I am a god-slayer, not your hero.

He held a shield in his hand, which miraculously blocked the terrifying artillery fire, standing firm like a guardian deity.

However, this was not the only miracle.

The dragon knight's gaze pierced through the smoke and fire, landing on the scorched earth in the center.

There stood a majestic figure, a rhinoceros knight clad in heavy silver-gray armor, the surface of which was steaming hot, clearly having taken the fatal cannon fire from the front.

"Why?"

The rhinoceros-horned knight fell to the ground with a thud, even creating a small crater.

At that moment, the entire world seemed to tremble.

Just then, a purple figure emerged from behind the Rhinoceros Horn Knight, wearing a knight's helmet made of metal.

The helmet's shape evokes the coldness and cunning of a cobra.

Unlike ordinary people, the Knight King Serpent's body was unusually bulky, and his waist was so fat that it was almost unbearable to look at.

Even the exoskeleton armor is a size larger than everyone else's.

The King Serpent lowered his head slightly, his voice cold and resolute.

"Who told you to stand in front of me?"

Every word was as chilling as ice, making one shudder.

“Young Master, someone like you shouldn’t be here. You should stay in your warm manor instead of coming to this city where who knows how much darkness is hidden.”

The King Serpent spoke coldly, took out his serpent staff, and placed the "Descent Card" inside.

"Final Vent!"

Amidst the cold, merciless mechanical sounds, a massive metal cobra slowly emerged from the shadows, like a messenger of death, carrying endless chill and threat.

The contracted beast—the Venomous Serpent King—has descended upon the world.

It obeyed the covenant between the stars and the latitude and longitude, and launched its most powerful attack on the enemy.

The cold metal gleamed in the sunlight, a harbinger of impending death.

Upon seeing this, Knight Rhinoceros Horn quickly drew a contract card from his belt, intending to command his contracted beast to come and protect him.

Zheng!

The enormous metal snake tail, like a whip of steel, instantly bound him tightly, rendering him unable to move.

A flicker of despair and fear flashed in the knight's eyes, and his pleas for mercy echoed in the air.

"Stop! EP won't let you get away with this!!"

This feeble cry could not stop the serpent king's killing intent.

The serpent king simply sprayed the highly corrosive venom coldly.

With a hissing sound, most of the armor on the knight's rhinoceros horn was instantly melted away, revealing his face beneath the helmet.

It was a handsome face with well-defined features, as exquisite as if it were sculpted, carrying the unique temperament and arrogance of a young master from the upper class.

At this moment, her exquisitely beautiful face was filled with terror and despair.

"Humph!"

The King Serpent Knight snorted coldly, his voice filled with disdain and ruthlessness.

The Serpent King opened its massive jaws, biting into the Knight Rhinoceros Horn's body, and then yanked it sharply, snapping the Knight Rhinoceros Horn in half.

The sound of breaking echoed in the air.

The snake raised its head high and swallowed the upper half of the knight's rhinoceros horn into its belly.

"Oh~~"

Knight Iron Soldier whistled and said somewhat irreverently, "This is truly an unimaginable scene. The young master of the EP board of directors died in such a ridiculous way."

The King Serpent has its arms crossed over its chest.

"You guys probably just wanted him dead, didn't you, by leaking information about the Knights War to the Unified Enterprises Group?"

"Uncle, that's not what I thought at all!"

The knight iron soldier smiled and slowly walked forward, gun in hand.

"However, Uncle really wants to win. Whether he wins or not doesn't matter. The main thing is that my daughter is not ready to take someone else's life. So I, as her father, have to be the bad guy this time."

After saying that, he immediately raised his gun at the Knight King Serpent.

The dragon knights and winged knights also reacted, and just as the situation became dangerous, a dragon roar rang out from the sky.

Everyone couldn't help but look up.

A giant, jet-black steel dragon is circling in the sky.

A boy stood on the dragon's head.

"Transform!"

Mingxian raised the card box, completed the transformation pose, put on the black and gray armor, and leaped from the dragon's head to the ground.

The knights present reacted in various ways upon seeing this.

