Book 1 Chapter 543

Leo glared at Urein as if he would kill him.

A magic that surpassed imagination could be felt.

Endless magic.

For a moment, he glimpsed Luna's shadow in that form.

But Leo soon shook his head.

"Comparing him to Luna is an insult to him."

Luna's magic was entirely her own power.

But Urein, before him, was not.

"His magic far exceeds his vessel."

It was clearly visible that the magic was overflowing, unable to be contained by his vessel.

And that the source of the magic was underground.

He easily realized what that magic was.

Clear and transparent magic.

"Life force."

It was not his own life force.

Leo's gaze turned downwards.

"There are countless people in this underground."

And it was clear that he was using the life force of those people as the source of his magic.

Leo concentrated his magic into his eyes.

Then, he saw the magic formations inscribed on Urein's body.

"A unique magic."

Surprise flickered in Urein's eyes.

"Is it a mana attribute that can use the mana of others?"

"Amazing."

Urein, watching Leo who saw through not only the magic but also his mana attribute, marveled and asked.

"How is my magic, which has obtained infinite possibilities?"

"You speak of possibilities while stealing the power of others."

"Possibilities come in many forms. Isn't it our duty to reach the previous generation by using our best?"

Urein spread his arms.

"Surely even the inferior will rejoice. The fact that they become stepping stones for the journey to the great previous generation."

That kind of behavior was what Luna hated the most in the world.

There was no meaning in possibilities obtained by crushing the potential of others.

But no matter how much they talked, unless Luna herself came, they wouldn't admit it.

"Conversation would be meaningless."

"That's regrettable."

A sharp aura emanated from Leo's body.

Leo, entering the realm of hyper-sense, quickly grasped the surrounding area.

Everything around him felt vivid.

Leo sharpened his hyper-sense further.

Entering Arion's created realm of hyper-sense was very difficult.

But the true difficulty of hyper-sense began the moment one entered that realm.

Arion had obtained mythical power through breathing and hyper-sense.

However, breathing and hyper-sense were on different levels of ability.

If breathing was the ability to amplify power, hyper-sense was literally the concept of information.

The enemy's appearance.

The smell emanating from the enemy.

The sound of the enemy's movements.

Hyper-sense allowed one to know all of that faster and more than others.

Information is immense power.

But it's useless if you can't utilize it.

Even Leo went through countless trial and error to properly utilize the information obtained through hyper-sense.

Swish-!

Leo thrust his sword forward.

His senses were already keen.

But he honed the information even sharper.

Along with that, everything around him began to move slowly.

A realm that could be reached when hyper-sense was honed to the extreme.

And this was the last realm Kyle had reached.

'If you go one step beyond the realm of slowing down, things appear to stop.'

'Then is it the future?'

'Something like that. Kyle will be able to soon.'

Leo chuckled bitterly to himself, recalling Arion's words.

'I couldn't. Damn it. If I could, I wouldn't have gone through all that trouble.'

Leo lowered his stance.

The realm of hyper-sense consumed stamina rapidly.

If it were his past body, it wouldn't have been a great burden, but for his current self, it was a burden.

'My current body hasn't reached its peak yet.'

Even if he trained his body and surpassed his limits, it was still a boy's body.

In his past life, he had gained immense strength incomparable to his current age.

Even so, he had not yet reached the power of his past life.

'I'm still a long way off.'

Leo put all his strength into his body.

'Just reaching the realm of my past life isn't enough.'

Goooh-!

Gray mana surged from Leo's body.

'I have to go further than my past life.'

Thump-!

Leo had thought until now.

That he, Kyle, the hero of the beginning, had completed all that he had to do in that era.

'I thought I had done everything I could and had to do just by saving the world.'

Leo bit his lip tightly.

He realized that was wrong when he saw Berkia.

'If I had thought about what I wanted to do after saving the world, like others, this wouldn't have happened.'

He was always ready to die without regret.

To save the future for his friends to live in.

To save the world for future generations to live in.

But that also meant he wasn't prepared to live.

'Was it too much just to defeat Erebus?'

