Book 1 Chapter 507

507.

Mirror Queen Kanesh.

5000 years ago.

One of the legion commanders they had subdued.

Leo's grip tightened.

Before they knew it, the surroundings became unrecognizable to Leo, Luna, and Lunia, and Kanesh, due to Luna's magic.

The people on the street merely smiled brightly as they passed by, seeing the flowers that had suddenly bloomed.

As Luna prevented confusion, Leo drew his sword.

Leo, who had overcome countless battlefields and endless trials in his past life.

Starting with Jörmungandr, the first to be subdued by Kyle and Lisinas. Then Zerdiac.

Even the monster queen and giant king who had threatened the world while surviving for 5000 years.

It felt like a miracle that the world still existed, facing such grotesque beings.

He had fought and won against all of them, and finally subdued Erebus and saved the world.

Even setting aside Erebus, he had risked his life countless times.

"If I had to pick the most disgusting enemy among the legion commanders I've faced… it would be this damned woman."

Mirror Queen Kanesh had once driven the great heroes to the brink of annihilation single-handedly.

"Shall we settle the score that couldn't be settled 5000 years ago?"

Leo's lips curled upwards.

"What score? You were already subdued 5000 years ago."

"That wasn't a victory achieved solely by your own strength."

Kanesh said with a blank face.

"It was the strength of your comrades. You were helpless before my power."

At Kanesh's words, Leo narrowed his eyes.

'Indeed, this one's ability is troublesome.'

It was when Leo clicked his tongue inwardly.

"What? Leo is Kyle…? What is that."

Lunia's expression turned vacant.

Lunia, who couldn't understand for a moment, looked back at Luna.

Luna nodded slightly at Lunia.

Lunia's face was filled with shock.

'Wait, then Leo's past actions make sense!'

Aside from being an all-class, there were many questions about Leo.

Starting with his skillful manipulation of star magic despite being human, his overwhelming growth rate.

On top of that, his mental strength was so powerful that Lunia couldn't even imagine it.

Lunia fell into a moment of panic at the fact that the person she had aimed for was the hero of beginning.

'Did I talk back to a great hero until now?'

Her actions towards Leo flashed through her mind.

It was when Lunia was in shock.

"Luna Rubinence?"

Kanesh exclaimed, noticing Luna's presence.

"It's been a while. I didn't expect us to meet again under such circumstances, both of us dead."

Luna, stepping forward, crossed her arms and smiled faintly.

Despite her gentle voice and expression, a murderous intent, no less than Kyle's, flowed from Luna's eyes.

Leo and Luna's fundamental approach to demons was different from those of the current era.

Although it is the age of heroes, it is an age of peace.

Even with Tartarus still active, they had coexisted for thousands of years.

Thus, they sometimes compromised with Tartarus.

Demons are enemies to be subdued, but it is an era where one must consider the situation.

However, for Leo and Luna, who lived through the age of calamity, there was no such thing.

They were simply targets for extermination.

The murderous intent and aura emanating from Luna intensified.

Goooh-!

'This is… the aura of the great heroes.'

Lunia swallowed dryly.

Her mere presence overwhelmed her surroundings.

She hadn't used any magic.

What was emanating from Luna now was purely the intimidation of Luna as a person.

This was the presence of a great mage who had confronted the god of destruction that would destroy the world.

It easily surpassed the intimidating aura of Leo, who was exuding murderous intent.

It wasn't that Leo's presence was fainter than Luna's.

Glancing at Luna, Leo narrowed his eyes.

'Is she testing me?'

Leo's gaze naturally turned to Lunia, standing beside Luna.

Lunia's body trembled from the indirect influence.

'If this child is my successor. If she can truly stand on the battlefield against Erebus with Kyle.'

Luna also cast a sidelong glance at the trembling Lunia.

'You must endure this much.'

It was different from Aron.

Aron pushed, albeit roughly, while checking on Ar's condition.

But Luna was not like that.

If Aron would coddle her and push her from behind to teach her.

Luna would push her to the edge of a cliff.

This teaching was also evident during Berchia.

She would usually dote on him, but when teaching magic, she was strict.

She always tested his limits.

Lunia gritted her teeth.

'Snap out of it! Lunia El Lundia!'

Lunia didn't realize that the current situation was a kind of test.

But she endured out of stubbornness.

'I decided to stand by Leo's side! I was happy that Luna called me her successor! If I can't even endure an aura that isn't directed at me, what a disgrace!'

She glared and took a deep breath.

Lunia's trembling subsided.

Seeing that, Luna's lips curved softly.

'Reliable.'

"Indeed, you are a spirit."

Kanesh looked a little surprised.

"It's unexpected. I thought you, among the great heroes, would be the one to leave the least lingering regrets."

Kanesh showed a blank reaction.

Luna frowned at Kanesh.

5000 years ago.

Luna was the one who had been most active when Kanesh was subdued.

If it weren't for Luna, they would have been wiped out.

The reason was simple.

Kanesh's abilities did not work on Luna.

However, even so, Luna found the legion commander in front of her troublesome.

The legion commander in front of her was "nothingness" itself.

Tartarus's demons feared and hated the great heroes.

It was inevitable.

