Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 711

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Rustle rustle-

The sound of footsteps on grass echoed through the air.

Cal and Eliza, wearing invisibility cloaks, carefully left the Clock Tower Dormitory and arrived at the Common Garden.

The season had already reached late spring.

Since summer was gradually approaching, it wasn’t that chilly even at night.

Nevertheless, the empty Common Garden seemed to carry an inexplicable chill.

“Doesn’t this feel kind of eerie?”

“What does?”

“I don’t know. It feels like something might appear.”

“What would appear?”

“Like a ghost or something.”

Eliza snorted at Cal’s words.

“Where in the world would there be ghosts?”

Ghosts.

Beings that wander the heavens as souls with lingering attachments to the world.

Of course, there are ghost-like things in this world.

Undead created by reviving corpses using necromancy that borrows the power of the Overlord King.

And spirits summoned using spirit magic, a branch of summoning arts.

However, both spirits and the dead are beings that manifest in the world through contracts.

Moreover, they are personalities realized through traces left in mana, not souls.

Of course, the fact that the person in the memories left in mana is still themselves remains unchanged.

But the conclusion reached by the magical and summoning academic communities was that there are no beings that occur naturally and remain in this world semi-permanently like the ghosts spoken of by common folk.

Watching Eliza snort, Cal shrugged his shoulders.

“No, I’m just saying it really has that kind of atmosphere.”

Just like inside the dormitory earlier.

And this garden too.

Perhaps because the moonlight was obscured by clouds, the atmosphere was eerie.

It felt like glimpsing the hidden side of a place he’d passed by without much thought.

And furthermore…

“That blood-covered knight from earlier.”

Recalling the blood-covered knight who had been muttering about killing mages and summoners, Cal shuddered.

“Now that I think about it, wasn’t that really strange?”

“How long has it been since there were crazy people in Lumern? It’s not like it’s been just a day or two.”

Eliza seemed to dismiss it as some Knight Department student doing a weird concept act.

“He looked dangerous though…”

“The duty professors patrol every day, don’t they? Would something dangerous be wandering around the dormitory? The only dangerous things at night are Leo Flobe’s weird familiars.”

“…True.”

Just as Cal was convinced by Eliza’s words and about to take a step forward.

Grab-!

Eliza grabbed the back of Cal’s neck.

“What?”

“Crouch down.”

At those words, Cal immediately crouched down.

Eliza also knelt down.

Whoooooosh-!

Wind began to blow.

A moment later.

A familiar face appeared in the garden.

‘Avad.’

Cal held his breath.

‘Did he notice us?’

He had blocked their presence using the function of the bracelet Dweno made.

But the presence-blocking function wasn’t omnipotent.

The bracelet’s presence-blocking function was only part of the bracelet’s capabilities.

Various other functions for supporters were also installed.

Because of this, if a skilled mage was determined to use detection magic, they would inevitably be caught.

While Cal was tense.

Avad opened his mouth.

“How about coming out now?”

At those words, Cal glanced back.

Eliza was curling up the corners of her mouth.

Seeing that combative expression, Cal let out a small sigh.

‘Looks like she’s going to fight. I should just stay neutral.’

As a Magic Department student, he couldn’t help Eliza.

But Eliza was also his partner for conquering the Wooden Maze.

As such, it was awkward to take anyone’s side.

‘That Avad guy is surprisingly petty. Won’t he complain that I didn’t help him?’

Just as Cal was clicking his tongue while thinking of his persistent friend.

“Oh my?”

At the voice heard from behind, not only Cal but even Eliza almost screamed.

“How did you know?”

Chen Xia, who had appeared without any presence, passed by Cal and Eliza.

Even as she passed right by them, no presence could be felt from Chen Xia.

It felt like a ghost passing by.

“The wind felt wrong. You’ve been following from the dormitory entrance, right?”

“Wow. You have good instincts, Avad?”

Chen Xia smiled brightly and looked around.

“But the fact that you pretended not to know until here… means I’ve fallen into a trap.”

“That’s about right.”

Avad nodded.

Generally, in a 1-on-1 battle between a knight class and a mage class, the knight has an overwhelming advantage.

Moreover, the opponent was none other than Chen Xia, one of the three monsters of the Knight Department.

And now it was night, which could be called Chen Xia’s time.

In many ways, it was an unfavorable situation for Avad.

However, there was a way for a mage to gain the upper hand against a knight in 1-on-1 combat.

Namely, fighting at their own stronghold.

In other words, a battle fought in a fortified location.

And today.

Avad had planted magic stones throughout the garden.

The moment Avad drew his staff.

Whoooooong-!

Powerful winds began to swirl inside the garden.

Cal and Eliza barely managed to escape from Avad’s stronghold.

“This has become troublesome.”

