Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 523

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523.

 

Mel, who had been investigating the Hero Dungeon, showed a flustered expression as she saw Demian appear before her eyes.

 

‘How is Demian in the present world? No, more than that, why is he attacking us?’

 

People of the world believe that the Heroes of the Cataclysm from 3,000 years ago had passed away.

 

However, Mel knew well that they had been continuing their conflict within the Heroes’ World for the distant span of 3,000 years.

 

Mellina had actually met Demian in the World of Cataclysm.

 

Though they had never actually conversed, Demian had certainly seen Mel.

 

And there was no way someone of Demian’s caliber wouldn’t recognize Mel.

 

Mel hurriedly stepped forward.

 

“Demian! You have no reason to fight us…!”

 

Crack-!

 

Mel, who had been speaking urgently, saw the tendons bulge in Demian’s hand gripping the massive axe.

 

‘He’s coming…!’

 

Mel hastily deployed her magic power.

 

Kwagagagagagagagang-!

 

The Battle Axe was swung.

 

Dark aura surged like a tsunami, engulfing Mel and the heroes.

 

The ground cracked and trembled.

 

As the heroes were shocked by that thrilling spectacle.

 

Kwagagagagang-!

 

A barrier of black magic power blocked Demian’s attack.

 

Everyone’s gaze turned to Mel.

 

“That’s the power of the King of Wisdom…!”

 

“Amazing.”

 

The fact that Mel was a Dragon Lord was already an open secret.

 

Everyone’s jaws dropped.

 

Normally, Mel would have said something like “what are you talking about,” but she had no leisure now.

 

Cold sweat flowed from Mel’s forehead.

 

‘As expected, he’s strong.’

 

Mel took a deep breath and raised her hand.

 

Flash-!

 

Shadows that surged from the ground wrapped around Demian.

 

Kugugung-! Thud!

 

Demian’s knees buckled as his limbs were restrained.

 

As Mel clenched her fist, the force pressing down on Demian grew stronger.

 

‘I’m sorry, Demian.’

 

The moment she apologized to Demian inwardly.

 

Flash-!

 

Golden light flashed in Demian’s eyes.

 

Gooooooo!

 

The dark aura changed to a blazing golden aura.

 

Seeing Demian’s entire body emanating golden light, Mel gritted her teeth.

 

‘Dweno’s power!’

 

Demian was the conqueror of Dweno’s World.

 

As such, he was also one who inherited Dweno’s power.

 

Crack-!

 

Demian grabbed Mel’s magic that was restraining him.

 

Then an ominous sound came from Mel’s hand.

 

Mel gritted her teeth and put even more force into her power.

 

Clench-!

 

The force trying to restrain Demian grew stronger.

 

Accordingly, Demian’s power also grew stronger.

 

Crack-! Crackle-!

 

Ominous sounds flowed from Mel’s hand connected to the magic.

 

Mel is a dragon specialized in magic and cannot handle aura.

 

But even so, she is a dragon.

 

They, the most powerful race in the world, also possess physical strength that far transcends ordinary people’s common sense.

 

Among them, Mel is a Dragon Lord with the most powerful strength.

 

There are few beings in this world who can surpass Mel in pure physical strength.

 

And the magic Mel used was Shadow Prison.

 

A magic created by Risinass where not only magic power but also physical strength affects the spell’s power.

 

In other words, the stronger one is, the more dramatically the power increases.

 

Despite the overwhelming magic power and physical strength she possessed as a Dragon Lord, Demian broke through Mel’s magic with pure physical strength.

 

Crack-!

 

“Ugh?!”

 

Mel clutched her hand and stepped back.

 

Her finger bones were crushed from the aftermath of the Shadow Prison being destroyed.

 

Mel deployed magic once again.

 

Demian charged toward such Mel.

 

At that moment.

 

Flash-! Kwagagagagagang-!

 

White lightning fell from the sky.

 

Crackle- Crack- Crack-!

 

There was Leo riding on Pegasus.

 

Leo helped Cal and Eliza, who were riding behind him, get down.

 

And he looked at Mel.

 

Mel, whose eyes met Leo’s, nodded slightly and said.

 

“Everyone step back. To prevent further damage, I will seal this surrounding area.”

 

“Stopping Demian by yourself is too reckless!”

 

“Other heroes and professors will come soon. If we stop Demian together…”

 

“We cannot face him without knowing exactly what state Demian is in. What’s certain is that he’s fighting us right now.”

