Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 54

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54.

Leo felt cold sweat trickling down.

Demon Queen Silatuna.

A demon legion commander who had existed since before the Age of Calamity.

And 5000 years ago.

She was one of the three legion commanders that the Great Heroes failed to finish off.

‘She had cast cognitive impairment magic.’

The moment Leo recognized the magic, the spell was broken.

‘I expected that a high-ranking demon was behind this since it involved Demon Artifacts, but I never thought it would be this bastard.’

Creak! Creeeeak!

[Student? You’re a sensitive little brat. I can tell since you noticed my magic.]

Leo tensed his body.

During the actual Age of Calamity, seven of the ten existing legion commanders were subjugated by Kail and his companions.

‘But in the end, three couldn’t be defeated.’

The reason was simple.

The remaining three legion commanders were monsters on a completely different level from the other commanders.

Behind that chilling power, they also possessed cunning intelligence.

When he was Kail, he had never directly clashed with Silatuna.

Kail was in charge of fighting other legion commanders.

The Necromancer King and the Giant King.

It was Luna and Arron who handled Silatuna.

‘When I went to support them, she retreated.’

In the end, there was no opportunity to face her until the end of the Age of Calamity.

Now he was facing that formidable enemy.

[Curse your unnecessarily sharp senses.]

Silatuna sneered and swung her hand toward Leo.

Kwagagagagak-!

Her extended arm flew toward Leo to pierce through him.

Whoosh-!

Then flames of aura swelled up.

Flare! Kwaaaaang-!

Silatuna’s eyes twitched as she watched her own hand turn to ash and crumble.

[I thought you had lost your fighting spirit.]

Legion commanders are armed with curses of fear.

Those exposed to such curses become paralyzed with terror and lose their will to fight.

However, such mental curses didn’t work on Leo.

‘This is a clone made of flesh. If it were the main body, it would be impossible to hide!’

Leo didn’t hesitate for a moment and broke through the shop window to get outside.

Even as a clone, she was incomparably more dangerous than Chubarn.

‘There’s nothing I can do right now. I need to somehow escape from here…!’

[Didn’t your professors teach you to watch your back?]

“Kuk!”

At the mocking sneer and the killing intent from behind, Leo quickly twisted his body.

Swoosh-!

In an instant, a whip of flesh lightly grazed Leo’s back.

Feeling the sting from behind, Leo spun his body around.

Flaaaare!

Kwang-!

Aura flames incomparably stronger than before turned Silatuna’s arm to ash.

Silatuna’s eyes twitched.

The flesh whip moved like a living snake to pierce through Leo.

Leo’s red eyes quickly tracked the trajectory of the attack.

‘I’m falling behind in speed.’

Leo’s body was still that of a boy.

It wasn’t a fully developed body yet.

‘I need to predict and move in advance!’

Afterimages trailed behind Leo’s body.

But the more this continued, the more Leo was gradually but surely getting away from Silatuna.

Silatuna narrowed her eyes.

‘Just a mere student brat.’

Leo’s movements, barely escaping by a hair’s breadth just when he seemed about to be caught, were very irritating.

In terms of strength and speed, Silatuna clearly had the advantage.

Realizing that what was making up for that difference was Leo’s technique, Silatuna smiled coldly.

[It seems you’re a brat I must kill right now.]

Kwaaaaaa-!

Flesh covered Leo like a giant net.

[I’ll crush you like this.]

Seeing this, Leo quickly raised his aura’s firepower to maximum.

Flaaaaare-! Kwaaaaaaaa!

The fiercely burning flames incinerated the flesh.

The disgusting stench of burning flesh filled the air.

[Phoenix flames?]

Silatuna was surprised.

Hiss-!

Smoke rose from Leo’s body after unleashing maximum firepower all at once.

As the price for producing firepower beyond what his body could handle, he had suffered burns.

[That’s impressive, but how many times can you produce that level of firepower?]

Just as Silatuna was grinning wickedly.

Leo glanced upward.

Following Leo’s gaze, Silatuna also looked up at the sky with a start.

Crack-! Kwagagagagagagagak!

With the sound of something breaking, fragments of light poured down toward Silatuna.

Pububububububuk-!

The light fragments crushed Silatuna’s body.

