Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 554: Battle of Scarlet and Flower: Seal

The Rune Curve is said to be a simulation of the vessel beneath the Elden Ring that receives the Ring's blessings. Using this item in reality can unleash the power of the Great Rune possessed by a demigod for a certain period of time.

And what I lit up was Greg's Great Rune, which omnidirectionally enhanced all attributes.

After exhausting all my recovery items, this is my last resort.

boom--

Scarlet corruption and scorching fire collided like two crimson meteors, and tongues of fire wrapped around the Ionian Butterfly, roaring up into the hollow of the sacred tree.

The two blades kept slashing, slashing, and slashing again, and torrents of wind rushed in all directions.

With my overall strength enhanced, I was able to keep up with Marlennia's speed, but gradually, I was still overwhelmed by the scarlet corrupt aura.

After all, Malenia's Great Rune gave her the special ability of self-healing!

I let out a sigh of relief, and the opponent's attack came like a collapsing snow tide or a surging tsunami, rushing towards me and almost swallowing me up.

But suddenly, Marineria's movements froze.

Seeing the opportunity, I launched a Fiery Storm Slash without hesitation, forcing the opponent to retreat.

She cupped her forehead once more, and Millicent's disturbance of the Scarlet Goddess of Corruption seemed to grow worse.

“...Come back, Marenia...Remember your faith as a god-man and don’t be willing to succumb to the corrupt scarlet will.”

"Woo-woo--shut up!" Marennia screamed sharply, and with a swing in the air, the crimson blade flew towards me by accident.

I dodged and seized the opportunity to continue attacking.

After all, Millicent alone cannot suppress the Goddess of Corruption. It seems that only if I continue to attack from the outside and put a certain amount of pressure on the other party can the Valkyrie's will that originally refused to succumb to corruption be revealed again.

but······

"Millicent, it's no use just saying that! Marennia, she is just a dead kid who only knows how to call her brother, brother!" I raised the flaming blade high, and chopped down at the opponent with all my strength like a falling meteor.

Marennia seemed slightly stunned and quickly dodged.

The ground was crumbling and the flames even reached my body.

But when I was unconscious, the phantom sound of the little girl crying became clearer and clearer in my mind. I yelled and continued to attack her, "If you want to gain Michaela's approval so much, then wake up, Marennia! How can someone who has been devoured by the goddess of corruption be called the strongest? He is nothing more than a rusty tetanus knife!"

"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" I don't know if it was Marennia herself or the corrupt goddess who was roaring.

After she blocked my blade, she jumped up.

Combat skill - Water Bird Dance.

But I have mastered enough dodging skills and experience to deal with this move!

With the help of the hound's pace, I quickly found the rhythm of flowing water in the scarlet sword shadows, and avoided the attacks according to its trend.

Besides, the Water Bird Dance was not fully performed. Just as Millicent said, when she performed this move, her mind was free of distractions. How could Marinella be free of distractions now?

"Woo!" Her mind was a little dazed again.

I seized this opportunity and used my combat skill - Wolf Attack Blood Dance!

The red blood blade completely broke the water bird's posture, and the blade fell on Marlennia, turning into a bright red knife wound.

"······Besides, it's time for you to grow up, Marennia." I also took a breath.

My hands and feet felt as if they were filled with molten lead and were extremely heavy. If my blood hadn't been boiling, I would have turned into a statue by now.

"You're already such a grown man, but you lost your brother and you're hiding under this sacred tree, feeling sorry for yourself. Didn't I tell you that I helped you find him? If you're worried that you still can't find him, I can go with you to look for him." I took a long breath and gathered my strength again, straightening my back. "...Ah, could it be that because you lost to Latarn, Wuyan went to see Michaela?"

The night fire reignited the blazing flame, but this might be the last flame.

Malenia seemed to have calmed down again. She spread her wings of corruption, soared into the air, and assumed a thrusting stance. Scarlet aura gathered towards her blade, and even the Ionian butterflies on her body were all entangled on her arms and prosthetic sword.

——Hey, hey, hey, could it be that my last sentence touched Marennia’s sore spot?

——This attack doesn’t look simple no matter how you look at it!

"But I won't give you my Great Rune. After all, I also have a world I want to realize!" I also took the stance of a final charge.

Now that the battle has come to this, let’s give it our all for the final blow!

Fighting skill——the final God-destroying Slash!

The flame turned into a turbid dragon, and with my thrust, it roared and soared towards the scarlet light in the sky.

And Marennia's attack also penetrated, and the scarlet Ionian butterfly rolled up a vortex, rushing towards the flaming dragon.

Fire and corruption, the two forces that have been fighting against each other on the land of Gaileed, now burst into a dazzling light under the sacred tree of Michaela, even eclipsing everything around it.

But I have to admit that the power of corruption is still stronger. Even though I have exhausted all my strength, I can only resist for a short while before the vortex of the Ionian Butterfly begins to engulf the Fire Dragon.

——Is everything going to end like this?

A golden light suddenly appeared in front of my eyes.

I saw that Marennia actually passed through the vortex of the Ionian Butterfly and pierced through the Turbid Dragon. The cold light of her sword went straight to my throat.

“······Zero, Golden Needle·····”

—Ah, I know, Millicent.

Seeing that the sharpness of the prosthetic sword had surpassed Ye Huo's, I decisively dropped the sword, with my cheek almost touching the opponent's icy blade, avoiding the vital points as much as possible.

In his hand, the pure golden needle had already been prepared.

——This is our real sword, the scarlet corrupt goddess!

He pinched the golden needle between his fingers and pierced it into Marineria's chest.

The opponent didn't have time to stop or brake, and rushed straight towards me. The next second, I was naturally pushed away by Marineria and fell on the scarlet dust.

But the golden needle had already sunk into Marlennia's chest.

Strands of golden light, like silk threads, flew out from her chest, and then with incredible speed, wrapped around Malenia's entire body from head to toe. Finally, it transformed into a golden water lily flower rune, imprinted on her body.

The last Ionian butterfly flapped its wings and flew away from Marennia's hair.

And she raised her arm and reached out to the hollowed-out human core of the sacred tree: “...Brother.”

But unfortunately, in the end, I caught nothing.

【Demigod Felled】