Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 476

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476.

 

Whoooooosh-!

 

A dry wind swept across the plains.

 

Blood and flesh were scattered in all directions, crushed and strewn about, with broken weapons lying everywhere.

 

In the middle of this gruesome battlefield, an elven woman in a brown robe knelt on the ground, muttering.

 

“Can’t forgive, can’t forgive, can’t forgive.”

 

Step- Step-

 

Those dressed in pure white armor and robes approached the elven woman.

 

“You’ve made quite a spectacle.”

 

The mage at the front stroked his beard as he spoke.

 

“You are Tiar, the Iron-Blooded Mage, correct?”

 

At the kind-looking old mage’s question, the elven woman, Tiar, didn’t even glance at him.

 

“I’ll take your silence as confirmation. But my, how curious this is.”

 

The old mage laughed as if finding it amusing.

 

“The Iron-Blooded Mage is a hero from 1000 years ago. Yet suddenly appearing in the present world.”

 

Even at his casual words, Tiar continued muttering while clutching her head.

 

“Ah, I’m not saying you’re not the real Iron-Blooded Mage.”

 

At the old mage’s words, the knight standing beside him nodded in agreement.

 

“This is an era where the hero Arron, Luna the Progenitor of the Starry Skies, and Seirun the Comet Mage have returned.”

 

At that moment.

 

Tiar’s movements, who had been blankly repeating the same words, stopped completely.

 

“What… did you say?”

 

With a dazed expression, Tiar looked at the knight.

 

“That’s a lie. It can’t be. Those people… those people wouldn’t… they’re not like me… not like me… they can’t be as ugly as me…”

 

Watching Tiar begin rambling again like a broken doll, the Spirit Mage woman in white priestly robes sneered.

 

“Of course they’re different from you. Their return to this land is the will of the great God.”

 

Disgust appeared on the Spirit Mage woman’s face.

 

“They’re clearly different from you, who was revived by the evil dark magic of Tartaros.”

 

But even at those words, Tiar only muttered “That can’t be.”

 

Watching such a Tiar, the mage in pure white robes spoke.

 

“I’ll let you rest in peace now, specter of the past.”

 

Whoosh-

 

Massive flames erupted from the mage’s hand.

 

“Thinking of the great deeds you accomplished in the past, I’ll let you close your eyes peacefully. However… there’s nothing I can do about your name falling to the ground.”

 

The old mage spoke solemnly.

 

“Heroes are chosen beings meant to lead the world. A hero who was played by the wicked Overlord King’s schemes cannot be tolerated.”

 

From the beginning, even among elves, Tiar the Iron-Blooded Mage was treated as a heretical hero.

 

“Using this incident as an opportunity, I’ll erase your name from the pages of history.”

 

Boom-!

 

With a powerful explosion, flames shot up.

 

With the giant pillar of fire behind him, the old mage pulled up his white hood and muttered.

 

“All in the name of justice.”

 

“It ended more anticlimactically than I thought.”

 

The Spirit Mage woman, Keleni, a hero with the alias White Inferno, sneered.

 

“Even if she was once a hero, she’s now just a pitiful soul fallen into the Overlord King’s grasp. There’s no way she could be a match for us, who are true heroes.”

 

“Sir Nergian speaks correctly.”

 

At the words of Nergian, the hero known as Lightning Awl, Nogern the Staff of Purification nodded.

 

These three people were all heroes whose names were recorded in the Hero Record and were members of the Justice Guild.

 

“Heh, the achievement of defeating the Iron-Blooded Mage should be enough to advance to Queen Class, right?”

 

“Wasn’t it Sir Nogern who earned the achievement?”

 

“Ah, I don’t know, I don’t know. We handled it together, didn’t we?”

 

“I have no intention of monopolizing the achievement. However, I wonder if we can get promoted just for defeating a mere undead, even if it was a hero of the past.”

 

“I think this is enough to raise the guild’s prestige, don’t you? Hohohoho!”

 

Watching Keleni burst into laughter, Nergian clicked his tongue.

 

Nogern, who had been shaking his head at his two distracted companions, suddenly stopped and looked ahead, then muttered.

 

“Leo Flobe.”

 

“What?!”

 

“Did you say Leo Flobe?”

 

Keleni and Nergian looked ahead in shock.

 

There, Leo Flobe was looking down at the three heroes.

 

“Ha, looks like the arrogant brat came here wanting to die?”

 

“We won’t forget the grudge against our guild members.”

