I, the Knight King, wield my sword for my myriad subjects.

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He quickly reached the vicinity of Wood, the Eclipse Knight.

Seeing yet another early-stage Iron rank knight challenging his authority as a Silver rank knight, Eclipse Knight Wood became enraged:

"You are looking for death!"

Having said that, he raised the Shadow Lancelot and swung it at Lancelot, attempting to knock him off his horse.

However, Lancelot was well aware of the difference in weapon power between a lance and a sword, and did not choose to confront him head-on.

Instead, he boldly leaped off his horse.

After dodging the sweeping attack of the Shadow Holy Lance, he desperately activated the "Lake Heart Breathing Technique," maximizing the flow of lake energy into the fine iron sword in his hand.

Then, as he fell through the air, he mustered all his strength and unleashed his strongest attack, the Lake Wave Slash.

In an instant, a dark blue arc with a radius of more than one meter burst forth from the sword.

He looked at Wood, the Eclipse Knight.

He sensed that although the waveguide power was weak, it also posed an inexplicable threat.

So he quickly pulled back the Shadow Lance and held it in front of him.

finally.

Lancelot's Lake Wave Slash hit Wood's Shadow Lance halfway and the other half hit Wood's abdomen.

The armor worn by Wood, the Eclipse Knight, had already been damaged in the battle with Louise, a follower of the Moon, and could no longer provide much protection.

Then, the Lake Wave cleaved through his defenses and tore his abdomen apart.

Eclipse Knight Wood sensed something was wrong and instantly realized why this weak waveguide power posed a threat to him.

After his abdomen was ripped open, the pain was a minor issue.

The big problem is that the life force in his body is like a malfunctioning machine, showing obvious signs of slowing down.

The sluggish flow of his life force affected the activities of his entire body.

He wanted to swing the Shadow Lancelot in his hand and knock Lancelot, the master of the Lake Waveguide, down from the air.

But he was a beat too slow and ended up missing Lancelot.

Lancelot thus successfully returned to his horse.

He then rode his horse past Wood, the Knight of the Moon Eclipse.

Just as Wood was wondering why this guy wasn't continuing his attack,

Arthur, carrying his lance, appeared before him in a charging stance.

"Oops!"

Eclipse Knight Wood snapped out of his daze and quickly prepared to respond.

But as he turned around, Arthur's piercing spear was already in motion, aimed at his vulnerable neck.

"Crack!"

The Shadow Lance was not able to be parried in time, and Arthur's lance successfully pierced the neck of the Eclipse Knight, Wood.

But Arthur did not relax his guard and immediately released his grip on the fine iron lance.

Immediately, he pulled on the reins, steer the black-haired horse Nightshade away from Wood, whose neck had been pierced.

The reason he did this was that he suddenly sensed that Wood's Shadow Lance had undergone another change.

And indeed, his intuition proved true.

After he pierced Wood's neck with his lance.

This fatal wound only caused him to experience a brief period of mental blankness.

next moment.

The aura of the Eclipse Knight Wood did not weaken; instead, it erupted with an even stronger surge of dark shadow energy.

After a brief period of shock, Wood regained consciousness and felt an unprecedented sense of exhilaration.

"This is the power of 'Shadow'!"

As he pulled Arthur's lance from his neck, he shouted in a hoarse voice:

"The power I've always dreamed of!"

Having said that, he raised the Shadow Lance, aimed at Arthur who was moving away from him, and fired several arrows of black energy in succession.

Sensing the approaching black arrows, Arthur gritted his teeth and, riding his black-haired horse Nightshade, managed to dodge them with great difficulty.

At this moment, Lancelot rejoined the battlefield.

"Lord Arthur, I'm here to help you!"

He rode his horse, sword in hand, toward Wood, the Knight of the Moon Eclipse, and drew his attention with his voice.

Upon hearing Lancelot's voice, Wood, the Eclipse Knight, immediately turned his head and then swung the tip of the Shadow Lance.

Immediately, he aimed at Lancelot and fired several arrows of black energy.

Lancelot once again used his combat skill, Tidal Barrier, to defend.

However, the quantity and quality of the black energy arrows have increased at this moment.

The deep blue water wall in front of him was not completely able to withstand it.

Seeing that the dark blue water wall was about to be broken by the black arrow, Lancelot panicked.

Just then, Arthur's urgent voice rang in his ears:

"Lancelot, jump off the horse now!"

