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This time, his momentum and vitality were no longer high, and began to decline rapidly.
"Woo~"
Then, with a soft whimper from the Shadow Lance in his hand, the headless knight Wood fell to the ground from the back of the third-tier magical beast, the Silver Wolf.
"boom!"
The dead Wood released the Shadow Lance, which crashed to the ground and rolled away.
But Arthur remained vigilant.
He stared intently at Wood's headless corpse and the Shadow Lance.
After Wood's severed head fell to the ground, it suddenly opened its eyes.
Immediately afterwards, a deep and obscure aura burst forth from the head.
Arthur witnessed Wood's soul, in its ghostly blue form, being pulled from its head by the remaining dark shadows within him.
What followed was the ghostly figure in the Shadow Lance that Arthur was extremely concerned about.
"Jie Jie Jie!"
It let out a wild, unrestrained laugh, then grabbed Wood's departed soul.
"No!"
Upon seeing the ghostly figure, Wood's soul let out a terrified scream.
This is the soul's instinctive fear of a soul devourer.
So Wood's soul wanted to break free from the ghost's grasp.
But the ghostly figure exerted extreme suppression on Wood's soul.
Wood's soul was completely immobile.
Next.
"Do not!!!"
With an even more piercing shriek from Wood, the ghost dragged his soul before him, then opened its blood-red maw and swallowed it whole.
The whole process was over in the blink of an eye.
Witnessing this scene through his extraordinary vision aided by the "Blessing of the Moon," Arthur felt a chill run down his spine.
So he raised the Judgment Sword, now enveloped in the remaining holy light, once more, and regarded the ghostly figures emerging from the Shadow Lance as new enemies.
But what Arthur didn't expect was...
The ghostly figure devoured Wood's soul, glanced at him with a mocking, strange look, and then quickly returned to its original form, the Shadow Lance.
Followed by.
Supported by a dense black aura, the Shadow Lance levitated on its own and then flew away from the spot at an extremely fast speed.
Seeing this, Arthur couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Because the beheading of the Eclipse Knight Wood had almost exhausted his own power plus the power of the moon goddess he had borrowed from the Moon Saintess Luna.
And look at Luna, the little girl in his arms.
The crescent-shaped marks on the corners of her eyes had faded, indicating that the power of the moon goddess within her had also reached its limit.
Although he still has several trump cards, the "Blessing of Virtue," unused, continuing to fight against an unknown enemy carries a great risk.
And so he watched as the Shadow Lance devoured Wood's soul and vanished from his sight.
Then, he looked at the Silver Wolf, the third-tier magical beast that the Moon Eclipse Knight Wood had ridden before his death.
It also fell to the ground with a "thud".
It was already severely injured, and with the death of its master, it suffered a backlash from the soul contract.
Unsurprisingly, it fainted.
At this time.
The system's indifferent voice echoed in Arthur's mind:
[The host has defeated Wood, an early Silver-tier Eclipse Knight, demonstrating the chivalrous principles of "honesty," "valor," and "soul," earning +100 Virtue Points.]
Virtue Points (Updated): 495;
[The "Blessing of the Moon," blessed by the host, has been infused with the power of the moon goddess and fully activated for the first time, granting 100 points of blessing experience.]
[Status (Updated): Blessing of the Soul (Lv.2; 50/500), grants the host Lv.2 "Blessing of the Moon".]
Upon hearing this news, Arthur was overjoyed, and his tense thoughts finally relaxed.
And just as he was about to put down the sword.
He heard the rapid clatter of horses' hooves behind him.
Arthur turned around and saw a group of knights dressed in white robes and light armor.
Judging from their physical characteristics, it is not difficult to tell that they should be the church reinforcements that the Moon Cultist Louise had mentioned before.
Soon, the group of church knights came to Arthur's side and surrounded him.
The leader was a middle-aged man who looked visibly aged, and he gave Arthur a wary look.
Soon, he spotted Luna, a little girl nestled in Arthur's arms.
The middle-aged man immediately stepped forward and shouted:
"Princess Luna, are you alright?"
Luna recognized the middle-aged man; she looked up after hearing his voice.
“Mr. Tavis, I’m alright. This older brother protected me.”
After saying that, Luna remembered that this acquaintance had seen her tightly embracing and clinging to Arthur.
