Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 787

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787.

As the three people gaped at Leo confronting the Overlord King.

Gooooooo-!

An aura of death flowed out from the Overlord King’s body.

When the three felt all the hair on their bodies stand on end from the killing intent incomparable to just moments before.

Whoooosh-!

Leo drew his sword and swung it.

At the same time, a massive wave of flames swept before Leo’s eyes.

Chelsea’s eyes widened at the sight.

“This is… Jerdinger’s aura?”

Of course, it was incomparably more powerful than the Jerdinger flames Chelsea had seen before.

But as a mage of Rwallin, Chelsea recognized Jerdinger’s flames at a glance.

Whoosh-!

Dark red smoke flowed out from within the flames and pushed back the flame aura.

The smoke that pushed back the flame aura began spreading at a rapid pace.

Leo narrowed his eyes at the sight and stepped back.

Swoosh-!

At that moment, a blade made of bone flew through the smoke.

But the bone blade wasn’t aimed at Leo.

Grab-! Grab-!

As Leo stepped back, he grabbed Chelsea and Iliana by the scruffs of their necks.

“Prepare for landing.”

Whoosh-!

Without even waiting for an answer, Leo threw the two of them backward.

“Kyaaaaaaah?!”

“Kyaaaah!”

Chelsea and Iliana’s screams echoed as they flew away.

“Wh-what… Guuuuugh?!”

Leo spun his body and pushed Cal’s abdomen with his shin.

Since it was literally a push rather than a kick, there was no impact.

Of course, the tremendous pressure felt in his stomach and the wind pressure on his back made him scream involuntarily.

Cal flew in exactly the same direction as Chelsea and Iliana.

The two girls who had been screaming soon came to their senses and landed on the ground.

Chelsea gritted her teeth and moved her feet quickly.

Being the fastest among Lumern’s third years, Chelsea was able to arrive at Cal’s landing spot one step ahead of Iliana.

“Uaaaaaaah!”

When Cal’s scream was heard, Chelsea spread both arms.

Whoosh-!

A gentle wind swirled and successfully caught Cal like a cushion.

Catch-!

“You saved me! My prince!”

As Cal, held in a princess pose, covered his mouth with both hands and made a moved expression, Chelsea shouted as if screaming.

“Are you making jokes in this situation?!”

Then she threw Cal to Iliana who was following behind.

When Iliana caught Cal, Chelsea immediately spun around to look in Leo’s direction.

The dark red smoke was approaching like a fog of death.

“Hoo! Ha!”

Chelsea closed her eyes, took a deep breath, then opened them wide.

Gooooooo-!

Powerful mana began swirling around Chelsea’s body.

Her clothes fluttered as if inflated, and the gentle breeze soon became a strong wind that pushed away the surrounding air.

Chelsea gripped her staff and deployed her magic.

“Cyclone.”

Whoooooooosh-

A violently swirling tornado began absorbing the death smoke emitted by the Overlord King as if sucking it in.

Kwaaaaaaah-!

Chelsea gritted her teeth.

‘It’s hard to maintain the magic!’

The Overlord King’s intense dark magic contained in the smoke seemed ready to destroy her spell formation at any moment.

As Chelsea gritted her teeth.

Step-!

Leo, who had retreated through the smoke, stood beside Chelsea.

Chelsea’s eyes met Leo’s for a moment.

“Help…”

“You can endure this much, can’t you?”

“…!”

“Selia Jerdinger would have endured it.”

At Leo’s words, Chelsea gritted her teeth.

Sparks flew from Chelsea’s eyes.

Chelsea gritted her teeth and squeezed out even more mana.

Kwaaaaaaah-!

Leo chuckled at the sight of the even fiercer wind.

‘Wherever I go, Selia is the best at provoking Chelsea.’

Then he looked straight ahead.

Whoosh-!

Chelsea’s magic swept away Hel Kaiser, the Commander-in-Chief’s dark magic.

Step- Step-

Saaaaaaah-!

Along with that, Hel Kaiser walked forward.

All the plants in the places he passed withered and died.

Chelsea shrank back at the sight.

Swish-

Leo stood in front of Chelsea.

“Leo?”

Chelsea looked up at Leo with wide eyes.

Leo looked back at Chelsea and said.

“Don’t be afraid. I’m here.”

“…!”

Chelsea’s eyes widened.

This was a situation facing none other than Hel Kaiser, the Commander-in-Chief of Tartaros.

