Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 761

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761.

Kwagagagagagang-!

Hundreds of ice tentacles struck at Elena.

Annoyance flashed across Elena’s face as she had been gently twirling her blonde hair with her fingertips.

Hwareureureuk-

Lil blocked Elena’s path.

The ice tentacles melted away in an instant.

“Senior Elena! Are you alright?!”

“I’m fine.”

“…? Are you feeling unwell?”

Lil made a flustered expression.

Looking at Lil, Elena answered with an expressionless face.

“No.”

‘She seems to be feeling unwell though…’

She didn’t voice those words.

Because she could clearly feel that Elena’s mood was truly low-pressure.

The reason she answered no was purely out of pride.

‘How annoying.’

Elena glared at the ice tentacles in front of her with an irritated expression.

Beyond them was the legion commander-level female demon she had seen earlier.

The problem was that she couldn’t break through these ice tentacles.

Elena’s magic was blocked time and time again.

That fact made Elena impatient.

‘At this rate, I’m worse than Lil.’

Elena bit her lip slightly as she watched Lil’s back charging toward the ice tentacles.

Lil couldn’t break through the ice tentacles either.

But Elena and Lil had different roles.

Lil’s role was to position herself at the front and block enemy attacks.

Of course, since she was such a versatile junior, she could also act as a supporter moving between front and rear, or serve as the party’s main artillery delivering powerful strikes from the back.

But whatever the case, crushing enemies at the frontline would be the role that suited Lil best.

In that regard, Lil was currently performing her role excellently.

She was holding back the ice tentacles and buying Elena time to cast magic.

Using that time, Elena tried to prepare magic that would blow away all the ice tentacles at once, but kept failing.

Because whenever magical power fluctuations above a certain level were detected, the ice tentacles would target only Elena like mad.

In the end, all Elena managed to do was melt parts of the ice tentacles.

But the ice tentacles recovered instantly.

Melting parts of the tentacles was something Lil could do too.

Tsk-!

Elena clicked her tongue irritably.

She knew what the problem was.

‘Lack of ability.’

The opponent was a legion commander-level demon.

It was too much for Elena and Lil to handle in their current state.

However, that legion commander-level demon wasn’t currently launching proper attacks.

In such a situation, while Lil was clearly doing her part, Elena couldn’t tolerate that she wasn’t.

Elena’s eyes wavered.

‘… I’m graduating this year.’

Soon she wouldn’t be a student anymore.

She would leave school and begin fighting against Tartaros in earnest to rise to the position of a true hero.

Elena understood what that meant.

‘It means stepping out of Leo’s shadow.’

Though she pretended otherwise on the surface, Elena was mentally dependent on Leo.

‘Because he’s the Hero of the Beginning.’

Elena knew that Leo had shown her the way and pushed her forward countless times.

So she thought graduation meant stepping out of Leo’s shadow.

From now on, she would have to find her own path.

It meant she could no longer stay within the fence called Leo Flobe.

‘I can’t remain in a protected position forever.’

There was a small regret, but no lingering attachment.

However, if she had one desire…

‘I want to get even a little closer before graduating.’

It was both a desire to be of even a little help to the ideal hero she envisioned, and her pride as the Queen of Lumern.

It was a great desire to become the most reliable companion to the Hero of the Beginning.

So she wanted to show something before graduating.

But she was helpless just from encountering a wall.

‘Just surpassing my limits isn’t enough.’

Elena bit her lip tightly.

‘More… More…!’

Elena, who had been growing impatient, suddenly trembled.

She quickly turned her head at the gaze she felt from behind.

‘Leo…!’

“Senior Elena!”

Lil’s urgent voice was heard.

At that moment.

Kwagagagagak-!

An ice tentacle that burst through the ground tried to pierce Elena’s stomach.

Jjeoeong-!

Elena blocked the ice tentacle with a shield she deployed by pouring all her magical power into it.

She prevented being pierced.

But she couldn’t completely stop that force and was sent flying.

“Kuhuk?!”

Blood gushed from her mouth.

Coincidentally, the direction Elena was sent flying was toward where Leo, who had suddenly appeared, was sitting.

Elena thought Leo would catch her.

But…

Whoosh-!

“What?!”

Leo just watched with an indifferent expression as Elena passed by him.

Elena, gritting her teeth, deployed wind magic.

Hwak-!

Elena, who barely managed to stop in mid-air, glared.

“You damn mister! What would it hurt to catch me!”

Elena shouted angrily at Leo’s attitude, which was disappointingly cold.

Her disappointment immediately turned to anger.

She rushed at Leo, grabbed his collar, and shook him violently.

“Big brother!”

Lil smiled brightly while swinging her hammer.

“Hoit!”

Kwaang-!

And with that, she swung her hammer and sent a giant ice tentacle flying.

“You fight well.”

“Now you’re ignoring me!”

Looking at Elena who seemed ready to breathe fire from her mouth, Leo said.

“No. Just.”

“Just what!”

“It seems like you want to graduate from the role of a princess waiting to be rescued.”

“….”

At Leo’s words, Elena’s grip on his collar loosened.

