Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 354
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354
Whoooosh—!
Black flames erupted from the Hero Record, covering the entire auditorium.
“Wh-what is this!”
A cry of shock burst from Rhagen’s mouth.
Crackle—!
The raging black flames soon struck the spectator seats.
Flash—!
However, there wasn’t a single person here who would fall easily to the black flames.
Crrrrrack—!
Walls of ice shot up.
A chilling cold flowed from the elf mage sitting in the front row of the spectator seats.
Those around who saw this were amazed.
“The Northern Mage Tower Lord!”
People’s gazes turned to the Northern Mage Tower Lord, Alguren.
Whooooo—!
Frost-like mana flowed from Alguren’s body.
Crrrack—!
The ice walls began moving freely like living slimes.
Crackle—!
Alguren’s ice, moving at tremendous speed, instantly wrapped around the black flames.
Seeing this, Rhagen shouted.
“Northern Mage Tower Lord! What is the meaning of this!”
Looking at Rhagen with bloodshot eyes, Alguren answered in a cold voice.
“Can’t you see? Black flames erupted from that Hero Record. The culprit of this situation is none other than the Hero Record. Isn’t it natural to eliminate it?”
“Are you saying you’ll damage the great Seirun’s record now!”
“When it comes to black flames, there’s only one thing. Isn’t it natural to eliminate that culprit?”
Everyone held their breath at Alguren’s words.
Though everyone was confused by the sudden situation, they realized after hearing Alguren’s words.
Black flames.
That was a symbol of disaster too terrible to even speak of.
“You can’t definitively say black flames are necessarily the primordial evil!”
Rhagen shouted as if screaming.
“This is the Hero Record of the great Comet Mage Seirun! A hero’s record that has never been found except for those kept by dragons until now! Committing the rudeness of destroying this record with infinite possibilities is outrageous!”
Rhagen screamed with evil intent.
At that moment.
Crrrack—!
Cracks appeared in Alguren’s magic.
Seeing this, Alguren’s complexion changed drastically.
‘Already?’
The moment Alguren was surprised.
Roaaaaaar—!
The black flames broke through the ice and burned everything around.
Everyone in the auditorium used magic.
They deployed magic to somehow extinguish the black flames.
But as if mocking such efforts, the black flames devoured the mana and blazed even more fiercely.
“This can’t be! How did we obtain the Comet Mage’s Hero Record! What is this!”
Rhagen screamed with bloodshot eyes.
However, no magic worked against the black flames.
As they helplessly watched the black flames burn.
Whooooo—!
Pure white flames blocked the black flames.
The unstoppable momentum of the black flames died down.
Everyone widened their eyes and looked at the one emitting white flames.
Step- Step-
The girl who stepped forward with white flames wrapped around her body looked almost sacred.
“Runia El Runda.”
Someone muttered the girl’s name.
In the distant past.
The one who inherited the flames of the Phoenix King who disappeared 5000 years ago.
Runia glared at Seirun’s Hero Record and said.
“This is definitely Erebos’s flames.”
Runia had faced Erebos twice in the Heroes’ World.
Of course, what she fought against was just a very small fragment of Erebos.
But even that required squeezing out all her power to barely win.
‘But this… is different from the black flames back then!’
She felt an even deeper darkness.
Runia, who inherited the flames of purification, felt endless fear from Erebos’s flames.
‘I must stop it!’
Gritting her teeth, Runia emitted even more intense flames.
Her blazing red hair turned pure white.
Everyone was mesmerized by that sight.
The wildly raging black flames also seemed to recognize Runia and flew toward her.
Craaaash—! Crackle—!
Eiran stood in front of Runia.
In Eiran’s hands was a shield emitting the light of life.
It was a shield imbued with fairy power that Dweno had gifted.
Blocking the black flames, Eiran frowned beautifully.
Then a powerful wind aura swirled.
The wind aura pushed back the black flames.
It was Hadin, Seirun’s student council president.
“Students of Seirun, listen. This is Erebos’s flames!”
Hadin had also fought against Erebos in Luna’s World, so he immediately saw through the identity of the flames.
At Hadin’s cry, the Seirun students showed surprised expressions.
“From now on, we eliminate the source of the flames.”
“Student Hadin!”
Rhagen showed a hysterical reaction.
