How to Live as a Knight After the Ending-Chapter 543

The newly appeared Star-Shattering Generals numbered two and neither of them was inferior in level compared to Glamhator.

Though they were called split bodies, the fact that they appeared later than Glamhator made it seem like they possessed even greater power.

They are strong.

True to their name, they were monsters capable of destroying stars.

'I had to use my trump card even to defeat Glamhator. If the opponents are Star-Shattering Generals, and two of them at that, exhaustion of power is unavoidable.'

That wasn't the only problem in the current situation.

'The speed at which cracks form in the barrier is faster than expected.'

Osian's eyes could see that beyond the torn sky, the Star Barrier was collapsing at a rapid pace.

The front line had collapsed, and through the widened gaps, the Void Legion was flooding in like a tide.

Osian intuitively knew whose doing this was.

'Solenon. It's that bastard's work.'

And now that he had hidden himself, that bastard would be putting even more effort into dismantling the Star Barrier.

To stop that, he needed to find Solenon. Find him and kill him.

'But will those bastards just stand by and watch?'

He could vaguely sense that the two Star-Shattering Generals were wary of this side and trying to keep them in check because this side had eliminated Glamhator.

'If I hadn't been here, those bastards would have leisurely descended to this star. They came in a hurry because of my existence.'

The newly appeared Star-Shattering Generals introduced themselves.

"I am the one who pierced a thousand stars. Ken-Ush."

"I am the one who bewitches star clusters, Agraphilia."

Befitting generals who had shattered stars, the epithets attached before their names were all extraordinary.

Ken-Ush resembled a sharp-bladed puppet made by twisting two pieces of metal together.

Its arms and legs were sharp as blades, and it had nothing like fingers. At a glance, it looked somewhat like a robot or armor.

Agraphilia's appearance resembled a beautiful woman at first glance, but there was something alien about her. She had six arms, and the folding parts of the arms had joints as clearly defined as a mannequin's.

And the large single eye attached to an eyepatch wasn't an ordinary eye. When she spoke, the eye split vertically and spoke.

Right. That wasn't a giant eyeball but a mouth.

With the appearance of the two Star-Shattering Generals, the faces of the Border Guard turned pale.

The attack by Solenon alone had caused enormous damage but beings far stronger than that were the very embodiment of despair.

The crisis wasn't just that.

Black liquid squirmed from the fallen meteorites, and Void Soldiers rose up in droves.

The Void Soldiers filled the view, crossing over structures here and there like a swarm of ants.

Their numbers seemed more than double what had been killed while crossing the plains.

The numerical disadvantage had been significant from the start, but now the gap had widened much further.

The energy of erosion and contamination spread around them like dawn fog.

Some of the soldiers sat down on the spot and vomited. Even wearing gas masks was useless.

Colonel Ernst urgently shouted.

"Stop! Don't take off your gas masks!"

Though he shouted, some of the Border Guards, frozen with terrible fear, couldn't hear him.

"Kwaaaaah!"

The soldier who removed his gas mask suddenly collapsed on the spot, then melted down with a scream.

His skin and muscles became mushy and turned into black liquid, and all that remained was the skeleton that had constituted the human he once was.

Soon after, the black liquid rose and clung to his bones. It was as if time was reversing. Thus a new Void Soldier was born.

"B-Bienson!"

"Tom! Get a grip! It's me!"

"Aaaah!"

With the appearance of Void Soldiers in various parts of the formation, the battlefield was truly engulfed in chaos.

"H-how can this be?"

Colonel Ernst fell into despair. Even he, who possessed strong mental fortitude and indomitable conviction, found it hard to maintain his reason in a situation like this.

Osian wanted to help them, but he couldn't.

The two Star-Shattering Generals were watching him while holding their weapons.

"Star Being. I will kill you here."

"I'm not particularly close with Glamhator, but still, as someone who serves the same master, I should get revenge on his behalf."

The moment those two revealed their power, the damage would be incomparably greater than mere Void Soldiers or the Black Star Corps.

Osian gripped his sword and pondered. Should he use it or not?

Conservation of power was essential for later battles.

But could he really conserve power here? The longer it dragged on, the more exhaustion there might be compared to what was originally planned.

