Book 1 Chapter 356

Leo reached out his hand.

Then, the broken Cometess floated in the air.

The Cometess that touched Leo's hand emitted a bright light and regained its original form.

Hwaak-!

That wasn't all.

A bright light burst forth, centered on Leo.

Along with it, the burning world was reconstructed.

Literally, a miracle.

The moment Leo affirmed Seirun.

Everything was restored to its original state.

A powerful magic surged from the Cometess held in Leo's hand.

This Cometess was not a conquest reward Seirun obtained by conquering Luna's world, but a fake that only existed in Seirun's world.

However, even so, within this world, it was an item with the same power as reality.

Therefore, it only unleashed its power in the hands of the worthy.

Before Seirun entered the hero's world to stop Erebus.

He left a portion of his magic and his legacy to his younger sibling.

Perhaps in the present world, only the descendants of his sibling would be qualified to use the power of the Cometess.

And yet, this Cometess was shining brilliantly simply by being held in Leo's hand.

Even in Seirun's hands, it didn't shine like this just by holding it, unless he was casting magic.

Leo looked at the brilliantly shining Cometess as if longing for it and handed it over to Seirun.

Seirun, who took it, got up.

And asked as if he couldn't believe it.

"Are you really… Kyle?"

"Yes."

"How… what happened? How do you know me? And what is that appearance…"

Seirun asked, seemingly confused.

Kyle, the Hero of Beginning.

One of the great heroes, and as the last of the great heroes, he had finally vanquished the primordial evil and brought peace back to the world, a great man.

Seirun, who had conquered the hero records of the great heroes countless times, had met Kyle several times.

But those were encounters within the hero's world.

No matter how real they seemed, they were ultimately illusions.

To Seirun, Kyle was a figure from 2000 years ago.

And now, Kyle knew him.

Moreover, he had a completely different appearance from what Seirun knew.

Leo chuckled as he saw Seirun's confused expression.

"It's reincarnation."

Seirun's eyes widened at that answer.

"I heard about your story from Melina."

"Melina…"

Seirun's eyes widened.

The Dragon Lord who made the final challenge in the world of creation.

"You're trying your best, right?"

At Leo's words, Seirun lowered his head.

He was only trying his best.

It was a situation where all he could do was buy time.

Seirun knew this too.

He and the heroes of creation were likely the ones who had perfectly conquered the hero records of the great heroes for the first and last time.

In the process of imprisoning Erebus within the hero records, they had divided the hero records to imprison him perfectly.

In that process, the records of many heroes, including the great heroes, were damaged and scattered across the world.

Despite inheriting the power of the great heroes properly, they couldn't properly stop Erebus.

Knowing that, Seirun couldn't lift his head.

As Leo watched Seirun lower his head with gritted teeth and a guilty expression, he reached out his hand.

And placing his hand on Seirun's head, he said,

"Thank you."

"……!"

Seirun looked up in surprise.

"For protecting the world we protected. Thank you for not letting our efforts be in vain."

As Seirun looked at Leo, who expressed his sincere gratitude, tears streamed down his cheeks.

Those words were a reward and salvation for Seirun's thousands of years of grueling struggle.

A ray of light in a long, pitch-black darkness with no end in sight.

"I know it's a shameless thing to say."

Leo said with a apologetic smile.

"Could you try a little harder?"

"…Of course!"

Seirun smiled brightly.

He saw hope.

He felt that the resolve from his long wait was finally coming to fruition.

The Cometess in Seirun's hand shone brilliantly.

The magic of the Comet Sorcerer surged.

'I can do it.'

Seirun clenched his hand.

Gooooooo-!

The surrounding mana stirred.

The beginning of everything.

The origin of all existing heroes.

A word from the hero of beginning who saved the world.

What else could be more empowering than this?

'I am Seirun Tingel, the Comet Sorcerer.'

"Stella Chain."

As a massive magic circle was created, a bundle of starlight chains shot out from it.

'The Progenitor of the Nebula, successor to Luna's will!'

Seirun's eyes shone.

Charaaaara-!

With a loud clanging of chains, the chains pierced the air.

The world that was already falling apart no longer existed.

The world that Leo rewrote had regained its original form.

And the revived world was the strongest prison to contain the darkness trapped here.

Kiiiiiiiiing-!

Space opened, and black flames flowed out.

Leo narrowed his eyes at the sight.

'Erebus.'

It was different from the fragments or thoughts he had seen since his reincarnation.

A piece of Erebus he had sealed before.

It was literally the pure flame of evil that could destroy the world.

Kwaga-!

[Surprising.]

Erebus, who had stepped out to escape to the outer world, narrowed his eyes at the world that had regained its original form.

[How dare the prison of the gods regain its original form. What trickery did you employ, mortal?]

"The true owner of this world has simply arrived."

[True owner?]

Gooooooo-!

Erebus's flames raged even more fiercely.

He didn't feel doubt.

As a being comparable to a god, Erebus instantly understood Seirun's words.

Erebus's 검붉은 (dark red) eyes turned to the human standing next to Seirun.

Hwareureureuk-!

