Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 358

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358

 

The highest place in Seirun.

 

The Plaza of the Stars.

 

That place could only be accessed with the principal’s authority.

 

Important agenda meetings within Seirun.

 

Or the Plaza of the Stars was a place that occupied such an important position in Elven Society that it was only used during Elven Council sessions.

 

In such a place, an Undead imbued with the Overlord King’s power had appeared.

 

If so, there was only one person worth suspecting.

 

And even the Shadows of the Elves on top of that.

 

When the situation reached that point, after the incident was resolved, all of Seirun’s purebloods were detained for investigation.

 

Afterwards, Leo immediately pursued Rhagen, the acting principal.

 

And now it had come to this.

 

“Are you trying to run away?”

 

“Run away?”

 

Rhagen’s face contorted.

 

“Why would I run away? Just because you’re Lumern’s student council president, do you think there’s nothing you can’t see? Where do you get off spouting such nonsense…”

 

“Because running away now would be the best option to avoid being caught making deals with Tartaros.”

 

Rhagen’s face hardened.

 

But soon he wore an expression of anger.

 

“Deals with Tartaros? What do you take me for! I follow the will of the Progenitor of the Starry Skies and the Comet Mage more than anyone else…!”

 

“If you had followed Luna and Seirun’s will.”

 

The expression disappeared from Leo’s face.

 

“You wouldn’t have done such things as discriminating against students.”

 

Thud-

 

A chilling killing intent flowed from Leo’s eyes.

 

“You followed Luna and Seirun’s will more than anyone else? Don’t make me laugh. You just interpreted those two people’s will however you wanted to hear it.”

 

“You’re spouting nonsense! How dare a mere human try to teach me about the will of the Progenitor of the Starry Skies and the Comet Mage in front of me? You don’t know your place!”

 

“You’re the one who doesn’t know your place. At the very least, if you had followed those two people’s will, you wouldn’t have spouted about making deals with Tartaros.”

 

“Hehehe… Heh.”

 

Rhagen burst into low laughter.

 

“A milk-smelling brat wouldn’t be able to understand.”

 

“Now you’re not even denying it?”

 

Leo wore a cold expression.

 

“All of this is for the peace of this world. It’s the path to protect this world, following in the footsteps of Lady Luna and Lord Seirun!”

 

Rhagen looked at Leo.

 

“That foolish Overlord King revealed his stupid intentions to me! To completely take control of Tartaros! He asked me to eliminate Erebos! In exchange for that deal, I was to receive Lord Seirun’s remains! To me, a necromancer! Do you understand what that means? Leo Flobe! Do you understand my nobility in not avoiding dirty paths for the sake of the world!”

 

Rhagen spoke with a face that showed not the slightest bit of guilt or wrongdoing.

 

Looking at such a Rhagen, Leo said.

 

“I don’t know about other things, but I understand one thing.”

 

Leo drew his sword.

 

“That you’re a half-wit.”

 

“What did you say?”

 

“The Overlord King is Tartaros’s supreme commander. Tartaros was essentially his from the beginning.”

 

Killing intent burst forth from Leo’s body.

 

“And the legion commanders are fanatics. They would never betray Erebos. To them, Erebos is a god.”

 

Leo’s eyes flashed.

 

“You just drove the world into danger for your own greed. Don’t insult Luna and Seirun anymore.”

 

Gooooooo-!

 

Powerful magical power burst forth from Rhagen’s body.

 

“Insult? As expected, a dull fool like you can’t understand my will!”

 

Woong-!

 

A massive magic circle was created in the void.

 

“I’ll make you regret directing killing intent at me! You might have been arrogant about becoming Lumern’s student council president at such a young age, but the world is vast!”

 

As Rhagen shouted, a blinding flash struck down toward Leo.

 

“You are merely one Hero Candidate existing in the long course of history!”

 

Flash! Kwaaaaang!

 

Pure white lightning destroyed the area around Leo.

