Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 108

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108.

The spectators sent cheers to Leo, who had shown overwhelming skill.

‘I had no intention of standing out.’

Leo sighed as he looked at the blood on his body.

A moment ago, when the Quiclops exploded and died, he had unintentionally been covered in blood and flesh.

Leo left the fighting arena amid the cheers, guided by the organizers.

The place he was guided to was a waiting room inside the Colosseum.

When he entered, admission candidates who had already finished the Monster Carnival were chattering.

And when they spotted Leo covered in blood, they stopped abruptly.

Since all of them had finished the Monster Carnival first and were watching their competitors, they had just witnessed Leo’s performance.

Everyone looked at Leo with wary eyes.

From the Ajonia candidates’ perspective, Leo was a formidable competitor.

“Is there anywhere I can wash up?”

The staff member who had guided Leo said.

“You can wash up when you get to your room.”

“Where do I go to get to the room?”

“Before going to your room, admission candidates must listen to the words of the instructor overseeing this entrance ceremony.”

‘I’m going to stand out like this.’

Since no one else was as spectacularly covered in blood as Leo, his current appearance stood out even more.

‘I should just stay quietly in a corner.’

Leo went to a corner of the spacious waiting room and sat alone.

‘By the way, beast transformation. I never thought of that.’

He looked down at his hands, recalling the earlier situation.

‘Really unexpected, to think I could achieve beast transformation effects with Polymorph.’

What is now called [Hero’s Breath], Arron’s breathing technique.

Of course, since it was quite different from the ‘original’ that Arron had used, the free beast transformation ability had disappeared.

But Leo, who had used Polymorph, had used that beast transformation ability.

‘Well, in my case, there were no particular changes to my body.’

Polymorph is magic that changes outward appearance, not magic that changes fundamentals.

Though he appeared to be a mixed-blood Surin on the outside and activated beast transformation ability through breathing, Leo was inevitably human.

Only his outward appearance had transformed into a beast; Leo’s body wasn’t strengthened.

Therefore, the aftereffects of pushing Arron’s breath to its limits remained unchanged.

While Leo was thinking about Hero’s Breath.

Ar was watching Leo from afar.

‘No matter how I think about it, I didn’t see it wrong!’

Having seen Leo’s beast transformation for a fleeting moment in the fighting arena, Ar couldn’t help but continue being concerned about Leo.

The Surin had continuously researched beast transformation for a long time.

Beast transformation was the most powerful weapon given to the Surin race.

Being able to freely transform was one of the greatest desires of the Surin.

But throughout history, only one Surin had been capable of that.

‘[Hero] Lord Arron!’

Ar perked up her ears and tail and made cat eyes.

‘Even such Lord Arron’s free beast transformation only remains in literature!’

Among the currently remaining Hero Records of Arron, there were no Hero Records related to ‘combat’.

As a result, the fact that Arron could truly transform freely only remained in literature.

Even among the Surin, opinions were divided on whether it was real or fake.

Of course, Ar believed that Arron was capable of free beast transformation.

‘There’s nothing Lord Arron couldn’t do!’

To the girl who had heard Arron’s heroic tales since childhood, Arron was a great hero who could do anything.

Even her name was derived from Arron.

‘I should ask once!’

Ar approached Leo, who was sitting in a corner of the waiting room.

“Black Rabbit, I want to ask you something…!”

“Hey.”

But there was someone who approached Leo before Ar.

Leo stood up from his seat and looked up at the person who came before him.

There stood a muscular wolf Surin boy who appeared to be well over 180cm tall, looking down at Leo with his arms crossed.

“What is it.”

“Not bad, huh?”

The boy looked at Leo as if appraising him and grinned.

“I thought you were just a coward since you were huddled in the corner. That was impressive.”

The boy with gray hair and wild golden eyes smiled combatively as he introduced himself.

“My name is Dion Den, and you?”

“Kail.”

“Kail? The same name as the Hero of Beginnings. How unusual.”

“What do you want with me?”

“Well, it’s a simple matter. I was worried there might only be weaklings, but I’m relieved to see there’s someone as skilled as you.”

Dion chuckled and his eyes gleamed.

“Thanks to that, school life won’t be boring.”

“Muscle brain. Spouting nonsense again.”

Ar approached with her arms crossed and a look of disdain.

“What? It’s Ar.”

Dion made an indifferent expression.

“As always, such a pathetically frail body.”

“Hmph! There’s no need to build muscles beyond necessity. Look, this flexible and beautiful figure.”

“Right. Unsightly as always.”

“Who are you calling unsightly!”

“I’m not very interested in you, my childhood friend. I know your strength well enough. I want to compete with new strong opponents.”

The grinning wolf Surin boy was an extremely Surin-like Surin who pursued strength.

“Then talk to your heart’s content after me! I also have business with Black Rabbit!”

“With me?”

“Yes! I have something to ask you!”

“What is it?”

“You!”

“Wait! I was talking first.”

“So do it after me.”

“Don’t be ridiculous, I refuse to let you cut in line!”

“I knew him first, you know?”

“What does that matter! Follow the order!”

Leo spoke as he watched the two Surin growling at each other without backing down an inch.

“You two get along well.”

“I’m not close with this fighting-obsessed mutt!”

“You think I’d be close with this stupid cat?!”

“Everyone gather.”

Someone entered the waiting room and assembled the admission candidates.

“Let’s gather first.”

When Leo went to gather, Ar, who had missed her chance to talk, kicked Dion.

“Because of you, I missed my chance to talk! You’re really no help at all! No help!”

