Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 491
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491.
“My lord, Overlord King. Why have you come to such ruins?”
The woman standing beside Hel Kaiser, the Commander-in-Chief, bowed her head and asked.
The Blood Queen. Eljenie, she was one of the legion commanders of Tartaros.
“This place is the tomb of the legion commander who was called the Mirror Queen long ago, Lady Kinesi.”
It was none other than Duke Atkan of Jangsong who answered Eljenie’s question.
Eljenie glared at Atkan.
Even though he was a great demon who had lived for 5000 years, Atkan was a subordinate of the legion commander.
As a demon, Eljenie held a higher position.
However, Eljenie felt a great threat from Atkan.
It wasn’t just Eljenie.
Currently, all legion commanders of Tartaros were wary of Atkan.
Even though they were all legion commanders, they weren’t all in equal positions.
The three legion commanders who had lived since the Age of Calamity.
The Overlord King, Monster Queen, and Giant King were literally on a different level.
And Eljenie was a subordinate of Monster Queen Silatuna.
Until she rose to the position of legion commander as her subordinate, there had been no major concerns.
But when Silatuna fell, her position within Tartaros began to waver.
In the first place, there wasn’t a legion commander who didn’t know that the Overlord King, who was now the actual ruler of Tartaros, didn’t favor the later generation of legion commanders.
‘Any incompetent legion commander could be expelled at any time. If that happens, the one most likely to take our place would be him.’
If Atkan hadn’t been so excessively capable, perhaps he would have already risen to the position of legion commander.
It was when Eljenie bit her lip.
“Mirror Queen Kinesi was subjugated by Luna at this location 5000 years ago.”
The Overlord King muttered indifferently.
“I’ll need soil from the tomb of one who became an object of resentment.”
“I’ll go to the Tomb of the Progenitor of the Starry Skies.”
“No, I’ll go. My lord Overlord King.”
Eljenie stepped forward and knelt down.
“Please give me your command.”
“If you wish, you may go. Blood Queen.”
“Yes, I won’t disappoint you.”
***
‘What the hell was that just now?’
Leo, who had cleaned up the bloodstains that had been soaking wet, wore a serious expression.
Just from the distinct pain and smell of blood, it was definitely not an illusion or mistake.
‘Is it related to the dream?’
He recalled the dream from a moment ago.
The content of the dream was something he could never forget.
‘Because it wasn’t just a simple dream.’
It was what had happened here 5000 years ago from now.
The three great heroes who had lost Arron and Dweno fought their final battle against Erebos here.
‘And… they were defeated.’
In the end, it wasn’t really a defeat.
Just as the great heroes couldn’t defeat Erebos.
Erebos also couldn’t annihilate the great heroes.
Rather, Erebos also suffered great damage and retreated.
It was the same with Arron and the same with Dweno.
Having immortality didn’t mean not taking damage.
The wounds that Arron and Dweno inflicted on Erebos at the cost of their lives definitely paved the way for the remaining great heroes.
The five fierce battles that took place during the final journey.
They were all important processes for subjugating Erebos.
Yet the reason Leo considered the previous four battles as defeats was because he lost his companions.
Leo took a deep breath.
‘The content of the dream wasn’t from my perspective, but from Luna’s perspective.’
Leo recalled the third battle.
Leo, who had inherited Arron’s aura and Dweno’s flames, played the role of blocking Erebos alone at the front line.
Leo closed his eyes and recalled 5000 years ago.
‘We buried Dweno and headed east. And.’
It was when they were taking a rest before the third battle.
‘…Let’s definitely win. Let’s definitely win and survive.’
Luna said as if making a resolution.
‘The three of us will fulfill Arron and Dweno’s dreams. Let’s live hard for their share too.’
When Arron closed his eyes, Luna cried until she fainted.
When Dweno left, Luna didn’t cry.
She killed her emotions and only burned with killing intent toward Erebos.
‘Right before departing on the final expedition, all our thoughts were different.’
Arron feared his friends dying.
Dweno was prepared to sacrifice himself in place of others.
