Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 655

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655.

“Nice to meet you all. I’m Ain Elangdude, who will be in charge of the joint combat studies class.”

The first-year Knight Academy students showed excited reactions to Ain’s introduction.

Ain Elangdude.

Currently known as the knight among Lumern professors who came closest to being a hero.

He was only using his strength as a professor to nurture future generations.

In terms of skill, he was a true expert evaluated to surpass most knight heroes.

“I heard you were in charge of the third-year seniors!”

“To think we can take Professor Ain’s class!”

The first-year Knight Academy students showed very excited reactions.

“It’s nice, but.”

“Isn’t it only good for the Knight Academy kids?”

On the contrary, the first-year students from the Department of Magic and Summoning Department showed disappointed expressions.

Seeing that reaction, Ain chuckled.

“Don’t worry. I’m not the only one in charge of the joint combat studies class.”

Just as the first-years widened their eyes at those words.

Two people walked from the training ground entrance.

The third-years showed surprised expressions upon seeing them.

“Professor Albi and Professor Artion?”

Albi Jerdinger, the mage of Maan.

Not only had he reached the position of hero, but he was also evaluated as the strongest among the Department of Magic professors who had hunted countless demons.

“My goodness! I heard Professor Albi rarely teaches classes?”

“Is this a special class!”

The Department of Magic students’ motivation soared.

Meanwhile, the Summoning Department students showed puzzled expressions.

“Did Professor Artion also have expertise in combat studies?”

These were first-years who had already experienced Artion’s fearsome nature during the entrance exam.

But compared to Ain and Albi in front of them, it was true that questions arose about combat ability.

The second and third-years felt the same doubt.

While the second and third-years knew Artion’s terrifying notoriety better than anyone, there were no famous battles where Artion had been active.

Even Professor Ran from the Department of Magic, who was only interested in holing up in the research lab doing magical research, had famous achievements.

“Cal. Do you know anything about Professor Artion?”

When Eliza asked with a puzzled face, Cal shook his head.

“No. As far as I know, there’s nothing.”

“Hmm?”

Eliza narrowed her eyes.

If Cal, who was well-informed not only about what happened within Lumern but also news from around the world, didn’t know, it was safe to say there were no battles where Artion had been active.

While Artion was certainly a tremendous expert as a Lumern professor, it was uncertain how capable she was in combat as a professor specializing in heroics.

In this situation where all the professors for the joint combat studies class had revealed themselves, Selia raised her hand.

“What is it? Selia Jerdinger.”

“I’m curious about what we’ll do in the first class.”

To that question, Ain said.

“The first thing we’ll do is form ‘parties.'”

At those words, all the students widened their eyes.

“Parties?”

“That’s right. As you saw in the morning announcements, the joint combat studies class is strictly a regular class for this semester.”

Ain was right.

It was a newly established regular class that all first, second, and third-years would take together.

“Additionally, the parties decided today can be considered as classes.”

“Does that mean we’ll attend classes as parties?”

“That’s right. Of course, since you’re different grades, you can’t take required subjects and liberal arts together. But if it’s a class that the same grade takes, you’ll move as parties.”

It literally meant large joint classes called parties.

Chloe raised her hand.

“How many parties will be formed?”

“Six.”

At Ain’s answer, Chloe fell into thought.

‘First-years are 500 total. Second-years are 224. Third-years are 163. Roughly large-scale parties of close to 150 people per party.’

“Additionally, all mock battles in future joint combat studies classes will be conducted by party units. Commission practice will also be conducted by parties.”

“Will first and second-years follow third-years on commissions?”

To Duran’s question, Ain shook his head.

“No. It’s only for commission practice.”

From the moment they become third-years, Lumern students have the obligation to solve commissions that come to Lumern.

And commission practice and commissions are strictly different.

For commission practice, Lumern internally selects and provides commissions that first and second-years can also solve.

Conversely, commission difficulty varies greatly.

There are commissions easier than commission practice, but there are also commissions of tremendous difficulty.

The commission practice experienced in first and second year was literally a kind of practice in preparation for becoming a third-year.

Chelsea, who had been pondering after hearing the explanation, raised her hand.

“What’s the reason for assuming such large-scale combat requiring this much cooperation?”

“Leo Flobe will explain the reason for that. He’s coming just in time.”

To Chelsea’s answer, Albi, who had been quietly watching the situation until now, spoke.

All students’ gazes turned to Leo.

Chen Xia was walking alongside Leo.

“Student Leo! Come here!”

Artion welcomed Leo with a bright smile.

Chen Xia went to sit where the Knight Academy students were, and Leo stood next to the professors.

“From now on, Student Leo will explain the reason why joint combat studies classes were implemented, starting with the dormitory system.”

At Artion’s serious face, the students looked at Leo with slightly tense eyes.

“During winter break, I discovered that a major anomaly occurred in Hero Record.”

“A major anomaly? Chelsea, Avad. You guys moved with Leo, right? Do you know anything?”

When Cal asked with a puzzled face, Chelsea and Avad shook their heads.

“Miss Selia, do you know anything?”

“This is the first I’m hearing of it too.”

From the Knight Academy side, Chen Xia looked at Selia with a puzzled face, and Selia shook her head with a flustered expression.

“What is this anomaly?”

When Luke raised his hand and asked carefully, Leo answered.

“I discovered something called the Legion’s World.”

“The Legion’s World?”

“Don’t tell me it’s that Legion from Tartaros?!”

