Book 1 Chapter 151

151.

[Raid Reward: Folium]

A list of raid rewards unfolded before my eyes.

Hwaak-!

Thud! Flump-!

Four people appeared in the air simultaneously with a bright light.

"Now, just a moment?"

Lunia's bewildered cry was heard.

Unlike the usual hero world, the Hero Dungeon randomly expels its conquerors to the surroundings after it is cleared.

"Oh my, Lunia is the lucky one."

Elena smiled faintly as she watched Lunia flailing in the air.

Unlike Leo, Elena, and Hardin, who landed safely on the floor, Lunia fell straight down.

She tried to use magic in a panic, but there was no opening.

Flump-!

Leo embraced Lunia with his arms outstretched.

Lunia's face turned red as she was unintentionally given a princess carry by Leo.

"Th-thank you."

"No need to thank me."

Leo lowered Lunia.

The light of the Hero Record faded.

Flutter~

However, Luna's page fluttered down from the air and fell onto Leo's palm.

It was scorched in various places and not in perfect condition.

Fortunately, it wasn't as dire as Kyle's page.

'What's broken doesn't return.'

The light on Luna's page disappeared.

Then darkness descended.

Seeing this, Hardin raised his hand and used Light Magic.

Hwaak-!

The magic illuminated the surroundings brightly.

Amidst this, Lunia asked.

"Did anyone obtain a raid reward?"

"I didn't get anything."

Hardin shook his head.

Elena said calmly,

"Even if you clear a Hero Dungeon, there's no guarantee you'll get a raid reward. Especially since we had little impact on clearing this world, right?"

Basically, it was natural to receive rewards when conquering a hero's world, but sometimes raid rewards were not given if the contribution to the conquest was low.

Lunia, Elena, and Hardin had not made a significant contribution to this conquest.

So, it was somewhat natural that no raid reward was given.

"Still, we defeated Erebus…"

As Lunia showed a disappointed expression, Hardin crossed his arms.

"Erebus's appearance was likely an anomaly unrelated to the conquest of this world. So, even if we defeated him, it wouldn't count towards contribution."

Hardin said earnestly.

"Just meeting the progenitor and talking with them, and fighting alongside them, was an incredible experience. Even defeating Erebus, albeit a fragment. Moreover, we learned that Tartarus was invading the hero's world. This achievement is invaluable."

"Indeed. That's right."

Lunia nodded and looked towards Leo, her eyes widening.

"Wait. Leo. Isn't that a Folium in your hand?"

Lunia, who had finally noticed the magic staff Leo was holding, shouted.

Elena and Hardin also looked surprised.

Leo looked at the Folium in his hand and said,

"Yes. Well, it's like an empty shell."

As Leo said, the Folium no longer emitted light.

And no magic could be felt.

Literally an empty shell with nothing in it.

"Let me see it?"

Lunia extended her hand with a curious expression.

Leo handed over the Folium.

"Ah?"

Then the Folium turned into dust of light and disappeared.

"An item obtained as a raid reward cannot be used by others. It is an item that only the conqueror can use."

Saying so, Elena smiled playfully and teased Hardin,

"To think that the first person in the world to receive Folium as a raid reward is a student from Lumern, not from Seirun. If this fact gets out, Seirun will be furious, won't they?"

"Hmph!"

Lunia's expression turned defiant at Elena's words.

Hardin stood seriously in front of Leo.

"Leo Flov."

"Yes."

"I cannot accept that you, a student of Lumern, have interpreted the progenitor's magic and possess an item symbolizing the progenitor."

"N-now, hold on a moment, Senior Hardin!"

As Hardin, who had stronger pride as a Seirun student than herself, spoke forcefully, Lunia panicked and tried to intervene.

Elena chuckled.

'As expected, elves are fun. They get provoked so easily because their thinking isn't flexible…'

"So?"

"Transfer to our school."

"……"

Leo looked at Hardin with an incredulous expression.

"No, what kind of trick is this elf pulling?"

Elena scowled.

Seeing Elena like that, Hardin said,

"Seirun's school uniform is cooler than Lumern's."

"What kind of person changes schools for such a childish reason? No, what's wrong with our school uniform in the first place?"

Elena glared.

Leo ignored his seniors bickering and looked around.

Lunia, who came next to Leo, had a tense expression.

"Where is this place?"

It was darkness without a single speck of light.

Lunia also used Light Magic to survey the surroundings.

Then she stopped, having discovered something.

"This is…"

It was a statue.

"Lady Luna."

The first thing she found was a statue of Luna.

Not the young girl Luna from a little while ago, but the 'Progenitor of Nebulae' Luna that everyone knew.

Lunia looked up at the statue, which elicited involuntary admiration, and explored the surroundings.

Then, at a distance, she discovered another statue.

"This is Lord Dwenor!"

His lips were stubbornly closed.

His wide-open eyes exuded an aura of intimidation at first glance.

Innumerable weapons were born from his hands, and those weapons became guides for the great heroes.

"They're statues of the great heroes! Seniors! Look here! There are statues of the great heroes!"

At Lunia's shout, Elena and Hardin stopped fighting and approached.

And upon seeing the statues of Luna and Dwenor, they tilted their heads.

Leo realized where they were.

'The Plaza of Heroes.'

It was a plaza built by the residents of Gardsron before their final subjugation, to honor the deeds of the great heroes.

Leo used Light Magic.