They couldn't help but harbor hatred towards the great heroes who had subdued their god and blocked the destiny of the world's destruction.

But Kanesh was not like that.

She was the most anomalous being among Tartarus's legion commanders.

She obeyed the commands of the creator, Erebus, but he had no interest in the world's destruction.

Naturally, she did not show hostility towards the great heroes who had subdued Erebus and killed their god.

"It's incredibly unexpected for me as well. That you were resurrected as an undead."

Spirits and undead are polar opposites, but the reason for staying in the mortal realm is regret.

"When I died, a small regret arose."

Kanesh's lips contorted.

"I became curious about the final moments of the surviving hero."

"What?"

"The surviving hero was the unique nemesis of the great god. But I thought the surviving hero would be the first among you to die."

Kanesh laughed.

That laughter was utterly grotesque.

It glittered with desire.

"His heart was ashes. There was nothing. Just like me."

Ecstasy filled her eyes.

"I wonder what kind of end he would meet. What face he would die with. Ah! Yes! This might be similar to what you call admiration!"

"Crazy bitch."

Leo spat it out without hesitation.

But Kanesh didn't care.

"You're stuck with such a crazy bitch?"

Luna said with a frown, and Leo replied indifferently.

"Yeah, why are the women who like me never normal."

At those words, Luna glared at Leo.

Regardless of what the two were doing, Kanesh spoke only what she had to say.

"But after being resurrected with the power of the Necromancer King, I heard an unbelievable story. The story that Kyle, you, subdued the god as the last one standing."

Curiosity arose on Kanesh's face.

"How could that be?"

Leo frowned, observing the Mirror Queen's various emotions.

"Ah! I want to know more about you. I wanted to understand you better. I'm sure I can understand you better."

Kanesh's body trembled.

"Bullshit."

Luna smiled coldly.

"How can a mere demon possibly understand us?"

"Luna Rubinence. You will never understand."

Kanesh laughed.

"Those who emit countless brilliant lights will never understand. You who are certain of the path you will walk."

Luna clicked her tongue.

She wasn't someone with whom conversation could be made in the first place.

"Surviving hero Kyle, I want to see your end even more."

Woong-

Kanesh's form changed.

Seeing that, Leo lowered his stance.

"Kyle."

Luna's expression was worried.

"Don't worry. The same thing won't happen as last time."

At Leo's words, Luna clenched her fist.

Kanesh, who had become a giant mirror, reflected Leo.

At that moment.

Leo's figure disappeared.

Thud-! Thud-!

Along with it, people in the surrounding area collapsed.

"What is this…!"

Lunia's expression was one of surprise.

"It's the Mirror Queen's ability."

Luna gritted her teeth.

"She reflects the opponent. She endlessly shows them the illusions they most want to see… or don't want to see."

'This time, it seems all her abilities are focused entirely on Kyle.'

At that time, Kanesh's illusions did not work on Luna.

Luna, who had absolute faith in herself, blazed her own path.

Sweet illusions, or terrifying trials.

Neither could shake Luna's heart.

"Mirror Queen Kanesh's combat power itself is pathetic. But her ability is the most powerful."

Like Jörmungandr, who was known as a legion commander without a legion, she too was a legion commander without a legion.

However, unlike Jörmungandr, who didn't need a legion due to his unique and powerful might, she, who could turn everything in the mirror into illusions, was equivalent to a legion in her very existence.

"You said Leo is Kyle-nim? What illusion did Leo see 5000 years ago?"

"……."

Luna fell silent, then her lips moved.

"He said he saw an illusion of us fighting."

The illusions of the Mirror Queen become more powerful the deeper the darkness in one's heart.

And Kanesh's abilities at that time were like a nemesis to Kyle.

"In that nightmarish illusion, Kyle… said he killed all of us."

Lunia gasped.

It was a kind of belief.

The belief that his comrades would never turn their swords on him.

With immense mental strength, he cut down his friends.

But even so, mental strength erodes in endless illusions.

Luna closed her eyes and recalled the situation when she had subdued Kanesh.

Everyone woke up from the illusion.

But Kyle grasped Lisinas by the neck and pointed his sword at him.

With mechanical movements devoid of any change in expression, Dweno and Aron stopped Kyle's sword.

Lisinas, with his neck in a grip, widened his eyes.

'I'm okay, Kyle.'

Lisinas smiled gently.

He accepted everything of his friend.

'I'm okay.'

'It was then that Kyle realized it was an illusion and withdrew his sword.'

Luna looked in the direction where Leo had disappeared.

There was no wavering in her eyes.

'He'll be okay.'

They had overcome countless trials together.

That's why Luna believed that Kanesh's ability would not be able to do anything to Leo.

'The Kyle back then and the Kyle now are different.'

"These people…"

"They were affected by Kanesh's ability. As it is the power of a legion commander, ordinary people have no immunity. For now, let's take care of the people."

"Yes, Luna-nim."

It was when Luna and Lunia were about to move.

CRUNCH-!

A black crack appeared in the air.

Lunia's face hardened.

From the pitch-black space emerged a woman with blood-red hair and madness in her eyes.

Luna narrowed her eyes.

"Who are you?"

"Me?"

The woman smiled eerily.

"My name is Queen of Blood, Elgenie. A great legion commander of Tartarus."