Hell Knight and Spear Knight were at the Dark Castle. They didn't see a grand castle, but rather a ruined one, with only its walls still standing firm. They saw someone wearing Full Black Armor and plunging a Greatsword into the ground.
"It seems he's the Dark Knight we're supposed to recruit," Spear Knight said.
Dark Knight turned and saw Hell Knight and Spear Knight.
Hell Knight began to say, "Dark Knight, join us, in the Knights Of Human."
"I refuse," Dark Knight replied.
Dark Knight pulled out his Greatsword and aimed it at Spear Knight and Hell Knight.
Spear Knight said, "Alright, it seems our mission failed."
Dark Knight began to run towards them. Spear Knight immediately threw his Spear at Dark Knight, followed by Hell Knight who ran towards Dark Knight. Dark Knight parried the Spear thrown by Spear Knight, sending it flying upwards. Suddenly, Hell Knight was in front of him. Dark Knight quickly swung his sword sideways. Hell Knight blocked Dark Knight's sword swing. Spear Knight from behind held Hell Knight's right shoulder and jumped.
Spear Knight grabbed his falling Spear, then Spear Knight stabbed both of Dark Knight's forearms with his Spear. Dark Knight powerfully swung his sword, sending Hell Knight and Spear Knight flying. Dark Knight began to kneel, both hands on the ground, then he stepped on the Spear's shaft. Dark Knight released his Greatsword. He began to pull his forearms sideways and detached himself from the Spear. Dark Knight then pulled out the Spear and threw it away.
Saint Knight and Royal Knight now arrived at Death Mountain. They both saw animal carcasses inside the mountain. They both began to climb. The higher they climbed, the more animal carcasses they saw, now reduced to skeletons.
When they reached the summit of the mountain, they saw someone wearing Full Black Armor sitting on a rock. That person also held a Scythe with a black handle and silver blade. He was Death Knight.
Death Knight saw them, then he began to stand and aimed his Scythe at Saint Knight and Royal Knight.
Saint Knight said, "Death Knight, we want to recruit you to join the Knights Of Human."
"Join you?... HAHAHAHA!" He stopped laughing and ran towards Saint Knight and Royal Knight. "Sorry, but my answer is..." Death Knight threw his Scythe at Saint Knight. "NO!"
Royal Knight quickly parried Death Knight's Scythe. "Our mission failed." He caught Death Knight's Scythe and threw it back at Death Knight.
Death Knight caught his thrown Scythe, then he jumped towards them. Death Knight swung his Scythe downwards, but Saint Knight jumped sideways while Royal Knight merely tilted his body. Death Knight's Scythe blade plunged into the ground.
Royal Knight immediately swung his sword downwards to decapitate Death Knight, but Death Knight immediately attacked Royal Knight's forearm with his elbow. Then Death Knight turned and slapped Royal Knight with his left hand, sending Royal Knight flying. Saint Knight quickly appeared in front of Death Knight. He swung his sword, but Death Knight attacked Saint Knight's stomach with the lower part of his Scythe's shaft, making Saint Knight bend over.
Death Knight swung his Scythe upwards to hit Saint Knight's heart. Saint Knight quickly tilted his body and dodged Death Knight's attack, then he immediately jumped back.
Saint Knight touched his chest and looked at Death Knight, If I had been a little late, it would have hit my heart... That person is dangerous!
At Dark Castle, Hell Knight and Spear Knight got up. Hell Knight immediately ran towards Dark Knight, then he swung his sword towards Dark Knight, who also charged at Hell Knight. They both attacked each other repeatedly.
This guy... He's quite impressive, he's parrying and attacking simultaneously.
Dark Knight quickly swung his sword powerfully and parried Hell Knight's attack, then he swung his sword diagonally, wounding Hell Knight in the chest and making him fall to the ground. The ground they stood on shattered.
Dark Knight immediately tilted his head. A Spear almost hit his head from behind. Then Dark Knight immediately tilted his body, then swung his sword towards Spear Knight, sending Spear Knight flying and wounding him. Dark Knight began to walk closer to Spear Knight. Spear Knight began to get up, with a little blood coming out of his helmet.
Spear Knight, wounded, began to ask, "Why? Why do you refuse our request?"
"It's obvious, I've already joined the Knights Of Demon!" Dark Knight replied.
Spear Knight was shocked to hear that, "What?"
"That's right!" Demon Knight began to emerge from the forest, he began to approach Dark Knight.
"He has joined us," Demon Knight said.
