Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 424

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424.

 

Crackle crackle— Crack—

 

A pitch-black rift formed in the void.

 

As if something had cracked.

 

Creak— Dark crimson energy poured out like a torrent through the cracks in the split darkness.

 

A moment later.

 

The dark crimson smoke that poured from the rift carried a terrible aura of death.

 

The blue grass on the ground began to rot away.

 

If a student had seen it, they would have been so terrified by the sight that they couldn’t even scream properly.

 

The aura of death soon began to take human form.

 

Eventually, a man wearing a black robe looked out at the scenery of Lumern.

 

The man’s identity.

 

It was none other than Hel Kaiser, the Commander-in-Chief of Tartaros, who had reigned as a terrifying disaster for the past 5000 years.

 

Every time he exhaled, the air became polluted, and everything his footsteps touched met death.

 

Among Tartaros’s legions, he was the legion commander who wielded the most dangerous power of ‘death’.

 

He was literally the incarnation of death.

 

Step—

 

Someone appeared before Hel Kaiser.

 

A boy with pure white hair and red eyes.

 

Hel Kaiser curled up the corners of his mouth.

 

The reason he came to Lumern today.

 

“I wanted to meet you, Leo Flobe.”

 

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Leo wasn’t the only one who noticed the presence of the Overlord King who had invaded Lumern.

 

—Leo-nim.

 

“I know.”

 

Leo answered calmly to Mellina’s urgent call that came through magic.

 

—I’ll go too.

 

“No, there’s no need for that. You prepare for any emergency.”

 

—But.

 

“He must have come here with some scheme. He’s not someone who would attack recklessly.”

 

The summit was a gathering of heroes called the greatest of this era.

 

No matter how powerful the Overlord King was and how he had reigned as a being of terror for 5000 years, attacking this place now would be reckless.

 

“If he was going to attack, he would have done so when the Monster Queen was alive and the Giant King was still strong.”

 

—Then why did he come?

 

“I have one guess.”

 

Answering thus, Leo headed toward where he could sense the Overlord King’s aura.

 

Step—

 

The Overlord King stood there, unchanged from 5000 years ago.

 

Seeing Leo, Hel Kaiser curled up the corners of his mouth.

 

“I wanted to meet you, Leo Flobe.”

 

Thud— Thud—

 

Hel Kaiser approached Leo.

 

“The hero candidate who will lead the next generation, who has interfered with my plans countless times and performed countless miracles?”

 

Whooooooo—!

 

Ominous dark magic energy erupted from Hel Kaiser’s body.

 

“When I asked about you before, did they say you were the one who would destroy me?”

 

Hel Kaiser’s dark crimson eyes flashed.

 

“I’ll ask once more.”

 

Swoosh—

 

The aura of death rippled at the tip of his raised hand.

 

“What is your true identity?”

 

Kwaaaaang—!

 

A massive explosion that shook the earth occurred.

 

A flame aura pierced through the thick smoke and aimed for Hel Kaiser’s neck.

 

Kwaak—!

 

Leo’s sword struck Hel Kaiser’s neck.

 

But it was blocked without cutting through the neck.

 

Whooooo—!

 

Powerful aura erupted from Leo’s body.

 

Seeing this, Hel Kaiser raised his hand.

 

A staff made of hideous black bones appeared in his hand.

 

Whoosh—!

 

As he swung the staff, black energy attacked Leo.

 

Leo used Aura Step to dodge the Overlord King’s attack.

 

Hissssss—!

 

‘Curse of decay.’

 

The moment anything touched that black energy, everything rotted away.

 

Leo looked around.

 

Before he knew it, a curse had spread throughout the surrounding area.

 

‘A curse of severance.’

 

A curse that cut off the outside from the inside of the curse.

 

Even if Hel Kaiser went on a rampage here now, the outside wouldn’t know.

 

Leo looked at Hel Kaiser.

 

‘As expected. He came to figure out my identity.’

 

Leo narrowed his eyes.

 

What was in front of him now wasn’t the Overlord King’s main body but a clone.

 

But even so, it possessed terrifying power.

 

Whooom—!

 

Magic formed at the tip of Leo’s hand that wasn’t holding a sword.

 

Star Magic.

 

Flash! Kwagagagagagang—!

