Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 255

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255

“Everyone, please take out your Hero Studies textbooks.”

At Mel’s words, the students took out two books.

The books were titled 【Discourse on Hero Studies】 and 【Life and Death of Heroes】.

Usually, the 2nd Year Hero Studies textbook was only Discourse on Hero Studies.

However, this semester’s required materials also included the book 【Life and Death of Heroes】.

‘Was 【Life and Death of Heroes】 a book required for all grades?’

When purchasing textbooks in Lumeria City, he had simply put whatever books the bookstore staff gave him into his extradimensional space.

So this was the first time he was properly looking at the books.

Leo paused when he saw the book about the life and death of heroes.

Author: Mellina

Leo looked up and stared at Mel.

Mel, whose eyes met with Leo’s, smiled brightly and waved her hand.

“This book.”

Chloe, who thoroughly did preview and review studies befitting the academy’s top honor student, placed the book she had already read several times on her desk and said.

“Strangely, the author has the exact same name as the current Dragon Lord?”

At those words, Leo looked at Mel and said.

“Isn’t it written by the Dragon Lord?”

“That can’t be. This book was published this year, right? It’s probably just someone with the same name.”

‘It really was written by her.’

But no one could even imagine that the Dragon Lord had personally gotten a job as a professor at this academy, was teaching classes, and had published a book for that purpose.

‘It’s an unreasonable situation.’

Leo glanced at Mel and muttered to himself as he flipped through the book.

“It’s a book published this year, but the content is very good. Especially the content about the Heroes of the Cataclysm is truly at an amazing level.”

Chloe, who had already read the book several times thoroughly like the diligent honor student she was, sparkled her eyes.

‘Heroes of the Cataclysm.’

Leo opened to the page about the Heroes of the Cataclysm and rested his chin on his hand.

The heroes who first conquered the Heroes’ World and opened a new era.

‘Many people see these guys as our successors.’

They not only first discovered the Heroes’ World, but also first conquered the Hero Records of the Great Heroes and inherited their power.

‘The subjugation of Tartaros’s seven Demon Generals. And they also prevented the return of calamity by sealing the fragments of Erebos.’

The return of calamity.

According to records, it was almost similar to the early days of the Age of Calamity.

A time when countless countries perished and Tartaros’s Demon Generals ran rampant.

But thanks to the five heroes, another Age of Calamity could be prevented.

When Mel wiggled her finger, the chalk on the blackboard floated up into the air by itself.

And like dancing, it drew the figure of a person on the blackboard.

[Knight of Twilight, Lumern.]

He was a man praised as the strongest knight who single-handedly subjugated Tartaros’s Demon Generals and their legions.

“There are many materials and anecdotes about the Heroes of the Cataclysm remaining.”

Mel said while looking at the 2nd year students.

“However, during the past 3000 years, attempts to conquer the Hero Records of the Heroes of the Cataclysm have rarely been made. Does any student know the reason?”

Several students raised their hands simultaneously with the question.

“Student Iliana Raden.”

“Yes!!”

Iliana stood up from her seat with clenched fists and answered.

“The Hero Records of the Heroes of the Cataclysm are all managed in Dragonnia, and the Dragons only allow conquest to chosen heroes!”

“Correct.”

Mel smiled brightly and clapped once.

“As a reward, student Iliana will receive…”

“Presentation points, right!?”

“I’ll give you a cookie.”

“Huh?”

Iliana made a bewildered expression.

“You expect presentation points for answering such an easy question?”

“Don’t try to get something for nothing!”

Jeers flowed from here and there.

“Shut up!”

Iliana shouted with a reddened face and hesitantly went toward Mel.

Actually, she felt embarrassed for confidently demanding presentation points after answering a question that wasn’t even difficult, and didn’t want to go up.

‘Ugh! Whatever! The cookie looks delicious too.’

But since it was hard to refuse the professor’s goodwill from the first class, she decided to brazenly go up.

“Here you go.”

“Thank you.”

Iliana smiled as she received the cookie, returned to her seat, and took a bite.

“Mmm~!”

Iliana’s eyes widened as she trembled.

And she grabbed her cheeks with a happy expression.

“It’s delicious~”

Iliana, who was humming while chewing the cookie, suddenly paused and put her finger in her mouth.

“What’s this?”

[Well done. 5 points]

On a small piece of paper with a cute rabbit drawing, there were presentation points.

“How many points?”

“5 points.”

Iliana answered Mel’s question.

“Student Iliana, that’s an additional 5 points.”

“Ooh!”

Iliana made a bright expression.

Mel smiled and looked at the students.

“I’ll give cookies to students with good class attitudes. And inside the cookies, attitude points are randomly included.”

“Random?”

“Yes. You get to eat cookies. And earn points. We’re all studying together happily.”

All the students made dumbfounded expressions at the lottery-style attitude points they had never seen or heard of before.

However, they didn’t object.

Lumern’s class policies were decided by the professor.

Objecting to that was tantamount to challenging the professor’s authority.

And so the class proceeded.

Starting with stories about the Knight of Twilight’s childhood, his values and psychology.

And a class proceeded that deeply studied and analyzed the goals he pursued.

Mel’s class seemed less like a Hero Studies class and more like taking the Knight of Twilight as an academic subject for thorough research.

The 2nd year students came to understand the Knight of Twilight, whom they had only encountered through materials and anecdotes.

Ding-dong-dang-dong-!

The sound signaling the end of class rang out.

“Class is over.”

Mel smiled and closed her textbook.

“I’ll assign one homework. Lumern’s very first Achievement was the anecdote of defeating the Orc King who ruled that area at the age of 13. If you were Lumern, please submit a report on what Lumern’s feelings were before going to subjugate the Orc King. Any questions?”