“Does Seirun’s student council president dare to destroy Seirun’s record!”
“Even if that is Seirun’s record, I believe leaving the source of this situation alone goes against not only Seirun’s will but also Luna’s will?”
“Right, right. Our student council president speaks well.”
“What are you all doing? If you’re following in the footsteps of the great Progenitor of the Starry Skies and the Comet Mage, fighting against Erebos is a duty.”
At the words of 5th-year valedictorian Marven and salutatorian Evertoon, the students moved in unison.
Seeing the Seirun students instantly enter battle formation, the mages attending the conference also prepared to deploy magic.
Watching this scene, Leo glared at the black flames and said.
“Anyas.”
“Yes, Leo.”
Anyas, daughter of the Northern Mage Tower Lord, appeared behind Leo as if she had been waiting and answered respectfully.
“With the Northern Mage Tower Lord’s abilities, could you forcibly warp everyone here outside the Comet’s Sanctum?”
“From outside to inside would be impossible, but from inside to outside should be possible.”
Leo glared at Seirun’s Hero Record and said.
“Tell them to do that immediately.”
“Understood.”
Anyas bowed her head and quickly rushed to the Northern Mage Tower Lord.
Alguren, who heard those words, looked at Leo for a moment before immediately activating his mana.
Befitting the master of the Northern Mage Tower, Alguren warped everyone in the hall to the outside.
Whoosh-!
Those who had been taking combat stances in the sudden situation showed bewildered expressions.
“What is this…?”
“Northern Mage Tower Lord! What are you doing…!”
Kwaaaaang! Whooooosh-!
Along with that, black flames exploded and devoured the Comet’s Sanctum.
Kuguuuuuuuuuuu-!
The towering Comet’s Sanctum collapsed along with it.
The records of Seirun that had been preserved for so long burned away.
Everyone turned pale at the sight of the Comet’s Sanctum, which could be called the symbol of Seirun, turning to ash and collapsing.
Along with that.
An aura of death was detected from the Plaza of the Stars located at the highest point of Seirun.
A gate opened and undead poured out from there.
“Wh-what is that!”
“The Overlord King…?”
“How long has it been since the Monster Queen invaded Seirun, and already the Overlord King’s power reaches this place!”
“Acting Principal Rhagen! Explain this situation! The Plaza of the Stars is a place you manage as acting principal!”
The teachers of Seirun showed agitated reactions.
But Rhagen was nowhere to be seen, having hidden himself.
The anger of Seirun’s teachers turned toward those belonging to the Pure Blood Society.
The faces of the Pure Blood Society members turned pale.
“W-we don’t know anything about this!”
“That’s right!”
They protested desperately, but it was useless.
Previously, undead had already appeared during the freshmen’s midterm exam organized by the Pure Blood Society.
In such a situation, with another abnormal incident occurring, the only culprit they could think of was the Pure Blood Society.
That’s when it happened.
Gooooooo-!
The black flames that had turned the Comet’s Sanctum to ash began to gather.
Everyone’s faces hardened as they watched Erebos taking the form of a giant flame giant.
[Groooooooooo-!]
A massive roar echoed through the air.
The faces of everyone who heard that roar were filled with terror.
Primordial evil.
The roar of disaster that could destroy the world was enough to make the living lose their will to fight.
Everyone stepped backward.
Paralyzed by fear, they sensed death.
At that moment.
“Snap out of it!”
A tremendous shout echoed throughout Seirun.
“Howling?”
Everyone looked with surprised eyes at the one who had shouted.
There stood Leo, his entire body wrapped in a golden aura.
Step- Step-
“Now is not the time to assign blame. It’s even less the time to cower in fear.”
Leo stood before Erebos.
“If you respect the Progenitor of the Starry Skies.”
Leo looked straight at Erebos and spoke clearly.
“If you follow the will of the Comet Mage.”
Gooooo-!
Gray mana swirled around Leo’s body.
“Believe in yourselves and fight against him. That’s your duty as students who enrolled in this Academy.”
The absolute terror disappeared.
Leo, who had ignited fighting spirit, glared at Erebos.
‘As expected, Seirun’s Hero Record is serving as a conduit.’
Except for the Hero Records of the Cataclysm kept in Dragonnia, the Hero Records of the Heroes of the Cataclysm do not remain in this world.
