How to Live as a Knight After the Ending - Chapter 109



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Episode 109. The Slanting Sun (2)

The techniques used by the Guardians are, of course, techniques derived from the Wandering Knights.

[Salseong (??)] in contrast to [Seonggwang (??)]

[Lunar eclipse] as opposed to [moon mark]

And the third characteristic.

It was [slanting sun] in contrast to [sun wheel].

Sa-il (??). A word that refers to sunset or sunrise.

It literally meant the setting sun.

Originating from the sight of the world turning red as the sun sets, this technology boasted vicious performances that lived up to its name.

The obsidian sword floating in the sky became a sphere, bathed in bright red light.

It was like a sun burning down the setting world.

Woohoo.

The Guardian spread his arms.

The Guardian’s body rose lightly into the air and reached beneath the sun.

The man in black armor, with the red sun on his back, looked down at Ossian with eyes filled with fierce murder.

“her.”

Ossian found himself laughing in vain.

The dark interior of the ruins was filled with blood.

“Yeah. Is this the next phase?”

In the original game, there was no such concept of phase for him.

If you say that this is a change that occurred as it became reality, then it is a change.

The Guardian pointed his finger at Ossian.

Now that he was wielding the power of [Sail], he had no need for the sword.

Shushu shushuk!

Because ominous swords were shot like bullets from the bright red sun floating in the sky towards Ossian.

Yes, that’s right.

The sphere floating in the air right now was the sword he was using.

Ossian hurriedly stepped back.

In every place he passed, red swords stabbed into the corn and dug into the ground.

It didn’t just end with the black stick, it started to shake and then exploded in a spectacular way.

Kwakwakwakwang!

A series of massive explosions occurred. Shock waves swept through the passageway. Ossian was not immune to the aftermath.

It was fortunate that I was wearing the holy light armor, otherwise my skin might have been burned.

“You’re so damn strong.”

It was a destructive power that I had never felt when I was beyond the monitor.

My skin felt like it was being cooked just by the heat I could feel through the armor. The acrid smell of something burning tickled my nose.

The Guardian reached out to Ossian again. Ossian saw it and ran as if he was throwing himself next to him.

Wherever Ossian passed, red blades flew and struck him.

“joy.”

Ossian ran along the ground, stepped onto the wall, and jumped to the other side.

The moment you step on the opposite wall, put strength into your legs again and jump to the other side again.

So, Ossian, who had been floating up and down the wall, reached the same eye level as the Guardian.

Phew!

The pure white starlight in my hand burned brightly.

Ossian tried to strike down the Holy Light Sword, but the Guardian seemed to have expected this and moved on to the next action.

As the Guardian raised both arms, a red sun shone.

The sun’s energy pulsed and shot a long stream of flame toward Ossian.

Ossian, who had come within striking distance of the Guardian, was hit by the flames and was forced to fly far back.

If I were naked, it would have been enough to melt my bones. I was able to survive thanks to the Holy Light Armor and the Holy Cloud Silk.

Ossian, who had been thrown to the ground, sat up lightly.

The floor of the ruins was dug up as if it had been dug with a hoe. The intensity of the flames just now must have been that strong.

‘The access itself is difficult.’

The moment you rise into the air to approach, you become prey to the guy.

Because the knight can’t move in the air.

‘If I were to unlock the third trait as well, the story would be different.’

There seemed to be no way to do that right away.

The Guardian’s attacks continued.

The blade was once again fired from the red sun towards Ossian.

Ossian moved left and right, dodging the blades as best he could.

Rain from the sun of death.

I avoided it as much as possible, and if I got hit, I deflected it with the Holy Light Sword.

Even though he tried to take advantage of an opening like that, the Guardian was not easy.

The bastard pushed Ossian tenaciously, as if he would never allow him to approach.

‘That’s strange.’

Ossian examined the Guardian’s condition.

The guy was clearly aiming for Ossian, causing trouble for anyone who saw him.

‘I understand that you’re upset because I beat you up, but I feel like you’re obsessed to a point where it feels a little strange.’

