In Leo’s hand, a single staff shone like starlight.
Cometes.
A staff bearing the name of a comet.
Crafted by Dweno and named by Luna, it was a divine-class staff, arguably the strongest Magic Staff in existence.
As a staff forged by Dweno, the so-called Divine Blacksmith, with the full fire of his craftsman’s soul, it held an immense amount of Magic Power.
‘And as if that wasn’t enough, that girl Luna slapped on all sorts of Magic Formulas and modified it to an absurd degree. On top of that, she infused it with her own Magic Power.’
And it didn’t end there. It had also passed through the hands of Seiren, Luna’s successor, adding Seiren’s Magic Power on top of everything else.
‘The problem is that it ended up becoming an absurdly difficult Magic Staff to handle too.’
For ages, no family had been able to properly wield Cometes.
Not even the Tingel family, who carried Seiren’s bloodline.
The reason was simple.
‘Because its maker, its original wielder, and the one who inherited it were all monsters beyond compare.’
Even Leo himself had only recently become capable of wielding Cometes perfectly after receiving it from Seiren.
Gripping Cometes, Leo soared high into the sky.
Reaching a height where Erebos was almost out of sight, Leo stirred his Magic Power.
Vwoooong-!
Cometes responded to Leo’s Magic Power and emitted a brilliant light.
Leo’s red eyes turned gray.
Gray Magic Power shimmered from Leo’s body as he drew out his power.
A Magic Circle was drawn in the empty air.
A crystallization of Magic Formula composed of geometric Runic Language.
It was not a simple spell, but an entire system of Magic.
A system of Magic only one person in this world could use.
The Hero of Beginning.
Leo softly murmured the name of the spell and completed the Magic.
“Bible.”
The moment the spell was completed, the Magic Formula of Bible rapidly transformed.
New Runic Language was inscribed into the Magic Circle.
It was the Magic Formula of Star Magic.
Holding Cometes, Leo deployed the Magic.
Flash-! Bzzzzzzzzzt-!
A beautiful Magic Formula spread out around Leo.
Looking at it, Leo chanted the spell.
In time with Leo’s incantation, the Magic Formula glowed in countless colors.
Along with it, the mana in the atmosphere began to vibrate.
A beautiful melody echoed throughout the battlefield.
It was not a voice.
It was the sound created by the trembling atmospheric mana.
“What in the world is this?”
Ulta’s face filled with surprise.
At that, Torua, who was clutching her staff and chanting a spell, widened her eyes.
“It’s a Magic incantation.”
The Magic Power in the atmosphere was resonating with someone’s chant.
That resonance was simply being heard as a melody.
“Star Magic.”
Recognizing the nature of the Magic, Riennia widened her eyes and stared into the sky.
“Leo Plov?”
Her mouth fell open.
“That’s amazing, Leo-nim.”
Eiran also let out a gasp of admiration.
“How powerful is that Magic supposed to be?”
Lunia also wore a bewildered expression.
At that moment,
[Everyone.]
Melina’s voice reached their ears.
[I will take command from this point onward. Ulta, take Riennia and attack Erebos.]
At those words, Ulta pulled on her Pegasus’s reins.
Fwoosh-!
As her Pegasus flew at tremendous speed, it released Divine Lightning.
Bzzzzzzzt-!
While moving at a speed that defied imagination, Riennia rose to her feet.
Fwoosh-!
She felt an incredible sense of speed.
But Riennia paid it no mind and drew her bowstring.
Gwoooooooooo-!
She chanted an incantation as she pulled the bowstring back.
As Riennia chanted the Star Magic spell, the atmospheric mana resonating with Leo’s incantation reacted to her chant.
Riennia’s eyes widened slightly.
‘What is this?’
She had merely matched Leo’s Magic incantation.
And yet, she could feel the power of her spell rising even further.
It was a force far beyond the maximum output Riennia could normally produce.
But even so, it did not feel unstable.
‘If anything, it feels even more stable.’
Grip-!
Riennia pulled the bowstring back further.
