Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 69

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69.

“Our mission is to investigate the anomalous situation in Fairy Forest. An investigation into the reason why Undead are appearing.”

At Lauta’s words, Runia raised her hand.

“I heard that Death Knights are also appearing in Fairy Forest now. Senior Lauta, have you ever fought a Death Knight?”

“Yes.”

“Then you must have prepared countermeasures for Death Knights as well.”

“Is there a need to prepare countermeasures for Death Knights?”

“Huh? What do you mean…?”

Runia showed a flustered expression at Lauta’s question.

“If Death Knights really appeared, we’d need to prepare countermeasures. But.”

Lauta glanced at Leo.

“Only one person has seen a Death Knight.”

“Are you saying Leo lied?”

“He probably didn’t lie. But he must have mistaken another Undead for one. Skeleton Knights can look like Death Knights too.”

“Even so, I think it’s right to prepare countermeasures for unexpected situations. Setting up strategies for Death Knights isn’t that difficult, is it?”

“The proud grade representative of Seirun knows one thing but not two.”

Lauta chuckled.

“High-level Undead like Death Knights get unsummoned if they don’t continuously receive mana from a necromancer. So wherever there’s a Death Knight, there’s always a Demon. But this is Berkia, the capital of Elsalvechia.”

“…”

“As a Seirun student, you’d know, right? Large-scale Star Magic is deployed around Berkia. Magic created by our great ancestor, Luna-sama, that Demons can never approach. Even if they do approach, their location is immediately detected.”

Lauta spoke as if he was certain that Death Knights wouldn’t appear.

When Runia hesitated at those words, Leo spoke.

“Necromancers don’t necessarily have to be Demons.”

“What?”

“Beings other than Demons can use dark power just as well.”

Hearing Leo’s words, Lauta said.

“That’s an even more ridiculous story. Do you think proud Elves would do such a thing?”

Lauta spoke irritably and turned around sharply.

“Let’s stop wasting time and depart.”

Watching Lauta walking ahead, Cal whispered quietly.

“Doesn’t it seem like his attitude completely changed from earlier?”

“It means there’s no one left to be mindful of.”

At Leo’s words, Cal clicked his tongue.

“I don’t really like that type.”

After some time had passed like that.

Kehehek! Kyahahaha!

A group of goblins revealed themselves.

“Shall we see Lumern’s skills?”

Lauta smiled and gestured toward the goblins.

“Will you two handle them?”

When Leo was about to step forward at those words, Cal said.

“Leo. Do you need to step in for mere goblins?”

Cal grinned and pulled out his magic staff.

“Leave those small fry to me.”

‘Cal’s combat… Come to think of it, I’ve hardly seen it except at the beginning of the semester.’

In Cal’s case, he had been aiming for support since enrollment.

So even in combat classes, rather than stepping to the front, he mainly took on supporting other students.

Additionally, his magic studies focused mainly on auxiliary magic and enchant magic rather than offensive magic.

“Goblins are a piece of cake.”

Cal was playfully laughing while spinning his short staff between his fingers when he made a mistake and dropped it.

“Ugh?”

Watching Cal hurriedly pick up his staff, Runia made an incredulous expression.

“Why is he so clumsy?”

Cal picked up his staff and grinned at the goblins forming an encirclement.

“Well then, shall I show you my creations?”

Cal opened a subspace.

Along with that, weapons poured out from the subspace.

Seeing this, Eiran’s eyes widened.

“Weapons…”

“Well. That guy’s specialty is alchemy magic.”

While Leo tilted his head, Cal activated his mana.

Lauta snorted.

“Crude mana.”

Indeed, Cal’s mana was barely at Lumern’s average level.

Cal was a talented mage, but in Lumern where only the best gathered, he inevitably seemed lacking.

‘But still, Cal never gave up.’

Because he knew his limits, he didn’t give up.

Instead, he chose to advance in a different direction.

Woong-!

The weapons responded to Cal’s mana and floated in the air.

Seeing this, Leo’s eyes widened slightly.

“What, it’s just simple telekinesis magic?”

Runia, who had been watching with some interest, showed a slightly deflated expression.

Using weapons with telekinesis magic was a very common attack method.

“No, that’s not telekinesis magic.”

“What?”

Cal’s weapons began emitting mana and manifesting powers of various attributes.

Seeing this, Eiran was surprised.

“What’s happening?”

“It’s enchant.”

“Enchant?”

“Yes.”

Leo instantly grasped the magic Cal had used.

‘He’s engraved telekinesis magic formulas into the weapons. Those magic formulas are responding to enchant magic.’

Enchant magic is simple magic that any mage can use.

And the idea of engraving telekinesis magic formulas into weapons was also simple.

But implementing enchant magic with such a complex structure was difficult even for experienced mages.

‘Are those weapons made with alchemy? Pretty good.’

“Go!”

The weapons that received Cal’s command flew toward the goblins.

Weapons enchanted with magic of various attributes painted the air.

Kreuk?

Kyaaaak!

The goblins scattered in terror.

“Where are you going!”

But the weapons imbued with Cal’s will moved in complex patterns.

The weapons that instantly cut down the goblins returned to Cal.

Cal put the weapons into the subspace and made a proud expression.

“Heh. How’s my secret technique?”

