Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 748

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748.

Risinass pondered as he watched the Second Prince faction’s army moving.

He had to stop the elves’ wicked plan, but testing the Seirun students came first.

‘Let me test the Seirun students first.’

Personal feelings should not be mixed into the test.

He intended to conduct the test fairly, just as he had done with the Lumern students.

With that thought, Risinass stood at the crossroads leading to Deviange to block the Second Prince faction’s path.

And he hesitated.

This place is a battlefield.

A place where countless people lose their lives.

Risinass was familiar with battlefields.

5000 years ago.

To save the world, he had stood on countless battlefields and had to witness countless deaths.

And after battles.

It was Risinass who mourned the souls of those who died but could not yet depart.

The resentment, lingering attachments, and indignation mixed in the mana were all too familiar to Risinass.

And he heard sounds similar to those from 5000 years ago.

Risinass carefully knelt down in the middle of the battlefield.

And with a bitter smile, he asked.

“Won’t you tell me what happened?”

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Runia, mounted on a white horse at the head of the Second Prince faction’s army, let out a deep sigh.

It wasn’t just Runia.

All the elves dispatched from Seirun were mounted on white horses at the front.

These white horses were all provided by the Second Prince faction.

The reason they specifically chose white horses was to match the color of the Seirun students’ white uniforms.

The sight of beautiful elves in Seirun uniforms all mounted on white horses before the soldiers was spectacular to behold.

‘I don’t really like this.’

Runia clicked her tongue quietly.

Runia already had an extremely eye-catching appearance.

She was strikingly beautiful, but it wasn’t simply her beauty that drew people’s attention.

It was because of her blazing red hair that seemed ready to burst into flames at any moment.

Runia’s red hair color contrasted with Seirun’s white uniform, creating an extremely glamorous impression.

On top of that, mounted on a white horse, her presence stood out even more.

And since the Second Prince faction’s commander had arranged the army so that Runia would lead them, all the thousands of soldiers were looking at Runia’s back.

Glancing back, Runia’s expression became complicated.

Though Runia had been dispatched from Seirun, she had never once stood on a battlefield before.

There was the fact that Runia’s power was difficult to control ‘flames’, but more than that, she was well aware of the weight of the title she held.

‘I am a hero now.’

[One Who Follows in the Wake of the Starry Skies.]

The Comet Mage, successor to Luna, Progenitor of the Starry Skies, following Seirun.

She was the successor of a great hero and currently praised as the most noble among all elves.

‘The soldiers had doubts about this war.’

Though forced onto the battlefield, they weren’t actively engaging in combat.

The commanders were furious that the soldiers were slacking off, but that was normal for a war without justification.

But the moment they saw her, the soldiers’ atmosphere changed.

Courage welled up in the soldiers’ eyes.

And their morale began to rise.

If this were their war and the situation was desperate, seeing those who gained courage through her would have given her strength too.

But not now.

‘My existence is instilling false courage in them.’

She felt anew how heavy the title she carried was.

A hero’s very existence has a tremendous impact on those around them.

That influence can be exerted for good or evil.

‘What would Leo have done?’

Runia looked down at her palm.

The face of another person she had set as her goal came to mind.

‘I need to end this war as quickly as possible somehow.’

Runia made a determined expression and glanced back once more.

‘I want to send all these people back home safely.’

The Hero of the Beginning and Progenitor of the Starry Skies would surely have done so.

Just as Runia was making this resolution to herself.

“Miss Runia.”

“Hm?”

“Someone has appeared ahead.”

At Eiran’s words, Runia looked forward.

There stood a figure with their face hidden by a black hood.

Those currently marching were a great army numbering in the thousands.

To block such an army’s advance.

‘In cases like this, it’s one of two things.’

Either they’re insane.

Or they’re an extremely powerful being.

“How insolent! How dare you block the path of Prince Bedekos II’s army, the rightful ruler of this country! If you are a subject of great Deviange, quickly step aside and bow your head!”

The Captain of Prince Bedekos’ Royal Guard stepped forward and shouted angrily.

But even at that outcry, the opponent remained silent.

“Gah! This impudent fool! I tried to be patient because of the distinguished guests present! I’ll take your head!”

Watching the captain of the royal guard finally explode in anger, Runia spoke.

“Wait a moment. Let me try talking to them.”

Runia, who stood at the very front of the army, dismounted her horse.

Naturally, the army’s advance also stopped.