“You don’t look troubled at all though?”

Avad shook his head and swung his staff.

At the same time, the wind that had been swirling around rushed toward Chen Xia.

Swoosh-!

Chen Xia twisted her body to dodge the wind.

Avad’s attack wasn’t over yet.

Whoooosh-!

Wind blades like a massive guillotine struck down at Chen Xia.

Left, right, below, above.

Wind blades attacking from all directions.

Though she could have lost her balance from the endless barrage of attacks, Chen Xia dodged Avad’s assault like flowing water.

Swoosh-!

Finally, Chen Xia spread her arms and legs wide, pressed flat against the ground, and narrowed her eyes.

“Hmm?”

Pop-!

Chen Xia leaped into the air and spun once.

A wind blade barely grazed past the tip of Chen Xia’s hair.

Thud-

Having dodged all the attacks, Chen Xia landed lightly on the ground.

Despite moving so vigorously, not a single drop of sweat fell.

“I roughly understand the pattern now.”

“Oh really?”

Avad smiled slyly and raised his staff.

“Want to test it out?”

Chen Xia smiled faintly and then vanished from her spot.

Along with that, wind began swirling like a storm within Avad’s domain.

“Now’s our chance. Let’s get out of here quickly.”

Hearing those words, Eliza nodded and moved.

Cal, having gotten away from where the two were fighting, clicked his tongue.

“Fierce. So fierce.”

He looked toward where the two were fighting.

Despite the extremely intense battle, no sound could be heard at all.

Literally silence itself.

This was possible because it was a fight between Avad, who perfectly controlled the wind within his domain, and Chen Xia, who was more stealthy than anyone.

“That really startled me!”

Eliza irritably kicked a small pebble on the ground.

Her heart was still pounding from Chen Xia’s earlier surprise.

“Sia isn’t even a ghost or anything!”

“…You said you weren’t scared, but you are afraid of ghosts.”

“Shut up!”

Eliza glared.

“Well, Chen Xia is scarier than ghosts anyway.”

Usually gentle, but scarier than anyone when angry.

Rumble rumble rumble! Crash-!

“…!”

“…!”

Suddenly, a red pillar of fire erupted from where Chen Xia and Avad were engaged in fierce battle.

Seeing that, Cal gaped.

“No way. Who’s causing such a loud commotion in the middle of the night!”

“Judging by the color of the flames, those are Phoenix flames, right?”

“Is it Fiora? But didn’t they say Leo’s summon doesn’t attack?”

“It could be Selia Jerdinger.”

“Selia isn’t the type of student to cause trouble so thoughtlessly, right?”

“Then Leo Flobe’s doing?”

“Come on. Leo wouldn’t go around attacking random students at night…”

Cal, who had been speaking, closed his mouth.

The old Leo maybe not?

But the recent Leo? He thought it was possible.

‘If before he felt like he was going easy on 1st and 2nd years, recently he’s been ruthless.’

It felt like he was seriously training the people around him.

Considering Leo’s true identity, it was natural in a way.

‘Does this mean he won’t treat us like kids anymore?’

Cal made a pitiful expression.

“I don’t want to become an adult.”

“What nonsense are you suddenly spouting?”

While Eliza frowned.

The two had somehow arrived in front of the maze.

The two who entered the maze took off their invisibility cloaks.

Eliza looked up at the sky.

The tall garden trees blocked the view.

“Breaking through between these would be reckless, right?”

“A few kids tried it, but the magic barrier activated.”

“Hmm.”

Eliza crossed her arms.

“It’s definitely suspicious.”

“Right?”

Cal grinned.

Step- Step-

They went inside.

Because of the towering garden trees, neither moonlight nor starlight entered the maze interior well.

Though it wasn’t pitch-black darkness where you couldn’t see ahead, it gave off an eerie sense of unease and fear.

Eliza, who had been walking in the lead, suddenly stopped.

She couldn’t summon her familiar.

Using spiritual power might risk being detected by students passing by.

‘Really. Why is it so uselessly dark!’

Eliza scrunched up her face mercilessly.

Though she denied it, she was actually scared of the dark.

That was, in a way, a primal fear.

If she could use her summon, it wouldn’t be too scary, but the current situation wasn’t favorable.

Then.

“Uhihihihihihi.”

“Don’t.”

Eliza spoke quietly to Cal, who was laughing in a low voice from behind.

Tap-

“Uhihihihihihi.”

“I really told you not to…”

Annoyed, Eliza turned her head to hit Cal.

And seeing Cal illuminating his face from below with a magelight, she screamed ‘Kyaaaah!’

Cal hurriedly covered Eliza’s mouth with his hand again.

Eliza, having calmed her startled heart, began kicking Cal furiously with her face red as a beet.

“Die! Just die!”

