Book 1 Chapter 210
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Fwoosh-!
Veins bulged on Leo’s arm.
Gritting his teeth, Leo swung his arm with a grunt.
Swoosh-!
With a sharp sound, a sword slash erupted from the tip of the sword and flew towards Silatuna.
Upon seeing this, Silatuna spread both arms.
Kwagagagagang-!
A giant, dark red barrier blocked Leo’s sword slash.
As the attack was blocked, Silatuna’s arms transformed into the shape of giant snakes.
Tzeok-!
As the two snakes opened their mouths, dark red particles of light began to gather there.
‘Breath.’
Leo grabbed Atti’s reins and charged towards Silatuna.
Receiving Leo’s spiritual energy, Atti’s body began to glow white.
Pajijijik-!
White sparks began to fly from Atti’s body.
Pajijijijik-!
Powerful lightning began to gather at Atti’s horns.
Flash-! Kwagagagagang-!
Before Silatuna’s arms could unleash their breath, they were engulfed in a storm of thunder and lightning and turned to ash.
-Kkuh!
Seeing the flesh falling apart, Silatuna’s eyes glinted with killing intent.
He pointed his remaining arm at Leo.
The destructive breath from the snake’s mouth engulfed Leo.
At that moment-!
Flash-!
A silvery-gray curtain unfolded before Leo.
The silvery-gray curtain repelled Silatuna’s breath.
The destructive breath that passed by Silatuna’s side struck a distant mountain.
Flash- Kwaaang-!
A mushroom cloud bloomed simultaneously with a powerful flash.
The storm that blew in from the aftermath of the explosion swept over Seirun.
Seeing this, Herdim of Seirun muttered softly.
“Is this the fight between a great hero and a legion commander…?”
It was a tremendous battle that transcended common sense.
A shiver ran down his spine.
“Fiora!”
Hwarureureuk-!
As soon as he called, Fiora appeared right in front of him, breathing flames.
“Burn it all.”
Flash-!
Fiora’s red eyes twinkled.
Hwarururureuk-!
Fiora, whose flames were strengthened by Leo’s spiritual energy, spun and soared high into the sky.
Flutter-
An attack that maximized the Phoenix’s firepower.
Prominence Wing.
With Fiora’s wingbeats, a giant storm of flames engulfed Silatuna.
-You damned mythical beasts!
Silatuna’s 살기 (killing intent)-filled voice echoed.
[Hmph! How is it! My power!]
As Kieran crossed his arms and burst into laughter, Atti said.
[It’s not your power, it’s the master’s power.]
[No! Leo just brought out my potential abilities! So it’s my power!]
Atti shook his head as he looked at the confidently speaking Kieran.
Now that he had summoned Kyle’s power through divine power, the problem of insufficient spiritual energy had been resolved.
Thanks to that, the three mythical beasts, whose potential abilities were all unleashed, were displaying their dignity as the three great mythical beasts.
‘If they weren’t here, I wouldn’t have been able to hold on this long.’
Leo recalled Fiora and grabbed Atti’s reins, soaring into the sky.
Silatuna’s eyes spun, and his magic aimed at Leo madly.
Each time, Atti dodged all of Silatuna’s attacks with near-divine movements.
-Hoohoohoo.
Silatuna, watching the scene, let out a low laugh.
-Yes! Now I understand!
Silatuna’s eyes twinkled.
-You are not the hero of the beginning! You are the hero who survives!
Silatuna remembered clearly.
The power of Kyle in his prime, when he was called the hero of the beginning by modern people.
The power of the hateful great hero who saved the world and finally vanquished Erebus.
Though forgotten by people, she, who had fought Kyle countless times, knew better than anyone.
-Yes! You don’t have the strength to defeat me yet! That’s why you’re stalling for time!
With conviction, a fierce killing intent emanated from Silatuna’s body.
-Kyle! I don’t know how you came to the mortal world, but that’s not important!
A giant black magic swirled.
Googooo-!
Dark red black magic gathered in one hand.
‘He’s getting serious.’
Leo gripped his sword.
The land around the demon queen began to turn black.
The powerful black magic turned the surrounding area into a land of death.
After the age of disaster ended.
The power of the legion commander, who had reigned as the most catastrophic disaster, was literally terrifying.
