Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 116

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116.

“You bastards!”

“Do you think you’ll get away with this!”

Watching Reissar’s Hero Legion shouting, Ar revealed her killing intent.

“What are you so shamelessly babbling about like you did something right?”

Her usual soft and gentle atmosphere had completely disappeared.

Ar’s aura was sharp with disgust and anger toward those who had tried to cut down a young girl without hesitation.

The members of the Hero Legion flinched and stepped back at Ar’s intimidating presence.

Seeing this, Leo narrowed his eyes.

‘They’re not the official Hero Legion, but the Nurturing Army.’

Putting someone who isn’t ready on the battlefield would only result in death.

Even in this era, there was a process for nurturing heroes.

These people could also be called hero candidates like Ar.

‘Of course, they’re different from Ar.’

It wasn’t because the era was different.

Even in the Age of Calamity, there were plenty of candidates who truly dreamed of becoming heroes.

But these weren’t among them.

They had joined the Hero Legion to satisfy their petty sense of superiority or lust for power.

You could tell by looking at their eyes.

It wasn’t a matter of innate talent or the power they possessed.

‘It’s a fundamental difference.’

“I am Jerin of Reissar’s Hero Legion! Interfering with our work is the same as defying the lord’s orders!”

The woman at the front, Jerin, shouted at Ar with a sharp voice.

“The lord’s orders? Or Lebaiten’s orders?”

At Leo’s cold question, Jerin flinched.

“As I thought, he told you to use the excuse of a nonexistent plague to kill all the children and retrieve Shaten.”

The faces of the orphanage children turned pale.

Ar’s face also turned cold as she grasped the situation from Leo’s words.

Thud- Thud-

Leo stepped forward.

“No matter how messed up this era is, there’s still such a thing as righteousness.”

Shing-

Leo’s expression disappeared as he pointed his sword toward Reissar’s Hero Legion.

“If you want to call yourselves heroes, you should at least maintain a minimum standard of righteousness.”

Anger flickered in Leo’s eyes.

“Otherwise, it’s an insult to those who truly risk their lives to save the world.”

“That’s right! Don’t you dare call yourselves heroes!”

Ar also shouted in response to Leo’s words.

“Insolent… So you’re saying you’ll interfere with us to the end.”

Jerin manifested her aura.

“It seems having a little skill has made you blind to reality. Let me show you how vast the world is.”

Clank- Clank- Clank-!

Armor began wrapping around Jerin’s body.

In an instant, Jerin, now armed in silver full plate mail, gripped her shield and spear properly and approached Leo.

Seeing this, Leo said to Ar.

“I’ll handle her. You take care of the others.”

“Got it.”

The Hero Legion numbered five in total.

It wouldn’t be difficult for them, who could use aura, to massacre civilian children.

‘If proper fighters had come, it would have been troublesome, but seeing that they sent these novices, it seems they haven’t completely taken control of the Hero Legion yet.’

The real powerhouses of the Hero Legion were veteran warriors who had survived the Age of Calamity.

They were fighters too formidable for the current Leo and Ar to handle.

‘Well, those guys probably wouldn’t listen to Lebaiten’s orders in the first place.’

Seeing Leo approaching defenseless, Jerin sneered.

“Foolish bastard!”

Whoooosh-!

Jerin, gripping her spear properly, aimed at Leo with a sharp thrust.

Crash-!

As she kicked off the ground, Jerin’s foot dug deep into the earth.

Seeing his opponent closing the distance at high speed, Leo swung his sword upward from below.

‘You think you can block my attack with such a simple movement…!’

Clang-!

“…!”

Jerin’s eyes widened.

Leo, who had deflected the aura-infused spear far too easily, said.

“With that level of skill, you dare call yourself a Hero Legion.”

“Are you mocking me!”

The woman who shouted sharply charged at Leo with aura infused in her shield.

Seeing this, Leo raised his right hand that wasn’t holding the sword.

Flare-!

Flames of aura formed in his right hand.

“Fire attribute aura? What an unusual ability!”

In this current era, it was common to imbue aura with attributes due to aura’s development, but not in the Age of Calamity.

Jerin, who had been surprised by Leo’s flames, curled up the corners of her mouth.

“But can those flames stop my shield?”

Looking at the shield, Leo clenched his fist.

“Aura specialized in defense, I see.”

Flare-!

Leo’s red eyes flashed.

“So what?”

Boom-! Whoooosh!

Flames swirled violently.

The furiously rising flames not only blew away Jerin’s aura but melted her shield as well.

“Kyaaaah!”

Jerin, covered in molten metal, screamed.

“Both your skills and equipment are crude.”

Leo, who had sheathed his sword, turned his gaze toward Ar, who was facing the other four.

Boing-!

As Ar leaped, a strange sound was heard.

Crash-!

“Guhek!”

The armor of one Hero Legion member shattered from Ar’s kick.

Ar, baring her teeth like an angry cat, sensed the killing intent of a sword aiming for her back and lightly leaped.

Boing-!

The strange sound was heard again, and Ar’s body bounced up as if propelled.

Boing-!

As she kicked off in mid-air, her direction changed immediately.

‘Elasticity?’

Seeing Ar’s aura characteristic, Leo’s eyes showed interest.

Every time she deployed her aura, Ar’s body bounced freely in all directions.

The four Hero Legion members facing Ar were helplessly overwhelmed by that tremendous speed and complex movements.

‘It’s like a cat playing with mice.’

She kicked the back of the last Hero Legion member.

The four knights foamed at the mouth and fainted.

Seeing this, Ar snorted with laughter.

“Hmph. What kind of Hero Legion is this supposed to be.”

