Book 1 Chapter 62

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"A sharp-witted brat."

Des Knight chuckled with a scraping sound and re-gripped his greatsword.

"My name is Kargor! A knight who serves the great Lord of the Dead!"

Kargor charged at Leo, pointing his greatsword at him, with incredible speed.

Leo swung his aura straight ahead.

"And I am the one who will lead you to your death! Hahahahahaha!"

FWOOSH-!

Kargor, who had scattered like black smoke for a moment, reappeared behind Leo.

'Ghost Transformation!'

CLANG-!

I urgently blocked Kargor's greatsword, which was aimed at my waist.

An immense pressure was felt in my hands.

THWACK-!

Leo's body was flung backward at tremendous speed.

CRUNCH! THWACK! BOOOOOOM! THUD!

Leo's flying body collided with two trees.

As the broken trees fell, Leo got up and stretched his stiff body.

"You conjured up an aura shield in that short time? Not bad."

Kargor grinned and charged again.

Leo blocked the sword, swung to cut him in half from head to toe.

CLANG! KAKAGAGAG!

Leo was crushed by the pressure felt throughout his body.

The soles of his feet sank into the ground!

A blood-red aura in the shape of a skull rampaged wildly.

Leo, frowning, put strength into his body to shake off the greatsword.

"A futile struggle!"

As Kargor applied more force, the pressure intensified, and Leo's knees wavered.

"Hahahahahaha! Let's send you to the world of death too!"

[Leo! I'll help you!]

Kyran charged at Kargor's opening with fierce speed.

"Annoying."

POW!

[GASP!]

Kyran was flung away as Kargor unleashed his dark aura.

Even as a Fairy Prince, Kyran, who had lost his wings, had his limits.

Seeing that, Leo opened his mouth.

"I call upon you in the name of the sworn one."

"Hehehe? Summoning a familiar now? You seem to be a fairy's sworn one, but no matter what familiar you call, it will be useless against me!"

"Answer my call!"

A summoning circle formed around Leo.

FLICKER-!

Flames flared from the summoning circle, and they burned more fiercely in response to Leo's spiritual power.

Kargor's blood-red eyes widened.

"This is!"

Crimson wings fluttered behind Leo.

A beautiful firebird soared high into the sky and then descended, targeting Kargor.

"Phoenix!"

WHOOSH-!

Fiora pierced straight through Kargor's chest.

Kargor's body crumbled into dust.

Fiora, flapping her wings elegantly, landed on Leo's shoulder.

[Leo, you were a Phoenix contractor?]

"Yes."

[I-I can't believe it!]

Kyran, not being an old fairy, had Leo as his first contractor.

That contract itself was forcibly made due to his father Silode's oath, not Kyran's will.

So, inwardly, he looked down on Leo and didn't acknowledge him.

However, seeing him contract with a Phoenix at the tender age of his teens changed his mind.

[Right! If you're my contractor, you should be like this! Now you're worthy of being my contractor!]

"So you thought I wasn't worthy of being your contractor until now?"

[Of course! You're human! Your spiritual power is pathetic! And do you think someone like you, who is also rude and violent, is worthy of me? Khuk?]

Kyran, who was spewing nonsensical words, was suddenly grabbed by Leo.

"Fiora, eat."

[S-save me!]

It was then, as Kyran thrashed about, pale as a ghost.

ROOOOAR-!

A blood-red aura swirled.

"Heeheeheeheehee."

Kargor, who had regained his form with a chilling laugh, glared at Leo.

"A Phoenix and a fairy! This brat should absolutely not be spared!"

THWACK-!

Kargor, raising his greatsword, plunged it into the ground.

GUSH! Blood-red blood gushed from the greatsword, drenching the earth.

Leo's face hardened.

'Death Ground.'

It was a curse that bestowed a curse of death upon a certain area, endlessly summoning undead.

THWACK! KAKAGAGAG!

White bones emerged, piercing the snowy field.

Skeletons began to appear endlessly around.

CLACK- CLACK- CLACKCLACK-!

They clacked their jaws together as if shouting.

"Army of death! Kill this brat!"

At Kargor's command, the skeleton unit charged at Leo.

Seeing that, Leo sheathed his sword and re-gripped it in front of his face.

The aura of flame dissipated.

"Are you going to accept death humbly?"

At Kargor's words, Leo wore a nonchalant expression.

"Am I crazy?"

WHOOSH-!

A gray aura gathered on Leo's sword.

Kargor's eyes twitched.

'Another type of aura?'

It wasn't Zerdinger's aura, but Kyle's aura.

'Zerdinger's swordsmanship consumes a lot of aura.'

It was powerful and flashy, but burdensome to use for a long time.

'It's been a while since I used it?'

Leo lowered his stance.

He planted his left foot and kicked off the ground with his right foot.

SPINN-!

Using the power of his aura, he began to rotate in place.

"Are you driven mad by the fear of death?"

Kargor sneered.

Leo, spinning in place, looked like he was doing something useless to anyone who saw him.

But Leo's rotation grew stronger and stronger.

Eventually.

KAKAGAGAGAGAG-!

A vortex began to swirl.

Like a spinning top, a vortex of aura swept through.

Kyle Style - Vortex.

KAKAGAGAG!

The vortex of aura charged towards the skeleton unit.

Bone dust flew everywhere.

The skeletons that approached Leo began to be pulverized at tremendous speed.

