Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 661

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661.

“What the hell. What is this manual labor site?”

Iliana looked down at the mining village below with a displeased expression.

The 2nd year students from Lumern and Demian were huddled together at the mine entrance.

Their faces were covered in soot as if they had just finished work.

Without even thinking to wash or wipe it off, they held food trays in their hands, eagerly waiting for dinner.

“The kids turned into beggars in just two days.”

Chelsea sighed as she watched Iliana mutter while sending pitying glances at her juniors.

“We don’t look much better ourselves, you know?”

Leo’s party had just finished exploring the Tartaros territory for two days.

And they had come to this mine located in the border region with Tartaros for rest.

A safe stronghold was absolutely necessary for exploring Tartaros territory.

This place was also very safe since the 2nd year students from Lumern and Demian had gathered here for exclusive contracts with Smith.

“I never dreamed we wouldn’t be able to wash for two whole days.”

Arga put his nose to his forearm and sniffed.

“What are you doing?”

“Huh?!”

Arga jumped at seeing Leo approach him.

“Black rabbit. Don’t come close right now. I smell bad.”

Swoosh- As Arga distanced himself, Leo chuckled.

“We all smell the same right now anyway.”

They were a party that had fought non-stop for two days.

It was inevitable that their bodies would mix sweat and blood odors.

“Is that so?”

Arga crossed his arms and tilted his head as he stood beside Leo.

“By the way.”

“Hm?”

“You’ve become much more skilled at using beast transformation and enhanced senses, haven’t you?”

At Leo’s words, Arga’s ears perked up.

“Arron would have been happy if he had seen it.”

At Leo’s praise, Arga scratched the back of his head and grinned sheepishly.

“No, no. I’m still lacking a lot!”

“No. I was really surprised.”

“Ehehehehe.”

“In that sense, would you like to receive special tutoring from me?”

“Sure…”

Arga, who was about to answer with a completely relaxed face, suddenly distanced himself from Leo at tremendous speed and made a wary expression like a hissing cat.

“What kind of torture are you planning again!”

“Torture, you say.”

Having previously received training close to torture from Leo, Ar had no choice but to be horrified.

Chelsea, who was watching this scene, muttered quietly.

“There really are a lot of victims of Leo oppa.”

“Right. Being noticed by the class president doesn’t seem like a good thing. In that sense, I think I’m really lucky.”

“Still, if you receive training from Leo oppa, your skills definitely improve quickly even if it’s hard.”

At Chelsea’s words, Iliana laughed, “Ohohoho-“

“That’s a story very far from my life philosophy! My life goal is to become moderately famous! And based on that fame! Enjoy life!”

“…Is that something the heir of a family should say?”

“Of course!”

Chelsea made an expression of disdain while looking at Iliana speaking so confidently.

“Leo oppa said he’s going to train you soon too.”

“Huh?!”

“He said he’d really make you into a light-speed quick sword.”

“Why!”

“Because you keep going around talking about light-speed quick sword, he said he wanted to make you into one.”

“Hiiiiek!”

Iliana grabbed her head and screamed.

Chelsea sneered as if pleased while watching Iliana.

“Oh! Leo! You’re here?”

Just then, Cal, who spotted Leo’s party approaching the lodging, made a welcoming expression.

“Wow, you all clearly look like you’ve been through a lot.”

Since they had already discussed using this place as an exploration base, he didn’t show any confusion at Leo’s party’s arrival.

“What’s that, Cal?”

“This? It’s dinner for the kids. If you haven’t eaten yet either, let’s eat together.”

Cal personally pushed a cart filled with food toward where Leo’s group and the 2nd year students were.

“Ooh! It’s food!”

“Food! Food!”

Cheers erupted from here and there.

“I guess we don’t matter to them at all.”

Chelsea’s expression became slightly displeased at the thought that their presence had been overshadowed by food.

“Ah, everyone. Welcome. How was the exploration?”

Artion made a bright expression.

Looking at Artion, Leo said.

“We have something to tell you about that.”

“Yes?”

At Leo’s words, Artion tilted his head slightly.

***

“After exploring the entrance area of Tartaros territory for two days, the existence of a Hero Dungeon seems certain.”

“If you encountered demons from the Age of Calamity, it would be certain.”

Demons from the distant past.

There was only one way for them to reveal themselves in the present world.

That was through a Hero Dungeon.

“After the battle with the demons, when we headed to a slightly deeper area, countless hordes of Gigantes were holding their ground.”

Those Gigantes were also ones that had appeared during the Age of Calamity.

‘You can tell by looking at their equipment.’

Leo looked down at his palm while recalling the weapons the Gigantes had used.

“We’ll need to plan tactics assuming combat with Gigantes and make our entry.”

“Yes.”

Since this was an exploration mission to infiltrate deep into Tartaros territory, they needed to gather as much information as possible about the current interior of Tartaros territory from the entrance area.

The past two days of exploration were for that reason.

“But one question arises.”

Artion made a serious expression.

“Why is this surrounding area near the border so peaceful when so many Gigantes have appeared in the present world through the Hero Dungeon?”

The reason Demian had formed an exploration team in the first place was because they had sensed abnormal situations in the border region.

After the exploration team sent by Demian went missing, it didn’t take very long until Leo’s party explored the area around Tartaros again.

