Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 81

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81.

“I cannot understand this. This is an unprecedented format.”

The professors objected to the mention of a battle royale.

Literally, the inter-department competition that was supposed to unite departments could potentially turn into individual battles if things went wrong.

Watching the three protesting professors, Kalian leaned back in his chair.

“I’m not saying I don’t understand your feelings. This year’s first-years have particularly many outstanding students.”

This year’s first-years had very high chances of winning regardless of which department they belonged to.

That’s why all three professors opposed the highly variable battle royale format.

“But as you all know, we have a rather special student this year, don’t we?”

“You mean Leo Flobe?”

“That’s right. At first, everyone was just surprised by the fact that he was all-class. Most thought he would reach his limits quickly, didn’t they?”

The three professors agreed.

They had been confident that he would eventually come to their respective departments.

“However, student Leo is still maintaining grades close to the top of each department in all fields.”

Kalian rested his chin on his hand.

“Thanks to that, the board of directors’ interest in student Leo has deepened even further.”

The board of directors.

They were the true owners of Lumern, composed of the three great families called the founding families: Jerzeon, Rigard, and Turscia.

“Are you saying they want student Leo to make it into the Hero Record as an all-class?”

“That’s right.”

If that happened, it wouldn’t be impossible for another all-class who could inherit Leo’s abilities to emerge in future generations.

Literally, Leo alone had an tremendous influence.

“Of course, he’ll eventually choose a department, but the board’s opinion is that now is not the time. You’ve all been preparing hard for the inter-department competition until now, but… please understand just this once.”

Hearing Kalian’s words, the three professors let out deep sighs.

Since it was the word of the principal they respected so much, they couldn’t continue to oppose.

‘From now on, individual capabilities will be more important than cooperation.’

The professors fell into contemplation.

‘Given this situation, we have no choice but to prepare for the competition by focusing on improving the students’ individual capabilities.’

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The next day.

All students in the Knight Studies major class were feeling a strange excitement.

This was because full-scale classes in preparation for the inter-department competition would begin today.

Moreover, since there had been an announcement from Ain that this class content would be of great help in conquering the Heroes’ World, the atmosphere among the first-years was even more bustling.

“Hey, who are you going to choose?”

“The Knight of the Moonlight. What about you?”

“I’m going with Hermilan’s Spear Knight!”

Although entering the Heroes’ World was still a distant story, just preparing for it was enough to make their hearts race.

Watching his excited classmates, Leo muttered.

“Everyone’s going crazy.”

“They can’t help it.”

“You don’t seem very happy about it?”

“For someone from the Jerdinger family like me, the Heroes’ World isn’t particularly special. You’re the one who doesn’t look happy though?”

“I’m actually really looking forward to it though?”

It was true that he was excited to see the true nature of the Hero Record he had been so curious about.

Of course, he had already received rewards from conquering the Heroes’ World twice, but those weren’t ordinary rewards.

‘What kind of rewards will the regular route give?’

The Great Hero Kail could be said to be the senior of all existing heroes in a sense.

The Great Heroes were those who had their names inscribed on the very first page of the Hero Record and achieved the greatest accomplishments.

But even Leo felt excitement at the fact of inheriting another hero’s power.

‘I might be able to supplement abilities I lack.’

In history, the Great Heroes were depicted as perfect heroes.

But Leo knew well that they themselves were not perfect.

‘If they had been, no one would have been lost in the fight against Erebos.’

Leo clenched his fist tightly.

‘Besides, my current self is weaker compared to my previous life.’

It wasn’t simply weak because he hadn’t yet regained all his previous power.

The period when Kail was strongest was none other than right before facing Erebos.

But even if he regained all the power from his previous life, he couldn’t become as strong as he was then.

‘Because back then, I didn’t possess only my own power.’

Before achieving the subjugation of Erebos.

The grand aspiration to save the world.

The foolish dream of filling the world with flower gardens.

The absurd goal of restoring the lost beauty of the world.

The small hope that people in the world could smile again.

It was because of the power of his companions who had entrusted their respective ideals to Kail that the subjugation could be accomplished.

As Leo recalled old thoughts, he realized something.

‘Come to think of it, the form of inheriting power from the Hero Record resembles my previous life.’

While Leo was feeling suspicious.

Ain appeared at the training ground.

The students who had been gathered together chatting happily immediately lined up and took attention positions.

“As announced, from today I will teach you aura skills in preparation for the inter-department competition and conquering the Heroes’ World.”

With those words, cheers poured out across the training ground.

Watching this scene, Ain added.

“And students who fail to conquer the Heroes’ World in the second semester will be expelled regardless of their grades.”

At those words, a cold silence lingered among the students.

“Now, let’s begin class. Anyone want to present about the power given as rewards for conquering the Heroes’ World?”

