Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 171

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171

“You know me?”

“Very well indeed.”

Silatuna crossed her arms as she watched Leo answer with a snicker.

Silatuna asked with a voice clearly filled with mockery.

“Come to think of it, there was a time when the Mage of the Arcane Eye defeated another fragment of mine in Lumeria City. You were there then, weren’t you?”

Silatuna spoke while letting out a chilling laugh.

“But wasn’t that just a brief glimpse? What kind of relationship do we have exactly?”

“A very beautiful relationship.”

Thud- Thud-

Leo walked right up to Silatuna.

“The Legion Commanders including you, and even Erebos. I’m going to tear them all apart and kill them.”

“Oh my. A brat so full of spirit that he can’t grasp his own position.”

Silatuna cackled with laughter.

“Do you think being somewhat decent in the Gold Class makes you something special? You’re just one insignificant worm…”

Thwack-!

Crack-!

Leo kicked Silatuna’s shin without hesitation.

Thump-

As her shin broke, Silatuna lost her balance and fell to her knees.

If this had been an intact fragment of Silatuna, even Leo wouldn’t have been able to face her so carelessly.

But the current fragment of Silatuna was one driven to the brink of annihilation by the Sword Saint.

In such a weakened state, she posed no threat to Leo whatsoever.

“How annoying.”

Silatuna frowned as she looked up at Leo.

“How dare a first-year brat treat me like this…”

Silatuna stopped mid-sentence.

Then her expression hardened.

She sensed something strange in the look Leo was giving her as he gazed down.

Monster Queen Silatuna.

A Legion Commander of Tartaros who had reigned as a terrifying disaster even before the Age of Calamity.

Without a doubt, countless heroes had feared Silatuna for thousands of years.

Great figures whose names were recorded in history had tried to subjugate Silatuna, but none had ever succeeded.

No, rather, Silatuna was the one who hunted heroes.

Hero Devourer.

Another epithet of the Monster Queen.

The Overlord King, who possessed the greatest power among the Legion Commanders but was sinister and didn’t come to the forefront.

The Giant King, who had power equal to Silatuna’s but was cautious.

Unlike those two Legion Commanders, the Monster Queen was aggressive and cruel.

She came to the forefront and devoured countless heroes.

By now, it was Silatuna who reigned as an even more terrifying existence than the Overlord King and Giant King.

Leo’s gaze as he looked at such a Silatuna was different from others.

‘This is… the look of a first-year brat?’

The hatred and anger dwelling in his eyes weren’t different from others.

Normally, Silatuna would have responded with mockery.

But she couldn’t do that with Leo.

Leo’s gaze as he looked at Silatuna was clearly that of someone looking at prey.

It was exactly the same as how Silatuna had looked at the heroes she had devoured until now.

Silatuna felt goosebumps rising.

‘What is this brat?’

Hatred and anger rising from deep within her heart.

Along with an ominous feeling that crept over her.

“A mere human.”

Killing intent rippled in Silatuna’s voice.

“A mere human dares to look at me with such insolent eyes…”

Crack-!

Leo’s sword was thrust into Silatuna’s mouth.

“Stop barking. I don’t want to hear it.”

“Ah! Ah! Ah!”

Gush- Gush- Covering her blood-spewing mouth with both hands, killing intent flickered in Silatuna’s eyes.

Her broken knee had recovered.

As Silatuna tried to stand up, Leo kicked her other knee this time.

Crack-!

“Kneel.”

Thump-!

Losing her balance, Silatuna fell forward this time.

Gush- Gush- Blood poured from her mouth.

Stomp-!

Leo trampled Silatuna’s head with his foot.

Silatuna’s body trembled violently.

She felt tremendous humiliation, but that wasn’t why her body was shaking.

From the depths of distant memory.

A certain scene came to mind.

At that time, Silatuna had been trembling with fear.

The existence that made the fearsome Legion Commander tremble.

When she had boldly stepped forward to eliminate the greatest enemy, the only one remaining.

Silatuna had to face terror and despair.

It had been the same then as now.

‘No way… no way…’

Stomp-!

Silatuna put strength into her arms and head.

