Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 263

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263

“Who’s next?”

Duran, who had defeated Borman, asked in a cold voice.

“This should be interesting.”

“Should I go next?”

The Ajonia students showed excited reactions to Duran’s strength.

‘Our school kids are definitely different.’

Watching that scene, Duran curled up the corners of his mouth.

Lumern students don’t try to fight overwhelmingly strong opponents if they can help it.

When they can’t avoid it, they charge in without hesitation, but normally they don’t deliberately pick fights they’ll lose.

But Ajonia students burn with even more fighting spirit despite the overwhelming difference in power.

‘Interesting.’

Duran smiled a belligerent smile.

At that smile, the Ajonia students who had been competing to fight Duran momentarily flinched.

They were momentarily overwhelmed by Duran’s presence.

But just as they were about to hide their excitement even less and step forward to face Duran.

“Duran~”

Chen Xia called out to Duran.

“Chloe escaped on her own. She also turned all the Ajonia students who caused trouble into frozen humans, so there’s no more reason to fight the Ajonia students.”

“Hmph. These guys seem pretty spirited regardless of all that?”

Duran snorted.

At those words, Chen Xia smiled sweetly.

“You don’t need to worry about that. The boss cat is coming soon.”

“Boss cat?”

Bang-!

Duran’s question was soon answered.

This place was the hotel garden where the Ajonia students were staying.

Arga appeared, kicking down the hotel’s front gate with her blue eyes fiercely glaring.

“Hey you bastards! I told you not to cause trouble!”

“Ugh… was I unconscious…?”

Just then, Borman, who had regained consciousness, was trying to get up while holding his head.

Thud thud thud thud-! Whack-!

“Gack?!”

Arga, with fierce eyes, ran over and kicked Borman in the jaw.

Thump-!

Borman, who had barely regained consciousness, rolled his eyes back and fainted again.

Ar rushed into the gathered Ajonia students and began beating them up indiscriminately.

“What is this behavior! Even if you’re the grade representative, laying hands on students from other factions is unacceptable…”

“Shut up!”

“Aaaahhhhh!”

Arga growled and clawed at the face of the protesting student with her extended claws.

Trampling on the heads of students who were struggling while clutching their faces, Arga shouted fiercely.

“Do you know what you just did?! You kidnapped a Lumern student! And fought with the Lumern kids who came looking for their friend!! Can you take responsibility if this becomes a diplomatic issue?!”

Arga roared as if breathing fire, her blue eyes flashing and fangs bared.

Ar’s voice overwhelmed the entire gathering.

The Ajonia students stepped back in fear.

Duran summoned his aura to shake off Ar’s presence that was pressing down on his entire body.

‘Howling.’

A unique aura skill of beastmen created long ago by the hero Arron and spread among beastmen.

But even though it’s a unique technique of beastmen, not everyone can use it.

Among beastmen, only a very few can use Howling.

‘Those born with the qualities of a leader.’

That’s why beastmen who can use Howling are special.

‘Moreover, I heard that each user’s ability is different.’

The basic effect of Howling is instilling fear in enemies.

It’s about intimidating enemies with a powerful roar.

But there are also individual effects beyond that.

There are effects that enhance one’s attack power, defense, or agility.

A kind of buff effect.

Duran clenched and unclenched the sword in his hand.

‘Ajonia’s strongest 2nd year.’

Duran was well aware of Ar’s reputation.

‘A terrifying monster, right?’

Duran’s golden eyes narrowed.

‘And Leo Flobe defeated this one.’

Having thought that far, Duran opened his mouth.

“Ar Tune.”

“Hm?”

At Duran’s call, Arga looked at him.

And swishing her white tail, she said.

“We met during winter break, right? It seems our damn beasts caused trouble for you. As grade representative, I apologize…”

“No apology needed. We beat up your side plenty too anyway.”

Before fighting Borman, he had beaten up dozens of Ajonia students together with Selia and Chen Xia.

Moreover, Chloe had apparently escaped on her own as well.

‘Knowing Chloe’s personality, she wouldn’t have escaped quietly.’

They had already paid them back enough.

Lumern didn’t want a small incident to grow into a diplomatic problem either.

“Ah, thanks for understanding…”

Swish-

“What’s this about?”

Ar narrowed her eyes seeing Duran’s sword pointed at her.

“I’d like to have a match.”

Duran said with a cold smile.

‘His fighting spirit is beyond our school kids… no, even more than that. He seems like a dangerous guy.’