Of course, it was.

The promised future for the world seemed to be only despair.

Even if Leo had dreamed of what came next, like his close friends.

Even if he had his own ideals and beliefs, there was no possibility of surviving the final battle.

Leo himself knew best that hoping for that possibility was greed.

'But at least… Berkia and Bihard wouldn't have lived like that.'

Leo wanted to stand on the same battlefield as his disciples.

It wasn't a romantic thought of wanting to fight with his disciples.

It was a wish born from the desperate need for comrades to fight with.

But if he had wished for that, he should have at least taught them how to live a peaceful life after everything was over.

Kyle's life was also far from peaceful.

But at least he could have taught them what life would be like when peace arrived after everything was over.

The two disciples were clumsy at enjoying happiness in peace.

Luna and Arion would not have been able to teach them that.

They had dreamed of returning and living a happy life together, so they probably didn't think about teaching it.

Only he could have taught them.

'But I ignored that.'

He just thought his disciples would do well on their own.

'I have to change that now. And this time, I shouldn't solve it by dying.'

So he had to overcome it.

His past self.

It wouldn't be enough to move forward one or two steps.

Until now, he would have been satisfied with that.

'Surpass your limits.'

Words left by his successor, whom he had never met.

Words he had emphasized to the hero candidates who would carry on his generation.

But…

'Since being reborn, have I ever challenged my limits?'

In the eyes of others, Leo might have always overcome his limits and accomplished impossible feats.

But strictly speaking, that wasn't surpassing his limits.

'These are things I've done countless times in my past life, that's repetition, not surpassing limits.'

So.

'Let's set a clear goal.'

Leo's eyes gazed into the distance.

'For Aura, to Arion.'

That was a clear challenge.

'For magic, to Luna.'

A realm he thought was absolutely unreachable.

'For summoning, to Lisinas.'

But…

'There's a path, isn't there?'

A path pioneered by his close friends.

He just had to follow that path.

To the realm he thought was ideal.

To the place he thought was impossible to reach.

His hyper-sense sharpened further.

'Surpass the limits!'

Leo shot forward at incredible speed.

Urein, who had become Leo's target, had an expression of disbelief.

'How can he possess such power at that age?'

That was power that transcended common sense.

Kuaaang-! Jjeojeojeojeok-!

As Leo's sword struck Urein's barrier, cracks spread throughout the entire barrier.

Seeing that, Urein quickly deployed magic.

Chanting spells at incredible speed.

But the amount of mana wasted was immense.

Leo, who was about to pursue such Urein, suddenly changed direction.

Urein, who had been preparing for Leo's attack, showed a puzzled expression for a moment.

And then he looked where Leo was heading and showed a surprised expression.

Chaeeng-! Kwagagagak-!

As Leo's sword and Berkia's sword clashed, sharp sword qi scattered in all directions.

Leo felt the bones in his entire body reverberate from the impact.

Woong-!

A magic circle appeared in Berkia's palm.

Seeing that, Leo immediately ducked his upper body.

Kwagagagang-!

A tremendous flash of light swept through everything in front of him due to the magic activated at close range.

Leo broke out in a cold sweat from the immense power of the magic.

"Luna would have been happy if she saw this, you damn disciple!"

Kwaang-!

Leo, who had burrowed into Berkia's embrace, headbutted him with his shoulder.

He maximized the destructive power obtained through the shift of his weight with Aura.

Any ordinary hero would have had their bones shattered by this attack.

Chwack-!

But Berkia was only pushed back, scraping the ground.

Leo, on the other hand, clicked his tongue with pain that felt like his shoulder was being crushed.

'Animus Armor.'

Berkia's unique magic.

The moment Leo was about to prepare for Berkia's attack.

Flicker-!

Once again, the light of the end enveloped Leo.

Leo escaped the range of attack using spatial transfer magic.

Kugugugugu-!

A powerful mana wave surged in the place where the end was activated.

"Are you trying to prevent Lord Berkia from harming others while facing me?"

Urein marveled.

"Leo Flob, you are truly a noble hero, except for your ideology."

