This was Artorias's first battle against multiple adventurers.
Saying it like that makes it seem like he's at a disadvantage? Let's put it another way.
This was the adventurers' first team fight against Artorias.
"Gollum...."
Seeing the familiar figure appear before them in the form of a Red Spirit, the adventurers present couldn't help but move their throats and gulped heavily.
The memories of being brutally defeated by Artorias during their newbie days surged in their minds; back then, probably no one hadn't been tricked into the Painting World to challenge the Wolf Knight and then got beaten up hard.
To the extent that the Abyss Wanderer had become a psychological shadow of sorts for quite a few adventurers.
Not to mention how the opponent looked even more brutal after turning into a Red Spirit.
It really makes it difficult to relax!
But calm down, calm down.