[You’ve come.]

Silatuna brushed off the light fragments stuck to her body and smiled deeply.

[Mage of the Arcane Eye.]

In the sky was Albi, who had released his golden Arcane Eye on the left side.

“A remnant of flesh, I see.”

[Remnant? That’s an impious word to describe my noble self.]

“I have no interest in remnants.”

Albi’s Arcane Eye emitted light.

Then a rectangular golden barrier of light was generated.

Clang-!

Cracks appeared in that light barrier, and it transformed into sharp fragments.

Leo’s eyes widened.

‘Fairy magic.’

Magic that only fairies could use.

A human was using it.

‘This is Hero Record… the power that nurtures heroes.’

While Leo was admiring this.

Watching the fragments of light pouring toward her, Silatuna smiled with murderous intent and flicked her tongue.

[Someday I’ll gouge out that left eye of yours.]

Thud—!

As soon as she finished speaking, one of the light fragments struck the clone’s face.

Hit directly by countless light fragments, Silatuna became chunks of meat and disappeared.

The aura flames burning on Leo’s body died down.

“Leo Flobe, I presume.”

Albi, whose eyes had returned to normal, adjusted his glasses.

“How did you end up being chased by this monstrosity?”

“It suddenly appeared while I was investigating Rutech.”

“Rutech?”

Albi’s cold gaze turned toward Leo.

“That place was already investigated and cleared by Lumern, yet this monster was discovered there?”

“There was cognitive dissonance magic cast on it.”

“Cognitive dissonance… I see.”

Albi wore an expression of understanding and didn’t probe further.

Watching such an Albi, Leo made a puzzled expression.

‘I heard he was extremely persistent when it came to matters related to Tartaros?’

Albi Jerdinger.

Though a Lumern professor, he didn’t actually teach classes.

He had become a Lumern professor purely to enjoy the benefits that came with the position.

The authority to freely cross national borders and intervene in any incident related to Tartaros at any time.

Lumern professors possessed such authority.

The man who had spent his entire life chasing Tartaros showed an unusually indifferent reaction to matters involving Silatuna, who was particularly connected to his nemesis.

“Weren’t you out preparing for the school trip?”

“Yes.”

“Then let’s go.”

“Pardon?”

“Why are you surprised?”

“Well… won’t there be any punishment related to this incident?”

When Leo saw Albi, he had prepared himself for punishment.

Though Leo was involved in the incident during midterms, delving into the case wasn’t permitted.

It was, after all, solo action.

Even if it had been another professor instead of Albi, he would have been punished.

But Albi didn’t say anything particular to Leo.

Rather, he told him to go.

Watching Leo’s bewildered expression, Albi spoke indifferently.

“It would be ridiculous for me, who doesn’t even properly fulfill my duties as a professor, to hand out punishments. And…”

A warm aura settled over Albi’s previously cold face.

“I’m grateful to you, Leo Flobe.”

“Pardon?”

“Thank you for saving that child.”

At those words, Leo thought of Allia.

“From now on, if there’s anything I can help you with, I’ll assist you.”

Leaving those words behind, Albi headed toward where the Rutech general store was located.

If any student or professor who knew him had seen this, it would have been a major incident that would make them doubt their eyes.

But for Albi, Leo was no different from a benefactor.

‘He would have had to hear countless times that he couldn’t save his sister.’

Though he had opened his Heroes’ World for future generations, each time Albi would have had to recall his sister’s death.

Leo had resolved such resentment for Albi.

Watching Albi’s retreating figure with a smile, Leo suddenly recalled one fact.

‘Wasn’t the Jeron Family one of Lumern’s three great families?’

The board of directors of Lumern, composed of three great renowned hero families that managed Lumeria City, a major city belonging to no country, and the Hero Officer Academy Lumern.

The Jeron Family was a prestigious family among prestigious families, responsible for one of those pillars.

‘If I ask Professor Albi, wouldn’t I be able to access the Forbidden Library? I should try asking him next time.’

Making plans for the future, Leo looked at where Silatuna’s clone had disappeared.

‘This confirms it. Both the Chedmothers incident and this incident – Silatuna was the one actually moving behind the scenes.’

Currently, Silatuna, one of the actual rulers of Tartaros, had made her move.

