Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 575

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575.

 

Quoooooooong!

 

The golem’s activation sound echoed through the air.

 

The first target the golem locked onto was none other than Rea.

 

“Tch!”

 

Thud-! Splash-! Thud-! Splash-!

 

Seeing the Lava Golem charging at her, Rea clicked her tongue.

 

“How annoying.”p>

Unfortunately, the Lava Golem had been summoned close enough that she was within its range.

 

Golems aren’t difficult to design if you have knowledge of magical engineering.

 

Being simple, they’re also easy to modify.

 

Of course, most modified golems are crude.

 

But when it comes to a Lava Golem, that’s a different story.

 

First of all, Lava Golems themselves are extremely difficult golems to create.

 

A golem whose entire body is covered in lava boasts tremendous attack power by itself.

 

‘Lava Golems don’t respond well to water-attribute magic, which is fire’s weakness. Plus, the surrounding area turns into lava terrain, making them tricky to defeat!’

 

Since Lava Golems are made entirely of lava, their attack and defense power increase overwhelmingly in lava terrain.

 

‘It would be best not to fight it.’

 

Whoooosh! Bang! Splash!

 

As she dodged the Lava Golem’s attack, waves of lava surged upward.

 

In the scorching heat, Rea lightly cast a Fly spell and escaped from the Lava Golem’s attack range.

 

Medvez appeared beside Rea.

 

“Rea Tingel. Are you going to ignore me and only target that coward Luke Elda?”

 

“While it’s true that Luke Elda is cowardly, he’s more worth defeating than you.”

 

“Oh? Then I’ll have to prove that I’m more worth defeating than Luke Elda.”

 

“Would that be possible?”

 

Rea’s voice carried mockery.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Thud-!

 

“Luke!”

 

Along with the sound of something kicking off the ground, Aina’s bewildered voice was heard.

 

At that moment, a silver flash quickly pierced through between the two of them.

 

“Luke Elda?!”

 

“What?”

 

Seeing Luke charging straight at the Lava Golem, both of them widened their eyes.

 

Crash-!

 

As he kicked off the ground, the surrounding lava scattered in all directions.

 

Luke’s entire body was glowing with silver light.

 

The power that pushed Luke’s mana characteristic of rising when his heart was stirred to its extreme.

 

Luke’s unique magic that granted him power beyond his limits for a brief moment.

 

‘Transcendence.’

 

Flash-!

 

Kwagagagagagagang-!

 

A silver wall that seemed to pierce the sky – it was a massive sword strike.

 

The bisected Lava Golem collapsed.

 

Splash! Puhwahwahak-!

 

Like a tsunami, waves of lava surged high.

 

Uwaaaaaaaaaaa-!

 

Thunderous cheers poured from the spectator stands.

 

“In a single strike!”

 

“He seemed weak just running around, but I thought something was strange! He’s not Lumern’s grade representative for nothing!”

 

“Amazing!”

 

Enthusiastic reactions poured out.

 

Even after the opening match began, the audience cheered for the freshmen’s brilliant auras, magic, and summons.

 

Though they were still young and inexperienced freshmen, their skills after spending a year at Hero Academy were no ordinary matter.

 

Being young and inexperienced was only by the standards of comparison with upperclassmen.

 

In the eyes of ordinary people, just attending Hero Academy made them incredible superhumans.

 

But what Luke had just shown was an overwhelming performance that refused comparison with other freshmen.

 

“As expected, he wasn’t Leo Flobe’s mentee for nothing!”

 

At some spectators’ shouts, Rea’s ears perked up.

 

“Luke… Elda…!”

 

Rea’s eyes blazed.

 

“I’ll also gain Flobe Sunbaenim’s recognition! By defeating you!”

 

“Hiiiiiik!”

 

“Stop!”

 

Seeing Rea roaring and charging at him, Luke fled in terror while Aina stood in her way.

 

“Rea! How long are you going to act alone!”

 

“Aina! Leave Rea Tingel alone! Luke won’t go down easily!”

 

Yoinya and Juwen approached Rea and Aina, shouting, then their eyes met.

 

The two girls looking at each other simultaneously pointed their staffs.

 

Flash-! Kwagagagang-!

 

Magic clashed with magic, causing a huge explosion.

 

“Argh! Let go! Let me go! I’m going to defeat Luke Elda!”

 

“Calm down!”

 

Angr forcibly dragged Rea away.

 

Meanwhile, Medvez, who had been standing still, recalled the earlier situation.

 

‘He was definitely smiling.’

 

When charging at the Lava Golem, Luke was definitely smiling.

 

‘Why was he smiling?’

 

Medvez could also defeat a Lava Golem in one hit.

 

But in this situation, there was no merit in greatly consuming his power to defeat a Lava Golem in one strike.

 

‘Does he enjoy fighting? No, that wasn’t his personality. Then why?’

 

Medvez looked at the audience sending enthusiastic cheers to Luke.

 

Then his eyes met with Ar’s from where the Ajonia students were.

 

‘You’re good at everything, but you have a surprisingly petty side, don’t you? You surrendered faster than I thought?’

