Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 322

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Noble’s Stronghold.

Cal, who was in charge of defending the stronghold, made a dismayed expression.

“What? All the Glory kids are just defending?”

For Cal, who had been gathering information through various routes and formulating strategies, this was bewildering news.

‘Did Chloe catch on?’

If it was Chloe, she would be capable of changing plans in preparation for information leaks.

Cal made a troubled expression.

“Hey, how about we support the strike team with siege equipment for now?”

“Yeah, if all the Glory kids just defend, it’ll be hard to break through with our current forces.”

The Noble students remaining at the stronghold discussed among themselves.

The students left to defend the stronghold were mostly from the Magic Studies Department.

They were students specialized in support and stronghold defense rather than combat.

It was when the Noble students were making plans for stronghold defense.

Thunk-!

“Huh?”

Something flew and embedded itself in a student’s back.

The light on the bracelet showing life instantly went out.

The Noble student who received a death judgment was immediately force-moved to the respawn location.

The faces of the Noble students who saw this instantly hardened.

“Wh-what’s happening?”

It was when a female Magic Studies student from Noble was frantically looking around.

“Hello there?”

A gentle voice was heard.

Cal made a shocked expression.

“Chen Xia? How did you get in here!”

“I snuck in.”

Chen Xia smiled beautifully.

But that smile was like a grim reaper’s.

Swish-!

Chen Xia raised her hand.

In that hand was a throwing dagger.

“Run!”

“Kyaaaah!”

“Get awaaaay!”

For mages.

Especially for mages specialized in rear support or stronghold defense, close combat with a knight was a very disadvantageous fight.

Particularly when the opponent’s skill was far superior, it was an even more terrible situation.

Moreover, the opponent was Chen Xia, who came from the Shadows.

A Hero Hunter, a woman specialized in hunting.

Watching the Noble students scatter in all directions, Chen Xia smiled and chased after Cal.

“There are so many other kids, why are you chasing the weakest one!”

“Cal. Do you know what the basics of hunting are?”

“How would I know that!”

“You eliminate the weakest opponent first!”

“You’re from the Knight Department but have no chivalrous spirit?!”

“I’m from the Shadows, you see.”

“Kyaaaah!”

Cal let out a terrified scream.

Indeed, this current situation of being chased by Chen Xia was terror itself.

It was when Chen Xia was rapidly closing the distance with the fleeing Cal.

Whoosh! Rumble rumble!

A massive sphere of flame flew toward Chen Xia.

Chen Xia easily dodged the attack and tilted her head.

“Did you fearlessly charge right into the heart of enemy territory?”

“Emio!”

“Emio’s back!”

The Noble students made bright expressions.

Although he wasn’t called one of the strongest among 2nd years, Emio still belonged to the strong tier and was a student capable of stopping Chen Xia.

“Insolent brat.”

With Emio’s cold words, the ground Chen Xia was standing on began to shake.

“Earth Bind.”

As he completed the spell, hands sprouting from the ground grasped Chen Xia.

When Emio irritably clenched his fist, tremendous force was applied to the earth surrounding Chen Xia.

Crack-!

An eerie sound echoed.

Seeing this, Emio snorted.

Though it appeared he had suddenly appeared and used magic, it was actually a powerful spell he had been casting for a long time since confirming Chen Xia’s presence.

‘Chen Xia isn’t someone with overwhelming destructive power like Selia or Duran.’

Within the Knight Department, she was evaluated as having skills equal to Selia and Duran, but their areas of expertise were clearly different.

‘In close combat, mages are definitely weak against knights. But with this much distance, mages are far more advantageous!’

Especially like Selia and Duran.

Those two, being knights with overwhelming firepower, were capable of area attacks, making them extremely troublesome opponents even from a mage’s perspective.

But Chen Xia was different.

As long as she didn’t allow approach, he could maintain distance and attack the opponent.

‘Leo Flobe!’

Grind-!

Emio gritted his teeth.

Though he had been careless, the fact that he, a top Magic Studies student, had been helplessly defeated in a place where countless people from around the world had gathered was enough to make him feel tremendous shame.

‘Damn bastard! Cowardly ambush…!’