 

Seeing Leo take a direct hit from magic containing tremendous power, Rhagen curled up the corners of his mouth.

 

At that moment.

 

Whoosh-!

 

Leo charged toward Rhagen, breaking through the storm of lightning.

 

The moment Rhagen’s eyes widened at the unexpected situation.

 

Slash-!

 

Leo’s sword severed Rhagen’s wrist.

 

Clang! Splat-!

 

“Kyaaaaaaak!”

 

The hand holding the staff rolled on the ground as blood splattered.

 

Even while writhing in pain from his wrist, Rhagen looked at Leo as if he couldn’t believe it.

 

“H-how…!”

 

There had been no sign of defending against the magic.

 

“What cowardly trick did you use!”

 

“Cowardly trick?”

 

Leo looked at the kneeling Rhagen with an expressionless face.

 

“I just dispelled your magic.”

 

Rhagen’s face contorted.

 

“Are you mocking me! How could that be possible!”

 

Magical power poured out of the enraged Rhagen’s body as if going berserk.

 

Rhagen’s Star Magic poured toward Leo.

 

But that magic merely scattered into fragments of magical power before it could even reach Leo.

 

“Th-this is a nightmare… This can’t be happening!”

 

Rhagen muttered with a face gone pale at the situation that defied common sense.

 

Rhagen could tell too.

 

That his Star Magic was being dispelled with just one glance from Leo.

 

In front of Leo, Rhagen’s Star Magic was nothing more than crude trickery.

 

‘How could this be possible?’

 

It felt like the Star Magic he had devoted his entire life to was being denied.

 

“How… How is such a thing possible! How can a mere human step into such a realm! Just who taught you Star Magic!”

 

“The person who taught me Star Magic?”

 

Leo, who had come up to Rhagen, spoke as if whispering softly.

 

“Luna Rubinance.”

 

“You… to the very end!”

 

Rhagen’s eyes became bloodshot.

 

Slash-!

 

At that moment, Leo’s sword flashed.

 

Rhagen’s head soared into the sky.

 

Whoosh-! Thud- Roll roll roll-!

 

Blood shot up like a fountain.

 

Leo approached Rhagen’s body with an emotionless face and stabbed his sword into the heart.

 

Stab-!

 

Having completely severed Rhagen’s lifeline, Leo opened his mouth.

 

“How long are you planning to keep hiding and watching like that?”

 

With Leo’s words, Alguren from the Northern Mage Tower revealed himself from behind.

 

As the Shadow Lord of the elves, he bowed his head to Leo.

 

“I greet the master of Shan.”

 

It was a strange sight to see the head of the Northern Mage Tower bowing to a mere student, even if he was Lumern’s student council president.

 

However, Leo didn’t find this fact strange.

 

Alguren was paying his respects to Leo not as the Northern Mage Tower Lord, but as a Shadow Lord to the master of the Shan Empire and the Shadow Realm.

 

“Impressive. Rhagen must have been no ordinary elf, yet you dealt with him so simply.”

 

Alguren approached Leo with an intrigued expression.

 

“Moreover, how were you able to pursue him faster than I could?”

 

Alguren had chased after Rhagen from the moment he realized he had disappeared.

 

But Leo had pursued Rhagen much faster than Alguren.

 

Moving stealthily in darkness to pursue and eliminate targets was the specialty of shadows.

 

Alguren wondered how Leo, a Hero Candidate who lived in light rather than darkness, could reach Rhagen faster than himself, a Shadow Lord.

 

To Rhagen’s question, Leo replied.

 

“Do you think Emperor Shau offered the Shan Empire to me simply because I’m the master of the Shadow Realm?”

 

At Leo’s question, Alguren’s eyes widened slightly before he smiled.

 

‘Indeed. Anyas wasn’t speaking nonsense.’

 

Last night, when his daughter Anyas said Leo was a master worth serving, Alguren couldn’t shake his doubts about Leo.

 

Of course, it wasn’t because he doubted Leo’s abilities.

