Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 269

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269

“Specific specs for the weapons we’ll be using?”

“Hmm… I’ve never really thought about it?”

The Lumern students wore troubled expressions.

Not only the regular students, but even the top students from each department showed reluctance.

“I roughly know about the specs of the magic staff I use though.”

Chelsea took out her staff from her bosom.

While Avad and Chloe used long staffs as tall as themselves, the staff Chelsea primarily used was a short staff about 30cm long.

Of course, since each type of staff had its advantages and disadvantages, Chelsea also owned a long staff magic wand.

Cal put his interlocked hands behind his head and said.

“The staff you like to use is one of the Rwallin Family’s heirlooms, isn’t it?”

“Yeah, that’s right. It’s Flamen, which was used by the 5th family head.”

Flamen.

It was a weapon classified in the same grade as Selia’s beloved sword ‘Flame Storm’.

Weapon grades are broadly divided into five categories.

[Common], [Magic], [Hero], [Legend].

And finally [Divine Artifact].

[Common] refers to weapons made of steel produced by ordinary blacksmiths.

They were the most commonly seen weapons and had no special power.

From [Magic] grade onwards, they are weapons made by blacksmiths with expertise in magical engineering.

Weapons that go through special processes using magical engineering or contain mana are graded as [Magic].

[Hero] grade weapons have special power even among magic grade weapons and are used by hero-level individuals.

The grade above that, Legend, refers to weapons that have left their names in the Hero Record.

Finally, [Divine Artifact].

Weapons made with divine craftsmanship.

Throughout history, only one person could create [Divine Artifact] grade weapons.

Only Dweno, the Divine Blacksmith.

Both Selia’s Flame Storm and Chelsea’s Flamen were [Legend] grade.

They were weapons that symbolized Jerdinger and Rwallin.

“I’m envious every time I see it.”

Cal admired Flamen as he looked at it.

It was a weapon that ordinary mages could hardly even see, let alone obtain, no matter how hard they worked their entire lives.

“Come to think of it, there were four people in our grade who had legendary grade weapons?”

Selia, Avad, Chelsea, and Eliza, who came from renowned hero families with distinguished histories.

The Jerdinger, Rwallin, and Herginn families had exceptional history and reputation compared to ordinary renowned hero families.

Even Duran’s family history was too short to have weapons classified as [Legend] in the family.

‘When I think about it, I wonder how I ended up being friends with these guys.’

While Cal was clicking his tongue.

Chloe asked.

“If it’s that level of magic staff, wouldn’t you not need any other staff?”

“Not necessarily. While Flamen is certainly a powerful magic staff, it’s not omnipotent. It matches well with my specialty magic, wind magic, but doesn’t match well with other magic at all.”

Chelsea pouted her lips.

“It’s true that it’s a staff with stronger power than any other staff, but that’s why I can’t handle it perfectly. I have to adapt to the staff. That’s why I need a custom magic staff that suits me.”

Weapons that contain powerful force are that much harder to handle.

Chelsea was an excellent mage, but she was still a fifteen-year-old with inexperienced skills.

While she was the owner of Flamen, she couldn’t handle it perfectly yet.

The same was true for Selia, Avad, and Eliza.

“But no matter how I think about it, do we really need to know specifically about weapons when commissioning magic staff creation?”

“Right. Depeto seemed to say that it’s important to understand the weapon itself, not just the specs of the weapon we’ll use.”

When Chloe nodded in agreement with Chelsea’s words.

“You need to know.”

Then Leo approached the Magic Studies Department students and said.

Cal tilted his head.

“Are the benefits significant?”

“The benefits are very significant.”

At Leo’s words, Emio, who had been listening from afar, curled up the corners of his mouth.

“Shall we hear how significant the benefits are from the Student Council President’s advice?”

“Ah, there he goes showing off again.”

Chelsea made an annoyed expression.

Seeing Chelsea like that, Emio made a menacing expression.

“Are you picking a fight?”

“You’re the one who picked a fight first.”

Chelsea stuck out her tongue.

