Speaker 1: The protagonist of this story, Aragi Kai, seemed to everyone
Speaker 1: around him to be an ordinary, gloomy teenager from high school,
Speaker 1: but in reality, he wasn't that simple at all. He
Speaker 1: was a professional assassin who terrified his victims, none of
Speaker 1: whom had ever escaped. Aragi Kai's classmates hated him and
Speaker 1: bullied him because of his anti social character and weird aura.
Speaker 1: But everything changed one day when Ergi and his classmates
Speaker 1: were suddenly transferred to another world, a world of swords
Speaker 1: and magic. A mysterious messenger announces to them all that
Speaker 1: they are all heroes called to this world to defeat
Speaker 1: the demon King, and for such a daunting task, she
Speaker 1: bestows them with superpowers, and obviously, aragi Kai gets the
Speaker 1: most powerful one of all. Well, if you want to
Speaker 1: know which one, let's start this story from the beginning
Speaker 1: and get to the bottom of it. The scene starts
Speaker 1: with a man running through a dark alley. He looked
Speaker 1: anxious and afraid. As he came to a stop, he
Speaker 1: looked back and thought that maybe he got away somehow,
Speaker 1: but then suddenly someone put a knife against his throat.
Speaker 1: He told the assassin that he would give him money
Speaker 1: if he wanted it in return for his life, but
Speaker 1: the very next second, the assassin slit his throat. The
Speaker 1: next morning, a young schoolboy was on his way to
Speaker 1: school and he looked tired. His name was Aragi Kai.
Speaker 1: He yawned and thought that after working all night long,
Speaker 1: it really sucked to go to school. He worked as
Speaker 1: an assassin. When he entered his classroom, other students began
Speaker 1: whispering among themselves. A boy named Midu Shuji greeted him
Speaker 1: with a wide smile. He was the soccer club's ace
Speaker 1: and the class president. Kai returned his greeting coldly and
Speaker 1: sat down at his desk. Meanwhile, a girl named Nagase
Speaker 1: Rina saw it all and commented that Kai was rude
Speaker 1: as always. She was a fashionable girl who stood out
Speaker 1: from the rest of the girls in the class. She
Speaker 1: went to Shuji and told him sternly that he need
Speaker 1: not greet people like Kai. Shuji defended him by saying
Speaker 1: that he might be tired, that's why he was so cold. Suddenly,
Speaker 1: another student entered the classroom, and upon seeing him, Rena
Speaker 1: remarked how an even ruder person just entered. The rude
Speaker 1: student's name was Arashi Shunske, the leader of a notorious
Speaker 1: local gang. A few students greeted Arashi, but when he
Speaker 1: saw that Kai was sleeping instead of green him, he
Speaker 1: went to his bench and yelled at him to get up.
Speaker 1: He drew his hand to grab him, but Kai grabbed
Speaker 1: his hand before he could react and said that he
Speaker 1: was sleepy and asked what he wanted from him. He
Speaker 1: let go of his hand, and Arashi called him a weirdo. Suddenly,
Speaker 1: another student named Kenzaki Rin asked them to be quiet.
Speaker 1: She was beautiful and talented both in martial arts and literature.
Speaker 1: She was the cool and aloof top beauty of the school.
Speaker 1: He confronted her, but was cut short by another girl
Speaker 1: named Hashimoto Mire, who was a serious disciple committee girl
Speaker 1: who really cared about order. Watching her ready to fight Arashi,
Speaker 1: a boy named Narumi Yoshia told her that Arashi would
Speaker 1: just blow her away. Yosha was a shallow and frivolous guy.
Speaker 1: Everyone soon got back to their seats. This was Shinzo
Speaker 1: High School, first year class, and it was just another
Speaker 1: regular day in a class with a lot of problems.
Speaker 1: Kai was still keeping his head down when he suddenly
Speaker 1: sensed something a weird sensation coming from under Shuji's feet.
Speaker 1: A bright blue light began emitting from the floor and
Speaker 1: a magic spell circle appeared. Soon everyone in the class
Speaker 1: noticed it and were confused and showing. The magic circle
Speaker 1: grew in size and covered the entire classroom floor. Shuji
Speaker 1: instructed everyone to leave the classroom, but Kai knew that
Speaker 1: they would not make it in time. Soon, the bright
Speaker 1: light blinded everyone. They were all teleported inside what looked
Speaker 1: like an old castle. Everyone was lying unconscious on the ground,
Speaker 1: and Kai was the first to come back to his senses.
