Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 221

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221

“Hey, no matter how you look at it, isn’t this a huge problem?”

“Right. It’s a huge problem! An incredibly huge problem!”

A tremendous commotion arose at the entrance exam venue.

Especially the 2nd year students, who hadn’t expected such a thing to happen, were greatly shocked.

They had endured the difficult 1st year life and finally became the grade that could receive senior treatment.

But suddenly, there was a possibility that not a single underclassman might be able to enter.

While the 2nd year students were holding their heads and groaning.

Ren, who was watching that scene from a distance, crossed his arms.

“Professor Hallind is quite harsh too. The entire 2nd year as opponents.”

The initial entrance exam plan was to deploy only the top 9 students, but the exam content was changed in the faculty meeting.

The exam content was still survival, but it was changed so that examinees had to survive against the entire 2nd year.

“In some ways, this side might have a higher pass rate.”

Yura, who had crossed her arms, clicked her tongue.

“If those guys were the exam task, there wouldn’t be any examinees who could survive.”

Yura looked over the eight top-performing students led by Leo.

In Chen Xia’s case, she was unable to attend the entrance exam due to family circumstances.

Ren nodded at Yura’s words.

The original exam plan was to divide into groups of 50 and deploy one top-skilled 2nd year student to each group.

“Well, let’s watch and see anyway.”

Yura narrowed her eyes and looked at the examinees.

“How well this generation can perform against the current 2nd year students.”

***

When the examinees finished preparing for the test, one person stepped forward next to Hallind holding a Hero Record.

“We will now begin the Lumern unified entrance exam.”

At Hallind’s words, the examinees showed tense expressions.

The 2nd year students sighed and waited for the Heroes’ World to activate.

“Please.”

Hallind spoke politely to the person beside him.

The man with a small but sturdy build smiled and raised his hand.

Whooom-!

Intense light burst throughout the entire exam venue.

The examinees who saw it showed tense expressions.

“Now we’re going to the Heroes’ World.”

“Whoa! I’m nervous!”

For them, this would be their first experience of the Heroes’ World.

Cal chuckled at that sight.

“We also had such innocent times.”

“We’re still only 2nd year students though?”

At Chelsea’s retort, Cal shrugged his shoulders.

At the same time, a familiar message appeared before their eyes.

[Hero Record Open. Gerwin’s World. Chapter: Prologue – Erdien Mountain]

“Gerwin?”

“Wait! If it’s Gerwin, isn’t that Demian’s principal!”

Those who confirmed the message showed surprised expressions.

Demian Dwarf Hero Academy.

And Gerwin, the principal there, was a dwarf hero who had dominated the era alongside the Sword Saint.

Since such Gerwin’s world had suddenly activated, those who saw the message couldn’t help but be surprised.

“Could that person be…?”

The moment everyone looked at the person standing next to Hallind with surprised eyes.

Flash-!

Bright light obscured their vision.

Leo, who opened his eyes, looked around.

The place where Leo was currently standing was a forest.

‘Erdien Mountain.’

It’s the name of the world’s highest mountain located in the eastern part of the continent.

And it was also a place that Leo, who wasn’t familiar with current continental geography, remembered with certainty.

To be precise, it was the place name he first checked when he saw a world map for the first time after being born.

The high Erdien Mountain was a place that wouldn’t be strange to call a scenic wonder.

But it wasn’t a place where people’s footsteps reached.

It had to be that way.

This was a monster-infested area.

It was a place where monsters were endlessly generated even with periodic subjugation.

That’s why many people raised questions.

It wasn’t even a place affected by Tartaros.

Yet thanks to the endlessly appearing monsters, this place also remained an unexplored territory like the Monster Forest.

‘The Monster Forest’s curse must have been lifted though.’

With Silatuna’s subjugation, monsters would no longer appear in the Monster Forest.

Leo looked at Erdien Mountain visible through the trees in the distance.

An unknown territory where monsters were endlessly generated.

Long research had been conducted on the reason for monster appearances.

The Monster Forest was known to be due to a ‘curse’, but Erdien Mountain remained a mystery still shrouded in questions.

