Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 179

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179

Sedjen, who had been watching Torua and Jamua’s match from mid-air, moved his pen.

‘Those two are definitely on a different level.’

Scratch- Scratch-

‘It seems Torua is planning to move in earnest. I’m curious to see how the first-years will respond.’

Whether in the distant past.

Or in the present, the number of spells one can use is one of the measures that determines a mage’s strength.

Of course, one can become a powerful mage without wielding various spells.

There are mages who excel with just a few spells that boast overwhelming firepower.

A mage like third-year Elena Jeron.

Unlike Elena, Torua was a mage who skillfully used countless magic spells.

‘What’s amazing are those spells.’

Sedjen curled up the corners of his mouth.

‘They’re not standard spells, but all unique magic he created himself.’

Torua’s strength was magic research.

And that research didn’t discriminate between fields as long as they fell under the category of magic.

That’s why the diversity of his unique magic transcends imagination.

‘Now, how will you respond to such a Torua? From your perspective, all of Torua’s magic is unknown magic.’

Whoosh-!

Watching the spells decorating the air, Chelsea let out a cry of shock.

“What, they’re all unique magic?!”

“Does that even make sense logically?”

The Knight Department student who had teamed up with them screamed.

Even he, who was ignorant about magic, knew that creating this many unique spells was logically impossible.

“Logically it doesn’t make sense. But this is Lumern, isn’t it?”

Chloe gripped her staff.

“A place where common sense can be broken at any time.”

Whooooo-!

Blue mana surged from Chloe’s body.

“Ice World.”

With quiet words, Chloe’s unique magic activated.

Field magic that exerts influence over the surrounding area.

Literally, within this space, Chloe could be called a queen.

Crackle-

“Hmm?”

Seeing even the flow of mana beginning to freeze, Torua was impressed.

“Amazing. Junior. To raise the power of magic to this extent.”

He clapped and smiled broadly.

“You must have an excellent goal, right?”

Torua glanced at Leo.

At that moment, Avad also completed his unique magic.

“Tempest.”

Crash-!

A massive storm raged in the middle of the ice world.

Seeing this, Torua narrowed his eyes.

‘Wind doesn’t have bad compatibility with ice either.’

Avad’s tempest, carrying scattered ice fragments, was emitting tremendous cold.

In addition, Chelsea was adding power to Avad’s magic with power enhancement spells.

It was literally an ideal combination for mages.

Crackle-

When Torua tried to dodge the magic, ice walls were created in mid-air.

Meanwhile, the remaining students quickly aimed for the empty goal.

“Oh no. That won’t do.”

Torua lightly waved his hand.

Crash-!

“Huh?”

“A golem this time?”

“Hey! Break through! It can’t be as strong as that slime from before…”

Rumble- Rumble-

“Aaaaah? It’s a lava golem?”

“Run! Run!”

Seeing the golem with lava beginning to flow all over its body, the students screamed and fled.

A lava golem that couldn’t be created without top-tier skills in the golem field.

‘What can’t this senior do?’

‘This is the Omnipotence Wizard Torua Yan.’

A name given because he’s a mage close to omnipotence.

It was a nickname that suited Torua more than anyone, as he literally showed near-perfect magical abilities in all aspects.

“Hand it over.”

“Ah! The, the ball!”

Torua took the ball from the first-years.

And floated gently in the air.

“Excellent, first-year students! As a Magic Studies Department senior, I am very pleased!”

Torua said while puffing out his chest.

“You will probably become the best! You’ll lead Lumern’s golden age!”

Mm-! Mm-! Nodding his head, Torua crossed his arms.

“I wasn’t as amazing as you when I was a first-year.”

“Ugh. Don’t lie. You’re a complete monster!”

Chelsea grumbled.

Seeing such Chelsea, Torua smiled broadly and readjusted his grip on his staff.

Whooooo-

Mana surged from Torua’s body.

Seeing this, the first-years showed tense expressions.

“How important effort is, you see.”

Flash-!

Countless magic circles were created in mid-air.

Avad’s tempest that had been targeting Torua was dismantled.

Whoosh-!

Chloe’s Ice World also disappeared.

Seeing this, both their faces hardened.

‘This quickly?’

‘Did he push through with mana?’

The faces of the two who had been showing bewildered expressions hardened.

‘No!’

‘He analyzed the formulas and unraveled them!’

Amazing.

And as a mage, it was wondrous.

‘To be at this level.’

Avad had seen many mages in his family.

