How to Live as a Knight After the Ending - Chapter 49
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Episode 49. Seongun Silk
Lived.
Ossian thought so as he looked at Anna Grunt.
I ended up receiving some unexpected help from her.
At that moment, Ena’s gaze met Ossian’s.
“With this, I repay my life debt! So I will definitely win!”
Ossian laughed at that bold shout.
“gladly.”
The judge frowned as if he was offended by the sight.
“How dare you.”
The divine power emanating from his body became stronger.
“Does heresy mock the will of God?”
“Whoa!”
Anna screamed.
The flame of the match burning at her fingertips grew stronger and soon burned out all the matches.
Anna reflexively struck the match, and the sealed Holy Flame re-emerged into the Judge’s body.
But that short period of time was enough for Ossian to gain some distance.
The judge ignored Ossian and reached out to Ena.
His original purpose was to kill the witch.
There was no need to waste time arguing with Ossian.
Anna desperately tried to take a new match out of the matchbox, but the Judge’s flames were pouring out faster than she could.
The golden fire shot out in a radial pattern and rushed towards Ena like wildfire.
It was split in half by the Holy Light Sword.
Enna, who saw the hot golden light scattering left and right, stared at Ossian’s back with trembling eyes.
Ossian ignored Ena’s reaction and stared at the judge.
The guy is strong. Not just strong, he’s monster-level.
Even though I had maxed out most of my stats, I was still lacking compared to that monster.
It’s a loss due to the difference in pure power.
So it was right to give up this fight and retreat.
Ossian introduces himself as a knight, but at heart he is just a petty office worker who loves games.
It was natural that the calm calculations in the knight’s head would take precedence over the courage displayed by his body.
The reason he didn’t run away was because he, the petit bourgeois, was shouting.
Fight like a knight. Don’t run away.
The gap between body and mind that had existed until then did not exist at this moment.
It was like that when fighting the Blood Brotherhood, and it is like that now.
Ossian laughed self-deprecatingly.
‘Maybe I was just meant to be a knight from the beginning.’
That’s why Ossian didn’t run away.
No matter how desperate the situation is.
Even if it is an endless darkness spread out before your eyes, do not hesitate.
The darker the world becomes.
Because the stars shine brighter.
“……what.”
Did he notice the subtle change in Ossian’s attitude?
The Judge felt a bad intuition and raised his divine power to the max.
Swish.
The golden fields swayed like a stormy sea at his will.
That incandescent black thing is definitely dangerous.
The cutting power was enough to easily cut through the divine alchemy on this side and even split the flames of purification and judgment.
In terms of sheer power density and sharpness, no disciplined prayer I can wield can compare to that sword.
But that’s a double-edged sword.
Because it was a sword, it could only cut from one direction.
“Father in heaven, let me burn with the fire of perfect mercy.”
As the judge recited the prayer, flames spread rapidly across the field.
The flames that arose from all directions swayed according to the will of the Judge and rushed toward Ossian and Ena.
A sight that looked like a giant tidal wave was coming.
Front, back, left, right.
The holy fire that was rushing in at the same time with no room to escape was something that could not be stopped with a single sword.
“It’s the end.”
As soon as the Judge pronounced, flames engulfed Ossian and Ena.
By this they will be purified and turned to golden ash.
The judge, who was thinking like that, opened his eyes and saw a light flickering in the golden flames.
‘The fire is being pushed out?’
The golden flames that were trying to devour everything seemed to be blocked by something and were unable to exert any force.
Eventually, the Holy Fire, which had lost its strength, slowly subsided and became silent, and the strength that had endured the Holy Fire was revealed to the outside.
It was a pure white sphere.
It’s as if you were to take the twinkling stars from the sky and place them on the ground, and it would feel something like that.
At that moment, a pure white sphere split open from the crown and spread out like flower petals.
Just as magnolia buds bloom in spring, the light spreading out in all directions eventually took hold of a man’s body and transformed into a single shape.