 

Hundreds of light bullets shot from the magic circle and struck the Overlord King.

 

“You’re playing crude tricks.”

 

Hel Kaiser’s eyes quickly scanned the magic.

 

Whoosh—!

 

The light bullets disappeared as if evaporating before they could even touch Hel Kaiser’s body.

 

It wasn’t blocked by Hel Kaiser’s power.

 

He had analyzed and dispelled it.

 

“I’m the one who even dispelled Luna’s magic. You should know better than anyone that such crude results from fumbling with her legacy won’t work on me, shouldn’t you? Leo Flobe, or rather.”

 

Whooooooo—

 

A black space opened above Leo’s head.

 

Along with it, bones, flesh, and blood poured down.

 

“The Surviving Hero.”

 

Thudududududududuk! Splat! Splat! Swooooooo!

 

Bone fragments, flesh, and blood struck Leo.

 

Seeing this, Hel Kaiser smiled coldly and activated dark magic.

 

Kwagagagagagagagang—!

 

The pile of corpses exploded and the earth shook.

 

“As expected, such magic doesn’t work on you.”

 

Hell Kaiser burst into laughter.

 

“It’s been a while, Spirit of Radiance. 3000 years, perhaps?”

 

-Overlord King.

 

Larel ground her teeth with a crunch, revealing her hatred.

 

3000 years ago, the detestable enemy who had fought against the Cataclysmic Dragon Rodia countless times.

 

Leo, who had blocked the black magic with Larel’s power, looked at the fragments of bones and flesh scattered in all directions.

 

Kneeling down, Leo picked up a sword hilt that was rolling around in the ruins of bones and flesh.

 

It was already a weapon that had lost its function.

 

It seemed to be a weapon that one of the corpse pile that had just attacked him had used when alive.

 

Leo raised his head and looked at Hell Kaiser.

 

“The corpses of heroes?”

 

“A gift for our reunion, surviving hero. Haven’t you survived to the end by stepping on the deaths of countless heroes?”

 

Hell Kaiser burst into laughter.

 

“You even left behind the deaths of the Great Heroes who were more precious than life itself, didn’t you, surviving hero.”

 

Hell Kaiser’s laughter echoed through the air.

 

“When the Hero died leaving behind words of apology, were you crying? What were your feelings before Dweno’s death, who left behind that blasphemous weapon?”

 

Murderous intent gathered in Leo’s eyes.

 

“What do you think Luna felt when she said it would be better for you to survive than herself?”

 

Crunch-!

 

“In the end, when Risinass, who dumped everything on you, died and you once again survived alone to become the final hero. What were your feelings then?”

 

Whooooooo-!

 

The air stirred with the murderous intent emanating from Leo’s body.

 

All living creatures that had barely survived Hell Kaiser’s aura struggled to get as far away from Kail as possible.

 

“Hold your chest high, surviving hero. No, final hero.”

 

Hell Kaiser smiled with an eerie expression.

 

The smiling skull spread both arms wide.

 

“Even if everyone in the world forgets your blasphemy of defeating God, I remember it.”

 

Hell Kaiser looked up at the sky and shouted.

 

“In the end, I know your foolishness of going against death alone, which no one else can ever defy, and facing God alone again!”

 

Clack clack clack-

 

The sound of bones clashing rang out.

 

“In the end, you will become the final hero again! You are both the beginning and the end of this era! But don’t worry. Until the day the world burns away by God’s grace, I will remember! That you existed! Hahahahahaha!”

 

Whooom-!

 

Larel transformed into light and simultaneously wrapped around Leo’s feet.

 

Spirit Armed, arming oneself with spirits.

 

“Are you done with your provocations? Overlord King.”

 

Leo smiled.

 

Hell Kaiser’s body trembled at that chilling smile.

 

‘It’s not working.’

 

He had intended to provoke Leo, but it wasn’t taking effect.

 

Despite his boiling anger, Leo remained extremely calm.

 

Whoosh-!

 

Leo charged toward Hell Kaiser.

 

Like a streak of lightning, he closed the distance with Hell Kaiser.

 

Slash-!

 

Leo’s sword cut Hell Kaiser’s neck.

 

Hell Kaiser’s body, separated from his torso, flew through the air.