But Leo knew the reason.

Swish-

Leo, who knelt down, swept the ground.

Something flashed through Leo’s mind.

In the landscape of memory, only endless despair existed.

‘Now that I think about it, how did I manage to defeat it.’

On this land.

The world’s fate had changed.

A new era began and an immortal legend was completed.

The land where the world’s salvation was decided.

5000 years ago.

In the battle that determined the world’s fate, Leo had subjugated Erebos here and saved the world.

For Leo, this was also the place where he had died in his previous life.

‘To think I’d come here in this way.’

***

When the exam began, the examinees quickly hid themselves.

Since it was a forest, there were many places to hide.

Everyone acted stealthily with tense faces, suppressing their presence.

There were often cases where 1st year students encountered each other, but there was almost no fighting.

Normally, defeating competitors would increase the chances of passing.

But if they rashly started fighting, the 2nd year students would definitely come looking.

If that happened, it would be as good as confirmed elimination.

Fortunately, since the exam location was around Erdien Mountain, the world’s highest mountain, the forest was very vast.

There were also many places to hide.

‘Let’s move calmly.’

Martina, who had entered the Heroes’ World, hid herself and took a deep breath.

She had received training from Leo and came to participate in the Lumern entrance exam like this.

For Martina, she wanted to definitely pass this exam and proudly be accepted into Lumern.

‘First, let’s just avoid meeting the young master.’

Whatever happens, if she unluckily runs into Leo, it’s game over.

Martina knows that there’s no such thing as “going easy” in Leo’s dictionary.

While she might handle other things, Leo is someone Martina has no confidence in dealing with. As she explored the forest with an anxious heart, it wasn’t long before Martina encountered a group of 10 examinees.

Seeing them, Martina revealed her presence and stepped out.

Rustle-

Suddenly sensing a presence, they made startled expressions.

But realizing Martina was a fellow examinee, they let out sighs of relief.

“Perfect timing, want to join us?”

“Won’t we be in big trouble if we get caught moving around in such a large group?”

At Martina’s question, one of the examinees clicked his tongue and wagged his finger.

“Of course we’d be in trouble if we’re unlucky enough to get caught by high-ranking seniors. But not all 2nd years are the same, right?”

He grinned confidently with a smirk.

“You need to change your thinking. I believe we need the guts to face them instead of being scared just because they’re 2nd years.”

“That doesn’t seem like a very good choice.”

At Martina’s words, the leader of the trainee group snorted.

“They only entered the Academy one year before us, how big could the difference be?”

“Right. Right.”

“Actually, if you think about it, there’s not much age difference between us, is there?”

‘There are kids like this everywhere.’

Martina let out a small sigh.

If they’re challenging the Lumern entrance exam, it means they’ve been called geniuses at least once in some field.

While it’s true they have outstanding abilities, they’re still frogs in a well at best.

The weight of surviving one year at Lumern is extraordinary.

Literally, in one year, they accumulate skills and experience to the point where it wouldn’t be strange to call them different people.

Knowing this fact, Martina understood all too well how reckless their thinking was.

Should she give them advice? But she shook her head.

She knew well that these types don’t listen even when told.

“I’m out.”

“Coward.”

Mocking Martina as she left, he shouted to those who had formed a temporary party.

“Alright! Let’s all defeat the 2nd years and clearly show the professors our skills!”

“Yeah!”

Meanwhile, elsewhere…

Whoosh! Bang-!

“Gaaah!”

“Aaaaah!”

Examinees hit directly by the flames breathed by a fire spirit beast screamed.

One of the examinees who had fallen to the ground shouted.

“Wh-what are you doing! How can we fight among ourselves?!”

At those words, Shasha tilted her head while stroking the neck of a snake-shaped intermediate fire spirit beast, Prominence Wyvern.

“There shouldn’t be any clause saying examinees can’t fight each other, right?”

“Th-that’s true, but! We should cooperate to increase our chances of passing!”

“That’s true. But I’m not planning to pass in an ordinary way.”

Shasha smiled sweetly.

