Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 788

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788.

The ruined mine.

In the mine that had been abandoned before it could even be developed, the traces of the fierce battle between Valhar and Erebos’s specter remained intact.

Rea’s face grew stern as she looked at it.

“Kar.”

At Rea’s call, Kar, who had been standing behind her, approached her side.

And he began sniffing around.

“I don’t sense any presence of Erebos in the area.”

He searched for traces of Erebos with his senses sharpened by superhuman perception, but found none.

However, the distinctive burnt smell left by Erebos’s flames strongly stimulated his sense of smell.

At Kar’s words, Rea let out a deep sigh.

Then, without realizing it, she ran her hand over her stomach.

A wound that no longer existed.

But the memories of the past caused phantom pain as if they were engraved into her soul.

Gritting her teeth, Rea looked toward Erdien Mountain visible in the distance.

5000 years ago, the final destination of the Arhhi Party.

But the place that only Kail had ultimately reached.

Rea, who had been glaring at Erdien Mountain, opened her mouth.

“Valhar.”

Valhar, who had been sitting on a fallen tree puffing on his pipe, looked at Rea.

“Are you certain that Erebos’s specter took Kail’s appearance?”

“Rea. I pride myself on having the best eyesight among the five of us.”

Valhar spoke calmly.

“Most importantly, there’s no way I wouldn’t recognize my dear friend’s face, is there?”

As Rea frowned at those words.

Kar, who had been examining the surroundings, asked.

“Valhar. Is this really where you severed Erebos’s specter’s head?”

“That’s right. How did you know?”

“I can smell Kail here.”

“Are you certain?”

When Rea asked urgently, Kar nodded.

“Yeah. There’s no way I’d forget your scents.”

Though different scents were present now, Kar accurately remembered his friends’ scents from their past lives.

At Kar’s words, Rea bit her lip.

Watching such Rea, Valhar said.

“This isn’t the time to be trapped in the past. You’re the only one who can theorize about this phenomenon.”

At those words, Rea took a deep breath and said.

“If it’s Erebos’s specter… it might have been formed from the most intense memory of his final moments.”

“…You’re saying that formed appearance is Kail?”

“If Kar smelled Kail’s scent, then it’s certain.”

“…”

At those words, Valhar took a big puff from his pipe and asked.

“Then let me ask you something.”

“What?”

“Is there a chance we’ll have to fight Erebos in Kail’s form?”

“…”

“And if that happens, Rea, would you be able to fight with a clear head?”

At Valhar’s question, Rea nodded.

“Yes.”

“Are you certain? You, who are buried in the past?”

“…”

Rea looked at Valhar.

Valhar met Rea’s gaze without backing down.

As an ominous atmosphere flowed between the two, Kar hastily spoke.

“It’s fine! Valhar. You know too! How reliable a leader Rea is!”

Kar intervened between the two.

“And Rea won’t waver anymore when it comes to that issue!”

“How can you be so confident about that?”

“Um… just a feeling?”

At Valhar’s question with narrowed eyes, Kar scratched his cheek.

Valhar, who had been watching that scene for a moment, sighed deeply.

“I’m sorry for saying something unnecessary. I apologize.”

“I don’t think it’s strange that you’d have such thoughts.”

“Right. However, I want to say this.”

“…?”

“Stop teaching the Lumern students Kail’s fighting methods.”

“…”

“Don’t you know better than anyone? That Kail isn’t someone who can be created.”

“…”

“What are you trying to accomplish by imposing your standards on the children when you should be guiding them to develop their individual characteristics?”

“I…”

“Those children cannot become Kail. No, no one can replace Kail.”

“…”

“We, not others, must take on Kail’s role in our own ways.”

Valhar tapped his pipe to shake out the ash.

“As you know, I’m forging a weapon that can slay Erebos… Kar is honing techniques that can slay Erebos. Isn’t that right, Kar?”

“Yeah.”

Kar nodded.

“Rea, are you discovering heroes who can defeat Erebos together? Is Roon creating magic that can defeat Erebos?”

Valhar stood up.

“I…”

“Please overcome it, even if it’s heavy. You’re our leader, Arhhi’s leader, aren’t you?”

Leaving those words, Valhar stood up.

“Kar. Let’s move.”

“Yeah. Where to?”

“We need to search the surrounding area. There might be remnants of Erebos’s specter remaining.”

“Yeah. But Valhar.”

“…?”

“Don’t worry too much about Rea and Roon.”

“…You’ve been strangely optimistic since earlier. Did something good really happen?”

“Yeah. I’ll tell you later.”

“How bland.”

Rea silently watched the two who began moving first, then looked down at her palm.

‘…’

Rea clenched her fist once tightly and followed behind her friends.

***

Late at night, in the early dawn.

Thud-

“Fi, finally arrived.”

Chelsea collapsed in front of the entrance to Lumeria City.

Iliana collapsed beside Chelsea as if falling over.

Cal sniffled with a deeply moved expression.

“I thought we’d never make it back.”

Leo, who had his arms crossed behind the three of them, spoke calmly.

