Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 384

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384.

 

“The chain rampage of the Hero Dungeon hidden in the Monster Forest. It seems it was enough to lure out the filthy shadows that presumptuously guard this place.”

 

Delean, who had infiltrated the Underground Casino Shadow, curled up the corners of his mouth.

 

“Now, let’s go.”

 

Leading his subordinates, he entered the labyrinth entrance with a twisted smile.

 

“The legacy of the Cataclysm Dragon in this place… is mine.”

 

***

 

North Gate of Dovella.

 

“Aaaaaahhh!”

 

“Evacuate! Everyone evacuate!”

 

All of Dovella fell into panic.

 

The sudden anomaly that occurred in the Monster Forest was like a disaster.

 

“Fight! Mercenaries! You were hired by us for money! Stop those monsters!”

 

The Knights of Eleheum stationed in Dovella screamed desperately, urging the mercenaries.

 

“We’re mercenaries! There’s no way we can stop something like that!”

 

“That’s right! You guys are knights! You always bragged that people like us couldn’t even reach your ankles!”

 

“Stand at the front and show us your skills! Then we’ll follow!”

 

“Grr! These insolent fools…!”

 

Friction arose between the Knights of Eleheum and the mercenaries defending the walls of Dovella.

 

The knights who had retreated and were forcing the mercenaries to stand at the front and fight, and the mercenaries who rebelled against such knights.

 

It was when the conflict between the two groups reached its peak.

 

Thud-! Thud-!

 

Heavy sounds echoed across the city wall.

 

“Hmm. To think they won’t stand on the battlefield, paralyzed by fear despite having such excellent walls! What spineless fellows.”

 

Everyone’s gaze turned to the giant tiger beastman.

 

“Feeling fear is a perfectly natural instinct that living beings possess. If there were no fear, that would truly be recklessness.”

 

Click- Click-

 

Next to the tiger beastman, a platinum-haired girl holding a staff was walking alongside him.

 

“Heh- That’s right. Then what about these people? Can they overcome their fear?”

 

Borman grinned and stood at the front.

 

“Students from Lumern and Ajonia…!”

 

“But what can just two people do!”

 

The Knights of Eleheum showed expressions filled with disbelief.

 

However, the mercenaries gulped down their dry saliva.

 

Chloe looked around at the mercenaries.

 

“You who have wandered through countless battlefields know this, don’t you? That fighting back has a higher chance of survival than running away.”

 

They couldn’t fight because of the fear of death they faced right before their eyes.

 

But the mercenaries also knew well that it would be hard to survive if they scattered instead of sticking together when such a large monster army invaded.

 

Looking at the mercenaries with despairing expressions, Chloe said.

 

“So how about fighting? We’ll take the front line.”

 

At those words, the mercenaries began to murmur.

 

“Take the front line?”

 

“She’s a Hero Academy student!”

 

“She can escape from the battlefield through the Warp Gate whenever she wants, right?”

 

Voices filled with distrust.

 

Then, among them, one mercenary muttered.

 

“No. We can trust her. Being able to take the Warp Gate whenever she wants means she can escape this city right now too. But she still came here.”

 

He looked at Chloe and asked.

 

“Why?”

 

At that question, Chloe smiled brightly.

 

“Because we are people who dream of becoming heroes.”

 

The mercenaries stared at Chloe blankly.

 

Step- Step-

 

Chloe climbed up onto the city wall with light steps.

 

Whoosh-!

 

As she extended her hand, a staff was summoned from extradimensional space.

 

She could see countless monster armies rushing toward the city wall.

 

“Should I help?”

 

Borman, who came next to Chloe, crossed his arms and asked.

 

“It’s okay, this is a mage’s job.”

 

Chloe began chanting a spell.

 

Seeing this, Borman began putting strength into his crossed arms.

 

‘What is this absurd fluctuation of mana.’

 

While chanting the spell, Chloe looked at the monster army.

 

‘It’s natural for people to feel fear. I’m scared too.’

 

Without stopping her incantation, Chloe put strength into her staff.

 

‘But… I learned that it’s a mage’s role to give courage to those frightened people.’

 

Thinking of a friend who was far ahead, Chloe smiled.

 

‘Let’s move forward.’

 

“Whew.”

 

Chloe, who finished her incantation, exhaled.

 

Powerful cold air burst forth from her body.

 

“Ice World.”

 

Crrrrrrrrrrrack-!

 

In an instant, the area in front of the city wall was covered with ice.

 

The monster legion that had been bringing terror was completely frozen.

 

“Amazing.”

 

Borman muttered with his mouth agape.

 

Chloe looked around at the mercenaries and said.

 

“Let’s fight together.”

 

“Uooooooo!”

 

“Let’s fight!”

