Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 199

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199

[Ah! Three riders are charging forward to the lead all at once! The one in the very front is… Eiran! Seirun 1st year runner-up! Eiran Eisar! And following behind her, Duran Moira of Lumern and Eliza Herginn are in hot pursuit!]

Eiran was running at the very front, her long silver hair flowing behind her.

Following behind Eiran who was running like a streak of wind, Duran curled up the corners of his mouth.

“A magic swordsman? She’s quite nimble on her feet.”

Crackle—

Fierce sparks began flying from Duran’s body.

Duran, wrapped in golden lightning, lowered his stance.

Bzzzzzzt—!

Duran closed the distance with Eiran at tremendous speed.

“Care to show me your skills? Seirun’s runner-up!”

Slash—!

Duran drew his sword like lightning and threatened Eiran.

Whoosh—!

“…!”

In an instant, Eiran leaped up and dodged Duran’s attack.

Thud—!

And as if there was ground in the air, she stepped on the air to correct her posture and put distance between herself and Duran.

Seeing Eiran dodge his attack so easily, Duran curled up the corners of his mouth.

“Interesting.”

It was obvious at a glance.

The Seirun runner-up before his eyes wasn’t a magic swordsman who specialized in magic, but one specialized in moving her body.

Bzzzzzzt—!

A fierce lightning aura swirled around Duran’s body.

Duran, his competitive spirit aroused, raised his sword.

Flash! Crackle—!

As if Duran’s sword had become a lightning rod, a bolt of lightning struck his sword from the sky.

Bzzzzt—!

Duran, wrapped in an even more fierce lightning aura, put strength into his legs.

Slash!

“Draw your sword! Eiran Eisar!”

Duran’s terrifying sword strike aimed for Eisar’s back.

Eisar once again lightly bounced her body and dodged all of Duran’s irregular sword strikes pouring from all directions.

Duran’s eyes twitched.

While the first attack could be called light probing, this attack was quite a complex pattern.

Yet Eiran had dodged that attack like a ghost.

Moreover, while showing such god-like body movements, she didn’t even spare Duran a glance.

“Hehe. So this is what it means to be Seirun’s runner-up? I shouldn’t take her lightly!”

Sparks flew from Duran’s eyes.

Whoosh—!

“You’re still only thinking of pushing through with brute force again.”

Just then, Eliza, who had been watching the situation from slightly behind, rode her Wind Wyvern and caught up beside Duran.

The Wind Wyvern, wrapped in storms all over its body, chirped “Beep—!”

It seemed to be mocking Duran just like its master.

“An annoying master with an annoying pet mount.”

When Duran spoke in a cold voice, Eliza’s Wind Wyvern tried to hit Duran’s head with its tail.

Thwack—!

Of course, Duran easily blocked the attack and said.

“Shall I skin you?”

Duran’s eyes flashed.

But the Wind Wyvern only snorted.

“As much as I’d like to punish you for your rude words, the Lusejeon takes priority right now, so I’ll let it slide.”

Eliza drew a whip from her waist.

“Watch. I’ll show you how to catch prey. Let’s go! Bippi!”

Eliza mocked as she pulled on the Wind Wyvern’s reins.

Watching the back of the Wind Wyvern charging toward Eiran at tremendous speed, Duran muttered.

“I just can’t get used to that beast’s name.”

Arrogant and haughty Eliza’s main summoned beasts were all equally luxurious beyond measure.

Each one was a powerful beast capable of shaking the battlefield, but their names were so cute it was hard to adapt to.

Whether Duran clicked his tongue or not, Eliza, who had quickly approached Eiran, said.

“Bippi. Block that elf’s path with a storm.”

At those words, the Wind Wyvern shot up into the sky at tremendous speed.

Then it descended, gaining acceleration and instantly crossed in front of Eiran.

While doing so, it whipped up a storm in front of Eiran.

Whooooo—!

The Wind Wyvern’s special ability, atmospheric manipulation, created an invisible wall of air blocking Eiran’s path.

As Eiran’s speed began to decrease, Eliza smiled slyly and swung her whip.

Whip—! Thud—!

“Good, I caught… Kyaa?”

Eliza, who had been wearing a triumphant smile, was nearly dragged along by Eiran who had recovered her speed and was charging through the storm.

Eliza, who barely managed to regain her balance, showed a shocked expression.

“What? Why isn’t Bippi’s storm working?”

“It’s Animus armor.”

“Wait! Where do you think you’re riding!”

Eliza frowned at Duran who had somehow leaped up and mounted behind her.

“This is the Lusejeon right now. So this level of cooperation is natural, isn’t it?”