‘As if this were its true power to begin with.’
Feeling that incredibly natural flow of Magic Power, Riennia finished her chant.
“End.”
Paaat-!
The moment Riennia released the bowstring, the Star Magic of End, taking the form of an arrow, flew toward Erebos.
Flash-! Kraaaaack-! Fwoooooosh-!
In the wake of that Magic, the trees and grass around Erebos were flattened in the opposite direction.
Fwoosh-!
As Calamity Flame poured forth, Melina spoke.
[Torua, block the flames with earth Magic.]
Torua moved the earth with her Magic Formula.
Ruuuumble-!
A massive wall of earth rose up and blocked the flames.
‘There’s no change in Torua’s Magic power.’
Riennia drew up her Magic Power and cast Magic.
A chill gathered in her hand.
Magic cast through an ordinary Magic Formula showed no change in power.
Then Riennia used Star Magic.
At once, a response of Magic Power clearly different from usual occurred.
“Torua! Use Star Magic!”
“The power of Star Magic is much stronger than usual right now!”
At those words, Torua hurriedly checked her own Magic as well.
Understanding what Riennia meant, she showed a shocked expression.
Lunia and Eiran also noticed the change.
“What’s going on?!”
Eliza asked urgently, and Lunia answered,
“I don’t know. But one thing is certain, Leo’s incantation is affecting the Magic Formula of Star Magic.”
With those words, Leo’s Magic was completed.
Flash-!
A pillar of light came crashing down from the sky.
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Flash-!
Erebos’s eyes twitched at the brilliance of the starlight covering the sky.
It was Magic of a power that even Erebos could not dismiss lightly.
As far as Erebos knew, there was only one person capable of using such Magic.
-Luna Lubinence?
Ruuuumble-!
The pillar of light swallowed Erebos whole.
A massive flash was followed by a massive explosion.
At the sight, Arron’s eyes widened.
“Luna?”
It was as if he were watching Luna herself.
But Arron knew.
Luna did not exist in this era.
If it wasn’t Luna, then there was only one person who could wield Star Magic like this.
‘Kyle!’
Arron smiled.
‘As expected of Kyle.’
He truly was different from himself, who had come to a standstill.
Even after reincarnating, Kyle had continued to temper himself.
‘His Magic has advanced to the point that I could mistake it for Luna’s. He still hasn’t regained the power he had in his prime, but once he does, he’ll surely become incomparably stronger than the Kyle I knew.’
Arron clenched his fist.
Fwoosh-!
At that moment, Calamity Flame emerged through the dust.
-What is with that look of relief?
“Erebos.”
Thud-!
Erebos took a step toward Arron.
Even after taking Leo’s Magic head-on, Erebos was still standing.
-I see. So it is not Luna Lubinence.
Erebos looked up at the sky.
-The Surviving Hero, is it?
As Erebos muttered softly, Leo descended from the sky.
“Did you sleep well for 5,000 years?”
-What is with that state you’re in, Surviving Hero?
“Well, since you’re still alive, I came back to life to make sure I finish you off properly.”
The corners of Leo’s mouth curled upward.
Seeing the obvious sneer on Leo’s lips, Erebos said,
-If you delayed the end of the world by 5,000 years, then I would say you have done enough.
Kugung-
Erebos sneered at Leo.
-Unlike me, who will not disappear until this world has been burned to ashes. For a mortal like you, disappearing would be only natural. And yet you stand before me, unable even to die. Kuhahahahahaha-!
Erebos’s mad laughter echoed out.
-To defy even the fate granted to you. Truly astonishing. More than anyone, Kyle, you are worthy of the title Surviving Hero.
Fwoosh-!
With that, fierce Calamity Flame swirled around him.
Melina urgently tried to move in to help the two.
The moment Erebos saw Melina, his eyes turned fierce.
-How dare a mere creature try to intrude upon this place!
“Keuk?!”
With Erebos’s enraged roar, a wall of Calamity Flame shot up.
Seeing this, Leo narrowed his eyes.
“You’re pretty discriminatory, aren’t you?”