It was a cloak.
A cloak that seemed to be made of fabric cut from brilliant starlight fluttered in the windless air.
The pure white feathers fluttering on the neck and shoulders shone brilliantly.
[Starry Cloud Silk]
A characteristic of the Sky Knight, one of the skills possessed by the Holy Light.
A Jabber skill that wraps the body in a cloak imbued with the power of starlight, increasing all resistance, defense, and movement speed.
Ossian, clad in a cloak of starlight, gazed at the Judge with a more subdued gaze.
“Now.”
The sword held through the gap in his cloak still glowed hot like the Holy Light Sword.
“We have become more similar to each other.”
“… … !”
The judge hastily started the fire.
I didn’t understand why I was so anxious. It was an instinctive reaction that was beyond the realm of cognition.
Once again, fire spread across the field, trying to engulf Ossian and Ena from all sides.
At that moment, Ossian’s cloak moved.
The cloak that had been fluttering as if greatly expanding wrapped around Ossian and Ena’s bodies and turned into a cocoon.
The holy fire poured down on them, but it did not cause any harm to the two people.
Ossian reverted the Nebula Cannon back to its cloak form.
The sight of the kochi that had been blooming like a flower turning into a cloak and sticking to Ossian was beautiful at first glance.
Anna looked at the sight, dumbfounded.
It was amazing how the sword could emit light, but what is that cloak that blocks the golden flames?
‘It’s like a myth.’
I couldn’t believe it even after seeing it.
But even in that situation, Anna did not forget what she had to do.
Anna took out a spare match from her matchbox and nodded at Ossian.
“I’m fine now, so go.”
“Okay.”
Ossian lowered his posture.
It was a posture taken to run away.
Choaaaak!
Immediately afterwards, the cloak emitted a massive blast of energy from its shoulders.
Stardust scattered in all directions like spray, and Ossian used the recoil as a springboard to charge towards the Judge.
Crunch.
The golden fields between Ossian and the Judge were split in half.
It was as if the world was falling apart.
The Judge instinctively created a shield out of Divine Alchemy.
Three layers.
This was the first time he had made so many shields.
Crunch!
With a single blow, three Divine Penance shields were split in half.
The judge’s right arm, which was beyond that, was also cut off.
“… … !”
The severed arm was immediately restored along with the clothes, but the judge could not hide his shock.
It’s so much faster than before.
Is that the effect of the cloak?
The sword, which already had excellent cutting power, became even sharper through the synergy of the speed and power added by the cloak.
Meanwhile, Ossian, who had passed the judge, changed direction.
Without stopping, Ossian’s body, which received the acceleration of the cloak, made a large turn to the side.
A pure white flash of light lingered in the air along its passing trajectory.
It was like seeing the aurora caused by a passing comet.
Soon, the comet racing across the ground again rushed towards the judge.
That holy power did not seem at all heretical.
‘It’s not a heresy?’
The judge gritted his teeth at the thought that came to him instinctively.
It was difficult to accept that his steadfast faith had been shattered in an instant.
Golden flames burned in the Judge’s hands, as if denying his own weakness.
The blazing flames took the form of a weapon. It was a pole arm, containing most of the divine power.
No matter how many layers of shields he put on, they were useless against that sword.
In that case, this side had no choice but to fight back with the same weapon.
“Father in heaven, look upon this lowly lamb.”
The judge recited a prayer.
Earnestly.
Honestly.
That sincere belief ran through his whole body, giving him courage and strength.
The two hands holding the large polearm, which was over 5 meters long, were filled with a golden light.
That wasn’t all.
A golden ring formed above the head, creating a halo.
The shape of the halo resembles a crown of thorns with pointed thorns protruding outward.
“I firmly believe that in these hands is the glorious victory.”
The judge’s expressionless face became filled with emotion.
It contained not only frustration and anger about the current situation, but also a sense of arrogance that he could not lose to Ossian.