Normally, students would have quickly raised their hands, but intimidated by Ain’s cold voice, the students couldn’t easily raise their hands.

In the midst of this, there was one student who calmly raised his hand.

“Duran Moira.”

“Hero Weapon, Hero Ability. And lastly, Hero Skill.”

“Correct.”

Ain nodded.

“[Hero Weapon] is literally the power to summon the weapons that the corresponding hero used. It’s a tremendous power that can bring legendary weapons that no longer exist or powerful weapons that exist only in history into the present world.”

At those words, Leo crossed his arms.

‘Could I summon the weapons that I and those guys used too?’

The weapons that had been destroyed during the Age of Calamity flashed through his mind.

“[Hero Ability] refers to the unique abilities that heroes possessed. Lastly, [Hero Skill] refers to the techniques that heroes used.”

Ain crossed his arms.

“The power you’ll inherit first is precisely [Hero Skill]. Is there anyone who can explain the biggest characteristic of these Hero Skills?”

This time, Chen Xia raised her head.

“Chen Xia.”

“The power varies according to the user’s capabilities. It could become a technique far inferior to the original, or conversely, it could become a technique that surpasses the original.”

“Correct.”

Ain walked to the front of the training ground.

“Before inheriting the heroes’ power, there’s a technique I need to teach you. Selia Jerdinger, step forward.”

At Ain’s call, Selia stepped forward.

“Draw your sword.”

Selia drew her sword.

“Do you remember what I said at the beginning of the semester? That I would teach you the aura studies taught at Azonia, the premier hero academy.”

“Yes.”

“Throughout our lessons, I’ve been incorporating aura studies every time I taught you aura techniques.”

Selia nodded her head.

All the aura techniques Ain had taught were things she had learned from the Jerdinger Family.

‘The content was completely different though.’

She had learned techniques to utilize aura more delicately.

For a simple example, the method to maximize defense when using aura armor was different.

What Selia had learned before was simply making the strength of aura armor harder.

But simply becoming hard wasn’t everything.

‘Not just simply deflecting attacks, but absorbing attacks or letting them flow away. There are various forms of defense.’

When deploying aura armor based on the aura studies Ain taught, one could change their defensive characteristics according to the opponent’s attack characteristics.

It would be hard to see great effects immediately, but once mastered, it was a technique that could demonstrate tremendous advantages.

“What I’ve taught you so far were just applications of techniques from aura studies that we could use immediately. But the technique you’ll learn from now goes beyond simple applications – it’s what Azonia students learn.”

The students held their breath and focused on Ain’s words.

“Learning this will be a great help in using [Hero Skills]. Of course, not only that, but your overall aura skill abilities will improve.”

Selia’s eyes lit up.

“What kind of technique is it?”

“It’ll be faster to show you directly. Selia, use your aura.”

Selia activated her aura.

Ain pointed to the empty training ground.

“Strike that spot with your maximum power.”

Selia swung her sword with all her might – raising her firepower to maximum.

Whoosh-! Boom-!

A sword strike shot up high as if a giant wall of flames had been created.

The students made impressed expressions at the powerful firepower.

“As expected of the Knight Department’s top three!”

“Fire monster!”

“Hey! Who just called me a monster!”

Selia glared with fierce eyes.

“Excellent. Truly befitting a Jerdinger.”

Ain chuckled.

“Now then.”

Whoosh-!

Flames shot up from Ain’s sword.

The students’ eyes widened in surprise.

Ain, who had the alias of Ice Sea Swordsman, was a knight who handled cold aura.

Watching the surprised students, Duran snorted.

“Professor Ain was also a dungeon conqueror. If he just achieves his Achievement, it wouldn’t be strange for him to rise to the ranks of heroes anytime. It wouldn’t be strange if there was a hero who handled flames among the inherited hero powers.”

“Duran is right. This flame aura is an [Ability] of an ancient hero I conquered long ago.”

Ain imbued his sword with aura at a similar level to what Selia had unleashed earlier.

Then he raised his sword and took a breath.

A breathing sound different from normal breathing, something alien, resonated.

Along with it, aura faintly rippled from Ain’s body.

Seeing that, Leo’s eyes widened greatly.

‘That’s…!’

Whoooosh-! Boom-!

A flame sword strike shot up high.

It was more intense than Selia’s sword strike from before.

“…!”

Selia’s eyes filled with shock.

Despite using similar strength aura, Ain’s flames were stronger than Selia’s.

Moreover, the flames Ain used weren’t even Phoenix flames, and furthermore, since Ain himself was a user of cold aura, the power itself had to be reduced by half.

Seeing that, Leo’s eyes widened greatly.

“H-how did you do that?”

When Selia asked in surprise, Professor Ain sheathed his sword and said.

“This is the [Hero’s Breath].”

“…!”

“This is the technique you’ll be learning from now on.”

‘That’s Arron’s technique, isn’t it?’

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