Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 572
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572.
Murmur murmur-
Countless crowds of people were coming and going within Lumern.
Seeing this, Chelsea crossed her arms and muttered.
“Never in my wildest dreams did I expect to see such a crowd gathering at Lumern.”
Even the 2nd year students who had grown accustomed to Lumern found the current scene unfamiliar.
Lumern also invites outsiders during special events.
However, this was the first time seeing so many people that the entire vast Lumern campus was packed full.
“Certainly, even in Lumern’s entire history, having this many outsiders enter is a rare occurrence.”
As an educational institution that trains heroes, it has many enemies.
The biggest enemy is naturally the Tartaros Demons.
That’s not all.
There are plenty of forces constantly looking for opportunities to reduce Lumern’s influence.
In addition to that, there are many threats targeting individual students.
Political enemies sometimes attempt assassinations before they can grow stronger.
For that reason, Lumern has maintained ironclad security for a long time.
Except for major world figures and students’ families, they sent invitations fairly and randomly to everyone else.
Therefore, those who came to Lumern were diverse in both status and age.
“To make something like this possible, I guess that’s Lumern for you?”
It was when Chelsea was once again admiring the school’s influence.
“Miss Chloe Muller?”
At that moment, some young boy from the crowd approached Chloe familiarly.
The man wearing luxurious robes and holding a magic staff studded with glittering magic stones stood before Chloe and said.
“It’s an honor to meet you, Miss Chloe Muller.”
“Who are you?”
“Oh my, I’m late with my introduction. I am Vito Inteom, heir to the Inteom family, a house affiliated with the Magic Tower in the Eastern Continent.”
“Ah, nice to meet you.”
The Inteom family is famous even in the Northern Region.
“I read all the magic papers you publish. The magical theories you present always excite me.”
Chloe already had a tremendous reputation in the magical academic world as the genius magic girl following in the footsteps of Torua Yan, who graduated last year.
Unlike Avad or Chelsea who specialized in combat, she was also showing excellent talent in magical research.
“Thank you for viewing it favorably.”
Chloe smiled faintly.
“Ah. Beautiful.”
At that moment, Vito Inteom grabbed his head and let out an exclamation.
Seeing Vito Inteom like that, Chelsea frowned.
‘What? This greasy guy?’
“You are a woman beautiful not only in intelligence but also in appearance. Please grant this Vito Inteom the honor of kissing your hand!”
Vito Inteom, who had been making a fuss, suddenly knelt down and grabbed Chloe’s hand, trying to kiss it.
It was when Chloe furrowed her brow at the sudden action and tried to pull her hand away.
Thwack-!
“Gack!”
Betty Marste, who had been Chloe’s mentee during the first semester, suddenly appeared and struck Vito Inteom’s face with her elbow.
“What kind of rude behavior is this! Vito Inteom!”
“That’s what I should be asking! Betty Marste! What are you doing!”
“You were being rude to Senior Chloe!”
“Rude? I was merely praising her beauty!”
At Vito’s words, Betty made a cold expression and gestured with her chin.
“Deal with him.”
Then the first-year Department of Magic students revealed themselves from behind Betty.
“Huh? What! This bastard!”
“Where did this worthless bone come rolling in from!”
“Did you just dare to make moves on the Ice Queen?”
“Wh-what… Kyaaaah?!”
Regardless of gender, the first-year Department of Magic students surrounded Vito Inteom and beat him with their staffs.
Watching this scene, Chelsea took out a small paper bag from her pocket and crunched on the cookies inside while saying.
“Chloe, your followers seem to be becoming more and more like thugs.”
At Chelsea’s words, Chloe grabbed her head.
Chloe, who liked taking care of others, also took very good care of the first-years.
Thanks to that, she was the most popular senior among the first-year magic department students.
And Betty, Chloe’s most fervent follower, hurriedly approached Chloe.
“Senior Chloe! That pervert didn’t do anything strange, did he?”
“Calm down, he just held my hand.”
“He grabbed Senior’s hand with those filthy hands?! I’ll blow off his wrist right now!”
“That’s too harsh.”
When Chelsea intervened from the side, Betty hesitated and then shouted toward the back.
“That perverted bastard! Beat him to half-death! He has really bad hand habits!”
As magic families from the same Eastern Region, the Marste and Inteom families had frequent exchanges, so the heirs Betty and Vito had known each other since childhood.
Therefore, Betty knew well that Vito was someone who made moves on just anyone.
