Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 297

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297

Whoosh- Whooshsh-

A fountain of blood was gushing out from Gias’s severed neck.

Sizzle-!

The blood that spilled onto the ground contaminated the surrounding area.

The legion commander’s blood, with its powerful toxicity, was a terrible poison that could melt flesh and bone by itself.

However, Dweno didn’t even blink despite being drenched in the legion commander’s blood.

“No matter when I smell it, it’s always a terrible stench!”

Leo muttered to himself as he watched Dweno frown with displeasure from a distance.

‘What a disgusting durability as always.’

Even Kail and Arron would try to avoid getting drenched in the legion commander’s blood head-on.

Swoosh-!

At that moment, Gias lifted his foot.

Crash-!

Gias’s foot crushed Dweno directly.

The aftermath caused the blood in the pool to surge high, becoming a wave that crashed toward Leo.

Splash-!

Leo hastily dodged the black wave and looked up at Gias’s neck.

‘I dealt damage, but… it’s not significant damage after all.’

Leo’s attack itself hadn’t been effective from the start.

From Gias’s perspective, it was merely a small scratch.

It had only served to create an opening, and Dweno had precisely exploited that gap.

Though his neck had been severed, it wasn’t major damage to Gias.

No matter what anyone said, Gias was an existence with tremendous defensive power.

He had survived even a direct hit from Luna’s strongest magic, Terminus.

Rumble rumble rumble-!

The earth shook.

“Hup!”

Dweno, crushed under Gias’s sole, raised both hands and was pushing the foot away.

“Hryaaaah!”

Whoosh-!

Dweno, with veins bulging on his forehead, pushed Gias’s foot away with all his might.

Thud-!

Gias staggered back two or three steps.

Dweno shouldered his battle axe and grumbled.

“Stepping on people, how utterly rude.”

“Because it’s you, it ended with just that much. If it were someone else, there wouldn’t even be a trace left by now.”

“Isn’t sturdiness the advantage of dwarves?”

“But you’re excessively sturdy.”

Leo shook his head as he watched Dweno laugh heartily.

It seemed like a leisurely conversation.

However, both of their senses were focused entirely on Gias.

They were ready to immediately enter combat if they sensed anything strange.

-Interesting.

Gias picked up his head and brought it to his neck.

The severed neck healed instantly.

-Leo Flobe. I understand what level your skills are at.

Gias’s cold gaze turned toward Leo.

-It would be best to kill you here for certain.

Leo curled up the corner of his mouth at Gias’s murderous gaze.

“If you’re distracted by me, you’ll die first.”

-Kehehehe. You’re overconfident in yourself.

Gias sneered.

-What I’m wary of is only your future self. A greenhorn like you doesn’t even qualify to stand in this fight. The moment you step into the middle of my battle with Dweno…

Gias’s eyes flashed.

-Your death is decided! You foolish bastard!

Crash crash crash crash crash-!

Gias swung Jormungandr’s corpse sword.

With just one sword strike, the surrounding area was devastated as if a natural disaster had occurred.

A terrifying attack from a terrifying build.

Leo, who barely dodged that attack, glared at Gias.

‘Certainly, interfering in this fight with my current power is premature.’

Leo’s attacks didn’t work on Gias at all.

Even if he poured all his strength to inflict wounds, creating a small opening was the most he could do.

But now even creating that opening would be difficult.

The same method wouldn’t work twice on Gias.

With Leo’s current power, influencing the tide of this battle was nearly impossible.

Conversely, Gias didn’t need to make an effort to kill Leo.

Leo could die just by getting caught up in the natural disaster-like fight between Dweno and Gias.

He was standing in the middle of a battlefield of a completely different dimension.

But even so, there was a reason Leo had followed Dweno.

Whoosh-!

“Dweno!”

Leo, floating in mid-air, shouted.

Along with that, Dweno leaped toward Leo.

