Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 327

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Whoooosh-!

Flames erupted from Selia’s sword.

Watching Selia, Chloe swung her staff.

Whiiiing-!

The blue orb at the tip of her staff emitted a sharp light.

“Ice Storm.”

A freezing wind whirled around.

The icy wind that burst from her staff neutralized Selia’s flames.

Boom boom boom-!

At the same time, the magical artillery on the rampart spat fire.

Selia quickly executed her aura step.

Whoosh-!

Flames flickered at her feet.

Each time she stepped through the air, fiery afterimages remained like a phoenix beating its wings.

Phoenix Step.

It was one of the Jerdinger Family’s signature aura steps.

A tremendous amount of magical bombardment struck where Selia had retreated from.

Currently, Harmony and Noble were attacking Glory’s stronghold with Selia and Duran as their vanguard.

Glory was suffering from numerical disadvantage.

Even though they were pouring all their strength into defending the stronghold, Harmony and Noble were also pouring all their forces into attacking Glory’s stronghold.

“Mana cannon preparation complete!”

“Complete!”

“Fire!”

Whiiiing-! Bang!

The Magic Studies Department students from Harmony and Noble were even creating siege magical weapons to try to break through Glory’s Barrier.

No matter that they were students, they were all students of Hero Academy.

If this were anywhere other than Lumern, they would have enough power to easily bring down the walls of any ordinary fortress.

If the defenders weren’t fellow Lumern students, barriers like this would have collapsed in an instant.

“If we just bring down the barrier, we win!”

“Right! If we can just get inside the stronghold and fight…”

Flash-!

At that moment, blue light flashed in the sky.

“Chloe’s Ice Breath! Everyone dodge! Get back!”

Crackle crackle crackle-!

Cold, freezing smoke flowed out from a magic circle generated in the air.

A Male Student from Noble’s Magic Studies Department who was commanding the magical artillery shouted urgently.

Freeze freeze freeze-!

“You tell others to dodge but what are we supposed to do when you don’t dodge yourself!”

“Healer! Healerrrrr!”

Looking at the completely frozen Magic Studies Department male student, other students shouted.

Then Nella approached and deployed her aura.

Whooom-!

Nella’s healing aura enveloped the male student, but he soon received a death judgment and returned to the stronghold.

“He’s dead.”

“Ugh!”

“That wicked ice witch!”

“Ugh… Your death will not be in vain!”

The Magic Studies Department students from Harmony and Noble performed a dramatic scene as if their comrade had really died.

Watching this, Nella made an impressed expression.

“Magic Studies Department students are good at acting.”

Even while saying that, she looked at Chloe on the rampart with a serious face.

“As long as Chloe holds out, we won’t be able to get over the city wall.”

Nella turned her gaze to Selia.

It wasn’t just Nella.

Selia was the only student here who could face Chloe.

In Duran’s case, he had already entered into a one-on-one fight with Chen Xia.

The fighting spirit and aura emanating from the two made it impossible for other students to approach carelessly.

As the students’ gazes focused on her, Selia clenched her hands.

“I’ll try to do something about it.”

Cheers poured out from here and there at those words.

“As expected of the Knight Department’s top honor student!”

“Selia’s flames can overwhelm Chloe’s ice magic! You’re the greatest flame among our classmates, right?”

The actual reason Cal had deployed Selia to attack Glory’s stronghold was because Selia held a definite advantage in terms of compatibility.

But at the students’ cheers, Selia smiled with self-mockery.

‘…Greatest flame.’

Selia had already been broken once by Leo’s flames.

‘Will my flames… work on Chloe too?’

Gritting her teeth, Selia approached the city wall.

‘Right now… I have no choice but to clash.’

Whoosh-!

Selia kicked off the ground and charged toward the city wall.

“It’s Selia!”

“Selia’s coming!”

The Glory students spotted Selia charging with flames of aura wrapped around her entire body and shouted urgently.

“Check Selia first!”

“If we’re not careful, the barrier might be breached in one go!”

Bombardments from magical artillery and magic from Magic Studies Department students poured toward Selia.

Familiars and fairies also concentrated their attacks on Selia.

Whoosh-!

Crack-!

Selia deployed her aura step and struck the ground hard.

Flash! Whoooooosh-!

Selia charged toward the city wall like lightning, leaving a tail of flames.

Boom boom boom-!

Selia evaded all the attacks blocking her path.

“Fa, fast!”

“Can someone at the top of the Knight Department move like that?”

Movement close to miraculous.

Attacks she couldn’t dodge, she deflected entirely with her sword.

Watching this, Chloe chanted a spell.

Whooom-!

Ice particles formed in the sky.

Soon the ice particles became sharp spikes and poured down toward Selia all at once.

Selia’s red eyes flashed.

“Crimson Wing.”

Aura in the shape of crimson wings formed at the tip of Selia’s sword.

As she swung her sword, a massive wave of flames evaporated the ice spikes.

