Crackling with lightning, the massive knight, who was roughly three meters tall, moved swiftly towards the goblins a few meters from Arthur.
Its massive golden sword was removed from its sheath with a clang, as lightning arcs traced out of it.
The massive knight moved swiftly, appearing in front of the twenty gathered goblins.
Bang!
Its sword cleaved down thunderously, causing the very air to reverberate slightly. Then, with a bang, a goblin was split in two.
Clang… clang…
As the goblin was cleaved in two, two more goblins beside him lunged forward, striking at him. However, the golden knight seemed unfazed.
Radiating an intense draconic pressure, it turned towards the goblins with menacing fury.
The two goblins stared in disbelief, a humanoid, stupefied expression appearing on their faces as they saw their weapons doing no harm to the golden armor of the dragon knight.
Before they could react, a purple arc flashed, and they split in two, green blood and their guts spilling into the surroundings.
The dragon knight looked as though it hadn't done anything at all. Raising its head, it glanced in the direction of the remaining goblins.
As though thinking of something, it paused in its tracks, then raised its sword towards the goblins.
Roarrrrr!
A terrifying draconic roar resonated into the surroundings as the dragon knight made a forward, sweeping arc.
Immediately, to the shock of the goblins, a pale blue arc radiating an intense heat emanated from the dragon and swept in their direction.
Before they could react, more than ten goblins were split in two, lightning crackling across their bodies and turning them into ashes before the gleaming, sweeping strike faded into thin air.
The dragon knight raised its sword once again, preparing to deliver the strike once more…
However, at that moment, a whooshing sound echoed into the surroundings.
Boom!
The dragon knight was struck heavily on its golden armor with a long spear, causing a wave of explosion to erupt from it and dust to raise into the air.
The dust gradually cleared, and soon the state of the knight was revealed into the surroundings.
To the shock of the goblins, the dragon was unharmed, still standing in the same motion it had been when the attack landed on it.
It raised its horrifying gaze and turned slowly towards the goblin who was two times larger than the others.
Then, with a bang, it released another sweeping sword strike. Before the goblin could react, the knight's attack completely decapitated its head, causing it to collapse to the ground, lifeless.
The boss of the E-rank dungeon had been killed so simply and easily.
A wave of fear swept through the remaining goblins, causing them to run in all directions, scampering around.
However, the dragon knight wouldn't let them off easily. It moved at terrifying speed and swiftly dealt with the remaining goblins.
After a short while had passed, the dragon knight swept its gaze through the surroundings, seeing that it had killed all the goblins, and walked towards Arthur's side.
Embedding itself into the ground and maintaining a respectful knight's pose, it waited silently for the master to wake up.
…
Unconscious, Arthur found himself floating in a dark void.
In the void, he saw a massive knight who seemed to be three times the size of a man, with a sword in his hand sweeping through everything in its path.
It was a truly terrifying battle, and Arthur could tell that it was a battle between gods, seeing that the blood that spilled from the humanoid monsters was golden blood.
Arthur was truly mesmerized by the sheer determination and willpower emanating from the golden knight, even as all the millions of creatures condensed their attacks before finally eliminating it.
The dream seemed to last for an eternity, but it was only for an instant before he gradually began regaining his consciousness…
"What?" The moment Arthur regained his consciousness, he was first stunned.
Then his hand quickly moved to his body. The two spears that had impaled him were now absent, and moreover there was no sign of injury on his body.
It only took a moment for him to recollect what had happened.
'That's right, my Calamity Summoning class activated and I summoned a Dragon Knight!' Realization dawned on Arthur as he gradually moved his gaze in the direction of the dragon knight who was standing silently in front of him.
Feeling the oppressive might radiating from it, Arthur was shocked and slightly terrified.
His mind couldn't help but move to the dream he just had.
'They look very similar, aside from the fact that this one seems weaker and smaller. It's still bigger, nonetheless.'
Many thoughts swirled through Arthur's mind before he finally scratched his bald head, awkwardly speaking. "Err, what's up?"
