Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 689

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Whoosh whoosh whoosh-

Cal spun the rope with the hook attached to create centrifugal force and threw the hook upward.

The hook flew high and caught on top of the city wall.

“You’re incredibly strong, aren’t you?”

When Kanea spoke with a curious expression, Cal looked smug.

“Heh. This is a magic item. You could call it Cal’s General Store Wall Infiltration Set.”

“Amazing.”

Kanea clapped her hands in admiration.

Eliza, who had stepped back to watch, said.

“You really thought to make something like that.”

“It seemed like it would be useful for conquests.”

“You’re certainly well-prepared.”

In the Heroes’ World, countless situations exist.

There are often cases where you need to secretly climb over city walls.

Cal had created this item through alchemy in preparation for such situations.

“Heh, there’s a reason I’m called the one who prepares for beginnings.”

Cal, looking smug once more, grabbed the rope and climbed up the city wall.

Eliza and Kanea followed behind him.

Cal, who had climbed up first, carefully surveyed the area around the top of the wall before going up.

Since he had identified areas where security wasn’t tight, Cal’s movements were smooth.

Cal hung another hooked rope he had wrapped around his body over the outside of the wall.

As soon as Eliza and Kanea climbed up, they followed Cal’s gestures and descended using the rope.

Cal, who had retrieved the rope they used to climb up, immediately followed them down.

When Cal, who had reached the ground, pulled the thread at the end of the rope, the hook caught on the wall folded and naturally fell.

Thud-!

Kanea caught it with excellent reflexes and handed it to Cal.

Cal took out three sky-blue orbs from the belt pouch at his waist and put one in his mouth.

He gave the other two to Eliza and Kanea.

When the two followed Cal’s example and put the orbs in their mouths, Cal carefully entered the water.

Eliza, who followed Cal into the water, looked at Cal with slightly surprised eyes as she felt little resistance in the water.

Holding her breath wasn’t uncomfortable.

It wasn’t difficult to open her eyes underwater either, and she could see clearly inside the water.

‘This orb. It’s an item made through alchemy.’

Eliza was once again amazed by Cal’s excellent item-crafting ability, inherited from Dweno’s alchemy.

The swimsuit also reduced water resistance.

Kanea also looked surprised as she waved her hands around, then gave a thumbs up.

Cal gave her a thumbs up in return and began to lead the way.

‘They get along well.’

Thinking this to herself, Eliza began to follow Cal.

Bubble-bubble-

The three moved stealthily without using aura, magic power, or spiritual energy.

When Cal arrived near the area Ennitha had told them about, he was able to find an artificially created hole at the bottom of the moat.

Cal’s eyes lit up as he entered the hole.

A moment later.

“Puha!”

Cal inhaled and muttered.

“Fresh air really is the best. The underwater orb is good and all, but the stuffiness is unavoidable.”

Cal spat out the underwater orb with a “ptui-“.

The underwater orb then melted away like water with a “swoosh-“.

“Light.”

Cal used magic to create light and climbed up above the water.

“Hmm. There are two paths.”

While Cal was pondering.

Eliza shook the water from her hair and said.

“I’m curious about something. Why are we moving so secretly?”

She had followed at Cal’s request, but hadn’t heard the reason for moving so stealthily.

“Is this Leo Flobe’s idea?”

“No. Leo doesn’t know. It’s me, Chelsea, and Ennitha who are moving.”

“Why?”

“There’s a reason for it. I’ll explain later. Finding the entrance comes first right now.”

Eliza nodded at Cal’s words and stepped forward.

“There are two paths, so what should we do?”

“I’ll go left. You and Kanea go right.”

“Will you be okay going alone?”

“Oh. You’re telling a boy in the prime of adolescence to go alone in a dark place with girls in swimsuits? The stimulation would be too strong, so no.”

Cal grinned mischievously and headed left.

“There shouldn’t be any particular danger anyway.”

Leaving those words behind, Cal went ahead first.

Eliza, who had been watching his retreating figure, headed right with Kanea.

Kanea, who was walking in front, clasped her hands together and said.

“Isn’t Cal cool?”

“You really have no eye for men either.”

Seeing Eliza speak indifferently, Kanea’s eyes widened.

“Why? He handles everything skillfully.”

“Not at all. If you got to know him just a little more, you wouldn’t think that way. You’d actually become disillusioned.”

Kanea, who had been staring intently at Eliza’s eyes as she smiled slightly, grinned.

“Liar.”

“What did you say?”

“You’re trying to reduce the competition, aren’t you?”

“Ridiculous. Why would I, the successor of the Herginn Family, tell such lies because of some commoner…”

Eliza, who had been getting worked up, made eye contact with Kanea.

‘This is really annoying.’

Eliza let out a hollow laugh.

Eliza sighed inwardly, admitting that Kanea’s words weren’t wrong.

Seeing this, Kanea smiled.

“I’m envious.”

“Of what.”

“Of not being honest with your emotions.”

“What’s enviable about that?”

“It means you can spend a long time with Cal in the future.”

“You could do that too.”

“No. I don’t think it will work out that way. My intuition is telling me.”

“Intuition?”

“I have a feeling that the time allowed to me won’t be long.”

“…”

“Cal is the same. He doesn’t treat me like someone he’ll see for a long time.”

