Chapter 545

545.

Leo gazed up at Urein floating in the sky.

Urein raised his hand toward Leo who was looking at him.

“You seem rather calm.”

“Now that I can finally deal with you at my leisure.”

“Do you truly think this inferior being can block Lady Berkiya?”

“She’s a trustworthy disciple I’ve relied on for a long time. And those two have been fighting each other to exhaustion anyway, so no worries.”

“You keep spouting nonsense.”

Urein’s eyes grew cold.

“I offered you kindness, but you refused it, Leo Flove.”

Wooong-!

An enormous wave of magic power rippled from his hand.

“I will no longer hold back from you.”

Flick-!

Countless particles of light were generated in the sky.

Magic shining like stars in the night sky – Leo smirked at the sight.

When Urein noticed his reaction, a rumbling sound came from afar.

The sound of a trumpet echoed from the other side of the city.

Frowning, Urein looked toward the direction the sound came from – it was the entrance to the underground city.

To which Leo responded:

“It seems there’s some trouble.”

“It’s nothing serious. It appears the slaves have planned a minor rebellion.”

As the head of the city council, he had noticed long ago that those from the underground city were showing suspicious movements.

“Still, it’s nothing significant.”

From the subspace, he pulled out a grotesque rock about the size of a person’s head.

Numerous magic circles were engraved on the surface of the stone.

“Is that a meteor?”

“Your insight truly astonishes me. Yes, it is. This meteor is a divine relic that has brought the blessing of the stars to this land.”

The meteor began emitting an intense magical power that distorted the surrounding space.

“You called me a mediocre third-rate wizard. I wonder if you still hold that ludicrous belief?”

“And I do, what of it?”

“How impertinent.”

Urein bared his teeth when he saw Leo mocking him.

But then he soon curled the corner of his lips with a haughty gaze down at Leo.

“I, unlike you, am forgiving. This is the last gift I offer to the excellent star wizard that you are. I shall bestow your end with this great power.”

His lips formed a curve.

With that, the countless fragments of light that hovered above suddenly rained down on Leo.

It was not a mass-target magic.

It was a spell designed to destroy vast areas.

Yet, its powerful magic was directed at a single person.

To anyone else, it would have been a desperate situation.

However, Leo stood casually as he raised his hand.

“I’m not particularly forgiving, but I’ll extend you some grace.”

For a fleeting moment, grey magical power flickered in Leo’s red eyes.

“If Luna were here right now, I’ll show you what she would do.”

Snap!

He snapped his finger.

KABOOM-!

In an instant, the magic hurtling toward Leo exploded mid-air.

WHOOSH!

“AAAHHH!”

The aftermath engulfed Urein.

Thanks to the defensive barrier, he avoided a fatal wound, but there was no escaping as he crashed down onto the ground.

The meteor he had hovering over his hand tumbled onto the ground.

Urein looked up at Leo in astonishment.

He fully understood what had just occurred with his magic.

Therefore, his mind was filled with confusion.

‘To have interfered with another’s magical incantation and altered the spell! That’s just not possible!’

“Who are you…what exactly are you…”

Punch!

“Ugh?!”

Before Urein could finish his sentence, Leo’s fist struck his face.

Despite the humiliation of being physically beaten, Urein screamed in anger:

“Such indignity!”

If he were hit by magic, it would be understandable?

But for a wizard to be beaten this way was an immense disgrace.

“I told you, I’ll show you what Luna would have done.”

Leo grabbed Urein by the collar and lifted him up.

“Luna would have beaten your face into a pulp until she cooled down, you good-for-nothing wizard.”

Smash! Crash! Smash!

“AAAHH!”

Leo proceeded to pummel Urein’s face into mush.

When Urein screamed and began releasing his magic, Leo nullified it without batting an eye.

Snap!

Leo’s fist crushed Urein’s nasal bridge.

“Grk!”

Urein, struggling to breathe, raised his hand.

‘More magic power! More potent magic is the key!’

From afar, the meteor lying on the ground flew toward Urein.

Thud!

Leo caught the meteor mid-air.

Seeing this, Urein smirked.

“Foolish!”

BOOMMMMM!

Immense magical power was released from the meteor.

Leo tightened his grip against the force.

Crack!

Urein’s eyes widened in shock at the sight of cracks appearing on the meteor.

Crash!

The meteor shattered into pieces in Leo’s hand and fell to the ground.

Upon seeing this, Urein’s mouth hung open.

“Th, this relic… The great history of Eldon…”

With his crushed nose, Urein struggled to speak as his astonishment grew.

“Is this pathetic stone the history of your city?”

Leo mocked while crushing the remaining piece of the meteor in his hand and approached Urein.

“How… How is this possible?! How could you destroy a divine relic protected by such powerful magic!”

“The magic was crude.”

Leo curled his lips.

“If we consider intricacy, the magic of first-year students in Seirun would be more advanced.”

Urein’s magic was complicated.

However, it lacked refinement.

Rather than a sophisticated incantation that activated through precise interlocking, his magic was forcibly activated through sheer power of magic.

“Your magic isn’t even complex. It’s just disorderly.”

No matter how complex, if it lacks refinement, it won’t work against a wizard with overwhelmingly superior skills.

Urein understood this fact.

But…

‘Could it even be possible!’

His body trembled.

