Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 349
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349
Angr and Eclaire flinched and trembled as they saw the monster corpses beginning to rise.
The phenomenon of corpses rising and moving.
They had studied countless times in class what this was.
The black magic of necromancers under the Tartaros Legion Commander, the Overlord King.
The product of necromancy, evaluated as the most vicious magic among Tartaros’s evil spells.
‘Undead…!’
The freshmen taking the exam showed shocked expressions at the appearance of the undead.
The sudden appearance of undead in an exam meant to face monsters was inevitably bewildering.
Especially the freshmen had combat experience against monsters but absolutely no combat experience against undead.
However, soon the freshmen responded quickly, befitting hero candidates.
“Hmph, mere low-grade undead.”
One upper class female student stepped forward and snorted.
She glanced at the lower class students and gritted her teeth.
‘You think I’d lose to mere lower class students?!’
Upper class.
Among them, the tremendous pride of being Class 1.
But that pride had been mercilessly shattered.
In this exam, the upper class was boasting an overwhelming score.
But that was entirely due to Rea’s power.
Not a single one among the upper class students had made a more impressive showing than the lower class students.
Besides the female student, other students also steeled their fighting spirit.
Especially their sense of pressure was great.
Because they felt the cold gazes mixed with doubt from the seniors they had admired and revered like the sky.
‘I’ll prove it! Why I’m in Upper Class 1!’
Whooom-!
Magic was activated.
Bang-!
An intense explosion and shockwave swept through.
The undead’s flesh scattered in all directions.
Seeing this, the upper class side cheered in triumph.
“These low-grade undead! They’re not even slightly threatening!”
“That’s right!”
The upper class students shouted triumphantly.
Watching this, Rea narrowed her eyes.
“Conserve your mana. When facing undead, you need to keep prolonged battles in mind.”
“Rea. This is just an exam, not real combat. Besides, this is the heart of Seirun.”
One male student grinned.
“Without dark magic being supplied, there’s no way the undead can revive infinitely…”
Squirm-squirm-
The flesh pieces scattered everywhere began to writhe and clump together.
The upper class students showed slightly flustered expressions seeing the monsters instantly return to their original forms.
“Undead are indeed persistent.”
But soon they used magic as if finding it ridiculous.
They poured magic toward the undead that revived again and again.
However, after repeating this several times, the upper class students began to tire.
“Why! Why is there no end!”
“At this rate, we’ll be defeated!”
Bewilderment colored the upper class students’ faces.
“We have no choice but to request help. This is an emergency situation!”
One male student said urgently.
He was right.
This was an unplanned emergency situation.
But the freshmen had no worries at all.
This was the heart of Seirun.
They thought there was no way the school would leave students in danger unattended.
“Keeheeheeheek!”
The undead made disgusting sounds as they lunged at the freshmen.
No matter how monstrous, there is fear of death.
However, the dead have no fear of death.
That was one of the most terrifying aspects of undead.
Stab-!
“Gaaah?!”
A crude goblin’s sword pierced through one upper class student’s shoulder.
Clutching his shoulder and collapsing to the ground, he rolled on the floor.
“My, my arm!”
A scream of pain burst out.
The pain was doubled by the undead’s characteristic poison.
“Wh, what?”
“Teacher! There’s an injured person here!”
The upper class students shouted urgently.
But the Seirun teachers showed no signs of intervening.
It wasn’t just the teachers.
The other upperclassmen also watched the freshmen with cold eyes.
The endless undead legion that revived infinitely kept surging forward.
“Sa, save us!”
“Get us out of here!”
Faced with real combat that suddenly erupted, the students fell into panic and began screaming.
***
“Sh, shouldn’t we help?”
“Teachers! Seniors! Something terrible will happen at this rate!”
Urgent cries burst out from among the freshmen watching from outside the exam hall.
But not a single person responded.
“Pathetic fools! If you’re in crisis because you can’t properly handle a single undead, can you call yourselves Seirun students!”
Geras shouted with veins bulging in his neck.
“Don’t defile Seirun’s pride!”
The freshmen’s faces contorted at Geras’s shout.
The lower class students looked at Lora with bewildered eyes.
“Teacher Laura! You need to save the kids quickly…”
“Everyone. This is an exam you’re taking as Seirun students.”
The lower class students flinched at Lora’s stern voice.
“It’s true that you’re still inexperienced freshmen. But before that… you are hero candidates.”
Lora spoke with emphasis.
“You are people who must fight courageously against trials and seize the qualifications of heroes.”
At Lora’s resolute words, the lower class students clenched their fists tightly.
“You don’t need to worry too much.”
Looking at the exam hall, Leo said.
“If it were truly an unmanageable level, whether teachers or seniors, they would have intervened long ago.”
Leo said while watching the lower class students facing the undead.
‘I can sense the Overlord King’s mana, but it’s not like the Overlord King is pulling strings.’
