Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 148

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148.

Hissssssss-

Leo’s body, which had pushed its firepower to the limit, cooled rapidly.

“Leo! When did you learn our family’s magic?”

“I learned it by watching your magic.”

“What? You only saw it once!”

Leo smiled at the astonished Runia.

“I referenced it to construct a magic formula. Of course, it’s crude compared to the real thing.”

Leo’s words were true.

Though he had created magic by referencing Runia’s flames, it was crude compared to the original.

“How is this crude? It’s clearly showing proper power.”

“There’s a price to pay.”

“What? What price?”

Leo grabbed his collar and slightly pulled down his shirt.

Runia flinched upon seeing Leo’s burned chest.

She knew that Leo had used flames beyond his limit while consuming his own body.

‘But this is a bit too severe, isn’t it?’

Runia showed a flustered expression and tried to cast healing magic.

“It’s fine. I’ll do it myself.”

Leo cast healing magic while looking toward Erebos.

His gaze was captivated by the black flames.

The utterly hateful flames that had once plunged the world into disaster.

The great catastrophe that had brought fear and despair to the world was before his eyes.

Killing intent flickered in Leo’s eyes as he tightened his grip on his sword.

Runia, who had followed Leo into the audience hall, swallowed her dry saliva.

Even seeing it again, it was overwhelming.

‘Is Leo unaffected?’

With such thoughts, she carefully approached and looked at Leo’s profile.

“Le… o?”

Before she knew it, all expression had disappeared from Leo’s face.

The Leo Flobe that Runia knew was a boy who, despite being younger, was arrogantly more mature than herself.

Not the typical pride or conceit of peers his age.

Or recklessness, but truly an adult-like atmosphere.

A composure that seemed like he would never lose his ease in any situation.

Even annoyingly cunning like an old man, but still a boy more trustworthy than anyone else.

That was the boy Leo that Luna knew.

But now Leo showed none of those traits.

An eerily expressionless face.

Along with red eyes that emitted suffocating killing intent.

The boy she knew was nowhere to be found.

That fact somehow felt strange and frightening, causing Runia to unconsciously reach out her hand.

Tug-

Leo looked at Runia, who was pulling at his sleeve.

Seeing Runia’s somehow anxious expression, Leo smiled gently.

Seeing Leo return to his usual self, Runia felt relief and let go of his sleeve.

Leo, having regained his composure, coldly assessed the situation.

‘This is a fragment of Erebos.’

As Leo had expected, the Erebos in this world was merely a fragment.

A pure mass of power with no will whatsoever.

Even that power was embarrassingly weak to be called Erebos.

‘Of course, that alone is disaster-level.’

This fragment was distorting the Heroes’ World by its very existence.

Though it was merely a shard of power, it was certainly a terrifying monster too formidable to handle at present.

‘That’s only if it had consciousness, though.’

Leo flexed his grip on his sword.

‘Now then, how do I deal with this damn thing?’

Even if it’s a mass of power, if that power is the never-extinguishing flame of disaster, it’s troublesome to handle.

It was when Leo narrowed his eyes.

“What the hell is this?”

Luna’s bewildered voice was heard.

Leo and Runia looked at Luna.

Luna was glaring at Erebos with extremely wary eyes.

“Why is something like this in the audience hall?”

“Lady Luna. Can you see this?”

Runia asked with a somewhat flustered face.

As far as she knew, the residents of the Heroes’ World couldn’t see Erebos.

No matter how great a hero Luna was, she was ultimately a past existence that had already died and disappeared.

No matter how real she seemed, she was an illusion that didn’t actually exist.

Like other figures from the Heroes’ World, she should normally be unable to perceive Erebos.

“Of course. How could something this huge not be visible?”

Luna looked at Runia as if asking what she was talking about.

“Runia. Is there anything different about Erebos now compared to when you saw it earlier?”

At Leo’s question, Runia looked at Erebos with a tense face.

“No, it’s the same.”

At Runia’s answer, Leo narrowed his eyes.

‘What exactly is the difference?’

“So this is that monster you mentioned? Then it’s simple! Let’s deal with this monster right away before it awakens!”

“W-wait a moment, Lady Luna! You mustn’t act rashly!”

The startled Runia tried to stop Luna.

But Luna was someone with an eccentric personality who acted before thinking.

Luna, gripping Polium, deployed her mana.

Flash-!

Along with it, countless magic circles adorned the air.

Luna’s tremendous mana surged.

Before Runia could even stop her, Luna’s magic poured forth.

KWAAAAAAAANG-!

Magic that brilliantly adorned the air.

Runia’s mouth fell open at its overwhelming magnificence.

She found herself paying respect once again to Luna’s unfathomable power.

Thick smoke from the explosion’s aftermath filled the entire audience hall.

When the smoke cleared and revealed Erebos’s form, Luna made a frustrated expression.

Despite taking a direct hit from Luna’s powerful magic, Erebos was unharmed.

Seeing Erebos without any damage, Luna’s competitive spirit flared up.

