Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 449: Dead Zone Dragon Roar

At the moment when Fiya and I met the dead prince Godwin, the Crucible Knight Siluia swept his spear across and threatened: "If you don't want to die, leave here quickly... Or do you want to become the deadborn?!"

I quickly crossed the Night Starfire and blocked Fia behind me.

"Are you still stubborn?" The other party sighed, picked up his spear and strode towards us.

——The Forge Chief Siluria?

Although in the game, this guy's strength is not very high. Unlike the Sword Furnace, he does not have a large shield, making it difficult for people to break through from the front. Moreover, the moves of the Furnaces are relatively rigid, and they will expose many flaws when attacking, allowing A Tui to steal the knife.

But I really didn't expect that she would defeat Lance Shanks and Monggot and chase after Fia and me alone.

——It seems that the intensity in reality is probably a level higher than in the game.

I swallowed my saliva, and the Night Star Fire ignited a raging flame. I was about to take the initiative and seize the attack rhythm.

But a ray of red lightning suddenly leaped up from outside and landed heavily between me and Siluria.

"Zero, calm down." Lance Shanks actually said to me, "She is not an enemy."

······Huh?

—You two were fighting fiercely just now, and now you tell me that you have made up?!

I was so shocked that my eyes nearly popped out of my head.

And Shiryuya also said quickly: "Let's leave here first. If we are entangled by thorns, we will be cursed with death."

——Uh...suddenly I felt that what Shiryuya said just now was not a threat, but a reminder?

Fia and I looked at each other, put away the Night Starfire, and followed each other's advice and walked out of the audience place of the Dead Prince.

Mongget was standing next to the Blessed Light, and Zhilia bowed to him solemnly and apologized: "I am very sorry, the current King of Blessing. I have been guarding this place under the order of the Queen and have never left. I did not expect that there would be so many changes in the border area outside."

"No problem." Mongert extended his hand with understanding and lifted the other's shoulder.

I asked curiously, "However, how did you suddenly make up? Just now I thought that Shiryuu had defeated the others and came to me to solve the last trouble."

Shiryuya looked at Lance Shanks and explained, "'Ancient Dragon' Lance Shanks is the sister of my lord's friend Ful Shanks. I was also fortunate enough to meet the ancient dragon, but I didn't expect that he would transform into a human form. That's why I mistook you for invaders at first... Besides, there were indeed two people without light who came to offend us before."

——Ah, it’s Roger and “Hunting Death” D for sure.

No wonder the defense range of the temple soldiers is wider than in the game, and even Siluria came here in person... I won’t say here that I am very familiar with those two guys.

"But... it's really unexpected that my brother... Godwin would become like that." Monggot stood at the door and looked inside.

Siluya explained, "The power of the Golden Tree comes from the furnace. Lord Monggot should be very clear about this. Ever since Lord Godwin was injured, the Golden Tree has been using its power to repair Lord Godwin, but... not only does it seem that there is no improvement, the excess power has caused Lord Godwin's body to continue to expand, and he has also taken on the appearance of a furnace."

"What about Fulshanks?" Lanceshanks asked with concern, "I can already sense that he is nearby, but why can't I see any trace of my brother?"

"What Lord Fulshanks said..." Shiryuya sighed slightly, "He, he is actually there."

"Where? There?!" Lance Shanks guessed what Silyurya was pointing at, and turned around in surprise to look at the dead Prince Godwin.

And Shirya nodded: "In order to help Lord Godwin reduce the damage and repair his body, Lord Folshanks..."

Before Siluria could finish speaking, Lance Shanks suddenly spread his wings and flew straight towards Godwin.

The molting butterflies flew in all directions in shock, as if a thick fog had risen up, separating the living and the dead.

"Lance Shanks!" I couldn't help but want to catch up.

But Siluria stopped me and said, "Don't go! If an ordinary person is hurt by the thorns, he will be cursed with death!"

"Why not just cut off all these thorns!" I picked up the Night Starfire and rushed in with flames.

