How to Live as a Knight After the Ending - Chapter 107



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Episode 107. The Guardian’s Identity (2)

Iron griddle.

Footsteps were heard in the darkness.

It was the sound of iron clashing with iron. At the same time, the pungent smell of blood spread out.

It was the smell of the corpses of the enemies I had just cut down.

A red glow emerged from the darkness.

The moment Osian saw it, he intuitively felt that his fears had become reality.

“Is that the Guardian?”

Balud questioned the Guardian’s appearance.

At least compared to the Guardians he had encountered through his knowledge, the one who had just revealed himself was quite unique.

Considering that the Guardian is usually a being that transcends humanity, it is common for them to be large in size and have a scary appearance.

But what was revealed now was exactly the size of a person.

And that’s not all. Its appearance also resembles a human being.

“Don’t let your guard down. He’s the strongest of them all.”

“What does that mean?”

“That guy is modeled after me.”

Everyone’s eyes turned to Ossian’s shocking words.

“Have you forgotten what the stone tablet said? It said we would be put through a test. That test was that if many people gathered together, the strongest warrior would turn against them.”

“You mean… … .”

Illua opened her mouth wide as she recalled the contents of the stone tablet.

“Are you saying that the guardian of the ruins imitates the strongest person?”

“I wish it was just an imitation.”

Ossian felt a little regretful that he had only remembered that now.

To that extent, the guardian of the relics who has now appeared is so famous that it is unforgettable for those who have played the game.

Mutant doppelganger.

There are countless boss monsters he’s encountered while playing the game, but none of them were as difficult as this one.

Because it imitates it based on the user’s information and data.

However, if it is a normal doppelganger, it is only a lower version of the real thing.

But this guy was different.

‘A mutant doppelganger is a special entity that is different from a normal doppelganger and can be called a mutant. This is why it is a boss monster.’

It implements its own form based on the user’s information.

If the opponent is a wizard, become a wizard.

If the opponent is a knight, then be a knight.

If the opponent is a warlock, then use a warlock.

And now.

This mutant doppelganger gained the powers of the strongest person who entered this ruin.

It was Ossian.

“Wait a minute. I can’t let that go that easily. If you were to follow the strongest person, wouldn’t it be right to follow me?”

“What do you mean? Of course you should follow me, a wizard!”

Balud and Terence got angry and stepped forward after being told that they had followed Ossian.

“Is now the time to be saying something like that?!”

Thalia couldn’t help but point out, why do men argue about who is the best in a place like this?

Meanwhile, the Guardian, fully revealed, stood in front of the group.

It was a knight wearing black armor with a reddish glow around the seams.

Red eyes flashed through the slits in the helmet he wore on his face, and pure white hair flowed down from the nape of his helmet.

Above all, the knight’s body type resembled that of a woman.

It wasn’t just her appearance, she was actually a woman.

Ossian’s expression hardened coldly.

A peculiar intuition that sensed danger rang alarm bells like crazy in my brain.

Swish.

The black knight raised the sword he was holding in his hand.

It was a pitch-black sword, as if its blade had been engulfed in darkness. It also looked as if it had been carved from obsidian.

The gaze of the black knight holding the sword becomes stronger.

Hurrah!

The sword is imbued with starlight.

It was not the pure white starlight that Ossian used, but a dark red color that felt eerie just by looking at it.

[Salseonggeom (Killing Star Sword)]

It shot out in a stream about 3 meters long and reached the wall of the ruins.

Cheeeeek!

The walls of the ruins could not withstand the high heat and turned vermilion, then began to melt and fizzle.

“Is this how it ends up like this?”

The guy is a ‘mutant’ doppelganger.

Unlike regular doppelgangers that purely copy the original appearance, this one is implemented in a distorted form.

The only thing to follow is your job.

Everything else is implemented ‘in reverse’.

Because Ossian was a black-haired man, the guy became a white-haired woman.

Above all, what we must be wary of is that implementing ‘the opposite’ also includes skills.

A typical example of this was when encountering the priesthood.

Priests usually use blessings, prayers, and divine powers to create effects centered around flashy lights and gold.