Hwaak-!
Silatuna swung his arm.
Then, a giant mass of black magic engulfed Leo.
It’s unavoidable.
Judging so, Leo concentrated all his magic and used barrier magic.
Kwaang-!
The black magic struck Leo directly.
Leo, who was thrown back, was slammed into the ground.
A giant crater was formed in the ground as if a meteor had fallen.
[Ouuugh!]
[He’s a complete monster!]
[Peeyak- Peeyak-!]
Atti, Kieran, and Fiora, who were slammed into the ground together, cried out in pain.
‘The barrier isn’t broken.’
Leo got up.
However, the tremendous impact shook the entire monster.
Leo shook his head and got up.
Thump-! Thump-!
Silatuna charged at Leo without hesitation.
“Huuup!”
Leo activated his aura all over his body.
Kwaaang-!
Kwagagagak-!
And he blocked Silatuna’s physical attacks with his hands.
Jureureuk-! Leo’s body was pushed back, his soles scratching the ground.
-If it were Aron or Dweyno, they would have easily blocked this much physical attack!
Laughing scornfully, Silatuna struck Leo with his remaining hand.
Peoek-!
With the impact felt in his body, Leo was once again thrown back.
Jwaireuk-!
Leo, who had regained his balance, glared at Silatuna.
‘His attacks have become more aggressive.’
After the probing battle ended and he judged he could fight Leo properly, he abandoned his passive stance.
Until now, Silatuna had been fighting with escape in mind, but now he was clearly trying to annihilate Leo.
The difference was immense.
‘I’ve already fought Gerdia once.’
The power of the past manifested through divine power is not infinite.
It has been consumed little by little, and now.
There is not much power left.
Like a lamp in the wind.
He felt it slowly extinguishing.
Leo readjusted his grip on his sword.
But even so, Leo felt no unease.
The reason was simple.
The fact that he had companions behind him, giving him courage, gave Leo the strength to move forward.
‘I’ll defeat Gerdia and come back soon.’
Firm belief and trust.
Silatuna’s face contorted.
‘That look.’
The eyes of the great heroes who never lost hope in any situation.
Those eyes were like nightmares to the legion commanders who had confronted great heroes since the age of disaster.
-Today, I will finally get rid of that nightmare!
Googooo-!
A terrifying killing intent emanated from Silatuna’s body.
***
“……How…… can he fight like that?”
Watching the despair-inducing battle, the heroes looked incredulous.
They too had overcome countless adversities to stand here.
Those who had performed miracles, called feats, countless times.
However, even to them, the fight with Silatuna was filled with only despair.
But behind the great hero fighting Silatuna, there was no hint of wavering.
“Does this man…… not know despair?”
“Rather than not knowing despair, he simply doesn’t hesitate to move forward.”
The answer to the elf hero’s muttering came in a clear voice that did not fit the situation at all.
All eyes turned to where the voice came from.
And seeing the person standing there, they widened their eyes.
There stood an elf woman who had opened a warp gate in the air.
Beauty like a goddess.
“Lu, Luna-nim?”
One of the elves called out that name.
As if responding, Luna nodded, and all the elves knelt down at once.
“Ah!”
“Luna-nim!”
“Great progenitor of the nebula!”
Originally, they would not have believed it easily.
But now, due to the existence of Kyle, the hero of the beginning, fighting the demon queen, they could not dare to deny Luna’s existence.
They didn’t know why the progenitor from the distant past was here, transcending time.
But the great hero who had not existed for a long time, who had been forgotten.
If Kyle appeared, there was no reason why Luna, the progenitor of the nebula, shouldn’t appear in the mortal world.
As everyone looked at Luna with awe, students began to appear from the warp gate opened by Luna.
Tap- Tap-
Luna approached the fortress wall.
Those guarding the wall flinched and made way.
Below the fortress wall, countless legions of the demon queen were launching a fierce assault.
Seeing this, Luna stirred her magic.
Woong-!
A magic array appeared at the tip of the polium.
As Luna chanted, her eyes glowed golden.
Finally, Luna unleashed her magic.
The legions of the demon queen evaporated due to the powerful magic.
“Ooooh!”
“This is the power of Luna-nim, called the progenitor of the nebula…!”
As everyone was astonished.
