Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 801

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801.

When they reached the entrance of the mountain, what assaulted their noses was an acrid burnt smell.

And at that terrible burnt odor, Raina unconsciously furrowed her brow.

Runia sat down with an expression as if she might vomit at any moment.

Users of flames.

Especially the two people who used the most powerful and sacred Phoenix flames in the world showed particularly sensitive reactions to the stench emitted by the traces left by the black flames.

“Runia, are you okay?”

“Yes. Roon senior. I’m fine.”

Runia smiled with difficulty while looking at Roon, who sat beside her with a worried expression.

“What’s with all this fuss over something like this?”

Leo grabbed Runia’s wrist and forcibly pulled her up.

“Hey! Runia is having a hard time!”

When Roon made a fierce expression, Leo snorted.

“She’s not weak enough to not be able to endure this much, right?”

Leo spoke to Runia provocatively.

“Right?”

At that, sparks flew in Runia’s eyes.

“I can endure this much too!”

Runia shook off Leo’s hand and walked forward stubbornly, gritting her teeth.

Watching that sight, Roon reached out worriedly.

“Hey, Runia. You don’t have to push yourself too hard…”

Thwack—!

Leo grabbed Roon’s wrist.

Looking at Roon, who wore an expression of not understanding, Leo said.

“Isn’t she your successor?”

“That’s right.”

“Then trust her. Don’t just be overprotective.”

“…!”

Roon’s eyes widened greatly.

“Runia is stronger than you think.”

After speaking briefly, Leo approached where the group was.

Roon silently watched Leo’s retreating figure.

Raina was leading those dispatched from the Rodren Empire.

They were all knights, mages, and summoners with high reputation in the Rodren Empire, people Leo had seen several times before.

They all wore strained expressions at the traces of Erebos.

Eiran and Cal also looked unwell.

The traces where the Calamity Flame had burned vividly.

The place swept by primordial evil was emitting powerful poison that could lead ordinary humans to death.

Since the burnt smell filled with poison was vibrating, they couldn’t help but suffer.

“Leo, are you okay?”

“No.”

“You say that, but your face looks perfectly fine? Same with the Seirun student council president.”

“Well, you know.”

‘Because I’m used to it.’

Leo answered calmly to himself.

It was a smell he had smelled terribly in his previous life.

Of course, that didn’t mean he had built up resistance to it.

Both Leo and Roon had simply gotten used to this smell.

“Even smelling it after a long time, it’s still awful.”

Roon muttered quietly.

At those words, Leo burst into laughter and said to Raina.

“Let’s move.”

“Right.”

Raina led the investigators forward.

Behind them followed Runia, Eiran, and Cal, with Leo and Roon walking together at the very back.

“…It seems certain that a fragment of Erebos has been revived.”

A cold look appeared in Roon’s eyes.

His blood ran cold.

Roon, who had been walking, rubbed his stomach and smiled with a slightly twisted expression.

A face filled with malice, hatred, and killing intent.

It was still vivid even now.

The pain from when he received the wound that took his life.

“Leo. Don’t you remember anything?”

“Well. I defeated him, even if incompletely. And I also defeated this fragment in my world line.”

“Hmm~ Right! How impressive.”

Roon spoke somewhat petulantly and turned his head sharply, then his eyes sparkled and he stuck close to Leo’s side.

“We could defeat it this time too, right?”

“Well. Back then, Arron gave his power alone.”

Although Leo had delivered the decisive blow, it was Arron who had come to reality through the Hero Record who had held down Erebos’s fragment and weakened its power.

‘The Arron of that time was in his prime.’

Arron from the era when he stood at the peak as a warrior.

Moreover, he had even transcended his limits to reach the realm of gods.

Compared to that time, although Leo had also accumulated power, he hadn’t completely regained the power of his previous life.

‘The same goes for Luna.’

Leo clenched and unclenched his fist.

Then he felt puzzled.

“Come to think of it, wasn’t there Arron’s Hero Record in the capital Delan?”

“Huh? Really?”

“You didn’t know?”

“No. I never imagined it would be in such a remote kingdom.”

“It had been turned into a Hero Dungeon.”

“Then there’s no way I wouldn’t know about it.”

When Roon shook his head, Leo nodded.

“But still… if it was revived, why didn’t it immediately go on a rampage?”

“Since it’s a parallel world, couldn’t events happen differently too?”

“Is it simply that?”

At Roon’s words, Leo narrowed his eyes.

After that, the full-scale investigation began.

However, although the search continued for half a day while enduring the intense poison emanating from the char left by the black flames, there was no significant progress.

Around sunset.

Cal looked at the unburned forest and muttered with a strange expression.

“How should I put it. It’s eerie.”

“What do you mean?”

When Eiran asked with a puzzled face, Cal crossed his arms.

“This forest doesn’t have any animals at all.”

“Come to think of it…”

Eiran’s eyes widened.

Because of the poison left by Erebos, they hadn’t been paying attention, but there were no mammals, birds, or insects.

