf Brother Blaze suddenly said to me, "Zero, have you seen Little Laya and Diaros? They said they had something to go out last night and haven't come back yet."

My head suddenly buzzed.

——It’s over, the world line goes back, and it’s clear that Lenia is still alive, and Diaros has actually joined the Volcano Mansion.

Although this was not an unexpected plot, I never thought it would happen so suddenly.

Thinking carefully about what happened last night, when Laya was advertising for the Volcano Residence as usual, I didn't take it seriously because I was used to it, but what was Diaros' expression at that time?

I couldn't help rubbing my forehead as I searched my mind for the memories of last night.

At that time, Diaros was worried about how to gain strength. He said he wanted to be as strong as me, and I didn't hide my thoughts. I felt that I responded well.

But for Diaros, is Laya's side more attractive?

——Contact more powerful people in the Volcano Mansion, and even meet the owner of the mansion whose power is comparable to that of the Golden King. Perhaps this is a shortcut to gaining power... So, Diaros begged Laya to take her to the Volcano Mansion? !

Besides, he has completed the trial of the brave and passed the Faded One of the ancient ruins cliff. Laya might agree to it readily.

——But, little snake, are you just going to abandon me like this?

——You always say that I am your hero... Why do I feel like I have fallen in love with the wrong person, and the cabbage has pushed the pig away.

——Lanshou Xianggu, Laya is a bad scumbag!

"The scent of those two people is not nearby. What should we do, Zero?" Blaze frowned, looking a little worried. "Will they be safe?"

"Ah... well, nothing should happen." I said rather angrily, "After all, all good things must come to an end. Maybe when we have time to go to the Volcano Residence, we'll find out what's going on."

Blaze heard the hidden meaning in my words, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Well, Zero, you have to think of a reason to deal with Miss Lenya first."

"Eh?"

"What? Diaros followed you out here. You have to explain everything to people when you go back." Blaze said, patting my shoulder. "Anyway, I'll leave it to you."

Ah... I couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. My head started to hurt.

"Anyway, anyway, let's solve the current urgent matters first, and talk about the matter of the Volcano Residence later." I looked towards the foot of the hill, where the Golden Army had set up camp in a sunken basin.

Under such a bright sky, one can clearly see dozens of ochre-colored tents and several black coffin cars parked inside.

This place is considered a hidden passage from the Gemir volcano to the royal city, so after the defense of the royal city, it was heavily guarded.

Black and white flags fluttered in the wind, mourning the souls who died on this piece of yellow earth. Sword and knife tombs were built around the camp using the weapons of the defeated army.

However, this camp at the foot of the mountain looks large, but it is actually just a cover.

After all, it is easy to imagine that in this kind of basin location, if a war really breaks out, the enemy can easily occupy the high ground, shoot arrows and set fires, and can do whatever they want to deal with the low-lying camps.

How could a general leading troops to war deliberately choose an unfavorable terrain?

Therefore, the real military forces were actually deployed on the opposite hillside.

We couldn't see it clearly from our side, but if I remember correctly, in the game alone, there were four or five giant crossbows aimed at various gunpowder barrels in the camp.

——When I broke into the game for the first time, I was naturally attracted to the treasure chest on the black coffin car, but I was stabbed and exploded, and then the screen showed Miyazaki's mocking words [You Died].

I explained to everyone what I knew.

"In that case, how about we go around the camp?" Blaze suggested.

"But I'm worried that the number of soldiers guarding this side is beyond my imagination, and we have a lot of people here, so it's easy to be discovered." I thought for a moment and came up with another strategy to lure the tiger away from the mountain. "How about this, Brother Wolf, you and I are faster, so we can directly break into the camp at the bottom of the mountain and attract the attention of the other side. Millicent, you can take the opportunity to carefully go around from the other side of the camp... You should find a map stone tablet on the side of a stone path behind the camp, and meet there."

"it is good."

So I blew the spirit horse whistle, summoned Torrett, and rushed down the hillside with Wolf Brother Blaze.

Phew——

On the mountain road, we met a small group of patrolling golden soldiers, but they stopped after they chased us into the camp.

Soon, the sound of a horn was heard in the breeze.

