Book 1 Chapter 102

【102】101.

Whoosh-! Chiiiiiik-!

The aura flames burning on Leo's arm extinguished, and smoke billowed up.

"Kirian."

At Leo's words, a small summoning circle opened, and Kirian appeared.

[Ugh! What kind of idiotic thing is this?!]

Kirian looked at Leo's left arm with a disgusted expression, then chanted a healing spell.

A soft, silvery light of healing treated Leo's burned arm.

[Leo! Fairy magic's healing isn't omnipotent! It won't work if your stamina reaches its limit!]

"I know."

Leo, whose arm had recovered, lightly rotated his wrist.

[By the way, is that a Gigantes? Ugh! It's disgustingly ugly!]

Kirian stuck out his tongue, openly showing his dislike.

To a high-ranking phantom beast like a fairy, a Gigantes was literally an opposing monster.

The flames embedded in the Gigantes' back went out.

Thump-!

The Gigantes rose to its feet.

Grrrrrrr-!

A murderous gaze turned towards Leo.

The Gigantes opened its maw wide.

Uooooooooooh!

A purple light flickered.

Chiiiii-! Flash!

A breath attack, like a ray of light, scraped the ground and flew at tremendous speed.

Leo launched himself without hesitation.

Whoosh-! The purple breath narrowly grazed Leo and passed by.

Kwagagagagagang-!

The area directly hit by the breath exploded in a chain reaction.

Kugugugugung-!

The outer wall collapsed.

'Even a graze would be the end.'

Despite the terrifying situation, Leo calmly raised his aura.

Leo, emitting a thin, thread-like aura, hooked it onto nearby buildings.

Then he pulled back with force.

Like an arrow on a bow, Leo retreated as far as possible, and the moment the repulsive force reached its maximum, he released the power in his legs.

Whoosh-!

Leo flew towards the Gigantes like an arrow.

Woaaaaaaaah!

The Gigantes roared in anger and raised its clenched fist.

Seeing this, Leo spun his body.

It was Kyle's aura skill, Vortex.

Adding Zeldinger's aura to it, a fiery tornado raged.

Poowhahahahaak!

Kuh-eoooooh!

Leo brutally sliced through the Gigantes' right arm with slashes and flames, then flew straight towards the inner wall.

Kwaduk-!

As he landed on the inner wall, his soles dug in deeply.

Leo, who had gotten up, looked at Chloe standing proudly towards the Gigantes and said,

"You've become quite plausible, Chloe."

"What?"

"Your current appearance. It's like a hero."

"……!"

At his words, Chloe was slightly flustered and blushed a little.

"I, I just imitated someone."

"Whose imitation could that be?"

At Leo's playful words, Chloe lightly hit Leo's head with her staff.

"Hey! Where have you been all this time!"

"I had some personal business to attend to."

Gwooaaah!

Just then, the Gigantes, whose arm had recovered from Leo's attack, let out a roar.

The students flinched, but Leo was calm.

"Leave it. That monster isn't stupid either. It knows it would be dangerous to rush in foolishly now."

"What?"

"It'll try to recover its stamina."

"How does it recover stamina?"

At Chloe's question, Leo gestured with his chin.

Crack!

Kiaaaak!

Kraang!

The Gigantes, with its mouth open, began to devour the fleeing monsters indiscriminately.

At that sight, the students made disgusted expressions.

"Leo Oppa!"

"Leo!"

Class 5 students, including Chelsea and Carl, rushed over.

"Chloe! Leo! Here's mana potion."

As Carl hurriedly handed over mana potions, Leo and Chloe drank them.

"What's the situation?"

When Leo asked, Carl said with a hardened expression.

"No one has been seriously injured since we entered the inner wall. It's just…"

Carl looked at the Gigantes with a terrified face.

"Everyone's scared because of that monster."

"Then the solution is simple. We defeat it."

"What?"

Everyone looked surprised at Leo's calm words.