“What I’m aiming for is class representative. So I need to pass the entrance exam with overwhelming grades.”

Shrugging her shoulders, Shasha raised her spiritual power.

Whoosh-!

Intense flames erupted from the Prominence Wyvern’s body.

“Think of it as bad luck.”

“Graaaah-!”

There was also an examinee hunting other examinees.

That’s when it happened.

Swoosh-!

A spear flew through the air, cutting through the wind.

Thud-! Boom-!

Whoosh-!

The Prominence Wyvern reacted quickly and caught the spear in its mouth.

However, the wind-attribute aura contained in the spear exploded, blowing the Prominence Wyvern away.

The heavily damaged Prominence Wyvern was reverse-summoned.

“A surprise attack, how vulgar.”

Shasha looked at the young boy who revealed himself with cold eyes.

“I don’t think someone who bullies weaklings should be saying that.”

The young boy curled up the corners of his mouth.

Seeing this, the girl who had been on the verge of elimination widened her eyes.

“Ha-Havidon Birsen?!”

He was a student from Icote and a strong candidate for class representative this year.

At the appearance of the prince of Birsen, a knight powerhouse, the examinees brightened up.

“D-did you come to save us?”

“As expected, he has chivalry!”

At the examinees’ cheers, Havedon made an expression as if he was hearing something strange.

“Why should I save you guys?”

“What?”

“I only came to defeat Shasha Sienne Roden, though?”

The students who stood out the most during last year’s joint classes were precisely Shasha and Havedon.

Both were mentioned as strong freshman representative candidates among the Lumerne professors.

Knowing this evaluation, Shasha and Havedon were wary of each other.

And at that moment, they met in the early part of the exam.

“If you’re in the way, I’ll sweep you away together.”

“This one has a bad personality too!”

“As expected, all royals are selfish!”

The examinees screamed.

Then one examinee said.

“W-wait! But if you two fight now, one of you might be eliminated! Why would you do such a thing?”

With Havedon and Shasha’s skills, they could succeed in escaping even if they met 2nd years.

But if the two fought each other, the story would be different.

If caught by other 2nd years, there’s a high probability of elimination.

Or if one of the two wins, at least one would still be eliminated.

From other examinees’ perspective, this fight had no significant benefit.

But Shasha and Havedon thought differently.

“If I’m not the best, there’s no reason to enroll.”

“This is unexpectedly like-minded. I agree.”

Seeing the two people curling up the corners of their mouths, the other examinees gaped.

‘Elimination if you’re not the best…’

‘As expected, at that level, their pride is incredible.’

‘Is this the true vessel of a hero?’

Just when they were thinking these were people at a high level they couldn’t even imagine.

“That’s not right. You should think about passing the exam. You shouldn’t just fight recklessly like that.”

A voice of advice was heard, clicking its tongue.

“Huh!”

“L-Leo Flobe!”

The examinees showed expressions of horror at the appearance of the number one person to avoid in this exam.

This meant certain elimination.

However, on one hand, they also felt some anticipation about what kind of performance the two people evaluated as the strongest among the examinees would show against Leo Flobe.

‘We’re going to be eliminated anyway…’

‘Still, it might not be bad to watch a fight between the strongest examinees and the strongest 2nd Year before getting eliminated.’

Thinking that way, they looked toward where Shasha and Havedon were.

And they were left speechless.

Shasha and Havedon were running away with all their might.

“Run!”

“I want to become the freshman representative! Not get eliminated pathetically!”

The remaining examinees showed dejected expressions as they watched the future rulers of great nations screaming and running away.

“I’ll give you 30 seconds.”

Then Leo said as he took out a watch from his pocket.

“Professor Hallind told me not to go easy, but it would be too pitiful if you got eliminated like this.”

Seeing Leo giving them a chance, the examinees flinched and then ran away.

[Leo.]

“What.”

[Why are you giving them fleeting hope?]

“You never know. They might actually be able to escape.”

Leo shrugged his shoulders.

Elsi reproached her contractor.

[Giving hope and then taking it away is the worst thing to do.]

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