Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 452

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452.

 

Supersense.

 

It was a power Arron had possessed since birth, a force that revealed to him things others could not know.

 

Thanks to this, when Arron activated his supersense, he gained power close to precognition.

 

However, regarding this power, Arron had one secret he couldn’t tell even his friends.

 

‘I hate this power.’

 

More precisely, he feared this power.

 

Knowing things that others didn’t was more painful than one might think.

 

Especially during the Age of Calamity.

 

He had instinctively felt the terror of the calamity that engulfed the world from the very moment of his birth.

 

Being easily startled and frightened by small things was also due to his childhood experiences.

 

Those events became trauma, and he had never once used his supersense to its absolute limit.

 

Only after meeting his master and receiving training, when he could somewhat control his supersense, was Arron able to escape from that fear.

 

But as Arron grew stronger, his supersense became even sharper.

 

It reached the level where he could foresee brief glimpses of the future in battle.

 

And just before entering the final battle.

 

Arron had to witness Kail and Luna’s deaths.

 

‘I hated it.’

 

Seeing the future.

 

‘I was scared.’

 

That the future might be their failure.

 

But somehow, he had to find a way for Kail and Luna to survive.

 

The path he found was his own death.

 

In others’ eyes, it would have seemed like a noble sacrifice to save his friends.

 

‘But I was just selfishly acting spoiled toward my brother and sister… people who were like family to me.’

 

Arron gritted his teeth.

 

‘I was just a coward who chose the easy path because I trusted them.’

 

And he had selfishly felt relieved after seeing the saved future.

 

Without even knowing that Leo was still carrying his burden, he had babbled about finding what he wanted to do since the world was saved.

 

‘Just as I suffered from seeing Kail die. Kail must have suffered from seeing me die too!’

 

He came to hate himself so much it made his teeth chatter for only realizing this fact now.

 

He desperately tried to open his supersense to see the future in order to change it somehow.

 

That supersense had now disappeared.

 

More precisely, it would be correct to say it had dulled.

 

Sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.

 

His sharply honed senses still provided him with countless pieces of information.

 

But his combat sense that was close to precognition had been lost.

 

An overload from excessive ability usage.

 

It was the result of using his supersense too much after hearing Erebos’s words.

 

Despite struggling so desperately to see the future, he couldn’t see it.

 

‘Maybe… it’s because I’m fake.’

 

Arron gritted his teeth.

 

God had already died long ago.

 

The self that existed here was merely a record from Hero Record.

 

Whoosh-!

 

Arron burst through the black flames.

 

With a fierce expression, he charged at Erebos and swung his sword.

 

“Haah!”

 

Kwagagagagang-!

 

Golden aura slashed across Erebos’s body.

 

-Do you think you can cut me with such a dulled blade!

 

Erebos roared and struck Arron with his hand.

 

Thwack-!

 

“Guh?!”

 

With his supersense limited, he couldn’t anticipate Erebos’s movements in time.

 

Taking the attack head-on, tremendous shock crashed over his entire body.

 

A simple physical attack.

 

But that attack contained the power to crush body and mind and destroy the soul.

 

Whiiing! Kwang-!

 

Struck by Erebos’s attack, Arron flew and crashed into the ground.

 

Leo urgently ran toward Arron.

 

“Arron!”

 

Kwaaa! Thud thud-!

 

As Arron crashed into the ground, the dust and stone fragments that had shot into the sky fell back down.

 

Swoosh-!

 

Arron, getting back on his feet, said.

 

“Kail. Prepare Innocent for me.”

 

“Are you okay? You don’t seem to be in good condition?”

 

“I’m fine.”

 

Arron glared at Erebos.

 

“Trust me. I won’t be a burden anymore!”

 

“What? Hey! Arron!”

 

“Grroooooong!”

 

Leaving Leo’s urgent call behind, Arron let out a howl as if encouraging himself.

 

Eyes blazing, Arron gripped his sword properly and charged forward.

 

“That idiot!”

