Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 543

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543.

 

Leo glared at Ulein as if he would kill him.

 

He could feel magical power that transcended imagination.

 

Endless magical power.

 

For a moment, he glimpsed Luna’s shadow in that appearance.

 

But soon Leo shook his head.

 

‘Comparing him to Luna would be an insult to her.’

 

Luna’s magical power was strength achieved entirely through her own power.

 

But Ulein before his eyes was not like that.

 

‘It’s magical power that clearly exceeds his own vessel.’

 

He could clearly see the magical power overflowing because it couldn’t be contained in his vessel.

 

And he could also see that the source of that magical power was underground.

 

It wasn’t difficult to realize what that magical power was.

 

Clear and transparent magical power.

 

‘Life force.’

 

That wasn’t his own life force.

 

Leo’s gaze turned downward.

 

‘There are countless people in this basement.’

 

And it was certain that he was stealing those people’s life force and making it the source of his own magical power.

 

Leo concentrated magical power in his eyes.

 

Then he could see the magical formula carved into Ulein’s body.

 

“Unique magic, I see.”

 

Surprise appeared in Ulein’s eyes.

 

“A mana characteristic that allows you to use others’ mana?”

 

“Remarkable.”

 

Looking at Leo who had seen through not only his magic but also his mana characteristics, Ulein expressed admiration and asked.

 

“How is it, my magic that has obtained infinite possibilities?”

 

“You dare speak of possibilities while stealing others’ power.”

 

“There are various forms of possibilities. Isn’t it our duty to reach our predecessors by using the best we can do?”

 

Ulein spread both arms.

 

“Surely even the inferior ones would be delighted. The fact that they become the foundation for the journey toward our great predecessors.”

 

Such acts were what Luna despised most in the world.

 

There was no meaning in possibilities gained by trampling on others’ possibilities.

 

But no matter how much he talked, unless Luna herself came, they would not acknowledge that.

 

“Conversation would be meaningless.”

 

“How unfortunate.”

 

A sharp aura burst forth from Leo’s body.

 

Leo, who had entered the realm of super-senses, quickly grasped the surrounding area.

 

Everything around him was felt clearly.

 

Leo refined his super-senses even more sharply.

 

Stepping into the realm of super-senses that Arron created was a very difficult task.

 

But the true complexity of super-senses began from the moment you stepped into that realm.

 

Arron had obtained mythical martial prowess through breathing and super-senses.

 

But breathing and super-senses followed different trajectories of ability.

 

If breathing was an ability that amplified power, then super-senses were literally a concept of information.

 

The enemy’s appearance.

 

The scent the enemy gave off.

 

The sound of the enemy’s movement.

 

Super-senses allowed you to know all of that faster and more than others.

 

Information was tremendous power.

 

But it was useless if you couldn’t utilize it.

 

Even Leo had gone through countless trials and errors before he could properly utilize the information gained through super-senses.

 

Swoosh-!

 

Leo thrust his sword forward.

 

His senses had already become keen.

 

But he refined the information even more sharply.

 

Along with that, everything around him began to move slowly.

 

The realm that could be reached when super-senses were refined to the extreme.

 

And this was the final realm that Kail had reached.

 

‘If you go one step beyond the slowing realm, now things appear to stop.’

 

‘Is the next step the future?’

 

‘Something like that. Kail will be able to do it soon too.’

 

Recalling Arron’s words, Leo smiled bitterly to himself.

 

‘It was impossible for me. Damn bastard. If I could do it, I wouldn’t have suffered like that.’

 

Leo lowered his stance.

 

In the realm of super-senses, stamina was consumed rapidly.

 

If it had been his previous life’s body, it wouldn’t have been much of a burden, but it was a burden for his current self.

 

‘This current body hasn’t reached its prime yet.’

 

No matter how much he had trained his body and surpassed its limits, it was still a boy’s body.

 

In his previous life, he had obtained strength incomparable to his current age.

 

Even so, it still didn’t match his previous life’s power.

 

‘I’m still far from it.’

 

Leo tensed his entire body.

 

‘Just reaching my previous life’s level isn’t enough.’

 

Whoooosh-!

 

Gray mana surged from Leo’s body.

 

‘I need to go further than my previous life.’

 

Clench-!

 

Leo had been thinking until now.

 

That he, who had been the Hero of the Beginning Kail.

 

That he, who had to live in that era, had finished everything he needed to do.

 

‘I thought that just saving the world meant I had finished everything I needed to do and could do.’

 

Leo bit his lips tightly.

 

He realized that was wrong when he saw Berkia.

 

‘If I had thought about what I wanted to do after saving the world, like the other guys, it wouldn’t have turned out like this.’

 

He was always prepared to die without regrets.

 

He thought it was enough to sacrifice this one body to secure a future for his friends to live in.

 

To save a world for future generations to live in.

