Book 1 Chapter 204

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"Why aren't you answering after calling me?"

Leo, who had been flustered, regained his composure at Luna's words.

'She perceives me as Kyle, doesn't she? If so, is this an possession-type world where the conqueror is recognized as one of the figures who existed in the past?'

It seemed clear that he had possessed his past self.

Leo, having quickly assessed the situation, took a deep breath.

"Are you okay?"

Leo quickly acted as his past self.

If Leo's memory wasn't wrong, they were currently in the midst of a battle with Zerdiac.

There was nothing strange about asking such a question.

"Yes, I'm okay. You protected me."

Luna asked with a worried expression.

"What about you? You were directly hit by Zerdiac's attack a moment ago."

"I'm fine."

'Normally, I would have been severely battered by Zerdiac's poison.'

But Leo had just entered the Hero's World.

"When did you develop such immunity to poison?"

Leo asked, looking at the astonished Luna.

"More importantly, what about Zerdiac?"

At his words, Luna's face hardened.

"He ran away."

"What?"

At Luna's words, Leo put on a surprised expression.

'He ran away?'

That's impossible.

Zerdiac was the one who spewed potent venom until his dying breath, intending to take Kyle and Luna with him.

That monster, even more belligerent than Silatuna, ran away?

'Something is definitely strange.'

"Where did he go?"

"That way."

Leo, looking in the direction Luna pointed, tried to pursue Zerdiac.

To conquer the Hero's World right now, Zerdiac had to be subjugated.

However, Leo couldn't help but pause after checking Luna's condition.

Luna's hands were trembling faintly, and cold sweat was running down her forehead.

"Luna, did you… by any chance, face him alone?"

At Leo's question, Luna gave a strained smile.

"Yes, for a moment while you were unconscious…"

Suddenly, Luna's body swayed.

Leo hurriedly supported Luna.

At this time, the expeditionary force didn't yet possess the strength to defeat a Legion Commander alone.

In such a situation, having single-handedly stopped Zerdiac, it was natural for Luna to have sustained considerable damage.

It was then that Leo gritted his teeth.

"Kyle…"

Luna opened her mouth with difficulty.

"While fighting Zerdiac… strange guys attacked."

"What?"

"They were elves… they suddenly appeared and attacked me. Do you know anything about them?"

'Elves?'

That's absurd.

At that time, no one else existed around them besides Kyle and Luna.

But there were elves?

"They attacked you?"

"Yes."

Watching Luna nod with difficulty, Leo's face hardened.

In fact, there was more than one strange thing about this Hero's World.

'The Hero Record I touched a few days ago activating now. The timing of the Hero's World starting in the midst of the battle with Zerdiac. And finally…'

Leo's hand tensed.

'The fact that Sayrun students conquered this world.'

According to Nerjia, several Sayrun students had already conquered this world.

However, the final boss of this world was none other than a Legion Commander.

And not just any, but Poison King Zerdiac, comparable to Hell Kaiser, the Giant King, and the Demon Queen.

The difficulty of conquest was already far beyond a student's level.

Yet, someone was said to have conquered it.

Tartarus is trying to erase the Hero Records of great heroes.

They are preventing future heroes from inheriting the powers of great heroes.

'What if the Sayrun students who entered this world were traitors?'

Zerdiac fleeing without fighting to the end, unlike in actual history, and the sudden appearance of elves attacking Luna.

If Sayrun's traitors had entered this world as conquerors, everything would vaguely make sense.

Leo's hand tensed.

'Then has the Necromancer King been scheming all this time to destroy Luna's Hero Record, which is stored in Sayrun?'

Swishhh-

The incessant black rain continued to pour down.

'Anyway, recovering Luna is the priority right now.'

"First, let's find a place to rest."

Leo, supporting Luna, stood up.

Luna gritted her teeth, looking at Leo.

"No, we must subjugate Zerdiac quickly…"

"If he ran away, we'll have a moment to regroup."

Leo calmly explained the situation.