Leo’s eyes narrowed.
‘The magic is too crude.’
He knew more about the Overlord King’s magic than anyone else.
It had been sickeningly familiar, after all.
‘It’s nothing more than borrowing the Overlord King’s dark magic power.’
The expression disappeared from Leo’s face.
‘Then why did the magic suddenly activate?’
The monsters that Seirun had procured for the test were monsters that could be encountered in the wild.
They were definitely monsters captured from the Elven Realm.
‘If they had cast a spell on the monsters beforehand, Seirun couldn’t have missed it.’
And it wasn’t like Demons had infiltrated Seirun.
The Hero Academy’s barrier was powerful.
Moreover, Seirun had thoroughly inspected their barriers and strengthened their defenses after last year’s Monster Queen attack incident.
No matter how formidable a Demon might be, it would be difficult to infiltrate so easily.
Yet the fact that dark magic using the Overlord King’s power had been activated meant.
‘There’s someone inside Seirun making deals with the Overlord King.’
A flash of light gleamed in Leo’s eyes.
Murderous intent flickered in his gaze.
During the Age of Calamity.
He had buried countless traitors in darkness.
A rage incomparably greater than in the past surged within him.
Back then, it was a time when Erebos was driving the world toward destruction.
The desire to survive is the instinct of the living.
The emergence of traitors was unavoidable in those days.
But now was different.
It was an age of peace, and there was no reason to betray.
‘Moreover! Those who claim to follow Luna!’
He wanted to find the traitor immediately and tear them to shreds.
‘But unless they’re fools, they wouldn’t have left any traces.’
Leo’s mind raced quickly.
‘What’s important now is why they suddenly pulled something like this.’
To suddenly use Undead in a test.
The Undead army before his eyes, though composed of lower-tier Undead, were the dead revived through the Overlord King’s power.
It wasn’t impossible for the Freshmen to handle with their abilities, but they weren’t easy opponents.
If Leo stepped in, it would be resolved in an instant.
But Leo watched.
‘If you truly want to follow in Luna’s footsteps… if you claim you’ll inherit Seirun’s will.’
Leo wore a cold expression.
‘Prove now that you’re the seeds of heroes, not hothouse flowers.’
***
The Undead army surged forward like a raging torrent.
It wasn’t just the Upper Class Students who were overwhelmed by that momentum.
“I can’t hold on any longer!”
One Male Student from Angr’s group shouted urgently.
At that cry, Angr, who had been casting magic, took a deep breath.
“Let’s use it.”
“Use what?”
“Aura.”
At Angr’s words, the Male Student looked panicked.
“Hey! If we use abilities other than magic during the test, we’ll be failed!”
To those words, Angr said.
“So what, should we just keep using magic like this? That’s not our real strength, is it?”
Angr extended his hand.
A silver spear from the extradimensional space revealed itself.
“My family has been spear knights for generations, and I’ve always been proud of that fact.”
Angr said with a smile.
“I came to Seirun to become a hero, not to become a mage.”
“Angr.”
“This is me. This is me as a Hero Candidate.”
Whoooosh-!
Aura swirled around Angr’s body.
“If the path I’m proud of and the way I want to go isn’t acknowledged.”
Swish-! Thud-
Angr gripped his spear properly and lowered his stance.
“I don’t think there’s any need to stay at Seirun.”
Watching Angr display his resolute will, the Lower Class Students in the front lines looked at each other, then burst into laughter and drew their weapons.
Aura settled into their weapons.
“Yeah, you’re right!”
“Using only magic is frustrating! I’m a knight!”
The Lower Class Students, wearing expressions of relief, had sharp gleams in their eyes.
Gone was their usual cowering and constantly reading the room.
Kraaaash-!
As Angr swung his spear, a cold wind whirled around.
Angr, wrapping his entire body in icy wind, charged into the Undead without hesitation.
Kraaaash-!
The liberated aura sent Undead flying.
Seeing this, the Upper Class Students shouted.
“He used aura!”
“That’s cheating! He’ll fail the test!”
Watching the Upper Class Students celebrate, Rea said coldly.
“Is that really what you should be saying right now?”
At those words, the Upper Class Students flinched.
Rea, looking at her classmates with a face full of disdain, gazed toward the center of the Undead army.
Crack! Crack! Crackle!
Chunks of corpse flesh began to clump together.
Along with that, a massive corpse mass emitting terrible stench and death energy raised its body.
“A Corpse Golem?”
At the appearance of the higher-tier Undead, the Upper Class Students’ faces turned pale.
“He-help us!”
“There’s no way we can defeat that kind of Undead with our current strength!”
The Upper Class Students shouted desperately.
‘Asking these kids to handle the front lines would be too much.’
Rea sighed and moved her body.
The panicked Upper Class Students didn’t even notice Rea stepping to the very front.
“Stella Via.”
A path shining like starlight was created before Rea.
