How to Live as a Knight After the Ending-Chapter 513

The Sea Dragon held a gigantic sword in its mouth. What should one call that? Sea Dragon Sword? Whatever it was, it was something Osian had never seen before.

'As for its power, well, there's no need to say more.'

It was a sword imbued with the power of the sea itself. Just watching the undulating blade that rippled in real-time, one could tell how dangerous it was. Probably. No matter how sturdy a knight might be, the moment they touched that thing, something bad would happen.

'Creatures with huge builds even using weapons—can anything be more unreasonable than this?'

Originally, weapons were created for the weak to defeat the strong. Because they couldn't face them with their frail bodies. On the other hand, the strong could always oppress the weak with their innate robustness.

But this world is different. Already strong beings even pull out weapons. Strength is added to strength.

However, separate from that unreasonableness, the appearance of the Sea Dragon holding the Sea Dragon Sword in its mouth was chillingly beautiful. It was truly a recreation of a mythological scene. It was the very image of that distant ancient era, which people thought had disappeared with the advancement of civilization.

The Sea Dragon moved. From the tip of its head to its tail, every scale on its entire body moved as if stepping on and kicking off the minute water particles existing in the air.

The Sea Dragon's figure, which had been far away, grew enormous in an instant. Osian shot high into the sky, spraying stardust behind his back.

Whoosh.

With an eerie sound, the Sea Dragon Sword passed beneath his feet. A bluish energy remained faintly along the Sea Dragon Sword's trajectory.

It was a beautiful sight like rippling waves, but if one touched it, they would certainly have a hard time seeing anything good.

His thoughts didn't continue long. He could feel with his skin a massive air current surging from below. Osian didn't stop moving.

'The moment I stop even a little, I become a target.'

The flight that had been awkward at first was starting to become somewhat familiar. But still, compared to the Sea Dragon that moved by stepping on water, his maneuverability was lacking.

Kwarararara!

A gigantic whirlpool surges up from below. The Sea Dragon with the Sea Dragon Sword in its mouth had charged while rotating its body.

It was a strike that tore apart all directions and he could feel the will to not permit simple evasion.

Osian took out his shield and protected his body after imbuing it with the energy of the Sun Ring.

Kwagagagagak!

The Sea Dragon Sword scatters water all around. It was high-pressure water currents rotating at tremendous speed that had enough power to smoothly cut even steel plates.

Even though he wasn't hit directly, the shield rang out and his arm ached. It was fortunate that he had protected himself as much as possible with the power of the Sun Ring.

The Sea Dragon, having become a single stream of water's whirlpool, changed direction in midair and charged at Osian again. Timing is important. If he hesitated even a little or was too fast, he would allow a direct hit from the creature.

Star powder sprayed from behind Osian's back as he accelerated. Rather than dodging to the side or back, he actually charged toward the Sea Dragon's whirlpool.

At the same time, Sun Ring Swords shot out from the pattern unfolded behind his back. A total of 6 Sun Ring Swords charged at the Sea Dragon, rotating like twisting straw rope.

Kwagagagagak!

The end of the massive whirlpool and the formation of 6 swords collided. The Sun Ring Swords rotated opposite to the Sea Dragon's rotation direction. As a result, the Sea Dragon's rotation speed was considerably reduced by the first collision.

Osian dug in after that.

The Starlight Sword that Osian swung aimed for the Sea Dragon's forehead.

Kaang!

The Sea Dragon wasn't just taking it. After immediately stopping its rotation, it twisted its neck and swung the Sea Dragon Sword. The greatly swollen White Giant Star collided with the Sea Dragon Sword. The surrounding water droplets were pushed away in all directions.

Osian and the Sea Dragon's gazes met in midair.

'Truly maddened by hatred.'

The Sea Dragon's eyes were filled only with rage. And that rage was progressively building up.

Its one and only egg had been stolen. And it was being hindered here, so it wouldn't be strange if it lost its mind.

Kwarung! Kwareureurung!

The Sea Dragon's horns shone. Just as it was about to do something again, thunder sounds echoed from the surrounding clouds. Lightning struck from clouds in all directions. Countless bolts of lightning devoured the surrounding area in a crisscross pattern like spider webs.

Osian hastily released the White Giant Star and retreated backward. The lightning that grazed past heated the atmosphere.

Following rain and wind, clouds, and hail, this time it was lightning.

