Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 702

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702.

Swoooooosh—

A drizzling rain began to fall.

“Of all times, it has to rain now.”

Cal clicked his tongue as he looked up at the sky.

Though the rain was sudden, the 2nd and 3rd year students casually pulled out raincoats as if they were used to it.

“Why is it raining!”

“Waaah! My socks are all wet!”

But complaints poured out from among the freshmen.

Students who enter Lumern are born with outstanding talent in various fields from a young age.

As such, most of them are treasured and raised with great care by their respective countries and families.

Even students who possess excellent skills and practical experience in monster subjugation rarely experience such constantly changing field conditions before enrollment.

That’s why it was an annual event for new students to voice complaints in situations like this.

Especially since they were on a mountain, the ground was becoming muddy.

“Everyone, calm down.”

Luke stepped forward and calmed the underclassmen.

“But! Luke-senpai! Our uniforms are getting all dirty!”

The freshman girls from the Knight Department whined to Luke.

Juwen stood beside Luke and crossed his arms.

“At Lumern, you’ll experience things like this countless times. Don’t act spoiled!”

The freshmen flinched at Juwen’s words.

Watching this scene, Iliana burst into giggles.

“The 2nd year students who were making crying faces during their first real combat last year are now acting like seniors?”

“Are you really the one to talk, considering you got scolded by Professor Hallind on that first practical class day when it rained?”

“Hey! Cal! That was!”

“What happened?”

When Chloe tilted her head curiously, Cal chuckled.

“During the 1st year combat studies practical class, a sudden shower came down. As soon as she saw it, Iliana immediately ran to Professor Hallind and suggested switching to indoor classes.”

At those words, Chloe looked at Iliana with an incredulous expression.

“When Professor Hallind asked for the reason, her answer was a masterpiece!”

“Don’t! Don’t say it!”

With a bright red face, Iliana covered Cal’s mouth with her hands.

Chloe, who had been listening to the story with great interest, glanced at Leo.

Then Leo answered as if it was nothing special.

“She said she had bought new shoes and they couldn’t get dirty.”

“Class President!”

Iliana glared at Leo with a resentful look, and Chloe burst out laughing.

“That’s so like Iliana, if it’s Iliana.”

While the sulking Iliana kept poking Leo with her finger.

Cal approached the freshmen.

“Well, shall I show some kindness as a senior? Hey, freshmen. Line up. I’m going to hand out raincoats now.”

At those words, the freshmen quickly lined up in front of Cal.

“You see the raincoats they’re wearing? These are the same ones.”

Cal pointed at Leo and Chloe with his hand.

In fact, nearly half of the 2nd and 3rd year students besides Leo and Chloe were wearing the same raincoats.

The raincoats had a logo embroidered with a sword sticking out of an alchemical cauldron engraved with a summoning circle.

It was something Cal had made.

“I’ll lend them to you. Do you need to return them later?”

“Thank you!”

The freshmen received the raincoats one by one.

“Wow! This is comfortable!”

“I don’t feel like I’m getting rained on?”

“As expected of someone who prepares for beginnings! Your preparedness is thorough!”

The freshmen exclaimed in admiration as they moved around testing them.

“How unusual for you to lend them out for free?”

“Heh. It’s a kind of promotional event.”

Cal answered Leo’s words as if it was nothing special.

“Promotional event?”

“These are pretty expensive. Would the kids buy them if I just told them to? They need to experience the performance like this before they go ‘ah’ and buy them.”

“How thorough.”

“Heh. Do you think I worked my bones off for two years for nothing? With the money I earned over those two years, I even bought a building in Lumeria City.”

“A student’s main duty is studying.”

When Chloe crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes, Cal wagged his finger and said.

“Business is also a life study.”

“You’re good with words anyway.”

Cal gave a thumbs up while watching Chloe shake her head.

After confirming that the freshmen had also put on raincoats, Leo gathered the participating students.

“The orc colony subjugation will be divided into 3 teams. First, Team 1.”

Leo glanced at Cal.

“The team leader is Cal. The team members are 1st and 2nd year students.”

“1st and 2nd year students. Gather in front of me.”

The 1st and 2nd year students quickly lined up in front of Cal.

“Team 2 leader is Hilui.”

The 3rd year female student from the Summoning Department nodded.

After that, Leo called out the names of the 3rd year students included in Team 2.

“Team 3 is me and Chloe.”

“Class President, what about me?”

“Iliana, stay here and control the freshmen.”

“Okay. Got it.”

When the team member announcements ended, the freshmen began murmuring.

“Are Leo-senpai and Chloe-senpai moving together by themselves?”

“Even if they’re just orcs, if a colony has formed, the numbers must be no joke.”

“Will they be okay?”

One of the freshmen carefully approached Iliana and spoke to her.

“Um… Iliana-senpai. It seems like there aren’t enough people for subjugation, so how about suggesting to the Student Council President that we select personnel from among the freshmen?”

“Not enough people? That can’t be.”

Iliana shook her head.

“If anything, we have more than enough people.”

“What? But Team 3 only has the Student Council President and Chloe-senpai, just the two of them?”

Looking at the confused freshman, Iliana smiled gently.

“Let me give you some advice as a senior – if you plan to continue attending Lumern, you’d better quickly forget the common sense you used to think with.”

“What?”

“People who have endlessly challenged their limits easily surpass ordinary people’s common sense. Especially.”

