Elden Ring, my witch is a talkative beautiful girl

Alexander jogged towards the rising sun, opening the lid every once in a while and stuffing the body of a soldier into it. The scene was so bizarre that it was almost like an R18G game.

"Goodbye." Melina waved back, then muttered softly, "When we meet again next time, will he be stuck in some pit again?"

Seeing his partner so calm, Ah Tui became a little less calm: "Amei, are all the warrior pots made of corpses?"

"Yes." Melina nodded. "Didn't I tell you?"

"Of course not..." Ah Tui felt that he needed some time to digest this shocking fact. "If something similar happens in the future, please let me know in advance. Otherwise, it would be really scary to suddenly see a pot dragging a string of corpses past."

Fortunately, Alexander didn't ask A'er casually whether he wanted to register in advance to reserve a spot and go through the check-in procedures directly after his death, otherwise he really would have lost control.

Volume 2: The Flowing Stars: Chapter 67: The New Legion Commander

Shortly after the grand meteor shower, the rising sun once again hung high above the scarlet land of Galid. Nothing had changed, yet something seemed to have changed.

He fulfilled General Shattered Star's last wish and witnessed his former coach's honorable death, which was long overdue.

This incident was a relief for Latan, and for the Red Lion Legion it was also a first step to get rid of the failure of not being able to defend Gaileed in the past and truly step out of the shadow of the Ionian War.

The first new brick was laid on the old and dilapidated city wall, the soldiers' faces became full of vitality, and everything seemed to be moving in a better direction.

Most of the challengers and guests who came to participate in the battle festival have already set out to leave the fortress city. Some of them are filled with regret, while others are heartbroken because of the unexpected loss of runes in their wallets.

The finger priestess Serolina became the only sacrifice in the ceremony. The relevant burial ceremony was also arranged, and another priestess Melina who was present delivered a eulogy.

The master who controlled Serolina's actions behind the scenes did not intend to travel thousands of miles to this barren land and spend a lot of effort to recover a broken puppet. He had as many replacement collections as he wanted, so he just let the result happen.

The final part of the ceremony - the ceremony of awarding the Great Rune to the winner - is also in line with the Red Lion Legion's usual military style, keeping everything simple and pursuing efficiency and practicality.

There was no grand awarding ceremony, nor a series of boring and lengthy speeches. Jeremiah just said a few symbolic words of encouragement and handed the big rune that Latan left on the sand dunes after his death to Atai.

The Great Rune's surface radiates a vibrant crimson glow, like the scorching heat of the midday sun, as if burning with an eternally extinguished blaze. This symbolizes the unwavering fighting spirit of its owner, General Shatterstar, and also serves as a defense against the relentless erosion of the Crimson Corruption. It is precisely because of this Great Rune that Latarn has endured for millennia, retaining its final sanity.

Having officially acquired another Great Rune, Melina was overjoyed. "Yeah! We've got our third Great Rune! This way, the seal that 'Two Fingers' placed outside the Royal City can finally be opened."

Her mission had finally made some commendable progress, and the next step was to find a route back to the Yatan Plateau.

Ah Tui studied the warm Great Rune in his palm for a few seconds, then put it away carefully. "Looking back now, yesterday's battle was still full of difficult challenges. If it had been a little wrong, we probably wouldn't have the chance to sit here and chat."

Tragus and Lionel also said goodbye and left this morning. The old man will recuperate in Red Lion City for two days because of his serious injuries. After this battle together, if we meet there again in the future, we will remember this friendship and maybe we can join forces to fight again.

Once the news of A-Tu being the winner of the battle festival spreads, his fame will be far greater than before. After all, General Shattering Star's status among the demigods is far beyond what Greg can be compared with.

"Battle is like this, ever-changing and unpredictable." Having entrusted the task to Great Rune, Jellian felt the burden of his shoulders finally lifted. "It's not the strong who win in the end, but the one who wins in the end is the strongest. Young man, hold your head high and be proud of your ability to defeat Lord Latarn fairly!"

He stretched his body, picked up the greatsword beside the throne, and walked down the steps. "After watching you fight, the remaining passion in my bones has begun to burn. I plan to go out and travel while I can still walk. Maybe I can meet a few old friends who are still alive."

