Chapter 640

640.

A howl erupted from Leo’s mouth, overwhelming the surroundings.

“That guy isn’t even a real beastman…!”

“It’s more powerful than the howling of those Azonia guys!”

“And he can even use Magic of the Stars and Incantation Magic!”

“Ah! Seriously! Is there anything our president can’t do?”

Voices filled with exasperation poured out from the upperclassmen of the 4th and 5th years at the vanguard.

However, amidst all this, the front line was still firmly held.

It was evidently different from before.

‘There’s no way it could be the same.’

Leo’s intention was clear.

Sweeping away the seniors with brute force.

Initially, they were confused by Leo’s uncharacteristic recklessness, but that confusion didn’t last long.

Once they realized how aggressive he was, it was just a matter of crafting a strategy to match.

Even if Leo’s movements changed, it wouldn’t matter.

That’s because the 4th and 5th years knew Leo well enough to counter any move.

The howling had already displayed a different kind of handling compared to earlier.

Howling is a form of momentum.

A technique that pounds its way into the opponent’s body through auditory waves.

The method to deal with such howling is straightforward.

Match the momentum with an even greater one.

“HAAAP!”

“HOO!”

“HYAAAP!”

“A girl doing HYAAAP? What the heck is this? HYAAHP!”

“Shut up!”

While the 4th and 5th years released shouts to bolster their own momentum, Leo smirked faintly.

Just looking at them confirmed it—Lumeran students were, in essence, Lumeran students.

‘For now, they still have room to breathe.’

Seeing the even more firmly established front lines, Leo raised his sword.

WHOOSH!

Gray aura flared around Leo’s body.

Witnessing his gray aura, the vanguard was filled with tension.

It was already a famous tale that Leo could wield auras of various attributes.

Among them, the most destructive was the flame of Zerdinger.

But now, the students of Lumeran knew something else.

The strongest version of Leo was when that gray aura was emitted.

“Now that I think of it, doesn’t that aura resemble Kyle-sama’s?”

“That guy is an all-class warrior. He’s like Kyle-sama.”

“Hmm. Are the auras of all-class ability users the same?”

‘Am I Kyle, though?’

Leo chuckled to himself silently but understood that he couldn’t take such talk too seriously.

‘Anyway, I don’t plan to face them with my own techniques today.’

The gray aura began to shift toward a golden hue.

Golden light flared from Leo’s crimson eyes.

The sight of it drastically altered the expressions of those in the front lines.

BOOM!

Leo gathered his aura as he swung his sword upward at the sky.

SWISH!

A crescent-shaped golden blade of energy soared into the sky.

The students in the rear looked up in confusion.

“What? Where did he send it?”

“That thing won’t just fall like that, will it?”

As everyone expressed their puzzlement,

The golden blade of energy exploded in the sky.

And then…

KUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM!

“…!”

“What is this?”

“Mages! Unleash shield magic!”

Swords of light began raining down from the sky.

Sword Rain.

A technique Aron often used when dealing with hordes of enemies, where blades of light fell like rain.

‘If Aron used it, it would truly pour down like a shower.’

Caught off guard by the unexpected attack, the 4th and 5th years could sense the chaos.

“Takon, it’s best we retreat and reestablish our defensive line!”

“No! That’s what Leo wants. If we leave the front open, the rear will crumble under him!”

To Niel’s words, Eren added hastily.

There wasn’t any student among the 4th and 5th years who could match Leo’s speed and support him.

Having listened to the dialogue, Takon gripped his shield tightly and declared:

“We stop Leo!”

At his words, the front line was re-secured.

Leo charged forward without slowing his speed for a second.

WHOOSH!

Golden flames erupted from Leo’s body before disappearing.

“Wait, why isn’t that guy slowing down?”

“Planning to collide head-on?”

“No way! Even Leo would surely be crushed if he goes through with this!”

Despite their panic, they quickly armed themselves.

Then, a female student clad in strong armor wielded her mace towards Leo, who was charging at her.

A force so powerful that it could turn even a rock into powder.

Yet the female student knew that this attack wouldn’t hit him.

‘This won’t ever hit!’

Probably, Leo would dodge and target her gap immediately afterwards.

Normally, instead of attacking, she should’ve pushed Leo back with her large shield. But she switched the order.

‘If he dodges my attack, I’ll immediately push him back with my shield!’

While holding this thought, the face of the fourth-year female student from the Department of Knights suddenly turned pale.

‘Eh? He’s not dodging?’

She could see her mace slowly aiming for Leo’s forehead.

Thinking he might dodge at the last moment, she tensed up.

TUCK!

The mace struck Leo.

“Huh?”

The female student, who hadn’t expected her attack to land directly, uttered a blank sound at that moment.

KRAK!

The head of the mace broke straight away.

Leo immediately struck her on the arm.

BAM!

“GWAHH?!”

She was thrown violently onto the ground.

Following that…

KUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM!

“AAAGH!”

“GGGH?!“

Like a tank rampaging through an infantry formation, students from the Department of Knights started getting sent flying by Leo.

Attacks hurled his way bounced off him.

Not a single mark formed on Leo’s body.

“Wha… what?! This thing! Why aren’t my attacks working… GGGHHH!”

A fifth-year student from the Department of Knights was struck by Leo and soared up into the air.

Unbeknownst to them, the force Leo was currently wielding was Dwenno’s aura.