And according to the previous exploration team’s reports, such abnormal situations hadn’t occurred in the entrance area of Tartaros territory until then.

‘It means the situation has rapidly worsened over the past few days.’

And if that many Gigantes had appeared, it wouldn’t be strange for them to cross the border region and invade dwarf territory.

It was literally a hair-trigger situation.

But this surrounding area was peaceful.

Of course, being a border region, it wasn’t completely peaceful.

Monsters are coming over from the Tartaros domain right now.

This mine also has monsters appearing several times.

If it weren’t for the students of Lumern and Demian, work would have been impossible from the start.

But that’s all.

Given the confirmed situation where Hero Dungeons were clearly invading the present world, it was too peaceful.

“Regarding that, I think we’ll need to go deeper inside to find out.”

Artion nodded at Leo’s words.

The request delivered to Leo was to confirm the presence of a Hero Dungeon, but that wasn’t everything.

If they confirmed the existence of a Hero Dungeon, they needed to know which hero from which era it belonged to.

‘In the current situation, it seems like a fragment of one of the Great Heroes’ Hero Records…’

The discovery of a Great Hero’s Hero Record was certainly tremendous good news.

But if that Hero Record had become a Hero Dungeon, the story was different.

It meant the monsters emerging from the Hero Dungeon were monsters from the Age of Calamity.

‘Moreover, high-ranking demons from that era have also shown themselves.’

Having thought that far, Artion spoke seriously.

“As a professor of Lumern, I’ll speak to Student Leo, the leader of the Arhi Party.”

At those words, Leo straightened his posture.

A Lumern professor wasn’t simply an educator.

They also held the authority of a commander who could give orders to students in emergencies.

No matter how much Leo was the student council president and out on a request, he had to listen if Artion used his command authority.

“It seems we need to reinforce the party. Student Cal.”

“Yes.”

“Join Student Leo’s party.”

“Huh?”

“And by professor authority, I’ll also have 2nd year Knight Academy students Luke, Aina, and Havedon join the party. I will certainly join the Arhi Party as well.”

Hearing this, Chelsea’s eyes widened.

“Then does that mean Professor Artion becomes the party leader?”

“No. Student Leo is the leader. I just judged as a professor that we need to strengthen the party’s power. As a leader, Student Leo will be more excellent than me.”

Luke, Aina, and Havedon.

Adding the Knight Academy trio was also to match Leo’s existing party tendencies.

All three of the top 3 2nd year Knight Academy students were basically specialized in speed.

Shasha from the 2nd year Summoning Department was also fast, but it would be overwhelming to keep up with the owners of the highest speed among 3rd years.

“What about the 2nd years’ exclusive Smith contract?”

“Let’s proceed as is. There are professors from Demian as guides.”

At Artion’s words, Cal sighed.

“Ah. In the end, I’m being dragged into danger again.”

Cal, who had been muttering with a devastated face while covering his face, asked.

“But how do I follow you guys? Unlike you monsters, I’m fragile.”

“Don’t worry about that.”

Iliana smiled and handed Cal a rope.

“Cal, this is the special rope you use to tie up the loads you dig.”

“…You’re not planning to hang me from this rope, are you?”

“You got it exactly right!”

Iliana said, raising her thumb.

“Tie it around your waist. I’ll drag you along.”

“Whose waist do you want to see get broken?”

Cal frowned and looked around at the group.

‘Whoever it is, except for one person, motion sickness is guaranteed.’

They would obviously run at tremendous speed, and there was no way they’d be considerate of him.

Having thought that far, Cal quickly approached Eliza, who could provide the most comfortable travel.

“Lady Eliza.”

“No.”

“Come on, don’t be like that. Huh? Huh?”

“Try kneeling and begging.”

“Oh? Really? If I just do that much, you’ll give me a ride? I can kneel and beg as much as you want!”

Looking at Cal making a bright expression, Eliza frowned.

“That’s annoying.”

After the party received power reinforcement like this.

Leo said.

“Then let’s rest well for a day and depart tomorrow morning. I’ll tell the 2nd years who joined the party. Dismissed.”

At those words, the party members disbanded to rest.

Leo, who stood up from his seat, looked down at his palm.

‘…Whose world is it.’

He tried not to worry about it, but at the thought of an old friend’s Hero Record, Leo’s eyes wavered slightly.

Would he be able to meet them again?

‘This time too, they’ll probably be thinking about the past, right?’

Whoever it was, the companions in the Heroes’ World now knew his identity.

It was when Leo’s heart was stirring.

“Um… Student Leo?”

“Yes, Professor Artion.”

After all the students had left, Artion carefully called Leo.

“Would Student Leo stay for a moment? I have something to ask.”

“Yes.”

Leo sat back down.

The other companions left first, thinking they would discuss what would happen starting tomorrow.

In the room were Leo and Artion.

The two were left alone.

Artion, who sat in front of Leo, hesitated before opening his mouth.

“Leo. I’ve wanted to ask since before.”

“Yes.”

“Do you happen to have a lover?”

“Huh?”

At the unexpected words, Leo rarely showed a flustered expression.

“Why are you asking that?”

“I can sense the aura of a spirit around Student Leo.”

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