Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 111 Assault, Lienia

“...Is that the Fire Madman?” Melina asked me softly after Nelius disappeared.

——Madness!

Yes, the eyes of Nelius were now stained with the turbid yellow color of insanity, instead of the blood red color they once were.

In other words, is he the other crazy... player I'm looking for?

But no matter what, his current goal seems to be to help Haida become a real fire witch.

"Wait a moment, Melina." I hurried back to the back gate of Stoneville City and walked into the last empty warehouse.

Inside, there was indeed a body that had already shriveled and turned black, and the person's pupils had obviously been gouged out.

"Damn it, is it really too late?" I had expected this the moment Nelius appeared as a fire maniac, but I still felt a little disappointed.

Melina followed me and asked with a little curiosity: "Master Ling, do you know the girl that the Mad Fire One took away?"

"Well, Haida is the finger witch who will become the Three Fingers of Mad Fire. At the same time, she should be Irena, the daughter of Edgar, the lord of Morn City." I told her the truth. "Originally, I should have buried her with Blaze, but now it seems that the Three Fingers of Mad Fire has resurrected her in some way."

——Is he going to rob a grave? Besides, Blaze and I should be the only ones who know where Irena is buried.

"Lady Irena...? That kind of evil even spared those who were supposed to return to the tree. It's such a disgusting blasphemy." Meimei was always merciless when talking about madness.

But I still have a question: "However, there is one thing that is quite strange... From the tone of that guy Nelius, he still searched for Haida for a long time."

Melina was confused: "Is there anything strange about this? Master Zero."

"I'd better tell the truth." After clearing my throat, I decided to tell Melina most of the plot of the Mad Fire line. "... In other words, if the player knows the subsequent plot, he doesn't need Haida's help at all, and can directly meet Three Fingers and be infected with Mad Fire... Nelius, oh, no, to be precise, the Mad Fire Master, he obviously knows the plot, but why is he still obsessed with Haida?"

After listening to my doubts, Melina quickly came to a conclusion: "Because he also needs strength, Master Zero."

"Huh?" "Have you forgotten? In addition to the abilities they had at the beginning, all the faded ones who returned to the border area need the Finger Witch to gain a power boost." Melina gave a more detailed answer.

And then it dawned on me.

——Because Meimei has always been around, I forgot that in the early stages, the A-tais can only rely on her to transform Runes into their own levels.

The same is true for the other faded ones.

Melina also continued to popularize common knowledge about the Finger Witch to me: "There are basically two types of Finger Witches in the border area. One is like me, a traveling witch who follows a certain Faded One, and the other is a traveling witch who travels around the world looking for her destined king... The Finger Witch is not only to guide the Faded Ones in the direction of progress, but more importantly to give them the power to become kings. And for the Faded Ones who don't have witches accompanying them, the one with the traveling witch will definitely have the advantage."

——And the fire-madman kidnapped Haida just to get his own accompanying witch!

——No wonder he retreated so quickly. Judging from my current strength, I can easily kill Nelius in one second.

"In this case, we must hurry up and find Edgar!" I suddenly had a goal. "Besides here, there are two other places with Chapolili grapes. The Madman will definitely take Haida to the purified ruins first to find the one with lower difficulty. We just need to take this opportunity to find Edgar first! Thank you for reminding me, Melina!"

"Master Ling, you're welcome." Melina bowed slightly to me, and then said solemnly, "Dianhuo, this is a terrible force that should not exist in this world. Master Ling, please stop that guy."

"Well, leave it to me!" I patted my chest confidently.

——By the way, if I could get ahead of that guy and meet Three Fingers, I would have stopped him.

——After all, with just three fingers, there is only one person who can really be infected with insanity.

After making up my mind, I walked out of Stonewell and called out to Torret: "Then, let's set off as soon as possible. However, I now hope that Edgar will appear at the corresponding location in the game, but I don't want him to be waiting for me there."

"Why? Master Zero."

"After all, I didn't want Edgar to fall into a frenzy of revenge from the beginning, so I deliberately concealed the news of Irena's death from him... But."

Melina stopped stroking Torret's hand and advised me: "In any case, it has already happened. If Master Zero can sit down and have a good talk with Master Edgar, that master should also understand Master Zero's painstaking efforts."

"I hope so." I smiled helplessly, and then I remembered what I wanted to ask from just now, "By the way, Melina, you said that traveling witches are always looking for their destined king. So, are you the same?"

"······Of course." Melina smiled at me, like a spring breeze blowing across my face, making my heart tighten.

——Meimei’s smile is so noble!

I then asked casually, "So, you will always believe in me as you did today and that I can become the true King of Elden, right?"

"Lord Ling, what happened to you today?" Melina still smiled and said to me confidently, "As long as you don't despise me, I will do my best to help you repair the Elden Ring and become the King of Elden."

"Hey~ How could I possibly dislike you? But thanks! It's time to set off!" Watching Melina disappear, I stroked Torret's mane and said, "Let's go, my old friend, let's head towards the Lienia Lake District!"

"Eh-"

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"Huh? That guy is a fader!"

"There are actually Faded Ones running over from Stonewell?! Did something really happen to that cruel king Greg?"

"Why do you care so much about him? This guy wants to charge the formation, we must not let him succeed!"

"That's right, stop him!"

A long mountain path leads down from the cliff by the lake, and on the main road leading to the Lienia Lake District, there is a group of Cuckoo Knights stationed there, just like in the game.

Just as Melina had told me before, these guys were quite xenophobic and immediately attacked me as soon as they saw me.

——However, you guys alone? Do you think you can stop Torret, the number one spiritual horse in the border area?

——What a wild idea!

I tightened the reins, leaned over the horse's back and lowered my center of gravity: "Toret, let's charge!"

"Eh-"

But I only saw that the Cuckoo Knights at the entrance of the camp had pieces of fluorescent blue stones in their hands and were smashing them at me.

pong——

pong!pong!pong!

Even though those stones didn't hit me, the next second, three rays of light comparable to pyroxene magic gravel flew out from them.

In an instant, a fluorescent blue meteor shower appeared in front of me and swept towards me.

I, I, I’m going!