“No, no! I was just trying to lighten the mood…”

Cal, who got into trouble for playing a prank, curled up and defended against Eliza’s attacks.

A moment later.

Eliza, having snatched the magelight from Cal, walked forward huffing angrily.

“Grrrrrrrrr.”

“This thing is really trying to kill us!”

“It, it’s not me!”

But soon after hearing the agonizing moans, Eliza glared at Cal behind her with murderous eyes.

Cal desperately waved his hands.

Just then.

“Grrrrrrrrrr.”

Squelch- Squelch-

The sound of something crawling through wet places came from beyond the darkness.

Eliza and Cal’s bodies froze in place.

The two looked at each other’s faces and then turned to look forward with stiff, rigid movements.

Squelch- Squelch-

The sound of crawling through damp places became even clearer.

Eliza swallowed dry saliva and shone the magelight further ahead.

Then…

“My… my legs… my… legs…!”

The lower half of the Lumern male student desperately crawling toward them was completely empty.

It wasn’t illusion magic.

But they couldn’t sense any dark magic either.

“My… legs… give them back…”

“Eliza.”

“Yeah.”

“Let’s run.”

“Right.”

The two didn’t hesitate and turned around.

“My leeeeegs!”

Along with that, the crawling student screamed and began crawling at a speed similar to their running pace.

“Aaaahhhhh!”

“Kyaaahhhhh!”

Cal and Eliza’s screams echoed through the air.

The next morning.

“Whaaaaat?”

Chelsea made an expression of disbelief.

“Pathetic! Are you calling that an explanation? You two! You’re just making excuses because you got caught by the professors and lost points!”

The 3rd year Magic Studies Department students looked aggrieved as they watched Chelsea cross her arms and sneer.

Their faces were stamped with point deduction marks like brands.

“No! We definitely saw it! A blood-covered knight was wandering around!”

“The Knight Department kids were probably just acting! Is it news that there are weird kids there?”

“We’re the weird ones…”

“Tsk!”

Chelsea rolled her eyes.

The Magic Studies Department students who had received point deduction stamps last night shrank their necks.

“He really swung his sword like he was going to kill us!”

“Then you should have cast magic like you were going to kill him too.”

“It didn’t work, I tell you. All our magic passed right through!”

Just as Chelsea was furrowing her brow at those words.

Creak-

The main door of the Central Hall of the Clock Tower Dormitory opened and Hallind entered.

With the appearance of Hallind, Lumern’s Wall of Lamentations, from early morning, the bustling Central Hall became as quiet as if cold water had been poured over it.

But seeing the two people following behind Hallind with their heads deeply bowed, it began to get noisy again.

“Huh? Why are they coming in from outside?”

“Why are their clothes disheveled?”

“Could it be…?”

As the students murmured, Leo approached Hallind.

“Professor. What’s going on?”

At those words, Hallind turned around with his characteristic cold smile.

“They boldly snuck out of the dormitory and spent the night out together.”

Breaking curfew and leaving the dormitory already warranted severe punishment, but they even stayed out overnight?

And they got caught by Hallind of all people.

The outcome was obvious.

“These two will be in the punishment room for two days. Follow me.”

The two were dragged away by Hallind.

After Hallind, Cal, and Eliza disappeared into the corridor.

The students who were there began talking frantically about Cal and Eliza.

“What! What! What’s their relationship?”

“They stayed out overnight?”

“Amazing!”

Leo was also looking at the corridor where Hallind had disappeared with somewhat incredulous eyes.

“Cal surprises me every time I see him.”

Chelsea approached Leo and clicked her tongue.

“How did he manage to win over that proud Eliza?”

At those words, Leo flicked Chelsea on the forehead.

“Ow! Why?”

Looking at Chelsea’s tearful face, Leo clicked his tongue.

“You shouldn’t say things like that carelessly.”

At those words, Chelsea, who had been pouting, asked as if remembering something.

“Come to think of it, Leo. Did you maybe set up ghost-like traps too?”

“What are you talking about?”

“The kids keep talking nonsense about seeing ghosts.”

Looking at Chelsea’s frowning face, Leo shook his head.

“No. There’s nothing like that.”

“I knew it was nonsense.”

Chelsea clicked her tongue.

Watching her, Leo made a puzzled expression.

‘Suddenly ghosts?’

Magic Studies Department students claiming they saw ghosts.

‘Did the kids see things?’

He thought that for a moment, but there was no way Lumern students would collectively see things.

Leo, who had been pondering, suddenly remembered what happened last night.

Yesterday, there was something he had tried several times with Artion’s help.

‘Soul summoning.’

Having thought that far, Leo began walking.

“Leo, where are you going so early in the morning?”

“I have something to ask Professor Artion for a moment.”

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