Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 299

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299

Leo raised his spiritual power.

Woong-!

Risinass’s spiritual power dwelling in the spirit jewel responded to Leo’s spiritual power.

Gooooooo-!

Risinass’s massive spiritual power began to follow Leo’s control.

Whoosh!

Whioooo-

Bubble bubble.

Kuguugugugugung-!

Flames shot up around Leo, wind blew, water droplets formed, and earth rose up.

Soon, four spirits revealed themselves before Leo.

The four Great Spirits who had been sleeping in the jewel looked at Leo’s face with bewildered expressions.

-Who are you?

Silesta frowned as she looked at Leo, her summoner.

-How did you summon us?

Everyone stared at Leo with shocked eyes for summoning the Great Spirits.

During the Age of Calamity.

There was only one Spirit Mage who had made contracts with the Great Spirits.

Only Risinass.

Moreover, since it was a sealed contract, other Spirit Mages couldn’t summon the Great Spirits until Risinass released the contract.

Literally, only Risinass had an exclusive contract.

So it was shocking that some human boy had summoned such Great Spirits.

And in this situation, the most bewildered were naturally the Great Spirits themselves.

Leo looked at Silesta and said.

“I am your contractor’s representative.”

-Representative?

Ifta, the Great Spirit of Fire, crossed his arms.

“That’s right, I’ve gained the authority to use his mana.”

At Leo’s answer, Erham, the Great Spirit of Water, showed a suspicious expression.

-I’ve never heard of such a thing?

“It would have been before he told you about it. Anyway, what’s important is that I have the contract seal between you and Risinass.”

Leo showed the back of his hand.

A contract circle proving the contract between Spirit Mage and spirit was drawn there.

And the subject of the contract was definitely Risinass.

At those words, Darden, the Great Spirit of Earth who had been observing Leo, spoke.

-What is your relationship with Risinass?

“…”

Leo closed his eyes at Darden’s question.

-We’re going to save the world.

The image of his friend who even now smiled confidently while extending his hand came vividly to mind.

Recalling that moment he would never forget in his lifetime, Leo opened his eyes and said.

“Partner.”

Leo smiled.

“A partner who will save the world together.”

Seeing Leo’s smile that somehow resembled their Pact Maker’s exactly, the Great Spirits decided to set aside their doubts.

-We’ll learn about this situation later.

Ifta chuckled and approached Arron.

-Hello, Arron.

“Ifta, I’ll explain the situation. Right now in Gardstron…”

-Yeah, I understand without you having to explain.

Ifta said while brushing back his red hair.

-The Giant King has invaded to bring down this Gardstron.

“That’s right.”

-What about that perverted dwarf?

“He’s blocking another Giant King.”

-What?

For a moment, Ifta, who didn’t understand, showed a bewildered expression.

“It’s complicated to explain, right now cutting off that bastard’s head is the priority.”

Leo interjected into the conversation.

“Right.”

Sling-

Arron drew Brave.

“I’ll face the Giant King.”

Arron took a deep breath and bent his knees.

“You keep the legion in check.”

Paang-!

In an instant, Arron’s body moved forward at an invisible speed.

Running through the sky using Aura Step, Arron gripped his sword properly.

There was an enormous distance between Gardstron’s walls and the past Gias.

However, that distance was instantly narrowed once Arron began running.

Golden aura surged from Arron’s body as he covered the distance at near-lightning speed.

The golden flash shone brilliantly.

Seeing that, Leo grasped the wind jewel.

Whioooooo-

Wind swirled violently.

-I understand that you’re Risinass’s representative.

Erham crossed his arms in front of Leo.

-I also understand it’s an urgent situation, so we’ll gladly cooperate with you. The problem is you.

Erham looked at Leo suspiciously.

-From what I can see, you seem like a young human still. Can you handle our power well? You look like you’d struggle with even one of us, let alone all four?

Erham’s suspicion was natural.

Leo’s age was only mid-teens.

Even if he had tremendous talent and power.

Even if he had gained Risinass’s spiritual power to draw out the Great Spirits and their power, there had to be limits for a young boy.

‘If it were normal, that is.’

Leo chuckled and raised his spiritual power.