"Ah? At your age, instead of being the city lord, you want to go out for a walk?" Although she had seen the old man's skills in battle, Melina was still worried that he might get killed if he went out for a stroll.

Jie Lian laughed heartily. "Don't look at me like this. I was also a bit reckless when I was young. I even worked at the Rhea Lukalia College. I think it won't be a problem for these old bones to live another twenty or thirty years."

"But if you go out traveling...what about the Red Lion Fortress?" A Tui asked a very constructive question.

The Red Lion Legion has so many people in it, and it's a critical moment for revival and reconstruction. The city lord has gone on a long journey full of enthusiasm. Who will take care of this large group of people?

"Look at my memory." Jellian slapped his head, and the next second he said something shocking, "I have been serving as acting city lord out of necessity, because Lord Latan met with an accident before he could designate a successor. But now it's different. You have obtained the Great Rune through your own strength, so you are the new commander of the Red Lion Legion."

He patted Ah Tui's shoulder and said, "Keep working hard. I believe you can lead the legion to new heights."

These words really shocked the two of them.

"What?"

A'tu and Melina said in unison, both looking confused.

"I'm going to be the lord of Red Lion Fortress?"

"My partner wants to be the lord of Red Lion Fortress?"

......

It was impossible for him to stay in Red Lion City as the city lord, because Adi had promised Melina to take her to the golden tree. Even if the witch was not looking at him with tearful eyes, Adi would definitely abide by the contract they had made.

Therefore, he, the third generation commander of the Red Lion Legion, was fortunate to become the first hands-off boss in the history of the legion. He successfully completed the second power transfer in less than an hour after taking office.

On the city wall, watching the new lord ride away from the Unbreakable Bridge, the new co-lords, Oga and Ciel, smiled helplessly. They controlled one of the most powerful legions in the border region, commanding thousands of troops to attack and seize cities at their command, yet such power was casually thrown to them by A-Tai. They really didn't know what to say.

Charles held onto the familiar city wall and chuckled, "None of our legion's previous commanders have ever been worry-free. Do you think when he returns, we'll be back under the Golden Clan's organization?"

The Red Lions obeyed only their leader. When Latan joined the Kings' Alliance in the siege of the royal city of Rodel, they naturally changed sides. If the current leader, Atai, truly met with the Elden Circle as Melina had predicted and became the new king, then his soldiers would naturally become regular troops again.

"Who can predict the future? No one expected that the general would become like that." Oga plucked the bowstring and looked away from the newly built tombstone on the Weeping Dunes.

Latarn's body and armor disappeared with his death. The only things left, besides the Great Rune, were the greatsword and bow made of meteorite iron.

The Star-Breaking Greatsword was left on the sand dunes as a cenotaph for General Star-Breaking, while the Lion Greatbow that could penetrate fine iron a thousand meters away was passed down to A-Ti.

The figure in the distance was beyond sight. Oga waved his cloak and was the first to step down from the city wall. "But one thing is clear to me. The next time I see the Legion Commander, he will definitely be even stronger than he is now. We can't let him fall too far behind."

"That's true." Charles put on his forge helmet, unleashed his Hundred Aspects Wings, and flew down from the wall. "Hurry up and finish your business, then take a stroll outside the city. The days of those beast cubs' brawling should be over. And by the way, we can give Orel a little training. After watching the real fighting at the battle festival, those new recruits are finally getting the hang of it."

Volume 2: The Flowing Stars: Chapter 68: Assassination, Counterattack!

Somewhere in the wilderness, a blessed place, the Faded Ones and the Witches are preparing to teleport through the facilities here.

"Buddy, hold on to me, or I won't be responsible if someone dies."

"Amei, this isn't our first time back at Great Blessing. Can we skip the tutorial?"

As usual, Melina gave a lot of instructions before teleporting. The two planned to go back to the Round Table Hall first to tell the old woman who had collected the three dragon balls... Oh no, the news about the Great Rune, and then have a good rest for a day.

Melina is going to rummage through the drawers in the room, looking for the magical little props she bought before, to prepare for the next step of the journey. A'ti is also going to find Roderica to strengthen the newly acquired ashes, and then find the blacksmith Xiugu to repair his equipment.

