Chapter 356
Leo reached out his hand.
Cometes, which had been broken, rose into the air.
The moment it touched Leo’s hand, Cometes emitted a radiant light and returned to its original form.
Fwoosh-!
That wasn’t all.
A bright light burst forth from Leo as the burning world reformed.
A miracle in the literal sense.
The moment Leo acknowledged Seiren—
Everything returned to its original state.
A powerful surge of magic erupted from Cometes held in Leo’s hand.
This Cometes wasn’t the conquest reward Seiren had earned by clearing Luna’s world. It was a fake that existed only within Seiren’s world.
But even so, within this world, it possessed the same power as the real one.
Thus, it displayed its strength only in the hands of one qualified to wield it.
Before entering the world of heroes to stop Erebos, Seiren had left a portion of her magic and legacy to her younger sibling.
In the present era, Cometes could likely only be used by the descendants of that sibling.
Yet simply being held in Leo’s hand caused Cometes to shine brilliantly.
Even for Seiren himself, Cometes didn’t shine like this when held—except while using magic.
Leo looked at the brilliantly glowing Cometes with a wistful expression, then handed it to Seiren.
Seiren accepted it and slowly stood.
Then, as if unable to believe it, she asked:
“Are you… truly Sir Kyle?”
“That’s right.”
“How… how is this possible? How do you know me? And that appearance… what is…?”
Seiren asked, clearly confused.
Kyle the Hero of Beginning.
One of the Great Heroes, the last of them, who defeated the primordial evil and restored peace to the world.
Seiren had met Kyle many times while challenging the Hero Record of the Great Heroes.
But that was only within the world of heroes.
No matter how real it felt, it was ultimately an illusion.
To Seiren, Kyle was a figure from 2000 years ago.
Yet this Kyle knew her.
And looked nothing like the one she had seen.
Seeing Seiren’s bewildered expression, Leo let out a faint laugh.
“Reincarnation.”
Seiren’s eyes widened at the answer.
“I heard your story from Dragon Lord Melina.”
“Melina…”
Seiren’s eyes widened again.
The Dragon Lord who had last challenged the Genesis World.
“She said you were hanging in there.”
At Leo’s words, Seiren lowered her head.
Barely hanging in there.
Just buying time—nothing more.
Seiren knew it well.
She and the other heroes of Genesis had likely been the first and last to fully conquer the Hero Record of the Great Heroes.
To seal Erebos perfectly within the Hero Record, they had to split it apart.
In that process, the records of many heroes, including the Great Heroes, were damaged and scattered.
Despite inheriting the Great Heroes’ power properly, they still couldn’t stop Erebos completely.
Knowing this, Seiren couldn’t lift her head.
Gritting her teeth, ashamed, Seiren bowed.
Leo reached out toward her.
Then gently placed a hand on Seiren’s head.
“Thank you.”
“……!”
Seiren looked up in shock.
“Thank you for protecting the world we saved. For making sure our efforts weren’t meaningless.”
As Seiren looked at Leo, who conveyed sincere gratitude, tears streamed down her cheeks.
Those words were the reward—no, the salvation—Seiren had desperately longed for during thousands of brutal years.
A ray of light in endless, pitch-black darkness.
“I know it’s shameless to ask but…”
Leo smiled apologetically.
“Could you keep holding on a little longer?”
“…Of course!”
Seiren smiled brightly.
She could see hope.
She felt the long-awaited resolve was finally about to be fulfilled.
Cometes in Seiren’s hand shone brilliantly.
The Comet Mage’s magic surged.
‘I can do this.’
Seiren tightened her grip.
Vwooooom—!
Mana stirred around her.
The beginning of everything.
The source of all current heroes.
The words of the Hero of Beginning who saved the world.
Could any encouragement be stronger than this?
‘I am Seiren Tingel, the Comet Mage.’
“Stella Chain.”
As a massive magic circle formed, countless chains of starlight burst forth from it.
‘The successor of Luna Lubinence, Founder of the Nebula!’
Seiren’s eyes blazed.
Charararararang—!
With a roaring clatter, the chains pierced through the air.
There was no collapsing world anymore.
The world Leo rewrote had regained its original form.
And a restored world was the strongest prison capable of trapping the darkness sealed here.
Kiiiiiiing—!
The space split open, and black flames seeped out.
Leo narrowed his eyes at the sight.
‘Erebos.’
Unlike the fragments and remnants he had seen since reincarnation, this was different.
This was the fragment of Erebos he had sealed long ago.
Pure evil flames capable of destroying the world.
Kwagagagagang—!
[Impressive.]
Attempting to escape into the outside world, Erebos narrowed his eyes at the restored world.
[That detestable prison of the gods has regained its form. What trick did you use, mortal?]
“The true owner of this world simply returned.”
[The true owner?]
Vwooooooom—!
Erebos’s flames surged fiercely.
There was no doubt.
Being a being comparable to the gods, he immediately understood Seiren’s meaning.
Erebos’s blood-red eyes turned toward the human standing beside Seiren.
