Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 297 Faith in Fighting

Facing the cool evening breeze, I followed the howling of wolves and stepped onto the hills on the southern shore of Lake Yaquir.

And in the sealed prison of the ownerless hounds, Wolf Brother Blaze apparently heard approaching footsteps.

I was still a few steps away from the prison when I heard him yelling, "Hey! Is there anyone outside? I am Blaze, a half-wolf knight under the command of the Kalia royal family. If anyone can hear me, please release me from this dungeon. I will never hurt you, and of course, I will do my best to reward you accordingly, please!"

"Then, can I get an advance on your salary, Brother Wolf?" I greeted him jokingly across the prison cell.

"Zero! Hahaha, it's you!" Blaze's voice sounded extremely surprised. "Please, let me out soon. Grandpa Iggy is really something. He actually said something like 'I will become a disaster for Lani' and ordered people to lock me up in this prison... Obviously, that is absolutely impossible!"

"Okay, okay, Brother Wolf, calm down first. Let's talk about it." I cut my palm with a knife and dripped blood on the center of the prison seal slab.

In the blink of an eye, gray-blue magic walls were erected all around, and Blaze ran up to me in confusion: "Zero, why did you come in? Just let me out from the outside."

"Calm down, Brother Wolf, calm down, just listen to me first." I comforted Blaze.

Blaze frowned, then sighed, "Okay, go ahead."

I cleared my throat and got straight to the point: "Brother Wolf, I have to tell you the truth. Old man Iggy was not completely wrong."

"Ah! Why do you think so too!" Sure enough, Blaze was unhappy when he heard this, and was even angry to the point of showing his sharp fangs, "I, I am Lani's shadow, an indispensable part! I have been serving her since I was a child! I don't know what Grandpa Iggy said to you, Zero, but...but he should know all this. I will never betray Lani!"

"Yes, I believe you and will never betray Lani." I also looked into Blaze's eyes with certainty.

- In the game of Elden Ring, even though Blaze was trapped in the curse of the Two Fingers and suffered from brainwashing, when Renee got the Hunting Finger Knife and went to fight against the fate of treating him as a puppet, Blaze still guarded the door of Renee's magician tower and even defeated the black knife assassins sent by the Two Fingers to assassinate Renee.

So, old man Iggy was indeed wrong. Until the end, Blaze was still Blaze, the proud and unique Knight of Kalia who belonged to Lani.

Blaze asked in confusion: "Since you are willing to believe it, why do you still..."

"Because you will become Kalia's enemy and my enemy, Brother Wolf." I interrupted him and directly stated my own judgment, "So, I have to prevent this from happening."

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Wolf Brother’s resistance was also expected. I sighed and asked calmly, “Before I tell you my inference, Wolf Brother, can you tell me about your life experience?”

"I... like I said just now, I am Lani's shadow. When we were still young, I had already served the royal family of Kalia!" Blaze explained hurriedly, trying to gain more of my trust.

"Then, who asked you to serve Lani? Do you remember? Brother Wolf."

"I..." Blaze hesitated.

I also changed the subject: "In this border area, the finger is a symbol of civilization. In the ancient dragon era, your beast faction gained civilization under the guidance of the finger and became the agent of the Dragon King... The origin of this inference is that most of the warriors guarding the sky city of the ancient dragon clan, Fam Yazra, are orcs like you, Brother Wolf. In addition, the most representative one is probably the beast prime minister Serloshu, who is the shadow of the king. The king of Elden, Ge Fulei, who assists him, is the absolute representative of power. Although he was born a beast, he is more inclined to civilization."

"······Zero, what exactly do you want to say?" Although Blaze pressed the question, his tone was completely devoid of the initial anger, confusion and resentment, and he even sounded a little weak.

I also announced the conclusion: "What I want to say is, Brother Wolf, based on my personal guess, you actually serve the Dark Moon Princess, Lani, because of the guidance of the two fingers. Just like the 'Eternal Queen' Marica also has the shadow beast Malikus, Lani has the destiny of becoming a god, so the representative of civilization, the finger, cannot fail to send a shadow to serve her, or restrict her."

"Ah!" Blaze raised his head and roared angrily, "Indeed! That's right! Just like Zero, you guessed. But this doesn't mean that I will completely obey the two fingers! Lani, Lani is my master!"

"But the curse buried in your body will not change, Brother Wolf!" I also raised my voice and yelled back, "Once Lani embarks on the dark path of becoming a god, the curse on you will erupt... Although I don't know exactly what the effect will be, your spirit will definitely be endlessly destroyed, blamed you, betrayed you, and even bewitched you. It was Lani who gave up on you! Teach you to revenge!"

"Even so, even so, I..."

"That's right. In the future that I observed, even so, Brother Wolf, you definitely did not betray Lani!" I once again repeated what I knew about Blaze's final fate. "But you didn't recognize me and regarded me as an assassin who went to hurt Lani, so you attacked me! Even... it's very likely that you will end up hurting the entire Kalia royal family!"

——Although in the game, as long as the player ignores the insane Wolf Brother, Blaze will stay in front of the magician's tower motionless.

——But in reality, what if something goes wrong?

- For example, a gangster assassin retreats knowing he is no match for his opponent, and instead leads Blaze away from the magician's tower. At that time, Blaze will probably treat everything as an assassin, killing both friend and foe, just like when he met A-Tai in the game.

So, I have to put a stop to this.

Blaze was still defending himself: "No, no, no! Zero, you are wrong! You are someone who has done a favor to Kalia, and you are also a Kalia Knight appointed by the princess. How could I attack you?"

"But this fate is not so easy to solve." I took a deep breath and continued, "Brother Wolf, do you still remember the question you asked me when we were looking for the amber starlight? You asked me why I found the starlight fragment so easily, as if I had hidden it myself."

"...Didn't you say that you learned it from the wandering merchant?"

"I'm sorry, that was actually a lie I told to cover up my identity." I raised my eyes and solemnly introduced myself to the other party again, "Nice to meet you, man from the border. I am actually from another world. After knowing the fate of all of you, I was blessed and guided to come to the border. I am not a soldier of the Faded Legion."

Blaze widened his eyes slightly. He seemed so surprised that he didn't know what to say. He opened his mouth and swallowed several times, but still couldn't speak.

"... and Brother Wolf, your predetermined fate is that after Lani embarked on the path of becoming a god and resisted the manipulation of the Two Fingers, you were bewitched by the Two Fingers and lost your mind, and finally lost to the Faded One who went to find Lani." I slowly pulled out the big black knife "Night Spark" and suggested, "Perhaps, you still don't want to believe it easily now, but if you insist on leaving this prison, I can only do my best to stop you, Blaze."

So, come on, Brother Wolf!

Warriors like us can only prove our beliefs to each other through fighting!