Accompanied by an increasingly loud sound of energy gathering, the Star God's originally grayish-black body suddenly flashed with streaks of white halos from bottom to top, as if a chameleon-like squid was continuously using its body color to warn others.
However, Marthal, the Old Knight, suddenly felt the hairs on the back of his neck—no, his mane—stand completely on end.
"Defend, brace for impact!"
Without any hesitation, the Old Knight raised his shield, and a pure golden, dazzling radiance illuminated the entire pitch-black dock space.
The next second, three pure white beams of light, two to three meters in diameter and Shining like the cosmos, shot directly at the Knights from the Star God's head and tentacles.
Bang—!
Marthal bore the brunt, hit by the first beam of light. The surging rays and the Originium Arts-formed vanguard canceled each other out, erupting in a fierce blaze.
With Marthal at the forefront, the raised light shield rapidly weakened.
"Ugh—"
This power was so immense. Marthal had spent his life in battle, yet he had never encountered such a powerful Spell impact.
This was a pure outpouring of power. The Old Kuranta felt the strength within him being rapidly drained away, barely able to offset this force.
Neither the Imperial Guard of Ursus nor the Chief Sorcerer of Leithanien's Empress Guard had ever put such immense pressure on him.
But then, Old Nearl suddenly remembered that perhaps he had once seen a similarly mighty power—
That was when he was a common Crusader Knight, fighting against the invasion of the Leithanien people. Facing the Witch King who personally led the charge, the opponent's unparalleled Originium Arts easily wiped out the lives of an entire Knight Order.
Thinking of this, Marse suddenly increased the output of his Originium Arts. Light-forged wings instantly bloomed behind him, protecting his subordinates within them and blocking the incredibly violent Spell.
"Check for casualties, disengage formation, keep moving. The maneuverability of this Spell ray is very poor!"
Taking a deep breath and suppressing the feeling of weakness, Marse knew that he couldn't protect everyone. If even he found it so difficult to block, then the two Knight squads on the outermost flanks—
And then, he saw a familiar figure.
"You really can take a hit, old man. I usually don't dare to face this thing head-on—"
Goki looked at the man who truly dared to withstand a blow from a Gods People with a bitter smile. As expected of a top-tier combatant, he was truly formidable.
His arms trembling uncontrollably, Goki was holding the Holy Sword with both hands. The blazing flames burning on his body, and the shields bestowed by Nightingale and Shining, slowly dissipated.
Just now, relying on the Holy Sword's restraint against the Star God and the blessings of the two Sarkaz Grand Sorcerers, he had barely managed to block a ray.
His muscles and bones were creaking. He had just unhesitatingly fully enhanced himself, but these enhancements still needed a bit more time to adapt to his body.
A squad of Silverlance Pegasus Knights was being shielded behind him. The Node Adjutant, upon discovering Goki, quickly reacted and shifted the protective attributes of the entire Originium Arts vanguard, including Goki within it.
Goki's legs had broken again and were slowly recovering—in pursuit of speed, Skadi had thrown him down with full force. He hoped he wouldn't scare Platinum again.
On the other side, the Knights who had prepared their defenses found that no attack landed on their shields.
Raising their heads, they discovered that the tentacle shooting white lasers seemed to have been punched by the air, and was twisting to point the ray towards the sky.
The pure white laser instantly swept across the metal walls of the alloy-forged mobile city, instantly plowing a trench more than two meters deep.
The intuitive display of power made all the Knights gulp, as even the city defense cannons could not cause such great damage.
Without time to pay respects to the Old Commander and this suddenly appearing gentleman in a black trench coat, the many Knights disbanded their formation, took up their stances, and began to move quickly towards the giant beast, coordinating the killing of monsters along the way.
Clearly, this giant beast was not suitable for a frontal charge, but the Knights would never easily admit defeat.
"Hey, I told you, you should call me grandpa, kid—looks like you got what you wanted?"
Shaking his somewhat sore arms, the Old Knight stood up, leaning on his longsword, and looked at Goki and the sword in his hand.
