Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 681

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681.

Led by Leo and Chelsea, the party of Luke, Aina, and Havedon continued their reconnaissance mission.

Their destination was southward, away from Tartaros Territory.

“Don’t you think the frequency of demons, demonic beasts, and monsters appearing has increased compared to when we came?”

After annihilating about 200 orcs.

When Luke asked while catching his ragged breath, Chelsea, who had taken out a short magic staff, answered.

“It has increased.”

The orcs’ characteristic stench was tormenting their sense of smell, mixed with the smell of corpses and blood.

Chelsea lightly frowned and waved her staff gently.

Whoooosh-

Wind blew and swept away the foul odor.

Chelsea made a refreshed expression as she breathed in the purified air deeply.

“That’s better. Though I still don’t like the scenery.”

Luke watched Chelsea, who was grumbling lightly, with interest.

“Why?”

“Oh, nothing. I was thinking after seeing Aina’s Cleshis. That staff of yours is quite an impressive item too, isn’t it, Senior Chelsea?”

“Yeah. Flamen. It’s a family treasure of the Rwallin Family. Well, since Aina’s Cleshis is a sword made by Lord Dweno, it can’t compare to Cleshis though.”

Chelsea shrugged her shoulders.

She acted as if it was nothing special, but Flamen-grade magic staffs were very rare to see.

Divine-grade items were only things born from Dweno’s hands.

Even among those, properly functioning divine items were extremely rare to see.

And Flamen was legendary grade, just one level below divine grade.

In the long history of the Age of Heroes, very few legendary-grade weapons had been crafted.

Right now, Lightning Storm, which was Duran’s weapon that broke during this journey and a national treasure of the Kingdom of Moira, was a heroic-grade weapon, just one level below legendary grade.

“Wow.”

Luke’s eyes sparkled brightly.

“Want to get a good weapon?”

“Well.”

Luke made an embarrassed expression at Chelsea’s question.

While one shouldn’t rely too much on powerful weapons, not making any preparations was also problematic.

A hero’s armament was also clearly part of a hero’s strength.

Chelsea grinned.

“Even if legendary or heroic-grade weapons are difficult, shall I teach you how to get top-tier magic-grade items?”

“Haha. I don’t have the funds for that.”

When Luke scratched his head with an embarrassed face, Chelsea smiled mischievously.

“You can get it for free.”

“H-how?”

Magic-grade weapons could only be made by 4th or 5th years even at Demian.

Since she said he could get such a weapon for free, Luke couldn’t help but be tempted.

“Just become Driana’s model.”

“Eek?!”

Luke turned bright red.

“B-become Lady Driana’s model? That’s…”

“Yeah. A nude model. She’d probably be happy to make one for you?”

“Auugh…”

Luke stammered and turned red even to his ears.

Then Aina reached out her hand.

“No, Luke. Value yourself.”

Luke smiled awkwardly seeing Aina speak with a serious face, pretending to be flustered.

“Come on, Aina. Even so…”

“Oho? Not choosing means and methods to obtain a strong weapon. An admirable attitude, Luke.”

“Havedon. You know I wouldn’t do that.”

Luke and Havedon had become quite close and now exchanged jokes.

Of course, Aina, who was bad at reading the atmosphere, glared.

“Why? It’s not like showing it would wear it out…”

Thwack-!

“What are you doing!”

Aina struck the back of Havedon’s head with her scabbard.

“Don’t say strange things to Luke. I’ll prevent that from happening.”

“No. I’m telling you I have no intention of becoming a nude model.”

Chelsea held her stomach and giggled watching the juniors become rowdy.

‘Anyway, she has such a bad personality.’

Leo, who had been watching that scene, shook his head and looked ahead.

Thick fog was spread in the distance.

Seeing that, Leo frowned.

“Ah! This is fun! Luke and Aina are innocent, so they’re fun to tease!”

Chelsea, who had stirred up trouble among the 2nd years, approached Leo’s side.

“By the way, the fog is thick.”

“That’s a curse.”

“Huh?”

Chelsea’s eyes widened at Leo’s words.

“It seems like someone at legion commander level cast it.”

“Did the Overlord King or Giant King cast it?”

Leo shook his head looking at the shocked Chelsea.

“If those guys had cast it, it wouldn’t be at such a crude level.”

Chelsea clicked her tongue at Leo’s answer.

She hadn’t even been able to discern that the fog was a curse.

It was such a sophisticated and powerful curse.

‘If a legion commander level used it, that would make sense.’

But Leo called that curse crude.