“Now, now, stop fighting and let’s listen to the story.”

Avad stepped between the two.

“Hmph!”

Chelsea snorted and Emio turned his head with a distorted face.

“Leo. Will you tell us your thoughts?”

At Avad’s question, Leo took out an ore from his bosom.

“Mithril?”

Cal, who was skilled in alchemy, immediately recognized the mithril ore.

“That’s right. I borrowed it from Depeto Smith.”

Leo said while tapping the unrefined mithril ore up and down.

“Since we basically learn about magical engineering at Lumern, I don’t need to explain mithril’s properties, right?”

“It has high mana conductivity and mana amplification effects.”

“Right. That’s why it’s most commonly adopted as the basic material for magic staffs.”

“Hmph, everyone knows such basics. Did you come to talk about such common knowledge after making it sound like something amazing?”

At Emio’s sarcastic reaction, Leo threw the mithril ore to Emio.

Thud-!

“What am I supposed to do with this?”

“Can you cast an enchantment on that ore?”

Emio snorted and cast an enchantment spell.

Whoosh-!

People around exclaimed in admiration seeing the mithril ore blazing with flames.

It wasn’t simply because he cast an enchantment spell.

‘There’s almost no mana loss?’

‘Even with mithril ore, casting an enchantment on ore mixed with many impurities should inevitably cause mana loss.’

It would be impossible without excellent mana control ability.

Most of the Magic Studies Department students here would inevitably experience mana loss when casting magic on such high-impurity ore.

‘If mithril is contained, mana loss can be almost eliminated even with many impurities.’

“What’s the point of giving such an easy task that it makes me yawn?”

Emio threw the enchanted mithril ore back to Leo.

Thud-

Leo caught the mithril ore without much difficulty.

Emio’s magic was instantly dispelled.

“Excellent. But you didn’t fully utilize mithril’s properties.”

“Are you nitpicking my enchantment magic right now?”

“It’s not nitpicking, I’m just pointing out the disappointing parts.”

Whoooosh-!

“…!”

Emio’s eyes widened in shock.

Leo had cast an enchantment on the mithril ore.

Then it unleashed firepower incomparably stronger than Emio’s flames.

The magic used was identical and the mana used was the same.

Yet Leo’s magic produced much stronger power.

“Did you use some special magical formula? What trickery. How petty.”

“Unfortunately, this is exactly the same magic you used.”

Leo held out the burning ore triumphantly.

No matter how he looked at it, it was the same formula Emio had used.

Seeing this, Emio’s face contorted with anger.

Chloe opened her eyes wide and asked.

“How did you do that?”

“I utilized mithril’s mana amplification properties.”

“Isn’t it almost impossible to utilize that property with ore that isn’t high purity?”

Chloe’s eyes sparkled with excitement.

She revealed her curiosity about something she didn’t know.

“It’s not easy. But it’s possible if you know roughly how much mithril this ore contains.”

Leo withdrew his magic.

“It’s the same with weapons. If you know exactly what materials they’re made from and what properties they have, you can handle your weapons more freely. This applies to knights, mages, and summoners alike.”

At Leo’s words, Chelsea raised her hand.

“Leo, but even without knowing in such detail, we all handle our magic wands freely, right? Don’t we all utilize 100% of our weapons’ abilities?”

The students nodded at Chelsea’s words.

But Avad and Chloe thought for a moment before speaking.

“It’s true that we all utilize 100% of our wands’ abilities. But is there anyone who uses them to the extreme limit?”

At Avad’s words, Chelsea hesitated.

“Well… no.”

“Right. If you use them too excessively, they’ll overload.”

“But Leo just cast an enchantment on the mithril ore very stably.”

Chloe continued the conversation.

“If we think of that mithril ore as a magic wand, he essentially used our wands’ abilities to the extreme limit without any strain.”

The Magic Studies students began murmuring.

At those words, Leo nodded.

“That’s right. Actually, this isn’t really related to magical techniques. It’s just the skill of handling objects well. It doesn’t help much in normal situations, but.”