 

Those were the words he heard after challenging Ar following enrollment.

 

Even knowing he would lose, Medvez had challenged her because he wanted to confirm the gap between himself and Ar.

 

And he surrendered without even seeing the proper gap.

 

‘Using your head is good, but sometimes it’s also good to act as your heart leads. That’s what a challenge is, right? Charging in without thinking ahead.’

 

Under the moonlight, Medvez had asked Ar, who was looking up at the sky with her arms crossed.

 

‘Is that why you’re so reckless, Sunbaenim?’

 

With those words, he got punched in the jaw and passed out.

 

For some reason, that incident came to mind.

 

“I see, so you plan to defeat the Lava Golem, crush all the other schools, and claim victory.”

 

He had heard there were sometimes people like that.

 

The type who couldn’t contain their excitement when challenging something nearly impossible.

 

And the audience had sent cheers for that challenge against the impossible.

 

“Courageous. You’re more like an Ajonia student than I am.”

 

Medvez looked in the direction Luke had disappeared and curled up the corners of his mouth.

 

“I’ll apologize once more. Luke Elda. You’re a man worth defeating.”

 

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

 

“Are you the beast? You’re usually so quiet, so why do you go crazy whenever Luke Elda is involved?!”

 

Angr shouted as he carried Rea like luggage under his arm, trying to rush toward Luke.

 

“I’m the best among my year at Seirun! So I’m going to prove that I’m also the best among other years at other schools! Defeating Luke Elda is just the beginning!”

 

“That’s just your personal grudge!”

 

“I’ll settle my grudge and prove I’m the best! It’s killing two birds with one stone!”

 

“Remember Senior Runia’s advice!”

 

At Angr’s words, Rea hesitated and pouted her lips.

 

‘You stole and ate that kid Luke’s food during the training camp?’

 

She recalled Runia’s incredulous expression.

 

‘Are you a thug? Why would you steal someone’s food? Do you know you’ve brought shame to our entire school?’

 

‘The thug isn’t me, it’s Senior Runia.’

 

Crack!

 

‘Kugh?! Keh-geh-geh-geh-gek-!’

 

Without hesitation, Runia strangled her junior with her sculpture-like beautiful hands.

 

‘I understand why you’re so obsessed with Luke Elda. But listen. Don’t get too fixated on what’s right in front of you. You might trip over something at your feet.’

 

‘…Um… Runia. Rea has fainted.’

 

‘Eh, she fainted just from a little strangling? How fragile.’

 

‘People usually die when you strangle them like that.’

 

In her fading consciousness, Rea had fainted while hearing the displeased voices of Runia and Eiran.

 

‘Maybe being too obsessed with just Luke Elda isn’t good?’

 

Competitors weren’t only external.

 

Even within Seirun, there were plenty of classmates who could threaten her position.

 

‘…When I saw my ancestor, I made a vow. To become someone who could hold their head high in front of people I respect. That’s why I want to be acknowledged.’

 

That’s what she envied about Luke Elda.

 

The fact that he was acknowledged by Leo.

 

Just when Runia was making a serious expression.

 

Whoosh-!

 

“You shouldn’t let your guard down.”

 

“When did you?”

 

Riksen, Demian’s representative who suddenly appeared before them, smiled meaningfully.

 

“It’s an invisibility cloak I made. It even erases your presence!”

 

Riksen swung a massive battle hammer at Angr.

 

Crash-!

 

The tremendous impact made Angr lose his grip on Rea.

 

“Ah?!”

 

Just as Rea was falling toward the lava terrain and frantically trying to cast a Fly spell.

 

“Checkmate!”

 

Riksen struck down with his battle hammer, sending Rea straight into the lava terrain with a crash-!

 

“She won’t be hurt since she’ll automatically warp out when judged eliminated!”

 

Riksen grinned broadly.

 

“I knew there’d be an opportunity if it was Rea Tingel, who’s strangely obsessed with Luke Elda!”

 

Riksen cried out triumphantly.

 

“Ugh! That’s cowardly!”

 

As Angr gripped his sword in frustration, Riksen shrugged his shoulders.

 

“Where’s the cowardice in a match? Well, Senior Driana was especially furious, saying my methods weren’t beautiful.”

 

Riksen recalled Driana, his senior by one year.

 

‘Riksen. Your actions are base and cowardly! Not beautiful!’

 

‘As long as the results are good, does it need to be beautiful?’

 

‘Of course it does! Even Dweno pursued beauty! We Demian students must be beautiful not only in what we create but in our actions too! Aren’t you a talented individual? You can achieve victory honorably without resorting to despicable methods! If you act despicably, you’ll be pointed at and called ugly.’

 

‘Maybe it’s your works that are ugly, Senior…?’

 

At those words, Driana immediately struck Riksen’s head with her hammer, knocking him unconscious.

 

‘Well, it was a bit too underhanded.’

 

Riksen scratched his cheek.

 

He could actually feel jeers pouring in from all around.

