Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 396

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396.

 

“My goodness, he’s really holding off Jormungandr all by himself.”

 

Watching the fierce battle unfolding in the distance, Alene muttered in disbelief.

 

Single-handedly against a legion commander.

 

And not just any legion commander, but Jormungandr, who was considered the strongest—Leo’s appearance as he held him back was truly overwhelming.

 

“When did he become so strong?”

 

Alocks, gripping his Battle Axe, muttered quietly.

 

Alene and Alocks.

 

Both had partied with Kail before, so they knew his strength well.

 

Even back then, Kail’s strength was on a different level from others, but now it was at a thrilling level.

 

At their shocked reactions, the elf mage Perik snorted.

 

“You should have known well that he gets stronger with each battle he goes through.”

 

Mana rippled around Perik.

 

Magic spells accumulated one by one on the staff he held.

 

While memorizing spells, Perik looked toward the frontline.

 

“Besides, from some point on, he’s always fought alone.”

 

Perik narrowed his eyes.

 

“The number of battlefields he’s experienced. The level of carnage he’s overcome is different from ours. His strength is perfectly natural.”

 

“True. He always stood at the frontline in Gardstron’s battles.”

 

Intense fighting spirit swirled around Alocks’ body.

 

“He’s opening the path for us! We can’t just cower pathetically!”

 

Alocks shouted.

 

His muscles rippled.

 

Alene also readjusted her grip on her spear and stepped forward.

 

“Alocks and I will wound its body.”

 

While Leo drew Jormungandr’s attention, a close-combat squad to tear through Jormungandr’s thick hide.

 

For that role, Alene and Alocks, with their good mobility and ability to deal heavy damage at the front, were perfect.

 

“We just need to thoroughly exploit that opening!”

 

Alocks laughed heartily “Kahahaha!” and ran out swinging his axe wildly through the air.

 

Watching him, Rodia was impressed.

 

“Lord Kail… he’s just like Lord Arron.”

 

“Arron?”

 

Rodia, who had been muttering unconsciously, covered her mouth with a “Hup!” at the voice from behind.

 

“Who’s Arron?”

 

Seeing Risinass’ puzzled expression, Rodia smiled awkwardly.

 

“There’s a beastman I know who has tremendous courage.”

 

“Really? It’s the first time I’m hearing that name.”

 

“He’s not someone who’s made a name for himself yet, but.”

 

“But?”

 

“He’s someone who gives courage to the people around him.”

 

“If he’s that kind of person, I’d definitely want him in our expedition.”

 

“In the not-so-distant future… you’ll surely meet him.”

 

Rodia said with a smile.

 

“I see.”

 

Risinass nodded.

 

“Then I should prepare too.”

 

Gooooooo—!

 

Enormous mana began rippling from Risinass’ body.

 

Flash—!

 

Risinass’ dragon eyes revealed themselves.

 

Seeing this, Rodia unconsciously flinched.

 

‘As expected of Lord Risinass.’

 

No matter how many times she saw it, it was amazing.

 

Still called the King of Wisdom.

 

Despite not yet having the power and experience of a great hero, his strength was on par with Rodia, who had stepped into the final chapter to stop Erebos’ fragment.

 

‘Here, with Lord Kail… and the other great heroes, he’ll overcome countless trials and achieve brilliant feats.’

 

And he would be reborn as the strongest dragon in world history.

 

‘Lord Kail told me.’

 

Rodia clenched her fist while looking at Risinass’ back.

 

‘Lord Risinass at this time… mentally was already no different from his King of Wisdom days.’

 

‘At this time, Risinass was certainly carrying the burden and anxiety of having to save the world.’

 

Before setting out on the expedition.

 

Leo had told Rodia about Risinass’ heart that she hadn’t fully understood.

 

‘But he had a strong spirit that didn’t yield to such things and remained unshaken.’

 

Truly a savior who shouldered the world alone and led it to salvation.

 

It was Kail who fulfilled that destiny, but the beginning was undeniably Risinass.

 

‘This world is a world that only Lord Kail can conquer.’

 

Rodia clenched her fist tightly while looking at Risinass’ back.

 

The reason she couldn’t conquer it was perhaps quite natural.

 

It wasn’t about being All-Class or anything like that.

 

‘This story… this trial belongs only to the two people who announced the prelude to salvation. Lord Kail and Lord Risinass.’

 

***

 

Grwaaaaar—!

 

Jormungandr roared and breathed fire toward Leo.

 

Gooooo! Flash! Kwagagagagagagang!

 

The flash of destruction split the air like a giant tower had been built.

 

Shockwaves swept over the surrounding area.

 

Leo, who dodged the breath, activated his spiritual power.

