The Clown Was Me?

After several days of hard fighting, basically all the players who had gotten their hands on Elden Ring in the first batch had either already cleared their first playthrough or reached the late stages of the story.

Song Ren was the same. He had not paid much attention to the discussions online about Elden Ring's balance and such.

After all, as long as he enjoyed playing the game, that was enough.

After returning to the Golden Tree's hall once more and defeating the "Fist King," Song Ren was filled with emotion.

He knew the game's final battle was about to begin.

Thinking carefully over all the bosses in the game, every one of them had left an incredibly deep impression on him.

Take the Cathedral in the royal capital, for example. When he had first encountered Morgott, the Omen King, the awful experience Margit the Fell Omen had given him early in the game made him think Omens were all bad news. Combined with the way Morgott had berated the assembled ministers in the CG, he had seemed like a furious clown throwing a tantrum.

But as Song Ren gradually learned more about the story, he came to understand Morgott's appeal. It could be said that Morgott was the boss he respected most in the entire game.

Under the Erdtree Dynasty, Morgott had been born with the Omen curse and lived in darkness, shackled and scorned by others. He had not even been permitted to inherit his father Godfrey's surname.

Yet even so, Morgott had never stopped loving the Erdtree Dynasty.

Later, Godfrey, the first lord, was exiled and became a Tarnished, leaving the Lands Between. The queen married her own incarnation, Radagon. Godwyn, the Golden Prince and rightful heir, had his soul murdered on the Night of the Black