In such a situation, telling her to trust him and not be afraid – normally Chelsea would have told him to stop talking nonsense.

But for some reason, Chelsea felt reassured.

Because she felt the strength contained in Leo’s words.

‘He’s like sister Rea.’

Chelsea felt her heart beating rapidly.

Meanwhile, Hel Kaiser stared intently at Leo with his dark red eyes.

Gooooooo-!

Finally, tremendous killing intent burst forth from Hel Kaiser’s body.

Seeing this, Leo said to Chelsea.

“Join up with Cal and Iliana. And get as far away as possible.”

“Y-yes.”

Chelsea nodded and ran toward Cal and Iliana.

Then she hesitated and said.

“You’ll come back safely, right?”

At that question, Leo chuckled.

“If you want to do something to me, you’d need to bring at least your Student Council President.”

At Leo’s words, half-joking and half-serious, Chelsea felt an inexplicable sense of relief as she left the area.

As Chelsea moved away, Leo spoke.

“What are you doing? Not going to attack?”

“It’s been a while, Surviving Hero.”

Hel Kaiser spoke calmly.

Looking at Hel Kaiser, Leo curled up the corners of his mouth.

“You must be thrilled to see me, right?”

“Unfortunately, I’m neither thrilled nor excited.”

Hel Kaiser curled up the corners of his mouth.

“I just think an unpleasant uninvited guest has arrived.”

At those words, Leo’s eyes twitched.

“How did you end up drifting to this place? Outsider.”

‘How did he know?’

“You look curious about how I knew.”

Hel Kaiser let out a low laugh.

“I knew that the other Great Heroes except you had been reborn.”

“Oh? For knowing that, you seem quite relaxed.”

“What significance do those four have when you don’t exist? Without you, the same thing as 3000 years ago will just repeat.”

Hel Kaiser sneered.

Those words meant he was confident of their victory if Leo, Erebos’s natural enemy, wasn’t there.

“What we were most wary of was you being reborn in this world.”

If all the Great Heroes in perfect form appeared on this land, this time Erebos would truly be finished.

“But you ultimately failed to reincarnate. Surviving Hero. In this world line, such a thing doesn’t happen.”

“When I exist right here like this?”

“You’re just a foreign substance in this world.”

Hel Kaiser’s eyes flashed.

“You can’t deceive my eyes, Surviving Hero. I can see it.”

Leo’s figure was reflected in the dark red light.

“The lingering thoughts of the Monster Queen and Giant King dwelling in you. The resentment of the legion commanders who died by your hand.”

As befitting the Overlord King who dominates death, he saw through it.

The deaths of the Monster Queen and Giant King.

“My compatriots are still alive. Yet the reason I can see the scent of death they left on you is only one.”

Hel Kaiser curled up the corners of his mouth.

“Because you’re a being from another world. What can you possibly do here when you should return to your original world?”

“Haven’t you considered that I might stay here for life?”

“Kuhuhuh… Kahahahahahahaha!”

Hel Kaiser burst into maniacal laughter.

“You make amusing jokes, Surviving Hero. Just as you know us well, I too know you better than anyone.”

Wisdom dwelt in Hel Kaiser’s eyes.

“If you were only a vessel of that level, God wouldn’t have been murdered by your hand.”

“…”

“I’ll give you a good gift before you return soon. The gift of anguish.”

Hel Kaiser curled up the corners of his mouth and cursed Leo.

“Even if you achieve victory in your world, you’ll carry the affairs of this world in your heart and suffer for life.”

At Hel Kaiser’s curse, Leo curled up the corners of his mouth.

“That’s exactly why you guys lost.”

“What?”

“Remember this, Hel Kaiser.”

Leo put strength into his sword.

“My damn comrades, you see.”

What dwelt in Leo’s eyes was absolute faith.

“There’s no way they can’t defeat Erebos just because I’m missing.”

Leo’s eyes flashed.

“Whether I’m there or not. We’re always the ones who win.”

Hel Kaiser didn’t think that Tartaros from the other world where the Monster Queen and Giant King died would be victorious.

But Leo was different.

He sent absolute faith to his friends.

“At the final moment, you’d better pray.”

Leo pointed his sword at Hel Kaiser.

“That you guys won in the other world. Well, that’ll never happen though.”

Anger dwelt in Hel Kaiser’s eyes.

The faith dwelling in Leo’s eyes was enough to make him unpleasant.

Flash! Kwagagagagagagagang-!