The Undead caught in that starlight melted away.
In the distant past, it was the magic that Seirun, the Comet Mage, had used when breaking through tens of thousands of Undead armies.
While everyone’s eyes widened in amazement.
Rea, who had reached Angr with elegant steps, spoke.
“I need a reliable vanguard. Will you help me?”
With a grin, Rea extended her hand.
Seeing Rea like this, the lower class students showed wary expressions.
Before their eyes was Rea Tingel, the pinnacle of the upper class they so despised.
But Angr, who had seen Rea’s hand several times, smiled and grasped it.
“Alright.”
“Eclaire, support Angr.”
“Oh, okay! Got it.”
Rea closed her eyes and began chanting a spell.
Watching her, Angr spoke.
“A big spell is coming! Protect Rea Tingel!”
At Angr’s shout, the lower class students immediately guarded Rea.
Eclaire showed a surprised expression at their coordinated movement.
Though they hadn’t received proper education, their efforts to train together day by day and somehow improve their skills hadn’t been in vain.
The bonds they had built without giving up on their efforts were now displaying great power.
They coordinated with just eye contact, blocking the undead legion’s offensive.
Angr blocked the corpse golem’s advance with aura slashes.
The grotesque corpse’s greatsword, with chunks of flesh clinging to it, sliced through the air.
Kwang-! Kwagagagagagak-!
“Kugh?!”
Blocking the greatsword imbued with dark magic, Angr gritted his teeth.
“Who… thinks they’ll win! Haaap!”
With a battle cry, he released his aura.
The swirling snowstorm blew away the corpse’s greatsword.
At that moment, Rea opened her eyes.
“Lux Strike.”
As she unleashed the spell, a powerful flash of light burst from Rea’s staff.
Kwagagagak-!
Rea, who had blown away the corpse golem without a trace, let out a sigh.
Angr, who had poured out all his strength, also collapsed heavily to the ground.
The undead no longer revived.
Just as the freshmen were feeling relieved seeing this.
Kwang-!
Gwoooooooooo!
A massive skeleton revealed itself, piercing through the summoning circle.
A gigantic size incomparable to the corpse golem.
An overwhelming presence and thick aura of death that dominated the audience.
Most of all, intense dark magic that seemed to drain the life from living beings just by its existence.
At the sudden appearance of the highest-tier undead, the freshmen’s faces turned pale.
“Skeleton… King?!”
Angr let out a cry of shock.
Gwoooooooo-! Kwang-!
The Skeleton King’s sword struck down toward Angr.
Angr unconsciously squeezed his eyes shut.
Kagagagagak! Gagagagak-
Then at the sound of scraping metal, he cautiously opened his eyes.
Angr’s eyes widened as they met with the young boy wreathed in flames all over his body.
“K, Kail…?”
Leo smiled slightly.
“Excellent.”
Kwagagagagak-!
Crimson flames swirled from Leo’s body.
Leo, who had blocked the Skeleton King’s attack with one hand, looked at the spectator stands showing surprised expressions as they watched him and put his hand to his neck.
“Well, anyone who would recognize me probably has by now… I guess there’s no need to keep pretending to be a Seirun student anymore.”
Tuk-!
Hwak-!
His pointed ears returned to round ears.
Angr’s mouth fell open.
“A, a human?”
Leo smiled once at the surprised Angr and put strength into his hand.
Kwang-!
The Skeleton King’s arm shot upward toward the sky.
“I was planning to watch until the end, but… it’s too strong an undead for you to handle right now. So I stepped in myself.”
Leo swung his sword toward the Skeleton King whose eyes flashed with crimson light.
Kwagagagagagagagak-!
Intense flames of Jerdinger shot high into the sky.
Kwagak-!
The Skeleton King’s body was severed by Leo’s sword strike.
Kwak-!
But it immediately recovered in an instant and took its stance.
Seeing this, Leo narrowed his eyes and kicked off the ground, leaping powerfully.
Hwak-!
Leo, who had reached right in front of the Skeleton King, spoke.
“That should be enough spying, don’t you think?”
[Hooh?]
From beyond the Skeleton King’s eye sockets.
The hateful ruler of the dead let out an exclamation as if finding it interesting.
“Radius.”
Bright light burst from Leo’s hand.
Flash-!
Starlight swirled.
The burst of starlight’s flash penetrated the Skeleton King.
Kugugugugung! Kwang-!
The massive Skeleton King’s body collapsed.
Thud-!
Leo, who landed lightly on the ground, approached the Skeleton King’s eyeball rolling on the floor.
[Leo Flobe, what exactly are you?]
From beyond the eye.
Hel Kaiser, the Commander-in-Chief, asked as if intrigued.
“Me?”
Leo curled up the corner of his mouth and raised his leg.
Kwak-! Pueok-!
Then he trampled and crushed the Skeleton King’s eye before answering coldly.
“The one who will destroy you all.”
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