How to Live as a Knight After the Ending
Chapter 264:

The One Who Carries the Sun (1)

'My body feels heavy.'

How long had it been since I felt this much pressure since coming to this world?

I thought I could find a way out in any situation, but the pressure I felt now was on a different level.

It wasn't being suppressed by any external pressure, but rather bearing the weight of one's own power.

'The larger the size of the solar ring grows, the more the firepower increases. A very clear and natural principle. Since I increased the size so much, this is only natural.'

If it had been the size of the halo around the head, it wouldn't have been like this.

Currently, the size of the Sun Ring that Osian carried on his back was growing to match his body size.

Considering the size of the thick gauntlets of the Sun Ring handcuffs, it was fair to say it had exceeded the size of the main body inside the armor.

The heat could be felt even though it was inside the Sun Ring handcuffs because the power of the Sun Ring was too great.

This meant that the output of the Sun Ring had increased to the point where even the armor could barely withstand it.

Sweat trickled down his cheek inside the helmet.

This powerful body was causing excessive metabolism but Osian thought this was better.

'It's still bearable. If it had been worse than this, the sweat would have evaporated as soon as it formed.'

Then this is definitely endurable.

Osian observed the situation with slightly hazier vision than before.

Although a witch from the Witch's Tea Party had come to support, she was struggling due to the extraordinary power of the Candy Castle.

She controlled various familiar spirits, but the opponent had more than just the Candy Castle.

;As expected, I figured they would have many hidden cards.;

A swarm of bees numbering in the hundreds of millions and not just regular bees, but killer bees where a single sting to a vital point would be enough to kill a person.

Osian also checked Diolan's condition.

Without Loraine's support, Diolan was facing Solomon Grundy alone.

Solomon Grundy, who had been a young man, had entered his mid-twenties in that short time.

His skeletal frame had grown massive and prominent muscles had developed, comparable to when he had been a small boy.

He was in the prime of physical condition.

Perhaps because of this, even the giant-transformed Diolan was having difficulty.

On the other side, Alensia and Hans were fighting.

Using beast transformation, Alensia had become a snow-white rabbit-person and was relentlessly pursuing Hans.

It might sound funny to say this, but she looked quite cute.

Of course, her movements were the opposite of her cute appearance.

She was faster and more agile than before, and far more destructive.

Every time those legs stretched out, the air exploded, and nearby structures would crumple or tear apart just from being grazed.

Hans was resisting such an Alensia by pulling out various tools.

'Reinforcements have arrived, but it's still not enough.'

Although three airships from the District Defense Force and armored soldiers had come to support, the situation was still unfavorable.

Rather than this level of force being sufficient, it was probably that this was all the rapid response force available at the moment.

Who would have dared to imagine that the enemy's main force would suddenly appear in the center of District 34?

Since Tirna's air defense network couldn't possibly be this loose, there must surely have been some effect of a witch's power at work.

Moreover, they still had hidden cards remaining.

While they were now controlling the killer bee army, who knew what else might pop out at any dangerous moment.

'At this rate, fighting with the current forces will result in annihilation.'

Things would be different if they regrouped and joined with reinforcements to intercept the Candy Castle.

By then, the Candy Castle would also realize they were at a disadvantage and withdraw.

While they possessed power comparable to a large-scale army, it wasn't enough to face all of Tirna.

Osian sensed it.

At this rate, after stirring up District 34 as they wished, they would vanish just as suddenly as they had appeared, ignoring Tirna's latest detection equipment and air defense network.

And what would be left behind would be massive casualties and property damage.

The despair and tears of those who would grieve because of it would be a bonus.

'I need to think of a way to overturn this flow.'

The current battle had escalated to near-war levels.

What could an individual do in this situation?

Simply turning the tide of battle was beyond an individual's capacity. If that were possible, they would no longer be an individual but an army.

But if they were a knight…

If they were one who could leap into the heart of enemy territory, wreak havoc on the battlefield, and drive the surrounding area into terror and confusion.

Even if they couldn't overturn the entire situation, they could provide a ray of light in this bleak situation.

Because right now, he was brilliantly burning even on the ground.

Because he was the sun.

The desire of an ancient knight and the desperate will of a 21st-century modern person became one.

'Let's burn. Hotter. More brilliantly.'

