Book 1 Chapter 623

The moment Leo realized he had entered the world of heroes, his eyes snapped open.

Leo surveyed his surroundings.

'It's a field tent.'

Leo had woken up in a tent commonly used in the field.

He sat up from the bedding on one side of the spacious tent and approached a small mirror on another side.

Pure white hair and red eyes.

'It's not an possession-type world. Or rather, would such a concept even apply here in the first place?'

Leo's face hardened as he recalled the message from earlier.

'Legion's Record, and the world of Silathuna.'

It clearly meant one thing.

'The Tartarus guys also had a record system.'

The world was saved once through the awakening of Hero Records.

But what if Tartarus also possessed it?

'It would allow them to inherit the power of past mighty demons, as well as the Legion Commanders.'

Perhaps the balance they had barely achieved could crumble in an instant.

Leo's mind raced.

'Could it be something that already existed? No. That wouldn't be the case. If they had this much power from the start, the Lord of Command wouldn't be struggling to train new Legion Commanders.'

Leo continued his deductions.

'The Lord of Command possesses a fragment of Erebus. What if it was created using the power of the fragment?'

'No, even Erebus couldn't possibly create something like this.'

The gods called Hero Records a "Record System."

Erebus was a being equal to the gods.

Therefore, it wouldn't be strange for him to possess knowledge about the Record System.

However, having knowledge and implementing it were two different matters.

Hero Records were the essence of the gods, created by them pouring all their power into it.

'Even if he is a divine being, it would be impossible for him to implement something created by all gods working together, with his own power alone. Moreover, the power the Lord of Command possesses is only a fragment of Erebus.'

Having thought that far, Leo reached a hypothesis.

'Did they modify the existing Hero Record?'

Hero Records were tainted during the process of sealing Erebus's fragment.

While there are more worlds untouched by Erebus's power, some worlds have been consumed by it.

This page would likely be one of those.

Leo organized the information obtained from the message.

'The ruler of this world is Silathuna. The time is the prologue. The location is the Monster Forest.'

The Monster Forest was originally the land of the elves.

And it was also Luna's hometown.

If it's Silathuna and the Monster Forest, one person comes to mind.

"Luna."

[System Error: Unauthorized entity has invaded the world.]

A new message appeared before his eyes.

'Unauthorized entity? Does it mean me?'

Leo fell into thought.

'If this world was created in the same way as Hero Records… I should have possessed a demon, a beast, or a monster from the Tartarus side.'

Leo glanced around the tent.

What he saw were items used by elves in the era 5,000 years ago.

Anyone could tell that Leo had entered the world of heroes from Luna's perspective, as usual.

*Chak-*

Leo went outside the tent.

He saw a gray sky, symbolizing the era of calamity.

Numerous elves were coming and going around him.

Seeing that, Leo muttered,

'It seems it was originally Luna's world after all. Then what should I do? Should I prevent the Tartarus guys from conquering this world?'

"Ah, you're awake, Luna-nim!"

'Luna?'

An elven youth, holding a spear in one hand and a shining shield in the other, called out to Luna.

At this, Leo subconsciously looked around for Luna.

In the world of heroes, Luna possessed memories from her previous world.

So, would Luna in this world also remember what happened outside?

'What should I say?'

He recalled the time he parted ways with Luna.

At that time, Luna was in her spirit form, not a being manifested by Hero Records.

'Will she have those memories?'

Just as Leo's eyes flickered slightly.

The elven youth who had called out to Luna approached Leo.

"Luna-nim! The movement of the Monster Queen has been detected in the deepest part of the forest!"

At those words, Leo froze.

"Luna?"

"Yes?"

"I'm Luna?"

"……."

At Leo's words, the elven youth clutched his face.

"Luna-nim. Today is a very important battle that can determine the recapture of the forest! To think you were excessively drinking until the day before the battle!"

Seeing the elven youth looking on the verge of tears, Leo looked at himself in the shield the youth was holding.

No matter how he looked at it, it was Leo Flob's face.

"What's going on?"

"Akint-nim… that's Luna-nim…"

Just then, a voice was heard.

Leo looked towards the direction of the voice.

There, someone he knew was approaching Leo.

Akint Rubesha.

Luna's magic teacher and a benefactor.

He was also the person Leo had possessed in Luna's world before.

"Luna, have you been drinking again?"

Akint asked, taking a deep breath.

Seeing that, Leo thought.

'It seems… the people in this world see me as Luna.'

And Leo understood exactly what point in time it was.

'It's right before Luna joins the expeditionary force.'

It was the time when he and Lysinath were coming here to subjugate Jormungandr and recruit Luna.

It was when the elves joined forces and marched into the Monster Forest to reclaim their stolen homeland.

'The elves lost this battle.'

He looked at Akint.

'And this person died here.'

***

*Gooooo! Fwaaaa!*

Rys looked up at the Gigantes, who was slamming a giant fireball towards him.

"What are you doing! That's Hellfire! Dodge it!"

Abad shouted urgently.

Turning to Abad, Rys said,

"Abad, prepare your magic."

Leaving a brief remark, Rys raised his sword towards the Gigantes, which was burning with dark red flames before him.

