Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 589

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589.

 

Cal felt goosebumps rise all over his body under the gaze of the primordial evil looking at him.

 

‘It’s different.’

 

This wasn’t the first time he had seen Erebos with his own eyes.

 

He had even participated in battle against him, albeit indirectly.

 

But the pressure Cal felt now was different from before.

 

His breath naturally caught in his throat.

 

Erebos hadn’t done anything in particular.

 

He had simply recognized the human called Cal.

 

But even that alone made it impossible to breathe.

 

Cold sweat poured down his entire body like rain.

 

Just being recognized by a transcendent being felt like it would lead to death.

 

Cal could see it in his eyes.

 

The unfathomable malice possessed by the primordial evil.

 

A destructive being that humans could never understand.

 

Death.

 

It was when Cal had that intuition.

 

Hwak-!

 

Lumern appeared before Cal and swung his sword.

 

Sgak-!

 

The sword imbued with twilight aura split through space.

 

Erebos’s existence, severed at the waist, became distorted.

 

It wasn’t simply cutting through Erebos.

 

He had literally cut through space itself.

 

It was an attack that dealt damage to the very source of existence.

 

For a moment, Erebos’s body wavered.

 

Lumern struck the ground with his hand.

 

Woong-!

 

Lumern’s mana that seeped into the ground created a magic circle.

 

“Dusk.”

 

Flash-! Kwagagagagagagang!

 

Twilight mana shot up toward the sky.

 

Seeing this, Runia’s eyes widened.

 

“Star magic?”

 

She had never heard that Lumern had learned star magic.

 

Moreover, the era Lumern lived in was before star magic was widespread.

 

This was magic that Seirun had created for Lumern.

 

Just as Luna had gifted Innocent magic to Kail.

 

Seirun had also gifted Dusk to Lumern.

 

It was Lumern’s unique magic created based on star magic techniques.

 

“Amazing…”

 

As Eiran muttered blankly, Lumern gritted his teeth.

 

“There’s nothing amazing about it.”

 

“Huh?”

 

Lumern glared up at the sky.

 

The scattered black flames gathered in one place and returned to human form.

 

“The magic is impressive, but… I couldn’t properly complete this magic.”

 

Strength entered Lumern’s hand gripping the sword.

 

Lumern bent his knees and leaped toward the sky.

 

Kwak-!

 

The ground caved in deeply as thick dust clouds rolled out.

 

Lumern roared toward the black flames that began burning again.

 

“Your opponent is me!”

 

Kwak-! Jjeojeojeojeojeojeojeok-!

 

The sword imbued with twilight aura and Erebos’s arm crossed in midair.

 

At the same time, cracks began forming in the sky.

 

-I have no interest in walking corpses.

 

Erebos didn’t spare Lumern a glance and looked down at the ground.

 

More precisely, he directed his gaze at Cal.

 

-Right now, that human is the most irritating thing.

 

Cal, as seen through Erebos’s eyes, was a terribly threatening existence.

 

For the primordial evil, the most hateful existence wasn’t Kail.

 

Certainly, Kail had carved up Erebos’s body and sealed him.

 

But what made that possible was Risinass, the King of Wisdom.

 

The being who fanned the dying embers of salvation and made the world’s possibilities bloom.

 

The so-called ability to create miracles.

 

Of course, comparing Risinass and Cal was absurd.

 

No matter how much Cal struggled, he could never become like Risinass.

 

What Cal possessed was only a fragmentary aspect of Risinass.

 

‘But having the same ability as that fool is unforgivable. Moreover…’

 

Erebos’s eyes narrowed.

 

What Cal possessed wasn’t just Risinass’s appearance.

 

Despite trembling in fear of dying at any moment on this battlefield, he hadn’t lost the courage to fight.

 

He showed absolute trust in others’ possibilities.

 

He also held the belief that there was hope even in desperate situations.

 

Most importantly…

 

He didn’t give up.

 

From the moment he recognized Cal’s existence, there were countless irritating points.

 

Despite having insignificant abilities, he resembled the great heroes.

 

He needed to be erased from the world as soon as possible.

 

Thinking this, Erebos swung his hand toward Lumern who had approached right in front of him.

 

-Don’t interfere, Knight of Twilight.

 

Kwak-!

 

Lumern thrust his sword into Erebos’s chest.

 

At that moment, Erebos’s hand grabbed Lumern’s head.

 

Pajijijijijik-!

 

Twilight mana swirled around Lumern’s body.

 

Seeing this, Erebos’s eyes narrowed.

 

-So this is what you ultimately thought of.

 

“Those kids will take care of what comes after.”

 

Lumern grinned.

 

Kwagagagagagagagagagang-!

 

A massive storm of mana shot up toward the sky.

 

***

 

Kwagagagagagagagagagang-!

 

The massive storm of mana that rose from the center of Erek Training Ground blew away the weakly burning flames of Erebos.

 

Seeing this, Hark muttered blankly.

 

“Twilight mana… Lord Lumern?”

 

Hark wasn’t the only one whose eyes widened.

 

Elena, who was also from one of Lumern’s three great families, felt the same way.

 

The massive mana storm from just moments ago.

 

It bore too much resemblance to the power of Lumern that the two had heard about.

 

Kail, who had suppressed Erebos’s flames, narrowed his eyes.

 

‘The source of the mana is… the Hero Record.’

 

The tremendous shock had penetrated through the Heroes’ World and affected even the real world.

 

Crack-!

 

Kail descended to the ground.

 

Due to the attack from moments ago, Erebos’s flames had completely disappeared.

 

As the fierce battle reached a lull, those who had participated in the fight gathered around Kail.

