Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 140

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140.

Leo, who had left the Tower of the Gods, walked through Barharlun while thinking.

‘It seems that the division of the Hero Record wasn’t simply for establishing Hero Academies.’

3000 years ago.

When a fragment of Erebos was resurrected, the existence of the Heroes’ World became known.

After subjugating the fragment of Erebos, the Hero Record was divided into five parts.

With the power of those Hero Records, Hero Academies were established to train heroes by race.

Leo found this questionable.

‘Was there really a need to divide the Hero Record into five parts?’

Moreover, a considerable number of pages were lost in the process of dividing the Hero Record.

In that process, many pages that could inherit the power of the Great Heroes were lost, and Kail even became a forgotten hero.

Furthermore, the page Leo discovered about himself was so damaged that even its form was barely recognizable.

Literally a fatal loss.

Seeing this, Leo intuited that the Hero Record wasn’t divided simply to establish Hero Academies.

‘The founders of the Hero Academies couldn’t have failed to anticipate that the Hero Record would be damaged.’

Even if they didn’t know, they would have expected the side effects of dividing an intact Hero Record.

Yet they still divided the Hero Record.

To find out the reason, he had tried to learn about the hidden history of the past in the Great Library.

‘Something made by a god wouldn’t be damaged by simply being torn. There must be a group that finds and destroys the lost pages. Obviously, it’s Tartaros.’

The reason almost none of his pages remained was probably because Tartaros had specifically targeted Kail’s pages.

Erebos was like a god to them, and Leo was the one who defeated that god… From Tartaros’s perspective, he was both an object of hatred and fear.

‘You can tell just by looking at Gardstron. The fact that the demons are erasing traces of fighting against them during the Age of Calamity.’

The races of the earthly realm now only know about that era through literature.

‘In contrast, Tartaros has legion commanders who have lived since that time. They can know exactly where what was located.’

Leo narrowed his eyes as he thought of Tartaros’s legion commanders.

‘One more puzzling point here is… how can Tartaros influence the Hero Record?’

The Hero Record is something made by a god.

No matter how strong Tartaros’s legion commanders are, it’s not something they can carelessly touch.

Leo stopped walking.

‘Let’s set aside the questions for now.’

What’s important right now is conquering Luna’s World.

Leo looked at the Polium in his hand.

The magic staff used by Luna, who was once a close friend.

The strongest staff made with divine knowledge was an extremely difficult item to use by itself.

Not only did it have powerful amplification effects, but it was also a staff that contained powerful magic power on its own.

An item that even great mages would have difficulty handling properly.

‘Though Luna handled it effortlessly.’

Recalling Luna handling Polium, Leo cast magic on the staff.

This place is the High Elf City.

And Polium is a symbol of the great Elf King that everyone in this city knows.

Even though it hadn’t been chosen by Polium, the fact that this staff belonged to the Elf King remained unchanged.

If Leo carried around such a Polium, it would surely cause big problems.

‘That Luna girl changed it to bracelet form because it was too heavy to carry around.’

Leo cast transformation magic on Polium.

Whiiiing-

Polium responded to Leo’s magic power and changed its form to that of a bracelet.

He put it on his wrist.

‘Who would have thought the day would come when I’d actually use Polium.’

Letting out a bitter laugh, he headed toward Akint’s Research Lab.

‘First I need to get Hadin out of the underground dungeon and find Runia and Elena too.’

Regarding conquering Luna’s World, Leo had something that came to mind.

As far as Leo knew, Star Magic was completed in none other than Barharlun.

The elves before the Age of Calamity weren’t called the race of magic like they are now.

However, thanks to their racial trait of being familiar with mana from birth, there were many powerful mages among the elves since the Age of Gods.

And Barharlun was also a place where the magical history of such elves was gathered together.

Even though many High Elves had become corrupt enough to walk the path of corruption, the legacy left by their truly noble predecessors hadn’t been defiled.