It was when Emio was cursing Leo and trying to gather his mana.

Thud-!

The earth bind that had wrapped around Chen Xia distorted like mud.

Seeing this, Emio’s face instantly hardened.

Bang-!

The solid prison exploded.

Chen Xia, in a punching stance, and Emio’s eyes met.

Chen Xia walked out with light steps, lightly dusted off her clothes, and smiled.

“The finishing touch was lacking, Emio.”

Emio’s face contorted mercilessly.

But soon he curled up the corners of his mouth.

“Escaping from that magic was certainly impressive, but the situation is still in my favor.”

Emio didn’t think he was significantly inferior to the top students in terms of combat power.

He was from a military family and had learned combat-specialized magic.

An all-around mage armed with all kinds of practical attack magic.

He was currently properly prepared for battle with combat in mind.

“The space where a mage can display the strongest combat power is none other than a stronghold.”

Emio shouted confidently.

Indeed, the strongholds of the dormitories were covered with all kinds of magical formulas that enhanced the power of magic for defense.

“On top of that, with the specific condition of ‘distance’ met, it’s even more advantageous for me.”

Emio pulled out a mana orb from his chest.

A palm-sized mana orb began circling around Emio.

“Besides, our family has been eliminating lowly scum like you for generations.”

As a military family that had fought countless wars throughout generations, Emio’s family naturally made many enemies.

As a result, they had been constantly threatened by ‘Shadows’ who made assassination their profession.

“I’m well-versed in Shadow combat techniques.”

Emio said dismissively.

At Emio’s words, Chen Xia’s eyes widened in surprise.

“So what?”

“What?”

“I understand that the situation favors Emio. But…”

Chen Xia tilted her head as if genuinely confused.

“Is there really any problem? I’m going to win anyway.”

Emio’s face contorted.

“Do you think you’re Leo Flobe?”

“Even if I’m not Young Master Leo, I think I can easily defeat someone like Emio.”

“Nonsense.”

Emio unleashed his mana.

“I’ll crush you!”

Massive mana writhed irritably.

‘I never liked it from the beginning – a lowly Shadow who can’t even receive the Gods’ recognition acting like a Hero Candidate.’

A look of disgust appeared in Emio’s eyes.

Even under that gaze, Chen Xia smiled brightly.

Stories about Chen Xia had already spread among the students.

Many students, regardless of their year, harbored hostility and disgust toward Shadows.

So such looks were familiar to her.

But… Chen Xia didn’t care.

Because the person she thought was most heroic in the world had acknowledged her.

‘You’ll definitely become a hero loved by people.’

From the moment she grasped that mature hand extended with a smile.

She had resolved never to stop dreaming of becoming a hero.

The light Leo had shown her was too bright and brilliant to worry about other people’s eyes now.

Remembering the boy who had affirmed her while holding the Book of Shadows, Chen Xia unleashed her aura.

Whooom-!

Chen Xia took an aura step toward Emio.

Emio snorted at her fierce charge and lightly dodged using Fly magic.

“What a crude attack.”

Chen Xia’s attacks continued after that.

Emio kept casting spells while avoiding Chen Xia’s attacks.

‘I have superior mobility, Chen Xia!’

Emio’s lips curled upward.

‘There’s no enemy easier to hunt than a reckless knight!’

Thinking this, Emio continued pouring out attack spells.

“Fire Bolt.”

Whoosh-!

“Wind Cutter.”

Whiiiing-!

“Magic Missile.”

Emio fused the three spells, setting their power and targeting, then unleashed the magic.

Kwagagagagak-!

Dozens of explosive flame blades engulfed Chen Xia.

Seeing this, Chen Xia moved her body gracefully.

As if performing a beautiful dance.

She dodged all of Emio’s magic.

Watching Chen Xia avoid attacks like flowing water, Emio’s face contorted.

“You little…!”

Just as Emio was about to use bigger magic.

Chen Xia, who had jumped into the air, threw a dagger.

“Hmph, as if I’d be hit by such a crude attack…”

Pik-!

At that moment.

Emio felt a sting on his cheek.