 

Elsi, who was gripping Leo’s left shoulder sleeve tightly while enduring the headwind, urgently shouted.

 

-Unknown mister!

 

“What? Mister?”

 

Leo made an incredulous expression, but without caring about such things, Elsi raised her voice.

 

-Your body is already at its limit! If you draw out more spiritual power here, you’ll self-destruct!

 

At Elsi’s cry, Leo chuckled.

 

“I suppose so.”

 

Saying that, he pulled on Albus’ reins.

 

Whoosh—!

 

Albus changed direction at tremendous speed.

 

Flash—!

 

Dark red flashes rained down around Albus.

 

Whioooo!

 

Albus, moving according to Leo’s will and dodging all the dark red flashes, cried out.

 

-You’re being too rough!

 

“You said I could handle you roughly. And if I don’t do this, I can’t dodge everything!”

 

While answering Albus, Leo’s gaze suddenly turned toward the ground.

 

Whoosh—!

 

Leo, who caught the movement on the ground, pulled the reins.

 

Albus quickly soared into the sky.

 

-Are you running away!

 

Kugugugugung—!

 

Jormungandr pursued Leo and soared into the sky.

 

At that moment-!

 

“Hyaaaaaaah!”

 

As his battle cry echoed, Alocks, his entire body wrapped in aura, raised his axe and charged at Jormungandr like a bullet.

 

Kwang-!

 

As Alocks collided with Jormungandr, a tremendous explosion rang out.

 

Kugugugugung-!

 

Despite the tremendous impact, Jormungandr didn’t waver.

 

Instead, his eyes flashed as he pursued Leo.

 

“Hah! How magnificently you ignore me!”

 

Alocks, hanging while gripping Jormungandr’s scales, raised his axe.

 

Gooooooooo-!

 

Alocks’s aura flickered around the axe blade.

 

Kwaaaaa-!

 

Along with that, the aura took the form of a giant axe blade.

 

“Kraaaah!”

 

Crack-!

 

Alocks leaped and swung his axe toward Jormungandr.

 

The aura dug into Jormungandr’s thick hide.

 

-You insignificant worm!

 

Jormungandr growled low and unleashed dark magic.

 

Bzzzzt-!

 

“Kugh?”

 

Dark red sparks began flying wildly across Alocks’s body.

 

Even as his body trembled as if electrocuted, Alocks’s eyes flashed.

 

“This much won’t stop me! Haaaah!”

 

As Alocks shouted and put more strength into his grip on the axe, the blade dug deeper into Jormungandr’s hide.

 

-Annoying!

 

Jormungandr roared and plummeted toward the ground at tremendous speed.

 

Whoooooo! Kwaaaang-!

 

Kugugugugugu!

 

He slammed the part of his massive body where Alocks’s axe blade was embedded straight into the ground.

 

The surrounding area shook as if an earthquake had struck.

 

“Ho! I owe you my life! Alene!”

 

Just before Alocks would have crashed into the ground, Alene flew at tremendous speed to save him and raised her hand.

 

Crack! Bzzzzt!

 

A spear wrapped in white lightning trembled violently as if ready to shoot out at any moment.

 

Alene threw the spear toward Jormungandr.

 

It was a perfect throw like something from a painting.

 

Flash-! Bzzzzt!

 

As the spear flew leaving a white trajectory, Jormungandr snorted.

 

-Hmph! What a pathetic attack!

 

With that, Jormungandr used his olfactory future sight to dodge the attack.

 

And just as he was about to ignore Alocks and Alene to pursue Leo.

 

Flash! Bzzzzt!

 

Alene’s spear changed trajectory and struck precisely into the gap Alocks had created.

 

-How dare you!

 

Jormungandr revealed his fury.

 

“Spear of certain hit.”

 

Watching this, Leo muttered.

 

An attack utilizing Alene’s mana characteristics.

 

The spear she threw would never miss its target.

 

But the damage was minimal.

 

Alocks and Alene’s attacks had only torn Jormungandr’s hide.

 

However…

 

“That’s enough.”

 

Leo curled up the corners of his mouth.

 

Gooooooo-!

 

Massive magical power surged.

 

Perik stood holding his staff.

 

The other mages in the party concentrated all their magical power on Perik.

 

Perik Ennar.

 

The strongest mage in Gardstron at this time.

 

But mages were like natural enemies to Jormungandr.

 

Jormungandr’s hide possessed tremendous magic resistance.

 

Almost to the level of completely ignoring magic itself.

 

That’s why Jormungandr was also the natural enemy of mages.

 

But if the hide had been torn to shreds.

 

“Flesh Bullet.”