“Tch!”

“If it’s Animus armor, that’s a powerful technique passed down through generations of the Eisar Family.”

Hearing Duran’s words, Eliza narrowed her eyes.

“Fast mobility and strong defense. She’s certainly an ability user specialized for this obstacle race.”

“Right. So even though it’s annoying, Eliza Herginn, I propose cooperation.”

“Understood.”

Eliza readily cooperated.

Though she wanted to defeat Eiran alone, this was the Lusejeon where personal feelings had to be set aside.

Though the two were famous as bitter rivals, for now they chose cooperation as riders representing their grade.

Whoooosh!

As Eliza activated her spiritual power, the Wind Wyvern’s speed increased even more.

Crackle—!

Duran activated his lightning aura.

In fact, if the two put their minds to it, they could overtake Eiran.

But currently the leading group was in a 2:1 situation with Eiran, Duran, and Eliza.

If they eliminated Eiran, Seirun’s runner-up, here, this race would definitely become advantageous for Lumern.

Whoosh—!

Eliza, who had gotten well ahead of Eiran, commanded her wyvern to charge toward Eiran.

Meanwhile, Duran, who had raised his aura to the limit, sent a lightning sword strike toward Eiran.

Thud—!

Seeing this, Eiran lowered her head.

‘Don’t tell me she’s already giving up?’

It was when Duran and Eliza were making puzzled expressions.

Flash—!

An aura reminiscent of vegetation surrounded Eiran’s entire body.

Eiran covered her face with both arms and charged forward at increased speed.

Crackle-!

Crash-!

Lightning and storms struck Eiran’s body.

However, Eiran broke through the attack and ran past the two of them.

A magnificently bold frontal breakthrough.

At this, Duran and Eliza’s faces hardened.

“She didn’t counterattack against our attacks…”

“She just ignored us and left?”

The two watched Eiran’s retreating figure as she ran away quickly.

Her entire body was tattered, apparently having taken considerable damage from their powerful attacks.

However, Eiran pressed forward without ever looking back at the two.

The two, famous for their bad tempers, were the type who couldn’t be satisfied unless they retaliated when attacked.

So Eiran’s appearance of charging forward without looking back despite receiving threatening attacks felt like she was ignoring them.

“Hehe, truly Seirun’s second-place student. I heard rumors that she had quite a gentle personality, but how arrogant.”

Duran dismounted from his Wind Wyvern and loosened his neck.

Eliza habitually trimmed her fingertips while muttering.

“If she won’t look this way, I’ll have to force her to turn around.”

“Eliza Herginn. I don’t need your help anymore. I’ll take down that girl myself.”

“That’s my line, Duran Moira.”

The two, now furious, glared at each other with a crackle.

Then they shot forward at tremendous speed.

“Stop right there! Eiran Eisar!”

“Fight me with the Academy’s honor at stake! Seirun’s second-place!”

As the two chased after her with murderous intent, Eiran let out a “Hiik!” scream.

The reason she didn’t counterattack at all was very simple.

‘Scary! Scary! Scary! The Lumern people are too scary!’

The reason she poured all her strength into her Animus armor and focused entirely on defense with her family’s secret ability Evergreen, and why she didn’t counterattack while taking all the attacks, was because she was terrified.

In fact, she didn’t want to be a flag bearer.

She disliked receiving attention and was scared of being intensively targeted by Lumern students.

For the timid her, it was a position with far too much responsibility.

However…

‘Eiran! There’s no one more suited to be a flag bearer than you!’

‘N-no! Student Council President! I’ll get scared and run away!’

‘That’s exactly it! I’ve never seen anyone who runs away as well as you do!’

Student Council President Riennia gave a thumbs up to the tearful Eiran and forcibly registered her.

So Eiran resolved that when the match came, she would run without fighting other students as much as possible.

However, Eiran’s timid strategy was beautifully misunderstood and successfully provoked the two most belligerent students among Lumern’s first years.

“Stop right there!”

“Stop there!”

“Hiiiiiiiik!”

Eiran ran frantically with a face about to cry.

Using the power of Evergreen that granted infinite vitality, Eiran became a body that wouldn’t tire and ran and ran again like a herbivore being chased by carnivores, without worrying about stamina distribution.

Watching Eiran who seemed about to be caught but wasn’t, and who dodged all attacks with insane evasion skills, Duran and Eliza became even more enraged.

“I’ll eliminate you!”

“If I catch you, I won’t let you off!”

“Hiik! I’m sorryyyy!”

Eiran begged for forgiveness almost screaming, but the two couldn’t hear her.

