REAPER SCANS
Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student
[Translator – Aine ]
[Proofreader – Ash ]
Chapter 327
Flutter-!
Flames erupted from Celia’s sword.
Chloe swung her cane at Celia.
Whiooong-!
The blue orb at the cane’s end emitted a sharp light.
"Ice Storm."
Icy winds swirled around them.
The icy gust from the cane countered Celia’s flames.
Boo-boo-booooom-!
Alongside this, magical batteries lining their barrier let out fire.
Celia executed the Aura Step swiftly.
Whoosh-!
Fire enveloped the tips of her toes.
With every step appeared a flaming afterimage of a Phoenix flapping its wings.
Phoenix Step.
It was one of the signature Aura Steps of the Zerdinger family.
A tremendous amount of magical shelling targeted Celia as she retreated.
Currently, Harmony and Noble had Celia and Duran at the forefront, aiming at Glory’s base.
Glory suffered from a vast disadvantage in numbers.
Even while dedicating all their energy to defense, Harmony and Noble were also fully committed to attacking Glory’s base.
"Magical cannon, ready to fire!"
"Set!"
"Fire!"
Whiiiiing! Boom!
The Harmony and Noble sorcerers tried to break through Glory’s barrier with their siege sorcery weapons.
Though they were still only students, they were all training at the Hero Academy.
Elsewhere, such a powerful barrage could easily collapse any ordinary barrier.
If it weren’t for the Lumene students defending it, the barrier would have fallen long ago.
"If we can just break down the wall, we’ll win!"
"That’s right! We just need to get inside the stronghold and fight..."
Flash!
Then a blue light flared from the sky.
"Chloe’s Ice Breath! Everyone, dodge! To the back!"
Cra-cra-cra-crack-!
The cold, smoky air flowed from somewhere in the sky.
One male student from Noble’s Sorcery Department, in charge of arranging the magical battery, shouted urgently, "You can’t tell me to avoid it without giving me anywhere to go!”
"Healer! Healer!"
Looking at the frozen sorcery student, others cried out.
Nella approached and deployed her Aura.
Whooooooong-!
Nella’s healing Aura enveloped the boy, but he was soon pronounced defeated, returning to the base’s origin.
"We’re dead."
"Choke!"
"That vicious ice witch!"
"Ugh... We can’t let their deaths be in vain!"
The sorcerers of Harmony and Noble dramaticized, playing as if their colleagues were truly dying.
Nella looked surprised.
"Sorcery students are good actors.”
While saying this, she gazed at Chloe on the wall with a serious expression.
"I don’t think we can cross the barrier as long as Chloe is there."
Nella turned to Celia.
But Nella wasn’t the only one.
Celia was the only student capable of dealing with Chloe at that moment.
In Duran’s case, he had already entered a one-on-one fight with Chen Xia.
The dense strays of Aura and sorcery radiating from the two made it impossible for other students to approach.
Celia raised her hand as the students’ eyes focused on her.
"I’ll try something."
Her words were met with cheers.
"You’re the best in the whole Sorcery Department!"
"Celia’s flame can overwhelm Chloe’s ice sorcery! It’s the best flame in our class, isn’t it?"
In truth, Carr had targeted Glory’s base with Celia because of her clear advantage in terms of attributes.
But Celia smiled at the students' cries.
‘...the best flame.'
Celia had already been defeated once by Leo’s flame.
‘My flame… Will it really work against Chloe?’
Celia approached the wall.
‘Right now... I have no choice but to collide with it.’
Fwooooosh-!
Celia charged forward, her fiery Aura enveloping her body.
"It’s Celia!"
"Celia is coming!"
The Glory students shouted anxiously as they saw Celia charging with her flaming Aura.
"Keep Celia in check!"
"If you’re not careful, she might break through the barrier all at once!"
The shelling from the magical battery and the offensive spells of the Sorcery Deparment students poured into Celia.
The Summoning Department also attacked her intensively.
Fwooooooosh-!
Boooom-!
Celia launched her Aura Step, slamming hard against the floor.
Flash! Fwoooosh-!
Celia zipped toward the wall like a flash, leaving a trail of flames in her wake.
Crash-crash-crash-crash-crash-!
Celia evaded all attacks in her path.
"Sh-she’s fast!"
"How can she move so quickly in the Knight Studies Department?”
A speed that was nearly magical.
Any and all unavoidable attacks were struck down with her sword.
Chloe, observing the scene, began to chant a spell.
Whoooooong
Ice crystals formed in the sky.
Soon, the ice crystals sharpened into fine points and rained down on Celia.
Celia’s eyes flashed red.
"Crimson Wing."
An Aura in the shape of crimson wings erupted from the tip of Celia’s sword.
As she wielded her sword, a massive wave of flames vaporized the falling ice.
