Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 684

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684.

Crackle crackle crackle-

The campfire was burning red.

In front of it, boys and girls had gathered to rest.

“It’s delicious!”

“Yeah! It’s really delicious! I never get tired of eating it no matter how much I eat!”

“This is the first time I’ve eaten something so delicious!”

The suin and dwarf warrior candidates showed happy expressions as they ate their food.

Watching them, Artion covered his mouth with his hand.

“Sniff!”

Artion’s eyes looking at the warrior candidates were moist.

What the warrior candidates were currently eating were combat rations distributed when going on long-term missions from Lumern.

Regardless of school, when hero candidates are deployed on long-term missions, they often find themselves in extreme situations.

And to maintain strong mental fortitude for long periods in extreme situations, nutritious meals are essential.

For this reason, each Hero Academy puts great effort into creating combat rations that maintain freshness in extradimensional space.

The combat rations of Hero Academies even have distinct characteristics by race, establishing themselves as representative specialties of each school.

The Hero Academies were also conscious of this and put effort into research and development.

The taste was guaranteed to that extent.

‘This is the biggest difference from our time.’

Leo muttered as he chewed on jerky from the combat rations.

Risinass also did his best to pay attention to supplies.

But in a world already tilted and heading toward destruction, there were limits to supplies.

Even the fraudulent savior who led the world to hope.

Even the eccentric magical genius who showed brilliant light in despair.

Even the perverted Smith who made weapons praised by the gods.

There was nothing they could do about that much.

‘It’s really comfortable, I tell you. Kids these days.’

Of course, hero candidates aren’t completely spoiled by convenience.

There are limits to supplies after all.

If you’re a hero candidate, you should have enough toughness to slice up demon or monster meat and purify blood to drink when you’re immediately out of food and water.

‘Well, it’s best not to be driven to such situations.’

After the mission started and they tasted Lumern’s combat rations, the warrior candidates couldn’t help but be amazed.

These were warrior candidates born in an era where deprivation was natural.

When situations were bad, going without food for two or three days was common.

The last banquet was a very special case.

They had left Isvaldi and come to the Fortress of the Present World, obtaining supplies that had been sleeping underground and becoming temporarily prosperous.

Even that was abundant from Isvaldi’s perspective, but from the view of hero candidates living in the current era, it was a very insufficient amount.

In such a situation, encountering combat rations that Lumern had deliberately made delicious to reduce students’ mission stress, it was natural for Isvaldi’s warrior candidates to be moved.

Artion, who was soft-hearted, teared up seeing that.

“Isn’t Tere going to eat more?”

“Yes. I’ve eaten a lot.”

The bear suin boy Tere, who was 2 meters tall, smiled awkwardly.

But soon his stomach made a growling sound.

“Since we don’t know when enemies might attack, shouldn’t you eat heartily?”

At Chelsea’s words as she ate nearby, Tere answered.

“I want to let my younger sibling eat some too.”

At those words, Chelsea looked around.

Besides Tere, there were quite a few warrior candidates leaving food.

Seeing that, tears welled up in Artion’s already moist eyes.

“Everyone! When we return to the fortress, we’ll distribute supplies, so don’t worry about that…!”

“No! That won’t do!”

Kanea shook her head in surprise.

“You said supplies, right? We don’t know when those Tartaros bastards might attack, so we shouldn’t carelessly provide such things to civilians!”

At those words, Artion flinched and drooped his shoulders.

“Th-that’s right. Being a professor yet letting emotions get ahead… I was foolish.”

“N-no. You were thinking of us, weren’t you?”

Kanea hurriedly spoke to Artion.

The warrior candidates assigned to this scouting mission had not only become close with the hero candidates but had also come to follow Artion well.

As long as it wasn’t the terrifying heroic spirits, Artion’s embracing nature was rated as the best even in Lumern.

It was natural in a way that the warrior candidates would come to follow him.

Leo, who had been watching the situation, spoke.

“Whether you bring it to your families or not, it’s something you can do after surviving and returning first. Don’t skip meals and end up unable to use your strength in urgent situations and die or become a burden – just eat.”

At those cold words, the warrior candidates who had been leaving food flinched and nodded.

“Leo Flobe, don’t you think you’re sometimes really terribly cold?”

Even the cynical Eliza felt sorry when she saw the warrior candidates.

She felt such emotions even more because they contrasted so clearly with herself, who had lived in an abundant era.

Duran felt the same way.

In contrast, Leo was surprisingly cold.

‘Leo Flobe doesn’t have a gentle personality, but.’

Rather, Leo belonged to the bad-natured side.

He just didn’t show it well.

In a good sense, he was mature, and in a bad sense, he was twisted.

“These kids aren’t in a situation to be swayed by emotions, so I just gave them advice.”

At those words, Kanea smiled bitterly.

“You’re definitely right.”

Kanea, who agreed with Leo’s words, spoke as if finding it curious.

“It’s really amazing watching Artion.”

“What is?”

“How should I put it, it’s like he’s from a different world than us.”

At those words, Artion smiled awkwardly and scratched his cheek.

“Not just Artion, but you guys are around the same age as us too, right? But you’re completely different.”

“How are we different?”

“Hmm.”

Kanea thought for a moment, then spoke.

“Should I say kind?”

“I don’t know about me and Leo oppa, but these two are far from kind. They’re guys with really nasty personalities.”

“If you’re going to pick a fight, say it directly to me, Chelsea Rwallin.”

“I don’t think someone who doesn’t have even 1/10th of Avad Rwallin’s character should be saying that.”

Duran spoke menacingly and Eliza sneered coldly.

“From what I see, all three of you have bad personalities, so don’t fight.”

