A powerful gust of wind mixed with green magical wind blew away the silver curtain of rain in front of Cang Ye, revealing the true form of the Afanc, which had previously only been a faint silhouette.
It had the head of a snake, the belly of a leopard, the rump of a lion, and two pairs of claws resembling those of a deer and a wild rabbit.
At this moment, the small eyes of its snake head were greedily staring at Cang Ye, its forked tongue flicking in and out.
It looked exactly like a hunter who was confident of capturing its prey.
Cang Ye raised an eyebrow at its appearance.
Although Britomart had said that the Afanc hunted fae for food, making it a natural enemy of fae, Cang Ye was no ordinary fae.
He had a physical body, a weapon, and rich combat experience.
If this Afanc was treating him as ordinary food just because of the fae aura on him, it only proved that it was a 'defective product' with no intelligence, acting solely on instinct.
Against such an enemy, Cang Ye was confident of victory.
"Hiss..."
The Afanc's snake head hissed.
It couldn't wait any longer. The fae aura it hadn't devoured in a long time was already making it itch with anticipation. Although it could smell another fae in the cave, it simply couldn't hold back anymore.
With a hiss, the Afanc's massive body shot forward, pouncing towards Cang Ye.
But Cang Ye was not flustered at all. He just raised the verdant spear in his hand and swept it forward forcefully.
"Hiss! Hiss!"
The next moment, the Afanc let out a painful hiss. Its forward-pouncing body instantly fell to the ground, wailing in agony.
A gruesome wound had suddenly appeared on its abdomen, as if cut by a sharp weapon. Moreover, there was green wind-attribute magical energy on it, hindering its self-healing.
"So the so-called 'guaranteed to strike down the opponent' is this kind of effect. It's truly worthy of the name of a magic spear."
Cang Ye watched the scene before him and clicked his tongue in amazement.
If someone had been watching from the side just now, they would have noticed that Cang Ye's spear blade had not actually hit the Afanc.
The reason it was injured was entirely because the moment Cang Ye swung the spear, the magical energy in his body involuntarily flowed into the magic spear, causing the magical energy to form an invisible blade of wind, instantly increasing his attack range significantly.
As for the knockdown effect, that was entirely a characteristic of the magic spear itself.
"ROAR!"
Feeling the constant pain from its wound, the Afanc's ferocity was completely aroused.
Roaring, it charged at Cang Ye again, intending to attack him with its claws.
But since Cang Ye knew that its attacks carried a curse effect, he would not let it get close.
So he once again brandished the magic spear, and this time it was not a simple attack, but a continuous series of spear techniques.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
In an instant, the wind and clouds in this wilderness changed. The invisible spear blades transformed into a continuous stream of attacks, forming a giant net of deadly intent that firmly trapped the enraged Afanc on the ground.
Even though it roared continuously, trying to endure the pain and break through the blockade to attack Cang Ye, it was forced back by his torrential attacks every time.
Gradually, the wounds on its body increased, and its originally powerful roar became weaker.
Soon, the Afanc was on the verge of death, and one of its claws had even been cut off by Cang Ye.
But at this moment, Cang Ye had no intention of stopping.
He felt that since the magic spear had drawn the magical energy out of his body, he seemed to have entered a profound and mysterious state.
Cang Ye felt as if the magic spear in his hand had become a stream of water connected to his body.
The stream of water changed into various attack forms according to his will, and the martial arts techniques he had once recorded and seen through with his Fae Eyes gradually integrated into this stream, like a great river with countless tributaries converging, rushing endlessly.
Cang Ye's eyes grew brighter. He felt as if he was about to touch some kind of realm, something.
Even his spear skills, which had long since reached a bottleneck, began to slowly improve as his understanding of this epiphany-like experience deepened.
But what Cang Ye didn't notice was that while he was immersed in his epiphany, the Afanc, which had been suppressed by his offensive, had a fierce light in its eyes after realizing there was no hope of escape.
Just as Cang Ye felt he had touched the threshold, a strange sound suddenly interrupted his thoughts.
The Afanc's abdominal cavity swelled, and a sound like forty hounds barking at once suddenly erupted.
The next moment, the hair on Cang Ye's entire body stood on end, and a sense of crisis from all directions instantly pulled him back from his epiphany.
At the same time, Britomart, who had been quietly watching the battle from the cave, also sensed the danger and hurriedly shouted a warning to Cang Ye.
"Look out!"
"ROAR!"
With a roar from the Afanc, the surrounding rain, which had originally been separated by the magic wind barrier formed after the magic spear's True Name release, suddenly froze in mid-air.