 

Mel spoke calmly.

 

“He is not only the Divine Blacksmith, Dweno’s successor, but also the one who defeated the fragments of Erebos that revived 3,000 years ago. It’s impossible to face someone with power that overwhelms even legion commanders with just the heroes currently in Lumern. The damage might be tremendous. So I’ll try to stop him.”

 

“But alone…”

 

“I’m not alone. Student Leo will help me. As Pegasus’s Pact Maker, he’ll be of great help.”

 

The other heroes couldn’t argue with Mel’s words.

 

“Student Leo. Please.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Hearing Leo’s answer, Mel smiled and raised her hand.

 

Whoooosh-!

 

Black magic power surged from her body.

 

It was none other than Risinass’s power.

 

The black magic power flowing from Mel’s body surged high and created a huge dome-shaped sphere.

 

Magic to cut off the outside from the inside.

 

From outside, the internal situation became unknowable.

 

Inside, only Leo, Mel, and Demian were confronting each other.

 

“Well then.”

 

Leo turned his gaze toward Demian.

 

“Let me ask one thing, what are you?”

 

At Leo’s question, Demian lowered his stance and took a charging posture.

 

Leo narrowed his eyes as he watched Demian.

 

He noticed that some kind of power could be felt from Demian.

 

‘Divine power?’

 

When Leo had briefly brought Seirun to the present world before, divine power wasn’t necessary.

 

Unlike Luna and Arron, the Heroes of the Cataclysm were living beings.

 

In other words, they weren’t records of the Heroes’ World.

 

As such, opening an entrance to bring them out was something possible with Leo’s authority.

 

But now, divine power could be felt from Demian.

 

‘It would be strange to think he came to the present world using divine power. The Heroes of the Cataclysm currently have no means to obtain divine power. Even if they did obtain it, they wouldn’t be able to use it.’

 

“Hmm.”

 

Leo let out a light breath.

 

Meanwhile, Demian lowered his stance.

 

Watching Demian, Leo opened his extradimensional space.

 

‘Shall I test him once?’

 

Crash-!

 

Demian gripped his battle axe properly and charged.

 

Leo, who had put his hand into the extradimensional space, pulled out a massive battle axe.

 

Scraaaaaape-!

 

He swung the battle axe gripped in both hands upward from below.

 

A tyrannical attack swung while scraping the ground.

 

Clang-!

 

Axe blade crossed with axe blade.

 

A collision of tremendous force against force.

 

For an instant, the space where their weapons crossed became distorted.

 

And then…

 

CRAAAAAAAASH!

 

The ground where Leo and Demian stood sank deeply as if a meteor had fallen.

 

Crack- Creak-!

 

Instantly, cracks began to form on both axe blades.

 

Snap-!

 

Unable to withstand the force of both men, the weapons shattered into pieces.

 

The compressed aura exploded and Leo was sent flying.

 

Thud! Thud! Crash-! Skiiiiid!

 

Leo’s body bounced and rolled across the ground several times.

 

Leo, who dispersed the impact with a breakfall technique, regained his balance and stood up.

 

Unable to withstand the force, he was pushed back while standing.

 

Looking down at his tingling hands, Leo burst into laughter.

 

“Indeed, you’re Dweno’s successor, aren’t you?”

 

Mel urgently asked Leo as he shook out his hands.

 

“Leo, are you alright?”

 

“I’m fine. In terms of pure physical strength, that guy seems to be stronger than me.”

 

Leo said while clenching and unclenching his hands.

 

“The ‘real one’ would probably be much stronger than that.”

 

“So that person isn’t real after all?”

 

“Right.”

 

Mel had also vaguely noticed.

 

“It’s a fake created from Hero Record’s records. It has no reason. Only the instinct to fight exists.”

 

“How is such a thing possible?”

 

“Well. It might be Hero Record going berserk. In any case, if left alone, it’ll be a disaster. I need to defeat it now.”

 

Leo approached Demian, who was created from divine power.

 

‘What could be the reason for something like this suddenly appearing? Could it be that some abnormality has occurred in Hero Record?’

 

Even while feeling doubtful, Leo focused on Demian.

 

‘If I let my guard down, I’ll get hurt.’

 

Despite being fake, he was incomparably stronger than the Knights of the Abyss he had defeated before.

 

Leo clenched his fist.

