Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 278: Cleaning Up the Monster Lair

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Halfway up the cliff of the ancient ruins, on the ground floor of a three-story hall that seemed to be embedded in the mountain, giant bloodthirsty bats flapped their wings and continuously launched sonic attacks into the pale smoke.

The weapons made a series of clanging sounds, mixed with the weird laughter of the dwarf evil soldiers.

A strand of red hair suddenly tugged at my heartstrings, and the image of the flower girl immediately emerged in my mind—Millicent!

——In the game, when challenging the magma earth dragon in the ancient ruins, there will be three NPC characters available for summoning.

——Mibao, Shrimp Brother and the big-horned brother Telages.

And that figure just now was indeed Millicent!

"Laya, stay here carefully, we will go and help." I quickly pulled out the hound's fang and rushed forward with Blaze and Diaros.

A ball of fire ignited in my left hand, and I threw a fire prayer at the bat that was emitting strange sound waves with its back to me.

Since this hillside was sandwiched between towering mountain walls, there was no wind at all. Therefore, the smoke bombs dropped by the evil soldiers took a long time to dissipate. After entering the fog, they could not see the surrounding situation clearly, let alone find anyone.

In that case, let me turn into a storm!

Combat skill——Storm Foot, unleash with all your strength!

The rising cyclone instantly dispersed the smoke and dust, and even caused the giant bat that was about to attack to stagger and twist in mid-air.

In the wind, a red-haired girl in cloth appeared.

"Millicent!" I couldn't help but call out with joy.

But unexpectedly, the other party's golden eyes slightly frowned, turned the dagger in his hand, and stabbed directly at me.

——Oops, I recognized the wrong person!

——The guy I met happened to be the one who hated the name Millicent the most.

I quickly drew my sword to block, while apologizing repeatedly: "Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Pollyanna, Pollyanna, I recognized the wrong person, please forgive me, young lady."

Pollyanna pouted and snorted, then suddenly shouted at me, "Get down."

“Huh?” Although I was confused, my body had already slid to my knees naturally.

The next second, silk prayer burst out from Pollyanna's back, like two giant hands, and grabbed directly at my back.

They turned out to be two short evil soldiers. They were raising their sickles, ready to chop at me, but were suddenly knocked away by the insect silk.

——But you should also be careful behind you.

The bloodthirsty bat took advantage of the moment when Pollyanna's attack paused, swooped down, aimed at her neck and was about to bite it.

I quickly used the Fire Prayer and threw it hard at Pollyanna's back, hitting the bat directly on the head, causing it to fall backwards and onto the ground.

“······Hmph, I’ve already heard the sound, there’s no need for you to do anything!” Pollyanna angrily swung her hand and threw a dagger, hitting the bat that was trying to get up, killing it.

I could only continue along the way: "Of course I knew, but the sight of the bat flapping its wings was really annoying, so I did it subconsciously."

While Pollyanna was arguing with me, Blaze and Diaros also joined the battlefield.

Although Diaros seemed to be struggling in the battle and his whip could never find the right target, his large shield and armor could easily block all enemy attacks.

As for Wolf Brother Blaze, the smoke was nothing to him. His keen hearing and sense of smell allowed Blaze to still accurately capture the locations of the evil soldiers.

What's more, those evil soldiers always liked to laugh strangely without knowing the consequences, which made it effortless for Blaze to kill these guys one by one with his sword.

Without the evil soldiers using props to create smoke, the white surroundings gradually became clear.

“Hahah!” On the other side of the fog, a heavily armored warrior in silver-gray clothes was seen bearing the poisonous gas of those human-faced monster bats and roaring back at those guys.

The huge masonry hammer seemed like a piece of cake in his hands.

A hammer swung past, and it seemed to have only touched a corner, and the monster bat was swept away by the opponent's powerful force. After spinning twice with the masonry hammer, it was smashed hard on the wooden frame like a fly being swatted.

There was a loud bang.

——I say, brother Telages, please be gentle.

——This is not a game world, the scene environment cannot be destroyed. Besides, the various facilities in this ancient ruins have been in disrepair for many years. If you do this, you won’t cause it to collapse, right?

When the other strange bat saw how strong Terragus was, it quickly flapped its wings and flew higher.

But she only saw a red shadow passing by quickly. She rushed forward, borrowed the shoulder of Tragus, and leaped again with all her might. The long sword cut a moon-like circle in the air, and the human face of the strange bat flew out, splashing blood everywhere, and the flowers of the other shore suddenly grew everywhere on the ground.

——Mibao, so handsome!

Even though she still used the sword technique with her non-dominant hand, Millicent was like a famous sword drawn from its sheath, upright and sharp. She also gently touched her messy side hair, and a trace of pity appeared on her resolute face, as if she was mourning for the enemy who fell in her hands.

I was a little distracted when I felt a bone-chilling pressure around me, as if a ruthless dagger would stab me in the next second.

"Everyone be careful! It's a terrestrial octopus!" Another man shouted nearby.

Then, there was a loud bang, and a huge black object fell directly to the edge of the cliff.

This is a terrestrial octopus living on the second-floor roof tiles of the main hall!

——As expected of a monster’s lair, it was probably the noise of the bats and evil soldiers that attracted all the neighbors.

Pollyanna and I looked at each other, and then we quickly rushed towards the man with the prisoner's iron hood on his head.

"First, cut off its two long tentacles. This way, we can greatly reduce this guy's means of attack." I am familiar with dealing with this kind of guy. After all, I led the little Asians and wolves to hunt so many terrestrial octopuses in the coastal caves of Nimgefu.

Pollyanna said, "No need for you to talk nonsense."

Her body still cooperated with me quite honestly.

Combat Skills - Rags.

Combat skill - hound step.

While the man attracted all the attention of the terrestrial octopus, Pollyanna and I used our high-speed movement skills to quickly approach the terrestrial octopus and easily cut off the two long tentacles on the left and right of this guy.

"Ah!" The terrestrial octopus seemed unable to bear the pain and quickly retracted its head into its body.

But the man clenched his fist, and without hesitation, punched the center of the opponent's head, and then pulled hard, actually pulling the terrestrial octopus's head out.

"Well done, Brother Shrimp, I'll treat you to grilled octopus tonight!" Taking this opportunity, I leaped into the air, raised my long fangs high, and slashed down with a sword, easily cutting off the head of the terrestrial octopus.

The other party just twitched twice, and the tightly wrapped body loosened and turned into a heap on the ground.

——I told you that you like to join in the fun, so just become my nutrients and rune~

By the time he had put away his sword, all the monsters on the hillside were lying on the ground in a mess.

Well, I don't know how to cook bats, and naturally no one wants to eat evil soldiers. In order to prevent the blessing from resurrection, we diligently threw these guys directly under the cliff.

In this way, the cleaning of the monster's nest was successfully completed.