Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 145

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145.

“God?”

Elena tilted her head.

“Are you talking about Erebos?”

“Don’t carelessly speak that person’s name with your filthy mouth.”

“My mouth is clean. I brush my teeth every morning, afternoon, and evening.”

Elena, who had been showing her teeth, smiled brightly.

“Ah, you people have no manners, so you wouldn’t have such concepts, would you? Moreover, among demons, necromancers who go around picking up corpses must smell particularly bad.”

Elena scrunched up her face as if she had smelled a terrible stench.

At that reaction, the necromancer Viner’s body trembled violently.

“You, you damn bitch…!”

There was something in Elena’s tone that gently scratched at Viner.

More precisely, it was Elena’s attitude.

Having lived as a demon, Viner was accustomed to all kinds of curses and insults.

No matter how harsh the verbal abuse, it wouldn’t be enough to make her lose her reason.

But Elena’s gaze and attitude.

That condescending appearance, as if she were truly dealing with an insect, was enough to make her blood boil.

In reality, Elena was treating Viner as nothing more or less than a bug she could kill at any time.

“Don’t you dare insult me, Viner, who was chosen by the Overlord King, you lowly human!”

Kwagagagagagagak-!

As Viner unleashed her dark magic, a black magic circle was created.

And from within it, bone blades poured out.

“I’ll tear you to shreds!”

Kagagagagagagagak-!

The dark magic devastated the surrounding area as it engulfed Elena.

Seeing this, Hadin narrowed his eyes.

‘Quite a high-ranking demon. 3rd class. No, at this level, maybe 4th class?’

Demon ranks are divided into a total of 7 classes.

And if she’s 4th class level, she’s a high-ranking demon who could easily annihilate most countries’ vanguard knight orders.

She was literally an object of terror.

She wasn’t at the level to be treated as a ‘bug’ as Elena had said.

“Ahahaha! You were just babbling with that loose mouth of yours! Serves you right!”

Viner pointed at the pile of bones as if feeling satisfied.

Each of those bones was a sharp and solid weapon that could easily tear human flesh with just a graze.

Having been covered by such bone blades, there was no way she could survive.

“You’re next.”

Viner’s venomous killing intent turned toward Hadin.

“How should I kill you?”

Looking at the sneering Viner, Hadin spoke.

“Unfortunately, you won’t be able to kill me.”

“These days, hero candidates don’t know their place.”

Viner shook her head.

“Do you know how many hero candidates I’ve killed? The likes of you are no match for me. You’ve heard of me, haven’t you? Viner. I’m famous among you people, aren’t I?”

“Bone-eating Viner?”

Bone-eating Viner.

A notorious demon who had been active for 100 years, killing countless hero candidates.

“That’s right. I am the bone-eating Viner.”

Viner flicked her tongue.

All the hero candidates she had encountered were the same.

‘At first, they act all high and mighty as if they’ve become heroes themselves. There were many brats who arrogantly flapped their mouths like that bitch just now.’

But that only lasts for a moment.

The instant they hear her name.

They’re either paralyzed with fear or busy running away.

The moment when their confident faces were dyed with terror was when Viner felt the most ecstasy.

Hadin would be no different.

Viner harbored such expectations.

But the moment she met Hadin’s eyes, she hesitated.

Hadin wasn’t looking at Viner.

He wasn’t even glancing this way and was stroking the head of the frightened Merin.

“Don’t worry.”

“But… the angel… En…”

“Hah? You’re quite leisurely, aren’t you?”

Viner made an expression of disbelief.

“This isn’t the time to be worrying about that fake, is it?”

“You’re the one who shouldn’t be worrying about me right now.”

“What?”

“If she were a woman who would fall to something like this, she wouldn’t have been worth targeting.”

Clatter- clang-

The pile of bones began to tremble.

Seeing this, Viner’s complexion changed immediately.

‘What? She’s alive?’

Viner’s magic wasn’t simply sharp.

Each of those bone blades was heavier than an average adult man.

She had been hit head-on by such things.

There was no way she could be alive.

No, even if she were alive, there was no way she could escape.

But…

Kwaaaaang-!