Seeing this, Leo tilted his head.

"Why are you surprised? It's obvious, isn't it?"

"I, I know! I know, but…!"

Celia replied, gritting her teeth.

Celia's hands, usually so confident, were trembling.

It wasn't just Celia.

Most of the students' faces were filled with fear.

'Can't be helped. Even if they're hero candidates or whatever, they're all just teenagers in the end.'

Unpolished raw gems.

Yet, they shimmered.

"There's another option."

Everyone focused on Leo's words.

"Running away. No matter how powerful that monster is, if a hundred people run away all at once, it won't be able to catch them all."

"Th-that's right!"

"Fighting back logically doesn't make any…"

"Of course, most of the people here would die."

The students gasped at Leo's words.

"The moment you scatter, you'll be unilaterally massacred. Those who want that can go. I won't stop you."

No one left their spot.

As the atmosphere weighed heavily, Leo spoke.

"So, that's why I'm saying."

Leo crossed his arms.

"Don't you want to entrust me with command?"

"What?"

"Because I'm going to defeat it. That monster."

Everyone stared at Leo, dumbfounded.

Chen Sia looked at Leo and said.

"I'll listen to Young Master Leo."

"Me, me too!"

Chelsea also came to Leo's side.

Chloe was, of course, already there.

"Hmph! Always showing off alone, Leo Flobe."

Eliza snorted.

"Well, still, running away isn't my style. But! After you, the next in command is me…!"

"Stop chattering and join us, Eliza Hergin."

"W-wait! Wareden! What are you doing, you rude person!"

Wareden, with an expressionless face, pushed Eliza towards Leo.

Everyone looked at Wareden with surprised eyes.

Wareden, known for usually playing solo, risking his life on Leo's words without hesitation, was certainly surprising.

As his classmates watched in surprise, Eliza curved her lips upward.

"Why would you, a arrogant and disrespectful person, suddenly obey someone else?"

"Everyone knows that monster must be defeated. But everyone remained silent because they weren't confident in defeating it. I was the same."

Wareden looked at Leo.

"Then it's right to follow the command of someone who is confident in defeating it. You too, isn't that why you're risking your life on this guy?"

"Hmph. As a Hergin, running away from that hateful monster is out of the question."

Eliza glared at the Gigantes with venomous eyes.

Duran also approached Leo and said.

"I'll be expecting your command skills, Leo Flobe."

"You won't be disappointed."

Leo looked at Celia and Avard last.

"It's the same as the entrance exam."

Avard gave a bitter laugh.

"Even then, you faced an impossible battle without hesitation."

Although it was Celia and Avard who defeated Talatunia, it was Leo who led that battle to victory.

"I thought I had caught up a little."

Avard clenched and unclenched his fists, mumbling.

"Still far off. Celia. You're the same as back then, aren't you?"

"Shut up, butter."

Celia swept her hair back.

"If Leo says to do it, there's no way I'd refuse."

All the core members of the first year united their strength.

Seeing that, Carl let out a hollow laugh.

"With that lineup, I think we really might be able to defeat it."

As the strongest first-years, who had growled at each other like rivals, combined their strength, it felt like an unseen path became visible.

"W-what about us?"

A student cautiously asked, and Celia, sweeping her hair back, replied.

"Only us nine students can land effective blows on that monster. Prepare for any unexpected situations."

At her words, the students gulped nervously.

"How are you going to form the formation?"

At Avard's question, Leo formed the formation and explained the strategy.

After the strategy meeting, the nine students, who had checked their equipment, stood on the wall.

Leo placed his foot on the wall railing.

Step-

"Alright, then."

The personnel to stop the Gigantes from the front were Leo, Chen Sia, Duran, and Wareden.

The central position for sustained damage was taken by Celia and Avard, who possessed fast attack speed and powerful destructive force.

Chelsea and Eliza acted as supporters, ensuring close coordination between the front and central lines.

