Chapter 154: A Familiar Face (2/2)

Like waves racing after a dam was opened, the flames rolled and burned the surrounding as the undead turned to ashes. His mana was draining but he could also see his experience rising, no matter how slowly.

Hell broke loose as the flames ate away every middle-mid-tier skeleton soldier and burned the bones to ashes. Arthur sensed the disturbance in mana and grinned as he saw the undead knight dash from within the flames.

Without cheesy lines, Arthur raised his dagger and blocked the undead knight's claymore. Sparks flew everywhere as the two metals met and Arthur looked at the undead in the eyes, or the flames that resembled them.

Arthur exerted some strength in his hand and pushed the undead knight away. With his fire rune, he sent whirling flames at the monster who dodged by jumping upward.

The knight descended with its claymore slicing through the air, sending ripples across space. It used its ability as dark flames surrounded the sword.

Arthur used his fire rune on his dagger and flames surrounded it. He raised it with his right hand as his left supported the back of the blade. The two weapons met as dark and red flames intertwined, colliding and trying to reign supreme.

'My flames are stronger.' Arthur refused to back down and poured more mana into his rune. The rune got bigger as more flames were birthed and overtook the dark flames, extinguishing them.

”Gghh!”

The knight groaned, catching Arthur by surprise. After all, the ability to vocalize was unheard by the undead. Unless this monster has retained some flesh, it couldn't issue a sound.

'This knight is fresh,' Arthur realized with a frown. 'Someone had died recently and was turned into an undead knight?' The flames burned at the knight's arms and it let out a shrill.

This matter was more serious than Arthur had anticipated. If something like this knight appeared, it meant the undead overlord was stronger than he had imagined. Some overlords could summon other ethereal creatures to create powerful undead.

This means that this undead knight was a living person not so long ago. The overlord had killed them and turned them into an undead knight, tormented until they are killed.

With this in mind, Arthur used more mana against the undead. They exchanged several blows as flames flew around. The claymore the undead held was starting to crack. As the weapon was broken, Arthur used the opening to pierce the undead knight's body and flames exploded within.

With a last shrill scream, the undead knight fell to the ground. Arthur looked at its eyes dimming before he removed the helmet that had blocked its face until now.

Unlike skeletons, the undead knights held into their fleshes. Even though the summoned ethereal parasite was the one to decide the strength of the undead, a stronger vessel allowed for stronger parasites.

That's why this person must have been strong to host a monster of this tier. From their battle, Arthur realized it must be at least middle-high-tier.

The face of the knight was rotten, with barely any features left of its original owner. However, as Arthur looked at the face, he recognized it. This was the person who had asked Yuran to ditch him in Avarice Dungeon.

Juan Keizer.

Arthur felt his world spin as he looked at the familiar face. This person was a Deme-rank, but has somehow ended up here? If Arthur remembers correctly, the members of his party were attacked by the giant serpent when they were unconscious.

Arthur had always assumed they were dead and treated Yuran's silence about the topic to be a confirmation. After all, the golem they were trying to hunt was obliterated by the monster. They couldn't possibly survive that attack.

However, whether he died there or lived didn't matter. How did Juan end up here? How did he end up being used as a host for undead summoning?

The matter of Juan being a Deme-rank and this undead knight being only middle-high-tier can be explained by the strength of the summoner. If the undead overlord was weak, it would explain why this undead knight was so weak compared to Juan.

With a flash of realization, Arthur realized that both Juan and he ended up in Mountain Range Rovero. Maybe this wasn't a coincidence as he has imagined it to be.