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Chapter 110: Project Alice-02 (8)
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The White Knight.
An Apostle of the Evil God, the being that governed pestilence among the Four Knights of the Apocalypse.
In the original story, it was also the boss at the heart of the second calamity, "White Night."
[Title: White Knight <- Is This Fucker Seriously Insane?]
[Author: IndEgoAidNewReleaseFan]
I'm a newbie on my first playthrough.
I kept trying to bear with it, but I couldn't take it anymore, so I'm asking.
White Night, how the hell are we supposed to beat this?
No, fuck.
It's still early in the story, but the difficulty makes no sense.
That boss monster in particular is way too strong.
The White Knight, fuck.
I managed to overcome the first calamity, and I raised my party members really well, but how does it make sense for everyone to die in one hit?
There aren't even any flashy effects or intense battle scenes. The White Knight just points with a finger, and they die.
I keep retrying, but there's no answer.
The White Knight pointed at a party member, and they suddenly froze.
A disease name appeared in the status effects, but it was censored, so I couldn't even see it.
Then they died instantly a few seconds later.
It just keeps repeating that pattern, fuck.
I even tried getting help from faculty members a few times, but I still couldn't clear it.
It said it was an Apostle of the Evil God, so I made a party entirely of people specializing in Divine Power, but that didn't work either...
Is there some other strategy?
How is everyone getting past this so easily...?
[This really is a newbie.]
-> That sexy smell, sniiiiiiff.
[Why is this post so sexy?]
-> Ngh, ngh.
-> Shouldn't this have an adults-only tag?
-> Heh heh, little newbie, rub rub...
[The guide's been out forever. Why are you still struggling?]
-> If you'd searched for a guide instead of writing this post, you could've cleared it five times by now.
-> IndEgoAidNewReleaseFan) Waaah... Baby newbie doesn't know how.
-> Fuck, you aren't a newbie. You're a spoon-fed bitch.
[It is hard if you don't know the strategy.]
-> First, the White Knight's ability is ridiculously overpowered.
-> It's an Apostle that governs pestilence, so it can wield every disease that has ever existed in the world.
-> When the White Knight points at a living creature, the target is unconditionally afflicted with a disease.
-> Which disease gets inflicted is random. They say the White Knight's contractor usually decides, but they'll normally pick something horrible with a high fatality rate.
-> Diseases with instant-death effects get used especially often.
-> Once the White Knight has pointed at you, there's no way for the player to respond.
-> IndEgoAidNewReleaseFan) The more I hear, the less I understand how I'm supposed to beat it.
-> No, no. It's simpler than you think. Put a professor specializing in curses in your party.
-> IndEgoAidNewReleaseFan) That's it?
-> Yeah. Curses are how you counter the White Knight.
-> Even though it's an Apostle, this boss's origins are oddly tied to curses.
-> So if you bring along a curse specialist at professor level or above, they can fight back.
-> IndEgoAidNewReleaseFan) That's way simpler than I expected.
-> Other professors won't work, though. It has to be a curse user with tons of experience.
-> Personally, I recommend Professor Jelpentin.
-> Just bring Jelpentin into your party, and Jelpentin will probably take care of it on their own.
-> IndEgoAidNewReleaseFan) Thanks, thanks. I'll try it right away.
Despite appearing early in the original story, it was a boss that left a deep impression on players.
Its absurd strength had been burned into the minds of countless users.
Of course, once its gimmick had been figured out, it became a boss that wasn't particularly difficult.
Still, the overwhelming pressure of facing it for the first time remained vivid, earning it a place among players as one of the named Apostles.
'Apostles of the Evil God.'
They were particularly common as stage bosses.
Players strongly regarded them as the main villains.
Their individual strength and appearances varied wildly, but one thing was always the same. They opposed the protagonist's side.
In short, they were absolute evil.
Naturally, players couldn't interact with Apostles.
[Title: I Picked This Up, Where Do I Use It?]
[Author: MyOneTrueLoveIsInHayoon]
I found something strange while wiping out a branch of the Cult.
It looks like a book, and it says it's a medium for making a contract with an Apostle of the Evil God?
The description says it can summon an Apostle.
How do I use this?
Can I command an Apostle too?
Can I pull a "With this treasure, I summon..." too?
[Oh, that's interesting.]
-> The drop rate for that is low. Nice job getting one.
[Too bad, you can't use it.]
-> It says so in the item description. There's a usage restriction unless you're part of the Cult faction.
-> MyOneTrueLoveIsInHayoon) Then why even let me get something I can't use...?
-> It's still good to acquire it. If you have it, the Cult can't summon it.
-> MyOneTrueLoveIsInHayoon) Oh, right.
[You can't use it through normal means.]
-> But you can if you exploit a bug.
-> MyOneTrueLoveIsInHayoon) Really??
-> Yeah. IPlayGamesToFindBugs found a bug.
-> Gathering the necessary materials is a bit of a pain, but it's worth trying at least once.
"Hoo..."
Those memories passed through my mind in an instant.
After taking a shallow breath, I carefully opened my eyes.
<------!>
Death hung overhead.
A monster hundreds of meters long swam through the sky as it descended.