"But in this indiscriminate lightning, will you be fine too?"

The answer to Osian's question came quickly.

Pajijijijijik!

The lightning branches spread around and began gathering toward the Sea Dragon's horns. It looked like forcefully winding up a ball of thread released in all directions.

"What the..."

The Sea Dragon he had seen in the game hadn't shown such performance. It had been young, and its power was weak. But an ancient dragon is different. Perhaps that was the Sea Dragon's true power.

"I thought it only had the power to utilize weather forces to drop lightning on the ground."

Who would have thought it could hold lightning like the Sky Dragon? Moreover, it was brilliant lightning that appeared to be a subtle golden color.

The moment the Sea Dragon glared at Osian, its horns flashed and shone.

The moment he felt the tearing roar and a flash that hurt the eyes, the lightning had already approached right before him.

Osian was directly hit by lightning the moment he thought "oh no." It wasn't ordinary lightning. It was an attack that gathered hundreds of lightning bolts surging inside the surrounding storm clouds and fired them. It was an attack that would turn even the sturdiest knight into ashes.

The figure of Osian, directly hit by lightning, was seen crumbling like powder.

At that moment, the Sea Dragon saw that Osian's shattered body was shining like very finely split ice fragments.

Without even time to feel doubt about it, a massive shock occurred in its body. A Sun Ring Sword that flew from above had hit the Sea Dragon's body.

Muoooooo!

While the Sea Dragon let out a scream of pain, it looked in the direction the attack came from. There, Osian was throwing swords with his back to the sun, having been there at some point.

He had bought time through a clone made with Moon Scar’s power.

Shushushushung.

The drawn Sun Ring Swords flew toward the Sea Dragon like missiles. They had the power to cut through the atmosphere and completely evaporate any water blocking the way.

The Sea Dragon surrounded its wound area with water while simultaneously firing the lightning held in its horns.

Peobeobeobeobeong!

The Sun Ring Swords that collided with the lightning exploded, creating massive fireballs in midair. When the explosion subsided, Osian's figure that had been in midair was not visible.

The Sea Dragon turned its head and looked around. There was no way he could have left the scene in that brief moment. Which meant.

The Sea Dragon's scales rang out with a chareureureur sound. At the same time, the Sea Dragon's gaze turned toward a certain place.

The countless water droplet particles scattered around. They caught one presence. Osian, who had been hiding his form in midair, was revealed. Even trying to hide using Moon Scar's power, Osian also realized he would be quickly exposed as long as water droplet particles existed.

The Sea Dragon's distorted face turned toward Osian again. Its horns flashed as it tried to fire lightning again.

That was the moment.

[Stop.]

Along with language imbued with great mystical power, red lightning fell from the sky. The Sea Dragon reacted sharply. Instead of that lightning heading toward Osian, it surged toward the red lightning falling vertically.

The Sky Dragon's lightning and the Sea Dragon's lightning collided in midair. That alone covered the surrounding area with light and countless shocks burst consecutively. Even Osian, who was far away, could feel the aftereffects of the shock on his skin.

'Seeing things like this, I wonder if the Earth Dragon should even be grouped as the same dragon species.'

All the other dragon species use lightning and fly through the sky, but only one crawls on the ground spewing lava from its mouth. Could anything be more miserable than this in the world?

'The fact that I'm having these thoughts is proof that I still have some leeway.'

Osian raised his head. Amenora, who had retreated after injuring her wing, had returned. Though her wing side was still in an injured state, it seemed she had recovered as much as possible.

Amenora looked down at the Sea Dragon. At the same time, a woowoong sound rang out. He could see the Sea Dragon hesitate.

It seemed to be conveying something in the language that only dragon species could understand.

However,

Muoooooo!

As expected, it couldn't suppress the Sea Dragon's rage.

The Sea Dragon's horns shone again. Kwareureurung! The lightning surging from the surrounding clouds was absorbed as if being sucked into the Sea Dragon's horns. Having finished charging, the Sea Dragon fired lightning toward Amenora. With much stronger power than before, it was closer to a laser filled with electric current rather than lightning.

Amenora didn't just stay still either. Having transformed into a gigantic Sky Dragon, she emitted intense magical power that contrasted with her graceful body.

The great power permitted to the Sky Dragon. Along with the vast mana gushing from the dragon's heart, heaven's lightning dwelled in both her hands.

