I’m a Hero, but I Gave Up Saving the World

52 – Why a bastard like Kwak Dong-soo was chosen as a hero, the reason is revealed

“I’m not coming, Master… Holy sword.”

“You don’t seem to be that stupid.”

Did he realize it was a trap, or did he think that Isabelle would not be able to kill the Demon King?

In any case, the delivery eagle did not come flying with the holy sword.

“Well, at least you bought time. How are you Misha? condition.”

“I’m fine now! 100%, no 120% full condition!”

Misha said vigorously as she tightened her forearms to make biceps.

“Then maybe Gerena has recovered too.”

I thought for a moment and then asked.

“Hey Misha. If you and I fight, who do you think will win?”

“Yes?! Misha doesn’t want to fight with the owner.”

“No, for example. What will happen if we fight with all our might?”

“ah… I think Misha will lose.”

The end of words that are subtly stretched.

Eyes running away from each other without making eye contact.

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Just looking at it, it shows that he’s lying.

“Tell me honestly, it’s okay. Are you actually stronger?”

“Um… To be honest… As you go through a series of actual battles lately, Misha seems to be gradually regaining the strength of her prime. I couldn’t fight properly for a thousand years, so my body was completely stiff.”

“There is no need to notice while twisting like that. The stronger you are, the better for me. So, how are you now compared to your prime?”

“I think I’ve regained about half of my strength.”

“If I treat you as an enemy, what do you think will happen if I fight you with full power?”

“… Honestly, if my current strength is 10, Meranir is 5, Master is 7… I think it’s about. But if I had to fight for real, I would lose. Because I have no intention of hitting my master. Even if my master tries to kill me.”

“You don’t have to attach useless sajok. Like I said before, if you’re strong, you said it would benefit me instead.”

Misha seemed to have gotten stronger rather than fully recovered, and now, when I had plenty of rest and stamina, was the right time to move.

“Let’s go, Misha.”

“Yes? Uh, where are you?”

“The lair of the Four Heavenly Kings. Because I know where it is.”

“yes?! Why do we attack first? He-Can’t we just live in the cave with Misha?”

“… I realized something while going through the thesis theft case.”

I said while wearing combat gloves made from Meranir’s feathers.

“What?”

“There is no need to procrastinate.”

Isabel’s clairvoyance confirmed that three of the Four Heavenly Kings were gathered and launched a surprise operation.

The demon who is acting alone is Gerena.

Now that the most annoying guy is gone, it’s better to neutralize the Four Heavenly Kings.

It’s good that development is fast.

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“… Heck! This, this child… ! After all, I had to cut them open and kill them… Oops.”

The battle ended surprisingly briskly.

The guy called Obite I was dealing with was a weakling compared to Gerena.

Even though he didn’t use even half of his strength, the Orc King Obite died leaving behind a will.

“… Tsk. I had no intention of killing him. Well, it doesn’t matter. It seems that Misha is almost finished.”

Misha successfully completed the difficult mission of dealing with two people at the same time.

The succubus queen, Lilith Arcane, was already on the ground, and Juvia, who had tried to fight to the end, was now being choked.

“Cheuk… ! I am the first elf stronger than me… !! Crab, besides, you haven’t done your best yet, you… ?”

“About 70% of them fought with all their might. More than that, you, that fighting method, I think I saw it somewhere… Who taught you to fight?”

“It’s dark… ! My, all my skills belong to my mother… It was handed down to me by my mother, Sylvia Forrest… ”

“what? Are you Sylvia’s child?”

In an instant, Misha’s face became very bewitching and mature.

As if she had suddenly returned to the days when she reigned as a queen a thousand years ago.

“… How is Sylvia?”

“Lord, he is dead. Lord… waiting… ”

“Did Sylvia resent me? The queen who started a war and suddenly disappeared?”

“Mother… He said, “The Queen will surely be alive, so when she returns, you’ll protect her instead of me”… there… ”

“I see. That idiot didn’t run away until the end, and must have died from being wounded while fighting hard. he was that kind of guy Right. Sylvia is dead. Well, since it’s been a thousand years… ”

Misha looked at Juvia with melancholy eyes.

He was looking at Sylvia, who was the best aide to the queen a thousand years ago, and her daughter.

“… I met Master and was saved. I wanted to introduce you to Sylvia as well. Sylvia’s child, from now on you will serve the master. Faust-sama is the savior who will liberate the elves from their painful history.”

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Juvia nodded with a pained face as the grip that strangled her throat prompted an answer.

When dealing with elves, Misha is somehow full of dignity.

“Oh yea! As the master commanded, I killed both of them! Whoa! I should ask the owner to give me a cheesy and sassy gift as a reward! Hee hee!!”

… Well, it will soon return to the usual Misha.

“I’m not going to give you a cheesy and flimsy present, but you did a good job Misha. It was good that I came by aiming for a gap where Gerena was not there.”