 

As Perik completed his magic, a massive light flew toward the gap Jormungandr had created.

 

A grand magic that concentrated massive magical power into a single point for penetration.

 

The light bullet that flew at invisible speed precisely penetrated Jormungandr’s neck.

 

-Kieeeeeeeeeee!

 

As Jormungandr writhed in pain.

 

Gooooooo-!

 

Rodia, wrapped in red magical power and spiritual energy, raised her hand.

 

Kugugugugugu-!

 

The earth’s axis began to shake.

 

Leo narrowed his eyes.

 

‘Summoning magic.’

 

A fusion of magic and summoning arts.

 

The summoning target wasn’t a magical beast or spirit.

 

The summoning target was a ‘specific object.’

 

Rodia clenched her fist with her palm facing upward and extended her index finger.

 

Then she raised her finger upward.

 

Puhwaaaak!

 

Massive lava burst through the ground.

 

Perik, who had dealt a fatal blow to Jormungandr, showed an expression of shock.

 

“Magic that dominates the nature of the surrounding area?”

 

A grand magic from the distant future that didn’t exist in this era’s concepts and was difficult to understand.

 

Dragon Lord.

 

Rodia the Cataclysm Dragon’s unique magic.

 

“Disaster.”

 

Rodia muttered the name of the magic.

 

Jormungandr’s body melted in the lava.

 

-Kraaaaaaaa!

 

But Jormungandr, with his terrifying vitality, writhed in pain but didn’t face a life-threatening crisis.

 

‘The firepower is insufficient.’

 

Leo narrowed his eyes.

 

Indeed, even in the original history, the combined power of Kail and the others lacked the decisive blow to finish off Jormungandr.

 

But it doesn’t matter.

 

‘Because we have Risinass.’

 

Leo grinned as he looked at Risinass.

 

Roooooar—!

 

Bright light was pouring from Risinass’s body.

 

The most powerful specialty of Risinass, the black dragon, was none other than light magic.

 

Zing—!

 

A massive magic circle appeared around Risinass, then compressed and took the shape of an arrow.

 

At that moment, Luminous transformed into the shape of a bow in Risinass’s hand.

 

When Risinass nocked the arrow to the string, the pure white arrow blazed.

 

Risinass’s magic that burns the impure and blows them away into light.

 

Risinass’s unique magic that defeated the wicked and shot hope into the world.

 

“Punishment.”

 

Jormungandr had lost its life to that magic.

 

Halt—!

 

Jormungandr’s movement as it pursued Leo stopped.

 

-The scent of… death.

 

Jormungandr, who could sense the future, intuited death.

 

The moment Jormungandr, who had been a more powerful demon than anyone, sensed death.

 

It trembled with fear more than anyone and struggled desperately.

 

It flailed trying to change the future somehow.

 

‘Surely… that’s how it should have been?’

 

Leo’s face hardened.

 

-O God… O great calamity who leads the world to destruction!

 

Jormungandr howled toward the sky.

 

-Forgive this foolish one who cannot see your cherished wish! I shall here!

 

Flash—!

 

Jormungandr’s six eyes glared at Leo.

 

-Burn my body and soul to strike down this impious one who would kill you!

 

Whoooosh—!

 

In an instant, black flames erupted from Jormungandr’s body.

 

Along with that, Risinass’s magic pierced through Jormungandr’s body.

 

Flash—! Kwaaaaaaaang—!

 

A massive explosion occurred, and the area hit directly by the magic swelled up and exploded.

 

Jormungandr’s massive body scattered in all directions as chunks of flesh.

 

An ominous, thick rain of blood fell all around.

 

Swoooooosh! Thud thud thud thud thud—!

 

Before they knew it, the sun had set and darkness had arrived.

 

“We did it! We did it!”

 

“We defeated the Devouring King!”

 

Cheers echoed from all over the expedition party.

 

Rodia also widened her eyes and shouted hurray.

 

But only Leo and Risinass hardened their faces.

 

Because both of them had seen it in that instant.

 

The ‘black flames.’

 

The moment they realized that.

 

Whoosh—!

 

Jormungandr’s corpse blazed black.

 

And—

 

-Kieeeeeeeeeek!

 

Screaming in agony as if even its soul was burning, Jormungandr revealed itself in mid-air.

 

Whoooooo! Kuuuung!

 

Jormungandr, having regained its original form, let out a roar and writhed its body wildly.

 

Such was Jormungandr’s body burning with black flames.

 

The expedition party’s faces turned white.

 

Leo was the same.

 

‘Erebos’s flames!’

 

Leo recalled Jormungandr’s words at the final moment.

 

‘That bastard! It used itself as kindling to ignite the calamity flames!’

