Book 1 Chapter 448

448.

Two Great Heroes and one Hero gathered to defeat the shard of Erebus.

And six hero candidates charged towards Erebus.

Arion, leading the charge, ran across the sky.

"He's incredibly fast."

Torua, riding on a staff, exclaimed.

Before Torua, Lunia, riding with her, spoke.

"It's because it's Arion-nim! But why do I have to ride on Torua-ssi's staff?"

"We can't help it. Your friend is moving with our school's Summoning department's junior. And Lienia is flying with Ulta."

"I don't mean it like that, I can sufficiently… without Torua-ssi's help."

"You probably can't keep up? You're a firepower idiot specialized in firepower."

"Firepower idiot?! I'm good at other magic too, you know?"

"Yes. But not as good as me, right?"

"Grrr?"

Torua smiled as she looked at Lunia, who was glaring forward and clenching her fists in frustration, and blew a puff of wind into her ear.

"Hoo-!"

Lunia, covering her ears, protested with a beet-red face.

"Wh-what are you doing?"

"You seemed tense."

"I wasn't!"

Torua chuckled and said,

"If you want to be helpful, you just need to focus on attacking. Arion-nim probably included you in the party for that reason."

"…Yes."

As she answered, Lunia looked at Leo, who was at the front of the party, with a slightly frustrated expression.

'Can I not stand by his side yet?'

Lunia knew.

Eiran and Eliza were the same.

'Excluding Leo, us second-years are still not good enough to join this party.'

Even Torua, Ulta, and Lienia were not good enough to be with Arion and Melina.

However, the three graduates could at least support Arion and Melina.

The reason Lunia, Eiran, and Eliza, who couldn't even provide support, were chosen by Arion was because of one spell.

"You completed the Flame Emperor? That's amazing! Luna would have been truly delighted if she had known this."

During the training camp.

Arion was genuinely moved when he heard Lunia say she had completed the Stella magic, Flame Emperor.

Lunia was taken aback, thinking, 'Is that something Arion would be moved by?'

"Isn't the Flame Emperor a magic Luna-nim created to counter Erebus's flames?"

"That's right."

Luna's unfinished magic, Flame Emperor.

Although Lunia completed the magic, she didn't actually know much about the magic called [Flame Emperor].

All she knew was that Leo had told her the magic incantations recorded in Luna's grimoire, kept in the Shaan Empire, and that it was magic Luna had not completed during her lifetime.

Lunia also knew the meaning of the unquenchable white flame Luna wanted to create.

"Didn't you want to defeat Erebus with this magic?"

Thinking that Luna couldn't fulfill that wish, Lunia decided she had to complete this magic.

"Yes. But there was another meaning that was bigger."

"What was it?"

"There are five types of magic that Luna wanted to create with a special heart."

At Arion's words, Lunia and Eiran perked up their ears.

No matter what anyone said, Luna was the great progenitor of constellations, most respected and loved by the elves.

They couldn't help but focus when Arion, Luna's comrade and friend, spoke of Luna.

"One is a magic that makes flowers bloom. That magic contained Luna's everything, and it was the magic she was most proud of."

"I know."

"It's the textbook of star magic."

Lunia and Eiran both knew that.

"The second is Stella Radius."

"Ah…"

"The magic that defeated Zerdia."

"That magic is Luna herself. She created it thinking of herself shining brightly like a star."

Luna's unique magic, the radiant flash of starlight.

It was Luna's symbol itself, which couldn't be contained even in Leo's Bible.

"The third is The End."

It is a magic that still boasts its reputation as the world's strongest magic.

"Luna had a personality where she only felt satisfied after thoroughly destroying everything that stood in her way, so she created this magic…"

"Arion-nim. You don't have to say the rest."

Lunia said urgently.

Lunia no longer wanted the imagined Luna to be ruined.

However, the reactions of those around her were different.

"Ooh! As expected, she had a similar personality to this ill-tempered elf!"

