Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 563

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563.

 

“But what should we call the tournament?”

 

As the coordination of detailed schedules was being finalized.

 

Arga crossed his arms and tilted his head as he asked.

 

“Come to think of it, we haven’t decided on the most important thing – the name.”

 

Runia agreed with Ar’s words.

 

Everyone’s gaze quietly turned toward Leo.

 

Everyone here knew that Leo was the one who came up with the idea for this large-scale event.

 

Receiving the attention of all the students, Leo spoke nonchalantly.

 

“We can just decide on something roughly.”

 

At those words, Runia made an expression of disbelief.

 

“Even so, how can you say to just decide roughly?”

 

But Leo, the person in question, was only indifferent.

 

“Leo. Aren’t you Lumern’s student council president? You should be leading this event as student council president, but you haven’t even thought of a name?”

 

When Driana also asked with some curiosity, Leo said.

 

“Our school has many capable students. Whether seniors or juniors.”

 

“What do you mean by that?”

 

Watching Driana make a confused expression, Chelsea reached for a cookie on the refreshment table and said.

 

“There are many people who are easy to boss around.”

 

Crunch- Chelsea bit into the cookie as she spoke.

 

“Everyone was making a fuss trying to follow Leo oppa to Dragonnia. Lumern is pure chaos right now with event preparations.”

 

‘Leo! Take me with you!’

 

‘No! Take me!’

 

‘What will we do if you’re gone!’

 

‘Look who’s talking!’

 

Chelsea shook her head as she recalled how students, regardless of whether they were peers or seniors, had swarmed into the student council room making a commotion.

 

At Chelsea’s words, students from other schools shook their heads.

 

‘Certainly, we’ll also be busy because of tournament participation, but Lumern must really be no joke.’

 

In any case, it was an external event.

 

To avoid embarrassment, it was natural that they had to prepare grandly.

 

“By the way, that’s surprising. I thought Elena Jeron would definitely oppose this matter, saying it was bothersome.”

 

At Hadin’s words, Chelsea shook her head.

 

“Elena senior is most actively tormenting the students. Of course, she herself is suffering from the heaviest workload.”

 

The basic framework of Elena squeezing the students was ‘I’m working this hard, so what about you guys?’

 

“Surprising, that Elena?”

 

Seirun’s Hadin was in the same grade as Elena.

 

If Elena had reigned as the strongest of their generation at Lumern, then Seirun had Hadin.

 

Moreover, since they had clashed at Lusejeon since their first year, he knew Elena to some extent.

 

‘That monster-like woman is obediently working under someone else.’

 

Though Elena was called the Queen or Witch of Lumern, Hadin thought tyrant suited her better than queen.

 

That’s how much Elena lived doing whatever she wanted, however she wanted.

 

Even if such a person had shown overwhelming ability, it was hard to imagine her working under someone else.

 

“Looking at Elena senior recently, I’m a bit worried.”

 

Chelsea sighed as she spoke.

 

Though she always wore a calm expression, Elena’s workload was extraordinary.

 

“It’s fine. She won’t die from that much.”

 

Hearing Chelsea’s words, Leo spoke nonchalantly.

 

“Originally, you should experience hardships when you’re young. That way it becomes nourishment when you grow up later.”

 

“Black rabbit. You’re also young…”

 

“Leo, Elena Jeron is older than you to begin with, isn’t she?”

 

Ar and Dorbeman made expressions of disbelief.

 

“How can he sound exactly like those High Smith old-timers?”

 

“Wow, Driana. Look at this. I just got goosebumps.”

 

Driana and Marigold were also disgusted.

 

At that reaction, Leo laughed.

 

“Wouldn’t it be good to feel that life is real combat in this tournament?”

 

“Lumern Student Council President, we know well enough that you’re amazing. No matter what anyone says, you’ve already reached the position of hero that’s our goal. But still, I’ve attended Demian for five years.”

 

When Marigold scratched her cheek as she spoke, Dorbeman laughed.

 

“Leo, I’m not dismissing your words, but we’ve also been through all sorts of battles. We’ve already felt keenly that life isn’t easy.”

 

Even at those words, Leo only smiled.

 

But the faces of Runia and Chelsea, who knew Leo’s true identity, turned pale.

 

‘What on earth is he planning to do this time?’

 

“But black rabbit. If you’ve delegated all the student council president duties, what do you do in your spare time?”

 

At Ar’s question, Leo only smiled without answering.

 

Clap-!

 

Then Mellina clapped her hands to gather attention and smiled as she spoke.

 

“Let’s end the miscellaneous talk here. How about calling the tournament ‘Festival of Heroes’?”

 

At those words, the students exclaimed in admiration.

