Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 692

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692.

Whoooooong-! Kwaaaaang!

The massive blade wielded by the Giant Knight Corps struck down into the ground.

Leo and Ar leaped high to avoid the attack.

While floating in the void, Ar urgently asked.

“Black Rabbit! What was that sound the demon just made?! Hero of the Beginning?”

“It’s nothing important. Worry about it later.”

Leo reached out and grabbed the scruff of Ar’s neck.

“Waaaah?!”

Leo threw Ar as if pulling her along and swung his sword straight forward.

Kiing-! Seogeok-!

With a sharp sound, Leo’s sword severed the giant knight’s blade.

The sharp flames of the Phoenix blazed forth.

But the attack wasn’t over.

Hwaak-!

Two more giant knights that had suddenly appeared were swinging their swords at Leo from both sides.

Precision unbelievable for such massive frames.

The terrifying aspect of the Giant Knight Corps.

It was their perfect coordination.

They trained to fight against beings stronger than themselves.

This was a very rare trait among demons who possessed great power from birth.

Leo’s red eyes turned toward the demon who had stepped back.

There, Nareda was observing Leo’s movements.

It was also Nareda’s dark magic that had deceived Leo’s supersenses earlier.

Certainly, Nareda possessed pathetically weak power for a demon who was the Legion Commander’s closest aide.

The reason such a weak Nareda had secured the position as the Legion Commander’s confidant was due to the Giant King’s disposition.

The cautious Nareda was the type of commander who drew the big picture in battle and eliminated variables one by one.

And she used support magic to help the knight corps fight more perfectly.

Ever since she became the leader of the Giant Knight Corps, they had brought forth terrifying calamity.

Jjeong-!

Leo threw punches toward both directions.

The blades of the giant knights aiming at Leo from left and right were blocked by his fists.

Space slightly distorted.

The giant knights’ swords, filled with tremendous power, pressed down on Leo.

In that moment.

Woong-!

Golden aura surged from Leo’s hands.

Kaang-!

The giant knights’ swords were destroyed.

Instantly.

Above Leo’s head, a particularly large giant knight brought down a massive battle axe toward Leo.

This was a demon from Leo’s memories.

5,000 years ago.

The vice-commander of the Giant Knight Corps that was subjugated during the Age of Calamity.

‘Karokson.’

The coordination between demons from 5,000 years ago and present-day demons was unbelievably precise.

It was even more surprising that giant demons were executing such coordinated attacks.

All of this was possible because of Nareda’s command.

‘I can’t see any openings.’

She was reading Leo’s movements completely.

‘Well, if she survived for 5,000 years, she would have figured out my movements.’

Just as Leo had lived thinking about how to kill demons.

Nareda too must have spent the past 5,000 years pondering how to kill beings like Hero of the Beginning, Kail, should they appear again.

For that purpose, she would have thoroughly studied herself.

Nareda was that kind of demon.

Demons who cry out for destruction don’t think about the future.

But Nareda was a demon who contemplated the future in order to crush it.

‘That’s what makes her troublesome.’

The corners of Nareda’s mouth rose with ecstasy.

Leo raised his non-sword hand toward the giant knight’s battle axe striking down at him.

‘But what can you do about it?’

Jjeok-!

Leo’s palm collided with the battle axe.

Along with that, Leo’s body was driven into the ground.

Kwak-! Kwagagang jjeojeojeojeojeojeojeok!

Leo’s feet touched the ground.

Leo’s legs weren’t driven into the earth.

Rather, the surrounding ground shattered and rose up.

The impact spread to the surroundings.

‘I haven’t been idle for the 17 years since I was born either.’

Leo looked at the battle axe blade in his grip that seemed capable of mercilessly splitting even castle walls, then applied more force to his hand.

Hwareureuk-!

The golden aura soon transformed into golden flames.

Jjeojeojeok-!

The battle axe, subjected to even stronger force, began to crack as if glass was fracturing.

Seeing this, Nareda’s eyes widened.

“That’s impossible…”

Kwajik-!

Fragments of the battle axe scattered in all directions.

Among them, one particularly large fragment fell to Leo.

Kung-!

Leo grasped the massive axe blade, as large as a building, in his hand and looked at Karokson.

Then without hesitation, he hurled the blade toward his neck.

Peogeok-!

“Keuruk?!”

The high-ranking demon’s neck flew off helplessly.

Kung-! Kwalkolkwal-! Cheolpeok-!

As he fell to his knees, blood poured out like a waterfall.

Karokson’s head fell onto that blood.

Karokson’s eyes turned toward Leo.