"It won't be too late to subjugate him after your stamina has recovered."

At those words, Luna looked up at Leo and gave a strained smile.

"Then Kyle… I'll just sleep for a bit…"

Luna, poisoned and having expended an extreme amount of magic power, leaned against Leo's body.

Snooze-snooze- Leo looked around the ruined fortress, watching the sleeping Luna.

'First, I need to find a place to shelter from the rain.'

Grrrrumble-!

Lightning echoed in the gloomy sky.

At that moment…

Crraaaack-

The sky began to crack.

But Leo, supporting Luna, was unaware of that fact.

***

Gwaaaaaaah!

An armor-clad Gigantes roared and charged towards the fortress wall.

Goooooh-!

Black dark magic surged from the Gigantes' body.

Lise, seeing that, urgently shouted.

"Lisenia!"

At her words, Lisenia, positioned on the highest part of the fortress wall, drew her bowstring.

Screeeech-!

Lisenia's greatbow screamed.

Thwong-! Whoosh-!

A gigantic arrow imbued with aura flew at terrifying speed.

Kwa-ga-ga-gak-! Crunch!

"Grwooooooooh!"

The arrow pierced the Gigantes' eye, burrowed through, perforated the back of its skull, and embedded itself in the ground.

However, despite having its head pierced, the Gigantes, boasting terrifying vitality, did not die.

Instead, it grabbed its face and began to rampage wildly.

The legion's forces were swept away by the Gigantes' indiscriminate attacks, sparing neither friend nor foe.

Seizing the opportunity, Lise descended from the fortress wall.

And landing on the ground, she severed the Gigantes' ankle.

Whoosh! Slash!

Stagger- Thud-!

Kieeeek!

Kweooooh!

The Gigantes fell.

In its wake, surrounding monsters were crushed by the Gigantes, screaming their death throes and dying instantly.

Lise cleanly severed the neck of the struggling Gigantes and quickly returned to the top of the fortress wall.

Knight classes with high mobility swiftly thwarted Gigantes and demon attacks threatening the fortress wall in this manner.

Sedjen's defensive line was firmly withstanding the legion's assault.

From a distance, the Demon Queen, who had been observing, narrowed her eyes.

"The resistance is quite strong."

It couldn't be helped.

There were countless heroes said to bring about world change.

Even for the Demon Queen's legion, teeming with monsters capable of single-handedly destroying a nation, it was by no means an easy wall to overcome.

It was then that Silatuna, resting her chin in her hand, wore a bored expression.

Flash-!

Shards of light poured down above Silatuna's head.

Silatuna glanced up, and the pouring shards of light stopped right before her nose.

"Perfect timing, I was getting bored."

Silatuna lightly flicked her finger.

Pwoong-!

The shards of light caused an enormous explosion.

Due to its impact, the head of the Gigantes Silatuna was riding vanished without a trace.

However, Silatuna stood in mid-air, showing no signs of damage.

Silatuna's eyes narrowed.

"The Sword Saint and the First Star. The Mage of the Demonic Eye, master of Runda and Rwalin. And a lizard… Are those the companions you chose for your journey to the underworld?"

"Not companions for my journey to the underworld, but members who will see you off to your end, wouldn't you say?"

At Kaliahn's words, Silatuna smiled faintly.

Seeing Silatuna, Kaliahn lowered his stance.

Whoosh-!

Kaliahn's body vanished.

Silatuna's gaze shifted to the left.

Kaliahn, who had appeared on her left, was swinging his sword.

Flash-! Grab-!

Kaliahn's sword was caught in Silatuna's hand.

"Is this sword made by that damn dwarf? Disgusting."

The Demon Queen swung her free arm and struck Kaliahn's head.

Thwack-!

The moment Kaliahn's head was thrown back.

Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-gang-!

Thud! Ku-gu-gu-gung-!

Kaliahn, flung back by Silatuna's attack, was slammed directly into the fortress wall built by Sedjen.

As a result, a portion of the fortress wall collapsed.