 

Watching his retreating figure, Leo ground his teeth.

 

“Why is Lord Arron saying such things?”

 

Mellina wore a bewildered expression.

 

“He’s shaken by Erebos’s words. Arron is the type who gets discouraged easily.”

 

Leo knew well that the friend he regarded like a younger brother was too gentle and kind.

 

“Will he be okay?”

 

Mellina’s eyes trembled.

 

At Mellina’s question, Leo took a deep breath.

 

“He’ll be fine.”

 

Leo looked at Arron’s retreating figure.

 

“Among us, Arron has faced the most setbacks. He’s also the one who has overcome the most trials.”

 

There wasn’t a trace of wavering in Leo’s voice.

 

“Arron isn’t the type to crumble from being shaken by words like that.”

 

Leo spoke with absolute trust.

 

“Mellina, you go deal with the monsters.”

 

“Yes!”

 

***

 

Seeing the endlessly surging monsters, the faces of the Hero candidates defending the castle hardened.

 

“There are too many!”

 

“There are even more than the Monster Queen’s legion we faced last year!”

 

Anxious voices could be heard among the Lumern and Seirun students.

 

Seeing them, Ris, who had ignited his flame aura, shouted.

 

“Don’t be intimidated by numbers! Compared to the Monster Queen’s legion last time, there may be more in number, but each individual monster is weaker!”

 

Along with Ris’s shout, a party member who had been facing Erebos arrived from the sky.

 

“I’ll help! Sweeping away large numbers of enemies is my specialty.”

 

Torua said with a grin.

 

“Department of Magic, assemble! Prepare for joint magic!”

 

At those words, the 1st and 2nd year Department of Magic students moved in perfect unison.

 

“Seirun, form ranks too!”

 

Riennia commanded the Seirun students.

 

“The Knight Academy will work with Ajonia and Demian students to stop the monsters climbing up the city walls!”

 

As Jamua took command and stepped forward, Ardo raised her fist beside him.

 

“We can’t show a disgraceful sight in front of Lord Arron! Ajonia students, advance!”

 

“You! Insolent cat! Command is my job!”

 

“Kyaaaah!”

 

Banir put Ar in a headlock around the neck.

 

Ulta gathered the summoners and distributed them well between the Knight Academy and the mages.

 

Meanwhile, Cal, who had climbed up the city wall, gulped down his dry saliva.

 

“They may not be as strong as the Monster Queen’s legion… but even so, there are way too many?”

 

Last time, the Monster Queen’s legion was strong, but their allied forces were equally formidable.

 

Not only the heroes of humans and elves, but also the hero candidates from Lumern and Seirun had gathered.

 

Plus the great warriors who had dominated an entire era.

 

Compared to that, their current allied forces consisted entirely of hero candidates.

 

At Cal’s muttering, Chelsea gripped her staff tightly.

 

“It’s okay.”

 

Cal and Chelsea were assigned the role of stopping monsters at the city wall since they weren’t suited for joint magic.

 

“We have the Dragon Lord with us, don’t we?”

 

At the same time as those words, enormous magical power stirred in the sky.

 

Around Mellina, her original silver magical power and the black magical power she had gained by inheriting Risinass’s strength were rippling simultaneously.

 

Thump- Thump-

 

Mellina’s dragon heart beat rapidly, releasing magical power.

 

Accordingly, the space around her began to distort.

 

Seeing this, Chelsea gulped.

 

“Mellina the Silent Dragon… It’s a fact we’ve forgotten since she hasn’t shown herself for so long… but she’s someone who conquered the world of creation. Though the result was failure.”

 

Crackle-!

 

The space around Mellina began to crack beyond just distorting.

 

“She’s evaluated as one of the most powerful Dragon Lords in the history of the Age of Heroes.”

 

As Chelsea’s words ended, Mellina whispered softly.

 

“Silence.”

 

The creations of Erebos that had been charging toward the city wall with great momentum suddenly stopped moving.

 

The monsters standing in place looked at each other with faces that showed they didn’t understand what was happening.