“Oh? Look at this?”

“L-Lady Luna! Please calm down for now…!”

In fairy tales and literature, the Progenitor of the Starry Skies is described as having a loving and gentle personality.

A great mage who maintains tranquility even in most situations and serves as a pillar of support for the great heroes.

That was the general image of Luna.

‘That’s why fairy tales are lies.’

The real Luna was hot-tempered and unstoppable when she lost her mind.

Luna was the one with the most destructive tendencies in the expedition force.

Just looking at the magic she created that boasted overwhelming firepower was enough to guess her personality.

That Luna had been ignited.

Once she got like this, she was nearly impossible to stop.

‘Nearly impossible.’

Leo approached Luna.

Then he struck the head of Luna, whose eyes were sparking with fire, with a ‘thwack!’

“Owwwww!”

Luna, who crouched down clutching her head, glared at Leo with tears welling up in her eyes.

Seeing this, Runia was shocked and rushed to care for Luna.

“L-Luna! Are you alright? Leo! How could you hit Luna!”

“She was going on a rampage like an idiot.”

“Who are you calling an idiot!”

Luna grabbed Leo by the collar and growled at him.

Pushing such Luna away, Leo said.

“Calm down. That monster isn’t something you can defeat by just charging at it recklessly.”

At those words, Luna hesitated.

Then she glared at Erebos with a “grr.”

Runia looked bewildered seeing Leo instantly calm down the rampaging Luna.

Even in his previous life, it had been Leo’s job to calm down a rampaging Luna.

‘Why didn’t Luna’s magic work?’

Even though she hadn’t completed Star Magic yet, Luna’s magic was overwhelming.

No matter how much it was Erebos, it was strange that the fragment was completely unaffected.

It was when Leo was making a serious expression.

“Insolent…!”

A voice filled with murderous intent was heard.

Turning his head, Leo saw Sid, who had recovered his body, and made an indifferent expression.

“You’re alive? How persistent.”

“I won’t forgive you bastards who trampled this place with your filthy feet…”

“Oh my, there was another bug here?”

Thwack!

Along with a cheerful voice, a pretty leather shoe stomped on Sid’s head.

For the action of a beautiful girl, it was quite rough and cruel.

“Ew~”

Elena brushed off Sid’s flesh and blood that had stuck to her foot as if disgusted.

Since she was protected by magic, blood and flesh didn’t actually stick to her foot, but the physiological revulsion was unavoidable.

“I came because I was worried. Are you both okay?”

Elena, who entered the audience hall with a bright smile, spotted Luna and her eyes widened.

“Progenitor of the Starry Skies?”

“Progenitor of the Starry Skies? What’s that? I don’t know who would be called by such a grand name, but it sounds pretty cool?”

Luna’s eyes sparkled as she admired it.

“Um, Elena. So…”

“Yeah, I understand.”

Elena, who had extensive experience conquering the Heroes’ World, easily grasped the current situation.

Then she approached Luna and greeted her politely.

“I’m Elena Jeron. It’s an honor to meet you.”

“Hm? Right. Nice to meet you. I’m Luna Rubinance.”

Elena smiled brightly.

Then she approached Leo.

“Oh my! Leo, are you hurt?”

Runia was a bit flustered seeing Elena making a fuss while examining Leo’s body.

‘She met a great hero and that’s her only reaction?’

Elena, who had been making a fuss while approaching Leo’s side, stopped moving.

“What is that thing?”

Elena’s face, which never lost its composure, hardened slightly.

Her eyes were directed precisely at the sleeping Erebos.

“It’s Erebos.”

“Erebos?”

She recalled Viner’s words from before coming here.

‘She said a god had awakened… was she talking about this?’

Elena made a tense expression.

Even she, who never lost her composure in anything, couldn’t help but be tense in front of the terrifying calamity from legend.

But soon she made a puzzled expression seeing Erebos showing no reaction at all.

“Is it sleeping?”

“Yes.”

“Hmm. Then it’s simple.”

Elena smiled brightly and poked Leo’s cheek with her finger.

“Even if it’s a monster, if it can’t even move, there’s nothing to be afraid of, right? Let’s get rid of it right away.”

Leo brushed away Elena’s hand and stepped forward.

Whoooosh!

Aura and mana swirled around Leo’s body.

“Ooh?”

Elena let out an exclamation of admiration.

‘Amazing?’

The power swirling around Leo’s body wasn’t at a first-year level.

‘As expected, this guy is a bigger shot than I thought.’

Elena’s eyes sparkled.

Meeting a great hero from the past was amazing.

But unlike others, she didn’t attach any greater meaning to it.

It wasn’t because she didn’t respect the great hero.

It was because she wasn’t particularly attached to the past.

‘What’s important is the present.’

Elena’s interest was inevitably deeper in someone who would become a new great hero rather than a great hero who had closed his eyes long ago.

It was when Leo was about to use magic.

“Insolent!”

Sid, who had been trampled by Elena and then revived again, recovered his body once more and blocked Leo’s path.

