Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 39

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39

“Leo is surprisingly persistent.”

“I’m glad we’re in the same class.”

Nella, who was watching the match through the magic screen from the spectator stands, stuck out her tongue while Iliana shuddered.

The Summoning Department students who had been torn apart by Woreden were nothing more than easy prey for Leo.

“Serves them right! Well done! Leo oppa! Smash them all!”

“Go! Leo! Do you know how much money I bet on you!”

Chelsea, who had been most angry about the group lynching, jumped up and down, while Cal, who had bet on Leo hoping for long odds, spun his school jacket in his hand and cheered passionately.

“Nella.”

“Yes, Professor Hallind.”

“Bring Cal Thomas to me immediately. I need to hear who told him to treat the school uniform like that.”

At Professor Hallind’s cold summons, Nella approached Cal.

Just as the Class 5 students burst into laughter watching Cal get scolded by their homeroom professor.

-Ah! Finally, Woreden and Eliza from the leading group are facing off!

The magic screen suddenly focused on the leading group.

Cheers began pouring from the spectator stands at the full-scale battle between the Summoning aces.

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Eliza, who had been flying through the sky at high speed, spotted a small flame generated in front of her and quickly turned in mid-air.

Whoosh-!

The flame that had been burning fiercely for an instant rapidly contracted, then BOOM-! erupted into a massive blaze.

Seeing this, Eliza frowned with her delicate brow.

‘An explosive attack utilizing fire and wind spirits.’

The principle was simple.

First, create a powerful flame with fire spirits.

Then compress that flame with wind spirits to prevent it from spreading in all directions.

The compressed flame became even more powerful, and when its force reached maximum, it was released.

Even giving two commands to spirits of the same attribute required considerable skill.

But Woreden was simultaneously giving commands to spirits of different attributes – one to amplify power and another to control power.

‘This isn’t a technique that can be done just by being skilled at handling spirits. I haven’t heard of him taking magic classes?’

The principle behind this explosion didn’t contain purely spiritual power alone.

He was operating spirits using magical formula principles.

Eliza chuckled softly.

‘He truly deserves to be called a monster.’

But Eliza was no pushover either.

As a direct descendant of a Prestigious Summoner Family, she had placed second in the northern examination, but the gap between her and first-place Chloe had been razor-thin.

While Woreden’s spirit manipulation was incredible, Eliza also controlled her Griffin with almost miraculous movements.

Indeed, unlike other students who had been helplessly struck by Woreden’s attacks, Eliza was avoiding his attacks without much difficulty.

“No matter how strong an attack is, it’s meaningless if it doesn’t hit!”

At Eliza’s shout, Woreden smiled coldly.

“Then let’s see if you can dodge this too.”

Countless water droplets began forming around Woreden.

They soon became sharp spikes and were fired at Eliza.

Eliza snorted and unleashed her spiritual power.

Kiiiiaaak!

The Griffin that Eliza rode roared and began growing to 1.5 times its size.

Seeing this, Woreden’s eyes twitched.

‘Beast enhancement?’

The Griffin took a deep breath and exhaled a breath attack.

The intense wind breath completely blew away Woreden’s attack.

‘She made the Griffin use a breath attack? Not bad.’

Griffins weren’t originally beasts that used breath attacks.

Yet she had manipulated her beast to manifest a similar ability.

The ability to draw out a beast’s capabilities beyond its limits.

This was a glimpse of how exceptional her talent as a beast summoner was.

Just as everyone was admiring the fierce battle between the Summoning aces.

“Hyah!”

Chen Xia, who had been in the rear, quickly rode her Griffin and shot toward the front.

Chen Xia, who had avoided Woreden’s earlier attack, had been waiting for an opportunity from behind.

Seeing Chen Xia aiming to benefit from their conflict, Eliza smiled.

“I can’t allow that.”

Whirlick!

“Huh?”

Eliza pulled out a whip from her bosom and swung it.

The incredibly long whip, easily 10 meters in length, moved like a living snake – whirlick – and wrapped around Chen Xia’s neck with a thud!

At the same time, flames began gathering in front of Chen Xia.

Chen Xia urgently put strength into her legs and pushed hard against the Griffin.

Swoosh-!

The Griffin rapidly descended due to Chen Xia’s push.

Chen Xia used that momentum to escape the explosion range while forcibly tearing off the whip.

The Griffin, which had barely avoided the explosion, flew over and caught Chen Xia as she fell through the air.

“Whew! Cough-! That’s too much, Miss Eliza.”

Even while fighting fiercely, they showed no opening to advance.

That’s when it happened.

Whoosh-!

The sound of massive wing beats could be heard.

Chen Xia’s eyes widened.

“Black Wyvern?”

“Daaaamn it!”

Rough cursing could be heard.

Turning her head, she saw Sen Liu, whom they thought had been completely eliminated, following behind on a small black wyvern.

“Riu! Riding beasts other than Griffins is against the rules!”

“Shut up! Like I care about that! I kept this hidden as my trump card! Woreden! Eliza! Chen Xia! I’ll smash all three of you at once! Destroy them!”

Kuaaaaa!

The black wyvern that Riu rode roared.

“How did that idiot contract with a Black Wyvern?”

“That’s not a Black Wyvern, it seems to be some kind of mutant wyvern.”

Woreden looked puzzled while Eliza narrowed her brow.