Runia closed some distance with the hooded figure and asked.

“Who are you?”

Even at those words, the hooded figure remained silent.

“Excuse me. So who are you…!”

“Shh.”

As Runia tried to raise her voice, the hooded figure brought their right index finger to their lips.

At that action, Runia unconsciously closed her mouth.

Step- Step-

The hooded figure moved their feet.

Runia’s gaze followed the hooded figure.

The Seirun students approached Runia’s side.

“This person seems unusual, doesn’t they?”

“Indeed. We should be on guard.”

The fraternal twin siblings who were Runia’s classmates.

When Aris Twina and Garin Twina spoke, Eiran nodded as if in agreement.

Then the hooded figure stopped, crouched down, and began digging at the ground.

And with a sigh, they carefully lifted something up.

It was none other than a human head.

“This person is filled with resentment.”

The hooded figure’s gaze turned toward the captain of the royal guard who had been shouting earlier.

“He was a soldier of the Second Prince’s faction. But the Second Prince’s knights cut him down. For merit.”

The hooded figure’s voice was utterly cold.

“What kind of nonsensical drivel are you spouting! Knights are honorable individuals who have received honors! Do you think they would do such vile things!”

The Captain of the Royal Guard flew into a rage.

In truth, he knew as well.

That his subordinate knights would cut down allied soldiers for merit and count it as their achievements.

But he pretended not to know.

Knights could only advance by earning merit on the battlefield.

But there were no battlefields in this era.

More precisely, there were no safe battlefields.

Deviange was also a nation that served as a breakwater against the Tartaros territory in the eastern continent.

The reason Deviange could become the nation with the most heroes in the east was because such battlefields existed where great deeds could be accomplished.

All of Deviange’s excellent knights headed to the eastern front against Tartaros.

But the other knights didn’t want to go to such places.

The battlefield against Tartaros was hell itself, where once combat began, lives would be constantly at stake without rest.

Why should they have to go to such a place?

Those who served as royal guards for incompetent royalty and nobles could never risk their lives in such places.

But they envied the knights who earned merit and received recognition there.

The treatment difference between knights who had earned merit in Deviange and those who hadn’t was like heaven and earth.

Then, at that moment.

Deviange’s civil war broke out.

The Second Prince’s royal guards became excited.

Clearly weaker than themselves.

A golden opportunity had arrived where they could earn merit simply by cutting down ordinary soldiers who hadn’t even learned aura.

No matter how incompetent they were, they were still those who had learned aura.

By ordinary people’s standards, they were no different from superhumans.

The royal guard unit became desperate to cut down more enemies.

Eventually, blinded by greed, knights who secretly cut down even allied soldiers began appearing one after another.

It was neither honorable nor dignified.

But they didn’t care.

They were knights protecting noble royalty.

They thought the lives of ordinary soldiers, who were nothing but expendable resources for their advancement, didn’t matter.

Even the Captain of the Royal Guard himself had two units that he had disguised as enemies and annihilated during night battles.

‘The dead tell no tales anyway.’

The Seirun students’ jaws dropped.

“What is… that…”

Eiran’s voice trembled.

The Captain of the Royal Guard flew into a rage at such Eiran.

“Don’t believe it! This is the work of that evil witch!”

“Do you think the dead tell no tales?”

The hooded figure’s voice became utterly cold.

“Then shall we ask them?”

“What?”

Whooooooo-

Dark energy flowed from the hooded figure, Risinass’s body.

The enormous energy made not only the Captain of the Royal Guard’s face turn pale, but even the Seirun students’ faces.

Clank- Clank- Clank-!

The sound of metal scraping echoed.

This place had been a battlefield for several days.

As such, it was full of abandoned ordinary soldiers’ corpses.

The knights’ corpses had been collected without exception, but there were no nobles anywhere who cared about ordinary soldiers.

Those corpses rose up.

“This is the soldiers’ resentment toward you.”

Risinass, who had deployed spirit summoning, spoke coldly.

Spirit summoning could normally only call forth those who had possessed strong power in life.

But the soldiers who had fallen on this battlefield hadn’t been dead for long.

Risinass, whose spirit summoning had reached the ultimate level, had called them forth.

“Ne, Necromancer! You must be a subordinate of the wicked Overlord King!”

“Great hero candidates of Seirun! Please strike down that evil witch!”

The nobles of the Second Prince’s faction, led by the Captain of the Royal Guard, had fits and screamed.

