Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 617

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617.

 

[How surprising. I never thought my tail would be caught so quickly.]

 

“I’ll be coming to where you are soon, so wash your neck and wait.”

 

[Huhuhuh. Waiting leisurely would be enjoyable in its own way, but it seems it might be a bit boring. So I’ll invite you.]

 

“Invite?”

 

[Yes. I’ll tell you where I am right now.]

 

“Where?”

 

[Oh? You don’t have even a bit of suspicion?]

 

“What you want is my ability anyway.”

 

[You already know everything about who I am?]

 

“The location?”

 

Even at the Hero Slayer’s reaction showing interest, Leo spoke to the point as if there was no value in conversing further.

 

[Huhu. Huhuhuh! I’d like to have many more conversations with you slowly.]

 

The Hero Slayer spoke with a delighted smile.

 

[The Flobe Family Estate. I am here. I’ll be waiting.]

 

With those words, the communication was cut off.

 

Leo’s red eyes emitted clear killing intent.

 

Grooooooo-!

 

Even the Shadow Lords.

 

Even Regas, who was a hero of the previous generation and Rodren’s greatest knight.

 

They were overwhelmed by the killing intent Leo emitted.

 

The killing intent that flickered like flames soon subsided.

 

“It’s a trap.”

 

“I know.”

 

To the words of Alguren, the Northern Shadow Lord, Leo replied calmly.

 

“It’s an unavoidable trap.”

 

“…”

 

The Hero Slayer didn’t simply take Raina as a hostage.

 

He took all those living in the Flobe Family Estate as hostages.

 

That was the reason he revealed his location.

 

‘A declaration of war.’

 

Leo smiled eerily.

 

It meant he had finished preparing to hunt him and was waiting.

 

“Leo-nim. Taking the Shadows together…”

 

At Anyas’s words, Alguren shook his head.

 

“No. He knows of our existence. Mentioning us was a kind of threat. A threat that the moment we bring the Shadows, he’ll massacre the residents of Flobe territory.”

 

“Then Leo-nim has to go to Flobe territory alone? That’s ridiculous!”

 

Looking at Anyas speaking as if she couldn’t accept it, Kirin, the Southern Shadow Lord, spoke.

 

“Leo-nim, please decide…”

 

“He certainly didn’t say to come alone.”

 

Leo said while looking at the communication crystal in his hand.

 

“But as the Northern Magic Tower Lord said, if the Shadows move, there’s no telling what he’ll do. He was hunted by the Shadows.”

 

Leo opened his mouth.

 

“What he’s most wary of are the Shadows.”

 

The Hero Slayer is different from ordinary Hero Hunters who hunt heroes.

 

They aren’t given the opportunity to become heroes in the first place due to their status as traitors.

 

‘No matter how messed up the gods are, they wouldn’t choose such guys as heroes.’

 

And all Hero Hunters hunt heroes against their will.

 

Whether they were raised that way from birth.

 

Or they had no choice but to walk the path of a Hero Hunter because their weakness was exploited through betrayal.

 

Later they might become voluntary through madness or distortion, but the origin is against their will.

 

‘No matter how much they turned their backs on the world, in the end they have no choice but to chase the light.’

 

But the Hero Slayer is different.

 

He turned his back on the light by his own will.

 

Solely for his own desires.

 

Whatever that might be, the Hero Slayer’s essence is that of a hero.

 

That’s why despite massacring countless heroes, he was defeated by the Shadows.

 

‘He knows well about heroes. That’s how he was able to massacre heroes. But not about Shadows.’

 

A kind of natural enemy.

 

‘That’s why he’s being wary of the Shadows.’

 

It’s tricky to grasp the movements of Shadows that move secretly in the darkness.

 

Taking Flobe territory hostage was probably because of that.

 

If he senses any sign of Shadows, he’ll immediately massacre the territory’s people too.

 

‘If it doesn’t work, he’s probably thinking he can just flee.’