Though his neck had been severed, the giant demon’s tenacious vitality wouldn’t permit death from just this much.

“Die!”

With Karokson’s shout, his kneeling body moved.

He raised his arms and struck down at Leo.

Leo’s shadow rippled for an instant and then suddenly grew larger.

Peobeobeobeobeok-!

The enlarged shadow pierced and bound Karokson’s body like an awl.

Karokson’s body froze solid.

Leo aimed his sword tip toward Karokson.

Wiing-!

A complex magic circle was created on the blade’s surface.

Posteritas had merely taken the form of a sword, but it could become anything.

It could become a blade that could cut anything, serve as a powerful summoning medium, or even become a divine-grade magic staff.

A special weapon that Dweno had created for Kail, the Hero of the Beginning.

The Star Magic that swirled from the sword poured out as a flash of light.

Flash! Kwaaaaaaaaa-!

The upper body of the high-ranking demon vanished without a trace.

As Leo sheathed his sword, Shadow returned to its original form.

“Impossible, impossible! Impossible! This can’t be!”

Nareda screamed as if spitting out the words.

“What is your identity! What the hell are you!”

She pointed at Leo with bloodshot eyes.

“Didn’t I just introduce myself?”

Leo planted his sword in the ground and leaned against it like a staff.

“I said I’m the Hero of the Beginning.”

The battle fell into a temporary lull.

The advance of the Giant King’s legion had been stopped by a single hero.

“You claim to be Kail, the Hero of the Beginning?”

Most demons couldn’t bring themselves to call Leo the “surviving hero” in his presence.

“Surviving hero” was a derogatory term used among demons during the Age of Calamity to belittle the Hero of the Beginning.

While they used it freely when he wasn’t around, they instinctively avoided using such a derogatory term in front of the embodiment of fear itself who had even killed gods.

Nareda couldn’t escape this either.

“Don’t be ridiculous! If that’s true, then how…!”

Nareda had fought and survived against the Great Heroes multiple times.

Among demons, this alone was a feat worthy of praise.

That’s why she knew the Great Heroes so well.

Just moments ago.

The way he blocked Karokson’s attack with golden aura wasn’t the Hero of the Beginning.

The only one Nareda knew who could smoothly block such attacks with that level of aura control was the Hero Arron.

The overwhelming power that destroyed Battle X afterward was the power of Dweno, the Divine Blacksmith.

What stopped Karokson’s movement was the dragon speech magic of Risinass, the King of Wisdom, and what finished him off was Luna’s Star Magic.

Unlike the Age of Calamity, this era had the Hero Record.

‘He must have inherited the Great Heroes’ powers through that detestable record!’

Leo’s ability was none other than All Class.

He was a user of the power of purity, called the natural enemy of gods.

In fact, even 5,000 years ago in the past, the god was defeated by the Hero of the Beginning who had inherited the essence of the Great Heroes’ powers.

It was perfectly natural for Leo to use the Great Heroes’ powers and their techniques.

‘But…! How can he handle those powers so perfectly!’

Just moments ago in the workshop, Nareda had seen Arron, Dweno, Risinass, and Luna.

It was as if they had manifested in this era.

“It’s been 17 years since I was reborn into the present world.”

Leo, with his sword slung over his shoulder, spoke in a languid voice.

“I couldn’t just remain stagnant as I was 5,000 years ago, could I?”

Not being able to completely annihilate Erebos was one of Leo’s greatest regrets since being reborn.

If he could have perfectly wielded his comrades’ powers.

Perhaps he wouldn’t have left fragments of Erebos for future generations.

From his rebirth until before entering Lumern.

Leo had refined and re-refined the techniques his comrades had left him in his mind without awakening his mana.

And even after awakening his mana, he never stopped training.

As a result.

He became able to perfectly imitate his comrades’ techniques.

Of course, it was still just imitation.

Applying them and linking the powers was still a distant stage.

‘I’m still far from it.’

He was still far behind his comrades as a warrior, as a vanguard, as a mage, as a summoner.

But…

‘I can reach them someday.’

Unlike 5,000 years ago, he still had time.

“Impossible…! It’s only been 17 years! What could you possibly accomplish in just 17 years…”

“It’s a short time for you, but it’s an incredibly long time for us.”

“You’ve had a hard time for 5,000 years. All that wasted effort.”

Nareda’s shoulders trembled with rage at Leo’s mockery.

But soon she laughed at Leo instead.

“Haha! You’re the one who wasted effort!”

Nareda pointed at Leo.

“No matter how perfectly you wield the Great Heroes’ powers, you’re still alone! Do you think it’s possible to defeat a god by yourself!”

