Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 477

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477.

 

Spiritualist.

 

It referred to one who summoned heroic spirits and wielded their power from when they were alive.

 

People sometimes think of heroic spirits as ‘souls’ themselves.

 

But heroic spirits were not souls in the pure sense.

 

‘Heroic spirits are like memories dwelling within mana.’

 

Every living being harbors mana within them.

 

That mana is trained and divided into aura, magic power, and spiritual power depending on the nature of the vessel that contains it.

 

When life dies, mana returns to nature.

 

And that mana then dwells in other life forms again.

 

However, the mana harbored by those who possessed great power in life retains echoes of that person.

 

‘And reading the memories of those echoes and manifesting them through spiritual power is what heroic spirits are.’

 

The basic framework of necromancy is the same as this.

 

It uses the lingering thoughts of corpses to revive them as the dead.

 

Corpses are used because they contain stronger lingering thoughts, having been the bodies they inhabited in life.

 

However, the Overlord King could revive the dead using only the soil where corpses were buried, even if the corpses themselves had disappeared.

 

Tiar, the Iron-Blood Mage, had also been revived in this way.

 

Leo looked at Tiar.

 

From the ancient memories shown by Risinass’s spiritual power to the voice of Risinass he had heard earlier.

 

‘The awakening of spiritualism.’

 

He could only think it was the influence of Risinass’s power gained from conquering the Heroes’ World.

 

And that power was now telling him to save the elf before his eyes.

 

“Anyway. Whether in the past or now.”

 

Leo let out a hollow laugh as he approached Tiar.

 

The elf before his eyes was a powerhouse incomparable to the heroes of the Justice Guild.

 

Moreover, she had become an undead that hated the world itself.

 

‘It won’t be easy to destroy her body and send her back to where she belongs.’

 

Leo drew his sword.

 

‘And now you’re asking me to subdue her and save her soul.’

 

A spiritualist could elevate the necromantic spirits dwelling in undead into heroic spirits.

 

The problem was that it was extremely difficult.

 

‘Really, you only give me difficult tasks. That damn lizard.’

 

Even while grumbling, Leo burst into laughter.

 

“Well, then.”

 

Thud- Thud-

 

“Shall I hear a bit about what kind of story made you so filled with resentment?”

 

Kwagagagagagagak-!

 

As Leo approached, the ground around Tiar instantly turned to iron.

 

Leo put strength into his sword.

 

Sgak-!

 

He bisected the giant blade that was attacking him.

 

But Tiar’s attack didn’t end there.

 

Woong-!

 

Countless red magic circles embroidered the air.

 

Along with them, red liquid poured down.

 

Leo’s eyes narrowed.

 

‘The smell of blood.’

 

The magic Tiar created was like a rain of blood.

 

This was why she had earned the epithet of Iron-Blood Mage.

 

Because she mainly used magic that employed blood and iron as catalysts.

 

That’s why she was a mage who displayed the most powerful force on the battlefield.

 

Even without preparing catalysts separately, battlefields always overflowed with materials that could serve as her catalysts.

 

She would use blood flowing from enemy corpses to burst enemies apart and use iron contained in enemy weapons to tear enemies to shreds.

 

It was literally mass slaughter magic that could shine brightest on the battlefield.

 

Hwareureureuk-

 

Flames of aura flickered from Leo’s sword.

 

“Fiora.”

 

Kwaaaaaa-!

 

Fiora’s flames fused with the aura’s flames, spewing forth even more intense fire.

 

Kwagagagagagagang-!

 

Flaming sword strikes embroidered the air.

 

Peobeobeobeobeobeobeobeobeong-!

 

The sword strikes that flew in like a net completely shattered the rain of blood.

 

Along with that, a massive explosion that seemed like it would tear the sky apart shook the earth’s axis.

 

From Leo’s perspective, that wasn’t the problem.

 

‘This magic deviates from the essence of Star Magic.’

 

Star Magic was magic created by Luna to make magic that bloomed flowers.

 

It might seem trivial, but the flower-blooming magic Luna created was in the realm of ‘creation of life.’

 

It was magic that had entered the divine realm.

 

Thinking of his friend who had stepped into the divine realm for the trivial reason of just wanting to see some flowers, Leo lowered his stance.