-Surviving Hero, and Hero. You are different from those insignificant creatures.
“What’s so different?”
-5,000 years ago, while this body was burning the world, the detestable gods vanished from this world. My old enemies could no longer step into this world.
Fwoosh-!
Erebos’s body blazed with Calamity Flame.
-The destruction of the world became an inevitability. And in that situation, it was you lot who defied that fate.
Pure evil that had existed since the beginning of time.
A being of destruction whose existence itself was to burn the world.
The moment the gods vanished and it revealed itself,
the destruction of the world had become only natural.
Yet the Great Heroes ultimately defeated Erebos and prevented that destruction.
-You accomplished what even the gods could not. To me, you are foes more formidable than the gods. I cannot place you on the same level as those insignificant creatures. Be grateful. You have been acknowledged by me, the evil of the beginning.
“Well, I’m so damn grateful I could curse.”
Leo ground his teeth.
-Kuhuhuhu. So.
Erebos turned his gaze to Arron.
-You, who subsist on the record system left by the gods, seem quite relieved, Arron. Even though you were trembling in such fear just before you died.
“That doesn’t matter anymore.”
Arron gripped his sword tightly.
His face now held a firmness that was incomparable to before.
“I no longer fear death. Because the world has been saved.”
Arron pointed his sword at Erebos.
“I’m not afraid of disappearing either. Because I have no doubt that Kyle will defeat you.”
-Huhuhu. Kuhuhuhuhu. Kuhahahahahaha!
Erebos burst into mad laughter.
Seeing that, Leo scowled.
“What’s so funny?”
-How could this not be funny! Kyle! This body cannot understand why all of you call this pathetic thing a Hero!
Erebos looked at Arron.
-Listen well, you cowardly Hero. The Surviving Hero is alone. Not you, not the Divine Blacksmith, not the Founder of the Nebula, not the foolish one. He is left all alone in this world!
“No! Kyle has successors who inherited our spirit! He is not alone!”
-Are those supposed successors the insignificant creatures over there?
Erebos’s gaze shifted toward Melina and the Hero Candidates on the battlefield.
A moment later, Erebos looked at Arron as if he were pathetic.
-They cannot replace you, Hero.
“No! Those children will surely...”
-Even if they could replace you, Hero... you have overlooked one fact.
“What?”
-That the Surviving Hero standing against me once again...
Erebos lowered his body.
And spoke softly.
-...means the pain all of you suffered will be repeated once more.
Arron’s face hardened.
“Arron, don’t listen to him.”
Leo said expressionlessly.
“I’m already prepared for that.”
-You may be prepared, but is this cowardly Hero?
The corners of Erebos’s mouth twisted upward.
-The only Great Hero who feared death so deeply that he sacrificed himself out of fear of his friends dying, and who doubted the salvation of the world until the very end. Let me tell you about the final moments of the others that I saw.
Fwoosh-!
Erebos’s body blazed.
-They selfishly pushed their ideals onto the Surviving Hero. They forced their unfulfilled dreams upon him! They closed their eyes in selfish satisfaction, never once doubting that the Surviving Hero would succeed! Yes! Their faith was correct!
Leo’s face hardened as he drew up his Magic Power.
-In the end, the Surviving Hero saved the world! Unable even to die, he struggled until the very end, vowing to fulfill the dying wishes of the five of you! To the point that even I found it marvelous! Of the five of you, he faced the most painful death! And now! He is about to repeat that pain once again!
Leo looked behind Arron.
He could see Arron’s shoulders trembling slightly.
-Isn’t this strange, Hero? Why are you wearing the same expression you had when you died?
Seeing Arron’s face twisted as though he were about to cry, Erebos’s face filled with ecstasy.
“You son of a bitch...!”
Killing intent filled Leo’s eyes.
-It is truly delightful to break a nemesis.
Chuckling, Erebos’s atmosphere abruptly changed.
-The idle chatter ends here.
A sinister killing intent poured out from Erebos’s body.
-Now, I will burn all of you to ashes.
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