Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 403: The Temptation of Going Home (Part )

Dead end! Dead end! Still a dead end!

After much difficulty, they found a smooth road. After a few twists and turns, they unexpectedly returned to the main road at the bottom. The sons of evil omens guarding this place looked at each other in surprise. After a long pause, they managed to utter, "Boss, you are back again?"

"Damn it! Which damn bastard built so many water pipes! They are useless and just keep making circles around me!" Tron broke down his defense, punched the door, and cursed angrily.

"······By the way, Tron, aren't you the king here? How come you are completely unfamiliar with the terrain?" I expressed the biggest question in my heart.

And Trone explained casually: "Even if you are the king, who would go into those pipes every day for no reason? You are not a little devil... Speaking of which, brother Zero, didn't you say that you controlled everything in this underground?"

"I, I didn't say that. It's mostly the sewer at most." I argued hastily. "Especially for this underground sewer. Even if we ask the designer to come, he may not be able to find the way!"

"Tsk." Trone seemed to agree and had nothing to say. He paused and then angrily scolded, "Markit should have come by himself! Damn it, that guy used to bring his brother with him all day long, and even insisted on dragging me in. They are the only ones who are most familiar with him."

Melina persuaded them, "Master Zero, Master Tron, don't be too anxious. Since we always get lost in there, I'm sure the madman is the same."

"Melina is right. If nothing else, we can only resort to the marking and exhaustive method." I sighed and took out a few relic stones from my blessed backpack. I had forgotten when I collected them and how long I had hidden them. I broke them into pieces that I could hold in my palm.

Tron asked with a hint of confusion: "Mark exhaustive?"

I squeezed the relic stone and injected rune magic into it to make a rainbow stone while explaining, "No matter what, there is a limit to the number of forks in the pipeline. Place a stone like this at each fork as a mark to indicate that you have already walked through it, so that you won't keep going around in circles inexplicably... But this is the dumbest method after all. I didn't really want to use it unless it was absolutely necessary."

I made ten rainbow stones first, that should be enough.

After everything was ready, Melina, Tron and I returned to the entrance of the sewer and jumped in.

"Did we start from the straight road on the right?" I asked.

Tron was not happy: "Who remembers this? Damn it, it goes around in circles, and people can't even remember where they have been."

Melina also shook her head.

"······Forget it, let's put down a stone first and go to the other side. We'll come back later if we really have to." I also expressed concern about my memory, and walked deeper into the pipe with Trone and Melina.

Just like in the game, these pipes must have been abandoned for a long time, with dry firewood and branches, or even some bones piled everywhere inside. The moss on the pipe walls has dried up and feels like dust to the touch.

After walking a few steps, we came to a fork in the road. I threw a rainbow stone on the ground and said, "Come this way first. Remember the color of this stone first."

--red.

Continuing forward, there was nothing else in the passage except some large slugs.

I was bored, so I asked curiously, "By the way, Trone, I want to ask you something."

"Ok?"

"Before, that 'blood priest' Esgar used blood to sneak through you, right? How did you catch him?" The blood nobles used this trick to escape from me many times. The only way I can think of to deal with them now is to kill them before they fall.

But Dianhuo A Ling also learned this trick from Nelius. If he plans to use this trick to escape, he will not give me the chance to find the flaw, so it is better to find a way to deal with it after the other party uses it.

Tron responded calmly: "That's just a trick of the rats. They hide themselves in the black blood shadows, but the smell of blood on them will not disappear."

"I don't have a nose as nice as yours."

——Besides, the stinking smell from the sewer has long since damaged my nose.

Tron pondered for a moment, then said, "Or, brother, you can try to release the rune magic from the soles of your feet over a large area. If you feel that some of it has been disturbed, that's where the blood shadow is hiding. The guys inside basically have no ability to resist, so you can just grab them and pull them out like a mouse."

Speaking of mice, there have been faint squeaking sounds coming from the pipe since a while ago.

However, it seemed that due to Tron's oppression, they did not dare to show their heads.

After listening to Tron's method, I thought: "... In that case, if I use gravity magic or other similar combat skills, can I also pull them out?"

"Of course, that's why I said that it's just a trick used by mice."

——Oh, it seems I have to find an opportunity to learn some skills from Senior Ishutopia.

——Also, I remember his fighting skill, it seems to be in Nimgefu, near the seashore near the ancient ruins of Panghai... You can get it by defeating a white king.

...However, it would not be cost-effective to go back and get it now.

"Lord Ling, be careful of your feet, there is a pit." Melina suddenly pulled me.

And Tron immediately shouted: "I've seen this pit before! Was there another guy who attacked Brother Zero at that time?!"

When Trone said this, I also had an impression.

I was the first one to jump down. Just as I was about to move forward, someone grabbed my shoulder.

However, before I could counterattack, Tron jumped down and sat on the opponent to death.

"However, there are many pits in the pipeline, and we are not sure whether they are the same one... Let's jump over first and see where the other side leads to." I suggested this and jumped over the pit with my friends.

I continued forward and turned a corner, and saw a red stone at the intersection ahead: "Ah, I'm back."

"Then we can only jump down into the pit and see, Master Zero, Master Troon."

"Well, let's dance."

After jumping down from the pit, just as Trone said, he found the guy he had crushed.

"Brother Zero, look! The damn thing is coming back again!" Tron kicked him angrily.

Melina pointed to the other side and said, "I remember that we went through the iron gate here and went all the way back to the underground road...but we haven't been to this place in front, it seems?"

"No matter what, mark it with the rainbow stone first. Even if we really go the wrong way again, we can change it again." I put down the rainbow stone and comforted Tron with a smile, "Don't worry, Tron. The Mad Fire One should be circling here as well. Your men are all fine, right?"

"Tsk, I'm just tired of walking around in this broken pipe, so I might as well just tear it down!" Tron said angrily, but he still followed Melina and me forward.

After turning three or two more bends along the pipe, a ladder leading downwards appeared at the end... I suddenly recalled the knowledge in the game and shouted excitedly, "Got it! We should be almost there, the deepest part of the Rodel sewer!"

"Really?" Trone asked doubtfully.

I was too lazy to climb the ladder, so I just jumped down.

In front of me was indeed the kettle room. From the elevator outside the kettle room, I could go directly to the deep sewer, which was the cathedral where the evil omen was abandoned.

But unlike in the game, the warrior pots of all sizes here have all been broken and cracked, and the bodies of the warriors inside are mixed with mud and scattered all over the ground.

The elevator has already been lowered to the bottom.

It seems that guy has been here before, Crazy A Ling!