"Do you want to die! You stupid cat!"

Arion laughed happily as he watched the commotion.

"You seem to be enjoying yourself."

Arion nodded at Drian's question.

"I wonder if they looked like this when people saw us."

At that answer, everyone except Leo's eyes widened.

"Would the Great Heroes have been like this every day too?"

"Nah, surely not."

"It doesn't seem like it."

Lunia, Ar, and Drian whispered.

"It must have been fun."

Kal said, placing his clasped hands behind his back, and Arion nodded.

"It was fun."

Eiran asked Arion, who had a wistful smile,

"So. What is the fourth magic imbued with a special heart?"

"It's a magic called Innocent."

"Innocent?"

"Isn't that the magic Kyle-nim used?"

At Arion's words, everyone remembered Kyle, whom they had briefly met in Dweno's world.

"Yes. Luna created that magic for Kyle."

"It was certainly a beautiful magic."

Lunia smiled brightly.

Hearing Arion's story, Leo recalled the events at that time.

'Ahem! Kyle.'

'What is it?'

'Come here and sit down. I made a magic for you.'

'It'll probably be another useless magic. I don't need it.'

'What's wrong with magic that makes flowers bloom!'

Kyle, who let out a small sigh while looking at Luna, who was glaring and growling, sat in front of Luna.

'What kind of magic is it.'

'It's magic that utilizes your mana attribute. The name of the magic is Innocent.'

'You said purity and I don't get along at all.'

'Yes. We don't get along. But Dweno said you were so pure in some ways that you were like an idiot. I got inspiration from that.'

'Do you want to experience a harsh fate as a pure idiot? You damn elf.'

"Wh-what are you doing!"

Luna struggled as she watched Kyle pinch and pull his cheeks left and right with his hands.

Although she tried to counterattack in anger, Kyle's arms were much longer, so she could only continue to be teased.

Leo smiled wryly as he recalled past events, and Arion also laughed, remembering the incident.

At that moment, Eiran asked with a very excited expression,

"But, if Luna-nim gave magic to Kyle-nim with a special heart… is it possible that Luna-nim had feelings for Kyle-nim… something like that?"

Eiran, who seemed to be in a daze, covered her cheeks with her hands and perked up her ears, as if just recalling it made her feel good.

"Indeed, Eiran has a rich imagination."

"That's right."

Lunia and Ar burst into laughter.

At their reaction, Drian said,

"Compared to you, who have such eccentric personalities, Eiran seems to have a very girlish side?"

At Drian's words, Lunia and Ar's eyes widened, and Kal clicked his tongue and said,

"You're also a girl of that age, aren't you? You, the pervert, are the most abnormal."

Arion shook his head as he watched the four people bickering.

"Luna didn't have feelings for Kyle like that. They used to fight all the time."

"Is that so."

"It's really like us."

The others had expressions of 'as expected,' and Eiran looked disappointed and drooped her ears.

"So the fifth magic is the Flame Emperor."

"Yes."

Arion nodded at Lunia's question.

"The Flame Emperor is magic that Luna developed to block the black flames."

"To block?"

"Yes. Because Dweino and I were on the front lines fighting, it's magic created to protect us."

Arion smiled bitterly.

"It was magic created with the belief that she couldn't allow anyone to die."

And it ultimately remained unfinished.

'Indeed, if the Flame Emperor had been completed, fate might have changed.'

Leo inwardly exhaled bitterly.

He recalled the image of Luna weeping and blaming herself in front of Arion and Dweino's deaths.

It would be fortunate for Arion.

'Luna's wail must have broken Arion.'

Lunia's expression turned solemn after hearing Arion's words.

She never imagined that the magic passed down to her after 5,000 years was created with such feelings.

***

'I must fulfill Luna-nim's wish.'

Now Lunia knew.

First, Arion fell, and then Dweino fell.

Third, Luna followed her friends.

Lunia could hardly imagine what Luna's feelings were like at that time.

