Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 612

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612.

 

Clank- Clank-

 

On the walls of Gardstron.

 

Kail drew his sword as he gazed at the endless army of the dead surging from the distance.

 

“K-Kail. Shouldn’t we run away even now?”

 

Arron, hiding behind Kail’s back, spoke with a trembling voice.

 

“Don’t speak foolishly, Arron.”

 

Dweno, carrying a massive battle axe on his shoulder, sighed quietly and stood beside Kail.

 

“Where exactly would we run from here?”

 

“Ugh…”

 

Arron let out a groan at Dweno’s words.

 

Gardstron, the world’s final fortress.

 

Its fall would mean the world’s destruction.

 

Literally, there was nowhere to run.

 

Dweno, sighing softly as he watched the trembling beastman in fear, asked Kail.

 

“How do you think this battle will go? Kail.”

 

“Well.”

 

Kail narrowed his eyes as he gazed at the legion of the dead visible beyond the horizon.

 

“This time, even Gardstron might struggle.”

 

Kail’s hand gripping his sword was trembling faintly.

 

It wasn’t just Kail.

 

Dweno was the same.

 

Though they didn’t show it, both men were feeling fear.

 

The Overlord King’s legion, called Tartaros’s strongest army.

 

In this era where the world was heading toward destruction, there were more dead than living.

 

All those corpses were the Overlord King’s army.

 

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen those disgusting things. Really, they could disappear from my sight forever and I’d be fine with it.”

 

Kail glanced back.

 

There, Risinass and Luna were walking over.

 

“Why hadn’t the bone brigade been seen for a while?”

 

Luna wore a perplexed expression as she looked at the most vicious legion that had appeared after a year.

 

“The world was on the brink of destruction anyway.”

 

Risinass’s eyes narrowed.

 

“It’s a world that would perish soon even without his intervention. The Overlord King must have enjoyed watching a world with little time left to live.”

 

“Th-then why did that Overlord King suddenly attack?”

 

When Arron asked with a tearful expression, Risinass crossed his arms.

 

“Probably because of the Devouring King’s death.”

 

The subjugation of Yormungand the Gluttonous King.

 

An impossible anomaly in a world heading toward destruction.

 

“That incident gave the Overlord King a sense of urgency?”

 

Luna crossed her arms and glared at the legion of the dead.

 

“Hmph! Let them come as much as they want! I’ll sweep them all away!”

 

“R-really? I just need to trust Luna?”

 

“Of course! Just trust me! Arron!”

 

Luna struck her chest with her fist – thump! – and spoke boldly.

 

“You just need to hold off those things until I solve everything!”

 

“So I still have to fight after all.”

 

Arron made a tearful expression.

 

“Get ready. Soon they’ll start attacking…”

 

Dweno’s eyes sharpened as he spoke.

 

Not just Dweno.

 

Kail also deployed his mana in response to the killing intent.

 

At that moment.

 

Kwaaaaaaaak-!

 

A rain of massive corpses fell from the sky.

 

They weren’t simple bones.

 

Dark magic created from the corpses of powerful mages.

 

It was a rain of death that destroyed everything it touched.

 

“It’s the Overlord King’s magic!”

 

“Quickly, protective magic!”

 

The mages waiting on Gardstron’s walls deployed their mana to block the Overlord King’s magic.

 

Luna also hurriedly prepared her magic.

 

‘Too late!’

 

Powerful magic unleashed without any warning.

 

Though she noticed it later than Kail, Luna’s magic was completed faster than Kail’s.

 

But even so, it was already too late to block it completely.

 

‘Damage to the walls is unavoidable!’

 

The moment Luna gritted her teeth.

 

Flash-!

 

A golden flash swept through.

 

Arron, who had soared into the sky, drew his sword.

 

The moment the storm of golden aura painted the sky.

 

Kwaaaaaaaaaaang-!

 

A tremendous explosion shook the earth along with the golden sword energy.

