Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 439

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439.

 

Thud- Thud-

 

Leo and Arron were walking down the circular staircase that led to the underground area hidden in the inner sanctum of the Fairy King’s residence.

 

“Indeed.”

 

Leo muttered as he descended the long passage.

 

“It’s definitely being suppressed.”

 

From the moment they entered this staircase, they could feel the powerful force of the Fairy King.

 

“This isn’t just a simple barrier?”

 

Arron muttered quietly.

 

Among the three great mythical beasts, if Phoenix symbolizes weapons like swords and spears, and Pegasus represents cavalry, then fairies represent shields, or ramparts.

 

“It’s literally cut off from the outside world.”

 

‘It’s separated dimensionally, beyond just physical concepts.’

 

The staircase they were walking on could be considered a space of its own.

 

Fairy magic is powerful magic classified as unique magic by itself, and the Fairy King is a mage who has mastered that powerful magic.

 

This place is a domain that the Fairy King has separated from dimensions over 5000 years.

 

‘Even so, this is completely different from the fairy magic I know?’

 

It was different from the fairy magic Leo knew.

 

“The magic formula structure is Luna’s style?”

 

“Ah, it definitely resembles Luna’s magic.”

 

Arron admired Leo’s words. Silorod, who was flying, answered.

 

-It’s a barrier created based on the fairy magic formula that Luna researched.

 

“That’s Luna for you.”

 

“She was evaluated as the greatest genius in magical history.”

 

When Arron admired, Leo chuckled.

 

They descended the stairs for a long time like that.

 

In terms of perceived time, it was well past half a day.

 

But according to Silorod’s explanation, the flow of time in this domain was different from the outside.

 

Eventually, Leo, Arron, and Silorod reached a massive stone gate.

 

Leo’s eyes narrowed and Arron wore a sharp expression.

 

They knew there was a fragment of Erebos beyond this door.

 

But facing it like this made their bodies react instinctively.

 

-I’ll open it.

 

Rumble-

 

As soon as Silorod finished speaking, the stone gate opened with a heavy sound.

 

Leo and Arron entered the stone chamber.

 

Inside was a black object in human form, about the size of an adult male.

 

It looked like a burnt charcoal lump, or like a melted and congealed mass of metal.

 

What was certain was that it was darker black than the night sky and that Erebos’s power could be faintly felt from it.

 

The form was different and the aura it emitted was weak.

 

But Leo and Arron, who had fought against Erebos, could clearly tell what this was.

 

“Erebos.”

 

At Arron’s murmur, Leo approached Erebos.

 

Literally, the spark had been completely extinguished.

 

But even so, it was once a catastrophic being that had driven the world to destruction.

 

Moreover, the fragment of Erebos had reignited 3000 years ago.

 

‘Silorod said he tried to eliminate this for the past 5000 years but it was useless, right?’

 

It wasn’t that Silorod had just left the fragment of Erebos like this.

 

Over the long years, he had tried to eliminate the fragment of Erebos using the Fairy King’s power.

 

But no method worked.

 

Even though the flames had disappeared, Erebos was still Erebos.

 

It was the primordial disaster that even the gods feared.

 

Even Leo had miraculously succeeded in subjugating it, but failed to completely annihilate it.

 

Dividing it into six fragments was the best he could do.

 

‘I can’t carelessly touch it either. If I carelessly touch it and stimulate it, that would also be a problem.’

 

Leo’s power was the natural enemy of Erebos.

 

If Leo’s power was added to the sealed Erebos, there was no telling what results it might bring.

 

‘Is suppressing it and protecting it from Tartaros the best option for now?’

 

The fortunate thing was that the fragment of Erebos showed no signs of awakening.

 

‘Even the Overlord King doesn’t know how to awaken the fragments. Whatever the case, leaving it like this for now would be the best option.’

 

While Leo was looking at the fragment of Erebos.

 

Arron sniffed and moved his nose.

 

“It’s definitely different from the smell of Erebos I know.”

 

-How so?

 

“Basically, the unpleasant stench is the same. But it’s become more terrible.”

 

-More terrible?

 

“Yeah. Like burnt ashes.”

 

Looking at Arron frowning, Leo said.

 

“Any signs of reigniting?”

 

At Leo’s question, Arron fell into thought.

 

“I don’t feel that at all.”

 

At Arron’s answer, Leo nodded.