“It’s a curse cast by the rookie legion commanders born in this era.”

“Sometimes I think Leo’s standards are unreasonably high.”

Calling the legion commanders, who were called the strongest demons, rookies.

“It’s because the era is different.”

Leo chuckled and looked at the cursed clouds.

“It’s a curse related to illusions. It’s blocking external approach.”

“Is the communication magic not working also because of that curse?”

“Probably.”

Leo had formed a party and gone on reconnaissance because communication magic with the outside had been cut off.

That’s why he had set out with a small number of people to request support.

“Leo, can you dispel that curse?”

“I can.”

Leo approached the cursed clouds.

“Curses don’t work on me in the first place.”

Leo had experienced countless curses in his previous life.

As such, even with demon curses he was seeing for the first time, he could interpret the curse formula and easily dispel it.

It wasn’t immunity, but his response was abnormally fast.

Literally an ability acquired through overwhelming experience.

Before long, the 2nd years had also approached Leo’s side and were making tense expressions.

Leo, who had been moving forward, suddenly stopped.

And took a few steps back.

“What’s wrong? Leo? What’s there… Ugh?!”

Chelsea, who had been walking forward past Leo with a puzzled expression, screamed and covered her face while stumbling backward.

“What, what is it? A wall?”

Chelsea looked flustered.

Then the 2nd year students also reached out their hands around Chelsea into the void.

An invisible wall was blocking the group’s path.

“Is it a barrier?”

“If that were the case, there’s no way I wouldn’t have noticed it.”

Chelsea frowned and swung her staff.

A strong wind blew and naturally scattered as it hit the wall.

Seeing this, Chelsea narrowed her brow.

“Leo, don’t tell me this is…”

“Your guess is probably right.”

Leo ran his hand along the invisible wall.

“It’s a constraint wall.”

The Heroes’ World, an ability of the Hero Record, allows people of the present world to experience what heroes went through in the past.

It literally implements the past era perfectly.

But no matter how perfectly it implements the past, the Heroes’ World is ultimately a fake world.

The implemented space is only limited to the space recorded on the corresponding page of the Hero Record.

If you go beyond a certain range, you’ll be blocked by this constraint wall.

“It seems the communication interference wasn’t due to a curse.”

Leo narrowed his eyes.

“We’re trapped here.”

***

After finishing the reconnaissance mission and returning, it was night.

Leo headed to the tent where his party members were staying.

In front of the campfire sat five people, including Artion.

“You’re back! Student Leo!”

Artion showed a pleased expression.

Leo sat down in front of Artion.

The group that had gone on the reconnaissance mission with Leo also gathered around the campfire to rest.

“You haven’t had dinner yet, have you? I’ve prepared a meal.”

Artion smiled brightly and pointed to the stew pot that was giving off a delicious smell over the campfire.

“Wow! We’ll eat well! Professor Artion!”

“Thank you for the meal.”

“Thank you for your consideration.”

Luke, Aina, and Havedon expressed their gratitude and began dinner.

Before eating the stew, Chelsea first glanced at Cal.

“Cal, how many children would you like?”

“I told you I’m not thinking about marriage?”

“Can’t this big sister just ask?”

Although Kanea was short and looked young due to being half-dwarf, she was older than Cal.

“We came here after struggling, but you’re living comfortably.”

When Chelsea spoke with drowsy eyes, Cal replied with hollow eyes.

“I wasn’t exactly living comfortably either, doing alchemy and all?”

Chelsea shook her head at Cal’s words and glanced at Eliza.

Eliza was enjoying herbal tea with her eyes closed.

Although she was drinking tea from a common thick mug cup since there were no fine teacups, her elegant demeanor conveyed the dignity of a renowned hero family’s successor.

Though she was called a delinquent student due to her insincere attitude, her behavior was that of a perfect person from a prestigious family.

‘That prideful girl likes Cal?’

Chelsea tilted her head.

She recalled Iliana, who had been making a fuss since the incident two days ago.

‘I knew it! I knew this would happen! Eliza liked Cal!’

‘Wipe the blood off first before talking.’

‘I’m going to report this to the newspaper club right away! Hehehe! Since I reported such a scandal, I’ll get a hefty…’

‘Oh, that’s Eliza’s Bippi.’

Crunch-!

‘Aaaahhh!’

Iliana, who had almost been swallowed while teasing Eliza, couldn’t come to her senses and made another fuss, only to be bitten by the Wind Wyvern again.

Even until then, she had been skeptical.

‘Eliza’s reaction was definitely strange, but still, her liking Cal?’