It wasn't sacred enough to call a dragon, yet its presence was too overwhelming to call it a snake, so I called it a monster.
[Name: Leviathan (Project Leviathan).]
-Race: Chimera
-Category: Boss Monster
-Description: You need to run.
The highlight of this stage.
If it wasn't stopped here, that monstrous creature would destroy every nearby coastal city.
'That can't happen.'
Shrrrk-.
The pages turned with a rough scraping sound.
I looked down at the item in my hand, the contract with an Apostle.
Ding-!
[This item cannot be used.]
That was the only message flickering before my eyes as I turned the pages.
An item that no one outside the Cult faction could interact with.
In the current situation, it should've been utterly useless.
But I had a way to get around that restriction.
'The required materials.'
I reached into my robes.
From deep within, I pulled out glass bottles filled with murky liquid.
Ding-!
[Corrupted Holy Water]
-Category: Residue
-Rank: C-
-Status: Contaminated
-Description: A byproduct left after purifying something with holy water. It no longer shines as it once did because it has been mixed with an unclean aura. It doesn't seem particularly useful.
The residue left after purifying the undead dragon scale I had acquired on the seventieth floor of Purgatory.
I had kept it for a situation like this.
One by one, I opened the bottles and poured every last drop over my head.
'Good.'
Afterward, I raised the mask's killing intent to its limit.
I raised the output, lowered it, and repeated the process exactly five times in a precise rhythm.
Then the message before my eyes began to crackle.
'Did it work?'
A bug that caused an error in the system's judgment.
My vision swam.
For a brief moment, I slipped outside my faction and was recognized as a member of the Cult.
As I fought back the nausea, the message flickering over the pages changed.
Ding-!
[This item can be used!]
Everything was going perfectly.
Without hesitation, I called forth the end.
A handprint appeared on the contract, and a crimson flash burst from the book.
"Fulfill it."
Even amid such chaos, I didn't feel the slightest agitation.
Only a dry command slipped between my lips.
The next moment, the contract written in the book was fulfilled.
A large figure stood before me, a knight clad in pure white armor.
Ding-!
[Name: The White Knight]
-Race: ■■■, ■■
-Description: ■■ ■ ■■■ ■ ■■ ■■■.
One of the Four Knights of the Apocalypse.
The white that governed pestilence.
An Apostle of the Evil God.
'White Night.'
The being that had descended before us.
It felt quite different from the Red Knight I had encountered during practical training or the Black Knight that had appeared during the Lunar Eclipse event.
The previous Knights had easily towered over several stories, but the White Knight was comparatively small.
It was only a little over two and a half meters tall.
Larger than an ordinary person, but not particularly overwhelming.
Its form was strangely hazy, as though fog had been gathered together.
Still, the armor it wore was the same as that of the other Knights of the Apocalypse.
<Wait, that...>
Oz lay sprawled on the ground.
For the first time, panic entered his voice.
I looked down at his smooth face and let out a brief scoff.
"I hope you anticipated this much as well."
As if.
Oz could only stare up at me blankly.
"White Knight."
Clank-.
The knight who governed pestilence looked at me.
As though responding to my command, it moved according to my will.
"To the fleeting, death by disease. To those who crave life, punishment."
The only way to counter the White Knight was a curse specialist at professor level or above.
Grandia Academy had plenty of people who specialized in curses.
After all, its faculty had gathered nothing but experts at the forefront of every field.
That was why the casualties during White Night had been limited to a few dozen students. It was a miracle made possible only because it had taken place at the Academy.
'But.'
This wasn't the Academy.
All that was here were mages and one huge freshwater eel.
Clank-.
The white-armored finger pointed toward the sky.
At the same time, the monster with its jaws open froze.
[The target is paralyzed!]
-Disease Name: ■■■■■
-Description: The muscles throughout the body are paralyzed. When the infected creature's ■■ becomes ■■■, it is ■■■■■■.
Leviathan froze in midair.
The White Knight's [Plague] had taken effect.
I couldn't even pronounce the displayed disease name.
It was surely one of the diseases that had existed in the distant past.
Rumble-.
The monster became a buoy floating in the air.
Even as I looked up at it, a smile suddenly spread across my face.
'Perfect.'
A fun disease came to mind.
I raised my finger again.
As though matching my movement, the White Knight aimed its finger into the air.
Countless disease names overlapped in my mind, and one of them dyed my vision blue.
Ding-!
[The target is ■■■ ■■!]
-Disease Name: ■■■
-Description: A disease found in certain ancient records. The infected creature's cellular bonds loosen, causing its entire body to suffer the pain of being torn to pieces. At the same time, its body splits cleanly down the middle. It was a bizarre disease that existed in ancient times, but it has been eradicated in the modern age, leaving only records behind.]
The monster was caught at the tip of my finger.
Looking at it, I muttered a sentence like an incantation.
"Split in half and die."[1]
Crrrraaaack-!
The next moment,
The thing hanging above our heads was brutally torn apart.
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This is Ranne and Alice.
I'll upload the others tomorrow.
Footnotes:
[1] "Split in half and die" references the Korean internet meme 반갈죽, a deliberately blunt finishing line.
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