Even all the plants were withering away.

“Cal, you have remarkably good observation skills.”

“Well, you know.”

“Isn’t it because you’re less affected by Erebos’s poison?”

Runia said in a sullen voice.

She was still strongly affected by Erebos’s poison.

Then Eiran sniffed the air.

“More importantly, doesn’t something smell really delicious?”

“Now that you mention it…”

Cal also tilted his head.

The investigation team dispatched from Rodren also began murmuring as they caught the scent.

“It’s that Leo guy.”

Then Roon, who had been casting wide-area detection magic, said casually.

“Leo?”

“Yeah. Looks like he’s preparing dinner.”

Just as Roon said, as the sun was setting, Leo was preparing dinner not far away.

As people gathered around, Leo began ladling stew from a large pot into bowls.

“Hey, what are you doing?”

“Making food.”

“In this situation?”

They were currently in the middle of a dangerous area where Erebos’s power had manifested.

Moreover, it was a serious situation with clear traces of Erebos remaining.

Raina found it absurd that Leo was calmly preparing dinner in such circumstances.

‘Is he brave or just thoughtless… though it doesn’t seem like the latter.’

Leo handed Raina a bowl of stew and said.

“We need to eat well to prepare for any emergency. After all, the only supplies we brought are combat rations.”

“That’s true, but…”

“There’s no immediate danger, so it’s best to keep both body and mind in perfect condition. And it’s quite tasty.”

At Leo’s words, Raina stirred the stew with the spoon she received and took a bite.

Then her eyes widened.

“For some reason, I feel like the stuffiness is clearing up?”

“I mixed in herbs that can detoxify the poison.”

“Oh?”

Raina’s eyes sparkled.

The investigation team tasted Leo’s stew one by one and exclaimed in admiration.

“Wow, it’s delicious!”

Cal exclaimed.

“Leo! You’ll make a good husband!”

“It’s really delicious.”

Eiran held her fork in her mouth with a happy expression.

Being mentally exhausted made Leo’s stew taste even better.

“Senior Roon, aren’t you eating?”

Runia, who had finished half her stew, looked at Roon who was staring intently at his bowl and asked with a puzzled expression.

“Yeah, I should eat.”

Roon smiled slightly and picked up his spoon.

He took a spoonful of the stew.

‘…Nothing’s changed at all… No. Has his cooking skill actually improved?’

Roon looked at Leo, who was laughing and chatting with Cal.

‘I hope he doesn’t go back.’

Words he couldn’t bring himself to say out loud because he feared the answer.

Just as Roon, startled by making eye contact with Leo, focused on eating again.

Rumble rumble rumble rumble!

Suddenly the ground shook.

Everyone flinched.

“Wh-what…”

Runia looked around with a panicked expression.

“Really now.”

Roon let out a light sigh.

Even with the ground trembling, Leo continued eating his stew calmly.

“They won’t give us time to be lost in thought.”

Roon gulped down the stew bowl and all, then wiped his mouth with his elbow.

The two people who calmly filled their stomachs even in this situation knew.

What was causing the trembling.

Leo and Roon stood up simultaneously.

“Get ready.”

Roon said calmly with his arms crossed.

“For what?”

When Runia asked with a bewildered expression, Leo answered.

“You’ll see soon.”

Leo drew his sword.

“The Calamity Flame.”

Crash!

Black flames erupted not far away, shooting upward.

A thrilling scene as if a volcano had erupted.

The sunset sky gradually turned dark red.

Leo’s eyes narrowed as he watched the scene.

‘What? This is a bit different from what I knew.’

The giant flame giant that Leo knew was nowhere to be seen.

But he could clearly feel its presence.

As Leo furrowed his brow.

“Over there… someone’s approaching.”

Cal pointed toward the forest with a bewildered expression.

Leo turned his gaze in the direction Cal pointed.

And his eyes narrowed.

Step- Step-

What emerged from the forest was a man with an expressionless face.

A bland, dry face.

Gray hair and eyes reminiscent of ash.

“Wait. I’ve seen that face somewhere before…”

Runia squinted her eyes.

Then Eiran’s eyes widened.

“Doesn’t he look like the person in the Great Hero painting that was discovered before?”

The Great Hero painting.

It was a painting drawn by Dweno during the Age of Calamity 5000 years ago, discovered by Rea while tracking Kail’s traces.

Of course, academia didn’t consider it an artifact from the Age of Calamity, but rather a painting drawn by someone in later generations.

But at least it helped inform people of what the Hero of the Beginning looked like.

And now the person from that painting had suddenly appeared.

Step- Step-

The gray man who reached the group swept his gaze over them.

And finally his eyes settled on Leo and Roon.

“Nice to meet you.”

The man spoke calmly.

“My name is Kail.”

His lips twisted into a sneer.

“I am the one you call the Hero of the Beginning.”

Everyone’s eyes widened.

‘What an interesting little game you’re playing.’

Leo revealed his killing intent as he looked at Erebos, who had taken the form of his past self.

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