The pile of bones exploded upward into the sky.

But they didn’t scatter in all directions.

Elena, her entire body wrapped in pink magic power, smiled sweetly.

Seeing this, Viner’s eyes widened.

Viner had also heard the rumors.

‘There’s a vicious woman with pink magic power in Lumern.’

“Elena… Jereon.”

“Ding dong, correct.”

Elena, who smiled cheerfully, unleashed her magic power.

Viner’s face was colored with shock.

The pile of bones floating in the air by Elena’s magic power began to tremble and emit black smoke.

It was none other than Viner’s dark magic.

Along with that, Elena’s magic power seeped into the bone blades.

Necromancer magic is largely divided into two types.

Necromancy that controls corpses.

Corpse magic that uses corpses.

Whichever it was, it was impossible for earthly races to steal control of necromancer magic.

But…

‘She stole control of my magic?!’

It would have made sense if she had dispelled it with a dispel.

But to steal control of the magic?

“I don’t need this, so I’ll return it to you.”

Elena smiled brightly and pointed at Viner with her finger.

In an instant, bone blades shot toward Viner.

“W-wait… Kyaaaaaaah!”

Kwagagagagagagak-!

Viner’s agonizing scream echoed as she was engulfed by the bone blades.

“Humans would die from something like that! As expected of a cockroach, her vitality is on a different level.”

Elena turned around haughtily and approached while grumbling.

Then she went up to Merin and patted her head.

“Were you worried about me? Aww~ How precious.”

After saying that, Elena now glared at Hadin.

“It seems you weren’t worried about me at all.”

“Is there any reason to waste mental energy worrying about you?”

“Oh my, look at what you’re saying?”

Elena, who had been making a sulky expression, suddenly froze.

Crack-

Cracks began to appear on Hadin’s body.

Not just Hadin.

Elena’s body was the same.

Both of them showed surprised expressions simultaneously.

Crash-!

Like glass shattering.

Fragments of their bodies scattered into pieces.

Along with that, Elena and Hadin shed their fake world appearances and returned to their true forms.

“What in the world is this…?”

Hadin showed a surprised expression.

Elena looked at Merin.

Merin was also disappearing as fragments of light.

‘A phenomenon similar to when we conquered the Heroes’ World.’

But it was clearly different.

“Kikikikikik.”

Then laughter was heard.

Elena glanced at Viner.

“Lowly creatures… how dare you act so arrogantly until now?”

“Isn’t it you who acted arrogantly without knowing your place?”

“You damn bitch!”

Viner’s eyes became bloodshot as she watched Elena retort without backing down.

But soon she wore a sinister smile.

“Your arrogance ends here!”

Viner’s face was colored with ecstasy.

“God… the great flame of calamity awakens!”

Whoosh-!

Suddenly, black flames ignited on Viner’s body.

“Ah! I can hear that person’s voice…!”

Viner’s body trembled and her eyes rolled back.

“Ahahahahaha! Voice! I can hear the voice! Kyahahahahahahaha!”

Elena waved her hand while watching Viner burst into mad laughter.

Crack-!

Light particles fell from the sky like a guillotine and severed Viner’s neck.

“Hahahahahahahahahaha!”

But Viner didn’t stop laughing madly.

“It seems… that god refers to Erebos after all?”

Elena narrowed her eyes.

“It seems so.”

Hadin showed a tense expression and raised his aura.

Squirm- Squirm-

Viner’s body began to twist and swell.

“So this is her true form.”

Elena clicked her tongue.

“Though she doesn’t seem to be in her right mind.”

“Elena. We must conquer this dungeon.”

“Yes. It doesn’t seem to be simply a matter of whether we conquer the World of the Great Heroes or not.”

Elena raised her magic power.

“It’s definitely deeply connected to the great calamity.”

***

Leo and Runia noticed the anomaly when they were discussing Erebos.

“Leo… you!”

Runia’s eyes widened as she saw Leo, who had returned to his original appearance.

Leo also furrowed his brow as he looked at Runia, who had returned to her original form.

‘What’s this?’

He looked up at the sky.

A sky full of starlight.

