Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 548

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548.

 

At the sudden declaration, all the students looked at Rian with blank faces.

 

Though the Lumern students were hero candidates who had experienced all sorts of things, this was their first time meeting a child who suddenly claimed to be a god.

 

Under normal circumstances, they might have dismissed him as someone with mental issues.

 

But behind Rian stood Mel.

 

Among the Lumern students, there was no one who didn’t know that Mel was a Dragon Lord.

 

They were just keeping quiet, claiming that Mel wasn’t who they thought she was.

 

Everyone knew her true identity.

 

This was a child who had come with that Mel.

 

To simply dismiss him as a mentally unstable child seemed impossible when Mel appeared to be vouching for Rian’s identity.

 

“No, but still, a god? Does that even make sense?”

 

“Right.”

 

Chelsea and Cal made expressions of disbelief.

 

The idea that a god, who had vanished from the earthly realm after the Age of Calamity, had suddenly appeared was not an easy story to believe.

 

Even if he had come with a Dragon Lord.

 

Chelsea and Cal, who were doubting Rian’s identity, glanced at Leo’s face as he sat among them.

 

And when they discovered Leo’s serious expression, they made blank faces.

 

Cal whispered quietly to Leo.

 

“Hey, Leo. Don’t tell me… is it real?”

 

When Leo nodded slightly, Chelsea and Cal’s mouths gaped open.

 

‘A god?’

 

Wasn’t a god an omniscient and omnipotent being?

 

The image of an absolute being who made observers naturally bow their heads was strong.

 

But Rian’s appearance was different from what they had imagined.

 

Of course, he had a surprisingly beautiful face.

 

Literally a perfectly handsome face.

 

That alone drew the attention of those around him.

 

But he didn’t feel like a sacred being or someone who should be worshipped.

 

“Is only that god named Rian like this? Since he has a young appearance, maybe he’s on the younger side among gods.”

 

“That could be it.”

 

“Appearance doesn’t mean much to the god folk.”

 

Leo said indifferently.

 

“Age is meaningless to gods. If he looks like that, it’s purely a matter of preference.”

 

“Ah…”

 

“Besides, gods are surprisingly incompetent.”

 

“Incompetent? The literature clearly states they’re omniscient and omnipotent, right? Was that a lie?”

 

Chelsea asked with a bewildered face.

 

“They are omniscient and omnipotent. It’s just that they can’t influence the earthly realm with those omniscient and omnipotent abilities.”

 

“Then what was the reason the gods of the past descended to the earthly realm?”

 

Cal asked in a dazed voice.

 

Research on the ruins and literature from the Age of Gods before the Age of Calamity was still being actively conducted.

 

It was an interesting research topic.

 

Though not now, gods had certainly existed in the distant past.

 

During the Age of Gods, people worshipped the gods, and based on that worship, the gods exercised great influence on the earthly realm.

 

Therefore, scholars studying the Age of Gods thought that the gods had led the Age of Gods to increase their own influence.

 

Leo answered Cal’s question matter-of-factly.

 

“Because they were bored.”

 

“What?”

 

“They had nothing to do and were bored in the Godly Realm, so they crawled down to the earthly realm.”

 

At the unimaginable answer, Cal and Chelsea gaped.

 

From the perspective of those living in the present, they couldn’t help but have fantasies about gods.

 

‘Fantasies exist to be shattered. And that’s how everyone becomes an adult.’

 

With the expression of a mischievous adult, Leo looked at Rian.

 

‘Is he planning to tell the story we shared back then?’

 

“First, I have a story to tell you all.”

 

The expression disappeared from Rian’s face.

 

Seeing this, the Lumern students held their breath.

 

From Rian, who had been laughing foolishly just moments before, they felt an unbelievable charisma.

 

Though he was an incomprehensible being, at this moment he easily overwhelmed all the hero candidates.

 

“The story I will tell you is about the final battle that determined the fate of the earthly realm 5,000 years ago.”

 

The battle that determined the fate of the earthly realm 5,000 years ago!

 

There was no one here who didn’t know what that meant.

 

‘The final battle of the Great Heroes…!’

 

Something not recorded in the Hero Record and not found in any literature.

 

A story passed down literally only as legend.

 

Recently, through Mel, the Dragon Lord, they had learned how it proceeded, but they didn’t know the detailed story.

 

While everyone held their breath.

 

Rian, who had been emanating charisma that overwhelmed the audience, fumbled with something in his chest and put puppets of the Great Heroes on the five fingers of his left hand.

 

Then he put a puppet of Erebos on his right hand and began a childish puppet show.

 

“Long, long ago, there was the Primordial Abomination and five Great Heroes.”

 

***

 

“In the end! The Hero of the Beginning, left alone, stood before the Primordial Abomination while carrying the world on his shoulders! And he single-handedly defeated this abomination that even the gods couldn’t handle! But ungratefully, the world forgot the Hero of the Beginning’s achievement! How can this not be lamentable!”

 

After finishing the puppet show.

 

Rian was busy praising Kail at the top of his lungs.

 

“I don’t know about other races, but you are humans! Who is the hero that humans should most respect and worship?!”

 

Rian spread both arms.

 

“It’s the Hero of the Beginning, Kail! You should worship and revere Kail, who accomplished feats that even gods couldn’t achieve! If you’re hero candidates, you should serve Kail well, who is the beginning of everything! But in the Lower Realm, despite the presence of such a great person, there are foolish children who harbor fantasies about useless folk like gods! There must be some among you too!”

 

‘There were. But if you’re really a god, those fantasies will probably all be shattered today.’