There wasn’t a student who didn’t know that the two had grown closer since last year’s Festival of Heroes.

But many thought they had merely become friends.

That was understandable since Eliza Herginn was one of the 3rd year students with a strong sense of authority.

She was a bundle of pride who didn’t even treat students she deemed worthless as students.

In a way, it was natural behavior for the successor of the Herginn family.

It was already surprising that such an Eliza acknowledged Cal, a commoner, but to have romantic feelings for him too?

‘Absolutely not.’

Even though Cal became a hero at a young age, it was unimaginable.

For a family like the Herginns, the title of hero wasn’t particularly attractive.

‘What’s so good about that smartass?’

The future head of the prestigious Herginn family and a commoner.

It was a scandal that would only appear in novels.

“How about having a child first before marriage?”

Crack-!

An ominous sound came from the mug cup touching Eliza’s lips.

A scene witnessed only by Chelsea, who was watching Eliza.

Eliza, who spat out the thick mug cup she had bitten and broken with her teeth, made eye contact with Chelsea, who was gaping.

“What are you looking at?”

“N-nothing.”

Eliza’s tone was completely different from usual.

Moreover, her attitude was several times more menacing.

Even Chelsea, who had a personality that wouldn’t back down to Eliza, momentarily flinched and shrank her neck, averting her gaze.

Eliza got up from her seat, took the mug cup, and went elsewhere.

‘Wow! Wow! Amazing! Really amazing!’

Chelsea, now certain of Eliza’s feelings, stuck out her tongue while looking at Cal, who wore a troubled expression.

‘How on earth did you win her over?’

***

“A constraint wall has appeared… It seems the dungeon’s erosion level is higher than imagined.”

“Yes.”

The appearance of a constraint wall meant that real space had become part of the Heroes’ World.

“Support from outside will be difficult.”

“Yes. The only options are to make them fail their conquest… or destroy the legion’s record.”

“Hmm.”

“Starting tomorrow, I plan to ask Dweno to help explore the surrounding area of the fortress.”

Usually, the Hero Record that maintains a Hero Dungeon is located in the deepest part of the Hero Dungeon.

And to reach that deepest part, one must return to the implemented past space.

In other words, back to the Heroes’ World.

The legion’s record would likely be the same.

In this case, they would return to the past Isvaldi.

And since this place is a dungeon.

Somewhere there must exist an entrance leading to the past that serves as the stage for this page.

“That entrance would be guarded by Tartaros Demons, right?”

“…There’s a high probability the Giant King is guarding it.”

“….”

Artion’s face turned serious.

“Can you defeat the Giant King? Student Leo?”

“If it’s Gias, there’s nothing to worry about.”

Leo reassured Artion as if telling him not to worry.

“After all, we have the Divine Blacksmith with us.”

***

Whoooosh-!

Clang-! Clang-!

Golden flames swirled wildly.

His hammer struck the broken sword.

Ennitha watched that scene from afar.

Hissss-

Dweno, who had put the broken sword into the cooling water, set down his hammer and caught his breath.

“What are you staring at like that, Ennitha.”

“It’s the first time I’ve seen you handle weapons so seriously.”

“Is that so?”

“Yeah. You don’t really like making weapons.”

Though Dweno possessed smith skills superior to anyone else, he didn’t like making weapons.

Because the powerful weapons he created brought destruction.

For Dweno, who had once been unable to control his own power and turned everything around him to ash, the act of creating objects that brought destruction wasn’t particularly pleasant.

Even if it was for saving the world.

“What’s gotten into you?”

“…Because I have a goal now.”

“A goal?”

“Yes.”

Dweno nodded heavily.

“The goal of letting the residents of Isvaldi enjoy even a little bit of complete peace. Just trust me, Ennitha.”

“….”

Ennitha showed a surprised expression.

“You… seem to have changed a bit since coming to this place.”

“Do I?”

Dweno chuckled heartily.

Watching such a Dweno, Ennitha said.

“But why did you build the workshop in such a corner? In Isvaldi, you built it in the city center.”

“I just liked this place.”

Dweno said as he plopped down on the solid ground.

“When I quietly gaze at the starlight like this, good inspiration comes to me.”

“Why do you need inspiration?”

“Didn’t I tell you? I’ve become interested in art too. I’ll show you a painting I drew soon.”

Dweno smiled gently.

“So Ennitha. Don’t die.”

“I won’t die. Not until I see the sun.”

“Just trust me. I’ll do whatever it takes to bring you to the future.”

Dweno’s tightly clenched fist trembled finely.

“…Without fail.”

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