Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 164

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164

At Leo’s words, the Pegasus, Ati, narrowed her eyes.

[What exactly are you? How did you exert influence over me when we haven’t even made a contract yet?]

Her return from polymorph state to her original form wasn’t by her own will, but by Leo’s power.

A summoner can exert some degree of influence over their familiar.

But that’s only when a contract has been established.

Leo had summoned Ati through the summoning circle Shasha created, but that was merely summoning.

They weren’t in a contracted state.

Ati was still the Pegasus of the Roden Imperial House.

Yet Leo had forcibly intervened in the contract and seized command authority.

A situation where someone other than the Pact Maker was controlling her.

For a highest-tier familiar like a Pegasus, this could be an unpleasant situation.

However, Ati felt more curiosity than such emotions.

“Since it’s a temporary contract state, there are gaps, right? I just exploited those gaps.”

[It’s not impossible, but… I can’t believe a mere teenage human boy accomplished this?]

“I’m just exceptionally talented.”

Leo shrugged his shoulders.

Watching him, Ati squinted her eyes and nodded.

[Well, having a unique experience wouldn’t be too bad. Shasha, I’ll lend my power to this boy for a while… Shasha?]

Ati looked at Shasha with a puzzled expression, then showed surprise.

Leo also hardened his face.

Shasha was frozen with a shocked expression.

Leo examined Shasha, who was frozen as if time itself had stopped, and muttered.

“A curse.”

Even for Leo, who had encountered all kinds of curses while navigating the Age of Calamity, this was a form of curse he’d never seen before.

‘A newly created curse?’

Leo narrowed his eyes and rushed to Ati.

And without hesitation, he mounted Ati’s saddle.

“Excuse me.”

[Wait! Who said you could mount me so freely…!]

“The situation is urgent. It might be unpleasant, but please understand for now.”

Leo reached out and gently stroked Ati’s neck.

[Hnngh?]

Instantly, Ati trembled slightly.

“Ah, sorry. I did it unconsciously.”

As Leo, who had contracted with a Pegasus during his time as Kail, found himself mounted on a Pegasus’s back again, he felt inexplicably moved.

[To carelessly stroke a lady’s body.]

“Sorry.”

Ati was somewhat surprised by Leo’s naturally skilled way of holding the reins.

[Have you handled a Pegasus before?]

Having traversed countless battlefields with a Pegasus in his previous life, his touch was very familiar.

“This is my first time in this life.”

[Then why are you so familiar with it?]

Surprised, Ati introduced herself.

[Let me properly introduce myself. My name is Ati, and you?]

“Leo Flobe.”

[Nice to meet you, Leo Flobe. It’s only temporary, but since this seems like an urgent situation, I’ll lend you my power.]

Snorting, Ati irritably pawed the ground with her front hooves.

[So? Who’s the enemy? Looking at Shasha’s condition, it seems like Tartaros?]

“That’s right. They’ve infiltrated the Great Library of Lumern right now.”

[In Lumern? Must be quite a formidable demon.]

Ati curled up the corners of her mouth.

[Good. But rookie, it’s fine that you want to ride me into battle, but can you handle me? I don’t like entrusting my body to a terrible rider.]

Watching Ati spread her wings as she asked, Leo smiled.

“Once you get used to me, you won’t be able to let anyone else ride you.”

[Hmm? You’re quite confident. The only person who ever satisfied me was the first emperor of Roden.]

Ati giggled.

[Well, carrying an enthusiastic, cheeky brat isn’t too bad either. Alright then, let’s go!]

Whoosh-!

Crackle-!

As Ati fully spread her wings, intense white sparks swirled around.

Crash-!

At the same time, Ati broke through the door and burst out of the room.

Crackle-!

Simultaneously, gray sparks swirled from Leo’s hands.

[Lightning aura?]

Ati was surprised.

[You can use aura and summoned me at that age? Not bad.]

Even though he had summoned her through the summoning circle Shasha opened, summoning was still summoning.

Moreover, by Ati’s assessment, Leo’s amount of spiritual power was far inferior compared to Shasha’s.

Yet on top of that, he was using aura too.

[You freely manipulate the lightning attribute. This should be good compatibility.]