At Betty’s fierce shout, the atmosphere among the first-year magic department students became even more menacing.
“What undignified behavior is this! Beating with staffs! Aren’t you ashamed as mages! I never dreamed that the seniors of the school I want to enter would be so vulgar!”
Vito shouted angrily.
At those words, the first-years looked at each other and nodded.
“Ah, you’re a junior who will take the entrance exam next year?”
Then they made even more menacing expressions.
“This is physical magic we learned from our magic department senior. Magic Swing!”
“Ahhh!”
“It’s a Magical Punch! You arrogant junior candidate!”
Guhk?!”
“Magic Kick! You bastard!”
“Kehk!”
Watching the first-years become even more vicious, Chelsea narrowed her brow.
“Who the hell did they learn such stupid antics from?”
“Senior Iliana.”
“They learned something completely messed up.”
Chelsea clicked her tongue.
“You guys, stop it.”
Unable to watch anymore, Chloe calmed down the first-years.
“He was rude, but this is a bit too much.”
“Oh, Miss Chloe Muller… Your heart is as beautiful as your intelligence and appearance! Please grant me the honor of kissing your cheek…”
Seeing Vito getting up and trying to put his hands on her shoulders, Chloe pushed him away without hesitation.
“Yeah, you should just get beaten up.”
The enraged first-years swung their staffs at Vito.
“With so many people coming, there are a lot of strange people too.”
“Right.”
Chelsea shook her head while crunching on cookies.
In fact, the strangest people here were none other than the Lumern students themselves.
Actually, the surrounding visitors watched the scene with bewildered eyes, but the students who had grown accustomed to Lumern didn’t realize what was strange about it at all.
Chelsea checked the time on the clock tower in the street and said.
“First-years, it’s about time to go prepare for the opening ceremony. Let’s move.”
“Yes!”
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Countless visitors’ footsteps continued to flow into Lumern.
Accordingly, ships traveling to and from Lumeria City also busily came and went.
That wasn’t all. Giant pillars rose up throughout Lumeria City.
These were magical devices that projected magical screens broadcasting live footage of the Festival of Heroes taking place in Lumeria City, visible from anywhere in the city.
Even now, the magical devices were showing various parts of Lumern.
In the midst of this.
Suddenly, all the magical screens simultaneously showed the view of Lumern’s Erek Training Ground.
Lumern students began entering the massive Erek Training Ground.
At the appearance of the Lumern students, the people watching from the spectator stands erupted in cheers.
Perfectly lined up by department, at the very front appeared a white-haired boy holding Lumern’s flag – Leo.
“It’s Leo Flobe!”
“Lumern’s youngest student council president!”
“A hero whose name is recorded in the Hero Records!”
The atmosphere heated up even more with Leo’s appearance.
Just as the entire crowd was enthusiastically cheering.
Suddenly, a shadow formed in the middle of the Erek Training Ground.
At this unexpected situation, the spectators looked up at the sky in confusion.
“…A ship?”
Someone muttered in a voice filled with shock.
Above in the sky was a massive vessel that appeared to be a warship flying.
Literally the pinnacle of existing magical engineering and alchemy combined.
The entire crowd was shocked at the appearance of a flying warship that seemed to exist only in imagination.
“Demian! It’s Demian’s flag!”
“Could it be a ship made by Demian?!”
Exclamations poured out from various parts of the spectator stands.
Kuuuung-!
The warship landed at one spot on the Erek Training Ground.
Step- Step- Step-
Along with that, Demian students began disembarking from the warship in perfect step.
Though small in number, the spectators were overwhelmed by the intensity they felt from them.
Crackle-!
Suddenly, sparks began flying at one spot on the Erek Training Ground.
Crackle crackle! Flash-!
With a bright light, Seirun students revealed themselves.
“Hundreds of people teleported at once without even a warp gate?!”
“Is such an absurd thing even possible?”
“As expected of Seirun… truly befitting a school that trains the strongest mages!”
Just as eyes widened at the magical technique that transcended imagination.
Screeeeech-!
The massive roar of magical beasts echoed through the sky above.
When the spectators’ gazes turned to the sky again, hundreds of wyverns were flying there.
“Not just dozens but hundreds of wyverns, which are supreme-grade magical beasts…”
“Amazing… That must be Ajonia, right?”
Just as the crowd was exclaiming in admiration.
Whoosh-!
The Ajonia students riding the wyverns suddenly jumped off from atop the wyverns.
“They jumped off?!”