"Indeed, this should be your weapon—and you should be my grandson-in-law, hahahaha! Alright, let's continue!"
Then, without further pleasantries, the Old Knight raised his sharp sword and, accompanied by a dazzling light, charged towards the giant beast.
"Ha... does this count as getting parental approval? Forget it, Margaret's mind isn't on romance."
Shaking his head, Goki waved to the platform above.
If someone with sharp eyes could spot it, on top of the giant beast's head, a brave and petite white-haired Nona was effortlessly pulling a tentacle, sweeping it with a jet of white light, and severing another tentacle.
Then, Skadi swung her greatsword, easily cutting off the tentacle in her hand.
Skadi had her own tactics for dealing with giant units, and Goki didn't even need to bother her—of course, Skadi still hoped they could fight side-by-side.
Beside her, Platinum was helping to pick off the Mind-suckers swarming around. However, this time, having run out of arrows, she had picked up a Hunter's Pistol Goki had given her, along with a pouch of mercury bullets filled with his blood.
"I'm numb, my hand hurts so much. Does this bastard usually use firearms with such heavy recoil? It's terrifying!"
Although a bit unaccustomed, Platinum was indeed a Sniper Operator. After a simple lesson, while she couldn't achieve Goki's precise Gun Counter, she could accurately hit every enemy.
"I just want to finish quickly so Mr. Goki can go home and make me a late-night snack."
On the other side, pale golden and light blue force fields and Spell shields constantly enveloped everyone. Nightingale, holding a staff Goki had found for her in Hunters Dream, kept shouting that she was hungry, and diligently tried to envelop the entire body of the god in a holy sanctuary.
Just now, if it weren't for her Spell slowing down the Star God's release of cosmic rays, the Knights would surely have suffered casualties from that last attack.
"Be serious, Liz."
Shining waved her hand casually, and a brilliant sword light swept out, completely shattering the limbs growing from the flesh on the ground, while she couldn't help but look down.
"Goki... indeed, you are the one we are looking for—the Moon."
"Knights, the Knight King—Kazimierz, all will! Vanish!"
Being surrounded by Knights caused the Star God to completely lose control. He opened his vertical, fanged maw and let out a deafening roar.
The entire vast landship docking area once again transformed into a cosmic starry sky.
"Alright, Nona, I think you can sneak out now. You really don't want them to see you again—well, I understand why."
While everyone's attention was focused on the Star God, a phantom shadow beside Goki gradually solidified.
Her body emitted a faint glow, appearing somewhat transparent, with golden hair, brilliant golden eyes, a tall and voluptuous figure, and a beautiful and playful face, combining Margaret's bravery with Maria's vitality.
And, she was completely naked.
Goki covered his eyes, his fingers spread wide apart.
"...He's still so irritable. I thought after a few hundred years, he would at least learn to be a bit calmer. Did I break his head when I stabbed it?"
With a casual wave, this heroic golden-haired Nona concealed her figure within armor identical to that of other Crusader Knights, and silently approached Goki.
"I said we would speak in person, Mr. Hunter. I have always looked forward to meeting you."
The Nona Knight King waved her hand casually, and silver-white armor once again covered her body, completely concealing her voluptuous figure.
"Being a wandering ghost for so long, moving my body a bit seems nice—but it's really hard to compete for a spot to come to the real world. Those ladies are too... never mind, we can talk slowly."
Suddenly, the Knight King seemed to think of something, showing a faint smile to Goki, and then put on a thick helmet, completely hiding herself behind the mask.
After all... those enthusiastic and eager ladies were quite formidable—
"Ladies? Forget it, we have plenty of time to talk slowly, Nona Knight King, about you and me."
Slinging the Holy Sword behind his back, Goki suddenly drew his longsword from its sheath, and together with this "unknown Knight," began his charge.
This was the purpose of the summoning bell; life and death were merely states.
The great Knight King had once again returned to her loyal Kazimierz.
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