Ossian focused on evasion, but also kept a close eye on the Guardian’s condition over the helmet.

The tingling sensation soon disappeared along with a clear answer.

‘That guy is pretty tired.’

Other people might not know, but Ossian could tell.

The Guardian was now tired. The evidence of this was the slight shaking of his shoulders.

‘I see. The injuries I inflicted on you were not minor.’

Although he may look fine on the outside, his body inside the armor is probably pretty much ruined.

That was also the reason why I deliberately attacked in a forced manner. Because if I fell here, I would be killed by Ossian.

So, he was planning to kill Ossian somehow before he died.

“Then the power you are using now must be quite excessive.”

… … !

The Guardian felt himself flinch at Ossian’s words, which hit the nail on the head.

He tried hard to deny it, but he couldn’t hide it when his body was already worsening from the injury.

‘He was already impatient, but I can feel that he is becoming more desperate.’

There was nothing he could do since his injury was revealed.

If we just waste time like this, the Guardian’s injuries will worsen and he will collapse.

Ossian didn’t need to fight, he just had to leave the guy alone.

It was a simple fight, where you just had to keep your distance and watch until the guy collapsed from exhaustion.

The Guardian also knew that, so he felt a sense of defeat.

Since his weakness had been exposed, defeat was virtually certain.

When Ossian saw such a guardian, he took off the Holy Light Armor he was wearing.

The Guardian was wary that Ossian would back down, but he didn’t.

Instead, Ossian slowly approached the Guardian, even removing his Holy Light Sword and only wrapping his cloak around his shoulders.

… … .

The Guardian’s red eyes trembled in confusion like a candle flickering in the wind.

I didn’t understand.

Ossian didn’t need to fight this fight. He could have just chosen the easy option of waiting for the Guardian to fall from exhaustion.

But Ossian didn’t do that.

Rather, he approached the guardian as if he was trying to show off, showing with his own body that he had no intention of running away.

The Guardian didn’t understand that.

Why? Why give up an easy fight? What’s the point?

Ossian smiled faintly at the guardian and took hold of his sword.

“You can buy as much time as you want until you collapse. You can run away for a bit. There’s no need to risk your life and continue the dangerous fight.”

The Guardian, who carried the Sun of Death on his back, was now an impregnable fortress that no one could dare oppose.

It was crazy to even confront it head-on.

But why on earth?

“But that is not honorable.”

Ossian’s sword was dyed blue.

Ossian split the blue light that had reached its limit into two pieces and held them in each hand.

Moonlight Sword.

“Fleeing in the face of the enemy? How could a knight do that?”

The opponent is not an unmanageable monster, but a knight who can wield powers similar to one’s own.

Are you trying to run away while buying time in a cowardly manner when you have an opponent like that?

What in the world could be more shameful than that?

This was also my pride as a gamer.

A boss monster that is much stronger than you.

The guy was squeezing out his last bit of strength and decorating the final phase.

And you want me to step down? The person who loved this world more than anyone else?

No, it won’t work.

That shouldn’t have happened.

A battle against an enemy with a weak power, and a final attack.

That was the victory he truly desired.

“So you don’t have to worry.”

A white cloak on the shoulders.

In both hands he holds a pair of blue swords.

To counter the power of the sun, he stared straight at the Ossian Guardian, who was adorned with the power of both the stars and the moon.

“I won’t run away. I’ll confront you head on, right here, right now.”

There was no deception in his sincere voice.

The Guardian’s eyes, which had been filled with surprise, confusion, and anxiety, changed.

The destructive, pulsating red light slowly subsided and he stared at Ossian with a calm expression.

Even though they were enemies who were after each other’s lives.

At this moment, the Guardian also acknowledged Ossian as an opponent and wanted to treat him with respect.

Even though he was a doppelganger who only copied his powers and abilities.

However, the Guardian was also a ‘knight’.

The Guardian reached out his hand towards Ossian and nodded.

Come on. The player will yield.

Ossian smiled faintly at the sight and nodded.

“Yes. As a challenger, I will accept that consideration.”

