Knight? Hard beginner? ROTFLOL. I started as a Soldier, and even that was a piece of cake.
Farm the red eye knight, and after that, farm 4-2. Everything becomes so much simpler after you do... and get yourself a bow, too. It helps killing the first 4-2 reaper for major ease and major souls.
That game is not in the least bit hard. The gamers of today don't know what hard is.