Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 295

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Thud-! Thud-! Thud-!

The faces of the guards in the watchtower of Gardstron’s walls turned pale white.

Before their eyes appeared a massive giant, taller even than Gardstron’s famously high walls.

“Gi, Giant King… Gias!”

With trembling jaws, they spoke the name of the monster before them.

The Age of Calamity.

Anyone who had gone to war with Tartaros even once could not avoid encountering the legion commanders.

But none present had ever actually seen the Giant King in person.

Even the Overlord King, who was Tartaros’s supreme commander and Erebos’s most powerful subordinate.

Even the most cruel and bloodthirsty Monster Queen who made slaughter bloom.

They would leave survivors behind.

But Giant King Gias was different.

A legion commander who never left survivors.

That meant he was the absolute symbol of death.

At the appearance of Giant King Gias, who had brought thorough death the moment one met him on the battlefield, Gardstron’s guards felt terror.

Thud-! Thud-!

One step, one step.

As Gias’s massive frame approached, the guards were stepping backward when—

“Everyone maintain formation.”

A stern voice was heard.

At that voice, everyone stood at attention.

“This is Gardstron. No matter if it’s the Giant King, he cannot overcome this impregnable fortress.”

“Yes!”

At Dweno’s words, everyone took courage.

Watching this scene, Runia muttered.

“As expected of Lord Dweno. To make soldiers overcome by fear regain their senses with just one word.”

Thinking she could feel the dignity of a great hero, Runia admired him as Driana crossed her arms with a proud expression.

“Of course, it’s Lord Dweno after all.”

Next to such Driana, Ar also crossed her arms with a proud expression.

“Now Lord Arron will step forward and raise the soldiers’ morale to the maximum.”

At Ar’s words, Dweno let out a deep sigh.

“Unfortunately, that won’t happen.”

“What?”

“I don’t know what fantasy you have about Arron, but Arron is a terrible coward.”

Leaving those words behind, Dweno climbed up onto Gardstron’s walls and crossed his arms.

Though he was a small dwarf, his back looked incredibly massive.

Most were too terrified to even approach the vicinity of the walls.

At Dweno’s words, the party members except Leo wore shocked expressions as they looked toward Arron.

Arron was hiding behind his disciple Berkia, eyes tightly shut and trembling.

“Be, Berkia. How is it? Is it big?”

“It’s incredibly huge.”

Berkia, who had stood on tiptoes to see the Giant King beyond the walls, answered in a tense voice.

Arron let out a terrified groan.

Watching Arron whimpering like a frightened puppy, Cal’s mouth fell wide open.

“Im, impossible. To think that Lord Arron was such a coward…”

Cal was also feeling pressure from the Giant King’s mere presence, making it difficult to move properly.

But the sight of him closing his eyes and hiding behind his disciple while trembling was certainly shocking.

The fact that [Hero] Arron, praised as the bravest among the great heroes, was like this was bound to be shocking.

Children of this era had grown up hearing stories of the [Hero] with indomitable courage from a young age, making it all the more shocking.

“This is bewildering.”

Runia muttered with a dumbfounded expression.

Ar in particular seemed deeply shocked, collapsing to the ground and clutching her head.

“Waaah- Lord Arron! To be so different from the Arron in the stories!”

Leo grabbed the back of Ar’s neck and forcibly made her stand up.

Then he turned his gaze toward Giant King Gias.

“The actual appearance of great heroes can be different from what we know.”

At Leo’s words, Runia recalled Luna’s appearance.

Luna, the Progenitor of the Starry Skies, who had been depicted in countless history books and fairy tales as pure, gentle, and benevolent.

But her actual appearance was lively, spirited, full of curiosity… a young lady who loved flowers.

Dweno, the Divine Blacksmith, solemn and upright, who forged weapons for the world.

But inside, he was a strange old man with perverted tendencies who was busy praising beauty.

Fairy Knight Berkia, evaluated as leading the elves with fair and just charisma that encompassed everything.

In reality, she was a reckless girl who would lie and act spiteful at the drop of a hat.

They had only spent ten days together.

But their true appearances, not recorded in history, were far from the perfectly depicted great heroes.

‘We spent time together laughing, chatting, and enjoying daily life.’

Perhaps even if they met Risinass, Kail, or Luna, whom they hadn’t encountered yet, wouldn’t it be like this?

‘Thinking of Lady Luna, it would be so.’

Runia placed a hand on her shoulder.

She recalled Luna’s appearance, smiling brightly and putting her arm around shoulders without hesitation, enjoying herself.

“Leo is right.”

Runia smiled brightly.

“Even though they’re different from what we know… Lord Dweno, Lord Arron… and Lady Berkia.”

The party members looked at Runia.

“The fact that they’re people who achieved the great accomplishment of saving the world remains unchanged.”

Rather, she gained courage from their everyday appearances.

‘They’re not different from us.’

…that thought.

The idea that they were people like us who achieved those great accomplishments gave familiarity and courage.

Hearing Runia’s words, Ar, who had been hanging her head low, looked at Arron.

And clenched her fists tight.

“That’s right! Lord Arron is Lord Arron!”

She jumped up and puffed out her chest.

The fact that she was a descendant of the great hero remained unchanged.

Snorting, Ar climbed up the walls.

“Giant King or whatever, let me see his face!”

With eyes glaring and ears and tail standing stiff, Ar boldly climbed up the walls.