*Fwaaa! Kwaaa-ga-ga-gang-!*

Rys's flame aura, a fire magic with the most destructive power among them, surprisingly pushed back the Hellfire and then engulfed the Gigantes' arm.

*Gwaaaa-!*

The Gigantes let out a scream of pain, clutching its arm that had turned to ash.

'It even blew away the defensive magic in one go?'

Abad, marveling, unleashed the spell he had been preparing.

As Abad simultaneously unleashed dozens of wind magic spells he had accumulated without incantation, a storm instantly swept through.

What was terrifying was that the wind of the storm was like a blade.

*Sss-ga-ga-ga-gag-!*

*Gwaaaa-!*

As the large-scale magic created by Abad pouring in his mana was unleashed all at once, the explosive power was beyond imagination.

*Huduk-huduk-!*

The Gigantes' flesh and blood rained down from the sky in pieces.

*Thump-! Splash-!*

The Gigantes' head fell into a pool of blood, momentarily creating a wave of blood.

Despite its gruesome state with its entire body, except for its head, shattered, the Gigantes was alive.

As Rys approached with a cold expression to finish off the Gigantes.

"Pathetic."

A chilling voice was heard.

Rys stopped walking.

"To be defeated by a mere fledgling who couldn't even reach the rank of hero, despite obtaining the body of a powerful beast as a conquest reward?"

"Skeleton?"

A skeleton appeared next to the Gigantes.

The skeleton's body glowed brightly and then transformed into the appearance of a dwarf.

Upon confirming his face, Abad's expression hardened.

"Saint of Regeneration?"

The Saint of Regeneration was a healer who was evaluated as having the most powerful healing ability in the history of the Heroic Era, long ago.

He was famous for his ability to heal any wound as long as there was a breath of life.

Jorga healed the Gigantes using the Saint of Regeneration's ability.

*Kugugu-gung-!*

The Gigantes, instantly restored to its original form, rose.

Seeing that, Rys opened his mouth.

"Hero Slayer?"

At those words, Jorga glanced at Rys.

"Rys Zerdinger. And…"

*Kwa-ga-ga-gag-!*

A powerful wind blew and tore Jorga apart.

"No incantation?"

Greed sparked in Jorga's eyes.

"As expected, the successor of Lewalin. A splendid ability. I'd love to hunt you right now, but…"

Jorga's gaze turned towards the sky.

"There's something I need to take care of first."

Jorga's killing intent was directed towards the sky.

"Reina Zerdinger. I will make you regret giving birth to Leo Flob."

'My aunt is the target!'

As Rys realized where Jorga's killing intent was directed and was about to attack Jorga.

*Kwa-ga-ga-ga-gang-!*

The Gigantes' heavy arm fell upon Rys.

*Buwak-!*

Rys's sword cleanly cut off the Gigantes' arm.

*Puwa-hak-!*

A tremendous amount of blood poured out.

Rys, who instantly vaporized the blood with flames, aimed at Jorga.

But that fleeting moment was enough time for Jorga to fly into the sky.

"Ulta!"

Rys shouted urgently.

His voice, imbued with aura, resonated throughout the entire Flob territory.

Upon hearing the cry, Ulta flinched and then, sensing Jorga's presence, tried to move quickly.

However, Jorga, who moved like a flash, was faster in snatching Reina, who was riding a Pegasus.

"Reina-nim!"

"Aunt!"

Ulta and Celia urgently tried to rescue Reina.

But Jorga disappeared using magic, and he was faster.

"Mere hero candidates. You are no match for me."

Jorga, who had teleported a considerable distance away, sneered.

He had somehow taken on the form of a beastman.

"You look like you're having fun. Enjoying defeating children who are far weaker than you. Did Leo beat you up pretty badly?"

At that moment, Reina, whose neck was held by Jorga, scoffed.

Jorga's cold gaze turned to Reina.

"Do you not understand that I am here, so you are that stupid? Leo Flob has been dealt with."

"Is that so? Looking at your terribly crumpled face, that doesn't seem to be the case at all."

Reina scoffed.

"The fact that you came to capture me, someone I had lost interest in, means you want to take your anger out on me, doesn't it?"

"You wench…!"

Jorga, whose face contorted, then curved his lips.

"Yes, if Leo Flob is alive, throwing your mangled corpse to him wouldn't be a bad idea. That way, he'll lose his mind too."

Jorga exuded a deep killing intent.

"Try it."

"What?"

"He won't be shaken by that extent."

Seeing Reina smiling nonchalantly, Jorga's face hardened.

"You will never be able to defeat my son."

Seeing Reina's unwavering demeanor, Jorga felt an unbearable rage surge within him.

"You will regret opening your mouth like that!"

*Gooooo-!*

Seeing the chilling aura rising from Jorga's body, Reina smiled.

'This… is not good.'

It seemed unlikely she would survive.

But…

No matter how much pain she was subjected to, she would smile.

'Because Leo will be alright.'

Reina believed without a doubt that her son would not be shaken.

'I'm sorry, Dayd.'

As Reina closed her eyes, offering an apology to her husband.

- Shall I help?

'Huh?'

- I asked if you need help.

'Who?'

- I am Istada, the spirit of purification.