Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 245

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245

Clang-!

The sound of swords crossing echoed in the darkness.

Scrape-scrape-scrape-!

A contest of strength began.

Leo’s red eyes narrowed in the darkness.

Clang-! Crack-!

The tense balance of power collapsed in an instant.

Seeing Leo’s sword tilting toward him, Sian deflected Leo’s blade and pulled back his body.

Crash-!

Leo’s sword struck the marble floor.

Crack-crack-

Marble fragments scattered in all directions.

Leo retrieved his sword from the destroyed marble floor and straightened up.

‘Tremendous strength. To display this much power with pure physical force.’

“So the words about being the top Hero Candidate weren’t empty boasts.”

Sian’s eyes gleamed as he pointed his sword at Leo.

“All the more reason you’re worth defeating.”

At those words, Leo made an indifferent expression.

It wasn’t worth responding to.

‘But his skill is real.’

Much could be learned from crossing swords.

Sian’s abilities were definitely not mediocre.

Whoooosh-!

Wind swirled around Sian.

‘Wind aura.’

Different from Chen Xia who used water aura.

‘The Emperor of Shan used flame aura.’

The three of them must share aura techniques passed down through long ages.

But the attributes they used were completely different.

‘If they’re descendants of Bihar… I see. So that’s how it happened?’

Leo recalled the aura technique he had taught his disciple.

Leo chuckled as he realized why the three used different attribute auras.

Watching Leo, Sian spoke.

“I’d like to see your all-class abilities.”

At Sian’s words, Leo rested his sword on his shoulder.

“Would that be worth it?”

“What?”

“I’m saying you’re not an opponent worth the trouble of using magic or summoning.”

“Your confidence is excessive. Don’t you think that’s arrogance?”

“Not particularly.”

To Sian’s smiling question, Leo smiled coldly.

Watching Leo, Sian’s eyes twitched.

‘This bastard.’

Sian was a genius.

Both his qualifications as a Shadow.

And his qualifications as a Hero.

A genius who possessed everything.

From childhood, his only rival had been his twin Chen Xia, who was also called a genius.

But Sian had surpassed even Sia.

‘Sia is only half-complete.’

Chen Xia was born with only the talent of Shadows.

‘Destined to live thoroughly in darkness, pitifully.’

Sian didn’t resent his twin who had tried to kill him.

He simply pitied her.

‘Such a pathetic fate, having no choice but to live that way.’

But he was different.

‘I can’t waste my abilities becoming something like a Shadow.’

He was born with the vessel to become a greater Hero than anyone.

From childhood, Sian had been an object of praise.

Many who taught him shed tears in admiration of his talent.

He was praised as having talent unmatched in the entire history of Heroes and Shadows.

And it was truly so.

Sian had never experienced frustration.

He easily demolished all obstacles others considered walls and effortlessly grasped what others strived to achieve.

After actually leaving Shan, Sian had grown stronger.

Using Tartaros’s power, he conquered numerous Heroes’ Worlds and inherited their strength.

He trembled at the thought of becoming the Hero he had so desired.

‘My thinking was correct.’

Having easily overcome the trials of those called Heroes, he was truly someone suited to be a Hero.

At the same time, he thought.

‘Even the Heroes’ trials are this easy – I really can become a great Hero. I am a chosen human.’

Sian had never once in his life denied the fact that he was a genius.

A human for whom standing above others was natural.

But… but…

“I don’t like it.”

Leo’s gaze, as if looking down at him from an immeasurably high place, was irritating.

He could tell.

The fact that the boy before him didn’t consider him worth notice.

Having lived looking down on everything beneath him, Sian truly found that gaze irritating.

“That attitude as if I don’t matter at all. What do you think I am?”

“Hmm.”

Leo stroked his chin.

After thinking briefly, Leo soon nodded and answered matter-of-factly.

“Trash that needs to be disposed of?”

Sian’s eyes trembled.

“Isn’t that right? You betrayed the world and sided with Tartaros.”

“I’m merely using Tartaros to become a Hero.”

Sian spoke proudly.

“I wanted to proudly enroll in Lumern too. But this country is wrong. Forcing a genius like me to become a Shadow.”

“I agree this country’s methods are wrong. But that’s no reason to join hands with Tartaros.”

A cold light flowed from Leo’s eyes.

“Using Tartaros to become a Hero is nothing but nonsense too.”

