Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 664

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664.

Flash-! Puhwahahak-!

Blood splattered in all directions along with a silver flash.

A red gleam flickered in Leo’s eyes.

“Nooooooom!”

Kwagagagagagang-!

Giganto roared and swung his arm.

Just swinging his arm created tremendous wind pressure that swept the surroundings.

Thud-!

“Uum!”

Giganto glared with wide eyes at Leo who had landed on the back of his hand.

Buwak!

“Kraaaak!”

Leo, who had instantly approached his face, slashed right across Giganto’s eye.

Bang! Kwagagagang-!

Giganto rampaged and roared.

5,000 years ago.

Giganto had certainly been a formidable enemy.

However, the experience accumulated in the process of ending the Age of Calamity was enough to make the battle between Leo and Giganto follow a typical pattern.

Most decisively, Leo now held in his hands Dweno’s weapon, which could be called Giganto’s fatal weakness.

Giganto’s recovered eyes were bloodshot.

Seeing Leo caught in his vision, Giganto let out a roar.

“Graaaaaaaa!”

His reason became paralyzed due to the pain he was experiencing for the first time.

The unprecedented agony enraged Giganto.

“How dare a mere insignificant human toy with me! You are nothing but prey!”

Watching Giganto charge while scattering terrifying dark magic, Leo wore an indifferent expression.

Giganto’s attacks were completely visible to him.

That’s why Leo continued to accumulate wounds on him.

Giganto’s weapon wasn’t just his sturdy body that aura couldn’t penetrate.

That terrifying regenerative power was also Giganto’s formidable weapon.

‘In terms of toughness, he was the best among Tartaros Demons.’

Giganto’s body was a masterpiece of Gias the Giant King, who had created all sorts of terrible weapons in Tartaros.

As such, his defensive power surpassed even the Legion Commanders.

‘With my current strength, killing him is easy, but it will take some time.’

Leo’s current pure physical strength didn’t reach the level from before he established Arhee with Risinass.

No matter how much he was born with the experience and knowledge of a Great Hero and had regained his strength at tremendous speed, his body wasn’t yet at its prime.

“The conclusion is that time is the answer.”

A cruel smile appeared on Leo’s lips.

“Well, toying with him before killing him wouldn’t be bad either. I could vent my anger while I’m at it.”

5,000 years ago, the Great Heroes changed the fate of the world.

Since they saved a world heading toward destruction, from the Tartaros Demons’ perspective, they were more hateful than anyone else.

But before that, they were also beings of fear.

At the center of that was Kail.

Fear existed even for demons.

And to those demons, Kail was literally like an incarnation of terror.

He had ravaged demons in the most cruel and painful ways.

He never killed enemies peacefully.

That was Leo’s own form of revenge against Tartaros, which had taken away the world.

‘I never had a good personality to begin with.’

He was distinctly different from the noble Risinass and the brilliant Luna.

Different from the overly kind Arron and Dweno who loved beauty.

“Then shall I make you want to die?”

‘Ugh, Risinass! Kail’s bad habit is showing again.’

Luna’s voice came to mind, the one who used to be terrified watching him become endlessly cruel.

‘Let him vent his anger.’

He also remembered Risinass’s voice, who would sigh softly and shake his head.

Risinass had understood.

His such behavior.

‘Well, there’s no choice now. Luna.’

Leo raised his sword while looking at Giganto.

‘This is the most effective method right now.’

Kwak-!

Leo, who had slashed Giganto with his sword strike, sighed inwardly.

Even now, he could finish off Giganto with a single blow.

But then Leo would also have to pour out powerful force all at once.

This battle wasn’t the end.

Considering the next battle, he had to use his strength efficiently.

‘Well, if there’s a destructive weapon among what Dweno made, it’s not impossible…’

Thud-

Suddenly something caught inside his fluttering cloak.

Leo instinctively put his hand into his cloak.

Swish-

A massive greatsword revealed itself.

Seeing it, Leo’s eyes widened greatly.

‘…This is.’

***

“That Leo guy! He’s different from usual, isn’t he?”

Cal, who had been commanding the party members, spotted Leo fighting Giganto in the distance and shouted in surprise.

As Cal said, the atmosphere was different from the usual Leo.

“Ugh. Right now, Class President is, how should I put it. Really scary.”

Iliana, who had retreated to the rear to cast magic, shrank her neck.

Seeing that, Cal clicked his tongue.

“Well, Leo’s got quite a personality too, honestly. If the enemy is a demon, getting angry to that extent is somewhat natural, isn’t it?”