Rumble-!

At that moment, the ground shot up before their eyes.

The three people in the leading group hesitated.

Roaaaaar!

The three people’s faces hardened upon seeing the monster that emerged from the ground.

“Cyclops?”

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Roar!

The cyclops didn’t only attack the leading group.

The second group, where many students were positioned, also began to be attacked by cyclops.

Seeing this, Leo muttered.

“Are these cyclops that Seirun captured?”

Leo’s eyes caught sight of control devices attached to the cyclops’ necks.

It seemed they were monsters that Seirun had captured alive for research purposes.

And fitting for a race called an obstacle course, they were using those monsters as obstacles.

At the appearance of top-grade monsters, the students fell into panic for a moment.

Then Leo launched his body.

Rumble! Bang-!

Fierce flames struck where Leo had been.

“Hey! You bastard! Fight me!”

Leo chuckled at seeing Runia with flashing red eyes.

“Sorry, but I’ll have to decline.”

“I don’t care whether you decline or not!”

Seeing Runia’s blazing eyes, Leo pointed behind her.

“Be careful.”

“Huh?”

A giant cyclops’ palm struck down on Runia.

Runia’s eyes flashed at the sight.

Whoosh-! Crash-!

Groaaaaar!

With a single spell, the cyclops’ arm turned to ash.

Without even looking at the cyclops writhing in pain, Runia said.

“Do you think these things would be a hindrance to me?”

Though they were top-grade monsters, the cyclops with their power restricted by restraining devices and without monster tamers weren’t much of a threat to Runia.

Watching Runia sneer, Leo said calmly.

“No, that’s not what I was talking about.”

“Huh?”

Whoosh-! Crash-!

Aura flames struck down on Runia.

The collision between aura flames and mana flames sent violent fire swirling in all directions.

Selia, standing in front of Leo, swept back her hair.

“Your opponent is me, Runia El Runda.”

Looking at the red eyes that resembled her own exactly, Runia narrowed her eyes.

‘Selia Jerdinger. First place in Lumern Knight Academy.’

In a sense, she was the direct descendant of a family that could be considered rivals to the Runda family, who also handled the power of Phoenix.

‘I wanted to target Leo, the flag bearer, first, but.’

Runia glanced at Leo.

This way, it wouldn’t be easy.

Moreover, the obstacles had begun to activate in earnest.

Though Runia had initially targeted only Leo recklessly, she quickly regained her composure.

‘If I let Selia Jerdinger run wild, the damage to our side will be great. It would be right to definitely hold her here.’

Whoosh-!

Runia ignited flames.

“Runda, Jerdinger. It would be good to clearly decide which of the two is superior.”

At Runia’s provocation, Selia curled up the corners of her mouth.

“That would be good. Of course, I’ll be the one to win.”

Leo stepped back from the clash between the two.

And he looked around his surroundings.

Everyone was busy dealing with the activated obstacles and keeping each other in check.

‘The Seirun students are quite formidable too.’

In this second-tier group, the advanced Class 1 students from Seirun that he had seen during the school trip were clearly visible.

They too had grown into skilled fighters incomparable to their first semester selves.

Groooooooo-!

At that moment, another cyclops burst through the ground and revealed itself.

But this one was different from the previous cyclops.

Though it wore restraints, it was significantly larger than the other cyclops.

At its threatening appearance, the surrounding students flinched and stepped back.

Thud-! Thud-! Thud-!

The cyclops spotted Leo and charged at him.

Seeing this, Leo chuckled.

“Perfect timing. I’ve been wanting to try this out.”

Leo extended his hand.

A subspace opened and a longsword revealed itself.

In appearance, it was an ordinary longsword.

But this was a magic sword made from dragon bone.

Wooong-!

A magic formula was generated on Leo’s sword.

The magic circuits drawn on the sword began to shine brightly.

The surrounding elf students flinched.

Leo, having activated the magic formula, thrust his sword forward.

Kwagagagak-!

A massive beam of light reminiscent of a comet extended from the sword, drawing a tail as it shot up into the sky.

The Seirun students who saw this showed expressions of shock.

“Could it be… Lampas…?”

“That’s star magic taught in the third year, isn’t it?”

Leaving the frozen Seirun students behind, Leo moved forward.

Thud-!

The cyclops’s massive body collapsed to the ground.

Step- Step-!

Leo left the cyclops behind and looked down at his sword.

Kiiiiiiiiing-!

The sword was trembling finely.

It was because it had been overloaded from enduring the complex magic formula.

Leo looked down at it and chuckled.

“Hmm. Not bad.”

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