“There’s no one. It’s just the two of us.”
“Let’s summarize the situation. Normally, we should have received the quest alarm as part of the rescue team along with the other crew members. However… ”
Chloe looked at the Hero World alarm that was visible only to her.
[Target Objective: -] Blank space for the strategy objective.
It was the same for Leo.
“This is an unusual situation.”
“That’s right.”
After listening to Chloe’s analysis and explanation of the situation, Leo placed his index finger on his right temple without hesitation.
The world of heroes, made up of hero records, could communicate with the outside world at any time.
“Contact the outside world? Then you’ll lose points.”
“Now is not the time to be discussing such things.”
As he concentrated, a blue light flowed out from his index finger.
“Leo Plov. What should I do if I can’t see the other crew members?”
Despite the question, there was no answer.
“… No one is answering?”
“What? How could that be?”
A surprised Chloe desperately tried to contact the outside world but failed.
“This is ridiculous… This isn’t even a hero dungeon!”
Leo asked Chloe, who was flustered.
“Chloe. Didn’t you feel anything strange when you entered?”
“What’s strange?”
“The entrance message was strange.”
“No, it was exactly the same as what I learned.”
Chloe shook her head and answered, placing a hand on her head.
“Haa! What the heck is going on?”
“We can’t stay like this.”
Chloe, who was stamping her feet, flinched.
“You’re not suggesting that we conquer the world of heroes right now, are you?”
“That’s right.”
“It’s impossible. It’s a world of heroes that is difficult to conquer even if you form a group of ten! You won’t be able to achieve the conquering conditions!”
“You know very well that it is more dangerous to stay still like this, right?”
The reason Tartarus caused the Chadmothers incident 30 years ago was to eliminate a future threat.
This entire forest is now a trap set by Tartarus.
You never knew when or where danger would strike.
“Then we shouldn’t attack anymore! The test will be stopped soon anyway.”
“If we could have stopped it, we would have stopped it a long time ago. It wouldn’t be strange if we dismantled the World of Heroes, but we’re still in the World of Heroes. It’s clear that we can’t control the World of Heroes from the outside.”
“No way…”
“Yes. Right now, I can’t help but think that this world has become a hero dungeon.”
Hero Dungeon.
Hero Records page overrun.
“I’ve never heard of a case where a hero’s page in the hero record became a hero dungeon, not a lost page.”
“But there’s no way to explain it now other than the Hero Dungeon, right?”
Chloe’s face hardened.
“You do know that there is only one way to unlock the Hero Dungeon, right?”
The method was a strategy.
The hypothesis Leo deduced was very plausible.
Still, Chloe hesitated.
Even though she was a top student, Chloe was now a 15-year-old girl.
She lacked the experience to make cool-headed judgments and take action.
“You and I are the best among the first-years, right? If we just plan our strategy well, we can definitely conquer the team.”
Chloe clenched her fists as she watched Leo speak with a smile.
‘I thought I caught up.’
I thought I caught up with Leo after this midterm.
But when I came to my senses, Leo was far ahead of me again.
‘Leo also said he had planned a plan. I was in a panic and couldn’t think of anything…’
Chloe bit her lip and asked.
‘What on earth is this difference…’
“What is the operation?”
“It is true that we are currently lacking in power and cannot achieve the conditions of the attack.”
There are two conditions for conquering the Chadmothers case.
[Rescuing first-year students in crisis] and [Ensuring the stability of first-year students].
That’s why Chloe said it was impossible to conquer.
Even if the condition of [rescuing the first-year students in danger] could be met somehow, the condition of [ensuring the safety of the first-year students] was a condition that could not be resolved with just the two of them.
“So, first of all, we need to strengthen the party’s power.”
“Strengthening power? If it’s a hero dungeon, you can’t enter or exit from the outside. How are you going to reinforce power?”
“We’re not the only ones in this forest right now, are we?”
Hearing Leo’s words, Chloe realized something.
“Are you saying we should join forces with our seniors from 30 years ago?”
“Yes. If we escape the forest, we can achieve the safety guarantee condition.”
“That’s true. However, there are demons lying in wait all over this forest. It’s hard for the two of us to handle it, so will we be able to fight and join up with our seniors?”
It was just as Chloe said.
Leo’s operation was conditional on breaking through the siege of Tartarus.
“It’s true that battles are risky. Especially battles with demons. So I’ll avoid fighting as much as possible.”
“Is it possible?”
“It’s possible. Just trust me. So…”
Leo smiled and knelt down, showing his back to Chloe.
“Huh?”
“Get up.”
“What?! What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“You’re a wizard, so your mobility is limited. It’s much faster for me to carry you and run. Besides, wizards need to conserve their stamina as much as possible in situations like this.”
Magic was a card that could turn the tide of battle.
“Ah, even so, you’re saying I should carry you? Then I’ll touch your back… touch you!”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but there’s no time to waste. Hurry up.”
“……”
Chloe, who was hesitating with a pale face, had no choice but to ride on Leo’s back.
“Don’t grab my shoulders, hug my neck. Otherwise, you’ll fall.”
Chloe wrapped her arms around Leo’s neck.
“Then let’s go.”
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Kwak-!
Leo leaped at incredible speed as he stepped onto the auror step.
