How to Live as a Knight After the Ending - Chapter 64
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Episode 64. Tangled Flow (1)
“What, what is this? Why is it like this?”
Croix was puzzled by the sight of the fleshy mass reacting strangely.
The eyed fleshy creature had powers befitting its hideous appearance.
The incarnation of an ancient god.
Although it is said that it only has a very small portion of the original flesh, it is a being that possesses the power of an ancient god.
Just appearing in this place would have caused Attila, who possessed the greatest sensitivity, to exhaust all his strength and suffer long-lasting aftereffects.
I called with such great determination, so what on earth is this response?
Gulp.
Between the writhing tentacles and the mass of flesh, large eyes wandered about, lost.
Normally, just staring at your enemy with an arrogant expression would have been enough to make them terrified, but in reality, you were the one who was terrified, while Ossian’s face was somewhat indifferent.
‘Why does his expression look so relaxed?’
Normally, when encountering an incarnation, humans would be terrified, but Ossian was so relaxed that his eyes were shining.
Rather, the incarnation was avoiding Ossian’s gaze.
“Hoo, do you recognize me?”
Ossian was reassured by the reaction of the incarnate body.
That incarnation knows itself.
‘Come to think of it, when I finished the 99th time, I cleared the regional quest thinking it would be the last.’
At first, it was hard to fight the incarnation, but once you got to the 99th round, it was no longer difficult and there was nothing to do.
The stamina of the incarnation, which had increased in proportion to the turn, was considerably high, but the attack power, damage, and control that had increased even more than that crushed everything.
In the 99th round, while fighting the incarnation, Ossian achieved a new record of the shortest no-hit clear.
He literally took down the incarnation without getting hit even once, and he was the fastest player to do so compared to any other user.
Of course, the incarnation I fought back then is the same as the one appearing before my eyes now.
It was said that he was the one who had the memories of the 99th time Ossian played.
Gulp.
It was an embarrassing situation for the incarnate body.
Even though it was a long time ago, I clearly remember it.
Even if it was an incarnation that had some of the power, not the main body, how could I forget being beaten like a dog with a bad reputation?
This was the first time that the ancient gods, who treated humans as beings worse than insects, felt fear of human existence.
But why is that person here?
That guy is definitely the stake of the world… … .
Gulp.
The bundle of tentacles trembled like an aspen tree.
The large, frightened eyes were saying this.
-Why is that monster here?
If they were just similar in appearance, it wouldn’t have mattered. However, the moment he saw Ossian, he could tell by the power within him.
That’s him.
The man who brought shame upon himself.
A knight who displayed transcendent strength while still being human, and could unleash celestial powers from his sword!
“hmm?”
Gulp.
When Ossian reacted strangely, the incarnation shook violently as if it was suffering from epilepsy, and then soon disappeared as if it was shrinking into a single point and was summoned back.
They say it’s a summoning, but in reality it’s an escape.
Croix could only look at the sight with a look of bewilderment.
‘The incarnation ran away in fear? And from a human at that?’
It was something I couldn’t believe even after seeing it with my own eyes.
Attila, the younger sister who had expended enormous strength to summon the incarnation, raised her head.
“Oh, sis.”
“Attila. What the hell is going on? Why did the incarnation suddenly… ?”
“It showed tremendous emotional turmoil.”
Attila shuddered in fear, wrapping his arms around his body as if he had completely received the emotions felt by the incarnation.
“You must never fight that human.”
“Attila, are you okay? Even though I called your incarnation, you seem to be better than before.”
“uh?”
Attila also expressed doubts as to whether he realized his situation.
She was always in a state of nervous breakdown because of the voice of the ancient god. That was also the reason why she stuttered.
In severe cases, hallucinations may occur, and the tentacles may fly around uncontrollably due to uncontrolled strength.
That’s why she was labeled a high-level threat and locked up in prison, even though she had no malicious intent.
But now Attila was fine.
Her head was clear and her speech was not stammering. Even the tentacles that usually fluttered outside her body were unusually calm today.
Attila touched every part of her body and shed tears.
“Uh, Sister Croa. I… I’m really fine now.”
“Attila… … .”
Croix hugged his little sister tightly in his arms.
She was a younger sister who always lived in suffering because of the power of the ancient god.
Attila’s overly outstanding sensitivity and talent brought him both strength and pain.
Although she had the qualities to become a saint if she had believed in another god, she was branded a dangerous being even in Tirna because of the ancient gods.
Although he tried to comfort Attila by telling him that it would be okay, he was the one who truly believed, more than anyone else, that it was impossible for him to do so given that he possessed the power of an ancient god.
“Attila… … !”
“Sister!”
The sisters hugged each other with tears of emotion.
“… … What on earth is going on?”
In particular, Princess Orlean’s expression was spectacular.
Sisters who are followers of the ancient god who came looking for their lives.
He cornered Ossian using horrifying sorcery that was scary to look at, and as a last resort, he even summoned an incarnation that could be called a piece of the god’s flesh.
At that time, Orlea thought it was the end. No matter how strong Ossian was, he thought that he couldn’t do anything because he was human.
How distressed and tormented he must have felt at the thought that he had been saved by him and that he could not repay the kindness.
Until just a moment ago.
“… … .”
The fleshy incarnation that made one feel dizzy and nauseous just by looking at it turned its back on Ossian and ran away.
I couldn’t believe it even though I saw it with my own eyes.
Even when I tried to think about it, I couldn’t understand it.
‘What the heck is that guy… … .’