 

“Since it happened behind Luke Elda, the criticism seems harsh. But this is the most efficient…”

 

Thud-!

 

“Huh?”

 

Just then, a small hand suddenly popped out of the lava terrain and grabbed Riksen’s ankle.

 

Riksen looked down at the ground with a surprised face.

 

There was Rea, covered in shields all over her body, smiling eerily.

 

“It’s cold because it’s winter, right? It’s very warm here.”

 

“I, I’d like to decline…”

 

“No need to decline.”

 

“Kyaaaaaaah?!”

 

Riksen, pulled into the lava by Rea, was soon eliminated.

 

Rea emerged, dusting off her hands and snorting.

 

“Acting all cocky.”

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Rumble rumble rumble rumble-!

 

Bubble bubble bubble-!

 

The lava terrain, which had been steadily expanding its territory, began shaking again.

 

Crash crash crash crash-!

 

“More Lava Golems?!”

 

“This time there are four!”

 

“No! Are we supposed to fight other schools or not!”

 

“They said it was survival! It’s not about fighting other schools, it’s become a complete survival game!”

 

Screams erupted among the students.

 

The students who initially tried to avoid the lava terrain and massive Lava Golems to attack opposing camps were inevitably forced into a situation where they had no choice but to face the Lava Golems.

 

“Ugh! The real enemy isn’t students from other schools, it’s this terrain itself!”

 

The students screamed at the incredibly harsh environment.

 

When they defeated a Lava Golem, even more Lava Golems would surge forward like waves.

 

Even amid this, clashes continued as they tried to eliminate the opposing forces.

 

The terrain available for fighting gradually decreased due to the lava.

 

Eventually, the four schools came to meet at the very center of Erec.

 

Bubble bubble-

 

Lava surged up, leaving no place to retreat.

 

“Hah… So we’re deciding the final victor here?”

 

Medvez stepped forward and clenched his fists.

 

“Just what I wanted.”

 

Rea also answered while cracking her knuckles.

 

“It’s time to compete for supremacy.”

 

From Lumern, Havedon curled up the corners of his mouth and muttered, then looked back.

 

“Luke, aren’t you going out?”

 

“If I go out, those two will probably target me first.”

 

“If you’re Lumern’s year representative, overcome it.”

 

“Go! You’re our representative!”

 

“B-but!”

 

Shasha also joined in, pushing Luke’s back.

 

Under pressure from a prince and princess of a nation, Luke had no choice but to step forward with a tearful expression.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Piiiiiiii-!

 

A strange cry echoed through the air.

 

Thud- Roll roll-!

 

A red ball of fluff fell from the sky and rolled to Luke’s feet.

 

Luke picked up the ball of fluff with a puzzled expression.

 

Piyak!

 

“Fiora? Long time no see! How have you been?”

 

Seeing Leo’s phoenix, Fiora, whom he had encountered several times during the first semester, Luke smiled brightly with a delighted expression.

 

Piyak-! Piyak-!

 

Fiora flapped her wings and cried out frantically.

 

The faces of all the survivors turned pale at the sight.

 

“N-no way. It can’t be. No matter what, that’s just too…”

 

Shasha muttered in a trembling voice, as if denying reality.

 

Could it really be that cruel?

 

“Give her here!”

 

Hiiik!

 

That’s when Rea lunged at Luke.

 

Overwhelmed by Rea’s momentum, Luke ended up dropping Fiora.

 

Having snatched Fiora away, Rea smiled and greeted the phoenix perched on her hand.

 

“Nice to meet you. You must be Fiora? I’ve been wanting to meet you.”

 

Rea, who unconditionally loved anything related to Leo, smiled brightly as she greeted Fiora.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Suddenly, Fiora’s eyes rolled back and her body began to swell up.

 

“Huh?”

 

Gooooo! Whoooosh-!

 

Fiora’s body, which had been growing larger and larger, burst into flames.

 

“…”

 

Rea, who had been watching this, threw Fiora at Luke like she was throwing a bomb.

 

“I-I’ll give her back.”

 

“Don’t throw her at us!”

 

“R-run!”

 

The Lumern students scattered in terror.

 

Pyaaaaaaaaaak!

 

Whoooosh! Kwagagagagagang-!

 

Fiora let out a roar and began mercilessly attacking all the freshmen.

 

“Even so, that seems a bit too harsh.”

 

Chelsea shook her head as she watched the freshmen who were busy screaming and running away after encountering the disaster that was a phoenix.

 

It was truly merciless beyond measure.

 

This wasn’t about who could defeat more opponents, but about who could stubbornly survive.

 

Cal shook his head at Chelsea’s words.

 

“Is it any wonder he’s called the Demon King?”

 

***

 

Nothing remained in the Erek Training Ground.

 

The Unnamed Man clenched his fist as he looked at the embers beginning to die down in the center of the Erek Training Ground.

 

“What are you staring at like that? Lumern.”

 

“It’s nothing. Rodia. More importantly, I have something to say about Erebos.”

 

Lumern bit his lips tightly as he turned his back on the training ground where black flames had risen.

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