However, the priest transformed into a mutant doppelganger is the opposite.

Just looking at them causes a gloomy, black aura, curses and despair, and causes massive destruction.

The same goes for the Paladin. When transformed into a Paladin, the mutant doppelganger wields the ominous aura of blood rather than divine power.

Users unanimously called it this after seeing it implemented in a completely different way, following the playable character.

A being whose occupation is reversed.

A blackened player.

“Everyone, step back!”

Ossian shouted and drew his sword.

A starlight of mixed white and blue soared from the tip of the sword.

Immediately afterwards, the Guardian swung his sword.

Kwaaaaang!

The crimson flesh and white light collided, sending out a large shockwave of light and light into the surrounding area.

Cracks appeared on the ground where Ossian and the Guardians stood, and the aftershock alone caused some of the explorers to lose their balance and fall backwards.

“Your opponent is me.”

Ossian exploded starlight from his eyes.

The Guardian’s red eyes stared at Ossian. At this moment, the Guardian also felt who the most dangerous enemy was.

Ossian, who had deflected the Guardian’s sword, gripped the handle with both hands and swung it wildly.

The guardian did not support him and held his sword horizontally to defend.

Boom!

The explosion rang out again. Ossian tried to press down on it, but realized that it wasn’t working as he had hoped.

‘As expected. The stats are the same as mine.’

The same goes for strength, agility, and endurance.

However, in terms of skills, they were not equal. Rather, the skills used by the mutant doppelganger were even stronger than those of the original.

Of course, that was obvious. He was a boss monster by position.

No matter how strong the user is, his pure specs are bound to be higher.

‘Instead of going to the ruins from the entrance like in the game, I went in from the back door and realized it too late.’

The stone tablet gave a hint, but that made it even harder to understand.

Yeah. They were all just empty excuses. Honestly, knowing that wouldn’t have changed anything.

Would you have given up if you knew there was a mutant doppelganger here?

People who were meant to come will come anyway, and the mutant doppelgangers will have changed into jobs other than their own.

‘In the game, the guy was so strong that users had to hunt him using tricks.’

Before entering the boss room, you must take off all your equipment.

Then the boss will appear without any items equipped, just like the user.

The user can re-equip the equipment at that moment, but once the doppelganger has changed, it cannot change again.

By doing so, I was able to easily deal with the doppelganger, who had no weapon and could not use any skills.

But now that it has become reality, it is different.

There is no separate boss room, so it will probably detect the presence of an intruder and change form the moment you enter any part of the ruins.

There was no way to know that in the first place, and even if I had known, I couldn’t just take off all my clothes and go around.

It hasn’t changed that this is how it will end up.

‘So we have no choice but to fight.’

A cloak of starlight was draped over Ossian’s shoulders.

One of the characteristics of Seonggwang, [Seongun Silk], has been activated.

The Guardian’s helmet’s eyes lit up when he saw that sight, and he used the same technique.

Not the brilliant star that Ossian uses, but the light of the Star of Death.

[Black Star Building]

It means rags of a black star.

It had a crude appearance that could be compared to Ossian’s, which was decorated with gorgeous feathers around its neck, but it looked even more ferocious because of that.

Kwakwakwakwang!

A pure white cloak and a black cloak tangled in the air.

The two cloaks moved freely, blocking the opponent’s attacks or targeting vital points, and in the meantime, the two people’s swords clashed.

People who were tired of the fighting retreated.

That wasn’t a fight you could interfere with.

While everyone was surprised at how strong Ossian was, they were also terrified by the death-dealing power the Guardian unleashed.

“Wake up!”

Terence was the first to come to his senses.

He shouted to his sister, Thalia.

“Thalia! Get the people out!”

“Ha, but… … !”

“Anyway, staying here is just going to end in death! Hurry up!”

Terence’s judgment was correct. Thalia bit her lip and stood up the people, directing the wizards.

Terence watched the fight between Ossian and the Guardian.

Strong. It was the first time I felt this much awe watching someone fight.

But there was a reason why this side could not back down.

“What? You didn’t run away?”

“That person.”

There was one more person who did not leave: Balud.