Chloe thought as she hugged Leo tightly from behind.
‘If we do this, we’ll end up relying on Leo.’
Her heart sank because it seemed like she wasn’t of any help to Leo, whom she considered a rival.
Hwaaaaak-!
Meanwhile, Leo concentrated.
Originally, it would have been difficult to break through Tartarus’ siege without engaging in combat, even if mobility was taken advantage of.
But Leo had one means to make it possible.
An aura began to burn within Leo’s body.
Veins bulged on his temples and all over his body.
The hairs on his entire body stood on end, and his senses were sharpened several times more than usual.
Thump-! Thump-!
The sound of his heart beating was heard several times louder.
‘Extrasensory.’
A technique of the great hero Aron that used subtle manipulation of aura to heighten the sensory organs of the entire body to their limits.
Of course, compared to the original, it was so crude that it could not even be compared.
‘His super senses weren’t just sharpened, but he was also able to predict the future.’
But it was enough of a technique to get through this situation.
Kwak-!
Leo stepped on a branch and began to run through the forest at incredible speed.
A giant with a body nearly three meters tall was standing blankly in the middle of the forest.
It was Chubarn, a demon sent from Tartarus to deal with the sprout of heroes.
He was staring at several screens floating in the air.
The first-year students of Lumeren were seen in the surveillance net of Tartarus spread throughout the forest.
As he searched for a target, one screen caught his eye.
“Has the rescue team arrived already?”
Chubarn soon lost interest in the two.
They were told to eliminate anyone who got in the way, but there were no orders to find them and deal with them.
There was only one goal.
‘Eliminate hero candidates who will become future threats.’
As he was about to move to carry out the order, Leo encountered a monster and was about to enter battle.
Leo and Chloe were just distractions.
There was no way the original target would change.
But Chubarn’s gaze was fixed on Leo and Chloe.
To be exact, it was fixed on Leo, who summoned auras, magic, and spirits.
In Chubarn’s eyes, hostility and hatred burned clearly.
Chubarn, who was glaring at Leo, shouted as if he had chewed something bitter.
“Kyle!”
“A group of orcs detected ahead.”
“Okay.”
Even if they tried to avoid combat as much as possible, there were times when they had no choice but to fight.
This was the case now.
Chloe memorized the spell and completed the magic in an instant.
Three ice picks flew in a straight trajectory in the direction Leo pointed.
Pubbug-!
“Kuaaaah!”
The orcs pierced by the ice picks screamed.
Five orcs were killed.
But there were still five orcs left.
Kwaaaaak!
The orcs were furious, brandishing their crude weapons.
The orc at the very back took out a hornpipe from his waistband.
Chloe knew what that meant.
‘We have to stop it! If we don’t stop it, more orcs will come!’
She quickly memorized the incantation.
But Leo was one tempo faster.
He released his right hand, which was supporting Chloe’s thigh, and drew his sword.
Sling-!
Then he held the sword in reverse and threw it.
Whaaaaa! Thud-!
“Huh?”
The orc’s neck was pierced along with the horn.
Leo approached the dead orc and said while grabbing the handle of his sword,
“Sorry, there might be blood.”
Phew!
He roughly drew his sword and swung it backward.
Boom! Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!
Leo’s sword drew an eerie trajectory.
In the place where the sword passed, orcs stood frozen.
Leo leaped forward, leaving the orcs behind.
Phew-!
Then, the orcs fell, bleeding.
‘Hurry up.’
Two hours had passed since they entered the world of heroes.
There had been a total of seven battles during that time.
‘Originally, the number of battles should have been over twenty.’
Of course, Leo didn’t run the shortest distance.
But what mattered to Leo and Chloe now was not time, but reuniting with the first-years from 30 years ago.
In that sense, Leo was definitely conserving his power.
Even in the seven battles, there had never been a single fight with the demons, and Chloe had never gotten off Leo’s back.
Although they had never encountered a strong monster, Leo maximized his combat efficiency with the most optimized movements.
All Chloe did was shoot magic as Leo instructed.
It was to the point where she wondered if this was even possible.
Chloe glanced at Leo’s back.
He didn’t show any sign of fatigue at all.
‘I can’t believe there’s this much of a difference in real life.’
It was when Chloe bit her lip.
“Found it.”
“Huh?”
Chloe turned her head in the direction Leo was looking.
There, a group of students were confronting unidentified assailants.
“That’s…!”
An unidentified man wearing a black hood.
“Demon?”
Chloe’s face hardened as she sensed the gloomy aura coming from them.
“Chloe.”
“Huh.”
“Please support me.”
Leo released his grip on Chloe’s thigh.
Chloe quickly memorized the flying magic Fly.
After confirming that, Leo immediately activated his aura and lowered his body.
The leading demon confronting Lumeren shouted,
“Get ready, hateful hero candidate.”
Boo-wak-!
A silver flash of light appeared above the demon’s head.
Phew-!
The demon, split from the center of the body, turned to sand and disappeared, bleeding.
“It’s been a while. Hunting demons.”
The demons were confused when they saw Leo suddenly barge in.
“What are you doing!”
“Me?”
Leo smiled coldly.
“I’m the one who’s going to kill you all.”
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