Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 144

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144

Seeing Leo’s gaze, Sid felt goosebumps rise all over his body.

‘What is this look in his eyes?’

Leo’s eyes showed no particular emotion.

Hostility toward demons, fear, and so on.

There were none of the emotions that any person should naturally have.

They were simply calm.

Only a slight disgust could be glimpsed, like someone cleaning up trash on the roadside.

Without a doubt, he had never seen anyone with such eyes.

Even those called heroes had never had such eyes.

For a moment, Sid felt fear, overwhelmed by Leo’s killing intent.

Coming to his senses, Sid felt cold sweat flowing all over his body.

“What do you think you can do?”

Sid sneered and quickly regained his composure.

“We have this world under perfect control. You may have cleverly noticed our existence, but… that’s all. What exactly do you think you can do?”

“We can do more than you think.”

Watching Leo smile coldly, Sid’s face contorted.

‘Should I kill him right here and now?’

He briefly had that thought but soon looked around.

‘Too many eyes watching.’

Sid was currently inside the body of Barharlun’s vice-principal.

And he had been controlling the entire school for a long time.

It was true that he could manipulate all of Barharlun.

But that was only behind the scenes.

He couldn’t openly use his power in front of others.

Erebos and Tartaros had long been enemies of the gods and earthly races.

The same was true before the Age of Calamity.

The moment his identity was exposed here, everything up to now would become meaningless.

Leo had seen through this exactly and acted accordingly.

He couldn’t use force in a public place.

Nor did he have justification to suppress Akint using his authority.

Knowing this, he had openly declared war.

Leo looked at Sid with cold eyes and turned away.

Watching that figure, Sid curled up the corners of his mouth.

‘You won’t be able to do anything.’

They had been preparing for a long time.

‘You’ll watch the great hero you revered burn away helplessly!’

Tartaros’s goal wasn’t simply to destroy Luna’s world.

It was to burn it away completely.

So that power could never be inherited again!

Imagining that face contorting in despair, Sid trembled with ecstasy.

‘I’ll personally cut off your neck as you despair watching the great hero burn away!’

Even at Sid’s gleaming eyes, Leo paid no attention.

He simply approached Luna.

‘This world’s conquest will be completed the moment Luna creates the foundation of Star Magic.’

Watching Luna approach after greeting the princess, Leo fell into thought.

‘But that must be completed solely by Luna’s power.’

Star Magic was literally creating something from nothing.

A completely new magical law that had never existed.

Magic completed purely by the power of one person alone.

No help whatsoever should be given in creating that magic.

The moment that happened, Star Magic would become magic completed with someone’s help rather than magic created by Luna, and would lose its light.

“Luna. Did you have a conversation with the princess?”

“Yes! But the princess seems to have changed a lot.”

“Changed?”

“Yes. She used to dislike me, but now she smiled brightly at me.”

At those words, Leo looked toward the princess.

Most of the elves in the party hall had already finished greeting her.

So there wasn’t much of a line left.

Leo’s eyes lit up as he got in line to greet the princess.

A moment later.

When his turn came, Leo bowed his head.

“Akint greets Your Highness the Princess.”

“Nice to meet you, Akint.”

“Yes. But Your Highness, do you know anything about Lumern?”

Kneeling, Leo looked up at Serjia and smiled.

At that question, her eyes changed for a moment.

“Yes. I know. It’s a name I’ve heard before. Do you know about Seirun, Akint?”

“Of course I know about it.”

Having answered that far, Leo smiled and stepped back.

To others, it would have seemed like a strange conversation.

Indeed, those around looked at Leo with puzzled eyes.

But for the two of them, it was an efficient code to confirm each other.

‘There wouldn’t be anyone in this era who knows about the future Hero Academies.’

Returning to Luna, Leo thought to himself.

‘So Runia is the princess. Things might work out easily.’

Meanwhile, Runia also watched Leo’s retreating figure with bright eyes.

‘It’s definitely Leo.’

It could be Elena, but judging by the tone and atmosphere, it was Leo.

Runia took a deep breath.

‘I need to tell Leo about Erebos.’

While thinking that.

The music in the party hall stopped.

Along with that, today’s main character, Elf King Ergen, appeared at the party hall entrance.

All the elves in the hall respectfully knelt down.

“We congratulate you on your birthday.”

“Congratulations!”

At the high elves’ congratulations, Ergen smiled.

“To think you’ve gathered to celebrate my birthday… Thank you. I’m grateful to everyone for brightening this occasion. Don’t mind me and please enjoy the party happily today.”

Having said that, Ergen went to sit at the head table.

The elves gathered at the party formed a line in front of Ergen.

Music flowed and the party began again.

Luna was taking deep breaths in a corner.

“You’re being nervous, which isn’t like you.”

“Of course! Whether I can receive sponsorship from His Majesty Ergen again or not is being decided!”

Luna said, clenching her fists tightly.

The reason for coming to this party was to present her research results to the Elf King and receive sponsorship.

Though isolated, Luna had been working hard to somehow overcome that situation.

“Things might work out a bit easier.”

“Huh?”

Luna made a puzzled expression at Leo’s words.

Then Luna’s eyes widened as she looked in the direction Leo was pointing.

There, Runia was approaching them.

Luna bowed her head politely in greeting.

Watching Luna, Runia took a deep breath and spoke to Leo.

“Would you like to… dance one song?”

Both in the past and now, elves loved music and dancing.

Dancing together at parties was part of their culture.

So there was nothing strange about asking for a dance.

“It would be my honor.”

Leo smiled gently and led Runia toward the center of the party hall.