Urein clapped his hands and showed a regretful expression.

"But that's why it's regrettable. The fact that I have to send you back to the starlight."

Leo chuckled, looking at Urein.

Urein showed a puzzled expression, looking at Leo.

"What's so funny?"

"Isn't it ridiculous for a third-rate magician, who steals the power of others and considers it his own, to act as if he's someone special?"

"Did you just call me a third-rate magician?"

He was praised as a genius from birth.

Therefore, it was the first time he had heard the words "third-rate magician" in his life.

"What else would you call someone who activates crudely gathered mana solely on mana output?"

"With my unique magic, [Star World], I can activate any magic. Just like your [Bible]."

Urein spread his arms.

"Am I, who created such magic, a third-rate?"

"Precisely, you're worse than third-rate. You're a half-wit who can do nothing once you leave this land."

Urein's face twitched slightly at Leo's words, which accurately pointed out the flaw in his magic.

"If it weren't for Berkia, dealing with a half-wit like you wouldn't be that difficult."

"Excuses are endless. If you're so confident, why don't you just leave Berkia be?"

"It's a teacher's duty to watch their disciple make mistakes, even if they know it. I also received a request from him."

"Teacher? I don't know what you're talking about. Well, Berkia won't be able to move anymore…"

Flicker-! Kwagagagagang-!

Magic erupted from the ruins where the end had been activated.

Urein dodged the magic in shock and haste.

The barrier he had erected shattered into pieces.

"How can my magic…!"

"I dispelled the magic formations before they hit directly. It's basic in magic combat, isn't it?"

"How can an undead do that? Besides, she can't even use star magic!"

Urein's face contorted.

Leo said, looking at Urein,

"That's why you're a half-wit, worse than a third-rate."

Leo smirked.

"A half-wit who boasts about his own potential while doubting the potential of others."

Urein's face contorted at the sneer.

He was filled with rage at Leo's sneer.

It was because he saw something familiar in Leo's eyes.

A gaze that looked down on something insignificant.

It was exactly the same as the eyes of purebloods looking at elves who couldn't use star magic.

He genuinely didn't consider him a magician.

Anger surged as he felt his very essence being denied.

But Leo didn't even spare him a glance.

He just focused his gaze on his disciple.

'It's possible to act even without reason.'

Berkia endlessly trained himself to instinctively use precise swordsmanship and magic.

He carried the world on his own power.

'And not being able to use star magic has nothing to do with countering star magic.'

Leo looked at Berkia.

'In this world, besides Luna and me, Berkia knew the most about star magic.'

Even though Berkia ultimately failed to use star magic, he worked harder than anyone else to use his master's magic.

Just because he couldn't use star magic didn't mean he didn't understand it.

'If Luna's successor as a star magician is Seirun, then Luna's successor as a pure magician is Berkia.'

It was only natural that Berkia, who was a pure magician, could easily counter Urein's magic even in a state of losing reason.

That Leo could easily deal with Urein was by no means a bluff.

'To others, I might be a formidable opponent armed with overwhelming magic, but to me, he's just a big idiot.'

Leo looked at Berkia.

'First, I need to subdue Berkia.'

Leo tightened his grip.

Urein was next.

The moment Leo raised his mana.

Berkia closed the distance to Leo at incredible speed.

The current Berkia had no distinction between friend and foe.

He was simply an undead who annihilated everything in front of him.

The moment Leo grit his teeth and prepared to respond.

A shadow shot up in front of Leo.

Along with it, Chen Xia appeared and swung a dagger towards Berkia's sword.

Kwaang-! Kugagagagagang-!

As the sword and dagger clashed, a massive shockwave reverberated.

Leo's eyes widened as he saw Chen Xia's back blocking Berkia.

"You…"

The familiar back reminded him of someone else.

But it was by no means a stranger.

"Bihard?"

At Leo's call, Chen Xia glanced back.

And he smiled faintly at Leo.

"Master…"

The moment he saw that.

Berkia, who was clashing swords with Bihard, unknowingly took a step back.

"Ah…"