Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 185

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185

Whoooosh—

Fiora flapped her wings and lifted her body into the air.

Ris, who had been shocked by the sudden appearance of the Phoenix, regained his composure at the sight.

He focused his mind and summoned his aura.

Whoooosh—!

Flames identical to those Fiora breathed appeared on Ris’s sword.

“Fiora.”

Chirp—

“Go wild as much as you want.”

Chirp— Chirp—

At those words, Fiora flapped her wings rapidly with joy and soared high into the air.

Whoosh—!

The power of the flames Fiora breathed became even stronger.

Leo was continuously drawing out Fiora’s potential abilities using his spiritual power.

Stop—!

Fiora’s movement as she flew high in the air suddenly stopped.

Swoosh—!

Then she descended toward Ris at tremendous speed.

Roooooar—!

The surrounding space seemed to distort from the flames Fiora breathed.

‘Stay calm.’

Ris took his stance while watching Fiora.

‘No matter how amazing a magical beast the Phoenix is, judging from what I saw earlier, it’s still a young magical beast. This current form must be Leo drawing out its potential abilities.’

Having competed with Ulta for the class representative position for five years, Ris knew all too well how much spiritual power was consumed to draw out and maintain a high-level magical beast’s potential abilities.

Swoosh—!

Chirp!

Crash—!

As Fiora flapped her wings greatly, a massive wave of flames swept across the entire dueling arena.

Ris, who had deflected the attack by swinging his sword, looked up at Fiora who had soared back into the sky and muttered.

“This isn’t a level I can just moderately endure.”

Ris looked at his cousin with slightly exasperated eyes.

Meanwhile, all the spectators were also in shock.

“This is impossible!”

“A Phoenix! A Phoenix! He’s just a first-year!”

“No! This isn’t about being a first-year or whatever! Can you contract with one of the three great magical beasts just because you become an upperclassman!”

Not only the first-years but even the upperclassmen let out shocked screams.

The reaction from the Summoning Department was especially intense.

Even the professors found it hard to believe what they were seeing.

Of course, only one professor was cheering with delight.

“That’s right! Now you’re finally summoning the Phoenix!”

Yura, who was sitting in the spectator stands where the professors gathered, jumped up from her seat and shouted.

For Yura, this was a moment she had been eagerly awaiting.

The sight of Leo bringing out the Phoenix in front of everyone!

‘Now no one can deny that Leo belongs in the Summoning Department!’

While Yura was cheering with delight.

“Sit down, you’re being disruptive.”

Ain, who had barely managed to compose his emotions, said with a frown.

Yura looked down at Ain with a smug expression.

“Did you see that? Senior Ain. That’s why Leo is a child who suits the Summoning Department!”

“The Phoenix is impressive, I’ll give you that. But do you think overwhelming Ris with martial arts is easy?”

“Not as much as the Phoenix though.”

“Oh my, oh my. You’re making strange comments again.”

Ren approached, shaking his head as if he couldn’t stop them, and said.

“Student Leo belongs to the Magic Studies Department. Leo’s Bible. That’s a miraculous magic that’s like an ideal for mages. It’s unprecedented magic. Yes. It’s great magic that rivals the star magic created by the Progenitor of the Starry Skies. To try to take away such talent just because he does some martial arts and summons a Phoenix. You have no conscience.”

As the three gathered together, their associate professors Claria, Carlo, and Anna began to look anxious.

“Knight Department.”

“I said Summoning Department!”

“Magic!”

Seeing the three shouting, Hallind, who was watching the sparring evaluation and grading from one corner, said to Sera beside him.

“Sera. Bring those three idiots to me right now.”

At those words, Sera scurried over and brought the three people.

And they had to kneel in front of Hallind and raise their hands.

Hallind didn’t even give a glance to his former students who had become fellow professors, and looked at Leo standing in the arena.

Even Hallind, who rarely showed emotional fluctuations, was looking at his assigned student with an exasperated expression this time.

‘Just where is that bastard’s limit?’

***

Ris looked at Fiora flapping her wings before his eyes and let out a hollow laugh.

“To think you actually made a contract with a Phoenix.”

Even seeing it directly, he couldn’t believe it.