Pushing away Leo’s foot that was pressing down on her head, she barely managed to lift her head.

Leo stepped back a few paces.

‘It can’t be. That’s impossible.’

Silatuna looked directly into Leo’s eyes while keeping her head raised.

For a moment.

She had the illusion that the scenery was changing.

A gloomy gray sky.

A world rushing towards destruction.

It was the scenery she had longed for so much, but it was also the most terrifying scenery for Silatuna.

A human stood before the kneeling Monster Queen.

The great hero, Hero of the Beginning Kail, looking down at her with cold eyes.

Flash-!

In an instant, she awakened from such a vision.

“That’s… impossible.”

Silatuna’s body trembled violently.

That terrifying Hero of the Beginning and the brat before her eyes now overlapped.

She denied the situation that came to mind.

But as if mocking such denial, Leo curled up the corners of his mouth at Silatuna’s words.

“Ka… il!”

Leo spoke while watching Silatuna spit out that name with contempt.

“This time, I won’t leave a single one behind.”

Crack-!

“Guk?”

Leo’s sword pierced into Silatuna’s chest.

Swoosh-!

Leo swung his sword upward, cruelly slicing through Silatuna’s upper body.

Crumble-!

Silatuna’s body scattered into black powder.

It had met its destruction.

A clone that was destroyed this way couldn’t even relay the current situation to the main body.

Silatuna’s body collapsed.

“Kik- Kik-!”

Silatuna’s shoulders trembled.

“Kihihihihik! Kihahahahahak!”

The fragment of Silatuna, bursting into mad laughter as it was being destroyed, spoke with a voice filled with madness.

“It’s you! Kail! So what? What can you do all by yourself!”

It clutched its head and convulsed while bursting into insane laughter.

“Who’s by your side? Arron, who was always trembling in fear? Dweno, who only made crude trash? Luna, the detestable pretender? Or perhaps Risinass, who was utterly foolish? Just who do you have? You’re going to subjugate us alone! The great Progenitor of the Starry Skies? What grand dreams you have! Kihahahaha!”

Hiss-!

Turning into black powder and disappearing, Silatuna mocked Leo.

“You can’t do anything! You’ll just watch as the world you barely managed to save by sucking your thumb burns again! Hero of the Beginning, Kail!”

Flash-!

Silatuna’s eyes flashed.

“You’ll end up failing just like your companions! You’ll die in despair! Ahahahahaha!”

Leo trampled on the head of Silatuna, who was spewing curses, with an annoyed expression.

Crack-!

The head shattered like pottery.

Hiss-!

Silatuna, now reduced to just a mouth, sneered.

“I look forward to that moment. Uhuhuhuhuh.”

Whoosh-!

Leo looked down at Silatuna, who had disappeared without a trace, and muttered.

“Alone…”

“Leo?!”

“Hey! What are you doing over there?”

Someone’s urgent voice could be heard from afar.

He could see Selia and Chloe approaching.

“Are you okay?”

Leo nodded at Chloe’s urgent question.

“I’m fine. What about you two?”

“I’m perfectly fine, of course.”

Selia answered confidently.

“The demons have all been roughly taken care of too.”

“I see.”

“…? Is something wrong?”

Leo chuckled while looking at Chloe, who asked with a puzzled expression.

“No, it’s nothing.”

Leo reached out and ruffled Chloe’s hair.

“I just thought you were reliable.”

Saying that, Leo walked forward.

Watching his retreating figure, Selia crossed her arms and tilted her head.

“Why is he suddenly acting like that?”

Then she looked at Chloe, whose face had turned red and was opening and closing her mouth, and said.

“Chloe.”

“Uh, um, yes!”

“Lucky you?”

Seeing her friend teasing her, Chloe lightly hit Selia’s shoulder and fanned her face.

‘I’m not alone.’

Leo muttered while looking at the scenery of Lumern.

‘I have new companions, and…’

Leo clenched and unclenched his fist.

‘My bond with them hasn’t been severed either.’

The knowledge his friends had shared with him.

And the power his friends had left behind remained in the form of Hero Records.

‘You’re still afraid.’

Leo clenched his fist.