Flaaaare—!
[I see.]
Erebos’s eyes gleamed.
“It’s been a while.”
Murderous intent filled Leo’s gaze.
“Not that either of us wanted this reunion.”
Kwagagagagagang—!
The all-consuming black flames rushed toward Leo.
But before they touched him—
Seiren’s magic deflected them.
Leo didn’t spare a glance at the black flames roaring around them. His attention remained fixed on Erebos.
[Surviving Hero. How did you obtain a new body and return to the living world?]
“Maybe it’s the gods’ will that I completely finish you this time.”
[Bold words. You didn’t defeat me with your strength alone last time.]
“Of course not.”
Leo laughed.
“But even after 5000 years, those bonds haven’t faded.”
Leo lifted his hand.
“Generations passed, but the connections endured.”
Leo looked at the message floating before him and summoned Polium.
“Just like now.”
[The magic of ‘Founder of the Nebula,’ inherited by Seiren, is transferred.]
Polium’s lost magic reacted to Luna’s magic and shone brightly.
‘I understand now. The true power of the Hero Record.’
The Hero Record was a system connecting one generation to the next.
A system for inheriting the power of previous heroes.
But Leo, the owner of the Hero Record, was special.
The world he stood in now—Seiren’s world—was a newly rewritten, complete Hero Record.
A perfect world untouched by Erebos’s influence, like the Shadow Codex.
Within it, Leo automatically gained the rewards Seiren obtained by conquering Luna’s world.
‘Now that I think about it, it’s strange. Why would the owner get rewards?’
The Hero Record.
The Record System Pibua explained in Luna’s world allowed the owner to freely use the powers recorded within it.
A miraculous cheat left behind by the gods.
That was why Leo could use the power of Luna Lubinence—because Seiren had earned it.
Seeing Leo shine brilliantly with starlight, Erebos’s eyes twitched violently.
[You…!]
Leo looked at Erebos.
“Just wait a little longer.”
He raised Polium.
“I’ll come end you soon.”
Vwoooom—!
A massive magic circle formed in the air.
Seiren’s eyes widened at the intricate runes woven into it.
‘The [End]? No… this is…!’
Even Seiren had never seen the real thing before.
“Innocent.”
A pure white light exploded outward.
Erebos’s body twisted under its brilliance.
[In the end, it’s meaningless struggling.]
Erebos spoke.
[Because you are alone.]
Flash—!
Engulfed by the pure white light, Erebos vanished.
Seiren spoke in awe.
“You truly are Sir Kyle…”
“It’s just the power of the Hero Record.”
Leo clicked his tongue, feeling Luna’s magic whirl inside him.
“This page of the heroes must be destroyed eventually. It can always be used as a passageway.”
Once this Hero Record was destroyed, the Luna’s magic he gained would disappear as well.
Seiren replied:
“Even so… thanks to your reincarnation, we can last a bit longer.”
Looking toward where Erebos disappeared, Seiren spoke firmly:
“I’ll be waiting. For the day you come.”
Leo watched her silently, then lifted his foot.
Thwack—!
“Kya?!”
Seiren yelped, rubbing her backside in alarm.
“W-why did you hit me?!”
“Hey. You. You wrote that weird story about me liking Luna, didn’t you?”
Seiren froze.
“And you called me an idiot in it, didn’t you?”
Seeing Leo’s fierce expression, Seiren quickly shot back:
“B-but! Luna expressed her feelings so clearly and you didn’t even notice! Do you know how much she loved you?!”
“She never showed anything like that.”
“She showed it A LOT!”
Seiren, filled with emotion, narrowed her eyes.
“Wait! So you knew Luna’s feelings and ignored them? That’s cold!”
“I only learned after reincarnating. Because Luna confessed through the Hero Record.”
Hearing that, Seiren grumbled:
“Then you really are an idiot.”
Tap- tap- tap-!
“Ow! It hurts!”
Leo began smacking Seiren’s head repeatedly with Polium.
Even as she screamed, Seiren never apologized for calling her great senior an idiot.
If anyone had seen the childish bickering between the Great Hero who saved the world and the Genesis Hero who inherited his legacy, future generations would’ve wept in disbelief.
“Unbelievable. You’re supposed to be my junior but have zero charm.”
“Luna said I was cute, you know.”
“You don’t need to inherit her shamelessness too.”
At Leo’s words, Seiren laughed.
Leo looked at her and said:
“Give me your hand for a second.”
Seiren blinked in confusion and held out her hand.
“I may not be Luna…”
Leo placed Polium into Seiren’s hand.
Seiren’s eyes widened.
“If Luna were alive, she would’ve acknowledged you as her successor.”
A mage handing their staff to another mage was a sacred gesture.
A recognition of one’s successor.
Having received Polium—lost for thousands of years—directly from Leo, Seiren’s eyes grew wet.
“Sir Kyle… did we… did we do well?”
Holding Polium close, Seiren asked quietly.
After a brief moment of thought, Leo spoke.
“…Want to step outside for a moment?”
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