Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 48

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48

“….”

Chloe gripped the black grimoire tightly.

“I wanted to win somehow. But I couldn’t think of any way to win. So… So… I borrowed someone else’s power instead of my own.”

The unique magic Chloe had originally been preparing was ice field magic.

But thinking she couldn’t beat Leo in the exam with that magic, she prepared the unextinguishable flame instead.

That wasn’t a magic formula Chloe had created.

‘I only implemented it based on the magic formula written in this grimoire.’

Even Chloe didn’t know the activation principle of the magic.

She had merely glossed over it as something special of her own because it was unique magic.

The reason she reacted more sharply than necessary when someone asked about magic was also for that reason.

The unextinguishable flame she presented on exam day beat Leo as expected.

She was very happy in that moment. She thought she had finally caught up. But…

‘How can I call this catching up!’

Chloe, who had been gritting her teeth, let out a bitter laugh.

‘What’s the point of complaining to this person.’

A genius girl still talked about 30 years later.

‘She’s different from me. She must be special like Leo.’

There was no way such a person could understand if she told her inner feelings.

It would be fortunate if she didn’t laugh at her instead.

Allia, who had been silently watching Chloe, smiled.

“As expected, Chloe is similar to me.”

“Huh?”

“Actually, you see. I was incredibly jealous of my brother too.”

Allia grinned.

“I thought so many times how annoying it was that someone who looked stupid could do everything so well. This is a secret, but the basic framework of my unique magic was actually created by my brother. I’m excellent at using existing magic, but I’m terrible at creating new things. Actually, I failed the Lumern entrance exam twice too.”

Allia hugged her knees to her chest.

Chloe wore a dazed expression.

It was an unbelievable fact for someone still talked about as a tragic magic genius.

“At one point, I really hated my brother. But then I suddenly thought this too. If someone is worth hating out of jealousy, wouldn’t they be worth admiring? I thought.”

At those words, Chloe looked down at the black grimoire.

‘An object of… admiration?’

***

Leo, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them wide.

And he bolted upright from his seat.

“Leo. What’s wrong?”

At Bellak’s question, Leo looked toward one side of the forest.

“Everyone prepare for battle!”

Leo’s supersense had caught something.

At that moment, the opponent also became aware of this side.

“Leo, what’s happening?”

“It’s him.”

Chloe drew in a breath.

“Don’t tell me…?”

“Yes.”

Leo drew his sword.

Thud-! Thud-!

The sound of the earth shaking could be heard.

Soon after, a monstrous giant revealed itself from the thicket.

A height that must be 3 meters.

Pitch-black skin.

It looked the same as in the photograph.

“Chubarn…!”

Chloe gritted her teeth.

Chubarn rolled his blood-red eyes to look at Leo.

His mouth split wide open.

“Found you. The sprout of a hero with the same qualities as that detestable great hero!”

At those words, Leo’s eyes twitched.

Demons are creatures that prioritize orders from higher ranks.

And the order Chubarn received in the Chedmothers incident was to eliminate the sprout of heroes.

That’s why Chubarn hadn’t shown much interest in the raiders.

‘But now this guy is clearly showing hostility toward me.’

Even though Allia, who could be called the biggest target, was right in front of him, his reaction was strange.

‘Moreover, he definitely just said the sprout of a great hero…’

“Graaaaaaah!”

Chubarn let out a roar and charged toward Leo.

Flash-! Crash-!

The vicious-looking axe in Chubarn’s hand struck the ground.

But Leo had already escaped Chubarn’s attack range.

Whoosh-!

A flame aura formed on Leo’s sword.

Clang-!

Leo’s sword slashed at Chubarn’s neck.

But it couldn’t inflict a wound.

Leo’s eyes twitched.

Hiss-!

Seeing Leo’s face, Chubarn grinned wickedly.

“Foolish one!”

Chubarn reached out his hand to grab Leo.

But Leo smirked.

“That’s your mistake, you idiot.”

“What…”

Crash-!