-Kiiiing.

The size of the ring grew larger. That massive pressure and heat engulfed not just Osian but the surrounding area.

The space wavered from the heat. The ground where Osian stood turned red-hot and began to melt and flow.

-Urgh.

His body grew heavier. The thick greaves actually sank into the melting ground up to his ankles.

His waist felt like it would break, and his muscles screamed in protest but Osian continued to watch the battlefield situation without lowering his head or bending his body, maintaining an upright posture.

Beyond his vision that grew hazier from the wavering heat, Osian looked at the sky with unwavering eyes.

The more his body screamed in pain, the clearer his mind became.

What needed to be done was clear, as if he could grasp it by reaching out.

He reached behind his back.

Though the frantically rotating Sun Ring had grown so greedily that it weighed down even its master, it still didn't completely reject his will.

Osian gripped the Sun Ring sword, now even more intense and took his stance.

The sword, now much larger than before, boasted a length and size that could be called a spear.

In other words, it had become even more optimized for throwing.

-Chiiik.

Perhaps because of that intense heat, the skin of his palm sizzled and cooked beyond the gauntlet but Osian didn't even blink.

"Fall."

The sword imbued with the sun's power shot toward the sky.

Like a setting sun rising again, the sword that soared high into the sky pierced through the center of the bee army that formed black storm clouds.

──────!!!

There was no sound as the massive heat distorted even space itself, and everything within it was incinerated without even leaving dust behind.

Though there were hundreds of millions of bees, that single strike noticeably reduced the size of the army.

The bees that had been targeting Alice and the airships became confused and scattered in chaos.

The command system of the killer bees, loyal to their queen's orders, had been shaken. This meant that the sight Osian had shown transcended common sense.

Osian silently gripped another solar sword.

Since his right hand was severely damaged from the previous throw, this time it was his left hand.

He took a throwing stance again. Although the intense light and heat made the area around Osian difficult to make out, the enemies must have been able to see that silhouette clearly enough.

The target was, naturally, the enemy's fortress, the moving Candy Castle.

The bees' movements changed. The killer bee army, which made the atmosphere vibrate with just their wing beats, rushed toward Osian.

The Candy Castle's gun ports that had been checking the airships turned toward Osian again.

-Guooo.

The cookie golems and soldiers fighting the armored soldiers on the ground also changed their target to Osian after receiving orders.

The armored soldiers facing them were bewildered.

[Captain. The monsters are acting strange.]

[Those monsters are heading toward that shining place!]

Captain Brian could see it too.

As an excellent commander, he instinctively knew what needed to be prioritized in this situation.

[Stop those monsters! Support that person!]

It was the same for those fighting in the sky.

"After following me around saying how great I am until just now, you suddenly get distracted?"

Alice Riddle swung her Vorpal sword, brutally slaughtering the bee army.

The airships must have received some signal too, as they diverted their firepower from targeting the Candy Castle to supporting Osian.

Explosions and destruction occurred everywhere but the familiar spirits showed no interest even as their companions were dying. They targeted only Osian with excessive obsession.

-Chiiik!

The familiars entered the zone of intense heat that Osian had spread around him.

They continued approaching even as their bodies burned or melted.

When companions' corpses appeared, they calmly used them as stepping stones to close the distance.

It was a desperate struggle to somehow stop Osian's attack.

Osian knew this too, but he had to focus on controlling the weapon gripped in his left hand.

The moment he lost even a bit of concentration, this explosively raging power would not only miss its target but self-destruct.

Just gripping it was cooking his skin. He would surely die when it burst.

Osian was essentially walking a tightrope on a cliff full of swords and knives.

"Block it!"

"Protect!"

The flow of battle had changed into forces trying to interfere with Osian, and those trying to protect him.

Edgar scattered magic in all directions. The bright blue shooting star-like mana transformed into various weapons like spears, swords, and axes.

The weapons rained down in a shower, sweeping through the soldier units.

Loraine didn't stay still either. She used all her grenades and explosives to obstruct the cookie golems' movements.

'Just a little more.'

Osian's hand gripping the solar sword aimed at the Candy Castle.

‘Heavy.’

The weight of the Sun Ring on his back and the sword from that ring seemed to exceed a thousand pounds.

The more so, Osian tightened his grip on the solar sword.