In order to attract the attention of more soldiers on the opposite hillside, I clenched the holy seal on my finger, and a raging fire ignited in my hand.

Pray – Throw yourself into the fire.

Boom—boom boom boom!

One after another, I took the initiative to set fire to the powder kegs.

"Let the storm come even harder!" I just finished shouting when a sonic boom exploded next to Torrett, splashing black soil everywhere.

"Hurry up and go, Zero!"

Whoosh whoosh!

The giant crossbow arrows kept shooting at us, and Blaze and I quickly leaned against the black coffin cart in the camp to avoid the fierce attack.

——Sure enough, there are more troops than I thought! There must be at least ten ballistae, shooting down from the hillside!

"Are we leaving now?" Blaze was confident in his speed.

But I suppressed his temper: "No, let's wait a little longer. The sound of arrows has stopped. I guess they will send someone to check the situation. We will rush out then and run directly up the hillside! In order to avoid accidental injuries, those soldiers will not use crossbows easily."

咴！

Sure enough, after a while, the neighing of war horses was heard.

Blaze could tell the number of people coming just by using his ears: "Only five people?"

"No, that's enough." I rode on the spirit horse again, "Torret, let's charge!"

Phew——

As soon as Torrett appeared from behind the black coffin carriage, the group of golden cavalrymen began to shout: "They are not dead yet! Attack, keep attacking!"

"These are just two guys, rush over and kill them!"

——Humph, it’s not that easy!

Just as he was about to rush in front of the cavalry, Torrett skillfully made two jumps and flipped over the heads of three or two cavalrymen.

Not to mention Blaze, this guy even seized the opportunity, jumped onto the other person's horse and pushed the golden soldiers down.

"Let's go, Zero!"

"drive!"

Blaze and I rushed towards the golden camp on the hillside, and the cavalrymen naturally followed closely behind us.

Just as I expected, the soldiers operating the crossbows did not dare to launch an attack easily. Instead, at the call of the horn, many golden soldiers rushed out of the camp and surrounded us.

I even saw the knight commander guarding the camp urging a few sons of evil omens with horns plucked out to rush towards us with swords and axes in hand.

"Run to the right!" I saw that there were a lot of soldiers attracted, so I quickly pulled the reins and retreated with Blaze.

After all, this camp does not have any strong opponents. In addition, perhaps because nothing has happened here for many years, the soldiers' discipline and adaptability are nothing to be commended.

Blaze and I managed to escape with almost no effort.

We were even chased for a distance by the enemy cavalry, but they didn't seem to understand the specific situation. We launched a surprise attack and took care of a few of their minions.

"Let's go and open the map first." The view nearby was quite wide, and following the instructions in the game, we soon met up with Millicent and the others at the map stele.

"Next we have to go over there and look for the Amber Starlight." I pointed to the main gate of the Royal City of Rodel and asked, "Millicent, what about you guys?"

Millicent bowed slightly. "We don't have a specific plan yet. First of all, we should find a way to enter the Royal City of Rodel and see if we can get directly to the northern forbidden area. Since you two have important things to do, you don't have to worry too much about us. After all, we all have to continue our journey, don't we?"

Millicent smiled at me as she spoke.

And "Big Horn" Telages also patted his chest: "Ah! Oh~"

Brother Xia also said that he had nothing to do for the time being and could continue traveling with Millicent and the others.

"Well, with Big Horn and Shrimp around, I can feel more at ease..."

"Huh? What do you mean by that?!"

Facing Pollyanna's criticism, the man was able to bend and stretch, and immediately changed his words: "With the very powerful Miss Pollyanna here, I can feel more at ease!"

“······Why do I feel like you are laughing at me?”

"Absolutely impossible, but if you could change your temper, I would feel more at ease." Before he could finish his words, he was hit on the back.

Blaze smiled and pulled us apart like an aunt...uncle: "Alright, it's getting late. We have to get the amber starlight as soon as possible and return to Lienia. Everyone, if we are destined to meet, we will see each other later."

"Well, goodbye, both of you."

All good things must come to an end. In the blink of an eye, only Wolf Brother Blaze and I were left, continuing on our journey.