Surviving as a Knight in a Trash Game

Chapter 199

The leader of the Gray Demons, who had dodged the flying sword to the side, enlarged his fist and extended it towards Karl.

The gray fist itself had a power greater than aura, so when it clashed with Karl’s sword, the surroundings were devastated by the shockwave.

Because Karl was a distant Transcendent who had even defeated an elder dragon, he was able to fight on an equal footing with him. If it were an ordinary creature, it would have been a power that would have disappeared without being able to withstand it for a few seconds.

“You’ve gotten stronger.”

The leader spoke in an emotionless voice as he looked at him, who had developed more than in their first clash.

He too was a creature that was constantly getting stronger, but the human in front of him was also formidable. When he crossed over to this world from another and experienced something similar to a resurrection, Karl felt that the red jewel Gremory had given him had become one with him.

Her energy was so much greater than what Decarabia or Murr had given him before that his body felt as if it would be devoured by the demon's pure evil.

The energy of the three demons, received in a situation where the power of the two demons was already not easy, was truly not easy to control. In the midst of that, Karl focused on stabilizing the inside by circulating the new energy as much as possible.

“Still, it’s unstable.”

The leader had already accurately seen through Karl’s state. So he was thoroughly and continuously tormenting Karl, not giving him time to gather his energy.

“How are you going to erase the continent when you can’t even properly subdue an unstable opponent?”

Karl lightly provoked the creature, but the leader, as if he truly had no emotions, showed no reaction to Karl’s words.

He just used his whole body to launch various attacks at him. Sometimes his arm became a sword, the fist he held became long and then large, and because the attacks were so irregular and their power was so strong, damage was accumulating here and there on Karl’s body.

‘This is difficult.’

No matter how confident Karl was in a long-term battle, the opponent was a strange creature whose limits in stamina and resistance to wounds could not be seen. Going into a long-term battle with something like that was crazy.

‘I need to find a way.’

As always, Karl racked his brain to find the optimal method in the worst situation. The opponent’s continuous attacks were a structure where attack and defense were simultaneous.

His fist and torso grew larger at the same time, and his fist itself became armor, and the armor was used as a means of attack. Suddenly, the armor changed into something like an awl and flew towards Karl.

Karl’s aura, advancing towards the leader, was often scattered by the gray energy. Even if he maximized the condensation and concentration, it couldn’t have a great effect on the creature’s sturdy body.

Fwooooosh!

A flame bloomed from Karl’s sword.

He couldn’t use the flame of Laevateinn, but in the first place, the concentration of his aura and magic had risen sharply, so the flame that bloomed on his sword was of a higher purity and more intense than the flame he had raised from Laevateinn.

Woooooong!

[Karl Meyer Style. Union. Inferno]

Karl’s aura and flame advanced to cut through the opponent’s body. The leader stopped his attack and created a giant shield to respond to Karl’s blow.

Kwaaaaaaaang!

As the surroundings exploded, the heat of the inferno even burned the air, but in the end, it couldn't cut down the creature. It seemed to have done some damage, as a part of the shield was cracked, but it was not at a significant level.

In contrast, Karl was in a much more tired state than before. The energy in his body was still not assimilated, and his stamina was getting closer and closer to the bottom.

“Weaker than I thought. I had some expectations, though.”

Even at the ridicule of the non-human monster, Karl couldn't show any particular reaction. He was in a situation where he had that little leeway.

‘I need a method. A method.’

A method to pierce through that monster-like body. A method to cut down that annoyingly sturdy body was needed.

“What are you going to cut without the will to cut, you foolish human!”

Just then, a voice that sounded like Gremory’s from afar struck Karl’s eardrums hard.

The will to cut.

In that moment, Karl showed a momentarily blank expression, as if he had been hit squarely on the head with something.

Having surpassed the realm of a Transcendent by far, Karl had thought he had the confidence to cut down anything.

But, that was not his will becoming stronger, but a confidence that came from the naturally increased power, a confidence that was separate from will.

In the numerous enemies he had met so far, there had been almost no time when his sword could completely cut the opponent.

Even if it was an enemy that couldn’t be cut down, it was because he had the will to cut it down no matter what that he had always overcome moments of crisis.

‘Once more.’

The moment his will focused on the single act of cutting the opponent, the energy of Gremory, which had been circling around, also began to move as one. Karl’s will to cut swallowed everything that was affecting him.

Endless growth.

The Karl of now had become a different being from the Karl of just a few minutes ago.

Cut.

[Karl Meyer Style. Ultimate. Slash]

A blow containing the literal meaning of cutting and striking left Karl’s hand.

“A strange blow.”

Although it was an emotionless and unsurprised tone, the leader of the Gray Demons could not properly block Karl’s blow.

Karl’s golden aura, which had pierced his shield, split his torso in half and then stopped.

“A strange… blow.”

The creature repeated the same words as if it were a broken robot.

And towards that leader, another slash was unfolded.

Slice.

