Darkness ignored the silent crowd and spoke to herself: "Hmm! It's just a mere curse; don't think you can make me submit! I won't submit! But what, what should I do, Roa! Look at that Headless Knight, see the lewd look in his eyes under that helmet! That kind of gaze is clearly wanting to take me back to his castle, saying that to lift the curse, I have to obey him, and then he'll want to play some perverted games with me!"
Under the gaze of the crowd, even the Headless Knight felt quite embarrassed.
Suddenly burdened with the title of a pervert, the Headless Knight couldn't help but argue: "I didn't say anything; don't add drama to yourself."
"Then why did you give me seven days? Isn't it to force me to satisfy your dark and twisted desires? You must want to take me back to your castle and ravage me, right?"
"I'm not! I just want your companions to live in pain because of your death."
"Enough, don't quibble. Your dark thoughts are already written on your face. If that's how it is, then so be it. Come on, take me away, to your castle to do what you want. Roa, Aqua, Kazuma, Megumin, take care of yourselves; I'll be back soon."
Seeing the increasingly strange looks from everyone, the Headless Knight opened his mouth but couldn't say anything.
It seemed that the situation was indeed as Darkness described.
The murmurs from the crowd reached the Headless Knight's ears: "This knight is really a pervert."
"Yeah, I didn't expect him to be a hentai knight."
"I thought he was a righteous person before; I didn't expect him to be such a perverted officer."
"Though he's already turned into a skeleton, he still has these desires."
"Who knows, maybe he never touched a woman in life and became like this after death."
As the conversations reached the Headless Knight's ears, his face grew darker, and even the left hand gripping the giant sword began to tremble.
"Shut up! Since you can't wait to die, then I'll grant you that!"
The Headless Knight almost shouted at the surrounding adventurers.
The adventurers were startled by the Headless Knight's loud voice, and the previously chaotic situation was instantly brought under control.
The Headless Knight's head fixed its gaze on Darkness, as if looking at some lunatic.
However, a figure had already stepped in front of Darkness.
Roa slowly drew the knight's sword, slowly approaching the Headless Knight.
The Headless Knight coldly reprimanded: "Brat, do you want to test how sharp my sword is?"
Roa approached the Headless Knight, the distance between them was just over ten meters, a distance that could be crossed in an instant by either Roa or the Headless Knight.
Yet the two just stared at each other.
The Headless Knight's face was dark, and the warhorse beneath him raised its front hooves high, charging forward.
The giant sword fell instantly, the violent sword force tearing through the air, the massive sword strike was both heavy and fast.
Even if one could react, they would be unable to withstand this strike.
Ordinary adventurers would probably die in an instant during this encounter.
Just as the three teammates were on edge, Darkness appeared surprisingly calm at this moment.
The girl looked at her three teammates and comforted: "Don't worry about him; he's Roa, he won't die so easily."
The giant sword fell, but it was abruptly interrupted.
The slender knight's sword transformed into a swift slash.
When the swords clashed, a huge metallic sound echoed.
A tremendous force came from the giant sword, and the slender sword actually managed to block it.
The Headless Knight's eyes lit up with surprise, dismounting from his horse, the necromantic horse retreating behind him. His more than two-meter tall figure was even taller than Roa.
Roa had to look up to see the full height of the Headless Knight.
Unlike his previous indifference, the Headless Knight's voice now carried a hint of excitement: "You're quite good; I didn't expect you to withstand my strike. Show me more of your strength!"
However, before his words could finish, the swift slash was launched again.
The violent force gathered at one point and then exploded, dazzling flames dyed the entire sword red, and Roa's figure instantly appeared in front of the Headless Knight.
Breath of the Sun: Fake Rainbow.
His figure dissipated like foam, the furious knight's sword transformed into a circular slash, directly aimed at the upper body of the Headless Knight.
Originally, Roa intended to behead him, but since the Headless Knight was holding his head with his right hand, he had to change his attack direction.
In an instant, the long sword struck the Headless Knight's armor.
The long sword embedded itself into the armor, the tremendous force recklessly unleashed upon the sword.
Despite being such a slender sword, it could withstand the Headless Knight's entire armored body, forcefully embedding itself within.
This was quite absurd.
Roa appeared too quickly, so fast that even the Headless Knight didn't react in time.
However, at this distance, swinging the giant sword was also quite troublesome.
The advantage of the great sword lies in its ability to overpower opponents with sheer strength. The Headless Knight's attack style is also quite simple, primarily relying on sweeping slashes to counter the opponent's intricate sword techniques.
The Headless Knight possesses immense strength, and with the great sword in hand, even adventurers at levels sixty or seventy find it difficult to defeat him in a direct confrontation.
However, the Headless Knight has now encountered a formidable opponent.
"How can you defeat me in a head-on clash? Who exactly are you?"
The Headless Knight swung his massive sword, attempting to force Roa back.
Yet, in the next moment, a pitch-black longsword reappeared in Roa's hand, emanating a sinister aura. Of course, this ominous energy was vastly different from that of the knight.
The power of divine might erupted, as otherworldly darkness infused the elegant knight's sword. An invisible wave of energy burst forth, instantly deflecting the Headless Knight's massive sword.
The Headless Knight was pushed back several steps by this force. At that moment, the skeletal warhorse behind him neighed and charged forward.
The horse moved swiftly, reaching Roa in an instant. Just like when dealing with Darkness, its hooves were raised high, ready to trample Roa.
Roa calmly watched the skeletal warhorse appear before him as if it had teleported. His expression showed no change; he simply tightened his grip on the pitch-black knight's sword, which glowed with an even darker hue.
The young man's cold voice rang out: "Endless darkness, slaughter our enemies—declare death's dark thunder."
