Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 100

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100.

“Graaaaaaah!”

“That ogre is throwing rocks! Take it down first!”

Seeing the ogre roaring and hurling castle debris with both hands, a Knight Department student urgently shouted to a Magic Department student.

Just as the Magic Department student was about to hastily chant a spell.

Whoosh—!

Selia, who had climbed atop the city wall, took a thrusting stance.

Phoenix Breath—Flame Wing.

Flames spread wide like bird wings flew toward the ogre at tremendous speed.

Crack!

“Guh?”

As the flame wing grazed past it, the ogre tilted its head in confusion.

Then the ogre’s head fell from its neck.

The severed part was seared by the intense heat, so no blood flowed.

Wobble—! Thud!

The ogre’s massive body collapsed, crushing the surrounding monsters.

But Selia’s attack wasn’t over.

The Flame Wing that had soared into the sky like a gliding bird came crashing down to the ground.

Bang! Whoooosh—!

The aura flames exploded and swept away the surrounding monsters.

Watching the monsters screaming as they burned, Selia took a deep breath and sheathed her sword.

The Magic Department student who saw this made a stunned expression.

“What the hell! How is an aura skill’s firepower stronger than magic!”

Meanwhile, on the opposite city wall, Duran was showing his prowess.

“More coming from the sky!”

Flying monsters—man-eating crows—came swooping in.

Seeing them, Duran used aura steps to climb atop the inner castle’s watchtower.

Then he raised his sword to the sky.

Flash! Crackle crackle crackle—!

Golden lightning erupting from Duran’s sword instantly roasted the flock of man-eating crows that had been targeting the ground from the air.

Seeing this, Cal, who was on the same team as Duran, clicked his tongue.

‘He may be unlucky, but I have to acknowledge his skill!’

Thinking this, Cal supported the surrounding students.

Cal’s abilities as a support specialist were shining brilliantly in the current situation.

He quickly supplied potions and identified priority targets for attack, informing the students.

And he was the first to rush to students who needed help.

Literally, he created a situation where Duran and the entire team could focus solely on combat.

‘Hmph. For a commoner, he’s quite useful.’

Duran snorted and came down from the watchtower.

The Lumern students were magnificently holding off the monster offensive.

Meanwhile, at the fortress gate, Emio’s team was showing their prowess.

It had already been an hour since the battle started.

The Lumern students were holding off the monster offensive so overwhelmingly well it could be called dominant.

“See! I told you it was nothing!”

Emio, wearing a triumphant expression, created four massive magic circles in the air.

Emio was an all-around mage who freely wielded four-element magic.

Emio’s magic swept away the monsters approaching the fortress gate.

Thud—!

Emio stepped onto the city wall, slung his staff over his shoulder, and made a bored expression.

“Fighting behind city walls against mere monsters is boring me to death!”

“Emio! Should we go out and deal with some monsters?”

One Knight Department student, his spirits high, gripped his bastard sword properly and asked.

“Shall we try it?”

The battle was so one-sided that some first-years were even feeling bored.

Then Chloe, who was on the same team, spoke up.

“Our objective is to defend the city walls, after all.”

“Chloe, I’m the team leader. Are you giving me orders right now?”

“How is this an order? I’m telling you to follow the strategy.”

“I make the strategy! You just follow my orders!”

Chloe made a cold expression.

At Chloe’s icy aura, Emio flinched and stepped back for a moment.

But he got angry at the fact that he had been overwhelmed by her presence.

“What exactly is there to be afraid of that we have to keep hiding? If we had fought outside the city walls, we would have dealt with all the monsters already!”

“The demonic beasts haven’t even shown their noses yet. Don’t you know what this means?”

“Hmph. Does it make sense to be scared of just a few wild demonic beasts…”

Whirrrrr—!

While Chloe and Emio were arguing in front of the fortress gate.

A massive summoning circle began to be drawn in the sky.

Seeing this, the first-years flinched and looked up at the sky.

“Wh-what is that?”

“That size is a summoning circle? What exactly is being summoned?”

“Could it be that the Academy has finally come to rescue us?”

At one student’s words, everyone nodded.