 

But that also meant, in other words, that he wasn’t prepared to live.

 

‘Was I overwhelmed just by subjugating Erebos?’

 

Of course he was.

 

Because it seemed like the only future promised to the world was despair.

 

Even if Leo had dreamed of what came next like his close friends.

 

Even if he had his own ideals and beliefs, there was no possibility he would have survived the final battle.

 

Leo himself knew best that hoping for that possibility was greed.

 

‘But at least… Berkia and Bihar wouldn’t have lived such lives.’

 

Leo had wanted to stand on the same battlefield with his disciples.

 

That wasn’t particularly a romantic thought of wanting to fight together with his disciples.

 

It was simply a wish he had because he desperately needed comrades to fight alongside.

 

But if he had hoped for that, he should have at least taught them how to live peaceful lives after everything was over.

 

Kail’s life was also far from peaceful.

 

But at the very least, he could teach what form of life would look like when everything ended and peace arrived.

 

His two disciples were clumsy at enjoying happiness in peace.

 

Luna and Arron wouldn’t have been able to teach that.

 

Those two dreamed of returning together to enjoy a happy life, so they wouldn’t have thought to teach such things.

 

Only he could have taught them.

 

‘But I turned away from that.’

 

He simply thought his disciples would manage well on their own.

 

‘I need to change that even now. And this time, I can’t solve it by dying.’

 

So he had to surpass it.

 

His past self.

 

Taking just one or two steps forward wouldn’t be enough.

 

Until now, he would have been satisfied with that.

 

‘Surpass your limits.’

 

Words left by his successor whom he had never met for future generations.

 

Words he had emphasized to the Hero Candidates who would carry on through the generations.

 

But…

 

‘Since being reborn, have I ever once challenged my limits?’

 

In others’ eyes, Leo might have always surpassed limits and accomplished impossible things.

 

But speaking coldly, that wasn’t surpassing limits.

 

‘Those were things I did countless times in my previous life. That’s repetition, not surpassing limits.’

 

So.

 

‘Let’s set clear goals.’

 

Leo’s eyes turned toward the distance.

 

‘In aura, reach Arron’s level.’

 

That was a clear challenge.

 

‘In magic, reach Luna’s level.’

 

A realm he thought he could never reach.

 

‘In summoning, reach Risinass’s level.’

 

But…

 

‘There is a path, isn’t there?’

 

The path his dear friends had pioneered.

 

He just needed to run along that path.

 

To that realm he thought was ideal.

 

To that place he thought he could never reach.

 

His super senses became even sharper.

 

‘Surpass the limits!’

 

Leo’s body shot forward at tremendous speed.

 

Ulein, who had become Leo’s target, wore an expression of disbelief.

 

‘How can someone that age possess such power?’

 

That was power beyond common sense.

 

Kwaang-! Jjeojeojeojeojeok-!

 

When Leo’s sword struck Ulein’s barrier, cracks spread throughout the entire barrier.

 

Seeing this, Ulein quickly deployed magic.

 

Spell casting at tremendous speed.

 

But the mana wasted on it was enormous.

 

Leo, who had been pursuing Ulein, suddenly changed direction.

 

Ulein, who had been preparing for Leo’s attack, momentarily looked puzzled.

 

Then he looked surprised when he saw where Leo was heading.

 

Chaeng-! Kwagagagagak-!

 

Leo’s sword and Berkia’s sword crossed, scattering sharp sword energy in all directions.

 

Leo felt the bones throughout his body ringing from the impact.

 

Woong-!

 

A magic circle formed in Berkia’s palm.

 

Seeing this, Leo immediately ducked his upper body.

 

Kwagagagagang-!

 

A tremendous flash swept through from the magic activated at close range.

 

The flash that flew in a straight line swept away everything in front of it.

 

Leo broke out in cold sweat at the tremendous power of the magic.

 

“Luna would have been delighted to see this, you damn disciple!”

 

Kwaang-!

 

Leo, who had penetrated into Berkia’s embrace, delivered a shoulder tackle to his torso.

 

He maximized the destructive power gained through weight transfer with aura.

 

If it had been an ordinary hero, this attack would have shattered every bone in their body.

 

Chwaak-!

 

But all that happened to Berkia was being pushed back while scraping the ground.

 

Leo clicked his tongue at the pain that felt like his shoulder would be crushed.

 

‘Animus armor.’

 

Berkia’s unique magic.

 

The moment Leo tried to prepare for Berkia’s attack.

 

Flash-!

 

Once again, the light of termination struck Leo.

 

Leo used spatial movement magic to escape the attack range.

 

Kugugugugugugung-!

 

Powerful mana waves surged at the spot where termination had been activated.

 

“Are you trying to prevent Lord Berkia from harming others while facing me?”

 

Ulein was impressed.

 

“Leo Flobe, aside from your ideology, you truly are a noble hero.”

