This knight is too perfect

Chapter 53 Redemption [55]

In front of the ruined Baron's castle, under the lonely moonlight.

Rhine firmly raised the Sword in the Stone in his hand and pointed it at Fergus not far away.

This pair of teacher and student, who once had a good relationship, have now become opponents of each other due to a trick of fate.

As for this result, Rhine responded to fate with his own actions.

"dumb!"

As a crow flew across the sky, it made a low, hoarse cry.

Rhine exerted force instantly and rushed towards Fergus who was not far away at an extraordinary speed.

At this moment, the cold water vapor in the air touched the Rhine and instantly turned into bursts of white steam.

It can be seen that Rhine's body temperature at this time has reached a level that a normal person cannot imagine.

All of this is the result of Rhine practicing the 'Morning Star Breathing Method'.

[Name: Morning Star Breathing Method - Black Iron Edition]

[Basic effect: can slowly absorb the destiny essence between heaven and earth]

[Enhancement effect: Consume a certain amount of destiny essence to greatly enhance physical functions. 】

[Special effects: none]

Under the effect of the breathing method, although Rhine’s physical strength is not as good as that of the extraordinary knight on the general life side, he is still much stronger than ordinary people.

But Rhine's opponent Fergus is no ordinary person.

Facing the Rhine's thunderous attack, Fergus's approach was very simple.

That is to raise the 'Carlos Greatsword' in his hand high and swing it down heavily.

Although Fergus's sword was plain, his eye sockets without eyeballs seemed to be able to clearly capture Rhine's movements.

A sword was swung out on the path that Yu Lai Rhine must take.

Faced with this powerful sword, Rhine knew that there was no way he could take it head-on.

Therefore, at the critical moment, Rhine seemed to have expected it and dodged in advance.

boom!
Fergus's Carlos sword fell on the open ground, and immediately cut out a large hole with a diameter of more than three meters.

If this sword were to fall on Rhine, the consequences would be unpredictable.

Faced with Rhine who dodged, Fergus didn't hesitate at all and immediately caught up with him with sword in hand.

And once again launched a fierce attack on the Rhine.

Given the huge gap in physical fitness, Rhine had little chance to attack and was suppressed.

After all, Rhine couldn't even choose to defend himself. He could only deflect Fergus's weapon or relieve the force to offset the amazing force coming from the sword.

In addition, there is a size difference and weapon length difference between the two.

This made the battle between Rhine and Fergus almost completely one-sided.

Fortunately, Rhine seems to have some unique fighting talent.

This allows him to accurately predict each of Fergus' attacks despite his absolute physical disadvantage, and avoid them in advance.

Otherwise, given his current condition, if he was hit by Fergus's sword, he would die on the spot.

Just defending blindly is not a good thing.

Rhine was aware of this, and so were the Thorn Riders nearby who had already completely cleared out the soul stealers inside and outside the castle.

They surrounded the two men, following the ancient etiquette that has been passed down to this day, watching the fight between Fergus and Rhine in silence without intervening.

In the crowd, Angelo looked at Rhine, who had been defending awkwardly and rarely fighting back. Not only did he frown, but his right hand had unconsciously placed on the scepter sword.

Be prepared to take decisive action when Rhine can no longer hold on.

Just when everyone thought that Rhine was almost reaching his limit.

Two crows carrying highly concentrated holy water from the church suddenly fell from the night sky and crashed into Fergus, who had just launched an attack and whose old strength had not yet been exhausted or his new strength had yet to be generated.

Seeing this, Fergus, left with only instinct, immediately switched from both hands to one hand, and swung his free left hand suddenly towards the two crows above his head.

And two flying knives appeared in his hands at some point, and he threw them at the attacking Shadow Crow with great accuracy.

Pfft!

As the flying knife pierced through Shadow Crow's body, the two crows composed of 'Source of Destiny' and 'Source of Netherworld' shattered in an instant.

However, the holy water that bound them was also broken at this time.

It turned into holy rain all over the sky, sprinkling towards Fergus in front of him.

Out of some sense of danger, Fergus instinctively wanted to avoid this highly concentrated holy water.

However, Rhine seized the opportunity and launched the most violent attack from the beginning to now.

The first judgment, the blade of judgment!

The Sword in the Stone, which had the Extraordinary Characteristic Judgment, now emitted a dazzling sword light.

Rhine held the sword in both hands and slashed at Fergus with all his strength.

On one side is the holy rain above your head, and on the other side is the Blade of Judgment within reach.

Fergus reacted instinctively.