The otherworldly darkness erupted through the pitch-black knight's longsword.
A violent surge of energy obliterated everything in its path, almost instantly engulfing the skeletal warhorse. The massive energy wave recklessly swept through, and black lightning surged like a roaring flood.
The skeletal warhorse let out a mournful cry before completely vanishing from this world.
Only a deep chasm remained, leading to the edge of the forest.
The surrounding adventurers gasped in shock, their expressions turning pale.
The chasm stretched for thousands of meters, leaving everyone feeling a chill down their spines.
Megumin shouted excitedly, "Wow, so cool! How can he be so cool? The captain has hidden it so well! Why is he so cool? And that line, 'Endless darkness, slaughter our enemies,' ahhh, I can't take it anymore!"
Megumin was still in a state of excitement, but no one paid attention to her antics at that moment, as everyone was too stunned to speak.
Aqua was also dumbfounded, and for the first time, the goddess expressed admiration: "This magical power… it might even rival mine, right? It's hard to believe that such a human exists in this world."
Aqua was referring to herself as a goddess, the version of herself that had not yet descended to the mortal realm, when her divine power was nearly limitless due to her connection to the higher realm.
However, Aqua saw in Roa a reflection of her former self.
"Ah, ah, who are you? Why does someone like you exist among adventurers?"
The Headless Knight's eyes widened in anger, his crimson gaze fixated on the young man before him.
The young man looked at him expressionlessly, his aura no longer concealed.
Roa removed his glasses, revealing an ordinary face.
Yet, in the next moment, the young man's appearance underwent a dramatic transformation.
From an initially unremarkable exterior, he became a strikingly handsome youth.
His brilliant golden hair was casually tied back, and with golden hair and eyes, he exuded an overwhelming sense of terrifying pressure.
Upon seeing the young man, the Headless Knight's soul fire flickered violently in his eye sockets, startled by Roa's appearance.
The Headless Knight took several steps back, a clear sword mark appearing on the right side of his black armor, though it was rapidly healing under the cover of black mist.
The Headless Knight's expression darkened as he coldly reprimanded, "You, the golden-haired brat, why are you here instead of the Royal capital?"
Roa regarded the Headless Knight as if he were an idiot and casually replied, "And you? What are you doing here?"
The Headless Knight was momentarily at a loss for words, gripping his massive sword even tighter.
Roa had no intention of wasting more words. Holding the pitch-black knight's sword, he looked at the Headless Knight and casually said, "Are you done? If so, you can go die."
"Arrogant! If you want to kill me, let's see if you have the ability!"
The Headless Knight's cold voice emerged from his heavy armor as he raised his massive sword again, sweeping it violently around him.
"Restia, it's up to you." Roa's voice was indifferent as his right hand brushed over the black longsword.
As if in response to Roa, the next moment, a thick, ink-like divine might enveloped the knight's longsword. The otherworldly darkness erupted from the center of the knight's sword, wrapping around the unsuspecting Headless Knight.
The Headless Knight was momentarily taken aback, then sarcastically remarked, "I don't know what this ability is, but it seems you intend to use this evil power against an undead. How foolish!"
As an undead knight, the Headless Knight possessed high magical resistance. Excluding holy attribute magic, spells like death magic or blood magic felt like mere tickles to him.
What truly concerned the Headless Knight was Roa's ability to easily summon large-scale water attribute magic, capable of effortlessly altering the terrain.
After all, he was even referred to as the master of atmospheric manipulation, which spoke volumes about his terrifying capabilities.
However, in the next moment, the Headless Knight could no longer laugh.
The death energy and otherworldly darkness intertwined, quickly falling into a disadvantage. The Headless Knight's expression froze as he incredulously exclaimed, "This is impossible! How could you achieve this?"
The otherworldly darkness, enhanced by chaotic power, was even more potent than before.
In the world of the Bladedance of Elementalers, the otherworldly darkness could easily erode the Dark Elemental Lord's mind, even silently altering the personalities of the five Elemental Lords, demonstrating its terrifying corrosive ability.
This was not something a mere undead knight could withstand, even if he wore armor bestowed by a demon lord, and even though undead had considerable resistance in this regard.
Roa was not idle either; he reached out to grab the Headless Knight's head.
The Headless Knight watched helplessly as Roa's hand approached, his expression frozen in horror, unable to move.
His thoughts became sluggish, even the flames in his eye sockets flickered slowly.
This was the result of the otherworldly darkness's erosion.
Of course, this was also a unique ability of Roa.
The uncontrolled otherworldly darkness caused chaotic effects, so in the Bladedance of Elementalers world, the five Elemental Lords had essentially fallen into madness, with the most notable being the Dark Elemental Lord, who had completely succumbed to dark transformation.
Roa's otherworldly darkness, once it invaded the opponent, did not directly apply a violent buff but instead stacked a series of debuffs.
And the Headless Knight was currently in such a state.
His thoughts slowed to a crawl, and he found himself unable to move, as if he were being pinned down by a ghost.
Roa had already grasped the head encased in armor, weighing it in his hand, a dangerous smile creeping onto his lips.
"Well, Knight, what will you do now? With your head in my hands, you truly have become a Headless Knight."
The Headless Knight was now frantic. He could hear every word spoken, yet his body refused to obey him.
The Headless Knight felt a chill in his heart; the skeletal warhorse had turned to dust, leaving him without an escape route.
"Let go…"
The Headless Knight's voice was somewhat mechanical as he made one last struggle.
At the same time, he cursed Roa's ancestors in his mind.
Why, instead of staying in the Royal capital, did he come here to fish in the countryside? Damn it, if he was going to fish, why did it have to be at his expense?