Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 303

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303

“Waaaaaaaah!”

“We won!”

“We defeated the Giant King’s Legion!”

On the walls of Gardstron, many people embraced each other and savored their joy.

Watching that scene, Leo smiled faintly as he gazed at the panoramic view of Gardstron.

When he had hurriedly returned from Reissar at that time, Gardstron’s situation had been desperate.

Even the hope they had barely regained was stolen away.

‘Still, the people overcame it.’

It was certainly Risinass who gave them hope.

But it was possible for the world to be rebuilt again because these people were here to receive that hope and put forth their strength.

Leo looked up at the sky.

The conquest of Hero Record.

He could see this world coming to an end.

Step- Step-

“Are you okay?”

Arron approached and asked.

“Worry about your own body.”

“You’re just as much of a mess as I am.”

Both Leo and Arron were in terrible shape.

Perhaps if Arron had been even slightly late in defeating Gias.

Leo might have lost his life.

“Why didn’t you withdraw the water shield?”

At Arron’s question, Leo chuckled softly.

“Because I believed in you.”

Arron looked at Leo with calm eyes.

In the midst of that.

“That damn Giant King ended up running away after all!”

Letting out a sigh filled with anger, Dweno appeared on the city wall.

“Lord Dweno, are you alright?”

“Your wounds are severe.”

“I’m fine. More importantly, tend to your own wounds.”

Thump- Thump-

Dweno, whose entire body was covered in wounds, approached Leo and Arron.

Thud-

Standing before Leo, Dweno spoke.

“We let the Giant King escape.”

“We’ll take down that bastard, so don’t worry about it.”

“…Sorry it feels like I’m passing the burden to you.”

Dweno let out a long breath.

“Still, tonight we can raise a toast to victory.”

Dweno smiled warmly.

“Won’t you share a pleasant drink with us?”

Leo smiled bitterly.

“I appreciate the offer, but… I think we need to go now.”

“What? Where are you going in that condition?”

Arron was flustered.

Leo stood up.

“Our role ends here.”

Feeling Dweno’s world closing, Leo turned around.

He wanted to share many stories.

With Dweno and Arron, friends and comrades more precious than anyone.

He wanted to share drinks with them.

But…

‘The permitted time ends here.’

Leo bit his lip hard.

He couldn’t save his comrades.

As Leo, who could only watch their deaths.

He couldn’t bring himself to tell Dweno and Arron that he was Kail.

‘They wouldn’t believe it anyway.’

Step- Step-

Toward Leo’s retreating back, Dweno spoke.

“Why do you feel guilt about our deaths?”

Stop-

Leo halted his steps.

With wide eyes, Leo turned around.

“What’s with that dumbfounded expression? You didn’t think I wouldn’t know, did you?”

Dweno burst into hearty laughter.

“Dweno, so Leo really is…”

“That’s right, Arron. He’s Kail from the future.”

Arron looked at Leo with surprised eyes.

Dweno crossed his arms.

“Even Arron vaguely noticed, yet you thought you fooled us well. Now do you understand why I called you an idiot?”

“You damn old geezer.”

Leo made a twisted smile.

Seeing Leo’s expression that somehow looked like he was about to cry, Dweno chuckled and approached him.

“I don’t know what will happen in the future. But Kail.”

Pat-!

Dweno’s thick hand patted Leo’s shoulder.

“We all steeled our resolve and set out on the journey following Risinass. Even if what awaits us is death.”

Dweno smiled.

“If the world has been saved, we’re ready to gladly accept that future. So don’t feel guilty.”

Leo clenched his fist tightly.

Crack-!

Cracks began to appear in the world.

There really wasn’t much time left.

“I entrust the future to you.”

“I understand.”

The dwarf warrior, satisfied with the answer, removed his hand from Leo’s shoulder.

And pushed Leo forward as if urging him on.

“Now, move forward.”

“Yeah.”

Thump- Thump-

As Leo took a few steps forward.

Soon the world disappeared from view.

[Conquest Reward: Dweno’s Legacy, Dweno’s Flame.]

***

When he opened his eyes, what he saw was a clear sky.

Everyone was wearing bewildered smiles.

It was almost as if the great battle that had taken place was meaningless.

“Uooooooh?!”

Arga let out a scream filled with shock.

“Look at this! These are the greaves and gauntlets that Dweno made!”

Looking at the beautiful greaves and gauntlets in his hands, Arga jumped up and down.

It wasn’t just Ar.

“A staff imbued with Katariou’s feathers…?!”

Runia was mesmerized looking at the staff in her hands that was like a work of art.

“Erquint has… become clean as if it were new! And it’s a shield too!”

Eiran admired Erquint and the shield that had returned to her hands.

“Mine is an alchemy book.”

Cal looked at Dweno’s alchemy book in his hands with an expression of disbelief.

When he opened the book, there were blank pages.

Cal, who had been flustered, soon showed a surprised expression when he saw text appearing in response to him.

Finally, Driana looked at the hammer in her hands.

‘I’ll say it again. Give up being an artist.’

Handing over his hammer, Dweno made a fierce expression.

Dweno patted the head of Driana, who flinched at this.

‘You are a child with outstanding talent as a Smith. So don’t get distracted and devote yourself to being a blacksmith. I am me and you are you.’

Remembering the kind Divine Blacksmith who had encouraged her when she was lost, Driana made a resolution.

‘Dweno. I’ll become a blacksmith and artist who won’t shame your name.’

Adding a postscript that would have made Dweno snatch the hammer and swing it wildly if he had heard it, Driana gripped the hammer tightly.

The party all received the gifts Dweno had prepared as conquest rewards.

It was literally an unprecedented reward.

