Chapter 14

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Markt’s Protection, Activate!

The place changed to the audience room in the Royal Castle in the Human world. The Hero looked at his former comrades in front of him.

“He-Hero!? You, what did you come for?”

A mage from that place asked him.

“Just what in the world, since when …. Eh!? How did you get here?”

Princess Melek Markt who sat at the throne was also surprised.

“…………….”

The remaining 3 – Monk, Warrior and Fighter – didn’t say anything and silently got upset.

As if they saw something they didn’t want to see.

“Just like what the Demon Lord said, huh?”

They all looked at her, and the Hero just shrugged as if amazed.

“That’s the Pleasure Herb, right?”

There is one magic item in front of them.

Pleasure Herb, a kind of dangerous drug. After injecting it in powder form, the person will become crippled.

It’s the only item of Sephirot that can be produced in the human world.

However, since the result wasn’t good, its production was banned….For some reason, it seems like they secretly broke the ban.

“Don’t tell me… you guys were forcing yourself onto the Elf that you caught?”

Everyone shook at the Hero’s question. It was an obvious reaction.

“….. As the Demon Lord said, you guys are crap.”

The Hero didn’t seem surprised or angry, as a dry smile stayed on his lips.

“I’ll tell you one thing, the demons are aware of your actions. When you allowed the demons to enter this world, didn’t you realize that you were powerless? As a race, they are far superior to you humans.”

The first thing the demons who controlled half of the human world, Markt, did was to monitor the actions of the humans. There are still demons in the sky, the ground and underground.

All the information on the human side is leaked by the demons suitable for the area.

Therefore, the Demon Lord knew that the human race had captured an elf.

“It’s because I am not here anymore, thus, you became weak, that’s why you kidnapped the Elf, because you want her to protect you. You make her your slave and control her with the Absolute Obedience collar. In other words, she was my substitute.”

The Hero’s point is correct without a doubt.

“—————-”

No one can say anything. They just glared at the Hero.

The Hero squinted his eyes at their attitude.

“Disgusting and unpleasant…. But, not bad. I must say, it’s expected of you guys.”

I appreciate the fact that they knew they were powerless.

Still, the Hero pointed out their failure.

“Not a bad move, but not a good idea either. You’re really pitiful.”

As a result of the Hero disappearing, they attempted to kidnap another race to protect them.

“There’s nothing bad in relying on others.”

What a shameful excuse!

The Princess broke the silence and said to the Hero.

“……And, so, what did you come here for? Did you come just to tell us that?”

Quite frustrated, but he still raised his guard. It was a correct judgment.

“No, that’s wrong. I came here…. To kill the Princess.”

The Hero proclaimed that he would kill the Princess, arrogantly.

“Wh-Why?”

“Aahh … that! Remember before, you put poison in my food as a joke, right? I think it’s time I get my revenge from you about that.”

All four of them, the mage, monk, warrior and martial artist move in front of the Hero, who threatened to kill the Princess.

“Eck!”

They stood in defense to protect the Princess. The Hero turns to them in his fighting stance.

(Well, it’s a lie, but it’s good for a diversion)

That’s right. His purpose here is diversion.

At the moment, the only potential warriors in the human world are just these four, and they’re all suppressed here. In the meantime, the Demon Lord and Yumeno will go rescue the slave Elf, that was the plan.

There is a difference in the fighting power so he didn’t want to do it, but still obeyed the Demon Lord’s judgement.

They invaded the castle using the Demon Lord’s transfer magic, and now he’s facing the opponent like this.

(Well. since I came here anyways, I might as well just practice a little.)

The Hero also kinda anticipates the fight with his former party members. The first one to make the move was the Martial Artist, the smallest of them all.

“Protection of the Fighting God, Activate!”

She fights just with her bare body and wears light equipment, thus, she is the fastest among them all.

When the battle starts, attacking suddenly and confusing the opponent, that was her role.

“Crumbling Sword Break Shot!”

She activated the attack and aimed at the Hero’s heart. The Hero goes one step further. And when he crossed over with the martial artist, he counter attacked.

“Ghaah!”

The Martial Artist faints in agony, as she receives a kick in the abdomen. She was groaning in pain, from running and draining of power.

The Hero only said one thing to her.

“Your technique activation is slow, do it faster. If not, you’ll get countered like this. You only have speed, so polish it more.”

It was so useless, I wanted to give up.

“, Warrior!”

With the Martial Artist powerless, the Hero faced the Warrior.

“Tsk!”

The Warrior was in front of the Mage holding a huge sword…. But, he can’t keep up with the Hero.

He couldn’t avoid it as he received a hit on his chest.

“Gwaa!”

The punch easily destroyed the Warrior’s sword.

The Warrior fell on his knees and fell forward……The Hero sighed in disappointment.

“Can’t be helped that you’re slow-witted, but since you’re the tank in the party, make yourself more durable. No matter how weak you really are.”

Said the Hero as the Warrior was struggling under his feet.

“Wind Spirit, Fire Spirit… Lend me your power … Two attribute Double Magic!!!”

Then, the Mage launched her attack as if to surprise the opponent. Wind and Fire magic approached the Hero.

“Weak.”

However, magic of that level is nothing to the Hero. He brushed off the attack like nothing.

Just like that, the Mage’s attack disappeared.

“Wha-”

The Hero frowned at the surprised reaction of the Mage.

“You mastered five attributes of ancient magic, right? How about being an average mage at least.”

He said, and kicked the Mage at the side. The Mage faints at the hit.

And, the only one left is the incompetent Monk hiding behind the Mage.

“…Aren’t you stupid?”

The Hero uttered to her.

“You’re a healer, right? If you’re left alone, what would you do? When the martial artist is hurt, shouldn’t you heal her immediately? What are you afraid for? Think!”

“—uh…..a..”

She didn’t say anything as she walked past me. Then, he walked slowly to the Princess who was sitting at the very back.

“No..no….Please, stop. Please, just spare my life.”

The Princess begs for her life to the hero as soon as she realizes how bad the situation is.

Even though she was at the top of the human race, she was so miserable.

“Haa, I used to protect you guys. I really thought I was excellent.”

It’s self praise, but not overrated.

I was more useful protecting the Demon Lord than protecting such an incompetent race.

“I’ll tell you this.”

He said to the pitiful Princess on the ground crying with a messy face and runny nose.

“What you’re trying to do is wrong. You don’t need someone to protect you. You only have one guardian and everyone of you is so weak…. The only way is to be strong.”

The Hero smiled, as he ridiculed the Princess.

“At least try a little, incompetents.”

It was a cheap provocation. However, one member who looked down on the Hero once was there.

“Don’t get cocky.”

The words of the Mage tells everyone’s feelings. Everyone was glaring at the Hero.

The Hero laughed at them.

“I don’t wanna be told that by you, weaklings.”

Then, he kicked off the fine powder of the Pleasure Herb.

(This should be enough, It’s already troublesome.)

It was a perfect diversion, but the Hero decided to stop now.

While the Hero was trampling the Pleasure Herb making it unusable, the Demon Lord finally arrived.

“Hero, if you’re done already, we’re going home.”

“Okay, then, we’ll take the Elf as payment for the training. time, at least be a bit more good.”

Thus, the group succeeded in retrieving the Loli Elf Slave.

After the Demon Lord and the Hero disappeared, the Princess sitting on the floor grumbled in a low voice.

“—-I’ll kill you.”

Everyone still felt the vicious feelings of murder. The former party of the Hero will change from here on.

As they started their efforts to become stronger. All for the purpose of killing the Hero.