Leo squeezed out all his body’s aura and concentrated it in his sword.

And he showed the sword’s surface to Dweno who was leaping toward him.

Tap-!

Dweno landed on the sword.

“Combat is certainly easier this way.”

Leo gave the same smile back to the grinning Dweno and swung his sword toward Gias with all his might.

Whoooosh-!

Using Leo as a foothold, Dweno charged toward Gias at tremendous speed.

-What?!

Gias’s eyes widened.

The reason Leo had forcibly stepped into this battle.

It was to thoroughly serve as Dweno’s foothold.

So that Dweno could focus on combat.

So that he could exert his power most perfectly.

Leo stood in this place thoroughly as Dweno’s supporter.

‘How ironic.’p>

To think he was playing the role that Dweno had played for him in the past.

But precisely because of that, he could perform this role even more perfectly.

-You… what exactly is your identity?

Gias’s angry gaze turned toward Leo.

Looking at such Gias, Leo smiled coldly.

“The biggest variable in the plan you established.”

***

On the walls of Gardstron.

Arron was silently watching the battle between Dweno and Gias.

The battle between Dweno and Gias was literally a clash of shield against shield.

Neither had any means to deal significant damage to the other in a single blow.

Therefore, they had to engage in a long and tedious war of attrition.

In a sense, it was a fight between opponents with the worst possible compatibility.

However, in that brutal battle, Dweno was clearly maintaining the upper hand.

The reason for this was Leo’s presence.

‘How many hours has it been already?’

Arron’s eyes followed Leo’s movements.

To Arron’s eyes, Leo wasn’t simply performing a precarious tightrope walk.

It was as if he was sprinting at full speed on a rope about to snap.

The moment he stopped moving even slightly or made the smallest mistake, it would lead directly to death.

If it had been anyone else, they would have died dozens of times over.

But he had survived until now, supporting Dweno.

This wasn’t simply a matter of overwhelming skill and reading the situation.

It required superhuman mental strength to make cold and precise judgments at death’s threshold.

‘An ability that only those who have always kept death by their side can obtain.’

Watching that desperate struggle, Arron felt a sense of kinship with Leo.

The way he struggled desperately in a life-or-death situation was so similar to themselves.

Arron clenched and unclenched his fists.

‘Dawn is coming soon.’

The time when the utterly gloomy dawn would break.

Leo had told Arron to conserve his strength until dawn.

Gias’s legion attacking Gardstron posed no threat whatsoever to the Walls of Gardstron.

Everything was going smoothly.

‘The Giant King attacked directly… and this is all there is to it?’

Arron felt goosebumps rising.

‘Without Risinass, Kail… and Luna, we can block the Giant King’s invasion this easily?’

Since when had the legion commanders become such pushovers?

This invasion had far too many flaws.

Arron’s intuition screamed.

That the real crisis was just beginning.

“Depeser.”

“Yes, Lord Arron!”

“Still no contact with Risinass?”

“No. Due to another legion commander’s barrier, Lord Risinass, Kail, and Lady Luna are presumed to be trapped inside Reissar. When we’ll be able to communicate with the three of them is…”

Just as Arron gritted his teeth at Depeser’s words.

“Master Arron! At this rate, it seems we can defeat them without major casualties!”

Berkia, who had been blocking the enemy’s offensive for a while, came running to report on the battle situation.

Heroes who hadn’t left their names in the future but had sacrificed their lives for their era were doing their best to stop the legion’s invasion.

Dweno was clearly gaining the upper hand against Gias.

Even without Arron stepping in, the tide of battle was gradually turning in Gardstron’s favor.

The more this happened, the more Arron’s ominous premonition reached its peak.

Unfortunately, this anxiety had never been wrong.

Flicker—

Suddenly, a small spark shot up behind Berkia’s back.

Arron rose to his feet.

Depeser, who was even closer to Berkia, instinctively pulled her away.

“Huh?”

