Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 547 Meeting with the Valkyrie

"Hold on, hold on, Millicent. Soon we'll get there and see Marennia." I kept running while talking to Millicent on my back.

After passing through the sewer passage of Abrefil, we came to the roots of the sacred tree of Michaela. Walking down along the thick vines, we found a church-like building.

The elevator leading to the deep roots of the holy tree where Marennia is is at the deepest part of the church.

"Almost there, Millicent, we'll be there in a minute."

He ran along the vines and jumped onto a long diagonal beam connecting the wall of Abrefil to the ground support. When he reached the bottom, he saw the second-floor terrace of the church.

Just like in the game, the door here is open.

I jumped down from the diagonal beam and stepped into it with Millicent.

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The moment I stepped down, the clear sound of insects chirping poured into my ears from all around.

“·······Decay·······God·······I feel the power of God.”

“The same power as that... adult!”

"Lightless... Faded."

“·······The Faded One?! The scourge·······the scourge······appears here?!”

Immediately afterwards, there was a rapid and chaotic crawling sound beside me.

The person who came had no good intentions, so I pulled out the Night Fire and slashed at the source of the sound.

It was indeed a corrupt larva, completely irrational, and it attacked me impatiently, and I chopped it in half.

And at that moment, in the dim and almost lightless church, malicious intent rushed in from all directions without any concealment: "Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Take back our gods!"

Suddenly, the church was filled with the chirping of insects.

Whoosh whoosh—

Countless white threads of insect flesh pierced towards me.

There was no choice but to jump down from the front with Millicent and land in the middle of the first floor of the church.

However, the elevator happens to be at this deepest point.

Combat skill - hound step!

I gathered all my strength and rushed to the elevator entrance.

But the two insect halberds anticipated my speed and suddenly stabbed at me from both sides.

This forced me to stop.

"Gwei's daughters were defeated after all. However, they have accomplished their mission and cultivated such bright and sacred flowers." Finally, a skilled voice came from above his head. When he looked up, he still saw corrupt relatives.

However, just like the sage Gwei, this guy was wearing a dark red robe, and his size seemed larger than the other followers.

——Is it the church here?

The insect spoke again, "Faded One, put down the girl on your back and hand her over to us. Then I will forgive your rudeness and let you go in peace. How about that?"

"You big head, I have nothing to say to you pests, call out Marennia! Otherwise, I'm going to break in." Since I've been called rude, I might as well be even more rude.

The night fire ignited a raging flame, illuminating the faces of me and the Pope.

However, I heard more chaotic footsteps behind me. The chirping of insects just now really attracted more corrupt followers outside to break into the church and quickly surround me.

"Rude and ignorant." The Pope shook his head, "Except him."

Combat skill - Fiery Storm Slash!

I took the initiative and swung my flaming blade directly at the Pope bug.

This guy could be scared too? He was so scared that he quickly shrank back inside the building.

The other corrupt followers immediately rushed forward, holding up their insect spears and stabbing at me.

Since I was carrying Millicent on my back and couldn't dodge, I could only use the flames on Nightfire to its full potential, stepping on the storm and dancing among the corrupt followers, making it difficult for them to get close to me. At the same time, I slowly approached the elevator leading to the bottom floor.

Seeing this, the Pope of the Family naturally realized my purpose and shouted, "Quickly stop him. We must not let this rude man get close to Lady Marennia! Also, quickly call the knights outside to deal with this man!"

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, the crisp sound of armor stepping on the ground was heard at the door of the church.

A Holy Tree Knight Commander and several soldiers seemed to have been ready for battle. After all, there was quite a bit of commotion here, and there were already many Holy Tree Knights stationed on the right side of the church. However, they still waited for the order, or rather the request, from their dependent Pope before they came in.

——The depths of the sacred tree are now occupied by those corrupt followers, who guard Malenia and also control Abrefil.

I remembered what Loretta had said again, and I gathered the power of fire in my hands, then suddenly slashed at the Holy Tree soldiers who were approaching quickly.

The Knight Commander and the Shield Guard held up their large shields to block my flames.

Then, they separated to the left and right and came towards me in a pincer-like manner.

At the same time, although the corrupt followers retreated behind the Holy Tree soldiers, they all raised their arms and emitted silk threads, shooting towards me.

——Oh, this is a bit tricky.

——Or, let's put Millicent down first, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with these guys. Anyway, they won't hurt Millicent at all.

While I was dodging the attacks, I was also looking for a good position to put Millicent down.

Just as she was about to explain to Millicent, she said rather weakly on her back, "I'm sorry, Zero. Prepare the healing of the flames. Just be patient for a moment."

After saying that, a crimson aura suddenly spread out from Millicent's body to the surroundings. In a trance, it seemed that she saw several phantoms waving blades, forcing back all the people and insects at once.

——This move seems to be the flying flowers and shadows in the second stage of Malenia.

——It seems that Millicent has become more and more assimilated with Marennia, which means that the scarlet corruption in her body has spread more seriously and thoroughly.

There was noise around me again: “What just happened was…”

"Valkyrie... That's Lady Marennia's move!"

Sure enough, the Holy Tree soldiers also noticed that Millicent and Marlennia had a close relationship.

"Knights of the Holy Tree, please allow me to meet the Valkyrie..." Millicent's voice was very soft, but it was still loud in the church. "I am willing to return my martial arts and the dignity of the undefeated and scarlet corrupt god to her."

"Stop, shut up!" The Pope shouted immediately, but it was not difficult to hear that his words were extremely panicked. "No, you are absolutely not allowed to see Lady Marennia!"

"Knights of the Holy Tree! You were willing to stay here and protect the Valkyrie. Wasn't it because you admired her will? Or did you simply let these bugs do what they wanted?" I quickly fanned the flames.

Suddenly, Millicent's painful groan was heard from behind.

"Millicent?!" I didn't know what was wrong with her, so I asked hurriedly.

But Millicent gasped and raised something: "This needle was dropped by Lady Marlenia during the battle of Gallid, cough cough cough..."

"Millicent!" I was extremely surprised.

——Did she just pull out the needle? At this time?!

Millicent continued resolutely, "Today, I am here to return this needle. Please, everyone."

"No, no, no - this way, the flower will rot!" The Pope of the Family obviously also knew the consequences of Millicent pulling out the needle, and hurriedly shouted, "Quick, grab the girl for me!"

The sound of insects could be heard again all around the church.

But the next second, the Knight Commander of the Holy Tree suddenly shouted, "All soldiers, protect that girl! Protect her and bring her to see Lady Marennia!"

The soldiers immediately surrounded me, formed a human wall, and opened the way for me to the elevator leading to the deepest part.

"Come on!"

Unexpectedly, Millicent's determination infected the Holy Tree soldiers, causing them to willingly defect and help.

"Thank you." I hurriedly thanked her and rushed into the last elevator room with Millicent.

Having touched the blessed point, I carried Millicent on my back and broke into the last garden right under Michaela's sacred tree.

And the Valkyrie Marennia, like a statue, nestled there, at the roots of the sacred tree.