 

“Then that’s fortunate. It means we don’t need to worry about this fragment for now.”

 

Leo looked at Silorod.

 

“Silorod, please take care of it a little longer.”

 

-Don’t worry about guarding this place.

 

Silorod smiled confidently and tapped his chest.

 

-I was a companion of the Great Heroes, you know?

 

“Reliable.”

 

Leo burst into laughter looking at such Silorod.

 

-Arron?

 

Silorod looked puzzled at Arron who was staring at him silently.

 

-Why are you looking at me like that?

 

“No, it seems like Silorod has changed a lot.”

 

-5000 years have passed after all.

 

Silorod smiled maturely.

 

Looking at that figure, Arron looked down at his palm.

 

“If… if I hadn’t died 5000 years ago.”

 

Arron raised his head and asked.

 

“Could I have escaped being a coward?”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“Could I have become a truly courageous person? Like what’s told to people now. Could I have become a real hero?”

 

-The Arron from the stories now, I can’t imagine that. Right, Leo?

 

“Right.”

 

Listening to Leo and Silorod’s conversation, Arron nodded.

 

“Good. Then I’ll become a real hero.”

 

“What?”

 

“That’s my new goal.”

 

“Is there a need for that? You’re already…”

 

“No. I’ll be different from my previous self.”

 

“No. I’ll be different from who I was before.”

 

Arron clenched his fist enthusiastically as he spoke.

 

Leo, who was about to say something while looking at Arron, chuckled softly.

 

“Give it your best shot.”

 

“Yeah!”

 

***

 

By a small pond in the lush forest.

 

“Huff! Huff! So cool! Huff!”

 

“Hiiiiiiiiiik!”

 

Arron looked terrified as he stared at Ar clinging to his leg.

 

Seeing this, Leo made an expression that said ‘I knew this would happen.’

 

“What was that about being a real hero?”

 

At Leo’s muttering, Chelsea, who had been standing nearby with a dazed expression, asked with a puzzled face.

 

“Huh? What do you mean?”

 

“I was talking to myself.”

 

Leo answered curtly and grabbed Ar by the scruff of her neck.

 

“Stop it. If you keep this up, we can’t have class.”

 

At those words, Ar snapped back to her senses with a start and let go of Arron.

 

Arron immediately went behind Chelsea.

 

Chelsea opened her mouth wide and looked up at Arron.

 

“I thought her seizure symptoms had gotten a little better.”

 

“But Black Rabbit! Look at Lord Arron!”

 

Ar stared at Arron hiding behind Chelsea.

 

“Ahh! Amazing! The best! Lord Arron in beast form is the best! Ahh! So dazzling! I can’t even look at him properly!”

 

Ar covered her eyes while getting excited looking at Arron.

 

“So dignified! I can feel the presence of a hero!”

 

“Don’t you need to get your eyes checked?”

 

Leo sighed at the sight of Ar interpreting things however she pleased while looking at Arron hiding behind Chelsea, who was smaller than him.

 

“Leo oppa. I have something I’m curious about.”

 

“Ask away.”

 

“Lord Arron is very different from the Lord Arron in the stories I’ve heard. Was he always this personality?”

 

Leo nodded as he looked at Chelsea asking with a ‘please tell me it’s not true’ expression.

 

“That’s right.”

 

“Oh my.”

 

Who could have predicted it?

 

The fact that Hero Arron, who is the very symbol of courage for modern people, was actually a coward.

 

‘Though she is scary with those crazy eyes.’

 

Chelsea muttered while looking at Ar’s eyes.

 

“But why are you hiding behind me specifically?”

 

“Something feels familiar and reassuring?”

 

At Arron’s answer, Chelsea made an expression showing she didn’t understand.

 

Meanwhile, Arron approached the real Ar.

 

“Want to try beast transformation?”

 

At that question, Ar activated her aura.

 

Looking at the transformed Ar, Arron nodded.

 

“Good, now try using Howling.”

 

At those words, Ar took a deep breath.

 

Seeing this, Chelsea manipulated the atmosphere with magic.

 

-Grroooooooong!

 

At the tremendous roar, Chelsea felt her whole body tingle.

 

‘Amazing.’

 

Chelsea gulped down her saliva.

 

She could clearly feel the dignity of Ajonia’s 2nd year representative.

 

After hearing Ar’s roar, Arron crossed his arms.

