Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 14

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14

“What do you think you are?”

“Excuse me?”

“You are students of Lumern. In other words, hero candidates! If you’re in crisis, think about overcoming it yourselves first!”

The students flinched at Ain’s scolding.

At that moment, Ain’s eyes caught sight of Leo moving without hesitation.

“There’s at least one proper guy here.”

The kraken’s tentacle shot up and came crashing down at high speed.

Swish-!

Leo drew his sword and cut off the tentacle.

Thud-!

Leo kicked the kraken’s writhing tentacle that fell to the floor and pushed it into the lake, then shouted.

“Don’t be intimidated by its size! Your abilities are more than enough to handle this!”

Leo’s gaze was directed precisely at Selia and Chloe.

“Hmph! Who said I was scared?”

Chloe snorted indignantly, and Selia drew her sword as if she wouldn’t be outdone.

“What do you take me for, Leo?”

Whoosh-!

A flame aura, the symbol of Jerdinger, blazed from her sword.

“As if I’d be scared of some squid like…!”

Splash!

“Kyaaaah!”

A water cannon shot out from the tip of the kraken’s tentacle and hit Selia.

Though she defended using aura armor, Selia instantly became soaked like a drowned rat.

“It’s the kraken’s nature. It reacts to heat and shoots water cannons.”

Leo suppressed his laughter and lightly tapped Selia’s forehead.

“Seems like you still lack experience?”

“Ugh-! You and I are the same age! Don’t talk about experience!”

Selia rubbed her forehead with a reddened face and shouted back.

Meanwhile, the kraken attacked again.

Selia’s eyes glared fiercely.

“This damn squid bastard! I’ll turn you into dried squid!”

Whoosh-!

Selia’s sword traced a brilliant trajectory.

Slash slash slash!

The kraken’s finely chopped tentacles scattered.

Leo smiled at Selia, who turned around with a “How’s that!” expression, then swung his sword.

Whooom-!

With a tremendous wind sound, the kraken’s tentacles were chopped even finer than what Selia had cut and scattered.

“Argh! Like I’d lose!”

Sparks flew from Selia’s eyes as she was provoked by that sight.

“Your swordsmanship is impressive.”

Meanwhile, Chloe raised her magic staff and chanted in runic language.

Crackle-!

“Icicle.”

Ice particles gathered in the air and formed into a giant icicle.

As Chloe released the spell, the icicle flew.

Thunk-! Crack-! Shatter!

As the magic exploded, the frozen kraken tentacle immediately shattered into pieces.

“Hohoho! Why would I need to step forward and sweat like knights? I can just smartly stay back here and… Eeeek?!”

Chloe, who had been looking smug, became the kraken’s target.

While she panicked at the kraken’s attack that was faster than imagined, Leo grabbed the back of Chloe’s neck and pulled her back.

“Mages don’t show off in front.”

Swish-!

Leo swung his sword and cut off the kraken’s tentacle.

“Krakens react to mana, so use magic carefully.”

“Ah, got it.”

The freshmen who had panicked from the attack also came to their senses and began counterattacking.

Though the kraken was a high-level monster, Lumern students weren’t easy enough to be defeated without resistance.

Ain, who had been watching from behind, curled up the corners of his mouth.

‘This year’s freshmen are very excellent.’

Professor Ain, who had been scolding the freshmen, was now very satisfied.

This lake was famous for being home to all kinds of aquatic monsters.

As such, attacks by aquatic monsters were close to an annual event.

All students admitted to Lumern have outstanding talent.

And they had proven their abilities by gaining admission to Lumern, the most prestigious academy.

Skills, background, academic record.

Freshmen who were second to none in any aspect were bound to be arrogant.

‘They can’t properly keep up with Lumern’s classes in that mental state.’

The freshmen don’t know.

The fact that they had barely met the minimum standards to learn at Lumern.

That’s why it was necessary to give them a sense of urgency, and that was the reason Lumern allowed aquatic monster attacks.

Of course, they didn’t let them fight monsters completely defenseless.

As evidence of this, the destruction of the ship’s hull, which would be the biggest problem when attacked by a kraken, didn’t occur.

Of course, the freshmen didn’t notice this and were busy just blocking the kraken in front of them.

‘As expected, the top students’ performance stands out.’

Ain’s gaze, which had been gauging the freshmen’s abilities, caught sight of Leo.

‘Impressive.’

Interest flickered in Ain’s eyes.

It was clean swordsmanship without any unnecessary movements.

Moreover, as if he could perfectly predict the kraken’s movements, he was cutting off the kraken’s tentacles with light body movements.

‘I should remember him.’

Seeing how he handled the sword, he was definitely aiming for the Knight Department.

Thinking he had found an outstanding student, Ain smiled with satisfaction.

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The freshmen barely defeated the kraken, but even after that, the attacks by aquatic monsters didn’t cease.

The shipboard party from just moments ago seemed like a dream as a monster parade unfolded.

After about an hour had passed, the freshmen were all in a mess.

Their uniforms were soaking wet, their bodies were drenched in sweat, and their faces were worn with fatigue.

They were frantically busy fighting off the waves of attacking monsters.

“I can’t fight anymore! My mana is completely depleted!”

Chloe, lying spread-eagle on the floor, shouted.

“Ugh… Does anyone have mana potions left?”

Cal looked around and asked, but no one answered.

“Huff- huff-“

Selia was breathing heavily and glanced at Leo.

‘This stamina monster bastard!’

Leo was still guarding the waterside without showing any signs of fatigue.

How could someone the same age have such inexhaustible stamina?

“Whew-!”

Selia gritted her teeth, took a deep breath, and stood next to Leo.

That’s when it happened.

