Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 152 Hand Control Benefits

Just as I was hiding at the foot of the cliff on the front side of Kalia Castle, and was relieved that the damn magic laser rain didn't find me, a foul odor suddenly hit me from behind. I turned around and saw a huge, fat rat, even three times fatter than me, rushing towards me.

"squeak--"

——But, they are just mice, right?

I straightened my back and looked fierce.

"······squeak?"

"I told you to squeak! I told you to squeak!" I was so angry about the magic laser rain that I pulled out my hound's fangs and started beating up the big and small rats, and also collected their runes.

This place turned out to be an open-air cemetery. I wonder if the A-ti who were resurrected here were hit by a rain of arrows as soon as they went out, and then were pushed back to the wild land of the soul.

Anyway, I accepted your rune with gratitude.

After resting for a while, I continued to wear the camouflage veil, followed the cliff and crawled into the bushes, and continued to move towards the Kalia Castle.

Sure enough, as long as it is not discovered, this rain of magic arrows will not attack actively.

After spending quite a while, they finally reached the edge of the woods, but the frustrating thing was that they were still about two thousand meters away from Kalia Castle, and there was no cover on the road at all.

——Sure enough, the people of the Kalia royal family would not be so stupid as to deliberately leave the woods extending to their doorstep, waiting for Dujuan to launch a sneak attack.

However, the royal family probably does not have enough manpower now, so they are unable to cut down all the forest and clear all obstacles before the city.

I was just thinking about it when suddenly, a blue light flashed in the sky.

Then, a torrential rain of magic lasers fell down again.

——Oh my god, we were discovered so quickly?

Subconsciously, he wanted to run back, but after running a few steps, he found that the power of this magic rain of arrows was too amazing. Even the forest could not withstand its devastating damage, and several trees had already fallen down.

I'm afraid that if a few more rounds are fired, this place will become a wasteland, and it will be even more difficult to come back next time!

I gritted my teeth.

——It should take less than a minute and a half for Torrett to run at full speed for two kilometers, which is equivalent to three rounds of arrow rain attacks.

——Besides, in order to deal with this situation, I had already converted all the Holy Grail Dew Drops into Red Dew Drops that could restore physical strength and blood volume before setting off.

——So, let’s fight!

"Torret!" I summoned Torret, put a jellyfish shield on his head, held the Red Dew Drop Holy Grail bottle tightly in his mouth, and at the same time held a brass shield in his hand to block his head. Double defense, charge!

Dangdangdang——

The magic laser rain was like beating a wooden fish, banging hard on my head.

After blocking a wave, I immediately held the Holy Grail bottle with my right hand, drank some red dew drops, restored my physical strength, and then continued to charge!

Soon, the flickering light of blessing appeared before our eyes.

After resisting three waves of arrow rain, even Torret was a little overwhelmed and slowed down. And I, at the moment it approached the blessing, flipped directly off the horse's back and touched the warm light.

Cross the finish line! Win!

Whoosh whoosh!

——I’m going, and I’m coming back?!

I had touched the blessing, but the magic laser rain didn't stop for me! I was so scared that I could only hide under the gate of Kalia Castle to avoid the rain.

But, I can’t get in!

The floor-to-ceiling gate of Kalia Castle was tightly locked. Unless I could turn into a cat and squeeze through the gap in the door, there was no way I could get in.

But that's true, this is not a game world. The Cuckoo Knights have attacked the city many times, so who would open the door to welcome their enemies?

——Lani, it’s me, please open the door quickly!

I was just about to shout like this, but unexpectedly, after I knocked on the door twice, the big iron gate actually rose up.

······Perhaps I should take back what I said just now.

But if I hadn't accidentally encountered the mechanism, then I would have taken the initiative to welcome my enemies, which means that the owner is also confident in the defense of the city!

Thinking of this, I quickly stuck to the corner of the wall, as close to the blessed light as possible, and first mixed the Dew Drop Holy Grail bottle back to the red and blue ratio of 4:2.