The corners of Ar’s mouth also gradually rose.

Crack-!

Crash-!

Arga struck away Duran’s sword with her fist.

Duran gripped his sword again.

‘Indeed.’

He put strength into the tingling sensation he felt in his hand.

‘A monster as rumored.’

Duran smiled savagely at Ar’s suddenly changed atmosphere.

Watching such Duran, Arga lowered her stance and smiled wickedly.

“The atmosphere suddenly changed.”

Selia made a surprised expression.

During last year’s winter break, Selia had seen Ar several times.

‘Though I never had a chance to spar with her.’

The Ar she saw then had a different atmosphere from now.

She didn’t deny her strength, but she thought she lacked charisma as Ajonia’s grade representative.

In fact, she would just get flustered whenever Leo teased her by calling her a “stupid cat,” so he had thought she was rather foolish.

But now she seemed like a completely different person.

The murderous atmosphere wafting over here made cold sweat naturally flow down his back.

“She’s a very scary cat.”

When Chen Xia spoke with her usual smiling face, Rwen fidgeted with the tail he was sitting on and replied.

“She has to be. There’s a reason why students outside her faction also call her the boss cat.”

Chen Xia tilted her head at Rwen’s words.

“I think it’s quite a cute nickname. Boss cat.”

“It might sound cute to you all. She does look cute on the outside too.”

Rwen narrowed his eyes.

Unlike the calm and cunning atmosphere he had been exuding until now, his eyes held the strong belligerence characteristic of beastmen.

“But Ajonia students don’t easily acknowledge others as leaders. Especially students from different factions.”

Ajonia pursues strength.

Therefore, they view those stronger than themselves as targets to eventually defeat.

Of course, after sharing hardships for about 2-3 years, they acknowledge invincible strong ones as leaders and treat them as such, but until then, they just keep challenging endlessly.

Yet Ar has been called ‘boss’ by the majority of her grade in just half a year.

“To me and the leaders of other factions, she appears to be a monster cat.”

Crash-!

Duran’s body slid back from the punch Ar swung.

“She’s definitely a monster.”

Chen Xia smiled slightly at the sight of Ar bristling her fur and hissing.

“This is troublesome though. Once she gets fired up, she doesn’t cool down easily.”

“Duran is the same way. I’d like to stop them now, but in that state, it doesn’t look easy to intervene.”

It was when Chen Xia wore a troubled smile.

“Hup!”

Ar took a deep breath.

“Grooooooooooar-!”

The roar of a fierce beast echoed from her mouth.

Crack-!

The air was instantly compressed.

“Ugh!”

“H-howling!”

The Ajonia students clutched their ears and staggered.

Selia and Chen Xia also grabbed their ears and grimaced.

It was an incomparably more powerful howling than before.

Literally a howling for battle.

“Oh my.”

Rwen covered his mouth with his uniform sleeve and narrowed his eyes.

“It looks like she’s getting serious.”

‘Hmph. Stupid cat. She tried to stop them but ended up causing a big incident herself. If she gets disciplined for this, that would be good for me.’

It was when Rwen was smiling with narrowed eyes.

Step-!

“Oh my? Student Council President of Lumern, are you going to stop them?”

Rwen asked Leo with a bright smile.

“I can’t just leave them like that.”

“She might get more excited and attack you when she sees you? That kid is stupid, so once she gets fired up, she doesn’t discriminate between opponents.”

Ignoring Rwen’s words, Leo intervened between the two.

‘Let me see your skills for once.’

Rwen’s eyes curved.

‘There’s no chance of winning in a duel.’

Unprecedented all-class.

And Lumern’s youngest student council president.

On top of that, he had already conquered the World of the Great Heroes in his first year.

The difference in power would be obvious.

‘But in a martial arts duel limited to combat techniques, there’s a chance.’

Leo’s strength was the strength of all-class.

The Ajonia students thought there was a chance in a pure martial arts duel that competed in skill.

‘Let me see if there are any weaknesses.’

Rwen, who had risen from his seat, swished his fox tail and his eyes gleamed.

Watching his back, Chen Xia smiled deeply.

Chen Xia had seen through at a glance that Rwen was quite a cunning student, unlike typical Ajonia students.

‘And it seems like he’s targeting Young Master Leo.’

If he purely requested a duel, she would leave it alone, but if he tried any tricks.

‘I won’t let it slide.’

When Chen Xia smiled slightly, Rwen shivered and looked around.

‘Was that a chill just now?’

***

Crack-!

