Noah kept staring at the system panel before him, without moving.
His eyes were focused on that notification, calculating every possibility that he could think of.
'The Knight of the Goddess Ruin?'
He asked himself. The word Goddess definitely meant something, right?
He had never actually thought of it like that, but the Godsgrave meant a burial place for gods, so gods being related to this was self-explanatory, but his silly brain never caught something so small.
However, now that he knew of that, something clicked inside his brain.
Becoming a knight of a goddess definitely meant something huge.
The Knight of Ruin... that title alone held weight to that.
Still, he couldn't help but ask,
'A goddess? But that also means there will be other gods too, right?'
But nothing came from the other side, he was only asking himself.
He wasn't planning on refusing, but call it a hunch; he couldn't help but ask that.
If she is a Goddess in this realm, then that must mean there are other gods too.
Just like she wishes to choose him as her knight, other gods might have picked other people to be their knights or believers.
Calculating all the pros and cons of the given situation, he decided to...
"I accept."
Accept the offer.
Being a knight of a literal goddess... There will come consequences with that for sure, but more than that, a knight of a goddess should definitely be something that not anybody can become.
A-rank? It will definitely be higher than that.
As soon as he said those 2 words, he felt his body getting heavy. It wasn't even his actions, but his body moved on its own, kneeling with one knee on the ground with his head bowed before nothing.
He couldn't see anything, there was nothing before him, but deep inside his heart, he felt it... His naked eyes couldn't see it, but there definitely was something before him.
It did not take him even a second to break into a cold sweat.
Making his body move without his knowledge and the mysterious pressure and the presence he felt just now... all of them could only mean one thing.
'The Goddess...'
He was in the presence of the Goddess he chose just now.
Excitement? Feal? Or maybe adrenaline? He felt his body tremble, and a weird smile crept up on his face.
'What the hell? I can't understand what's happening with me.'
As he pondered what to do next, a system prompt appeared.
[The Goddess of Ruin is looking at her Knight.]
[Swore the oath of your allegiance for your goddess to become her knight.]
He read the words that appeared on the screen and closed his eyes.
'So, it's all real...'
Till now, he still wasn't able to believe everything that was going on here, but now he did.
He needed to swear an oath to become her knight, but a normal human like him, who in truth hadn't even watched any epic movies, did not know how to.
At least he knew he was in the right position for it, kneeling on his knee before the Goddess.
When he was pondering what to say, he saw something glowing underneath the ground.
Curious, he touched the crimson light coming from it, when he did that, he knew it wasn't just a glowing light, it was actually something hard. As soon as he touched that, something changed...
His eyes turned dull, yet cold, there no longer remained any resistance in him. The stiffness he felt while kneeling disappeared immediately, and even his head was bowed more sincerely now.
With that, Noah dug his hand under the ground and grabbed the thing that was emitting the light.
He tightly wrapped his hands around its handle and pulled it out in one move.
The thing he pulled out was actually an old and rusty sword, which had been in that same place for who knows how long.
The long span of time has made it rusty. Covered in mud and dirt. But it still exuded an unwavering might.
Noah placed the sword to his left as if he were putting the sword in his sheath.
With his new actions, words flowed out of his mouth as naturally as they could be,
"I, as your knight, swear to always protect you, my goddess. My life, my sword, my everything will always be yours and yours alone to command. No matter if it is the mortal, a saint, an apostle or even a God... any threat that comes to you, will have to face my sword first. I shall never waver. If it means to save you, I will even unheed your command, but never shall I ever do anything that will harm you.
"If I ever fail to fulfil my oath, then death shall fall upon me."
He finished his oath and as he did, he went back to his previous self again.
Before he could even think about what had happened just now. The system began to buzz again.
[You have completed your oath to the Goddess.]
[Failure to fulfil the oath will result in your death.]
[Congratulations, Knight. The Goddess has accepted your oath.]
[You have awakened as the Knight.]
[You have awakened the class Sole Knight of the Goddess Ruin (SSS Rank).]