Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 192

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What appeared before their eyes was a massive knight standing 3 meters tall.

The wind fairy armed with pale silver-gray armor was equipped with an axe and shield befitting its massive frame.

It had an extremely heavy and imposing appearance.

But both Leo and Lil knew.

That the fairy before them would move at tremendous speed despite its appearance.

Whoosh—

At that very thought, the fairy charged toward Lil at incredible speed.

Crash—!

The swung axe was blocked by Leo’s sword.

Whooom—!

A strong wind blew, scattering dust from the surrounding area in all directions.

Leo, who blocked the attack, felt as if his body might be blown away by the powerful wind pressure.

Thud—!

Leo’s feet dug into the ground.

Leo, who forcibly withstood the wind using his aura, curled up the corner of his mouth and put strength into his sword.

Flare—!

Flames of aura burst forth from Leo’s sword.

Roaaaar—!

The firepower of the flames instantly soared due to the swirling wind.

As Leo manipulated his aura, the flames engulfed the massive wind fairy.

Rummmmmble—!

The flames instantly swelled as if inflating.

Seeing this, Leo swung his sword.

The wind fairy flew as if bound by rope and crashed into the ground.

“Excellent, Leo.”

Lil, who admired the sight, summoned a fairy.

Flicker—

What she summoned was a fire fairy.

Lil’s specialty was known to be wind fairies, but that didn’t mean she was only proficient at commanding wind fairies.

During the Age of Calamity, multi-attribute spirit mages were very rare.

But in the current era, inheriting the power of previous heroes through Hero Record, they had become easier to see.

Woreden, who was currently evaluated as the strongest spirit mage among the 1st-years, freely handled the four elemental fairies.

Rummmmmmmble—

The ground changed form and shot up from the floor, trapping the wind fairy.

A small hole made in the center of the earthen dome.

Lil inserted the fire fairy she summoned through that opening.

Whine—

In an instant, Lil activated her spiritual power.

‘Attribute bestowal.’

Spirit magic that grants attributes that fairies don’t possess.

Of course, attributes too far off course like granting flame properties to water fairies couldn’t be bestowed, but even fairies of the same attribute had various derivative abilities depending on the individual.

Attribute bestowal was spirit magic that temporarily granted those abilities.

‘The ability granted now is… explosion?’

The moment he thought that.

The earthen prison was completely sealed.

Along with that.

Boom—!

With a massive explosion, chunks of earth scattered in all directions.

Patter patter—

Amid the rain of earth.

The powerful wind fairy had disappeared without leaving even a trace.

‘She didn’t use such powerful fairies though.’

Leo was amazed.

The fire and earth fairies Lil used were at most intermediate level.

No matter how much synergy occurred through coordination between fairies, defeating an advanced wind fairy this easily was remarkable.

“That’s amazing.”

“Flames need air to burn, after all.”

Lil spoke with a face that said it was nothing special.

“Since Leo’s flames were burning, I just sealed the space and made it explode.”

The wind fairy, which instantly lost the space to maintain its form, was immediately reverse-summoned.

‘Instantaneous judgment ability, combat sense, and even the ability to handle fairies. I can see why Elena cherishes this junior.’

While Leo was admiring.

Lil crossed her arms.

“How outrageous! Attacking us while hiding!”

Lil, wearing a somehow angry expression, looked around the surroundings.

“Moreover, the opponent still hasn’t withdrawn their killing intent.”

Lil, who spoke in a stern voice, hadn’t withdrawn her spiritual power.

She was on standby to summon heroes anytime, anywhere.

‘Elsi.’

[Did you call me, Leo.]

‘Some great fairy is dominating this surrounding area.’

[I see.]

‘Do you know how powerful a great fairy becomes in the territory they dominate?’

[Well. I’ve never created my own territory.]

Great fairies have one common authority.

That is domination.

The ability to place lower fairies under their command and control them.

Elsi also possesses the authority of domination.

But she had never once taken fairies under her command.

Being a young fairy born during the Age of Calamity, she had no opportunity to build forces or create territory.

‘So you can’t tell how powerful they are. Then why are they hostile toward us?’

Rummmmmble—!

Then the ground began to shake.

This time, earth fairies began to be summoned.

“Ugh? A spirit mage who can continuously summon fairies this powerful?”

Lil was startled.

“I think it would be better to retreat for now.”

At those words, Lil nodded.

“We have no choice.”

Leo and Lil, who also made their decision quickly, immediately left the Zerodian Ruins.

A short while later.

When they positioned themselves at a distance from the castle, there were no more signs of fairies pursuing them.

“I received a mission to escort a distinguished guest, but to be interfered with. It’s a bit perplexing.”

At Lil’s words, Leo fell into thought.

‘Is that distinguished guest a great fairy?’

If so, there would be nothing strange about it.

Considering Lumern’s level of influence, inviting a great fairy into the Academy would be possible.

‘But why are they attacking us?’

The reason for that was unknowable.

Seeing the killing intent emanating from it, this was serious.

‘But for a Grand Fairy, the attacks are weak.’

It was as if it was just testing what level Leo and Lil were at.

‘I can’t figure out the intention.’

Leo narrowed his eyes as he looked at the distant city walls of Zerodea and raised his sword.

Swish- Clang!

A sharp metallic sound rang out.

Leo narrowed his eyes as he looked at the man who had suddenly appeared and swung a curved blade.

“Oho.”

While the man let out an exclamation.

Crash-!

A massive battle hammer struck the man’s torso.

Whoosh-!

The man quickly jumped to dodge the attack.