Then, I took a deep breath and officially stepped into the Kalia Castle.

What came into view was a huge courtyard, just like the lake area in Lienia in the early morning, filled with a light mist, and there seemed to be some shiny crystal powder floating in it.

He couldn't help but clench the holy seal on his fingers.

The monsters on the first floor of Kalia Castle are basically those hand monsters - I don't know which guy with a bad taste designed these monsters, they look like both of a person's hands were cut off at the wrists and then pieced together. The first time I saw them, I felt a little creepy.

boom--

There was a slight shaking sound in the fog, and then two huge shadows fell in the archway in front of them, which looked like a bridge pier, followed by the sound of extremely hurried footsteps.

They are coming! And they have two hands!

Like a giant spider or two bulldozers, the giant hand monster attacked me aggressively.

——But I was prepared!

Pray—Throw yourself into the fire!

I immediately summoned a ball of fire and threw it at the guy who was leading the way.

Suddenly, the flames ignited the hair on the back of the fingers and hands, burning the giant hand monster so much that it rolled on the ground.

But when the other guy saw this, he suddenly exerted force with about ten fingers, and his entire big hand actually flew up, as if he was going to swat me like a fly!

——How could I let you succeed? !

I swiftly flipped forward, not only avoiding the slap from that big hand, but also rushing to the other monster that had just put out the fire on its body.

He pulled out the hound's fangs, and then activated his combat skill - Wolf Attack Blood Dance!

bass--

With the first part of the spinning blow, the Blood Blade destroyed the two thickest fingers in the middle of the big hand monster, and then the second part continued to rush forward. With an extremely violent blow, the entire big hand monster was split into two directly from the middle.

——Oh my god, this is such violence!

Thanks to Iggy for helping me strengthen the hound's fang, it is now more powerful than I could have imagined!

But it’s not over yet. I turned around to look at the other guy. It raised its entire body again, clenched its fist and suspended it in the air, then it flicked it towards me with force.

I secretly accumulated the power of Rune at the soles of my feet, and at the moment the giant hand came over, I jumped up with force and released the magic of Rune at the same time, forming an airflow that helped me jump higher. I flew directly over the top of the big hand and landed behind it.

——That’s right, in addition to being weak to fire, this big-handed monster has another fatal weakness, which is its back!

Like an ordinary multi-legged animal, it quickly moved its fingers desperately, trying to turn around, but its movement speed was too slow!

I clenched my long teeth and slashed directly at the broken wrist. The weight of the big curved sword made the hand monster jump a little like a little rabbit, and then continued to try desperately to turn around, but as long as I stayed behind it, the big hand posed no threat to me!

He chopped a few more times, cutting the opponent's wrist into several pieces, almost a bloody mess.

The hand monster also turned into gray-white smoke and dissipated. Runes gathered on me, and a piece of colorless forging stone fell out.

——How did these guys come into being?

Except for some BOSS monsters, most monsters will still leave their forms even if they are defeated by me. The ones I encounter that will dissipate directly seem to be the ghost monsters.

Could it be that this thing is actually one of them?

I am a little confused, but I am not an environmentalist, so I will leave this research to others.

Now we should continue to conquer the fortress.

However, I can easily deal with two hand monsters at the same time, who else in this courtyard below can be my opponent~

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but chuckle and was about to move on.

Suddenly, from the fog of Kalia Castle, there were sounds of falling, breaking ground, and the same hurried and chaotic footsteps as before, and they were even coming from all directions!

A chill suddenly ran up my spine, and I turned my head cautiously and glanced away.

dong dong dong-

In the fog, huge black shadows appeared one after another. Could it be that all the hand monsters in the outermost circle of the courtyard sensed the sound of the battle just now and rushed towards me!

My heart suddenly felt like it had fallen into an ice cellar.

So what are you waiting for? Hurry up and run——