 

In the not-so-distant future.

 

The Overlord King’s magic was stopped by a single strike from the great beastman who would be called a hero.

 

Thud-!

 

Everyone held their breath as they watched Arron land on the ground.

 

Arron’s body as he stood up was emanating truly overwhelming presence.

 

“Kail! I was scared!”

 

Watching Arron run to him with a tearful expression, Kail sighed and patted the back of his friend who still hadn’t shed his boyish nature.

 

“How did you think to rush forward first when you’re this scared?”

 

Luna spoke as if amazed.

 

Watching that scene, Dweno said.

 

“Risinass.”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“Kail said this time would be hard to stop. What do you think?”

 

“…”

 

Risinass glanced at Kail and looked around.

 

Before they knew it, the heroes defending Gardstron had gathered around the five of them.

 

‘Hard to stop… that’s quite a positive outlook for Kail.’

 

Dweno wasn’t unaware of that either.

 

But the reason he asked anyway was simple.

 

Kail and Risinass’s words carried different weight.

 

Risinass, who had been mocked as a fool, had achieved everything he claimed one by one.

 

Eventually, he had risen as a symbol of hope in Gardstron.

 

Dweno had asked to hear such a lie from Risinass.

 

“We can stop it.”

 

Risinass said.

 

‘How much effort will it take to make this lie into truth.’

 

smiled bitterly to himself.

 

“The Overlord King’s army is the backbone of Tartaros.”

 

Risinass climbed up onto the city wall and raised his hand.

 

Whoooosh—!

 

The Yeonje that burns impure things revealed itself.

 

“If we win this battle, the scales will tip in our favor.”

 

He wasn’t lying.

 

If they could annihilate that nearly infinite legion of the dead, they could deal a tremendous blow to Tartaros.

 

The scales that had tilted too far would surely tilt a little toward their side.

 

‘Though it’s far too insignificant.’

 

But Risinass didn’t mind.

 

If this lie could give hope, he would do anything.

 

“This world will never perish. So everyone, trust me and follow.”

 

“Waaaaah!”

 

“The Dragon of Wisdom is with us!”

 

“Gardstron will never fall!”

 

“Death to the wicked Overlord King!”

 

The Heroes’ morale soared.

 

They believed without doubt that today would not be the end.

 

Grooooooooar—!

 

The legion of the dead began their charge.

 

The battle for the fate of the world begins.

 

The Suin and Dwarf Warrior take the lead.

 

From the rear, the Elven Mages sing their magic.

 

The Dragon summoned the Great Spirits.

 

Five Great Spirits were summoned.

 

“Elsi.”

 

At Kail’s call, Elsi responded to the summons.

 

“Please support us.”

 

—…I understand.

 

Kail headed to the frontline to block the legion of the dead.

 

Watching the Pact Maker’s retreating figure, the shadow spirit just stood there blankly.

 

—Today will be the last, won’t it.

 

“That won’t happen.”

 

—…

 

Only the Black Dragon and the Great Spirit of Darkness stood on the city wall.

 

Elsi just stared with an expressionless face at Risinass, who was smiling brightly at her.

 

—We cannot defeat the Overlord King.

 

“No, we can win.”

 

Risinass’s eyes sparkled.

 

Elsi saw her past self in that expression.

 

There was a time when her own black eyes sparkled like that too.

 

—How?

 

“Because you’re here.”

 

—What?

 

At Risinass’s words, Elsi rarely showed a bewildered expression.

 

“You’re a special spirit, Elsi. Shadow is another self. And there’s no being in this world without a shadow.”

 

—So what?

 

“You’re a shadow spirit, aren’t you? Shadows are what you dominate.”

 

—…

 

“When I first learned of your existence, I wanted to make a contract with you. But I couldn’t heal your wounds. Only Kail could become your sanctuary.”

 

The one who could draw out Elsi’s power to the maximum was none other than Risinass.