The sisters Krua and Attila, who realized this too late, also had fear mixed in their eyes as they looked at Ossian.
‘What the heck is that guy?’
‘I can’t feel any emotion from your expression. Rather, I feel unpleasant right now.’
Ossian felt a sense of regret at the ambiguous ending to the situation.
‘It’s a shame. I wanted to try again.’
The moment I saw the incarnation, memories of playing the game with all my heart came to mind.
It is not a lump of 3D graphics seen beyond a computer monitor, but an incarnation realized in actual reality.
Although he felt a slight pressure from that realistic discomfort, the knight’s body easily suppressed that minor emotional turmoil.
All that remains is intense curiosity.
In a world that has changed completely after hundreds of years, I once again encounter a guy who still has the same appearance as before.
Will he still have the same strength as before? What will his attack patterns be? Now that he’s become a reality, won’t he become more diverse, breaking free of the limitations of the game system? Or maybe he’ll use techniques we’ve never seen before.
As a gamer, and as one of the world’s biggest fans and veterans, it was a desire I simply couldn’t resist.
But the incarnation guy started to run away as if he recognized me.
The obvious confusion in his demeanor convinced Ossian that the creature was indeed an incarnation of the ancient god he knew.
Ossian’s gaze turned to the sisters Croix and Attila.
“Ugh.”
“Eek!”
The two sisters hugged each other more tightly.
Ossian stared at the two sisters in silence. Under his intense gaze, Krua broke out in a cold sweat, and Attila rolled his eyes and was on the verge of fainting.
“Can I call him again?”
Ossian’s question was enough to further shock the two sisters.
That horrible monster is gone, but instead of feeling relieved, you ask if you can call him again?
I could tell right away that this wasn’t a question asked out of anxiety that he might be summoned again, but rather a question asked out of genuine regret.
The two sisters thought.
They are now picking a fight with a truly absurd person.
“Okay.”
Ossian turned his head and approached Orlea.
As the tension that had been running high to the limit suddenly subsided, Krua asked Ossian.
“Aren’t you going to kill us?”
Ossian stopped walking and turned his head slightly to answer.
“okay.”
“Why? We were targeting you… … .”
“Because I didn’t feel alive during the attack.”
Croix and Attila had no intention of killing Ossian from the beginning.
Although the technology used may look ugly on the outside, its actual intention was closer to incapacitating the opponent.
If he had tried to kill me, I would have responded in kind, but since I didn’t, I was shown mercy once.
More than that, Ossian was reluctant to touch them.
‘The reason is something like a simple feeling.’
But Ossian knew that he could not ridicule this feeling, so he decided to follow that judgment.
“Above all, I think of it as a reward for showing you something fun to watch after a long time.”
To call the incarnation made from the flesh of an ancient god a mere spectacle?
The size of the bowl is different.
It’s so beyond my understanding why a guy like that would be working as a problem solver in a city like this.
Still, the sisters Krua and Attila were relieved that they had survived.
Even though I failed this mission and might end up in prison again, where is my life?
Thanks to the Ancient God’s retreat, Attila’s condition also improved, so Krua had nothing to be sorry about.
Because I will never give up for the freedom that will come someday.
“No way. No way. What if you do it that way?”
Phew!
It was then that a sharp metal spear flew from somewhere and pierced Croix’s back.
“Crash!”
“Sister!”
Attila looked at Krua’s condition in horror.
Fortunately, the spear missed Krua’s vital spot and only pierced her wing, but it was thrown with such force that the blade was stuck to the floor like a nail.
“Oh, what should I do? You’re trying to save me for nothing… … .”
Attila was originally in the orbit from which the spear flew.
In that brief moment, Krua flew to save her younger brother.
“Ugh, ugh!”
Croix tried to pull out the spear with his hand, but it wouldn’t come out easily.
The spear, filled with magical power, was forcibly pushing out its own power.
“This son of a bitch made a surprise attack?!”
Croix’s bloodshot eyes turned back.
There was a man standing there.
Strong muscles standing out from the clothes he was wearing, short, bleached yellow hair, and a large scar running across his face in the shape of an X.
The man burst into laughter, showing his sharp teeth, as if he was looking at a living, breathing bear.
“Hahaha! Croa! What the hell am I doing now! I look like a harpooned squid!”
“Look. You little shit!”
The man called Bola looked at Krua, who was writhing in pain, with eyes filled with excitement.
“Heh heh. Yeah. The girl should just lie on the floor like that. It suits her.”
“Are you crazy? You’re causing strife here?”
“Internal strife? Since when have we been comrades? Wasn’t our only goal to capture or kill that princess bitch?”
Bola’s gaze turned to Orlea.
“From there, we were competitors.”
Those eyes, like those of a beast, swung wide and emitted a ferocious light.
Bola moistened her lips with her tongue.
“This is a rare piece of high quality. I’m going to kill it anyway, so I can play with it before taking it away, right?”
Bola, who had been walking briskly, stopped walking.
It was because of Ossian who blocked his path.
“Huh? What are you?”
Although Ossian was quite tall, Bola, who was over 190 cm tall, looked down on him lightly.
“Ah, so you’re that guy who’s called the problem solver. Are you really going to step forward at a moment like this? You seem to have some pride despite being a manly bastard.”
Bola muttered that with a smiling face, then his expression suddenly distorted and he stretched out his arm towards Ossian.
“Then I will kill you as you wish!”
A swing of the arm with enough force to tear a man alive before it even reaches Ossian’s head.
Boom!
Ossian grabbed Bola’s face with his hand and slammed him to the ground.
“You talk too much.”