He lowered his body, holding the twin swords. The shape of the cloak draped over his shoulders changed, and a strong stardust sprayed behind him.

Run.

Ossian, whose body had become lighter after removing his armor, ran like the wind.

At the same time, the length of ice on the ground added acceleration to Ossian’s movements.

The speed was so fast that even the Guardian missed the movement for a split second.

However, the Guardian is also a being who protects this relic, and at the same time, is a being granted the power of a knight.

The Guardians immediately used the power of the sun to stop Ossian.

The sun of death shone brightly, scattering blood light.

A bloody blade was fired, aiming at Ossian.

Ossian dodged the flying arrows or swung his dual swords to deflect them.

The blade, soaked in hot heat, was offset by the power of the moonlight and scattered into the air without exploding.

However, the intense heat still remained, so it accumulated damage to Ossian little by little.

But it was okay.

Because all I had to do was avoid direct hits.

‘If I get hit just once, I’m defeated.’

In the midst of the pouring attacks, I had to squeeze through the narrow gap to reach my destination.

An extreme tightrope walk where even the slightest mistake between countless red lines could cost you your life.

Ossian continued on, dodging, blocking, and deflecting the rain of destruction.

The Guardian’s momentum has changed.

The sunlight grew stronger and the blade no longer fell.

Instead, a sunspot-like thing appeared on the sun’s surface, and soon a huge explosion occurred along with a flare.

[Dark line explosion]

The massive flare was compressed into a single point and ejected.

It was like a narrow, thin laser.

It protruded dozens of feet from various places on the sun’s surface.

Jiiing.

The walls of the ruins where the red laser had scraped past turned crimson, then began to ooze and melt, spewing out magma from within.

Dozens of such rays swept across the surrounding area like glowing mirror balls.

A power that would burn your lungs with the aftermath if you just inhaled it, not just brushed past.

But Ossian did not stop.

A red beam of light flew straight towards Ossian.

The moment it touched Ossian’s body, it burst with a bang and collapsed.

The Guardian stared at the sight with a slightly complicated gaze, then had no choice but to open his eyes wide.

The smoke from the explosion contained bluish pieces of crystal.

Ossian appeared around a beautifully sparkling piece of crystal.

Not just one, but nearly ten.

The cold air they carried collided with the surrounding heat, creating white vapor.

It looked like it was surrounded by clouds.

[Wind, Clouds, Water, and Moon]

The bewildered Guardian spread the power of the sun around him.

Ossian’s clones either collapsed under the power of the sun or moved to avoid its power.

The falling rays of death, the pouring blood-red blades, and the intense flames that fill the surroundings.

In a hellish environment where people could not move while alive, the clones fell apart one by one.

But eventually, Ossian was able to reach the Guardian’s level.

Jjajajak!

Ice rose and grew obliquely along the path of Ossian’s sword swing.

Ossian, who had been sliding across the ice, kicked off the ice and jumped into the air.

The starlight of the cloak spraying on both shoulders rose to its maximum.

The Guardian reached out to the sun.

The sun gathered into a single point and transformed into a blood-red sword.

The Guardian grabbed the sword and swung it at the approaching Ossian.

‘Coming.’

The power of that sword, which compressed the sun, was truly destructive.

To deal with it, this side also had to demonstrate technology that was equivalent to it, or even better.

Should I use the Holy Light then? No. The moment I switch to the Holy Light here, my neck will be cut off.

I had to subdue it with the power of the moon.

But how?

‘It’s being made.’

The best swordsmanship needed right now.

Don’t think with your head. Follow your instincts.

At this moment, the knight’s body, pushed to its limit, unleashed its explosive potential.

Ossian combined the twin swords he held in both hands into one.

The two blades were aligned in a row, and a cool, cold air rose up from the empty space between them.

The cold particles caught the light and scattered colors around them.

[Moonmark Sword]

His own unique writing technique, created on the spot.

[A clear and rainbow-covered day]

The two knights crossed in the air.

In the ruined hallway, the two landed still with their backs to each other.

Ossian looked back.

“It was a good fight.”

Damn.

The Guardian’s sword cracked and then broke into two pieces.