“Well, it has been an hour already.”

“I wanted to achieve more merit though.”

Some students even showed disappointment, making assumptions.

Swoosh—!

A massive, ominously dark blue arm burst through the summoning circle.

Crash—!

The giant hand grabbed the monsters on the ground.

Squish!

The squeezed monsters became bloody pulp.

The unidentified giant hand returned to the summoning circle.

Shortly after, a massive head burst through the summoning circle.

The triangular-shaped head had horns attached to it.

The giant mouth that took up half the head was greedily chewing the monsters it had just caught.

Crunch— crunch—

The monster’s face turned toward the monsters filling the castle ruins.

Grin—!

The vicious face drew a disgusting smile.

Soon, a massive demonic beast crossed the summoning circle and revealed itself.

A giant-form demonic beast with smooth, dark blue skin.

The Lumern students had learned about this demonic beast before.

Tartaros’s highest-level demonic beast.

“Gigantes?”

***

After the abnormal situation occurred.

Lumern announced to the spectators that they would inform them of the situation and rescue the students as quickly as possible.

Up until then, the mood among outsiders.

Especially the parents, was serious.

There were those who wailed, begging to save the children immediately, and others who shouted that they would go rescue them personally.

The situation worsened in the serious atmosphere that had spiraled out of control.

But then….

“Ohhh!”

“You’re doing great!”

Now, an hour later, everyone was cheering with excitement.

Watching this, Elena twisted her hair and made an indifferent expression.

‘Just a moment ago it was chaos. The crisis situation hasn’t changed, so what are they so happy about?’

The abnormal situation was still ongoing and Lumern had not rescued the first-years.

However, when the first-years properly defended against the monsters’ offensive, the atmosphere instantly reversed.

‘What’s so amazing about that anyway? If you’re a Lumern student, that much should be natural, right?’

Elena rested her chin on her hand with a bored expression.

‘Ah, how boring.’

Boredom appeared in Elena’s eyes.

“Senior! Huff! Huff! So you were here!”

“What’s wrong, Lil?”

“Senior. The professors are looking for you.”

“Yeah, I got it. Tell them I’ll come when they need me.”

Elena was a dungeon conqueror.

She was reserve personnel to be deployed as additional support.

“Huh? Aren’t you going to the waiting room?”

“If I go to the waiting room, I’ll fight with Senior Hark. Would that be okay?”

“Umm! I think it would be better for Senior Elena to stay here!”

Seeing Elena’s mischievous smile, Lil said urgently.

“By the way, the first-years are handling things well.”

“That much is basic for Lumern students.”

“That’s true.”

While the spectators were admiring the first-years’ performance, for the two who were Lumern second and third-years, it wasn’t particularly impressive.

“Anyway, I was worried at first, but it’s fortunate.”

“Oh my? Do you think this incident will end like this?”

“Huh?”

“The enemy was bold enough to cause such an incident during Lumern’s official event. And the first-years in Neigrande are still isolated. This is definitely not the scale to end here.”

Elena, who had crossed her legs and rested her chin on her hand, smiled brightly.

“In the worst case scenario… all those first-years there might die, you know?”

At those words, Lil felt goosebumps.

Then a massive summoning circle being drawn was captured in the magic projection.

Roooooooooooar!

Seeing the massive giant beast that revealed itself, everyone’s faces turned pale.

“Gi, Gigantes!”

Everyone was stunned.

Only Elena, who had foreseen this situation, spoke calmly.

“See, now it’s really beginning.”

***

Thud! Thoom!

Roooooooooooooar!

At the roar of the massive giant, about 8 meters tall, that set foot on the ground, the monsters began fleeing in terror.

Gigantes, one of the highest-tier magical beasts, was a terrifying monster that struck fear into all living creatures.

Gigantes began chasing the fleeing monsters and stuffing them into its mouth indiscriminately.

With the appearance of the terrifying magical beast that unilaterally devoured monsters, the creatures that threatened humans, all the first-years were consumed by fear.

Watching the beast greedily devouring monsters, several first-years covered their mouths and dry-heaved.

It was when all the first-years were holding their breath, praying that the despair-inducing beast wouldn’t discover them.