“I can see the dock!”

“This damn fighting is finally over!”

“Woooooooh!”

Cheers erupted from the deck.

There was no better news for the students exhausted from the long battle.

Shortly after, they docked at the pier and the students disembarked from the ship as if they were sick of it.

Waiting for the new students at the dock was a small-framed woman in a suit wearing glasses.

“Thank goodness! It seems nothing serious happened!”

The students felt frustrated inside at those words.

‘Nothing serious?! We were attacked by monsters!’

Of course, no student was tactless enough to protest.

If she had come to greet the new students, there was a very high chance she was a Lumern professor.

“Professor Ain. Thank you for escorting the new students! I’ll take over the escort from here.”

“Understood.”

Ain nodded and spoke to the new students.

“I’m in charge of first-year knight studies this year.”

The Knight Department students showed startled expressions.

“Some of the Knight Department students will attend my classes.”

Ain looked at Leo and several other students and smirked.

“Anyone who wants to reach a high level should come to my class!”

“Yes!”

“Understood! Professor Ain!”

The Knight Department students answered loudly.

Professor Ain, who had been showing a satisfied expression at their response, made a meaningful face.

“And make sure to listen well to your escort teacher.”

She left after saying those words.

“My name is Artian Niere. I’m a summoner and I’ll be in charge of first-year classes.”

She adjusted her glasses and introduced herself with a kind smile.

“Artian Niere? I’ve never heard that name before.”

Selia tilted her head.

Anyone qualified to be a Lumern professor would be a very famous person in their field.

But she had never heard the name Artian Niere before.

“Artian Niere is quite famous in the central region.”

That’s when Cal spoke up.

“What kind of person is she?”

“I heard she’s a spiritualist?”

“A spiritualist?”

Selia showed a surprised expression.

Summoning arts are largely divided into three fields.

Spirit arts that contract with spirits.

Beast arts that command magical beasts.

And finally, spirit arts that call upon heroic spirits.

Among them, spirit arts that summon fragments of beings called heroic spirits was a very rare ability.

‘It was one of Risinass’s main specialties.’

Since spirit arts were in the realm of innate special abilities, even Kail, who was an all-class, couldn’t learn this ability.

“Shall we go to the entrance ceremony hall then?”

Artian said with a gentle smile.

Then the students rebelled.

“Professor! Isn’t there somewhere we can change clothes?”

“That’s right! We can’t attend the entrance ceremony looking like this!”

The students who had been obedient during Professor Ain’s time now competed to shout out.

They were all noble students.

During Professor Ain’s time, they had been intimidated by the name “Knight of the Ice Sea.”

But they immediately expressed their dissatisfaction to Artian, who was not famous and had a frail appearance.

“Oh, no! I mean, we have to stick to the schedule…”

“Our family would never tolerate appearing at such an important occasion looking like this!”

“That’s right! We proudly enrolled in Lumern! This kind of treatment is ridiculous!”

“Right! Right! We’ll file a formal complaint through our families!”

“E-everyone?!”

Artian, who was genuinely gentle by nature, could only shrink back at the students’ protests, unable to do this or that.

Seeing her like that, the students became even more triumphant and raised their voices louder.

“I think we should stop them.”

When Selia frowned, Leo chuckled.

“I don’t think we need to?”

“What?”

Artian hung her head low.

And then…

“You damn little brats! After watching and watching, do I look like a pushover to you?! Where do mere freshmen get off climbing all over a professor and acting up!”

A sharp rebuke poured from Artian’s mouth as she suddenly raised her head.

Unlike her meek atmosphere from just before, a murderous glint poured from her eyes.

The students who had been raising their voices were startled.

One male student who couldn’t get his bearings together urgently shouted.

“Even if you’re a professor, such verbal abuse is unacceptable…”

“Look at this kid? Still haven’t figured out the situation?”

Grab!

“Huh? Huhhh?”

Artian grabbed the male student by the collar and lifted him up with a menacing smile.

That male student was big enough to be a head taller than the other freshmen.

However, Artian, who was gripping his collar, showed no signs of strain at all.

Rather, a golden energy flowed from her body.

“Gasp? A-aura?”

“Dual class?”

The students were horrified.

The male student who was grabbed by the collar also turned pale.

Artian threw the male student toward the lakeside.

“Aaaahhh!”

Splash! Splish splash! Splish splash!

The male student who fell into the lake flailed about.

Artian gave a menacing warning.

“If there’s any bastard who rebels carelessly from now on, I won’t let them…”

Before Artian could even finish speaking, her expression changed.

“This is troublesome.”

This time she changed to a cold atmosphere, sighed, and lightly waved her hand.

Then golden mana burst forth.

Artian used magic to rescue the student who had fallen into the water.

The students’ eyes widened.

She had clearly said she was a summoning arts professor, but she was using both aura and magic!

“I thought so.”

“Do you know about that ability?”

Selia, who had been surprised, urgently asked after hearing Leo’s muttering.

“He’s housing the souls of spirits in his body. His personality changed because of the souls he contracted with.”

“Necromancy? That’s an ability I’ve only heard about in stories!”

Selia exclaimed in admiration at this extremely rare ability even among Spiritualists.

Indeed, Professor Ain hadn’t told them to behave for no reason earlier.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. The spirits I’ve contracted with have rather impatient personalities!”

Artion, who had returned to his original personality, apologized in great confusion, but the students only watched nervously.

They had instantly realized that the professor before them was a big shot they couldn’t match, even if he lacked fame.

In the midst of this, Artion smiled brightly and said.

“Anyway, everyone! Let’s go to the entrance ceremony!”

“Yes…”

The students could only respond weakly while reading the atmosphere.

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