Chapter 194

Ibro looked at that big army of cultivators moving closer to him. He didn't feel panic, on the contrary, he felt excited. His death knight would have a nice feast today. 

That death knight had absorbed a lot of death energy already and he needed to kill to gain more boost to it.

"Move my death knight and kill them all."

"Your wishes are my orders."

At once that knight stopped playing around as he moved towards the incoming enemies. Although their numbers were big, they weren't as intimidating as the death knight. 

Once both sides got near to each other, that death knight suddenly got a huge dark shield with green tattoos in his other hand. All the incoming techniques were all defended by this shield. 

Once he reached their frontlines, he didn't hesitate to put his sword to work. Each strike had caused a single foe to lose his life. 

Although these cultivators were all at the core formation stage, but the death knight was way stronger than them. Ibro had evaluated it to be like 4th stage monsters or nascent soul stage cultivators. 

These cultivators were like weed in front of this sharp scythe. Ibro stood in his place motionless watching his knight moving in an imposing unstoppable manner in this battlefield. 

Many techniques were used but they were all in vain. Some cultivators had summoned many monsters and they themselves had turned into monsters, but all these were futile. 

They all failed. Each enemy slain by this knight added more to his strength. When the massacre ended, Ibro guessed it was so close to reaching the 5th stage. Ibro then moved outside the valley. 

Once they left it, the fox lady had regained her original form. She looked in alert to that death knight and then asked:

"Are you really a death sorcerer?"

"I don't know what this word even means."

Ibro answered her with no time to think. He really didn't know what that word even meant.

"Death sorcerers are local legends here in our world. how don't you know this simple information?"

Ibro didn't answer her while she was glancing weirdly to him. She thought he was faking ignorance so she decided to corner him.

"Death sorcerers are supposed to be special types of humans who can use the power of death to grow stronger. 

They can also control death monsters like the one you control right now. That is a well-known move of them. That's one of their unique signatures."

"What about the other signatures? I doubt I have any other similarities with them," Ibro replied to her with no concern for her suspicion. 

He knew himself well enough to know he wasn't that kind of person. Although he couldn't find any possible explanation to the presence of the death knight by his side, he didn't doubt himself. 

He was sure there was some sort of explanation out there for such a strange thing. They resumed their travel towards the edge of the forest. They needed more than two days in Lina's estimation. 

Lina was the name of the fox lady. She told Ibro about her name as a reward for his rescue of her. Throughout this journey, they met multiple hunters, but they managed to kill them all. 

That was due to the presence of that death knight. This death knight had broken through and now he had another ability that made their battles easier to handle… the death summons ability. 

He could now summon ten skeletons to fight for him. Although after each battle they were all dead again under their enemies, they managed to cause some trouble to their enemies no doubt. 

In two days, the frequency of their enemies' attacks didn't decrease, instead, it increased a lot. It seemed they were very nervous about Ibro reaching his destination. 

On their journey, Ibro told Lina about his target so she modified their way multiple times to deliver Ibro towards the closest point to the academy. 

She said that this academy was a strong stronghold for humans that even the strongest of her kin in the forest didn't dare to anger. That made Ibro feel more confident about his safety there. 

The only problem was that admission test. According to Lina's description, that test was well known for its high difficulty. She also warned him about his death knight. 

Death sorcerers had a very bad reputation even if they were just legends. Ibro noted her warning and decided to play it safe and cancel the summon of that death knight when he got near the academy. 

According to Lina's words, that academy was very near to the forest. It would only take him less than two days to arrive there. 

These two days would be his hardest as he thought about calling the death knight back after they leave the forest. By the end of the second day, they managed to reach the outer border of the forest.

There were no more enemies to bother them in the last couple of hours which was strange. Each two hours they had a heated battle. 

The disappearance of their enemies made Ibro feel doubtful, but he had his trump card. He wasn't that worried at all.

"Be careful on your way though. Don't forget to dispose of that death knight before reaching the academy."

Ibro smiled when he felt the worry of this cold looking lady. Throughout their interaction in the past days, he managed to break that ice wall that shielded her. 

Now she was considering him as a good friend. Ibro smiled as he replied:

"Don't worry; they don't have what it takes to bring me down."

"If you have time in the future then… forget it. Just keep yourself safe," Lina cut her words in the middle with obvious hesitation. Ibro got what she meant though. He promised her:

"Don't worry; when I get the chance I will come to visit you. Keep yourself safe too."

Ibro then moved carrying Nicole's cold sleepy body to begin his next step of his journey. He knew that there might be an ambush waiting for him. To his surprise, he didn't meet anyone through his travels. 

During the two days he didn't manage to meet anyone at all. That was weird. He thought they would try to stop him after he left the forest. 

They either lost hope in killing him, which was an unrealistic option for him, or they were scheming something. In his thoughts, he guessed where they would hit him next. 

What he had to do now was to reach that academy safely and participate in that test. on the early morning of the third day, Ibro noticed the appearance of a long wall on the horizon. 

He knew he had reached the outer territory of the academy. As Lina described it before, this academy was ruling over a huge area of land. 

He didn't move directly towards the walls, but he kept traveling in parallel to it. He was looking for its main gate. His search had yielded a good result after nearly 2 hours. 

There, in front of him, he found a huge gate with a number of people moving in or out that gate. He knew he had reached the entrance to the academy, so he canceled the summon of his death knight. 

It really helped him a lot in the past days. After that, he moved towards that gate with rapid steps in fear of the presence of any ambush of any kind. 

He finally reached the gate to the academy. Once he appeared there, he was welcomed by his first obstacle:

"No admission for any stranger without paying the homage fee of one monster crystal stone."