“—How stupid.”

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Just as they were celebrating their victory, they heard a man’s voice right behind them.

Oops, caught behind.

The nape of the neck is the biggest vital part of living things.

In the battle of the masters, even 0.1 seconds is a long time that does not affect their lives.

During that fleeting moment when I turned my head, I was prepared to even die.

However, the main character who raised his voice did not take any particular attitude to attack me and just walked slowly.

“I was deliberately avoiding the spot. Because I thought they would attack me when I wasn’t there.”

“… To Guerrena Durante.”

The most famous traitor in human history.

In the Demon Realm, he is the highest official who has established himself as the head of the Four Heavenly Kings.

A big name famous in both worlds suddenly appeared.

red hair.

very handsome face.

big stature.

Unlike the last time, the guy who appeared wearing a suit hiding his horns and wings looked like a normal human.

“Did you know everything? But why were you just watching? Did you intend to deal with us who were weak?”

“huh. I don’t do small things like that.”

Gerena put her hands in her pockets and said with a calm expression.

“I was waiting to talk to you.”

“Conversation? What do you want to say?”

“Thank you for killing Obyte’s son… I want to say it too. Actually, I’m joking, and I want to talk to you alone, but let’s take a walk together.”

Gerena looked down indifferently at Obite’s dead corpse and asked for a private meeting with me. His expression looked very serious.

Misha said, “Master, no! I’m with Misha! Misha will protect you!”, but I accepted Gerena’s proposal.

If she wasn’t vigilant, she wouldn’t be surprised and killed, and above all, Gerena didn’t show any will to fight.

It seemed that he really just wanted to talk to me.

I walked with Gerena until I couldn’t see Misha or the other Four Heavenly Kings.

“Now, there are only two left, Gerena. Say what you want to say.”

“As you may know, I was once a wizard of the warriors’ party. When I was young, it was my dream to save humanity.”

Gerena suddenly started talking privately.

The behind-the-scenes story of the warrior party, which is not too unfamiliar to me, came into my ears without being boring.

“But after training hard to die, the hero I met at the party was trash.”

“… … ”

I instantly thought of Kwak Dong-soo.

“The hero who was said to have been summoned from another world drank every day and did not train at all. He was a pathetic human who left all the extermination of the demons to others and only enjoyed cultivating the landlords. He even gathered only pretty women to form a unit that comforted the warrior’s mind and body.”

“under… That kid is trash too. How can only such a bastard be summoned as a hero?”

“And in that unit, my fiancé was included. The hero raped the fiancé in front of me and even asked, “How are you feeling?” The child’s expression at that time is still a nightmare that I will never forget.”

“You mean you just left him alone? to your personality.”

“I couldn’t help it. You are well aware of the social status of a hero. Anyone who has lived in Aurelia knows. To go against a hero is tantamount to treason. If I had been angry, it would have hurt not only me, but also my family and fiancée. I had no choice but to watch, shedding bloody tears.”

“Is that because you betrayed the hero because of that grudge?”

“No, I went to see the king first. I couldn’t understand why that kind of thing was a warrior. According to my common sense, it was only natural that the most excellent of all outstanding people, the one who was excellent in both mind and body, should become a hero. However, I questioned the king about why a bastard who was less than trash on the street was chosen as a hero. There I realized the truth the world had hidden.”

“… what? What is the truth?”

I asked, remembering the day I was summoned with Kwak Dong-soo.

“The king was deliberately choosing pathetic and weak people and appointing them as warriors. to maintain their own power. Perhaps the reason why the king excluded you and favored a scumbag named Kwak Dong-soo was because an outstanding person like you could threaten even the king’s authority if he became a hero.”

“… … … … .”

“The king, no vested interest, actually had no interest in defeating the demon king. After all, no matter how many ordinary people die, there is no damage to the place where they live. He was only interested in seeing himself. Garbage bastards.”

Certainly, Carlos knew full well that Kwak Dong-soo was incompetent, but he never regretted appointing him as a hero.

Even though Kwak Dong-soo did not produce any results, there was never any reprimand.

“Protecting humanity is just a pretentious cause, but in reality it is nothing more than protecting the vested interests of those in power. It was then that I first became disillusioned with the system of the warrior party itself. The world where there is no return without a hero was pitiful. I wanted to wash my brain because I was sick of being brainwashed into thinking that a trashy warrior was a holy beacon of humanity. I was being fooled… !!”

Gerena gritted her teeth as if her anger still hadn’t subsided.

“… I heard your story, Faust. You, too, went through a lot of hardships because of the worm-like king and the hero. Didn’t you declare that you would annihilate mankind in front of the great sage?”

“then… ?”

“I, too, want to be a part of that plan. Allow me to add my strength… !!”

The world’s most famous traitor reached out to me.

His eyes were shining more trustworthy than anyone I’d seen in Aurelia.