Whoosh-!

Thud-!

She began sprinting up along the city wall.

“Uaaaah!”

“Isn’t that completely cheating!”

The Glory students defending the city wall grabbed their heads and screamed at Selia’s movements.

Whoosh-!

Selia, who had run up the city wall, reached right in front of Chloe who was on the rampart.

“Prepare yourself, Chloe.”

Selia shouted sharply and swung her sword.

Just before the flame-wrapped sword aimed at Chloe.

Flash-! Clang!

A longsword blocked Selia’s sword with a white flash of light.

“Hehehe, I can’t let you lay a hand on our ice queen so easily.”

Iliana, who had blocked Selia’s sword, grinned.

“The light magic swordsman protecting the queen! Lady Iliana appears! Everyone bow down to me!”

The Glory Knight Department students positioned to protect Chloe let out exclamations.

“Ooooh!”

“Iliana!”

“She’s simple-minded, but reliable at times like this!”

“Who just called me simple-minded!”

Iliana, who had shouted angrily, looked at Selia and smiled.

“As long as I’m here, you can’t touch a single hair on Chloe’s… Hiiiiiik!”

Selia put strength into the sword she was holding and pushed Iliana back.

Whoooosh-!

As the flames bursting from Selia’s body blazed threateningly, Iliana urgently shouted.

“Guys! Help me!”

“Ugh! I’m an idiot for trusting her!”

“Form a formation! Protect Chloe!”

The Glory Knight Department students attacked Selia.

Taking advantage of the gap, Iliana escaped and began chanting a spell.

The true value of a magic swordsman is the harmony of aura and magic.

If Iliana attacked with full power, she would be a skilled opponent that even Selia couldn’t easily handle, but if she only attacked with swordsmanship, the story was different.

“I’ll show you my secret trump card.”

Iliana grinned and summoned a shield from extradimensional space.

What Iliana chose as her ‘sub weapon’ for the Knight Department’s midterm exam was none other than a shield.

“A shield is your trump card?”

When Selia asked with a puzzled expression, Iliana made a meaningful face.

“As if!”

When Selia furrowed her brow, Iliana puffed out her chest proudly.

“This shield is an ‘ego weapon’ made based on my personality. In other words, a familiar.”

Iliana grinned.

“I put in a function to assist my magic chanting! With this, I can chant magic much faster!”

The Knight Department students looked surprised at Iliana’s words.

“She can make such a complicated-looking familiar?”

“No way!”

“Hehe! Be amazed to your heart’s content!”

Iliana said proudly.

“She wasn’t an idiot!”

“Do you think an idiot could use magic?”

“She was a smart idiot!”

“What’s a smart idiot supposed to be!”

Iliana glared and shouted angrily.

Whoooosh-!

At that moment, flames flickered from Selia’s body.

“You’re in the way.”

Selia narrowed her eyes.

“Move aside.”

KWAAAAAAAANG-!

A pillar of flames shot up on the city wall.

Selia’s red eyes, having turned the surroundings into a sea of fire, found their prey.

All the surrounding students received death judgments.

Iliana, who barely survived, stood in front of Chloe.

Dash-!

When Selia charged toward Chloe, Iliana raised her shield and charged toward Selia in return.

Clang-! Clatter clatter clang-!

“Kuk!”

Iliana’s body swayed as she received Selia’s attack.

‘Close combat is too disadvantageous for me!’

As a magic swordsman, it would be advantageous for Iliana to distance herself from Selia.

But in her position of having to protect Chloe, she couldn’t do that.

“Haa!”

Iliana swung desperately.

Whoosh-!

The moment she thought she had cut Selia.

The afterimage of flames scattered.

Just as Iliana gritted her teeth and tried to swing her shield toward the back.

Slash-!

Selia’s sword cut across Iliana’s back.

“Kuuuuuuk!”

Iliana rolled on the ground.

At that moment.

Crackle crackle crackle-!

Chloe, who had completed her magic, released her spell.

“What?!”

Selia hastily created distance.

Chloe, who had frozen the entire surrounding area, smiled sweetly at Selia.

Seeing such a Chloe, Selia gripped her sword properly.

“Haap!”

Whoooosh-!

Flame sword energy surrounded Chloe.

Seeing that, Chloe struck the ground with her staff.

Whoosh-!

Then a wall of cold air blew away Selia’s flames.

‘There was no sign of chanting?’

Selia’s eyes twitched.

“Your familiar?”

“Yeah. It’s a slime specialized in defense that protects me.”

When Chloe extended her hand, ice chunks formed at her fingertips.

Seeing that sight, Selia gritted her teeth, then properly gripped her sword and began emitting flame aura.

Whoooosh-!

Chloe chanted magic.

Whoosh-!

Selia quickly closed the distance with Chloe.

Crack-!

“It’s useless!”

Ice spikes shot up from the ground to block Selia’s path, but they melted away with just a single strike.

