“Back him up!” Ludwig ordered the soldier that was trashed to the side, it immediately rose up and charged at the Knight King. The latter grabbed the guard that was stabbing him by the side with one hand, raised him up and slammed him on the ground.
He then swung down his sword aiming to chop off its head.
The second guard had already reached the fight scene and desperately struck his own sword against the Knight King’s incoming sword. The size difference between the two swords was comical, as the Knight King sword snapped the guard’s weapon in half, but that small interference was enough to fully diverge the falling blow to smash into the ground, breaking the cobblestone and sending shards of it flying all over the place.
The Kinght King kicked the second knight away and was struck in the back by a blood dagger.
“Good job Ludwig, keep him occupied,” Van Dijk said as he began manipulating smaller amounts of blood weapons, in a far more advanced mastery and control.
Whenever the knight was about to strike down with his weapon, the blood weapons would smash against his arm, elbow and wrist, fully displacing his swing.
Ludwig rushed forward joining the battle, he wasn’t proficient in swordsmanship to be able to handle the Knight King, but he knew he could be a nuisance to the king. “Fire Ball!” Ludwig said as he was at the side of the king, his palm right against the king’s side where he couldn’t reflect it.
The flame ball blasted in close quarters, singing the armor of the king and doing little damage.
-120hp.
Annoyed the King flung his shield at Ludwig, “You’re not gonna get me with the same thing twice!” Ludwig said as he jumped back. Making the knight open up his chest for another “Fire Ball”
Just as the spell made contact with the knight’s chest, three blood daggers stabbed the knight in the opening between his helmet and chest armor.
Ludwig backed away, this time he made sure to grab his weapon that he had found laying on the ground.
The battle was not easy for these two, the knight was incredibly powerful against mages, able to break their spells and deflect them, and even able to absorb Van Dijk’s powerful blood magic. While Ludwig who had a mix of physical and magical spells and attacks couldn’t deal much damage due to his low level.
So they had to wither the king down, bit by agonizing bit. “Get behind him,” Ludwig ordered one of the guards that rose up from the ground and went behind the king while the other stood in front of Ludwig guarding him.
A four way offensive that pinned the knight, it was like hyenas surrounding a lion, though alone the king would easily destroy them, but courage can’t beat numbers.
“You cowards!” the knight king roared out as he swung his sword at the nearest guard.
The latter though broken of weapon still desperately parried the sword swing, but never anticipated that the knight king would follow up with a grab of his shield tied hand.
He grabbed the soldier and raised him high then opened his mouth so wide his helmet cracked apart revealing a massive row of teeth.
The knight king threw the guard inside his mouth and began swallowing him.
Ludwig panicked, this way he’ll have destroyed one of his guards and they’ll have an even harder time fighting.
“Taint!” Ludwig barked, his palm aimed forward, not aiming at the Knight King, but his own undead puppet.
[You successfully applied the curse [Taint] onto, [Undead Tibarian Guard] your guard will have increased attack and defenses, and will constantly release a withering miasma]
Ludwig jumped back, “Master, Corpse Explosion,” he hollered.
“Good lad! Cursed Blood! Corpse Explosion!” Van Dijk shouted as he pointed his finger at the guard that was being consumed.
At first a red aura covered the corpse then Ludwig’s own Taint Curse enveloped it. And suddenly, the undead guard’s corpse began inflating, turning yellow then red. The knight’s wide mouth shuddered to spit out the corpse, but the guard, though was about to perish, seemed to grip at the innards of the knight king.
The guard blew up in a thunderous boom of blood and flames. Splinters of shadow armor spread everywhere to dissipate shortly after. While the knight king’s mouth received the full burnt of the explosion.
A loud thud soon echoed as the Knight King’s knees struck the ground, his body no longer had a head, and his torso was ruptured apart. The Knight’s body shuddered for a bit, then soon, it became motionless. The sword and shield that were wrapped around its arms soon fell down as the chains of corruption seemed to unwrap themselves from the body. And finally the body fell forward.
“Is it o-” Ludwig immediately slapped his mouth.
“What’s wrong?” Van Dijk asked.
“Nothing, I was about to curse it…” he said.
Immediately after that, a notification message appeared in front of Ludwig.
[Congratulations! You have defeated the Fallen King of Tibari!]
[You have obtained Brave Soul!]
“Loot!” Ludwig said hyped up as he approached the dropped items from the Knight King.
“Careful Ludwig, don’t let greed blind you,” Van Dijk said. He didn’t have a notification system that would tell him that their foe has been defeated. So Ludwig Only nodded. “I think it’s really dead.
But the moment he touched the sword it dissipated into smoke.
“No!” Ludwig began cursing. The weapon that the Knight King had on him was pretty awesome, but now he couldn’t use it. Just as he turned his head to the shield, the latter also dissipated into smoke and ash.
Ludwig cursed again.
“What’s the matter, looks like you’re unhappy,” Van Dijk said.
“Well… I thought I could obtain his weapon,” Ludwig sighed.
“That weapon was conserved by the power of the corruption that was keeping the knight alive, without a power similar to it, it would simply turn to rust and dust…”
“Euh…similar power? “Ludwig thought for a moment, “Wait, give me a second master…”
He then approached the body touched it and called. “Rise Undead!”