Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 573

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573.

 

The sudden start of the opening match that no one had anticipated.

 

However, the 400 bewildered freshmen simultaneously rushed toward the weapons of each class scattered throughout the Erek Training Ground.

 

“Move!”

 

“Hurry and form ranks!”

 

The panic was only momentary.

 

Though they were still inexperienced freshmen, they had experienced all sorts of trials at the Hero Academy.

 

Moreover, these were 100 students selected from among those freshmen.

 

Even in the sudden emergency situation, the freshmen responded instantly.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Thwack-!

 

“Attack Seirun!”

 

Several Ajonia students charged at the Seirun students while performing aura steps.

 

Seirun was an academy that for a long time only allowed elves who could use star magic as an entrance requirement.

 

Literally a school whose main strength was magic.

 

Thanks to that, it was famous for producing the most powerful mages, but conversely, that also meant their knight and summoner classes were vulnerable.

 

As such, they inevitably had to expose weaknesses in close combat.

 

At that moment, an elf who had pulled out a spear stuck in the ground swung it toward the charging beastmen.

 

Whoosh-!

 

Thwack-thwack-thwack-thwack-thwack-!

 

The spear moved quickly, deflecting the beastman students.

 

“Guk?!”

 

“What!”

 

The beastman students panicked and retreated at the counterattack that exceeded their expectations.

 

The Seirun female student, Angr, who had landed gracefully on the ground from mid-air, glared at the Ajonia students.

 

“You seem to think our knight class is weak just because our school is famous for star magic.”

 

Thump-!

 

“As long as I’m here, you’d better not think about getting past the rear guard.”

 

Angr struck the ground with her spear shaft and narrowed her eyes.

 

“Hah, there’s quite a spirited fellow in Seirun too!”

 

Then a large tiger beastman stepped forward.

 

“What’s your name!”

 

“Angre Bizan.”

 

“I’ll remember it! You should also remember the name of the man who will defeat you! Carlos would be good to remember…”

 

“Angr! Get out of the way!”

 

At that moment, a Seirun female student shouted from behind.

 

At the same time as those words, Angr jumped high.

 

Yoinya Tella, who was behind Angr, flashed her eyes and unleashed magic.

 

“Arc Ray!”

 

Kiiiiiiing!

 

Arc Ray, the easiest magic to learn and apply in star magic.

 

Yoinya’s Arc Ray, who competed with Rea, the top student in pure magical power among Seirun freshmen, was certainly powerful.

 

Countless particles of light struck the beastman students who were pursuing the Seirun students.

 

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

 

Carlos, who had been putting up a good fight against Angr head-on, collapsed.

 

Carlos, who received a combat incapacitation judgment, was immediately warped outside the arena.

 

“Kugh!”

 

“What?”

 

The attention of the other Ajonia students who had been targeting Seirun students but were thwarted by Yoinya’s magic all focused on Angr and Yoinya.

 

“Damn! Annoying! Target that one first!”

 

The beastman students targeted Yoinya.

 

At that moment, Angr quickly blocked the beastman students targeting Yoinya.

 

However, the targets instantly became more than Angr could handle.

 

When that happened, Angr quickly hoisted Yoinya onto her shoulder and began performing aura steps at tremendous speed.

 

Yoinya cast enhancement magic on Angr.

 

Yoinya, clinging tightly to Angr, aimed her staff at the beastman students and began firing magic rapidly.

 

***

 

-Ah! The Seirun students! Their teamwork is incredible! Especially Angr and Yoinya! The two of them are conducting guerrilla warfare, buying time for Seirun, which is relatively vulnerable to close-range attacks, to form their ranks!

 

Runba, a 4th-year from Lumern who had somehow made it to the commentary booth, shouted in an excited voice.

 

The opening match has just begun, but the Seirun students! They’re putting on an amazing performance! In this chaotic battle, not a single dropout has occurred yet!

 

Even in the midst of the chaos, Seirun was quickly coordinating with each other to overcome the crisis.

 

-Professor Sedjen! How do you view this current situation?!

 

-Elegance! Very elegant! Seirun’s coordination is particularly impressive! And quite unexpected!

 

-What’s unexpected about it?

 

-Isn’t it surprising that the Seirun freshmen are displaying such excellent teamwork!

 

-That’s certainly true! Until the beginning of the semester, there were many rumors that Seirun’s freshmen couldn’t get along due to intense competition!

 

-Right! I won’t say who, but they even made the exchange student we sent study with the freshmen! They vividly showed their scattered state!

 

-Oh! Scattered! That’s a good expression! Hahaha!

 

Sedjen and Runba chattered excitedly.

 

Dissing both schools in the Lumern-Seirun War was almost a tradition.