“Ice Bolt.”

Chloe instantly created hundreds of Ice Bolts and aimed them at Selia.

Selia’s eyes flashed.

Whoooosh-!

Flames erupted.

Selia blew away all of Chloe’s magic and thrust her sword toward Chloe.

‘Got her…’

Crack-!

Selia’s sword pierced through Chloe’s chest.

At that moment.

Chloe smiled and grabbed Selia’s hand.

‘Oh no! Ice clone!’

One of Chloe’s specialties, the ice clone, exploded and immediately froze Selia’s body.

‘I got caught…’

Selia hung her head low.

Watching her, Chloe spoke.

“Aren’t you going to draw Flame Storm?”

The sword Selia was currently holding was an ordinary rapier, not Flame Storm.

Of course, this was also a masterpiece created by a craftsman’s hands, but it couldn’t compare to her beloved sword, Flame Storm.

Selia gritted her teeth.

“This isn’t like the Selia I know.”

“What?”

“The Selia I know was confident in everything and never yielded to any hardship.”

Chloe smiled gently.

“She was mature, reliable, and though a friend, someone who inspired respect. As class president, I worked hard not to be ashamed in front of you.”

Selia bit her lip.

“What are you trying to say?”

“Was losing to Leo such a big shock?”

Selia hung her head low.

It would be easy to defeat Selia when she was mentally shaken.

But Chloe didn’t want to do that.

In their first year, when there were difficult times as class president, Selia was a friend she could rely on.

Even though they were now in a competitive relationship within the same dormitory.

That fact didn’t change.

‘Now I want to lift her up.’

A year ago, after the midterm exams of the first semester, Chloe might have collapsed if Selia hadn’t been there.

Even though they were in a relationship where they had to defeat each other.

‘We’re still students after all.’

As a close friend, she didn’t want to leave Selia in despair.

Having felt deep despair about Leo’s existence herself, she understood the feeling all too well.

“Selia. You have your own…”

“Aha! What’s this? I wondered why you seemed different than usual, turns out you’re scared of the class president!”

Just then, Iliana, who had barely avoided elimination, jumped up from her spot.

And she nodded as if understanding, “Mm-hmm!”

“I’m not intimidated at all in front of the class president! But Selia gets scared!”

Iliana put her hand on her hip and burst into laughter, “Muhahaha!”

“Can’t help it! Even the great Selia is equal in front of the class president! But to think you’d be scared… Pfft! Even the perfect honor student has cute sides?”

Iliana was as frivolous as usual.

“Well! In that state, it’ll be a perfect victory for our Glory!”

Watching Iliana snort smugly, Selia hung her head low.

“Who… did you call a coward?”

“Huh?”

From her shadowed face, red eyes flashed dangerously.

Whoooosh-!

“I’ve never… been scared of anything!”

Tremendous heat poured out from Selia’s enraged body.

“Hiiiik?”

Iliana was terrified.

With a flushed face, Selia drew Flame Storm from its sheath.

Whoooooosh!

Seeing Flame Storm begin to blaze again, Iliana hid behind Chloe.

“Wh-why is she suddenly like that!”

“…Well done. It’s different from my intention, but it looks like she’s regained her spirit.”

Watching Iliana successfully provoke Selia, Chloe let out a hollow laugh.

“Prominence!”

Selia deployed her aura with full force.

Seeing this, Chloe’s face became slightly serious.

“The problem is she’s regained too much spirit.”

Usually calm and rational in everything, Selia was an honor student, but Chloe knew that once her lid was blown, she became reckless. With a troubled expression, Chloe pushed Iliana, who was behind her, forward.

“Huh? Huh?”

“Please, Iliana?”

“What?”

“Friend shield.”

Just as Iliana was about to cry seeing Chloe’s witch-like smile.

Whoooooooooosh-!

“What’s that now!”

As a tsunami swept over them, Iliana was shocked.

The Glory students defending the stronghold too.

The other students who had been attacking fiercely also showed expressions of astonishment.

“Tsk? If there’s someone capable of doing this…”

As Selia gritted her teeth, Chloe sighed.

“There’s only one other person?”

Crash-!

A massive tsunami instantly swept over the battlefield.

***

Watching the battlefield that had become a sea of water after the tsunami hit, Eliza frowned.

‘He really is a monster.’

As a summoner, she could tell just how absurd the spirit magic Leo had used was.

Just as Eliza was being wary of Leo, Leo raised his hand.

As the four people showed tense expressions.

Crackle-!

Pure white sparks flew from Leo’s fingertips.

Pure white sparks.

Realizing what they were, Eliza let out a hollow laugh.

“If this is a nightmare… please let me wake up.”

Flash! Kwaaaaang-!

Lightning struck down upon Leo’s hand.

The pure white flash receded.

A pure white horse revealed itself.

Leo, mounted on Ati, spoke.

“Shall we begin phase 2?”

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