 

“The Hero of the Beginning, Kail…”

 

“The great hero who defeated Erebos…”

 

While everyone was murmuring as they looked at Kail, Hark knelt down.

 

“I greet the great Hero of the Beginning.”

 

Following Hark’s action, all those who had fought against the Calamity Flame hastily knelt down.

 

“We greet the great Hero of the Beginning!”

 

There was no distinction between heroes and hero candidates.

 

The being before their eyes was the very person who had single-handedly defeated Erebos 5,000 years ago and saved the world.

 

He was the reason they could live and breathe now, the man who had gifted them a future.

 

Anyone living in this era could only feel awe.

 

They could only show respect.

 

“Everyone, stand up.”

 

Even at Kail’s words, people couldn’t easily stand and hesitated awkwardly.

 

Seeing this, Kail clicked his tongue and approached Iliana, who happened to be nearby.

 

“Huh?!”

 

As Kail approached her, Iliana gasped and shrank her neck, bowing her head even lower.

 

Grab-!

 

“Kyaah?!”

 

Kail grabbed the back of Iliana’s neck.

 

Iliana, whose eyes had widened in shock, turned her gaze with a completely flushed face.

 

Though she ended up dangling in the air from the surprise, she couldn’t move at all.

 

Kail put Iliana down on the ground and forcibly made her stand.

 

“I didn’t save the world to be worshipped.”

 

Kail said indifferently.

 

“So stop with the embarrassing acts.”

 

Only then did people cautiously raise their bodies while reading the atmosphere.

 

Watching this, Kail clicked his tongue, and Iliana spoke to him shyly with a completely red face.

 

“Kail-nim. Th-thank you so much for saving me earlier. I don’t know how to repay this debt…”

 

Seeing this, her classmates who knew Iliana contorted their faces.

 

‘Why is she acting like that?’

 

‘Did she eat something wrong?’

 

‘Makes me feel sick.’

 

Normally they would have jeered, but they didn’t dare do so in front of the great hero.

 

Kail reached out his hand to Iliana’s head, who had a tense expression, and ruffled her hair.

 

“Haa.”

 

Iliana’s face became even redder.

 

Thud- Thud-

 

It was when Kail was approaching the Hero Record in the center of Erek Training Ground.

 

Step-

 

Professor Hallind stood in front of Kail.

 

He bowed his head toward Kail and said.

 

“Hero of the Beginning. I have something I’m curious about.”

 

“What is it.”

 

“You saved this world and 5,000 years have passed.”

 

Hallind met Kail’s eyes.

 

“You defeated the Monster Queen Silatuna last time, and you’ve appeared in this era again now. It’s not just you. Luna-nim, the Progenitor of the Starry Skies, and the hero Arron-nim have also appeared again in this era and saved us countless times.”

 

Hallind spoke in a serious voice.

 

“How is such a thing possible?”

 

Kail, who had been looking into Hallind’s eyes, chuckled.

 

‘As expected of Professor Hallind.’

 

At first, people would consider it a miracle.

 

But when miracles happen multiple times, people become dependent on miracles.

 

The great heroes of the past appearing in the current era to fight is certainly a joyful thing.

 

But such things don’t repeat infinitely.

 

Professor Hallind wasn’t asking this question to learn why the great heroes could appear on earth.

 

He asked this question because he was wary of people depending on past heroes.

 

He had something he wanted to hear from Kail.

 

“I don’t really know either.”

 

Kail said calmly.

 

“Even I don’t know why I could appear in this era. However.”

 

“However?”

 

“Don’t depend on us.”

 

Kail gave the answer Professor Hallind wanted.

 

“We’re just here to help you.”

 

Kail looked around at those who wanted to follow the hero’s path behind him and said.

 

“It’s not beings from the past who save and support this era. It’s you who live in this era.”

 

“…”

 

“I’m proud of you.”

 

Kail said.

 

“It’s not just me. Risinass, Luna, Arron, and Dweno too. They would surely be proud of you who dedicate yourselves to the world.”

 

Thud- Thud-

 

Kail approached Lumern’s Hero Record again.

 

“So don’t cling to us, who are nothing more than past glory. The ones who create the era are.”

 

Kail reached out his hand toward Lumern’s Hero Record.

 

“You.”

 

Flash-!

 

Bright light enveloped Kail.

 

‘Imitating you is always difficult, Risinass.’

 

Kail smiled bitterly as he gripped the edge of his cloak at his chest.

 

***

 

The first thing Kail saw when he entered Lumern’s world was the gaping sky.

 

“…Is this the aftermath of the mana storm from earlier.”

 

There was a pitch-black hole.

 

Kail could tell that beyond it was the real world.

 

Whoosh-!

 

Black flames shot up not far away.

 

Turning his gaze, Kail saw hero candidates fighting against Erebos.

 

‘Where’s Lumern?’

 

He couldn’t see Lumern, whom he thought would be fighting alongside them.

 

Also, Erebos seemed to have taken significant damage and couldn’t exert proper power.

 

“…”

 

At that moment, Kail’s eyes caught sight of someone sprawled not far away.

 

It was a man Kail knew.

 

Lumern, the Knight of Dusk.

 

He was the Hero of the Cataclysm who had succeeded him.

 

“So that’s how it was.”

 

Understanding the situation, Kail approached Lumern.

 

He kicked over Lumern, who had collapsed face-down and was breathing weakly, making him face the sky.

 

“Cough-! Cough-!”

 

Lumern’s eyes opened with difficulty as he coughed up blood.

 

“Who…?”

 

As if he didn’t even have the strength to turn his head, Lumern squeezed out his voice with great effort.

 

Thud- Thud-

 

Without even giving Lumern a glance, Kail approached a reasonably sized rock and plopped down with a thump before answering.

 

“Your senior.”

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