“Stop being dramatic.”

“I’m not being dramatic!”

Iliana jumped up with a tearful expression.

“I couldn’t sleep properly for a whole week! What is this!”

Leo chuckled as he watched Iliana protest with a desperate look.

“Now you look more energetic.”

“Hup!”

Iliana unconsciously covered her mouth, blushed, then covered her face with her hands.

Chelsea and Cal made strange expressions watching her.

“I think this is the first time I’ve seen her like this since first year.”

“Right. It’s kind of nice to see.”

The two smiled, remembering how energetic Iliana was when they first met.

Then Chelsea got up with a grunt.

“Skipping out for a week was nice, but I’m worried about the consequences.”

Originally, they should have completed their mission within two days and come to Lumeria City.

But following Leo, it took them a whole week to return to Lumeria City.

“I think we’ll have to write a lot of reflection papers.”

“You think it’ll end with just reflection papers?”

Cal burst into giggles.

“Won’t you be locked in the penitentiary for about a week?”

“Ugh.”

As Chelsea made a disgusted expression, Iliana poked her head out and grumbled.

“I’d be fine with anything if it means I don’t have to receive Leo’s training.”

“…Thinking about it that way, the penitentiary might actually be better.”

Chelsea stroked her chin and let out an impressed “Oh?”

As she said, the three had spent a week in more torment than they could have imagined.

“By the way. Did we really get stronger?”

Chelsea made a strange expression.

What Leo had done was simple.

He didn’t improve their physical abilities through harsh training, nor did he increase their mana usage.

All he did was help them regain the methods that suited their original selves.

‘Stop imitating me.’

He had only taught them the movements of Chelsea and Iliana from Leo’s world line.

He had only passed on the magic they originally used.

Since it was their own style, not anyone else’s, they learned very quickly.

Teaching one person’s techniques to another person was one of Leo’s specialties, so it wasn’t particularly difficult.

Chelsea and Iliana could immediately tell that the combat methods and magic Leo taught them suited them extremely well.

‘It’s like wearing clothes that fit perfectly.’

But they had doubts.

‘Did we really get stronger?’

Since there wasn’t much change in their abilities, it was hard to feel the difference.

To Chelsea’s question, Leo spoke calmly.

“You got stronger.”

“Even when sparring with Iliana, I couldn’t really feel it.”

“Because Iliana got stronger too.”

“Even when sparring with Leo oppa, I didn’t feel much difference.”

“Because the gap between us is too big.”

Chelsea pouted her lips.

But she couldn’t argue back.

“Your movements have definitely improved compared to before.”

Then Cal backed up Leo.

“Hmm!”

Chelsea crossed her arms and pondered, then smiled brightly.

“Well! Getting stronger is a good thing!”

She didn’t seem to think she had become stronger than the current Avad.

So the group headed to Cal’s inn to recover from a week of fatigue.

While heading to the inn, they could hear various stories from the taverns in Lumeria City.

“It seems Rea unnie still hasn’t returned from Demian.”

“She’s been there for a long time.”

“And it seems the Seirun Student Council President came to Lumern?”

“Eh? The Seirun Student Council President?”

Chelsea made a disgusted expression.

“Why do you dislike them so much?”

“The Seirun Student Council President is… well, they don’t really like us.”

Iliana spoke carefully in response to Leo’s question.

Hearing that, Leo tilted his head.

If it was the Luna that Leo knew, she would have definitely liked seeing Lumern students overflowing with potential.

‘Is it because she’s imitating me due to that Risinass guy?’

Leo, who came to that conclusion, said.

“That works out perfectly.”

“What does?”

“We can immediately test how much stronger you’ve become.”

At those words, Chelsea and Iliana’s eyes widened.

“How?”

The two girls looked at Leo with faces full of anticipation.

Whatever it was, the two girls wanted to confirm how much they had changed.

“Let’s go to Lumern now.”

“We can’t go to Lumern now. It’s curfew time.”

“There are no boats either.”

Chelsea and Iliana shook their heads at Leo’s words.

Leo smiled broadly watching the two.

Cal, seeing that smile, spoke with an uneasy expression.

“You’re not planning to sneak into Lumern now, are you?”

Chelsea and Iliana burst into laughter.

“No way.”

“How could we sneak into Lumern.”

The two, who were laughing while denying Cal’s imagination, looked at Leo’s face.

And they felt something was wrong.

“Leo oppa… you’re not, right?”

Chelsea asked carefully, but Leo only smiled.

“Say something. You’re not, right?”

“Let’s go.”

“Wh-where?”

“To Lumern. I’ll take responsibility.”

“Th-there’s going to be chaos! A huge commotion will happen!”

As Chelsea shouted urgently, Leo spoke calmly.

“We’ll enter quietly.”

“How?!”

“I know a secret passage.”

The three people’s eyes widened at Leo’s words.

A secret passage? There’s such a thing?

‘Well, I’ll have to meet that incredibly noisy guy though.’

Leo clicked his tongue lightly as he thought of Gwangshin.

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