The Knight King Serpent sneered, "Today is quite lively. Are they all going to settle their differences today?"

"how come……"

The Dragon Knight spoke in a woman's voice, "Isn't it true that each card box can only contract one race of contracted beasts?"

Upon hearing this, Knight Iron Soldier noticed that Mingxian's armor was also of the "dragon" type. He said flippantly, "Interesting. Do even the stars in the sky sometimes make mistakes?"

Mingxian simply placed the card into the dragon-shaped shield on his left arm.

"Sword Vent!"

A large, jet-black sword landed at his feet.

Mingxian picked up the Dragon Fang Greatsword.

"I can contract whomever I want! Are you still going to fight or not? I'm fired up for battle."

The King Serpent Knight snorted coldly, suddenly raised his head, and shouted at the stars that still existed in the daytime sky: "How should this be calculated? This has already violated the rules you mentioned, hasn't it?"

“Indeed.” Knight Iron Soldier also put away his mechanical gun. “The moment we touched the card box, we knew the rules: each card box can only contract one kind of distortion.”

"The contracted beast is both the source of my power and my watcher."

"But why are there two Dragon Card Boxes in the current situation?"

"There has to be an explanation."

The Winged Knight sheathed his sword and spoke in a pleasant voice: "To achieve their own desires, they gather together to fight each other. This is true of the Star Martial Festival, and it is also true of the Knight War."

"The latter can fulfill even greater desires, such as resurrecting the dead or even overturning the entire world."

"This is the reason why we are willing to risk our lives to fight."

"In this situation, can 'you' really still grant my wish?"

This is a challenge to the rules of the Cavaliers vs. Cavaliers game.

If the rules can be broken, how can they be sure that their wishes will be fulfilled in the end?

The Star Martial Festival has been held many times, and it's backed by the Unified Enterprise Foundation.

The dragon knight was a beat slower, but he also came to his senses.

The knights here are speaking up to test the "Knight War" itself, to see if this game can really fulfill their wishes, and what the purpose behind the Knight War is.

Although "Star Martial Arts Festival" is a program where a group of students fight each other, it is just a commercial program in the eyes of the public.

It's like the Olympics of the old days.

These are all activities with enormous commercial value.

What is the purpose behind the Knights' battle?

For fun? An experiment? A competition?

The Dragon Knight spoke directly: "If the Knights War is just an enhanced version of the Star Martial Festival, then I think we can completely abandon the Knights War."

Then she looked at the Winged Knight.

"If I don't want to continue fighting, could you please destroy my contracted beast?"

The Winged Knight smiled and said, "Okay."

This is already a threat.

Mingxian brandished his broadsword, watching the unfolding events with great interest.

Boom!

A loud bang, like the tolling of an ancient bell, drifted from the sky, or like the low murmur of the stars, echoing in every inch of space.

This is not only a question of time, but also a revival of some ancient rhythm in the universe.

In an instant, everything was silent.

Then, a miracle occurred—to everyone's astonishment, the knight Rhinoceros Horn, who had been killed earlier, slowly returned from the brink of death, his figure gradually becoming clearer, and the flame of life rekindled.

It's as if time has reversed, the torrent of history has been turned upside down, the boundary between life and death has become blurred, and the common sense of the world has been challenged.

"I……"

Drew, the transformed Knight Rhinoceros Horn, had a mixture of disbelief and shock in his eyes. He slowly raised his hand, his fingertips lightly touching the air that still seemed to carry the chill of the previous moment, his heart surging with indescribable complex emotions.

Memories flooded back; Drew clearly remembered the moment his soul left his body and that seemingly eternal journey to death.

But now, miraculously, they have returned to their homeland.

This sudden burst of vitality both surprised and delighted Drew.

Although the four knights around him were completely covered in heavy armor, obscuring their true faces, it was not difficult to sense the intense turmoil in their hearts from their sudden tense bodies and the instantaneous freeze in the atmosphere.

Death and resurrection...

This is beyond imagination.

This moment is not only the rebirth of the knight's horn, but also a profound questioning of life, destiny, and all established rules.