Speaker 1: He noticed that the building was made of stone, with
Speaker 1: several large pillars to take cover, and there was only
Speaker 1: one exit. Soon, the other students also began coming back
Speaker 1: to their senses. Everyone was panicking, but Shuji calmed them down,
Speaker 1: and Kai was relieved that Shuji was someone who could
Speaker 1: keep the whole class from losing their composure. Urashi got
Speaker 1: up and said that they could not waste any time,
Speaker 1: and he asked his two minions to follow him. Kai
Speaker 1: stopped him and said that he could hear footsteps coming
Speaker 1: towards them from the other side of the door. Kai
Speaker 1: sensed that there was a man and a woman coming through.
Speaker 1: Soon the door opened and a girl and an old
Speaker 1: man entered the room. They both looked like medieval night
Speaker 1: and princess and were wearing unusual and old fashioned flowy
Speaker 1: clothes with capes. The girl greeted the students, saying that
Speaker 1: they were impressive and called hero candidates. The students were
Speaker 1: surprised to see them. Kai analyzed both of them and
Speaker 1: concluded that the man had the physique of a sword
Speaker 1: user and he had his guard up too, and as
Speaker 1: for the girl, he sensed slight muscles, but she seemed
Speaker 1: pretty normal to him. The girl introduced herself as Leonora,
Speaker 1: the archbishop of the Holy Country. Dig arrested, and the
Speaker 1: man with her was Gaius, who was a knight and
Speaker 1: her protector. Aashi told her that he had never heard
Speaker 1: of the country before and asked her if she was
Speaker 1: messing with them. The girl replied that she certainly was
Speaker 1: not messing with them. Shuji came forward and explained to
Speaker 1: her that they suddenly found themselves there and were thus
Speaker 1: a little bit on edge. The girl began explaining the
Speaker 1: entire thing to them. She began by saying that they
Speaker 1: were summoned to a parallel world as a hope for
Speaker 1: humanity to defeat the evil demon King. They were the
Speaker 1: parallel world's hero candidate. It was hard for the students
Speaker 1: to believe something like that. Gaius told Arashi to watch
Speaker 1: his mouth while talking to the saint of the country.
Speaker 1: Arashi was unfazed by this, and this made Gaius draw
Speaker 1: his sword, but Leonora pacified him. Arashi jumped at Gaius,
Speaker 1: and Kai I was amazed by his bravery. Before Aurashi
Speaker 1: could land an attack, Guius flung his sword and made
Speaker 1: a little cut on his head. His attack was so
Speaker 1: fast that no one saw it. Leonora apologized for his
Speaker 1: aggression and said that she would explain everything to them
Speaker 1: in detail, but for that they all had to be
Speaker 1: quiet and listen to her. Her demeanor suddenly changed from
Speaker 1: being calm to being scary. She explained that because of
Speaker 1: the Demon King's invasion, humanity of that world was facing extinction.
Speaker 1: The country of Digorest continued resisting, but they did not
Speaker 1: have the power to completely stop the invasion anymore. Kai
Speaker 1: thought that the story was a pretty common one. She
Speaker 1: continued that they were the last hope of humanity. Upon
Speaker 1: hearing this, the students replied that they could not do
Speaker 1: this as they had never fought before. Some of the
Speaker 1: girls were already crying. Gaya said that it might sound impossible,
Speaker 1: but they would have to try, as there was no
Speaker 1: way for them to return to their own world unless
Speaker 1: they defeat the demon king. The students were even more
Speaker 1: shocked upon hearing this. Kai knew that he only said
Speaker 1: that to motivate them. He thought that the people who
Speaker 1: had always lived peacefully could not just suddenly start killing,
Speaker 1: as for that they needed experience and talent. Arashi got
Speaker 1: up with blood on his head and cursed them for
Speaker 1: dictating them. He added that he hated people like them.
Speaker 1: Gaius noticed that Arashi's spirit was still unbroken and wondered
Speaker 1: if he could be a useful warrior. Gaius held his
Speaker 1: sword and decided to kill Arashi as he could be
Speaker 1: trouble to them, but before he could do anything, he
Speaker 1: saw that Leonora was healing Arashi's wound. She explained that
Speaker 1: the power she was using was called the System and
Speaker 1: was granted to them by their gods. She simplified it
Speaker 1: for them and said that it was just like magic
Speaker 1: from their world. Kai noticed that she knew about their
Speaker 1: culture and wondered if she had previously also summoned people
Speaker 1: from their world. She walked towards Shuji while saying that
Speaker 1: the power was the reason why she summoned them all there.