As a result, a blush instantly spread across the girl's cheeks.
Immediately afterwards, she abruptly released her embrace of Arthur.
Then, she lowered her eyes slightly, pursed her lips, and her posture was shy and innocent.
The emotionally oblivious Arthur didn't notice the shyness of the little girl in his arms; his attention was focused on the church knight in front of him.
At first glance, the person opposite him gave him the illusion of being in a state of decline.
But upon closer inspection, he sensed a powerful, restrained life force within the other party's body.
This made him wary:
This uncle's strength level is definitely no lower than Silver Rank.
"Greetings, Your Excellency Knight!"
I am Tavis, a guardian knight of the Church of the Moon.
After receiving Luna's answer, the middle-aged man first introduced himself to Arthur, then dismounted and bowed before him.
"On behalf of the Crescent Moon Church branch in Crescent Moon Territory, I extend my deepest gratitude for your protection of Princess Luna."
After getting closer to Arthur, the guard knight Tavis quickly sensed an aura that he was very familiar with Arthur.
It is a blessing from the priestess Louise of the Moon.
Therefore, he completely lowered his guard against Arthur.
Arthur reciprocated with the same respect:
“My name is Arthur, and I am the newly appointed lord of Blackrock Territory in the North.”
"So it is the young and promising Lord Blackrock."
Guardian Knight Tavis's gaze swept over the unconscious third-tier magical beast Silver Wolf not far away, and the headless corpse of the Moon Eclipse Knight Wood.
Finally, his gaze settled on the fine iron sword in Arthur's hand, still stained with blood.
He couldn't help but wonder what had just happened on the battlefield.
Arthur understood the expression on the guard knight Tavis's face.
“Luna lent me her power, which helped me behead this Silver Knight.”
He succinctly explained the situation of the battle, then changed the subject:
We'll discuss the specifics later.
The situation on your territory's border is unknown; I think you should go and support them as soon as possible.
This is Arthur's advice to the guard knight Tavis, from the perspective of a lord.
"Lord Blackrock is absolutely right."
The guard knight Tavis seemed to agree with Arthur's suggestion, suppressing the curious expression on his face.
But instead of rushing to the border, he looked again at Luna, who was still in Arthur's arms:
"Your Highness Luna, let me take you back to a safe place in Crescent Town first."
Seeing this, Arthur realized:
Protecting the Moon Saintess in his arms was a far greater priority than supporting the border defense.
Thinking of this, the image of the Moon God who had blessed him couldn't help but appear in his mind.
And the other party's determination to fight for the girl in his arms, even though his body had been severely injured by the Eclipse Knight Wood.
Arthur also looked at Luna, the little girl in his arms, and thoughts raced through his mind:
Is Luna, the Moon Saintess, a Level 4 user blessed with the "Grace of the Twin Moons"?
Now, everyone's eyes are focused on this thin girl.
Because she decided how things would proceed.
Faced with this reliable and familiar guard knight, Tavis, Luna resolutely shook her head:
“Mr. Tavis, please go and save Sister Angel and Sister Louise first, otherwise I will not leave this brother.”
After saying that, she hugged Arthur tightly again and buried her head in his chest.
It seems she attaches great importance to the two Moon Believers fighting on the border.
Luna's willful behavior made Tavis look uncomfortable.
As a guardian knight, he was unable to forcibly interfere with the choices of this holy lady, who held a high position within the church.
So, feeling a headache coming on, he had no choice but to return to his horse.
After quickly making some changes, he looked at Arthur:
"Lord Blackrock, please forgive Luna's willfulness, and I beg you to look after her again."
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at the same time.
The perspective returns to the border defense line of Crescent Moon Territory.
The place was littered with corpses.
The border guard squadron led by Neo and the attacking bandit gang both suffered heavy casualties.
At this time.
A black spear, lifted by dense black mist, flew into the sky above the battlefield strewn with corpses.
Immediately afterwards, a ghostly figure shrouded in black mist emerged from it.
The ghostly figure transformed into a gust of cold wind, sweeping away all the corpses present.
With each passing gust of cold wind, a ghostly blue spirit was pulled out of the corpse.
Immediately afterwards, these eerie blue spirits, facing the ghostly figure that had transformed into a gloomy wind, emitted a series of piercing shrieks:
"No!"
"No!"
"No!"