 

“That sounds very good, Dragon Lord.”

 

When Dorbeman answered respectfully, Mellina smiled brightly.

 

“Good. Then until the Festival of Heroes is held, let’s handle detailed matters through organic exchanges between schools. With this, I’ll conclude the meeting.”

 

***

 

That night.

 

Leo stood in the training ground of the dormitory assigned to him in Dragonnia.

 

Leo, who had been silently standing under the night sky where starlight poured down, drew his sword.

 

Leo had been driving himself frantically from the moment he took his first steps.

 

When young, it was to awaken the power of all classes.

 

Afterward, it was to regain the power of his previous life.

 

As a result of driving himself so hard, he was rapidly regaining the power of his previous life.

 

Regaining the power of his previous life.

 

That was Leo’s very first goal.

 

But after meeting Berkia, Leo was driving himself even more harshly.

 

Shing-! Whooom-!

 

Resonance occurred from Leo’s sword and gray aura arose.

 

Seeing this, Leo closed his eyes.

 

‘Focus.’

 

All of Leo’s senses gathered at the tip of his sword.

 

A quiet night.

 

But at some point, nothing could be heard anymore.

 

When he opened his eyes, only the sword glowing gray in the pitch-black darkness entered his vision.

 

It wasn’t a hallucination.

 

It was a phenomenon that occurred because he was concentrating all his senses purely on the sword.

 

Tap-

 

Leo gripped the sword with both hands and brought it in front of his face, setting the blade straight forward.

 

Along with that, someone revealed themselves before his eyes.

 

It was a beastman warrior holding a sword.

 

Arron.

 

Only Leo and Arron stood in the pitch-black space.

 

Leo’s appearance had also changed to Kail at some point.

 

Arron lowered his stance.

 

Leo kicked off the ground toward Arron.

 

Kwagagagak-!

 

Aura scattered from Leo’s swinging sword.

 

Fragments of aura, moving too fast to be seen, whirled around as if they would tear Arron’s body to shreds.

 

At that moment, Arron’s sword moved smoothly.

 

Kakakakakang-!

 

It sliced through the golden aura and gray aura.

 

It didn’t work.

 

He had expected as much.

 

‘Of course, the opponent is Arron after all.’

 

Leo was probably the strongest pure warrior of this era.

 

No, even after the Age of Calamity, there would be no one who surpassed Leo.

 

Not even his disciples Berkia and Bihar.

 

Not even the Heroes of the Cataclysm, Lumern and Ajonia.

 

In pure warrior skill, they couldn’t surpass Leo.

 

It had to be that way.

 

Leo could skillfully handle all kinds of weapons.

 

As such, he was adept at all sorts of irregular tactics.

 

The title of the surviving hero wasn’t earned for nothing.

 

‘Both then and now, the measure that determines a warrior’s skill is experience.’

 

The number of battlefields crossed was different.

 

The number of times he had staked his own life was different.

 

Literally, the fundamental experience points were different.

 

From that perspective, Leo’s skill as a warrior was higher than even Arron’s.

 

Chaeng-!

 

At that moment.

 

Arron’s sword deflected Leo’s sword.

 

Feeling the weight of Arron’s sword, Leo opened an extradimensional space.

 

Hwang-!

 

Leo gripped a massive battle axe and spun his body, adding weight to his strike.

 

Kwang-!

 

Arron, who blocked the battle axe, was sent flying and landed on the ground.

 

Arron spoke through hand signs.

 

‘But I’m weaker than Arron.’

 

Leo excelled in warrior skill, but Arron was overwhelmingly superior as a martial artist.

 

It didn’t simply mean he was stronger in terms of power.

 

Leo maximized his combat ability by switching weapons in real-time according to the situation.

 

Arron didn’t have such an ability.

 

‘More precisely, he doesn’t need to do it like I do.’

 

He used multiple weapons because he couldn’t surpass his limits with just one.

 

That was a kind of expedient.

 

Arron was different.

 

He had surpassed his limits with a single weapon.

 

That’s why Arron was stronger than Leo as a warrior.

 

In an instant, Leo gripped his sword again.

 

Gray aura rippled as if it were burning.

 

‘The essence of pure mana characteristics is power that isn’t constrained by anything, right?’

 

Leo being All-Class was also for this reason.

 

He could awaken countless abilities.

 

Leo’s unique magic, Bible, was also a magic system born thanks to these mana characteristics.

 

It increased the number of powers he could use.

 

Based on that, he strengthened his own power.

 

This had been Leo’s way of training himself since his days as Kail.

 

That’s why Leo’s abilities were as vast as the ocean.

 

But…

 

‘They’re not deep, but shallow.’

 

To others, it might seem deep.