Speaker 1: She raised her hands and Shuji's wrist began glowing, and
Speaker 1: soon he had a sword made of light in his hand.
Speaker 1: She further explained that they could wield the power of
Speaker 1: the system and awaken their inate abilities of divine protection.
Speaker 1: She said that she knew she had a selfish request
Speaker 1: as she called them all there and now they could
Speaker 1: not leave, and asked them to lend her their powers.
Speaker 1: Shuji said that no matter how much power they gave them,
Speaker 1: they still could not fight right away. She replied that
Speaker 1: they will indeed be trained, and during their training will
Speaker 1: be taken care of. Shuji took control of the situation
Speaker 1: and told his classmates that he knew they were scared,
Speaker 1: but the first thing they needed was information and protection.
Speaker 1: He told them that they should hear them for now,
Speaker 1: and the classmates agreed with him. When Leonora saw that
Speaker 1: they all were ready to lend their hands, she began
Speaker 1: giving them their divine powers. Murri was given telekinesis. Arashi
Speaker 1: got explosion powers, Rina received fire powers, Yoshia received wind powers,
Speaker 1: and others also received different and amazing powers. Leonora asked
Speaker 1: if anyone was left, and Kai raised his hand. She
Speaker 1: gave him his powers too, and he noticed that his
Speaker 1: field of vision was changing, and as soon as he
Speaker 1: finished getting his powers, he could read Leonora's stats. His
Speaker 1: eye color changed to red, and Leonora told him that
Speaker 1: he had received the power of Judgment, which was rather rare.
Speaker 1: The power would let him see his target's stats and details.
Speaker 1: He tried his powers on himself and he was able
Speaker 1: to see his own stats. Arashi also tried his powers
Speaker 1: and made fun of Kai by saying that he only
Speaker 1: got a new eye color. Kai noticed that the students
Speaker 1: were acting high and mighty. They didn't even have much
Speaker 1: information about the world yet, and their powers were also
Speaker 1: borrowed and could be taken away any time, but he
Speaker 1: was chill because he had plenty of other ways to
Speaker 1: kill people. After everyone received their powers, Leonora told them
Speaker 1: to take some rest. In the evening, the hero candidates
Speaker 1: were taken to their personal rooms. Kai sneaked out of
Speaker 1: his window in search of more information. Outside guards were
Speaker 1: patrolling and talking about how the hero candidates looked weak.
Speaker 1: They made fun of how those kids are chosen to
Speaker 1: defeat the demon king. One of them said that the
Speaker 1: saints surely knows something which they do not. Kai listened
Speaker 1: to their chat entirely. He used his judgment power to
Speaker 1: check the stats of one of the guards and noticed
Speaker 1: that he only knew swordsmanship. He soon left in search
Speaker 1: of more information. He had also learned about the structure
Speaker 1: of the city, which was a fortified city. He wanted
Speaker 1: to get inside the inner castle, but the gates were
Speaker 1: heavily guarded, so it was hard to sneak in. He
Speaker 1: decided not to rush things and come back another time. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: in an open field, Rena was looking for a good
Speaker 1: spot with her two minions. They were there to practice
Speaker 1: their new powers. They began conjuring their respective elements and
Speaker 1: observing them. As Rena was curious to know more about
Speaker 1: the whole divine protection stuff. Kai was hiding in a
Speaker 1: bush and spying on them when he suddenly felt a
Speaker 1: strange sensation. The girls also heard a weird noise coming
Speaker 1: from the bushes. It was a giant lizard looking creature
Speaker 1: and was attracted by the girl's magic. Kai quickly used
Speaker 1: his magic to see the monster's stats, and he was
Speaker 1: shocked by its overwhelming stats. Soon, the monster roared and
Speaker 1: began chasing the girls. Kai concluded that the lizard was
Speaker 1: strong and aggressive, but it only ran in a straight
Speaker 1: line and also lacked intelligence. He threw a knife at it,
Speaker 1: and the knife successfully penetrated his thick skin. Meanwhile, Rena
Speaker 1: stumbled and fell on the ground. The monster had caught
Speaker 1: up to her and was about to step on her,
Speaker 1: when suddenly it stopped moving. When the girls looked around,
Speaker 1: they saw a knife puncturing its head and it was bleeding.
