Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 62

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62

The Seirun Student hastily retreated from Leo’s fiercely blazing aura flames.

“Hmm.”

Leo looked down at his hand and chuckled.

“I had expectations since you were acting so stern. But you’re more disappointing than I thought.”

“Don’t be ridiculous! I’m from Seirun’s advanced Class 1!”

“So what?”

“Grr!”

Being from Seirun’s advanced Class 1 meant being treated as an incredible elite in elf society.

A position that everyone admired and respected endlessly.

But he had gotten the wrong person, completely wrong.

If it had been another student, they would have known about Seirun’s system and understood how impressive it was, but Leo felt no excitement at all.

Right now, if asked to find students from Lumern’s first-year Knight Department who were stronger than the Seirun Student before him, there were three more people besides Leo.

‘Well, those three are outside the norm. Anyway, for someone bragging about being a Seirun Student, this is a slightly disappointing level?’

It was even more disappointing since he had subtly looked down on Lumern earlier.

Then the Seirun Student chanted in runic language.

‘Star Magic? He was a magic swordsman?’

Leo’s eyes gleamed with interest.

If he was a magic swordsman, that was a different story.

Moreover, since he had never directly seen the Star Magic that elves used in this era, he felt some anticipation about what it might be like.

‘A mirage.’

He could have easily blocked the runes, but Leo wanted to understand the magic and let him complete the spell.

The Seirun Student, having completed four illusions, said:

“Now it’s getting real.”

“…”

A slight disappointment flickered in Leo’s eyes.

‘This is the Star Magic of the current era?’

Mirage was one of the greatest illusion magics.

A magic with such realism that you couldn’t discern what was real.

It was magic that Luna had truly loved to use.

But the mirage before his eyes was different from what Leo knew.

‘It’s incomparably more realistic than other illusion magic… but still crude. They’ve modified the spell formula itself to make it easier to use.’

He had thought magic had developed over the long years.

But in Leo’s view, Luna’s magic had regressed.

How disappointed would Luna have been if she saw this?

‘She would have cursed up a storm.’

Leo was shaking his head, recalling Luna’s incredibly cantankerous personality, when:

“As a human, you’ve probably never even seen magic like this.”

The Seirun Student, thinking Leo had frozen in surprise at his contemplation, spoke with a voice full of superiority.

“I can use illusion magic too, you know?”

“Hah. Human magic would be crude compared to our elves’ Star Magic, but… let’s see what you’ve got.”

At those words, Leo chuckled and chanted in runic language.

The Seirun Student’s face contorted upon hearing Leo’s incantation.

“Are you mocking me! There’s no way a human could use Star Magic…!”

The angry Seirun Student’s face hardened.

The incantation was complete.

The same mirage magic as his own.

But seeing eight illusions of Leo, his eyes widened as if they might tear.

“Well, my magic is about this level?”

“Th-that’s impossible!”

“There are plenty of mages among humans who can use Star Magic. It seems you need to fix that narrow-minded way of thinking first.”

Leo said indifferently.

[Hahahaha! Look at that dumbfounded expression! He looks really stupid!]

On Leo’s shoulder, Kirran clapped his hands and laughed as if finding it amusing.

‘This guy really doesn’t resemble his father at all.’

Silorod wasn’t the type to enjoy others’ misfortune.

“Kuk! That’s just a fake made to look like Star Magic!”

The Seirun Student shouted and charged at Leo.

‘This guy doesn’t know how to acknowledge anything.’

Leo shook his head and readjusted his grip on his sword.

Suddenly, sword energy poured out from the Seirun Student’s blade.

Leo’s eyes stirred at the sight.

‘All four are real?’

It was an advanced technique created by combining mirage and swordsmanship.

‘Strange. His fundamentals are terrible, but he can freely use such powerful advanced spells.’

Leo clenched his fist.

Right now, that technique was something Leo couldn’t use.

To be precise, the spell the Seirun Student used was Star Magic, but it was different from the Star Magic Leo knew.

‘Luna was a pure mage, after all.’

Fusing sword and magic.

This wasn’t an application method Luna would have thought of.

Therefore, this technique in Leo’s eyes was something that was Star Magic yet not Star Magic.

To be precise, it was a new realm that later generations of elves had reached by endlessly pursuing Luna’s path.

‘I need to correct my earlier assessment. It hasn’t regressed.’

Among mages, some didn’t like their invented spells being arbitrarily damaged.

This was because they regarded their magic as a kind of artwork.

But Luna was different.

‘She’s more of a mage than anyone else.’

The very embodiment of a mage who felt more joy than anyone in exploring possibilities, experimenting, and implementing them.

That was the elf called Luna.

‘She would have been delighted to see this.’

Even though it had changed greatly from the Star Magic Luna herself had used, she would have smiled brightly, calling this new progress as well.

Whoosh-!

Brilliant sword energy erupting from four blades embroidered the air.

The illusions Leo had created scattered helplessly.

Mirage magic was magic that created realistic illusions.

Though it was magic Luna had loved to use, no matter how real it seemed, it didn’t change the fact that it was an ‘illusion.’

‘What that guy created – even if the main body is an illusion, at least the sword energy is real.’

Leo intensely analyzed the spell structure.

“Haha! How’s that! The power of real Star Magic, different from the fake Star Magic you use!”

