News of the duel between Seon-Hyeok and Roland quickly spread throughout the front lines.

Countless soldiers had been killed or wounded during the struggle between the two monsters, but even more had survived to tell the tale.

“They soared in the skies as the wind blew fiercely. Barricades fell, soldiers were flung about, and all was chaos.”

The survivors recalled the events as though they were scenes from an old legend.

For these earthbound people, the heavens were an unapproachable realm, and both Drachen and the griffin rider were mythical figures capable of conquering this arena. They could not be treated as mere humans.

“They moved so quickly that it was hard to tell what was going on, but one thing’s for certain.”

However, there were gaps even between two superhuman beings, and...

“Drachen is much stronger than Roland of the Gale.”

The Knight of the Azure Sky was no match for Drachen.

***

“I apologize. I underestimated him.”

Roland could not hold his head up, knowing that he had marred the griffin riders’ first appearance in battle with a one-sided defeat. His typical confidence was nowhere to be seen.

“Because of me, the name of the Knights of the Azure Sky…”

Whether or not he wanted to...