Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 626
626.
The elves looked at the Forest of Monsters with nervous eyes.
Leo looked at them speechlessly.
The elves present here were truly noble elves.
When the era of disaster began.
The elves, who had built the most powerful force on earth, collapsed helplessly to the invasion of Tartaros.
It was the same for any race, but the elves had a stronger tendency to do so.
‘Even now, the elves were a race with a strong sense of pride in their race.’
Compared to other races, they were a race with beautiful appearances and many who were born with dazzling talents, regardless of aura, magic, or summoning.
The elves of this period were a superior race that was revered by other races as well.
Their inflated pride gradually turned into arrogance and complacency, and thus the race of elves began to rot from the center.
Faced with an unprecedented disaster, the High Elves, who boasted great power, abandoned the nobility they had long guarded and sacrificed their own kind for their own lives.
It was an atrocity caused by the idea of chosen people, who believed that they were special beings and that the sacrifice of others was natural for special beings.
In this way, the High Elves, who could be called the root of the elven race, rotted and collapsed helplessly, but the elven race itself did not lose hope.
No matter how rotten it was, the elven race at that time had definitely grown a giant tree that would become the pillar of the world.
The buds that bloomed at the end of the tree were noble.
To find their homeland.
And to drive the disaster out of the world.
The elves gathered here for the cause were the elves here.
Luna was also one of those countless buds.
“Luna! Stand behind me! I will protect you!”
The young elf spoke with a serious face.
‘I’m not adapting at all.’
Leo couldn’t help but burst out laughing at the reactions of the elves around him calling him Luna.
“Hirian will protect you so that Luna can use magic with peace of mind!”
The young man said, holding the shiny shield tightly.
“Hirian?”
“Hey. Did you forget again?”
Hirian made an expression that said he was going too far.
Hirian.
It was a name Leo knew.
Even in the era of disaster, those with overwhelming abilities left their mark.
In this era, heroes were even more precious and valuable than the heroes of the present era.
‘It wasn’t an era overflowing with heroes like it is now.’
Because it was a glimmer of hope that would allow them to continue living for the time being.
At that time, he and Rishinas, who were called the surviving hero and the foolish one, were targets of avoidance.
Kyle was an ominous man whose companions all died, and Rishinas, who deceived people with vain hope, saying that the world could be saved, was a dragon like a witch.
However, even in such a situation, Kyle and Rishinas were not isolated.
Ironically, even though they were called ominous beings, the battlefields where the two participated often ended in victory or had many survivors.
That’s why in Gardthrone, Kyle and Rishinas were considered objects to be revered on the battlefield, though they were kept away during normal times.
The same was true of the others except for Ahron, who had yet to fully enter the battlefield.
At that time, Luna was already famous as a great wizard who had turned the tide of the battlefield several times with her overwhelming magic, where defeat seemed certain.
At this time, Luna was called the hope of the elves along with Akint, who had become the leader of the elves.
Dweno was also a powerful dwarf warrior and blacksmith, and there were many people who wanted to recruit him to their party.
In addition to these, those who were called heroes in this era had great reputations.
Some of the heroes of this era had names that were forgotten, but there were those whose deeds were passed down even after 5000 years.
Leo also remembered the names of several famous heroes of that time.
‘Of course, this guy isn’t one of them.’
Hirian was not called a hero.
He was not that skilled either.
Just an elven knight that could be seen anywhere.
The reason Leo remembered him was because of Luna.
Hirion dies after this battle.
Not only Hirian.
‘Most of the elves here… will die here.’
***
After the battle in the Elven Forest.
On the way back to Gadsron, Luna created a tomb for the comrades she had lost in this battle in the dense forest.
A tomb where even the bodies could not be buried.
However, Luna remembered the names of her comrades who died in battle and carefully made tombstones one by one.
“You were such a fool. You didn’t have to risk your life.”
Luna, an elf woman who still had the appearance of a young girl, smiled bitterly as she carved Hirian’s name, especially regretting it.
“Did you know him? You seem to regret it a lot, so he must have been a great guy.”
“No, not at all. I met him for the first time in this battle. His skills… he was an elf who shouldn’t have been on the battlefield.”
Luna got up from her seat and said, folding her hands.
“It’s not just this elf. Many of the elves who died this time shouldn’t have been on the battlefield.”
Those who were not yet qualified to be on the battlefield.
However, they had no choice but to take up arms and fight against Tartaros.
Because there was no one else to fight but themselves.
Lisinas spoke as he watched Luna mourn her fellow elves.
“My offer. What do you think?”
“You want me to go with you?”
Luna turned to Kyle and Lisinas.
In the dense forest, Luna’s eyes were a little sunken.
Luna said in a self-deprecating voice.
“I don’t know what you’re trying to do, but I don’t want to party with comrades who die before me.”
Luna glanced at the grave.
Seeing Luna like that, Lisinas poked Kyle in the back.
“Do you want me to tell her?”
“From the way she’s talking, it seems like you’ll be more persuasive than me.”
“Damn lizard.”
Kyle muttered softly as he stood in front of Luna, since he was the hero who survived.
“Why are you saying that because you died so much before me?”
“What?”
Luna’s eyes turned fierce.
Lisinas covered his face and muttered, ‘I meant to tell her to cheer up. I’m the fool for letting you do it.’
“Then why are you talking nonsense?”
Kyle said flatly as he watched Luna growl and snap.
“The hero who survives.”
Luna stopped at Kyle’s answer.
Seeing Luna like that, Kyle stuttered.
“I don’t want to take on comrades who die before me either. It seems like you’re the perfect fit.”