A clean cutting sound, not an impact sound, was heard, and the Gray Demon’s head was separated from its torso.

And the leader, who had seemed like it would move forever, slowly began to scatter.

“He cut him!”

A knight who saw the Gray Demon’s head fall shouted without realizing it.

Then the knights, who had been engrossed in their own battles, also all looked towards Karl’s side.

They, seeing the disappearing traces of the Gray Demon, let out a shout and began to deal with the enemies in front of them more enthusiastically.

Along with that, Karl also moved to clean up the remaining Gray Demons.

“We won!”

“Waaaaaaaaaaah!”

As always, the shout of victory heard while being with Karl spread throughout the Arthur Domain.

Thanks to the characteristic of the Gray Demons, which turned to dust and disappeared when destroyed, no enemy corpses were left in the vicinity, but they were definitely feeling the victory.

And so, the final battle with the greatest enemy of humanity came to an end.

***

A week after the battle with the Gray Demon ended, the Arthur Domain was spending its days so busy that it couldn't be busier.

With the return from the war, the victory celebration festival, and the endlessly flocking people, there was not a single day that was sane.

The entire city was so engrossed in drinking that it was as if it had fallen into a liquor jar for a week.

In the midst of that frenzied night, on the evening of the seventh day, Karl left the Arthur Domain and stood alone in an empty forest.

[Progress: 100%]

[You have achieved your goal.]

In a place where no one was, a system window appeared in front of Karl.

[The final chapter will proceed according to the achievement of the goal. Do you wish to proceed?]

What was the final chapter?

Karl fell into deep thought for the first time since coming here.

If he proceeded with this, would he leave this place? Would he disappear? Would he go back to the previous reality?

All sorts of thoughts flashed through his mind.

And yet, Karl felt that he had to press this button.

Otherwise, he would have to live in anxiety in an incomplete state.

[Proceed with the final chapter.]

As his choice was made, the surroundings were suddenly dyed with a bright light.

A purely white world with no background at all suddenly unfolded before Karl.

[Congratulations, you have completed all quests.]

Something like scores flashed by in front of him.

The various scenes Karl had faced were continuously screened as if they were being shown on a prompter.

“What kind of trick is this?”

A world that started with suspicion from the beginning. Karl was still suspicious.

-Excellent, Karl. Or is it Lee Seo-jun?

A voice coming from somewhere, perhaps the voice of the being he had wanted to face the most since coming to this world.

“Stop with the bullshit and show your face. I have to see your face at least once.”

A rather rough expression flowed from the mouth of him, who had always walked with an expressionless face.

-Hmm, a face. Well, that would be good too.

A white robe, a white beard, white hair. A figure dressed like an old wizard from a movie appeared in front of Karl.

-Did you expect a look like this?

“Not really.”

-It’s a reflection of your imagination of me.

A god? Or some other something, a wizard? The conclusion was that his thought of an unknowable being in his perception was reflected in the appearance of the one in front of his eyes now.

“What are you? Is this inside a game? Or is it another world?”

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It was a question.

He had come to ask a question, but unluckily, he was throwing a question at Karl.

“I’m asking because I don’t know.”

-Hmm, that’s true too. Well, I don’t know either. I could be a god, I could be an administrator, or I could be nothing.

Wooooooong!

A golden aura soared from Karl’s sword, and the aura flew straight towards the being in front of him.

A sword that could cut through space. All the realms Karl had walked were unleashed towards him.

Of course.

The aura passed through the opponent without cutting him. Karl hadn't thought he could cut him either.

-Excited, are you?

“Another question.”

-Sorry about that, it’s a habit. Even if you don’t like it, let me ask you a question. What on earth does it mean to be real?

Even though he had said he didn’t like questions, the being in front of him endlessly spat out questions. Karl did not answer. After all, Karl was the one who had come here to ask questions. He waited for an answer.

-Reality is ultimately not much different from illusion. Are you real? Or are you an illusion? What is Lee Seo-jun, and what is Karl Meyer? If Karl Meyer is here, what happens to Lee Seo-jun?

“So what are you trying to say?”

Karl cut off his question with a single word.

-That’s what I’m saying. Is that important?

“There’s no end to those damn questions….”

It was a cynical answer, but Karl already knew the answer to the unlucky being’s question.

-That’s right, you already know the answer. So it’s meaningless.

“What happens from now on?”

-Well, what do you want to happen?

The creature grinned and threw another question. Karl looked at him and, concentrating everything, unfolded a single sword strike.

“I don’t know, you bastard.”

And for the first time since coming to this continent, he threw out a refreshing curse in Korean. The sword Karl unfolded at the end split the being, whether it was a god or an administrator, and the space entirely.

And so, at some point, Karl had returned to his original place.

Whatever happened, he would live in this world as Karl Reitz Arthur Meyer anyway. That was enough.

“My lord!”

Someone’s urgent voice was heard. Karl, ignoring the voice, mounted Silver’s saddle and rode off somewhere.