Leo, who had broken through the encirclement in an instant, withdrew his technique and began to run at tremendous speed using Aura Step.

Seeing his retreating figure, Kargor roared and began to pursue Leo.

The skeleton unit also quickly followed Leo.

[That's amazing! With that technique, you could wipe out all the skeletons, so why are you retreating!]

Kyran, excited, asked with shining eyes.

The swordsmanship he had seen moments ago was very cool.

BEEP- BEEP-

Fiora seemed to be the same, reacting with confusion.

"This technique has a fatal flaw."

[What is it?]

"It's a powerful technique, but if you use it for too long, you get dizzy."

Kyran muttered at the ridiculously pathetic reason.

[I take back what I said about it being cool.]

BEEP-!

"They say the same thing."

Leo chuckled, recalling his past life.

"Stop! If you're a knight, fight honorably!"

"What are you saying, you who summoned so many subordinates?"

Leo wore an absurd expression at the enraged shout from behind.

WHOOSH-!

The flame aura gathered at his feet exploded outwards.

Along with it, tremendous acceleration was created.

[So fast-!]

Kyran, clinging to Leo's shoulder, shouted with an excited voice.

Fiora, who had returned to her original form, also chirped excitedly.

ROOOOAR!

The cries of the dead could be heard from all directions.

Seeing the skeletons popping out of the ground and forming a cordon, he recited a spell.

Kyran was startled by the Runic language flowing from Leo's mouth.

[Wait! Leo! You can use magic too?]

"Yes."

[You're a knight and a summoner!]

"Haven't you seen an all-class before?"

[All-class? Like the legendary Kyle, an all-class?!]

As Silode's son, Kyran knew about the great heroes.

Among them, of course, was the forgotten great hero, Kyle.

Leo, smiling at the surprised Kyran, completed the spell and lowered his stance while running.

"Earth Wave."

The ground began to ripple around Leo.

Along with it, the skeleton unit swayed, unable to maintain its balance.

Leo, who had burrowed into the center of the skeleton mob, swung his sword.

SLICE!

The skeletons were brutally severed by Leo's sword, which had no aura attached.

[Completely trivial.]

"Skeletons are low-class undead."

Skeletons themselves are not threatening.

The problem is that if they are combined with high-class undead like Death Knights, they become difficult to deal with.

After running for a while, Leo landed and took a deep breath.

Kargor's presence was no longer felt.

'It seems I've escaped him.'

"Fiora, go back."

After sending Fiora back, Leo left the forest and fell into thought.

'Is the Death Knight here?'

Death Knights are high-class undead and are rarely seen.

'Is there something Tartarus is after in the Fairy Forest?'

It wouldn't be a coincidence that Silode activated the ancient fairy king's magic when he sealed Kyran's wings.

WHOOSH-!

At that moment, something approached Leo at tremendous speed.

A silver blade reflecting sunlight was suddenly at Leo's neck.

Leo glanced and saw an elf boy pointing a sword at his neck.

"What are you doing?"

"Human. What in the world are you doing in this forest?"

Leo calmly replied to the elf, who asked with a blank expression.

"I was gathering herbs."

"Don't lie! How did a human get in here? And a malevolent undead was discovered in this forest! Your connection is suspected!"

Leo narrowed his brows at the elf, who raised his voice.

The elves of Berchia already know that students from Rumern have arrived.

Despite this, to be suspected like this…

'An elf from outside? And this uniform.'

Leo carefully observed the design of the uniform the elf was wearing.

'It resembles the uniform of Eiran. Are you a student of Seirune?'

"Why don't you calm down first?"

"Answer my question! Who are you and what were you doing in this forest!"

Leo sighed deeply, looking at the Seirune student who wouldn't listen.

"I'm a student from Rumern. I was just gathering herbs at the request of the Berchia residents."

"Rumern?"

The Seirune student looked surprised.

But then he narrowed his eyes.

"You're making even less sense. Do you think it makes sense for a Rumern student to be here?"

"What's so illogical about it?"

Leo casually grabbed the elf's sword pointed at his neck.

"You!"

The Seirune student tried to swing his sword.

'No…! It won't budge?'

But he widened his eyes at his sword, which wouldn't move at all.

"If you take me to Berchia, you'll know if I'm lying or not."

When Leo pushed the sword away, the Seirune student's face contorted.

"How dare you disobey the orders of a Seirune student like me?"

"What are you talking about now?"

"Seirune students have the right to arrest and detain criminals!"

"Well, I'm not a criminal."

"You can also arrest suspicious individuals. As a proud Seirune student, I will designate you as a dangerous person with my authority."

Leo, with his hand on his hip, sighed.

"We're not getting anywhere."

[He seems empty-headed.]

'I agree.'

"What will you do if you designate me as a dangerous person? Will you defeat me?"

"That's right!"

Leo smiled coldly at the Seirune student who shouted with a solemn face.

"As a fellow hero academy student, I have been as gentlemanly as possible?"

"Hmph. Even if you are a student of Rumern, do you think you can surpass me, a student of Seirune!"

The Seirune student, who shouted arrogantly, drew his sword and charged.

Seeing that, Leo clenched his fist.

"Then let's see."

FLAME-! BANG-!

Leo's fist, enveloped in the flame aura, collided with the sword.

"Kugh?"

"Let's see the strength of Seirune?"

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