Flutter-!
Thump-!
Celia, who deflected even Chloe’s attack, landed on the wall.
She began to run up the wall.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
"Isn't that just cheating?"
The Glory students, defending the wall against Celia’s advance, held their heads and screamed.
Whoosh-!
Celia reached the front of Chloe, just above the barrier.
"Be careful, Chloe."
Celia shouted sharply and swung her sword.
Just before the fire-wielding sword could reach Chloe, a white flash appeared.
Flash-! Cling!
A longsword blocked Celia’s sword.
"Huhhhhh, you can’t take our Ice Princess that easily."
Eliana, who had blocked Celia’s sword, chuckled.
"The Light Sorcerer protecting the Princess! Eliana at your service! Everyone, behold!"
The Glory knights, deployed to protect Chloe, exclaimed.
"Wooooooooah!"
"Eliana!"
"Simple and ignorant, but trustworthy at times like this!"
"Who just said I’m simple and ignorant?"
Eliana, still shouting, glanced at Celia and laughed.
"As long as I’m here, you can’t even touch a single hair on Chloe’s... Hey, hey!"
The sword Celia was holding suddenly gained length, now pushing against Eliana.
Flutter-!
Eliana shouted urgently as Celia’s flames burned dangerously close, "Guys! Help me!"
"Oh, my! We’re fools for believing in her!"
"Gather! We must protect Chloe!"
The students of the Knight Studies Department attacked Celia.
Eliana, who managed to escape during the chaos, began to chant a spell.
The true strength of a sorcerer lay in their harmonization of Aura and sorcery.
If Eliana attacked with full force, Celia would struggle to handle her. But if Eliana relied solely on swordsmanship, the outcome would be different.
“I’ll show you my secret weapon.”
Eliana smirked and summoned a shield from her subspace.
For the Knight Studies Department’s midterm exam, for her ‘subweapon,’ Eliana chose to create a shield.
“A shield is your secret weapon?” Celia asked, puzzled. Eliana made a meaningful expression.
“No way!”
As Celia narrowed her eyes, Eliana puffed out her chest.
“This shield is an Ego Weapon crafted based on my personality. In other words, it’s my familiar.”
Eliana grinned.
“I added a function to enhance my spell casting! With this, I can cast my spells faster!”
The students of the Knight Studies Department looked astonished at Eliana’s words.
“Was it always possible to create such a complex weapon?”
“No way!”
“Hahaha! Be amazed!” Eliana said proudly.
“I told you I’m not stupid!”
“Do you think only smart people can use sorcery?”
“She’s a smart idiot!”
Eliana opened her eyes wide and shouted, “Who’s a smart idiot?”
Flutter-!
At that moment, flames flickered around Celia.
“You’re in my way.”
Celia narrowed her eyes.
“Move aside.”
Crash-crash-crash-!
A pillar of flames rose above the castle walls.
Celia’s red eyes, which turned the surroundings into a sea of flames, searched for prey.
All the students around her were effectively declared defeated.
Eliana, who barely avoided the same fate, stood in front of Chloe.
Thunk-!
As Celia charged at Chloe, Eliana, who had raised her shield, charged at Celia.
Ching-! Clash-clash-clash-!
“Hah!”
Eliana’s body staggered as she absorbed Celia’s attack.
'Close combat is way too disadvantageous for me!'
As a sorcerer, Eliana would have benefitted from keeping her distance from Celia.
But she couldn’t do that because she had to protect Chloe.
"Haat!"
Eliana swung her sword urgently.
Whoosh-!
Just when she thought she had cut Celia, the afterglow of the flames dispersed.
Eliana gritted her teeth and swung her shield behind her.
Crunch-!
Celia’s sword sliced through Eliana’s back.
"Cough!"
Eliana rolled on the floor.
At that moment.
Crackle-crack-crackle-crack-!
Chloe, having completed her incantation, unleashed her spell.
"Huh?!”
Celia quickly created more distance.
Chloe, who had frozen the entire surrounding area, smiled at Celia.
Celia fixed her sword while observing Chloe.
"Haap!"
Flutter-!
Flames enveloped Celia’s sword.
Celia, seeing this, struck the floor with her staff.
Whiooooosh-!
The wall of cold air blew away Celia’s flames.
‘I didn’t see any signs of her casting a spell?’
Celia’s eyes twitched.
“Is that your familiar?”
“Yes. It’s a slime specialized in defense that protects me.”
When Chloe reached out, ice chunks formed on her fingertips.
Celia gritted her teeth as she watched, then quickly held her sword and began to emit a fiery Aura.
Flutter-!
Chloe chanted her magic.
Flutter-!
Celia swiftly closed the distance between herself and Chloe.
Whoosh-!
“It’s useless!”