And as soon as she saw Gias’s appearance, her ears and tail drooped and she hurriedly came back down.

“Wh, why is it so huge!”

“It’s really like a massive mountain.”

“If that’s the Giant King… then those rumors were true?”

Before entering the Heroes’ World.

Recalling how they had come to investigate the mysterious giant, the party members broke out in cold sweat.

Thud-! Thud!

The earth continued to shake.

When no one could think to boldly climb up the walls like Dweno—

Tap-!

Someone stood boldly next to Dweno.

White hair fluttering in the wind.

The party members and the guards protecting Gardstron thought that Arron had courageously stood beside Dweno.

But it was none other than Leo who stood next to Dweno.

“That guy really seems to have no fear.”

“To take the Legion Commander’s fear head-on…”

Runia stuck out her tongue and Driana let out an exclamation of admiration.

“As expected of Leo-nim.”

“Woot! If the black rabbit can do it, then I can too!”

When Eiran expressed admiration, Arga seemed to feel competitive and lifted his head.

The fear emanated by the Legion Commander.

That alone makes living beings afraid.

To overcome fear, one has no choice but to raise mana and resist the fear.

But Leo and Dweno showed no such signs.

They were simply calmly receiving the fear emanated by the Legion Commander.

That composed appearance gave those watching their backs the courage to face despair.

Dweno opened an extradimensional space and drew out Battle Axe.

Leo watched the Giant King approaching with earth-shaking steps while crossing his arms.

‘Originally, the invasion should have started tomorrow morning, right?’

The Giant King’s appearance at Gardstron was much earlier than the actual time.

‘That means…’

Leo narrowed his eyes.

‘It’s the Giant King of the current era.’

Currently, there are two Giant Kings in the Heroes’ World.

The Giant King of the past.

And the Giant King of the current era who invaded to burn down the Heroes’ World.

The Giant King before their eyes was precisely the Giant King of the current era.

“Just as you said.”

Whiriririk-! Huaaaang-!

“Gias the Giant King has come.”

When he swung the Battle Axe in his hand through the air, powerful wind scattered.

Thud-!

He struck the ground with the Battle Axe.

Dweno’s mana spread throughout the entire city wall.

Along with that, the soldiers on the city wall regained their courage.

Dweno’s mana had pushed back Gias’s fear.

“Now we just need to cut off that big guy’s neck?”

At Dweno’s words, Leo drew his sword.

“It’s better not to move rashly. His legion isn’t here yet.”

“Hmm. That’s certainly true.”

“And.”

“And?”

“There might be two Giant Kings.”

Dweno’s eyes twitched.

“Indeed.”

Dweno, who had noticed that Leo came from the future, understood those words immediately.

“What happened to us in the original battle?”

“…We won. Though we suffered great damage.”

“I see.”

“What are you talking about so seriously? I want to hear too…”

Grwaaaaaaaar-!

“Hiiik?”

Ar, who had mustered courage to climb up to the city wall where Leo stood, screamed at Gias’s roar and rolled down to the ground, falling on her bottom.

There was still a tremendous distance before Gardstron’s city wall and Gias would meet.

But because of his enormous size, Gias’s movements were visible at a glance.

Swoosh-!

The Giant King drew a massive greatsword from extradimensional space.

A greatsword with a dark red blade covered with chunks of flesh.

Seeing it, Dweno narrowed his eyes.

“This dark magic is…? A greatsword made from Jormungandr’s spine? I thought it would take at least hundreds of years to complete…?”

The Jormungandr that Kail and Risinass had defeated.

And it was none other than Gias the Giant King who had recovered that Jormungandr’s corpse.

He had used his comrade’s corpse to create a demonic sword of evil.

Gooooooo-!

Ominous magic power swirled.

Jormungandr’s corpse sword, having absorbed the Giant King’s dark magic, writhed.

Kwagagagagagang-!

Dark green dark magic was released.

The dark magic of Jormungandr the Gluttony King revealed itself wickedly.

The massive dark green dark magic devoured everything around it and flew toward Gardstron’s city wall.

Everyone who saw it wore expressions of horror.

“Dan, dangerous!”

“Black rabbit! Dodge!”

Arga shouted urgently.

But Leo didn’t even blink an eye.

The same was true for Dweno.

If hit directly, it was an attack that would be dangerous even for Dweno.

For the current Leo, it was an attack that would certainly lead to death.

Many felt fear seeing the terrifying dark magic that seemed like it would devour the city wall and collapse it without a trace.

But Leo knew.

The coward who always appeared last on the battlefield, paralyzed by fear.

But even so, the moment the signal flare of battle was fired.

Tap-!

The coward who ran out first.

White hair fluttered.

Swoosh-!

The beastman youth who stepped on the city wall leaped high into the air.

Before him was a mass of dark magic that greedily devoured everything.

Shing-!

Arron drew his sword.

The sword that would be called the symbol of heroes in the distant future, Brave.

Golden aura surged from the sword.

Flash! Kwagagagagagak!

The sword strike that burst from the sword soared as if ascending to heaven.

Along with that, the dark green mass of dark magic disappeared without a trace.

Whiririlik-!

Tap-!

Whioooooo-!

Wind swirled.

Everyone held their breath seeing Arron’s back as he let his sword hang down, his white hair fluttering in the wind.

That unwavering back always conveyed great courage to the Great Heroes.

‘This is… a Hero.’

‘The person with the strongest courage in the World…!’

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