Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 525: Vast Snow

As the tears of the replica dissipated, I tried to shake the soul-summoning bell.

Sure enough, two strands of faint blue glow returned to the bell. It should be that the imitation teardrop brought the ashes of the Black Flame martial artist here and joined the bell family.

At the same time, a large amount of Rune Light also gathered on me.

——Oh my, it seems like Brother Teardrop was too bored staying in the bell, so he came out to compete with me?

It's just like a trip to an amusement park. I was so nervous and exhausted!

Forget it. Sister Teardrop helped me in the game. She did so much for me, so I should forgive her willfulness this time.

In this way, the Mimic Teardrop should be completely tamed. And judging from the initial battle, her intelligent AI is much stronger than in the game. If I hadn't dragged her into the quagmire of fighting and strangulation, she would have been really hard to deal with.

I breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, put away the night fire and walked out.

Take the elevator from the other side of the fork in the road outside the door, then jump down from the window, and you will come to the exit of the secret passage leading to the holy tree. The light of blessing is swaying at the intersection, waving and calling me.

Walk over and touch the blessing point to restore your physical strength and energy.

Come to think of it, Millicent and the others haven't arrived yet. Could it be that Fenlig is still stuck at the entrance door?

Just as I was planning to go over to take a look and try to help, there was a loud bang in the secret passage, followed by the sound of wolves howling throughout the area.

When I looked over, I saw Fenlig was covered in flames. He had actually demolished most of the wall and forced his way in... That's fine, just don't let the place collapse.

"Zero, how is it, have you found the dead root?" Millicent asked when she saw me.

I took out the dead root from my blessing backpack and said with a smile, "Well, I've got it. Next, let me take you to Michaela's sacred tree."

"...Lord Ling, before that, can we go to the western end of the Holy Snow Plain first?" Letina asked me.

"Oh, yes, your sister seems to be in the church over there, right? When the time comes, are you going to take her to the Holy Tree?" I remembered the last branch line of Son of Platinum, so I asked more questions.

In the game, A'tai's petite body is indeed unable to carry Letina's huge sister, but we have the giant wolf king Fenlig on our side, so carrying a little girl should not be a problem.

Letina shook her head. "As long as we give her the Initial Tear Drop, we, the Sons of Platinum, will have hope of sprouting new life. Besides, the area around here is quite remote and is protected by the giant temple, so it doesn't matter if we don't go to the Holy Tree."

······Indeed.

Moreover, think about it carefully, we went to the Holy Tree not for sightseeing, nor did we intend to settle down there. Besides, Ah Tui has a dog-like physique, so there would be constant fighting as soon as we entered.

It would be more dangerous to follow us.

"Well, let's help Letina complete her mission first, and then go to Michaela's sacred tree, okay? Millicent, Pollyanna." I asked the other two for their opinions.

Millicent was naturally easy to talk to: "Ms. Letina has helped us a lot along the way, this time it is our turn to help her."

Pollyanna snorted, acting as sullen as ever: "You decide. Anyway, you won't listen to me even if I tell you."

"Thank you, everyone." Letina bowed to express her gratitude.

I got close to Pollyanna and couldn't help but say, "Oh, Pollyanna, just tell me where you want to go. Let's think about it together... Of course, if you want to help us explore the way and clear the obstacles in advance, I can tell you the decryption method of Yidian Town, that's not impossible~"

Naturally, after getting kicked in the butt, Pollyanna said angrily, "Even if you don't tell me, I can find a way to go to Yidian Town alone!"

“······You don’t really want to go alone?”

"Stop talking nonsense and lead the way!"

Amid the noise, I went forward and pushed open the back door of the secret passage.

woohoo-

Suddenly, the wind and snow roared and rushed towards the cave entrance, almost freezing people's faces.

"Everyone be careful, stay close to Fenlig and don't get separated." I had just finished speaking when I turned around and saw the Wolf King was stuck at the door again.

It took a lot of effort and a big hole in the gate to pull the fat wolf out.

Next, let's go to the abandoned house in the west, which is where Letina's giant sister lives, but...

"North is up, south is down, west is left, east is right. Let's follow the road and go this way first." After memorizing the directions, I waved my hand.

Pollyanna immediately asked, "Can you do it? It's so snowy, please don't take us in the wrong direction."

"It doesn't matter. The exit here should be facing north. It will definitely work." I said confidently.

But there is nothing we can do. With such strong wind and snow, it is hard to tell the direction.

Moreover, since this is our first time here, we naturally haven’t unlocked the Rune map of the Holy Snowfield. When I think about it in my mind, it’s all grey, so we can only do this for now.

However, I remember that if we go directly through this snowy area from the west, we should reach an ice crystal forest, where the Snow Rune Bear is hiding... We'd better stay away from it then.

"Be careful, there is something strange in the snow." Millicent suddenly spoke.

——No way, Speak of the devil, here he comes?! Rune Bear is here so soon?

"Roar--" A loud roar came from the wind and snow. Looking up, I could vaguely see a huge figure raising its hands and slapping us.

Oh my, it’s a dragon soldier!

"Let's quickly hide to the right! Don't get separated." I shouted loudly.

After dodging the dragon soldier's attack, Fenlig rushed forward, opened his mouth wide, and was about to bite fiercely.

But the next second, the opponent's figure disappeared in the wind and snow, leaving Fenlig completely empty-handed.

"What's going on? Where is the monster?" Pollyanna was full of questions.

But after a while, the roar of the dragon soldiers sounded again from the left: "Roar——"

"Let's go, let's go. There's no point in getting entangled with this guy, and we won't get any runes." I quickly pulled back Fenlig who was about to pounce again, and ordered my companions to retreat.

Letina also explained: "It seems that these dragon soldiers are the same as those animals in the Giant Snowfield. They are just phantoms of the remaining souls, guarding the Holy Snowfield. However, since they are phantoms, we just need to avoid them. They should not be able to catch up with us."

He summoned Torret, and fled with Fenlig and everyone else. Fortunately, as Letina said, the dragon soldiers did not chase them.

But not long after, Fenlig suddenly stopped: "Awooo-wooo--"

"Fenlig?" I also stopped, holding Torret's hand.

"Awoo, woo, woo—" the wolf was still howling.

Letina also explained: "It seems that we have stepped into the territory of other wolves and are threatened."

——Other wolves’ territory?!

Suddenly I remembered that there seemed to be a red wolf from Radagon in the Holy Snow Plain... After being harassed by the dragon soldiers for a while, did we completely lose our direction and run to the east of the snow plain?

Millicent also drew her long knife: "And there are the sounds of horse hooves, everyone be careful."

"The sound of horse hooves, could it be the Night Cavalry?!" I couldn't help swallowing. If Millicent was right, I'm afraid we will have to encounter the double cavalry from the Holy Snowfield... But why did they come here instead of guarding the convoy?

"Ouch!"

In any case, the all-encompassing howls of wolves were already being heard amidst the boundless snow.

We have been completely surrounded. From now on, all we can do is fight!