Antihero In the Hero Academy: I Can Connect the Past Heroes-Chapter 122: Atlas VS Camellya (1)

Indeed, he didn’t even need to say how happy he was for his beloved friend.

Irene, who had died for him in her previous life, was still moving forward with that bright smile on her face.

Irene, who had become one of the most powerful alchemists in history on her own, was wondering what kind of person she would become with Bellatrix’s help. The sounds of cheering, the students chosen by the professors, and much more were on display.

To tell the truth, it was one of the best duel exams in the last two hundred or three hundred years.

Compared to recent years, incredibly strong students participated in the exam.

Of course, in previous years, there had been exams in which Eva herself had participated, but this exam was special.

In the two exams that existed, there were people who could use special elements. People other than Atlas, Camellya and Aster.

However, since these elements were not at such a great level, they attracted little attention.

In the case of the main trio, everything was in a more bizarre situation.

Atlas, who could now use every colour of the 8 Sacred Flames, plus the element Black Ice, Camellia, who could use Red Lightning, and Aster, who had Holy Water.

These three people were going to be the heroes of the future, that was obvious. At least everyone thought so.

Now that the final part of the duelling exam had entered, Atlas waited for his name to be called.

Each duel Camellya entered was seriously over in seconds.

Camellya’s longest duel lasted almost two minutes, and that was only because the other person was also able to use the rare element [magma]. Of course, the magma element, which is a higher level of the earth element that can directly counter the lightning element, was very difficult for Camellya.

However, even though it brought Camellya to the point of defeat, the boy using the magma element was defeated and officially became the third place in the arena exam.

That’s why Atlas was worried. Of course, he realised that Cordelia would give him the world even if he didn’t win the duel. It would only be enough if Atlas wanted it.

It just wasn’t what he wanted right now. He wasn’t trying to prove himself, not that he had anything to prove. He just really, really wanted to sit first in both exams and become one of the few dozen students in the history of the academy to do so.

That was precisely why he was worried. After all, losing would only show him that he needed to get stronger.

Of course...winning would show the same thing, but that wasn’t the point right now. At least not in Atlas’ mind.

He was breathing deeply and bobbing his head slowly as if listening to an orchestra singing happily.

Irene was right next to him. Elise was looking at him with a strange concern, and the triplet vampire sisters were just talking without any real concern.

After all, the triplet sisters knew what Atlas was capable of. They had been by his side on the battlefield, and so they thought that Atlas would not lose in a serious situation.

They were not wrong.

Atlas was not weak. That was the last thing he was right now. Not only did he have the experiences of his previous life with him, but he was even able to use the element of poison, one of the elements he couldn’t use before.

The only difference between him and Camellya right now was three magic spells. That was indeed a huge difference in power, that was an undeniable fact, but it was not enough to see Atlas as absolutely powerless.

"I’m counting on you," Irene said suddenly, the smile that had always been on her face seemed to be at its purest this time.

Still, Atlas knew that the smile was born of worry. Irene was the kind of person who wore a smile like that whenever she was worried.

"I know," Atlas said, and with that, the voice of the announcement came from outside:

"ATLAS SHOREKEEPER AND CAMELLIA BLOOM TO THE ARENA!!!"

When this voice echoed in the waiting room, Atlas stood up and started to move to that white area at the exit of the teleportation rune, that is, the room.

Immediately, he began to breathe deeply, and as the stress enveloped him, voices began to rise behind him:

"Come on, young master! You got this!"

"We’re counting on you, another show!"

"Don’t worry if you lose, though we’re sure you won’t!"

With the words of support coming one after the other, Atlas smiled and didn’t stop there:

[This message is from everyone watching you; good luck.]

As soon as Nyx sent this message to him, Atlas instantly set foot on the teleportation rune as if it had come to him and teleported into the arena with it.

Even though he had a worried expression on his face, he also looked calm at the same time.

He ran to the centre of the arena and then shook Camellia’s hand, who was already waiting for him.

"Thank you for teaching my brother something, now he will stop fighting like a coward," Camellya said with a smile.

Atlas returned the smile and nodded, "It is an honour, Princess."

The referee raised his hand as the two went to their respective corners.

It was clear what Atlas wanted to do. As soon as the referee’s hand came down from the air and the duel started, he would start using everything he had.

This time he wasn’t going to hide anything. Maybe it was wrong of him to do something stupid like revealing everything in this duel where even the devil and angel worshippers were watching him.

Still, he wanted to win this duel badly.

That was exactly why he wanted to be prepared for anything.

Reaching into his inventory, he pulled out the Blessed’s Robe. It was too early for him to use it properly right now, but no rule said he couldn’t use it.

He immediately put on the Blessed’s Robe, then took out the Blessed’s Staff and held it in his left hand.

Everyone who saw this sight was surprised.

No one expected Atlas to directly pull out a staff.

It didn’t just end with that.

The fact that he was doing this made him look like he was challenging Camellya about magic. It was a really strange sight.

He took a deep breath and with it, the referee’s hand came down:

"HAVE A GOOD DUEL!"