“Then I will dedicate it to my father.”
Ossian, who was rushing towards the judge, could clearly see his expression.
“You look good.”
The other person may not have been able to hear the muttering, but judging by the stronger hostility they felt towards him, he must have sensed it.
The referee took a stance.
I was planning to swing my golden polearm, which contained all the divine power, at the right time as Ossian approached.
He has wrapped all sorts of buffs around his body and strengthened himself to the max, and has even prepared an alchemy weapon with the maximum divine power.
That’s the real intention to give it your all.
Ossian did not avoid that confrontation.
The stardust sprayed by the cloak behind his back became more vivid and intense.
Ossian became a single flash of light and approached the Judge within arm’s reach.
The judge swung his polearm as if he had been waiting.
The Holy Light Sword and the Golden Polearm clashed.
The light flashed brightly at the clash of forces.
The light condensed into a single point and then slowly expanded in size.
The golden fields that touched the golden light scattered like spheres and scattered like powder.
Even Anna, who was watching anxiously from a distance, had no choice but to cover her eyes with both hands.
‘What, what’s going on!’
After a while, Ena confirmed that the light had slowly subsided and lowered the arm covering her eyes.
She looked at the center of the explosion with wide eyes.
Where the golden fields had disappeared, a large crater had formed.
“Hey, did you win?”
The one standing upright was Ossian, and the one who fell was the Judge.
In the end, Ossian won.
The judge, who had fallen to the ground, looked up at the sky blankly.
The sky was so clear and pure that it didn’t match the commotion on earth.
As if it were completely unrelated to the flow of the world.
How long has it been since I last looked up at the sky like this?
My father was said to be up there, but he always just clasped his hands and bowed his head in prayer.
He looked down, not up, and only swung his bloody hammer at heretics and the wicked.
There was no resistance.
Because I believed it was right.
But for the first time, he suffered defeat.
chuck.
The tip of Ossian’s sword aimed under the Judge’s chin.
The eternal starlight that had been blazing was no more.
But considering my current physical condition, even if it weren’t for the starlight, it would all be over the moment I cut off his neck.
Is this the end?
When the judge thought so, Ossian opened his mouth.
“What’s your name?”
“… … ?”
Why are you suddenly asking that?
Do you think he’s going to insult me ??right before he kills me?
But the judge quickly changed his mind.
The Ossian he felt while fighting was never the type of person to insult or do anything to anyone.
So, if you’re asking because you’re really curious about the name,
“… …Martinez.”
The judge himself couldn’t understand why he had answered the name.
When Ossian heard the name, he thought it was quite interesting and repeated it several times before quickly putting away his sword.
“It’s Ossian.”
“… … Aren’t you going to kill me?”
“okay.”
“Why?”
Ossian said nonchalantly.
“You have shown me mercy once, so it is right that I show you mercy too.”
It wasn’t a lie.
In fact, Ossian was quite satisfied with the current situation.
Not only did I win the fight, I also gained access to a new skill from the Holy Light.
‘It felt like I was finally doing PVP with a paladin, and it made me think of old times.’
The fight with Martinez was nostalgic enough.
So, I decided to show mercy for once.
“… … The church will not tolerate your existence.”
“Really? Then you can come as many times as you want.”
Ossian was rather pleased with the news.
It was clear that fighting such a strong opponent would allow one to use new characteristics.
Martinez was speechless at the sight of Ossian’s delighted face.
“And you still look young, so don’t tell me you’ve already lived through everything in the world.”
As he said this, Ossian took back his sword and put it back in its sheath.
Martinez opened his mouth, looking at Ossian with an unreadable gaze.
“I am…….”
Squeak. Boom!
A jeep hit Martinez as he was trying to say something.
Martinez was thrown far away and crashed into the dirt.
Ossian stared blankly at Martinez, who had flown away.
At that moment, the driver’s seat window opened and Ena spoke with a relieved face.
“Okay, let’s go now!”
“… … .”