Luna looked back at the students from Rumern and Seirun.
“You said you were hero candidates dreaming of becoming heroes, right?”
“Yes.”
Lis answered Luna’s question.
Looking at Lis, Luna smiled faintly.
“Then, watch that back.”
Luna gazed at the back of Leo, who was confronting Silatuna.
“When an impossible battle begins, the one who shows the most courage is Aron.”
Luna closed her eyes slightly.
“In the endless battle, what everyone could believe in and rely on until the end was the divine weapons made by Dweyno.”
Luna’s grip on the polium tightened.
“The wisdom of Lisinas led us to victory on battlefields where victory seemed impossible.”
Luna lifted her chin and put on a smug expression.
“And I am the one who turned around unfavorable battlefields countless times with powerful magic.”
Without feeling embarrassed in front of everyone, Luna boasted about herself.
But not a single person questioned it.
In fact, Luna had turned around all unfavorable battlefields.
“And……”
Luna opened her eyes and smiled, looking at Leo’s back.
“When everyone gives up…… the one who never gives up is Kyle.”
Woong-!
A magic circle floated above Luna’s head.
“That’s why Kyle is the final hero and……”
Powerful magic swirled.
“He could become the hero of the beginning.”
The great hero who survived until the very end.
And the beginning of everything, who finally, alone, accomplished the subjugation of Erebus and ushered in a new era.
But a great hero forgotten by everyone.
Everyone held their breath.
“Kyle is…… the greatest hero among us.”
A spell flowed from Luna’s lips.
***
-……!
Silatuna, who had been relentlessly pressing Leo, raised his head at the sound of a spell shaking the battlefield.
And he saw an elf gracefully chanting on the fortress wall and widened his eyes.
-Impossible……!
He shook his head, as if denying the situation.
-Why is that woman here!
Silatuna’s face was filled with terror.
The beautiful, melodious spell flowing from Luna’s lips felt like a death sentence to the demon queen’s ears.
I must stop her!
If that spell is completed! I will die!
Judging so, Silatuna tried to charge towards Luna.
Kwak-!
Then, he felt a great force at his feet.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
-Kyle!
Seeing Leo, who was sneering at him, Silatuna spat out.
-Impossible! Impossible! Why have you ghosts of the past appeared in the mortal world?!
“Does Zerdiak appearing in the mortal world make sense?”
Leo swung his sword.
Kwagagagagak-!
-Keok-!
Leo’s sword left a huge scar on Silatuna’s body.
“And…… I am not a being of the past.”
-What…… did you say!
“I’ll tell you one last farewell.”
Leo swept his hand across his face.
For a moment, the magic Luna had cast was undone.
-……!
Silatuna confirmed Leo’s face and widened his eyes.
-Leo…… Plov!
The new all-class, whom he thought was a future rival.
That brat, whom he judged to be a wet-behind-the-ears newbie…… was the greatest despair for them.
-It was youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
Dark red black magic erupted from Silatuna’s body.
But Leo cut through that black magic with his gray aura.
“This tiresome feud of 5000 years is finally over.”
Leo heard the spell finishing in his ear.
Silatuna quickly deployed magic.
Teleportation.
A final struggle for survival.
But Leo poured aura and magic into his sword.
Pajijijik-!
The sword, receiving excessive aura and magic, cracked.
But Leo didn’t care.
Although it was a precious sword…… it was cheap in exchange for defeating the demon queen.
Kwagagagagak-!
Leo’s sword destroyed the teleportation magic array.
The escape route was completely blocked.
“It was unpleasant meeting you, and let’s never meet again.”
-Kaiiil! Lunaaaaaa!
With a scream of hatred, Leo grinned.
And with that.
“End.”
The cold starlight of dawn flashed right in front of Silatuna.
As if the starlight that had shone alone in the long darkness welcomed the dawn light.
That light engulfed Silatuna.
-Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
Silatuna’s painful scream echoed.
And then…….
Hwak-!
The light of the end vanished, and.
Nothing remained there.
Only one person.
Only Leo, in the form of the hero of the beginning, remained.
Leo turned his head and looked at the fortress wall.
And when his eyes met his friend standing there, he smiled.
Luna also gave Leo a bright smile.
It was the moment one of the tiresome feuds of 5000 years came to an end.