‘Fake, he says. My magic is Luna’s magic itself.’

It was literally the origin and beginning of Star Magic, the original itself.

Yet this guy from the distant future was calling it fake, making him burst into laughter.

“What’s so funny that you’re mocking me!”

The Seirun Student, thinking Leo was mocking him, got angry.

The illusions scattered in all directions fiercely surrounded Leo.

It was as if four mirrors were swinging swords toward Leo.

Of course, only the sword energy was real.

Flicker-!

Flame aura gathered in his fist.

‘Well, that’s all there is to it.’

Leo’s red eyes gleamed dangerously.

Whoosh! Crash!

Leo slammed his fist into the ground.

Flames exploded outward in all directions, sweeping the surroundings.

“Grk!”

The illusion instantly disappeared and the real body revealed itself.

Leo said coldly.

“Techniques lacking in power are nothing but petty tricks.”

“Don’t be ridiculous!”

The Seirun Student, provoked by Leo’s words, created illusions once again.

This time, eight of them.

Eight auras manifested.

‘He’s pouring out all his mana and aura.’

Leo smirked, seeing through his opponent’s desperate gambit.

‘Sweeping those away would be simple, but.’

Leo’s red eyes moved quickly.

‘Should I try this technique once?’

Whooom-!

Leo stirred his mana and rapidly deployed a magic formula.

Meanwhile, the eight illusions surrounded Leo.

And like reflections in a mirror, they moved identically to pressure Leo.

At that moment.

Whoosh-!

Leo used Mirage.

Unlike before, there were two of them.

“Hmph! Do you think you can create confusion with mere illusions while surrounded?”

At his opponent’s sneer, Leo gathered aura in his fist.

Flare-!

Aura also formed in Leo’s clone’s fist.

The Seirun Student’s face hardened when he saw this.

‘This bastard… don’t tell me!’

Leo’s Mirage was just like his own – the illusion was using real aura.

‘No! His illusions are only two anyway! Nothing changes…’

Suddenly Leo and Leo’s illusion moved.

The Seirun Student’s eyes filled with shock as he watched Leo’s illusion move differently, like two separate people rather than a mirror.

‘Impossible! To handle Aura Mirage at that level, you’d need to be at least a second-year advanced class!’

Leo, who had instantly dealt with seven illusions, raised his fist and said.

“Not bad, this technique?”

The Seirun Student’s face went pale as he watched two Leos charging at him.

“W-wait…!”

Flare-! Bang-!

As two flame bursts struck hard, the Seirun Student’s eyes rolled back.

“Wh-where did you learn… the magic formula… taught at Seirun…”

Leo said flatly, watching him mutter with an incredulous expression.

“Just now.”

Analyzing the formula structure and modifying it for his own use.

It was a very complex process, but it wasn’t particularly difficult for Leo.

He had even applied it creatively.

‘It’s a technique with heavy aura and mana consumption, so I probably can’t maintain it for long right now. But it’s excellent.’

Leo, who had been smirking, turned his gaze to look at the thicket.

Shortly after, someone burst out from the thicket.

It was a girl with red hair wearing a Seirun female student uniform.

“Who are you?”

“My name is Runia El Runda. I’m a first-year at Seirun.”

“Are you going to attack me like him too?”

At Leo’s question, Runia looked back and forth between her fallen classmate and the student from another school, then let out a deep sigh.

“We came for mission practice, but an incident occurred at the sanctuary, so this friend seems to have misunderstood. Of course, his behavior was extremely rude even before the misunderstanding. I was hearing the story from our teacher and relaying it to my friends when…”

Runia trailed off.

Runia, who had guessed what happened, bowed her head.

“I’ll apologize on behalf of this friend.”

“Well, an apology is enough.”

Leo chuckled.

Runia smiled bitterly watching Leo like that.

“Please don’t think all Seirun students are like this friend.”

“I don’t think that way. Anyway, now that the misunderstanding is cleared up, can I go? I have something to report to our professor.”

“Yes.”

Runia smiled brightly and said.

“See you again later.”

“Sure.”

Runia, who had been watching Leo disappear, kicked the side of the Male Student lying unconscious on the ground.

“Hey, get up, you bastard! How long are you going to stay unconscious?”

“Cough!”

“Anyway, the guy with the worst grades in advanced Class 1 acts up and causes trouble! You idiot! Ugh! So embarrassing!”

Runia, having shed her gentle demeanor from moments before, growled.

According to Seirun’s school rules, they had to show a dignified appearance and conduct as hero candidates to outsiders, so she had no choice but to put on an act.

Especially since Runia was Seirun’s top student, she was the face of Seirun and had to be even more mindful of outside attention.

‘But he accepted the apology pretty coolly, didn’t he?’

Runia thought of Leo.

‘Maybe he’s interested in me? Well, that’s possible! I am pretty after all.’

Runia smiled with a smug expression.

‘He was cute and my type. His skills were excellent enough to defeat this guy. I forgot to ask his name, but I’ll probably meet him again in Berkia.’

Runia hummed cheerfully, and a combative energy flickered in her eyes.

‘And I can ask about that Leo Flobe guy too.’

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“Runia El Runda? Where have I heard that name before?”

Leo tilted his head as he exited the forest.

“Ah.”

Then he exclaimed as he remembered something.

“The heir of the Runda Family. Fiora’s original contractor, right?”

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