Book 1 Chapter 784

784.

Goooooh! Hwarururuk-!

"Evacuate!"

"It's the Flames of Disaster!"

The Seirun students, their faces pale with fright, tried to get as far away from the Flames of Disaster as possible.

Thump- thump-

Amidst this, there was one student walking towards the Flames of Disaster.

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

Beautiful silver hair, as if molten silver, and blue eyes reminiscent of a deep lake.

Eiran looked directly at the Flames of Disaster.

Kwaaaaaaaah-!

Then, black flames rushed towards Eiran.

As Eiran raised her shield, a pale silver aura shimmered around it.

Kwaaaang-! Hwarururuk-!

Eiran, who had blocked the descending Flames of Disaster, bit her lip tightly.

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

Soon, a pale silver blade surged from Eiran's sword.

Sgack-!

The Sword of Animus cut through the Flames of Disaster.

At that intense sword energy, the momentum of the black flames momentarily subsided.

"As expected, it's Senior Eiran!"

"The student council president's left arm!"

The Seirun students who witnessed this let out cheers.

However, Eiran, who had blocked the Flames of Disaster, bit her lip tightly.

"Is it not working…?"

Simultaneously with her soft mumble, the Flames of Disaster, which had momentarily shrunk, blazed even more fiercely.

Kwaaaaaaaah-! Kwak-!

Eiran firmly braced herself on the ground with both feet.

With that, she held her shield forward and blocked the surging wave of black flames.

Hwarururuk-!

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

Just then.

Goooooooh-!

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

Kwaaaaa-!

"Lunia!"

Eiran turned around with a bright expression.

There, Lunia was walking with elegant steps.

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

At Lunia's appearance, the Seirun students' expressions grew even brighter.

Lunia, with her red eyes, spoke to the students who were watching.

"Everyone. Please step back. It's dangerous here."

Despite her words, the students showed no sign of backing away.

An urgent situation had unfolded within Seirun.

And the appearance of the two people, who were the student council president's closest confidantes, meant only one thing.

Flash-!

Countless magic circles unfolded in the skies above Seirun.

One student looked up at the sky and shouted.

"It's Senior Rune!"

At his words, all the students looked up at the sky.

Seirun's student council president, called the reincarnation of Luna Rubynance, the progenitor of the nebula.

Overwhelming magical power and skill.

And at the appearance of Rune, who was praised for advancing Star Magic by a level, the Seirun students became ecstatic.

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

Rune rarely appeared in public. She didn't attend classes often and always devoted herself to magic research in her private workshop.

In Seirun, seeing her devoted to Star Magic research, people called her a 'genius' and tended to overlook her somewhat eccentric behavior.

Consequently, Rune's absence from public appearances, combined with her beautiful looks, added to her mystique, making even more elves ecstatic.

Even for Seirun students, it was hard to meet Rune, so they didn't avoid the situation despite the danger.

And there was absolute trust in Rune's skill, who was called the reincarnation of the nebula's progenitor.

Even amidst the cheers of the Seirun students, Rune gazed only at Erebus with indifferent eyes.

"Lunia, Eiran."

"Yes!"

"Could you both get as far away as possible with the students?"

At Rune's words, Lunia and Eiran moved out of the range of the Flames of Disaster.

With that, Rune raised her staff.

"Finis."

Rune, who had been staring at Erebus with cold eyes, lowered her staff.

"Pluvia."

The light of Finis poured down from the sky as rain.

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

Flash! Kwagagagagagagang-!

The rain of Finis, which poured down around the Flames of Disaster like a localized downpour, devastated the surrounding area.

A fusion magic created by Rune after her reincarnation.

It was literally a natural disaster-level magic, with Finis layered over a rain-making spell.

By Luna's attack, the Flames of Disaster momentarily seemed to die out.

Rune's eyes narrowed as she watched.

"Tch. Is it no use?"

Kugugugugugung-!

Simultaneously with her soft click of the tongue, a pillar of black flames surged towards Rune.

Rune quickly ascended using Flight Magic, dodging the black flames targeting her.

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

The burning core of the flames was clearly visible.

'…Is it attempting to escape from the World of Genesis through Seirun's Hero Record?'

Rune also knew the truth of Genesis.

And that the Hero Records of the Genesis heroes were used as a passage.

"Tsk. I should have dealt with those Purist Society guys a long time ago."

Rune's ill-fated relationship with the Purist Society began when she enrolled.

After her enrollment, the Purist Society branded Rune, who showed unusual behavior, as a heretic.

The reason Rune enrolled in Seirun was that her status as a Seirun student seemed convenient for finding traces of Kyle.

As such, as soon as Rune enrolled in Seirun, she published a thesis asserting the existence of the Hero of Beginnings.

Kyle became a non-existent hero because many pages were erased when Erebus was sealed in the World of Genesis 3000 years ago.

Among them, Tartarus had thoroughly destroyed Kyle's pages, and as a result, the historical records of Kyle's activities became blank, making it impossible to know whose achievements they were.

Among these, there were many historical records that attributed Kyle's actual achievements to Luna.

Based on her own memories, Rune compiled the true original history into a thesis.

Although there was no direct evidence, circumstantial evidence made Rune's thesis seem very plausible.

That's what irritated the Purist Society.

'All I did was say I didn't do something I didn't do.'

Rune gritted her teeth.

Rune's thesis was designated as a forbidden book, and the Purist Society tried every means to expel Rune from Seirun.

However, as Rune perfectly restored Star Magic and was called Luna's reincarnation in elf society, the Purist Society's standing rapidly diminished.

Since then, the Purist Society had gradually existed as if it were not there, holding its breath.