Then she looked at Leo and narrowed her eyes.

“So flame aura was your aura characteristic.”

As a beastman who handled aura better than any other race, Ar could predict just by looking how powerful Leo’s aura was.

“If we fought once, it would be an interesting battle.”

Having confirmed Leo’s skills, Ar smiled with a combative expression.

The playful atmosphere from before had disappeared, leaving only the dignified appearance befitting an Azonia recommended candidate.

“Well, since we’ll be attending the Academy together, we’ll have a chance to settle things soon. Being with you will make Academy life incredibly fun.”

Ar looked toward Leo with her usual bright smile.

“You and me! And even that scrawny wolf – together we could beat Lumern!”

Ar snorted and clenched her fist tightly.

‘She’s so excited, but I feel bad about revealing I’m from Lumern.’

Just as Leo was scratching his cheek.

“Hehehe, foolish creatures.”

Jerin let out a mocking laugh.

Her entire body was mangled with burns and her eyes were full of venom.

“How dare you touch us, the Hero Legion? Do you think Lord Lebaiten will leave you alone?”

Crack-!

Jerin gritted her teeth and spewed curses.

“Idiots! For the sake of dirty orphans, you’ve made Reissar your enemy!”

Ar, who had been staring at the mocking Jerin with a blank face, cracked her knuckles.

“You’re asking to get beaten up, aren’t you?”

Seeing the murderous cat approaching with a growl, Jerin flinched.

Leo raised his hand to stop Ar.

“Could you take the kids and get away from here?”

“What?”

“I have something to discuss with this one.”

The moment Ar saw Leo’s smiling face, she felt chills run down her spine.

‘Something feels dangerous.’

Her wild instincts detected the crisis.

Seeing Ar with her ears and tail perked up, unable to move either way, Leo spoke.

“Please.”

“Alright. Kids, let’s get away from here for a moment.”

At the words containing irrefutable force, Ar took the children and left the open field.

Seeing Leo like this, Jerin sneered.

“Hah? After stupidly playing hero, you must be worried about your life now? Are you going to beg for your life? Did you send those kids away because you didn’t want to show them that sight? You’re truly despicable beyond…”

“I think you’re misunderstanding something.”

Shing-

Leo drew his sword and approached Jerin.

“I just told them to leave because it’s not something to show kids.”

Seeing Leo speak with an indifferent face, Jerin felt chills all over her body.

The moment she met Leo’s red eyes, Jerin realized immediately.

The boy before her had no hesitation about killing.

“D-don’t come closer!”

Jerin crawled away with a pale face.

“I-if you kill me, Lord Lebaiten won’t leave you…”

“That guy won’t leave me alone whether I kill you or not anyway. If your report doesn’t arrive by the promised time, he’ll come himself.”

Leo’s cold gaze turned toward Jerin.

“And I have no intention of letting that guy do as he pleases. There’s no reason to keep you alive.”

“T-then use me as a hostage…”

“Do you have that kind of value?”

Leo raised his sword.

Under the gray sky where the sunset was fading.

Leo’s eyes, devoid of any emotion, were terrifyingly chilling.

Leo’s sword came down like a guillotine.

“Wait…!”

Slash-!

Having cleanly severed her neck, Leo also ended the lives of the remaining four without hesitation.

Leo shook the blood off his sword.

If they had simply come here following orders, Leo wouldn’t have taken their lives either.

‘But these ones came knowing everything.’

There was no reason to spare them anywhere.

“You show no hesitation.”

“I’m used to it.”

To Elsi’s words as she appeared from behind, Leo replied indifferently.

“Dealing with traitors and betrayers like these.”

It wasn’t only Erebos and Tartaros that made the Age of Calamity into hell.

Those like Lebaiten and Jerin, who called themselves heroes while killing innocent people to satisfy their own desires, were numerous enough to trip over.

And it was none other than Kail who had ended their lives.

He didn’t want to burden his friends, who each had their own goals to achieve, with such dirty work.

“…Did these people really try to kill my friends to obtain Shaten?”

Elsi’s voice trembled slightly.

“Yes.”

“…”

Elsi was a great fairy, but still a young fairy lacking experience.

She had fought Tartaros on battlefields since birth, and afterward waited with Agon for the real hero who would someday appear.

She wouldn’t have had opportunities to encounter human malice.

This was probably the first time Elsi had seen the ugly side of the world.

‘Originally, she would have seen Arron’s siblings murdered.’

Leo made a complicated expression, understanding why she had asked if this world was worth saving when they first met.

‘Saving the world means saving these kinds of people too.’

In the end, she didn’t make the contract with Risinass that she had so longed for.

‘Do you think this world is worth saving?’

‘Of course.’

Risinass had shown no hesitation.

Luna, Arron, and Dweno were the same.

Only Kail was different.

He was the one who didn’t properly answer Elsi’s question.

That’s why Elsi chose Kail.

‘The reason he joined our journey despite being disappointed in the world was… because he still wanted to save it.’

He recalled Elsi, who had smiled for the first and last time while disappearing after the battle with Hel Kaiser ended.

‘Still, I hope you find it.’

‘Find what?’

‘A reason to save the world.’

Remembering his contractor’s final words, Leo opened his mouth.

“Elsi.”

Elsi’s face had become expressionless, just like when Kail first met her.

“I guarantee it.”

The day he was reborn.

Leo smiled as he recalled the night sky outside the window that he had gazed at from his cradle.

“The starlight in the night sky will be more beautiful than you can imagine.”

Elsi’s eyes widened slightly.

“So this world is worth saving.”

Elsi, who had been staring at Leo with a dazed expression, smiled brightly.

“Yes!”

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