“Really, bringing yourself from the past is cheating.”
“Immortal King Ifrit…”
“It’s really cheating, bringing yourself from the past!?”
“That’s true.”
“Just defeating this is amazing! Bringing yourself from the past is really cheating.”
“Yeah, bringing yourself from the past is cheating. Immortal King Ifrit. And Curse King too… he defeated him.”
Bringing yourself from the past is cheating! Men-men wanted to retort about how many times he’d say that, but knowing he loved hero stories that much, she decided to say nothing.
“This country, Fairy Country Frontier, was attacked by Curse King, right? The Demon King that Hero Dan defeated fifteen years ago.”
“Yeah… that’s right. From there, he… by the curse…”
When Will heard the name Curse King, his face darkened slightly. The successor he spoke of, the deterrent force, the Curse King’s curse crossed his mind.
He trembled under pressure that could be called overwhelming. Men-men noticed this change in his condition.
“—Will?”
“What is… this feeling…”
Yes, the moment he heard it… dark clouds gathered in the sky. The ground that had been filled with sunlight instantly changed to a dimly lit, eerie place. The fairy folk had experienced this bottomless anxiety somewhere before.
Yes, the invasion of Curse King Daedalus fifteen years ago.
Will and Men-men’s hearts also trembled with anxiety. Wind swirled as if being sucked into the dark clouds. Suddenly, a voice rained down on everyone as if looking down from heaven.
[—Listen, you foolish ones… I am one of the Four Heavenly Kings serving the True Curse King Balkan, Zaliban Dophette]
[Fifteen years ago, we cornered the hero to within one step. However, we fell just short. To offer battle results to Curse King Daedalus, our great king, we declare war once again]
[Prostrate yourselves… our new king is a being far stronger than any past Demon King, far stronger than Hero Dan. You absolutely cannot win. Do not resist—if you do, only death awaits]
[Tremble… all you inferior species. And worship our new king]
The voice disappeared there. However, the dark sky did not brighten. And everyone who heard that voice fell into confusion. Screams arose, and people ran meaninglessly, hurrying to escape to some safe place.
“Everyone’s frightened…”
The embodiment of justice they all wanted to rely on was not there. And to further multiply their fear, the sound of some great army crossing the earth could be heard.
Something was approaching them.
Anxiety anxiety anxiety, fear fear fear—the hero, the embodiment of justice, was not there. Dan, whom everyone wanted to rely on, was not present.
“H-hey, what the hell is that!?”
“Impossible!?”
The fairies began screaming in despair. Everyone involuntarily opened their mouths at the unbelievable sight. In the earth-shaking Fairy Country, both Men-men and Will were frozen by a scene of approaching death, far removed from their everyday lives.
“U-Will?”
“No way, from the sky, meteors are… there’s no way to handle something like that…”
They were dead. He instinctively knew that no matter how hard they struggled, there was nothing he could do about it in his current state. Even if small people joined hands, it would be meaningless.
Only hero-level champions could oppose it. But Hero Dan was not there.
However, though Dan was not in this country, there was hope. There were certainly fairy elites and heroes who had once saved the world together with Hero Dan.
Giant meteors flew from the sky, encouraging fear and evoking absolute death. To shatter that death, a fireball of the same level as the meteors struck them. They instantly shattered into pieces with an explosive blast.
“What country do you think you’re dropping these on!!”
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—Great Sage Rin-rin.
By her magic, despair returned to nothing. She also cast magic toward the great army. Most of the demons walking on the ground perished, but the beings flying from the sky were not so easily defeated. She could not handle thousands by herself.
“Will.”
“I have to fight too.”
“L-let’s run away, together…”
“No… I… to become a hero…”
Will wanted to become a hero like him. He knew that he would not run away. Therefore, to become his successor, he was carved with the command to become the hero’s successor. So he wanted to fight. He had to fight. He had to overcome difficulties.
Following Great Sage Rin-rin, the knights of Fairy Country Frontier also went outside the country to soar over the battlefield.
It seemed they could fight effectively against the demons, but meteors flew from the sky again. Rin-rin erased them repeatedly. She realized this was the work of Four Heavenly Kings or Demon King-class demons, and that it was magic being deployed from quite far away.
[Endure until I return]
Saying this, she flew toward where the magic was being activated. She soared through the sky at tremendous speed, and evacuation had already begun in the country.
He felt like staying here would only be a hindrance. But… he still wouldn’t retreat.
“At least Men-men should escape. Near this country’s great tree, it’ll surely be safe…”
“What about Will…”
“I—”
“—You should run too.”
A sharp female voice spoke to them. Tamika had descended from the sky. She had already drawn her sword and was wrapping magic around it.
“There’s no time for leisurely discussion on a battlefield. You two should escape immediately…”
“…I’m going to fight.”
“You have no obligation to fight. You should flee. I am a descendant of heroes, and I will serve the world someday. This is also the fate imposed upon me. But you’re just a commoner adventurer. Is there meaning in fighting?”
There were those who had been slow to escape in the castle town, but… it was already the middle of battle. The place where they stood was exactly where they should fight. Hesitant beings were nothing but obstacles.
“There is. I can’t say why… but there is.”
“I see, then draw your sword.”
Tamika said this. Hearing this, Will also drew his sword.
“Any more standing around talking is wasteful. In this situation, stagnation is meaningless. If you think it’s bad, immediately prepare an escape plan—”
“—That’s exactly right. It’s an easy-to-understand method, but in this kind of confusion, many don’t understand that.”
Someone interrupted Tamika’s words. They didn’t know who it was. However, they realized that the speaker was clearly not an ally. Their eyes turned to the rooftop of the castle town.
There stood a man with blue hair, blue eyes, wearing glasses. His skin was dusky, but what made him different from ordinary humans was that he had horns growing from his head. He also had bat-like wings.
A demon, and not just any demon. Clearly different from the small fry around here. A completely different dimension of miasma that they had never felt before.
Before they knew it, their hands were shaking. Their feet and souls were trembling constantly as if they were in extreme cold from fear.
“Are you the demon from that voice earlier?”
“Ho, you can make calm analysis even in this situation.”
However, Tamika showed no particular concern even when facing a being from another dimension. Meanwhile, Men-men had already sat down hard from fear.
“So you’re one of the Four Heavenly Kings…”
“Yes, that’s correct.”
“I see, you could say this is a good trial.”
She said this and laughed slightly. It was a crazed emotion that could be called joy. She thought that if she was to become a hero, fighting the Four Heavenly Kings was somehow like a hero’s trial.
The demon, Zaliban Dophette, who was one of the Four Heavenly Kings, recognized her as an enemy due to her abnormal nature.
“…She doesn’t seem like someone who should be left alive.”
The shadow of Hero Dan flickered in his mind. He descended from the house roof and stood before her.
“…You’re strong.”
“I’m not strong… not yet.”
Will also felt fear, awe, jealousy, respect, and hope toward her. But he also noticed that Tamika’s hands were shaking slightly. So he too drew his sword and directed his fighting spirit at the Four Heavenly King.
(These two… even seeing my magical power, they come forward without fear… if I leave them alive, they’ll become troublesome later)
He clearly decided to kill them. His role was to target the moment when Great Sage Rin-rin was absent and wither the great tree of the fairy country. And the castle’s destruction. He was determined to destroy as much of the country as possible while she was away.
But he prioritized dealing with Will and Tamika because he was convinced that eliminating these two first would be more beneficial in the long run than his former role.
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