The moment Berkia let out a bewildered exclamation.

Whoosh—!

A piece of metal that had suddenly appeared in mid-air revealed itself.

Arron’s sensitive sense of smell told him exactly what it was.

‘Dweno’s scent… Kail’s scent…’

Though it was damaged beyond recognition, it was undoubtedly a weapon made by Dweno and used by Kail.

And…

‘Erebos’s… scent!’

Whoooosh—! Crash!

Black flames exploded and scattered in all directions.

Those flames instantly engulfed Berkia and Depeser.

Whoosh—!

Arron unleashed his aura and blew away the black flames with his sword.

“Berkia! Depeser!”

Arron shouted urgently.

The flames cleared and Depeser revealed himself.

Berkia’s jaw trembled as she was held in his arms.

“De, Depeser… are you… are you okay…”

“Are you alright, Miss Berkia?”

Despite his entire body burning, Depeser smiled.

“I’m… I’m fine but… Depeser!”

“It’s not a serious wound. Please don’t worry.”

As if to reassure Berkia, Depeser smiled and stood up.

Then he put Berkia behind him and stepped back while glaring at the writhing black flames.

Depeser’s face turned pale.

‘Calamity flames!’

Depeser had witnessed Erebos’s flames that burned the world.

And these black flames were those very calamity flames.

‘How did they get to Gardstron…!’

The primordial evil that made even the gods despair.

Absolute despair, Erebos.

Even the destructive monster that burned the world had a weakness.

Namely, that it couldn’t go to places outside its own domain.

The reason it commanded Tartaros’s legion commanders was also to gain territories where it could exert its influence.

Gardstron was still a land untouched by the calamity flames’ influence.

Yet black flames had appeared on this land.

Shing—!

Arron drew Brave.

And he charged toward the writhing black flames.

Whoosh—!

Arron’s sword cut through the black flames.

Whoosh—! Crash!

The black flames struck back at Arron.

“Master Arron!”

Berkia shouted with a pale face.

But Arron, who had defended against the attack with his aura armor, broke through the flames and threw a punch at the main body.

Bang—!

The black flames scattered in all directions.

‘Too weak to be called Erebos.’

Arron’s face was colored with bewilderment.

Clang!

The metal fragment rolled across the ground.

Whoosh-!

But soon the metal fragment began spitting out flames.

‘Burning even more intensely?’

It was when Arron was surprised.

“What is that?”

“Black flames?”

The Hero Candidates who detected the abnormal situation came running.

Ar and Cal wore bewildered expressions.

“Wait, if it’s black flames…”

“No. Isn’t this too sudden?”

It was when Eiran and Driana wore expressions of disbelief.

Runia muttered with a face that had turned pale.

“Erebos…!”

Whoooosh-

The black flames began taking shape.

Whoosh-!

A mass of flames that transformed into human form.

Though it was still burning flames, its appearance was clearly in human form.

The expression disappeared from Arron’s face.

Arron, with killing intent dwelling on his face, swung his sword toward the black flames.

Whoosh-!

At that moment, flames burst from the black flame’s hand and took the form of a sword.

Clang-!

Sword and sword crossed.

Crash! Bang-!

The black flames couldn’t overcome Arron’s strength and flew back, crashing into the city wall.

“As expected of Lord Arron!”

Arga let out a cheer.

Thud-!

The black flames raised its body.

Arron closed the distance at invisible speed for a follow-up attack.

Clang-! Thwack-!

At that moment, the sword deflected Arron’s blade and counterattacked.

Arron twisted his neck and dodged the sword with minimal movement.

At that moment, Berkia’s face hardened stiffly.

“This is impossible…”

“Why, why are you like that? Lord Berkia?”

Eiran asked in confusion.

Tap-!

Arron’s eyes shook as he created distance from the black flames.

From the exchange just now, someone’s image strongly came to mind.

“Kail…?”

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