Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 107 Teaching

In the woods of Storm Hill, the campfire of the dilapidated house reflected Bernard's thin face. He held a big sword, but his eyes were as bright as a wolf: "Come on, use the moves you want."

"Then I won't be polite." I took out the hound's fangs and rushed forward quickly.

Put the tusk on your shoulder and at the same time, put your left hand on the blade of the sword.

Combat skill - Hound sword skill, one-stage form.

Plus, the combat skill - blood slash!

Bernal held the sword in front of him and used it as a shield to block my attack: "Go on."

I was not polite either. After rolling back to create some distance, I used the second stage of the Hound Sword Skill, Long Fangs Charge! At the same time, I also slashed according to the habit of Blood Slash.

when!

The two weapons clashed, and star-shattering sparks flew out.

"Oh, I see. The move you want to add is the Blood Slash, right?" Bernard was knowledgeable and made a judgment.

But since the other party has to judge my moves on their own, it means that I have failed this time as well.

"The agility and explosiveness of the Hound Sword Skill, coupled with the Blood Slash, if successful, will truly be extremely powerful in close combat." As expected of a combat skills teacher, he quickly understood my intention.

I also said frankly: "Yesterday, when I was fighting the tree guards on the west shore of Lake Yakir, I happened to use it, but after that I couldn't find the feel of it at all."

"It's not a matter of feel. It's that you're using it the wrong way." Bernard hit the nail on the head. "The Blood Slash you used didn't draw out the rune power in your body... My suggestion is that you don't rush for success. Try using the hound's fangs to perform the Blood Slash directly. Once you get used to it, you can add the hound sword skills into it."

“...Use the hound's fangs to make a bloody slash?” I looked at the large curved sword in my hand.

“If you’re worried that it’s too difficult, you can use your original weapon more often to feel the entire process of using the Blood Slash and the flow of Rune, and then imitate it... After all, you have experience using combination combat skills. Even if it’s accidental, it means that your body has already memorized that feeling.” With that, Bernal picked up the greatsword and returned to the dilapidated house.

——Feel the entire process of the blood slash and the flow of rune...?

I took out the King's Army straight sword engraved with the words "Bloody Strike", closed my eyes, and carefully felt the changes in my body.

My left hand naturally grasped the sword, and the entire fighting technique appeared in my mind...

The rune began to flow rapidly, but what surprised me was that most of the rune power was gathered in the left hand, rather than the right hand that was holding the sword and slashing.

Combat skill——Blood slash!

The blood stained on the sword blade splashed out, turning into a slashing force, and the sword cut off a big tree in the forest through mid-air.

······Same as always, quite powerful. Let’s leave this tree for Bernal to use as firewood.

But, that’s how it is!

I quickly picked up the hound's fang again and imitated the blood slash... I held the blade in my left hand, and then gathered more rune power into my left hand, ready to go.

Combat Skill——Blood Slash·Activate!

It hurts!

My hand, I almost cut my hand off again!

Did I unconsciously hold it too tightly just now? After all, rune is basically equivalent to strength and power, and the sharpness and length of the hound's fangs are both greater than the king's straight sword. If I wasn't careful, half of my hand would almost fly out!

——Crying, it turns out that it’s not as simple as I thought.

Moreover, even if this was the case, the bloodstains left by Changya's swing did not look like a slashing blow.

why?

Obviously, I have already gathered the power of Rune in my left hand?

I picked up the King's Straight Sword again, and used the Blood Slash once again... That's right, I first gathered the power of rune to my left hand that was about to be cut, and then used the blood to carry out the slash.

The process is completely correct! What exactly is the problem?

I picked up the hound's tusk again and imitated the blood slash once again.

it hurts!

It still hurts!

It hurts ten thousand times more than when the King’s Army used this move with their straight sword!

——But, but I just don't believe it. It's the same steps, why can't I use it at all when I change the weapon? Try it a few more times, there will always be a possibility! Then seize that possibility, keep copying and improving!

After making up my mind, I touched the blessed light near the dilapidated house, recovered my condition, even eliminated my sleepiness, and continued my special training.

"Combat Skill—Blood Slash!"

