Book 1 Chapter 784

"Gooooooh! Hwarururuk-!"

"Evacuate!"

"It's the flame of calamity!"

The Seirun students, their faces ashen, tried their best to get as far away from the flame of calamity as possible.

Thump- thump-

Amidst it all, one student was walking towards the flame of calamity.

A female student, holding a longsword in one hand and a shield in the other.

She had beautiful silver hair, as if melted silver, and deep blue eyes reminiscent of a lake.

Eiran stared directly at the flame of calamity.

Kwuaaaaaaah-!

At that moment, black flames surged towards Eiran.

When Eiran raised her shield, a silvery-blue aura shimmered on it.

Kkwadang-!

Hwarurururuk-!

Eiran, who had blocked the descending flame of calamity, bit her lip tightly.

Even so, she chanted magic without a moment's rest.

Soon, a silvery-blue blade shot up from Eiran's sword.

Ssuk-!

Animus's sword cut through the flame of calamity.

With that powerful sword energy, the momentum of the black flames momentarily weakened.

"As expected of Eiran-senpai!"

"The student council president's left arm!"

Seeing that, the Seirun students cheered.

However, Eiran, who had blocked the flame of calamity, bit her lip tightly.

"It's not working…"

As she muttered in a low voice, the contracted flame of calamity blazed even more fiercely.

Kwuaaaaaaaaah-!

Chwak-!

Eiran firmly planted her feet on the ground.

With that, she blocked the wave of black flames that surged forward with her shield.

Hwarurururuk-!

Eiran, who had been blocking the endlessly burning black flames with her shield, lowered her stance further.

At that moment.

Goooooooh-!

Scarlet flames erupted from behind Eiran, pushing back the black flames.

Kwuaaaah-!

"Runia-chan!"

Eiran turned around with a bright expression.

There, Runia was walking towards them with graceful steps.

The right-hand of Seirun's student council president, Rune, and Seirun's vice student council president.

The appearance of Runia brought even brighter expressions to the Seirun students.

Runia spoke to the observing students with red eyes.

"Everyone, please step back. It's dangerous here."

Despite her words, the students showed no sign of retreating.

A critical situation had occurred within Seirun.

And the appearance of the two closest confidantes of the student council president meant only one thing.

Flash-!

Countless magic circles unfolded in the sky above Seirun.

One student looked up at the sky and shouted.

"It's Rune-senpai!"

At that, all the students looked up at the sky.

Seirun's student council president, called the reincarnation of the progenitor of constellations, Luna Luminance.

Overwhelming magical power and magic skills.

And with the appearance of Rune, who was evaluated as having advanced star magic to another level, the Seirun students went wild.

The reason they were so ecstatic about Rune's appearance was simple.

Rune rarely appeared in public.

He rarely attended classes and was always engrossed in magic research in his private workshop.

In Seirun, they spoke of him as a 'genius' for his dedication to star magic research, and tended to overlook his somewhat eccentric behavior.

As a result, Rune's behavior of not appearing in public, combined with his beautiful appearance, added to his mystique, making even more elves ecstatic.

Since it was difficult for Seirun students to meet Rune, they did not leave their places even in this situation.

And they had absolute trust in the abilities of Rune, who was called the reincarnation of the progenitor of constellations.

Despite the near-cheering of the Seirun students, Rune, with indifferent eyes, only looked at Erebus.

"Runia, Eiran."

"Yes!"

"Could you please move away with the students as far as possible?"

At Rune's words, Runia and Eiran moved out of the range of the flame of calamity.

Along with that, Rune raised his staff.

"Apocalypse."

Rune, gazing at Erebus with cold eyes, lowered his staff.

"Pluvia."

The light of Apocalypse rained down from the sky.

The Apocalypse, falling as tiny raindrops, was literally a rain of destruction.

Flash! Kwagagagagagang-!

The rain of Apocalypse, which poured down like a localized downpour around the flame of calamity, devastated the surrounding area.

It was a fusion magic created by Luna after her reincarnation.