 

Risinass, the Black Dragon, and Elsi, the spirit of darkness, would have been more compatible than anyone else.

 

But Risinass, who sought light, was an uncomfortable existence for Elsi, who was deeply stained with darkness.

 

That’s why Elsi was drawn to Kail, who harbored darkness no less than herself.

 

“So use that power to help Kail.”

 

Risinass smiled gently.

 

“You’ll surely find your potential that shines in the darkness.”

 

***

 

“What are you doing! Alsia!”

 

Even at Ista’s roar, Alsia didn’t move at all.

 

She just stared at Elsi with bewildered eyes.

 

‘What is this.’

 

Alsia was a fire spirit who had existed as Ista’s subordinate spirit for a long time.

 

That’s why she could notice the change that had occurred to her.

 

—I am…

 

Alsia, who had let go of the hand holding Elsi, stepped back with a troubled face.

 

Then the shadow flowing from Elsi’s body crept up Alsia’s feet.

 

Startled! Alsia, who trembled, tried to get away from Elsi.

 

But she couldn’t move at all, caught by the shadow.

 

—Aah…!

 

Alsia’s eyes filled with terror.

 

Elsi smiled gently.

 

“Don’t be afraid.”

 

Whoosh—!

 

The shadow swallowed Alsia.

 

Seeing this, not only Ista but also the other supreme fire spirits showed startled expressions.

 

“Attack!”

 

At Ista’s cry, the supreme fire spirits attacked Elsi.

 

Elsi, standing in that spot, smiled and raised her hand.

 

Whoosh—!

 

The shadow struck the fire spirits like a tsunami.

 

In an instant, the fire spirits were swallowed, and only two Great Spirits remained in this space.

 

Ista’s face hardened.

 

“What did you do to my subordinates?”

 

“I embraced them in my shadow.”

 

“What does that mean?”

 

“It’s hard to explain in words. It would be faster to show you directly, wouldn’t it?”

 

Elsi smiled and raised her hand.

 

At that moment.

 

Whoooosh—!

 

From Elsi’s shadow, the supreme fire spirits including Alsia, who had been hiding, revealed themselves.

 

The moment he saw this, Ista’s eyes widened.

 

‘My dominion?’

 

His dominion over the spirits who had been under his command until just moments ago had disappeared.

 

The supreme fire spirits also looked back and forth between Elsi and Ista with bewildered eyes.

 

They too were feeling that their master had suddenly changed.

 

“What trick did you use!”

 

“This is my power of dominion. I’m sorry for taking your spirits. But since you also tried to harm me, let’s call it even.”

 

Elsi’s face turned cold.

 

“Grr, listen to me! The master of you fire spirits is me! Ista the Purification Spirit! Why are you listening to the Great Spirit of Darkness!”

 

Ista desperately tried to regain control.

 

But she couldn’t break through Elsi’s authority at all.

 

The supreme spirits who had finished assessing the situation looked at each other.

 

-I don’t really understand the situation.

 

Alsia blinked her eyes.

 

-But our master has changed to this person here, right?

 

-It seems so.

 

One spirit nodded at Alsia’s words.

 

-Then that means we can legally beat up that narcissistic spirit who only cares about herself?

 

A fierce gleam appeared in the eyes of the hot-tempered supreme fire spirits.

 

“Th-this is rebellion! How dare you attack your master!”

 

-Let’s mess up that bitch!

 

-You picked the wrong day!

 

-Right now! Like magic! My lifelong wish is coming true today!

 

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

 

Kwagagagagagang-! Whooooosh!

 

Ista, subdued by Elsi, began to be ravaged by the flames of the supreme spirits.

 

Watching this scene, Elsi’s eyes widened as she covered her cheeks and spoke as if troubled.

 

“Oh my. Everyone. Please don’t be too harsh.”

 

“Ueoeoeoeoeo!”

 

The desperate screams of Ista the Purification Spirit echoed throughout.

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