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In the small church behind the Eclipse Knight Wood, there was a little girl leaning against the door frame.
Upon closer inspection, two unique crescent-shaped marks appear on the corners of this little girl's eyes.
These two crescent moon marks radiated a holy light far surpassing that of Arthur's full moon mark.
At this moment.
The girl seemed to be drawn by the holy light emanating from Arthur's full moon mark.
She showed signs of becoming disoriented.
She stepped out of the church with a dazed look in her eyes.
Louise, a follower of the Moon, sensed something was wrong when she saw this.
She called out the little girl's name urgently:
"Luna! Go back quickly."
Having said that, Louise, the Moon Believer, no longer maintained her previous composure and quickly ran towards the church.
However, her attention was entirely focused on Luna, the little girl who stepped out of the church.
Her enemy, the Eclipse Knight Wood, has made his move.
"Ow!"
He first used some special method to provoke his third-tier magical beast, the silver wolf, causing it to go berserk.
After going berserk, the third-tier silver wolf unleashed an unprecedented speed.
Then, the Eclipse Knight Wood, riding a Tier 3 Silver Wolf, rushed towards Louise, the Moon Cultist, with lightning speed.
Immediately afterwards, he took the bishop-level holy lance from the Church of Shadows and aimed it at the rising full moon behind the woman's head, then thrust it forward.
Wood, the Eclipse Knight, once held the identity of a follower of the Moon.
Therefore, he knew that the full moon behind the woman's head was the source of her power.
The Shadow Lance in his hand seemed to be drawn by the two auras of "Blessing of the Moon," constantly emitting dangerous shadow energy.
then.
The Shadow Lance wielded by Wood, the Eclipse Knight, was imbued with raging shadow energy at its tip.
He easily broke through the white barrier on Louise's body, the one that had once troubled him.
Until then.
Louise, the bewildered believer in the moon, finally came to her senses.
The dangerous aura emanating from the Shadow Holy Lance before her made her nerves tense.
So she quickly pulled herself together and adjusted her mindset.
As she deftly bent down, she raised her hands to form a hand seal, drawing power from the moon goddess behind her head to defend against the Shadow Holy Lance's thrust.
But in the end, Louise paid the price for her flustered performance.
Despite her efforts to salvage the situation, the Eclipse Knight Wood's Shadow Lance, while missing the crescent moon behind her head, struck her left shoulder.
The spear tip pierced her left shoulder, unleashing a torrent of violent shadow energy that began to erode and destroy her flesh.
After being struck by this violent force, Luna follower Louise was sent flying backward and fell to the ground.
"Hahaha! Originally, I only came here to make you and Anjie, those two bitches, pay for your blood debts."
But I really didn't expect this unexpected bonus.
Eclipse Knight Wood glanced at Louise, the Moon Cultist lying on the ground, her breath waning, and raised his Shadow Lance once more:
"If those old fogies at the top of the church knew that two holy sons and daughters had been buried with you, can you imagine how furious they would be?"
Haha! The thought of humiliating those arrogant, self-important old guys makes me incredibly happy.
At this point, Eclipse Knight Wood was already halfway through his next strike with Shadow Lance.
But the next moment.
He abruptly halted his fatal attack on Louise, the follower of the Moon.
He first put away his gun, then suddenly turned around, controlling the berserk third-tier silver wolf beneath him.
It turned out that he sensed that the Holy Son of the Moon Church, who called himself "the passing knight," was trying to escape.
then.
Eclipse Knight Wood, riding his berserk third-tier silver wolf, quickly blocked the Holy Son of the Moon Cult once again.
He raised the Shadow Lance and questioned:
"Holy Son of the Moon Church, how could you abandon your companions who are in danger and run away?"
Where has your awareness as a holy son gone?
From Arthur's perspective, arriving at the Holy Son of the Moon Church, whom Wood recognized.
Arthur sighed when he realized his escape had failed.
Then, instead of speaking, he drew his sword in response to the Silver Knight's question.
Now, it's in his field of vision.
Thanks to the blessing of "the Moon's Grace", he saw the Eclipse Knight Wood being corrupted by the dense black energy constantly seeping from the Shadow Lance in his hand.
The thick black aura that had previously attacked him was now silently gathering at the location of Wood's head.
Wood himself seemed to be immersed in a deep state of madness, completely unaware that his increasingly frenzied consciousness was influenced by the dark shadows.
At the same time, Arthur also understood that the reason he was targeted by this Silver Knight at the last moment of his escape from this battlefield was because of the Shadow Lance in his hand.
Think about this.
He did not regret his decision to insist on taking the side path through the Red Leaf Mountains, which put him and Lancelot in danger.