 

If a large-scale subjugation force was organized, he would flee immediately.

 

He wouldn’t engage in an unfavorable fight.

 

‘Then there’s no reason to dig a trap either.’

 

“Taking a small number should be possible.”

 

At those words, Regas spoke.

 

“Send Jerdinger’s heroes.”

 

“No. If he thinks the scales are tipping, he’ll flee.”

 

“…”

 

“Hero candidates should be possible.”

 

Regas and the Shadow Lords realized that Leo intended to go with Ris’s group and his friends.

 

“Ris and his friends might be fine, but Selia and Rwallin’s children might be in danger?”

 

At Regas’s words, Leo said.

 

“It will be dangerous. But those kids will be fine. And I want them to know.”

 

“Want them to know?”

 

“Human malice.”

 

“…”

 

At Leo’s words, Regas fell silent.

 

Chelsea, Selia, and Avad would continue to grow further.

 

Regas thought.

 

‘The current hero candidates will vastly surpass not only me but even my sons. The current era is such an era.’

 

When the Heroes’ World was discovered.

 

The world dramatically increased its power.

 

3,000 years ago.

 

During the return of calamity, the scales had actually tilted toward Tartaros.

 

Although the fragment of Erebos was sealed and countless legion commanders were annihilated by the Heroes of the Cataclysm, the world suffered massive damage as well.

 

The Heroes of the Cataclysm sealed themselves in the Heroes’ World along with Erebos to fulfill their duty.

 

And countless heroes lost their lives due to the calamity, and though not as much as during the Age of Calamity, the world that had been revived for thousands of years burned.

 

Unlike such a world, it was a time when three legion commanders who had lived since the Age of Calamity were still intact in Tartaros.

 

The first turning point in history faced after the Age of Calamity ended.

 

An era that might have determined the world’s fate.

 

But at that turning point, the world barely managed to balance with Tartaros by obtaining the new possibility called the Heroes’ World.

 

Historians say.

 

3,000 years ago.

 

The period after the return of calamity was the true Age of Heroes.

 

The birth of a new type of heroes who inherit the power of their predecessors.

 

And now is exactly such an era.

 

Of course, inheriting the power of predecessors.

 

Now the great heroes who can be called the ancestors of heroes are once again revealing themselves to the world.

 

The gods who disappeared during the Age of Calamity have reappeared, and secrets of the world that were unknown until now are spreading across the entire world.

 

Heroes who had recklessly made names for themselves until now are losing their qualifications.

 

Even the shadows who had been discriminated against behind the scenes of history are now getting their names on the Hero Record.

 

‘A historical turning point that determines the fate of the world.’

 

The hero candidates of such an era.

 

Will far surpass the existing heroes.

 

With power comes responsibility.

 

The current hero candidates will face even more threats.

 

‘Among them, there will surely be attempts to crush that potential before it fully blooms.’

 

Before long.

 

‘No, perhaps from after becoming a third-year. Selia might become a target of Hero Hunters.’

 

Fighting against Tartaros and fighting against Hero Hunters are different.

 

Tartaros is fundamentally an existence that cannot coexist with us.

 

But the traitor Hero Hunters are different.

 

‘They walked the same path as us. In some ways, they’re more dangerous than Tartaros.’

 

Because they can understand each other, they can act more maliciously.

 

That’s why heroes are hunted by Hero Hunters.

 

Leo was trying to expose her to such malice.

 

He was trying to provide a foundation for further growth.

 

‘With Raina taken hostage… and all the territory’s people in crisis… is he looking toward the future?’

 

Regas silently looked at Leo.

 

‘Is it confidence that he can save both Raina and all the territory’s people?’

 

But Leo’s eyes were different from that.

 

Regas, who had roamed battlefields for long years, muttered while looking at Leo’s appearance.

 

‘He’s familiar with it.’

 

He was familiar with losing.