And Chen Xia, who had been falling to the ground, stood gracefully in mid-air as if stepping on an invisible floor.

Emio’s face hardened as he hastily chanted a spell.

“Search.”

As mana gathered in his eyes, he confirmed invisible threads spreading like a spider web throughout the surrounding area and showed a shocked expression.

“When did you…!”

“I told you. No matter how much the battlefield favors Emio, the result won’t change.”

Chen Xia, standing on the threads, smiled brightly.

“I could charge in and catch Emio like Selia or Duran would, but that’s not my preferred fighting style. So I set a trap.”

“Cowardly…”

“That’s a strange thing to say, Emio. I’m someone who charged into the middle of enemy territory – where could you find someone braver and less cowardly than this?”

Chen Xia smiled innocently and extended her right hand.

Snap!

“Guk!”

Invisible threads wrapped around Emio’s neck.

“This kind of trap wouldn’t have worked on Avad or Chelsea though.”

“Ridiculous. Do you think you can subdue me with such crude threads…”

Suddenly, Emio felt his consciousness becoming hazy.

“Spiders, you know.”

Chen Xia whispered.

“They catch their prey, bite them to inject poison, then eat them.”

Saying this, Chen Xia made a biting motion in the air and winked with one eye.

“Scary, right?”

It was an extremely innocent and cute gesture, but at this moment it was more chilling than anyone else.

“Th… is…!”

Watching Emio’s consciousness fade, Chen Xia smiled and pulled the thread.

At that moment, the bracelet’s light disappeared as if extinguished.

Seeing Chen Xia subdue Emio in the blink of an eye, the Magic Studies Department students who had been watching shouted.

“We’re ready to fight too!”

Kuuuung-!

Golems created by Guardians revealed themselves from various places.

“Prepare yourself!”

“I don’t know why you came all the way here…! But no matter how strong you are, it’ll be hard to stay safe if we all attack at once! Chen Xia!”

Fierce voices could be heard from everywhere.

Chen Xia looked around at these students and smiled brightly.

“Chloe predicted that Noble and Harmony would launch a joint attack. So Young Master Leo was assigned the mission to intercept enemies attacking the rear.”

Chen Xia withdrew her aura.

“I was assigned the mission to infiltrate other dormitory strongholds and gather intelligence.”

This was a strategy only possible because Chen Xia was a Shadow.

“So, speaking of which.”

Chen Xia narrowed her eyes.

“I don’t see Cal anywhere?”

At those words, the Noble students’ faces instantly hardened.

Chen Xia’s gaze sharpened.

“Avad really came up with an interesting idea.”

At Chen Xia’s words, one of the Noble female students flared up and shouted.

“N-no! It’s not what you’re thinking…!”

‘You idiot!’

‘How could you say that with your own mouth!’

The Noble students clutched their heads and screamed internally.

***

Selia gripped her sword and charged toward Glory’s walls.

Whoosh-!

Ominous flames swirled from Selia’s sword.

Crash-!

Red light flashed as the blade of fire struck Glory’s walls.

“What kind of knight is that!”

“She’s a complete siege weapon!”

“And she’s not even a mage!”

The Glory students who had been defending against Harmony’s attack screamed.

No matter how overwhelmingly advantageous defending from a stronghold was, only Chloe was currently defending Glory’s stronghold.

As a result, every time there was an offensive from dormitory head Selia or Avad, the stronghold walls became precarious.

‘Why isn’t Woreden coming back? According to Chelsea, Duran and Eliza from Noble aren’t returning either?’

Selia furrowed her brow.

‘Are they dealing with Leo?’

It was when Selia was lost in thought.

Whoosh-! Whiff-!

Selia’s blazing flames soon scattered in all directions.

It was when Selia flinched and trembled her shoulders.

Step- Step-

Someone emerged through the flames, revealing themselves.

Selia showed a surprised expression upon confirming the opponent’s face.

“Leo?”

Selia wore a wary expression.

Looking at his cousin, Leo said.

“Come to think of it…”

“…?”

“We’ve never seriously fought each other, have we?”

Seeing Leo smile maturely, Selia felt all the hair on her body stand on end.

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