 

As such, the two were just doing commentary as they always had.

 

But unfortunately, this wasn’t the Lumern-Seirun War.

 

Screech!

 

Static came through the microphone.

 

-Professor Ain? Professor Ren? Are you going to drag me down again?! What did I do wrong! Don’t come near me! Eek! Again! You’re saying Hallind ordered it?! Why do you only listen to that guy’s commands… Let go! Let go! You dogs of Hallind! Let gooooo! Mmph mmph mmph!

 

-Professor Hallind! Please give me one more chance! If not me, who else could provide this kind of commentary…

 

-Drag him out. Professor Yura.

 

-Aaaah!

 

Sedjen’s screams and Runba’s pleading voice.

 

And after Hallind’s voice that sent chills down the listeners’ spines, the commotion came to an end.

 

The audience could see Professor Sedjen and Runba being dragged out of the commentary booth.

 

Shortly after, the broadcast screen showed Elena sitting in the commentary booth.

 

-Lumern would like to inform you. There was a brief broadcasting accident. From now on, commentary will be handled by Lumern’s finest professor, Professor Hallind Edmon, and myself, Elena Jeron, Lumern’s vice student council president. Please forgive the earlier broadcasting accident with generous hearts.

 

When Elena, who had spoken playfully in a sweet voice with her hands clasped together, stuck out her tongue, exclamations poured out from here and there.

 

Shortly after, it switched back to the match screen.

 

“How annoying. Why do I have to clean up this mess.”

 

Elena frowned and grumbled.

 

“Focus on the commentary.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Elena answered curtly and turned the microphone’s amplification magic back on.

 

“They’re completely embarrassing the school.”

 

When Iliana muttered quietly, Cal said.

 

“You’ll probably embarrass the school plenty this time too, so don’t be too harsh.”

 

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

 

When Iliana squinted her eyes, Chelsea said.

 

“It’s not wrong though.”

 

“Sia! The kids from other dorms are making fun of me!”

 

Iliana hugged Chen Xia and complained.

 

“You’re both too much. If you state facts so bluntly, Iliana gets hurt too.”

 

“You’re the most cruel!”

 

Iliana let out a scream.

 

“By the way, why is the teamwork of the Seirun students so good? Weren’t they supposed to be on bad terms with each other?”

 

Chloe asked Eiran.

 

At those words, Eiran nodded.

 

“Yes, it’s true that the freshmen used to be antagonistic toward each other.”

 

Early in the semester.

 

Thanks to the thorough class stratification of the freshmen, Seirun’s first-years had recognized their classmates as targets to step on to climb higher, and they had been wary of each other and thoroughly antagonistic.

 

However, this tendency changed after the Comet Mage descended upon Seirun.

 

“When the freshmen who received Leo’s teachings achieved amazing results in the midterm exams of the first semester, other students did a lot of self-reflection. Especially Yoinya, who is now working with Angr, went around preaching the importance of cooperation.”

 

Yoinya, who had led the top elite team of the upper class, suffered a thorough defeat to Angr from the lower class and pulled herself together.

 

“Yoinya. Come to think of it, she’s now second place among Seirun’s freshmen, right?”

 

“Yes, she’s especially famous as a fantastic duo with Angr.”

 

“A knight and a mage – it’s a combination that can create the best synergy when they work in harmony.”

 

Cal nodded.

 

“By the way, Eiran. Why are you only telling us this information now?”

 

Iliana narrowed her eyes.

 

“Huh? Well, because you didn’t ask…”

 

“Hey! You’re from Lumern, aren’t you?”

 

“I’m an exchange student though? I have to return to Seirun now…”

 

“What? You’re going to betray us!”

 

“Th-that’s not it…”

 

“So you’re saying all our past friendship was meaningless? You’re going to betray us! That’s too much! Traitor!”

 

“That’s not true!”

 

As Iliana pointed and shouted, tears welled up in Eiran’s large eyes.

 

Seeing Eiran like that, Iliana quietly approached and put her arm around her shoulder.

 

“Hehe, there’s a simple way to prove our friendship.”

 

“Wh-what is it?”

 

“Tell us the weaknesses of Seirun’s second-years. Hehehe. If you just tell us that, our friendship will continue…”

 

“Eiran! How long are you going to stay here?”

 

Just then, Seirun’s second-years appeared.

 

“Eiran! I missed you! When exactly are you coming back?”

 

“Huh! But why are you crying?”

 

“Did the Lumern kids bully you?!”

 

The Seirun second-years made a fuss seeing Eiran with tears welling up in her eyes.

 

Then they immediately looked at the Lumern students with fierce eyes.

 

“You bullied our Eiran?!”