His heart skipped a beat as the terrifying knight turned its head in the direction of Arthur, its golden eyes locking onto him as though peering into his soul.
The knight remained silent, just staring at Arthur intently, as though waiting for something…
Arthur scratched his head once more, not coming up with anything. The terrifying might he saw from this knight who slayed gods still left him unsettled.
Peering his gaze away, he turned back to his thoughts and called out in his heart…
'Stats'
A line of words materialized in his line of sight.
[Authority overridden. To call out the system, please just directly say 'System.']
'What?' Arthur was stunned. 'I've never heard of anything like this happening before!'
Thinking of it more deeply, he realized something. 'That's right, what person in their right mind would actually share something like this to the authorities?'
Having this thought, he hesitated briefly before calling out, 'System.'
[The system is at your service!]
A seductive, feminine voice echoed into his mind.
'What's up, System?' he blurted out without much thought.
The system was silent, as though it was speechless at his words, before displaying something new.
{These are your new stats. You may view them.}
At her words, a new line of information materialized in front of Arthur.
[Name: Arthur Pendragon.]
[Class: Calamity Summoner.]
[Level: 1.]
[Strength: 10.]
[Defence: 11.]
[Health: 100.]
[Mana: 10.]
{You can also view the information about your summoned calamity below…}
'My summoned calamity?' Arthur was slightly excited and immediately scrolled down to see the information about the terrifying knight.
[Calamity Summoned: Dragon Knight.]
[Name: -]
[True Name: God of War, Gods Slaughterer, ???]
[Level: 10.]
[Strength: 25.]
[Defence: 30.]
[Health: 100.]
[Mana: 100.]
[Potential: Limitless]
[Comprehended Affinities: Lightning, Fire…]
[Remark: A terrifying being crafted from the rarest of treasures and materials, including the blood and bones of one of the most terrifying Dragon God. He gained sentience and decided to challenge the gods to create a haven for himself before being killed. Becoming the host's calamity, he is completely devoted to the host and will go to every length to keep you safe.]
'Damn, what are these ridiculous stats?' Arthur was dumbfounded, staring speechlessly at the line of words in front of him.
'Not only has all of my stats increased by half, this dragon's knight's stats are off the charts, and level 10 right off the bat? Damn.'
Arthur couldn't help but click his tongue, reading through the line of words again.
He stared, stunned by the words from the system.
{Pretty impressive, right?} The seductive female voice sounded slightly excited…
Arthur calmed down and frowned slightly in annoyance.
"Impressive? Do you know how I've lived my life all these years? Damn, what took you so long?" Arthur felt the need to give the system a beating, and also a hug.
Now he felt exceedingly relieved. His future was now set, and his path to world domination had only just begun!
{Such ambitious goals…}
Arthur could swear he heard the feminine voice click her tongue.
'You can hear my thoughts?' he asked curiously.
{That's a default feature of the system. You can choose to turn it off if you want.}
'Yeah, turn it off,' Arthur said internally and soon felt a tug as though something in his consciousness had been turned off.
He breathed out, then began glancing over the stats of the Dragon Knight once more…
"Dragon Knight, huh?" He turned to stare at the massive creature looming over him. "You've got some pretty cool true names, God of War and Gods Slaughterer? Then there's also that one that's filled with question marks… you must have lived an exciting life, right?"
The Dragon Knight remained staring at him without saying a word.
"It seems you cannot speak, huh. That makes sense…"
{Host, the loots and dungeon clear reward obtained by the Dragon Knight has been stored in the System Space.}
"Err? You cleared the whole dungeon?" Arthur was startled, recalling giving the order for the summon to save him at his dying breath…
"Good job!" He reached out and patted the golden armor of the knight.
It felt slightly warm and hard to touch. The knight raised its head, then glanced down at the place that Arthur had touched, then raised its gaze back to stare intently at Arthur.
The youth rubbed his bald head and chuckled…
"I'll call you Titan." His face was filled with excitement as he spoke. "Titan, together, you and I will rule the whole world…"
The golden knight bowed silently, lightning flickering faintly across his armor, as though accepting the name.