“…….”
Luna’s face, which had been looking at Kyle’s, softened slightly.
It was because she saw a shadow in Kyle’s eyes that was deeper than her own.
At the very least, it wasn’t something he said to mock her.
“What’s your goal?”
“To crusadeErebos.”
“….”
Luna’s expression became blank for a moment.
“You’re going to defeat Erebos? Are you out of your mind? What could make you think that?”
Luna looked at Kyle as if she was truly looking at a research subject.
Kyle contorted his face and looked back at Licenas.
But Luna chewed on the words ” crusade Erebos” and said after a while.
“Well, whatever. To crusadeErebos! It’s the perfect goal for me! I like it. I’ll join your party.”
Luna said, her spirits lifted.
“You said your name was Kyle? My name is Luna! I will become an existence that will shine like a star in the night sky, so be honored to have me in your party!”
***
From that day on, Luna vowed.
She would no longer let people die meaningless deaths.
‘This guy desperately tried to protect Luna until the end and lost his life.’
Leo glanced to the side.
There, Akint was also standing with a hardened face.
Everyone here knows.
That this fight is reckless.
But they had no choice but to fight recklessly.
In the Elven Forest, which had fallen into the hands of the Demon Queen, demons were now pouring out.
If this continues, the balance of power in the surrounding area will collapse.
Even if they couldn’t reclaim it, they had to at least inflict some damage on the Demon Queen and her army.
If the Demon Queen is not suppressed here, the destruction of the world will only accelerate.
The situation was that desperate.
The elves here are fighting a reckless battle to prevent that.
It was then.
Kuwoooo-!
The earth shakes.
Poof-
The birds that inhabited the forest flew up into the sky in surprise.
The birds soon became food for the demons that inhabited the forest.
[Kyahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha-]
A frivolous and creepy laughter rang out.
The elves covered their ears at the laughter.
[Looks like you came here to die, you insignificant bastards.]
Akint bit his lip at the mocking voice.
Hirion, who had been pretending to be calm and just trust himself, clenched his shield.
“Lady Luna! Please step back now!”
At that moment, an elf knight with a sword came running up and said urgently.
The elves know.
That Luna’s magic is the only hope in this situation.
It was their duty to hold out as much as possible in front so that Luna could use her magic with peace of mind.
“Lady Luna! We will risk our lives to protect you!”
Hirion, who had been panicking, also came to his senses and said urgently.
Despite what the elves around him said, Leo just stood there without moving.
“Luna, I know it’s not easy, but please trust us. So that you can concentrate on your magic as much as possible….”
“I trust you.”
Leo said indifferently.
“Akint. You… The people here will risk their lives to protect Luna. I know that better than anyone.”
“Luna?”
To those around her, it seemed as if Luna was talking to someone else.
Ignoring the bewildered reactions of those around him, Leo stared silently into the void.
[Objective: Repeat the glorious history of victory. Slaughter as many elves as possible.]
Groan-!
Leo’s hands tightened into fists.
This is not the world of heroes that Leo knows.
The protagonist of this place is not a hero but a legion.
And it was the Silatuna, woven with the most gruesome evil.
Leo had clearly liquidated that evil.
However, that did not mean that what had happened in the past would disappear.
‘This world is nothing but pain for Luna. It’s something she had to carry until the moment she died.’
Seeing off someone like a father.
A past stained with blood and tears where many had to sacrifice themselves to protect his immature self.
Thud thud thud-!
The Demon Queen appeared in the distance.
Leo stepped forward.
“Don’t risk your lives because of me.”
Leo said, looking at the elves who had gathered to protect Luna.
“What you need to protect is your own life. Do your best to live.”
“Ah, but the High Elves did that!”
“They did it the wrong way. That doesn’t mean it’s wrong to prioritize your own life. It’s perfectly natural to spare yourself.”
Leo said.
“I will protect you, so do your best to survive. That’s what you need to do now.”
“Ah, but Lady Luna! Then you’re just leaving the burden to Luna!”
“It’s okay, I’ve been carrying it for a long time.”
“……?”
Hirion looked bewildered, seeing Leo talking nonsense again.
Looking at Leo like that, Akint said with a hardened expression.
“Then who will protect you?”
“…….”
Leo looked at Akint.
“I will protect you.”
“……?”
Leo laughed, looking at Akint, who looked puzzled.
[Now, which bastard should I hunt first?]
Thud-!
Leo bent his knees, looking at Silatuna, who was approaching slowly to instill fear.
‘Repeat the history of victory? Slaughter as many elves as possible?’
Leo raised his head.
‘Who cares?’
Even if he wins here.
History does not change.
Because history that has already been written cannot be rewritten.
But…….
‘As I am the hero of the beginning. I cannot tolerate the same history repeating itself before my eyes. Even if it’s a false world.’
Bang-!
As Leo jumped, he flew towards Silatuna like a bullet.
[Hmm?]
Silatuna stops for a moment.
Looking at Silatuna like that, Leo smiled coldly.
“Anyway, I’m here to destroy this world, aren’t I?”
Oooooooooo-!
A huge magical power surged from Leo’s hand.
It was magic that did not exist in the history of this era.
Magic that Luna would complete in the distant future.
“Then I can just kill you without worrying about this and that?”
Leo laughed eerily.
Silatuna’s face hardened at the ominous magical power.
“You’re the one being hunted. Demon Queen.”
The magic was completed in Leo’s hand.
Magic of the stars – Apocalypse.
Flash! Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-!
[Kyaaaaaaaaaaaah?!]
Magic that could not exist in this era hit Silatuna directly.