And finally, the furthest back main dealer was Chloe.

Leo looked at the Gigantes, which was still ravaging monsters, and shouted.

"Let's go!"

At his words, the four people in the front line rushed out simultaneously.

Gwooor?

The Gigantes' red eyes, which were chewing on monsters, turned towards the four of them.

"Chelsea Lewellyn. Launch me as high as possible."

"What?"

Chelsea was flustered by Wareden's sudden words but quickly used magic to float Wareden high into the sky.

Powerful spiritual energy burst from Wareden's body, floating high in the air.

Kugugugu-!

Rising rocks enveloped Wareden's body like armor.

Whoosh-!

As if he were a meteor, Wareden's body plunged towards the Gigantes at tremendous speed due to gravity.

KWAANG!

GWOOOOAAHH!

When Wareden's body struck the Gigantes' head, the Gigantes let out a scream and staggered.

"How can a Spirit Summoner be so reckless?! No! Before that, how did he even do that?!"

Eliza was aghast.

'Spirit Armored?'

Leo looked at Wareden with admiration.

Spirit Armored.

It was a high-level spirit art that literally allowed one to possess a spirit and contain its power within their physical body.

Seeing that, Leo also raised his spiritual energy.

'Kirian.'

[Yes.]

'Please grant blessings to the four in the vanguard.'

[Understood.]

Kirian closed his eyes and spread his arms.

With that, Leo, Chen Sia, Duran, and Wareden were bestowed with the fairy's blessing.

Fairies are phantom beasts with the power of life.

And the fairy's blessing grants inexhaustible stamina to the target.

As the fairy's blessing took hold, the three flinched and then looked at Leo.

They all felt their bodies lighten.

[Haha! How's that, youngsters! Consider yourselves honored to receive the Fairy Prince's blessing and deal with that unpleasant lump…]

Leo grabbed Kirian, who was shouting triumphantly from his shoulder.

[Why?]

"You're distracting me, so step back for a moment."

Leo, having removed Kirian, looked at the Gigantes, which was getting back up, and generated magic power.

Kwak-!

Leo kicked off the ground and flew towards the Gigantes.

Seeing this, the Gigantes raised its hand.

GWOOOOAAHH!

Veins on its massive forearm swelled up.

The Gigantes swung its arm with brutal force.

Whoosh-!

A vicious palm, cutting through the air, came down on Leo.

Just before the Gigantes' attack reached Leo.

Woong-!

Leo's body split into dozens of copies.

Mirage.

The Gigantes flinched at Leo's illusions, created by star magic.

As Leo raised his sword, dozens of aura flames soon appeared.

Seeing the dozens of aura flames, the Gigantes swung its arms wildly at Leo's illusions.

"Where are you looking, lump?"

Duran's sword, wreathed in golden lightning aura, sliced the Gigantes' left knee, which had been distracted.

Thump-!

The Gigantes knelt down.

As the massive body buckled, its face drew closer to the ground.

At that moment.

Celia, who was standing on the building roof, and the Gigantes made eye contact.

Hwarr-r-reuk!

Crimson flames flickered at the tip of Celia's sword.

As Celia unleashed Zeldinger's flames to the extreme, wing-shaped flames appeared on her back.

Swoosh-!

As Celia took a thrusting stance, the flames were sucked into the sword tip.

'Prominence!'

Flash-! Kwagak-!

Crimson flames pierced the Gigantes' head.

The Gigantes' body, with half its head blown off, twitched and trembled.

Celia snorted and swept her hair back.

Udeuk! Udududuk!

However, she frowned as she saw the head begin to regenerate.

The Gigantes' formidable vitality remained intact, even with half its head gone.

Celia quickly performed an aura step, moving out of the Gigantes' attack range.

Kwagagagak-!

As the Gigantes violently swung its arm, the spot where Celia had stood was devastated.

The first-years who saw this thought.

'We can defeat it!'

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