When Terence snapped at him as to why he didn’t go that way, Balud adjusted his glasses and answered.

“I also have a reason why I can’t back out. If I go back empty-handed like this, I won’t have the face to face my subordinates.”

“Huh. For a criminal, he’s pretty sane.”

“You, a young wizard, are quite strong.”

Terence and Balud made an unspoken agreement at this moment.

Meanwhile, Ossian, who was losing in the power struggle, took a small step back.

“Hmm. I guess it’s hard to face it head-on.”

Ossian narrowed his eyes at the tingling sensation he felt in his hands.

Even if the stats are the same, the skill output is different.

The wandering knight’s skills were the strongest in single-player combat among all jobs, but the mutant doppelganger’s skills were half a level higher than that.

In particular, the power of the sword of murder was such that even the sword of holy light had to avoid a head-on fight.

As Ossian stepped back slightly, the Guardian adjusted his grip on his sword and took a stance.

The death star embedded in the sword burned even more intensely.

At that moment, a wave of cold air engulfed the Guardian.

Tsk tsk tsk!

A chill swept through, and spikes of ice shot out from the ground.

It was one of the Barbarian’s skills, [Wave of Frost].

It was a technique that could instantly freeze an opponent, but it was no use to the Guardian.

The black cloak worn by the Guardian moved on its own to block the ice picks as well as the waves of frost.

Plop!

Solid ice picks shattered or melted with a single swipe of the knife.

But these attacks were intended to buy time from the beginning.

What happened next was real.

“Everyone, step back!”

The 3-star flame magic Chain Detonation has been activated.

‘Wouldn’t that be enough?’

As if he had read Ossian’s thoughts, Terence created fire with his right hand and cast another spell with his left.

3-star wind attribute magic.

[TOEPLE squall]

A sudden gust of wind was added to the explosions that occurred in succession.

The explosion, which had been strong to begin with, instantly grew several times larger and engulfed an entire area of ??space.

Pubbubububu!

A hot flame exploded, burning oxygen within it and releasing heat into the surroundings.

It was such a powerful magic that even Ossian had to step back a little.

‘Using two magics at the same time?’

Ossian looked at Terence with a gaze that seemed to be seeing him again.

Terence looked a little tired, but he didn’t seem to have overworked himself.

Even if you use magic of different attributes, it’s a separate matter to deploy them at the same time.

If he can do this much magic at that age, it’s definitely not an ordinary talent.

‘No way, that guy.’

While Ossian pondered such thoughts, Terence frowned.

Because beyond the burning space, a black shadow walked out as if nothing had happened.

“Are you a crazy monster? You got hit by that and you’re fine?”

Terence said with a smile. He said it like that, but his head was spinning quickly as he unleashed his next spell.

Terence lightly stomped his foot. One side of the ground the Guardian was standing on sank, causing the Guardian’s body to stumble, losing its balance.

At that moment, lightning struck the Guardian’s crown along with a flash of sparks in the air.

Kwaarrung!

‘From the Gaia School’s earth magic to the Tonan School’s lightning magic?’

There are already four properties that have been used. There was no guarantee that other properties would not be used here.

‘That guy too.’

Ossian looked at Terence again.

I felt he was extraordinary from the first time I saw him, but he was also a wizard with heroic talent.

But even though I knew that, there was no time to be happy.

The guardian who was struck by lightning shook himself off and got up from his seat as if nothing had happened.

And that’s not all.

Swish.

The moon rose above the Guardian’s head. It was a blue, cold full moon.

But suddenly one side of the full moon began to turn dark, and soon the crescent-shaped moon began to glow a gloomy red.

On the red day, a single drop of blood fell directly onto the Guardian’s helmet.

From where the drop fell, the Guardian’s black armor was instantly dyed red.

The sturdy medieval armor-like design has been transformed into a fluid form reminiscent of something a dancer from the southern desert might wear.

The crimson sword he was holding in one hand soon transformed into two red chakrams.

“What the hell is this?”

Terence muttered that without realizing it.

The guardian holding the chakram with blood-red energy swaying in his hand took a stance.

[Moon Eclipse Sword]

[New Moon Dancer]