Woong-!

In an instant, Silesta’s body transformed into a stream of wind and settled at Leo’s feet.

The Great Spirits’ faces were colored with shock at the sight.

-Spirit Armed?

An advanced spirit technique that possesses spirits in one’s body to freely use the spirits’ power.

Spirit Armed itself is an advanced spirit technique that boasts the highest level of difficulty.

Moreover, Spirit Armed becomes exponentially more difficult the higher the grade of the spirit being possessed.

Just being able to possess a Great Spirit in one’s body would be evaluated as a Spirit Mage among the top ten in the world.

Furthermore, possessing them in just a part of the body rather than the entire body was at a level comparable to Risinass, the Great Spirits’ contractor.

Whoosh-!

This time Ifta transformed into a spear and settled in Leo’s hand.

Kuguugugugugung-!

Darden became armor and possessed Leo’s body.

Finally, Erhim took the form of a water shield.

The young dragon standing on the city wall, Jers, muttered in a daze.

“Lord Risinass?”

Leo’s appearance, armed with great spirits all over his body, was exactly like Risinass entering combat stance.

“I’m just imitating.”

Leo answered Jers’s question with a bitter smile.

And he looked at his reflection in the water shield held in his hand.

‘I miss this appearance too.’

“Who… are you?”

Jers asked with a trembling voice.

Leo answered Jers’s question.

“The Hero of the Beginning.”

Leo became a gust of wind and followed behind Arron.

***

Whoosh-!

Black flames were blazing.

The hero candidates who faced Erebos’s thoughts head-on were paralyzed with fear.

Their opponent was none other than primordial evil.

The Age of Calamity.

And during the Return of Calamity.

The symbol of destruction that nearly brought the world to ruin twice.

During the Age of Calamity, five great heroes.

During the Return of Calamity, five Heroes of the Cataclysm who inherited the will of those great heroes protected the world.

Tasks that even those evaluated as the greatest in long history barely managed to accomplish.

The girls and boys facing this burden were far too young to shoulder such responsibility.

Though they had stepped forward boldly, the thoughts of Erebos they faced were far too powerful.

Runia gritted her teeth.

‘Those people…’

Luna, Dweno, and Arron came to mind.

‘Did Leo… overcome this fear and face the impossible?’

When confronting Erebos in Luna’s World before, there were people to rely on.

There was Luna, there was Harun who was a senior at the same academy, and there was Elena who was called the Queen of Lumern.

And there was Leo.

But not now.

‘My role is the most important.’

In this party, Runia was the one who could use the most powerful magic.

At the very front, Driana was the vanguard facing Erebos’s thoughts as a shield.

Behind her, Ar, Eiran, and Berkia were the strike team that flexibly supported Driana while launching attacks.

And behind them, Cal was the supporter.

Finally, Runia at the rear.

‘That monster that endlessly revived even against Lord Arron’s attacks… can I defeat it?’

Runia summoned her staff from subspace and gritted her teeth as she gripped it tightly.

‘In the Heroes’ World… having gained nothing… can I do it?’

Runia’s eyes wavered.

Ar, who had already said that Leo had gone ahead by inheriting Arron’s power, had shown development over the past ten days through her meeting with Arron.

Eiran, who met Berkia, also learned how to handle fairy power from Berkia.

As a result, she reached the level of using the basics of fairy magic that she couldn’t use until now.

According to what she heard from Cal, Driana was apparently caught by Dweno every day, making a tearful face while crafting weapons.

And she kept hearing stories about receiving praise for her skills from Dweno.

Compared to them, she was standing still.

She still couldn’t handle Dweno’s essence of flame, and only received plenty of ridicule from Katariou.

It was when Runia’s body was trembling.

“Why are you standing there so dazed?”

Ar stood in front of Runia.

“Heh, are you scared or something?”

Ar asked Runia smugly, as if provoking her.

Though neither showed it outwardly, as representatives of their respective school years, they had a strange sense of competition with each other.

That’s why Ar expected Runia to get angry when provoked like this.

But Runia’s eyes answered with sunken eyes.

“I’m scared.”

Runia honestly admitted it and gritted her teeth.