The Seirun students also drew their weapons in the sudden situation.

“A demon?!”

“Bu, but the atmosphere is different from demons?”

The Seirun students showed perplexed expressions.

To revive so many corpses.

Spirit summoning was an extremely rare ability, and calling forth this many spirits was beyond common sense.

Therefore, the power Risinass had currently exercised looked like necromancy to anyone who saw it.

But they couldn’t feel the gloomy and evil energy characteristic of necromancy.

“Senior Runia! What should we do?”

“First… let’s block them.”

Runia spoke in a firm voice to Rea’s question.

Clear hostility could be felt from the corpses that had currently risen.

Just as the Seirun students were about to gather their energy at Runia’s word.

[Graaaaaaah!]

[Can’t forgive yoooooou!]

Then the revived soldiers vented their resentment and charged forward gripping their weapons.

As the Seirun students tried to respond.

“Huh?!”

The soldiers passed by the Seirun students and charged toward the knights.

“Hiiiiek!”

“Do, don’t come!”

“You filthy undead!”

The knights’ screams echoed.

The Seirun students were confused seeing that.

“You’re Seirun students?”

Risinass approached the Seirun students with heavy steps.

The Seirun students tensed seeing that figure.

“You’re descendants of Luna?”

Risinass asked with a slight smile.

And just as Runia was about to answer that question.

“No! We’re not descendants of Lady Luna.”

Rea stepped forward with a snap!

Risinass paused for a moment at those words.

Not descendants of Luna?

Even the great Risinass was a bit flustered by the completely unexpected answer.

“We’re descendants of Lady Luna, Progenitor of the Starry Skies, and Lord Kail, the Hero of the Beginning!”

“That’s right!”

“Well said! Our junior!”

The third-years chimed in agreement with Rea’s words.

Rea, emboldened by this, pointed at Eiran.

“And! Senior Eiran over there is a descendant of Berkia, who was born between Luna and Kail! Literally the fruit of Luna and Kail’s love!”

“No! Berkia was a pure elf!”

Eiran corrected her in shock, but Rea wasn’t listening.

Believing what one wanted to believe first was one of the chronic racial traits of elves.

At those words, Risinass smiled wryly.

‘She’s just a child saying childish things. Don’t mind it.’

Regaining his composure, Risinass opened his mouth.

“There are also stories that the Hero of the Beginning was in love with the King of Wisdom, you know? You shouldn’t interpret history from only the elven perspective.”

But in the end, Risinass failed to maintain his composure and his true feelings slipped out.

For a moment, Runia and Eiran who heard those words felt something strange.

“Ah~ It seems the words Luna spoke when she descended before have been distorted.”

Rea laughed “hoot-” and wagged her finger.

“You’re mistaken about Kail and Risinass being in love with each other! Rather, the King of Wisdom one-sidedly loved the Hero of the Beginning! So Risinass was jealous of the relationship between Luna and Kail!”

“Who said such nonsense!”

“Luna said so!”

That was the false story Luna had been spreading around Lumeria City before.

A love triangle story where Kail loved Luna and Risinass loved Kail.

It was a story she had clearly told while drunk, favoring herself.

And combined with Luna’s confession, that story spread far and wide, beginning to circulate in elven society, and with embellishments added, it transformed into a story where Risinass was jealous of Luna and spread rapidly through elven society.

“Ahh… Poor Risinass… Why did he have to love someone like Luna, leaving it as a tragic love? How heartbreaking! That must mean Kail was that wonderful and magnificent!”

Rea, who was also an ardent fan of Kail, chattered excitedly.

Risinass’s hands began trembling, having suddenly been defeated by Luna.

‘No! We had mutual unrequited love! So why did I become a dragon who one-sidedly envied their relationship!’

Even trying to maintain composure, it wasn’t easy when it came to matters involving Kail.

Especially with this rumor, he had no idea how to react.

‘Why should I receive pity from such a young brat!’

Finally, Risinass exploded.

“Luna… that damn bitch… saying such bullshit…!”

Crack-

An ominous voice flowed from Risinass’s mouth along with the sound of grinding teeth.

And hearing that sound, the Seirun students began to get angry.

“How dare you insult Luna!”

“Unforgivable!”

But unlike the other enraged elves, the two elves who knew the truth realized who the being before them was at that moment.

Eiran’s face turned pale as she trembled, and Runia looked up at the sky and muttered without realizing it.

“We’re screwed…”

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