 

The mercenaries, who gained courage from Chloe’s magic, ignited their fighting spirit.

 

***

 

At the eastern gate, Cal watched Duran’s back as he charged at the cyclops and muttered inwardly.

 

‘He’s definitely an annoying bastard, but Duran. That guy will definitely become a hero.’

 

It wasn’t just Duran.

 

Many friends he had been close with at the Academy had already gone so far ahead that he couldn’t even see their backs properly.

 

‘Well, in a way, it’s natural.’

 

From the moment he received confirmation of admission to Lumern, he had never dreamed of becoming a hero.

 

‘Just surviving is the best I can do.’

 

It’s the same now.

 

Cal is a mage.

 

Originally, he should be covering Duran’s rear.

 

But Cal also knows.

 

The fact that adding his magic power doesn’t help Duran that much.

 

‘I’d be lucky if I don’t hold him back.’

 

Despite being a mage, his firepower doesn’t even match Duran’s aura.

 

‘This is why I can’t even dream of becoming a hero.’

 

Cal chuckled.

 

‘My goal was just to stick around Lumern for as long as possible. If I was lucky enough to become a hero’s supporter, that would be the best.’

 

It was a choice befitting Cal’s quick wit.

 

That wasn’t wrong either.

 

No, rather, that too was a path for the world.

 

‘But lately, I’ve had an even more ridiculous goal.’

 

“Ugh!”

 

From the rear, Juwen was attacking another cyclops with sniper magic.

 

The cyclops that had revealed itself wasn’t just one.

 

Apart from the cyclops Duran was slaughtering, another group of cyclops was rampaging.

 

Zzzzzt! Flash! Kwaang-!

 

Juwen’s mana bullet infused with tremendous magical power hit the cyclops.

 

With a massive explosion, the cyclops whose body was pierced spat blood and staggered.

 

But soon the cyclops regained its balance and let out a roar.

 

“Grwaaaaar!”

 

Aina, who was charging toward that cyclops, became a golden flash.

 

Flash! Puhwaak-!

 

Aina’s sword pierced through the cyclops’s flesh.

 

Uwaaaaar!

 

“Kugh!”

 

But she couldn’t bring it down.

 

The enraged cyclops’s eye turned toward Aina who had attacked it.

 

The cyclops’s eye flashed as it swung its arm toward Aina.

 

‘Too late!’

 

Just as Aina wrapped her entire body in aura armor and prepared for impact.

 

Whoosh-!

 

A powerful wind blew.

 

Slash-!

 

“Uwaaaaar!”

 

Havedon swung his spear to create a wind slash that cut off the cyclops’s arm.

 

Aina and Havedon’s eyes met in midair.

 

Havedon created wind.

 

Aina stepped on the wind Havedon created and quickly leaped, charging toward the cyclops’s neck.

 

Golden aura surged upward.

 

“Haaaap!”

 

As she let out a battle cry, the golden aura severed the cyclops’s neck.

 

“Kieeeear!”

 

The cyclops clutched its neck and let out a scream filled with pain.

 

The cyclops whose neck had been severed began rampaging like mad.

 

Seeing this, Juwen shouted as if disgusted.

 

“It’s still rampaging even with its neck cut!”

 

“Of course, why do you think it’s a high-level magical beast? It’s a monster that boasts disgustingly tenacious vitality.”

 

Cal approached Juwen who was sniping.

 

“Well, you three are no less monstrous though.”

 

“Is this the time for jokes?!”

 

“It’s a compliment. It’s heartbreaking to see such frighteningly amazing juniors. You’ll get stronger in an instant and surpass your senior.”

 

Cal grinned.

 

“But right now, I can help as your senior.”

 

Thud-!

 

Cal pulled out a metal box in front of Juwen.

 

“What’s this?”

 

“Special mana bullets made by this senior.”

 

Cal took out a mana bullet from the box.

 

“Juwen, you have vast mana reserves, but your mana output is relatively low compared to your mana amount, so you currently lack that ‘overwhelming finishing blow.’ That’s why you struggle against monsters with such overwhelming vitality. But originally, finishing is the mage’s role.”

 

“I know! But even though I’m an orthodox mage who excels in rear support, I’m not the type of mage who overwhelms opponents with overwhelming firepower!”

 

“I know. So try using this.”

 

Cal took out the bullet.

 

“Even mana bullets have limits to increasing magic power…”

 

“This is a special magic bullet I made. The more mana the user has, the stronger its power becomes. For me, well, my mana is so meager it doesn’t have much effect, but Juwen, your magic power will be completely different, right?”

 

Looking at his confidently smiling mentor, Juwen received the mana bullet and loaded it into his staff designed for sniper magic.

 

‘Perfect compatibility.’