Everyone who witnessed it wore expressions of horror.

"P-Principal!"

"Lord Kaliahn!"

The Lumen professors desperately cried out Kaliahn's name and rushed towards the collapsed fortress wall.

Thud- Thud-thud-thud-

"Ugh- To treat an old man so roughly."

But Kaliahn emerged from the rubble, perfectly unharmed.

Those around him trembled at the sight.

'To survive such an attack head-on!'

'As expected of the Sword Saint…!'

Everyone looked at Kaliahn with awe-filled eyes.

"If I were only ten years younger, I wouldn't have been sent flying this far, you know."

"Tsk-tsk-" Kaliahn, clicking his tongue, aimed his sword at the Demon Queen who was looking at him.

Swoosh-!

Kaliahn swung his sword.

That simple act became a slash that cleaved the world.

An invisible, colossal slash separated Kaliahn and Silatuna.

It cut down everything in a straight line between them.

Demons pouring blood and dying.

Silatuna, seeing the slash arriving right before her, swung her arm.

Kwa-deu-deuk-!

Silatuna's hand seemed to snap and twist for an instant.

Thwong-!

And then, as if unable to withstand the force, it was flung back.

Above it, terrifying attacks poured down.

The elf's magic utilizing the Demonic Eye.

The phoenix's mighty flames.

The sky-splitting wind.

The attacks of the heroes selected by Sword Saint Kaliahn to confront Silatuna filled the air.

Watching that overwhelming firepower, those fighting against the legion's attack on the fortress wall gaped in astonishment.

Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-gang-!

As Albi, Allan, and Chade's attacks directly hit, the earth shook violently.

The entire area where Silatuna had stood was utterly devastated without a trace.

Silatuna, directly hit by the attack, was frozen with her body arched back.

"Did it get her…!"

It was then that a Sayrun student clenched their fist.

"Kek!"

A laugh escaped Silatuna's mouth, her head still thrown back.

"Kekekekek! Kihihihi. Aha! Ahahahahahahahahaha!"

Silatuna's eyes gleamed as she let out a mad cackle.

"That hurt quite a bit, didn't it?!"

Silatuna raised her hand.

Goooooh! Kwa-ji-ji-jik-!

A gigantic black orb formed above Silatuna's hand.

Seeing that terrifying dark magic, the faces of those defending the fortress wall turned pale.

Some who had bravely shouted to subjugate Silatuna a moment ago realized.

How foolish their shouts, how deluded their fantasies, had been.

And they came to know.

The terror of the Legion Commander, who had existed since before the Age of Calamity.

"Die! You worms!"

Silatuna's dark magic flew towards the fortress wall.

At that moment.

"Finis."

Flash-!

Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga-gang-!

Simultaneously with the golden starlight, Silatuna's magic exploded and vanished on the spot.

Silatuna smiled wickedly at the elf who used the strongest star magic spell, the principal of Sayrun.

"That's the magic I hate the most."

"I don't know what your scheme is."

Then Liben said to Silatuna.

"No matter how powerful a Legion Commander you are, you cannot cross this place. Is that why you three Legion Commanders have remained silent until now?"

Silatuna glanced at Liben, then curled the corners of her lips.

"What do you want to ask, lizard?"

"What is your scheme?"

"Would it be an answer if I said I came to greet an old comrade?"

"Old… comrade?"

At those words, Liben's face hardened.

Silatuna looked up at the sky.

Seeing Silatuna, Liben also looked up at the sky.

And his face hardened.

The sky was cracked.

'What… on earth is that?'

At that moment.

Thwack-!

A hideous arm appeared from the cracked sky.

As if it had broken through a wall.

The monster's outstretched arm carefully retreated back to where it belonged.

At that moment…

Grrrrrrrr-

It was as if a low cry echoed in Liben's ears.

And through the torn opening, a horrifyingly colossal purple eye was visible.

Liben felt a shiver run through his entire body.

'No way… a Legion Commander of Tartarus?'