Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 369

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369

 

‘The dirtiest paradise in this world.’

 

Walking through the Street of Pleasure, Leo surveyed the scenery of the street.

 

The gazes of people around him were fixed on Leo.

 

Leo’s appearance was extremely out of place on this street.

 

The Street of Pleasure was filthy.

 

It wasn’t simply that the street itself was dirty.

 

Everything that constituted this street.

 

A street built from twisted desires and greed from the deepest depths of human hearts.

 

It was just as the old woman at the entrance had said.

 

This place was certainly the very bottom of the world.

 

He recalled the splendid main street from earlier.

 

‘That was probably just for show.’

 

Before being the world’s largest impoverished nation, this country was one where things illegal in other countries were legal.

 

Such Alehem was the ultimate playground for those in power.

 

That glamorous street would be the result of squeezing the people living in Eleheum.

 

The scenery of the Street of Pleasure would be closer to Alehem’s true face.

 

‘Well, the entire country probably isn’t this bad.’

 

Then three people with large builds blocked Leo’s path.

 

“What are you staring at? Are we that interesting to you?”

 

“You look like a well-bred young master from a noble family. What brings you to such a shabby place?”

 

“Wait, are you really a young master? With that pretty face, aren’t you actually a girl?”

 

“That might be it. Should we strip you to check?”

 

The three people began giggling as they looked at Leo.

 

The eyes of the three who looked like mercenaries had gone mad.

 

Their appearance was corrupted by alcohol and drugs.

 

As Leo silently stared at the three, the giant in front scowled deeply.

 

“What are you staring at? You bastard! First time seeing rock bottom losers?!”

 

“Hey hey! Don’t scare him too much! He might start whining and call his bodyguards.”

 

“That would be interesting too! Well! Once you enter this place anyway, you’ll realize that pathetic power from outside can’t be trusted here!”

 

After getting annoyed, they burst into loud laughter among themselves for some reason.

 

Watching such mercenaries, Leo chuckled.

 

“I came looking for someone.”

 

“What kind of person?”

 

“The Lord of the Palace of Pleasure.”

 

When he revealed his business for coming here, a chilling silence fell instantly.

 

The Lord of the Palace of Pleasure.

 

The one who ruled this street.

 

No, simply calling him the ruler of the Street of Pleasure might be insufficient.

 

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say he was the actual owner of this oasis city, Uargella.

 

He was an existence who wielded more massive influence than even this city’s lord.

 

“You bastard!”

 

“Do you know who that person is, you milk-smelling brat, to mention them so carelessly! Do you want to die?!”

 

The mercenaries who had been intoxicated by drugs and alcohol instantly regained their senses.

 

They shouted with faces pale as sheets.

 

As if they didn’t want to participate in this conversation.

 

Seeing this, Leo tilted his head.

 

‘Just mentioning them causes this kind of reaction?’

 

“Where can I go to meet them?”

 

“This bastard, to the very end!”

 

“No one can meet that person!”

 

Leo made an indifferent expression at the mercenaries’ reaction.

 

“If you don’t know, then I have no business with you.”

 

“This bastard!”

 

The mercenaries, enraged by Leo’s retreating figure as he walked away without regret, charged at him.

 

Thwack-!

 

With a dull impact sound, the mercenaries were flying through the air.

 

Crash-!

 

“Kheok!”

 

“Keeek!”

 

“Kugh!”

 

The mercenaries who crashed to the ground let out screams filled with pain.

 

Elsi, perched on Leo’s shoulder, muttered.

 

-There are only bad quality people here.

 

“It’s that kind of neighborhood.”

 

Leo answered calmly and moved his steps, going deeper into the street.

 

Shabby taverns were lined up.

 

But no matter how much he looked, he couldn’t see any building that could be called a ‘palace.’

 

Leo narrowed his eyes.

 

“Elsi.”

 

-Yes, it’s just as Leo thinks. This street is covered with spirit illusions.

 

At Elsi’s answer, Leo took out the note Tina had given him from his pocket.

 

Only Tina’s name was written on it alone.

 

“With this level of power, is it a Great Spirit?”

 

He had thought it would be quite a big shot from the point Tina introduced them, but he hadn’t expected the Lord of the Palace of Pleasure to be a Pact Maker with a Great Spirit.

