Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 396: Thanks for the invitation, I'm in Rodel, just entered the sewer

The bottom of the city of Rodel is not only a gathering place for the immortals who are tortured by "life", but also a huge cemetery where the city of Rodel hides its sins.

Some of the sons of evil omen who were born without blessing would be abandoned in the wild, some would be thrown into the sewers of Rodel, and more of them, like the raging fire in front of me, would turn into a pile of ashes in an unnoticed corner.

Although, now the King of Blessing, Monggot, also suffered from the same bad omen, he could do nothing about such things.

After all, even if he was the hero who saved Rodel, he could only appear as the phantom of Gefulai. Once his true identity as the evil demon was exposed, he might be immediately betrayed by Rodel's nobles and be imprisoned again.

But even so, the evil omen Mungot is still willing to support this crumbling era.

——Teachers really lack love.

Melina and I couldn't help but stare at the flames in a daze.

Behind the fire, a pair of red eyes suddenly lit up, and a tall figure slowly rose up. He actually stepped directly on the blazing fire and pulled out the two large axes from the corpse of the evil omen.

——It’s the evil omen hunter!

The mask on the weird old man's face smiled, and the next second, the evil omen hunter rushed towards us quickly.

"Melina, be careful!" After I gave her instructions, I immediately drew out the Night Star.

The opponent had already raised both blades in both hands and was slashing at me like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey.

——But this attack mode has too many flaws.

I only took small steps to dodge the opponent's blade.

The opponent swung the flaming hatchet and chased me, but I leaned back to attack and kicked directly, hitting the Evil Omen Hunter's weak side, causing him to stagger backwards and almost fall over.

I also followed the reaction force and fell to the ground, then jumped up again.

However, Melina had unknowingly circled behind the Evil Omen Hunter, and while the other party was unable to stand firmly, she stabbed him directly with a dagger.

Unfortunately, it missed the mark.

The evil omen hunter became furious, spitting fire from his mouth, and suddenly turned around and left.

——But wouldn’t this expose your back to me again?

Step forward quickly, combat skill - Scarlet Blood Moon Slash!

The blade fell straight down, and the golden glow turned into crimson blood foam in an instant. As it struck the body of the Evil Omen Hunter, it splashed out like a waterfall, and a larger blood flower instantly appeared.

"That's called a jump strike. What's wrong with you?" Seeing the opponent fall, I put away the Night Starfire, stepped forward and peeled off the opponent's ominous mask.

Sniff. Hmm—it stinks.

Next, we have to go to the sewers and negotiate with the Sons of Evil Omen.

Let me think, where is the wellhead?

...Ah, the fastest way is to go through the sewer here and go around to the ruins on the other side of the lower city.

"Melina, let's go." I put away the ominous smiley mask.

Turning around, I saw Melina kneeling beside the flames, praying for the dead souls: "Innocent people who were born at the beginning, return to the tree and rest in peace. One day, the law will vindicate you, and evil omens will no longer be sins."

With a crackling sound, sparks flew and flew towards the direction of the golden tree along with the billowing flames, like the broken light of Rune.

After a moment, she stood up and said, "Let's go, Master Zero."

"Oh."

When I passed by the church nearby, I took a look inside. Fia was not there, nor were her heroes... Speaking of which, Mongert once said that if there is a chance in the future, he would arrange a meeting between Fia, me and the Golden Mask to discuss the fusion and restoration of the Great Rune.

And now, she should have been taken to the original site of Rodel's Round Table Hall and been protected.

The underground sewer on this side is not complicated, with only a few branches, and the monsters are nothing more than some small mice and small hand monsters... Of course, at the end of a branch, there is a huge hand monster attached to the wall. There is no need for me to go that side, so it is better not to provoke it.

Among them, the most insidious one was the Son of Platinum, who took advantage of the dim environment of the sewer, put a black sack on his head and pretended to be a dead body.

In the game, these guys don't stand up and can't be locked on, which makes people let down their guard. Then they sneak up on people and give them a hug from behind, draining their blood.

"Gah-"

"Hey, you're up, old buddy? Let me help you take a shower and go to bed!" I kicked his head back into the water, raised my knife and killed the Son of Platinum, turning him into a pool of silver-gray mud.

Continue forward, there is a sculpture of a dragon skeleton.

