The Knight

The Knight once again woke up in the junk pit next to the Godseeker. As it stood up, the Godseeker spoke. "What draws thee here, Crawler? Faith? Fear? Or do thee also seek the Gods? Here. Heart of the Kingdom. We listen for them here. But some Gods are distant still. Must be awoken. Take the Godtuner and seek ye the Gods! Seek! That they may find their way. Tuned to mind. Tuned to home. Reward. As reward for thine services, ye shall be allowed to linger here. Linger and gaze. Linger and gaze on Our magnificent shell. Our overpowering beauty!"

The Knight hit it with the Dream Nail, and entered the Godhome again. It walked down the hallway to the end, where a golden portcullis rose to reveal the door to a fourth pantheon, with a plaque reading 'Patheon of The Knight'. The Knight, not capable of the thought needed to see the strangeness in this, simply walked inside.

"O Gods of Hallownest, graciously thee open the way to this greatest of Pantheons! Thy voices grow closer and thy resonance draws Us ever higher!Pray will We, Attune will We, until that spark of divine light shines from the deepest darkness!"

It came into an arena filled with large pink crystals. A bug with a huge crystal on its head and two on its hands, the crystal guardian, dropped down. The Knight dispatched it quickly, then the bell rang and it moved on.

Coming into the next arena, its vision white, The Knight heard what seemed to be a nail slash, then emerged into a darkly lit arena covered in infected vines to see the Broken Vessel falling down as if it had just been hit. The bell rang, and the Knight went on to the next fight. The same thing happened two more times, as The Knight entered fights with the Failed Champion and the Soul Tyrant.

Coming into the Godseeker's room, it looked down and spoke to The Knight. "Show reverence, o meagre one. Show fear! Thou approacheth a great and terrible God.

Though its worldly body be bound and defiled, the glory of its pure form endures, ruler of this pantheon. Its endless power shall attune Us to the one greater still, a God of Gods! Meagre one, dost thou imagine thyself the equal of this God? Dost thou imagine thyself made in its image? Thou assume a similar shape, and the deep echo within thee seems familiar... Ahh! What thoughts are these? Thou sow blasphemies in Our mind, wretch! Begone! We pray that the God of nothingness silence thee forever!"

The Knight walked into the door.

It emerged into a black room, with circular patterns of light illuminating the floor it stood on, to see a huge vessel in a gray cloak in a battle with Link. It swung at him, and he ducked under it, sprinted forward, and drove his blade into it. He pulled it out, and the vessel fell to the ground. Link then slowly turned around with his sword out. The Knight raised its nail.

Suddenly, he ran forward and swung his sword at The Knight, who jumped over it. It tried to hit Link with its nail as it jumped, but he blocked with his shield. The Knight landed, and Link immediately went in for a lunge. The Knight dashed away, then shot off a spell at him. Link simply held out his shield and the blast was sent right back. The Knight jumped away just in time, but Link was dashing toward it again. It swung its nail, but Link blocked it, and countered. The Knight dodged to Link's right, and Link slammed it with his shield.

It jumped into the air and swung its nail down again, but Link blocked. It did something different this time, though, as it then gathered soul in its fist and slammed downward. Black and wahite flames shot up around it, hitting Link square-on. He quickly rolled backwards, pulled out his bow, and fired. The arrow sailed out, fast as lightning, and hit The Knight.

The two approached each other, and each swung at the same time, their weapons colliding between them. Link swung again, The Knight jumped over, swung its nail down, and hit him. The Knight landed behind him, and struck as he turned around. Link fell to the ground, and the bell sounded.