Spear Knight got up with a slash wound on his chest. "In that case, why did you join them?"
Dark Knight remained silent hearing that. Spear Knight immediately ran towards them. He was in front of Dark Knight and wanted to stab his head. But Dark Knight moved his head back slightly. The Spear hit the gap in Dark Knight's helmet.
Dark Knight's helmet came off and Spear Knight was shocked to see Dark Knight's black head with only eyes, his irises were yellow and his hair was like floating tentacles. Demon Knight quickly swung his sword, hitting Spear Knight in the stomach and sending him flying.
"You see? That's because I'm a Cursed Human," Dark Knight said.
At Death Mountain, Royal Knight got up, then he immediately approached Saint Knight.
Royal Knight said to Saint Knight, "We have to go back to Headquarters."
Saint Knight, without turning his head, replied, "You'd better go first, I'll follow."
Royal Knight just stared silently at Saint Knight, then he began to walk towards the Saint Associate Main Headquarters.
Meanwhile, at Death Mountain, Royal Knight got up, then he immediately approached Saint Knight.
Royal Knight said to Saint Knight, "We have to go back to Headquarters."
Saint Knight, without turning his head, replied, "You'd better go first, I'll follow."
Royal Knight just stared silently at Saint Knight, then he began to walk towards the Saint Associate Main Headquarters.
They both heard applause. They both looked to the side and saw Dark Mage appearing out of nowhere.
"Heh, in that case, join us!" Dark Mage said.
Death Knight put his helmet back on and aimed his Scythe at Dark Mage. "I won't join if you're human!"
Dark Mage touched Death Knight's Scythe. "Hey, calm down. Even though I'm human, I also have a goal to annihilate humans... If you want to join, then I will let you kill humans as you please. Are you interested?"
"Really?... KUAHAHAHA!... Alright, I'm interested in your offer. I'll join," Death Knight said.
Royal Knight, seeing from a distance, furiously got up.
Royal Knight angrily roared, "DARK MAGEEE!!!"
He ran towards Dark Mage, but Dark Mage, without even looking back, immediately extended his hand and conjured a black Magic Circle. The Magic Circle shot a Dark Shard and hit Royal Knight, making Royal Knight fall.
Dark Mage began to conjure a black portal. As Dark Mage and Death Knight were about to enter the portal, Saint Knight got up. Dark Mage and Death Knight turned around. Saint Knight began to run towards them. Death Knight immediately swung his Scythe at Saint Knight, but Saint Knight dodged and passed him.
Death Knight immediately looked back. Damn it, his target isn't me.
Saint Knight was a little closer to Dark Mage. Without him realizing it, Dark Mage conjured a Magic Circle. Saint Knight, realizing this, immediately used Dark Mage's stomach as a foothold, then jumped backward, causing Dark Mage to fall. However, Dark Mage conjured a giant black hand that caught Saint Knight. The black hand began to throw Saint Knight onto a rock, wounding Saint Knight.
Royal Knight, wounded, began to get up. He began to attack Dark Mage, but Dark Mage dodged all his attacks. Then Death Knight quickly kicked Royal Knight, sending Royal Knight flying.
Saint Knight, with a trembling body, got up. He began to stand tall, then brought his sword closer to his chest and pointed his sword upwards. Dark Mage and Death Knight began to turn around. They were shocked to see Saint Knight with a pair of golden angel wings.
What are those, wings?... No, they're just an illusion.
Dark Mage began to conjure a portal again. Saint Knight quickly jumped towards them. But Dark Mage and Death Knight entered the portal, and the portal disappeared in an instant. Saint Knight felt angry and desperate. He began to look down and remembered when he was still a soldier. He was on the palace balcony and saw people being killed by Demons.
At Dark Castle, Hell Knight lay on the ground with a chest wound. Hah, damn it... I'm remembering that place again.
Hell Knight began to remember when he was still trapped in the Demon Forest, and his position was the same as now, but there were carcasses of Demon Beasts.
Demon Knight said, "It seems there are no more distractions. We'll leave now."
Hell Knight began to get up while Demon Knight began to turn around, but suddenly he saw red-leaved trees. He immediately looked around and saw a forest with red leaves, and the grass and sky were also red.
Demon Knight was shocked. This place? Demon Forest?!
Demon Knight saw a large shadow below. He began to turn around. Demon Knight was shocked to see a mountain-like pile of Demon Beast carcasses, and he saw at the top of the pile, Hell Knight standing there.