The moment of contemplation wasn't long.

"No matter who the opponent is, I will cut them down."

As a knight, he had come here and what he needed to do hadn't changed.

Since when had he fought while complicating his mind?

If there's an enemy, he just needs to cut them down. Thinking that way, his mind became comfortable as if something blocked had been cleared.

That was enough.

Suddenly brilliant radiance fell from the sky.

Kuuuung!

With a heavy vibration, something landed on the ground within the radiance.

The pillar of light disappeared and what had fallen inside rose to its feet.

"That's..."

Agraphilia's expression hardened. She realized that the energy of the suddenly appeared uninvited guest was unusual.

Ken-Ush also watched quietly, then suddenly withdrew greatly as if sensing something.

Sharp ice crystals bloomed above where Ken-Ush had been standing.

They were large and their sharpness was viciously blade-like. More dangerous than that was the bone-chilling cold.

Osian watched the scene and couldn't hide his smile inside his helmet.

"I thought it would take quite a while if you came after preparing."

Martinez, who had risen, emitted intense divine power behind his back and said.

"When my brother went first, how could I just sit still?"

Balud, who walked out between the ice crystals he had created, said.

"I can't watch you showing off alone."

"It's not showing off. I'm genuinely cool."

"For that, the situation doesn't look good, brother."

Martinez and Balud stared at the two Star-Shattering Generals.

The Star-Shattering Generals didn't approach immediately either, glaring at the two who had suddenly appeared.

"There are two more beings with star qualifications?"

"Would it be just two?"

It wasn't Osian, Martinez, or Balud who answered Ken-Ush's mutter.

Ken-Ush's gaze turned toward the shadow at his feet.

The shadow squirmed and moved, then shot a black dagger toward Ken-Ush.

Ken-Ush didn't just take it. He moved both arms at invisible speed and deflected the dagger.

The deflected dagger moved swiftly and fell, wrapping around a woman's hand.

It was a woman draped in black shadows, standing there who knows since when.

"Malina."

Malina looked back at Osian and gave him a winking smile.

"How dare you!"

Agraphilia plucked the instrument in her hand. Her epithet was the one who bewitches star clusters.

The reason she got that epithet was because the power of that instrument was strong. The instrument she played entranced all beings.

Ahhhhh—

A wave that pushed back Agraphilia's instrument sound came rolling in.

The wave carried a voice within it. Just hearing it makes one's heart warm and the body overflow with vitality.

Light of various colors moved in the form of a gentle wind, pushing back Agraphilia's instrument sound.

"I never thought I'd come to a place like this in my life."

"Rose."

The Void Soldiers were also affected by Rose's voice.

They trembled as if having seizures. As if the power Rose possessed was their natural enemy, they rushed toward Rose all at once.

Rose didn't retreat and held her ground.

Between her and the Void Soldiers, the ground squirmed and rose, and something blackish suddenly shot up.

It was a pitch-black coffin.

The number of coffins seemed to exceed 100.

The coffin doors opened all at once. Skeletons wearing uniforms came out from inside.

-Kweeeeeek!

A Void Soldier swung its blade-transformed arm toward the skeleton blocking its path.

The skeleton collided with such a Void Soldier.

-Seureok!

The Void Soldiers' bodies were butchered all at once. The skeletons cut down the approaching Void Soldiers one after another.

They weren't ordinary skeletons. Powerful dark magic dwelled in their bodies.

-Kuwaaaaaak!

A giant dragon made of bones appeared in the sky and breathed toward the Void Soldier troops.

Flames mixed with infernal magic burned the Void Soldiers. On top of the dragon rode a black mage draped in a black robe.

"I came to help too."

"Elise Denarova."

The Black Star Corps moved. Not ordinary Black Star Corps members, but Black Star Corps commanders. They floated in the air and, transforming into black flashes, aimed for Elise.

The Black Star Corps commanders traced brilliant trajectories as they pursued the Bone Dragon flying through the sky.

While the Bone Dragon was fast, it wasn't fast enough that the Black Star Corps commanders couldn't catch it.

However, the Black Star Corps commanders never reached Elise.