“Magic preparation is complete.”

“Oh!”

Chelsea’s specialty was high-speed casting.

She would barrage magic while moving at tremendous speed and engaging in close combat.

She wasn’t the type of mage like Chloe and Avad who overwhelmed opponents with crushing power.

But that didn’t mean Chelsea’s magic power was weak.

Compared to Chloe and Avad, it just took longer to build up the power.

Given sufficient time, the power of magic Chelsea deployed rivaled that of Chloe or Avad.

And one of Chelsea’s magical characteristics was dominating the mana of the surrounding area.

A voice flowed from Chelsea’s mouth.

The atmosphere responded accordingly.

Storm clouds began gathering in the sky.

Flash! Pajijijijijik!

Eliza’s Wind Wyvern flying in the sky roared toward the heavens.

Lightning struck all at once from the storm clouds Chelsea had summoned.

Eliza had controlled the storm clouds that Chelsea summoned using magic.

Duran raised his longsword toward the sky.

Crackle-!

Like lightning striking a lightning rod, lightning poured down toward Duran.

A golden light flashed from Duran’s body.

“All preparations complete! Everyone fall back!”

At Artion’s shout, Ar and Driana who were handling the front line, along with the trio of 2nd year Knight Academy students, scattered.

Duran gripped his sword with both hands and swung it as is.

Flash!

Craaaaaack-!

A destructive lightning strike swept through.

Then the Giganto’s subordinates who had been charging like a raging torrent were swept away by the lightning.

A wide-area attack that far surpassed any decent grand magic.

Crackle-! Spark-! Crack-!

Even as sparks flew all over his body, Duran thrust his sword into the ground.

Snap-!

Then the sword, having reached the end of its lifespan, broke.

Duran, who had been swaying, fell to his knees.

‘If it had been Lightning Storm, it wouldn’t have been damaged.’

Though he didn’t show it outwardly, the existence of his shattered family heirloom left a bitter taste.

Watching this scene, Cal muttered.

“…He actually succeeded with that? What kind of disgusting guy is he?”

A fusion technique combining magic, summoning, and swordsmanship.

This was a technique Cal had jokingly suggested to Eliza, Avad, and Duran during their 2nd year.

A technique to defeat Leo.

The problem was that Duran couldn’t withstand the overwhelming lightning.

And Duran had built a body capable of handling that lightning in just half a year.

From Cal’s perspective, it was a thrilling level of achievement.

“You’re really amazing.”

At Cal’s words, Duran looked toward Leo who was facing the Giganto in the distance.

Flash-!

Blue lightning swept through, cutting the Giganto’s body in half.

Seeing this, Duran threw away his broken sword and muttered.

“Still have a long way to go.”

“Stubborn. So stubborn. Huh? Chelsea. Where are you going?”

Cal, who had been shaking his head, opened his eyes wide as he saw Chelsea running toward Leo.

***

“Grooooooo…”

The Giganto, cut in half at the waist, let out a pained groan.

Its severed body twitched and trembled.

Leo looked at the greatsword wrapped in blue lightning in his hand.

‘…Arron’s greatsword.’

It was one of Arron’s weapons made by Dweno.

A weapon with powerful destructive force.

‘Was something like this in my cloak?’

Leo showed a slightly bewildered expression.

It was an item he didn’t even know existed.

Moreover, he hadn’t even thought to take out something like this.

As if responding to Leo’s thought that he couldn’t defeat the enemy in one strike.

It had suddenly emerged from the extradimensional space.

‘Like Luna’s ring from last time.’

Leo looked at Luna’s ring on his finger.

Step- Step-

Swoosh-

Approaching the Giganto, Leo raised his greatsword.

At that moment.

Grab-!

Someone grabbed the edge of Leo’s cloak.

Previously, someone had stopped Leo in this same way when he had become endlessly cruel.

‘…Luna?’

Leo unconsciously turned around.

There, Chelsea was holding the edge of his cloak while looking up at Leo with bright, wide eyes.

“Leo oppa. Are you going to torment that demon more?”

“Why?”

“I’m worried. I hope Leo oppa isn’t angry.”

Long ago.

Seeing Chelsea say the exact same words Luna had once said to him, Leo chuckled and reached out his free hand to pat Chelsea’s head.

“Ah, blood!”

As Chelsea frowned and was startled, Leo smiled and approached the Giganto, then struck its neck.

Thud-!

“Gurgle!”

The Giganto let out a pained death cry and died instantly.

The Giganto’s body scattered into black sand.