“Cal-sama! That’s amazing!”

Eiran shouted excitedly.

Leo was also impressed.

“Why didn’t you present this magic as your unique magic during midterms?”

“It’s just simple enchant magic combined with weapons made through alchemy, so I can’t really call it unique magic.”

“Being able to approach magic in this way is worthy of being called unique magic in my opinion.”

“Really? I just came up with this idea while desperately trying to make something decent.”

Cal was a mage specialized in enchantment, which involved imbuing objects with something through alchemy.

However, simple enchanters have difficulty achieving greatness as mages.

‘But Cal has been intensively researching enchant magic since enrollment to make use of his strengths. That’s how he completed this kind of magic.’

“If you show this to Professor Ren, he’ll praise you tremendously, won’t he?”

“Oh! Really? Then maybe I can survive until the second semester with this?”

Cal brightened up at Leo’s words.

No matter what anyone said, Leo’s guarantee was reliable.

Leo chuckled softly watching Cal get motivated.

Runia and Lauta also looked at Cal with surprised eyes.

“Hmph. It’s still just simple enchant magic.”

Lauta snorted, but Runia thought differently.

‘A kid who would be at the lower rank level in our school came up with magic like that.’

Runia looked at Cal with a complicated expression.

“Alright, let’s move again.”

After that, there were several more battles with monsters.

However, there was no sign of undead appearing.

“No undead are even showing up, yet you talk about Death Knights? Ridiculous.”

Lauta’s mocking laughter could be heard.

But Leo’s face was serious.

The group had now arrived at the entrance to what was once Fairy Land.

The magic cast by the previous Fairy King was still intact, and outwardly it looked no different from a few days ago.

However…

‘The ground is cursed.’

A subtle curse that only Leo, who had lived through the Age of Calamity, could detect.

‘The Curse of the Dead.’

Among the many curses used by demons, this curse was special.

Because it was a curse that only one person could use.

A legion commander of Tartaros who survived from the Age of Calamity.

Erebos’s most loyal subordinate and the most terrifying existence among demons.

‘Hel Kaiser, the Overlord.’

He was the commander who effectively led Tartaros.

‘He wouldn’t have moved directly.’

If Hel Kaiser had moved directly, it would be truly serious.

‘Looking at records after the Age of Calamity, he has never moved directly even once. But at least a subordinate who received his orders is definitely here.’

He looked at the entrance to Fairy Land with a hardened face.

‘Beyond this… there’s something that Silorod wants to protect.’

While Leo was thinking, Runia spoke to Lauta.

“Senior Lauta. Since there’s no sign of undead, shall we return for now?”

“No. We’ll explore this area a bit more.”

“Understood.”

“From now on, scatter and explore the surrounding area individually.”

Runia hesitated.

“Just us?”

“What? Do I have to clean up after you guys?”

Lauta made an irritated expression.

Runia was flustered by his attitude, and Lauta, who had snorted, seriously began investigating the surroundings.

“Wait. Didn’t that person come to guide us? What exactly is he trying to do?”

“He seems to be… looking for something.”

Cal grumbled with an incredulous face, and Eiran made a strange expression.

“Leave him be. Let’s ignore that annoying guy and explore the area on our own.”

Runia stuck her tongue out at Lauta and was gathering the group when she stopped after looking at Leo.

Leo was staring intently at Lauta, who was earnestly searching for something.

Seeing Leo’s eyes narrow, Runia had an intuition.

‘He knows something.’

***

That evening.

The Lumern and Seirun students who returned after completing their search mission felt puzzled.

“Chelsea, your group didn’t find any undead either?”

“Yeah. It’s not just our group. All groups failed to find undead.”

“Is that so?”

The undead outbreak had already been confirmed by the Council of Elsalvechia.

That’s why they made an official request to Lumern and Seirun.

‘But the undead disappeared without a trace in just one day?’

If the undead themselves had vanished, there would be nothing strange about it.

Undead have limited activity time if they don’t receive a supply of mana.

However, at the center of Fairy Forest right now, the ‘Curse of the Dead’ was spread—a curse that infinitely generates undead.

‘Yet the undead have hidden themselves. As if there’s a necromancer controlling the undead.’

“Professor Herdium.”

At that moment, Lauta spoke to Herdium, who was receiving reports from the Seirun students.

“What is it, Student Lauta?”

“Even though there are no undead, an abnormal situation has occurred. Fairy Forest is a sacred place for elves. I think we should root out any ominous forces as soon as possible. The first-years might be in danger, but the second-years can sufficiently explore the forest even at night. So please allow us to search at night.”

At those words, several second-years muttered as if annoyed.

“Ugh, there he goes sucking up again.”

“Annoying bastard.”

Since all second-years except Lauta were from the lower and middle ranks, their classmates’ gazes toward Lauta weren’t favorable.

“I understand Student Lauta’s thinking well. However, nighttime exploration is dangerous even for second-years. Night is when the energy of the undead becomes stronger. So I cannot allow that request.”

“But Professor!”

“Student Lauta. Even enthusiasm becomes problematic when excessive.”

Watching Herdium speak firmly, Lauta gritted his teeth and backed down.

Seeing this, Leo muttered to himself.

‘He’s becoming more and more suspicious.’

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