"You bastards dare!"

With a fierce roar, countless spears fell from even higher in the sky.

The spears were fire, ice, lightning, or as hard as rock.

The Black Star Corps commanders reacted quickly. They scattered in all directions, trying to avoid the magic spear blades.

However, those weren't ordinary spears. The spears passing by the Black Star Corps commanders suddenly changed direction.

The spears that changed direction, ignoring inertia and physical laws, persistently pursued the fleeing Black Star Corps commanders.

-Kwagwagwang!

Splendid magical explosions occurred in the air. The Black Star Corps commanders' bodies fell to the ground torn to shreds.

"Terence."

Fluttering his robe, Terence revealed a majesty befitting an Archmage.

"How can there be so many Star Beings?"

Agraphilia muttered as if unable to understand.

She had thought only Osian was there, but she was clearly flustered by the fact that there were more beings like him.

"Don't panic, Agraphilia. The reason why the Primordial Void targets this star, its specialness, has only now been proven."

Ken-Ush didn't panic and sharply honed his fighting spirit. He seemed seasoned in unexpected situations like this on the battlefield.

Those who had arrived gathered by Osian's side and Osian asked.

"How on earth did you get here?"

He himself had moved as soon as he arrived in the Baienrus Kingdom. Yet for support to arrive this quickly.

"We were preparing in advance. It's not just you, you know."

Rose said that and looked up at the sky.

Beyond the path they had come from, beyond the pitch-black sky, a huge airship could be seen approaching.

It wasn't an ordinary airship. It was clearly for special purposes, made to traverse long distances quickly.

What stood out more was that it wasn't military. It was solely for transport purposes.

"Money really can do anything."

Balud muttered in a slightly envious voice as Osian stared blankly at the airship.

The airship had its distinctive logo emblazoned on it, as if proving its affiliation.

"Goldiron."

"That's not all. Various wealthy people provided support. Among them are many people you know."

Rose said that and handed Osian a signal device.

As soon as he received it, communication came from the other side.

[Yahoo. Have you been well, friend?]

"Neo."

[The world is in danger of destruction, so I came to save it right away. It's not just me.]

The artificial intelligence automaton Neo. The fact that he came meant that man was with him too.

The man who admired knights, the madman Alonso.

That wasn't all. Behind the airship that appeared in the lead were several other airships together.

It was the airship of the automaton conglomerate, Antique Tech.

Besides that, there were airships representing other companies as well.

Red rain fell from the sky. It was a crystal made by solidifying bright red blood.

The crystals beautifully embroidered the air while mercilessly knocking down the Void Soldiers.

In one corner of view, a giant wave of fog rose and swept the surrounding area.

Osian watched that sight and couldn't hold back the laughter flowing from his lips.

"Hahaha. How foolish."

He could only say that.

Stupid bastards. What kind of place is this to come so carelessly? Not even knowing how precious their own lives are.

"Right. How foolish."

Next to him, with a clicking sound, Loraine appeared holding her modified gun.

Beside her were Diolan, Edgar, and Seren together.

"Then you, who led the way more than anyone, must be the world's fastest fool."

Diolan said jokingly.

"We will gladly follow even such a fool."

The one who said that was Asmer.

Behind him, the Starlight Knights could be seen together.

Not just the Starlight Knights. The Moon Scar Knights led by David and the Sun Ring Knights led by Lukai were together.

They quickly and safely cleaned up the Void Soldiers that had appeared throughout the formation.

Lukai smiled toward Osian and said.

"To save the world, I'll gladly be a fool."

"I-I'm here too."

Ena was there too. The fact that she came meant...

Kuwooooo!

A giant Void beast roared. The one as large as a mountain shook the world within view with just its cry.

The ground trembled as if an earthquake had occurred.

The beast glared at the swarming humans with murderous eyes.

That's when it happened.

An ominous sword mixed with red and black appeared. It was large enough not to be overshadowed even compared to the Void beast.

Star of Death, the Killing Star Sword was swung, splitting the Void beast like firewood.

Lupona, who had killed the Void beast, appeared wearing black armor like when they first met. The black bike she rode when fighting Battle Trench was with her too.