At this moment, although there was no increase in power, he felt himself become... a bit more complete.
The originally faint radiance instantly became incomparably brilliant, soaring skyward, causing the tentacles that were sweeping towards them to shrink back with roars.
"Ludwig's Holy Blade, a typical trick weapon used by Healing Church Hunters.
It is said that this silver sword was once wielded by Ludwig, the first Healing Church Hunter. When transformed, it can combine with its sheath to become a greatsword.
It showcases many designs different from the Hunters Workshop, indicating that the Healing Church was preparing to fight a greater enemy.
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This was Goki's most frequently used and most effective weapon—the Holy Blade.
However, it's worth noting that despite the blessing of rune power, this Holy Blade was still just a standard issue weapon for Healing Church Hunters, and its Spell effects were very weak—Ludwig had only used it once, and his true weapon was something else entirely.
But it was not the sword that made the man, but the man that made the sword. The current power of this ordinary weapon is because Goki once wielded it.
In other words, during his Peak period when Goki slaughtered his way through Yharnam, with all Divine Power converging into one, he'seasoned' this sword with his own power—this is called 'nurturing,' alright!
Moreover, there's an even more important point—what the Star God devoured was the power belonging to the Daughter of the Cosmos.
And He was slain by this very weapon—the world will imbue this sword with the symbolic concept of a God-slaying weapon, and it is specifically targeted at the Star God beneath everyone's feet!
It was precisely this power that maintained the Knight King's physical form, and also caused her to turn into specks of dust the moment the Holy Blade was taken away.
In fact, even Goki himself could only temporarily withstand the surging energy within it, and his body was irreversibly decomposing. However, this was, after all, originally Goki's power—using this weapon for a short period of time posed no pressure.
"Oh—Goki, Goki, Goki!"
Seeing this handsome, golden-glowing longsword, Skadi's red eyes immediately glazed over—she had no particular need for other weapons, but she had no resistance to handsome greatswords.
"Yes, yes, yes, I'll lend it to you to play with when this is over, but right now, we have something more important to do—"
Goki hoisted the greatsword onto his shoulder, feeling the rapidly increasing speed, looking at the constantly shattering rock walls and the already torn-apart lower structure of the mobile city, and took a deep breath.
"—Achoo! My bad, my bad."
Then he choked—he seemed to have inhaled some of the Knight King's ashes.
"Alright, everyone, there's only one last thing for us to do—slay this monstrosity beneath our feet."
The Holy Blade flashed with a gleam, and Goki's smile was exceptionally confident.
"Easier said than done, why don't you kill it? Humans at least have a heart as a vital organ, but tell me how to kill this monstrosity?"
Platinum was put down by Skadi. She counted the few black arrows left in her quiver, looking at the constantly surging, foul-smelling fleshy tentacles, feeling immense pressure.
"It's simple—when a person is killed, they die. Even a God, I can kill and show you!"
Saying this, Goki pulled out a small bell from his pocket, mostly cyan with a light red hue.
"Besides, I never said we were the only ones here."
"Knight King! You are dead! But this is not over! I will destroy your world, slaughter your people, and return the world to the Starry Sky!"
The next second, the mechanical structure of the mobile city's chassis was infiltrated and torn apart by twisted tentacles. The constantly expanding, twisted God crawled out of the ground, burrowed into the human city, and let out a roar of freedom!
But suddenly, He found that His surroundings were no longer cramped, but instead, a remarkably spacious internal area of the mobile city appeared—this was the mobile city's ship warehouse for parking land-based vessels, a true military facility.
And the control of these facilities was in the hands of the Kalterer.
"Silverlance Pegasus! Raise your lances—for virtue and the people!"
And immediately after, a grand, dazzling radiance shone forth from one side of the giant God, accompanied by several powerful Qi.
There, old Marse held a massive lance, clad in heavy armor, majestic and valiant, Shining as brightly as the second sun at the border of the Gloomwood back then.
"Yes—for virtue and the people!"
Behind him were hundreds of heavily armed Knights, uniformly raising their lances and letting out a war cry—the Silverlance Pegasus, Kazimierz's true elite corps, had already infiltrated Kazimierz days ago.
