Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 435

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435.

 

“Just a little more!”

 

Arga shouted from the edge of the cliff.

 

Thud-!

 

Arga barely managed to place his hands on the cliff’s edge and struggled to climb up.

 

With his aura sealed and tremendous weight added to his body.

 

That’s why he had to squeeze out every ounce of strength to climb the towering cliff.

 

“Huff- Huff-”

 

Ar climbed up the cliff and lay sprawled out, looking up at the sky while panting.

 

“Good work.”

 

At the voice from beside him, Arga turned his head.

 

Leo was sitting on a rock, looking at Ar.

 

“You cleared it faster than I thought?”

 

“Hehe. Don’t underestimate me, Black Rab… Urgh?”

 

Arga covered his mouth as nausea hit him from excessive physical exhaustion.

 

Leo spoke while watching Ar, who barely avoided disaster.

 

“Runia and Driana just cleared it too.”

 

“Heh, so I’m first place?”

 

Arga looked proud.

 

“Well, yours was individual while Runia and Driana’s was kind of teamwork.”

 

“What?!”

 

At Leo’s words, competitive spirit flared in Ar’s eyes.

 

Ar’s goal was to follow the Hero and become a great hero.

 

In that sense, Runia and Driana were competitors with the same goal.

 

Of course, the paths they each followed and their destinations were different.

 

But he had strong competitive feelings toward Runia and Driana, who wanted to become successors to Luna and Dweno, who were Arron’s companions.

 

Just as Ar jumped up from his spot and was about to look down the cliff.

 

Thud-!

 

Two hands simultaneously gripped the cliff’s edge.

 

Selia and Duran climbed up the cliff while growling at each other.

 

Following behind them, Eiran also climbed up together.

 

All three were panting heavily.

 

“Good work, everyone.”

 

Leo smiled and spoke to them, and Duran snorted while grabbing his trembling legs and standing up.

 

“You’re quite kind for someone waiting up here.”

 

‘Really, watching them, they’re the embodiment of competitive spirit and grit.’

 

Leo looked up at the intensely beating sun and said.

 

“What do you want to do? The instructors are waiting for us. Want to rest before going?”

 

“Then let’s rest a little before…!”

 

Just as Eiran was about to answer with a bright smile.

 

“Why ask something so obvious! We have to go right now!”

 

Ar crossed her arms and huffed through her nose.

 

Selia also stood up and swept back her sweat-soaked hair, saying.

 

“Let’s go, Leo.”

 

“What more is there to ask, Leo Flobe.”

 

Duran also had an expression that said there was nothing to wait for.

 

At her teammates’ reactions, Eiran’s ears drooped.

 

“We’re leaving now.”

 

Leo nodded at those words and pulled out a magic scroll from his chest, tearing it.

 

Along with that, a warp portal was created.

 

Leo entered first, and the others followed behind.

 

“Ah! It’s Leo oppa!”

 

Beyond the portal, Chelsea, who had arrived first, was waving with a bright expression.

 

Chen Xia, who had both hands tucked into the wide sleeves of traditional Eastern Region clothing, also greeted Leo warmly upon seeing him.

 

But seeing the two people who followed showed contrasting reactions.

 

Chelsea stuck out her tongue upon seeing Selia and Duran, while Chen Xia couldn’t hide her welcoming smile.

 

Soon after, Ar and Eiran arrived as well.

 

Chelsea spotted Eiran and stuck close to her side, chattering away happily.

 

Ar crossed her arms.

 

“From our Academy, there’s Dion and the stupid tiger. From Seirun, there’s Eiran. From Lumern, there’s Selia Jerdinger, Duran Moira, Chen Xia, Chelsea Rwallin, and the Black Rabbit.”

 

Ar tilted her head after checking the members.

 

“Who’s the next instructor anyway?”

 

“Heh. I think it might be Instructor Jamua from Lumern.”

 

The tiger beastman, Borman, spoke confidently.

 

“That trained body! A man among men!”

 

“Didn’t you say you disliked human bodies because they look weak?”

 

“Seeing Li Jamuah changed my mind! There must be something to learn from him! Isn’t that right, Lumern students!”

 

“Senior Jamua. I wouldn’t be pleased if he were the instructor.”

 

“I don’t like it because it seems like we’ll only do intense physical training. We just climbed up a cliff.”

 

Chen Xia and Selia shook their heads.

 

“I don’t care who comes.”

 

Duran crossed his arms and snorted.

 

“No, why did I even come to this place crawling with Knight Academy students?”

 

Chelsea expressed slight dissatisfaction.

 

Chelsea was the only pure mage.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Rustle-

 

The sound of stepping on grass could be heard.

 

At that moment, Ar’s ears perked up and she sniffed.

 

“This sound of stepping on grass! This smell!”

 

Ar’s eyes sparkled.

 

“It’s definitely him! Ar…!”

 

“You mean Akan-nim, whom Ar-nim respects?”

 

Eiran hurriedly corrected her.

 

“Akan-nim!”