Risinass was determined to save the world at any cost.
‘I was prepared for failure.’
Leo’s eyes darkened.
When everyone was prepared for sacrifice.
Luna was the only one among the five who thought none of them would die.
Luna’s optimistic personality played a part, but before that, Luna probably couldn’t have imagined it.
‘That even one of the five would be gone.’
Though they were different races, they were family anyway.
She couldn’t have tolerated losing even one of them.
‘Let’s create a world where children are happy as Arron wished… Let’s create a world full of beauty as Dweno tried to do. So… let’s definitely be happy.’
These were the words Dweno left to Luna in his final moment.
To Risinass he left words of trust, and to Kail he left words to move forward.
And to Luna he left words to be happy.
Luna and Dweno, who bickered the most in the party.
Their races were naturally opposing, and their personalities and pursuits were different.
Still, they were also the closest drinking buddies.
‘They were like a niece and uncle.’
That’s why Dweno was genuinely worried about Luna, who couldn’t prepare herself to say goodbye to someone.
Luna, who smiled at him and Risinass saying they should be happy.
That was the last sincere smile Luna ever made.
The third decisive battle began.
Erebos’s appearance was different from before.
The massive primordial evil changed to the size of an ordinary human and revealed itself before the three people.
The demon’s appearance that had suddenly changed.
The three people could tell who he was being wary of when he created this form.
‘He was most wary of Luna’s magic.’
At that time, Luna’s magic was at a level that was lethal even to Erebos, a divine being.
Although it was impossible to kill Erebos, an immortal being, since she didn’t possess the pure mana characteristic, if Luna’s magic had hit him directly and then faced him.
‘He would have been finished.’
So he reduced his body size to reduce the target.
When the battle began, Erebos persistently targeted Luna.
‘But Luna was a genius beyond what Erebos expected.’
Luna modified the apocalyptic magic formula that threatened Erebos into anti-personnel magic during battle.
As a result, while Erebos succeeded in dealing a fatal blow to Luna, he too suffered severe damage from Luna’s magic.
Afterwards, to defeat Erebos who had returned to his original form, Leo faced him alone.
‘I should have defeated him then.’
Leo’s face contorted as he recalled that time.
Leo couldn’t stop Erebos by himself.
Instead, he suffered fatal injuries.
When Risinass faced Erebos alone in place of the two injured people.
Luna looked at Leo and smiled as if to reassure him.
It was supposed to be a smile, but seeing her distorted face on the verge of tears, he had an intuition.
That Luna was also trying to entrust everything and leave.
‘Hey…!’
‘Kail…’
‘Don’t do it.’
‘If one of us has to survive… you know it’s right for you to remain, carrying the burden of Arron and Dweno, don’t you?’
‘Don’t do it! You damn woman!’
‘This is for the best. You would have done the same if you were me.’
‘No…! That’s not true!’
‘Sorry for dumping everything on you too.’
Leo, recalling the past, looked down at his hands.
‘Could this dream be related to spirit magic?’
He had heard from Risinass before.
That sometimes you dream of things the spirits experienced.
‘Sometimes what you experience in dreams feels like reality.’
But that doesn’t mean wounds suffered in dreams appear in reality.
‘Moreover… is it even possible for Luna’s spirit to remain?’
Leo wore a serious expression.
It was something from 5000 years ago.
Spirits are beings who have lingering attachments to the world.
And Leo didn’t think his companions would have left any lingering attachments to this world.
Although they closed their eyes without seeing the world’s salvation, they believed.
That their remaining friends would save the world.
And indeed, the world was saved.
With this, his companions’ greatest wish was fulfilled.
‘If that dream was spirit magic… did Luna have some other worry?’
It was when Leo wore a serious expression.
Knock knock- Creak-
“Young Master Leo, are you awake?”
With a knocking sound, the door opened carefully and Chen Xia poked her head in.
“I’m awake.”
“Yes. Please have your meal.”
“Alright.”
Though he had woken at dawn, it had already become morning.
“What are you planning to do today?”
