Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 690

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690.

Buuu-!

Thud-! Thud-! Thud-!

Buuu-!

The unpleasant sound of horn trumpets echoed far and wide.

The giants at the front of the legion moved in perfect step.

“Wh-what! What is that!”

Arga let out a cry of shock.

‘Giant Knight Order.’

Demons are born with power that far surpasses the earthly races from birth.

As such, demons do not learn anything from the inhabitants of the earthly realm.

To them, the inhabitants of the earthly realm are nothing more than things to be destroyed.

Those who wish to live and those who wish for destruction fundamentally cannot understand each other.

Moreover, demons have their hierarchy determined from birth.

The higher the demon, the stronger their tendency to view earthly races as inferior.

‘That’s why those bastards are so alien.’

The Giant Knight Order is an alien group where demons imitate and mimic the earthly races.

The hierarchy of the Giant Knight Order is not determined by strength.

It is determined by military achievements.

As a result, they established themselves as the strongest unit among the Giant King’s legions.

‘Are these guys the Giant Knight Order from the past? Or… have they been existing in secret from the Age of Calamity until now?’

It has already been 5,000 years since the Age of Calamity ended.

During that period, just as the Giant King hardly showed himself.

Being naturally secretive demons, there are not many records of the Giant King in the history of the Age of Heroes after the Cataclysm.

But the era before the Cataclysm.

That is, many records from the 2,000 years called the Early Age of Heroes have been lost.

This happened because the Hero Record was damaged in the process of the Heroes of the Cataclysm sealing the fragments of Erebos.

There were several great wars during the Early Age of Heroes.

Especially after the end of the Age of Calamity.

There was also the total war that Tartaros waged to achieve their long-cherished wish of world destruction.

‘It’s not impossible that Berkia subjugated the Giant Knight Order in the Great War.’

The Giant Knight Order has different tendencies from the military groups under other legion commanders.

The undead unit led by Duke Atkan of Jangsong, who belongs to the Overlord’s legion, still has a notorious reputation.

It is literally the face of the Overlord’s legion itself.

But the Giant Knight Order is different.

Like the cautious and secretive Giant King.

They too thoroughly hide their existence.

That’s why people of this era don’t know about the Giant Knight Order.

The way they must fight differs depending on whether these are the Giant Knight Order from the Age of Calamity or the Giant Knight Order that has existed in secret for 5,000 years since then.

Leo, who was watching the Giant Knight Order, discovered a demon on the shoulder of the giant knight at the front.

‘Knight Captain, Nareda.’

The demon called the Giant King’s left arm.

She was a demon with opposite tendencies to Giganto, the legion’s assault captain who was another confidant of the Giant King.

Giganto is a demon who charges forward overconfident in his own strength.

In contrast, the power that Nareda possesses is incomparably weak compared to Giganto.

However, she was the most Giant King-like demon.

‘Cautious and secretive.’

A commander demon who observes opponents and devises countless strategies.

The strongest legion in Tartaros is the Overlord’s legion.

That is a fact that hasn’t changed in thousands of years of history.

But during the Age of Calamity.

The legion that destroyed the most countries was the Giant King’s legion.

‘The most troublesome demon to deal with.’

It was when Leo clicked his tongue with a “tsk-“.

Whoosh-!

“Leo oppa!”

Chelsea flew up to the castle wall with a gust of wind.

“Chelsea, get ready. From now on…”

“Leo oppa! We’re going to destroy The Legion’s Records from now on!”

“What?”

Leo made a bewildered expression at Chelsea’s words.

Ar’s eyes widened.

“What do you mean by that?”

“Exactly what I said.”

Chelsea, with a determined expression, bit her lips tightly and looked straight into Leo’s eyes.

“…”

Leo, who was looking into Chelsea’s eyes, closed his eyes.

“My job is to buy time while you attack it?”

“…Yeah.”

Chelsea answered with difficulty and lowered her head.

“Sorry… Leo oppa. We…”

“Don’t apologize.”

Leo said firmly.

“You’re right, Chelsea. I’m the one who’s wrong.”

I just lacked courage.

Past comrades.

Or the future.

If you weigh them, they can’t be placed on the same scale.

‘If it were Risinass, he wouldn’t have created such a result.’

Rather, he would have corrected himself for making the wrong choice.

Like Chelsea now.

“Ar. You stay here with me.”

“Okay.”

Ar nodded with a confused face.

The moment Chelsea was about to move while looking at Leo.

“Chelsea.”

“Yeah?”

“Please.”

“Got it! Leo oppa, please take care too!”

Chelsea nodded with a determined face and left the castle wall.

Leo gripped his cloak and looked up at the sky.

“It’s heavy. Being a leader.”

“Of course it’s heavy.”

Ar crossed her arms and nodded with a “Mm-hmm!”

“So lean on us when it’s hard! We’re comrades!”

“What I’m carrying is quite heavy though?”

“I’m the successor of Lord Arron. I can at least support you!”

Ar puffed out her chest and spoke as if proud.

Ar took a step forward.

“And. It’s not just me, right? There are many comrades! Black Rabbit. You don’t need to carry it all alone!”

Long ago.

Looking at Ar, who resembled the back of someone who had once given him courage, Leo nodded.

“That’s right.”

Thud-

Leo, standing beside Ar, drew his sword.

Whoosh-!

Posteritas.

The sword that bore the name of the future revealed itself to the world.

“You don’t have to shoulder it alone.”

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“Everyone move! Head to the shelter!”

Ennitha shouted urgently.

The attack was left to Arhee’s party.

People from the Heroes’ World couldn’t go to the center of the dungeon.

Upon hearing this fact, Ennitha decided to block the Giant King’s legion together with Kanea.

Before that, they needed to send Isvaldi’s non-combat personnel to a safe place.

