It turned out that these creatures wearing the unique red armor were the same kind of entities as the knights in the Holy Tomb Dyre. They served as challenges for the challengers and provided XP for Rama. He was confident that he was the only one receiving XP from these creatures.
Rama involuntarily grinned and then refocused on the creatures that had almost cut his throat. Rama lunged forward and swung his sword. Once again, the creatures managed to parry his sword.
"How did you do that?!" Alysia's voice came from behind him. Rama didn't have time to look at her now, so he answered immediately.
"Attack the part of their neck not covered by the armor!" Rama shouted through the clanging of his sword and the creature's red-armored sword.
Hearing this, Alysia immediately leaped backward, avoiding the strikes of the two creatures that were targeting her.