Pause!

Gigantes, who had been devouring monsters indiscriminately, stopped moving and began sniffing.

Whoosh!

Blood and saliva dripped from the mouth of Gigantes as it turned its head toward the inner castle.

Seeing this, the first-years all thought simultaneously.

‘It’s coming!’

Roooooooooooar!

Gigantes threw away the monster it was holding and charged while letting out a terrible cry.

Thud- Thud- Thud- Thud-

It was when all the first-years’ bodies froze at Gigantes’ charge that shook the earth.

Craaaaaack! Thunk!

A massive ice spear shot up.

Blood poured from Gigantes’ body as it was pierced by the acceleration of its charge.

Roar! Roooooar!

Even so, the terrible beast didn’t care.

Instead, it began pounding with its fists to break the ice piercing its body.

Meanwhile… Chloe, who had climbed onto the city wall, staggered while breathing heavily.

It was the price for overexerting herself with massive magic.

Chloe gritted her teeth, steadied herself, and shouted.

“What are you all doing! Hurry up and prepare to fight!”

“What?”

“You’re all too scared by the fact that it’s Gigantes! But look carefully! That Gigantes isn’t fully grown!”

Chloe was right.

A fully grown Gigantes approaches 15 meters in size.

Compared to that, this one was definitely smaller.

“If we combine our strength, we can defeat it! We’re students of Lumern Academy! Have you forgotten our school’s motto?!”

At that cry, the students snapped to attention.

Surpass your limits.

It was the one value emphasized to all Lumern students.

However, the students who had been sitting on the ground couldn’t think of getting up and shouted.

“How can we defeat something like that! It’s better to run away!”

“Right! Now we should scatter and wait for the rescue team to come, not fight!”

Chloe’s team members, who had been confident just moments before, had completely lost their fighting spirit.

“Do you think you can survive by running away?”

At Chloe’s cold words, the students flinched.

If they ran, they would surely be helpless.

But even so, there was no student who could readily muster courage.

It couldn’t be helped.

Humans were infinitely weak creatures in the face of despair.

Chloe knew this fact too.

“I’m scared too.”

Though she stood confidently, her voice trembled thinly and the hand holding her staff shook.

“But someone taught me. That a hero is someone who bravely faces and fights in moments of crisis.”

She was saved by that back.

‘If I’m broken by fear here… I’ll never be able to dream of being a hero again.’

“So I’ll fight no matter how desperate the situation.”

Chloe turned around with a determined expression.

Crack!

“Grooooooar!”

The wounds of the Gigantes, which had destroyed the ice spikes piercing its body, began healing at an incredible speed.

Once its body was healed, the Gigantes nervously picked up the shattered ice chunks and hurled them at Chloe.

The ice chunks, empowered by the Gigantes’ strength, transformed into a mass attack with terrifying destructive power.

“Aaaaah!”

“Get away!”

The surrounding students scattered in terror.

‘If I dodge, it’ll be too late!’

Chloe, channeling her mana, quickly chanted a spell.

Crash-!

The ice fragments blocked by Chloe’s shield magic shattered into pieces.

Having defended against the attack, Chloe tried to chant her next spell.

At that moment, she saw crimson flames flickering in the distance.

Whoosh-! Crash-crash-crash-crash-crash-crash-crash!

The flames soon became an enormous sword strike that mercilessly slashed the Gigantes’ back.

Graaaaaaah!

The Gigantes let out a terrible scream and collapsed to the ground.

The smell of burning protein spread everywhere as flames seared the Gigantes’ flesh.

Bang-! Thud! Thud!

The castle ruins were instantly devastated by the writhing Gigantes in agony.

Everyone’s gaze turned toward the high outer fortress wall.

Unlike the flame sword strike that seemed capable of melting steel, his eyes were utterly cold.

A young boy with flowing white hair and red eyes.

Whoosh-!

Flames could be seen flickering around the arm holding his sword.

The moment she saw that sight, Chloe felt the last trace of fear remaining in her heart melt away like ice.

Her trembling hands calmed down.

Chloe, who smiled without realizing it, called out that name.

“Leo.”

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