On the way back, they would teleport directly from the Great Blessing back to the town of Selia and head north to the Beast Temple. No one wanted to walk across the Ionian Swamp again; they weren't ascetics or masochists.

When his fingertips touched the flickering golden flame of blessing, the chief felt dizzy. When he came to his senses, he was already standing in the hall of the round table hall.

However... there was no light, no flame, and no familiar faded people in the hall. The pitch-black darkness became the only thing in his sight.

"The flame of the Great Blessing has gone out?" Ah Tui, relying on his memory, looked towards the spot where the golden bonfire once burned. "What happened in the Round Table Hall? Or was there a problem with the transmission?" As a series of questions emerged in his mind, he called out to his partner's name: "Amei, are you there? Can you hear me?"

Ah Dai's voice was drowned in an endless silence. It was like a world of black and white, devoid of any sign or breath of life. His fragmented memories told him that he had experienced something similar long ago. When the miraculous colors of the flames faded, the ancient sacrificial site revealed its original appearance.

"No, that's not right!" Ah Dai calmed himself, dispelling his uneasiness and interrupting his wild thoughts. "Amei said that the Round Table Hall was a replica of the 'Two Fingers' using their own power, creating a dimensional space outside the border area. The Faded Ones can also enter and exit here freely. If there is really an abnormality in the Round Table Hall, it means that there must be a problem with the 'Two Fingers'. There is no way that Granny Enya would not notify Ah Dai immediately."

His thoughts gradually became clearer, and A'tai realized that the current situation was most likely not a malfunction of the Round Table Hall, but that someone had interrupted his transmission. Someone wanted to separate him from Melina and use this opportunity to achieve an ulterior motive.

"It was Ah Mei who initially teleported me to the Round Table Hall. She must be able to return to the real Round Table. The Soul Summoning Bell is also with her. If she really encounters danger, she shouldn't have a problem protecting herself." Ah Dai knew how alert his partner would be when faced with danger, so he continued to think confidently, "So, whoever teleported me alone to this fake Round Table wanted to attack me. The most valuable thing on me is..."

"Fuck-"

The piercing sound of something sharp scraping against the wall reached A'tai's ears. The assassin lurking inside the fake round table spoke quietly from the darkness: "Hand it over, Great Rune."

The person who was speaking had an extremely hoarse voice, as if he had not spoken to anyone for a long time and was not used to speaking.

In the enclosed darkness, devoid of any light, Ah Tui couldn't accurately determine the speaker's location, much less his appearance. However, considering that someone at the round table was interested in the Great Rune, and that the faded person was using a sharp object as a weapon, he immediately identified the attacker.

"King Skeleton Enxia." A'tu reported his guess. "Is your master Gideon Ofnir so impatient to obtain the Great Rune I possess?"

Most of the faded people at the round table had a relationship with Ah Dai that was at least friendly, or at least familiar. The newcomers didn't know him either, so it was impossible for them to be so idle as to go to such great lengths to set up a special killing plan specifically targeting him.

After a little process of elimination, the only person who is hostile to Atai and Melina and covets the Great Rune is Sir Baizhi.

Bai'er's wise man has the ability to interfere with teleportation, and his close guard Enxia also meets the characteristics of using spiked weapons.

Shrouded in shadows, Enxia, ​​with a pale mask on his face and a skeleton-like appearance, rubbed the sharp blades on his arms: "Hand it over, Great Rune, or... die!"

The word "death" fell to the ground, and three crisp sounds of glass shattering were heard.

Due to the darkness, A'er couldn't see what Enxia threw out, but judging from the sound and the mist rising in the air, it was probably a poison pot or something that could slowly kill people.

A few seconds later, the scorching air inhaled into his lungs confirmed A'tai's guess, but this level was still within A'tai's tolerance. How could the damage caused by the mere poisonous fog compare to the scarlet corruption?

"Cough, cough, cough, cough..." Ah Tui half-crouched on the ground, pretending to be deeply poisoned, letting the other party relax his vigilance while thinking of a countermeasure. "Instead of attacking directly, try to use poison mist to make me lose my fighting ability. It's a safe and effective strategy. We can't determine Enxia's position by sound. If we light torches or illuminate the stars, he will most likely counterattack immediately."

