Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 703

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703.

Chloe’s unique magic.

Fimbulvetr struck the Orc Settlement.

Kiaaaaaaaak!

Keaaaaaa!

The orcs screamed as the sudden cold wave hit them.

“Humans! Humans! Kiaaaaak!”

“It’s a human attack!”

Despite the enormous number of orcs freezing to death instantly, the orcs’ response was calm.

“Human Mage! This kind of magic is hard to use multiple times!”

Orc warriors took the lead, swinging their axes and commanding the orcs.

“Surround! Surround!”

With their roar, the orcs instantly formed an encirclement.

Not only that, but orcs with bows approached, aiming arrows in the direction the magic had come from.

‘This isn’t just some ragtag orc settlement.’

Leo furrowed his brow.

This was an orc settlement experienced in combat.

‘The very fact that there’s a Shaman King means these are elite orcs.’

A Shaman King doesn’t just wield powerful black magic.

True to the name of king, they possess powerful leadership.

An orc settlement led by a Shaman King could literally be called a powerful army.

‘Well, it won’t matter against Chloe.’

Even as the orcs closed their encirclement, Chloe prepared her next magic without wavering.

With Leo holding the frontline, there was no way the orcs could reach Chloe.

Of course, Chloe’s composure wasn’t because Leo was there.

This situation of the encirclement closing in was actually better.

Crack crack crack-!

The ground Chloe stood on began freezing solid.

Not just the ground.

The air in the atmosphere froze as well.

The rain that had been falling like ice pellets was now pouring down like hail.

This surrounding area alone seemed to have become the middle of winter.

Not just any winter, but one reminiscent of the bitter cold experienced in the very heart of the Northern Continent.

“Huu.”

When Leo exhaled, white breath flowed out like smoke.

Chloe, who had been concentrating on her magic formula with closed eyes, opened them.

With a face like an ice doll, Chloe looked at the orc horde.

“Ice World.”

Chloe’s signature unique magic was complete.

The pouring rain further strengthened Chloe’s already powerful magic.

The roaring orcs froze in an instant.

Seeing this, Chloe struck the ground with her staff.

Clang!

The orcs that had become ice statues all shattered at once.

“It’s over.”

Chloe looked at Leo.

Leo brushed off the frost that had formed on his body.

“You look pretty cold?”

“I wonder whose fault that is.”

Watching Leo glare at her, Chloe giggled.

“It’s cold, let’s move to the next area.”

“Got it.”

As Chloe smiled brightly and nodded while watching the grumbling Leo.

Crack-!

The sound of ice splitting was heard.

Leo and Chloe stopped walking.

Clang-!

One piece of ice shattered among the frozen orcs.

Chloe looked at the Orc Shaman King with a puzzled expression.

“I guess the power wasn’t enough to take down the Orc Shaman King in one hit.”

Chloe made a serious expression.

“Should I increase the power after all?”

“I think it’s plenty powerful as is?”

“Huh? Isn’t it insufficient?”

Chloe blinked with an innocent face.

Watching such a Chloe, Leo clicked his tongue.

‘This is why mages are…’

Mages tend to be obsessed with magical power.

That’s why it wasn’t uncommon to see them maximize magic power by adding all sorts of power-increasing formulas to ordinary magic without considering magical balance.

‘Luna was like that too.’

The reason mages are obsessed with magical power was simple.

‘Because they can be.’

Sometimes their obsession with power reaches levels that could harm allies.

Of course, no sane mage would harm their allies.

The problem was cases like now when forming a party of just two.

‘Kail wouldn’t die from this much.’

Saying such things, Luna very often removed power limits when forming a party with just him.

And right now, Chloe’s eyes were exactly like Luna’s when she would say such things.

“I should increase the power after all… What are you doing?!”

Chloe swatted away Leo’s hand pinching her cheek and covered her cheek with her hand.

Looking at Chloe protesting with a completely red face, Leo said.

“I’ll handle it, so just watch.”

At those words, Chloe showed a slightly displeased expression but soon obediently stepped back.

Step-

Leo stepped on the frozen ground and moved forward.

‘But this is strange.’

Leo glared at the Orc Shaman King.

In this era, Orc Shaman Kings were rare mutations.

But 5000 years ago, Orc Shaman Kings weren’t uncommon creatures.

Leo had extensive experience hunting Orc Shaman Kings.

As far as Leo knew, while Orc Shaman Kings were powerful monsters, they weren’t strong enough to withstand Chloe’s magic.

Yet the Orc Shaman King before his eyes was alive.

‘It doesn’t even look like it took much damage.’

He felt something was off.

Shing-

Leo drew his sword.

At that moment.

Thud-!

The Orc Shaman King struck the ground with its staff.

At that moment.

Zzzzzzzzak-!

A dragon’s head shot up from the ground.

An ice dragon with its mouth wide open lunged at Leo.

Whoooosh-!

Jerdinger’s flames erupted from Leo’s sword.

Slash-!

The ice dragon split cleanly in half and turned to water, pouring down like a waterfall.

‘Was it a creature that manipulates ice attributes?’

If so, that would somewhat explain its immunity to Chloe’s magic.

But Leo couldn’t shake his unease.

Chloe’s ice magic was special enough that even Luna spoke of it highly.

No matter how much a monster could handle ice attributes, withstanding it was remarkable.

Whoooosh-

Leo increased the power of his flames.

The frozen ground began to melt.

Roooooar-

Tremendous heat pressed down on the Orc Shaman King.

Heat so intense that just being nearby would turn one to ash.

When Leo pointed his sword at the Orc Shaman King, the energy grew even hotter.

At that moment.

