I checked Lancelot-san’s status again.

Then, I compared it to my own status.

First, my current status.

 

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Name: Kai Amachi

Condition: Good

Job: Awakened Knight【Awakening】

Skills: Eye of God, Access Right Lv2, Mirage, Lightning, Heart Conversation

Magic Power: 999,999

Attack Power: Reflection Rate▶75(+30)% = 1,049,998

Defense Power: Reflection Rate▶25(+30)% = 549,999

Agility: Reflection Rate▶50(+30)% = 799,999

Intelligence: Reflection Rate▶50(+30)% = 799,999

 

Equipment:

・Dragon King’s White Sword = Total Reflection Rate +30%

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And Lancelot-san’s status.

 

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Name: Lancelot

Condition: Good

Job: God’s Knight【True・Awakening】

Skills: Eye of God, Access Right Lv2, Eye of Darkness (Unusable), Supreme Knight, Heart Conversation

Magic Power: 1,000,000

Attack Power: Reflection Rate▶75(+30)% = 10500000

Defense Power: Reflection Rate▶25(+30)% = 5500000

Agility: Reflection Rate▶50(+30)% = 8000000

Intelligence: Reflection Rate▶100(+30)% = 13000000

 

Equipment:

・None (The ability of Supreme Knight grants Total Ability +30%)

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Kai: “I see, ‘Supreme Knight’. So that’s Lancelot-san’s True・Awakening skill. A simple boost in abilities, very strong. And the ‘Eye of Darkness’? What’s that?”

Lancelot: “…It’s the symbol of my betrayal. But rest assured, I won’t use that eye. I’ve already blinded it.”

Kai: “Huh?”

 

I focused on its details.

 

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Attribute: Skill

Name: Eye of Darkness

Acquisition Difficulty: –

Effect:

・Can control anyone with intelligence lower than one’s own.

※ The total intelligence of controlled subjects must be lower than one’s own.

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Kai: “…What on earth… Gah!?”

Lancelot: “If you’re going to look at your status, I’ll take advantage of the opening!”

 

From Lancelot-san’s counter, I momentarily retreated using Lightning to the temple pillar. I also checked the effects of the Supreme Knight skill just to be sure.

 

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Attribute: Skill

Name: Supreme Knight

Acquisition Difficulty: –

Effect:

・Increase all abilities by 30%

・Knight-related skills are upgraded by one level. (No applicable skills)

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(Upgrades knight-related skills by one level? But he doesn’t have any applicable skills, even though Lancelot-san does have skills…)

Then, Lancelot-san slowly walked towards me.

 

Lancelot: “Have you confirmed? That’s the end of me, called the ‘Supreme Knight’. Despite being a traitor, I received such a grandiose title. All because I, who didn’t even possess a knight’s skill, became that individual’s knight. Everything’s my fault. Had Lightning-san or Mirage-kun become knights in my stead, perhaps things would have turned out differently. The kingdom of white might not have perished.”

 

Kai: “…”

 

I reminisced.

Seeing the Eye of Darkness reminded me of that skill.

The power that tried to kill Aya, the power that tried to kill Reina, and the power controlling many from the God-Destruction Cult.

It resembled the power that induced fanaticism.

And those black knights also had the same power.

So, having this Eye of Darkness means…

 

Kai: “Lancelot-san, could it be that you…”

 

Lancelot-san removed only the headpiece of his white armor.

 

Inside was a young man with sorrowful golden eyes, appearing not much older than me. With slightly wavy hair and a well-structured Western face, I stared straight at him even though his face had scars.

 

Lancelot: “That’s right, Kai. As you suspect, I am… not a person from the kingdom of white. Just a mere traitor. A traitorous knight who fell in love with the enemy’s god. I forgot my mission and blinded that eye; a stupid man who even lost sight of what’s right. Yet, that kind lady… Lady Athena, granted me light. Therefore, I honed my swordsmanship and dedicated everything to her. This is the result.”

 

It seemed like Lancelot-san’s eyes were filled with tears. I remembered the memory journey I had with Lancelot-san when I received the Eye of God. He must have been fighting with all his might to protect something.

The Eye of God, that woman might be the white god called Athena.

I don’t know what happened afterward.

But judging by the current world, both white and black must have disappeared.

 

Kai: “Lancelot-san isn’t… bad. I don’t know much, but you don’t seem evil. Because… in the memory journey, everyone believed in you. Everyone fought believing in you!”

 

I recalled the memory journey with Lightning-san. Everyone truly believed in Lancelot-san.

 

Lancelot: “Ha. Such naivety. Then, Kai, let me reintroduce myself properly.”

 

Wiping away his tears, he looked at me. His eyes clearly showed his resolve to fight.

And that introduction was a declaration of being an enemy.

 

Lancelot: “I am one of the twelve strongest knights of the empire who sit at the Round Table. A person from the black empire, known to have tried to obtain everything in this world and destroy it. My name is…”

 

Pointing his sword at me, he declared.

 

Lancelot: “──Lancelot. So, Kai, please kill this traitorous knight.”