Lightly impressed, Ati ascended to the very top of the Great Library following Leo’s control.

Reaching the end of the Great Library’s towering ceiling, Leo narrowed his eyes and looked down below.

‘Similar to a curse of severance.’

The Great Library itself was severed from the outside.

But it was slightly different.

‘The space itself is different.’

It was similar to the Heroes’ World.

Of course, it was fundamentally different.

If the Heroes’ World was creating an entire world, this was simply separating this space itself from the outside.

‘A two-dimensional concept?’

A technique for creating a small new dimension within the original world.

It couldn’t affect the original dimension, but nothing was more covert for crossing between spaces.

Originally, only the caster could enter this space, but Leo had now entered this space.

‘More precisely, it’s not that only the caster can enter, but those who recognize the curse’s identity can enter.’

If Leo hadn’t recognized it either, he would have been cursed and wouldn’t have known such a space existed.

‘I understand the principle. But if it’s someone capable of using such a high-level conceptual curse, they’ll be quite troublesome.’

As Leo tensely surveyed the interior of the frozen Great Library.

Flash-!

Dark red light split into several branches from behind a desk below in the Great Library.

Recognizing this, Leo pulled on the reins.

Whoooooosh-!

Dark red magical bullets flew toward Leo and Ati.

Whoosh-!

Ati raced through the interior of the Great Library at tremendous speed.

The speed of the Pegasus, which boasted the fastest speed among all existing familiars, was literally like lightning.

Crackle-!

Ati’s figure, wrapped in lightning and illuminating the darkness, was truly a spectacular sight.

Whoooosh-!

He dodged all the mana bullets.

However, the mana bullets that Leo and Ati had dodged changed direction and pursued Leo.

‘A tracking function.’

Leo glanced back briefly and looked ahead.

Whoosh-!

A tall bookshelf appeared before his eyes.

Leo lightly leaped over the bookshelf.

Crash-!

But the mana bullets didn’t care and pierced through the bookshelf to continue their pursuit.

Seeing this, Leo said.

“Increase the speed more.”

[What? Then we’ll crash into something? I don’t mind, but you’ll get hurt?]

“It doesn’t matter. Just move as I direct you.”

[Fine, I got it. Just don’t regret it.]

Ati sighed and increased her speed even more.

A tremendous wind pressure could be felt.

He could feel the obstacles ahead approaching at an unimaginably fast pace.

Leo controlled Ati using the reins.

Ati’s eyes filled with amazement as she moved according to Leo’s commands.

‘His reaction speed is incredible?’

She never dreamed there could be a rider who could give perfect instructions even at this speed.

‘His ability as a rider is above the first Rodren? What kind of kid is this?’

Leo’s red eyes flashed as he pursued the Demon’s movements within the complex Great Library.

As powerful as the curse being used, the enemy’s strength was very powerful and also stealthy.

But Leo identified the enemy’s location without much difficulty.

Crackle-!

Instantly, a magic circle unfolded in Leo’s hand.

Seeing this, Ati let out a scream filled with shock.

[Magic? Weren’t you a summoner knight?!]

Ati, who had just seen Leo using aura and called him a summoner knight who handled aura and summons, couldn’t help but scream in shock seeing Leo use magic as well.

“No, I’m an all-class.”

[All-class?!]

While Ati wore an expression of shock, Leo used the spell he completed on Ati’s horn.

“Chain Lightning!”

Crackle-!

Intense sparks flew.

Seeing this, Ati’s eyes widened.

‘He fused spiritual power and magic?’

If this happened, the spell’s power would definitely be greatly enhanced.

‘This cheeky brat is using me as a magic amplification tool?’

While letting out a hollow laugh, Ati shot Chain Lightning toward the rear.

Crash-!

The Chain Lightning, transformed with tremendous power, destroyed the pursuing dark magic.

“Over there!”

[Got it!]

Ati increased her speed even more as she pursued the enemy.

Then a giant summoning circle appeared in the air and a blood clot golem was completed.

[Blood Golem? How arrogant! You think you can stop me with this kind of blood clot?]

Ati, wearing a scornful expression, spread both wings wide.

Crackle! Crash-!

Intense sparks began flying from the magical armor she wore.

