Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 178

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178

‘He endured it with pure strength?’

The gravity magic Torua used was magic that manipulated the gravity around the area, excluding the caster.

High-level magic that exerts influence over the surrounding area.

The spell formula was also very complex and accordingly quite difficult to use.

But if successful, it was very powerful magic.

Of course, this magic had weaknesses too.

Since it was magic after all, one could simply dispel the spell formula or increase their magic resistance to resist it.

Torua had also thought there would be first-years who could deal with this magic.

‘But I didn’t expect them to deal with it this way.’

“Enduring it forcibly with strength. That’s not very mage-like, is it?”

“I’m an all-class student.”

At Leo’s words, Torua crossed his arms.

As a fifth-year in the Magic Studies Department.

And as the top student in the Magic Studies Department, Torua had always felt regretful about Leo’s qualities.

He didn’t particularly intend to ignore Leo’s talents as a knight and summoner.

But Torua thought that among Leo’s greatest strengths, the most powerful was ‘magic’.

At first, it was just simple interest.

But the more he got to know Leo, the more convinced he became that no one was more suited to being a mage than Leo.

‘Even now, that fact hasn’t changed.’

The reason Sedjen arranged this occasion wasn’t simply for the first-years alone.

It also included the meaning of giving teachings and advice to the first-years so that the fifth-years leaving school would have no regrets.

Of course, leaving school didn’t mean their ties with Lumern would be severed.

But even so, it was inevitable that the fifth-years would still feel regretful.

‘It must be the professor’s consideration telling us to do one more thing before leaving.’

Torua glanced at Sedjen and then looked at Leo.

Torua also desperately wanted to teach and encourage the underclassmen who would lead Lumern in the future.

But…

‘What should I say to this kid?’

Torua couldn’t get a sense of what advice he should give Leo.

While tilting his head, Torua lightly waved his hand.

Kugoong-!

“Kehek!”

“Kueok?”

The other students teamed with Leo screamed.

The pressure became even more intense.

Leo’s knees also wavered.

Cold sweat flowed from his entire body and his limbs trembled.

Gravity beyond imagination crushed his whole body.

But Leo’s knees didn’t buckle.

Torua smiled slightly.

“How long can you endure?”

Hwaak-!

‘It keeps getting stronger.’

Leo, who had been forcibly resisting the magic, grinned and looked at Torua.

At that moment.

Hwaak-!

Chloe and Avad shot up from their positions.

Seeing this, Torua’s eyes widened.

‘Dispel?’

Until now, no one had been able to dispel Torua’s gravity magic.

But Chloe and Avad were skilled practitioners competing for 1st and 2nd place among the Magic Studies Department first-years.

They succeeded in dispelling Torua’s magic in a short time.

Hwaak-!

Leo also quickly succeeded in dispelling and escaped from Torua’s magic influence.

Following them, Chelsea also dispelled the magic.

“Yap!”

Chelsea instantly closed the distance with Torua.

Hwaak-!

Torua avoided Chelsea and moved away from his position.

Then the gravity magic cast on the other students was released.

“As expected! Since it’s magic that dominates the surrounding area, it gets released when the caster moves!”

“To see through that. Not bad. As expected of the 3rd place in Magic Studies Department.”

Torua smiled slightly and flicked his finger.

Plop- Plop-

Then magic circles opened in mid-air and eight blue squishy objects fell to the ground.

The students who saw this made puzzled expressions.

“What’s that?”

“They look like slimes.”

“Did Senior Torua also use summoning magic?”

Summoning magic.

A technique that fuses summoning arts with magic.

It’s typically the technique mages use when commanding familiars.

Familiars are generally creatures enhanced by magic, not magical beasts or spirits.

The eight slimes wriggled and soon took on human forms.

Seeing this, Chelsea was flustered.

“Me?”

“Ding dong dang. Correct.”

Torua smiled slightly.

“This slime is a chimera I created. It has the ability to copy an opponent’s appearance and abilities. Its name is Dito.”

“Copy appearance and abilities? No matter how amazing Senior Torua is, life magic engineering isn’t your specialty, so is it possible to create such an amazing chimera?”

When Chloe shook her head and spoke, Torua blinked.

Then he approached the slime that had Chloe’s appearance, crouched down, and slightly lifted the hem of its skirt.

“What are you doing!”

Chloe’s face turned bright red as she protested.

She felt embarrassed for no reason seeing the slime with her exact appearance being harassed.

Torua stood up and blinked.

“Junior. Fifteen is still a tender age, that’s right. But isn’t your taste a bit too girlish? Rabbits are…”

“Aak! Aak! Aak! Aak!”

Chloe screamed as if having a fit, blocking Torua’s words.

She instantly used magic to amplify her voice, so Torua’s voice was drowned out in the middle.

Especially Avad and Chelsea, who were sensitive to sound, had to cover their ears.

Torua blinked with his characteristic expressionless face, then looked at Leo and said.

“At this rate, you won’t be able to seduce Leo…”

“Aaaaaaaak!”

This time Chloe screamed loud enough to shake the entire training ground.

Everyone in the training ground was startled, covered their ears, and looked at Chloe.

Everyone looked at Chloe once as she shrugged her shoulders with a reddened face, then looked at Torua, the source of the problem.

“Hey. Torua. Don’t torment your junior too much.”

At Jamua’s scolding, Torua chuckled.

“Sorry. You were just too cute.”

“No matter how cute I am, tormenting me this much is a nuisance…”

“Hyaap!”