In such a situation, they brought a fragment of Seirun's Hero Record into Seirun and caused this incident.

Rune, who had clicked her tongue, soon set aside her thoughts about the Purist Society.

'The Purist Society can wait for now.'

Rune looked at the vortex of black flames.

'First, I need to deal with that.'

In the current situation, if a fragment of Erebus escapes the World of Genesis, it will become a headache in many ways.

"I can't just leave it like that!"

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

If it's hard to put it back from the outside, then I'll just go inside and forcibly drag it back.

Rune, her eyes flashing, intruded at tremendous speed towards the fragment of Seirun, which was spewing the Flames of Disaster from the center of the black flames.

Kwaaaaaaaah-!

"Senior Rune!"

Lunia, who had been watching from afar, cried out urgently.

A moment later.

Goooooooh-

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

A moment later, the black flames that had seemed to destroy everything around them disappeared.

And at its center stood Rune, holding Seirun's Record, which had taken on a perfect form.

Rune, who had briefly gazed at Seirun's Record, conjured flames.

Hwarururuk-

"Just a little more effort."

Rune, with a slightly bitter smile, clutched the Hero Record as it turned to ash and scattered.

"Senior Rune! Are you alright?!"

Eiran rushed over and examined Rune.

Rune smiled faintly at Eiran and nodded.

"I'm fine, Eiran."

"Yes."

"Could you contact the Northern Magic Tower Lord?"

"The Northern… Magic Tower Lord?"

"Yes."

Lunia, who knew the true identity of the Northern Magic Tower Lord, showed a slightly bewildered expression.

"I think I need to investigate the Purist Society. And I think I need to go to Lumern, so prepare for that."

At her words, Eiran made a puzzled expression.

"Senior Rune. Going to Lumern… it's to meet Lumern's student council president, right? If that's the case, shouldn't you go to Damian?"

"…I don't really want to go to Damian. I'll wait for Rea in Lumern."

Rune smiled bitterly.

Lunia and Eiran, who somehow knew that Rune disliked Damian, nodded.

'Because that's where Kyle died.'

Rune's face darkened slightly.

***

"Oh. So you're traveling the world…" Cal exclaimed in admiration.

"Your skills seem unusual. Did you not think about enrolling in Lumern?"

Before long, Cal was comfortably exchanging conversation with Leo.

This was thanks to Cal, who, realizing they were the same age, displayed his characteristic friendliness.

"I somehow missed the enrollment period."

"That's a shame. Your vibe, how should I put it… it's like Rea's, so I imagine you would have been amazing."

Cal showed a regretful expression.

Despite being expelled from Lumern, Cal maintained friendships with his former classmates.

'No. It's not just maintaining friendships.'

Leo glanced at the inn's first-floor dining room.

A few Lumern students were visible there.

Cal had said that after leaving Lumern, he had saved money with his unique resourcefulness and opened an inn.

And, utilizing his alchemy talent and information-gathering skills, he was supporting Lumern students in various ways.

Even now, he collects events happening all over the world and quickly relays them to Lumern.

There were even request forms needed by Lumern students on the first-floor bulletin board.

He had only attended Lumern for one year, but he was doing business very closely connected with Lumern.

'Because Cal's goal had been something like this from the beginning.'

In Leo's world, he had blossomed his talents, risen to the position of a hero, and served as a supporter within Lumern, but in this world, even after leaving Lumern, he was still performing a supporter's role.

'He's not the kind of guy to give up in the first place.'

There was only a difference in combat talent.

The direction Cal was looking was originally the same as where Leo had been looking.

And he was definitely not the kind of guy to give up easily.

There was a reason why the gods in the original timeline gave Cal the title 'The One Who Prepares for Beginnings.'

Leo, letting out a heavy sigh, mentally replayed the stories of the great heroes he had heard from Cal.

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

Lysinas was said to thoroughly evaluate hero candidates solely based on talent.

Even in this world, Cal had the skill to advance to the second year, though it was a close call.

The one who recommended the path of a full-fledged supporter to Cal instead of the path of a hero was none other than Lysinas.

'Rea said so. That I had no hope as a hero. Since that guy, who is a more perfect hero than anyone I've ever seen, said it, I had nothing to say.'

Recalling Cal's words from a moment ago, Leo exhaled deeply.

'And Luna… became a recluse? Only writing theses about the Hero of Beginnings rather than magic theses?'

It was an unbelievable sight for Luna, who used to be cheerful and full of passion for magic.

However, Leo vaguely understood why Lysinas and Luna had become different from the people he knew.

'Am I, my existence, holding them back?'

It was when Leo sighed.

Jingle- jingle-

"Ahem! Come forth! Quickly serve wine and meat for the heroes of the future!"

The two people who entered the inn were very familiar to both Leo and Cal.

"Oh! Chelsea! Illiana!" Cal rose abruptly from his seat with a bright smile.

"Hello, Cal!"

"You haven't grown a bit in months! I'm relieved!"

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

Chelsea, her eyes blazing, delivered a dropkick to Cal's solar plexus.

Illiana said, watching Chelsea, who was making her characteristic fierce expression and trampling on the fallen Cal.

"Um… Chelsea. Cal will get hurt."

Illiana stopped Chelsea with a somewhat gloomy voice.

At her words, Cal sprang back to his feet.

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

"You're still as friendly as ever, aren't you? Nice to meet you. I'm Chelsea Lewallyn." Chelsea greeted with a sweet smile.

"I-I'm Illiana Raden…" The moment Illiana's eyes met Leo's, she hunched her shoulders and greeted him in a timid, almost whispering voice.

Leo, seeing her, made a bewildered expression.

'What's wrong with her now?'