Elden Ring: A New World Where Melina Survives

(If the story kept going, it could be expanded to reach the Age of the Duskborn.) If the whole world bears you ill will, then keep killing until everyone is afraid of you. That was why Ritz pursued endless power, even slaying the Elden Beast that had lurked in the Lands Between for centuries and ushering in the Age of Stars ending. Looking back, he had lost too much along the way. Everything he had once taken for granted was now buried beneath mountains of corpses and seas of blood. The Maiden of the Flame, who had always stayed by his side; the witch who showed no malice toward him despite his identity and sincerely guided him; the red-haired warrior, trapped by fate yet refusing to bend; and the alluring femboy waiting for him in the Land of Shadow... Just when he thought he was beyond saving, the stone tablet book Ranni brought from the depths of the academy gave Ritz a chance to return to the past. The first thing Ritz did after returning was kill the version of himself who had pursued power. Then, with strength enough to defeat the gods, he set out to rewrite the tragedies of those people. Ranni could see farther ahead. The jackals would always come circling around the Dark Moon, but for now, the most important thing was to protect the people she cherished alongside Ritz.