When Ar swung her arm, giant claw-shaped scars appeared on the ground.

Duran, who dodged it, activated his aura.

Crackle-!

‘Aura Armor.’

Duran, wrapped in lightning all over his body, gripped his sword tightly.

Aura Armor was usually for defense.

But Duran could also use Aura Armor as a means of attack.

Crash-!

Duran charged toward Ar.

Ar quickly dove into Duran’s embrace and clenched her fist.

In close combat, Ar, who used fists and feet, had the advantage.

Ar reached out to grab his neck.

Duran caught Ar’s hand with his free hand that wasn’t holding the sword.

“Huh?”

“This will sting quite a bit.”

Crackle-!

“Nyah?!”

Ar’s fur stood on end from the electric shock.

“Grrrr-!”

Ar, electrocuted by the lightning aura, threw her head back in agony.

Flash-!

But she raised her head that had been thrown back and glared at Duran with gleaming eyes.

Crack-!

“This will hurt quite a bit.”

With a vicious smile, Ar’s other hand flew toward Duran’s face.

Duran didn’t hesitate to distance himself from Ar.

Crash-!

But when Ar’s fist cut through the air, a massive wind pressure struck Duran’s body.

‘Just from the shockwave?!’

Duran’s eyes widened as he was sent flying.

Thunk! Crrrrrack-!

He endured by stabbing his sword into the ground.

However, Duran’s body, unable to control the shock, was pushed straight back.

Thud-!

Duran, who barely managed to stop by putting strength into his soles, curled up the corners of his mouth.

“Interesting.”

“I’m having fun too!”

It was when Arga grinned and lowered her stance.

“That’s enough.”

Leo intervened in the middle.

Ar hesitated and Duran frowned.

“It’ll be troublesome if you fight any more. Outside, our academy students and Ajonia students are fighting here and there. Shouldn’t stopping that be the priority first?”

At Leo’s words, Duran slung his sword over his shoulder.

“Since Chloe escaped, it seems like it’ll stop on its own?”

“That should be the case. But if you two keep fighting, the situation won’t be resolved.”

“Hmph. Just finish it quickly then.”

“Then recover your condition and fight.”

“What?”

“You’re not physically normal from the previous fight, right?”

Leo gestured with his chin toward the unconscious Borman.

At Leo’s words, Duran, who had been staring intently at Leo, clicked his tongue in annoyance.

“That attitude of yours, acting like you see right through everything, is what I dislike most. Leo Flobe.”

Duran sheathed his sword and left.

“It was getting really fun and you’re interfering? Black Rabbit.”

Arga crossed her arms and made a displeased expression.

But soon she grinned.

“Well, my excitement hasn’t died down yet. This worked out perfectly. I wanted to fight you during this smith contract period!”

Arga smiled, baring her fangs.

“The opportunity came faster than expected! Fight me! Black Rabbit!”

Arga, unable to easily calm her excitement, lowered her stance.

“You’re definitely not listening as well as usual.”

“Do you think I’m your pet cat! Always following your words! If you underestimate a wild animal, you’ll get bitten!”

Hissing, Arga lunged at Leo.

The Ajonia students who saw this clenched their fists and cheered!

A fight between the Ajonia 2nd year representative and the Lumern 2nd year representative!

For the Ajonia students who loved watching fights as much as fighting, this was good entertainment.

Leo smiled at Ar who had approached right in front of him and muttered quietly.

“Roar.”

“…!”

Flash-!

In an instant, Arga’s eyes widened and she hastily distanced herself from Leo.

Like a cat with all its fur standing on end, she was crouched with her rear up and upper body low, hands pressed against the ground.

Her tail was stiffly standing in an ! shape, and cold sweat was dripping from her chin.

Leo, who had been watching such Ar, chuckled and spoke to Selia and Chen Xia who were making puzzled expressions.

“Let’s go back.”

Leo left Ajonia’s dormitory.

“That’s not like you.”

Rwen made a bored expression, yawned, and entered the dormitory.

Ar, who had gotten up, looked down at her hands.

They were drenched in cold sweat.

For a moment, she had seen the shape of a wolf behind Leo.

She had experienced something like this during last summer vacation too.

But this was different from that time.

And the shocking impact she felt was incomparable to that time as well.

‘That was definitely… howling.’

Arga wiped her hands on her school uniform skirt.

A human howling.

It was an unbelievable story.

But it was true.

Ar looked at Leo’s retreating figure and tilted her head.

‘Black Rabbit. What exactly are you?’

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