Leo said calmly.

“In extreme situations, the difference between knowing how to do this or not is huge. It could be a matter of life and death.”

At Leo’s words, the Magic Studies students gulped nervously.

Now that they were 2nd years, their academic life involving real life-and-death situations was beginning in earnest.

Therefore, the word ‘life’ mentioned by Leo carried exceptional weight.

“If we want to aim for a higher level as Hero Candidates, the skill to perfectly understand and utilize weapon specs would be essential.”

At Avad’s murmur, Leo nodded.

“Right. And blacksmiths say they can judge a person’s worth by what kind of weapon they request.”

“Who said that?”

“A blacksmith I know said so.”

Leo said with a smile.

“I’ll return this and come back.”

Leo headed toward Depeto with the ore.

The Magic Studies students, inspired by Leo’s words, began writing down the specs of weapons they had been thinking about in their notebooks.

“Avad, what are you doing?”

Cal asked Avad, who was staring intently at Leo’s retreating figure, with a puzzled expression.

“No, I’m just feeling the gap anew.”

Avad muttered while clenching and unclenching his fists.

‘It’s not like a difference in talent… it’s not that kind of feeling.’

Avad looked down at his hands as if confused.

‘It feels like different experience.’

“How surprising.”

Looking at the slightly stiff Avad, Cal said.

“You dragged me into the dormitory saying you’d beat Leo, didn’t you? I was supposed to go to Leo’s dormitory and enjoy a peaceful school life. But you dragged me in, didn’t you? Someone like you shouldn’t show a lack of confidence!”

“That’s true too.”

At Cal’s words, Avad showed his characteristic gentle smile.

‘He’s ridiculously handsome though.’

Cal made a bitter expression.

“In that sense, Cal. Do you know what kind of weapon Leo is requesting?”

“Why are you asking that?”

“Let’s call it checking on the target to defeat?”

“You said you wouldn’t use me as a spy?”

“Friends can tell each other things, right?”

Avad put his arm around Cal’s shoulder in a friendly manner.

Cal said to such Avad.

“I don’t know either. I asked him to show me, but he said he hadn’t prepared anything?”

“Really?”

Leo was definitely an excellent student.

Therefore, he was thorough when it came to academic preparation.

For Avad, it was hard to believe that such a Leo hadn’t prepared anything.

“Chloe. Do you happen to know what kind of item Leo is planning to request from Demian?”

“He said he hadn’t prepared anything.”

Chloe also shook her head as if she couldn’t understand.

At those words, Avad made a strange expression.

‘What is he thinking?’

***

After two hours were given.

The presentations began.

The presentations proceeded alternating between schools.

And those who stumbled in the presentations were students from Lumern and Seirun.

They were used to presentations about academic study results, but many students struggled since this was a completely unfamiliar field.

They explained the specific specs well, but what tripped them up was indeed the materials.

Watching the students’ presentations, Depeto nodded.

‘Excellent indeed. Especially in this presentation, everyone has grasped to some extent what Demian wants.’

Understanding the weapon you use.

That means perfectly drawing out the abilities of the weapon you use.

‘There are many powerful weapons in this world.’

And there are plenty of those who are controlled by their weapons.

And most of those powerful weapons are made right here in Demian.

Demian’s students and graduates.

The blacksmiths who inherited the will of the great Divine Blacksmith, Dweno, create weapons again and again to reach Dweno’s realm.

‘Craftsmen want someone who can perfectly handle what they’ve made.’

An excessive weapon is like pearls before swine.

Most Demian students had such feelings.

Therefore, blacksmiths want users who match their ideals.

‘Especially these 2nd years are exceptionally skilled with their hands.’

Their pride as Smiths was equally high.

‘Well, there is one eccentric mixed in though.’

Depeto’s eyes caught sight of a Demian female student whose eyes were sparkling as she enthusiastically took notes on something.

‘That Driana girl, she’s evaluating the presenter’s charm again instead of the weapon being presented!’

