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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: selkie
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“What do you say, wouldn’t it be better to accept now? You know there’s no hope of escape anyway, so how long are you going to waste your life there?”
“Shut up. Get lost!”
Hector and his companions were captured by the demons and spent their days in prison.
Seeing them, Belzebuth and the demons tried their best to persuade them again today, but their efforts ended in vain as always.
The hero Hector and his companions insisted that they would rather die than work for the demons.
In this regard, the corps commander and the Four Heavenly Kings suggested that they should give up on them and execute them all, but the Demon King, who effectively had the final say, was still firmly opposed.
“We have plenty of time anyway. On the other hand, it’s not easy to find such talented people. If they are strong enough to fight Samuel on par or better, and have the ability to cause such a commotion in that situation, they will definitely be of great use.”
The Demon King’s declaration that she would generously show mercy even to those who had tried to kill her.
In this regard, the demons had no choice but to try to persuade them in various ways, but their efforts had not been very fruitful even after several weeks.
The Hero party didn’t even bat an eye at the enticements to let them enjoy great wealth, high command, and power.
As the Demon King’s order to persuade them was not going well, Belzebuth’s worries deepened today, when.
“Excuse me.”
“Huh? Hero?”
The Black Hero appeared before Belzebuth, who was about to leave the prison.
Then he said something to Belzebuth, and Hector and his companions, who were watching the scene, automatically frowned.
“Hector… that guy is definitely…”
“I think you’re right. That’s the Black Hero who defeated us in an instant.”
“Hmm… I didn’t expect that fake hero to come all the way here…”
“Maybe they’re here to persuade us too?”
The appearance of the Black Hero, who was effectively the one who made them like this, made them feel even dirtier than they already were.
Immediately after.
The Black Hero in question left Belzebuth behind and began to approach them as they were.
“It’s been a while, how have you been?”
“Get out of here, you filthy demon.”
“I have nothing to say to someone who dares to claim the name of the hero.”
The warriors of the hero party began to express their refusal to talk firmly to the Black Hero’s words.
After all, the purpose of persuading them was obvious.
At the same time, even if it wasn’t for that reason, they didn’t want to have any conversation with the person in front of them.
An evil and blasphemous being who openly tarnished the name of the Hero.
Even talking to such a person was an unpleasant experience in itself.
They resolved not to answer whatever the Black Hero said from then on.
But…
“That’s too much, even so, I’m your senior, so please don’t be so cold to me.”
Crack!
“Seon…bae?” (Senior)
At the words that came out of the Black Hero’s mouth, they momentarily gritted their teeth and began to express deep anger.
Even though they thought they would ignore this person’s words, the feeling of anger that came out automatically.
At that time…
“I’m here, Hero.”
“!”
“Huh?”
A woman’s voice was heard in their ears.
And immediately after that, the faces of the Hero party, who had been expressing anger until just now, began to stiffen.
“Yo… you are… no… way?”
“I… I can’t believe it… h… how… how could you…”
The Hero party was sincerely shocked by the scene that began to appear in their eyes.
The sight gave them such a shock that they even forgot the existence of the Black Hero standing in front of them.
It was the warrior of the former Hero party that they also knew well.
The scene of the elf paladin Amelda standing in front of them as a dark elf.
“A… Amelda… how could this happen…”
“Yo… you filthy demons! You corrupted Amelda, didn’t you?!”
They expressed deep anger at the sight of the person they had always admired being twisted hideously.
But the next moment.
Seeing the scene that followed, Hector and his companions were even more shocked.
“Woof! Woof! Huff huff huff!”
“! What… what is this…”
“….B… Bless… no… way that’s…”
“I can’t believe it… how… how could this happen…”
Another member of the hero party began to appear in their eyes.
Terra.
Seeing the beastman crawling on the floor on all fours like a dog, Bless, who was a member of the same beastman race and had always admired her, began to feel a deep sense of frustration.
Terra showed the appearance of a beast itself, with no reason left at all.
However…
As they watched the two former members of the Hero party, the shock they received…
It flew away as it was due to the shocking and terrible scene that they had never expected began to appear in their eyes in the following moment.
The Black Hero stood in the center of the two, giving off the feeling of being their leader.
He slowly began to take off the helmet he was wearing.
And then, the Black Hero’s bare face began to appear in their eyes.
At the same time as they recognized what it was.
The four people in that place felt as if they had been hit in the back of the head with a hammer, and they were unable to think for a while.
And…
Towards them, the Black Hero…
No,
The Hero Elron, who was the Hero of the former hero party and was known to be the one chosen by God to save the
world…
He looked down at his juniors as they were and said in a calm voice.
“Personally, I have some advice I want to give to my juniors as a senior… With this, you’ll be able to listen to me to some extent, right?”
“…”
The warriors of the current hero party simply stared at him with blank expressions at the words of the former Hero
Elron.
And, watching them.
The Hero Elron began to tell them the stories that had happened so far in a calm voice with a subtle anger.
The warriors of the Hero party who betrayed him by handing him over to the porter.
His situation where he had to make unavoidable choices…
And in the process, he told the story of how he came to improve his perception of the demons.
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“I don’t know if he’s doing well. He was so adamant about not joining hands with us.”
“Don’t worry, it will definitely work out.”
Demon King…
To be precise, I smiled confidently at the Demon King, who was disguised as Esther and taking a walk with me, and
answered.
Hector is currently infiltrating the Falcon Empire with the corps commander Samuel and trying to carry out a
conspiracy.
Although I was holding his companions hostage as insurance, I had a belief that he would do well in this matter.
Hector’s face at that moment is still unforgettable.
The story that the Hero party had betrayed me, and that these two guys with me had been made like this, seemed to have come as quite a shock to him.
Of course, the story itself wasn’t that simple, but if you only look at the results, we were just pawns to the Hero party and the alliance that supported them.
On the other hand, the demons who warmly welcomed us gave back my faith to me, and I was sincerely impressed by them and became their companion.
‘Sure, I added a lot of embellishments, but… given how things turned out, there’s no way he wouldn’t believe me.’
Perhaps, the fact that I, the former Hero, had changed like this was a very decisive factor for him.
This is a fact that can be seen from the fact that he had been openly expressing his anger throughout the interrogation process and while looking at me, who was calling himself the Hero.
And, to Hector, who had finally turned around like this, I asked for a mission that would serve as a test, and that was the situation now.
‘It’s not 0% possible, but I guess it won’t happen. Generally, if a guy with strong beliefs breaks it once, he turns around for sure.’
It was the same principle as a kind person becoming really scary when they go black.
Especially if it’s a human with a stubborn tendency.
With the story about Hector over, the two of us began to end our slightly boring date and head back into the
castle.
“Then let’s call it a day here.”
“Yes, Demon King. Then I’ll see you next time.”
The Demon King was about to move her steps towards the inside after finishing those words.
At that time,
Looking at her, I carefully said with a little courage.
“Th… there Demon King.”
“…Huh? What is it, Hero?”
“That’s… I.. if you’re okay. Wouldn’t you like to go somewhere else next time?”
“Somewhere… else?”
The Demon King expressed a light question at my words.
In response, I began to talk about what I had been thinking about for a while.
Now that I have a disguised identity.
What about going out of the castle this time?
