Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 244

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244

‘What’s with this guy?’

Leo’s eyes narrowed.

‘Chen Sian? Does he have a relationship with Chen Xia?’

Similar names.

Black hair and black eyes.

Even their resembling appearance and atmosphere.

The man before his eyes clearly resembled Chen Xia.

“What’s your relationship with Chen Xia?”

At Leo’s question, Chen Sian burst into laughter.

“I’m her twin.”

‘Twin?’

Leo looked Chen Sian up and down and nodded.

‘Indeed.’

“Why did you attack me?”

“I thought you were one of Shan’s Shadows.”

Chen Sian lowered his sword and smiled.

“Moving in the darkness, you looked so much like a Shadow.”

‘So he didn’t attack to prevent me from meeting Chen Xia?’

Leo placed his hand on his sword.

‘This guy said he’d become a Great Hero, didn’t he?’

This era is the age of heroes, and many yearn to become heroes.

But this was the first time he’d seen someone with the goal of standing shoulder to shoulder with the five Great Heroes who saved the world in the past.

3000 years ago.

The founders of the Hero Academies who sealed away the fragments when Erebos’s fragments were revived.

Even they, who are revered as the greatest heroes after the Great Heroes, barely managed to seal just one fragment.

Even now, 3000 years later, no one has been able to fully conquer the Hero Records of those revered as the greatest heroes since the Great Heroes.

In such a situation, to speak of becoming a Great Hero.

It couldn’t be anything but absurd talk.

“You attacked because I was a Shadow? If you’re Chen Xia’s twin, you must be Shan royalty, so why attack Shan’s Shadows?”

“You even know about Sia’s status? I thought you were just school friends, but you know quite a lot, don’t you?”

Sian smiled with an intrigued expression.

“It’s simple. Shadows are beings that shouldn’t exist.”

Leo’s eyes twitched.

“Don’t you think so too?”

Sian smiled slyly.

“They hide and operate in darkness, doing all sorts of dirty work. And they comfort themselves by saying it’s all for the world.”

He was speaking in a soft, gentle tone.

That appearance resembled Chen Xia.

But what he harbored was completely different.

“Why would such people be necessary?”

Sian shook his head as if he couldn’t understand.

“Shadows are beings with no value whatsoever. That’s why they’re beings that should disappear.”

“You must have lived as a Shadow too, right?”

“Yes. That’s exactly why I can assert even more that Shadows are unnecessary beings. That’s why I plan to erase them from this world.”

Watching Sian smile gently, Leo nodded as if he understood.

Countless experiences were telling him.

The guy before his eyes was…

“A traitor.”

“That hurts. To hear such words from someone called the greatest Hero Candidate.”

Sian smiled bitterly and raised his sword.

“It doesn’t matter what you say. I will become a Great Hero.”

“The Gods won’t acknowledge you.”

“I just need to accomplish feats that even the Gods will have no choice but to acknowledge. If not that, then I’ll make everyone in this world acknowledge me.”

‘He’s not in his right mind.’

Shing-!

Leo drew his sword.

The human before him was a dangerous individual.

‘I should deal with him here.’

“But there’s one thing I can’t understand.”

Sian’s eyes narrowed.

“Leo Flobe, who’s called the greatest Hero Candidate. How can you act like a Shadow? Are you actually a Shadow too?”

“Well, something like that.”

“The world has been deceived.”

Sian shook his head.

“To think they’re mistaking someone like this for the greatest Hero Candidate.”

Whirl-!

He spun the sword in his palm.

Thwack-!

Sian gripped his sword properly and burst into laughter.

“You are a disgrace to heroes, Leo Flobe.”

He thought he himself was the one suited to be a hero and denied Leo’s existence for being a Shadow.

Sian truly believed this.

That he himself was justice.

“You’re a Shadow too, aren’t you?”

“That’s rude to say. I abandoned the path of Shadows long ago.”

“You’re not in your right mind.”

Mixing words with this type was literally a waste of time.

Dense killing intent flowed from Leo’s body.

Traitors must be executed.

This was one of Leo’s unchanging values, past and present.

Watching such a Leo, Sian smiled.

“Shall we see the skills of an All-Class once?”

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Chen Xia, who had been fleeing from Leo, felt something strange.

‘What is this?’

She felt something alien in the darkness that was usually familiar.

‘It’s not because I’m being chased by Young Master Leo.’

Chen Xia, who was familiar with darkness, could sense that fact.

‘It’s different.’

The moment she passed through the corridor thinking that.

The fishy smell of blood was vibrating through the air.

Chen Xia’s face hardened stiffly.

The entire corridor was filled with corpses.

They were all Shadows.

Chen Xia approached one of the corpses nearby.

And she reached out to remove the mask.

Chen Xia gritted her teeth.

It was a Shadow Candidate she had trained with since childhood.

The others were the same as well.

‘These are children deployed to trap Leo-nim in darkness.’

And now they were dead.

Moreover, there were clear traces of sword strikes aimed at ensuring their deaths.

Literally the Shadow way.

‘Who…!’

It wasn’t Leo.

As fellow Knight Academy classmates, she had trained with Leo many times over the past year.

This wasn’t Leo’s swordsmanship.

Chen Xia’s face hardened as she examined the swordsmanship.

As a Shadow who had been educated from childhood to pursue and execute traitors, she had seen so many corpses that she was sick of them, and had been trained to learn much from bodies.

The weapon the opponent used, their skill level, gender or height, even their habits.

And now the sword wound traces on the Shadow Candidates’ corpses were all too familiar.

‘The swordsmanship has changed, but… there’s no mistake.’

Chen Xia’s hands trembled slightly.

‘He was alive.’

The twin she had thought was her other half.