Had there ever been anyone in Lumern’s history who contracted with one of the three great magical beasts in their first year?

As far as Ris knew, Leo was the only one.

Ris looked at the Phoenix with eyes full of wonder.

The Phoenix was the source of the Jerdinger Family’s power.

From Ris’s perspective, his gaze toward Fiora couldn’t help but be special.

Under Ris’s gaze, Fiora lifted her chin majestically.

Chirp—

And cried as majestically as possible.

Of course, to Ris it only sounded like a chick crying.

“I heard the Phoenix’s cry is very beautiful…”

“It is beautiful. It’s just that this one is still young. Her cry is like a chick’s.”

At being called a chick, Fiora pecked Leo’s head in displeasure.

Ignoring Fiora, Leo said.

“Shall we fight seriously now?”

“You mean that attack earlier wasn’t serious?”

“Brother Ris. You’re being quite dramatic.”

“Heh.”

Leo was right.

Despite the terrifying attack earlier, Ris still didn’t even have his clothes singed.

He had neutralized the Phoenix’s flames.

‘I can’t beat Ris just because I summoned Fiora.’

The current Leo had merely obtained attack power equal to Ris’s.

As Ris predicted, Leo had limits in drawing out and maintaining Fiora’s abilities.

‘Besides, it would be troublesome if Ris targets me in this situation.’

Fiora could only be used for attacks.

Of course, Leo also had the other two great magical beasts, the fairy and Pegasus.

But right now, just summoning Fiora and enhancing her abilities was overwhelming.

It wasn’t a situation where he could summon Kirran and Ati as well.

Moreover, even if he had the capacity to summon them, Kirran and Ati weren’t cards to be revealed carelessly.

‘I can’t show any more cards than this.’

All the Tartaros spies within Lumern had already been rooted out.

But still, there was such a thing as public perception.

Leo was already marked as a target of vigilance by Tartaros.

How many people at the academy knew that Leo was Phoenix’s contractor?

Perhaps Tartaros knew that fact as well.

But no one knew that he was also a contractor of fairies and Pegasus.

‘I can’t draw their attention any further.’

The cards he could reveal here were Fiora, whose existence was already known, and Elsi, whose identity was known only to the Overlord King besides Leo in this world.

Meanwhile, Ris also looked at Leo cautiously.

‘I can’t take this lightly.’

He could tell that the Phoenix before him was still young.

If so, no matter how much Phoenix was called the strongest magical beast, there would be limits to the power it could unleash while young.

But it showed hardly any openings.

With a time limit, one would naturally feel impatient.

But Leo showed no such signs.

This duel was simply to prove he was sufficient as student council president, so in a way, summoning Phoenix might have already proven that fact.

‘But if that were the case, he wouldn’t have gone through the trouble of dueling me in front of everyone like this.’

He would have gathered people and announced that he was Phoenix’s contractor.

‘Leo is seriously trying to defeat me.’

He could feel that determination.

And Leo’s power was threatening Ris.

‘Haha. What a truly terrifying cousin.’

Ris let out a quiet laugh.

Of course, he had no intention of losing gracefully.

‘The key to victory will be how much of Phoenix’s power Leo can draw out.’

If it dragged into a long battle, Ris would certainly win.

Thump-!

But Ris gripped his sword and aimed it toward Leo.

A first-year was putting everything on the line to defeat him.

‘It would look bad if a fifth-year avoided a direct confrontation.’

Ris curled up the corner of his mouth.

Whoooosh-!

Red flames began swirling around his body.

The Jerdinger Family’s secret technique.

‘Prominence.’

Whoosh-

Flames began swirling around his sword.

Ris raised his sword.

Roooooar-!

It was different from Selia’s Prominence.

‘If Selia’s was thrusting, this one is slashing.’

Seeing that, Leo said.

“Fiora, get ready.”

Chirp-!

With those words, red flames began forming around Fiora’s body.

Seeing that, Ris’s eyes widened.

‘Prominence?’

The same red flame aura as Ris.

But Leo wrapped that red flame aura around Fiora.

Combined with the flames Fiora breathed out, the fire only grew more intense.

“This should be interesting.”

