Volume 3, Chapter 62 – Unleash, Absolute Defense

Although battles between Legendaries tend to be extremely long.

When the combat experience of the two sides is not on the same level though, a battle between Legendaries can also come to a dramatic end just like this.

“Ugh…”

From the place where her body had been pierced by the pitch-black spear, waves of indescribable, searing pain surged up.

Biting her lip as she endured the pain, the knight girl still did not forget to keep a wary eye on her opponent, the Headless Knight before her.

“It hurts a lot, doesn’t it?”

Sensing just how bad a state the knight girl was in, Fischerna the Headless Knight slightly raised her hand.

As Fischerna lifted her hand, the pitch-black spear that had pierced the knight girl turned into a mass of black mist, slowly drifting over into Fischerna’s slightly raised hand, before once more taking shape as a pitch-black spear.

“However, this level of attack is not enough to be fatal for you, but my goal has already been achieved.”

If at this moment Fisiel the knight girl could observe her HP bar like a player, she would discover that after losing about one tenth of it, her HP gauge was still slowly ticking down.

“Your goal? Haven’t you noticed that the undead knights under your command have already been surrounded by us?”

Indeed, in that brief exchange just now, Fisiel herself had taken some damage, although overall it was not yet too serious.

What she had gained in return, however, was the fact that the undead knights led by the Headless Knight in front of her had already been completely encircled by the kingdom’s army.

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“To me, I can have as many ordinary undead knights as I want, but a Legendary-rank undead knight is very, very appealing.”

The Headless Knight Fischerna’s words inevitably made Fisiel’s mood grow heavy.

Although when they had first met just now, this Headless Knight had already explained that she had come looking for her with a purpose… at that time, Fisiel had not really taken it to heart…

But now, it seemed that the Headless Knight’s real target in front of her really was herself…

“If you want to kill me… then you can at least see whether you even have what it takes to do that!”

Although she had been put at a disadvantage in the fight just now, it did not shake Fisiel’s will to keep fighting.

“A firm will is indeed a fine quality among Paladins, but in my eyes… that kind of behavior is nothing but sheer hard-headedness.”

The Headless Knight Fischerna seemed utterly disdainful of the attitude Fisiel was showing.

At the same time, as the encirclement drew tight, the Dread Knights led by the Headless Knight no longer had any way to break out… unable to form another charge, all they could do now was swing the weapons in their hands and fight the kingdom soldiers pressing in on them from all directions.

Ignoring the battlefield around them that had already plunged into utter chaos, Fischerna the Headless Knight twirled her spear lightly in front of her junior.

“Since you can devote yourself wholeheartedly to being a Paladin who only knows how to give and sacrifice, why are you unwilling to become one of us? As for you, I am really looking forward to you, young Paladin.”

“Sorry, but when it comes to joining the undead, that’s the one thing I have to refuse.”

“Is that so? But right now you are not my match either. You may also be a Legendary, but you are far too lacking in battle experience… So, do you really think someone at your level right now can be my opponent?”

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“You’ll know whether I’m your opponent or not after we fight again.”

Fisiel’s expression turned a little grim.

Of course, the reason her expression looked like this… was also because the place on her abdomen that had just been run through by the spear had left behind a huge hole, shrouded in black mist.

“If that’s how it is, then I guess I’ll just have to make my move~”

Seeing that her attempt at persuasion had failed, Fischerna very decisively launched her attack.

She arrived in front of the knight girl at the fastest speed she could muster, and at the same time, the pitch-black spear in her hand lunged fiercely toward the knight girl.

“Ugh…”

Forcing herself to endure the stabbing agony coming from the wound that had pierced her abdomen, Fisiel swung her sword with great difficulty to defend.

Clang—!

Clang—!

Clang—!

As sword and spear clashed, dazzling holy light bloomed along the blade, while the spear was wreathed in pure, pitch-black darkness that swallowed up the space around it.

At this moment, the Headless Knight Fischerna and Fisiel the knight girl were like two extremes, one light and one dark.

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In just a few seconds, the sounds of spear and sword clashing rang out hundreds of times in that space, and in the eyes of the onlookers, the weapons in the two knights’ hands had both turned into a blur of overlapping afterimages, crashing against each other again and again.

“Ugh…”

Although she had just barely managed to fend off the Headless Knight’s attacks, the battle just now once again sent a stabbing pain surging up from Fisiel’s abdomen.

It was also because of that sudden, intense pain that the speed of Fisiel’s sword swings slowed for a brief instant.

“An opening!”

Compared to Fisiel, the Headless Knight Fischerna possessed far more combat experience, and in that instant when Fisiel’s sword swing hit the slightest hitch, Fischerna sensed her chance.

“Then take this!”

As she spoke, another pitch-black spear appeared in the Headless Knight’s other hand.

This time, while still swinging one spear to keep fighting with Fisiel the knight girl, her other hand gripped the second pitch-black spear, and that spear began rapidly building up a suffocating sense of pressure.

Then Fischerna let out a low shout—

“Pierce… through!”

Almost at the same moment, the spear in Fischerna’s hand left her grasp.

Then it flew straight toward Fisiel.

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“Absolute Defense: Wall of Sighs!”

At the critical moment, Fisiel had no choice but to use the Paladin’s signature defensive skill.

It was the so-called Absolute Defense—Wall of Sighs, said to be able to block even Throne-class attacks.

Blinding golden holy light formed a wall in front of Fisiel, and beyond that wall, the spear Fischerna the Headless Knight had hurled was flying straight toward Fisiel with unstoppable force…

“Huu, so you even brought out this sort of ability…”

Feeling the wall that had suddenly unfolded before her, Fischerna’s tone remained utterly calm.

“But don’t forget that I used to be a Paladin myself… this kind of defense, in my eyes… might as well not even exist.”

And as Fischerna was thinking that, the pitch-black spear that was once again flying toward Fisiel the knight girl, in that moment, that instant, touched the Wall of Sighs that Fisiel had just raised…

And then…

In Fisiel the knight girl’s eyes, the Paladin’s Absolute Defense skill, the Wall of Sighs that was said to be able to block even Throne-class attacks, at the very moment the black spear tip touched it…

Shattered like glass.