The knife hit Kyle in the side of his chest and unloaded all the Ice Ether it held inside.
The Knight had targeted Kyle's Center, but the effects of the electricity in his body had slowed him down and worsened his aim.
That was the only reason how Kyle managed to barely avoid the strike.
Icy spots appeared on Kyle's chest, but he immediately unleashed all of his Ether to counter it.
Because of that, the foreign Ice Ether was eliminated in an instant.
The Knight rapidly moved his hands and legs around in the air to stop the chaotic spinning of his body.
Then, he grabbed another knife.
This time, he wouldn't miss.
But then, he changed the trajectory of his knife and threw it to his side.
BANG!
The knife hit a green arrow and destroyed it.
This had come from Falk.
Earlier, Kyle had spoken in code again.
Disperse did not mean to split up and retreat.
The command for that was scatter.
Disperse meant that everyone should split up and prepare for a counterattack.
Kyle stood up and grabbed his hammer with his recovered arms.
During that time, the Knight took out another throwing knife.
Yet, at the same time, a small figure covered in a cloak of glistening ice jumped out of the forest, flying directly toward the Knight.
Bormine.
The Knight took note of the immediate threat and threw his knife at the approaching figure.
CRACK!
The knife broke through one of the rapiers and buried itself in Bormine's chest.
Bormine's body started to freeze.
And then, he reached the Knight's body.
He used his remaining rapier to attack the Knight.
BANG!
The Knight slapped the side of the rapier with his open arm, throwing it to the side.
The Knight's other arm retrieved a throwing knife and rammed it into Bormine's body.
In an instant, Bormine's entire body froze.
Lastly, the Knight kicked.
BANG!
Bormine's body exploded into chunks of ice.
Bormine never had a chance, and he knew that.
But his body had just moved on its own.
Meanwhile, Kyle managed to prepare his hammer for a strike.
At that time, Horatio ran out of the forest.
Light covered him as his sword vanished.
The Knight looked at Kyle and Horatio.
Both of them were dangerous at this point.
In the end, the Knight decided to throw his next knife at Kyle.
It was way too fast.
Kyle couldn't possibly avoid it, and the knife was perfectly aimed at his Center.
But then, some lightning appeared in front of Kyle, hitting the knife.
The lightning had a magnetic force, and the knife immediately dropped to the ground.
Michael took a deep breath.
He had infused this defensive Spell with half of his Ether.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be strong enough to block such a powerful attack.
The Knight's body had fallen to a height of only three meters by now.
He was within Kyle's reach.
Kyle unleashed all the techniques he knew and swung at the Knight.
And yet, his hammer moved so slowly.
Compared to the Knight's speed, his hammer was so incredibly slow.
While Kyle was swinging, the Knight had already pulled out another throwing knife.
Horatio noticed that Kyle wouldn't be able to hit the Knight in time.
At that point, just like Bormine, Horatio's body moved on its own.
A sword appeared in Horatio's hand, but this was not his usual sword.
This one was completely black and long.
It had no hilt and looked incredibly sharp.
The light around Horatio vanished, replaced by pure darkness.
Images of obscured eyes and tentacles appeared inside the darkness around Horatio.
It was like the world froze as the black cloud that was Horatio shot past the falling Knight's body.
The Knight wanted to throw his knife at Kyle, but he only saw his right arm falling from his body.
Compared to Fighters and Sorcerers, Knights didn't have strengthened minds, which meant they took longer to make decisions and to recover from a shocking event.
Just now, his arm had been cut off by something he hadn't seen, and the Knight felt shock.
His body fell lower.
Then, the hammer arrived.
The Knight pulled out a knife with his remaining hand and blocked.
The flat side of the hammer hit the knife.
The formations inside the hammer activated, and the Knight's body vibrated like he was a piece of ore.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Kyle used three separate Boosts on the hammer's head, pushing all of his Ether into them.
These Boosts were all much stronger than the ones he usually used.
Every single one of them was stronger than an Early Fighter could unleash with all of their Ether.
The first Boost pushed Kyle's hammer enough that the Knight's elbow bent.
The second Boost pushed the knife towards the Knight's chest.
The third Boost rammed the knife into the Knight's chest.
The Knight tried to pull his hand out from between the hammer and his chest, but he couldn't!
The swing continued.
"AAAAAHHHH!" Kyle shouted in rage as he activated one last Boost.
The hammer pushed the Knight towards the ground.
BOOOOOOM!
The ground around Kyle exploded, stone scattering everywhere.
The Knight's ribs cracked, and some of them even broke.
But this was not enough to kill him.
Yet, the impact completely immobilized him.
At that moment, Falk appeared above the Knight, and he used all of his power and techniques to ram his spear into the Knight's neck.
The spear entered the Knight's neck but stopped when it hit the actual bone.
The body of a Late Knight was hard.
Despite everything, he could still fight.
The Knight moved his arm-
But just when he tried to kill Falk, Kyle let go of his hammer and wrapped his entire body around the Knight's arm.
Naturally, Kyle also stuck his hammer to his body with his Soul to make himself as heavy as possible.
The Knight moved his arm around, trying to hit Falk with Kyle's body, but Falk was too agile.
Falk moved around the Knight's body, hacking away at his neck.
"Move!"
Kyle jumped away from the Knight, and Falk also jumped back.
The Knight wanted to take out another throwing knife, but his coordination had suffered so much that he dropped it.
He looked to the side and saw Michael pointing his staff at him.
The Knight's eyes widened.
BANG!
A lightning bolt hit the Knight's head, and his entire body seized.
He was still alive!
Kyle grabbed his hammer again and readied it.
Michael's Spell was meant to paralyze the Knight, and it did the trick.
Kyle swung his hammer and dumped all of his Ether into the last attack.
The pick of his hammer moved towards the Knight's head while surrounded by Metal Ether.
Pilebunker!
The hammer hit.
CRACK!
The entire head of the Knight caved in as the pick of Kyle's hammer crashed into the Knight's brain.
The Knight's body spasmed a bit, but that didn't mean a lot.
Kyle sighed in shock and relief.
It was finally over.
The Knight was dead.
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