Lancelot obeyed Arthur's command and dismounted from the horse.

However, his sudden leap from the horse while still in motion caused him to fall to the ground and tumble out.

Then look at his ordinary horse.

After the azure water wall shattered, the black arrow struck it, causing its body to shrink instantly.

"Woo~"

Immediately afterwards, the horse seemed to have been drained of its life force, collapsing to the ground with a thud, twitching a few times before dying completely.

When Arthur saw this, he couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

Just now, after dodging the continuous black arrows of the Eclipse Knight Wood.

Arthur used his extraordinary vision, enhanced by the "Blessing of the Moon," to observe Wood and discovered that the intensity of the dark shadows on his body had increased even further.

more importantly.

He saw the ghostly figure shrouded in black mist within the Shadow Lance, which had already ripped half of Wood's soul out.

But Wood himself seemed completely unaware of this.

Or rather, his own consciousness was immersed in the power of "shadow".

Therefore, Arthur deduced:

If he fails to kill Eclipse Knight Wood with a single blow, he will instead be "strengthened" by Shadow Lance due to the severity of his injuries.

However, the piercing strike with the lance was the strongest technique he could muster.

Is there any other way to defeat this "puppet" controlled by the Shadow Lance?

Arthur's mind raced as he searched for a way out of the predicament.

at this time.

Luna, the little girl who had been silent in his arms, suddenly spoke:

"Brother, do you want power?"

Luna's voice was like a clear mountain spring, pure and melodious.

At this moment.

Arthur's consciousness seemed to be enveloped by Luna's voice.

All the chaotic thoughts in his mind were cleansed by that clear voice.

So, without thinking, he instinctively answered Luna's question:

"think."

"Then I'll lend it to you."

Upon receiving this answer, the little girl Luna in his arms immediately moved closer to Arthur's face.

Then, she kissed his cheek.

He was incredulous at Luna's behavior.

But what happened next left him no time to think.

Arthur felt a powerful and familiar supernatural force surging into his body from Luna's.

The system's indifferent voice rang in his mind, offering timely clarification:

[The host has received the favor of Luna, the Moon Saintess, whose Lv.4 "Blessing of the Twin Moons" power has been infused into the host's body.]

[The host's Lv.1 "Blessing of the Moon" has temporarily jumped to Lv.3 and is now fully active.]

Suddenly, Arthur understood everything.

He knew what to do.

He rode his black-haired horse, Nightshade, toward the "puppet" controlled by the Shadow Lance, the Eclipse Knight, Wood.

Seeing Arthur approach him, Eclipse Knight Wood raised the Shadow Lance in his hand.

He sensed an extraordinary power rapidly rising from Arthur and Luna, a power that had once filled him with immense awe.

It was the power of the moon and the goddess of purity whom he once worshipped.

The humiliation he had experienced in the past then flooded his mind again.

He recalled once again his purpose in being there—to kill the holy children of the Church of the Bright Moon, even at the cost of his own life.

"Holy sons and daughters of the Moonlit Church, may you all be buried with me!"

So he gathered all the dark energy and launched his strongest attack, a black arrow that resembled a black pillar capable of destroying everything.

Faced with the arrow from the black pillar, Arthur chose to draw his sword immediately!

At this moment, he was wielding the extraordinary power from the moon goddess within him with ease.

He poured all the power of the moon goddess into the sword in his hand.

Instantly, the sword was enveloped in holy light, its blade shining brightly, like a divine sword of judgment.

Then, he swung the Moon Goddess's Sword of Judgment at the incoming black arrow.

The Moon Goddess's sword of judgment successfully tore through the black pillar arrow.

Arthur withstood the impact of the arrow from the black pillar, his hand was torn open, and he felt a sharp pain in his wrist.

But he still gripped the hilt of his sword and continued to ride his black-haired horse, Nightshade.

Finally, he arrived before the Eclipse Knight Wood and annihilated all his shadowy aura.

The blond young knight surrounded by holy light filled Wood with fear.

At that moment, he lost the will to resist.

The Lunar Eclipse Knight trembled uncontrollably as he watched Arthur swing the sword of judgment at him.

finally.

With Arthur's announcement, he cleanly and decisively beheaded Wood, the Knight of the Moon:

"I've said it before, my sword is never without its weaknesses!"

Chapter 73 The Conflict Ends

Wood's head fell to the ground, and his body stopped trembling.