Hell Knight began to jump towards him. Demon Knight immediately jumped back. Hell Knight landed and shattered the ground he stood on, then quickly appeared in front of Demon Knight.
Demon Knight immediately attacked Hell Knight, but Hell Knight blocked his attack easily. As Hell Knight was about to stab Demon Knight, Dark Knight quickly attacked Hell Knight from behind, sending Hell Knight flying.
Dark Knight asked, "Are you alright?"
Demon Knight replied, "I'm fine..." He looked at Hell Knight. "That person is dangerous, we have to work together."
"Alright," Dark Knight replied.
Hell Knight began to walk towards them. Demon Knight and Dark Knight began to run towards Hell Knight. Hell Knight began to detach his head and threw his head upwards. There were also transparent strings on his neck. Demon Knight, Dark Knight, and Spear Knight were shocked to see that. They all knew that Hell Knight was a Cursed Human.
Hell Knight began to walk towards Dark Knight and Demon Knight. Dark Knight immediately charged forward. He swung his Greatsword downwards, but Hell Knight merely tilted his body to dodge and spun to block Demon Knight's attack easily.
Dark Knight immediately raised his Greatsword, and when he was about to attack Hell Knight from behind, Hell Knight immediately released his sword, then spun and held his sword with his left hand, then he quickly slashed Dark Knight's chest. Blood came out of his slashed armor.
Dark Knight immediately swung his sword and cut Hell Knight's forearm, but he caught his severed forearm and reattached it, then immediately stabbed Demon Knight through the right side of his chest, causing Demon Knight to bleed profusely through his armor.
Dark Knight began to stab Hell Knight and cut off his forearm, but he caught his severed forearm. Then Dark Knight swung his sword sideways, sending Hell Knight flying.
Dark Knight immediately ran towards Hell Knight. He swung his sword sideways, but Hell Knight jumped upwards. He immediately landed in front of Dark Knight, then Hell Knight held Dark Knight's helmet and he began to stab Dark Knight through the gaps in his helmet until Dark Knight bled profusely and began to fall.
Demon Knight immediately threw his sword towards Hell Knight's heart, but Hell Knight slightly tilted his body to the left and the sword embedded itself in his left chest, and Hell Knight was thrown back. Demon Knight immediately approached Dark Knight.
Demon Knight began to say, "We have to escape, he's about to get up." He looked towards Hell Knight. That person... I threw my sword at his heart, but he tilted his body slightly to avoid hitting the heart.
Demon Knight immediately pulled out a black stone, a gift from Dark Mage. Then Demon Knight crushed the object with his grip, then a black Portal appeared in front of them. Dark Knight began to get up, he began to regenerate slowly, then Demon Knight took the Greatsword and tried to enter the portal.
Hell Knight immediately got up and pulled out Demon Knight's sword embedded in his chest, then he threw the sword towards Demon Knight's head. Demon Knight immediately turned his body and dodged Hell Knight's thrown sword. The strings on Hell Knight's neck began to pull his head and his head began to reattach, then Hell Knight immediately jumped towards Demon Knight.
Spear Knight shouted, "I won't let you!"
Spear Knight ran towards Demon Knight, but Demon Knight quickly swung his Greatsword, wounding Spear Knight and sending him flying. Hell Knight then used Spear Knight as a foothold, then he immediately jumped forward quickly, while Spear Knight flew back faster.
Hell Knight began to swing his sword downwards, but Demon Knight and Dark Knight had already entered the portal and the portal closed. The castle wall and some trees behind it were split by Hell Knight's slash.
Hah, damn it.
Hell Knight began to look up at the sky. He remembered when he was trapped in the Demon Forest; he always looked at the red sky and reached for the sky, as if longing for freedom. Spear Knight began to get up. He saw Hell Knight looking at the sky as if trying to reach it. He began to approach Hell Knight.
Spear Knight asked Hell Knight, "H-Hey, are you alright?"
Hell Knight snapped out of his past, he immediately looked at Spear Knight.
Hell Knight replied, "Yes, I'm fine."
"Good, we'll report this to Saint," Spear Knight said.
Hell Knight nodded his head and now they both walked towards the Saint Associate Main Headquarters.
A few hours later, Saint Knight was in the meeting room. He began to open the door and saw at the meeting table, Hell Knight, Royal Knight, Spear Knight, Mercenary Knight, Mechanical Knight, and Yuira were devising a strategy to defeat the Demon forces.
To be continued...