Two Great Heroes and one Hero gathered to subjugate the fragment of Erebos.
And the six Hero Candidates charged toward Erebos.
Arron, at the very front, ran across the sky.
“He’s so fast.”
Torua, riding her staff, exclaimed in admiration.
Lunia, seated in front of her, said,
“That’s because it’s Arron-nim! But why do I have to ride on your staff, Torua?”
“It can’t be helped. Your friend is moving with a hubae from our academy’s Summoning Department. And Riennia is flying with Ulta.”
“That’s not what I meant. I’m perfectly capable of moving without your help...”
“I doubt you could keep up. You’re a firepower-obsessed fool, after all.”
“A firepower-obsessed fool?! I’m perfectly good at other magic too, you know?”
“Yup. But not as good as me, right?”
“Kuhk?”
Seeing Lunia clench her fist and glare ahead in frustration, Torua grinned and blew into her ear.
“Fwoo-!”
Lunia covered her ear, her face turning bright red as she protested.
“Wh-What do you think you’re doing?”
“You looked nervous.”
“I was not!”
Torua chuckled.
“You want to be helpful, don’t you? But all you need to do is focus on attacking. Arron-nim probably thinks the same, which is why he let you join the party.”
“......Yes.”
As she answered, she glanced at Leo at the head of the party, her expression slightly bitter.
‘Can I still not stand at his side?’
Lunia knew.
It was the same for Eiran and Eliza.
‘Aside from Leo, we second-years still aren’t good enough to join this party.’
Even Torua, Ulta, and Riennia were not enough to stand alongside Arron and Melina.
But the three graduates could at least support Arron and Melina.
The reason Arron had chosen Lunia, Eiran, and Eliza, who could not even serve as support, was because of a single spell.
On a day deep into the training retreat.
When Lunia said she had completed the Star Magic: [Flame Emperor], Arron had been genuinely moved.
Lunia had been flustered, wondering if it was really something that should move Arron so deeply.
“Wasn’t [Flame Emperor] a spell Luna-nim created to counter Erebos’s Calamity Flame?”
“That’s right.”
The incomplete magic, [Flame Emperor], left behind by Luna.
Although Lunia had completed the spell, she did not actually know much about the magic called [Flame Emperor].
All she knew was that Leo had taught her the Magic Formula recorded in Luna’s grimoire, which was stored in the Shan Empire, and that it was a spell Luna had been unable to complete in her lifetime.
Lunia knew well what the unquenchable white flame Luna had tried to create meant.
Thinking that Luna had ultimately failed to achieve that goal, Lunia had felt she had to complete this spell.
“Yes. But it had another, more important meaning.”
“What was that?”
“There are five spells Luna created while carrying a special feeling in her heart.”
At Arron’s words, Lunia and Eiran perked up their ears.
No matter what anyone said, Luna was the great Founder of the Nebula, whom the elves respected and loved more than anyone.
They couldn’t help but focus when a story about Luna came from the mouth of Arron, who had once been her comrade and friend.
“The first is a spell called Magic that Blooms Flower. That spell contains everything about Luna, and it was the one she was most proud of.”
“I know.”
“It’s the textbook of Star Magic.”
Both Lunia and Eiran knew that well.
“The second is Stella Radius.”
“Ah...”
“The magic that defeated Zerdeac.”
“That magic is Luna herself. She created it while thinking of herself, shining as brilliantly as a star.”
That flash of dazzling starlight, Luna’s own Original Magic.
It was Luna’s very symbol, something even Leo’s Bible could not contain.
Even now, it was famed as the strongest magic in the world.
“Luna had the kind of personality that couldn’t be satisfied unless she completely destroyed everything standing in her way, so she created that spell...”
“Arron-nim. You don’t need to finish that sentence.”
Lunia said hurriedly.
She didn’t want the image of Luna she had built up in her mind to shatter any further.
But the people around her reacted differently.
“Ooh! So she really did have a personality just like this nasty elf!”