“You wouldn’t understand. But I’ll grow stronger and subjugate Tartaros.”

At those words, Leo stopped walking.

And he shrugged his shoulders, holding back laughter.

“What’s so funny.”

“Wouldn’t you laugh if you were me?”

Contempt appeared in Leo’s gaze.

“Whether past or present, guys like you all say the exact same thing.”

“What did you say?”

“I’ve seen idiots like you more times than I can count.”

Even during the Age of Calamity, there were many with outstanding talent.

And many of them sided with Tartaros.

The reason was always the same.

‘Using Tartaros to defeat Tartaros.’

“There were countless narcissistic fools like you who couldn’t acknowledge their limits and lacked both the ability and will to overcome them.”

Swoosh-

Leo raised his sword.

“I’m sick and tired of such nonsense.”

Leo curled up the corner of his mouth.

“And genius?”

There was once a time when Leo thought of himself as a genius too.

During his days as Kail.

Whether it was martial arts, magic, or summoning.

He never doubted that he was a genius for learning things so well.

‘But the real geniuses were elsewhere.’

Friends who are now praised as great heroes.

True geniuses who reached the pinnacle of their respective fields.

Leo’s ability to defeat Erebos as the final great hero was only possible because he borrowed from the countless achievements of his companions.

‘Even that was close to a miracle.’

Having watched such friends by his side, Leo never called himself a genius.

In Leo’s view, Sian boasting about his talent as if he were something great in such circumstances was merely laughable.

Seeing Leo mock him, killing intent flashed in Sian’s eyes.

The reason he first wanted to defeat Leo was simple.

He wanted to defeat him and prove that he was the greatest Hero Candidate.

Later, he tried to kill him because Leo’s shadow-like behavior annoyed him.

But now it was different.

‘This bastard is denying my very existence.’

Whooooooo-!

Mana swirled around Sian’s body.

It wasn’t the wind aura that Sian had been using.

‘Are these abilities gained through Hero Abilities?’

Leo’s eyes narrowed.

He could clearly sense that these were abilities obtained by conquering Heroes’ World.

That wasn’t all.

Clank-! Clang-!

Accessories and armor imbued with mana were generated all over his body.

‘Hero Weapons. Naturally, I should assume he possesses multiple Hero Skills as well.’

Hero Candidates only begin conquering Heroes’ World in earnest starting from their 2nd Year.

Yet for Sian, who was merely a traitor, to possess this many conquest rewards…

‘Is Tartaros also collecting Hero Records?’

Of course, having Hero Records alone wouldn’t allow one to open Heroes’ World.

‘But Hero Records contain sealed fragments of Erebos. And they can utilize that.’

Like summoning fragments of Erebos that slept in Luna’s World to the real world, or making the past Legion Commander Jerdiak descend to the present world.

Tartaros was definitely utilizing the power of Hero Records.

Demons couldn’t receive conquest rewards even if they conquered.

But if it were Hero Killers…

‘Did they support Hero Killers to become stronger by opening Hero Records influenced by fragments of Erebos? The one who could orchestrate such a thing would be… the Overlord King.’

Tartaros’s Commander-in-Chief.

Hel Kaiser, the Overlord King called the strongest and most vicious Legion Commander.

Whoosh-!

Sian, gripping a red curved sword that spewed massive flames, muttered lowly.

“Here I come.”

Seeing such a Sian, Leo chuckled and unleashed his aura.

Whoooosh-

Flames blazed fiercely.

Crash-! Kaboom-!

Both charged simultaneously.

Along with that, massive flames engulfed the surroundings.

Kaboom-!

The flames filled the entire corridor like chain explosions, completely blowing away the darkness.

Crack-!

In an instant, cracks appeared in the Hero Weapon Sian was holding.

Seeing this, Sian’s eyes widened.

“No way…!”

Sian hastily pushed Leo away.

Along with that, he aimed his hand toward Leo.

Whoosh-!

Wind blades shot from his hand and struck Leo.

Hero Skill.

Befitting a technique used by heroes, it contained powerful force.

Whooom-!

Wind aura swirled from Leo’s hand.

Whoooosh-!

The attacks canceled each other out as strong wind pressure swirled.

Along with that, all the windows in the corridor shattered.

And Sian, swept up in the wind pressure, was blown away.

Thud-

Sian, who landed lightly on the ground, narrowed his eyes and looked at Leo.