Following Ennitha’s guidance, all of Isvaldi’s residents except the combatants began hurriedly moving to the shelter.

“Kanea! Gather the warrior candidates!”

“Y-Yes!”

At Ennitha’s words, Kanea, who had been helping evacuate the residents, hurriedly disappeared into the crowd.

Shortly after.

Led by Kanea, Dit and the warrior candidates came running.

Looking at those candidates, Ennitha clenched her fist.

The person in charge of instructing the warrior candidates was none other than Ennitha.

To Ennitha, they were also her disciples.

She knew this moment would come.

But she had hoped it would come as late as possible.

‘It means we’re no longer allowed any more time.’

Ennitha calmed her trembling voice and spoke.

“Children.”

“Yes, Ennitha-sama.”

“…Are you prepared to die?”

Could there be anything more miserable than asking such a question to children as an adult?

At Ennitha’s question, Kanea and Dit, who had been silent, raised their weapon-holding hands high.

“Waaaaaaaah!”

Along with their battle cry, the warrior candidates behind them also let out shouts.

Waaaaaaaah-!

At the echoing battle cry, Ennitha took a deep breath and turned around.

“Let’s go!”

“Yes!”

Finally, Ennitha and the warrior candidates gathered with all of Isvaldi’s warriors on the city wall.

Watching this scene, Nareda, who was on the shoulder of a Giant Demon, giggled and laughed.

“This looks unexpectedly interesting. Killing again those we annihilated 5,000 years ago.”

“It seems like it will be an enjoyable hunt.”

“Right?”

Nareda tapped the shoulder of the demon she was riding and looked at the city wall.

“So those are the survivors called the successors of Heroes and champions, Leo Flobe and Ar Tune.”

Nareda already knew the enemy’s information thoroughly.

As if finding it interesting, Nareda first examined Ar, then turned her gaze to Leo.

The moment her eyes met Leo’s, Nareda’s face stiffened slightly.

“No, wait.”

A human with white hair and red eyes.

She had been watching since the moment he distinguished himself as a Hero Candidate, so she had long since grasped his appearance.

But this was the first time seeing him in person.

Because of that, she could feel an atmosphere clearly different from what she had seen through magic.

And she felt doubt.

Even though their enemy to defeat was Dweno, one of the Great Heroes.

This battle was one they had already won.

Of course, capture was the goal, but was it necessary to bring the legion’s core forces? Such doubts arose.

But she dismissed such doubts.

The legion master’s will must be followed absolutely.

Doubts were not tolerated.

“…Could it be?”

But now she encountered the answer to that doubt.

Whooooo-!

Leo, standing on the city wall and looking at the Giant King’s legion, turned toward the wall.

Despite the Giant King’s army showing no hope, not one person showed signs of fear.

“Hmm! Good! Then shall I step forward now?!”

Leo grabbed Ar’s tail as she cleared her throat and moved forward.

“Wait.”

“Why?”

“Your howling isn’t just about making the Suin mad.”

“Then?”

“It’s a role that gives courage to allies when morale is low.”

“So shouldn’t I step forward now?”

“Does it look to you like our side’s morale is low?”

At those words, Ar looked toward their allies.

“Oh, it’s not.”

“Your howling is a trump card to use when the tide of battle turns.”

“T-Trump card?”

Looking at Ar, who made an excited expression, Leo chuckled and said.

“What we need now isn’t courage.”

“Then? Should we just fight?”

“That’s not it either. There’s something we need to imprint on the enemy.”

“What’s that?”

Leaving behind Ar, who made a puzzled expression, Leo standing on the city wall answered briefly.

“Fear.”

“Huh?”

Ar made a bewildered expression.

No matter who looked at it, the current situation was clearly disadvantageous to their side.

In such a situation, how could they instill fear in the enemies?

‘Even for the Black Rabbit, isn’t that too much?’

Whooooo-

A lifeless wind blew, ruffling Leo’s hair.

With emotionless eyes, Leo standing on the city wall looked at the Giant King’s army.

Even for Leo, it was impossible to instill fear in the entire Giant King’s legion.

However.

‘Among them, there must be some who survived from the Age of Calamity.’

If so, it was possible to imprint fear through them.

Just as Erebos was an object of hatred and an absolute symbol of fear to the inhabitants of the earthly realm.

Even the demons who have existed since the Age of Calamity have beings they fear.

One who has slaughtered an unimaginable number of demons and always left mountains of demon corpses wherever he passed.

Gooooooo-!

As Leo spread his palm, a gray magic circle formed in the void.

Seeing this, the face of one demon among the Giant Knight Legion turned pale with terror.

“Th-that is….”

“What’s wrong?”

A demon who had recently joined the Giant Knight Legion looked bewildered seeing one who had lived through ancient times paralyzed with fear.

“To be consumed by terror at just one magic circle. How disgraceful for one who has carried the name of the Giant Knight Legion for thousands of years.”

In the distant past.

One of the Giant Knight Legion members who had never seen that magic sneered.

Neither the demons from the ancient past nor those of the present era know.

They only know him as the impious being who killed a god.

That’s why they can only hate.

To the demons who survived the Age of Calamity, he is both a hateful existence and a being of terror whose name is difficult to even speak.

“Hero of the Beginning… Kail!”

Kwajijijijik-!

All the demons and mabeasts beneath the magic circle were crushed.

Bright red chunks of flesh and blood flowed.

The legion’s advance stopped in an instant.

Even their allies were stunned by the scene before them.

Whioooooo-

Wind blew across the field.

Everyone on the battlefield focused on the one with white hair.

“Hooh?”

The Giant King standing at the rear of the legion let out an exclamation and curled up the corners of his mouth.

Looking at the Giant King, Leo spoke.

“Your tiresome life ends here as well. Gias.”

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