 

Though she was ostracized from elven society due to her heterodox magic, she was also praised as a benefactor among humans.

 

Because she had saved many humans from Tartaros.

 

This was also one of the reasons why elves ostracized the Iron-Blood Mage even more.

 

‘They said that was during a time when there were racial wars between humans and elves.’

 

Though she was a hero praised by humans, Iron-Blood Magic was also shunned at human magic conferences.

 

Using this magic on people other than demons would result in punishment.

 

Because it was too cruel.

 

Therefore, Iron-Blood Magic was only permitted for use against demons.

 

‘Certainly, it’s at a level where it wouldn’t be strange to be called heretical among elves.’

 

From Leo’s perspective, it felt like magic that directly denied Luna’s will.

 

After all, Star Magic was magic imbued with the warm heart of Luna, who loved flowers.

 

Gooooo- Chareureurereuk-!

 

The magic Tiar unleashed created giant iron chains.

 

Red magic power dwelled in the iron chains.

 

Kwaaaaaa-!

 

The red magic power rotated, tearing apart everything that touched the iron chains.

 

‘Unless you contemplate how to kill your opponent more painfully, you can’t create magic like this.’

 

Leo narrowed his eyes.

 

He could feel killing intent and cruelty to the degree that it would be believable even if called black magic.

 

Hwaak-!

 

Leo, who had stepped with Aura Step, approached Tiar.

 

Kwagagagak-!

 

The surrounding area was destroyed.

 

Leo evaded the bundle of iron chains trying to coil around him like snakes.

 

‘It’s not magic that creates iron chains to exert physical force. There’s even something like a curse layered on top.’

 

Analyzing the magic, Leo drew closer to Tiar.

 

Then he could hear Tiar muttering quietly.

 

“That can’t be! They can’t be as ugly as me!”

 

A voice filled with anguish was heard.

 

“I apologize, great Progenitor of the Starry Skies. Please do not forgive me.”

 

She was squeezing out her voice as she apologized to Luna.

 

“But. I couldn’t forgive them, I hate those bastards!”

 

Watching Tiar clutch her head and reveal her malice, Leo thought.

 

‘How would Luna have evaluated this magic?’

 

She probably would have been horrified.

 

‘She would have been shocked, asking how such magic could exist.’

 

Thud-

 

Leo closed the distance with Tiar even more.

 

Then the Iron Blood magic completely enveloped Leo.

 

Whooom-!

 

In an instant, magic circles appeared on Leo’s body.

 

Leo analyzed the magical formula in a flash.

 

Clang-!

 

The formula deployed by the Iron Blood mage was destroyed and the magic was dispelled.

 

However, the Iron Blood mage, being undead, didn’t panic and prepared the next magic.

 

Before that, Leo grabbed the Iron Blood mage by the throat.

 

Grab-!

 

Leo unleashed stellar mana to suppress the Iron Blood mage’s mana.

 

Rummmmmble-!

 

The collision of massive mana forces shook the very foundations of the surrounding area.

 

Tremendous pain struck from the mana collision.

 

However, Leo didn’t care and unleashed his spiritual power.

 

No matter how powerful a spiritualist might be, making careless contact with undead is dangerous.

 

One wrong move could expose them directly to the resentment possessed by the undead.

 

Moreover, the opponent was a hero.

 

Directly accepting the resentment emanating from such an existence could destroy one’s mind.

 

“Aaaaah!”

 

Tiar clutched her head and let out a scream filled with agony.

 

Watching such Tiar, Leo smiled.

 

“I’m not dismissing the suffering you’ve endured, but I’ve been through too much hardship to be swayed by others’ pain.”

 

Thunk-!

 

Leo forcibly pulled Tiar close and bumped foreheads with her.

 

“Sorry, but let me take a look at your memories.”

 

Flash-!

 

Brilliant light burst forth from where their foreheads touched.

 

At the same time, Tiar’s memories were transmitted.

 

It was the source of her hatred.

 

Tiar in her girlhood, wearing Seirun’s school uniform.

 

She had lost her family, loved ones, and dear friends all to Tartaros.

 

Burning with vengeance, she created Iron Blood magic and was exiled from Elven Society.

 

But even so, she didn’t stop.

 

She wandered the continent hunting Tartaros.

