Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 151

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151.

[Conquest Reward: Polium]

A list of conquest rewards unfolded before his eyes.

Flash-!

Thud! Thump-!

Along with bright light, four people appeared in mid-air.

“W-wait?”

Runia’s bewildered cry could be heard.

Unlike the typical Heroes’ World, Hero Dungeons randomly eject conquerors to the surrounding area when they’re cleared.

“Oh my, Miss Runia won the lottery.”

Elena smiled sweetly while watching Runia flailing in the air.

Unlike Leo, Elena, and Hadin who landed safely on the ground, Runia fell straight down.

She tried to use magic in her panic, but there was no time.

Plop-!

Leo spread his arms wide and caught Runia.

Runia’s face turned red as she was unintentionally caught in a princess carry by Leo.

“Th-thank you.”

“It’s nothing to thank me for.”

Leo set Runia down.

The light of the Hero Record faded.

Flutter~

However, Luna’s page fluttered down from the air and fell onto Leo’s palm.

It was scorched here and there, not in perfect condition.

The fortunate thing was that it wasn’t in as terrible a state as Kail’s page.

‘What’s damaged doesn’t return to normal.’

The light disappeared from Luna’s page.

Then darkness came.

Seeing this, Hadin raised his hand and used light magic.

Flash-!

The magic brightly illuminated the surroundings.

In the midst of this, Runia asked.

“Did anyone happen to receive a conquest reward?”

“I didn’t get anything.”

Hadin shook his head.

Elena spoke matter-of-factly.

“Even if you conquer a Hero Dungeon, there’s no guarantee you’ll get conquest rewards. Especially since we barely had any influence on conquering this world.”

Basically, it was natural to receive rewards when conquering Heroes’ Worlds, but sometimes conquest rewards weren’t given if the conquest contribution was low.

In the case of Runia, Elena, and Hadin, they hadn’t made significant contributions to this conquest.

So it was natural in a way that they weren’t given conquest rewards.

“But we even defeated Erebos…”

When Runia made a disappointed expression, Hadin crossed his arms.

“Erebos’s appearance was probably an abnormal situation unrelated to conquering that world. So even if we defeated him, it wouldn’t be related to contribution calculation.”

Hadin spoke seriously.

“Just meeting the Progenitor, talking with them, and fighting alongside them is an incredible experience. We even defeated Erebos, even if it was just a fragment. Plus we discovered that Tartaros is invading Heroes’ Worlds. This achievement is tremendous and can’t be exchanged for anything.”

“You’re right. That’s true.”

Runia nodded and looked toward Leo, then her eyes widened.

“Wait. Leo. Isn’t that thing in your hand Polium?”

Runia, who had just now noticed the magic staff Leo was holding, shouted.

Elena and Hadin also showed surprised expressions.

Leo looked at the Polium gripped in his hand and said.

“That’s right. Well, it seems like an empty shell though.”

As Leo said, Polium no longer emitted light.

And no magical power could be felt from it.

Literally an empty shell with nothing inside.

“Can you show it to me?”

Runia made a curious expression and extended her hand.

Leo handed over Polium.

“Ah?”

Then Polium turned into particles of light and disappeared.

“Items obtained as conquest rewards can’t be used by others. Only the one who conquered can use such items.”

Elena, who said this, smiled brightly and spoke teasingly to Hadin.

“The world’s first person to receive Polium as a conquest reward is a student from Lumern, not even a Seirun student. If this fact becomes known, Seirun will be incredibly upset, won’t they?”

“Ugh!”

At Elena’s words, Runia made an indignant expression.

Hadin stood in front of Leo with a serious face.

“Leo Flobe.”

“Yes.”

“I cannot accept that you, who interpreted the Progenitor’s magic and possesses an item symbolizing the Progenitor, are a student of Lumern.”

“W-wait a moment. Senior Hadin!”

When Hadin, who had even stronger pride as a Seirun student than herself, spoke forcefully, Runia panicked and tried to stop him.

Elena chuckled.

‘Elves really are entertaining. Their thinking isn’t flexible, so they get worked up when you provoke them like this…’

“So what?”

“Transfer schools.”

“…”

Leo looked at Hadin with incredulous eyes.

“What? Where does this elf get off pulling this nonsense?”

Elena’s face scrunched up in displeasure.

Looking at Elena, Hadin said.

“Seirun’s uniform is cooler than Lumern’s uniform.”

“Who changes schools for such a childish reason? No, what’s wrong with our school uniform in the first place?”

Elena glared.

Leo ignored the bickering seniors and looked around.

Runia, who came beside Leo, made a tense expression.

“Where could this be?”

It was inside darkness without a single point of light.

Runia also used light magic to examine the surroundings.

Then she discovered something and hesitated.

“This is…”

It was a statue.

“Lady Luna.”

The first thing they discovered was a statue of Luna.

It wasn’t Luna from her childhood that they had seen just moments ago, but Luna as the ‘Progenitor of the Starry Skies’ that everyone knew.

Runia, who was looking up at the statue that naturally drew admiration, searched the surroundings.

And she discovered another statue in the distance.

“This is Lord Dweno!”

Stubbornly tightly closed mouth.

His wide-open eyes emanated an intimidating presence at first glance.

Countless weapons were born from his hands, and those weapons became guides that opened the path for the Great Heroes.

“These are statues of the Great Heroes! Seniors! Look here! There are statues of the Great Heroes!”

At Runia’s shout, Elena and Hadin stopped fighting and approached.

Then they tilted their heads upon seeing the statues of Luna and Dweno.

Leo realized where this place was.

‘This is Heroes’ Square.’

It was a square that the residents of Gardstron had built before the final subjugation to honor the achievements of the great heroes.

