David and Leo arrived at the outer part of the "Forbiden Forest" danger zone. They were traveling for a few days now and Leo was getting really tired. He still had a body of a 6 year old child. David intentionally arrived at the opposite end of the danger zone to where the city of Rufus was located. Because the "Forbiden Forest" was a "C rank" danger zone many people wanted to take a bite of it. This danger zone had a two big dungeons with goblin and kobold monster types. Generally those monsters were of the "E rank" level but in the lower floors of the dungeon you could find Hobgoblins and Goblin Shamans or Kobold Warriors that were at the "D rank". For both dungeons the boss monsters were at the "C rank" and that was the reason for this zone to be a "C rank" danger zone.
David did not intended to make the kid go and fight goblins or kobolds with no preparation or any abilities. He wanted to teach the kid how to use his power and see how long could his young master go in life. David was pretty old now and he felt that he had no more then 2 years of life because of an injury during the fight with the hostile elves, but that was more then enough to teach the kid the basics of magic and life in general. He wanted Leo to be happy. For that he needed the power to protect himself and his loved ones. He didn't want the young master to relax and feel at ease under his protection. He understood that it wont get the kid anywhere in life.
The old man got an artifact from his storage ring. This artifact could make a small hut to appear. This small house had all the basic needed things to live a life in the forest. There were two rooms located in it with a kitchen and it was warm inside. In Each room their was a medium sized bed with a chair and a table. It wasn't to fancy. David wanted Leo to be used living in such conditions because now he was not Armis Gofes, the descendent of one of the dukes of the Silvermoon continent but a commoner named Leo. He understood that this kid will have to pave his own way in this life. After David made a cave and put the small hut in it he inputted a simple formation on the area so no monster could locate them even if it got close to their place. After all this long journey David caught some deer in the forsest. Elves were known to not generally eat meat but they had no choice. It was better to eat meat then not to eat anything at all. After the meal they both went to sleep. Both David and Leo were very tired after their long journey.
The next morning after breakfast David had a serious talk with Leo.
"Young master we need to talk." David said.
"What it is uncle David?" Leo asked.
"I don't have much time left. I have no more then 2 years to live. In this time you need to be able to take care of yourself after I'm gone from this world so I cant rest in peace." David said.
'Oh man..' Leo thought.
"I understand, uncle David" said Leo.
He was sad that his last defender will not be able to accompany him in his new life. He understood that this elf was very loyal to him and his family.
"Uncle David I want to become stronger as well. Can you please take me as your disciple and teach me everything that you know?" Leo said as he bowed deeply to the old man.
"I don't want any pampering and easy time. I can handle it, uncle David." Leo said as he was still in the same bowing position.
The old man was quite surprised. After hearing the second sentence he sighed. He understood that this was the right thing to do but he didn't want to harm his young master in any way.
After a short deliberation David got his resolve and said: "Very well, Leo. From now on call me master or master David and I will call you by name from now. Be aware that I will not take it easy on you".
"Thank you, master." Leo said.
"Rest for an hour and we start our first lesson." David said.
"Okay, Master" Leo said.
Leo was sure that his knowledge from his past life will help him to increase his powers and chances of survival.
After one hour the two met outside the hut and went a few meters away from the safe zone of the formation. The old man wanted to breath some fresh air and feel the forest around them. The Danger zone was very big. It was around 100 squire kilometers. The trees looked very lively. The old man had a feeling of deja vu when he looked at those tall and balky trees. It was like he came back to the Silvermoon continent and nothing tragic happened to the family that we swore loyalty to protect.
He sighed and then looked at Leo, who was looking at him and waiting for him to start his first lesson.
"Leo, maybe the first couple of classes will be not that interesting. I'm not sure how much you learned under your home teacher. Two weeks of study could not amount to much." said David.
Leo nodded and waited for David to continue his explanation.
"Because you have good talent for magic I will teach you all that is connected to magic studies. You need to understand that in this human continent there are not a lot of mages and there are even less of them with medium aptitude. The ones with the high one can be counted on both of my hands." David said with a serious expression.
Leo was quite surprised by this revelation. He knew that having a high talent for one of the elements was rare but even he knew a couple of children that had the same talent as him in the elven race.
"Humans are not like elves. Their talent for magic is lower but they make for it by their numbers. Because of that you should not tell anyone about your aptitude to the earth element. I will put a special artifact that will decrease your aptitude if you will be checked for it in the future." David said and handed Leo a simple looking ring.
Leo took it and wore it on one of his fingers right away.
David nodded his head and continued his explanation..