 

“You said you’re Dweno’s successor?”

 

Golden flames surged from Leo’s body.

 

It was Dweno’s aura.

 

“Shall we test just how tough you are?”

 

Reacting to Leo’s power, Demian also unleashed Dweno’s power and took a fighting stance.

 

If there were no weapons, then with fists.

 

That was Dweno’s fighting method.

 

Whoosh-!

 

Leo charged at Demian and swung his fist.

 

Thwack-!

 

Demian’s head snapped to the side after taking Leo’s punch directly.

 

But immediately without hesitation, he delivered an equally powerful punch to Leo’s face.

 

Leo lightly cracked his neck.

 

“Indeed. You’re tough, aren’t you? Whose ‘defense’ is more solid?”

 

Thwack-!

 

A terrifying fistfight between a Great Hero and a Hero of the Cataclysm began.

 

Crash! CRASH-!

 

Terrifying thunderous sounds echoed.

 

Each punch contained power that would pulverize the bones of any other Hero who took it.

 

Crack-!

 

As their fists continued to exchange, cracks appeared in Demian’s aura.

 

At that moment, Demian’s movement stopped abruptly.

 

Leo didn’t hesitate and drove his fist straight into Demian’s abdomen.

 

CRAAAAASH-!

 

Demian’s body floated up and then crashed to the ground.

 

“This kind of brutish fighting isn’t my style.”

 

Leo wiped the blood flowing from his lips and spat out the blood pooled in his mouth.

 

It was Dweno who enjoyed this kind of close combat.

 

In terms of pure physical ability combat, Arron was the strongest among the Great Heroes.

 

But when it came to this kind of fistfight, no one could match Dweno.

 

“That old man. He was unnecessarily tough.”

 

‘A collision of physical beauty and physical beauty! Physical dialogue! Fistfights are also a kind of art!’

 

Of course, that toughness was also part of his unpredictable artistic spirit.

 

Leo, who had been thinking of Dweno, remained wary of Demian.

 

‘He hasn’t fallen yet.’

 

The difficult thing about this kind of fight was that it was hard to deal fatal blows to each other.

 

Especially someone like Demian would surely get up immediately and attack again.

 

‘That guy is that tough. If it becomes a prolonged battle, I might be at a disadvantage.’

 

If Leo used weapons, magic, or summoning techniques, the fight would end much sooner.

 

And he could occupy a much more advantageous position.

 

Yet Leo insisted on the type of combat that Demian was confident in.

 

This was also the fighting method that Dweno enjoyed most.

 

‘He’s testing him.’

 

Mel realized this watching Leo’s behavior.

 

Although fake, Demian’s power wasn’t fake.

 

Perhaps someday he might meet the other Great Heroes again.

 

In the not-so-distant future, there was a high possibility of meeting the Heroes of the Cataclysm.

 

In preparation for that time, Leo wanted to know what kind of people the Heroes of the Cataclysm, called the successors of his friends, were.

 

To tell the Great Heroes he would meet again about their successors.

 

To acknowledge the Heroes of the Cataclysm he would meet as successors in place of his friends.

 

‘Rodia and Seirun were more than qualified. Risinass and Luna would be delighted to see those two. Demian. You would likely feel the same way.’

 

It was when Leo smiled and clenched his fist.

 

Crackle-! Bzzt-!

 

In an instant, Demian’s body began to blur.

 

The moment he saw that, Leo hesitated.

 

Soon, Demian’s appearance, which had been repeatedly scattering and reappearing, changed.

 

Demian’s form was nowhere to be seen.

 

Standing there was a dog beastwoman wearing silver wolf hide.

 

Clang- Clang-

 

Short leather pants that fully exposed her legs.

 

Her top was also highly revealing leather armor that fully exposed her shoulders, stomach, and waist.

 

Ring-shaped bracelets and anklets made sounds with every movement.

 

An outfit unsuited for battle.

 

But she wore murderous fighting spirit like armor.

 

It was an outfit that showed her will to charge through the battlefield with her bare body.

 

Leo narrowed his eyes.

 

“Great Warrior.”

 

Ajonia curled up the corners of her mouth toward Leo.

 

Seeing that, Leo realized.

 

“I see. I’m not the only one conducting a test.”

 

Leo knew of a tribe that enjoyed testing people in this manner.

 

He had seen it in ancient documents long ago.

 

Not while living, but before dying.

 

“A god.”

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