“What a persistent bug.”

Elena made an annoyed expression.

“What safety gives you the right to run that vulgar mouth!”

Murderous intent flashed in Sid’s eyes.

Seeing such Sid, Elena let out a sneer.

“What can you even do to be so confident…”

Thump!

Suddenly, a massive heartbeat sound was heard.

Everyone made surprised expressions at that heartbeat sound.

Thump- Thump-

Whoooosh-

The black flames that had been burning quietly began to blaze fiercely.

Sid turned his head and made an expression of disbelief.

Flash!

Erebos’s crimson eyes opened.

“E, Erebos-sama!”

Sid’s face was colored with ecstasy.

“Hahaha! God! The great God has awakened! The divine will has awakened!”

Seeing Sid trembling while bursting into mad laughter, Runia and Elena’s faces turned pale.

“Now! Prostrate yourselves in worship! You detestable remnants of the Great Hero! Tremble in fear at the sight of the great flame of calamity…”

Crash-!

“Guhek-!”

Erebos’s massive foot trampled Sid.

Whoosh-!

Sid burned away to nothing.

Roooooar-!

As it raised its body, black flames began sweeping through every part of the World Tree.

Graaaaaaaaaar-!

With an intense roar, black flames swelled up from Erebos’s body.

The moment they saw it, Runia and Elena’s instincts spoke.

‘We’re going to die.’

Craaaaaaaash-!

A massive wave of black flames swept in all directions.

Runia squeezed her eyes shut.

Then, realizing she was still alive, she cautiously opened her eyes.

Elena stood beside Runia with her arms crossed.

‘I had no means to block that… Is it true that even young, a Progenitor is still a Progenitor?’

Elena’s gaze, which had been looking at Luna’s back that protected her, turned further ahead.

‘But what about that kid?’

“Are you okay? That monster is terrifying.”

Impatience colored Luna’s face, which had maintained a relaxed expression until now.

“Did it awaken because of me?”

Seeing Luna grinding her teeth, Runia shook her head.

“I don’t think that’s it. B-but more importantly, where’s Leo? Where is Leo? Did he get caught up in those flames?”

“If you mean Leo, he’s right there in front.”

Elena pointed straight ahead.

There stood Leo, protecting his body with gray mana.

Leo wiped the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.

‘Is this my limit for now?’

He had taken considerable damage.

But no matter how strong it was, he wasn’t weak enough to be defeated by a fragment of Erebos.

Since Leo was the one who had defeated Erebos, he possessed countermeasures against the unextinguishable black flames.

The surrounding area including the World Tree had vanished completely.

The castle had collapsed and the world was swept by black flames.

It was like the end of the world.

Grooooooar!

In the midst of it all, the fragment of Erebos was roaring.

‘What’s the reason it suddenly started moving?’

Leo frowned.

Erebos, which had been nothing but an empty shell without even will, suddenly began moving.

‘Did it suddenly gain will? No. I still don’t sense any will from that thing.’

What dwelt in Erebos’s eyes was only savage madness.

Even so, Erebos was running wild.

‘Is it because of me?’

Just as Leo hated Erebos.

Erebos also hated Kail, who had split it into multiple pieces.

If Erebos’s power had awakened according to instinct, that wouldn’t be a strange story.

Leo clenched and unclenched his fists.

“What should we do now?”

Elena made an anxious expression while biting her nails.

Runia gritted her teeth.

The emotion felt by the two people who knew about Erebos was only one thing.

Nothing but overwhelming despair.

“What do you mean what should we do? Why are you asking something so obvious?”

Then Luna, who had lifted her barrier, spoke calmly.

Runia and Elena looked at Luna’s back.

Luna, who smiled slightly, turned around and said.

“We have to defeat that monster.”

At that smile, Elena and Runia’s eyes widened greatly.

For a moment, that confident appearance seemed to overlap with someone else.

“Right? Leo.”

Luna spoke to Leo.

At those words, Leo chuckled.

“Of course.”

Seeing Luna’s appearance, not yielding even a bit before the great calamity, Elena muttered.

“How interesting.”

“Huh?”

“I mean how Luna-sama just gave us courage.”

Elena smiled.

“Doesn’t she resemble Leo?”

“…!”

Runia’s eyes widened greatly.

And she looked ahead.

They certainly resembled each other.

Remembering the school trip, Runia was surprised.

Elena, who stretched her clasped hands behind her back, gazed intently at Leo.

“So this is how those first-year kids felt during the Gigantes incident.”

Her heart was stirring.

She had never felt like this in her entire life.

“A hero…”

It was a word she had never yearned for.

Even when she respected someone, she had never once thought she wanted to follow in their footsteps.

She thought it would always be that way.

But… Leo’s back captivated her gaze.

She came to yearn for it.

Her heart was drawn to that brilliantly radiant figure.

Feeling this, Elena thought.

‘It might not be so bad.’

Despite the desperate situation, the girl who yearned for a hero for the first time in her life smiled brightly.

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