You could grab the Stone armor from the forest to have high defense and poise. If you stand right next to the Kings, only the hilt of their swords will hit you, which deals less dmg and with poise and high defense you will be able to just spam your attacks without dodging, just heal when you're getting low

If you level up your weapon to plus 5 it’s the same thing as getting the black knight halberd. You could just kill the black knight and keep it unupgraded

This man love hurting poor and new people who just want to play with friends

You bought a month's supply of transient curses, lol. I'm not sure I've used that many in 500 hours of playtime!

How to professionally pick on someone smaller than you

I thought you could't activate both Tearstone rings at the same time.