>>5763155>>5763156>>5763200Tripping him with your halberd, you manage to lift Locus into the air as your trident follows the underside of his horse and perforates it's stomach, the injury quickly freezing and rending him motionless.
You feel bad about attacking animals instead of the ones riding the horses, yet it seemed like a necessary evil to properly deal with this ridiculously fast knight.
As Locus tumbled down onto the floor, his face drifted onto the dirt as he failed to land safely, rolling along with his mount until he crashed into a nearby tree of your own making.
Not wasting any time, you run up to where Locus landed and attempt to slash at him with an Od Strike, only for him to block it with his elbow and hold the tip of the trident.
"A valiant effort. Truly an admirable display of how far you've gotten, but I'm afraid this is where your story ends." Locus snaps the icicle pole as it dissolved into water, and while you made sure to let the undines regenerate, it was the time he needed to unleash his apostle form.
A metallic centaur appeared to form where Locus stood. An armored apostle that fused with his own horse, brightly shining as his four hooves left him with complete control of his four directions, while the shield in his arm and the lance on his hand seemed to make him even more imprevious to damage than before.
The spikes converging his body made it so that even grazing him would result in a major gash forming on you, every strike could also easily slide out and negate the full force of the blow
"Allow me to bury you along with your master!" Locus charges at you a third time, becoming a blur as the sound barrier is broken around him. Having learned his lesson from the previous time, his elongated lance makes sure to reach you several meters before he is even close to you.
>Fire a soul arrow.>Ride his lance until you can reach him for a direct strike.>Send him up into the air with a water wave.>Use your soul double to ignore his newfound durability.>Astral Project and look for assistance with the spirits of the swamp.>Something else 