‘Besides, this man isn’t just any pure wizard – he’s an all-class warrior…’

Urein’s eyes widened as he realized.

All-class, succeeding the Hero of Beginning, Kyle.

Combined with profound knowledge of star magic that went beyond comprehension.

And…

‘This man referred to Lady Berkiya as his disciple.’

Urein’s body began to shake.

“Could it be… Could it truly be… The Hero of Beginning… Kyle?”

Leo did not deny the question.

He merely looked down at Urein with a cold face.

Taking that as affirmation, Urein shouted desperately:

“Why?! Why do you reject us!? Why do you deny our legacy when you, who were a disciple of the progenitor of the star cloud, you who should know of it!”

Seeing Urein’s crazed shouting, Leo tilted his head.

“You purebloods are incredible. Claiming to know Lady Luna better than I, even though you’ve never met her.”

Even the followers of the deity who disappeared 5000 years ago were like this.

As Leo mumbled, Urein responded in a daze:

“Lady Luna would have been different from you. Lady Luna would have surely…”

“Yeah, she would have been different. Lady Luna would have surely smashed each of your heads until she was satisfied.”

The image of Luna furiously wielding her staff to break heads came vividly to mind.

Swoosh!

Leo unsheathed his sword.

“Since there’s no such Luna, I’ll have to take her place.”

A desolate killing intent enveloped Leo’s eyes.

“Having learned the truth about how we’ve upheld your rule, as Luna’s proxy, I will judge you.”

Urein turned white with fear at Leo’s words and hastily began escaping.

“Templars! Templars!”

He shouted for the knight Templars.

But despite his cries, their loyal knights did not appear.

WHOOSH!

Leo’s eyes saw the enormous white fire soaring high.

‘She’s pushing herself too hard again.’

He saw Lunia holding back the Templars.

It was clearly far beyond her limits.

‘She’s grown so much.’

Leo quietly smiled.

Little by little, Lunia was following in Luna’s footsteps.

Not just Lunia.

Even Eiran, far in the distance, standing as a shield for Lunia, too.

They were all growing at an incredible speed.

“No! This can’t be… I haven’t… I haven’t yet… achieved everything I wanted…”

CHUNK!

“Ugh?!”

Leo’s sword pierced into Urein’s neck.

PULL! SLASH!

As he withdrew the sword, bl**d gushed out.

Trembling, Urein lowered his head.

‘This is the end of the Pureblood Society.’

Through the rebirth of Seirun and their collusion with Tartarus, the Pureblood Society had obviously collapsed in influence.

But due to their immense power, they had retained significant influence even after their fall from grace.

But now, it’s over.

‘Although I don’t know exactly what’s in the underground, judging from the magic this guy has wielded, my predictions haven’t been far off.’

The inhumane act of enslaving and draining their own kind.

Even if it had been done to another race, such an act would have been grounds for expulsion.

Revealing that it had been done to their own kin would certainly spell the end of the Pureblood Society this time.

Leo moved his steps toward Lunia and Eiran.

In the front, Eiran was holding back the Templars.

In the rear, Lunia was focused solely on magical incantations.

Although they were swordsmen who dedicated themselves to mastering star magic, they couldn’t surpass Eiran despite having far superior magic and aura power.

They were outmatched by her swordsmanship.

All the magic from the rear mages was blocked by Lunia’s [Emperor of Flames].

Created under the assumption of the strongest flames by Luna, the Emperor of Flames is a special magic.

One of the magics Luna herself never quite completed, it was one of the top-tier magics among all of Luna’s spells.

The star magic practiced by the elves of Eldon was unstable.

In Seirun, they incorporated other magic concepts into star magic to pursue their own versions.

‘In the first place, the star magic incantations passed down were unstable. No matter how much one develops magic based solely on those incantations, all magic will eventually degrade.’

What was traditional and pure star magic from the Pureblood Society’s perspective was crude magic in reality.

‘Thus, they’re destined to be consumed by Lunia’s magic.’

Regardless, Lunia is the official successor to Luna.

She is an elf who carries on Luna’s will.

“You look exhausted.”

“Leo?”

“Need some help?”

At Leo’s words, Lunia let out a snort.

Even if they had an absolute advantage due to elemental superiority, their opponents were no pushovers.

Both Lunia and Eiran were close to their limits.

“Not necessary.”

“Hmm? Why?”

“Because I can’t keep being helped and protected forever.”

Lunia looked forward.

“We’ll keep moving forward. Forward!”

Lunia declared confidently.

“I’ll be behind you!”

Leo’s eyes widened slightly.

‘From now on, this Lady Luna will watch your back!’

The proclamation of a certain someone who declared with self-assured confidence came to mind.

“I’ll be behind you!”

Symbolic of handing over the vanguard to a wizard.

But it also meant promising countless miracles from behind.

“You youngin’s sure are mouthy.”

“Say that again, old man!”

Lunia shouted in frustration.

Watching this, Leo burst into laughter.

“I’ll wait for you.”

“Yeah! Wait for us!”

At Leo’s words, Lunia responded assertively.

Leo then averted his gaze from Lunia and looked toward Berkiya who was fighting Bihar.

‘Your disciples are striving to stand on the battlefield you could not, Berkiya.’

Watching his disciple in agony, Leo clenched his fists tightly.

‘So come to your senses now and show the next generation the proper example, you accursed disciple of mine.’