[I see.]

Erebus's eyes gleamed.

"Long time no see."

A killing intent flickered in Leo's eyes.

"I doubt either of us wanted to meet again, but…"

Kwaga-!

The black flames that burned everything engulfed Leo.

But before the black flames could reach Leo.

Seirun's magic deflected the black flames.

Leo, who didn't even spare a glance at the black flames raging in the vicinity, was glaring at Erebus.

[A surviving hero. How have you obtained a new body and are living in the present world?]

"Perhaps it is the will of the gods to completely end you?"

[You speak well. It wasn't solely your strength that defeated me in your past life, was it?]

"Of course not."

Leo laughed.

"But even after 5000 years, my connection with them hasn't been severed."

Leo reached out his hand.

"Eventually, through generations, the connection is maintained."

Leo looked at the message that appeared before him and summoned Folium.

"Just like now."

[The magic of 'Progenitor of the Nebula' inherited by Seirun will be inherited.]

Folium's magic, which had lost its power, reacted to Luna's magic and emitted a brilliant light.

'I understand, the true power of the Hero Record.'

The Hero Record is the power that connects generations.

A system for inheriting the power of the previous hero.

But Leo, the master of the Hero Record, was special.

The world Seirun was in was a complete Hero Record that had just been rewritten.

Like the Book of Shadows, it was a perfect world where Erebus's power could not reach.

In this place, Leo automatically obtained the rewards Seirun obtained by conquering Luna's world.

'Come to think of it, it's strange. Why would the owner receive a reward?'

Hero Record.

The record system, as the god Phibea, whom he met in Luna's world, had mentioned, was literally the embodiment of the power of the recorded individual.

'The master of the record could freely use the power of the person recorded in the record.'

Literally, a cheat miracle left by the gods.

It was for that reason that Leo obtained Luna's power that Seirun had acquired.

Erebus's eyes trembled as he looked at Leo, who shone brilliantly with starlight.

[That guy…]

Leo looked at Erebus and said.

"Just wait a little longer."

Leo raised Folium.

"I'll be coming to finish you off soon."

Uung-!

A massive magic circle formed in the air.

Seirun's eyes widened as he looked at the intricately woven runes.

'End? No… this is…!'

Even Seirun had never seen it in person before.

"Innocent."

Pure white light shone brilliantly.

Erebus's body, exposed to the light, distorted.

[In the end, it's just struggling.]

Erebus said.

[In the end, you are alone.]

Hwaak-!

Erebus, swallowed by the pure white light, disappeared.

Seirun said with awe.

"As expected… you are Kyle."

"It's just the power of the Hero Record."

Leo clicked his tongue, feeling Luna's magic surging within him.

"This hero's page must be destroyed. It can always be used as a passage."

If this Hero Record were destroyed, the Luna magic he had gained would also disappear.

At Leo's words, Seirun said.

"Still… thanks to you, Kyle, reincarnating, we can put in more effort."

Seirun looked at the place where Erebus had disappeared and said with strength.

"We will wait for the day you, Kyle, return."

Leo, who silently watched Seirun steel his resolve, raised his foot.

Thwack-!

"Kyaa?"

Seirun screamed.

Rubbing his butt with a bewildered expression, he asked.

"W-why did you hit me all of a sudden?"

"Hey. You. You wrote that weird novel about me liking Luna, didn't you?"

Seirun wore a flustered expression.

"And you called me an idiot in it, didn't you?"

Seeing Leo ask in a fierce voice, Seirun cautiously replied.

"B-but! You didn't know how Luna expressed her feelings! How much Luna loved Kyle!"

"That guy never showed it once!"

"He showed it a lot!"

Seirun, who had retorted in frustration, opened his eyes blearily.

"Wait! Then did you pretend not to know Luna's feelings? How cruel!"

"I found out after I reincarnated. Thanks to Luna confessing through the Hero Record."

Hearing Leo's words, Seirun grumbled.

"You really are an idiot."

Tap- tap- tap-

"Ow, it hurts!"

Leo repeatedly hit Seirun's head with Folium in his hand.

Even while screaming, Seirun never apologized for calling his great senior in front of him an idiot.

If future generations saw the childish fight between the great hero who saved the world and the hero of creation who inherited his will, they would lament.

"It's a shame for a junior to be so lacking in charm."

"Luna called me cute."

"You don't need to resemble Luna in your shamelessness."

Seirun laughed at Leo's words.

Leo, watching Seirun, said.

"Want to try reaching out?"

At those words, Seirun extended his hand with a bewildered expression.

"I'm not Luna, but…"

Leo handed Folium, which he held in his hand, to Seirun.

Seirun's eyes widened in astonishment.

"If Luna were alive, she would have definitely recognized you as her successor."

A mage handing over a staff to another mage was a special ritual.

It meant recognizing them as their successor.

Seirun, who had received Folium, which had vanished thousands of years ago, directly from Leo, had tears welling up in his eyes.

"Kyle, did we… did we do well?"

To Seirun's question, holding Folium tightly in his arms, Leo thought for a moment and said.

"…Shall we go outside for a moment?"