"Oh?" Reign raised an eyebrow as he took out his new sword and blocked the attack. The power behind the hit was quite something and it was clear to Reign that nothing in this forest could even come close to it. Even so, the wooden knight was too weak to pose any threat to Reign. With a swing of the sword, Reign cut the knight in half, the powerful defense of the knight which no monster in the forest could even hope to scratch was useless against Reign who was many times more powerful than it was.
The two halves of the knight however didn't fall down, the giant tree suddenly shook as the knight repaired itself with incredible speed. That however was not all that happened, the many branches of the giant tree shook and some of them even broke apart from the tree, the leaves danced in the wind before coiling around the wooden knights and giving them an even more powerful look and aura.
Reign simply smiled as he observed what was happening, there was no need for him to intervene as the power of the knights was still far below him. Each of them was approximately level 45 and they were more powerful than any creature inside the black forest, but for Reign who was currently a Tier I fighter, they were still too weak.
"Did I overestimate it?" Reign scratched the back of his head as lightning erupted from his body. In a flash, he appeared in front of one knight and cut him apart before moving on to the others. There were 30 knights in total, but unfortunately, they were simply far too weak to fight against someone like Reign. In a matter of seconds, all of them were destroyed.
The tree shook once again before calming down. A pale golden light suddenly appeared in front of the tree and landed on Reign who simply stood his ground without any attempt of dodging. As the golden light fell on Reign, a change suddenly happened as Reign's body started shining an even stronger gold color that blocked the pale light from truly reaching him.
Upon discovering this, the tree again shook violently, anger could be felt coming from it as Reign constricted his eyes.
'Why is it angry?' Reign thought as more and more mana was being drawn to the tree, the destroyed knight suddenly scattered in the air as they also came back to the tree that looked like a bottomless hole right now. Even Reign had a more serious expression on his face as he felt the immense mana the tree contained right now.
'Is it because of my tree?' Reign suddenly thought as he looked at the golden light that covered his body, it was undoubtedly the same golden light that could be seen covering the branch of Yggdrasil that he had formed a connection. It seems this tree could feel the connection and was mad about it.
"No one wants to be assimilated into a different being, the tree will fight with everything it has in order to stop Reign from taking its essence, hmmm, he might not even know that he only needs the essence," Eldar spoke as he stared from his window at the top of the tower, he was, of course, staring right at where Reign was battling the tree.
"Well, that's why I said he should have talked to me first, there are other ways to get the essence without fighting." Eldar simply shrugged his shoulders before sitting on a sofa inside his office.
Back in the forest, all of the mana that the tree had drawn to itself was suddenly released as another wooden knight appeared. The knight however was different compared to the others. First was his size, the other knights were all similar in size to humans but this one was over 3 meters tall, compared to them it wasn't simply made of branches and you couldn't see any gaps in it. The leaves coated the outside of the knight and made it look like it had a cape and a scale armor.
In its right hand, the knight held a long spear that was shining with a pale golden light, it was clear that the tree had put everything it had in order to create the knight as many of its branches started falling down and the leaves withered.
The power of the knight in front of Reign was many times higher than the ones before and it was actually also at Tier I. Reign looked at the knight in surprise as the black forest wasn't really a high-level area as the most powerful monsters here were level 20. For a Tier I combatant to appear was incredible and Reign was thankful that he brought Greenie with him in case anything happened.
The knight charged at Reign immediately after being formed, the giant, 4-meter-long spear left a trail of pale golden light in the air as it stabbed at Reign who quickly took out his katana and crossed both of his swords in order to block the attack from the knight. The powerful spear collided with the swords as Reign was pushed back from the initial collision.
There was no damage to his body however and he smiled ferociously as his mana was released from his body. The trees around the knight and Reign shook violently from the powerful mana that was clashing in the air, the cracks formed on the ground before Reign stomped his foot and disappeared from the spot, leaving only a trail of black and white lightning that flickered in the air.
Reign immediately appeared behind the knight and slashed down at him from the air.
Clang!
The knight swirled his spear around and managed to block the attack before Reign kicked the spear in order to create some distance between them and not be vulnerable to any attack the knight might try. The action proved to be a good one as a couple of branches from the knight suddenly turned soft and acted like vines.
All four of the branches twisted and stabbed at the place Reign previously was before retracting back to the knight's body.
"Just like the Treant, tch, these wood-type creatures are really a pain to deal with, if only Wolf was here." Reign clicked his tongue in frustration as he stared at the knight in front of him. Every single wood-type creature that Reign and the others had fought was annoying to deal with, each of them had great defense and regenerative powers, and on top of all of that, they could control parts of their body to create even more weapons and means of attack.
The Treant was the first creature that did that and it left a deep impression on Reign as he and Shadow had almost lost their lives while fighting against the creature. For Wolf however it was a different story, his ability was the bane of all wood-type creatures as his flames could easily destroy their bodies.
Fortunately for Reign, however, the knight in front of him was only level 50 and its power was the same as someone who had just gone through the first evolution. The lack of equipment was another factor, without any items, the knight was actually weaker than most Tier I fighters. It was only a matter of time before Reign would emerge victorious from this battle, but in case of anything else happening, Greenie was there to quickly help out.
The battle continued for about 10 more minutes where neither party was able to take a clear advantage. Reign was faster and more skilled, his stats were higher compared to the knight as well, but the knight felt no pain and cared not for injuries. His body could quickly regenerate and it was able to manipulate it to form wood spears that could threaten Reign if he wasn't careful enough.
After fighting for so long, however, Reign had already started adapting to the knight and its weird fighting style. He had a couple of cuts and bruises on his body, but they were simply superficial wounds that would be healed after a day of resting a bit. The longer the two fought, the more Reign was able to see through the knight and slowly he started overcoming it.
His black and white lightning left clear marks on the body of the knight while he was also able to deliver powerful cuts to its body. Even though the knight could regenerate, it still took some time to do so. Suddenly Reign kicked the body of the knight and launched both of them in opposite direction, as the two landed on the ground, there were about 20 meters separating them.
"Time to end this, you weren't a bad opponent." Reign smiled as he pulled his right hand back. The rank S sword shone brilliantly as a great amount of mana was poured inside. A giant black and white lance of lightning appeared around the sword and Reign's arm as the latter simply smirked at the knight before disappearing from the spot.
The ground he previously stood on caved in and a shockwave blasted through the area. Before the knight could even respond to Reign's attack, Reign was already a couple of meters behind it while a huge hole could be seen on the stomach.
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