What Arthure feared was true, the Dark Knight was indeed much stronger than him. As Arthure was about to cast a spell, the Dark Knight unexpectedly launched his attack first. He struck Arthure with his enchanted left hand, unleashing a fiery orb as the two released their swords that had clashed moments before.
Arthure quickly somersaulted back a few steps, the fiery ball from the Dark Knight's left hand going over his head as he somersaulted.
"Damn! I almost got hurt! He's really strong! In addition to his sword skills, it turns out that he can also use magic spell very well. I'm glad Kaytrin obeyed my orders and took Friks away from here immediately." Arthure thought.
The Dark Knight, knowing that Arthure could dodge the fiery ball he threw, immediately attacked again. Moving at an extremely high speed and almost invisible to the eye, he swung his sword at Arthure's neck.
'Traaang!' Arthure reflexively blocked the Dark Knight's dangerous and life-threatening sword strike.
"For a mid-level Knight Aeros, you're pretty good too. But not strong enough to face me!" The Dark Knight shouted, half praising Arthure's skills.
Arthure smiled faintly, what the Dark Knight said was true, he was only a mid-level Knight. Not weak, but not too strong either compared to the knights who were at a higher level than him. But he was grateful to meet the Dark Knight, and he had to keep fighting to defeat this powerful enemy.
"Thank you for your praise, but even though I am only a mid-level knight. I still have a hidden power! This is my specialty, and I will use it against you. I know you are very strong, it could even be that our power levels are very different and I am just a crumb in front of you!" said Arthure.
"If what you say is true, you have skills and powers that you are hiding. Bring them out and I will deal with whatever power you have!" said the Dark Knight defiantly.
So Arthure cast a special spell to break the seal that bound his special power. He had been saving this special power for a final battle against the Dark Lord Leburo. But now Arthure knew that if he did not use his special power, he would not be able to face the Dark Knight, who was overpowered and had a different level of power than him.
Arthure's body glowed as the seal that bound the hidden power he had opened with his spell was released.
The Dark Knight, seeing the glow from Arthure's body, jumped back five paces and watched what his opponent was doing.
Arthure's body seemed to enlarge and he was now twice as big as before, then slowly the glowing light faded, revealing a new form of Arthure. He was no longer an ordinary human, Arthure had transformed into a large gorilla-like form with silvery black fur all over his body, but he was still wearing his knight's armor. The armor seemed to be able to adapt to Arthure's transformation.
"The Beast Morpher! I believe you have more power than the high-ranking knights of Aeros. But even I am confident and capable of defeating your beast form!" said the Dark Knight.
"Roaaarrr...!" Arthure, now shaped like a large gorilla, roared loudly and beat his chest as if to gather his strength.
Then Arthure jumped up in the form of a large gorilla and lunged at Dark Knight, swinging his large and hairy fist.
Dark Knight was not alert enough for Arthure's blow to hit his body.
'Bughk!' The blow that Arthure delivered with his huge gorilla form was able to throw Dark Knight far back for almost of fifty meters. Dark Knight's body smashed into a large tree and only stopped after hitting a huge rock.
But Arthure did not allow his enemy to get up, he quickly ran after him and then struck the Dark Knight with both of his giant gorilla hands as if he were in a trance.
The Dark Knight's body was crushed to the ground by Arthur's heavy blows in his gorilla form. But no cries of pain could be heard from the Dark Knight, even though he had been severely attacked by Arthure in his giant gorilla form.
After a few minutes of beating Dark Knight, Arthure stopped. He stared at his opponent, who he thought was helpless and defeated.
However, Dark Knight's right hand, which was holding his sword, suddenly moved and swung at Arthure.
"Groaarrr!" Arthure, in his large gorilla form, screamed in pain as the Dark Knight's sword pierced his famously tough gorilla skin.
Arthure jumped back while holding his bleeding hand; strangely, the blood coming from the wound was not red, but looked like a yellowish-green slime.
The Dark Knight rose to his feet, holding his sword, and looked at Arthure, who was also looking at him intently.
"I must admit, your wild beast form is quite powerful. But it is still very weak compared to the power I possess. Now pray, for I will send you to the afterlife," the Dark Knight said in a deep, hoarse voice.
Arthure prepared to attack again, even though he knew his attack would probably be in vain. Of all the opponents he had faced in his gorilla form, none had been able to survive and defeat him, but the Dark Knight was different. He was still holding on and didn't seem to be sweating at all.
The Dark Knight muttered the spell, and now his green-bladed sword glowed with a black aura. He seemed to be about to launch a long-range attack.
'Whooosh...!' The Dark Knight swung his sword and a streak of light shot out of the blade and flew towards Arthure, who was still in his giant gorilla form.
'Sreeek!' The light emanating from Dark Knight's sword blade sliced through Arthure's gorilla body and instantly split him in two. Arthure collapsed and lost his life that very second.
The Dark Knight sighed and stared at the motionless Arthure, saying nothing and muttering an incantation to return his sword to its origin. He decided to return to Leburo Castle and report what had disturbed the Dark Lord and his Raykogi sword.
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