“They’ll land with magic, right?!”
Watching the Ajonia students begin jumping from high in the sky, the spectators screamed.
However, the Ajonia students didn’t use magic and fell toward the ground.
Thud!
Seeing the Ajonia students land on the ground and stand up using purely physical abilities, gasps of shock erupted from various parts of the spectator stands.
All the invited schools were overwhelming just with their entrances.
Everyone watching couldn’t contain their excitement at the distinctive entrance methods that far transcended common sense.
In the midst of this.
Leo, who had handed the Lumern flag to Elena, walked to the center of the Erek Training Ground.
-I hereby declare that the Festival of Heroes has begun.
“Waaaaaaah!”
At Leo’s calm words, everyone watching erupted in cheers.
-Representatives selected from each school, 100 freshmen, step forward.
At Leo’s words, all students except the selected 100 freshmen began leaving the Erek Training Ground.
Demian’s massive warship flew up into the sky again and headed toward Lake Lumeria.
“Cal, are they conducting the opening ceremony with just the freshmen?”
When Iliana asked with a puzzled expression, Cal nodded.
“That’s what they said.”
“What? You don’t know the details either?”
“The Festival of Heroes must be conducted fairly for everyone. So except for Leo, only the professors know the overall schedule.”
Iliana nodded at Cal’s words.
Meanwhile, the freshmen lined up in front of Leo with tense expressions.
“Freshman representatives, come up to the platform.”
At Leo’s words, four students climbed onto the platform where Leo stood.
From Lumern, Luke climbed onto the platform with a terrified face.
Ajonia’s representative, the bear beastman Medvez, clenched his fists while looking at Leo.
‘This man is Leo Flobe. The strongest man acknowledged by Ar sunbae!’
Medvez looked at Leo with serious eyes, then glanced at Luke beside him, who was extremely nervous and only came up to his shoulder, frowning.
‘He’s timid. To be scared in just a place like this. I heard he was amazing according to rumors, but rumors are just rumors after all? No need to be wary. As expected, I should be most wary of Seirun’s Lea Tingel… Huh?’
Medvez discovered Lea openly staring at Luke with her eyes wide open and made a dumbfounded expression.
As it turned out, Luke was avoiding eye contact, trying his best not to meet Lea’s gaze.
‘Wh-why has this person been acting like this toward me since before?’
‘I can’t forgive it. I can’t forgive it. To enjoy the privilege of being Flobe sunbaenim’s mentee all by himself. You enviable bastard! I can’t forgive it.’
‘…Lea Tingel… to burn with such competitive spirit toward Luke Elda… I was foolish to judge by appearances!’
Medvez’s eyes widened.
‘Luke Elda! As an apology, I’ll also do my best to face you!’
‘Eek! Why is this person?’
When the giant bear beastman glared at him, Luke became even more terrified.
Watching this scene, Demian’s freshman representative, Riksen, muttered.
‘I’d better not go anywhere near those three people.’
Leo spoke to the students standing before him.
-Freshman representatives, please make the pledge representing your schools.
-As a Lumern student, I will challenge my limits!
-As a Seirun student, I will not abandon my belief in myself.
-As an Ajonia student, I will not hesitate to move forward.
-As a Demian student, I will not doubt possibilities.
The freshman representatives who recited each school’s motto declared in unison.
-We pledge to participate in the Festival of Heroes in a way that will never bring shame before the names of our great predecessors!
At those words, Leo nodded.
-With this, we conclude the opening ceremony.
Waaaaaaah-!
The brief but intense opening ceremony had come to an end.
That’s when it happened.
Snap-!
Leo flicked his fingers.
Along with that, a scoreboard appeared above the Erek Training Ground.
[Lumern : 100]
[Seirun : 100]
[Ajonia : 100]
[Demian : 100]
“…?”
The entire audience wore bewildered expressions at the sudden situation.
It was when not only the audience but also the freshmen on the training ground had dazed expressions.
Flash-!
Craaaaaaaaaash-!
Light appeared from the sky along with weapons, magic staffs, and summoning orbs that fell to the ground.
“What the….”
It was when Luke muttered blankly.
“What are you doing? The opening ceremony is over, isn’t it?”
Leo said calmly.
“Yes… it’s over. But what is this?”
When Medvez asked blankly, Leo said.
“If the opening ceremony is over, we should start the opening match. The first game is survival. The school with the last person standing alive until the end wins. You got the gist of it, right?”
Leo grinned.
“From now on, kill each other.”
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