Roooooooar-

The cold emanating from the Orc Shaman King intensified.

In an instant, it pushed back Leo’s flames.

The moment Leo’s shoulders trembled slightly.

Zzzzzzzzzing-!

The ground around the Orc Shaman King began to freeze.

Leo jumped.

At that moment.

Zing-!

Snowflake-shaped ice chunks began rotating around Leo like protective shields.

Seeing ice that showed no signs of melting even against Leo’s heat, Leo looked at Chloe.

Chloe had also sensed something unusual about the Orc Shaman King and cast ice shields.

Leo’s red eyes flashed.

Whoooosh-!

Golden flames settled on Leo’s sword.

It was none other than Dweno’s flames.

Slash-!

Leo’s sword cut the Orc Shaman King’s body in half.

The Orc Shaman King died instantly.

But Leo felt something strange.

‘The feeling of cutting through ice.’

Indeed, the Orc Shaman King’s body that had been split in half was completely frozen.

At that moment, Leo felt a chill.

As far as Leo knew, Dweno’s flames were the king of phoenixes.

They were as hot and intense as Yeonje’s flames.

That’s why they could resist being swallowed by Erebos’s flames.

‘But why… won’t it melt?’

At that moment.

The dead Orc Shaman King’s eyes rolled around and turned toward Leo.

The moment he met those eyes filled with cold hatred.

Leo ran toward Chloe without hesitation.

“Leo. What’s…?”

Chloe, who had been wearing a puzzled expression, widened her eyes as she saw Leo suddenly embrace her.

Leo summoned his black cloak and wrapped it around them.

Boom-!

At that moment, the Orc Shaman King’s body exploded.

Tremendous cold swept out from the center.

Chloe, who had squeezed her eyes shut, carefully opened them.

Then she drew in a breath.

What she saw before her were familiar red eyes.

“Are you okay?”

Leo’s face was right there, close enough for their breaths to touch.

Chloe, so surprised her eyes went round, nodded her head.

“I’m fine.”

Leo chuckled at Chloe’s answer and stood up.

Whoooooosh-!

What swept in with him was a snowstorm.

It was as if they had come to a mountain where blizzards raged in the dead of winter.

“What is this…?”

When Chloe looked surprised, Leo brushed off the frost from his cloak and said.

“It seems like a curse.”

“A curse?”

“Yeah. I’ve seen a similar curse before.”

Fortunately, the Orc Shaman King’s explosion didn’t cause great harm to Leo and Chloe.

But it had a tremendous impact on the surrounding environment.

Leo had seen something similar to this four times before.

‘Of course, the phenomenon was the complete opposite.’

When Erebos had suffered great damage.

The surrounding area was consumed by the unextinguishable Calamity Flame.

The Calamity Flame burned through all the surrounding mana, paralyzing abilities in an instant.

‘Well, compared to that time, this is much better…’

The Calamity Flame was at a level that could turn Great Heroes to ash.

But the bitter cold sweeping in now wasn’t enough to freeze them to death.

‘But what exactly is this?’

Leo looked at the blizzard with a hardened expression.

Just like when Erebos had fled wounded.

The mana wouldn’t move.

But it was clearly different from that time when all the mana had burned.

Now the mana was frozen and wouldn’t move.

The result was the same when looking at it.

But the phenomenon was completely different.

“Leo, this snow… something’s strange.”

“What is?”

When he turned his head, Chloe was holding snow from the ground with a puzzled expression.

“It won’t melt.”

Just as she said, the handful of snow in Chloe’s hand just slipped through her fingers like grains of sand.

It didn’t melt.

No matter how cold the weather, human body temperature is sufficient to melt snow.

After hearing Chloe’s words and thinking for a moment, Leo said.

“Let’s find a place to shelter from the blizzard first.”

“Right.”

***

Leo and Chloe were able to find a cave not far away.

As they entered the cave, they felt the air was somewhat stuffy and warm.

“This worked out perfectly.”

“What did?”

Chloe looked at Leo while trembling.

Even though she was an ice mage, her mana was frozen, so she was completely exposed to the cold.

Thanks to her natural resistance to cold and trained body, she could endure it, but she had lost a lot of stamina and body heat.

“There seems to be a hot spring inside.”

At those words, Chloe’s eyes widened as she looked into the dark depths of the cave.

Leo used the dry branches and leaves scattered throughout the cave to make a campfire.

Soon he also made a torch to light up the cave before heading deeper inside.

When Chloe followed behind him, she saw a hot spring with steam rising from it, just as Leo had said.

Chloe made a bright expression and checked the water quality before speaking.

“No problem! We can get in here and warm up our bodies!”

At Chloe’s words, Leo nodded and said.

“Then take off your clothes and get in.”

“Okay. Got it… What?!”

Startled, Chloe looked at Leo.

“Wh-what did you just say?”

“Take them off.”

“Why?!”

“Are you going to get in like that?”

“Ah…”

Chloe’s face turned red.

Seeing Chloe like that, Leo clicked his tongue.

“What on earth are you imagining?”

“I’m not imagining anything! I just! I was just surprised because you suddenly told me to undress!”

“Right. Let’s say that’s it.”

“Let’s say that’s it! I’m telling you it’s not!”

Chloe grabbed Leo and shook him vigorously.

A moment later.

The calmed-down Chloe hesitated before asking.

“Are you, are you getting in too?”

“…”

“No! Why are you looking at me like that! I’d feel bad if I went in first by myself! So, so! I was just asking in case!”

With her face bright red, she was making a fuss

when Leo clicked his tongue.

“Kids these days, really.”

“What do you mean by that? And you’re one of the kids these days too!”

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