An ice pick shot up from the ground, blocking Celia’s path, but it melted with a single blow.
“Ice bolt.”
Chloe instantly created hundreds of ice bolts and aimed them at Celia.
Celia’s eyes flashed.
Crash-crash-crash-!
Flames soared.
Celia, having blown away all of Chloe’s magic, stabbed Chloe with her sword.
‘Gotcha…’
Crack-!
Celia’s sword pierced Chloe’s chest.
Right then, Chloe smiled brightly and grabbed Celia’s hand.
‘Shit! It was an ice clone!’
Chloe’s special skill, Ice Clone, exploded, freezing over Celia’s body.
‘She got me…’
Celia lowered her head.
Chloe, observing, said, “Aren’t you going to pull out Flame Storm?”
The sword Celia was currently holding was not Flame Storm, but an ordinary rapier.
Of course, it was also a famous sword crafted by a skilled artisan, but it paled in comparison to her beloved Flame Storm.
Celia gritted her teeth.
“That’s not like the Celia I know.”
“What?”
“The Celia I know is someone who is always confident, and who never gives up in the face of adversity.”
Chloe smiled softly.
“A mature, trustworthy, and respected friend. I tried not to embarrass you as class president.”
Celia bit her lip.
“What are you trying to say?”
“Is it really that shocking that you lost to Leo?”
Celia lowered her head.
It would be easy to defeat the mentally shaken Celia.
But Chloe didn’t want to do that.
When she was class president in her first year, Celia was a friend she could rely on.
Even though they were rivals due to their dorms, that fact didn’t change.
‘I want to help her get back on her feet now.’
A year ago, after the first semester midterms, if Celia hadn’t been there, Chloe might have lost it.
They had a relationship where they had to knock each other down.
‘We’re still students.’
As a close friend, Chloe didn’t want to leave Celia in despair.
She had felt deep despair about Leo before, so she understood Celia’s feelings even better.
“Celia. You’re the only one who… .”
“Aha! What’s this? You said I was different than usual, but you’re really just scared of the class president?”
At that moment, Eliana, who had barely avoided being declared defeated, jumped up from her place.
She nodded as if she understood.
“I don’t feel intimidated in front of the class president at all! Celia, you’re the one who’s scared!”
Eliana placed her hands on her hips and laughed boisterously.
“There’s no way around it! Even the best version of you is no match for the class president, Celia! But you’re scared… Hehe! Even a perfect student who seems to have it all like you can be silly like this, huh?”
Eliana was as cheerful as ever.
“What! If that’s the case, Glory will achieve a perfect victory!”
Heh! Celia lowered her head as she watched Eliana snorting.
“Who... is scared?”
“Huh?”
Red eyes flashed dangerously on her shadowed face.
Flutter-!
“I’ve never... been scared a day in my life.”
A tremendous amount of heat poured out from Celia’s enraged body.
“Hmph?”
Eliana was startled.
Celia pulled Flame Storm out of her scabbard with a fierce red face.
Fwooooosh-!
Eliana hid behind Chloe as she watched Flame Storm begin to burn again.
“W-Why are you doing that all of a sudden!”
“... Good job. It wasn’t my intention, but you seem to have regained your energy.”
Chloe burst into laughter as she watched Eliana successfully provoke Celia.
“Prominence!”
Celia unleashed her Aura with all her might.
Chloe’s expression turned slightly serious upon seeing that.
“I think she’s getting too into it, but that’s the problem.”
Celia, usually a calm and cool-headed honor student, became unpredictable once her lid was lifted.
So, Chloe made a troubled expression and pushed Eliana, who was behind her, forward.
“H-Huh?”
“Please, Eliana?”
“What?”
“Friend Shield.”
Eliana was crying as she watched Chloe laughing like a witch.
Shwoooooooom-!
“What is that!”
Eliana was surprised when the tsunami struck.
The Glory students who were defending the stronghold, as well as the other students who had been fiercely attacking, looked shocked.
“Huh? Anyone who would do something like this…”
Chloe sighed as Celia clenched her teeth.
“There’s only one other person?”
Shwoooooooom-!
A huge tidal wave suddenly engulfed the battlefield.
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Eliza frowned as she watched the battlefield being transformed into a sea of water by the tidal wave.
‘What a monster.’
She could see how absurd Leo’s spirit magic was for a summoner.
As Eliza warily observed Leo, he raised his hand.
The four of them made tense expressions.
Crackle-!
Pure white sparks flew from Leo’s fingertips.
Pure white sparks.
Eliza burst into laughter when she realized what it was.
“If this is a nightmare... please wake me up.”
Flash! Crash-crash-crash-!
Lightning struck Leo’s hand.
The pure white flash cleared.
A pure white horse appeared.
Leo, riding on Arty, said, “Shall we start Phase 2?”
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