Thump-!

Crack-!

As Leo gripped his sword with both hands, the flames swirled even more fiercely.

Fiora crouched her body.

Whoosh-!

From top to bottom.

Leo swung his sword down.

A massive red flame blade flew toward Leo and Fiora.

Screeech!

Fiora spread her wings wide.

Red flame wings extending from both wings flew toward the blade and collided.

Craaaaaash-!

A world of red flames unfolded.

“Ugh!”

“The, the aftershock is this much?”

The flames broke through the dueling arena and struck the spectator stands.

Of course, the Lumern professors and students blocked the flames without much difficulty.

But the fact that they had broken through the arena’s shield magic and had this much impact on the spectator stands was shocking.

All the flames cleared away.

Poof-!

Fiora returned to her original form with a small puff of smoke and crashed to the ground.

Thud-! Roll! Roll!

Chirp! Chirp!

Unable to maintain her balance, Fiora rolled on the ground several times and cried out in frustration.

Ris looked at Leo with twitching eyes.

“There’s still… more left?”

Around Leo, a spherical black barrier was spread out.

Of course, his form wasn’t visible.

The pitch-black darkness showed nothing of Leo’s appearance.

‘…A spirit?’

Ris narrowed his eyes.

Then.

Slither-

The darkness writhed and was soon absorbed into Leo’s shadow.

‘To withstand the aftermath of that attack head-on. A monster is indeed a monster.’

No matter how much of a flame aura user he was, withstanding such an intense flame collision with his bare body was remarkable.

If he hadn’t squeezed out his remaining spiritual power to summon Elsi, Leo wouldn’t have been able to stand.

‘My aura and mana are already completely depleted. All that’s left is spiritual power. But it’s not enough to draw out Fiora’s potential abilities.’

Fiora was looking up at Leo and spreading her wings as if wanting to fight more, but she had reached her limit.

Elsi, who was bound to Leo, could only use power equivalent to Leo’s spiritual power.

‘What kind of spirit is it? It’s definitely a darkness-attribute spirit.’

Meanwhile, Ris didn’t let his guard down as he watched Leo’s shadow.

Leo had always far exceeded expectations.

How many times had he exceeded expectations just in this duel evaluation?

‘I need to assume there are no limits and engage in battle.’

Ris gripped his sword tighter.

At that moment.

Whoosh-!

“…!”

Leo’s shadow stretched toward Ris at tremendous speed.

Kwagagagagak-!

Ris swung his sword to deflect the trajectory of the shadow blade.

‘Spirit Armed?’

A technique of spirit arts.

It was an advanced spirit art that wrapped spirits around the body like armor.

And Leo was using it.

‘Spirit arts to this extent too?’

He thought there might truly be nothing Leo couldn’t do.

In the truest sense, he was worthy of being called an ‘all-class.’

Leo raised his hand.

Gooooo-!

Darkness gathered around Leo.

Just as Ris was about to readjust his grip on his sword while watching Leo.

Crack-!

A crack appeared in Ris’s sword.

Both Leo and Ris froze upon seeing it.

Snap-!

Ris’s sword couldn’t hold up and broke.

“Hmm.”

Ris let out a light sigh.

“I still have a long way to go.”

The sword he used today was Ris’s practice sword.

Of course, it was a considerable masterwork befitting the heir of Jerdinger, but it wasn’t a sword used in actual combat.

So it wasn’t strange that it couldn’t withstand Ris’s powerful aura.

Of course, a knight of Ris’s caliber wouldn’t be unable to fight just because he lacked a sword.

But this wasn’t actual combat—it was a sparring evaluation.

For students who use weapons, loss of their weapon is considered defeat.

Ris clicked his tongue and smiled bitterly.

“I lost, Leo.”

Reactions of disbelief erupted from all around.

Leo dismissed Elsi and picked up Fiora, placing her on his shoulder as he spoke.

“This kind of result… I can’t really accept it.”

“Still, a win is a win.”

Ris approached Leo and patted his shoulder.

“You’re more than qualified to be student council president. You’ve proven that yourself.”

Ris looked at Leo and smiled.

“I entrust Lumern to you in my place, Leo.”

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