Then, it trembled, converged, merged, and finally transformed into countless curved blades of rainwater, which pierced through the magic wind barrier at an astonishing speed and cut towards Cang Ye from all directions.
At the same time, a loud bang erupted from the direction of the cave. It was Britomart, who had already put on the 『Fortress of the Queen - Oceanic Shell Armor』, rushing towards him.
But, it seemed to be too late.
The speed of the rainwater blades was beyond imagination, and there were so many of them that Cang Ye had no room to escape or dodge.
The Afanc's small, bean-sized snake eyes flickered with a bloodthirsty light.
This was an attack it had launched at the cost of its own life force.
Even if it meant being seriously injured, the Afanc had to kill this fae. It had been on the verge of victory, but to be turned on and nearly killed by its prey...
This anger and resentment were far beyond what its simple mind could bear.
But the panicked and even desperate expression that was expected to appear on Cang Ye's face did not. Instead, he closed his eyes.
What is he doing?
A big question mark appeared in the Afanc's small mind.
Is there really no hope?
Feeling the bone-chilling coldness from all directions, such a thought appeared in Cang Ye's mind.
Perhaps because he had just been in a state of epiphany, facing this almost certain death, Cang Ye remained extremely calm.
He quickly went through all the skills he currently possessed in his mind and soon came to the conclusion that they were all useless.
This was undoubtedly a dead end.
But as the saying goes, there is always a way out of a desperate situation.
Those who dare to challenge fate are also noticed by fate.
Cang Ye felt his body heating up. Under the lingering influence of his previous epiphany, he remembered that before he became a human, a knight, he was a water fae.
How could I forget my original self?
He thought with some regret.
At the same time, a new power was born from his bloodline and life, transforming into a pure stream that merged into his limbs and magical energy.
[Ding, you have acquired the skill 『Mana Burst (Water) A+』]
The system's notification sounded at the right time, and Cang Ye also opened his eyes. In his azure pupils, a blue light flowed like water.
The next moment, the water blades in the air collapsed again, disintegrated, and then formed countless sharp spears.
But this time, their target was not Cang Ye, but the Afanc, which was watching this scene in a daze.
"Hoo..."
Slowly exhaling, Cang Ye did not hesitate. He made a grabbing motion with his left hand and then clenched his fist forcefully.
Puchi.
The sky full of water spears entered its body, instantly piercing through the Afanc's body. Then, with a flash of green light, its large snake head fell to the ground.
Until its death, the Afanc never understood how the prey had turned the tables on the hunter.
[You have successfully killed the monster that was destined to appear in your fate, the Afanc, and have awakened the powerful skill 『Mana Burst (Water)』.]
[With this, you can finally call yourself one of the strongest people in Britain.]
[But it's a pity that the Afanc's final outburst interrupted your epiphany. This makes you feel very uncomfortable, because no matter how you try later, you can't return to that state. Even the bottleneck that was originally easy to break has become as hard as a shackle for some reason.]
[Helpless, you have no choice but to temporarily put this matter aside.]
[And so, after dismembering the Afanc's body and taking its head, hide, teeth, and claws, you and Britomart returned to the town.]
[Because you killed the Afanc, which represented misfortune in Britain, your fame soared again. The name 'The Lion of Britain' once again resounded throughout Britain.]
[People gave you a knightly nickname, the 'Radiant Knight'.]
[You, along with the Sun Knight Gawain, the Knight of the Lake Lancelot, and the Sorrowful Knight Tristan of the same period, are known as the 'Four Great Knights of Britain'.]
[It is worth mentioning that during this period, the future prophesied king of Britain, Arthur Artorius Pendragon, has already established himself as king with the support of the court magician Merlin and the unrestrained knight Kay.]
[She is now recruiting troops and horses, claiming to save Britain from the hands of the calamitous White Dragon.]
[With her reputation and the prophecy's blessing, she has also recruited many talented people and people with lofty ideals. Even Gawain and Tristan have joined her camp.]
[People in the folk have begun to call her King Arthur.]
[You don't have any particular thoughts on this matter, only feeling that you are now famous enough. It is time to declare your allegiance to Queen Morgan of Camelot to the people of Britain.]
[But to achieve all this, you need an opportunity, an opportunity sufficient to draw people's attention from the prophesied king back to you.]
[Soon, this opportunity came to you.]
[In a certain town, you and Britomart, disguised as your attendant, encountered a knight who was like a prince charming.]
[The new King of Orkney, King Arthur's great general, the Sun Knight Gawain, has found you.]
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