Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 126 Confusion

--why?

I looked at Edgar in disbelief. One second he was extending his hand to me for a handshake, and the next second he stabbed me right through the stomach with a dagger.

He was even secretly trying to make an effort, as if he was determined to cut open my stomach and tear apart my intestines.

"Hypocrite," Edgar said coldly, causing a sting in my mind.

I subconsciously kicked him in the stomach and fell backwards.

But Edgar did not give up. He immediately pounced on me like a lion, holding a dagger, and did not even give me time to take out the Holy Grail bottle to recover: "You vile and shameless hypocrite, you actually dared to hurt my Irena!"

——“No, it’s not…”

I couldn't say such words at all. I held my stomach with my hands and felt a disgusting, slippery and soft texture on my fingertips. The blood was flowing out rapidly and unstoppably. I could only struggle backwards with all my might, but I soon lost the strength.

"Go to hell! Die right there! Bastard! Give me back my Irena!" Edgar grabbed my feet.

In my blurry vision, he raised his hands high, and the dagger was about to fall on my chest again.

"Lord Zero!" Suddenly, a dark shadow pounced on Edgar from the side.

—Is it Crick?

I couldn't wait to take out the Holy Grail of Dettol from my waist to recover, and the warm power from the Golden Tree filled my body again.

——Yes, I’m saved.

"Get out of my way!" From the side, Edgar's roar like a wild beast came. He held the dagger in his hand and stabbed Creek in the back again and again with great brutality.

The soldier, who was only meeting me for the first time, was still holding Edgar tightly, and he squeezed out the words through his teeth: "I will never let you kill Master Ling."

"Then I'll kill you first!"

"Stop!" I couldn't bear it any longer, so I reached for a throwing knife and threw it out, hitting Edgar's wrist, forcing him to feel pain and let go of the dagger.

Seeing that I had recovered, Edgar did not dare to delay and quickly kicked the dying Creek away.

"Crick..." I stared at Edgar vigilantly and squatted down beside Crick, wanting to feed him red dew drops from the holy grail bottle.

But he pushed my hand away and just said a few words softly: "·······Bless······, be careful·····"

——Yes, ordinary people who have been blessed can be resurrected as long as there is enough rune in their bodies.

Creek used his life to help me get back the chance to face the man in front of me again. His eyes were like a wolf's, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, the golden light of blessing gathered and formed a long halberd.

"Edgar, are you really unwilling to believe me?" I asked weakly.

"Believe? Of course I believe you very much, Zero. Since you are not dead yet, tell me the whereabouts of Irena as soon as possible." Edgar approached me step by step.

"So, those were all lies from Nelius. I didn't kidnap Irena at all! She, she has already..."

"Hmph, are you still pretending to make excuses? I've never even seen any Nelius!" Edgar twirled his halberd, then took advantage of the momentum to leap up, swung the weapon, and smashed it down at me.

I quickly rolled over and dodged.

At the same time, I was extremely shocked by what Edgar had just said: He, he didn't even know Nelius?

--This is impossible!

"Think about it carefully! That guy was wearing a black and red robe, his face was pale, there was a blood-red trident painted on his face, and he had a bald head!"

"So, who is that? I have never seen such a person!" Edgar picked up the halberd and pointed it at me. There seemed to be a raging fire in his eyes. "It was you who kidnapped Irena and shamelessly said words that tarnished her! I will tear you into pieces!"

"Me? No, that's not right! I simply..." Before he could explain, Edgar once again raised his spear and stabbed continuously.

But my mind was a fog.

——Why did Edgar say that he had never met Nelius?

——Why did he believe so firmly that I was the one who kidnapped Irena?

"Calm down, Edgar!" I asked while dodging, "When did I ever say something like this to you? Isn't today our first reunion?"

"Your face is disgusting! Shut up!" Edgar had completely lost his mind and was only concerned with attacking.

——It seems that unless we use force to force him to stop, our misunderstandings and the mysteries between us cannot be solved.

"Then don't blame me!"

The hounds tusked and unsheathed.

At the moment when Edgar's halberd was about to thrust forward, I struck back and deflected his attack, while at the same time I leaped backwards.

Combat Skills——Hound Sword Skills·Two-stage!

In just a blink of an eye, I rushed in front of Edgar, and he had no time to defend himself with his halberd, and I succeeded in one strike...

"Ah——" But Edgar shouted angrily.

A golden light suddenly burst out from his body, like a huge wave rushing towards me, and it knocked me away.

Pray – Reject.

For a lightly armored unit like me, this is a really tricky move, and the speed of execution is much faster than in the game, without even a sign of raising the hand!

I had just steadied myself when the cold light of the halberd came towards me again.

——Well, what about this?

"Calm down!" I dodged and threw out a fire pot.

Before Edgar could react, the raging fire poured onto him like water.

"Drink-"

——"Reject" again? But this move of yours also has a freezing and cooling interval!

I clenched my fangs, waited for the moment when the golden light disappeared, and stabbed the opponent in the chest.

Although he dispelled the flames on his body, he was attacked the moment his vision was restored. Edgar obviously didn't have time to respond. After being hit hard by my thrust, he fell back to the ground in panic.

——This is just as I expected.

The power of the large curved sword lies in its ability to swing in a circle and slash; stabbing is not its strong point.

And Edgar's armor was quite strong, so this move could not hurt him.

"You are no match for me now, Edgar!" I urged him again, "Calm down. We need time to talk."

"I, I have nothing to discuss with you!" Edgar stood up quickly from the ground, anger still occupying all his thoughts, and roared at me, "Even if I am not your opponent, even if you kill me, I must fight to the end to take back Irena!"

“So you want to come again? To be honest, I also want to know what happened to Irena. You have information that I don’t know…” I had to continue to assume a fighting stance, “Get ready! I will chop you down, then wake you up! And then force you to tell me everything you know… Don’t blame me, after all, you said I was a hypocrite.”

"Damn, bastard—" The corner of Edgar's eyes twitched slightly, and then he swung his halberd and rushed straight towards me.

Just as I had gone through the ways to deal with the enemy several times in my mind, Edgar suddenly stopped again, covered his eyes with his hands, and then knelt on the ground in agony: “Ugh ahhh——”

"Edgar?!" My heart suddenly felt like an earthquake, and a strong sense of uneasiness surged from within.

“Power, power, power, I… Haah – Haah – I…” Edgar muttered incoherently, and then suddenly exploded. He raised his head and roared loudly at the sky, as if he would not hesitate even if he was hoarse, “Uh ah ah –”

And from his eyes, there were splashes of turbid yellow and red flames like fireworks, which made Edgar completely surrounded by flames.

——Madness!

——It’s finally here!