Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 713

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713.

Whooooooo-

On the ground that the flames had clawed through, the scars left by war remained clearly visible.

This place that was once a fierce battlefield.

The victors shouted cries of joy while the defeated gritted their teeth and planned for the future.

Gardstron had achieved another miraculous victory.

As always.

After a great war ends, a grand banquet is bound to be held.

Moreover, today’s victory was the first victory since Risinass formed the Arhee party.

And it was a great victory at that.

Gardstron, which had been crushed by a sense of defeat, was filled with vitality after a long time.

“Drink! Drink!”

“Wahahahaha!”

“Elven lady! You were amazing!”

The heroes who had taken to the battlefield laughed cheerfully as they poured alcohol into an elven woman’s cup.

The elf Luna, with the cup full of alcohol at her lips, drank heartily with gulping sounds.

“Puha~ One more cup!”

Luna shook her empty cup wildly in the air and shouted excitedly.

“Dwarf! You were incredible!”

“Could you repair my weapon by any chance?”

Dweno was also surrounded by people.

He too laughed heartily and didn’t refuse the alcohol people offered him.

These two were the ones who drank most heartily when banquets began.

Kail, who was watching this scene from a step back, glanced and turned his head.

“Lord Arron. Please have another drink here.”

“Ah, no, I’m fine.”

“Try this one too!”

“Ah, no. I’ll take care of it myself…”

Those who had become Arron’s followers clung around him, offering alcohol and food.

The elven mage and dwarf craftsman brought by the Foolish One and the Surviving Hero.

And the beastman warrior received a great welcome from the people of Gardstron.

Right now, at this moment, everyone was forgetting about the Age of Calamity and enjoying the present.

Even so, there were hardly any who approached Kail’s vicinity.

Kail and Risinass were still ominous beings in Gardstron.

Kail, who had been sipping alcohol, suddenly realized that another ominous being besides himself was nowhere to be seen.

Kail looked around and put down his drink, beginning to search the places where Risinass might have gone.

‘Where did he go?’

Finally climbing up to the walls of Gardstron, Kail frowned.

The top of the walls was quiet.

Having won a great war, Tartaros had lost the capacity to invade for a while.

Therefore, the number of sentries on the walls was relatively fewer compared to usual.

The sentries spotted Kail and saluted.

Even if called an ominous being, Kail was still a hero who had been active in Gardstron for a long time.

The military achievements he had established shone brighter than any other hero in Gardstron, so as a hero, he was a being worthy of respect.

Kail waved lightly at the sentries and leaned against the wall.

Then he suddenly spotted a familiar figure outside the walls and paused.

Risinass was standing in the middle of the terrible battlefield.

Step- Step-

Even at the sound of footsteps from behind, Risinass didn’t turn around.

He simply kept his hands clasped together, quietly closing his eyes.

“What are you doing here?”

At Kail’s slightly sarcastic question, Risinass opened his eyes.

His hands, which had been clasped as if in prayer, also smoothly lowered.

“I was comforting the spirits.”

“Spirits.”

Not just anyone can become a spirit.

Only those who had accumulated strong power in life could leave their will in mana.

As such, beings called spirits basically possessed strong power.

Comforting spirits meant helping them shake off the regrets and resentments left from their lifetime.

It was an act of freeing them from mana.

“Is there really a need to comfort them?”

At Kail’s question, Risinass turned to look at him.

His black hair swayed gently.

His obsidian-like black eyes reflected Kail’s face.

This black dragon called the Foolish One seemed to commemorate the dead just by his very existence.

Falling into such sentiment, Kail spoke.

“Wouldn’t it be better for you to have more spirits? They were a great help in this battle too.”

At Kail’s words, Risinass smiled bitterly.

“They were a great help.”

Risinass turned his gaze back to the battlefield.

“But I don’t think spirits should be kept in this world indefinitely.”

“Why?”

“Because there are already too many spirits in this world.”

A world that had suddenly rushed toward destruction.

As such, there were far too many spirits.

“Most of them want to stand on the battlefield once more. They want to breathe hope into this declining world somehow.”

Sometimes there were spirits who had been broken.

But even if they were broken, if they had left regrets in this world as spirits.

The result was one.

Even those who were broken wanted to see hope in this world.

“My role is to show them hope.”

“You care about not only the living but even the dead?”

Kail crossed his arms and made an incredulous expression.

“How saintly of you.”

Even at Kail’s sarcasm, Risinass only smiled.

He already knew this guy was like this anyway.

“If I couldn’t see or hear them, it might be different. But I can’t turn away from what’s visible before my eyes.”

“…”

“But I have my limits too.”

Because it was the Age of Calamity, there were far too many spirits with regrets.

And no matter how great his power, he couldn’t summon all those countless spirits.

If possible.

He wanted to give opportunities to more spirits.

That’s why Risinass always summoned new spirits.

After one battle ended, he would honor the spirits who fought alongside him and help them find peace.

There was nothing good about spirits remaining in the earthly realm for long periods.

But helping spirits find peace wasn’t easy either.

