“Why am I here?” Leiu still felt the comfortable and all-embracing serenity of the darkness, but he suddenly found himself in the familiar room buried in his subconscious. The first Dark Knight, Tenebris, was facing him, as always. However, his figure was blurry and barely visible. “This is it, then.” “The end?” Muttered Leiu as he clutched his head and groaned. He felt a light yet dizzying headache as he tried to continue looking at the man. “Perhaps. Perhaps not. I can’t really tell.” “Then why am I here? Did I die?” “You did not. You received help from everywhere, much to my surprise.” Tenebris let out a heavy sigh and sat on the ground, a faint and melancholic smile on his exhausted and sickly pale face. “When I fought the divinities on that very plateau, I was alone. Yes, I won… but I was alone. I didn’t feel any sadness back then, probably because I was victorious. I felt at the top of the world… until that parasite defeated me.” “Is this the time for a monologue?” In
The Blackened Plateau was split in half by the overwhelming Primordial Darkness and the pure Holy Light. Leiu, wearing the exclusive set of the Dark Knight class, and holding the overpowered Anduril in his hands, finally sprung into action. He had never felt so powerful, yet amidst all the chaos and the surprising turn of events, his heart was absolutely calm. He felt serenity and clarity instead of tension and anxiousness. His targets were in sight and his objective was to kill all of them and survive this ordeal. Whether it was simple pirates or the divinities themselves, it was all the same to him. It has, and will always be, kill or be killed. Morality, perspectives, good and evil… all of that didn't matter in such a situation. He might be the bad guy, he might unwittingly be the most evil existence, yet he couldn’t care less. “Insolent abomination!” Hercules swung his lightning hammer at the relatively small Leiu, but he missed his mark. Leiu shot forward, enveloped by a
‘-8,266,715’That was the damage dealt by [Dark Gallows]. In one single attack, Leiu had dealt almost 10 million damage, which, albeit being a ridiculously high number, was still a numerical value.It was absurd to think that even a God, an entity said to be omnipotent and omniscient, had a limited Health pool that dictated its ‘life’, so to speak.With all the buffs he had received, coupled with the activated set of his class and the empowered Anduril, Leiu wasn’t surprised to be hitting so much.In fact, he felt calm and didn’t do any childish celebrations.While the remaining five celestials were in total disbelief to see Athena get engulfed in the black sphere and then killed right after.A fearful and worried gasp escaped the Light Mother’s lips. Her tall and brilliant silhouette instinctively backed away from the Dark Knight.On the other hand, Valocan, Hercules, and Kermis all attacked in unison. They didn’t hold back at all, their powers raging forth and extinguishing the loom
Ideally, Leiu wanted to finish this fight quickly. He was alone, fighting numerous strong opponents. Literal Gods. Even with all the buffs he had received and with Anduril in his hands, he still wasn’t powerful enough to prevail with ease. Kermis and Athena were killed, but there were still four Celestials alive and standing, half of which didn’t even get hit. Because of that, the Dark Knight wanted to end this in one fell swoop. His strong ultimate attack [Dark Knight], after having absorbed all the Primordial Darkness into his body and swiftly channelling it to his greatsword, was finally about to be unleashed. The Light Mother, Hercules, and Valocan took the front as they retaliated with their own magic and spell. Alas, the Dark Knight was like an immovable, impenetrable mountain of Darkness. Everything that got near him got consumed and turned into nothingness. He had become impervious to any and all attack as the skill was bursting forth like a hurricane. It wasn’t as flashy
[The Dark Knight’s Soul has sustained heavy damage.] [System malfunctioning…. Attempnig reboot… failure!] [System has been affected by Primordial Darkness… initiating Defense Program N.468] [Starting System revocation… deleting all available Quests…] ‘Fuck…’ Leiu saw the barrage of notifications popping non-stop. He wasn’t totally out of power, however, with the System literally deleting itself, he truly had to finish this fight quickly. As he pushed himself of the ground, blood dripping from his creepy black helmet, he focused his gaze on Filia. The Light Spirit was floating high-up in the air and holding a beautiful curved scimitar made of shining diamond. She seemed distressed and even afraid. Before she attacked the injured and weakened Dark Knight, she looked at her last standing companion; the Light Mother. “Why are you standing there?! Help me kill him!” “...” The Light Mother, whose form was blurry, thus hiding her facial features, let out a heavy sigh. A golden ligh
Southern border of the Pixie Kingdom 4 days after the Dark Knight’s death. Fairti Gicolt and Seo Ae-Ri finally awakened from their slumber. They were welcomed by the naturally cheerful and energetic Aerin, commonly known as the Minstrel of the Ages. As the two haven’t officially met him, they were expectedly startled and extremely wary, especially Ae-Ri. She jumped to her feet, her daggers already in hand and ready to strike. “Woah! Hold on a second. I’m not an enemy.” The poet raised his hands in surrender and exclaimed, acting as if he was afraid. “Who are you?! Where’s Leiu?” Even Fairti was angry as he couldn’t see his friend. He did recognize the colorful and peaceful forest, which only added to his confusion. The last thing he could remember was being in that desolate town. They were being attacked by the hooded figure who used Void Magic. At that time, Seo Ae-Ri did try to buy some time for Fairti to take Leiu and leave, but she was easily overpowered. As the two were
When he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was a gloomy sky that was covered by a deep purple hue, ominous and sinister. The overwhelming pain and exhaustion he had been going through were nowhere to be seen. Instead, his body was quite healthy and well-rested. Moreover, he was wearing the full Dark Knight set and Anduril was right next to him. Leiu, expectedly, was beyond surprised. He surveyed his surroundings and saw a plain-looking forest as well as two other people a couple of paces away. The two were unconscious, and even after a brief examination of their faces, Leiu found them unfamiliar. ‘Where am I? I thought I died…’ Leiu tried to see his Stats but the System wouldn’t work. However, he didn’t seem to have lost his powers. In fact, he felt particularly strong. When he channelled his energy, Darkness formed around Anduril. Although he didn’t try anything, he knew that he still had access to his skills… at least the ones related to his class. The temporary ones obta
Glowing cards from behind Leiu and pierced the hideous monstrosity. Most shocking was the fact that the Cards went through the target, cutting its body with ease and leaving only gore and blood in its wake.Arthur MoonStar, however, attacked in a completely different matter. While airborne, he literally transformed into a large black eagle with long claws, and then he dove down and shredded its target.He finished off the monster with an icy blast that even froze the ground.“Woah! Are you somesort of a shapeshifter?! That was terrific!”The Magician clapped his hands upon seeing Arthur return to his original human form.“I’m a parasite.” Calmly responded to the man as he patted the dust off his white clothes.Right after praising Arthur, the talkative and highly energetic Magician faced Leiu,“You use Darkness, yes? It’s different from the one I’ve seen before. Yours is more… scary, hahahahahaha!”Arthur approached one of the monsters he killed, precisely the one frozen inside of a b