 

The calamity flames are immortal flames.

 

The reason Jormungandr, who died miserably, came back to life was also because it wrapped those flames around its body.

 

But Jormungandr is not Erebos.

 

The moment its body as well as soul burns away and disappears.

 

Jormungandr will leave nothing behind and vanish from this world.

 

The problem was that until then, it would be an ‘immortal’ monster.

 

-Prepare yourself! Deiciiiiiiiiiiide!

 

Even while writhing in the agony of its soul burning, Jormungandr looked at Leo with eyes mixed with obsession and hatred.

 

Swoosh—!

 

‘Fast? This bastard!’

 

Leo recalled the Giant King who had received Erebos’s blessing in Dweno’s world before.

 

‘Its abilities have been enhanced like the Giant King!’

 

Leo tried to urgently evade Jormungandr, who had approached right in front of him with its mouth wide open.

 

But it was too late.

 

The moment he had that thought.

 

Swoosh—

 

Leo’s eyes widened greatly.

 

His gray pupils reflected his friend who had blocked his path.

 

Leo’s voice trembled.

 

“Move aside.”

 

He recalled the final moment when he had intuited his friend’s death.

 

‘Sorry I couldn’t keep the promise.’

 

“Sorry I couldn’t keep the promise.”

 

He knew it was a promise he couldn’t keep.

 

“Move aside, Risinass.”

 

‘If the last one remaining between you and me is one of us… you know it should be you who remains, right? You would have made the same choice as me.'(Future Risinass’s monologue)

 

“But the one who should remain is you rather than me.”

 

He can’t do anything alone.

 

It was because they were together that they saved the world.

 

“Move! You damn lizard!”

 

“You… will save the world.”

 

Flash—!

 

The breath attack engulfed both of them.

 

-Kioooooooooooo!

 

Jormungandr, having directly hit Leo and Risinass, let out a roar.

 

Rooooooooo—!

 

Seeing the dark magic power swirling, Rodia widened her eyes and squeezed her dragon heart.

 

Wooong—!

 

A massive barrier was generated around Jormungandr.

 

Flash! Kwaaaaaaaaaaang—!

 

Flash! KRAAAAAAAASH-!

 

An explosion that shook the world occurred.

 

***

 

The world was burning.

 

A world where darkness had descended.

 

The expedition party’s situation was desperate.

 

The worst moment.

 

Thanks to Rodia squeezing out all her mana and barely managing to block Jormungandr’s attack, there were no casualties yet.

 

But.

 

With Jormungandr still intact, there was only one thing casting shadows in everyone’s minds.

 

Nothing but despair.

 

“Lord Kail… Lord Risinass…!”

 

Coughing up blood, Rodia struggled to lift her body.

 

Then…

 

Step… Step…

 

Footsteps could be heard from within the ruins.

 

Rodia raised her head and opened her eyes wide.

 

Leo, who had been directly hit by the breath and caught up in the explosion despite Risinass’s protection, was walking toward Jormungandr with his battered body.

 

The expedition party also looked at Kail.

 

-You are finished! I shall bury you along with the vermin you brought!

 

Even while writhing in pain, Jormungandr poured out curses toward Leo and the expedition party.

 

-It was a useless struggle! All of you will die like dogs here! Not a single person will remember you! Your history! Will end!

 

“Haa… Haa…”

 

Leo caught his breath.

 

A scraping sound like metal came from his torn lungs.

 

“Right.”

 

Leo said, looking up at Jormungandr.

 

“Everyone dies in the end. That fact doesn’t change.”

 

Leo picked up a staff lying on the ground.

 

The staff of Perik, who had been his companion.

 

“… We probably won’t leave our names in history… No one will remember us.”

 

In his other hand, he gripped Alene’s spear.

 

“But… it’s not a dog’s death.”

 

Leo’s eyes flashed.

 

“Because these guys risked their lives… the world could receive salvation.”

 

-Such delusions that will never come to pass…!

 

“It’s not a delusion.”

 

Leo said with force.

 

“This world… will be saved. That damn Erebos will be defeated. The world will regain peace.”

 

Leo curled up the corners of his mouth.

 

“The one who’s ending is you, Devouring King. None of us are ending here.”

 

Killing intent and fighting spirit flowed from Leo’s body.

 

“These guys’ story… I’ll carry it to the future.”

 

Everyone looked at Leo with blank eyes.

 

“Kail… you… aren’t giving up?”

 

Alocks asked, squeezing out his strength.

 

To that question, Leo said.

 

“That damn lizard isn’t dead yet.”

 

It wasn’t a failure.

 

This world continues on.

 

Leo curled up the corners of his mouth.

 

“It’s not over yet.”

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