It was a magic of natural disaster level, simply Apocalypse overlaid on a rain-casting spell.

Luna's attack momentarily caused the flame of calamity to subside as if it would go out.

Rune's eyes narrowed as he watched.

"Tsk. Useless."

Kugugugugu-!

As he clicked his tongue softly, a pillar of black flames shot up towards Rune.

Rune, using flight magic, ascended rapidly, avoiding the black flames that targeted him.

Flying through the sky at tremendous speed, Rune glanced at Erebus.

The center where the flames burned was clearly visible.

'…Is he trying to escape the world of the Great Opening through Seirun's Hero Record?'

Rune also knew the truth of the Great Opening.

That the Hero Records of the heroes of the Great Opening were used as a passage.

"Tsk. I should have dealt with those Pureblood Society bastards sooner."

Rune's bad relationship with the Pureblood Society began when Rune enrolled.

The Pureblood Society deemed Rune, who showed unusual progress after enrollment, as a heretic.

The reason Rune enrolled in Seirun was because being a Seirun student would make it easier to find traces of Kyle.

Thus, as soon as Rune enrolled in Seirun, he published a paper stating that the hero of the beginning truly existed.

Kyle became a hero who did not exist because many pages were lost when Erebus was sealed in the world of the Great Opening 3000 years ago.

Among them, Tartarus had thoroughly destroyed Kyle's pages, and as a result, the historical records of Kyle's activities became a blank state, unknowable as to who was active.

There were also many historical records where Kyle was active but recorded as Luna's activity.

Based on his memories, Rune compiled the original true history into a paper.

Although there was no evidence, Rune's paper was accepted as a very plausible content based on circumstantial evidence.

That is what angered the Pureblood Society.

'I just said I didn't do what I didn't do.'

Rune gritted his teeth.

Rune's paper was designated a forbidden book, and the Pureblood Society used all sorts of tricks to expel Rune from Seirun.

However, as Rune perfectly restored star magic and was called the reincarnation of Luna in elven society, the Pureblood Society's influence rapidly diminished.

Then, the Pureblood Society gradually existed as if it were hidden, keeping a low profile.

In such a situation, they smuggled fragments of Seirun's Hero Record into Seirun and caused this accident.

Rune, who clicked his tongue, soon dismissed thoughts of the Pureblood Society.

'The Pureblood Society can wait for now.'

Rune looked at the vortex of black flames.

'I need to deal with that first.'

In the current situation, Erebus's fragment escaping the world of the Great Opening would cause trouble in many ways.

"I can't let it be!"

Rune, holding his staff, charged towards the center of the flames without hesitation.

If it's difficult to pull it back from the outside, one can simply go inside and forcibly bring it back.

Rune, his eyes gleaming, at tremendous speed towards the center of the black flames.

He infiltrated the Seirun fragment, which was spewing the flame of calamity.

Kwuaaaaaaaaah-!

"Rune-senpai!"

Runia, who had been watching from afar, shouted urgently.

A moment later.

Goooooooh-

The black flames swirling around began to be sucked into Seirun's Hero Record.

Shortly after, the black flames, which seemed to be destroying everything around them, disappeared.

In the center stood Rune, holding Seirun's Record, now in perfect condition.

Rune looked at Seirun's Record for a moment, then ignited flames.

Hwarururuk-

"Hang in there just a little longer."

Rune, with a slightly bitter smile, clenched the Hero Record, which was scattering into ashes.

"Rune-senpai! Are you alright?!"

Eiran rushed over and examined Rune.

Seeing Eiran, Rune smiled gently and nodded.

"I'm fine, Eiran."

"Yes."

"Could you contact the Northern Magic Tower Lord?"

"The Northern… Magic Tower Lord?"

"Yes."

Runia, who knew the identity of the Northern Magic Tower Lord, wore a slightly bewildered expression.

"I think I need to investigate the Pureblood Society, and I also need to go to Rumern, so get ready."

At that, Eiran wore a puzzled expression.

