Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 497 Destiny

The magical portal to Fam Azra was destroyed?!

The sealed stone imp had its head chopped off and the portal was blown open, leaving only half an arc. I knelt on the ground in disbelief, and reached out my trembling hand to pick up the imp's head.

There was even damp moss growing on it.

——Who is it? !

——Why did he destroy only this portal and retain the ones leading to Noklongn and the Chapel of the Kings?

The answer is naturally obvious.

Crazy Fire A Ling, I can't think of any other possibility except him... Could it be that he had anticipated the current development of the situation, so when he led the Cuckoo Knights, he took action on the four bell tower portals that were still under the jurisdiction of the Cuckoos? !

After all, he was certain that he could get to Fam Azra, so naturally he would try every means to block my path.

But... that's not right. He could even have expected that Lance Shanks and I could get along well, but did the ancient dragon happen to be cursed with death? If not, there's no need to destroy this place...

My mind was in a mess. The raging storm was rushing around, making me feel so breathless that I felt dizzy.

And in the center of the storm, a red and yellow flame flickered and burned.

"Ugh uh..." The eye socket began to hurt gradually, as if the eyeball was constantly expanding and was about to burst from the inside.

——Madness!

——Damn you, to what extent are you going to hinder me! Bastard!

"Brother Zero, what's wrong with you?" Latan's voice sounded behind me, bringing me back to my senses.

- Calm down, calm down, don't let the flames consume you.

Think carefully, is there any other way to go to Fam Azra... Oh, Dragon Mother Gui'or! I remember that in the abandoned plan of the Elden Ring, it seemed that as long as I rescued the giant dragon Gui'or crawling in the Dragon Tomb of the Northern Territory of Galid and helped her eliminate the scarlet corruption on her body, A'tai could let her take me to Fam Azra.

Although it was deleted in the game, that branch quest may still be retained in the real Elden Ring.

"Galide, I'm going to Galide now, Adula!" I immediately stood up from the ground and walked quickly towards the flying dragon.

And Latan asked in confusion: "Brother Zero, what's wrong with you? Why do you suddenly want to go to Gaileed?"

"I'm going to find the Dragon Mother Guior, who may be able to take me to the broken sky city of Fam Azra." I explained briefly, boarded Adulla, and flew to Gaileed.

Latan asked, "Gui'ol? Brother Ling, are you talking about the mother of the flying dragon outside the Fortress of Pharos?"

"Yes, that's her. As long as I can find a way to cure the scarlet corruption in her body, Guior will probably help me."

——As for the method, of course it is to imitate the way of saving Latan, pray for "healing of fire" externally, and take some putrefactive moss medicine internally.

I went to the Volcano Residence and collected some Holy Blood Wood buds along the way.

However, the Dragon Mother Guior is quite huge, at least twice as big as the original Latan. The moss medicine made from the Holy Bloodwood Buds in my hand may not be enough, but there is nothing I can do. I have to use prayer to find a solution...

"...If it was the mother of the flying dragon, then according to Jerryen's report, Guior was already dead."

"What?!" Latan's words sounded like thunder in my ears. For a moment, I couldn't believe what I heard.

The other party also explained in detail again: "After all, the Fortress of Pharos was originally under the jurisdiction of the Red Lion, but there were dragons causing chaos there all year round. After I was deeply poisoned by the scarlet corruption, it gradually became the territory of the dragons. Now that I have been able to use the puppet body to be reborn, Jerry and his men are also preparing to retake the Fortress of Pharos and send soldiers to investigate. It turned out that the biggest enemy, the Dragon Mother Guior, seemed to have been completely petrified by the erosion of the scarlet corruption, and many corrupt plants grew on her body... These are all proof that she is dead."

“How... could this happen?” After hearing what Latan said, my eyes went dark and my body could no longer support itself and I collapsed in exhaustion.

"Brother Zero...Brother Zero...Adula, go back first, go back to Rhea Lukalia first...Brother Zero!"

All I could hear was Latan's intermittent cries, and soon everything fell silent.

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——I should have thought of it, I should have thought of it earlier!

The fire burned brightly.

I should have thought of this when the madman was laughing wildly and wantonly in that turbid red church!

The reason why he appeared in the Corrupted Church was perhaps not just to get half of the symbol of the Dekedas Great Elevator in the Fortress of Pharos, but also to obtain a large amount of rune power from the Dragon Mother Guior.

After all, after being corrupted by the scarlet corruption, Guior can basically only lie on the ground, unable to move. Apart from resisting with roars and letting the dragon sons around him clean up the invaders, he has basically no other means of defense. It can be said that he is the easiest BOSS to deal with in the magic circle, and therefore it has become a common shortcut for many players to get through the early stage of account creation.

I should have thought that Dianhuo A Ling, who had a lot of knowledge in the game like me, would go to deal with the Dragon Mother Guior and obtain enough runes when he went to the Fortress of Pharos!

...And this means that even the last hope of reaching Fam Azra has been cut off.

——Melina, what should I do next?

——How can I save you, my Melina.

The malice from the world seemed to devour me, to drown me, to immerse me in it, and I couldn't breathe.

—Melina!

Crack crack crack.

"It's okay, Master Zero." At this moment, Melina's voice seemed to ring in my mind. I seemed to see her kneeling in front of me, gently pulling up my hand that was covering my face, "If it is Master Zero's choice, I am willing to believe it."

"Melina?"

She seemed to smile at me, and then said, "We have walked through the border together for a long time, Master Ling. Your gentleness, your courage, and your wisdom always enable us to escape danger time and time again. Therefore, you have gathered so many people with the same qualities around you, right? Master Ling, you must believe in yourself. You have enough qualifications to become the King of Elden, and... since the moment we met, I have never doubted that you must be my destined king."

"So, I will definitely wait for your arrival, Lord Zero." After saying that, in that dark world, Melina's figure gradually dissipated and turned into a crimson butterfly, flying into the distance.

"Melina!" I suddenly opened my eyes and found myself in an unfamiliar room.

It should be a room in the academy. Before I lost consciousness, I could hear Latan's urgent calls.

The corners of his eyes were cold.

I couldn't help but reach out to wipe it, and suddenly I found that I was holding two drawings in my palm.

With the crimson light coming in from the window, I could see on these two drawings how to use runes to increase my strength, and how to apply the runes of blessing and teleportation... Even though I had told her before that it wasn't necessary, she still secretly wrote it for me on the drawings so that I could learn and use it at any time.

—Sure enough, is that the motto you left behind? Melina.

I couldn't help but hold the drawing tightly and look out the window.

In the silent night, the blazing golden tree also emits a bright red flame.

——Please wait a little longer, Melina.

If it is for you, even if I serve the fire and am finally devoured by it, what is there to be afraid of?

······After all, this is what I was prepared and aware of long ago.