“What about you?”

“Of course, as a descendant of the great hero Lord Arron, I’m!”

Ar smiled brightly.

“Scared.”

Runia’s eyes widened.

Ar reached out and grasped Runia’s hand.

Ar’s trembling was transmitted through their hands.

“Until now, even when scared, I stupidly smiled and thought I wasn’t afraid, that descendants of Lord Arron don’t know fear.”

Ar spoke while still not losing her smile.

“But I realized that wasn’t courage, but turning away from fear. So!”

Ar let out a “Hmph!” breath.

“I’ll play Lord Arron’s role! You play Lord Luna’s role!”

“…What are you talking about out of nowhere.”

Forgetting the situation, Runia asked in bewilderment.

“I asked Lord Arron recently! How can you be so courageous? And then…”

‘I’m not brave. I can have courage because I have friends. When I can’t move, Kail’s back moving forward leads me. When I hesitate, Luna’s runes push my back forward.’

‘Then what gives Lord Arron the greatest courage?’

‘Luna’s runes.’

“So from now on, Lord Arron is me! Lord Luna is you!”

Ar’s eyes sparkled.

“Nothing gives a warrior more courage than a mage’s runes!”

At Ar’s words, Runia couldn’t help but burst into hollow laughter.

Getting courage from Ar who was asking her for courage.

‘Right, now isn’t the time to be depressed.’

Runia slapped her cheek with a smack!

‘Get it together! Runia El Runda!’

“Alright. I’ll cheer up…”

Awoooooooooooooo-!

A wolf’s howl echoed throughout all of Gardstron.

Fear disappeared from the hero candidates’ hearts and courage arose.

“Lord Arron’s howling…!”

Eiran’s eyes widened.

Ar, whose cat ears were twitching, showed an excited expression.

And she said to Runia.

“Yeah. Lord Arron gave me courage. I guess I don’t need you anymore.”

“Are you kidding me! You damn cat!”

Seeing Ar who immediately switched attitudes, an enraged Runia grabbed Ar by the collar.

“Hey, fighting is fine and all, but that thing is starting to move?”

Then Cal spoke with a tense expression.

At those words, a magic circle formed above the head of Erebos’s obsession.

Wooooong-!

“Star Magic?”

Runia showed a shocked expression.

Hwaak-!

Seeing this, Arga charged forward at tremendous speed.

“An opening!”

Aura gathered at Ar’s transformed feet.

Paang-!

Ar, who kicked through the air, became a bullet and kicked Erebos’s obsession in the abdomen.

Thwok-!

Erebos’s obsession’s body bent and flew away.

“Where are you sending it flying!”

Driana hurriedly dodged and protested.

“Sorry!”

Kwagagagagagang-!

As Arga apologized, Erebos’s obsession crashed into a building.

Watching Erebos’s obsession finally stop after smashing through several buildings, Arga stomped her feet.

“How’s that!”

Hwaak-!

“Huh?”

“Don’t let your guard down, stupid cat. The opponent is a monster mimicking Master Kail.”

Berkia kicked Ar’s side, sending her flying, then drew Erquint and slashed at Erebos’s obsession.

However, while retreating, her body got tangled with Eiran’s.

“Why are you here?”

“S-sorry!”

Eiran quickly apologized.

“Hmm! The coordination is too poor!”

Driana showed a troubled expression.

Meanwhile, Erebos’s obsession, having gotten up, stretched its hand toward the group.

Ziiiiing-!

As a magic circle formed, Runia hurriedly raised her mana.

Zzzejejejejejeong!

Hwareureureuk-!

A massive ice chunk shot up from the ground.

Runia’s flame magic melted that ice chunk.

Kwajijik!

However, the ice chunk pierced through the flames and threatened the party members.

‘The output is stronger than my magic.’

In terms of attributes, fire attribute overwhelms ice-type magic.

But even against Runia’s flame magic, the ice magic didn’t lose its power.

Looking at the magic, it was high-speed casting accomplished in an instant.

In Runia’s case, she had merely released magic she had pre-cast.

A situation where instantaneous magic output matched magic prepared with effort.

“Form ranks.”