Mel organized the cookie jar.

Watching Mel, Chelsea raised her hand.

“Yes, student Chelsea Rwallin.”

“Professor Mel. The class was very interesting. It was also a time to understand the founding headmaster more deeply. But there’s something I don’t quite understand. Until now, in our first year, we studied and researched methods for conquering various Heroes’ Worlds. But Professor Mel’s class…”

“You’re asking why I focus on understanding ‘heroes’ rather than conquest methods?”

“Yes.”

“That’s a good question.”

Mel smiled faintly.

“As student Iliana Raden presented earlier, the Hero Records of the Heroes of the Cataclysm are managed by Dragonnia. Does anyone know the reason for this?”

The second-year students fell silent at those words.

No student knew the reason.

The smile disappeared from Mel’s face.

“Because it’s dangerous.”

“Isn’t it obvious that conquering Heroes’ Worlds is dangerous?”

“Yes. But the Hero Records of the Heroes of the Cataclysm are currently in an unconquerable state. Over the past 3000 years, numerous conquest attempts have been made, but not once has anyone succeeded. Those who attempted the conquests were praised as the greatest heroes of their time, but most lost their lives futilely.”

Mel moved the chalk eraser with magic to clean the blackboard as she spoke.

“Class methods for conquering Heroes’ Worlds like in your first year will be taught by other professors. However, the reason for conducting these special classes is simple.”

Mel looked around at the students.

“It’s not just you. Seirun, Ajonia, and Demian are also conducting the exact same classes as yours.”

The students’ eyes widened.

This was certainly surprising news.

“The methods you’ve learned so far for conquering Heroes’ Worlds are ways to conquer unspecified Heroes’ Worlds.”

Analyzing and researching Heroes’ Worlds.

Or methods to quickly identify missions and objectives.

That had been the Hero Studies classes that Lumern students had learned until now.

“But the method I’ll teach you will be classes focused on perfectly understanding the Heroes of the Cataclysm. And this is also one of the methods for conquering Heroes’ Worlds. Is there any student who can present their thoughts on why this is one of the conquest methods?”

As the students glanced at each other at those words.

Then someone raised their hand.

“Student Leo Flobe.”

Everyone’s gaze turned to Leo.

“To accomplish what even those heroes couldn’t accomplish.”

Mel smiled brightly.

“Correct.”

Mel didn’t give Leo a cookie.

Leo also didn’t receive a cookie and sat down.

“The method I’ll teach you is the foundation for achieving [Over-Achievement] in Heroes’ Worlds.”

The students began to murmur.

“Why is understanding those heroes the foundation for [Over-Achievement]?”

This time Selia raised her hand and asked.

“Conquering Heroes’ Worlds means following in the footsteps of previous heroes’ great deeds. That’s why those who conquer Heroes’ Worlds mostly know what they should aim for and what they need to do to obtain it.”

The students nodded.

“But over-achievement is uncharted territory. To accomplish great deeds that even those heroes found impossible, simply following existing methods isn’t enough. You must accomplish even what those heroes missed, what those heroes couldn’t do. To do that, you first need to perfectly understand what kind of people those heroes were.”

The students nodded at those words.

“And the reason for choosing the Heroes of the Cataclysm as that target is simple.”

Mel made a serious expression.

“Dragonnia has delivered a request to each Hero Military Academy.”

“Fr-from Dragonnia?”

“Suddenly?”

“My goodness. Isn’t this the first time in almost a thousand years?”

While the students were surprised, Woreden crossed his arms.

“What was the content?”

At that question, Mel smiled faintly.

“It was a request for your current generation to conquer the Hero Records of the Heroes of the Cataclysm.”

The students’ eyes bulged.

* * *

“Don’t I get bonus points?”

After class ended.

Leo visited Mel’s professor’s office during break time.

At Leo’s grumbling, Mel let out a deep sigh.

“How could I dare give Leo cookies and talk about bonus points? Besides, it wasn’t even a difficult question for Leo.”

“That’s discrimination.”

Leo grumbled but still sat down in front of Mel.

“So. What’s the reason why the current generation needs to conquer the Hero Records of the Heroes of the Cataclysm?”

“The biggest reason is that the current generation has tremendous potential.”

“That’s because of me though.”

“Yes.”

Mel nodded.

Because it wasn’t wrong.

“But the biggest reason is probably because the time those people can endure is at most about 100 years.”

“Those people?”

Leo made a puzzled expression.

“There’s something I didn’t tell you when you visited Dragonnia back then.”

Mel’s face hardened.

“The reason Dragonnia hasn’t made the Hero Records of the Heroes of the Cataclysm public isn’t simply because they’re ‘unconquerable.'”

“Is there another reason?”

“Yes. In the process of imprisoning Erebos within their Hero Records, most of the Heroes of the Cataclysm’s Hero Records were burned, but still, major records remain. For instance, records related to subduing the legion commanders.”

“If it’s Hero Records containing legion commander records, they wouldn’t be impossible to conquer.”

“Yes. The problem is that even if you conquer the Heroes of the Cataclysm’s worlds, no conquest rewards are given.”

“Why?”

“Because the Hero Records don’t yet recognize them as dead heroes.”

Though there are numerous materials remaining about the Heroes of the Cataclysm, almost nothing is known about their final whereabouts.

Some say they established the Academy, retired, and spent comfortable twilight years, while others say they went into seclusion and hid from public view.

What’s certain is that nothing at all is known about how they ended.

“Don’t tell me…”

Leo’s face hardened.

“Yes.”

Mel made a stern expression.

“The five heroes are still fighting the fragments of Erebos they sealed within their own Heroes’ Worlds.”

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