He held the sword in one hand at the fastest speed and held it across his chest, using the sword as a shield to block the Judgment Blade from the Rhine head-on.

boom!
The Sword in the Stone and the Carlos Greatsword collided with each other, creating an astonishing wave of air.

Although Rhine's sword was powerful, it was still difficult to shake Fergus's powerful strength at this time.

Therefore, he did not achieve anything except making Fergus' body sink a little into the ground. However, Rhine did not think that this sword could defeat Fergus.

After all, his real purpose was to use holy water to break the "rose pattern" on Fergus' body that looked like armor.

sizzle...

As the holy water dripped onto Fergus' body, the high concentration of holy water immediately made a corrosive sound on his skin.

However, the damage caused by this holy water to Fergus was obviously very limited.

At least not to the extent that Rhine could secure victory.

And Rhine did not think of using this to defeat Fergus.

After all, his real trump card is neither the holy water above his head nor the sword in the stone in his hand.

Rather, it is his unique and only extraordinary ability as the Knight of Destiny, and it is also his biggest and only trump card against Fergus.

"Roar!"

Facing Fergus who was so close and difficult to avoid, Rhine launched the "Dragon Roar" without hesitation.

The deafening roar, which was accompanied by some kind of ancient will, immediately dealt a heavy blow to Fergus.

Wait until the shocking roar like a storm ends.

Fergus's skin was cracked with countless wounds, and blood was oozing out of his seven orifices.

It can be seen how serious the injury caused by the dragon's roar was.

Although it was not the first time that the people around heard Rhine's dragon roar.

But last time they were far away from Rhine, and the target of Rhine's dragon roar was the rain of arrows above his head.

Therefore, they were frightened by the terror contained in the roar.

But I didn't feel the power of this roar up close.

It now seems that if Rhine had been a little closer to them at that time.

Perhaps this roar alone would be enough to kill many of them.

What is even more unbelievable is that the person who could do all this was just a boy of only thirteen years old.

However, although Rhine's dragon roar was extremely powerful, he himself was also in great weakness at this time.

So much so that he was temporarily unable to raise his sword to deal the final blow to Fergus.

Amid the horrified eyes of everyone, Fergus, who was obviously seriously injured, unexpectedly moved.

Angelo, who was standing by, saw this and his pupils shrank immediately and he rushed out immediately.

But when he took just one step forward, he stopped immediately.

Because Fergus, who was moving at this time, did not attack Rhine in front of him, but put down the Carlos greatsword in his hand, and took the initiative to hold Rhine's Sword in the Stone with both hands.

At this moment, Fergus, who had a grim face and looked like a walking corpse, disappeared.

In his place was the familiar Fergus, who always had a hearty smile on his face.

Fergus looked at the pale-faced Rhine in front of him, and it seemed that his soul had regained control of his body.

He laughed at himself and said, "I'm sorry, Rhine. I never thought that a teacher like me would end up in such a mess, and be redeemed by my own students once again."

"This is really... quite a dereliction of duty."

After saying that, Fergus didn't give Rhine a chance to respond. He took the initiative to collide with Rhine's sword in the stone without hesitation, allowing it to pierce his heart.

Feeling the vitality constantly draining away from his body, Fergus not only did not feel any pain at this moment, but instead felt endless relief.

After all, he was just one step away from making another mistake that would make him regret his whole life.

Fortunately, Rhine finally stopped him and gave him redemption again.

And in the last moments of his life, Fergus, who had lost his eyes, reached out and touched Rhine's cheek.

And in this way, he expressed his gratitude to Rhine.

"Don't feel guilty, kid. You've done a good job because this is not only my own choice, but also your salvation for me."

"Rhine, you really didn't let me down."

"Thank you, thank you again for your help, but please forgive me for being useless, because I, your teacher, have nothing to teach you."

Fergus's voice became softer and softer, until...complete silence.

And his rough and powerful hands also dropped heavily at this moment, in the eyes of everyone.

He half-knelt on the ground, completely motionless.

Rhine stared at the sword in the stone in his hand that pierced Fergus's heart, and let go of it after a long time.

Looking at the corpse of Fergus half-kneeling in front of him, Rhine stood up and solemnly performed a knight's salute to him.

He expressed his deep respect to Fergus with sincere words from his heart.

Whether he could hear it or not.

"Thank you for your guidance along the way, respected Lord Fergus."

"Rhine Simmons is also very proud to have a teacher like you. It is my greatest honor to meet you..."

I don’t know if it’s the side effect of the dragon’s roar or some other reason, but Rhine’s voice is not only weak but also very hoarse.

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