Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 791

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791.

Lumern’s dormitory is burning.

Has there ever been an incident in Lumern’s history where outsiders invaded the school and attacked the dormitory in the dead of night?

‘As far as I know, there hasn’t been.’

Chelsea gaped.

It was literally an unprecedented major incident since Lumern’s founding.

‘…Am I going to be in big trouble?’

She had that thought for a moment.

It would be a disaster if the professors on duty came running after hearing the commotion.

Having thought that far, Chelsea suddenly felt something strange.

‘Why aren’t the professors reacting at all?’

Several seconds had passed since Leo summoned Phoenix and attacked the dormitory building.

A short time if you could call it short.

But considering the abilities of Lumern’s professors, it was definitely strange.

Among the Lumern professors who teach hero candidates, there are more who haven’t reached the position of hero than those who have.

But that’s only because they haven’t achieved feats worthy of becoming heroes.

There are professors who have power comparable to heroes or even overwhelmingly stronger than active heroes.

Take the two professors who represent Lumern.

Even as students, it’s hard to properly gauge the skills of Hallind and Sedjen.

It didn’t make sense that such professors hadn’t detected an attack of this magnitude.

‘That means the professors won’t intervene!’

Having thought that far, Chelsea quietly asked Leo.

“Leo oppa. Did you already talk to the professors?”

Leo smiled slightly.

‘When on earth did he talk to them?’

When Chelsea made a surprised expression.

Flash-!

Whoooosh-

Massive flames struck down from the sky.

Seeing this, Chelsea drew her staff.

Whooooosh! Bang-!

Compressed air exploded and scattered the flames.

Thud-!

Someone revealed themselves from within the scattered flames.

Black hair and burning red eyes.

‘Selia.’

Selia pointed her sword toward Leo and spoke in a cold voice.

“What are you people?”

Watching Selia glare with blazing eyes as if sparks would fly at any moment, Chelsea stepped forward.

Leo nodded at her attitude as if she would handle the opponent.

Cal, who had quietly retreated, asked.

“Hey, Leo. What should we do?”

Looking at Cal who whispered his question, Leo said.

“You conduct guerrilla warfare against the freshmen.”

“What?”

“You can handle that much, right?”

“What about me?”

When Iliana asked in confusion, Leo glanced up at the sky.

“Perfect timing, the friend you need to face has appeared.”

“Huh?”

Crackle!

“Die!”

With a fierce battle cry, lightning aura struck down from the sky like a bolt of lightning.

Flash-! Craaaaaash-!

Leo raised his hand.

Then, like a lightning rod, Duran’s aura gathered at Leo’s fingertips.

Seeing this, Duran’s eyes twitched.

Crackle-!

Leo, who had trapped the lightning in his hand, clenched his fist.

Fizzle-!

The lightning disappeared.

“This bastard…”

When Duran made a fierce expression, Iliana gaped.

“You want me to face Duran?”

“Good luck.”

“Ahhhhh-!”

Iliana trembled violently.

Looking at her back as she stood frozen, Leo gently pushed Iliana’s back.

“Leo?”

“Iliana.”

Leo spoke to Iliana who turned to look back at him.

“I guarantee it. You’re the fastest among the third years.”

“…”

At those words, Iliana’s eyes widened.

Though her hood hid her face, Leo thought she was probably making an excited expression.

“I am… fast.”

Iliana muttered quietly and drew her sword.

“Light-speed swift sword…!”

‘She seems to really like that.’

Leo chuckled and tried to pass by Selia and Duran toward the dormitory.

“Where do you think you’re going!”

“Like we’d let you go!”

Selia and Duran shouted and unleashed flame aura and lightning aura.

Whooooosh!

Flash-!

But their attacks were deflected by intense wind and flashes before reaching Leo’s vicinity.

Both Selia and Duran’s eyes twitched simultaneously.

Chelsea and Iliana blocked their path.

“I really hate wind attribute mages. They remind me of a nasty brat.”

As Selia approached Chelsea with a fierce smile, Chelsea gripped her staff tightly.

“Move aside. I’m not interested in you, but in your leader.”

Duran didn’t even glance at Iliana and glared at Leo.

“Huu.”

Watching such Duran, Iliana took a breath.

Hum-

“A mage knight? A light attribute mage knight. You remind me of someone I know.”

Duran chuckled.

Watching such Duran, Iliana gripped her sword with both hands.

Certainly, Iliana had both aura and magic.

Both talents were so outstanding that it was impossible to determine which was superior.

But due to her personality, she couldn’t help but lean more toward swordsmanship.

Rea wanted Iliana to become a mage knight with no flaws in both swordsmanship and magic.

It wasn’t just Iliana.

Even if they weren’t dual class, the Lumern students pursued perfection with no major weaknesses in combat.

This was the result of projecting Kail’s image, who had no particular weaknesses as an all-class, onto the Lumern students.

Iliana used magic.

Magic dwelled in her body.

The magic that Luna had gifted to Iliana in Leo’s worldline.

Iliana had named this sword technique Light-Speed Swift Sword.

‘Faster than anyone.’

Iliana looked directly at Duran.

She disliked complicated things.

It was best to simply overwhelm the opponent with fast speed.

However, that was Iliana’s greatest weakness.

Fast but simple, making it easy to predict.

If she only moved fast, there were plenty of ways to counter it.

So the tactic of breaking the habit of reckless charging, moving quickly from the rear, bombarding with magic, and engaging in close combat when gaps appeared seemed perfect.

But it wasn’t clothing that fit Iliana.

Iliana recalled the memories of the past week.

‘Leo told me. Being simple means, in other words, being able to focus only on moving fast without complex movements.’

