Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 60

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60

Kwagagagagagak-!

The Wind Chain that had been flying toward Leo scattered in all directions.

Chelsea’s eyes widened.

‘What, what! What the hell just happened!’

The turbulent air currents flowing around Leo had thrown off the Wind Chain’s attack trajectory.

Leo pointed his finger at Chelsea.

“Wind Bolt.”

“Wi, Wind Shie…!”

Pueong-!

“Kyaa!”

Chelsea was sent flying backward.

Leo quickly approached the fallen Chelsea.

“Wind Sword!”

Chelsea hastily used close-combat magic, swinging a blade of wind toward Leo.

Whioooo-!

But the wind swirling around Leo lifted his body gently into the air.

Leo, entrusting his body to the wind’s flow, was completely unaffected by Chelsea’s wind magic.

Chelsea’s eyes went round with shock.

‘This is supposed to be Wind magic?’

The idea of wrapping wind around one’s body to deflect wind magic was something Chelsea could never have conceived.

It was far too reckless a method to begin with.

“Wind Sword.”

In the meantime, Leo had completed his incantation as well.

Leo’s blade of wind touched Chelsea’s neck.

Chelsea gritted her teeth.

Complete defeat.

All the class students wore expressions of disbelief.

Leo hadn’t used any combat techniques as a knight.

He had subdued Chelsea using purely wind magic alone.

“What do you think was the reason for this outcome?”

At Hallind’s question, Chelsea could only hang her head low without any answer.

“What do the rest of you think?”

“…”

He asked the other class students as well, but no one could answer.

Everyone found this situation unbelievable.

“In terms of pure magical ability, Chelsea Rwallin is by no means inferior to Leo Flobe. In a duel using only wind magic, Leo Flobe normally wouldn’t even be a match for Chelsea Rwallin. If it had been a life-or-death battle, Leo Flobe would have lost.”

Hallind crossed his arms.

“However, in a contest of technique, Leo Flobe emerged victorious. The deciding factor was the difference in understanding and application of wind magic.”

Everyone focused on Hallind’s explanation.

“As students of Lumern, you’re always learning more powerful techniques if you’re knights, higher-level spells if you’re mages, and how to summon superior familiars if you’re summoners.”

Hallind looked at the class students.

“As a result, you tend to become obsessed with acquiring new powers. Even before you’ve properly mastered the abilities you’ve already learned.”

Hallind threw a punch into the air.

“To use a simple punch as an example – simply swinging with brute force versus using only the necessary muscles for the situation. Which would be more devastating to an opponent?”

“Using only the necessary muscles for the situation would be far more devastating.”

Hallind nodded at Nella’s answer.

“Correct. The same applies to abilities. You tend to think that acquiring diverse techniques means technical advancement, but that’s merely increasing raw power. That’s why the situation we just witnessed occurred.”

Having seen Chelsea, the class’s top performer, subdued by Leo, the students couldn’t argue.

“To advance to the next level, increasing proficiency is essential. That alone will dramatically improve your abilities.”

“Yes! Understood.”

“Good. Now we’ll begin individual training.”

***

“Hueok!”

“Pl, please spare me…”

“U, uup!”

“Hey! If you’re going to throw up, go to the bathroom!”

“We have to keep doing this for the entire school trip!”

After the morning passed.

The exhausted Class 5 students all collapsed on the dormitory floor.

“Hey, Leo. This training schedule was your doing, wasn’t it?”

At Cal’s question from where he lay sprawled on the ground, Leo nodded.

“Yeah.”

“Kua! I knew it!”

Cal, who had seen Selia and Chelsea training with Leo on weekends, let out a scream.

“Everyone rest during lunch break. I’ll announce the mission training you’ll be doing.”

Hallind posted the mission training on the first-floor wall.

Though exhausted, everyone was curious about the mission content and struggled to check the bulletin board.

“Gathering herbs in Fairy Forest? What? You want us to just pick grass all day? I refuse!”

“Goblin subjugation? This one looks decent?”

“Training with Elf soldiers. I want to do this one!”

Each chose missions that appealed to them.

“Leo, what are you going to do?”

At Cal’s question, Leo picked up a mission from the corner.

“I’ll do this one.”

“Hm? Gathering herbs? You’re really going to do that?”

“Yeah.”

‘It’s perfect for investigating Fairy Forest alone.’

While other students dismissed it as boring, it was the perfect mission for Leo, who needed to investigate Fairy Forest.

“Well, if you like it… By the way, Chelsea. How long are you going to stay depressed?”

Cal sighed deeply as he looked at Chelsea crouched on a chair in the corner.

Though Chelsea greatly admired Leo, losing in her area of confidence was still a shock.

Several students tried to console Chelsea, but she couldn’t easily recover from the shock.

“Leo. Could you try talking to her?”

When Nella spoke with a troubled expression, Leo approached Chelsea.

“Chelsea.”

“Yeah.”

“Want me to buy you something delicious for dinner?”

‘Hey! Is she a kid! Like that’ll work!’

‘Geez! That guy really! What’s he good at besides studying and training!’

The male students in the class looked exasperated.

Chelsea, the youngest in the class, was someone the male students thought of like a little sister and secretly looked after.

“Something delicious?”

But Chelsea’s eyes sparkled as if intrigued.

“What are you going to buy me?”

“Anything you want.”

“Wow!”

“…”

“…”

Seeing Chelsea break into a bright smile, the male students in the class looked dumbfounded.

“Should we have tried appeasing them with food too?”

When Taide scratched his head and said this, Cal made a look of disdain.

“You think that fox would be appeased by you guys offering food… Kyaaaak?”

“Hm? Cal? What did you say? Want to say that again?”

