"You're a quick one, kid."
The Death Knight laughed with a grating sound and adjusted his grip on the greatsword.
"My name is Kargor! A knight who serves the great Death King!"
With his greatsword aimed at Leo, Kargor charged at an incredible speed.
Leo swung an aura at the front.
"And I am the one who will guide you to death! Hahahaha!"
In an instant, Kargor scattered into black smoke and reappeared behind Leo.
He urgently blocked Kargor's greatsword, which was aimed at his waist.
He felt an immense pressure in his hands.
Leo's body was hurled away at an incredible speed.
Crack! Thud! Rumble! Bang!
Leo's body collided with two trees.
Amidst the fallen, broken trees, Leo got up and stretched his sore body.
"You managed to cast an Aura Shield in such a short time? Not bad."
Kargor grinned and charged again.
Leo blocked the sword aimed at his head.
Leo was overwhelmed by the pressure from all over his body.
His feet sank into the ground.
A crimson aura, resembling a skeleton, raged wildly.
Leo, frowning, tried to push away the greatsword with all his might.
As Kargor exerted more force, the pressure intensified, and Leo's knees buckled.
"Hahahaha! You should join the world of death with me!"
Kirian charged at Kargor, targeting his weak spot at a fierce speed.
Kirian was repelled by Kargor's dark aura.
Even as a Fairy Prince, Kirian's strength was limited without his wings.
"In the name of the Vow, I call upon you."
"Heh? Summoning a familiar now? You seem like a Vow of the fairies, but no matter what familiar you call, it will be useless against me!"
A summoning circle formed around Leo.
Flames flickered from the summoning circle and responded to Leo's spiritual energy, burning more fiercely.
Kargor's crimson eyes widened.
Behind Leo, crimson wings fluttered.
The beautiful phoenix soared high in the sky and then descended, targeting Kargor.
Piora pierced Kargor's chest directly.
Kargor's body crumbled into dust.
The elegant Piora perched on Leo's shoulder.
[Leo, you're the Phoenix's Vow?]
Kirian, who had never made a vow with an older fairy, was seeing Leo as his first.
Even this vow was not by Kirian's will but forced upon him due to his father Silord's vow.
So, deep down, Kirian had looked down on and disapproved of Leo.
But seeing that Leo had made a vow with the Phoenix at such a young age, his thoughts changed.
[Of course! My Vow should be this strong! Now you're worthy of being my Vow!]
"Did you think I wasn't worthy of being your Vow until now?"
[Of course! You're human! Your spiritual energy is poor! And you're rude and violent! Cough?]
Kirian, who had been babbling, was suddenly grabbed by Leo.
Kirian turned pale and struggled.
The sound of the dead echoed from all sides.
Seeing the skeletons emerging from the ground and forming aε
ε΄ε, Leo began to chant.
Kirian was surprised by the rune language that flowed from Leo's mouth.
[Wait! Leo! Can you use magic too?]
[You're a knight and a summoner!]
"Is this your first time seeing an all-class character?"
[All-class? You mean the same all-class as the legendary Kail?!]
As Silord's son, Kirian knew about the great heroes.
Among them, of course, was the forgotten great hero, Kail.
Leo smiled at Kirian's surprise and completed the spell, lowering his stance while running.
The ground began to tremble around Leo.
The skeletons, unable to maintain their balance, staggered.
Leo, now at the center of the skeleton group, swung his sword.
Without any aura, Leo's sword cut through the skeletons brutally.
[That's not just it, right?]
"Skeletons are low-level undead."
Skeletons themselves are not threatening.
The problem is that when combined with high-level undead like Death Knights, they become difficult to handle.
After running for a while, Leo landed and took a deep breath.
Kargor's aura was no longer felt.
'I seem to have escaped from him.'
After sending Phoenix back, Leo left the forest, lost in thought.
'There's a Death Knight here?'
Death Knights are high-level undead, rarely seen.
'Is there something in the Fairy Forest that Tartarus is after?'
It couldn't be a coincidence that Silord activated the previous Fairy King's magic when he sealed Kirian's wings.
At that moment, something approached Leo at an incredible speed.
A silver blade, reflecting the sunlight, was already at Leo's neck.
Leo glanced at the elf boy who had his sword aimed at him.
"Human. What are you doing in this forest?"
Leo calmly answered, looking at the expressionless elf.
"Don't lie! How did a human get in here? And a wicked undead was found in this forest! I suspect you're involved!"
Seeing the elf raise his voice, Leo narrowed his eyes.
The elves of Berkia already knew that students from Lumern had arrived.
Yet, to have such suspicions.
'An elf from outside? And this clothing.'
Leo carefully examined the design of the elf's clothing.
'It looks like the uniform of Eiran. A student from Seirun, then?'
"Maybe we should calm down first?"
"Answer my question! Who are you, and what were you doing in this forest?"
Seeing the Seirun student who refused to listen, Leo sighed deeply.
"I'm a student from Lumern. I was just gathering herbs for the residents of Berkia."
The Seirun student looked slightly surprised.
But then he narrowed his eyes.
"That makes even less sense. Do you really think it's believable that a student from Lumern is here?"
"What's so unbelievable about that?"
Leo, with a nonchalant face, grabbed the elf's sword aimed at his neck.
The Seirun student tried to swing his sword.
'No...! It doesn't budge?'
But his eyes widened at the immobility of his sword.
"Let's go to Berkia and see if my words are true."
Leo pushed the sword away, and the Seirun student's face contorted.
"Do you dare refuse the command of a Seirun student?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Seirun students have the right to arrest and escort criminals!"
"But I'm not a criminal."
"Even suspicious individuals can be arrested. As a proud student of Seirun, I will designate you as a dangerous person."
Leo, placing his hand on his waist, sighed.
"You're not making any sense."
[You seem to be in a bind.]
"What will you do by designating me as a dangerous person? Are you going to knock me down?"
Seeing the Seirun student, who shouted sternly, Leo laughed coldly.
"I treated you as a fellow hero academy student as politely as possible."
"Hmph. Even if you are a student from Lumern, do you think you can surpass a student from Seirun?"
The arrogant Seirun student aimed his sword and charged.
Leo's fist, enveloped in an aura of flames, clashed with the sword.
"Let's see how skilled a Seirun student is."