The two began dancing to the music.

“You’re Leo, right?”

“Yes, Runia.”

At Leo’s words, Runia let out a sigh of relief and said.

“How much have you figured out about this world?”

“That it’s before the Age of Calamity and that it’s Luna’s world.”

“I’ve figured out that much too. Do you have any idea about the clear conditions?”

“Yes.”

“What is it?”

“Luna creating Star Magic.”

“I see.”

Hearing Leo’s words, Runia nodded.

“And one more thing.”

“Hmm?”

“Tartaros is in this world.”

At those words, Runia’s face hardened slightly.

“They’re even here in this party hall right now.”

Runia’s grip on Leo’s hand tightened.

“You mean the Tartaros of the past?”

“No. Like us, outsiders have entered this place.”

Runia made a stiff expression.

“That’s possible.”

“That’s possible? You’ve figured something out too, haven’t you?”

Leo looked puzzled seeing Runia quickly accept this without surprise.

Until now, demons had never once invaded the Heroes’ World.

It was literally an earth-shattering, tremendous event.

Yet Runia accepted Leo’s words without the slightest doubt.

Leo was certain that Runia had discovered something he didn’t know.

At Leo’s question, Runia took a deep breath.

“Leo, don’t be shocked when you hear this.”

“What is it.”

“In this world… Erebos is here.”

At Runia’s slightly trembling voice, Leo couldn’t understand the words for a moment.

“Erebos is here?”

“Yes.”

“How do you know that?”

“I saw him directly.”

Their naturally clasped hands while dancing tightened with force.

His body, which had barely calmed down after seeing Luna, began trembling again.

“Runia.”

At Leo’s call, Runia looked up.

In their original forms, there wasn’t much height difference, but now there clearly was.

Leo smiled looking at Runia who was looking up at him.

“It’s okay.”

This wasn’t the voice of the Leo she knew.

It was the voice of a past figure Runia didn’t know.

But the strength contained in that voice was Leo’s.

It was just like when she had seen Luna’s appearance moments ago.

The fear and anxiety in her heart disappeared.

Feeling Runia’s trembling stop, Leo said.

“Could you tell me about that story in detail?”

***

“How boring. This kind of war of attrition.”

Elena made a bored expression and waved her finger.

Crackle—!

Blue lightning spread in all directions.

Bzzzzzzt—!

Graaaah!

Screams burst from the electrocuted Skeleton Knights.

Snap—!

Crumble—!

As she flicked her finger, the Skeleton Knights turned to powder and disappeared.

The back alley was literally a paradise of corpses.

Undead poured out endlessly.

Not only their numbers, but their variety was diverse too.

From low-grade undead to high-grade undead.

This place was literally a nest.

Graaaah!

A ghoul walked out from inside the alley.

But it was different from ordinary ghouls.

It wore armor and held crude but functional weapons in its hands.

“Ghoul soldier.”

Elena frowned at the wafting stench.

Hadin readjusted his grip on his sword.

Whoosh— A breeze blew, carrying away the stench.

The stench emitted by ghouls contained poison.

Of course, it couldn’t affect skilled fighters like Elena and Hadin at all.

However, Elena and Hadin were currently with En.

En had become too deeply involved to send back now.

‘If discovered, she might face terrible consequences.’

Elena gently stroked the frightened En’s head.

She was merely a figure who had existed in the past.

There was no reason to protect someone who didn’t actually exist.

But neither Elena nor Hadin abandoned En.

No matter how great a hero, they cannot save everyone in the world.

Then at the very least, they had to protect those who lived their best lives before their eyes.

That was the virtue of a Hero Candidate.

Even if they were people who had already disappeared in the past.

‘Hadin would think that way. He’s so principled.’

Elena, who had removed her hand from En’s head, pointed at the ghouls with her finger.

Zing-!

Particles of light formed at her fingertip.

Elena’s reason for protecting En wasn’t anything special.

She simply did so because that’s how she was taught.

Flash-!

A white beam shot out with bright light, blowing away the ghoul soldiers.

‘And because she has the power to protect.’

Thud- Thud-

Elena, walking ahead, gently twirled her hair.

“This is getting annoying.”

Irritation flickered in her eyes.

“Should I just blow away this filthy Back Alley entirely?”

“That won’t do.”

“Why not?”

“If you use magic, the entire surrounding area will be blown away.”

“Hmm. It’s just a trash den anyway. What’s wrong with blowing it away?”

“Hmm- That’s not very Hero Candidate-like thinking.”

Click- Click-

A seductive voice echoed from inside the alley.

Along with the sound of high heels, an elf emerged from the darkness.

But both Elena and Hadin could identify the true nature of the Female Student in uniform.

“Finally crawled out, I see.”

Elena made a pleased expression.

“What a rude bitch. What do you mean ‘crawled out’? Am I a dog or something?”

At that question, Elena’s eyes widened before she made a pitying expression.

“Oh my, I made you misunderstand. Did you mistake yourself for being at least a puppy level? I was thinking cockroach though…”

“What?”

“Puppies are at least cute, but you’re just a disgusting vermin, aren’t you? So cockroach is perfect.”

“Did this bitch put a rag in her mouth…!”

The Necromancer’s face contorted with rage.

But soon she wore a relaxed smile.

“Well, chatter all you want. You’ll be dead soon anyway.”

“Oh my, no matter how disgusting, a cockroach is just a cockroach. Have you ever seen someone die to a bug?”

As Elena spoke with a bright smile, the Necromancer snorted.

“No, you will die.”

The Necromancer smiled coldly.

“God will soon open his eyes.”

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