 

“That’s strange. I’ve never killed any Justice Guild members though?”

 

At Leo’s words, Nogern spoke.

 

“I don’t think you’re unaware that we’re helping the Petimen Kingdom, Leo Flobe.”

 

The old mage hero stepped forward and said.

 

“Leo Flobe, the Justice Guild’s leader, Light Seeker, expressed great regret at your hostile actions.”

 

“Enough to express regret, I suppose.”

 

Leo burst into laughter.

 

“But before that, he also said he greatly desires to accept you into the Justice Guild. If you join the guild, he guaranteed you Queen Class status. He also said he’d overlook the killing of guild members.”

 

“Nogern, is that really true?! Unacceptable! Queen Class to such an outsider!”

 

“That’s right! The Queen position is too much for someone who’s done nothing for the guild!”

 

Keleni and Nergian showed shocked expressions and rebelled.

 

Queen Class.

 

That was an executive position.

 

The Justice Guild called their guild leader King and granted the title of Queen to executives who controlled the guild.

 

Heroes received the titles of Knight for knights, Rook for mages, and Bishop for Spirit Mages.

 

Regular guild members received the title of Pawn.

 

Queen Class was also a candidate for the next King.

 

As such, it was a position that could only be reached after joining the guild and proving oneself.

 

To grant that position to a brat who was hostile to the guild!

 

“This isn’t just the guild leader’s will. It’s the will of all the executives too. And Leo Flobe has more than enough qualifications for it.”

 

At Nogern’s words, Leo spoke up.

 

“Is that Queen position really that valuable?”

 

“It is valuable. According to rank, you’ll receive territory in the nation our guild will establish in the future.”

 

“A nation?”

 

“That’s right. Our Justice Guild plans to create a new and ideal nation ruled by heroes.”

 

“Hero nations established by heroes have existed for a long time. What’s new about it?”

 

“It’s different. We plan to create a nation where heroes are the law itself.”

 

“…”

 

“Heroes are like God’s representatives. Only special people can become heroes. Then isn’t it natural that they have the right to rule the world?”

 

Nogern spoke in a kind voice.

 

“We have the qualification and duty to guide the hopelessly ignorant common people to the light.”

 

“Don’t you feel any guilt about deliberately starting wars that didn’t need to happen just to forcibly accumulate karma to become heroes?”

 

“None. Their sacrifice will become the foundation for creating a just world.”

 

Leo closed his eyes and sighed.

 

“That’s different from the heroes I think of.”

 

“What kind of hero do you think of?”

 

“Someone who can risk everything they have to fight for others.”

 

“That sounds like something a snot-nosed kid would say. That’s a delusion you can only voice when you know too little about the world.”

“Whether it’s delusion or not, at the very least you guys aren’t heroes.”

 

Leo said coldly.

 

“You’re just idiots who think you’re great and special.”

 

“Your personal opinion is unnecessary. The fact that we are heroes is proven by the Hero Record and the Gods.”

 

“Those gods must be idiots then.”

 

Leo knew about the true nature of gods.

 

While there were gods who pursued righteousness and order, there were also gods who pursued chaos.

 

Hedonists who purely pursued only pleasure.

 

If such gods were watching over the Lower Realm.

 

‘Watching these things become heroes and make fools of themselves would be sufficient entertainment for such gods.’

 

Nogern responded coldly to Leo’s words.

 

“Do not commit blasphemy. And if you do not accept our guild’s proposal, the only path destined for you is destruction. You could be hunted down and killed by us right here and now.”

 

At Nogern’s words, Leo crossed his arms.

 

“How about you worry about what’s behind you first before picking a fight with me?”

 

“What are you…?”

 

Kwagagagagagagagagak-!

 

The pillar of fire that had soared high disappeared and a dark red magic circle rose in the void.

 

The heroes of Justice Guild made horrified expressions at the thrilling magical power.

 

“Th-that’s impossible!”

 

“There’s no way a mere specter of the past could possess such enormous magical power!”

 

Keleni and Nergian made shocked expressions.

 

Leo narrowed his brow as he looked at that magic.

 

‘That’s supposed to be Star Magic?’

 

It was magic so distorted that even Leo felt creeped out.

 

The magic left by the Iron-Blood Mage remained as hero magic and was passed down to Lumern as well.

 

However, it was one of the avoided magics due to its complex spell difficulty that was proportional to its powerful might.

 

‘The only user would be Elena.’

 

He thought of Elena Jeron, a 4th year student in Lumern’s Department of Magic with a nasty disposition.