 

Then soon, one by one, they began to disappear, turning into white powder.

 

It was truly a thrilling sight.

 

Legion-level forces of Tartaros were quietly annihilated by a single spell.

 

Everyone who saw this looked at Mellina with eyes full of wonder.

 

Mellina landed on the city wall.

 

It happened to be where Cal and Chelsea were standing.

 

Her veil fluttered in the wind.

 

“Everyone. Do not be afraid.”

 

Mellina spoke with strong emphasis.

 

“As long as I am here, the city wall will not fall.”

 

At those words, the hero candidates raised their respective weapons and let out cheers.

 

“Uwaaaaaaah!”

 

“Dragon Lord!”

 

Morale soared instantly at Mellina’s overwhelming majesty.

 

“Wow… she’s like a goddess.”

 

“Thank you, Cal.”

 

Hearing Cal’s muttering, Mellina smiled brightly and greeted him.

 

For a moment, Mellina’s face was slightly revealed beneath her veil.

 

Seeing this, Cal was startled.

 

A face that was somehow familiar.

 

The apparent age was clearly different too.

 

But the atmosphere perfectly matched someone Cal knew.

 

Cal asked with a face that said ‘no way.’

 

“Teacher Mel?”

 

Chelsea, who was beside him, also widened her eyes and looked at Cal.

 

At Cal’s reaction, Mellina put her index finger to her lips and made a small sound.

 

“Shh-!”

 

At that action, Cal and Chelsea unconsciously mimicked Mellina’s gesture.

 

Meanwhile, the monster legion continued to be summoned endlessly.

 

Just as Mellina and the hero candidates were about to exert their strength upon seeing this.

 

Whiiiiiiing-! Kwaaaaang!

 

Something flew over and crashed into the city wall.

 

Everyone was startled and looked at the collapsed city wall.

 

Thud-!

 

Arron got up from there.

 

“Damn it!”

 

Arron showed an uncharacteristic display of intense emotion.

 

The sword he had been holding in his hand had melted away without a trace.

 

A fierce aura flickered in Arron’s eyes.

 

Everyone stepped back, startled by that intimidating presence.

 

Arron glared with a distorted face in the direction he had flown from.

 

There was Erebos, who had been so badly cut up by Arron that his form was barely recognizable.

 

Erebos, who had been writhing, soon regained his original form.

 

Arron threw away the completely ruined sword and unconsciously drew another sword from the extradimensional space bracelet Luna had made for him.

 

And then he stopped short.

 

He gritted his teeth and looked at the sword gripped in his hand.

 

There was the broken Brave.

 

“This kind of sword won’t do!”

 

Clang-!

 

Arron roughly threw away Brave.

 

His gentle and innocent appearance was nowhere to be found.

 

Arron’s face looked somewhat fierce and also impatient.

 

“A, Arron…”

 

Arga’s face turned pale at seeing Arron’s appearance, which was different from what he knew.

 

“Don’t worry. Wait.”

 

Roooooar-!

 

Golden aura rippled from Arron’s body.

 

“I’ll defeat that thing.”

 

A voice filled with fierce momentum.

 

That appearance was the Arron that Arga had known before entering Ajonia.

 

An appearance like a single beast on the battlefield.

 

A warrior who fought against enemies without yielding even in desperate situations.

 

The hero Arron with overwhelming martial prowess.

 

“W-wait a moment! Lord Arron!”

 

Arga urgently called out to Arron, but Arron kicked off the ground and charged straight toward the recovered Erebos.

 

He wasn’t holding his sword.

 

But as Arron flew toward Erebos at an invisible speed and threw his punch, Erebos’s massive body shot up into the sky.

 

“Amazing…!”

 

Borman exclaimed in admiration.

 

“So that must be the Hero’s true form.”

 

It was when Rwen was muttering in admiration.

 

“No…”

 

Arga gritted his teeth.

 

“What?”

 

“That’s not Lord Arron’s real form!”

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