"Blood slash! Blood slash! Blood slash!"

······

"Wow, wow, blood-sucking... white-cut chicken."

——No, I can’t do that. My brain is so stupid that my stomach is also hungry.

I can no longer remember how many times it was. My left arm was numb with pain and my words were unclear.

I always feel that the sky has begun to turn slightly white. Before I know it, it’s almost night?

I lay on the ground exhausted like a stray dog, gasping for breath.

When Bernard walked out of the house, he threw a piece of bone-in meat directly to me, and it fell next to me.

——This, this is damn it, you really treat me like a dog!

"... Sorry, I thought you would answer it." Bernard innocently broke the awkward situation and changed the subject, "I have to go out hunting."

"How can we use the same fighting skills with different weapons without using battle ashes?" I asked, panting and complaining helplessly.

"...If we can really completely copy the execution mode of combat skills, there shouldn't be a situation where we can't use them by changing weapons." Bernard thought for a moment and continued to instruct, "Rodlika said that you can use magic, right? In fact, the way to use combat skills is similar to magic, except that one engraves the power of runes on the weapon, and the other engraves it in the mind. But the way to operate the runes and then release them is not much different."

"······oh?"

"If it still doesn't work, you can also think about how other people besides yourself use the same fighting skills, and maybe you can find some ideas." After saying this, Bernal left the shabby house and went to look for today's food.

I sat up and looked at my hands and the two weapons beside me.

Blood Slash - Originally, I got this combat skill from a blood-crazy knight commander in Hyde Fortress, which is similar to the rune in magic.

After being engraved on the weapon, as long as the name of the fighting skill is recited, the runes in the body will automatically flow and achieve the effect of release, which is indeed similar to magic.

But what happens after that?

If you change your magic wand to a magic wand, you can still cast the spells you know. If you change your combat skills to weapons, won't it be difficult to use them without changing your combat ash?

But...looking at my scarred left arm, a question suddenly occurred to me.

——How many times did I use the Blood Slash tonight?

Normally, I would only use it six or seven times before feeling dizzy and anemic. Even if I defeated Xiao Ge and upgraded, it wouldn't be so much that I would use it almost the whole night and still not feel anemic a few times.

Moreover, I clearly remember that I only went to the Blessing to recover once or twice, and it was mainly to eliminate sleepiness and fatigue. I never went to rest because of lack of blood.

How to explain this gap?

——Rune is not only strength, but also the blood of all living beings in the border area.

Suddenly, the words Melina told me emerged in my mind. It was like pressing the flush button on the toilet and all the blockages were cleared... This damn metaphor doesn't seem to work. Anyway, I suddenly got an epiphany!

I stood up again, holding the hound's fang, closed my eyes and took a deep breath, carefully feeling the changes in the rune in my body, and then performed my fighting skill - Blood Slash!

······really!

At the moment when I cut my palm with the sharp blade, my left hand subconsciously blocked Rune from the wound - this can be said to be a self-protection mechanism of the human body, just like ordinary people cannot burst out 100%, or even 20% or 30% of their physical potential, because the flesh will not be able to bear it and explode directly.

But the rune "War Ashes" that records the heroic warriors can make my body automatically perform a complete set of combat skills, including converting blood into rune power and forcibly bringing it out of the body, thus forming a blood slash.

Such a programmed design even prioritizes self-protection.

This is the biggest difference between when I use a weapon without war ash and a weapon with war ash to perform Blood Slash.

The blood-crazy Blood Knight Commander doesn't care about the wounds at all. It can even be said that they wish to see wounds and blood all the time. So, when they use this trick, they will probably use any weapon!

——But, then again, how exactly is the blood slash achieved?

I carefully picked up the King's Straight Sword once again, performing combat skills while feeling the flow of rune.

Most of the runes were indeed condensed on the left hand, but the right hand also had a considerable amount of rune power. It even spread to the King's Army Straight Sword and actually passed through the blade, establishing a subtle link with the runes condensed in the left hand.

After the sword blade pulled open the skin of the palm, the tiny link pulled the rune in the left hand and swung it out.

Combat skill——Blood slash!

perfect!