‘Did she move simply to cut off the buds of hero candidates?’

The uneasiness couldn’t be shaken off.

‘What exactly is she targeting?’

***

Whoooosh—!

Deep in the Northern Continent.

Wind howled through the coldest place in the world.

This place, covered in snow and ice year-round, had been an elven sanctuary since before the Age of Calamity.

In this sanctuary stood an ancient elven castle boasting a long history.

Now called the Elven Hero Officer Academy, it was Seirun.

Students were moving about in Seirun’s courtyard.

Among them, an elf girl with red hair and red eyes was walking through the snow with a scarf wrapped around her neck.

“Dressing like that in this weather. Are you showing off the powerful magic you were born with?”

“As expected of someone from a family without pedigree, you don’t know the virtue of humility. Well, you’re not even a pure elf, are you?”

“To think that an elf like you is one of the great Seirun’s class representatives! It’s simply lamentable.”

Hearing the voices from afar, the elf girl made an annoyed expression and walked toward them.

“What bullshit are you spouting! If it’s not cold, you can dress comfortably. Are you seriously ganging up to nitpick over something like that? Aren’t you embarrassed? Don’t you have any pride as prestigious families?”

At the elf girl’s words, the group of elves who had been talking around a boy in front of the frozen fountain flinched.

“R-Runda! Isn’t that going too far!”

“That’s right! And for you, a child of a prestigious family, to use such harsh language! You should be ashamed!”

“The teachers won’t stand for this!”

“What nonsense. You guys ganging up to bully one person is worse and more shameful, and the teachers won’t stand for that.”

The girl smiled with an un-elf-like combative grin.

“If you’re dissatisfied with what I said, why don’t you duel me?”

The three elves’ faces turned pale.

Runia El Runda.

The heir of the elven hero family Runda and a first-year student at Seirun, this girl held the position of class representative with overwhelming skill.

Particularly in first-year dueling evaluations, she had achieved the remarkable record of 29 consecutive victories.

Knowing this fact, the other first-years flinched and scattered as if fleeing.

Snorting with a “Hmph!”, Runia approached the boy who was dressed lightly despite the weather.

“Ruka. I told you that if you go around looking like that, other guys will pick fights with you for no reason.”

“That’s true. But someone stole all my clothes.”

“What? These bastards really!”

It was definitely the work of those guys from earlier.

Sighing, Runia unwrapped her scarf and put it around Ruka’s neck.

“R-Runia! But then you’ll be cold!”

“I’m dressed warmly enough. And you feel less cold, but that doesn’t mean you’re not cold at all, right?”

Smiling brightly, Runia entered the courtyard with Ruka.

“Achoo!”

As soon as they entered the courtyard, Runia sneezed.

“It’s all because of me.”

“Hmph! Don’t worry! Don’t worry about it.”

Runia rubbed her nose and waved her hand with an expression that said she was fine.

“You seem to be in a particularly good mood today?”

“Yeah! Dad… I mean, Teacher Ellen called for me.”

Runia puffed out her chest proudly.

“My contractor has finally hatched!”

“Ah! Congratulations! Miss Runia!”

Ruka smiled brightly.

“Yeah. So I’m going to go ahead first! Ruka. If those other guys pick a fight again, tell me!”

Runia ran down the hallway.

Soon, Runia entered a certain teacher’s office and asked.

“Dad! My contractor was born, right! That’s it, right?”

“I told you to call me teacher at school.”

“No one’s watching! More importantly, my contractor hatched, right?”

The Runda Family had made contracts with phoenixes for generations.

And Runia was scheduled to make a contract with the child of Pirina, the contractor of the current family head, Ellyn Runda.

Ellen looked at the letter his Pact Maker had sent.

And let out a deep sigh.

“Pirina’s child has hatched.”

“I knew it!”

Clap-! Runia clapped her hands and shouted three cheers.

“So! When can I meet them? Right now?”

‘How should I explain this.’

“Runia. Sit down first.”

Runia sat down in front of Ellen.

Looking at his daughter, Ellen took a deep breath and opened his mouth.

“Runia. Your contractor…”

“Yes!”

“…has already made a contract.”

Freeze-!

Runia’s body stiffened completely.

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