 

Ulein clapped his hands and made a regretful expression.

 

“But that’s why it’s regrettable. The fact that I must return your existence to starlight.”

 

Looking at Ulein, Leo chuckled.

 

Seeing Leo like this, Ulein looked puzzled.

 

“What’s so funny?”

 

“Isn’t it inevitable to find it amusing when a third-rate mage who considers stolen power from others as his own chatters on as if he’s something special?”

 

“Did you just call me a third-rate mage?”

 

He had been praised as a genius from birth.

 

So this was the first time in his life he had been called a third-rate mage.

 

“If crudely scraping together mana and activating it purely through mana output alone isn’t a third-rate mage, then what else would it be?”

 

“With my unique magic, [World of Stars], I can activate any magic. Just like your [Bible].”

 

Ulein spread both arms.

 

“Are you saying that I, who created such magic, am third-rate?”

 

“To be precise, you’re worse than third-rate. You’re a half-wit who can’t do anything once you leave this land.”

 

Ulein’s face slightly contorted at Leo’s words that precisely struck the weakness of his magic.

 

“If it weren’t for Berkia, dealing with a half-wit like you wouldn’t be that difficult.”

 

“Excuses come in all varieties. If you’re so confident, why don’t you just leave Lord Berkia alone?”

 

“Watching while knowing your disciple will make a mistake isn’t worthy of being a teacher. I also said I’d been asked by that guy.”

 

“Teacher? I don’t know what you’re talking about. Well, anyway, Lord Berkia can no longer move…”

 

Flash-! Kwagagagagagang-!

 

Magic burst forth from the ruins where termination had been activated.

 

Ulein was shocked and hastily dodged the magic.

 

The barrier he had been maintaining shattered into pieces.

 

“How could my magic…!”

 

“I dispel the spell before it hits directly. That’s basic in magical combat, isn’t it?”

 

“How is it possible for an undead to do such a thing? Moreover, she can’t even use star magic!”

 

Ulein’s face contorted.

 

Looking at such Ulein, Leo said.

 

“That’s why you’re a half-wit worse than third-rate.”

 

Leo curled up the corners of his mouth.

 

“A half-wit who boasts about his own possibilities while doubting others’ possibilities.”

 

Ulein’s face twisted at that sneer.

 

Leo’s mockery made his blood boil.

 

It was because he saw something familiar in Leo’s eyes.

 

Eyes that seemed to look down on something insignificant.

 

Those were exactly the same eyes the Pureblood Society used when looking at elves who couldn’t use star magic.

 

He truly wasn’t treating him as a mage.

 

Anger surged at those eyes that seemed to deny even his very essence.

 

But Leo didn’t even spare a glance at such Ulein.

 

He only gave his attention to his disciple.

 

‘Even if she loses her reason, it’s entirely possible.’

 

Berkia had endlessly trained herself to be able to use precise swordsmanship and magic instinctively.

 

She had shouldered the world with her strength alone.

 

‘And being unable to use star magic has nothing to do with being able to counter star magic.’

 

Leo looked at Berkia.

 

‘In this world, after Luna and me, Berkia would be the one who knew star magic best.’

 

Even though Berkia ultimately failed to use star magic, she had worked harder than anyone to use her teacher’s magic.

 

Just because she couldn’t use star magic didn’t mean she couldn’t understand that magic.

 

‘If Seirun is Luna’s successor as a star mage, then Berkia is Luna’s successor as a pure mage.’

 

It was only natural that such Berkia could easily counter Ulein’s magic even while having lost her reason.

 

Leo’s claim that he could easily deal with Ulein was absolutely not bravado.

 

‘To others, he might be a formidable enemy armed with overwhelming magical power, but to me, he’s just an oversized idiot.’

 

Leo looked at Berkia.

 

‘First, I need to subdue Berkia.’

 

Leo put strength into his hands.

 

Ulein would come after that.

 

The moment Leo drew up his magical power.

 

Berkia closed the distance with Leo at tremendous speed.

 

The current Berkia had no distinction between friend and foe.

 

She was simply an undead that annihilated everything before her eyes.

 

The moment Leo gritted his teeth and tried to respond.

 

A shadow surged up in front of Leo.

 

Along with it, Chen Xia revealed herself and swung her dagger toward Berkia’s sword.

 

Kwang-! Kugagagagagagang-!

 

The sword and dagger clashed, sending out a massive shockwave.

 

Leo’s eyes widened as he looked at Chen Xia’s back as she blocked Berkia.

 

“You…”

 

The familiar back reminded him of someone else.

 

But that was never a stranger.

 

“Bihar?”

 

At Leo’s call, Chen Xia glanced back slightly.

 

And she smiled faintly while looking at Leo.

 

“Teacher…”

 

The moment he saw that sight.

 

Berkia, who had been crossing swords with Bihar, unconsciously stepped back.

 

“Ah…”

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