Among them were skilled individuals who could be called archmages, and many skilled individuals who had reached the position of heroes.

Chloe was the same.

Although she wasn’t from a particularly high-ranking family in the Northern Magic Tower, she grew up seeing incredible mages as a member of the tower.

They also showed great interest in the talented Chloe and taught her many things.

Among them were mages even stronger than the current Torua.

But without a doubt, there was no mage who understood the field of ‘magic’ as well as Torua did.

Even after graduating from Lumern, she would become even stronger.

‘Usually when I show something like this, people get intimidated.’

Chloe and Avad showed no such signs.

They simply looked like they had found a new goal.

‘Is this all because of Leo? Well then, what’s Leo’s reaction?’

Chuckling softly, Torua looked toward Leo.

And her eyes widened.

The look in Leo’s eyes as he gazed up at Torua from the ground was somewhat unique.

‘Admiration… and… understanding?’

Torua’s expression changed strangely.

***

“Torua seems quite excited too.”

“I’d be happy too if the Knight Academy kids performed that well for me.”

Ris chuckled at Ulta’s words.

“Well. Our juniors don’t seem like they’ll fall behind either.”

Ris grinned as he watched the Knight Academy juniors facing Jamua.

“By the way, Torua’s weakness is that she can’t control her strength.”

“Don’t worry about that.”

“Ulta. What do you know about Leo?”

Ris looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Seeing Ris like that, Ulta smiled.

‘Phoenix, and contractor of the fairies.’

When the fairy incident occurred on the Isle of the Summoned Beasts in the first semester.

Ulta genuinely wanted to make a contract with the fairies.

It wasn’t particularly due to greed or ambition as a summoner.

‘How fun would it be to become friends with fairies?’

It was an extremely simple and childlike idea, but that’s the kind of person Ulta was.

‘But there was already a contractor.’

He had seen through that fact when facing the Masu Sorcerers of Tartaros.

Later, he heard from Yura that Leo had contracted with Phoenix on his first day of enrollment.

A summoner’s capabilities are determined by the summoned beasts and spirits they contract with.

‘Of course, no matter how powerful a summoned beast is, it’s useless if you can’t use it properly. But Leo can handle Phoenix and the fairies well.’

Then he would be more than adequate as student council president.

That’s what Ulta thought.

And he had personal desires too.

‘It would be nice if the Summoning Department produced a student council president.’

Just as Torua and Jamua each believed without doubt that Leo belonged to the Magic Studies Department and Knight Academy respectively.

Ulta also firmly believed that Leo was from the Summoning Department.

‘I don’t know why Leo doesn’t reveal that he’s the contractor of Phoenix and the fairies, but… I hope this opportunity will bring it to light.’

As the top student of the Summoning Department, Ulta wanted to leave the strongest summoner as a gift for his juniors.

‘Come on, Leo. You won’t be able to face Torua without Phoenix. Show people that you’re Phoenix’s contractor.’

***

“First, we need a way to counter those unique magics.”

Avad spoke in a serious voice.

“Should I fly up to Senior Torua and try to disrupt her vision?”

Chelsea raised her hand and stepped forward.

Chelsea, being the fastest among them, might indeed be able to disrupt Torua’s sight.

“No. Those are all unique magics. If you approach carelessly, you’ll get hurt.”

Chloe shook her head.

“I’m not thinking of winning by scoring a goal. I’m planning to annihilate all of you?”

Torua burst into laughter from the sky.

Watching her, Leo spoke.

“I’ll try to block her for a moment.”

“Leo?”

Chloe was startled to see Leo stepping forward.

“You guys prepare to score a goal.”

Leo used flight magic to fly toward Torua.

“Hello, Leo. I have something I’m curious about.”

“What is it?”

“I’m your distant senior and an older sister, right?”

“That’s right.”

“Usually, cute adolescent boys like you should blush or feel embarrassed when they see a pretty older sister like me. You should show fresh reactions.”

“Not just the first-years, but isn’t there no one among all the Magic Studies Department male students who shows that kind of reaction to Senior Torua?”

Torua was certainly beautiful.

She was also 21 years old.

It wouldn’t be strange for first-years to have romantic fantasies about such a woman.

But no Magic Studies Department student showed such reactions toward Torua.

That was because, before being a sky-high senior, Torua was famous for having a particularly unique personality.

She was famous as a magic fool who only knew magic.

“Anyway.”

Torua crossed her arms.