“What the hell is that? Don’t tell me it’s like a Tartaros version of Hero Record or something?”

“Does that even make sense?”

Voices filled with shock burst out from here and there.

Just as a commotion was about to break out among the students.

“Shh.”

Someone’s small voice quietly echoed.

Everyone closed their mouths and looked toward where the voice came from.

There, Chen Xia put her right index finger to her lips, winked one eye, then smiled and said.

“The student council president’s words aren’t finished yet, right? Everyone should focus, shouldn’t they?”

At those words, the startled students focused on Leo.

They recalled the earlier duel with Leo.

Seeing the students focus on him again, Leo spoke.

“As you guessed from hearing the name, the Legion’s World is indeed Tartaros’s version of the Heroes’ World. Just as we inherit the power of previous heroes through the Heroes’ World, it’s been revealed that they also inherit the power of already vanished demons through the Legion’s World. Selia, Avad, Chelsea. You three saw it back then, didn’t you?”

“Ah…!”

“The Hero Hunters who gained monster powers?”

“Indeed, that’s how it was.”

At Leo’s words, they recalled the Hero Hunters they had fought during the Hero Slayer incident.

The Hero Hunters who had taken on monstrous forms.

Remembering their overwhelming power, the three hardened their expressions.

“Back then, did Leo oppa enter the Legion’s World?”

“That’s right. The place I entered was Silatuna’s World.”

“The Monster Queen?”

“Such…!”

The winter two years ago.

The terror of 5,000 years that was defeated by Kail, the Hero of the Beginning, and Luna, the Progenitor of the Starry Skies, who had miraculously appeared in Seirun.

When Monster Queen Silatuna was mentioned, groans erupted from here and there.

In that situation, Woreden asked.

“Where was the setting?”

“The Age of Calamity, the era when Luna lived.”

“What was your role in that world?”

“I was an intruder. I wasn’t a permitted existence in that world.”

“Leo. When you were a freshman, didn’t you fight against demons who had invaded the Heroes’ World from Luna’s World?”

During the mission practice in the second semester of freshman year.

Remembering when Leo had entered Luna’s World, Chloe asked with a serious expression.

“You were in the same situation as those demons?”

“That’s right.”

Leo nodded and spoke with a solemn expression.

“The Legion’s World itself probably won’t occur that frequently. If it could be created easily, the balance of power between our world and Tartaros would have already been broken. But that doesn’t mean we can dismiss it as nothing.”

The Heroes’ World saved the world.

There was no law saying the Legion’s World couldn’t drive the world to destruction in the same way.

“Whether we make the Legion’s World conquest fail, or Tartaros succeeds in their conquest, the fight against Tartaros will become even more fierce. The difficulty level itself will be different from the Heroes’ World conquests we’ve done so far.”

There are no enemies in Heroes’ World conquests.

But the Legion’s World is different.

The Legion’s World itself becomes another battlefield.

At Leo’s words, the students’ faces became serious.

“And there’s a high probability that all Legion’s Worlds are connected to Great Heroes.”

“Why?”

“The Legion’s Record seems to be created based on the Hero Record. If that’s the case, they would also want to inherit the power of the strongest demons possible.”

Leo closed his eyes slightly.

“The era when their power was strongest would undoubtedly be the Age of Calamity, when the Great Heroes were active.”

Leo opened his eyes, recalling old events.

“As you know, the battles of that era were mostly large-scale battles. That’s why the Joint Combat Studies class was created. The reason we call them parties instead of simply classes is also for that reason.”

Leo smiled slightly.

“Rather than simply being classmates, being a party that must fight risking their lives together would be better for building bonds. That’s all for the story.”

Having finished speaking, Leo greeted the professors and returned among the students.

Watching him, the freshmen’s eyes lit up.

‘If I could be in the same party as Senior Leo…’

‘My school life would bloom brilliantly, wouldn’t it?’

‘Not just school life. Senior Leo will soon become a king of a nation too!’

The freshmen thought to themselves.

‘If I catch Senior Leo’s eye, a golden path will unfold before me!’

While the freshmen were spreading their wings of hopeful imagination.

The second and third-year students were also spreading their wings of imagination.

Of course, unlike the freshmen, it was imagination filled with despair.

‘If I’m in the same party as Senior Leo, it’ll be the start of a living hell, right?’

‘The moment I catch Leo’s eye, a living hell will unfold, right?’

***

The first Joint Combat Studies class was spent listening to the professors about what they would learn in Joint Combat Studies.

And before immediately forming parties, they had time for the first, second, and third-year students to get to know each other.

There was too much they didn’t know about each other to form parties right away.

Especially the freshmen.

The second and third-year students had deep exchanges as mentors and mentees for a year, but the freshmen hadn’t.

Since they had to form parties for the entire year, party formation had to be careful.

After the first class ended and during break time.

Chloe approached Leo.

“Leo, I have a question about what happened earlier.”

“What are you curious about?”

Chloe sat beside Leo and asked with a serious expression.

“Would the Legion’s World also go berserk like the Heroes’ World?”

Heroes’ Worlds created by abnormal berserking are called Hero Dungeons.

In such cases, the Heroes’ World erodes and affects the world.

“Hmm… Well, I think the Legion’s World itself is a form of berserking. So I don’t think berserking like Hero Dungeons would occur.”

“Is that so?”

“But I am curious. If a situation like Hero Dungeons were to occur, would it benefit us? Or would it benefit Tartaros?”

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