There were cracks in it.

As if the world had been conquered.

But it was different from conquest.

In the cracked places, not bright light but gloomy black light flickered.

And that darkness was a color Leo knew all too well.

‘Erebos’s flame.’

The flame of calamity that never goes out.

It resembled too closely the color of that flame that once burned this world.

‘There’s a fragment of Erebos in this world.’

All of Pibua’s words made sense now.

Darkness fell.

‘She wasn’t talking about something like Tartaros.’

Leo’s hands clenched with force.

‘She was talking about Erebos.’

A karmic connection from his previous life.

He could clearly feel that terrifying existence was present here.

The party hall also buzzed as they looked at Leo and Runia.

“Who the hell are you people!”

“What did you do to the princess?”

Several elves raised their voices.

Seeing this, Sid shouted.

“What scheme did you have when you infiltrated on this auspicious day!”

Humans were in a place where humans could never enter.

Moreover, to the residents of this world, it would appear that Leo and Runia had disguised themselves as Akint and Princess Seizar.

Killing intent arose among the elves due to the sudden situation.

Normally, this would be a conquest failure.

But now, such things didn’t matter.

‘The world is breaking down.’

A fragment of Kail’s page flashed through Leo’s mind.

Like his own page that was broken and only fragments remained.

The evidence that Luna had existed in this world was disappearing.

What would happen if his friends’ pages became broken and disappeared like his own page?

In this current world where only the Hero Record proves the existence of heroes.

What would happen if all the pages disappeared?

‘Everything we accomplished.’

Leo closed his eyes.

‘Our story would be forgotten.’

He didn’t care about himself.

He was already a forgotten person.

But what about his friends?

What about the Great Heroes who each held their own ideals and tried to save the world?

Leo turned his gaze to look at Luna, whose eyes were wide open.

Luna’s eyes were trembling at the fact that he wasn’t Akint.

That appearance overlapped with her last moment.

Luna’s appearance, always smiling brightly as usual.

But her eyes were trembling with anxiety.

This elf was always arrogant, but she was also a strange elf who got discouraged more easily than anyone else.

‘Hey…!’

‘Kail…’

‘Don’t do it.’

‘If one of us has to live… you know it’s right for you to remain, carrying Arron and Dweno’s burden, don’t you?’

‘Don’t do it! You damn bitch!’

He screamed while coughing up blood.

But that damn stubborn elf, as usual, didn’t listen to his words until the very end.

‘This is for the best. You would have done the same if you were me!’

‘No…! That’s not true!’

‘Sorry for dumping everything on you too.’

A friend who saved him without hesitation, saying that if both were going to die, it was right for the one carrying more burdens to live.

That damn friend who apologized with a face that looked like she was about to cry at the end.

If all the pages disappeared.

She would be forgotten like himself.

Leo approached Luna.

Luna stepped back with a wary expression.

“Who are you? Where is Teacher Akint?”

“Luna.”

This world had already begun to break down.

There was no time for strategies or anything else.

The Progenitor’s Pages.

There was only one way to protect Luna’s story.

‘Eliminate the culprit that’s destroying the world.’

5000 years ago, they couldn’t defeat it even by joining forces.

But…

‘Now I will defeat it.’

Leo placed his hand on the bracelet.

Whoosh-!

Along with that, Polium revealed itself in Leo’s hand.

That noble staff that chooses the great Elf King was glowing in Leo’s hand.

The elves who saw it gasped.

Luna also opened her eyes wide.

“It’s time to save the world once again.”

“What?”

“I need your power.”

Leo handed Polium to Luna.

Flash-!

A light incomparably brighter than when Leo held it burst forth.

As if it had met its true master.

Leo looked at the surprised Luna and said.

“Help me.”

Grip-

Luna’s hand holding Polium tightened with strength.

A strange young boy.

A human she should rightfully be wary of.

But why?

Why was that voice calling her familiarly so dear that it brought tears to her eyes?

Why did that smile looking at her brightly seem sad?

She didn’t know.

Words she couldn’t understand.

But… Luna’s instincts were telling her.

To that plea for help…

“Yes.”

She had to respond.

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