“Wanna die?! You stupid cat!”
Watching the commotion, Arron laughed cheerfully.
At Driana’s question, Arron nodded.
At that answer, everyone except Leo stared with wide eyes.
“Did the Great Heroes really act like this with each other every day?”
“Nah, no way.”
“Somehow, I don’t think so.”
Lunia, Ar, and Driana whispered among themselves.
As Carr spoke with his hands clasped behind his back, Arron nodded.
Seeing Arron’s wistful smile, Eiran asked,
“What was the fourth spell that carried a special feeling?”
“It’s a spell called Innocent.”
“Innocent?”
“Isn’t that the magic Kyle-nim used?”
At Arron’s words, everyone recalled Kyle, whom they had briefly met in Dweno’s world.
“Yes. It’s a spell Luna made for Kyle.”
“It certainly was beautiful magic.”
Lunia smiled brightly.
Hearing Arron’s story, Leo recalled that time.
‘Ahem! Kyle.’
‘What is it?’
‘Come over here and sit down. I made a spell for you.’
‘It’s probably another useless spell. I don’t need it.’
‘What’s wrong with a spell that makes flowers bloom!’
Seeing Luna bare her teeth and growl, Kyle let out a small sigh and sat down in front of her.
‘What kind of spell is it?’
‘It’s a spell I made using your mana attribute. The name of the magic is Innocent.’
‘Didn’t you once say purity and I were a disgustingly awful match?’
‘Yes. You don’t match. But Dweno said that in some ways, you’re so pure you’re basically an idiot. That’s what inspired me.’
‘Want to see what a pure idiot can do to you, you damn elf?’
“Ow, dat’s my cheek!”
Luna struggled as Kyle pinched both her cheeks and stretched them from side to side.
She flared up and tried to counterattack, but Kyle’s arms were much longer, so she could do nothing but keep getting teased.
Recalling the past, Leo smiled bitterly, and Arron, remembering it as well, burst into laughter.
At that moment, Eiran asked with a very excited face,
Eiran couldn’t contain herself, cupping her cheeks with both hands, her ears twitching just from imagining it.
“Eiran really does have a vivid imagination.”
“She does.”
Lunia and Ar snickered.
At their reaction, Driana said,
At Driana’s words, Lunia and Ar’s eyes shot up, and Carr clicked his tongue.
Watching the four bicker, Arron shook his head.
“I doubt Luna felt that way about Kyle. The two of them fought every time they saw each other.”
“I see.”
“Just like us.”
Everyone else wore expressions that said, ‘Of course,’ while Eiran looked disappointed, her ears drooping.
“So the fifth spell is [Flame Emperor].”
“Yes.”
Arron nodded at Lunia’s question.
“[Flame Emperor] is a spell Luna developed to block the Calamity Flame.”
“To block it?”
“Yes. Dweno and I fought on the front lines. It was a spell she made to protect us.”
Arron smiled bitterly.
And in the end, it had remained incomplete.
‘Certainly, if [Flame Emperor] had been completed, fate might have changed.’
Leo let out a bitter sigh inwardly.
The image of Luna sobbing and blaming herself at the deaths of Arron and Dweno rose in his mind.
For Arron, it was probably a good thing.
‘Arron would have broken down if he’d heard Luna scream like that.’
Hearing Arron’s words, Lunia wore a solemn expression.
She had never imagined that the magic passed down to her after 5,000 years was a spell created with such feelings.
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‘I have to fulfill Luna-nim’s wish.’
Now Lunia knew.
First, Arron fell, and then Dweno fell.
Third, Luna followed her friends.
Lunia could not even begin to imagine what Luna must have felt back then.
‘I may be lacking, but... I must protect everyone with Luna-nim’s magic.’
Lunia steeled her resolve.
In the meantime, they had already reached Erebos.
Fwoosh-!
Flames erupted from Erebos’s body.
At that moment—
Flash-!
Arron stomped down hard.