 

It was humans who accepted such her.

 

She fought endlessly against Tartaros in human territory.

 

But the continuous battles wore her down.

 

In her later years, she stayed in this northeastern region to spend her remaining life.

 

The Iron Blood mage who went into seclusion in a small village could have disappeared into the back alleys of history just like that.

 

But not long after, the village where she had settled was destroyed overnight.

 

The culprit was the Monster Queen’s Legion.

 

However, the northeastern continent was not the Monster Queen’s Legion’s area of activity.

 

What drew the demons was none other than the elves who were in hostile relations with humans at the time.

 

To harm the humans who were encroaching on their territory.

 

And to solve a troublesome problem, they lured the Monster Queen’s Legion to the northeast.

 

She had lost everything to Tartaros and lived obsessed with revenge even while being rejected by her own kind.

 

In the end, she just wanted to rest comfortably in peace.

 

But what plunged her into tragedy until the very end were her own people.

 

Everything that had finally touched her heart turned to ash.

 

Tiar’s hatred was ultimately directed at the elves.

 

‘But it seems she couldn’t bring herself to take revenge on her own kind.’

 

Thus Tiar died harboring hatred.

 

And 1000 years later, she was revived by the Overlord King’s hand as a vengeful spirit thinking only of revenge.

 

Tiar’s heart was crying out.

 

To kill all the elves right now.

 

‘And yet this one is hesitating.’

 

She was suppressing her hatred through her own will.

 

She was resisting her own instincts that had been revived for revenge.

 

This was possible because she denied herself for rising to the position of hero for revenge.

 

She had regretted her entire life turning Luna’s inherited magic into this form due to her vengeful heart.

 

Certainly Iron Blood magic was magic that denied and desecrated Luna’s intentions.

 

If Luna were to see this magic, she absolutely couldn’t view it favorably.

 

‘Still….’

 

‘Magic is like emotional expression that represents one’s heart.’

 

That was Luna’s philosophy.

 

If Luna had seen Tiar, she surely would have said this.

 

‘It must have been hard. So you don’t need to apologize.’

 

She would have sincerely comforted Tiar.

 

Even if her magic as a mage was denied and desecrated.

 

Because that was proof of how much suffering the other person had endured.

 

Rather, she would have embraced the other person.

 

‘Because that’s the kind of person she was.’

 

She would have sincerely pitied this elf who had lived an unfortunate life.

 

“Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!”

 

“It must have been painful.”

 

At Leo’s words imbued with spiritual power, Tiar’s movements stopped completely.

 

That was not mere comfort.

 

It was understanding that only one who had endured endless suffering could give.

 

“Don’t blame yourself. Luna surely wouldn’t have blamed you.”

 

Tiar’s body trembled.

 

“Don’t suffer, you’ve already suffered enough for that.”

 

Flash-!

 

Risinass’s spiritual power added strength to each and every word Leo spoke.

 

It pushed back the Overlord King’s corrupt dark magic.

 

At that moment.

 

Whoooosh-!

 

Black flames blazed fiercely from Tiar’s body.

 

As if it couldn’t tolerate Tiar being saved.

 

As if it would burn the saved soul to ash, it blazed fiercely.

 

‘As expected, that Overlord King bastard has become able to use the power of Erebos’s fragment.’

 

Leo smiled coldly.

 

‘But what to do?’

 

Whoosh-!

 

Gray spiritual power burst forth from Leo’s hand.

 

It was none other than Leo’s spiritual power.

 

The only natural enemy of the Calamity Flame.

 

Pure mana.

 

Whoosh-!

 

The black flames disappeared by Leo’s power.

 

Swooosh-

 

The undead’s body crumbled into powder and flowed down.

 

As if a shell was being peeled away.

 

In the place where the undead had vanished, there was now a dazed spirit standing there.

 

Seeing this sight, Leo dusted off his hands and clicked his tongue.

 

“The Overlord King, that bastard is still doing disgusting things.”

 

[Who… are you?]

 

Tiar asked with a trembling voice.

 

As a hero’s spirit, she instinctively realized.

 

That the being before her was a hero with a rank incomparably higher than her own.

 

“Me?”

 

To Tiar who was looking up at him with trembling eyes, Leo answered calmly.

 

“Hero of the Beginning, Kail.”

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