Speaker 1: They wondered if someone had saved her, but they decided
Speaker 1: not to stay there anymore and they left. Kai had
Speaker 1: no reason to save them, but conscience did not let
Speaker 1: him ignore the situation. He thought to himself that things
Speaker 1: were not going to be easy around there if monsters
Speaker 1: like those were freely roaming around. He went near the
Speaker 1: monster's body to pick his knife when he suddenly sensed
Speaker 1: someone near him. He hid behind the monster's body and
Speaker 1: looked around, but did not see anyone. He went back
Speaker 1: to his room too to avoid any trouble. After he left,
Speaker 1: a person came out from behind a wall. The person
Speaker 1: was covered in a robe, thus making it impossible for
Speaker 1: anyone to look at their face. The person smashed the
Speaker 1: monster's head, squeezing out its eyes. He said to himself
Speaker 1: that he was disappointed after seeing how useless and weak
Speaker 1: the hero candidates were, but Kai smelled just like him.
Speaker 1: The next morning, Gius brought the dead monster's body to
Speaker 1: the hero candidates, who were shocked to see something like that.
Speaker 1: Gius explained that the monster was found dead last night
Speaker 1: near the Royal capital. He continued that the demon king
Speaker 1: drove the monsters to a frenzy and as a result,
Speaker 1: they craved human flesh. He told the hero candidates that
Speaker 1: they would be fighting things like that monster. Gaius asked Steady,
Speaker 1: who was a researcher, if he found anything weird about
Speaker 1: the monster, and he replied that there were traces of
Speaker 1: sorcery being used, probably by a demon above mid grade.
Speaker 1: He said that maybe they were scouting to see the
Speaker 1: lower of the new hero candidates. Kai wondered if sorcery
Speaker 1: was different from magic, since it was a new word
Speaker 1: used by the researcher. Shuji asked if it meant that
Speaker 1: the monster was controlled by a demon. Steady explained that
Speaker 1: strong demons can use servitude spells and hence could control
Speaker 1: weaker monsters. Gaius dragged Steady away, but he wanted to
Speaker 1: explain more. Kai deemed Steady a great help in gathering information.
Speaker 1: He could use his help. He suddenly realized that the
Speaker 1: true identity of those eyes he felt back then last
Speaker 1: night was a demon. The demon was skillful. Because Kai
Speaker 1: barely noticed him, he thought that the demon might be
Speaker 1: around them. Right at that moment, he suddenly felt someone
Speaker 1: looking at him. Hurashi told Gaius that they could not
Speaker 1: get back to their world without killing the demon anyway,
Speaker 1: and he did not plan to stay in that world
Speaker 1: for long. The other students also agreed with him. Kai
Speaker 1: thought that it was best that they quickly learned the
Speaker 1: weight of the truth. Suddenly, Leonora walked in and told
Speaker 1: them not to be afraid, as they just did not
Speaker 1: know how to use their powers yet. All they needed
Speaker 1: was some training. Since they were from a different world,
Speaker 1: their growth rate would be different from the people of
Speaker 1: that world. And so a week had passed since the
Speaker 1: student started training. Kai was reading books in the library
Speaker 1: and he already could understand every letter of the new language.
Speaker 1: He thought that it was strange enough that they could
Speaker 1: talk to each other in the first place. His judgment
Speaker 1: power was not fit for battle, so he was left
Speaker 1: out of the training, but was allowed to enter the library.
Speaker 1: He could not find many books on their history and culture,
Speaker 1: and even not about demons. The strongest five among them
Speaker 1: were Narumi, the wind controller, Arashi with his explosion powers,
Speaker 1: Konzaki with her telekinesis, Hashimoto with her land power, and
Speaker 1: Rena with her firepowers. However, there was another person with
Speaker 1: a clearly extraordinary growth rate. It was Shuji. He grew
Speaker 1: stronger than the people he learned swordsmanship from. Kai used
Speaker 1: his judgment power and noticed that all his stats were
Speaker 1: above B grade, and just last week they were below
Speaker 1: D grade. Suddenly, two boys came to Kai and began
Speaker 1: making fun of him, and he noticed that even the
Speaker 1: others were looking down at him. They were growing impudent
Speaker 1: after getting their new powers. One of the boys tried
Speaker 1: to bully Kai, but Kai sneakly threw him on the ground. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: Leonora and Gaius arrived at the training ground. She announced
Speaker 1: that since they all had grown quicker than she had imagined.
Speaker 1: She had decided to move their plans forward. Narumi asked
Speaker 1: her if she was planning to send them to fight
Speaker 1: the Demon King, but she refused it, saying that she
Speaker 1: wanted them to now practice fighting monsters. Everyone looked anxious
Speaker 1: when they heard it. The next day, Gaius and Leonora
Speaker 1: took all the hero candidates to the middle of a forest,
Speaker 1: and Gaius explained that they were there for combat drills.