"Rune-senpai. Going to Rumern… is it to meet the student council president of Rumern? If so, shouldn't you go to Demian?"

"…I don't really want to go to Demian. I'll wait for Lea in Rumern."

Rune smiled bitterly.

Runia and Eiran, who knew for some reason that Rune disliked Demian, nodded.

'It's the land where Kyle died.'

Rune's face slightly darkened.

***

"Oh, traveling the world, you say…"

Kyle marveled.

"Your skills seem unusual. Have you considered enrolling in Rumern?"

Before he knew it, Kyle and Leo were having a comfortable conversation.

Thanks to Kyle's characteristic friendliness, having learned they were the same age.

"I happened to miss the enrollment period."

"That's a shame. You have a certain aura… similar to Lea. You would have been amazing."

Kyle said with a look of regret.

Despite being expelled from Rumern, Kyle maintained friendships with his classmates.

'No, it's more than just maintaining friendships.'

Leo glanced at the restaurant on the first floor of the inn.

Several Rumern students were visible there.

Kyle said he had saved money through his unique skills after leaving Rumern and opened an inn.

And he supported Rumern students in various ways by utilizing his alchemy talent and information gathering skills.

Even now, he collects news from around the world and quickly relays it to Rumern.

There are even requests on the bulletin board on the first floor that Rumern students need.

Although he only attended Rumern for a year, he was doing business very closely with Rumern.

'That was Kyle's goal from the start.'

In Leo's world, he blossomed his talent and rose to the position of a hero, playing a supportive role within Rumern, but in this world, even after leaving Rumern, he is still playing a supportive role.

'He's not the type to give up easily.'

The only difference was in combat talent.

The direction Kyle was looking was the same as the direction Leo was looking.

And he was never the type to give up easily.

There was a reason the gods in the original timeline gave Kyle the title 'The One Preparing for the Beginning'.

Leo, who let out a heavy sigh, mentally reviewed the stories of the great heroes Kyle had told him.

'Arion and Dwenno don't seem to have changed much. But Lissina and Luna are completely different.'

He heard that Lissina strictly evaluated hero candidates based solely on talent.

In this world as well, Kyle was barely qualified, but he did have the skill to advance to the second year.

It was none other than Lissina who recommended the path of a full-fledged supporter to Kyle, instead of the path of a hero.

'Lea said that. I have no hope as a hero. When someone who is the most perfect hero I've ever seen says that, I have nothing to say.'

Recalling Kyle's words from a moment ago, Leo took a deep breath.

'And Luna… became a shut-in? Writing only a lot of papers on the hero of the beginning, rather than magic papers?'

It was an unbelievable state for Luna, who was cheerful and full of passion for magic.

However, Leo could vaguely understand why Lissina and Luna had become so different from the people he knew.

'Is my existence holding those guys back?'

It was when Leo let out a sigh.

Clink- Clink-

"Ahem! Come here! Quickly bring out wine and meat for the future heroes!"

A familiar voice to both Leo and Kyle was heard.

The two who entered the inn were people too familiar to Leo and Kyle.

"Oh! Chelsea! Iliana!"

Kyle's face lit up, and he jumped to his feet.

"Hi! Kyle!"

"You haven't grown at all in months! I'm relieved!"

"Why are you picking a fight as soon as we meet!"

"Gasp!"

Chelsea, with a furious expression, landed a dropkick to Kyle's solar plexus and stomped on the fallen Kyle. Iliana said.

"Um… Chelsea, Kyle might get hurt if you do that."

Iliana, in a somewhat gloomy voice, stopped Chelsea.

At that, Kyle sprang up from his seat.

"Let me introduce you. This is Leo Flov! My new friend."

"You're still so friendly? Nice to meet you. I'm Chelsea Lewalin."

Chelsea greeted him with a bright smile.

"I, Iliana Laden…"

The moment their eyes met, Iliana flinched and greeted him in a barely audible voice.

Leo looked bewildered at that sight.

'Why is this one acting like this?'