'Although I am insufficient… I must protect everyone with Luna-nim's magic.'

Lunia hardened her resolve.

Meanwhile.

They had somehow reached the vicinity of Erebus.

*Fwoosh-!*

Flames erupted from Erebus's body.

At that moment.

*Flash-!*

Arion stomped his foot strongly.

At that moment, Arion, enveloped in golden aura all over his body, transformed.

"Kuaaaaaaaaaa!"

Arion's roar echoed again.

The powerful howling instilled courage in the party members' hearts.

As Arion drew his sword, the golden aura concentrated at the tip of the sword.

Along with it, Arion charged towards Erebus like a golden flash.

*Boom!*

"Kuooh!"

The hero's sword split Erebus's chest.

Arion, landing on the ground,'s eyes gleamed.

"Melina!"

At Arion's cry, Melina grabbed Leo's hand and soared high into the sky.

As they reached the height of the sky.

Melina clasped her hands together.

*Wooong-!*

A massive magic circle was generated.

The surrounding atmosphere rippled with unimaginable magical power.

"That's incredible magical power… What kind of magic is it?"

As Lunia prepared for an attack, Torua, who was chanting the spell, glanced at the sky and replied.

"Disaster, Dragon of Revelation. It's Rhodia's unique magic."

A great magic that controls the surrounding nature.

*Whoosh! Roar-!*

A giant typhoon engulfed Erebus.

Seeing that, Eliza muttered.

"It's a perfect upper-compatibility of Abad's Tempest."

"It can't be helped. If Abad-ssi's Tempest is magic that causes natural disasters, then that magic is magic that controls natural disasters."

It is literally a great magic that belongs to the strongest in the nature element.

*Roar-!*

*Grrrroooo-!*

Erebus struggled to avoid being swept away by the giant typhoon.

However, Disaster could not inflict significant damage, even if it stopped Erebus's movements.

Melina smiled as she watched.

'It's okay. This is enough.'

Melina's role was merely to bind Erebus to that spot.

"Leo-nim."

Melina called out to Leo.

"Ricinath-nim's magic."

At those words, Leo raised his hand.

"Laruelle."

*Flash-!*

The Great Spirit of Light, Laruelle, was summoned into Leo's hand.

As Leo unleashed his spiritual energy, just as the Spirit of Radiance had done long ago.

The Spirit of Radiance transformed into a bow of light.

Leo grabbed the bow of light and drew the string.

*Wooong-!*

An arrow was placed at the end of the string.

Melina smiled brightly as she watched.

'Long ago, the light shot by the King of Wisdom to drive away the dishonest and wicked.'

Leo uttered its name.

"Retribution."

*Flash-!*

*Kagagagagagang-!*

The arrow of light pierced Erebus, causing a massive explosion.

*Kagaga-!*

The typhoon that had been holding Erebus disappeared.

While a huge crater formed, black magma scattered in all directions.

Leo narrowed his eyes as he saw it.

The overwhelming power.

However, not only Leo and Arion, but even Melina didn't understand the current situation.

"It's excessively… weak, isn't it?"

Leo clicked his tongue at Melina's murmur.

"I see."

"What?"

"His seal has been broken, but his consciousness hasn't fully awakened yet. He's just wielding his power instinctively."

"That means…"

At Leo's words, Melina's expression hardened.

"Yes. It hasn't even started yet."

The magma wriggled and took the shape of Erebus's face.

The moment Arion raised his sword at that.

*Flash-!*

Erebus's eyes opened in an instant.

Arion's face, whose eyes met Erebus's, stiffened.

-Hehehehehe.

A mocking laugh came from Erebus's mouth.

-A shallow miracle of the damnable gods.

*Kuaaaaaa-!*

The surrounding atmosphere changed.

*Fwoosh-!*

Erebus's body burst into flames again.

*Kugugugung-!*

Erebus mocked Arion, emitting an oppressive aura incomparable to before.

-Are you prepared to see the world burn again? Ghost of the past.