“It’s peculiar that such a first-year looks at me with uncle-like eyes.”

“What’s uncle-like about me?”

“Yeah. Eyes that seem to understand me like someone much older. The same look as Professor Irua when I was a first-year.”

“Who is that person?”

“A 60-year-old mage from the Northern Magic Tower.”

“That doesn’t seem like just uncle level.”

Torua had actually glimpsed a 60-year-old grandfather in Leo’s eyes.

Leo chuckled and said.

“Anyway, I understand a little.”

“What part?”

“What kind of effort you must have put in to build such skill.”

Torua’s abilities were the crystallization of unimaginable effort, even before talent.

‘Unlike Elena, Chloe, Avad, and Chelsea.’

In terms of talent alone, those four were students born with overwhelming and exceptional talents in something.

But Torua was different.

In Leo’s view, although Torua was born with many talents, she didn’t have the talent to reach the ultimate in any one field.

‘Just like me.’

She resembled Leo, who was all-class but couldn’t reach the ultimate in anything and had to borrow from friends.

‘She built such skill purely through passion and effort alone.’

She had studied and researched various fields and supplemented her lacking areas.

Torua’s magical abilities, which were even evaluated as omnipotent, were completed that way.

Seeing Leo like this, Torua’s eyes widened greatly.

Most people evaluated that Torua could become Lumern’s greatest mage because of talent.

Of course, they didn’t deny her efforts.

But they couldn’t fully understand what kind of heart she had until she reached her current position.

That was the same for friends who had shared joys and sorrows for five years.

But Leo seemed to completely understand Torua’s efforts.

Though he didn’t say it, Torua felt a strange sense of kinship with Leo.

“Leo.”

“Yes.”

“Let’s get married.”

At the sudden words, Leo burst into laughter.

“If you were even a little flustered, it would be cute. This way you really seem like an older guy.”

Torua crossed his arms, grumbling at the calm reaction.

“So, you’re going to stop me alone?”

“Yes.”

“Hmm. I know you’re an excellent mage, but isn’t that a bit reckless?”

“It’s reckless.”

‘With my current abilities, I can’t do anything about Torua.’

A clear difference in weight class that couldn’t be overcome with technique and skill.

That difference existed between Leo and Torua.

Leo raised his mana.

“But there is a way to hold off Senior Torua for a short time.”

“Oh? You’re confident? Good. If you can stop me and your team scores even one goal, I’ll acknowledge your victory.”

“No taking back your words.”

Leo raised his mana.

While doing so, he glanced toward Ris.

‘Student Council President.’

When he first heard about it, he wasn’t particularly interested.

But his thoughts had changed over the past few days.

He had read the memoirs of those who had defeated fragments of Erebos 3000 years ago.

‘I vaguely thought that even if I couldn’t achieve it now, I could just leave it to future generations.’

Leo clenched his fist.

‘But that’s not right.’

Fragments of Erebos were sealed within Hero Record.

On top of that, Tartaros was targeting Hero Record.

Someday in the distant future.

What if the records of other Great Heroes disappeared like his own record?

What if Tartaros’s plan succeeded and Hero Record was completely destroyed?

If that happened, only a dark future might remain.

‘To prevent that from happening, I need to become a Great Hero once again.’

He had to leave new Achievements in Hero Record.

And he had to pass those records down to future generations.

So that someday, someone who inherited his power could appear.

‘For that purpose, becoming Student Council President from the first year wouldn’t be bad.’

Of course, there could be tremendous opposition.

‘I’ll just have to show them with my abilities.’

A way to counter Torua who was freely using unique magic.

That was to counter with the same magic.

Logically, canceling out unique magic—not common magic—with the same magic was nearly impossible.

But Leo had a way to make that impossibility possible, even if briefly.

‘Unique magic against unique magic.’

Leo closed his eyes.

Whirring-!

Magic circles appeared all over Leo’s body.

Seeing this, Torua furrowed his brow.

‘What is this? It’s a form of magic formula I’ve never seen before?’

It was when Torua was making a puzzled expression.

Leo opened his eyes.

Leo’s eyes glowed red.

Torua’s magic formulas decorating the sky came into his field of vision.

In an instant, the magic formulas were analyzed in his head.

Leo raised his mana.

Whooom-!

Leo used Torua’s unique magic.

Seeing this, Torua’s eyes widened greatly.

“…What did you just do?”

At Torua’s question, Leo smiled.

“My unique magic, Bible.”

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