 

“You said there are various types of Howling in this era?”

 

“Yes!”

 

Arron’s Howling makes enemies tremble with fear and gives courage to allies.

 

But in the current era, it has various effects depending on the user.

 

Such as momentarily enhancing physical abilities or confusing enemies.

 

“The suins with such characteristics are mainly mages or summoners, right?”

 

“That’s correct!”

 

At Ar’s spirited answer, Arron, who had been pondering, took a deep breath.

 

-Grroong!

 

A powerful roar that couldn’t even be compared to Ar’s echoed through the area.

 

Overwhelmed by the spectacle, Ar and Chelsea lost their strength and collapsed to the ground.

 

“Am-amazing.”

 

“So cool!”

 

Chelsea trembled with excitement and Ar shook with thrill.

 

While the two were admiring Arron’s majesty, Leo narrowed his eyes and looked down at his hands.

 

His body felt much lighter than before.

 

“You added a buff effect to the Howling?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“What?”

 

“Now that you mention it, my body…?”

 

At Leo’s question, Arron answered nonchalantly, while Ar and Chelsea’s eyes widened.

 

“I tried combining the usage of Howling from this era with the mana flow when mages use buff magic.”

 

The Howling used by modern suins and the Howling used by Arron have different aura usage methods.

 

The original Howling is also Arron’s unique technique.

 

Later suins studied and improved that Howling to learn it.

 

In that process, it became very different from the original, and other effects that Arron couldn’t use emerged.

 

Arron listened to Ar’s vocalization and the characteristics of modern suins’ Howling, then implemented an effect that didn’t exist before on the spot.

 

“Is that even possible?”

 

“It worked when I tried it?”

 

“As expected of Lord Arron!”

 

Arron smiled at the shocked Chelsea, while Ar was busy praising Arron with sparkling eyes.

 

“But Ar, I don’t sense any special power from you that causes beast transformation?”

 

“I also only did it once, by accident…”

 

“Really? Then maybe it’ll appear if you train in Howling vocalization? There’s one special training method for Howling.”

 

“Ooooh! What is it!”

 

Ar’s eyes sparkled.

 

Arron went behind Ar and put his hands under her armpits to lift her up.

 

Then he headed toward the pond carrying the confused-looking Ar.

 

Ar’s face turned slightly pale.

 

“No, surely not?”

 

“Yeah. You need to fall in the water.”

 

Swoosh! Splash!

 

“Meoooooow?!”

 

Watching Ar flail around while letting out cat-like screams, Arron shouted.

 

“Shout as loud as you can underwater!”

 

“Blub blub blub gurrrrrrr!”

 

Though Ar hated water, she somehow managed to stick her face underwater and let out a roar.

 

“Puhuk!”

 

As Arga, out of breath, stuck his face outside to breathe, Arron said.

 

“Get back in right away!”

 

“Huh?”

 

“This is a training method Luna helped me with to strengthen my howling. It’s painful, but the effect is certain. Take the deepest breath you can in that brief moment.”

 

“Yes! Hoop!”

 

Arga put his face back into the water.

 

Bubble bubble bubble!

 

“Kuhek!”

 

Thud!

 

“Eek!?”

 

Ar’s eyes widened as she watched Arron grab her head and push her into the water.

 

“I, I can’t breathe… Kuhek!”

 

“If you want to live, breathe!”

 

“Bubble bubble bubble bubble!”

 

Splash splash!

 

“…Isn’t that just water torture?”

 

“Right.”

 

“Lord Arron, are you perhaps trying to drown that stupid cat because you’re scared of her?”

 

Considering how he had trembled in fear when looking at Ar earlier, it was quite possible.

 

“That’s probably not it, right? He looks like he really doesn’t want to do it.”

 

Unlike his cruel actions, Arron was pushing Ar into the water with a pained expression on his face.

 

It looked like he didn’t want to do it either, but was making an effort for Ar’s sake.

 

‘He’s doing exactly what Luna did to him.’

 

Back then, Arron was still in his teens.

 

As a result of the training, Arron became able to perfectly control his howling.

 

Luna’s training method had really been a great help.

 

‘Of course, after that, Arron came to distrust Luna.’

 

“I wonder if it’ll be effective?”

 

At Chelsea’s dubious question, Leo rested his chin on his hand.

 

“Since it’s training directly ordered by the Hero, it should be effective.”

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