Whoooosh-!

Along with Selia’s battle cry, the Bastera ball flew at tremendous speed and struck Jamua directly in the forehead.

Kwaaaaang-!

A tremendous explosion echoed through the air.

An attack infused with the powerful flame aura of Selia, the current top student of the 1st year Knight Department.

Especially an attack containing fire aura, which has excellent compatibility with Bastera.

It was an attack that would leave not even bones to pick up if it hit any 1st year, or even 2nd or 3rd years, head-on.

Thud- Ting- Ting- Ting-

But the ball fell helplessly to the ground and bounced.

“Hmm.”

Jamua, whose head had been knocked back by Selia’s ball, rubbed his neck and grinned wickedly.

“This one was a bit stiff?”

“Kuk.”

This was already the third attack.

Following Duran and Chen Xia, now Selia’s attack.

But Jamua had taken all those attacks head-on.

Yet he hadn’t moved a single step from where he had initially stood.

Before the game started.

Jamua had declared:

“I’ll give you ten free attacks.”

“Excuse me?”

Selia was flustered.

“I won’t move a single step while you throw the ball ten times here. If I move even one step, you win.”

Jamua said with a smile.

“You can act strategically with the penalty I’ve set. You can score one goal and kill time. Professor Sedjen will give you good scores if you beat me, a 5th year, regardless of the content. I guarantee that.”

At Jamua’s words, Chen Xia tilted her head.

“What’s the reason for giving us such convenience?”

“Because you guys are the ones who will lead the Knight Department. I like excellent juniors.”

Jamua grinned wickedly.

“As a 5th year senior, I’m giving you guys a chance to get good scores.”

“That’s appreciated.”

Crackle-!

Duran snatched the ball from Selia’s hands.

Veins were bulging on his forehead.

“But we refuse such kindness.”

Crackle-crackle-crackle-!

Lightning aura that was sharp to the point of being destructive surged forth.

Everyone was startled to see it.

‘When did he become like that?’

Lightning attribute is one that possesses powerful attack power like fire.

But since it’s also specialized in ‘speed’, Duran had been pursuing both power and speed together.

Because of this, there was a perception that his attack power was inferior to Selia’s flame aura.

But as if to deny that notion, the lightning aura currently dwelling in Duran’s hands contained power beyond imagination.

Whoosh-!

Duran raised the ball high.

Flash-

Simultaneously with a golden flash, lightning sparked as the ball struck Jamua directly.

Crackle-!

Sparks flew in all directions.

Thud-

But the ball rolled helplessly on the ground.

“That makes it once.”

Jamua said, curling up the corners of his mouth.

Howl brought the ball.

And looked at Jamua with disgusted eyes.

‘This is Iron Wall Jamua senior.’

Ris, Ulta, Torua, and Jamua were called the strongest 5th years.

But unlike Ris, Ulta, and Torua, Jamua’s image was relatively less flashy.

He didn’t possess overwhelming attack power like Ris, nor could he use various magic like Torua.

He wasn’t as flashy as Ulta either.

But in one-on-one combat, Jamua was a more troublesome opponent than anyone.

Jamua’s frightening aspect was his ‘defense’.

Thanks to his monster-like stamina and defense that absolutely wouldn’t fall, he had the nickname ‘Iron Wall’.

A man who had endured and persevered until the end in moments of crisis, protecting his party members’ lives.

‘Even if those three are the strongest 1st years in the Knight Department, would it really be possible to make Jamua senior move with Bastera?’

No matter how dangerous Bastera was and how close to real combat, it was still a sport with constraints unlike actual battle.

Those who had teamed up with the three couldn’t think of a way to defeat Jamua.

“Howl.”

“Yeah?”

“Could you give me the ball?”

Howl handed the ball to Selia who had approached him.

Receiving it, Selia smiled brightly.

“Thanks.”

Howl, whose face had turned slightly red, cleared his throat.

“Sia, Duran, gather around.”

Selia glanced at Leo who was playing a game nearby and said.

“I have a strategy.”

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“How about it? My slimes are amazing, right?”

Torua crossed his arms and said proudly.

“Both appearance and abilities are identical!”

“They’re certainly impressive.”

Avad spread his palm.

“Wind Storm.”

Whoooosh-!

A massive whirlwind swept through.

“Then let’s see if they can respond to this level of attack.”

“Hmm. That would be impossible.”

Crash-!

Simultaneously with Torua’s words, the eight slimes were torn apart and scattered in all directions.

But they soon began to squirm and gather together.

“But even if they can’t respond, they have excellent durability and quickly return to their original form. And…”

Torua casually threw the ball he was holding toward the juniors’ goal.

“This is Bastera. Aren’t you paying too much attention to the slimes?”

Despite the light gesture, when Avad hurriedly tried to block the ball that had gained tremendous acceleration through magic, it was then.

“Fimbulert.”

Crackle-!

With a brief incantation, tremendous cold energy swirled forth.

The cold energy created a wall of ice that not only caught the ball but also froze all the slimes that were returning to their original forms.

Chloe, who had cast the magic, let out a “Whew-” and lowered her staff.

Tremendous cold energy swirled around her.

“Oh? That’s a new unique magic, isn’t it?”

Torua’s eyes lit up.

Whoooosh-

Torua extended his hand into the air.

Flash-!

Along with that, a staff materialized in the air.

The first years who saw this showed tense expressions.

A mage gripping their staff meant only one thing.

‘He’s coming at us for real!’

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