Hollow Knight: Hallownest

The man Luke longed for appeared.

There are never many travelers outside the kingdom. Perhaps most of them come because they heard about the reputation of Hallownest, but there are also some people who are not attracted by the scenery here and simply come because of the legendary holy king.

Luke is such a traveler. She is luckier than others. She came to this land when Hallownest was established, and the glory of the White King also shines on her.

That feeling was inexplicable. Luke believed that if someone could not feel the blessing of the White King in this life, then his life would definitely be incomplete. That feeling lingered in her heart all the time, constantly cutting and confusing. .

She knew that from the moment she saw King Bai, her heart no longer belonged to her.

She wanted to get close to the White King, but she had no way, but the call of the champion gave her the opportunity. If she could become the final winner, she could serve as the White King's personal guard. Then wouldn't she be able to be with him all the time? Are you with King Bai?

She tried her best to fight every battle, but alas, she failed.

Luke considers herself to be a good martial artist, and it was just like that during the battle. With her ghostly body skills, every enemy she met was helpless. But she didn't expect that just one step away from the championship, she met A person who is unforgettable in this life.

The opponent was a tall warrior. Her iconic head with roots and fluffy white skirt dancing around her waist were still vivid in her mind. Her proud body skills were in vain in front of that warrior. Every time she jumped and moved, she could always be easily caught. In that game, she once suspected that she was never facing one person.

She didn't want to admit that she was much slower than the warrior.

But the reality would not change because of her imagination. The game ended without any suspense. Luke stared at the warrior standing next to the White King during the final ceremony.

That position should have belonged to her.

Bad luck.

This was the reason she gave herself comfort. If she hadn't happened to meet that opponent, how could she have lost? Except for that person, she was confident that her strength was still first-rate against the other four knights who won the decisive battle.

So she didn't give up, participated in the first guard tryout after that, and stood out again.

At that time, she looked at the figure opposite holding a giant hammer, and the blood in her body continued to boil.

If you defeat him, you can replace him!

This is the second chance God gave her!

The physical skills she relied on really played a role in that final. The sturdy knight did not have astonishing speed like the one she faced before, so she arrogantly judged the game from the beginning. Final victory.

But when Luke used all his strength to rush towards the knight and prepare to attack, he saw his hands slamming to the ground. The gravel under his feet was flying in the sky, and a mountain-shaking force was transmitted to Luke through them. on the body.

Just like before, she began to wonder, how could she be facing a person?

There is no such thing as mutual support and bad luck. This game made her realize the reality.

That game ended in her disastrous defeat. It was called a disastrous defeat because the knight didn't even swing his giant hammer.

Her only role was to make the knight decide that she would not play in the subsequent selection games.

It's ridiculous.

She left the city known as Hallownest, the destination for pilgrims and closest to the palace.

The two defeats were like a giant hammer in the knight's hand, smashing her pride to pieces, and she gradually developed a sense of awe.

Luke figured it out. If she wanted to become a knight and get close to the White King, she could never make random guesses with her narrow vision and be complacent with her tiny strength. If she couldn't change, she would never get what she wanted in this life. .

So she came here, a place where it was rumored that as long as she passed all the trials, she could gain extraordinary power, the Colosseum of Fools.

She has never seen such a bloody and violent place anywhere else. Life is not worth awe here, but strength is.

Whenever she saw the challengers on the field dying tragically before her eyes and being thrown into the bottomless abyss, her wavering heart became more determined.

Yes, just become more determined.

If he couldn't even conquer this place, how could he ascend to the throne of a knight? And if he didn't have the strength and determination to match it, what was the value of this life?

She started fighting in the Warrior Trial. From being cautious in the first game, she gradually relaxed her hands and feet later on.

There is no rule in the Colosseum of Fools that a trial cannot be repeated, but except for the first trial, subsequent rewards will gradually decrease and the difficulty will gradually increase.

Repeated battles will only allow your enemies to keep figuring out your moves.

Luke, who has a tiger at heart, is not a reckless person. She is not here for rewards. As long as it can greatly improve her strength, what's the harm in letting her hand over to Geo in turn?

In this way, she almost fought more than ten times in the Warrior Trial. From being scarred at the beginning, to being able to pass with ease and without any injuries, even though the fools were observing the actions of this challenger, no one It could cause further damage to her in those more than ten trials.

She came to the Trials of the Conqueror with full confidence.

After nearly dying at the hands of the Flying Fool and Opolopo, Luke develops a new way of fighting.

She learned how to use a hidden weapon, a strange eight-pointed nail, and mastered it so well that it became her 'third hand'.

Since then, she has become more and more comfortable in the Trial of the Conqueror, and the fools who fight her have become more and more frightened. No one knows where a deadly eight-pointed nail will suddenly fly from, and it can be easily taken away. Take their lives.

After more than ten times, Luke's skills had become more and more perfect. She felt that the time had come, so she made a request to the King of Fools who was sitting on the stone chair.

She's going to do the Fool's Trial.

The Fool's Trial is the famous 'Dragon Gate' in the Colosseum, but it is also called the 'Gate of Hell' by people here. Countless challengers who came here were buried here, and the ambitions erased by the Fool's Trial , much more than the people who died here.

In a near-total siege, the Trial of Fools mobilized all the fools in the Colosseum, including the King of Revengeful Flies, Mother Gruz, Obolupo, and even Gapid, Ludo, and others from the distant lands. Both Maurik and Giant Springtails appear here.

Countless times, the white figure always emerged from the fatal situation in the eyes of the audience. Her elusive movement and the iconic eight-pointed nail took away all those who wanted to take her life.

The corpses fell to the ground in a mess, piled up in twos and threes. Luke's white mask was stained with blood, and his eyes hidden deep inside were also extremely scarlet at this moment.

The audience looked at this challenger who looked like a murderous god and were shocked beyond words for a moment.

She won. Some people may ask, what about the final challenge? Where is the previous champion of the Fool's Trial?

When he saw this figure that was bathed in blood but unharmed, he gave in. He was afraid.

The King of Fools has never thought of such an ending. How could a Fool Champion who has passed the trial be afraid of death?

Luke ended his life without hesitation. When he disappeared, Luke saw a hint of relief in his eyes.

After a moment of daze, she clutched an eight-pointed nail, walked slowly outside the venue, and disappeared.

Since then, there has been a new champion in the Colosseum of Fools, and Luke, she didn't reveal her name at the beginning, so people combined her ghostly skills with deadly weapons to make this champion offered them their greatest respect.

No one knew Luke, and the champion who stayed in the Colosseum of Fools only had her name chanted.

Pale Lurker.