 

After all, what he had built up was different.

 

But when compared to his friends, the story was different.

 

‘Not being constrained by anything also means being infinite.’

 

That meant Leo could also become infinitely strong.

 

And this was proven at the final moment of his previous life.

 

With the power inherited from his companions, Leo surpassed the immortal being Erebos.

 

But that was borrowed power, not his own strength.

 

‘That’s why I achieved an incomplete victory and closed my eyes.’

 

Grip-!

 

Strength entered Leo’s hand.

 

In this life too, Leo intended to win.

 

He had never had any intention of losing from the start.

 

‘But there’s no law saying it won’t end like my previous life.’

 

There was no guarantee that in this life too, he wouldn’t surpass Erebos based on someone else’s sacrifice.

 

‘I can’t tolerate that kind of thing.’

 

Leo charged toward Arron.

 

Arron also ran toward him.

 

‘So I must surpass him. This guy!’

 

The pinnacle of martial arts that Leo knew.

 

Not just Arron.

 

Luna too, and Risinass too.

 

He had to definitively surpass his companions who stood at the pinnacle in their respective fields, whether as mages or summoners.

 

Kak-!

 

In an instant, Leo’s sword was cut and soared into the sky.

 

Arron’s sword was already touching Leo’s neck.

 

Arron’s lips moved as their eyes met.

 

‘Amazing, as expected of Kail!’

 

Just as Leo gave a bitter smile at those words.

 

“Amazing! As expected of the Black Rabbit!”

 

An excited voice was heard.

 

The pitch-black darkness had disappeared, and they had returned to reality where starlight poured down.

 

Arga, who had run up to Leo, sparkled her eyes.

 

“You seem even more amazing! Black Rabbit! Fight me right now… Nyaaak?!”

 

“How can you interrupt training, you stupid cat.”

 

Runia roughly grabbed the excited Ar’s tail.

 

Ar crouched down holding her rear end and shed a few tears.

 

Seeing this, Leo chuckled and patted Ar’s head as if pressing it down.

 

“It’s okay, I was just thinking of finishing up anyway.”

 

At Leo’s words, Ar made a languid cat-like expression.

 

Seeing this, Runia muttered to herself.

 

‘That just now… was definitely Lord Kail.’

 

From the first time she saw Leo, Runia had felt something out of place.

 

There were often times when she felt an adult-like, unknowably deep quality about him.

 

Now he knows what that was.

 

It was Leo’s true nature with his mask of current life removed.

 

Watching Ar make a languid expression, Leo chuckled and gently rubbed the area around Ar’s chin.

 

From Ar’s throat came a purring sound – purr purr.

 

At that moment.

 

Ar made a ‘Hah!’ expression and shouted with a face turned bright red.

 

“Don’t treat me like a cat!”

 

“You are a cat though.”

 

“Anyone could see you were a kitten, right?”

 

Runia and Driana said mercilessly.

 

“Grrrr!”

 

Ar rolled on the ground irritably.

 

Thud! Thud! sounds rang out, but unfortunately there was no one here who would be frightened by such things.

 

“Anyway! Fight me!”

 

At Ar’s words, Leo said.

 

“I have somewhere to go tonight. Training ends here.”

 

Leo chuckled and looked down at his own aura.

 

Gray aura rippled.

 

‘First, I need to gain the power to kill Erebos with my sword too.’

 

Leo’s power is certainly Erebos’s natural enemy.

 

But in his previous life, while he could inflict fatal wounds on Erebos, he couldn’t kill him completely.

 

The reason was that Leo had only one means to completely annihilate Erebos.

 

‘Innocent.’

 

The unique magic Luna had left for Leo.

 

The essence of pure magical power.

 

‘If it’s a power that can be manifested through magic… aura should also be able to manifest the power of purity.’

 

The moment that happens, Leo’s aura becomes a blade capable of killing the Primordial Evil.

 

But to do that, he had to surpass his limits as a warrior.

 

And Leo knew clearly what that limit was.

 

Leo slightly turned his head.

 

Though he had awakened from the world of consciousness, for some reason only Arron’s phantom remained.

 

Looking at Arron who was smiling brightly at him, Leo muttered inwardly.

 

‘I’ll surpass it soon, so don’t make that ‘you can do it’ kind of expression. Learning useless things from that Risinass guy.’

 

Clicking his tongue, Leo lightly shook off his sword.

 

Whoosh-!

 

Instantly the gray aura scattered.

 

“Huh?”

 

Suddenly Ar made a confused expression.

 

“What?”

 

“No, it’s nothing.”

 

Ar shook her head.

 

‘Just now when the Black Rabbit’s aura scattered, it seemed to turn pure white for a moment? Did I see wrong?’

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