The moment Ludwig appeared.
It wasn't just Rosalind.
Countless other players were shouting too.
Wait!
No! Hold on! This can't be right!
Mostly because this trailer had completely blindsided everyone-what did this oppressive, hellish aesthetic and these grotesque monsters that drained your sanity at a glance have to do with Berserkers?!
What happened to those big, sweeping attacks?
What happened to the Ten-Thousand-Player Arena free-for-all?!
But the system clearly had no regard for the players' feelings and continued playing the trailer.
On-screen.
The malformed, vaguely horselike monster finally straightened its enormous body in the pool of blood. The camera slowly pushed forward, focusing on its upper body.
Looking toward the camera, the monster slowly raised a greatsword radiating an eerie green glow. That light resembled moonlight, instantly
illuminating the dark, damp underground cavern.
As the light shone, even the monster's twisted expression seemed to miraculously settle.
At the same time, a hoarse human male voice rang out.
"Ah-"
"You were at my side all along-"
Before countless bewildered players, the grotesque monster of flesh and blood gripped the hilt in both hands like a human knight, slowly raising the eerie green greatsword before itself.
"My true mentor-"
"My guiding moonlight-"
As the greatsword rose upright, its broad, luminous blade perfectly obscured the more bestial, distorted half of the monster's face.
Under that eerie green glow, the animal frenzy suddenly faded from the exposed half. Though still hideous, it now bore a trace of human compassion.
Through the greatsword's eerie green radiance, it gazed quietly at all the players beyond the screen.
"The Church's first Hunter, Ludwig, the Holy Blade."
An ugly, malformed body and the sacred Moonlight Greatsword.
A beast's twisted flesh and a human's lucid soul.
These two utterly opposing elements existed within the same boss, creating an intensely