Leo looked at the tree that stretched high in the center of Barharlun.

A tree that doesn’t exist in the current world.

It was the World Tree that the elves loved and nurtured.

Luna, who inherited the legacy left by countless elves of the past, eventually completed ‘Star Magic.’

‘In the end, it’s been connected since the distant past.’

The great legacy of the ancient elves to Luna.

The ‘Star Magic’ that developed that legacy to the current elves.

The will passed down from generation to generation never stopped being inherited.

‘If the goal of this world is for Luna to complete Star Magic, then the conquerors just need to help from the side.’

It could be called a fairly simple conquest condition, but in fact, in any hero’s world, the conquest conditions for ‘prologues’ were often simple.

Leo, who had arrived in front of Akint’s Research Lab, made a puzzled expression.

And he called the name of the girl who was hesitating in front of the research lab.

“Luna.”

“Ah…!”

Luna turned to look at Leo with surprised eyes.

“Professor Akint.”

“What’s the matter?”

“Today is His Highness Ergen’s birthday, isn’t it?”

At those words, Leo hesitated.

Elf King Ergen’s birthday.

This period is like a festival day for all elves.

“There’s a party being held at the Plaza of the World Tree, but… um… I didn’t receive an invitation.”

Luna fidgeted with her hands.

Luna’s face was dark as she rolled her eyes here and there.

“Could you possibly go with me? I really want to see His Highness.”

At those words, Leo felt something was off.

‘What?’

In Barharlun, Luna was an alien existence.

A genius girl who entered Barharlun not through family connections but purely through overwhelming skill and talent.

As such, she had many enemies within Barharlun.

On the other hand, there were quite a few who felt goodwill and respect toward Luna and spared no support for her.

The representative figure of that was Akint, whom Leo was currently possessing.

‘She boasted about receiving the Elf King’s patronage as soon as she entered Barharlun.’

Although her status was that of a student, Luna received treatment equal to that of teachers.

Thanks to being able to focus solely on magical research without attending classes, Luna completed the foundation of Star Magic here.

Such a Luna says she didn’t receive an invitation on the Elf King’s birthday.

‘What? Did Luna lie to us?’

No, that’s impossible.

Leo knew Luna well.

She wouldn’t lie just to maintain her pride.

Then what could it be?

Does this mean she hasn’t received the Elf King’s patronage yet?

‘No, Luna entered Barharlun when she was thirteen.’

The current Luna is clearly in her mid-teens.

‘Then what the hell is it?’

Leo felt a sense of unease.

“Luna.”

“Yes?”

“Why didn’t you receive an invitation when you have Prince Ergen’s patronage?”

“My patronage from Prince Ergen was cut off a month ago.”

Luna said with a slightly flustered voice.

Luna, who somehow looked powerless, let her shoulders droop.

Seeing that sight, Leo’s face hardened.

‘History has changed.’

In the Heroes’ World, history can be changed as much as one wants.

If an attacker makes positive changes and achieves greater feats than actual history, they can achieve over-completion.

Conversely, if an attacker changes history in the wrong direction and causes negative effects, the attack fails.

So it wouldn’t be strange for history to change in the Heroes’ World.

‘But we only entered Luna’s World a few hours ago.’

During that time, the only thing that could have influenced history was Hadin, who entered Jera’s body, beating Hirukkian to a pulp.

But that action couldn’t possibly overturn history from a month ago.

‘When the Heroes’ World goes berserk and becomes a Hero Dungeon, does history itself get twisted? No, I’ve never heard of such a case. Then what the hell is it?’

As Leo pondered, someone’s voice flashed through his mind.

‘Leo. Darkness may have fallen upon this world, no. Upon Hero Record.’

The divine revelation he had met just moments ago.

Even if it was fake, its abilities were real.

‘Darkness… could it be?’

The moment he thought of something, he felt goosebumps rising on his back.

‘Can Tartaros enter a Hero Dungeon?’

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Hadin, imprisoned in the underground dungeon, was blaming himself.