Shiryuya seemed to be about to stop them, but was stopped by Mungot: "Let them go. If you were my brother, you wouldn't be bothered by such trivial matters."

I entered the audience place of death again. There were so many flying metamorphosis butterflies that I couldn't see the situation on Lance Shanks' side. I could only hear the roar of the ancient dragon, which was full of surprise, annoyance, and uncontrollable sadness.

"Lance Shanks!" I called out loudly, but there were indeed many more black thorns here than in the game. They were so dense that they looked like a black grassland.

At first, I didn’t take Shilia’s advice seriously. After all, in the game, when Atei touched these black thorns, he didn’t suffer any adverse reactions or accumulation of sudden death.

But at some point, the thorns actually cut through the cloth armor on my ankle and pierced my skin.

Suddenly, a biting winter wind... no, it should be the cold wind from the underworld that blew violently through the wound, freezing even my thinking and making me feel dazed.

"Cough cough cough." The gas coughed out of the mouth seemed to carry a trace of black smoke.

——Is it the sudden death rate? Is it accumulating?

There is no other way. Fire restrains grass and trees. Use Storm Blade combined with the molten flames of Night Starfire, and the combat skill - Fiery Storm Slash!

The raging fire swirled forward, sweeping away the black thorns with ease.

I continued to rush towards the dead prince's presence, but I saw a guy who was even more violent than me.

"Roar--"

Lance Shanks roared and actually spewed dragon breath fire directly at the back of the dead prince Godwin.

——······Isn’t this a bit too much?

Not long after, the roots of the ancient tree suddenly seemed to come alive, carrying black thorns, and actually threw them towards Lance Shanks one after another.

This was totally unexpected.

——The Golden Tree actually has a sense of self-protection?! Was it triggered by the ancient dragon's breath?

Lance Sanx still refused to give in. He moved through the vines that were swaying like tentacles, spewing flames, and yelled to the people below: "Ful!"

"Stop it! Lord 'Ancient Dragon' Lance Shanks!" Shiryuya also rushed over anxiously.

Lance Shanks completely blocked out our voices and was still trying to get behind Godwin's body... Although I couldn't see the situation from my end, I guess the ancient dragon Fulshanks was inside.

After all, according to the game settings, combined with what Siluria said, Folshanks endured the pain of the Blackthorn Death Curse in order to delay the death of his friend, intending to change his fate, but ended up being doomed to die. Therefore, he only appeared in Fia's dream and turned into the so-called dead dragon.

——Oh, that’s bad.

Perhaps because she was eager to save her brother, Lance Shanks was accidentally entangled by a thorn. She should have had the same feeling as I did just now, and she clearly saw the ancient dragon shake slightly.

Suddenly, other vines and thorns rushed up and entangled Lance Shanks' wings, legs and feet.

When she came to her senses and flapped her wings hard, she could not break free from the thorns.

"Lance Shanks!" I couldn't help but shout anxiously, but that position was too high and all my attacks couldn't reach it.

buzzing-

There was a noise coming from Siluria's side, and the Spear of the Tree in her hand condensed with golden light and began to spin wildly.

Gathering enough strength, Siluria straightened his spear and thrust it suddenly in the direction of Lance Shanks. A golden vortex whizzed out like a rocket, instantly tearing off most of the black thorns.

Lance Shanks used all his strength to break free, but he could no longer flap his wings and fell headfirst.

I quickly stepped forward and caught the other person.

——Wow, it’s so heavy!

——Lance Shanks, you are too heavy. My arms hurt so much for a moment that I almost thought they were cut off.

"F...Fer." This guy is still muttering about his brother.

But I could hear all kinds of subtle rustling sounds again.

I saw the black thorns around swaying like water plants drifting with the waves.

When I looked up, the black thorns that had just tried to grab Lance Shanks were like bloodthirsty snakes, one after another, opening their bloody mouths towards Lance Shanks and me.