Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 256

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256

Uooooooo-!

Mellina looked at the monster before her with eyes filled with despair.

The sky was turning black.

The world was burning.

The giant of despair, wrapped in black flames all over its body, was roaring toward the sky.

“This is… the primordial evil…”

Mellina’s jaw trembled.

The Dragon Lord, the greatest hero of the age who would leave her name as a great hero on a page of history, was terrified like a frightened girl.

The final chapter of the Heroes of the Cataclysm.

Hero Record, which had devoured countless heroes over the past 3000 years.

But a world’s long-cherished wish that must be conquered someday.

Mellina thought it was possible.

Her companions were great.

They were highly regarded as among the best in the long history of the age of heroes.

She herself was the same.

She had resolved to accomplish the world’s great task and restore true peace.

And she challenged the specter of past calamity.

The result…

“Everyone…”

Mellina’s face contorted.

“Please… please… open your eyes…”

With a crawling voice, as if pleading.

She desperately called out to her companions who had fallen to the ground or disappeared from sight.

But no one answered.

The level was different.

Fear and despair unlike anything she had experienced before overwhelmed Mellina.

Ooooooo-!

Whoosh-!

Erebos raised his arm.

Black flames swirled.

The flames of calamity moved to burn the last remaining Mellina.

Mellina resigned herself and hung her head low.

Kwagagagang-!

The flames swirled.

And Mellina realized that someone had stopped Erebos and raised her head.

What she saw behind her was a woman with pure white hair.

Mellina’s eyes widened greatly.

The woman who turned around smiled brightly at Mellina.

She was a very famous figure.

Naturally, Mellina also knew about this person.

Her distant ancestor.

“Lady Rodia…?”

Mellina was surprised by the appearance of the Dragon of the Cataclysm.

Splash- Kwagagagagang-!

Then a giant wave from the void struck the earth.

Hiss-!

Water evaporated from the black flames and thick steam rose up.

Gooooooo!

The giant wave soon became a waterspout and drove away the black flames.

Mellina muttered as she saw the face of the beastkin woman at its center.

“Lady Ajonia.”

Crack-!

In the distance ahead, a dwarf warrior bravely swung a giant axe and cut off Erebos’s arm.

Along with him, a human holding a longsword swung his blade and carved a huge sword mark on Erebos’s chest.

It was Demian and Lumern.

Finally, starlight was embroidered in the sky.

Fragments of starlight pierced Erebos’s body.

Seirun.

Mellina couldn’t believe this situation with the appearance of the Heroes of the Cataclysm.

The final chapter of the Heroes of the Cataclysm is a world of possessed heroes.

But how did they appear?

“What’s your name?”

“Me, my name is Mellina.”

“Mellina.”

Rodia smiled gently.

“Blessings on this meeting… thanks to the great King of Wisdom.”

Rodia, who showed the courtesy of dragons, asked.

“Can you tell me how many years have passed since we sealed that damn fireball?”

“About 2900 years…”

“I see.”

Rodia nodded.

She spoke with a gentle smile.

“Leave the rest to us.”

“I’ll fight too!”

Rodia reached out her hand toward Mellina who was urgently getting up.

Swoosh-!

And Mellina’s eyes widened as she saw Rodia’s arm pass through her.

“You and your companions can’t fight anymore. You’ll be going outside soon.”

Rodia smiled brightly.

“But, that’s…”

Mellina realized.

The reason why the Heroes of the Cataclysm appeared in the world of possessed heroes.

They had failed.

And… those who had endlessly repeated this fight for thousands of years were starting the battle once again.

Rodia’s eyes widened as she looked at Mellina making a despairing expression, then she smiled brightly.

“You didn’t fail.”

“Pardon?”

“That’s right. This is a tactical retreat. Like we did, you’re still immature, so you can still become stronger.”

Rodia spoke as if reassuring her distant descendant.

“I believe. That someday future generations will appear to defeat that damn fireball.”

Even in this desperate situation, Rodia didn’t let go of the thread of hope.

“Someday, people like the great heroes will appear and save the world once again. So will you promise me?”

Rodia turned her body toward her companions who were fighting against Erebos and said.

“That you won’t give up.”

She couldn’t answer those words.

Before she could answer, the world was swept away by darkness.

Companions who barely survived but became crippled, and other companions who couldn’t even leave behind corpses.

In front of such Mellina, only the cold message [Conquest Failed] was floating.

***

“They succeeded in trapping Erebos within their own Hero Record and weakening Erebos by tearing the Hero Record… but Erebos himself was trying to break the seal and escape.”

Erebos is the natural enemy of gods.

Eventually, he would surely burn the Hero Record and emerge back into the world.

“So in the end, they entered their own world to stop Erebos?”

“Yes.”

Mel nodded her head.

This meant that the Erebos appearing in the final chapter of Heroes of the Cataclysm was ultimately the ‘real’ one.

“According to records left by those who attempted to clear the final chapter of the Cataclysm and barely returned alive… the Heroes of the Cataclysm seem to be continuously repeating the process of sealing Erebos within the Hero Record.”

“A loop?”

Leo narrowed his eyes.

“Yes. And it seemed like they lost their memories from previous attempts each time the world repeated.”

Leo’s face hardened.

The Hero Record was created by gods.

And Erebos is the natural enemy of gods.

If they had directly entered a world containing Erebos, it wouldn’t be strange for the Hero Record to go haywire.

‘So they’re trapped.’