Speaker 1: It was a place full of upstarso they could not
Speaker 1: move as freely as one group. That's why they were
Speaker 1: going to be divided into teams of two to three people.
Speaker 1: Hearing these, all the hero candidates made their own groups,
Speaker 1: leaving Kai and Kanzaki alone. They had no choice but
Speaker 1: to team up with each other. Kai thought that she
Speaker 1: had a confident and apathetic personality, and also she was
Speaker 1: proud she caught him staring at her. Meanwhile, Leonora announced
Speaker 1: that since it was a special occasion, so the team
Speaker 1: which will defeat the most monsters would receive a surprise reward.
Speaker 1: Soon the combat drills began on their way. Kanzaki told
Speaker 1: Kai that her powers were superior to everyone else's, so
Speaker 1: she did not need him to do anything. She asked
Speaker 1: him not to stand in his way. Kai accepted the
Speaker 1: offer and said that he would leave everything to her.
Speaker 1: Seeing this, she asked him if he did not have
Speaker 1: any pride. He sensed four entities around them who were hiding.
Speaker 1: One of the monsters rushed at them, and Kenzaki used
Speaker 1: her powers. Her power was called domination, and it was
Speaker 1: an ability that enforced the user's orders on their target.
Speaker 1: She ordered the goblin to bow down, and he did
Speaker 1: exactly that. She looked visibly tired After a few minutes.
Speaker 1: She explained to him that she used to get tired
Speaker 1: when she used her powers for too long because it
Speaker 1: consumed a lot of mana. He asked her to just
Speaker 1: kill the goblin because another monster was about to attack,
Speaker 1: but she was a little hesitant because to her, the
Speaker 1: monster looked a bit like a human. Ki put sense
Speaker 1: in her by saying that it was a monster after all,
Speaker 1: which tried to attack them earlier. He picked a stone
Speaker 1: and concluded that she was just a naive student from
Speaker 1: Japan who was too used to peace. He was playing
Speaker 1: with the store when suddenly the other three goblins also appeared.
Speaker 1: She ordered the goblins to bow down and ask Kai
Speaker 1: to help him instead of just standing there. Ki I
Speaker 1: replied that she was the one who asked him not
Speaker 1: to get in between. She sighed and ordered the goblins
Speaker 1: to twist their own necks, and this killed them. He
Speaker 1: was amazed to see that she could enforce such orders too,
Speaker 1: to which she replied that the more difficult the order was,
Speaker 1: the lower were the chances of success. She was disgusted
Speaker 1: to see the corpses of the goblins, but Kai comforted
Speaker 1: her with his words of wisdom. She asked him how
Speaker 1: he could be so calm when he did not even
Speaker 1: have powers. He told her not to worry about him,
Speaker 1: as this was his strong point. He asked her if
Speaker 1: she wanted to return, if she was too scared of
Speaker 1: it all, but obviously she denied the proposal with pride.
Speaker 1: He knew that she was just trying to look brave,
Speaker 1: but he also admitted that she was not too bad
Speaker 1: after all. Meanwhile, Narumi and Hashimoto were running from a
Speaker 1: monster who was too strong for them. But running was
Speaker 1: not an option for them, so they decided to attack
Speaker 1: the monster together using their wind and rock powers. They
Speaker 1: hit the monster with a giant bowlder, but it barely
Speaker 1: scratched it. They were helpless and did not know what
Speaker 1: to do next. Kenzaki wanted to go back to her world,
Speaker 1: as she had not repaid her grandfather for raising her,
Speaker 1: yet she really wanted to show him how much she
Speaker 1: had grown up. She was lost in her thoughts when
Speaker 1: Kai asked her if she wanted to keep going since
Speaker 1: they could get lost. They both got into a banter,
Speaker 1: and she wondered why Kai was so mysterious and stubborn.
Speaker 1: They were messing around when suddenly they heard a loud noise.
