Book 1 Chapter 640

640.

The howling erupting from Leo's mouth overwhelms his surroundings.

"He's not even a real beastman…!"

"It's more powerful than the howling of those Azonian guys!"

"He even uses Star Magic and Dragon Tongue Magic!"

"Ah! Seriously! What *can't* our president do?!"

Voices of exasperation poured out from the 4th and 5th-year students on the front lines.

But even amidst that, they firmly held their formation.

It was clearly different from before.

'It had to be different.'

Leo's intention was clear.

To sweep away his seniors from the front.

His un-Leo-like impetuosity initially caught them off guard, but that quickly passed.

Once they knew their opponent was impetuous, all they had to do was devise a strategy to match.

Even if Leo's movements changed, it didn't matter.

Because that was the Leo the 4th and 5th-year students knew, and they could respond to him anytime.

The howling also showed a different level of response capability than before.

Howling was a kind of momentum.

A technique that embeds momentum into the opponent's body through sound.

The way to deal with such howling was simple.

To raise their own momentum against the opponent's momentum.

"Haaah!"

"Whoo!"

"Hryaah!"

"A girl shouts 'Hryaah!' What's that?! 'Hrya-hah!'"

"Shut up!"

Leo secretly smiled, watching the 4th and 5th-year students let out battle cries and shake off their momentum.

Seeing things like that, a Lumen student is indeed a Lumen student.

'They still have some room to spare.'

Seeing the reinforced front line, Leo raised his sword.

Wooong-!

A grey aura fluttered around Leo's body.

Those on the front line who saw Leo's aura wore tense expressions.

It was already well-known that Leo handled various elemental auras.

Among them, the most destructive was Zheldinger's flames.

But now, the students of Lumen knew.

That Leo was strongest when he emitted *that* grey aura.

"Now that you mention it, that aura… doesn't it resemble Sir Kyle's aura?"

"That guy, he's an All-Class, just like Sir Kyle."

"Indeed. Do All-Class ability users have the same aura?"

'Because *I* am Kyle, you know?'

Leo let out a hollow laugh and muttered to himself, but he couldn't just tell them that straightforwardly.

'Well, I don't intend to fight them with my *own* techniques today.'

The grey aura began to turn golden.

Golden eye-beams shot out from Leo's red eyes.

The complexion of those on the front line changed drastically upon seeing it.

Kwoong-!

Leo gathered his aura and slashed his sword towards the sky.

Skak-!

A crescent-shaped golden sword energy flew into the sky.

The students positioned in the rear looked up upon seeing it.

"What? Where did he send it?"

"Isn't that just going to fall back down?"

As everyone wore puzzled expressions.

The golden sword energy that had shot into the sky exploded.

And…

Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga-gak-!

"……!"

"What is this!"

"Mages! Deploy shield magic!"

A rain of sword energy began to fall from the sky.

Sword Rain (劍雨).

It was a technique frequently used by Arion when dealing with multiple enemies; literally, sword energy rained down like actual rain.

'When Arion uses it, it really pours down like a shower.'

He could feel the 4th and 5th-year students panicking at the completely unexpected attack.

"Takon! It might be better to pull back the defensive line for now!"

"No! That's probably what Leo wants! If the front line is breached like this, the rear will just collapse to him!"

Eren urgently said, responding to Niel's words.

Among the 4th and 5th-year students, there was no one who could keep up with Leo's speed and support him.

Takon, who heard their conversation, gripped his shield tightly and spoke.

"Stop Leo!"

At his words, the vanguard took their positions.

Leo charged straight ahead without reducing his speed.

Hwarrreuk-!

Golden flames erupted on Leo's body and then quickly vanished.

"Wait! Why isn't he slowing down?"

"Is he planning to just crash into us like this?"

"No way! No matter how strong Leo is, he'll clearly be trampled if he goes like this!"

Even in their panic, they quickly re-gripped their weapons and armor.

Just then, a female student heavily armored in plate armor raised her mace in front of Leo.

And she swung her mace at Leo, who was running straight towards her.

An attack powerful enough to pulverize even rock with just a graze.

But she knew this attack wouldn't work on Leo.

'There's no way something like this would hit him!'

He would probably evade the attack and then exploit the opening to target her.

Normally, she should have pushed Leo back with her large shield instead of attacking, but she changed the order.

'If he dodges my attack, I'll push him back with my shield!'

Thinking that, the face of the 4th-year knight academy female student, who was re-gripping her shield, was instantly filled with horror.

'Huh? He's not dodging?'

She felt the mace slowly, slowly, heading towards Leo's forehead.

The moment she tensed, wondering if he would dodge at the last second.

Thud-

The mace made contact with Leo.

"Huh?"

The instant the female student, who hadn't expected her attack to actually hit Leo, let out a dazed sound.

Kwajik-!

The head of the mace broke clean off.

Leo simply struck away the female student who attacked him with his arm.

Bbeok-!

"Kku-ak?!"

She flew miserably to the ground.

Starting with that…

Kwa-ga-ga-gang-!

"Uwaaah!"

"Kkeo-eok?!"

As if a tank had suddenly invaded an infantry unit.

The knight academy students began to be flung away by Leo.

Any attack they made bounced right off.

Not a single scratch appeared on Leo's body.

"Wh-what! This! Why aren't attacks… Kkeo-eok!"

One 5th-year knight academy student was hit by Leo and shot straight into the sky.

What Leo was currently enveloped in was Dwenor's aura.

