Chapter 400

400.

Ar’s howling was heard by the Azonia students, who immediately began to use sign language.

Not only them.

Zzzzap-!

Having used sign language, the Shadow Lord Kirin decapitated the Hero Hunters at an incredible speed.

Tchk-

Kirin, who had torn off their heads with his nails, cracked his knuckles.

Meanwhile.

Seeing Chen Sia hunting down the Hero Hunters, he muttered.

The graceful movements with which she hunted down the Hero Hunters caught everyone’s attention.

‘Princess, you’ve reached the point where you can shine even when your feet are dipped in darkness.’

Having seen countless heroes as a shadow,

Chen Sia’s form resembled those heroes.

‘Nevertheless, that cat. Remarkable.’

In some way unknown, Ar’s howling had granted the Beastmen abilities akin to the effects of a full moon.

‘The world is definitely changing.’

After a long time.

Kirin, who had been immersed in the shadows for so long, unmistakably felt that truth.

‘And at the center of it all is Leo Flove.’

Second place in the 2nd year at Azonia.

Dion ferociously swung his massive greatsword.

Kwaang-!

“Hohoho! Not bad!”

Blocking Dion’s greatsword, the Hero Hunter burst into laughter.

But the laughter was filled with obvious scorn.

“Still quite the stink of milk on your breath, aren’t you?”

The Hero Hunter who had been laughing scornfully took on a venomous expression.

“What good does it do to boast about being Aron’s descendant when you can’t even properly use the sign language ability she left behind?”

At those words, Dion glared at the Hero Hunter with a blank expression.

“Tell me, kid. Are those who use Aron’s sign language ability truly Aron’s descendants? Or is it you, who cannot, who are her descendants?”

Seeing the Hero Hunter continue to mock him, Dion spoke.

“Looks like you, at least, aren’t a descendant of Lady Aron with that vulgar face of yours.”

“What?”

Dion’s words caused the Hero Hunter’s face to tense up.

“You d*mn brat! I’ll k*ll you!”

At Dion’s solemn and weighty single word, the Hero Hunter’s eyes rolled back in his head as he bared his teeth and charged.

Dion clenched his fist.

‘Powerful foe… and on top of that, with sign language ability too.’

This enemy was tough for the current Dion.

‘But I cannot retreat. Especially if the opponent is someone who tarnishes the name of the hero.’

As fire burned in Dion’s eyes,

“Kheeeerrrrr!”

A howling sound reverberated.

In response to it, Dion’s ears perked up.

Simultaneously, his heart began to beat faster.

His body started to overflow with strength.

Dion clearly understood what was happening to his body.

‘Sign language?’

Dion’s face filled with astonishment.

Not only Dion,

The Hero Hunter who had been facing him also widened his eyes.

“What the heck is this?”

Dion looked down at the golden aura emanating from his body.

It was identical to the aura of Aron described in the documents.

But there was another force contained within this aura.

‘Ar…!’

Dion clenched his fist.

‘However she did it, I don’t know…’

Dion tightened his hand.

‘Right now, I’ll judge the traitor right before me.’

Gooouuuuu-!

From Dion’s body, a formidable spirit of challenge erupted.

“That brat…!”

The Hero Hunter’s eyes sparked with rage.

“Just act your age!”

Kuaaaaaa-!

The Hero Hunter spewed an aura and exclaimed.

“Don’t mess with your elders and stay down!”

Kwa-ga-ga-ga-gang! Hoo-doo-doo-doo-duk-!

The aura emanating from the Hero Hunter’s sword engulfed Dion.

Thick dust rose, and dirt rained down like a storm.

“Bravado about not knowing the world’s fears doesn’t suit you, does it?”

Smirking, the Hero Hunter mocked Dion, when suddenly,

Huaak-!

“…!”

Dion, drenched in bl**d, appeared before the Hero Hunter having pierced through the dust.

Wounds that would border on mortal.

But Dion’s eyes brimmed with fighting spirit.

“Wh- what… what are you… what is that look…!”

Unable to tolerate it, the Hero Hunter muttered.

“What makes you think you can jump into battle with such arrogance?! Back down, already!”

Despite Dion continuing to charge without backing down, the Hero Hunter, though possessing overwhelming power, grew weary.

To which Dion responded,

“One who has already crumbled and fled cannot break me.”

Huaak-!

Dion swung his greatsword.

“With renewed courage, one moves forward, even unto d*ath.”

Zttt!

Dion’s sword severed the Hero Hunter’s head.

“That’s what I’ve learned from Lady Aron!”

The severed head flew into the sky and fell to the ground.

Thud-!

Dion fell to his knees, coughing up bl**d.

And gazed in the direction of Ar.

“I don’t know how she did it… but now you truly resemble the real successor of the hero.”

*

Zzzzap-!

From Duran’s body surged a golden lightning.

Eyes shining with golden light, Duran charged the colossal mass of darkness.

In his hand was a two-handed sword.

Kwa-ga-ga-gak-!

Duran, turning into a streak of giant lightning, approached the darkness at an incredible speed.

Kwa-ga-ga-gak-!

At that moment, a shadowy blade rose like a shadow and flew toward Duran.

Ziiiiing-! Kwaang-!

Just before the shadow engulfed Duran,

Magic that had flown from behind altered the shadow’s trajectory.