 

Several Lumern students muttered to themselves.

 

“Question here! What kind of being is Kail?”

 

Looking at Rian who asked with wide eyes, the Lumern students looked at each other.

 

Then someone cautiously raised their hand.

 

It was Iliana.

 

“Girl, please answer.”

 

“Kail is greater than gods?”

 

“Correct. An excellent answer. Girl.”

 

Rian nodded with satisfaction.

 

“I hope you all never forget today’s teaching. That Kail is so great that he cannot even be compared to gods. You must never forget this.”

 

“How long is he planning to keep this up?”

 

“Is he really thinking of starting a religion?”

 

Watching Rian who wouldn’t stop his praise, Chelsea and Cal muttered in tired voices.

 

“You must be wondering. Why I worship the Hero of the Beginning like this.”

 

Rian smiled brightly.

 

“The reason is simple. Because only he could save the world.”

 

Rian looked at the hero candidates.

 

“Hero candidates who carry on Lumern’s legacy. Do you know this? The fact that 3,000 years ago, Lumern came looking for me?”

 

At those words, the Lumern students began to murmur.

 

“3,000 years ago… are you referring to the time of the Calamity’s Return?”

 

When Chloe raised her hand and asked, Rian nodded.

 

“Yes. To be precise, it was after what you know as the Calamity’s Return had ended.”

 

“The return of the calamity that we know about?”

 

Chloe made a bewildered expression.

 

Looking at such Chloe, Rian spoke.

 

“I will tell you the truth of the world that only the successors of the King of Wisdom and the descendants of Rodia, the Cataclysmic Dragon, have known for the past 3,000 years.”

 

The gazes of the Lumern students naturally turned toward Mel.

 

“The return of the calamity is not yet over.”

 

At Rian’s words, the Lumern students couldn’t understand for a moment.

 

Toward them, Rian continued speaking calmly.

 

“3,000 years ago, the fragment of Erebos that awakened during the return of the calamity has still not been subjugated.”

 

“What?”

 

“What do you mean…!”

 

Cries of shock erupted from here and there.

 

Toward them, Rian continued speaking.

 

“And the Heroes of the Cataclysm are also still alive.”

 

At Rian’s declaration, everyone’s eyes widened.

 

“3,000 years ago. There was a human who reached where I am. It was Lumern. He came to find me and sought wisdom from me. A method to subjugate the infinitely resurrecting fragment of Erebos.”

 

Rian spoke the truth of the world with an expressionless face.

 

“I told him. That there is currently no way to subjugate the primordial evil. But there is a way to seal it.”

 

Rian raised his head to look at Lumern’s portrait hanging in the Main Auditorium.

 

The story of how the Heroes of the Cataclysm came to seal Erebos 3,000 years ago.

 

***

 

It was literally shocking.

 

The fact that Erebos could not be subjugated with the power of the Heroes of the Cataclysm.

 

The truth that the resurrected fragment of Erebos and the Heroes of the Cataclysm are still engaged in endless struggle even now.

 

Even the story that the reason the Hero Record was torn 3,000 years ago was because of Erebos.

 

It was an unbelievable story.

 

But there were those here who had witnessed evidence that the story was true.

 

“Elena. Then the Erebos we subjugated in Luna’s world was…”

 

“A fragment of the first piece… it seems.”

 

Runia and Elena exchanged words with hardened expressions.

 

“Then when Seirun appeared in Seirun at that time… it was actually him?!”

 

Eiran covered her mouth and muttered with a trembling voice.

 

Selia raised her hand.

 

“I have a question! Were the Heroes of the Cataclysm lacking in power to subjugate the Calamity Flame?”

 

“The Heroes of the Cataclysm are probably stronger than you think. Since the world began, those stronger than them are so few they can be counted on one hand. Even the primordial abomination could never defeat the Heroes of the Cataclysm in its fragmented state. That’s why the world is being maintained now.”

 

“Then why did they have no choice but to seal it within the Hero Record?”

 

Looking at Chloe who asked with a confused face, Rian answered.

 

“Even if the King of Wisdom, Progenitor of the Starry Skies, Hero, and Divine Blacksmith had been in that place, the primordial abomination could not have been completely subjugated. That abomination is an eternally immortal being as long as its flame does not go out.”

 

It was known to later generations that Erebos’s epithet was the Unextinguishable Calamity Flame.

 

But it was only known to later generations that extinguishing Erebos’s flame was very difficult.

 

But that flame was truly an immortal flame!

 

“Then how did the Great Heroes save the world?”

 

Lil raised her hand and asked.

 

“Even the Calamity Flame has a natural enemy.”

 

Rian smiled slightly.

 

“Purity.”

 

“Purity?”

 

“It means one born with incomparably clear mana. One who possesses the characteristic of purity can become anything. And that means infinite possibilities.”

 

“That means… Kail?”

 

“Yes. The Hero of the Beginning possessed that pure mana characteristic. The only natural enemy in this world that can oppose the Calamity Flame.”

 

At Rian’s words, the students nodded.

 

Then the reason why the Heroes of the Cataclysm couldn’t subjugate Erebos also made sense.

 

“Wait.”

 

Iliana, who had been nodding, paused.

 

“Kail is All Class, isn’t he?”

 

Iliana, who had thought that far, turned her head in surprise.

 

It wasn’t just Iliana.

 

Before they knew it, everyone was looking at one place.

 

The unprecedented All Class.

 

“That’s right.”

 

Rian smiled broadly.

 

“He possesses the same pure mana characteristic as the Hero of the Beginning. In other words, he was born with the destiny to save this world.”

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