 

‘Now I understand why she’s ostracized as a heretic among the Elves.’

 

Tiar’s magic was filled with hatred.

 

‘With that level of hatred, she would have been ideal undead material for that Overlord King bastard.’

 

It was when Leo was frowning.

 

“Sir Nergian! Keleni! Form ranks!”

 

Nogern gripped his staff properly.

 

“We must eliminate that specter!”

 

At those words, Nergian raised his aura and Keleni summoned a fairy.

 

“I’ll show that specter who defiles the name of heroes what the true power of a hero is!”

 

***

 

The disaster-like battle of heroes had ended.

 

In the middle of the devastated battlefield.

 

“Damn it… how dare… how dare… a filthy corpse like that…!”

 

Nogern, whose lower body had disappeared, was struggling to retreat from the battlefield.

 

Tiar approached to finish off such Nogern.

 

Thud-

 

Leo walked in front of such Nogern.

 

“Le-Leo Flobe. Pl-please help me…!”

 

At those words, Leo looked down at Nogern with cold eyes.

 

“W-we are heroes whose names are recorded in the Hero Record… wouldn’t it be right to join forces to fight against the wicked undead of Tartaros?”

 

Leo, who had been looking down at such Nogern, walked toward Tiar.

 

“Ugh! This milk-smelling brat! Save me…! Save me! I’m not someone who should die meaninglessly in a place like this… Guhek!”

 

Nogern, who had been raging and begging for his life, coughed up blood and collapsed.

 

The fall of Justice Guild’s three heroes was literally instantaneous.

 

The difference in capability between the Iron-Blood Mage and the three heroes was far too great.

 

‘Well, that’s the limit of manufactured heroes.’

 

Unlike them who were created by accumulating karma, the mage before his eyes was a real hero.

 

Even though she had been revived as a corpse by the Overlord King’s schemes and was burning endless hatred toward the world, the fact that the efforts and achievements the hero before his eyes had built up were real remained unchanged.

 

Leo looked at Tiar’s face.

 

Her eyes were unfocused.

 

All he could feel was hatred toward the world.

 

All corpses revived by necromancy harbored hatred toward everything living.

 

Leo knew this fact well since he had dealt with countless corpses.

 

‘But this one is fundamentally different.’

 

A mage could know about a person by looking at their magic.

 

The Iron-Blood Mage’s magic was distorted with hatred by itself.

 

As far as Leo knew, all elves in this world respected Luna.

 

They treasured the Star Magic she left behind very much.

 

Since magic was the heart of the mage.

 

The act of carelessly defiling the great legacy Luna left was considered an act of blasphemy against Luna.

 

‘This one wouldn’t have been different either.’

 

Gooooooo-!

 

“Eisen un Blut.”

 

An incantation flowed from Tiar’s mouth.

 

Cruel magic that tore opponents apart with iron and blood.

 

Tiar had no reason left.

 

Only hatred remained that sought to tear everything apart.

 

‘I can’t leave this alone.’

 

An undead filled with hatred was a disaster that caused slaughter by its very existence.

 

It was certain she wouldn’t stop killing everything before her eyes until she herself disappeared.

 

‘I’ll take her down.’

 

The moment Leo raised his magical power.

 

Whoosh-!

 

Instantly, pitch-black mana arose from Leo’s hand.

 

“What?”

 

Leo’s face hardened as he saw the mana that had escaped his control.

 

‘A rampage?’

 

Such a thought occurred to him for a moment.

 

But the mana didn’t rampage.

 

Leo hastily dodged Tiar’s magic and landed on the ground.

 

And he looked down at the pitch-black mana still flowing from his right hand.

 

‘Risinass’s mana?’

 

The moment Leo was confused seeing Risinass’s mana that had suddenly manifested.

 

The pitch-black mana emitted a bright light.

 

Whoosh-!

 

“Kuk?”

 

Leo closed his eyes.

 

“Please… may you be at peace in your next life.”

 

In the middle of the battlefield.

 

Risinass was kneeling and praying.

 

Pure white spiritual power was flowing around her.

 

It was the sight of Risinass as a spiritualist honoring their souls after defeating thousands of Death Knight units controlled by the Overlord King.

 

Whoosh-!

 

The light disappeared.

 

And before he knew it, the pitch-black mana had become pure white spiritual power.

 

Leo asked with a dazed expression.

 

“Save… that guy?”

 

Wooong-!

 

As if answering Leo’s question.

 

Risinass’s spiritual power resonated.

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