Iliana glanced at Chloe.

“Chloe is special even among them. She’s at a level where it wouldn’t be strange to call her a monster. Actually, Chloe alone could blow away an orc colony.”

The freshmen held their breath at Iliana’s words.

They wondered if it might be a joke, but they couldn’t sense any such indication from Iliana’s face.

“Is that… possible?”

“Of course. The Heroes you aim to become are people who create miracles. As such, Hero Candidates must also create miracles.”

“Then… what about Leo-senpai?”

He’s the youngest student council president and Leo, who was already evaluated as Lumern’s strongest when he was in his 2nd year.

If Chloe, a hero candidate, has such overwhelming power, then how strong must Leo be, who has already reached the ranks of heroes?

“Well… the Class President is.”

Iliana clicked her tongue.

“Just a demon lord, really.”

***

Swoooosh-!

They walked through the rainy mountains.

The area Leo and Chloe were assigned was near the mountain’s peak.

“The orc colony formation must be Tartaros’s doing, right?”

“Most likely.”

Ruderaa Mountain is quite a large-scale mountain.

It was a forested area with rough terrain and no resources like magic stones or minerals.

It’s a mountain of little value, as even magical beasts and fairies haven’t settled there.

Naturally, it became land abandoned by humans.

And as usual, monsters appear in mountains where human footsteps have ceased.

However, Ruderaa Mountain is located not far from Lumern.

Ruderaa Mountain is a place where Lumern consistently assigns subjugation requests to students.

Hero Academy has a 3000-year history.

Normally, the monster ecosystem should have disappeared long ago.

But Ruderaa Mountain has had continuous monster appearances for the past 3000 years.

They appeared even after Lumern conducted massive subjugations to exterminate the monsters.

‘Cursed Land.’

Leo muttered to himself while looking up at Ruderaa Mountain.

There are regions throughout the world where monsters endlessly spawn, like Ruderaa Mountain.

The creation of Cursed Lands dates back to the Age of Calamity.

Cursed Lands were places where Erebos was summoned during the Age of Calamity.

Erebos is the natural enemy of gods.

The gods disappeared from the earthly realm due to the unextinguished flames of destruction.

However, the gods didn’t allow Erebos to roam freely on earth either.

When Erebos revealed itself 5000 years ago, the gods cast a restraint at the eastern edge of the world.

That place was the final destination of the great heroes and where Leo fought his final battle, trapping Erebos there.

The reason Erebos used Tartaros to destroy the world was also groundwork to expand its range of movement.

By burning lands conquered by Tartaros’s legions and conducting Erebos summoning rituals, Erebos could move freely within those domains.

The lands where Erebos was summoned at that time retained thick traces of Erebos’s aura, becoming what are now called Cursed Lands.

‘There’s no way to lift the curse for now.’

It’s fundamentally the same as Monster Forest, Luna’s hometown that was cursed by Silatuna for 5000 years.

That place was freed from the curse after Silatuna was subjugated.

The Cursed Lands would also be freed from their curse if Erebos were completely subjugated.

Under normal circumstances, Cursed Lands don’t pose major problems.

They’re just treated as troublesome lands.

Since monster appearances never cease, people don’t live around Cursed Lands.

Also, countries with Cursed Lands periodically conduct subjugations to destroy monster ecosystems.

But occasionally, large-scale monsters would suddenly appear like this.

That’s when Tartaros intervened.

“But isn’t this a bit strange?”

Leo nodded at Chloe’s words.

“It is strange.”

The current world stands at a turning point in history, without exaggeration.

The return of great heroes.

The appearance of gods.

The subjugation of Erebos fragments.

Like clock hands that had stopped since the Cataclysm beginning to move again.

Amazing miracles are happening in succession.

Accordingly, Tartaros’s movements have become more secretive.

In such a situation, an abnormal event occurred – the creation of massive orc colonies in Cursed Lands.

Tartaros couldn’t be unaware that this act would heighten their opponents’ vigilance.

“That’s why we came to investigate.”

Leo stopped walking.

Chloe also stood behind Leo.

In the distance, a massive orc colony was visible.

At a glance, there appeared to be easily over several hundred orcs.

Leo activated his supersenses to observe the colony’s movements.

“Orc Shaman King.”

“There’s a Shaman King?”

Chloe showed a surprised expression.

Regular orcs are classified as lower-tier monsters.

However, orcs are monsters that boast overwhelming numbers.

As such, powerful mutants frequently emerge.

Among them are shamans who use black magic.

Among these orc shamans, orcs with powerful dark magic are given the title of Shaman King.

And Orc Shaman Kings wield power stronger than most high-ranking demons.

Since a Shaman King appears maybe once every 100 years, Chloe couldn’t help but be surprised.

“Prepare your magic.”

As Leo drew his sword and spoke, Chloe nodded.

Chloe summoned her staff.

Tap-

Chloe closed her eyes as she planted her staff on the ground.

Whooooooo-!

A cold wind began to surge.

Swoooosh- Tididididididik-

The rain falling around Chloe began to freeze, becoming ice pellets that fell to the ground.

And Chloe expanded her domain.

As tremendous magical power swirled, the orcs also noticed something strange.

But Chloe completed her magic faster than they could take action.

“Fimbulvetr.”

Crackle-

An irresistible cold swept over the surrounding area.

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