Leo’s sword and the bone blade summoned by Hel Kaiser crossed.

Leo’s gray aura and Hel Kaiser’s dark magic swirled.

Their fight turned the surrounding area into ruins as if a natural disaster had occurred.

A moment later.

Leo clicked his tongue looking at the disappeared Hel Kaiser.

‘Tch.’

Hel Kaiser hadn’t fought properly.

He had just gauged this side and retreated.

‘Unpleasant bastard.’

Leo, who sheathed his sword, took a deep breath.

‘It seems he knows about parallel worlds.’

The years the Overlord King had lived were immeasurable.

Since he had lived long before the Age of Calamity arrived, it wouldn’t be strange for him to have knowledge about parallel worlds.

‘He said I would return soon.’

Thinking that, Leo took out a watch from his pocket.

Click-

Leo’s eyes widened greatly as he opened the lid.

The watch that had barely been moving by seconds had somehow moved close to minutes.

‘When did it become like this…’

Leo, who had shown a surprised expression, soon composed his emotions.

‘…Does this mean time is getting faster and faster.’

He realized intuitively.

When this watch moves normally.

He would leave this place.

Leo, who put away the watch, fell into thought.

‘The Overlord King knew that the other guys had reincarnated.’

Then it made sense why the countless events that had happened in his world line hadn’t occurred on this side.

‘Tartaros is moving as secretly as possible.’

They must have thought that time was on Tartaros’s side as long as he wasn’t there.

Also, if they fought recklessly with the Great Heroes, Tartaros itself might be destroyed.

‘In the end, those guys were the deterrent force.’

In such a situation, the Overlord King had moved on such a massive scale.

If that’s the case….

‘It might mean that what’s been suppressed is about to explode.’

When Leo reached his conclusion.

“Oh! Leo!”

His companions, who had moved far away to avoid getting caught up in the fight, approached.

“Amazing! To fight the Overlord King head-on!”

“He, he was such a formidable expert…. And I didn’t even realize….”

Chelsea’s eyes widened as she smiled brightly, while Iliana showed a dejected reaction.

“Hey, Leo. Won’t you consider transferring to Lumern? If you’re such a skilled person, Rea unnie would definitely try to get you transferred! If you take a spot in the 3rd year 1st Party, someone would come down to the 2nd Party, right? Then I might be able to have a more comfortable school life!”

Chelsea’s eyes sparkled.

“I, I might not even be able to stay in the 2nd Party….”

Iliana drooped her shoulders with a voice lacking confidence.

Leo, who had been watching them, beckoned to the two with his finger.

The two, wearing puzzled expressions, came in front of Leo.

“I’m older than you. Call me oppa.”

“Kyaang?!”

“Why are you sitting there so timidly and dejected?”

“Kyawung?!”

Leo pinched both of their noses and shook them vigorously.

After releasing the two who were flailing about, Leo said.

“It seems like you two need to fix your mental state.”

“What?!”

“Su, suddenly?”

“You’re too careless. And you’re too intimidated.”

At Leo’s criticism, Chelsea and Iliana shrank their necks.

Looking at the two, Leo said.

“Chelsea.”

“Why are you calling me, Leo…. Oppa.”

“Should I teach you magic that can beat Selia Jerdinger?”

“What?! Really?!”

Chelsea showed tremendous interest.

“Iliana.”

“Y, yes….”

“I’ll teach you magic that can make you become Lady Iliana of the Lightning Swift Sword.”

“Li, Lightning Swift Sword?”

Iliana made an expression showing she was very tempted.

These two had walked a different path from the two people Leo knew.

So while they looked different from what Leo knew, that didn’t change the fact that they were essentially still Chelsea and Iliana.

“Let’s train with me for just one week. I’ll make you able to beat the 1st Party.”

“Come on.”

“You’re quite the braggart.”

Chelsea and Iliana wore expressions full of disbelief.

“Still, well. Should I believe you, pretending to be fooled?”

“I, I’m also interested.”

Chelsea and Iliana thought about receiving training.

Looking at the two, Leo smiled.

For a moment, Cal felt goosebumps rising.

“I, I’m excluded, right?”

“No. You have to do it too.”

“….”

Cal gave a pitiful smile.

And asked.

“Hey, Leo.”

“What?”

“Somehow you seem to know us too well? Haven’t we really met somewhere before?”

At Cal’s words, Leo chuckled.

“That might be the case.”

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