While they weren’t aware, they were up against part of the power of Aron, historically regarded as the strongest warrior, and Dwenno, the greatest vanguard.

The techniques and strength of Aron and Dwenno were far beyond what the 4th and 5th years ever expected.

Right from the start, the way to counter Leo had been warped.

WHOOSH!

Seeing the flames of aura around him, Leo smiled faintly.

“I can’t go any further!”

The vanguard wasn’t completely breached yet.

Though Leo’s reckless charge disrupted the formation, it hadn’t collapsed.

As long as they managed to successfully stop Leo even once, from then on they could follow the strategy.

Toward this aim, Niel blocked Leo’s path.

In the case of such a charging attack, if the speed and momentum diminish, it eventually gets blocked.

And Niel, wielding flames of aura, possessed undeniably the strongest pure offensive power among fifth years.

Takon, with his dual swords wreathed in wind aura, joined beside him, blocking the path.

“I’ll provide cover, Niel.”

“Thanks.”

Fire and wind aura. Their affinity was excellent.

If Niel unleashed a strong attack, Takon would support the move to cover any gaps and exert pressure on Leo.

Even though Niel and Takon bickered with each other, they weren’t uncoordinated to the point of not being able to synchronize in this moment.

If they were, they wouldn’t have been able to maintain their status as the top students of their year within the Department of Knights for four years.

‘Currently, the top two of Lumeran’s Department of Knights.’

Comparatively, Ris and Harc in their fifth year still lacked something when pitted against them.

But that was relative when compared with those two.

That didn’t mean Niel and Takon were weak.

And they were the ones who could suppress Leo’s momentum.

Leo was currently surrounded.

If his momentum faltered here, it would be troublesome.

WOOOOOSH!

More students gathered around to protect Niel and Takon.

Seeing this, Leo smiled.

“Niel senior, so when is the wedding?”

“Huh?”

Niel’s face was momentarily flustered.

Seeing this, Takon flinched.

“Niel! Focus for now!”

“Huh?”

Takon flinched as Niel attempted to swing his sword, but in the fleeting moment Leo seized the opportunity and grabbed Niel by the neck.

“GRRGH!”

Niel tried to shake off Leo.

But Leo pushed him all the way to Takon even quicker.

Overwhelmed, they both collapsed, allowing Leo to keep charging forward without reducing his speed.

“Why hesitate, Niel!”

‘I fell for it!’

Realizing that Leo had used Spirit Magic to make a remark audible only to him, Niel gritted his teeth and quickly rose to his feet.

‘To strike me off-guard like this… it’s uncharacteristic of Young Master Leo!’

He fell victim to it.

One might consider it underhanded, but in this situation, the mistake he had made proved his lack of polish.

KABOOM!

“EEEEK!”

“It’s breached!”

“Block it!”

“What makes him so impenetrable?”

Screams erupted in various places.

In that situation, Leo raised his hand.

A black magical force swirled in his hand.

SPLAT!

Leo slapped the floor.

A black mist spread out through the floor beneath the students of the Department of Knights who were attempting to chase him, seizing their feet.

“What is this?!”

“Is it Incantation Magic?!”

‘Shadow Swamp.’

It was a magic technique used by Lissinas.

The crimson eyes of Leo, which held the ankles of the Department of Knights students, shifted toward the Department of Magic students preparing spells.

They tried to respond calmly.

But…

WOOOOOSH!

A wave of star power surged from Leo’s body.

After quickly completing his incantation, Leo released his magic.

“Lucus Fragment.”

TCHIIIIIIING!

Fragments of stars scattered in all directions.

This was another technique commonly used by Luna when engaging multiple foes.

POOOOOF!

“Coughhh!”

“Block it!”

“What kind of magic is this?!”

“That Leo! He’s creating more unique magic techniques!”

“d*mn it! That Ora skill and Ora Armor earlier were completely new as well!”

Not exactly.

The Ora skill, the magic…

All of it belonged to Aron, Dwenno, Lissinas, and Luna.

They were unknown and incredibly advanced abilities, beyond what the 4th and 5th years could comprehend.

That’s why, from their perspective, Leo was an enigmatic enemy.

And not just any powerful foe, but a being that surpassed their understanding of common sense.

From the outside, the unity of the 4th and 5th years appeared strong.

If shaken, it didn’t break easily.

Even landing a harsh blow wouldn’t shatter it right away.

It would simply weaken their cohesion gradually.

However.

When confronted with the unknown repeatedly…

“Takon, what are you doing?! Lead properly!”

“Aden, what’s our next strategy?”

“You! Stop Leo quickly!”

“Can’t you see we can’t move now?!”

“What? Are you defying your senior?”

It collapses rapidly.

An absurdly pathetic sight, far beyond what one would expect from the 4th and 5th years.

But even if they were a group of exceptional individuals, without cohesion, it’s only natural they’d end up this way.

Cohesion is something that strengthens through mutual clashes.

One must clearly identify the weaknesses of their counterparts, not just their strengths, to achieve perfect teamwork.

However, the 4th and 5th years had never pondered such things for a long time.

‘We just followed the words of one person.’

Runba clenched his lips tightly.

The collapse was much faster than he had anticipated.

“Never thought I’d be in this state without even getting a hand-on. This is a bit extreme.”

As Runba felt anxious, Leo stood before him.

“Do you know that most of the 4th and 5th years are similar to Runba-senpai?”

“What?”

Leo gave a wry smile and replied,

“The seniors lack the fighting spirit to aim higher.”