Hwaak-!

A massive Light Magic illuminated the entire area brightly.

The landscape, which had been hidden in darkness until now, was revealed.

During the Age of Disaster.

The panorama of the great city that endured the attacks of Erebus and Tartarus was revealed.

"A city?"

"Where is this place…?"

"Look! There are statues of Lord Lissinas and Lord Aron over there too!"

Lunia pointed to the remaining Lissinas and Aron with her finger.

"And… huh?"

Lunia's surprised exclamation was heard.

Elena and Hardin reacted no differently.

A statue of a person they had never seen before caught their eyes.

However, for some reason, it stood shoulder to shoulder with the great heroes as if it were natural.

'Who is this person? Why are they with the great heroes?'

Along with such questions, a name flashed through the minds of the three.

Kyle, the Hero of Genesis.

"Le-Leo! Come over here!"

Lunia said urgently and turned her head.

But Leo was standing in front of a monument in the center of the plaza.

Lunia hurried to Leo's side.

And upon discovering the inscription on the monument, she gasped.

- In memory of Lissinas, Kyle, Luna, Aron, and Dwenor.

Her eyes trembled at the name Kyle.

"No way…"

Lunia swallowed hard.

"Kyle… is a real person?"

Kugugugugung-!

At those words, the entire city began to shake.

"What is this?"

Lunia looked bewildered.

Leo looked up at the sky.

This was Gardsron.

It was a city buried deep underground long ago after being attacked by Tartarus.

'Why is it collapsing now, after holding out so well?'

Leo felt the protective barrier of Gardsron collapsing.

Leo looked at Luna's page in his hand.

'Was the Hero Dungeon where Gardsron was located?'

It seemed the power of the space-distorting Hero Dungeon was acting as a substitute for the barrier.

If Leo's guess was correct, Luna's world was protecting the only trace of Kyle left in this world.

Leo smiled bitterly and said,

"There's a warp gate over there!"

Pointing to the warp gate they had entered through, Leo shouted.

At his words, the four people hurriedly ran towards the warp gate.

Kugugugugung-!

Debris could be seen falling due to the Light Magic Leo had created.

The three narrowly stepped onto the warp gate.

Leo activated the gate.

Flash-!

Kwagagang-! The plaza was seen collapsing with a bright light.

That was the last scene of Gardsron Leo saw.

***

After escaping Gardsron, Leo and his party immediately reported the incident to Lumern and Seirun.

School officials who heard the news arrived in the Garan region.

The discovery of Luna's Hero Dungeon alone was astonishing.

But on top of that, there were stories about Tartarus and the Fifth Great Hero.

There were too many complexly intertwined matters.

It was a situation where it wouldn't be strange for the world to be turned upside down.

Normally, Leo might have been busy being summoned here and there to write reports.

However, Leo was immediately resting in the Lumern infirmary.

It was Elena's consideration.

'Oh my? Are you thinking of making someone who's injured work without even resting?'

Elena was not just the student representative of the third year.

She was the daughter of Lumern's chairman and was currently acting as chairman.

With a single word from Elena, all those who would bother Leo disappeared.

Thanks to this, Leo was able to rest leisurely in a private room in the infirmary.

However, Leo's condition did not improve for over a week.

'Even if it was a fragment, I was hit by Erebus's flames.'

Leo looked at his burns and clicked his tongue.

The wounds from Erebus's flames were so powerful that they could be considered a curse.

All sorts of healing abilities were useless.

It was a flame that even suppressed natural healing.

Therefore, healing was much slower than imagined.

He had to remain hospitalized in the infirmary even after the mission practice period ended.

Ten days passed, and he was even refusing visitors.

Then, Kalian and Elena came to visit.

"Nice to see you, Leo. How are you feeling?"

Seeing Elena greet him with her usual energetic voice, Leo shrugged his shoulders.

"The same."

"Tough."

Elena smiled faintly and sat next to Leo.

"Ho ho. This is a get-well gift. Student Leo."

Kalian placed a basket of premium fruits in a corner of the room.

Seeing this, Leo asked,

"By the way, is it okay for me to be here in the infirmary? There must be quite a lot of work to handle."

Although he was resting leisurely, it was not a situation where he could afford to rest.

"Don't worry about that. In fact, Elena has been diligently handling things in your place. She's even finished the reports you need to submit to the academic community, so you have nothing to do."

Kalian said with a smile, and Leo looked at Elena.

Seeing Leo like that, Elena smiled faintly.

"This older sister is quite capable."

"Are you just doing it carelessly because it's troublesome, so I'll have to do it again later?"

At that, Elena made a sulky face and tried to punch Leo in the side.

As Leo calmly blocked it, Kalian said,

"We came today to check on your condition. Although you may not have fully recovered, it seems you'll have to start participating in classes soon."

The story of Leo conquering Luna's world had already caused a stir throughout the school.

Of course, the stories related to Erebus and Tartarus discovered in Luna's world were kept secret.

It was clear that if related stories spread worldwide, it would cause immense chaos.

"Is the matter concerning Kyle also kept secret?"

"No. It's the opposite. We are actively informing the world about Kyle."

Evidence that Kyle, previously known as a fictional character, was real had been discovered.

There was no reason to hide this.

"However, I have something I want to ask you regarding that."

Kalian's expression turned serious.

"Student Leo. Are you… perhaps related to the Hero of Genesis?"