Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 374 Bastard

—She escaped, Anastasia.

As I watched the rune light converge on me, I finally understood that perhaps this crazy woman had used the same trick in the Smokehouse Church, making me mistakenly believe that I had gotten rid of her and left.

——It seems that in the future, even if the rune disappears, I still have to carefully check whether the enemy is really dead.

——Make more last hits and develop good habits.

"Cough cough cough." The sound of Ishutopia coughing was heard from the side. He was seen kneeling on the ground, leaning on a big knife, and the wound on his chest was still dripping with blood.

"Senior Ishutopia." I hurried over, took out my Holy Grail Dew and handed it over.

—Since he didn’t use his share, he probably used it when searching for someone in the fire scene at the mansion.

——After all, Ishtopia is not me, and I know the mansion very well. It must have taken him a lot of effort to find the Aigle Church.

"Thank you." Ishutopia was not polite. After drinking two sips, his wounds healed.

Then, he handed back the Holy Grail bottle and apologized, "I'm sorry, Brother Ling, I seem to have done you a disservice and let that woman run away."

"...No, to be honest, I didn't expect that Anastasia would learn the special skills of those people from the Blood Dynasty." I couldn't help but sigh. Does the decisive battle with that guy have to wait until the snowy mountains?

Moreover, I was surprised that she used the large dismemberment knife as Ichigo Kurosaki's Zangetsu.

——Who taught her all this? Crazy Fire Ling?

But in short, the fat god skin guarding the Aigle Church should have been dealt with by the Mad Fire. Next, go directly to the Road to Audience with the King and find the lava where Lakkad is.

I waited for the elevator on the front side of the church to come down.

And Ishutopia asked me: "Brother Ling, are you here to look for Layanani?"

"Well, I promised her that I would go find her no matter what."

“······I’ll go with you.”

"Eh? Senior, is your wound serious?" I was quite surprised.

——Doesn’t Ishtopia dislike Laya?

Moreover, when my Holy Grail bottle is given to others to use, the recovery effect is not as good as my own. Although Ishtopia has stopped the bleeding, the wound is likely to split again if I move violently.

"When I heard that you had joined the Volcano Residence, I was also quite surprised... But it seems that you haven't changed at all." Ishutopia said with a smile, "So, let me lend you a hand, Brother Zero."

·······She is truly a role model for those who fade away.

To be honest, although the damage of Ixutopia's gravity combat skills is not high, he is very proficient in it. It is really good to interrupt the opponent's attack rhythm and cooperate with me in counterattack.

And according to Diaros, the one I will most likely face next is not the Great Snake Lacard, but the Crazy Fire Aling.

Who knows, Bernal might be on his side now... Although there is no evidence, he always has a hunch.

Therefore, bringing Ishutopia with me can provide me with an extra helping hand so that I won't be overwhelmed by the two of them.

As for trauma and the like, once we pass through the portal and reach the cave where the road to an audience with the king starts, there should be a blessing that can heal us.

Thinking of this, I nodded and agreed to Ishutopia's proposal.

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"Hiss--" The snake man spit out his tongue and turned the molten lava into a whip, waving it with a whistling sound.

Suddenly, a bright purple light appeared, and the power of gravity magic suddenly pulled the snake man and stopped its attack.

"Leave it to you, Brother Zero!" Ishtopia shouted.

The night star fire in my hand was wrapped with the light of red thunder, and I stepped on the hurricane and leaped into the air.

Fighting skill——Red Thunder Lion Slash!

With one blow, he chopped off the entire snake head.

Whoosh whoosh—

Several rays of pyroxene light shot down from the high platform. After Isuutopia and I avoided them, the Night Starfire wrapped in a blue light. As I swung it, the icy magic turned into blades and flew away.

Combat skill - Ice Crystal Pyroxene Slash.

Snapped!

The hood on the snake mage's head was broken by a series of blows, and Ishtopang also stepped forward quickly, jumped up directly, and stabbed the snake mage's chest with a sword.

Seeing the other side's scattered runes gathering together, Ishutopia couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "Is this the last monster?"

"Well, for now."

"However, this damn place is really terrible... I have heard that Judge Lakkad is also a ruthless character, but I didn't expect that there are so many deaths piled up here." Ishutopia looked at the entire hall, which was filled with corpses and bones, and couldn't help but sigh.

"This was originally a place of execution, and after the Queen's ring was broken and we suffered defeat in the war, things have gotten even worse." I was more or less accustomed to this kind of scenery, so I walked straight to the terrace behind the hall without feeling any emotion.

Here, there was indeed a teleportation gate, slowly rotating with silver light.

After a dizzy spell, we both came to a dark cave.

And the light of blessing, like a candle flame, flickers at our feet.

"By the way, Brother Ling." Ixutopia suddenly asked, "The power of the red thunder... Have you also seen an ancient dragon who is willing to give its power to you?"

"Well, I've met Gulan Shanks... She also remembers you, Senior Xiuituobang." I was telling the truth.

The other party was slightly stunned, and then he couldn't help but snorted and laughed: "Is she okay?"

"... He doesn't look like he's in any serious condition, he's just busy looking for his brother, Vic, all day long." I also smiled in relief, "By the way, after things here are over, you should go back to the royal city of Rodel. Gransanks is just outside the city at the Thunder Hill, and the current King of Blessing is also interested in reorganizing the Round Table Hall and working for him. Maybe you can meet your old friends there."

"Yes, is that so? Then I have to work hard and rescue that little girl Laya as soon as possible so that we can go back to Rodel together!" Ishtopia has already started to get ready.

——However, after rescuing Laya, I think it’s better not to go to the royal city of Rodel. After all, the Volcano Mansion and Rodel are still at war.

We walked out of the dark cave while chatting and laughing in a relaxed manner.

What appeared before our eyes was a barren land of lava.

Dozens of rock pillars support this cave, and iron chains connect golden chandeliers, making this place look like a king's bedroom. Even the hanging cages look like lamps under the ceiling.

Countless dead bodies and bones were vying to climb to the top of the rock pillars, but the snakes and pythons imprisoned them and dragged them all down to the bottom, filling the entire area of ​​magma and blending into the dark rock layer under their feet.

From time to time, red magma would emerge from the cracks in the bones and corpses, burning people's feet.

Looking towards the center of the molten lava, the "Big Snake" Lakkad was indeed lying on the ground with his body torn into pieces. The bright red blood was still flowing, seeping through the ground and falling into the molten lava, sizzling and smoking.

His body seemed to have merged into a part of this land of death, forming a huge maze.

"La..." Ishtopia was about to call.

I was so anxious that I quickly covered his mouth with my hand and reminded him: "Maybe there are still enemies here, senior!"

"Ah! Sorry, sorry, look at my brain." Ixutopia couldn't help but pat his muscular head.

I sighed and led him into it from the tail end of the snake.

——Well, there’s no need for me to go around in this giant snake maze.

As soon as I entered, I met another gladiator guarding the ring in this arena that looked like an arena.

Dianhuo A Ling also saw me, and the turbid yellow and red flames in his eyes burned even more vigorously: "Oh, the other me, I have been waiting for you for a long time. If I had come a step later, your girl would have been burned to death by me."

"Ugh...ahhh..." And at his feet, under Lakkad's face, a curled up body was enveloped in raging flames.

And that is none other than Laya!