In that instant, wrapped in a golden Aura, Arron underwent Beast Transformation.
“Krooooooooaaaaaaar!”
Arron’s roar rang out once more.
That powerful Howling instilled courage in the hearts of his party members.
When Arron drew his sword, the Golden Aura gathered at its tip.
Then Arron became a streak of golden light and charged straight at Erebos.
Bwoooooooosh-!
“Kuooooooooh!”
The Hero’s sword split open Erebos’s chest.
Landing on the ground, Arron’s eyes flashed.
“Melina!”
At Arron’s shout, Melina grabbed Leo’s hand and swiftly soared high into the sky.
The moment they reached the heavens,
Melina brought her hands together.
Woooong-!
A gigantic Magic Circle formed.
The surrounding air shimmered under the pressure of unimaginable Magic Power.
“That’s an incredible amount of Magic Power... What in the world is that spell?”
As Lunia readied her attack, she asked, and Torua, who was chanting a spell, glanced up at the sky and answered,
“Disaster, the Dragon of Genesis. It’s Rodia’s Original Magic.”
A grand spell that ruled over the surrounding nature.
Fwhoooooooooooooosh! Kwaaaaaaaaaah-!
A colossal typhoon swallowed Erebos whole.
Seeing that, Eliza muttered,
“It’s the perfect superior version of Abad’s Tempest.”
“It can’t be helped. While Abad’s Tempest is a spell that causes a natural disaster, that spell is one that controls them.”
It truly was grand magic belonging to the strongest being of the natural world.
Kwaaaaaaaah-!
Guooooooooh!
Erebos struggled, trying not to be swept away by the massive typhoon.
But Disaster, though it halted Erebos’s movements, could not deal any meaningful damage.
Melina smiled faintly at the sight.
‘It’s fine. This is enough.’
Melina’s role, from beginning to end, was simply to pin Erebos in place.
“Leo-nim.”
Melina called to Leo.
“Lysinas-nim’s magic.”
At those words, Leo raised his hand.
“Laurel.”
Flash-!
The Great Spirit of Light, Laurel, was summoned into Leo’s hand.
As Leo drew up his Spirit Power, just as the Spirit of Radiance had done long ago,
the Spirit of Radiance transformed into a bow of light.
Leo grabbed the bow of light and drew the string back.
Woooong-!
An arrow formed at the end of the bowstring on its own.
Seeing this, Melina smiled brightly.
‘Long ago, the light the Wise King loosed to drive out all corruption and wickedness.’
Leo spoke its name.
“Punishment.”
Flash-!
Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-gang-!
The arrow of light struck Erebos, causing a massive explosion.
Kwa-ga-ga-ga-!
The typhoon that had been holding Erebos in place vanished without a trace.
At the center of the huge crater, black magma was scattered everywhere.
Seeing that, Leo narrowed his eyes.
A thrilling power.
But not only Leo and Arron, even Melina could not understand what they were seeing.
“It feels excessively... weak, doesn’t it?”
At Melina’s mutter, Leo clicked his tongue.
“I see.”
“Pardon?”
“It’s true that its seal has been broken, but its consciousness hasn’t awakened yet. It’s only wielding its power by instinct.”
“That means...”
At Leo’s words, Melina’s face hardened.
“That’s right. It hasn’t even truly begun yet.”
The magma writhed, then formed the shape of Erebos’s face.
The moment Arron saw it and raised his sword—
Flash-!
Suddenly, Erebos’s eyes opened.
Arron’s face stiffened the moment their gazes met.
-Heheheheheh.
A sneer spilled from Erebos’s mouth.
-A shallow miracle of the detestable gods, is it?
Kuo-o-o-o-o-o-!
The surrounding atmosphere changed in an instant.
Fwoosh-!
Erebos’s body ignited once more.
Ku-gu-gu-gung-!
Now radiating a pressure incomparable to before, Erebos sneered at Arron.
-Are you prepared to watch the world burn once more, O ghost of the past?
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