Watching Driana afflicted with her artistic obsession, Depeto pressed his temples firmly.

“Ooh?”

At that moment, exclamations burst out from among the Demian students.

A male student from Lumern’s Magic Studies Department was presenting.

‘Let’s see, a magic staff specialized for magic bullets. The presenter is… Cal Thomas?’

The weapon’s concept was interesting.

‘A weapon not for defeating enemies but for restraining them… Indeed, is he aiming to be a supporter? A supporter aspirant at that age. He’s settled on his career path quite early.’

You could tell what position someone aspired to just by looking at their weapon’s direction.

A supporter aspirant, which was very rare among hero candidates.

Students from other schools wore indifferent expressions.

But the Demian students’ eyes sparkled at that ingenuity.

Being smiths, they showed passionate interest in ingenious items that stimulated their craftsman spirit.

‘He seems to have some insight into materials engineering too… He’d be suitable as a production partner rather than just a customer.’

Depeto looked at Cal with an amused expression.

Not just Depeto, but the Demian students showed great interest in Cal.

Meanwhile.

The presentations of the skilled students began.

In the case of skilled students from each school, the required specifications for their weapons were considerable, matching their abilities.

“A battle axe made of 70% adamantium, 15% mithril, 5% orichalcum alloy and coated with black iron.”

Ajonia’s 2nd year second-in-command, the giant beastman Dion Den, perfectly conveyed his weapon requirements to the Demian students.

It wasn’t just Dion Den.

Surprisingly, among the three schools’ students, Ajonia was doing the best job with their presentations.

All their requests were concise but definitive.

Selia, who was watching from backstage, crossed her arms.

“Unexpected. To think they’d present so perfectly.”

At Selia’s words, Arga, who was listening from behind, snorted.

“For a warrior, perfectly understanding the weapons you’ll use is the most basic of basics!”

“Indeed, that’s something I should learn.”

Selia nodded.

“By the way, I have something to ask the black rabbit.”

“Leo is last. It’s your turn ne-ne-next. Ask after your presentation.”

“The black rabbit’s cousin is so strict.”

‘How long is she going to keep calling Leo the black rabbit? If it were white rabbit, that might be different.’

Being called black rabbit made Selia oddly self-conscious.

The presentations were reaching their final stage.

Leo, standing at the very back, looked at the Demian students who were seriously watching the presentations with crossed arms.

‘Well, everyone feels the same about wanting the things they make to be used by people worthy of them. Dweno was like that too.’

Dweno didn’t have great interest in making weapons.

But as someone who created things, he was a person who unfailingly displayed the craftsman temperament of only making items for those who had the ‘qualification.’

On the first day Dweno joined the expedition force.

He declared:

‘You all must never use anything other than the weapons I make for you.’

‘But I use Polium?’

‘Isn’t that a staff made directly by God?’

Dweno looked at Luna once and continued speaking.

‘I’m an artist, but before that, I’m a craftsman who makes things. I cannot tolerate those I’ve acknowledged using items made by other craftsmen.’

Dweno curled up the corners of his mouth.

‘If a situation comes where you must use something else unavoidably, make this one thing clear. That you are people acknowledged by me, Dweno, and provided with custom weapons. So…’

“Leo Flobe.”

Finally, it was Leo’s turn.

Thud- Thud-

Leo stepped up onto the platform.

The Demian students showed interest at the appearance of the unprecedented all-class student.

The Demian students’ eyes lit up.

They were curious about what kind of weapon the all-class would present.

In that atmosphere, Leo spoke.

“I’m confident I can perfectly handle any weapon.”

The Demian students hesitated at Leo’s words.

“So I hope you’ll make something good.”

All the students wore dumbfounded expressions.

This was supposed to be a place where Demian students evaluated other hero academy students.

In that place, Leo had made a declaration.

‘I absolutely cannot tolerate you all being evaluated. If there’s any fool who shows such pathetic behavior, I’ll smash their head with a hammer, so know that!’

“I’ll be the one doing the evaluating.”

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