And perhaps the Heroes of the Cataclysm had prepared themselves for that possibility.

“And now cracks are appearing in the Hero Record that’s sealing Erebos…”

“Yes.”

Leo let out a deep sigh.

Flames grow stronger the more they burn.

‘The fragment of Erebos in the Heroes’ World has been burning and growing stronger for 3000 years. It means he’s becoming too powerful for the Heroes of the Cataclysm to handle anymore.’

In the endlessly repeating loop, there must have been countless cases where the Heroes of the Cataclysm were defeated.

It wasn’t because the Heroes of the Cataclysm lacked power.

Erebos is an immortal being.

The biggest reason the Great Heroes could defeat Erebos was because they had Kail, who possessed characteristics that were like Erebos’s natural enemy.

“Within 100 years at most, Erebos will defeat the Heroes of the Cataclysm and emerge into the world. So we need heroes who can clear the final chapter before that happens.”

After the failure to clear the final chapter, Mel endlessly prepared for another attempt.

But a second attempt wasn’t made in Mel’s generation.

The companions who barely survived didn’t live long and died.

Later, the Sword Saint appeared, but he was ultimately just one person.

Even in Kalian’s generation, five heroes worthy of the challenge weren’t born.

Having returned alive from the final chapter, Mel knew better than anyone.

‘Luck doesn’t work in the final chapter of the Cataclysm.’

What’s needed is the power to defeat Erebos.

Mel worked endlessly to make that possible.

And now…

“The goal is set.”

At Leo’s words, Mel smiled faintly.

The person who would put an end to the invisible threat was right before her eyes.

“Let’s start now.”

Leo’s red eyes burned with determination.

“Preparing to clear the final chapter of the Cataclysm.”

“Yes.”

The era was moving.

***

Whoosh!

The intermediate wind spirits created gusts of wind.

Leo’s white hair shot up into the sky.

Seeing this, Leo lightly waved his hand.

Whooosh-!

Along with a small whirlwind, a lower wind spirit, a sylph, appeared before Leo.

The sylph spun around Leo in circles, then protected Leo from Shasha’s attack.

“Ugh!”

Shasha, having exhausted all her spiritual power, staggered and collapsed with a thud.

Gritting her teeth, Shasha turned her head.

“Leo senior’s friend! How much time is left?!”

“Well now, I have a name called Cal, you know? Junior?”

Grumbling, Cal pulled out a watch from his pocket, checked it, and shrugged his shoulders.

“About an hour left now.”

At Cal’s words, Shasha stood up on trembling legs.

‘I clearly understand the problem.’

Shasha gritted her teeth.

‘I can’t counter Leo senior’s spirit magic.’

From the point when most challengers had been eliminated and only the five who had challenged her during the entrance exam remained, Leo hadn’t used various abilities.

When facing Aina, Havedon, and Luke, he only used aura.

When facing Juwen, he only used magic, and when facing Shasha, he only used summoning.

What they felt facing such a Leo was an insurmountable wall.

Shasha realized.

With her current abilities, she couldn’t even touch a hair on Leo’s head.

“Are you giving up?”

At Leo’s question, Shasha hesitated, then gritted her teeth.

“Yes.”

“So you three have given up.”

At Leo’s words, Shasha drooped her shoulders and went toward where Cal was.

Havedon, Shasha, and Juwen had declared their surrender.

“What will you two do?”

Leo turned his head to look at Aina and Luke.

Luke looked at Aina and said.

“Aina. Would you like to go first?”

At that question, Aina clenched her fists tightly.

“No. With my current abilities, I absolutely cannot reach that person.”

Despite challenging persistently, Aina realized that further challenges would be meaningless.

It wasn’t just Aina.

The others felt the same way.

‘Among the current first-years, there’s no one who can land a hit on that person.’

“Wow! Really ruthless! Ruthless! The juniors are trying so hard, you could cut them some slack~”

At Juwen’s muttering as she lay sprawled on the ground, Cal chuckled.

“That’s not in Leo’s dictionary. Anyway, don’t you guys need to choose mentors quickly?”

At those words, Juwen sat up cross-legged and said.

“I can just grab any magic department senior and ask them.”

Juwen showed confidence.

After all, the foundation of her magic was the Southern Magic Tower.

She was confident that no matter which mage she had as a mentor, it wouldn’t be much help in improving her abilities as a mage.

“Besides, I can also receive private tutoring from sister Torua.”

Torua, a graduate from last year who obtained the position of Grand Mage immediately upon graduation, also belongs to the Southern Magic Tower.

And Juwen, as the daughter of the Southern Magic Tower’s master, had been very close to Torua since childhood.

If she could receive tutoring from her, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say there was nothing to learn from second-years.

“How about receiving it from Chloe?”

“The Southern Magic Tower and Northern Magic Tower are rivals, you know? You wouldn’t be unaware of that, would you?”

Juwen drowsily opened his eyes at Cal’s words.

Then Luke approached Leo.

“Luke, stop it. Don’t waste time and hurry up to find a mentor too. If you can’t decide on a mentor, you might get expelled.”

Hallind hadn’t mentioned what would happen if they failed to find a mentor.

But true to the name of the Lumern Wall of Lament, they could very well be expelled.

“I want to try challenging just one more time.”

Luke smiled awkwardly and scratched his head as he walked toward Leo.

Then he took a deep breath.

“Please take care of me.”

At Luke’s words, Leo drew his sword and said.

“I’ll be counting on you too.”

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