 

Spirit Armed was a spirit technique that armed oneself with spirits to draw out the spirit’s abilities through the physical body.

 

Leo’s current speed was no exaggeration to say it was that of the light spirit itself.

 

“You don’t need to remember.”

 

Leo said coldly.

 

“Because this world will never perish.”

 

Crash crash crash crash-!

 

Drawing trails of light, Leo instantly slashed Hell Kaiser’s body to pieces.

 

“There will be no occasion for me to become the final hero again either.”

 

Whooooooo-!

 

Dark magic power erupted explosively from Hell Kaiser’s body.

 

The moment the black magic tried to envelop Leo.

 

Whoosh-!

 

Leo’s shadow shot up.

 

Crash crash crash-! Crack!

 

The shadow became a blade and broke Hell Kaiser’s bone staff.

 

In an instant, Hell Kaiser’s eyes widened.

 

“This is…”

 

A darkness spirit.

 

But not just any ordinary darkness spirit.

 

Hell Kaiser knew this darkness spirit.

 

“Shadow Spirit?”

 

5000 years ago.

 

Hell Kaiser was shaken for the first time by the power of the great darkness spirit that had perished by his own hand.

 

Hell Kaiser’s face contorted as he discovered Elsi perched on Leo’s shoulder.

 

“How…!”

 

Grab!

 

At that moment, Leo, who had approached Hell Kaiser, grasped his face.

 

Leo activated his aura.

 

Leo, wrapped in gray aura, shot straight up into the sky.

 

Crash-!

 

In an instant, Hell Kaiser’s face was slammed into an invisible wall.

 

It was a wall created by the Curse of Severance.

 

Crash crash crash crash crash-!

 

Leo flew upward while grinding Hell Kaiser’s face against the wall of severance as if to scrape it away.

 

Crack- crack crack crack-!

 

The Curse of Severance couldn’t withstand Leo’s power and began to crack.

 

Clang!

 

Finally, a hole formed in the Curse of Severance, and Hell Kaiser was dragged by Leo as they shot up into the sky.

 

“You’ve been driving countless heroes to death for thousands of years. And you’ve been mocking their deaths and desecrating their corpses. Now you’ll pay the price for that.”

 

Leo spoke in a low voice.

 

Hell Kaiser’s very existence was a blasphemy against those who had sacrificed their lives for the world.

 

Knowing this, Hell Kaiser had provoked Leo.

 

But while Leo was angry, he didn’t lose his reason.

 

“You bastard…!”

 

Hell Kaiser’s face contorted as he saw Leo’s cold eyes.

 

Leo forcibly turned Hell Kaiser’s face that he was gripping.

 

Crack crack crack!

 

Eerie bone-breaking sounds echoed.

 

Rip-!

 

In an instant, Leo tore Hell Kaiser’s head from his torso.

 

“Watch carefully. And remember.”

 

Leo gripped Hell Kaiser’s remaining head and made him look at the arena where the first-year tournament matches were taking place.

 

“Those children will… Erebos. Tartaros…”

 

Leo, who had turned Hel Kaiser’s head to look at him, spoke fiercely.

 

“I will destroy you. Hel Kaiser.”

 

Waaaaaaah-!

 

At that moment, cheers erupted as if Luke and Aina’s match had been decided.

 

Hearing those cheers, Leo smiled.

 

“What will burn to ashes isn’t us, but….”

 

“Kail…!”

 

Crack-!

 

Cracks appeared on Hel Kaiser’s head.

 

“It’s you bastards!”

 

Smash-!

 

Hel Kaiser’s head exploded and shattered in Leo’s grip.

 

Whoooooosh-!

 

Hel Kaiser’s clone turned to sand and disappeared.

 

At that moment.

 

Flicker-!

 

Black flames blazed up.

 

‘Calamity Flame?’

 

Leo’s eyes stirred at the sudden appearance of the Calamity Flame.

 

Whoosh-!

 

He summoned his mana.

 

Gray mana wrapped around the black flames that would never be extinguished.

 

Whoosh-!

 

The Calamity Flame died down.

 

At that moment.

 

Hum-!

 

The dying Calamity Flame emitted white light and then seeped into the gray mana.

 

Leo’s eyes widened greatly.

 

‘This is divine power…?’

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