 

Ar urgently charged into the thicket.

 

“Kyaaaaaaah?!”

 

Shortly after, a terrified scream echoed.

 

Ar was hanging onto Arron’s leg, breathing roughly with slightly crazed eyes.

 

“Huff! Huff! I respect you! Huff! You’re so cool!”

 

“G-get awaaaay!”

 

Arron was horrified seeing Ar with rolled-back eyes.

 

The students who came running after hearing the scream were dumbfounded at the sight.

 

Leo grabbed Ar’s tail to pull her off.

 

But Ar only put more strength into her arms and legs, clinging even tighter to Arron’s leg.

 

“Wh-what should we do?”

 

When Eiran, who had been pulling to detach Ar, asked with a flustered face, Leo sighed.

 

“Subdue her.”

 

“S-subdue? H-how? If I use force, Ar might get hurt…!”

 

“Cleanly, without hurting her.”

 

“Clean enough not to get hurt?”

 

Eiran, who had been pondering, grabbed Ar’s head and chin with both hands.

 

Crack-!

 

“Kuhuk?”

 

And then she snapped it just like that.

 

Ar, whose neck was broken, foamed at the mouth and fainted.

 

Leo immediately handed the tail to Dion, and Dion dragged the limp Ar away and tossed her aside.

 

Chelsea, who was hiding behind Leo with only her face peeking out, spoke to Eiran who had a bewildered expression.

 

“Sister Eiran is scary.”

 

“Quite brutal.”

 

“Hmph, even with that innocent face, she’s truly Seirun’s second-in-command. She shows no mercy in her actions.”

 

Duran curled up the corners of his mouth.

 

“Ah, no, I… I mean, I just did what I saw in novels…”

 

“Wow! That’s amazing. Did you perhaps learn assassination techniques or something?”

 

Chen Xia even clapped her hands in admiration.

 

“I-I’ve never learned anything that scary!”

 

While Eiran protested with a tearful expression as the Lumern students deliberately teased her.

 

Leo helped Arron to his feet and approached the students.

 

Ar had also regained consciousness.

 

Though she trembled while looking at Arron, she managed to suppress her urge to pounce on him.

 

When the instructor stood before them, the students showed tense expressions.

 

Just moments ago.

 

Though he had shown a somewhat pathetic side, the instructor before them was one that the Dragon Lord had personally invited as a special guest.

 

‘Akan, huh? I’ve never heard that name before.’

 

‘Why did that Ar girl do such a strange thing?’

 

‘How should I put it, he doesn’t seem to have much charisma.’

 

‘Why did Lord Arron reveal himself in the present world? Could it be that like Lady Luna and Lord Seirun, he’s performing a miracle…!’

 

‘Lord Arron! Lord Arron! Lord Arron! Lord Arron!’

 

It was when everyone was watching Arron with puzzled eyes.

 

Akan, who had been showing a tense expression, cleared his throat.

 

“Ahem. Nice to meet you. My name is Akan. Though it will be brief, I’ll be serving as your instructor.”

 

“Instructor Akan.”

 

Then Borman raised his hand.

 

When the tiger beastman, who was larger and had a more fierce appearance than himself, called out to him, Arron tensed up slightly.

 

“Why are you calling me?”

 

“Are you a graduate of Azonia?”

 

“No.”

 

When Arron shook his head, Borman nodded.

 

‘Could Lady Azonia have ever imagined a situation where someone would ask Arron if he was a graduate?’

 

Ar thought of the great warrior Azonia, who was praised as the founder of the academy and successor to the Hero, and couldn’t help but let out a hollow laugh.

 

Next, Chelsea raised her hand.

 

When Chelsea, the smallest and youngest among the students, raised her hand, Arron felt a bit relieved.

 

“Yes.”

 

“Instructor, I’m a pure mage, so why am I here with students who handle aura?”

 

“You’re a mage, but I heard you’re a close-combat type mage who’s active on the frontlines.”

 

“Yes.”

 

“I heard a lot about you from Leo. He said you’re very agile?”

 

“Hehehe.”

 

Chelsea scratched the back of her head and smiled happily.

 

“The ability I’m going to teach you from now on will definitely help you too.”

 

“Even though it’s an aura skill?”

 

“That’s true, but it can also be applied with mana.”

 

Arron had modified the super-sense so that it could be used with mana instead of aura, after observing the breathing techniques used by people of later generations.

 

‘Of course, it’s not as powerful as the super-sense that Arron himself uses.’

 

Just stepping into the realm beyond extremely trained senses changes the entire aspect of combat.

 

‘That talent is definitely innate.’

 

With the development of aura studies, countless application concepts that didn’t exist during the Age of Calamity had emerged.

 

The Hero’s Breath was the crystallization of techniques born from the combination of that aura study and Arron’s breathing.

 

No matter how much it was a technique derived from himself, understanding it at once was an impossible concept even for Leo.

 

But Arron not only understood the concepts of modern aura studies at once, but also applied them to his other technique, super-sense, to derive yet another new technique.