At Runia’s words, the Hero Candidates raised their weapons.

“Let’s take that thing down.”

***

Kwagagagang-!

With Runia’s magic, flames swept the surroundings.

Ar and Berkia cut down the monsters summoned by Erebos’s obsession and approached.

However, Erebos’s obsession defended against Ar and Berkia’s close-range attacks without much difficulty.

“Cal! Give me a potion!”

At Driana’s urgent cry, Cal pulled out a potion bottle from his chest and threw it to Driana.

Driana sprinkled the potion on her sword blade and charged again.

Woooooong-!

“Miss Runia! It’s dangerous!”

Whioooooooooo!

As wind blades created by wind magic came rushing, Eiran hurriedly protected Runia.

“Eiran! Here’s a potion!”

Cal threw a potion to the injured Eiran.

“Thank you! Cal!”

‘Thank me… when this is all I can do. Hahaha.’

Cal let out a powerless laugh.

‘What kind of Party Leader am I.’

Leo had entrusted Cal with being the party leader.

But in this situation, there was nothing Cal could do.

‘What kind of supporter aspirant am I.’

Cal’s eyes darkened.

Against a monster beyond Cal’s common sense, all Cal could do as a supporter was give out the potions he had.

He couldn’t restrain the enemy. Nor could he deliver surprise attacks.

‘Damn it…’

Cal gritted his teeth.

The limits were clear.

The one who knew this fact best was Cal himself.

‘What kind of Hero Candidate am I.’

Overcoming limits is Lumern’s teaching.

But…

‘Someone like me hits new limits right after overcoming them. Even if I overcome those again, compared to others it’s just marking time.’

He was doing the self-assessment he had consistently done since enrollment once again.

Nothing new about it.

But his teeth chattered at his incompetence of being unable to do anything in a life-or-death situation.

Cal’s eyes turned toward Erebos’s obsession.

‘That monster is… a complete superior version of Leo.’

The Leo that Cal had observed had almost no weaknesses in battle.

Combat techniques that perfectly compensated for each class’s shortcomings with All-Class abilities.

The Leo that Cal knew was one who perfectly suited the modifier “flawless.”

If he had to point out a weakness, it would be the inability to use many attacks that consume large amounts of mana.

But the monster before his eyes didn’t even have that weakness.

In reality, the vanguard blocking Erebos’s obsession was being frantically tossed around by the endlessly unfolding irregular attacks.

Cal gritted his teeth and glared at Erebos’s obsession wielding its sword.

‘If it were Leo… he would use summons.’

Woong-! Erebos’s obsession attacking Ar used summoning.

‘And if they dodge, he’d restrain with his sword…’

Seugeok-!

“It’s too irregular!”

Ar screamed.

For Ar, who had no experience facing All-Class, Erebos’s obsession’s attacks were overwhelming.

“Huh?”

Cal let out a bewildered exclamation.

And urgently shouted.

“Driana! Don’t approach! Magic is coming!”

“Huh?!”

Driana hastily retreated.

Along with that, earth spikes shot up from the ground where Driana had been charging.

“Runia! Don’t cast magic! Berkia is going to pass through the direction you’re aiming!”

Cal shouted again.

“Ah?”

Runia hurriedly withdrew her magic.

And Berkia passed in front of her.

Runia looked at Cal with surprised eyes.

“Cal, you… can you predict that monster’s movements?”

“Uh… when I think of it as Leo, who’s also an All-Class, I can predict it?”

“…What about us getting our movements tangled up?”

“…I figured that out too after observing.”

“Then you can command us?”

“…That’s right.”

As soon as Cal finished speaking, the party members’ angry voices rang out.

“Hey! What are we supposed to do if you tell us that now!”

“Nyaaaah! I’m going to beat you up later!”

“You should have said that earlier!”

“Why are you only saying that now!”

“Uh… um…”

Cal, who had been crouching alone in despair until now, crouched down even more.

Runia grabbed Cal by the back of his neck, pulled him up, and said.

“We’re in chaos right now! So you command us!”

“What?!”

“You’re the Party Leader! If you’re a leader, then lead like one!”

“Ah, got it.”

Cal answered while shrinking his neck.

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