The intense heat felt like it was burning past his skin to the inside of his palm but that pain finally made him realize he was still alive.

-Chuck.

Osian took his throwing stance completely.

The brilliantly shining golden knight completed his final preparations to eliminate the evil witch's army.

That mighty knight's body wouldn't move properly and was now like a rusted machine.

The body that moved freely at any moment had been pushed to its limit but Osian filled that lacking part with mental strength.

He pictures the sight of the sun rising and the future of shooting down the enemy in his mind.

Beyond will and belief, he fills it with certainty that he can do it.

Don't just hope for luck.

Grasp the future pictured in your mind and make it reality.

Only you can seize it.

The burning swarm of bees, cookie golems, and soldiers broke through the heat and approached within arm's reach.

Even as their bodies burned, they reached out toward Osian.

Their appearance was like demons from hell reaching out to die together.

5 seconds. No, even 3 more seconds.

The moment he thought that, fog rose hazily along with wind blowing from somewhere.

A wave of fog that arose swept away the familiar spirits approaching Osian.

It was a strange high-concentration, high-density fog that didn't easily burn even in the solar ring's flames.

He didn't need to see who provided help to know.

Osian smiled as the preparations were complete.

At last, the sun ring sword that had chosen its target grew quiet.

"The sun rises."

And the aberration falls.

[Sunrise]

The sun rose as the sword that soared silently toward the sky pierced through everything blocking its path.

The army of countless bees.

The solid cracker ramparts made with witch crafts.

Even the strange Candy Castle flying in the sky.

The sun didn't stop at piercing the Candy Castle but continued beyond, as if trying to reach the end of the sky beyond visible sight, the end of the infinite horizon.

The moving Candy Castle's bombardment stopped.

Rather than the outer walls collapsing, the center had been completely pierced through.

There was no explosion. Everything in the sun's path had melted away.

"Is it...subdued?"

Alice Riddle, who had supported Osian just in case, couldn't hide her shock as she watched the quieted Candy Castle.

What three District Defense Force airships with massive firepower couldn't do, a single individual had pierced through.

That didn't cause the collapse of the huge fortress since this was the Candy Castle. The history and scale of that Candy Castle wasn't built so flimsily.

But searching through that history, there had definitely never been a case where the moving Candy Castle had taken such damage.

Just when it seemed everything was over, another surprising thing happened.

-Jjeoeoek.

The sky above the Candy Castle split left and right.

The size of the split was massive enough to swallow the castle whole and a giant eyeball could be seen through that split gap.

The owner of the eyeball soon reached their hand toward the gap.

"A, a giant?"

Alice's eyes widened to the point of tearing. Of all things, the existence of this giant could not be overlooked.

A giant that was known to have disappeared actually existed?

If she hadn't confirmed this with her own eyes right now, she would never have believed it.

The swarm of bees beat their wings and returned to the Candy Castle. They were trying to retreat.

"Where do you dare try to escape to!"

Diolan ground his teeth and grabbed Solomon Grundy.

Solomon Grundy, now over 30 years old, silently faced Diolan. Then above his shoulder, a tiny boy appeared like a mirage in mid-air.

Diolan's yellow pupils widened at the boy the size of a human palm, wearing mysterious shoes, Clever Sam.

The moment he placed his hand on Solomon Grundy, Solomon Grundy's body disappeared with a poof.

It was the power of magic shoes that could move the target to a desired location.

"I didn't expect we'd have to bring out even a giant here."

Hans let out a self-deprecating smile. He recently realized that when anger rises too high, rather than rage, laughter comes out.

"Looks like we underestimated your abilities. We've shown too many cards and our losses are too severe. But we won't give up."

Clever Sam who had moved Solomon Grundy appeared again and reached his hand toward Hans this time.

"Where!"

Although Alensia and Diolan rushed in simultaneously, it was already too late to catch him.

Then the moment Sam's hand touched Foolish Hans' arm a sun ring sword flew in and cut off Hans's arm at the shoulder.

Clever Sam gripped Hans' severed arm and disappeared with it.

Hans blankly stared at his fallen arm and the vanished Sam before looking at Osian who had thrown the sword.

At the center where the heat had subsided leaving only its aftermath, Osian was glaring this way with wide eyes.

"How dare you try to escape alone?"

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