Because he knew that what he needed to think about next was how to deal with the silver-ranked knight in front of him who was willing to give up killing his enemy in order to stop him.
"Lord Arthur, shall we go to war with him?"
Seeing Arthur draw his sword, Lancelot, who was standing beside him, asked in a serious tone.
They were clearly at a disadvantage when fighting a silver-ranked knight who had a third-tier magical beast at his side.
But after a moment's hesitation, Lancelot chose to pledge allegiance to Arthur, thus casting aside his inner weakness and indecision.
So he resolutely drew the fine iron sword from his waist.
Upon witnessing this, Eclipse Knight Wood raised the Shadow Lance a second time:
"Hahaha! Two foolish Iron-rank knights, trying to rebel?"
"Would you like to test the sharpness of my Shadow Lance?"
Arthur brought his thoughts back from their previous daze.
He was not intimidated by the frenzied Silver Rank knight's aura; a resolute gaze appeared on his angular face.
Immediately, he raised his unsheathed sword, remaining calm in the face of danger:
"My sword is not bad at all!"
Having said that, Arthur activated the "Flame Lion Breathing Technique," and the immense life force within his body instantly unleashed a flame wave like a crimson blaze.
His indomitable will also merged into this crimson flame, making it burn even more fiercely.
Just as the two sides were on the verge of war.
A giant white curtain suddenly rose up.
This white curtain had become a prison, binding the Eclipse Knight Wood within it.
Subsequently.
Louise, the Moon Cultist who had been severely injured by Wood, appeared before Arthur and Lancelot.
She clutched her badly injured left shoulder, looked up at Arthur, and spoke succinctly:
"Your Highness, would you like to leave this place safely?"
Chapter 70 Luna, the Moon Saintess
As a mid-level priestess in the Church of the Moon, Louise was unaware of why Arthur possessed the blessing of the Son of God, "The Grace of the Moon."
But she could clearly sense that Arthur's level of "favor" was very low.
In addition, Arthur's physical features were completely unfamiliar.
So she temporarily believed Arthur's story, that he was just a passing knight.
Therefore, unlike Wood, the Eclipse Knight who was expelled from the Church of the Moon, she did not refer to Arthur as the Holy Son of the Church of the Moon.
From Arthur's perspective.
He sensed no malice from the young woman dressed in a white priest's robe.
So he replied:
"want to."
"Then I'll make a long story short."
Louise, a follower of the Moon, breathed a sigh of relief upon realizing that she could communicate normally.
Then, she continued speaking rapidly:
“I can hold off Eclipse Knight Wood for now.”
All you need to do is take the Moon Maiden I taught you, enter the territory of Crescent Moon Territory, and then go deeper and deeper.
Within fifteen minutes, you'll encounter the rescue I've taught you.
Having said that, Louise, the follower of the Moon, drew a solid, holy light from the full moon that appeared behind her head.
She blew that holy light toward Arthur, and then solemnly spoke:
“I swear in the name of my Lord Elune that you are friends of the Church of the Moon, and all believers within the Church will treat you with the utmost respect.”
Soon, Arthur received this holy light.
He felt a sense of exhilaration, like a fish in water, and at just the right moment, the system's indifferent voice echoed in his mind:
[Priestess Louise of the Church of the Moon bestows her blessing upon the host, granting them the infusion of the Moon Goddess's power and 50 points of blessing experience.]
[Status Update: Blessing of the Soul (Lv.1; 50/100)]
Arthur was overjoyed, not expecting such an unexpected gain.
Since the Church of the Moon harbored no ill will towards him and offered him a safe way out, he had no reason to refuse.
With this in mind, Arthur's thoughts turned back.
He responded in the same manner to Louise, the Moon worshipper:
“Very well! In the name of Lord Arthur Field of Blackrock, I assure you that I will do my utmost to protect the saintess of your church.”
After saying that, Arthur quickly adjusted his state and suppressed the flame wave he had unleashed.
Then, he pulled on the reins, steed Nightshade, and headed towards the small church.
Lancelot, who was beside him, remained silent, faithfully following Arthur's every move.
Just as they passed Wood, the Eclipse Knight trapped by the white curtain, and arrived at the small church.
"You're asking for it, Louise!"
Eclipse Knight Wood roared as he broke through the white veil of prison.
"Wood, you'll remember this."
Faced with Wood's fury, Louise, a follower of the Moon, clasped her hands together in prayer:
"If I can expel you once, I can expel you a second time."
As she finished speaking, the full moon that appeared behind her head emitted an even stronger, holy light.
Immediately afterwards, the holy light transformed into strands of solidified white threads.