Fiora, who was still young.

And unlike Kirran who had lost his wings, Ati was literally one of the three great summons in perfect condition.

Unlike the two summons who needed Leo’s assistance, Ati was a powerful summon with great strength on her own.

But in response to Ati’s power, giant bones began forming inside the Blood Golem’s body.

Along with that, flesh sprouted all over its body.

‘A fusion.’

Using the Blood Golem as a base, they fused bone golem and flesh golem together.

‘The materials used for fusion… are they from Gigantes?’

Leo activated his spiritual power against the golem made using the corpse of the strongest magical beast.

Crackle-!

Whoosh-!

Instantly, Ati’s wings grew even larger.

Seeing this, Ati’s eyes widened greatly.

‘This brat…? He awakened my latent abilities?’

Awakening the latent abilities of a summon that was already an adult.

Unlike simply drawing out the potential of a growing summon, this was a powerful and difficult technique that drew out hidden power that even the summon itself wasn’t aware of.

It was literally impossible without overwhelming capability as a summoner.

Crash-!

Drawing a trajectory of white lightning, Ati punched a hole through the golem’s chest and charged toward the enemy’s back.

At that moment.

Whoosh-!

The Demon concealed its form.

Crash-!

Along with that, the curse was lifted and a loud noise echoed through the Great Library.

“What’s happening!”

“Who’s causing a disturbance in the Great Library!”

The murderous voices of librarians could be heard.

[What exactly is your identity…]

“Let’s talk about it later.”

Leo felt people rushing over and sent Ati back to where she originally was.

It would be troublesome if it became known that Leo had summoned Pegasus.

After sending Ati back, Leo raised his head.

And seeing the door in front of him, he narrowed his eyes.

‘This place is…?’

***

Leo, who had used his abilities in the Great Library in the middle of the night, was escorted directly to the Tower of Heroes.

Using abilities in the Great Library wasn’t just a simple rule violation.

It was serious enough that expulsion wouldn’t be strange.

Fortunately, that night Leo and Shasha were the only students studying in the Great Library at night.

Shasha came to the Tower of Heroes with Leo as a witness.

“Please enter, student Leo Flobe.”

The headmaster’s secretary Erena spoke in a cold voice.

Leo, who had been looking at Erena for a moment, entered the Headmaster’s Office.

Shasha tried to follow Leo inside.

“Princess Shasha, please wait.”

At Erena’s restraint, Shasha wore a displeased expression but soon nodded.

She too realized the seriousness of the situation.

‘This is bad. Did he summon Pegasus and cause a rampage? But suddenly he was outside as if he had disappeared?’

Shasha was also feeling various confusions.

Leo entered the Headmaster’s Office just like that.

There were three people inside the Headmaster’s Office.

Headmaster Kalian, Vice-Principal Riben.

And the professor in charge of the Lumern Grand Library, notorious for being strict.

Brian was there.

“Care to explain, Leo Flobe! The reason you dared commit such a grave sin by breaking school rules in the sacred Grand Library!”

Brian shouted in an excited voice while stroking his white beard.

Seeing this, Leo scratched his cheek.

“It was a mistake.”

“A mistake? A mistake!”

Sparks flew from Brian’s eyes.

Just as the excited Brian was about to shout.

“Please calm down for a moment, Professor Brian.”

“H-Headmaster!”

“I understand why you’re angry, but the Vice-Principal and I will have a private interview with Student Leo first. We’ll decide on the disciplinary measures after that.”

At those words, Brian nodded and left the Headmaster’s Office.

And he clicked his tongue inwardly.

‘I don’t know what he’s thinking, being the year representative and all. If he gets disciplined, it’ll be a huge blow.’

Whether it was intentional or a mistake, Brian thought this incident couldn’t just be overlooked.

After he left and three people remained, Kalian stroked his beard and spoke.

“There’s no need for formalities between us. I’ll ask directly, Student Leo.”

Kalian narrowed his eyes.

“Tartaros?”

“Yes.”

“Did you happen to find out their purpose?”

“I couldn’t determine their purpose, but it seemed certain that Heroes’ World was their target.”

“Heroes’ World?”

“Yes. It seemed like they were targeting the Hall of Heroes.”

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