She just needed to move so fast that it was unpredictable.

A simple but very difficult path.

And impossible without belief in oneself.

Iliana lowered her stance.

Flash—!

“…!”

Clang clang clang—!

Duran hastily leaned back.

And deflected the sword that came aiming for his neck.

Sparks flew between the crossed longswords.

‘What is this speed?’

Duran tried to counterattack with a hardened expression.

Swish—!

But Duran’s sword futilely cut through empty air.

And that was the beginning.

Flash! Clang—! Clang! Clang! Clang clang clang clang clang—!

Moving in straight lines, Iliana began charging at Duran recklessly.

Duran’s golden eyes followed Iliana.

The path was clearly visible.

The opponent was very honest.

No tricks or mind games.

She just charged forward stubbornly.

Duran was also confident in speed.

But Iliana’s speed was one step ahead of that.

If it hadn’t been Duran facing Iliana, she might have already been subdued.

‘Strong.’

Duran took his gaze off Leo and began concentrating on the opponent before him.

Crackle—

Lightning began swirling around Duran’s body.

Further away, Chelsea was being chased by Selia.

Whoosh—!

The flame aura that Selia emitted destroyed all of Chelsea’s magic.

Selia’s firepower was stronger than Chelsea’s high-speed chanting.

‘This magic… somewhere…’

Selia furrowed her brow.

They were familiar spells.

Having thought that far, Selia suddenly widened her eyes.

“Hey! You’re Chelsea Rwallin!”

“Oh my? I’ve been found out.”

“What do you think you’re doing! Attacking the dormitory!”

When Selia raised her voice, Chelsea stuck out her tongue.

“It’s authorized work! Something that lets me legally mess you up!”

Seeing such Chelsea, Selia snorted.

“Rea would never authorize something like this, right? And what? You’ll mess me up?”

Selia curled up the corner of her mouth.

“You?”

“….”

Chelsea made a frustrated expression.

She had been in conflict with Selia since the entrance exam.

No, more precisely, since they were young.

But calling it conflict was just words—Selia had always been one step above in skill.

She felt frustrated, but on the other hand, she accepted it.

Because deep down, she acknowledged Selia.

Regardless of not liking her, Selia was the rival of Avad, whom she admired.

As Chelsea, who was chasing Avad’s back, she had no choice but to acknowledge being one step below.

‘Come to think of it, isn’t that annoying?’

Chelsea grinned wickedly.

Whooooo—

Magical power swirled.

‘The magic Leo taught me… how strong will it be?’

Chelsea opened her mouth.

“-♬”

“…? A song?”

Selia’s eyes twitched at the melody flowing from Chelsea’s mouth.

“How leisurely. To think of singing in this situation…!”

Thud—!

Suddenly, Selia felt her mind grow distant from the impact she felt from the side.

“What?!”

Selia, who let out an exclamation, hastily regained her balance.

It was magic.

Wind magic.

Selia hardened her eyes.

At the same time, wind spells began swirling at tremendous speed.

Chelsea’s song dominated the surroundings.

‘Chelsea can use magic like this?’

Selia looked at Chelsea with shocked eyes.

‘This is much, much more than Avad…!’

Whoosh!

“Urgh?!”

Selia hastily dodged Chelsea’s magic and shouted.

“What on earth happened!”

***

‘The will to move forward is important to everyone. Even if they’re Great Heroes.’

Step- Step-

Leo gripped his sword tighter as he watched the Lumern students approaching from the distance.

‘If you’re not looking ahead, you’re bound to stagnate, and if you stagnate, you can’t move forward.’

Just staying in place accomplishes nothing.

It was none other than his companions who taught him that fact.

Leo recalled Risinass, who had extended a hand to him when he was lost and wandering in place.

That hand had guided him.

And that wasn’t all.

Luna, who had pushed his back.

Arron, who had given him the courage to move forward.

Even Dweno, who had shown him which direction to go.

Leo swung his sword.

Slash-!

A single line was carved deep into the ground.

Thud-

Someone collapsed without realizing it from the sword strike that barely grazed past their nose.

The one gaping was Chen Xia.

She had tried to slip past Leo’s senses toward Selia and Duran but was blocked.

Chen Xia’s eyes met Leo’s.

“Sorry, but don’t cross that line.”

Leo smiled slightly.

“You all need to have a little interview with me.”

“You all… sir?”

“That’s right.”

Leo raised his hand.

Whoooosh! Crackle-crackle-crackle-!

Fire aura and ice magic collided.

As soon as he blocked Chloe’s magic, Avad’s magic came flying.

Whoooosh-!

Thud-! Rumble-rumble-rumble-!

Leo used spirit arts to create an earth wall, defending against Avad’s attack.

Crash-!

As the earth wall surrounding Leo was destroyed, Woreden appeared without giving him a moment to breathe.

Spirit Armor dwelled in his hands.

Seeing Woreden with the Progenitor of the Earth dwelling in his body, Leo lifted his foot.

Crash-! Whoosh-! Rumble-rumble-rumble-!

Woreden’s face hardened.

Leo, who had stepped on Woreden’s foot to deflect his attack, looked down at him.

‘My arm…’

Woreden couldn’t move a muscle, as if crushed by something massive.

While everyone froze at that overwhelming skill.

“From now on, what you’re about to see can be considered the destination of the path you’re walking.”

Leo spoke calmly.

At those words, the Hero Candidates momentarily showed puzzled expressions.

‘When you realize you can never reach it. People despair.’

“But never let yourselves be broken.”

Whoooosh-

Gray mana flowed out from Leo’s body.

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