“That’s… because you’re not close yet…”

“It’s different from that. Hmm. It’s like he’s preparing for a farewell? He seems like someone who knows the future.”

Kanea’s tail swayed gently.

The beastkin girl who had been born in a gloomy era and had struggled to survive with a life that could disappear at any moment had remarkably sharp instincts.

Watching the silent Eliza, Kanea smiled.

“Someday there will come a day when you can be honest with your feelings. I think it just shouldn’t be too late.”

“He might lose interest before then.”

“That’s true too!”

Kanea burst into giggles and said.

“I never even thought about liking someone. When your heart has room to spare, things like this happen. It’s nice. I’m satisfied.”

Mm-hmm! Kanea nodded her head then made a regretful expression.

“The only regret is that I want to be remembered longer in Cal’s memory. Hmm. Should I have just pounced on him like before? Ah! Should I pounce on him when we get back?”

“Don’t be ridiculous.”

At Eliza’s cold words, Kanea giggled.

“Fighting over prey seems fun too.”

“I don’t want to admit it, but… I’ll be honest with you. We’re not fighting over prey, it’s just an ugly love quarrel.”

“Oh? Is that so? It’s gotten even more interesting! Want to be friends?”

“With someone I’m having a love quarrel with?”

“Is that not okay?”

“There’s nothing wrong with it.”

***

“Why are these two here?”

When Chelsea asked while crossing her arms, Cal shrugged his shoulders.

“They helped us. By the way, was there an entrance on the labyrinth side?”

“Seeing you ask that, I guess there wasn’t one on the moat side either.”

Chelsea sighed.

It seemed the labyrinth side was also a dead end.

“I don’t have any more places I can think of either.”

It was when Ennitha was showing her impatience.

Watching this, Kanea asked.

“What are you looking for?”

“We’re looking for a place that might lead underground to the city.”

At Ennitha’s answer, Kanea blinked her eyes then said.

“If it’s that, there’s also Dweno’s workshop.”

“What?”

Ennitha’s eyes widened.

“What do you mean?”

“It’s something I discovered on the first day when I followed Dweno to examine the inside of the fortress. Where Dweno’s workshop is located, there was originally a huge staircase leading underground.”

Hearing Kanea’s words, everyone in the group widened their eyes.

“Come to think of it, Dweno built his private workshop alone in a distant place!”

In Isvaldi, Dweno’s private workshop was in the same place as other craftsmen’s workshops.

At first, they didn’t think much of it, but hearing Kanea’s story, it was definitely suspicious.

“Let’s go!”

It was when Ennitha was about to take the lead toward Dweno’s workshop.

Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble-!

Suddenly the ground began to shake.

At the sudden earthquake, everyone momentarily lost their balance and staggered.

“An earthquake?!”

“Wh-what’s happening all of a sudden?”

***

Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble-!

The city walls shook from the fierce earthquake.

Leo’s eyes, who was sitting on top of the city walls, narrowed.

“Wh-what is this?”

Arga, who had been chattering beside Leo, showed a flustered expression.

Despite the ominous earthquake, Leo, who hadn’t batted an eye, muttered quietly.

“It’s here.”

“What?”

Flash!

Beyond the horizon.

A black pillar of fire struck down from the sky.

Whoooosh-

From the black pillar of fire, black flames burst forth as if ready to destroy the world.

The burning flames soon died down, and from within began spewing out giant monsters, magical beasts, and demons.

“The Giant King’s legion…”

Arga gulped down dry saliva.

Whoosh-

Eventually the black pillar of flames disappeared, and from there Gias the Giant King revealed himself.

‘That’s… Gias?’

Leo’s face hardened slightly.

The power that Gias was emanating was not ordinary.

“Ar.”

“Yeah.”

“Spread the situation to the other party members.”

“Got it!”

Arga leaped down below the city walls.

Leo, who remained on the city walls, observed Gias intently.

Leo’s eyes flickered as he looked at Gias armed with hideous weapons he’d never seen before.

‘…Two people?’

“That bastard doesn’t seem to be the Gias of the past, but rather the one whose neck I cut off.”

At the voice heard from beside him, Leo turned his head.

There stood Dweno, stroking his beard.

Dweno, with narrowed eyes, said.

“And the armament he’s wearing.”

“It’s something I’ve never seen before either.”

“It seems he devoured his past self.”

“…I see.”

Leo, who had sensed Gias as two people, understood.

“Crazy bastard.”

It was when Leo quietly clicked his tongue.

“Leo! The party members will prepare and come!”

Arga, who had spread the situation at tremendous speed, landed beside Leo.

“Leo. I’ll go to the workshop and bring the weapons.”

“…Please do.”

“Is Brave’s repair finished?”

“Yes.”

“Wow! As expected of Dweno!”

Arga let out a cheer.

“Then I’ll be back.”

Dweno leaped off as he was.

Then he glanced back.

He briefly looked at Leo and Ar standing in unwavering postures on the city walls.

In Dweno’s eyes, the figures of the boy and girl were soon projected as a gray-haired human young man and a white-haired wolf beastkin.

Hero of the Beginning Kail and Hero Arron.

Watching those unfamiliar yet familiar backs, Dweno smiled faintly.

‘You’ve gained excellent companions, Kail.’

Dweno looked ahead.

‘I can trust and leave it to them.’

With his back to Leo who was looking ahead, Dweno ran toward the rear.

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