 

-Can you find the way?

 

“Who do you think I am?”

 

Leo chuckled at Elsi’s question.

 

Normally, it would have been impossible to even notice this illusion.

 

But Leo had been friends with the strongest summoner in history.

 

That strongest summoner didn’t discriminate between magical beasts and spirits.

 

“Compared to that guy’s spirit arts, this level is child’s play.”

 

-Have you been caught by Risinass’s spirit arts before?

 

“Many times.”

 

Leo grimaced as he recalled his friend who used to cast spirit arts on him when angry.

 

Then he reached out into the void and grabbed the air as if drawing back a curtain.

 

Crack-!

 

Space distorted at Leo’s fingertips.

 

Whoosh-!

 

When Leo pulled his arm, the space was drawn back and the real path was revealed.

 

In Leo’s eyes, far in the distance, a splendid palace was visible.

 

Leo made a surprised expression at the spirit power he felt from the palace.

 

“Spirits of Light?”

 

When he was within the illusion, he couldn’t know its identity, but now he could clearly feel it.

 

The spirit that had established itself here was a Great Spirit of Light.

 

The spirit with the most noble disposition among spirits.

 

Spirits of Light were literally the incarnation and representative of light.

 

It was certainly surprising that such a Great Spirit of Light had established itself in such a filthy street.

 

-Oh my, Spirits of Light.

 

Elsi covered her mouth and let out an exclamation.

 

And she seemed overjoyed, not knowing what to do with herself.

 

The era when Elsi was born was the Age of Calamity.

 

She had to live through an era when gloomy gray skies covered the world and even the starlight in the night sky couldn’t be seen properly.

 

That’s why Elsi developed a strong yearning for light.

 

That was still the same even now that she had crossed over to the present world through Leo.

 

She was purely delighted at the thought that she might be able to meet a great spirit that handled such light.

 

Leo chuckled at Elsi’s reaction.

 

“Are you that happy?”

 

-Yes! I’ve always wanted to meet one!

 

“I’m curious about what kind of fellow the great spirit of light will be too.”

 

The memories related to the great spirit of light weren’t entirely pleasant.

 

5000 years ago.

 

Luminous, the great spirit of radiance who was Risinass’s pact maker.

 

She, the great spirit of light, was the first companion that Risinass and Leo had to lose.

 

After Risinass died.

 

After subjugating Erebos and even Kail died.

 

Only after the vast passage of 5000 years could they barely keep their promise.

 

Leo took out the jewel of light from his chest.

 

The object that became the medium for his contract with Elsi.

 

It was the treasure of the light spirits that Luminous left to Leo.

 

Leo, who had put away the jewel, said.

 

“Well then, shall we go?”

 

-Yes!

 

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At the top of the Palace of Pleasure.

 

The Street of Pleasure.

 

No, the woman who was looking down at all of Uargella stirred her eyes.

 

“To lift the veil. Whose doing could this be?”

 

When she showed displeasure, the woman who was waiting beside her slightly closed her eyes and answered.

 

“An outsider has come to the Street of Pleasure, Larel-nim.”

 

“An outsider?”

 

Even if it was an outsider, this situation still didn’t make sense.

 

Could there be someone in this country who could see through her power and break it?

 

Larel, who was pondering, remembered something.

 

She had already heard the story that hero candidates were dispatched from Lumern to investigate the anomalies in this country.

 

“I see. Hero candidates?”

 

The displeasure on Larel’s face deepened even more.

 

She didn’t welcome the very existence of heroes.

 

“What should we do?”

 

“Why are you asking that?”

 

“The hero candidate who found this place is called Leo Flobe.”

 

“That hero candidate whom the Comet Mage designated as her successor?”

 

“Yes. The one Larel-nim has been waiting for so long…”

 

“I finished waiting for someone long ago.”

 

The woman hesitated at Larel’s cold words.

 

“And you believe the ridiculous story that the Comet Mage has shown herself in this land again?”

 

“The Progenitor of the Starry Skies and the Hero of the Beginning have also shown themselves in this land. The Comet Mage too…”

 

Larel chuckled at her subordinate’s words.

 

“Great Heroes and Heroes of the Cataclysm are different.”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“If the Heroes of the Cataclysm were the same as the Great Heroes, this world would have met its doom long ago.”