Whooom-!

Leo looked with a stunned expression at the battle hammer that had barely grazed past the tip of his nose.

He had figured out from the distance and trajectory that it wouldn’t hit, but what incredible control.

The sight of Lil controlling such an enormously heavy hammer with pure physical strength alone, despite not even being from the Knight Department, was nothing short of amazing.

“Senior Lil, you’re not a Spirit Knight, are you?”

“No. I can’t handle aura.”

“But your hammer technique is quite extraordinary.”

“I come from a military family. I’ve never neglected combat training since I was young.”

Seeing this, Leo could understand why Elena and Hark called her a monster girl.

If this battle hammer combined with spirit magic, Lil would be able to play an active role in the front lines as well.

‘An all-rounder.’

Vanguard, rearguard, supporter.

She was a Spirit Mage who could handle all positions in a party.

Thud-!

Lil struck the hammer head on the ground and glared at the man who had attacked.

“Who are you? Are you the Spirit Mage who attacked us?”

“Wow~ Fierce. So fierce. Kids these days have high standards.”

The man shook his head and sheathed his curved blade.

Then he took off his hat and grinned.

“Who am I, you ask? Does seeing this face give you the answer?”

Leo stared blankly at the confidently smiling man and asked.

“Who are you.”

At those words, the man staggered and shouted.

“Hey! Why don’t you know my face! I’m a celebrity who appears in newspapers often!”

“I only read the world news section of newspapers.”

“You! 2nd year grade representative! You know my face, right?!”

At that question, Lil’s eyes widened, then she made an apologetic expression.

“I’m sorry. I also only read the world news section.”

“You guys! You’re Hero Candidates! If you’re Hero Candidates, shouldn’t you at least check the faces of seniors who’ve been active recently? Or what? You don’t need to look because you’re grade representatives? Is it youth? The youth that believes you can surpass the seniors who came before? Even so, that’s arrogant! You should at least know your goals to surpass!”

The man beat his chest as if frustrated and shouted.

“My name is Jin Karon!”

“Gasp! The Knight of Undine?!”

Lil made a shocked expression.

Undine.

The name of the current Grand Fairy of water, the spirit of the deep sea.

She was evaluated as the most powerful spirit among existing Grand Fairies, and the vast ocean was her domain.

She was born 1000 years ago.

But during that entire period, she was also a spirit who had never made a contract with anyone.

However, there was a hero she had blessed, and that was Jin Karon.

Jin was a Spirit Knight chosen by the noble Grand Fairy, so people in the world called him the Knight of Undine.

And he was one of Lumern’s graduates who had his name recorded in the Hero Record.

“I greet you, senior! I am Ril Ruche, a 2nd year at Lumern. It’s an honor to meet a great hero whose name is recorded in the Hero Record.”

At the appearance of someone who could be considered a department senior in some sense, Lil hurriedly bowed respectfully.

“Mm! Yes. Yes!”

Jin nodded with satisfaction as he crossed his arms.

“Now, the unprecedented all-class 1st year who became student council president. How about it? You must have heard of my reputation as a graduated senior, right?”

“May I speak honestly?”

“Of course. Speak honestly and show me respect like this kid.”

“I’m hearing about you for the first time.”

Seeing Leo scratching his cheek, Jin’s face hardened with a crack.

“I don’t know much about the heroes of this era.”

“B-but surely Ain must have talked about me? I’m the only one from our class who got his name in the Hero Record!”

Jin and Ain were classmates.

“Never once.”

Leo had never seen Ain talk about his classmates.

At Leo’s words, Jin’s face contorted, then he soon nodded.

“Well, I suppose. He was the one evaluated as most likely to become a hero first among our classmates. Maybe he’s jealous that I became a hero first.”

Seeing Jin laugh with a “hoot,” Leo thought of Ain.

‘…Rather than that, given Professor Ain’s personality, it seems more like he doesn’t care at all.’

He could tell the man before him was quite skilled.

But he also seemed to have an endlessly frivolous personality.

‘Did he judge that we had nothing to learn from this person?’

Leo sent a somewhat pitying look toward Jin.

Jin, who had been quite proud, crossed his arms.

“Anyway, you two. Why did you go there?”

“We received a mission.”

“A mission for 1st and 2nd years. That’s impressive. What kind of mission?”

“I cannot tell you that.”

Lil spoke without lowering her guard.

Even though he had revealed his identity, his credentials weren’t guaranteed.

From Lil’s perspective, Jin was still a suspicious person.

‘Goodness. These juniors are quite wary.’

Jin muttered to himself and said.

“From what I can see, it’s a mission related to the Zerodian Ruins, right? Then I’d recommend giving up.”

“Why is that?”

“Right now, there’s a Grand Fairy settled in those ruins.”

At those words, Lil made a surprised expression.

Jin glanced at Leo.

‘Oh ho? Look at this? He had already noticed?’

Jin made a meaningful expression.

‘Well, I suppose. He didn’t become student council president in his 1st year for nothing. He’s also a Phoenix contractor.’

Looking at Leo with sharp eyes, Jin said.

“The spirit settled there is the Spirit of the Abyss.”

At those words, Lil’s body trembled with a start.

The Spirit of the Abyss.

The current era’s Grand Fairy of darkness attribute.

And along with Undine, it was also a fairy that didn’t have even a single contractor.

“As you probably know, Undine is quite picky about her ‘preferences.’ That’s why she has no contractor, but the Abyss Fairy is a little different.”

Jin clicked his tongue.

“That one hates humans.”

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