Quote Originally Posted by Auronithology
As a kid, i didn't know what "sheathe his sword" meant so i just went and kicked Dark Knight Cecil's ass the old fashioned way. All you really need is about 7 hi-potions if i remember correctly and didn't require much leveling up.
Since Paladin Cecil starts at level 1, leveling up wouldn't do anything anyway. But yeah I remember it being possible to kill him. Not sure if I ever did it myself though. It was always faster and easier to just not hit him.