Because there were many who wanted to remain in this world even longer.

After hearing Risinass’s explanation, Kail pulled out a bottle of alcohol from his chest.

Then he bit the cork with his mouth, pulled it out, and approached Risinass.

Glug glug glug-

Kail turned the bottle upside down and poured its contents onto the ground.

Those who had died on this battlefield.

And those who had died before standing on this battlefield and were summoned by Risinass.

After pouring out all the alcohol, Kail threw the bottle with a whoosh.

Crash-!

Glass shards scattered.

“Go. Don’t linger around pathetically.”

Risinass looked at Kail with an incredulous expression.

“You’ve done enough. Leave the rest to this woman.”

Kail said indifferently.

“You saw it too. How reliable she is.”

With those words.

Particles of mana in various colors began to rise throughout the battlefield.

Risinass’s eyes widened at the beautiful sight.

A moment later.

The spirits dwelling in the mana disappeared.

Risinass looked at Kail with his mouth slightly agape.

“Surprising. I never thought you’d have talent for spirit magic.”

“What did I even do?”

“It’s amazing. Being able to move the hearts of spirits.”

Risinass said seriously.

“It means your words reached the spirits. The spirits trusted you even though you’re not a spiritualist.”

His rough but sincere words seemed to have moved the spirits.

“No matter how many times I tried to persuade them, they wouldn’t think of leaving.”

Risinass smiled brightly while looking at the spirits that had now disappeared.

Watching such Risinass, Kail said.

“The more someone knows you, the less they’d want to hear you tell them to leave.”

“What?”

Risinass was flustered.

‘The more someone knows me, the less they’d want to hear me tell them to leave?’

“What does that mean?”

“Exactly what I said.”

Kail chuckled and looked at Risinass.

The moment their eyes met, Risinass unconsciously turned his gaze away.

Why was that? It was difficult to meet his eyes.

For some reason, his heart was beating fast.

“You’re that kind of person.”

“Someone trustworthy and reliable… meaning someone you’d want to fight alongside?”

He asked with subtle expectation.

This man who had initially refused his request to the death had eventually taken his hand.

And was going through this difficult journey together with him.

“What nonsense.”

“Huh?”

“How could someone who knows your fraudulent nature trust you? If they’re spirits, they’d know your true nature better than anyone. When someone like you tells them to leave, would they want to go? They’d first suspect whether you’re trying to deceive them.”

“…”

Risinass smiled coldly.

“Kail.”

“What?”

“Die.”

Without hesitation, Risinass jabbed Kail’s temple.

***

Walking through the dark corridor, Leo rubbed his temple.

For some reason, recalling the past made him feel the illusion of pain where he had been hit back then.

‘If it couldn’t be seen or heard, that would be one thing. But I couldn’t ignore what was visible before my eyes.’

Risinass had literally tried to shoulder everything in the world.

‘His mindset was completely different from mine.’

If unspecified spirits had been summoned by the necromancy he used yesterday.

Leo intended to listen to their stories.

Risinass had said that comforting spirits was also his duty.

‘I can’t do it like Risinass though.’

If they were beings drawn by his necromancy.

He needed to take responsibility and help them find peace.

Just then.

“Kyaaaaaaaaaah!”

A scream echoed from the other end of the corridor.

As Leo made a puzzled expression at the somehow familiar scream.

Chelsea appeared, breaking through the dark corridor.

“Leo oppa!”

Chelsea spotted Leo and ran over, clinging to him directly.

“Ghost! There’s a ghost!”

Clinging to Leo’s head in panic, Chelsea babbled incoherently.

Leo put his hands under Chelsea’s armpits and lifted her up.

“Where?”

“It’s chasing me!”

Chelsea pointed behind her in terror.

Leo looked toward where Chelsea had come running from.

Clank- Clank-

“Mage! Kill…!”

A blood-covered knight was running at full speed with his sword raised when he made eye contact with Leo.

Leo narrowed his eyes.

‘It’s a spirit.’

Though it had a creepy appearance, it was definitely a spirit.

Seeing this, Leo gestured.

“Hey, come here.”

At those words, the knight who had been cautiously watching suddenly turned around and ran back into the darkness.

Leo’s eyes twitched at the sight.

“Why is he acting like that?”

“He seems to be… running away?”

Chelsea said with a bewildered expression.

At her words, Leo put Chelsea down.

And pursued the knight.

“Le, Leo oppa! Where are you going!”

“He’s running because he has something to hide. So I need to catch him.”

“Bu, but he might be a ghost?”

Chelsea had shot magic at the armored knight chasing her several times.

But while she could touch the armored knight at first, Chelsea’s magic later passed right through without reaching him.

When her attacks didn’t work, Chelsea had no choice but to run around helplessly.

“So what if he’s a ghost?”

“He’s already dead!”

“Who here hasn’t died before?”

“Uh… Hmm. That’s true?”

Chelsea made a dumbfounded expression.

“Why don’t you come over here?!”

“L-Leo oppa! Let’s go together!”

The Armored Knight that had been chasing the students suddenly found itself being chased by Leo instead.

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