‘Of the Great Heroes who disappeared long ago, and of the Great Heroes who will be born again someday.’

***

Tartaros’s attack on Lumern.

This incident literally brought tremendous repercussions.

And the fact that the invader was from the Three Great Class Academy also shook society.

“Various countries must be in a difficult position.”

Cal clicked his tongue.

“After applying political pressure due to various incidents in the first semester, now they’re the ones who’ll be on the receiving end.”

For the power holders of other countries who had pressured Lumern, saying they couldn’t trust Lumern being threatened by Tartaros, this was practically giving Lumern’s side an excuse to refuse.

Chelsea made a lukewarm expression at Cal’s words.

“Well, Lumern won’t use this as a political or diplomatic card anyway. Lumern was neutral from the beginning, right?”

“That’s right. Still, they might tell them to stop whining anymore, don’t you think?”

Flap-!

Cal chuckled as he closed the newspaper.

“By the way, the principal’s power was truly surprising.”

Kalian’s sword strike that split the sky with a single blow was enough to shock everyone.

The Sword Saint’s reputation was famous.

The achievements he left behind were also called living legends.

But even so, since he had withdrawn from the front lines for a long time, none of the current people had directly experienced the Sword Saint’s power.

But in this incident, he revealed his true nature.

“How is something like that possible with a sword?”

When Cal muttered in disbelief, Chelsea crossed her arms.

“Hmm! Even if my father used magic with maximum mana, I’m not sure if it would be possible.”

Besides Cal and Chelsea, other students were also busy talking about the principal.

Then Iliana entered the class with a tearful expression.

“What’s wrong? Why do you look like that?”

At Chelsea’s question, Iliana’s shoulders drooped.

“The midterm exam period was posted on the grade bulletin board.”

Hearing those words, sighs poured out from here and there.

Cal clutched his head.

The Class 5 students also made gloomy expressions.

Watching them, Leo said.

“You knew the exam period was coming soon, so why are you all reacting like this?”

“Right, right.”

Chelsea chimed in agreement with Leo’s words.

“Yeah, you guys are honor students, so that’s how it is, right?”

“Lucky you! You honor students! Teach us some study secrets!”

“I couldn’t study properly because of the joint classes!”

When Iliana shouted as their representative, Taide said indifferently.

“You don’t study even without joint classes…”

“Is this your cheeky mouth that fearlessly hits me with facts!”

“Let go of this!”

Taide shook off Iliana, who was grabbing his mouth and applying pressure.

Watching the classroom interior starting to become noisy, Chelsea said.

“Still, this midterm exam is a bit better, right? The practical portion weighs more than written tests.”

At those words, Cal clasped his hands behind his head.

“True. This midterm exam has ‘sparring evaluation’ taking up the biggest portion of points.”

“Right. Even if you lose, you can get high scores. Since it’s literally sparring evaluation, how you fight is what matters.”

“I heard this sparring evaluation proceeds randomly, but you can also ‘challenge’ by designating a specific opponent…”

Crash—!

Before Cal could finish speaking, the door opened roughly.

Everyone’s gaze turned toward the person who opened the door.

Standing there was none other than Duran.

Thud— Thud—

Duran approached Leo.

“Leo Flobe.”

“What?”

“You must have heard about this sparring evaluation?”

Duran’s golden eyes flashed.

“This time, I’ll clearly prove who’s the best.”

“Don’t you ever get tired of this?”

Chelsea said with a crooked expression.

“Shut up, Chelsea Rwallin.”

“Hmph!”

It was when Duran and Chelsea were having their usual staring contest.

Just then, the outside suddenly started becoming noisy.

The Class 5 students who had stuck their heads outside with puzzled faces showed surprised expressions.

“Wait! Why is that person in the 1st-Year Classroom Building?”

“Wow! Amazing! He’s so handsome!”

Exclamations burst out from here and there.

Shortly after, a young man entered through Class 5’s door.

All of Class 5 held their breath.

He was a student who was far too famous.

Thud— Thud—

“Leo.”

“Brother Ris.”

Student Council President Ris Jerdinger stood before Leo.

Ris looked at Leo and smiled slightly.

“Shall we have a chat for a moment?”

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