“Naah! You got to be shitting me!” those were the only words Ludwig could utter as the Corrupted Fallen Knight charged at him. He hulked his way through the shelves, shattering and breaking anything that interrupted him as he was sprinting forward, with his shield raised up and his sword drawn to his side.
Ludwig couldn’t help but sprint the other way as he saw the incoming creature. This wasn’t something he could beat, Ludwig knew that, the Knight behind him was way stronger than him and all his spells would probably do nothing but piss the knight off.
Ludwig ran through the small pathways that made shelves while the knight tore through them and broke them apart.
Suddenly, a tall, blindfolded and candle carrying attendant emerged out from one side of the shelves. He turned to the incoming Ludwig and said, “Shuuu”
This attendant was different from the others outside, he was skinny too and looked very emaciated, but something about him gave Ludwig the feeling that he would become a big problem if Ludwig didn’t quiet down.
Having no choice in the matter, Ludwig dipped to the side away from the attendant and watched it get slammed when the Corrupted Knight crashed onto him.
Ludwig hurriedly ran away through the maze like library and at one point only he was there, the sound of crashing was a bit far from him but that didn’t mean it was going to remain that way for long.
Ludwig took another step and realized that his boots were making noise, he hastily removed them and walked away with bear feet.
The knight made noise as he was moving through the library. His armor would create a lot of noise while he walked. His boots echoed through the library and thankfully allowed Ludwig to locate him based on distance.
A shadow moved behind the bookshelves.
[Inspect]
Ludwig said and was able to get an update on the knight’s status screen.
Name: The Fallen Knight of Tibari
First Resurrection: The awakened Knight.
Danger Level: ☠
Level: N/A
HP: 15,000
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Additional Skills :
[Royal Guard Stance] Adopts a defensive counter-stance punishes reckless attacks with additional damage.
[Cursed Resonance] -Passive- The Knight’s Presence weakens nearby enemies ‘stamina and slows their reaction time.
[Hunger Brand- Enhanced] His sword now steals a portion of life force -HP- upon each strike that connects.
Addendum:
Ludwig realized that not only did his appearance change, also his overall power level and strength. It also became… cleaner?
Though corruption was still permeating his body, he had less of it now, parts of his original armor were shining through, and his movements were sharper, with a more controlled stance and weight on each of his steps.
The knight continued moving through the library, moving its head around. Two more attendants approached it, and said, “SHUUU!” this time more aggressively.
The knight ignored them and continued waltzing through the library searching for Ludwig. And he wasn’t going to wait for that to happen.
Ludwig looked around trying to find a way out of the library, but this thing looked absurdly large. Without a way out apparently. The shelves acted like an intricate maze that would allow no one to leave once they step a foot inside.
He grabbed at his pocket, and felt the crystal again, he pulled it out and inspected it.
[Currently Disabled]
[No communication devices are allowed in a place of study and learning!]
The notification gave him a warning that he immediately understood.
“Shuuu!” he heard once again as another attendant shouted, this time it felt like a true warning.
But the knight seemingly uncaring continued clinking his way through the library.
Soon, light steps echoed through the library as more and more blindfolded attendants emerged out from the library, they all walked past Ludwig and toward the location of the noise. Ludwig was at first worried that they might attack him, but they didn’t spare him a single glance.
They all moved with purpose, their candles lit in their hands as they approached the ‘target’ that was making noise in the library.
Ludwig took a small detour to check up on what’s going on, he needed information, though running away right now is a good option. He wanted to see what the librarian attendants were up to.
Once Ludwig crouched below a certain level of the shelves, he peered through the small opening the books left to watch what was going on.
The knight was moving ahead, loud as ever while more and more librarians tried to shush it, but it didn’t care.
Only then did three of them tightened their grips on their candles then swung the candle from afar onto the knight. a large blob of hot wax splashed at the knight who roared out, not in pain but probably from annoyance.
The loud roar made more of the librarians try and shush him out some more, seemingly unbothered by their weak attacks the Knight simply ignored them. But they didn’t, and they all began flicking large masses of was at him, the knight continued roaring at them, but they simply kept splashing him with more and more was.
It then swung his sword at them, cutting one of the librarians in half.
Ludwig thought that they would simply ignore the knight and start eating each other. But this time, the slime didn’t come out of their bodies, but wax. A lot of it surged out of their bodies, which immediate fused them back to their prior form.
The attendants continued splashing the knight with wax, and Ludwig could see the knight visibly slowing as the was began hardening. The more the knight struggled, the louder he became, and the more wax he was struck with.
After some time, the knight was fully coated in wax, an fully frozen in place.
Ludwig inspected it once again and noticed that the knight had lost about a third of its health points.
Only then did a crazy idea form in Ludwig’s mind. And he was willing to risk it all to make it work.