A powerful ice wind shot by Chloe struck Chubarn.

The cold ice wind slowed Chubarn’s movements.

Using that gap, Leo avoided Chubarn’s hand and spun his body.

Whirl-! Roaaaaar!

The flame aura blazed even more fiercely.

Slash-! Splurt!

“I cut him!”

“Great!”

The party cheered.

The sword, with added power from rotational force, had slashed Chubarn’s neck.

But Leo’s face wasn’t bright.

‘I couldn’t cut through the bone.’

Demons are different from ordinary life forms.

A monstrous race created by Erebos.

This much couldn’t be a fatal wound.

Leo immediately kicked Chubarn’s head and used the recoil to create distance.

‘At least attacks do work though.’

Leo, who had been taking deep breaths while looking at Chubarn, opened his eyes wide.

The blood that had been gushing like a fountain from Chubarn’s wounds suddenly stopped.

That wasn’t all.

The spilled blood suddenly began to be sucked back into the wounds.

Drip- Drip-

“Heh- That was quite a decent attack.”

Chubarn cracked his neck left and right with a sinister grin.

Seeing this, Teyad was horrified.

“That’s impossible! What kind of recovery ability…!”

“That’s not a recovery ability.”

“What? Then what is it?”

“A curse.”

Curses were one of the special abilities possessed by demons.

The curses used by lower demons only weakened opponents’ strength, but higher curses could even twist the laws of reality.

“[Nullify]. An annoying curse that makes attacks as if they never happened.”

Leo rested his sword on his shoulder.

“Hooh? You know well.”

“Isn’t that too extravagant a curse for a Level 3 demon to use?”

“Heh- You speak quite arrogantly. But you’re right. This curse is a blessing from Demon Queen Silatuna-sama.”

The first-years trembled in fear at the name of the Demon Queen.

Demon Queen Silatuna.

A legion commander of Tartaros who had survived since the Age of Calamity and was Erebos’s confidant.

“What an unpleasant name to hear after so long.”

Leo said irritably.

“If attacks are nullified… how exactly are we supposed to win?”

Allia asked, terrified.

“The nullify curse isn’t omnipotent either. Besides, he’s not the one who cast the curse. If used multiple times, the curse will disappear.”

“Heh- Do you think you lot can survive until the curse disappears?”

With those words, Chubarn’s subordinates emerged from the thicket, revealing themselves.

“Give up any thought of escaping alive. You, remnant of the Great Hero, will die here.”

“Remnant of the Great Hero?”

Leo chuckled.

“You call me that because I’m the same All-Class as Kail?”

“Shut up! Don’t let that hateful name pass your lips!”

Seeing Chubarn’s violent reaction, Leo could understand how the Allia Party had escaped from Chubarn.

‘There was a surveillance network spread by demons throughout the forest. I thought they weren’t paying attention to me or Chloe since we weren’t attack targets anyway.’

Leo sighed.

‘This guy found out I was All-Class through that surveillance network. That’s why he kept chasing me.’

Leo, who had been avoiding demons using his super senses, had unintentionally been playing tag with Chubarn.

Great demons like Silatuna who had survived since the Age of Calamity were still alive.

Then the demons would remember Kail.

Kail, who had defeated the creator of Tartaros, would be the greatest enemy to the demons.

‘People have forgotten about me, but demons remember me. How ironic.’

Leo, having finished assessing the situation, gripped his sword and said.

“Get ready.”

“Do you think mere novices like you can defeat me?”

“Of course.”

“Heh- What tremendous confidence. But are your companions the same as you?”

Chubarn pointed behind with his finger.

Looking back, the party was trembling in fear.

“Only you have reckless courage. Your companions are at their limit both mentally and physically.”

It wasn’t wrong.

Through continuous battles, everyone in the party was exhausted.

“Kekek.”

But at Chubarn’s words, Leo burst into laughter.

“Why are you laughing? Have you gone insane?”

“No. It’s just that you seem to know far too little about Lumern.”

“What?”

“Lumern is a school where those who dream of becoming heroes enroll.”