These seem to be failed attempts to make heroic gargoyle statues, which can only spit fire and remain motionless.

After chopping the thing into pieces with a few knives, he kicked it down.

The big pit in front of us should be a garbage dump. Climb up the ladder on the opposite side and you will reach the ruins where the sewer entrance is hidden.

I jumped down without hesitation, taking Melina with me.

Suddenly, a weak sound was heard from the incinerator: “Ah...ah...ah...ah...”

Turning around, I noticed that unlike the empty space in the game, there were actually quite a few immortals gathered here.

As soon as they saw Melina and me, they rushed over to us.

"Run!" I called Melina, went to the ladder in the corner, climbed up, and covered myself first.

—Are these immortals, like the Dragon’s Breath Ruins of Nimgefu, craving for flames to snatch away their own bored lives?

——What a hopeless bunch!

Combat skill - Molten Hurricane Dance!

The flame storm blew away all the approaching guys in an instant, but then the immortals stood up again and rushed towards me like crazy.

——Ah, without the dragon statue, they think I am the flame that can end their lives, right?

——Masochism, how terrible!

I quickly climbed up the ladder.

But I didn't expect that this group of immortals would also chase me and start climbing the ladder. Why does their hatred have to be so high?!

Not daring to delay for a moment, I climbed to the top as quickly as possible.

Melina seemed to be frozen in place, unsure of where to go next.

I quickly took her hand and said, "Come with me."

Following the stairs, he ran to the bottom of the wings of Gulansanks. It seemed that this ruin had become what it is today when the dragon fell.

"The wellhead of the underground waterway should be in the center of this ruin. Let's find a place to climb over the outer obstacles first."

Soon, I found the familiar location in the game. A pile of white ashes formed a ramp. I climbed in from this side. If I remember correctly, I arrived after turning a corner.

"Ahhh-"

——Damn it, those immortals are still chasing me? !

Moreover, their roars also awakened the Sons of Platinum in the ruins. They began to roar the same way one by one, emerging from every corner of the ruins like mad dogs.

Combat skill——bloody wolf howl!

I suddenly leaped up, stabbed the ground with my sword, and used the second stage's detonation damage to blast away the approaching Crazy Son of Platinum.

A breakthrough appeared, and I quickly took Melina and rushed in the direction I remembered.

Sure enough, the well that looked so familiar like the one at the doorstep of my home came into my sight.

"Jump!" Slide down the ladder quickly.

As for the sewer just now, it was just filled with the stench of decayed garbage, but here, it was the real smell of sewage. When I went down, I took a breath and almost passed out from the stench.

...Could it be that it's getting smellier and smellier in there?

"Melina..." I was just about to say, Meimei, why don't you turn back into a spirit.

Suddenly, there was a "pop" sound beside me, and I saw a black thing falling from the well.

——Those are the Sons of Platinum who have lost their minds.

——Oh my god, this is really endless, isn’t it?

Forget it, let’s go quickly!

I loaded a portable lantern, held my breath, and quickly ran deeper into the sewer. Every time I opened an iron door, the stench rushed into my head as if it were filled with manure.

squeak-

In a room, the mice were frightened by the sudden intruder and ran around for a while. Suddenly, they turned around and rushed towards Melina and me as if they had come to their senses.

——Damn it, I’m not here to steal your shit, why are you so fierce!

I was too lazy to deal with the stinky rat, so under Melina's cover, I quickly pushed open another door at the end.

The air here is actually a little fresher, and it is filled with a more gray smell of dust.

——The avenue of abandoned evil omens. Back then, Mongget and his brother Mong were abandoned here by Queen Marika.

squeak-

——Stop sighing!

The pursuers came in waves, and I quickly took Melina and slid down the stairs next to the platform.

Unexpectedly, the stinky rats were not afraid of death and actually jumped directly from the platform. But they were not killed yet and surrounded the bottom of the stairs, waiting for Melina and me to go down.

At this moment, a huge figure suddenly came over from the side, raised his big foot, and stomped on the mouse's head, bursting it into pulp. "Shut up, stinky mouse, where did you get out from?"

The other person raised his head and couldn't help but meet our eyes.

Then, his eyes changed from anger to surprise, and then to joy, with the corners of his mouth wide open: "Oh, finally there is fresh meat!"