Time ticked by, and Enxia, ​​following her master's orders, patiently waited outside the poisonous fog. A trapped beast still fought, and against the man who had defeated so many demigods, one could never be too cautious.

The King's Skeleton Assassin didn't know that although the poison mist carefully prepared by Sir Baizhi was quite effective, the bags of luggage Melina prepared for the Faded One were even more sufficient.

Ah Tui relied on his sense to grab the moss that contained the medicine to treat various abnormal conditions from the dimensional bag, ranging from bleeding, frostbite, toxins, corruption, etc. He took one every half a minute to dispel the toxins, and the seemingly fierce poisonous fog did not cause much impact at all.

After swallowing the fifth moss ball, Ah Tui finally came up with a proper solution: "Let's use that trick. It's a good opportunity to practice my new fighting skills."

He took out the lion bow stored in the bag, drew the bowstring, and put on three spears and arrows that were almost as high as a man.

Enxia, ​​who was outside the poisonous fog, also noticed the sound made by Ah Tui's bow. A look of disdain flashed in the eyes of the King's Assassin: "Naive."

In this dark environment tailor-made by Sir Baizhi for the trapped people, it is a pipe dream to want to accurately hit him with long-range attacks. From the hunter's perspective, this is a desperate fight for the prey.

So he stood there confidently, and then... nothing happened.

Because the purple skylight covered the entire room, A Tui's goal from the beginning was not to lock onto the assassin hiding in the darkness.

Combat skill, Latan's Heavy Rain!

Shooting gravity arrows in a small indoor space and unleashing large-scale gravity magic attacks, this tactic was made possible due to the dual factors that the enemy happened to choose the Round Table Hall as the battlefield and was afraid of the witch's power, so they deliberately isolated Melina.

The gravity arrows, which can cause headaches even in a wide environment like the sand dunes, are extremely effective when used in a small environment. A rain of arrows falling from the sky is like a carpet bombing with full coverage and no dead angles.

By the time Enxia, ​​with his eyes wide open, reacted, he was already covered by the rain of arrows and had nowhere to hide. He was shot like a hedgehog on the spot.

After a round of "Latan's Rain," this fake round table hall was left in ruins. Ah Tui had just emerged from the poisonous fog, ready to have a good chat with En Xia, who still had a breath left, when he saw a hole in the void before him.

The female warriors Nepheli Lu and Melina, carrying battle axes on their shoulders, jumped out of the cave one after another.

The two people who didn't know what was going on shouted at the top of their lungs as soon as they landed:

"Eun Xia, stop it!"

"You despicable villain, don't hurt my husband!"

"Well," Ah Tui pointed at the unconscious King Hai Assassin lying at his feet. "You guys are a step too late. I've already dealt with the people sent by Sir Bai Zhi."

"That Enxia who didn't need a second sword to assassinate someone was actually... killed by you just like that." Nefeli was speechless.

"Huh? It's done so quickly?" Melina's worry turned into joy.

It wasn't that the two women were too slow to rescue, but rather that A-Tai's counterattack was too swift. However, Melina and the others hadn't made a wasted trip; at least he didn't have to worry about how to get back to the Round Table Hall.

Volume 2: The Flowing Stars: Chapter 69: Royal City Special Edition, Express Delivery

When Nepheli Lu and Melina rushed into the fake round table and rushed to rescue people, they saw that the assassin Wang Hai Enxia had been knocked to the ground by A'tai.

If they had arrived two minutes later, Ah Ti would have been able to drag En Xia, who was still breathing, out of the fake round table by himself, and they wouldn't have had to rush in to rescue her.

But since they were already there, the female warrior carried her adoptive father's left and right hands and followed A'tai and Melina back to the Round Table Hall. While carrying them, she did not forget to thank A'tai.

Enxia and Nefeli also have some friendship. The female warrior was relieved that A'er was able to give her face and let the assassin Wang Hai go.

Walking out of the portal opened by Melina, the four of them returned from the false dark round table to the real round table hall. They landed in the witch's room. The warm light of the Great Blessing came through the window, giving people a sense of security as always.