Sian, who had betrayed Shan and fled.

Chen Xia stood up.

He had hidden himself in darkness and returned to the Imperial Palace.

‘But why?’

There was no reason to return.

No, being alive in the first place was something that shouldn’t be known.

If that became known, Shan would surely mobilize all their forces to eliminate Sian.

Yet that same Sian had boldly entered the heart of Shan’s Imperial Palace.

Just as Chen Xia was gritting her teeth.

“Your Highness?”

A bewildered voice was heard.

Chen Xia turned her head.

“Jane, and.”

“I’m Fritz Edgon, a first-year from Lumern. Chen Xia-senpai.”

“I dropped out of Lumern. I’m no longer a Hero Candidate either. So I’m not your senpai…”

“No. Chen Xia-nim.”

Fritz puffed out his chest.

“You are still a Hero Candidate and a student of Lumern.”

“Don’t you dare contradict Her Highness so impudently!”

Jane tried to punch Fritz in the ribs.

But Fritz skillfully dodged the attack.

“You’ve made a good friend, Jane.”

“This guy is not my friend!”

Jane, who had been bristling, asked urgently.

“But what is all this?”

Jane’s face hardened as she saw the fallen Shadow Candidates.

“Hey, you guys…!”

The Shadow Candidates she had trained with since childhood had become cold corpses.

“Chen Sian has returned.”

“What?”

Jane’s face turned pale.

Chen Sian.

At one time, not only Jane but countless Shadow Candidates of Shan had thought he was a strong candidate to be Shan’s next emperor.

He had a gentle personality like Chen Xia, and his talent was evaluated as surpassing even his twin Chen Xia.

The one problem was that he aimed to become a hero.

But most Shadow Candidates thought it was just a childhood dream.

Because he couldn’t go against the fate of being born as Shan royalty.

Then one day.

Sian massacred not only the Shadow Candidates who followed him but also the Shadows who served as instructors, and escaped from Shan.

And Chen Xia had killed that Sian.

Chen Sian, whom everyone thought was dead, was alive and had returned to the Imperial Palace.

“Jane. You report this fact to Aba Mama.”

“What about you, Your Highness?”

“I’m going to deal with him.”

“It’s dangerous! He absolutely wouldn’t have come alone! Surely…!”

“Yes, he probably entrusted himself to Tartaros.”

If someone who was a strong candidate for Shan’s next emperor had betrayed Shan and sought them out, Tartaros would surely have accepted him given their nature.

“That’s all the more reason I must eliminate him.”

Clench-!

Chen Xia’s hands tightened with force.

“This happened because I failed to kill him. I must finish it with my own hands.”

Seeing Chen Xia like this, Jane bowed her head deeply.

Then she knelt down.

“I will obey your command.”

Jane, having shown proper respect, disappeared into the darkness.

Chen Xia spoke to Fritz.

“You should also take cover. This has nothing to do with you.”

At those words, Fritz said respectfully.

“As your junior, I have a duty to help you.”

“I told you earlier. I dropped out.”

“No. You are still a student of Lumern and a Hero Candidate.”

At those words, Chen Xia smiled bitterly and looked at Fritz carefully.

‘This person is also a Shadow Candidate.’

Then he would know.

That Shadows cannot become heroes.

Yet why does he treat her as a Hero Candidate?

“Why do you call me a Hero Candidate?”

“Because Leo-senpai said so. If Leo-senpai says so, then that’s how it is.”

At Fritz’s words, Chen Xia’s eyes wavered.

‘Leo-nim still thinks of me as a Hero Candidate.’

She had run away from Leo because she was afraid her resolve would waver.

But just hearing these words made her heart race.

It was inevitable when the person she thought was most heroic called her a Hero Candidate.

“I suppose I’ll have to tell Leo-nim directly myself.”

Chen Xia, having steeled her heart, took a deep breath.

“But right now, eliminating him takes priority.”

Step- Step-

Chen Xia began walking.

Fritz naturally followed behind her.

Chen Xia no longer tried to dissuade Fritz.

And the moment they turned the corner.

Whoosh-!

The smell of death flowed out.

Tap-tap- Tap-

The skeletons gripping swords were revealing sticky killing intent.

‘As expected, he borrowed the power of Tartaros.’

Chen Xia let out a small sigh.

Right now, the Imperial Palace was surely filled with Tartaros monsters that Chen Sian had brought in.

Monsters that originally couldn’t invade had occupied the Imperial Palace by Sian’s hand.

‘Even so, they should be suppressed in an instant.’

Chen Xia narrowed her eyes.

‘What the hell is that bastard aiming for?’

If he wasn’t aiming for something, he wouldn’t have returned.

But whatever it was, she would eliminate him before that.

Just as she was about to step forward with that resolve.

Crack- Crack-

Fritz stepped forward.

“Please conserve your strength, Senior.”

Cracking his knuckles, Fritz smiled.

“I will handle these lowly things.”

Mana swirled around Fritz’s body.

‘A combat-type mage.’

It was when Chen Xia was watching that sight.

Fritz raised his hand and crunch-! bit his palm.

Spurt-!

Blood flowed from his hand.

Whoosh-!

In an instant, blood spurted from his palm and began to coagulate by mana.

‘A mana attribute related to blood.’

It was a mana attribute that would be ostracized because of its combat method unfit for a Hero Candidate.

But for a Shadow, it was a perfect attribute.

For Fritz, blood itself was a powerful weapon.

“I’ll sweep you away, lowly undead.”

Crash-!

A red blade flashed in the darkness.

Chen Xia followed behind while looking beyond the darkness.

‘Chen Sian.’

This time, she would definitely kill her twin.

Chen Xia made that vow.

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