Elden Ring: Atai vows to have a perfect ending

Chapter 292: Star-Breaking Gift Pack

On the Weeping Dunes, Lani and I witnessed the stars and the moon rotate again.

The sound that shook the entire earth also announced that the road to Noklongen had been opened. Both Stonewell and the people from the Two Fingers would definitely go to check the situation.

In other words, I have to go get the Hunting Finger Knife as soon as possible to prevent it from falling into the hands of others.

However, the most important thing now is to check on the situation of "Starbreaker" Latan.

——After all, in the game, this scene of falling meteors is the settlement screen after killing Latan.

"Zero, my knight, I'm counting on you for everything." Lani also came back to her senses. After saying this, she turned around and turned into a faint blue light, saying goodbye and leaving.

I also immediately crossed the Weeping Dunes and headed for Latan's ward.

Before I got close, I could faintly hear the sound of crying.

——No way, did the Queen fail?

I quickened my pace. The soldiers gathered at the door were still wiping their tears, which made me even more uneasy. I quickly made way among them and rushed into the ward: "City Lord Jie Lian, could it be that the general...?"

The scene before my eyes was shocking... no, it was shocking.

Latan's huge body, like an inflatable doll with a hole in it, was shrinking as the blue light drifted away.

Not far below, Queen Lena was holding a silver-gray adult man in her arms, and she was treating him like a baby, holding him on her lap and stroking his hedgehog-like red-haired head. Even the amber jade was put aside by the queen.

“...Mother.” The man was quite weak, but he still couldn’t help but speak. He said slowly and awkwardly, “I, I made you worry... But now, can you let me go?”

Queen Lena had obviously turned back into the demented mother, doting on her child and hugging him tightly: "Oh, my dear child, stay with me, I won't let you get hurt."

"Mother..." The man seemed to be completely helpless against Queen Lenara.

——Well, I can understand his feelings to some extent.

After all, he was such a grown-up, yet he was curled up in his mother's arms like a baby in front of everyone and was constantly coaxed.

If the roles were reversed, even a thick-skinned person like me would be so embarrassed that I would dig out a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment with my toes on the ground.

However, considering Lenara's mental state, this is normal.

The main thing is that, after looking at the resurrected Latan and hearing his words again, Jerry and the others were like sculptures that were moved, just staring at the water, but no one said anything.

The whole scene looked quite strange, like a cult scene, but no one broke the deadlock.

"Ahem, Lord Jielian, Lord Jielian." I carefully approached Jielian and whispered to him, "Ci'er, say something quickly."

Jie Lian finally came back to his senses, and gave a standard knight's salute to the reborn Latan, and said with a slight stutter: "Welcome back, Latan."

"General, welcome back!" The knights wiped their tears and followed Jerry's example by bowing to Latan.

"······Jerian and everyone else, thank you for your hard work." Latan raised the corners of his mouth weakly and smiled.

However, the knights, who had finally stopped crying, began to sob softly once again.

After all, they all joined the Red Lions out of respect for Latarn, and even after the general was corrupted, they stayed by his side to fight against the monsters in this land. Naturally, they tried every possible way to save each other.

And precisely because of this helplessness, they had to prepare for the battle festival, to return Latan the glory of a warrior and send him off for the last time.

...Although, for the general who is now lying in his mother's arms, unable to struggle like a baby, there is naturally no glory to speak of. But before this, there was no hope at all. Now this situation is more incredible than a miracle for all the soldiers of Red Lion City!

All these efforts actually received a response one day.

Although it was just a greeting that could not be more ordinary, but...how could all the warriors who respected Latan not be moved by his rebirth.

Even my eyes became moist with infection. I did not fail and caught that little starlight in the endless darkness. Even the fate of the demigod was changed!

——This feeling is so good!

"The Faded One, you must be Zero, right?" Latan's blue-gray eyes fell on me.

I was quite surprised, but I quickly bowed and saluted: "Yes, General."

After all, Latan had just woken up, and no one had probably told him about me yet, but he recognized me as a matter of course and even called my name.

——Could it be that it was also Lani who told Latan through that magic?

“Please raise your head, Faded One. I must thank you.” Latan said solemnly, “I still remember that in that endless scarlet corruption, you brought Lani’s Dark Moon and everyone’s call to me…”

——Although you spoke with deep affection, General, I really dare not look up.

After all, if she lay in her mother's arms and thanked others with a serious face, I was afraid that if I just looked at her, I would not be able to hold myself back and ruin the atmosphere that Latan had created with great difficulty by ignoring Queen Lenarra.

But suddenly, a red rune like a burning flame actually wrapped around my left arm, scaring me so much that I trembled all over.

Then, the end of the rune formed a flaming ring in my palm, and a vertical bar fell on the left side of the ring.

——This is, the Great Rune of Latan? !

I raised my eyes in disbelief, and met the determined gaze of Latarn himself.

"This is the power you Faded Ones desire, right? Now, the body of a demigod is no longer useful to me, and this power should belong to you, Zero, the warrior among the Faded Ones."

"Thank you very much, General." I was a little flattered.

Because, not only was it the Great Rune of Latarn, in that blazing flame, he even gave me his two weapons, the Star Crushing Greatsword and the Lion Greatbow.

——This way you don’t have to exchange memories with Granny Enya, and you can get both at once!

Ah, although I probably won’t be able to use it given my current strength, this gift package is indeed very substantial!

"Yes, that's right." I came back to my senses from the surprise and asked General Latan curiously, "General, what are your plans for the future?"

"To be honest, I haven't fully adapted to this body yet. My mother seems to want me to go with her to Rhea Lukalia to rest for a while." Latan turned his eyes and looked at his old friend. "Jerian, I hope you can bring a few people with me... There should be a lot of things over there that need help. I also want to adapt to this body as soon as possible, come back and work with the soldiers to find a new way to take care of this land."

Jie Lian couldn't help laughing when he heard this. "Since you said so, Latan, I, an old man, will accompany you to the end."

"... I'm probably even poorer than the average person right now, so I hope you can show some mercy."

The two old friends couldn't help but joke with each other.

It seems that Jeremiah will live in Rhea Lukalia for some time to come.

And now, it’s only about two days since I leave the magic academy, and Iggy should still be forging weapons for me... Taking advantage of this gap, I might as well go back to Nimgefu.

This is what I was thinking.