‘Wind aura and earth aura.’

He was using multiple attribute auras simultaneously.

“Through Hero Abilities, I see.”

“Wrong.”

Leo chuckled.

Splash-! Hissss-!

Water aura shot from Leo’s hand and extinguished the flames.

“It’s fundamentally the same as the Orus Martial Arts you learned, isn’t it?”

What he was using now was the Orus Martial Arts he had gifted to Bihar.

‘Arron created the basics and I made the details.’

The Orus Martial Arts born from the hands of two great heroes was a martial art tailored to Bihar.

Bihar was born with mana characteristics that allowed her to naturally handle all four major attributes.

‘The Orus Martial Arts must have changed over the generations.’

To specialize in innate attributes.

That’s why even though they learned the same Orus Martial Arts, different attributes manifested.

The form had changed, but the foundation was the same.

‘I created it, but it’s hard to use it as well as that guy.’

Though it was an ability used as a temporary measure to handle multiple attributes, it was difficult to use as freely as Bihar.

Leo readjusted his grip on his sword.

“So.”

“…?”

“That’s it?”

Sian’s face hardened.

“You made such a big deal about using something amazing, and all you’re doing is borrowing someone else’s ability?”

“Insolent….”

Kwang- Hwareureureuk-!

In an instant, Leo’s sword swung toward Sian’s neck.

Sian’s eyes widened as he barely managed to block it.

Ppadeuk- Chaeng-!

The cracked Hero Weapon shattered.

Sian hastily ducked his head.

Hwang-!

Leo’s sword swept past where his neck had been with murderous intent.

Pueok-!

“Kuk?”

Leo’s knee struck Sian’s face as he ducked.

Watching Sian float in the air, Leo bent his knee.

Jjeojik-!

As Leo leaped, the floor caved in with a thud-!

Shwiik! Seogeok-!

“Kuk?”

Leo’s sword slashed Sian’s side.

Starting with that, Leo used the narrow corridor to leap at tremendous speed, slashing Sian from all directions.

Blood began spurting from Sian’s body floating in midair.

He instinctively avoided vital spots while resisting, but was helplessly cut by Leo’s sword.

Leo’s eyes flashed in the darkness.

Buak-!

Sian’s right arm sliced through the air.

Teolsseok-! Puhwak-!

Sian barely managed to land on the ground.

“This can’t be… I… I’m destined to become a great hero!”

Sian muttered as if in a daze.

He couldn’t believe the existence of Leo who had overwhelmed him.

Leo approached to strike Sian’s neck.

“It’s unfair! You’re strong because you conquered Luna’s world and gained powerful abilities! That’s why you’re stronger than me!”

“I didn’t use any magic at all while fighting you though?”

Leo sneered at Sian who was denying reality.

“If I inherit the power of a great hero, I’ll become a great hero too! If I get my hands on the sword related to Kail that’s kept in this country and conquer that world…! If I obtain the power of a great hero, I can become strong!”

Leo’s eyes twitched as he watched Sian raving in a daze.

‘My sword?’

The known history of the Shan Empire was 4000 years.

And considering that Bihar was their ancestor, Shan’s history reached 5000 years.

‘It wouldn’t be strange if there were items related to me.’

“If I inherit the abilities of the Hero of the Beginning instead of these insignificant heroes’ abilities!”

“Haven’t you considered that it’s not the heroes’ abilities that are insignificant, but that you’re just pathetic?”

“You bastard!”

Sparks flew from Sian’s eyes.

Leo was about to raise his sword to end Sian’s life.

Gooooooo-

At that moment.

Something writhed in Sian’s shadow.

Hwaak-!

Leo’s eyes twitched at the massive bone blade that emerged through the shadow.

‘Hell Kaiser’s necromancy.’

Ttadak- Ttadadak-

The skeleton that emerged through the shadow clattered its jaw.

Then it looked at Leo with flashing crimson eyes and politely bowed its head.

“It is an honor to meet you, Leo Flobe.”

Leo’s eyes twitched at the polite voice.

It was a familiar voice.

Flesh began sprouting from the white bones.

Soon, the giant with a fierce appearance who seemed to be 2 meters tall and had taken the form of a living human was smiling gently, contrary to his appearance.

“It is an honor to meet you, who is called the greatest hero candidate of this era. I am….”

The man who bared his white teeth introduced himself.

“The Grand Duke of Funerals, Atkan.”

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