The gazes of the hero candidates touched Leo’s back.

Step- Step-

Leo moved forward.

The trembling of the hero candidates began to subside.

Will gradually returned to their eyes, and aura, mana, and spiritual power swirled around them.

In actual history, they had died.

But they had never given up and been massacred by Chubarn.

‘There was no mention anywhere that Chubarn had the [Nullify] curse. That means Chubarn had used up all his [Nullify] curses in the first battle.’

It was proof that even though they died, not one of them had given up.

Just like the Great Heroes who had lost their lives to Erebos long ago.

“So I always remember these words.”

The lesson that all Lumern students cherish in their hearts.

The most basic condition for becoming a hero.

“Surpass your limits.”

Thud-!

As Leo kicked off the ground and charged forward, Teyad and Bellak raised their spear and sword and charged together.

“Foolish fools! If it’s your wish, I’ll kill you first!”

Chubarn roared and swung his axe.

“I’ll handle that guy, so you deal with the soldiers.”

“Will that be possible?”

“It’s possible, so don’t worry about me!”

Leo charged toward Chubarn.

Bang-!

Chubarn’s axe struck the ground.

Fragments of earth became black spikes and poured down on Leo.

‘It would have been a bit better if I could summon Fiora.’

It might be different in a normal Heroes’ World.

In a Hero Dungeon completely cut off from the outside due to rampage, summoners couldn’t summon their familiars.

If spirit magic was a kind of treaty borrowing power from all spirits, summoning magic was a 1:1 contract between summoner and familiar.

That’s why summoners had to summon their familiars in advance when entering Hero Dungeons and enter together.

‘It’s hard to damage Chubarn with spirit magic. Then.’

Whoosh-!

Leo’s figure multiplied into several.

“No!”

Chubarn was shocked.

Illusion magic, Mirage.

The black spikes futilely pierced through Leo’s illusions.

Meanwhile, Leo’s additional attack followed.

As he made his right hand into a gun shape, particles of light gathered at its tip.

Whiiiing-!

“Arc Ray!”

Crackle! Flash—!

A small orb of light became a projectile and flew forth.

The most basic attack magic among star magic.

Seeing this, the magic swordsman Dani was shocked.

“That person! Was he a magic swordsman? And both Mirage and Arc Ray? They’re both star magic!”

Thwack—!

“Guh?”

Chubarn, hit directly by [Arc Ray], widened his eyes.

Star magic was magic created by Luna to subjugate demons.

Therefore, it was fundamentally like a natural enemy to demons.

“A human dares to use this detestable magic!”

“Sorry, but I’m not the only one who uses star magic, you know?”

“Arc Ray.”

Allia also released her spell.

This time, not just one but multiple orbs of light poured down on Chubarn.

Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud!

“You bastard!”

As the orbs of light embedded in his body, Chubarn let out a roar.

Grooooooo—!

The [Nullify] curse activated and all wounds on Chubarn’s body disappeared.

“Tch.”

As Leo clicked his tongue, Chloe shouted.

“Leo! Just hold on a little longer!”

“Don’t worry. That’s my role after all.”

At Leo’s response, Chloe closed her eyes and began chanting a spell.

Modern mages were broadly divided into three types.

Combat-type mages who positioned themselves on the front line.

Versatile-type mages who could position themselves on any line.

Traditional-type mages who positioned themselves on the rear line.

Among these, the type with the most glaring weaknesses was traditional-type mages like Chloe.

‘Traditional-type mages become defenseless while chanting spells.’

Because their incantations were long, they needed protection from their allies.

But their advantages were also clear.

That was absolute destructive power that refused comparison with other mages.

Currently in the party, Allia was a versatile-type mage.

Though she could use powerful magic consecutively, she lacked that absolute finishing blow.

‘Among us, I’m the only one who can deal a fatal blow to Chubarn. I can’t rely only on Leo. I too… I too must do something.’

Chubarn’s curse flashed through Chloe’s mind.

‘If it’s that magic!’

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