 

“I didn’t think you were like that!”

 

“E-everyone, it’s a misunderstanding. The Lumern people took good care of me.”

 

Eiran frantically tried to calm her friends.

 

“Then why are you crying?”

 

When Aris, a Seirun second-year, asked with a puzzled face, Eiran explained the situation.

 

“Iliana said that to prove our friendship, I should tell her all of your weaknesses…”

 

At those words, the atmosphere became even more hostile.

 

“I didn’t think you were like that! Lumern is despicable!”

 

“Iliana Raden! Prepare yourself!”

 

“Let’s go! Eiran! Those guys are just trying to use innocent you!”

 

“Take off that uniform quickly too!”

 

The Seirun students indignantly took Eiran and went to the Seirun side.

 

The Lumern second-years all looked at Iliana.

 

“Nice job. You’ve completely embarrassed the school.”

 

“Because of you, we all became despicable too!”

 

“I-it was a joke! It was just a joke!”

 

When Chelsea and Cal spoke as if they were pathetic, Iliana made a tearful face and protested.

 

“What are you going to do now? It seems like the Seirun kids will target you first.”

 

“Guys? You’ll protect me, right? We’re friends.”

 

Iliana smiled as cutely as possible.

 

Looking at Iliana like that, Cal said.

 

“It’s the mess you made. You clean it up.”

 

“I knew you’d say that! You bastard! Chelsea? If the Seirun kids target me, you’ll help me, right? Huh? Chelsea unni?”

 

“Why should I?”

 

“Nella? Taide?”

 

“I’m a healer, so I’ll heal you.”

 

“I’ll be in the rear, so how can I save you when you’re at the frontline.”

 

“Chloeeeee!”

 

“I’m also in the rear.”

 

When Chloe sighed softly, Iliana clung to Chen Xia.

 

“Sia! The kids are being petty and won’t help me! You’ll help me, right? Huh?”

 

At that question, Chen Xia smiled gently, then shook off Iliana’s hand and said.

 

“Who are you?”

 

“Hey, you bad guys!”

 

***

 

“Stop right there! Luke Elda!”

 

KWAGAGAGAGAGANG!

 

“Hiiiiiik?!”

 

Luke was startled when an explosion occurred beside him.

 

“What did I do wrong?!”

 

“You! You were Flobe Sunbaenim’s mentee, weren’t you?!”

 

“S-so what?”

 

“That’s your crime!”

 

“Th-that’s such unreasonable nonsense! Hiiiik!”

 

“Don’t run away! Stand and fight!”

 

Seeing Rea chasing him desperately with blazing eyes, Luke put more strength into his legs.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

KWANG-!

 

“Luke Elda! Fight me!”

 

Medvez blocked Luke’s path.

 

“Why you too?”

 

“Having fighting spirit boil up against a strong opponent is natural for a beastman! Come at me!”

 

“Luke Elda is my prey, so you back off!”

 

“Hah! Prey belongs to whoever catches it first!”

 

“In that case…”

 

Rea grinned wickedly.

 

GOOOOOOO-!

 

“Both of you die!”

 

“It’s just a match, but you’re telling us to die!”

 

“Flobe Sunbaenim told us to kill each other!”

 

“That’s because it’s survival! She just said it like that…!”

 

When ominous magical power surged from Rea’s body, Luke’s expression, who had been protesting in fear, hardened completely.

 

Medvez’s eyes lit up at Luke’s change in atmosphere.

 

‘The atmosphere has changed!’

 

Medvez curled up the corners of his mouth and clashed his fists together.

 

‘First, I need to deal with Rea Tingel’s attack…!’

 

Just as Medvez was preparing to counter Rea’s attack.

 

Swoosh-!

 

A sharp sword energy aimed at Rea.

 

Rea flinched and cast magic toward the direction the sword energy came from.

 

Kwaaaaaaaang-!

 

With a massive explosion, Rea landed on the ground.

 

Thud-!

 

Aina landed in front of Rea.

 

“Aina Beidna! Are you planning to interfere?!”

 

As Rea shouted angrily, Aina pointed her sword at her.

 

“Your opponent is me.”

 

***

 

The freshmen, who had been flustered by the sudden start of the survival exercise, regained their composure.

 

In the vast Erek Training Ground, they began forming their own formations and eliminating opponents.

 

Watching this scene, Leo chuckled softly.

 

“Well then, shall we start getting serious?”

 

Rummmmmmmble-!

 

The ground began to vibrate.

 

The freshmen who had been wary of each other showed confused expressions.

 

‘Being wary of the enemy in front of you is simple. But on the battlefield, what’s targeting you isn’t just the enemy before your eyes.’

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