“Hmm! To have the composure befitting a strong person! I like him even more!”

“Are you ignoring me!”

“When the semester starts, the world will be watching us, not Lumern!”

“Don’t ignore me!”

She struck Dion’s back hard as he turned a deaf ear to her words.

“You’ll only hurt your hand.”

Indeed, hitting his solid muscles with bare hands only made her hand ache.

Watching Dion sneer, Ar made a cold expression and extended her claws.

Dion grimaced and grabbed Ar’s wrist to block her attack.

“This damn cat!”

“What! You damn wolf!”

Ar glared fiercely and kicked at Dion’s face repeatedly.

“You there! What are you doing instead of assembling!”

In the end, both of them got scolded by the assistant instructor.

***

After the Beast Carnival ended.

The admission candidates received a general explanation about tomorrow’s desert crossing marathon.

The rules were simple.

Start from Azrek, cross the Great Desert, and arrive at Ajonia in the middle of the desert.

This was the condition for admission.

At first glance, it seemed very simple.

However, crossing the desert between Ajonia and Azrek was by no means easy.

“The Azrek Great Desert is one of the harshest regions on the continent.”

The admission candidates looked at Berga with admiring eyes as he explained the desert crossing marathon in the waiting room.

The man with the highest recognition among current Surin heroes.

He was literally a mighty hero who had been active on the front lines until recently.

“So I’ll give you just one piece of advice.”

Everyone swallowed nervously and looked at Berga.

“Don’t be foolish enough to mistake recklessness for courage.”

Tension spread among the students at those words.

Some were gritting their teeth.

“This is my last chance…”

“I barely passed the open lectures, and now you’re telling us to give up.”

“How can we give up after coming this far!”

Like Lumern, Ajonia also had age restrictions for admission.

And there were many repeat students here who had reached that age limit.

For them, being told to ‘give up’ was tantamount to abandoning their dream of becoming heroes.

“And those with admission recommendations, come forward.”

At those words, five boys and girls stepped forward.

The gazes of students who had passed the open lectures turned to them.

‘We struggled to pass the open lectures! But those guys…!’

The crucial difference between those who passed the open lectures and the admission candidates.

It was because they were evaluated as having overwhelming skills that didn’t require open lectures.

But even knowing this, from the perspective of students who had struggled to pass the open lectures, the recommended admission students were bound to be annoying.

Especially the fact that they were all from famous prestigious families made the other admission candidates feel even more displeased.

Meanwhile, Berga crossed his arms and looked down at the recommended admission students.

‘Ah, Father! His intimidating presence is no joke! He seems to be putting more pressure on today…’

‘As expected of Lord Berga! What an incredibly strong intimidating presence!’

Even Ardo, his daughter who had seen him frequently since childhood, was extremely tense.

The other two Surin were the same.

Only Leo was looking at Berga with a calm expression.

Berga, who had been staring intently at Leo, spoke.

“Since you didn’t attend the open lectures, you won’t have any acquaintances among the other candidates. So introduce yourselves.”

At those words, the admission candidates began introducing themselves one by one.

The first to introduce herself was a fox Surin wearing glasses.

“I’m Stea Rual. My specialty is magic. Please treat me well.”

“I’m Reite Vega. I’m an elementalist.”

The bear Surin smiled confidently.

“I’m Ar Tune. Let’s all do our best.”

“I’m Kail. Please treat me well.”

Some students looked curious at Kail’s introduction.

The great hero’s name was so famous that while people might take a few letters from it to name their children, no one used the name itself.

Moreover, since Kail was treated as a fairy tale character, there were even fewer who used that name.

After the introductions of the four recommended admission candidates ended, everyone’s gaze finally turned to Dion.

Dion bared his fangs and smiled coldly.

“Weak bastards should give up early instead of holding others back.”

The faces of the admission candidates hardened.

Some assistant instructors flinched, and Berga narrowed his eyes.

‘Dion has the skills to say such things. But can he handle the consequences?’

Berga liked the strong.

But simply being strong wasn’t enough.

The first condition Berga acknowledged.

That was knowing how to take responsibility for one’s words.

With this one statement, Dion had essentially made enemies of all the admission candidates who had passed the open lectures.

Ar looked at her childhood friend and shook her head as if she couldn’t stop him.

After everyone finished their introductions, Berga turned his head and said.

“Good. Are there any candidates with questions?”

No one raised their hand at that question.

“Then disperse. If you go through that corridor, you’ll be able to get your dormitory assignments.”

At Berga’s words, the students who had passed the open lectures left the waiting room.

Everyone coldly ignored the admission candidates.

Seeing this, the admission candidates looked at each other, sighed lightly, and shrugged their shoulders.

They had expected this, so they didn’t show any signs of being upset.

The admission candidates were also about to leave the waiting room.

It was when Ar glanced toward Leo, planning to wait for him at the entrance.

“Kail.”

“Yes.”

“Let’s have a private interview.”

‘An interview? What for?’

When the instructor, who could be called a professor at Lumern, called him separately, Leo showed a slightly tense expression.

Meanwhile, Ar frowned.

‘Will the interview take long?’

Thinking that the timing kept getting messed up, Ar headed to the dormitory.

‘I’ll visit him at the dormitory later.’

Ar wanted to know about Leo’s secret somehow.

After the students left and the assistant instructors also left the waiting room for control purposes.

When only the two of them remained, Berga made a serious expression and said.

“Kail. I’ll ask just in case.”

“Yes.”

‘Did he find out that I’m from Lumern after all?’

It was when Leo was getting nervous.

“Are you, by any chance, Raina’s son?”

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