By all standards, they were all seasoned veterans, but if they charged together—even the Ursus Shieldguard formations would be unable to withstand their impact.
"Alright—let's begin, Nona Doll, it's time for happy stat allocation again. What should we allocate this time? And..."
And Goki, without hesitation, shook the bell in his hand.
"It's time to personally apologize to Nona Knight King for accidentally eating her just now."
Nona Knight King's off-duty time had indeed arrived—but Goki felt that she should voluntarily work overtime without compensation.
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"Is this all you've got, Margaret? It seems you're not as amazing as they make you out to be!"
In the central arena of the Four Cities Alliance, the intense Knight Tournament finals were still underway.
However, as one of the finalists, Margaret was still absentmindedly prolonging the match, allowing her opponent to mock her freely, raising her shield to absorb attacks, appearing to be at a disadvantage.
However, the next second, a sense of trepidation came from deep within her heart.
"Starry Sky—Brother Goki."
She subconsciously looked up at the sky above her head.
The Starry Sky had never been so dazzling; even under the thousands of spotlights in the night arena, amidst the flashing lights and glow sticks held by hundreds of thousands of fans, the brilliant Milky Way's radiance remained unmasked.
Several stars, arranged in a line, emitted an enchanting and captivating glow.
And beneath Margaret's feet, the stable mobile city was emitting a slight tremor—one must know that unless directly struck by an Ursus battle city, nothing could make a city tremble.
More crucially, Margaret felt a stirring, different from the flutter she felt every time she looked at Brother Goki, but rather a feeling of being summoned.
The descendants of the Nearl Family were being summoned; a battle to protect Kazimierz had begun.
"I'm sorry, Brother Goki, it seems I can't keep deceiving my opponent—I have to go help you."
Taking a deep breath, Margaret made her decision.
With a flick of her slender hand, she moved the Church's stone hammer behind her, began to charge, concentrating her essence, Qi, and spirit into one—how to time it perfectly to allow for a full-power attack was also something Brother Goki had taught her.
"This is the final blow, Margaret—"
Before her opponent could finish speaking, a silver flash instantly magnified in his vision!
Without any resistance, this contestant, skilled at taunting but indeed strong enough to contend for the championship, was smashed on the head by Margaret's hammer and sent flying off the stage.
However, Margaret, in terms of power, had already surpassed the highest level of this competition.
"You're far too inferior to Brother Goki—Aunt, Maria, let's go! Call Sister Platinum!"
Without any hesitation, not even bothering to celebrate this championship that no longer mattered to her, she called out to Zofia and her sister by the ring and transformed into a streak of light, rushing out of the arena.
"Cham! Pion! The match is over! A sudden strike left the opponent helpless! Let's congratulate Margaret—congratulate this year's champion... Hmm?"
The vanished champion left even Big Mouth Mobu stunned.
"Calling me Aunt, you—Ha, never mind, Maria, let's go too."
"Oh, oh, oh—aren't we supposed to drive?"
"Are you underestimating Kuranta too much? How could a car be faster than our sprint speed!"
Just then, Zofia's phone suddenly rang. She answered it with some impatience but heard a familiar voice.
"Tell Nona Margaret, three hundred meters northeast of the arena, there's a ventilation shaft leading underground. I'll go down first."
"Wait, Platinum, aren't you at home—"
"A slave must have the courage to sacrifice for her master, you know. Wherever my master is, there I am."
Standing beside a massive, bottomless ventilation shaft, completely protected by railings, Cenomi put on the black trench coat with a white cape that Goki had given her, and hung up the phone.
"Don't think you can shake me off, Master? I'm going to tell you my true name."
Emitting a transparent light shield around her, Cenomi unhesitatingly climbed over the railing, stabbed her dagger into the side wall of the ventilation shaft, and slid down rapidly.
Even if today were the end of the world, she had someone she wished to face death with.
If the mission of the Nearl Family was to protect Kazimierz, then now, Cenomi had only one mission.
To protect the one she deeply loved!
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