‘I was foolish.’

Seeing someone insult the great Luna, who could be called the very history of the elves, made his emotions get ahead of him.

In a Hero Dungeon, one must be careful with every action.

But his emotions got ahead of him.

This was the result.

‘Sigh. How embarrassing. To show such disgrace to a first-year, even if from a different academy.’

Hadin took a deep breath and looked around.

‘Even for a prison that holds criminals, this is too filthy.’

No matter what, this was a prison for holding their own kind.

Yet this kind of environment.

‘Is the distant ancient past really different from now?’

Hadin felt culture shock.

‘If I return to Seirun, I’ll have much to report.’

He was thinking about the situation after clearing the dungeon when.

Creak-! Thud-!

With the sound of the underground prison opening, someone entered the jail.

Thump- Thump-

Seeing the two girls who appeared with somehow powerless footsteps, Hadin made a puzzled expression.

The two girls were clearly half-elves at first glance.

But the clothes they wore were shabby.

“You are… what?”

“Wh-what do you mean by that question… I am a slave, sir?”

“A slave? Why?”

Hadin asked with a bewildered face.

“You ask strange things. Aren’t all mixed-blood elves slaves?”

Seeing the Half-Elf Girl answer calmly with a face that showed no vitality whatsoever, Hadin made a shocked expression.

‘Slaves? Such a lowly thing existed?’

Even in the current era, contempt for mixed-bloods exists.

But that doesn’t mean they treat mixed-bloods, who have half the blood of their own kind, as slaves.

But in this era, elves mixed with other races’ blood weren’t treated as people.

This was considered perfectly natural.

Hadin’s body trembled at the wall of incomprehensible common sense.

‘Such history… is it true? Did we elves use slaves?’

Seeing Hadin trembling with terrible disgust, the Other Elf Slave Girl tilted her head.

Then someone else entered the underground dungeon again.

Thump- Thump-

The owner of the footsteps was approaching the prison where Hadin was confined.

The Slave Girl who had been bringing Hadin meals hurriedly stepped aside.

But the other girl reacted too slowly and couldn’t get out of the way.

Thump-!

The man’s steps stopped.

The high elf with beautiful white hair and blue eyes and a noble impression glanced at the Slave Girl blocking his path.

And then…

Thwack-!

“Gah?”

He kicked the girl without hesitation.

The girl hit the iron bars and let out a violent breath.

The other girl’s face turned pale at this.

“E-En!”

The girl hurriedly approached her best friend who had been reacting strangely all day.

“The slaves’ education is lacking.”

Thwack-!

“Gah!”

The white-haired elf let out a bored breath and kicked again.

Seeing this, sparks flew from Hadin’s eyes.

“What kind of behavior is this!”

At Hadin’s outcry, the white-haired elf, Sarman, curled up the corners of his mouth.

“They’re just slaves, aren’t they?”

Stomp-!

“Nngh…”

Stepping on the head of the slave he had kicked, Sarman sneered.

“Or can’t you accept that your ancestors in the past did such vile things?”

“What did you say?”

At Sarman’s words, Hadin’s face hardened.

“I don’t know how you got in, but… you dog of Seirun.”

Whooooooo-!

Dark magic rippled from Sarman’s hand.

Crack-!

His raised arm became the arm of a hideous monster.

“You will die here.”

“Tartaros?”

Hadin was shocked and tried to manifest his aura.

But the restraints bound to Hadin’s arms interfered with the manifestation of his aura.

Of course, destroying this wouldn’t be difficult.

But in that split second, it could become dangerous.

‘Somehow defend and escape for now….’

Crack-

“Kuk?”

Blood splattered as a pained groan burst out.

“As expected, Hadin. So it was you.”

The slave girl who had been kicked by Sarman smiled and got up.

Hadin showed a surprised expression as he looked at the girl who was grinning and emanating pink magical power.

“Elena?”

“What is that pathetic state all about?”

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