 

What on earth had he been losing?

 

What exactly had this boy before him, who couldn’t be said to have lived many years, been losing?

 

And…

 

‘Even so, he’s trying not to give up.’

 

There was no trace of a hero candidate in Leo’s appearance.

 

What could be felt was only the emptiness that could only be possessed by one who had fought endlessly on battlefields until worn down completely.

 

As a knight leading Jerdinger.

 

Because Regas was an old knight who had stood on battlefields for long years, he could sense that emptiness Leo carried.

 

‘When you learn what it means to lose, you eventually acknowledge it and make compromises.’

 

You come to give up parts of it.

 

Otherwise, you suffer more yourself.

 

But Leo had no such thing.

 

Even knowing he would lose, there was no sign of him trying to give up.

 

‘A hero.’

 

The image of a true hero that Regas had envisioned for a long time.

 

Regas, who had been silent, spoke.

 

“I’m sorry, Leo.”

 

“For what?”

 

“Because I was complacent, I’ve burdened you with this load.”

 

“…Grandfather probably couldn’t have imagined that someone sitting in an important position in the family would do such a thing.”

 

Ekgerson had thoroughly hidden his desires throughout his entire life.

 

It was only because suspicious points were discovered and investigated, and evidence was caught at good timing.

 

He probably never thought that someone who had roamed battlefields his entire life under the name of blood relations would stab him in the back for foolish desires.

 

“I was equally complacent. And… I don’t think of it as a burden. She’s a precious person I must protect.”

 

Leo smiled.

 

“So don’t worry about it. I’ll definitely rescue mother.”

 

“…I’m counting on you.”

 

***

 

While preparing to head to Plov territory, Leo silently watched the situation unfolding before him.

 

-Lady Elsi. Here is tea made from herbs grown in the place with the cleanest air in the world, boiled with morning dew.

 

-Oh my, it smells really good.

 

-Lady Elsi! Here are fruits picked from the deepest forest in the world.

 

-Such precious things.

 

The supreme fire spirits who had followed the Purification Spirit were treating Elsi to precious things.

 

Elsi, who had returned to her usual palm-sized appearance, looked troubled as she gazed at the teacup and fruits that were the same size as herself.

 

Beside her, only Fiora and Kirran were excited.

 

Initially, when these two immature phoenix and fairy aimed for the refreshments, the supreme fire spirits got fired up, but they calmed down at Kirran’s words.

 

-We’re Lady Elsi’s closest associates.

 

Chirp.

 

Watching the two shamelessly lie, Ati made a troubled expression.

 

“Fiora has always had a strong appetite, but lately Kirran’s appetite is no joke either. I wonder if they’ll both get fat at this rate.”

 

Actually, Fiora had a history of becoming an obese phoenix.

 

-No way! Aren’t these all things I cherish! You disloyal ones! How dare you betray me!

 

Meanwhile.

 

Ista, trapped in the prison of darkness, could only scream while gripping the iron bars.

 

The supreme fire spirits completely ignored her.

 

“I knew the hierarchy among spirits was thorough, but that seems excessive.”

 

At Leo’s words, Larel let out a small sigh.

 

“Even lower spirits aren’t without emotions. It seems they suffered quite a bit under the Purification Spirit. What do you plan to do with Ista?”

 

“First priority is dealing with the Hero Slayer. Let’s go.”

 

At those words, Elsi spread her shadows.

 

Then the supreme fire spirits entered into them, and Ista, who had been subdued by Elsi, was also dragged in.

 

When Leo opened the door, Chelsea, Selia, and Avad stood before him with tense expressions.

 

Behind them were Ris, Ulta, and Jamua.

 

The six had already heard the situation and finished their preparations.

 

“Shall we go?”

 

At Ris’s question, Leo nodded.

 

“Let’s go.”

 

Thud- Thud-

 

As Leo walked ahead, the hero candidates followed behind.

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