They didn't know it, but what they were fighting against was a fragment of Arion, the strongest warrior in history, and Dwenor, the greatest vanguard.

The techniques and power of Arion and Dwenor far exceeded the expectations of the 4th and 5th-year students.

Their strategy for Leo was distorted from the very beginning.

Hwarereuk-

Leo smiled faintly, seeing the flame aura erupting in front of him.

"You can't go any further!"

The vanguard had not yet been completely breached.

Leo's brutally straightforward charge had disrupted their formation, but it hadn't collapsed.

If they could succeed in stopping Leo even once, they could proceed according to their plan from that point on.

To that end, Niel blocked Leo's path.

In the case of such charge attacks, if speed and momentum decrease, they are eventually blocked.

And Niel, as a flame aura user, had undeniably the highest pure offensive power among the 5th-year students.

Next to Niel, Takon stood blocking, wielding twin swords.

Takon, wreathed in wind aura.

"I'll cover you, Niel."

"Please."

Fire and wind aura. Their compatibility was excellent.

If Niel launched a large attack, Takon would assist, eliminating openings and pressuring Leo.

Even if Niel and he had a good relationship and occasionally bickered, it wasn't to the extent that they wouldn't coordinate at this moment.

If that were the case, they wouldn't have been able to maintain the top spots in their department for four years in the same grade.

'Currently, the two top students of the Lumen Knight Academy.'

If one were to compare them to Lyss and Hark in their 5th year, these two were certainly lacking.

But that was only when compared to *those two*.

These two were not weak.

And they were skilled enough to dampen Leo's momentum.

Leo was also currently surrounded.

It would be problematic if his momentum was broken here.

Goo-oooo-!

More students gathered around to cover Niel and Takon.

Seeing that, Leo smiled.

"Senior Niel. So, when are you getting married?"

"Huh?"

Niel's face was momentarily flushed with confusion.

Takon flinched, seeing that.

"Niel! Focus first!"

"Hah?!"

Niel, startled, tried to swing his sword, but Leo was faster, having exploited that fleeting gap and directly grabbing Niel's neck.

"Keugh!"

Niel tried to shake Leo off.

But Leo was faster, pushing Niel straight into Takon.

Bypassing the two, who were tangled and had fallen, Leo sped off without slowing down.

"Why did you hesitate, Niel!"

'I've been had!'

Realizing that Leo had used spirit magic to speak only to him, Niel gritted his teeth and sprang to his feet.

'To strike at such a weak point… This isn't like Young Master Leo!'

That's why he fell for it.

One might think it cowardly, but in this situation, it was he himself who was unskilled for making such a mistake.

Kwaang-!

"Kyaaak!"

"He broke through!"

"Stop him!"

"What is so tough?!"

Screams erupted from all directions.

In that situation, Leo raised his hand.

Black magic power flickered in his hand.

Kwak-!

Leo pressed his hand directly onto the ground.

A black energy flickered across the ground where the knight academy students pursuing Leo were standing, and then grabbed their feet.

"What! Is this!"

"Dragon Tongue Magic?!"

'Shadow Swamp.'

It was a magic that Lycinas had used.

Leo's red eyes, which had trapped the knight academy students by their ankles, turned towards the magic academy students who were preparing their spells.

They tried to respond calmly.

But…

Goo-oooo-!

Star magic power swirled around Leo's body.

Leo, who had quickly finished chanting, unleashed his magic.

"Lux Fragment."

Keeing-!

Star fragments scattered in all directions.

This, too, was a magic Luna frequently used when dealing with multiple enemies.

Pa-ba-ba-bat-!

"Keo-heok!"

"Block it!"

"W-what kind of magic is this?!"

"That Leo guy! Did he create new unique spells again?!"

"Damn it! That Aura Skill and Aura Armor from before were completely new too!"

No.

Neither the Aura Skill, nor the magic.

All of them belonged not to Leo, but to Arion, Dwenor, Lycinas, and Luna.

Unknown abilities of an immeasurably higher level that they were unaware of.

That's why, from the perspective of the 4th and 5th-year students, the current Leo was an unknown enemy.

And not just a powerful enemy.

An existence far surpassing their common sense.

The unity of the 4th and 5th-year students appeared solid on the surface.

That's why it wouldn't easily break just because it was shaken.

Even if they took a strong hit, it wouldn't shatter immediately.

It would simply weaken their cohesion gradually.

However.

If they faced the unknown repeatedly.

"Takon! What are you doing! Command properly!"

"Aden! What's the next plan!"

"You! Hurry up and stop Leo!"

"Can't you see I can't move right now?!"

"What? Are you talking back to your senior right now?!"

It rapidly collapses.

A pathetic sight, unbelievable for 4th and 5th-year students.

But no matter how talented the individuals in a group, if their individual unity is lacking, this is bound to happen.

Unity is something that strengthens even as individuals clash with each other.

Only by accurately understanding not just the opponent's strengths but also their weaknesses can one truly coordinate.

But the 4th and 5th-year students had never pondered such things for a long time.

'Because all they had to do was follow one person's words.'

Runba bit his lip tightly.

It collapsed much faster than he had anticipated.

"To think we'd end up like this without even being able to lift a finger. This is still too much."

As Runba felt his anxiety, Leo stood before him.

"Do you know that most 4th and 5th-year students are similar to you, Senior Runba?"

"What?"

Leo gave a bitter smile and said.

"Seniors lack the fighting spirit to push upwards."