Magical Knight

Chapter 57 Magical Knight

Author: M_W Cancer

Grammar Checker: M_W Nomral

However, as soon as Leo stepped away from the mess that he had created, an explosion suddenly sounded behind him. He quickly turned his head around to look back.

Looking at the sight in front of him, he was stunned by the sudden appearance of a Heavy Armored Knight.

This Heavy Armored Knight wasn't with them before.

No! To be exact, the Knight wasn't a part of those escorting soldiers but is most likely a member of the Black Bees.

With a few swings from the Heavy Armored Knight's greatsword, he swiftly eliminated all the Magical Beasts that surrounded the group of soldiers. After saving the five soldiers from their deaths, the Heavy Armored Knight suddenly stared in Leo's direction, full of killing intent in his eyes. Obviously, he had already noticed Leo's presence from the very beginning.

Being stared at by such a powerful Knight, Leo didn't panic at all. He just stood still on his spot while responding with a cold stare in the Heavy Armored Knight's direction.

"Found you!" The Heavy Armored Knight silently murmured to himself before charging towards Leo's direction. Quickly following closely behind him were the five soldiers.

Looking at them charging towards him, Leo didn't hesitate for any second as he swiftly slipped away. Although he could fight the five soldiers from before, the Heavy Armored Knight was a totally different story.

After a quick observation of the heavily armored knight, he was certain it was what they referred to as a Magical Knight.

He had long heard before that it wasn't only Mages that were fighting on the battlefield of the War of Races, but also other types of warriors, such as the Magical Knight currently chasing after him.

Just now, when the Heavy Armored Knight arrived to rescue the five soldiers, he couldn't help but notice the fiery flames along with the Knight's every slash to the Magical Beasts. Based on his memory, only Magical Knights were capable of doing such a feat.

Based on the information that he had learned about the Magical Knights, these beings are capable of manipulating Mana the same as the Mages, hence being able to execute powerful techniques and some sort of magic spells.

However, the Magical Knight could only be granted such power through the magic of the Mages that they had sworn loyalty. Moreover, Magical Knights, although not being a Mage, are actually much more powerful than Mages. The reason was simple, such types of Knights needed the nurturing of Mages to become stronger, so making them much more powerful than the Mages themselves is a logical thing to do to effectively protect them from any possible danger that they will encounter along their path as Mages.

Moreover, the most important thing about these unique Magical Knights is that the moment an ordinary Knight becomes a Magical Knight, all their attributes would also be enhanced beyond the ordinary. Not only could they execute a powerful technique and cast Magic spells, but they also had the physical strength akin to a One Star Magical Beast or higher ranking Magical Beasts, based on the nurturing of the Mage that they swore loyalty to.

That was the exact reason why Leo was frantically running back to their cave at this moment. After all, fighting the Magical Knight is a stupid idea, especially with his current capability. Even with the use of his Earth Elementals, he still believes it would be impossible to fight with the Magical Knight. 

Also, he doesn't even know the level of the Magical Knight chasing after him. So, it's next to stupid of him if he thinks of fighting the Magical Knight.

While running, Leo purposely passed through the traps he had set up a while ago. Although, he was aware that it was next to impossible to kill the Magical Knight with the traps he had set, delaying the Magical Knight was still possible. Time was the most important thing right now for him.

Why?

The sooner he arrives at Cassandra and the others, the higher the chances they would be able to successfully escape.

Even though he could just simply choose to run away in an opposite direction, hence leading the Magical Knight far from the others. But doing so was still of no use since he had already set up many traps within the diameter of 20 meters from their cave. The other soldiers would eventually find out about his arrangement, hence they'd still be able to find the cave that Cassandra and the others were hiding.

Fortunately, the moment Leo arrived near the cave, Cassandra and the others were standing outside, obviously looking for him.

While still 10 or so meters away from the cave, he frantically sent out a warning to them.

"All of you run away from this place, I'll distract these people chasing after me!" Leo exclaimed towards them before he turned towards the direction leading towards the deep part of the Yellow Forest.

Leo purposely didn't stop while sending out a warning. He was afraid the Magical Knight chasing after him would spot the others nearby since he had stopped while sending out a warning. After all, from the very beginning, their target was Veronica, so chasing after him would be useless the moment they found out about her whereabouts.

Hearing Leo's warning, Cassandra and the others didn't ask any more questions as they quickly took another direction from Leo before those people that he had warned them about could spot them.

"Sir, the others are nearby!" The leader from before exclaimed.

"I know that, but what can we do?" The Magical Knight replied solemnly. Indeed, what could they possibly do even if they knew that the others were nearby? The person they were chasing might have yelled out to warn the others, but they didn't even see any silhouette!

"Spread out, sir!" The leader suggested.

"Stupid! All of you would just die without my protection!" The Magical Knight quickly disagrees with the idea.

"But, sir..."

"Enough! Let's just catch him and ask him about where the others are. No need to waste unnecessary lives!"

Just like what Leo had expected, the Magical Knight along with the five soldiers didn't notice Cassandra and the other's existence as they didn't change direction and still kept on chasing after him.

"Pweh!" Leo can't help but breathe a sigh of relief while running deeper into the Yellow Forest after knowing that his plan worked. It was really fortunate that the Magical Knight didn't see where Cassandra and the others were; he was sure that it would be big trouble if ever they were seen just now.

While moving deeper into the Yellow Forest, Leo was also absorbing Wind Mana around his surroundings. Every time a Wind Elemental is formed in his consciousness, he would quickly summon it and send out an order to intercept the Magical Knights and the other's path.

Of course, he naturally didn't forget to turn his Wind Elemental into something like a Magical Beast to disguise their real form. Although he was in danger, keeping his ability a secret was still an important job to do.

As time ticked on, with the help of the Wind Elemental that he had continuously summoned along the way, Leo was finally able to successfully escape from the Magical Knight and his group's pursuit.

However, he soon realized that he was now facing a much bigger problem after finally being able to escape from those people. He was now situated in the inner part of the Yellow Forest, maybe around the dark green or red zone, one of the most dangerous parts of the Yellow Forest.

Moreover, while running away, he also made plenty of twists and turns, so he had long already forgotten the direction that he came from.

"F*ck!" Leo can't help but curse inwardly. He doesn't dare to curse loudly since he is currently deep in the Yellow Forest. His voice might just attract the attention of some One-Star Magical Beast. That would be troublesome for him.

Looking around his surroundings, he tried his best to trace back his steps. He was hoping that he might be able to find his way using such a method.

Unfortunately though, with just dozens of steps, he then realized that he had just made his situation much worse.