Leo used Light magic.

Whoosh-!

A massive Light spell brightly illuminated the surrounding area.

The scenery that had been hidden in darkness until now was revealed.

From the time of the Age of Calamity.

The panorama of the great city that had endured even under attacks from Erebos and Tartaros was revealed.

“A city?”

“What is this place exactly…?”

“Look! There are statues of Lord Risinass and Lord Arron over there too!”

Runia pointed with her finger at the remaining statues of Risinass and Arron.

“And… huh?”

A confused exclamation from Runia could be heard.

Elena and Hadin’s reactions were no different.

A statue entered their view.

It was a statue of an unfamiliar figure.

But for some reason, it stood shoulder to shoulder with the Great Heroes as if it were natural.

‘Who is this person? Why are they together with the Great Heroes?’

Along with such questions, one name flashed through the minds of the three people.

Kail, the Hero of the Beginning.

“L-Leo! Come over here!”

Runia spoke urgently and turned her head.

But Leo was standing in front of a monument in the center of the square.

Runia hurriedly ran to Leo’s side.

Then she discovered the inscription written on the monument and swallowed hard.

-In honor of Risinass, Kail, Luna, Arron, and Dweno.

Her eyes trembled at the name Kail.

“Could it be…?”

Runia gulped down dry saliva.

“Kail was… a real person?”

Rumble-!

At the same time as those words, the entire city began to shake.

“What?”

Runia wore a panicked expression.

Leo looked up at the sky.

This place was Gardstron.

A city that had been buried deep underground long ago after being attacked by Tartaros.

‘It’s held up well until now, so why is it collapsing?’

He could feel the barrier protecting Gardstron crumbling.

Leo looked at Luna’s page clutched in his hand.

‘Was the Hero Dungeon located in Gardstron?’

It seemed the power of the Hero Dungeon that distorted space had been substituting for the barrier.

If Leo’s guess was correct, Luna’s World had been protecting the only remaining trace of Kail in this world.

Leo smiled bitterly and said,

“There’s a Warp Gate over there!”

Leo shouted while pointing at the Warp Gate they had entered through.

At those words, the four people hurriedly ran toward the Warp Gate.

Rumble-!

Due to the Light magic Leo had created, they could see chunks of earth falling.

The three people barely managed to step onto the Warp Gate.

Leo activated the gate.

Flash-!

Crash-! Along with the bright light, they could see the square collapsing.

That was the last scenery of Gardstron that Leo saw.

***

Leo’s group, who had escaped from Gardstron, immediately reported this incident to Lumern and Seirun.

Academy officials who heard the news arrived in the Garan Region.

The discovery of Luna’s Hero Dungeon alone was an amazing event.

But in addition to that, there were stories about Tartaros and the fifth Great Hero.

There were too many things complexly intertwined.

Literally a situation where it wouldn’t be strange if the world turned upside down.

Originally, Leo might have been busy being called here and there to write reports.

But Leo was immediately resting in Lumern’s infirmary.

It was Elena’s consideration.

‘Oh my? Are you planning to hold onto an injured person right now and not let them rest?’

Elena wasn’t simply the 3rd year representative.

She was the daughter of Lumern’s chairman and currently acting as deputy chairman.

With one word from Elena, all those who would bother Leo disappeared.

Thanks to this, Leo could leisurely rest in a private room in the infirmary.

However, Leo’s physical condition didn’t improve for over a week.

‘Even though it was just a fragment, I was hit by Erebos’s flames.’

Leo clicked his tongue while looking down at his burns.

The wounds from Erebos’s flames were so powerful that they wouldn’t be strange to call curses.

No matter what healing abilities he used, it was useless.

Flames that even suppressed natural healing power.

As a result, healing was slower than imaginable.

He even had to be hospitalized in the infirmary despite the mission training period having ended.

When ten days had passed in a situation where even visits were refused,

Kalian and Elena came to visit him.

“Good to see you, Leo. How’s your body feeling?”

Seeing Elena greeting him with her usual energetic voice, Leo shrugged his shoulders.

“Same as before.”

“You’re tough.”

Elena smiled and sat next to Leo.

“Hehe. This is a get-well gift, Student Leo.”

Kalian placed a luxury fruit basket in one corner of the hospital room.

Watching this, Leo asked,

“By the way, is it okay for me to be in the infirmary like this? There should be quite a lot to handle, right?”

He was resting leisurely, but currently it wasn’t a situation where he could afford to rest like this.

“You don’t need to worry about that. Actually, Elena here has been diligently working in your place. She’s even done all the reports you would have had to write for submission to the academic world, so there’s nothing for you to do.”

When Kalian said this with a smile, Leo looked at Elena.

Seeing Leo like that, Elena smiled brightly.

“This big sister is quite capable.”

“You didn’t do it carelessly because it was bothersome, making me have to redo it later, right?”

At those words, Elena made a sullen expression and tried to hit Leo’s side with her fist.

While calmly blocking that, Kalian spoke.

“I came here today to check on your condition. You probably haven’t fully recovered yet, but I think it’s time for you to start participating in classes again.”

The entire Academy was already buzzing with the story of Leo conquering Luna’s World.

Of course, the stories related to Erebos and Tartaros that were discovered in Luna’s World were kept under wraps.

If related stories spread throughout the world, it would certainly cause tremendous chaos.

“Was the matter about Kail also kept under wraps?”

“No. Quite the opposite. We’re actively informing the world about Kail.”

Evidence had been discovered that Kail, who had been known as a fictional character until now, actually existed.

There was no reason to hide this.

“However, there’s something I’d like to ask you in relation to that.”

Kalian wore a serious expression.

“Student Leo. Do you… perhaps have any connection to the Hero of Beginning?”

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