Then she glared at Leo with dissatisfaction and ground her teeth.

“Have you ever rescued me?”

“I did treat you like an immature princess.”

“That’s?”

“The one receiving usually doesn’t notice.”

Elena clicked her tongue at his somewhat shameless words.

Then she turned her gaze away from Leo.

Leo smiled as he watched Elena’s back and reached out his hand.

He extended his hand toward Risinass, who was connected to him by soul.

Though far away, the extradimensional space of Risinass’s black cloak opened.

Soon Leo pulled out a staff.

It was a staff with an overall grayish hue.

Leo looked down at the small staff, about the length of a dagger, and spoke.

“Elena.”

“…?”

Elena turned around with a puzzled expression.

Leo threw the staff to Elena.

“It doesn’t have a name. Give it whatever name you think is appropriate.”

“This is…?”

“If you ask Driana, she should be able to restore it to its original form.”

Elena looked back and forth between Leo and the staff with a bewildered expression.

“Elena Jeron.”

“Yes?”

At the sudden use of her full name, Elena unconsciously spoke formally.

She was overwhelmed by Leo’s atmosphere.

“None of the Great Heroes you met ever gave you advice or anything, did they?”

The Hero of the Beginning had never given Elena any advice.

He had only shown her the path.

The Progenitor of the Starry Skies, who gifted magic to talented mages, left no magic for Elena.

The King of Wisdom, who led the heroes, gave no advice either.

“Why do you think that was?”

“Well….”

Though she pretended not to care, Elena had been very bothered by those facts.

With her twisted and arrogant personality, she sometimes wondered if she didn’t look appealing to the other Great Heroes.

She had never thought of herself as having a lovable personality.

She had tried to console herself and act like she didn’t care.

But now that the person in question was saying this, she felt bewildered.

As she looked at Leo with confused eyes, Leo said.

“You were already standing on the same stage as us.”

It’s natural for seniors to help those preparing to take the stage get ready.

But for someone who has already taken the stage, such things aren’t necessary.

It would only cause confusion.

So for those who have taken the stage, you just need to support them so they don’t fall off.

Since Leo was already playing that role, Luna and Risinass didn’t give Elena any advice either.

“You seem to want to play the princess role, but you’re born to be a queen.”

Leo clicked his tongue and said.

“So stop acting disgustingly spoiled and grow up. Why is someone with genius talent in such a mental state?”

“….”

Elena made a sulky expression and looked toward Lil.

Just before returning to the battlefield.

Elena asked.

“Still, I’m still young and green, so you’ll accept a little whining, right?”

“I won’t accept it anymore.”

“Hmph!”

Elena snorted and flew away.

But her face was full of smiles.

Watching her retreating figure, Leo clicked his tongue.

“When will she ever grow up.”

***

‘Genius.’

It was a word she had never thought about.

Because it had been as natural as breathing since birth.

But a Great Hero had acknowledged it.

None other than the Hero of the Beginning.

Elena fidgeted with the gray staff in her hand.

Though she hadn’t been told whose staff this was, she could tell.

‘The staff used by the Hero of the Beginning.’

Elena summoned her mana.

Lil, who had been blocking the ice tentacles, reacted to that mana and moved quickly.

Gooooooo-!

Mana began overflowing from Elena’s body.

Accordingly, the ice tentacles flew toward Elena, targeting her.

Elena’s pink eyes gleamed.

‘Luna was said to use magic freely while moving quickly, right?’

It was said that the flow of incantation didn’t break even during intense movement.

Simple magic was possible for Elena too, but the highest-level magic was impossible.

However.

‘The Hero of the Beginning acknowledged me, right? That I’m a genius.’

That acknowledgment somehow gave her confidence.

Though it was baseless confidence, Elena somehow felt like it might be possible.

Wasn’t this the evaluation of none other than the man who saved this world?

‘Well, he’ll rescue me if things go wrong.’

Of course, it wasn’t a matter of rescue or not.

When using massive mana, moving intensely while maintaining mana is dangerous.

If done wrong, the mana circuits could get tangled, making it impossible to use magic.

‘If that happens, I’ll just tell him it’s his fault and to take responsibility.’

Elena didn’t worry about it.

None other than the Hero of the Beginning had acknowledged her as a comrade.

She couldn’t stay here.

Even when limits came, this was a moment when she had to overcome them again and again.

Gooooooo-

The mana trembled.

The incantation continues flowing like water.

Leo could immediately realize whose imitation that was.

Dodging all the frenzied attacks of the ice tentacles by deploying Fly magic, she completes her spell with dual incantation.

Soon Elena released the name of her magic.

“Apocalypse.”

Flash-! Kwaaaaaaaang-!

The Star Magic called Apocalypse, known as the strongest magic among existing spells, blew away the ice tentacles.

“Senior Elena! That’s amazing!”

Lil widened her eyes in admiration.

All the ice tentacles disappeared and the second saint revealed herself.

Elena barely held onto her trembling body and lifted her chin.

And she looked toward Leo with a proud expression.

Seeing that sight, Leo chuckled.

“Really. If only you didn’t act spoiled, I wouldn’t be able to treat you like a child either.”

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