As Chen Xia stood beside Leo who had left his room and asked, Leo replied calmly.
“There’s something I need to find.”
“Something to find?”
“Yes.”
“What are you looking for?”
To Chen Xia’s puzzled question, Leo answered briefly.
“A tomb.”
***
After eating breakfast, Leo immediately went deep into the forest.
“Leo-nim. Sia said you were looking for a tomb. Whose tomb are you searching for?”
“Luna’s tomb.”
“Ah, Luna-nim… What?”
Eiran, who had been nodding as if she understood, widened her eyes.
And her mouth gaped open.
“Lu, Luna-nim?”
“That’s right. Luna died somewhere around here.”
“Good heavens!”
Eiran’s eyes widened.
Seeing Eiran’s surprise, Leo put his index finger to his lips.
Then Eiran hurriedly covered her mouth.
“What secret story are you having such fun discussing?”
Chen Xia, who had approached from afar, wore a puzzled expression.
“It’s nothing much.”
He couldn’t tell Chen Xia, who still didn’t know Leo’s true identity, about Luna’s tomb.
Thus, the three people began searching for the tomb in the forest.
“Don’t you know the exact location?”
“I don’t know that much.”
Leo answered calmly to Chen Xia’s question.
‘There’s a high probability the tomb’s form doesn’t remain.’
When the sun reached its zenith.
Leo’s eyes stirred as he thought about Luna’s tomb.
“Young Master Leo?”
It was when Chen Xia wore a puzzled expression seeing Leo’s suddenly changed atmosphere.
“Hero Candidates? Why are milk-smelling brats here?”
A mocking laugh was heard.
Rustle- Rustle-
With the sound of stepping through thickets, a woman with red hair and red eyes revealed herself.
“A demon?”
Chen Xia frowned seeing the aura the woman emanated.
“I’m no ordinary demon, human wench.”
The Blood Queen, Eljenie, curled up the corners of her mouth.
“I am a legion commander of the great Tartaros, the Blood Queen Eljenie.”
Chen Xia and Eiran flinched at the sudden appearance of such a big shot.
“What brings a legion commander here.”
Leo asked with an expressionless face.
“There’s no reason to tell you, but hehe. I’ll let you know that I came here following the Overlord King’s orders.”
Eljenie spoke while sneering.
The reason for mentioning the Overlord King’s name was simple.
The Overlord King.
That name alone had the power to strike opponents with terror.
It was to instill even greater fear in the Hero Candidates who were already feeling extreme terror from her presence.
The Blood Queen planned to kill the three people while instilling extreme fear.
“The Overlord King.”
Leo curled up the corners of his mouth.
“If he went so far as to send a demon who’s a legion commander to this place… did you come looking for Luna’s tomb?”
“How do you know that?”
Eljenie’s complexion changed drastically.
And at that moment.
Leo’s eyes flashed sharply.
The surroundings stirred at the terrifying killing intent that burst forth from Leo’s body.
Chen Xia’s face turned pale white.
Chen Xia, who had contracted with water spirits, could feel the spirits fleeing in terror.
Eiran’s lips trembled violently.
Primal killing intent.
It disappeared in an instant.
“I never had any intention of killing you peacefully from the moment a demon came to this place.”
Leo was smiling.
“If your purpose is Luna’s Tomb, I’ll have to pay even more attention to you.”
‘What is this human?’
Eljenie’s face was colored with fear.
It wasn’t just at the level of being eerie or frightening.
Called the Blood Queen, she was a Legion Commander who possessed the ability to manipulate blood.
And the moment her eyes met Leo’s red eyes.
Even she felt a suffocating scent of blood.
‘The scent of demon blood.’
She was overwhelmed just by making eye contact.
Her instincts were telling her.
That the human before her had slaughtered unimaginable numbers of demons.
The moment Eljenie saw Leo looking at her with the eyes of a butcher and instinctively decided to flee.
Swoosh-!
“Kyaaaaaaaaaah!”
Leo was slashing Eljenie’s neck with his sword.
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