 

Just looking at his achievements as a Hero Candidate, one could tell Leo was remarkable.

 

He would surely become a hero who could influence the world in the future.

 

But heroes who live in light and shadows who live in darkness are different.

 

‘Young shadows tend to want to follow heroes they’re enchanted by.’

 

For thousands of years, shadows had done the dirty work that heroes couldn’t do.

 

But they hadn’t only done cleanup work.

 

They also took on the duty of following heroes as their literal shadows.

 

In fact, even the renowned hero families had shadows lurking in the darkness.

 

He thought Anyas too had been captivated by Leo’s brilliant light.

 

‘But this… he’s fallen into deep darkness.’

 

As a Shadow Lord who had stepped into deep darkness, Alguren could tell.

 

The way he eliminated the traitor without hesitation showed he was both hero and shadow.

 

Someone who had long since stepped deep into darkness.

 

One who possessed the duality of light and darkness.

 

‘Gray… such a person can exist.’

 

Alguren bowed his head toward Leo.

 

“I was discourteous.”

 

Leo began walking.

 

Following behind Leo, Alguren asked.

 

“How did you know he was a traitor, Leo?”

 

“I’ve seen similar methods before.”

 

The Age of Calamity.

 

The Overlord King’s methods of infiltrating the elves and making them fester were similar to now.

 

‘It was 5000 years ago. Except for the Legion Commander and his close associates, they probably don’t even know such things happened.’

 

5000 years.

 

Enough time to repeat the same mistakes.

 

“How did you find out?”

 

“We discovered traces of the Hero Slayer making contact with the Purebloods.”

 

Leo stopped walking and looked at Alguren.

 

Seeing Leo, Alguren bowed his head.

 

“He’s a traitor who murdered countless heroes.”

 

“I know that.”

 

Hero Slayer.

 

The worst hero killer in history who murdered countless heroes.

 

His terrifying infamy had earned him a place in history books.

 

No one didn’t know of him.

 

“I thought the Hero Slayer disappeared 500 years ago?”

 

One day, while spilling the blood of countless heroes and plunging the world into terror, he suddenly vanished into the back pages of history.

 

Some believed he was subjugated by heroes or eliminated by shadows.

 

But in any case, what was certain was that he was a figure from 500 years ago.

 

“That’s right. But in the Northern Continent, shadows encountered someone using the same power as the Hero Slayer. There was only one survivor.”

 

“…”

 

“Currently, we presume it’s the Overlord King’s doing. The Purebloods also have close ties to the Overlord King.”

 

Leo narrowed his eyes.

 

“When we learn more details, I’ll report to you through Anyas.”

 

“I’m curious about something – when did you even meet me to treat me so loyally?”

 

Leo looked at Alguren.

 

“Anyas seems to be swayed by emotions because she’s still young.”

 

“My daughter is older than you, Leo.”

 

Seeing Alguren answer with a strange expression, Leo made a sour face.

 

“That’s not the important part.”

 

At Leo’s response, Alguren laughed.

 

“Because you’re the master of the Shadow Realm. If recognized by you, shadows can also have their names inscribed in the Hero Record. That fact alone would make many shadows willing to give their lives for your commands.”

 

The being who could fulfill the aspirations of shadows who had been discriminated against for thousands of years.

 

That was Leo.

 

“It can’t be just for that simple reason.”

 

“As a Shadow Lord, I also want to see your abilities.”

 

Alguren bowed his head toward Leo as he spoke.

 

“Whether you’re someone we can entrust our fate to… or not.”

 

“I hope I can live up to your expectations.”

 

At Leo’s response, Alguren smiled.

 

‘This young man might be capable. Not leading shadows with light, but embracing shadows with darkness.’

 

He’s neither a hero living in bright light nor a shadow living in deep darkness.

 

Just silently, as if it were his destiny.

 

One who grasps both light and darkness.

 

‘He might be like Lord Kail, the beginning of everything.’

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