Leo shrugged his shoulders.

Watching that, Kanea laughed “Ahaha” and said.

“When I say kind, I don’t mean personality. Um… should I say altruistic?”

Kanea nodded.

“You guys are fighting for others. That’s amazing.”

“You and Isvaldi’s warriors are also fighting to protect the fortress, aren’t you?”

“That’s… we’re like one big family.”

A family formed on a large scale.

It was natural to help each other.

Because if they didn’t, they would die.

But they had no choice but to be wary of outsiders.

It was only because Dweno, the leader of Ivaldi, vouched for their identity that they became close this quickly.

Originally, becoming this close would have been impossible.

Even among the warrior candidates, there were hardly any who had biological parents.

If it weren’t for Ennitha who ran Ivaldi’s orphanage.

If it weren’t for Dweno who supported such an Ennitha.

Most of the warrior candidates here wouldn’t have survived.

In that sense, they were brothers and sisters who had Dweno and Ennihara as parents.

“It’s fascinating that you, who have nothing to do with us, would fight this hard for us. If we were in the opposite situation… if it were the old me, I definitely would have turned away from you. We’re really… terrible, aren’t we?”

Led by Kanea, the warrior candidates wore ashamed expressions.

“When I look at you, I think you’re shining.”

Kanea’s face darkened.

“Unlike us.”

Seeing Kanea’s expression grow dark, Leo spoke.

“What about the current you?”

“What?”

“The current you after meeting us? Even now, if the situation were reversed, would you turn away from us?”

“No.”

“Then that’s enough.”

Kanea and the warrior candidates of Ivaldi born in the Age of Calamity simply didn’t know.

That there was also this way of living in the world.

Turning away from others’ crises wasn’t wrong.

‘Especially in times like these.’

It was an era where they didn’t know how to act that way and couldn’t survive living that way.

As far as Leo knew, there was only one person who could shine brightly despite being born in this dark age.

‘Berkia.’

Berkia, who had been one of his disciples, was someone who illuminated the surroundings brightly like the sun.

‘That’s why he was special.’

Even Arron couldn’t do that.

“What’s important isn’t what you were like in the past. It’s that the current you has changed.”

Leo chuckled.

“You’ve changed and taken a step forward to grow. That’s an amazing thing, so hold your head high.”

At Leo’s words, Kanea scratched her cheek.

“As expected, you have a similar feeling to us.”

To Kanea’s perception, the only one in this party she felt kinship with was Leo.

Of course…

“You just have a similar feeling, but you’re also completely different.”

Except for the sense of kinship, they were completely different.

“How should I put it, when I look at you, it’s like seeing Lord Dweno.”

‘Good instincts.’

“If it were the old me, I definitely would have fallen for you, right? Well! Now I’m completely hooked on Cal though!”

“That Cal fellow. He’s quite popular.”

At Leo’s muttering, Duran spoke.

“Hmph. Since he’s also a hero, it means he has the charm to attract others.”

“How unusual for you to praise Cal.”

“I merely stated a fact.”

Duran snorted and said.

“If he has charm as a man, from my position, it’s also welcome.”

At Duran’s words, Leo made a strange expression.

“What? What’s with that unpleasant expression?”

“Were your tastes in that direction?”

“If you’re picking a fight, from my position, it’s welcome. Leo Flobe.”

Seeing Duran growling fiercely, Leo raised both hands.

“I apologize. But why do you say it’s welcome?”

“Though he’s unworthy of her, I’m just considering him as a candidate for my sister’s husband. That’s why I said it’s welcome as an older brother.”

“What kind of nonsense is that?”

At Eliza’s question, Duran said indifferently.

“Nonsense? Cal Thomas is a citizen of Moira. I am the master of Moira. As a king, considering marriage with royalty to retain excellent talent is basic among basics. I never dreamed that someone who’s the successor of Herginn wouldn’t know such a simple thing.”

Eliza’s shoulders trembled.

“Why are you getting upset? Eliza Herginn.”

Seeing that sight, Chelsea muttered inwardly.

‘Is that guy Duran doing this knowing, or not knowing?’

Chelsea, who had been shaking her head, looked at Leo.

“Leo oppa. Do you have some worry?”

“It’s already been over ten days since the search began.”

“Yeah. That’s right. We’ve already thoroughly searched up to the barrier wall.”

At Chelsea’s words, Artion spoke.

“It seems to be well hidden.”

The surrounding area of the fortress enclosed by the barrier wall wasn’t that wide.

‘I’m also concerned that Gias isn’t visible.’

It wasn’t just Gias.

The Giant King’s legion itself was nowhere to be seen.

‘Then that means they went outside the barrier wall.’

Is that possible? Leo, who was thinking that, formed a hypothesis.

The inside of the barrier wall was a realm of reality, but it was also a realm of the dungeon.

In other words, a place where reality and the dungeon world intersected.

The laws of the dungeon applied.

And Leo knew a way to ignore the laws of the legion’s world, precisely the Heroes’ World.

‘The method of using divine power.’

Just as Leo had used divine power to bring Luna and Arron out to the real world.

Tartaros might also be able to use Erebos’s power to take those from the legion’s world outside.

‘The invasion back then… was it to reduce numbers?’

Recalling the previous invasion, Leo clicked his tongue.

What the Giant King’s legion that went outside would do was obvious.

‘Strengthening forces.’

They’re coming soon.

A large-scale invasion incomparable to actual history.

‘If we destroy the legion’s record before that, it would be resolved.’

But no entrance to the legion’s world could be found in this surrounding area.

Having thought that far, Leo slowly turned his head.

That direction was where Ivaldi’s fortress was located.

‘Is the entrance inside the fortress?’

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