 

“What is this technique?”

 

Borman asked with an interested expression.

 

“It’s a technique called super-sense.”

 

“Super-sense?”

 

Everyone showed puzzled expressions at Arron’s words.

 

“It’s a technique that sharpens your senses beyond their limits.”

 

“How is that different from just using aura to make your senses more sensitive?”

 

The students looked puzzled.

 

The concept of pushing senses to their limits already existed.

 

It was a basic technique that everyone learned from the time they started learning aura.

 

At their reaction, Arron tilted his head.

 

“Well, it’s about sharpening your senses even more than that. It’s hard to explain with words. Hmm… Alright. That should work.”

 

Arron looked at Leo.

 

“Leo. Can you block my sight, smell, and hearing with magic?”

 

At those words, Leo nodded.

 

While everyone showed puzzled expressions at the sudden situation.

 

Leo used magic to block all the senses necessary for combat except for Arron’s sense of touch.

 

In that situation, Arron walked to the middle of the open field and said.

 

“Would you all like to try attacking me together?”

 

“Excuse me?”

 

At those words, everyone except the three people who knew Arron’s true identity showed bewildered expressions.

 

No matter how skilled a knight or warrior might be, being attacked while having their senses blocked like that was dangerous.

 

“Don’t worry and attack.”

 

At Arron’s words, Borman said.

 

“Then I won’t hold back.”

 

“I told you to attack?”

 

“Ah, you can’t hear either.”

 

Borman scratched his head and then lowered his stance.

 

Kwaaak-!

 

And without hesitation, he charged at Arron.

 

Whoosh-!

 

“…!”

 

Arron lightly jumped and avoided Borman’s attack.

 

“Hmm. Then how about this?”

 

Borman began throwing punches rapidly.

 

Arron dodged all of Borman’s punches.

 

Whoong-!

 

With a fierce wind sound, Borman swung his arm.

 

Thud-!

 

Arron lightly landed on top of it.

 

That’s when Dion joined the fight.

 

Whoosh-!

 

Dion’s sharp kick barely grazed past Arron.

 

Thud-!

 

“Kuk?”

 

Arron grabbed Dion’s foot and pulled him forward.

 

Thump-!

 

Dion, who lost his balance, collapsed to the ground.

 

Arron looked toward where the other students were and smiled.

 

“Are you just going to stand there?”

 

“Is he really someone whose sight, hearing, and smell have been blocked?”

 

Chelsea made a slightly disgusted expression.

 

That’s when Arga, who had been still, crouched down.

 

Crack-!

 

Along with that, he flew toward Arron at tremendous speed like a bullet.

 

Whoosh-!

 

Thud-!

 

Rumble rumble rumble-! Crack crack crack crack crack-!

 

Ar’s kick was blocked by Arron’s palm.

 

Cracks appeared in the ground around where Arron was standing.

 

But the ground where Arron stood remained solid.

 

Ar’s eyes lit up.

 

‘As expected of Arron-nim!’

 

He perfectly deflected the impact.

 

Arron grabbed Ar’s ankle and threw her upward with a swift motion.

 

Eiran also drew her sword and without hesitation launched a sharp sword strike at Arron.

 

“Chelsea, attack.”

 

At Selia’s words, Chelsea also used magic to close the distance with Arron.

 

Even with his senses blocked, he effortlessly blocked the Hero Candidates’ attacks.

 

‘Beyond simply losing sight, smell, and sound, this person’s movements themselves are giving me chills!’

 

Selia widened her eyes and observed Arron’s movements.

 

Every single movement was enough to give her chills.

 

Maximum effect with minimum movement.

 

The path that anyone walking the way of martial arts should pursue.

 

In her life, only one person had shown skills impressive enough to give Selia this level of chills – her cousin, Leo.

 

‘This person is… beyond Leo!’

 

He’s different from Leo.

 

If Leo gave off a sense of unfathomable depth.

 

The instructor called Akan before her eyes gave off a sense of unfathomable height.

 

While Selia was barely managing to calm her surprised heart.

 

Whoosh-!

 

Arron caught Selia’s sword between his index and middle fingers and deflected it.

 

Thud-!

 

“Huff! Huff!”

 

“This person! He’s a complete monster!”

 

Chelsea shouted as if screaming while gasping for breath.

 

Ar, Eiran, Selia, Duran, Dion, Borman, Chelsea.

 

Even with seven people attacking together, he didn’t move a single step.

 

Despite using aura and magic, Arron predicted all their attacks and either blocked or deflected them.

 

“How is it possible to read our movements even with his senses blocked?”

 

“Is this what they call super-sense?”

 

It was when Dion and Borman were catching their breath.

 

Step- Step-

 

“This is a bit troublesome.”

 

Arron scratched his cheek and muttered.

 

“You can’t do things halfway, can you.”

 

At Arron’s words, Leo smiled and whispered softly.

 

“I’m curious how close the current me has gotten to you.”

 

Shing-!

 

Leo drew his sword.

 

“Please take care of me.”

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