5,000 years ago.

He had dealt fatal wounds to Erebos by sacrificing Arron, Dweno, Luna, and Risinass one by one.

Leo had merely delivered the final blow to Erebos.

“Right. It would be difficult alone.”

“Haha!”

“That’s why I’m working hard to raise them.”

“What?”

Thwack-!

Nareda suddenly felt her vision flip upside down.

‘When did this happen?’

Nareda’s head, flying through the air, turned backward.

There stood a white-haired, blue-eyed cat beastman with raised claws who had sent her head flying.

Thwack-!

Ar’s hand tore through her heart.

‘She broke through my dark magic barrier and approached?!’

What had kept Nareda alive for 5,000 years was partly due to various tricks.

Among them, the dark magic barrier that detected those approaching her was so advanced that no demon could break through it.

‘That barrier was broken by such a milk-smelling pet cat?’

Even though all her attention had been focused on Leo.

She had thought Ar couldn’t pose much of a threat alone on this battlefield.

It was only because Leo had perfectly drawn the enemies’ attention that she could be active.

The shocked Nareda recalled Ar’s earlier display that had surpassed even Leo’s senses.

‘In the realm of super-senses alone… she surpassed the Hero of the Beginning?!’

In Nareda’s vision, she saw Ar clenching her fist.

“Punch!”

The moment Ar’s fiercely swung fist struck her face directly.

Nareda’s vision went dark.

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Ar collapsed on the spot.

Her ears twitched uncontrollably and her body trembled as if convulsing.

Seeing this, Leo immediately took Ar in his arms and withdrew from the battlefield.

There were still many Giant Knight Corps members remaining.

There are still many members of the Giant Knights remaining.

However, the moment Nareda was defeated, it was no exaggeration to say that the Giant Knight Legion’s strength had been cut in half.

‘Of course, it’s only a tiny fraction of the legion’s total strength.’

Leo’s decision to charge into the legion with Ar was solely to buy time to complete their defensive preparations more perfectly.

‘Thanks to that Giant King coward not daring to come out alone, we achieved great results.’

“Uwaaaah! My head is spinning, spinning!”

Ar pressed her perked-up ears down with both hands and buried her face in Leo’s chest.

“Cancel the water transformation.”

At Leo’s words, Ar flinched and trembled as she canceled the water transformation.

It seemed she couldn’t properly process the overwhelming amount of information her enhanced senses were delivering.

“Half-baked growth, huh.”

Leo chuckled and muttered.

Still, impressive was impressive.

Thud-!

Leo stood atop the city wall.

Having calmed down a bit in the meantime, Ar lifted her face from Leo’s chest and glanced up at him.

“Black Rabbit, no. Leo Flobe.”

“Why the sudden use of my name?”

“Are you Hero of the Beginning, Kail?”

“There’s no need to hide it anymore.”

When Leo chuckled, Ar’s eyes widened greatly.

“That’s right. I’m the reincarnation of Hero of the Beginning, Kail.”

“Wooooh!”

Hearing it directly from Leo’s mouth, Ar clenched both hands tightly and kicked her legs excitedly.

Her ears perked up with excitement, and her snake-like writhing tail wrapped tightly around Leo’s forearm.

“Everything up until now makes sense!”

That overwhelming strength that didn’t seem fitting for someone his age.

Plus the experience and knowledge.

Ar got excited as she recalled all the things Leo had taught her.

“Amazing! You were one of the Great Heroes!”

Grabbing Leo’s collar with both hands, unable to contain her excitement, Ar pressed her body close to Leo.

The tail wrapped around his arm tightened even more.

“Um, excuse me! Black Rab… no! What should I call you! Rabbit-nim? Leo-nim? Kail-nim?”

“Call me whatever feels comfortable. But first.”

“Huh?”

Leo set Ar down.

Then Ar quickly pressed her stomach against the city wall and stuck her face out over the edge.

“Bleeech!”

Her senses, which had been calmed by the enhanced perception, were disrupted again by her excitement, making her complexion turn pale.

While waiting for Ar to calm down, Leo gazed at Gias visible in the distance.

‘This was just the end of the preliminary battle.’

Despite dealing unexpected damage, the legion’s forces were still overwhelming.

Like a candle flame before the wind.

‘He still shows no signs of moving. He probably anticipated something like Nareda’s death.’

Though she was a close subordinate, from a legion commander’s perspective, she was just a useful chess piece.

It probably wasn’t time for him to move yet.

But when he does move.

Leo clenched and unclenched his fist.

‘Can I defeat him alone?’

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