Juen’s sniper magic.

And it wasn’t just that.

Chjerjerjerjik-!

Chloe’s mentor, Betty’s ice magic caught the shadow.

Powerful magic from two first-year students of the Department of Magic.

But their full efforts barely managed to halt the incantation magic.

But that was enough.

Flash-!

Thanks to the split-second opportunity, Duran, known for his highest speed in the so-called Golden Generation of second years at Lumeran, penetrated and reached the main body.

Flash! Pababababababat-!

A bolt of lightning and sparks burst in all directions.

Pababababababat-!

A powerful assault much like magic itself.

The intense light seemed to weaken the darkness.

Duran’s blade pierced through the darkness.

But soon a blade that erupted from the darkness pierced toward Duran.

Huaak-!

However, a gale wind came sooner than the blade and swept Duran away.

“Just a bit more and I could have finished it.”

“Then you’d be the one on the skewer!”

“You could’ve supported me sooner, couldn’t you?”

“Do you think I’m someone who does your dirty work!”

Chelsea glared and yelled.

To which Duran smirked.

“You’re too slow.”

“I’ll throw you away!”

Chelsea gritted her teeth.

Second only to Duran for speed among the second years.

Abad was also a wind mage like Chelsea, but since he was a traditional mage and Chelsea was a combat mage, Chelsea was much faster than her older brother Abad.

However, she was inevitably slower than Duran.

Kuaaaaaaa-!

The dark blade pursued Chelsea at high speed.

Seeing it, Chelsea smirked and raised her staff.

“Cyclone.”

Hwooooooo!

With a high-speed chant, Chelsea easily cast a high-tier magic and blew away the shadow.

“Rafal.”

Chelsea aimed another spell at the shadow.

Ku-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-ka-ka-ka!

A fierce whirlwind enveloped the shadow.

A vacuum blade hidden among the winds shredded the darkness.

Seeing this, Juen clenched her teeth.

“I’m the same age as her…!”

Whether it was the Cyclone or Rafal,

They were high-tier magic that were burdensome for the average mage.

Yet she completed those with a high-speed chant.

The difference in stage despite being the same age by a mere one year of difference at Lumeran was shocking.

Meanwhile.

Gooouuuuu-!

A wind incomparable to Chelsea’s was blowing.

Hwarulk-!

And with it came immense flames.

“Are you ready? Abad.”

“You’re the one I expect it from, Celia.”

“I just need you to be ready!”

Celia smirked.

Seeing her, Abad smiled faintly and released his magic.

“Tempest.”

Abad cast his unique magic.

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

The wind concentrated onto Celia’s blade.

“Prominence.”

The wind of LeWalyn and the fire of Zerdinger merged and fiercely burned.

Exerting the maximum firepower, Abad and Celia aimed for the darkness.

Flash! Hwaruruurrrrrek-!

The magical winds and the orichalcum flames covered the shadow.

Kuaaaaaaaaaa-!

Most of the shadow flew away, revealing the shape of a person.

But it wasn’t over yet.

Smoldering.

The incantation magic activated again, and a pitch-black darkness surged.

At that moment.

Ko-o-o-o-oo-oo-oo-!

A giant giant’s fist descended from the air.

It was the fist of Warden’s Vow Keeper, the great earth spirit Titaum.

Kua-a-a-a-a-a-ang-!

The unimaginable attack warped the darkness.

But it wasn’t the end.

Zzjer-jer-jer-jer-jer-jer-jer-jer-jer-jer-j*rk-!

The ground began to freeze.

The rearmost line of the Lumeran students.

There stood Chloe, covered in freezing magic power.

Terrifying mana swirled around her.

Currently, if considering solely ‘power’ among the second year students, the strongest was Chloe, the purest of pure mages.

Since the battle began,

She had been continuously chanting spells.

Time is power for a wizard.

Chloe’s blue eyes gazed directly into the darkness.

Sensing her danger, the darkness too charged her.

Kwaak-!

Warden pulled the darkness back.

By his brute strength, the darkness heading for Chloe halted.

But soon it emitted dark blades toward Chloe.

“Block it!”

Chelsea urgently shouted.

The thing that blocked the path of this dark blade,

Were Aina, Habidden, and Shasha who were guarding Chloe just in case of an emergency.

Habidden repelled the dark blade using wind aura.

Shasha did the same using her summoned familiar.

But the dark blade split into many paths.

And then Aina swung her sword.

Huaak! Chajaejaejaejaejaezhing-!

A golden flash appeared, and in an instant, the numerous dark blades were slashed away at an incredible speed.

An absolutely astonishing swordplay that left the onlookers speechless.

The elegant swordplay momentarily stopped the dark blade.

Zzzt-!

But soon, even Aina couldn’t completely block the dark blade that aimed for Chloe.

But Chloe, who had been closing her eyes and concentrating, opened them.

The moment a wizard unleashes firepower is to the enemy like despair.

But, conversely, until that moment, the wizard is defenseless.

But Chloe had also prepared for such contingencies.

A short-range teleportation spell.

Although she couldn’t focus solely on the spell, its power would decrease,

She had gathered enough mana to deal a significant blow.

As Chloe was about to release the spell,

A silver flash struck the dark blade away.