Before he knew it, Chelsea was stepping hard on Cal’s foot with a stomp!

“Why do all the guys in our class protect her like this!”

Watching Cal roll on the ground clutching his foot, Chelsea smiled wickedly.

“Because she’s cute?”

“She’s not cute at all!”

***

Leo entered the Fairy Forest.

[This place is the Fairy Forest… the former homeland of us fairies.]

Kirran, floating in the air, muttered in a solemn voice, then wrapped his arms around himself.

[It’s cold! I’m going back!]

Thwack!

[Why did you hit me!]

“Is that all you have to say after seeing the sacred ground of the fairies?”

[I hate the cold!]

Leo clicked his tongue and stepped deeper into the Fairy Forest.

“Kirran. There’s something I need you to do.”

[Something I need to do?]

Kirran paused.

Then he made a smug expression.

[Leo. It seems you’ve finally recognized my true worth. Yes, as your contractor, I’ll listen to your request. What kind of task do you have for me, a noble Fairy Prince?]

Though he had been grumbling, since this was his first contractor, Kirran was secretly excited about what Leo’s first request as a contractor might be.

“Go pick and gather some medicinal herbs from the forest.”

Leo tossed a bundle for collecting herbs to Kirran.

[I’m a noble Fairy Prince! You’re going to make me do such trivial menial work?]

“Won’t you do it?”

[Of course I won’t!]

Kirran threw the leather herb bundle to the ground and snorted.

A moment later.

After being hit with the leather bundle, Kirran was fluttering around in the air collecting herbs.

Having dumped the task on Kirran, Leo went deeper into the Fairy Forest to investigate.

‘They said the northern regions that used to be warm became cold after the Age of Calamity, right?’

The ice spirits that originally settled in the east had migrated north and changed their territory.

The fairies, who disliked the cold, naturally had no choice but to leave their homeland in search of new territory.

‘Monsters started appearing in this place after the fairies left.’

And even now, they haven’t been able to completely drive out the monsters.

‘Is there something that’s generating monsters?’

Monsters occur naturally, but they can also be artificially created by Tartaros.

For now, he was thinking of the latter.

[Leo! Look! I gathered this much!]

“Hm? Whoa? That’s amazing! Well done.”

Leo was impressed.

True to being a fairy, he had gathered a bunch of high-quality herbs in a short time.

[Hmph. This is nothing for me.]

Even Kirran, who had been displeased at first, seemed happy about the praise and made a smug expression.

He put the herb bundle into subspace.

Kirran sat on Leo’s shoulder.

After a while, Leo stopped walking at a certain point.

[Hm? Why are you stopping?]

“It’s illusion magic.”

Kirran was startled by Leo’s words.

[This is the Fairy King’s magic, isn’t it? But it doesn’t seem like father’s magic?]

‘It’s the magic of the previous Fairy King, Grawin.’

The being who was the Fairy King during the Age of Calamity.

For Kirran, it was magic from a fairy who was like a grandfather to him.

‘This magic was activated only about 100 years ago.’

Gauging the flow of mana, Leo felt puzzled.

Grawin’s magic, from someone who died at least thousands of years ago, had been activated 100 years ago.

He stroked his chin while carefully interpreting the type of magic.

‘Since this is the Fairy Forest, it wouldn’t be strange for there to be one or two magic formulas left by the predecessor, but…’

“Kirran. When were you exiled from Fairy Land?”

[100 years ago.]

‘Was the power source for activating the magic Kirran’s wings? Why would they activate protective magic using Kirran’s power in this place where no fairies remain?’

While they could strip Kirran of his power as punishment, there was no reason to use his son’s power to activate barrier magic.

‘Does this mean there’s something worth protecting inside?’

Leo was lost in thought while looking at the illusion magic.

Clank- Clank- Hissssss!

The sound of metal scraping was heard.

Kirran covered his nose with his finger.

[Ugh! That stench! What is that thing?]

“It’s an Undead.”

Leo frowned at the appearance of the hooded Undead.

Seeing Leo like this, the Undead laughed lowly.

“Why is there a human in the elves’ territory?”

“It seems less strange than you, an Undead, being here?”

“Hehe! How insolent! This place has long been under the influence of us Tartaros.”

[This is our fairies’ sacred ground, what nonsense are you spouting!]

“A fairy? Are there fairies with such pathetic power like you?”

[What did you say? You stinking corpse!]

Crackle!

Kirran, wrapping his whole body in silver mana, charged at the Undead.

“No!”

The Undead hurriedly tried to defend against the sudden attack.

Whoosh!

But Kirran ramming into the Undead was faster.

[Hmph! Acting tough when you’re nothing special!]

Kirran, who had shattered the Undead in one blow, made a triumphant expression.

“For someone who’s supposedly a fairy, you’re pretty crude, just ramming with your body?”

[As long as it’s effective, that’s enough!]

Indeed, since the source of fairy power was life force, they were like natural enemies of the Undead who possessed the power of death.

[How’s that! My power!]

Watching Kirran circle in the air boastfully, Leo pointed behind him.

“Look behind you.”

[Hm? Behind?]

Grooooo!

“Indeed, even if it’s low-grade, a fairy is still a fairy.”

[Ugh- that smelly thing is persistent!]

Kirran made a retching motion and sneered.

“What a vulgar fairy, even in speech!”

Dark red light flashed from within the hood as a crimson greatsword materialized in the Undead’s hand.

Leo’s expression changed upon seeing it.

“Kirran! Fall back!”

[Huh? Huuuugh!]

As the Undead thrust its sword into the ground, crimson bone blades erupted from the floor.

Whoosh—!

Leo unleashed his flame aura.

Leo narrowed his eyes as he looked at the knight emanating dark red energy.

“A Death Knight?”

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