"Anyway, I'm glad you're okay." Melina waved her hand, closing the hole. "When I teleported here, I found you, my partner, missing. I was shocked. I never thought Baizhi had secretly tampered with you and thrown you into the abandoned space next door."

"Abandoned space." Ah Tui took a sip of the dew bottle and filled it with blood. "Did he create it by replicating the Round Table?"

"Come on, that Hundred-Eared brat doesn't have that much skill." Melina shrugged. "He simply changed the teleportation path slightly. That abandoned space was a failure when 'Two Fingers' created the Round Table Hall. It wasn't imbued with the Great Blessing, so it was just left aside. It can barely be used as a warehouse for miscellaneous items, but it's not very convenient to enter and exit. I just opened a temporary backdoor this time."

Abandoned, uninhabited spaces are naturally good places for murder and corpse disposal, robbery and ambush. After this lesson, she will pay special attention to A-Tu's situation when teleporting. The witch's self-esteem will not allow the same thing to happen twice under her nose.

"The Round Table Hall is truly an even more magical place than I imagined. Speaking of which..." Ah Tui looked at the female warrior beside him who was pinching Enxia's chin and wildly pouring Red Dew into his mouth. "Why did Nefeli come with you? It's been a long time since we last met in Stonewell City."

"I'm not sure about that, and I haven't had time to ask yet," Melina replied. "After I realized you were missing, I was planning to teleport back to Gallid to see what went wrong, but Nefeli, who was waiting in the lobby, stopped me. She said she knew where you might be."

"Let me take care of the rest." Nefeli blocked the potion leaking from Enxia's nose, and the violent treatment in her hands came to an end.

She pulled out a stack of newspapers and explained why she was waiting in the lobby. "Yesterday, I went to my adoptive father's room to deliver this issue of the Royal City Daily. As I passed by the door, I overheard him and Enxia talking. They were talking about how they were going to kill the owner of the Great Rune and seize all the Great Runes. They'd set the time to teleport back, and they'd even built some sort of automated device for that."

Because her intelligence was only 9 and she couldn't hear clearly through the door, she missed some of the content, but the female warrior still understood the key point of "kill the holder of Da Lu's grace".

Melina raised her hand and asked, "Wait a minute, the godfather you're talking about isn't it Sir Gideon O'Fnir, the Hundred Wisdom?"

"That's right." Nepheli didn't notice the witch's strange look. "My adoptive father adopted me when I was very young, taught me martial arts, and raised me to be a talented person. Although he often calculated things that I didn't understand, he was a good person most of the time."

It is unknown what Sir Baizhi himself would feel when he heard his adopted daughter's evaluation of him. He was just moved by compassion at the time and adopted Nepheli, who had the blood of a storm warrior, and specially trained her to be a fighter.

As a result, he failed to raise the elite and unparalleled storm warrior he had imagined, but instead successfully obtained a barbarian who was incapable of doing delicate things and kept yelling in his ear, causing his blood pressure to rise.

Melina turned her head away and muttered, "I never thought that one day I would hear people say that the old fox was a good person."

Ah Tui whispered back, "Good people and bad people, good things and bad things all depend on one's perspective. At least it's a good thing that Ovnir raised Nepheli to adulthood."

Meanwhile, Nepheli continued, "Because they didn't mention any specific names, it took me several hours after breakfast to recall what happened in Stonewell. Thinking you two hadn't escaped, I sat in the lobby with my eyes wide open all night."

"It's really hard for you to come up with this method of waiting and seeing." Melina didn't know what to say. This stupid method actually worked.

"It's a small matter. Back then, King Gefulei fought for seven days and seven nights without closing his eyes. I was planning to hold out for three days and three nights first." Nepheli laughed heartily. "Besides, I don't like my adoptive father's behavior. You took these Great Runes from the demigods in a fair and square manner. If you really want to take them back, you should challenge them in the same way." She raised her axe and gestured twice. "But you should be much stronger than me now, right? You took down Enxia in just two or three blows, and I heard you even defeated the Starshattering General Latan. What a remarkable feat!"

"How did you know I defeated Latan?" This time it was A'tai's turn to be surprised. "You didn't go to Gallid to participate in the battle festival, did you?"