 

“My thoughts remain unchanged.”

 

Larel muttered while looking out the window.

 

“Light has long since disappeared from this world.”

 

Leo, who was heading toward the Palace of Pleasure, stopped walking.

 

At some point, the people on the street had vanished without a trace.

 

-Leo, it’s an illusion.

 

Elsi said, furrowing her brow.

 

Leo had already seen through the fact that he had entered the domain of illusions.

 

The problem was that this illusion wasn’t simply one that confused the eyes.

 

A brilliant light burst forth before Leo’s eyes.

 

“Interesting.”

 

Leo chuckled as he looked at the one who had revealed themselves.

 

What appeared before his eyes was none other than Leo himself.

 

Looking at an illusion identical to himself as if reflected in a mirror, Leo said.

 

“You use quite troublesome spirit arts.”

 

Illusions were the specialty of light spirits.

 

If one was a great spirit, they could create realistic illusions as much as they wanted.

 

But the illusion that appeared before his eyes now was of a different class in its very precision.

 

“You must have a very powerful great spirit as your pact maker.”

 

Basically, the power of great spirits was almost equal, but differences in combat ability existed.

 

That was precisely the difference in the years lived and experience.

 

It was natural that spirits who lived longer and had more experience would display better abilities in battle.

 

Creating realistic illusions was possible as much as one wanted.

 

But creating illusions identical to the real thing was difficult.

 

Whoooosh—!

 

The light illusion used Jerdinger’s flames.

 

Seeing that, Elsi said.

 

-Shall I step forward?

 

Light and darkness were opposing attributes.

 

If Elsi, a shadow spirit, exerted her power, she could distort even the most precise illusions.

 

Step—

 

“No.”

 

Taking a step forward, Leo said firmly.

 

There was only one reason such a powerful illusion blocked Leo’s path.

 

It meant the master of this castle harbored hostility toward the being called Leo.

 

They intended to drive him away even if it meant causing harm.

 

If he used Elsi, he would have to draw upon the power of a great spirit.

 

‘It would be better to keep hidden for now that there are two great spirits of darkness in one era.’

 

In the first place, the illusion before his eyes wasn’t a great obstacle for Leo.

 

“No matter how real it looks, it’s just an illusion in the end.”

 

Jerdinger’s flames surged from Leo’s body as he curled up the corners of his mouth.

 

Whoooosh—!

 

The moment Leo’s red eyes flashed.

 

CRASH!

 

A massive flaming sword strike surged upward.

 

Whoooosh—!

 

Seeing the flames that rose in one part of the castle, Larel’s eyes stirred.

 

‘This quickly?’

 

The Palace of Pleasure had five major illusions spread throughout it.

 

The first was an illusion that concealed the castle’s appearance.

 

The second was the illusion that had just been broken.

 

From the second illusion onward, they were dangerous illusions capable of killing all uninvited visitors approaching the Palace of Pleasure.

 

Though called illusions, they were powerful illusions that could never be broken unless one exceeded their own limits.

 

‘So they really are called the greatest Hero Candidate in history.’

 

Larel admitted she had underestimated Leo’s existence.

 

‘Well, if they’re a student learning Lumern’s teachings, this much should naturally be…’

 

The moment Larel thought that.

 

Flash!

 

This time, her complexion changed drastically as she watched light burst forth from yet another illusion zone.

 

The third illusion.

 

Even the illusion that tested one’s faith in oneself had been broken through in an instant.

 

The words ‘successor to the Comet Mage’ floated through Larel’s mind.

 

‘No, that’s impossible.’

 

The moment Larel denied it.

 

The fourth illusion was broken through once again.

 

The fourth illusion was one that could only be pierced by having the mental fortitude to move forward in any situation.

 

3000 years.

 

This was the first time anyone had broken through the fourth illusion as well.

 

‘This guy…’

 

Larel’s mouth fell open.

 

‘Just what is his identity…’

 

Only the final illusion remained.

 

The moment she was shocked by that fact.

 

Bang—!

 

The door to the topmost floor opened roughly.

 

Larel’s eyes met with those of a young boy with pure white hair and red eyes.

 

“I thought it was strange behavior for a human.”

 

Leo tilted his head as he looked at Larel.

 

“I never expected a Great Spirit would do such things without even having a Pact Maker.”

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