Even the Hero Records of the great heroes that Tartaros had focused on destroying still remain.
But the Hero Records of the Heroes of the Cataclysm remain in much smaller numbers than those.
Leo knew the reason through what he heard from Mel.
Before the Heroes of the Cataclysm entered the Heroes’ World to stop Erebos.
To prevent them from being used as conduits, they destroyed their own Hero Records and left word to future generations to destroy the Hero Records they couldn’t reach as well.
Whooooosh-!
Then pure white flames shot up.
Leo turned his head toward Runia.
There was Runia deploying her mana, creating a sphere of flames in her hand.
The magic Luna had left to counter Erebos.
Flame Emperor.
Whoosh-!
Pure white flames symbolizing purification devoured the black flames.
[Groooooooo!]
Erebos’s roar filled with rage echoed through the air.
Leo drew his sword in response.
Whooosh-!
Crimson Phoenix flames shot high into the sky.
Leo launched a flaming sword strike toward the opening Runia had created.
Kwagagagagak-!
[Uwooooooooo!]
Erebos’s hate-filled cry echoed through the air.
‘…He’s not completely liberated yet.’
Leo narrowed his eyes.
He was certainly threatening.
But he was too weak to be called a fragment of the Erebos that the Heroes of the Cataclysm had fought against.
At that moment.
Stagger-! Thud-!
Erebos staggered and then fell to his knees.
“Is there damage?”
A mage urgently shouted.
‘…No. Neither my nor Runia’s attacks dealt that level of damage.’
Leo narrowed his eyes and for an instant felt the flames at Erebos’s center distorting.
As if being sucked in.
Seeing that, Leo realized.
‘Someone’s fighting inside.’
***
Whooooosh-!
Black flames were everywhere.
The landscape was already nothing but ashes.
Seirun, gripping Kometes, deployed mana throughout his entire body.
A magic formula appeared in the void.
“End.”
As the spell was completed, a light of destruction swept forth.
Kwaaaaaa-!
The black flames scattered helplessly.
Seirun, his entire body burned, struck down the black flames trying to revive with his staff.
Thud-!
“You! Can’t leave here!”
Seirun screamed desperately as he looked at the black flames gathering before his eyes.
Gooooooo-!
A giant of calamity wrapped in black flames throughout its body appeared.
[How foolish.]
The black flames looked down at Seirun with indifference.
[Your comrades cannot come to this world.]
That voice contained nothing.
It neither mocked the struggling Seirun nor felt anger at the fact that he was blocking its path.
It didn’t even feel irritation toward Seirun who was bothering it.
Just as if looking at a fleeting life form.
As if unable to understand that struggle, Erebos spoke.
[What exactly do you think you can accomplish alone?]
“I…”
Seirun gripped Kometes and gritted his teeth.
“I promised!”
Blood burst from his bitten lips.
“I promised Luna! That I would definitely protect the world they left for us!”
Seirun’s hands trembled.
Death was not frightening.
The moment he witnessed the sacrifice of the great Great Heroes.
He had already prepared for death.
What was frightening was the fact that he might not be able to protect the world they left behind.
And his own powerlessness in being unable to keep his promise.
“I told Luna… to trust only me…!”
Watching Seirun pull himself together with a trembling voice, Erebos spoke.
[What value is there in a promise made with a dead phantom?]
“…!”
[And… even if you made a promise, what use is it?]
For the first time, mockery was contained in Erebos’s voice.
[You are nothing but a foolish mortal who overestimates yourself.]
Seirun’s hands trembled.
[Luna Rubinance was a remarkable being. She was like a treasure of the lower realm, qualified to challenge me, an immortal existence. But you are not Luna Rubinance. You’re not even nearly as remarkable as Luna Rubinance.]
Seirun’s face contorted.
[If Luna Rubinance saw you like this, could she have trusted you?]
He was left speechless.
[Promises that cannot be fulfilled should not be made, mortal.]
He knew better than anyone.
That what he was doing now was meaningless struggling.
It had been long since he stopped believing in himself.
His spirit was wearing away.
The will he had barely been holding onto was breaking.
Even so…
‘I can’t give up.’
Seirun made an expression as if he was about to cry.
‘Because I promised those guys.’
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