Just as the black wyvern was about to exhale black breath.

Kiiiiaaak!

The roar of a Griffin could be heard from afar.

Whoooosh-!

Leo, flying at tremendous speed, burst into the leading group.

“Young Master Leo!”

Chen Xia smiled and waved her hand.

Leo lightly waved back at Chen Xia, then spotted Riu and his eyes twitched.

“Ha! I don’t know how you caught up, but perfect! Leo Flobe! I’ll smash you along with the rest…”

“Hey.”

Leo spoke in a low, subdued voice.

The surrounding atmosphere was instantly overwhelmed.

“Where did you get that lizard?”

Leo’s red eyes gleamed fiercely.

What Riu was riding wasn’t a Black Wyvern.

It wasn’t a phantom beast either.

‘Fafnir.’

It was one of the ancient magical beasts used by Tartaros that the great heroes had driven to extinction during the Age of Calamity long ago.

“What did you say?”

Riu flinched as he met Leo’s gaze head-on.

“I asked where you got that lizard.”

“This is a phantom beast I contracted with! You must be jealous that I contracted with such a good phantom beast, right?”

“Phantom beast?”

Leo’s face twisted in disgust.

It was absurd to call the monsters handled by Tartaros’s Masu Sorcerers phantom beasts.

Leo looked around at his surroundings.

The other students also showed no emotions other than wariness.

They clearly thought of Fafnir as a phantom beast too.

‘Indeed, when we learned about magical beasts in Summoning Studies, Fafnir wasn’t included.’

Fafnir was Tartaros’s main magical beast during the Age of Calamity.

That’s why Kail and his companions had made it their mission to subjugate those monsters.

‘Thanks to that, by the end of the Age of Calamity, they were nearly extinct.’

Due to that influence, if they had completely disappeared, it wouldn’t be strange for people of this era not to know about Fafnir.

‘But if that’s the case, there’s one strange thing.’

Leo’s expression hardened.

‘Why has a magical beast that went extinct long ago reappeared now?’

While Leo’s expression was hardening, Riu wore a triumphant look.

“Hmph! You’re also shocked seeing me contracted with a superior phantom beast!”

“Riu. No matter how amazing your summoned creature is, you lost the match, so step aside. If you keep being unreasonable, it won’t end with just a scolding.”

“Shut up! A match with restrictions from the start! That’s ridiculous! I have the power to sweep you all away! I’ll prove it right now!”

Kyaaaaaaak!

Fafnir opened its mouth wide and charged while breathing flames.

“There’s a limit to not knowing your place.”

Eliza mocked Riu.

“Shut up! You who just happened to be born into a good family!”

Gritting his teeth, he changed his next target to Eliza.

Fafnir was a magical beast with speed and strength surpassing griffins.

However, Riu’s skill in handling Fafnir was terrible.

Watching Eliza dodge Fafnir with acrobatic movements, Leo clicked his tongue.

‘That’s just being dragged around by the magical beast.’

Far from controlling Fafnir, he was actually being influenced by Fafnir’s power as a superior magical beast and couldn’t make proper judgments.

Then Chen Xia, who had jumped from her griffin, landed on Fafnir’s tail.

Fafnir irritably whipped its tail around, but Chen Xia didn’t fall off.

Instead, she maintained her balance and charged toward Riu.

Riu’s face turned pale at Chen Xia’s charge wrapped in blue aura.

“Huh?”

He tried to respond somehow, but there was no way Riu could handle Chen Xia in close combat.

Crack! Thud thud thud!

“Huh?”

Fafnir’s wing bent at a strange angle.

Chen Xia, who had been charging, lost her balance and fell while dodging the wing that suddenly bent and swung in a bizarre manner.

“Hahaha! How’s that! The power of my phantom beast!”

Watching Chen Xia fall to the ground, Riu laughed as if pleased.

Her griffin descended to pick up its master.

“Where do you think you’re going!”

However, due to Riu’s interference, the griffin missed its timing.

Eliza clicked her tongue and descended to catch the falling Chen Xia.

Whoosh-!

“…!”

But Leo, who quickly overtook Eliza, instantly caught up to Chen Xia and wrapped his arm around her waist, seating her in front of him.

“Thank you! Young Master Leo!”

“Don’t do reckless things.”

Leo chuckled and ascended again.

‘Fast, what exactly did he do to that griffin?’

Eliza narrowed her eyes and watched Leo’s movements.

“Leo Flobeeeee!”

Riu expressed his rage.

‘He’s losing his reason due to the contract with the magical beast.’

Leo glanced at Riu and helped Chen Xia onto her griffin.

Woreden and Eliza flew over to the two of them.

“Truly befitting the skill of a student representative.”

Eliza squinted her eyes.

“You pretended not to have contracted with a phantom beast, but secretly contracted with a superior phantom beast that possesses blessing skills, didn’t you?”

“Good eye.”

“You can’t fool someone from the Herginn Family. So what phantom beast did you contract with? From what I can see, it seems to be a fire-attribute phantom beast?”

“That’s a secret.”

Leo brought his index finger to his lips and smiled.

Eliza snorted at Leo’s action.

“Hmph, anyway, Riu is handling a superior phantom beast. He can’t handle it properly, but his specs are overwhelmingly superior. So we need to join forces.”

“That’s not a phantom beast.”

“What did you say?”

“That’s a magical beast.”

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