Two spears made of red lightning were grasped in both hands.

Amenora combined those lightning bolts into one, took a stance, and threw it with all her might.

With light colliding again in midair, the two dragon species retreated while creating distance from each other. Osian then flew through the air and joined Amenora.

"Amenora. Are you alright?"

[Sir Osian. Thank you for worrying. I want to say I'm fine, but I can't fly for long. On the other hand, that one over there is too vigorous.]

"Certainly, it's not ordinarily strong."

[Right now, that Sea Dragon is drawing out even unpermitted power due to its rage. I tried to persuade it somehow, but it's not easy.]

"By persuasion, you mean telling it we'll somehow retrieve its egg?"

[Yes. But having already lost its reason and being in a position of distrust toward us, it won't listen to my words even with the corner of its ear.]

The operation wasn't just about subjugating the Sea Dragon from the start. Right now, somewhere inside Tirna, a search party was moving around looking for the Sea Dragon's egg. This was because if they unavoidably failed to subjugate the Sea Dragon, they had to return the egg.

But who knows when that would be? Subjugation is difficult and who knows when they'll find the egg. All they could do was buy time until then.

"Still, two might be better than one alone."

[It's not just the two of us.]

It was the moment Osian was about to ask what she meant by Amenora's words.

A massive flame surged from the ground and devoured the Sea Dragon's body starting from its tail.

The Sea Dragon was startled and tried to evade by flying quickly. The flame's end transformed like a snake's head and wriggled as it followed the Sea Dragon.

Muooooo!

The Sea Dragon became enraged. How dare they attack it?

The scales on its entire body trembled. A portion of the vast clouds flowed in following its will. The Sea Dragon wrapped clouds around its body and faced the fire snake.

The fire snake was strong, but it wasn't comparable to the Sea Dragon. The snake went out with a pfft and disappeared in an instant.

However, belatedly, the Sea Dragon noticed something strange. Something was stuck all over its body. Like barnacles parasitizing on a whale's epidermis.

Looking closely, they were skeletons. And.

Click. High explosives were embedded inside the skeletons.

Kwaaaaang!

The skeletons stuck to the Sea Dragon exploded all at once. The massive explosion wasn't simply made of gunpowder.

'Black magic is mixed in. It's a lethal energy close to poison for living beings.'

Scales all over the Sea Dragon's body corroded, rotted, or peeled off. The Sea Dragon glared at the newly appeared enemies with a wrathful gaze.

Swaeeaeaeaek! 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Crossing the ground, a white, massive object flew up. Osian's transcendent dynamic visual acuity caught it.

"Elise Denarova?"

It was Elise riding on the bones of a massive wyvern. Beside Elise, Terence was also present.

"Hey. Were you trying to show off looking cool all by yourself without us?"

Terence shouted toward Osian. Osian stared blankly at Terence's appearance and ended up letting out a hollow laugh.

"I didn't expect you to come all the way here."

"The Sea Dragon. We must stop it."

Elise answered quietly. Right. They must stop the Sea Dragon. And if they're stopping it, two is better than one alone. Three or four is much better than two.

"Still, will you be alright? That guy is a monster. It'll be too much for you guys to handle yet."

"Hmph, who's worrying about whom?"

Terence responded to Osian's concern with a snort.

"Did you forget? I'm a genius. I'm proficient in all other attributes that others haven't realized, and I can even use magic from other schools. I've been hiding it until now because I was conscious of others' gazes."

In a place where clouds surge like this, there are no witnesses, so he can use it.

"And you said this, right? That I must use these powers simultaneously. No, beyond that, I must combine them into one."

Terence looked at the pattern of sun, moon, and stars floating behind Osian's back. Right. At first, he didn't know what it meant, but the moment he saw that pattern, he could understand.

Terence scattered magical power around. The mana that rose from his body like thread strands began creating a magic circle behind his back.

The intricately intertwining threads of mana drew splendid figures and created a circular magic circle. That circular magic circle soon changed into a sphere surrounding Terence's body. On various parts of the three-dimensional magic circle, logos symbolizing each school were engraved.

"Let's give it a try."

At Terence's spirited murmur, Osian nodded his head. Indeed, as expected, that guy was a mage born with the qualities of a hero.

'And in this place, there's also a dark mage born with the same qualities.'