As items from the Divine Blacksmith Dweno, they were all divine-grade weapons and armor.

However, they were completely new divine items not recorded in history.

They had returned to reality with that great legacy.

It was when everyone was showing expressions of disbelief.

“What about Leo?”

Flicker-

Leo looked at the black flames before his eyes with dry, emotionless eyes.

Gias the Giant King had long since disappeared.

But Erebos’s lingering thoughts remained, burning with hatred toward Leo.

“Damn persistent.”

“Leo!”

Then the void opened and Mellina revealed herself.

“Suddenly Gias the Giant King appeared and the Gigantes horde invaded Tarcam…”

Mellina, who had hurriedly warped over after sensing Leo’s mana, hardened her face upon seeing Erebos’s lingering thoughts.

Long ago.

Mellina, who had conquered the Hero Record of the Heroes of the Cataclysm, had once fought against fragments of Erebos.

That’s why she could recognize it at a glance.

Seeing Mellina reveal her killing intent, Leo raised his hand to stop her.

“I’ll handle this.”

“Leo?”

Mellina showed a perplexed expression.

Step- Step-

He approached Erebos’s lingering thoughts.

And reaching out his hand, he spoke.

“Posteritas.”

Flash-!

Along with golden light, a half-melted longsword revealed itself.

Seeing this, Mellina showed a surprised expression.

The sword named Beginning had returned to its original form, except for the blade that was broken in half.

‘Did it regain its old form by reacting to Leo’s flames? But that sword couldn’t regain its original form back then?’

The flames of Dweno that Leo possessed had the power to restore weapons made by Dweno to their past form, even if just for a moment.

The Divine Blacksmith Dweno used that ability to restore damaged weapons like new.

However, Leo could only restore Dweno’s weapons to their past form for a very brief instant.

The flames of Dweno that Leo possessed were merely small embers.

But now it was different.

He had inherited the complete flames of Dweno as a conquest reward.

‘Of course, items whose lifespan has completely ended couldn’t be restored to their original form even with Dweno’s power.’

The sword Dweno had made for Leo.

Posteritas had also long since reached the end of its lifespan as a weapon.

But Posteritas answered Leo’s call and returned to its past form.

Because it still had work left to do.

Flicker-!

Golden flames enveloped Posteritas.

“I’m counting on you, and…”

Leo bid farewell to the sword that had been with him at his final moment.

“Thank you.”

Woom! Woom!

As if responding to Leo’s greeting.

Posteritas emitted gray mana.

A fragment of the last power that Kail had squeezed out in the past.

Thunk-!

Leo pierced through Erebos’s lingering thoughts with Posteritas.

Crackle-!

Cracks appeared in Posteritas.

The sword fragment containing Erebos’s lingering thoughts also cracked.

Gwoooooooooo!

The lingering thoughts spewed black flames as if making a final struggle.

Crack-!

But soon Posteritas scattered into fragments of light.

Guooooooooo!

A mass of black flames appeared in the void.

The flames writhed in agony and then began to scatter.

Grab-!

Just before the lingering thoughts vanished, Leo grabbed them as if seizing someone by the collar.

And with flashing eyes, he said.

“This time, what happened 5000 years ago won’t repeat itself.”

Intense killing intent flowed from Leo’s eyes.

“Prepare yourself, this time for sure.”

Leo declared as if chewing and spitting out the words.

“I’ll kill you.”

***

The black-haired woman looked with sunken eyes at the city before her where reconstruction had begun.

Many had died.

‘Surely they also suffered a fatal blow, so ultimately it’s our victory, but still…’

The woman saw the gloomy despair reflected in the eyes of the people on the street.

The city that had been hopeful until just recently seemed to have lost hope again.

‘…Can we pull through?’

Her wisely shining black eyes wavered.

The woman who returned home, Risinass came back home looking tired.

And entering the study, she slumped down in front of the desk with a thud and let out a deep breath.

Then she suddenly noticed her journal was placed on the desk and made a puzzled expression.

‘Did I take out my journal?’

Risinass paused as she was opening the journal.

“….”

Risinass’s lips curved into a gentle smile at the familiar handwriting written in the journal.

【Risinass, don’t be discouraged by this incident at all. As you said, we will save the world. So cheer up.】

“When did he become able to encourage others like this?”

Her gloomy mood lifted.

Risinass’s face, which had been wearing a gentle smile while resting her chin on her hand, suddenly hardened.

‘Wait. How did that guy know this was my journal? No, when did he even enter my house in the first place?’

Risinass’s shoulders trembled.

Her face turned bright red.

‘In the first place, writing this means he read my journal….’

“Risinass, I finished cleaning up all the debris. Fortunately, that perverted old man has some expertise in the construction sector too. Phew~ Manual labor really is tough.”

“You only used magic. The ones who actually suffered were me, Arron, and Dweno, so why are you taking credit?”

“Mana consumption is also tremendous labor, you know?”

Luna rolled her eyes at Kail.

“Hey! Kail!”

At that moment, Risinass shot up from her seat with a completely flushed face.

“You! You you you you you! When did you sneak into our house! And rummage through my house to secretly read the journal I wrote? Do you want to die!”

“What nonsense are you talking about? Am I crazy? Would I sneak into your house and rummage through it? In the first place, you said I could come in whenever I wanted to! That’s why you taught me how to open the door!”

“When did I! Teach you how to open the door… Ah! I don’t know! Anyway, I didn’t tell you to rummage through the study like this!”

“That’s why I’m saying I never went in!”

In the distant future, watching the childish fight between the wise dragon who led the world to salvation and the human who saved the world, the elf who created the spell to save the world fell into contemplation.

‘…Why did Risinass teach Kail how to open the door?’

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