 

Since Cal had already been making mana bullets for Juwen, there was no sense of incompatibility.

 

But the mana and magic formulas swirling within the bullet were in a realm difficult for even Juwen, the top student in the Magic Studies Department’s first year, to understand.

 

Zzzing-!

 

The mana bullet reacted to Juwen’s mana.

 

Juwen aimed at the cyclops.

 

Sensing the mana reaction from Juwen, Aina and Havedon distanced themselves from the cyclops.

 

Flash! Kwang-!

 

With an explosive sound like firing a cannon, a massive explosion occurred in the cyclops’s upper body.

 

Thud thud thud thud!

 

The cyclops’s flesh and bone fragments scattered down.

 

The cyclops whose entire upper body had been blown away collapsed.

 

Thud-!

 

Juwen gaped at the power that far exceeded expectations.

 

‘It’s impossible for me to chase after the heroes. But still, I want to somehow reach a place where I can see them.’

 

He couldn’t walk alongside them.

 

He couldn’t follow behind them either.

 

Then somehow, from a place where he could see them, when the great heroes faced trials.

 

He wanted to be even a little bit of help.

 

That was Cal’s new ‘goal.’

 

“Hmph.”

 

After slaughtering the first cyclops and severing the second cyclops’s neck, Duran snorted and curled up the corner of his mouth.

 

“Not bad, Cal Thomas.”

 

***

 

West Gate.

 

Standing on the city wall, Ar swished her tail back and forth as she watched the giant Gigantes charging forward.

 

Arga standing on the city wall firmly planted her feet on the ground.

 

At the same time, she charged toward the Gigantes.

 

“Haaaap!”

 

With a powerful battle cry, golden aura burst forth from her body.

 

Arga’s eyes flashed as she transformed and kicked the Gigantes in the head.

 

Kwaaaang-!

 

The Gigantes staggered and fell to the ground.

 

Kuuuung-!

 

A tremendous sound that shook the earth echoed.

 

But that wasn’t the end.

 

Arga, wrapped in blue aura all over her body, used aura step to kick off the air and charged straight to the ground.

 

Kwaaaaaang-!

 

Arga kicked the Gigantes in the abdomen and growled fiercely.

 

Chelsea, who was watching from atop the city wall, made an expression of disbelief.

 

“I heard about it, but she really is a monster-like cat.”

 

“Chelsea, you can’t say things like that.”

 

When Chen Xia scolded her, Rwen, another Ajonia student, spoke up.

 

“She’s right about the monster cat though. It’s not wrong.”

 

At that response, Chen Xia, who had been chuckling, looked toward the inside of the castle and said.

 

“I’ll be back in a moment.”

 

“Huh? Where are you going?”

 

When Chelsea tilted her head, Chen Xia smiled faintly.

 

“Something came up that I need to handle.”

 

With those words, Chen Xia vanished in an instant.

 

“Foolish hero candidates. To think they’re so distracted by the monsters and demons outside.”

 

“Hmph, that’s what you get with rookies. They’ll crumble when they can’t properly handle the chaos from within.”

 

“But a sudden rampage? Does this mean our mission here is ending?”

 

The figures in black hoods conversed among themselves.

 

Crack-!

 

Then one person’s neck snapped.

 

Thud-

 

Just as the black-hooded figures were shocked by the sudden situation and tried to draw their swords.

 

Crunch-!

 

“Aaaahhh!”

 

A small, beautiful hand that emerged from the darkness twisted his wrist.

 

“Hero Hunters. I’d like to hear more details about that mission you mentioned?”

 

Chen Xia emerged from the darkness with a faint smile as she asked.

 

“A shadow!”

 

“It’s just one person!”

 

“She’s lost her mind!”

 

The moment the Hero Hunters drew their respective weapons.

 

Crash-!

 

Another Hero Hunter’s head exploded and was smashed against the wall.

 

“Princess. I thought you had completely withdrawn from this kind of work?”

 

Kirin emerged from the darkness, tilting his head as he asked.

 

Chen Xia answered calmly.

 

“I learned that there’s no need to distinguish between what a hero should do and what a shadow should do.”

 

Chen Xia released her water aura.

 

“If the path you pursue is one, then you should do what you can. That’s what he taught me.”

 

“Princess seems to have become more frightening than before.”

 

“Why is that?”

 

“Because Princess no longer hesitates.”

 

The Shadow Lord, Kirin, cracked his knuckles as he spoke.

 

“From the smell, you’re Surin. Some of you can do ‘beast transformation’ too, right? This is my final consideration.”

 

The expression disappeared from Kirin’s face.

 

“As traitors, you’d better not pathetically imitate that great one. If you do such things.”

 

Dense killing intent emanated from her body.

 

“I’ll kill you in the worst way I can manage.”

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