Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 573: Blasphemous Claws (Part )

"Roar!" Malicus roared, his eyes bloodshot, floating in the temple of Fam Azra like a ghost.

As fast as lightning and as fierce as a raging tide.

Every time he slashed, the mere scrape of his energy caused pain.

When I had no choice, I tried to use blood slashes to resist the oncoming attack, but at the moment of collision, the flames of death bloomed like fireworks and sprayed towards me like water. If I was not careful and got touched, the burning pain of the flames seemed to tug at my heart.

Moreover, Malicus's [Death] fire is even more difficult to extinguish, like a ball of oil that sticks to a person, and it will not stop until it has burned itself dry.

——Indeed, it is quite similar to Amaterasu.

For a moment, both I and Bernal were suppressed by Malicus's offensive and found it difficult to find an opportunity to counterattack.

——But this won’t work, it won’t be able to consume the “Black Sword” Malicus at all.

Roderica asked us to consume Malicus's power to help her find the lost soul of "Black Sword" and talk to him to find a way to calm him down. After that, we put Iggy's mirror helmet on Malicus to resist the mental interference of the finger on him. This is our plan.

but······

"Ah!" Malicus swung at me with great force, bringing up a curtain of black and red fire that marked his doomed death.

I could only use hound pace to quickly create distance between me and you.

Upon seeing this, Bernal quickly swung up the World-Devouring Scepter and smashed it towards Malicus's hind legs from the side.

But the opponent suddenly jumped back, and like a nimble dancer, he twirled in the air and delivered several fatal blows to us.

Just as we were desperately dodging his attacks, Malicus stepped on the stone pillar of the temple, pushed hard, and raised the black sword to stab down.

boom--

The explosion of fatal death blew both Bernal and I away. I rolled several times before I bounced up and stopped.

——The beast's reaction is fast, and this guy can jump around so much! There's no such jump in the game!

"Ahhh!" Malicus roared with his head raised, venting his pain and anger.

I also took this opportunity to drink a sip of the Holy Grail Dew to recover a little.

But if we continue to be suppressed by Malicus like this and cannot cause any harm, and instead we have to be on edge and keep dodging, let alone whether the plan can be implemented or whether Roderica can break through the mental interference of Malicus with her fingers, Bernal and I will definitely be the first to collapse from exhaustion.

——What should we do?

Never mind for now. While Malicus' attention is on Bernal who is closer to him, I'll pray for myself a buff.

Prayer - Dragon Thunder Shelter by Lance Shanks.

Prayer - Beast Vitality.

Taking a deep breath, I rushed forward again.

Seeing this, Malicus wrapped the black sword around his head and slashed at Bernal with a fierce blow, trying to force him back first, and then swing the sword to the side, or directly spin sideways and swing the blade in the air to attack me.

But unexpectedly, a black and red flame suddenly rose from Bernal's left hand, as if forming a large shield, intending to block Malicus's heavy pressure from the front.

boom!

The flames of destined death were indeed blocked and dispersed in all directions, but Bernal himself was forced to kneel on the ground by this heavy blow.

"Bernard!" I roared, seizing the opportunity that even Malicus hesitated at, and leaped towards his hind legs.

Combination combat skills——Red Thunder Blood Moon Slash!

The thunder struck down, Malicus roared, quickly jumped away, and climbed onto the pillar like a cat.

I also hurried forward and pulled Bernal: "Are you okay?"

"Cough, cough, cough." Bernard couldn't help coughing twice and said with a sigh, "It seems that I used this prop incorrectly."

I also followed Bernal's gaze and looked at his left arm, only to see that he had an extra tool on the back of his hand that looked like a stone dagger, with a black and red gem in it, which sealed the same power as that of Malicus.

——This is, the blasphemous beast claw!

Once, after the night of Black Knife's conspiracy, Lani gave this item to her brother, Justice Lakkad, as a thank you gift.

This item can only be obtained by defeating Bernal, the player who invaded the Sky City from Ati. It can be said to be a powerful weapon against Malicus!

"As I remember, this thing can only be used when the sword in Malicus's hand glows with golden light." I quickly explained to Bernal.

"Golden light?" Bernard was still confused.

After all, we were all busy dodging just now, and it would be difficult for Bernal to understand if he had never seen it before.

——Of course, I don’t know the principle behind why the black sword glows with golden light, it’s just how it is set in the game.

Just as I was thinking about how to explain it to him, Malicus had already jumped up from the stone pillar and swung his blade several times in succession, attacking Bernal and me.

Bernal quickly pushed me away to avoid the attack.

At the same time, I suddenly reacted:

——Yes, if I remember correctly, in this last part of the attack, the moment the black sword hits the ground, it will rush towards A-ti and make a spinning slash, and this part is the attack with golden light!

"Watch out for his last blow, that will be an opportunity!" I hurriedly shouted to Bernal.

But unexpectedly, after the black sword fell to the ground, it jumped up high again, raised the black sword and stabbed it at me.

——Is this a change of tactics?!

Although I had created a certain distance, I was still beaten back by the sword energy.

Bernal once again used the Blasphemous Claw, condensing a black and red flame, and rushed towards Malicus.

Hearing the footsteps, Malicus turned around and swung his sword, just like playing golf, and knocked Bernal out, causing him to hit his head against the pillar.

——It seems that Bernal still failed to grasp the timing of using the Profane Claw.

Just now, the fire he released seemed to have weakened prematurely, which resulted in the failure to offset the destined death released by Malicus. The power of the blasphemous claws was overwhelmed, and the fire burned Bernal.

Seeing this, I quickly used my combat skill "Thunder God Killing Gun" to attract Malicus' attention.

After taking a few moves with him, a bright red light suddenly appeared behind Malicus.

And he seemed to have eyes on his back. Before the light gathered, he flipped over my head, turned around and struck a death flying attack towards the center of the red light.

Bernal dodged to the side in a hurry, and then, taking advantage of the gap, he took off the Profane Claw from his hand and threw it over: "You seem to know how to use this thing better than I do. It's up to you, Zero."

--Eh?

To be honest, even in the game, I have only used the Blasphemous Claw to successfully interrupt Malicus's attacks a few times! Moreover, in reality, I have never found an opportunity to use this thing... When will the golden light appear? How should I use the Blasphemous Claw?

"Black Sword" Malicus shook off the slightly burning red flame on his body like a cat shaking off water, and roared again.

I couldn't help but clench my claws of blasphemy.

——Come to think of it, forcibly interrupting Malicus’ attack would also consume a lot of his energy.

——But if it succeeds, this thing shouldn't kill Malicus.

Perhaps, using this weapon well will be the best option to resolve the current situation!