With the battle concluded, the party members approached.

Leo stood blankly at the spot where the Giganto’s corpse had been, looking down at his palm.

‘Let him vent his anger.’

Risinass understood why Kail had become cruel.

That’s why he had left him alone.

Luna didn’t leave Kail alone.

She genuinely worried about Kail, saying it would only hurt his heart more.

So she had stopped him.

‘Yes, Risinass. You were worried about me too.’

Excessive anger would someday consume him.

Knowing this, when Risinass stopped him from killing enemies as cruelly as possible.

He had felt truly relieved.

The reason he couldn’t bring himself to stop him was because he understood his feelings too well.

The fact that the extradimensional space opened regardless of his will.

Perhaps Risinass’s spirit was still worried about him becoming cruel even after 5,000 years and had helped him.

“Chelsea.”

“Yeah.”

Chelsea, who had been wiping the blood stuck to her head with a handkerchief, came running to Leo.

“Thank you.”

“Huh? For what?”

“For stopping me.”

“Oh come on, it’s nothing. Ehehe.”

Pat- Pat-

“Ah! Really! Leo oppa!”

Chelsea shouted as she watched Leo pat her head again with his blood-stained hand.

“Well, now that things are roughly finished, let’s start following the Gigantes’ movement traces.”

At Artion’s words as she returned to her original form, all the party members nodded.

The Arhee party followed the Gigantes’ movement traces deeper into Tartaros territory.

***

“An abnormal situation is indeed an abnormal situation.”

Arga grumbled.

“There are so many monsters I’ve never seen before!”

“They were all Age of Calamity monsters that only existed in records.”

At Ar’s words, Cal muttered with a serious expression.

The Archi Party moved while engaging in continuous battles.

And all the monsters that appeared were extinct in the current era.

They were monsters from the Age of Calamity.

“We’ve been fighting for a full day now, so we should probably rest soon.”

At Cal’s words, Artion said while looking at the map.

“A ruined fortress will appear soon. Let’s take a rest there.”

Although it had lost its function as a fortress, since it was an area where a fortress had been established, the terrain itself was suitable for defense.

At Artion’s words, the students headed toward where the fortress was located with bright expressions.

While moving, Duran checked his watch.

“The sun should be rising soon.”

A full day had already passed and they had stayed up all night.

It would be dawn in a little while.

“Even if it’s a fortress, washing up would be impossible.”

“Hmph. What a luxurious thing to say.”

“Uaaaah.”

At Iliana’s complaint, Eliza snorted.

“But… doesn’t the sky look a bit strange?”

Driana tilted her head while looking at the sky.

“Huh? What do you mean?”

At those words, the group all looked up at the sky.

“It looks the same to me?”

At Cal’s muttering, Driana made a puzzled expression.

“No, the color of the sky is a bit different from usual dawn…”

“…The sky of the Age of Calamity.”

“What?!”

Before Driana could finish speaking, Leo muttered quietly.

At those words, Cal and Chelsea looked at Leo in surprise.

That’s when it happened.

Leo and Artion moved simultaneously.

Whoosh-!

Artion rushed to the front of Driana, who was at the very front, and swung his fist.

Kwang-!

A tremendous sound echoed.

Thwack-!

“Kugh!”

The opponent’s fist struck Artion’s abdomen.

Before Artion could counterattack, the attacker struck the airborne Artion’s back with their hand.

Thwack-! Kwak-!

The attacker trampled on Artion’s back as he was slammed into the ground.

Arga, with sharp eyes, kicked toward the attacker.

Grab-! Whoosh-!

“Nyaaah!”

Arga was sent flying far away.

Driana’s battle axe, reacting belatedly, aimed at the enemy.

Grab-!

But the attacker caught Driana’s battle axe with their hand.

“Kuk!”

Whoosh-!

“What exactly are you doing all of a sudden?”

Leo, pointing his sword at the attacker’s back, asked in a cold voice.

“You guys… who are you?”

“That’s what we, the ones being attacked, should ask…”

“Leo!”

Whoong- Kwang-!

A massive battle hammer that appeared in an instant struck Leo.

Leo, who was sent flying, regained his posture.

‘My left shoulder is shattered.’

A tremendous attack.

But Leo withdrew his killing intent and raised his head.

It was a familiar attack.

Thud-!

“I’ll ask again on her behalf. You lot.”

The dwarf asked with a gentle smile.

“What are you?”

Leo lowered his guard and opened his mouth.

“Dweno.”

At that question, Dweno tilted his head.

“You know me? Young boy.”

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