Speaker 1: Konzaki recognized the voice to be Hashimoto's. Kai asked what
Speaker 1: they should do, and she replied that they should obviously
Speaker 1: help her. Meanwhile, Hashimoto was thrown feets away by the
Speaker 1: monster and she was wounded and bleeding. She asked Narumi
Speaker 1: to run away, but it was too late as the
Speaker 1: monster was about to attack him too. Kenzaki used her
Speaker 1: powers and ordered the monster to stop. Narumi thanked her,
Speaker 1: and she said that the monster was too powerful and
Speaker 1: could not be halted for too long. Kai asked Narumi
Speaker 1: if Hashimoto was alive, to which he replied that she was,
Speaker 1: but she was really injured. Kai asked her to carry
Speaker 1: her on his back and get out of there. He
Speaker 1: was reluctant to leave, but seeing her condition, he left.
Speaker 1: When he left, Kai used his powers to see the
Speaker 1: monster's stats and was amazed to see some pretty high stats,
Speaker 1: especially the defense. He knew his attacks would not damage
Speaker 1: him a lot, and he also noticed that it was
Speaker 1: a mutant, and he wondered what it was exactly. Kenzaki
Speaker 1: yelled that she could not hold it any more, and
Speaker 1: he told her that she had bought them enough time
Speaker 1: and they should run away too. She agreed, seeing the situation,
Speaker 1: but she could not use her legs anymore because she
Speaker 1: had used all her energy into stopping the monster. Seeing
Speaker 1: how bad the situation was, Kai pulled out a smoke
Speaker 1: grenade and triggered it. This bought him some more time
Speaker 1: to grab Konzaki and hide away. She was a little
Speaker 1: flustered for being carried in his arms. She asked him
Speaker 1: what the smoke was and he explained that it was
Speaker 1: a smoke grenade which he had made while they all
Speaker 1: were training. He was lying as he had some equipment
Speaker 1: on himself before being summoned. Since it was not much,
Speaker 1: he did not want to use them carelessly. They were
Speaker 1: basic assassin equipment. Kanzaki apologized to him, since she was
Speaker 1: the one who said that they should go and save
Speaker 1: them and she ended up being saved herself. Kai asked
Speaker 1: her not to say sorry. Instead she could thank him again.
Speaker 1: A banter between them followed. She said that they should
Speaker 1: run away, but he replied that there was no need
Speaker 1: for that. They both saw Shuji and others arriving at
Speaker 1: the location, and without wasting any time, he attacked the
Speaker 1: bear for hurting his friends. Uji swiftly attacked the monster
Speaker 1: and injured his hand. Rena jumped in and used her
Speaker 1: fire powers at the monster, but it didn't seem to
Speaker 1: affect it much except for slowing it. They again jumped
Speaker 1: at the monster. All the while someone was watching them
Speaker 1: from a distance. It was a veteran assassin demon named Delphus.
Speaker 1: Delphus smirked and said to himself that the armored monster
Speaker 1: could not beat the hero candidates because of their quick growth.
Speaker 1: He liked how calm they were, especially Shuji. It was
Speaker 1: supposed to be a scouting mission, but it was time
Speaker 1: for a change of plans. He decided to end them there. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: Shuji and the others were able to defeat the monster.
Speaker 1: Delphus grinned and was about to attack them, when suddenly
Speaker 1: he was stopped by a dagger on his neck. It
Speaker 1: was Kai. Delphus was stunned to be caught like that.
Speaker 1: He was stressed and wondered how Kai was able to
Speaker 1: get behind him. He needed a way to quickly escape.
Speaker 1: Kai slashed his legs and threw him on the ground.
Speaker 1: He asked him not to make noise, as he did
Speaker 1: not want Shuji and the others to notice him. Kai
Speaker 1: said that if he would answer some of his questions,
Speaker 1: then he would let him go. Delphus was not ready
Speaker 1: to give up, but he he had no other choice
Speaker 1: as Kai had the upper hand. Kai wondered if the
Speaker 1: person who was watching him the other night was him only.
Speaker 1: Kai said that he knew they were being watched, and
Speaker 1: it was his plan to let Shuji and the others
Speaker 1: to fight so that he could be lured out. Cutting
Speaker 1: him short, Kai said that he needed information since it
Speaker 1: had not been long since they came to this world,
Speaker 1: and he would have to tell him whatever he would
Speaker 1: ask him. Delphus smirked and declined, but Kai slashed his
Speaker 1: hands too and said that it would be easier if
Speaker 1: he just cooperate. Delphus told him not to underestimate him,
Speaker 1: and saying that he consumed some poison he was carrying,
Speaker 1: thus killing him on the spot. Kai understood that the
Speaker 1: army of the Demon King would not be easy to
Speaker 1: fight with. Suddenly, Konzaki came to him and was shocked
Speaker 1: to see the dead body lying near them. Kai asked her,
Speaker 1: since how long was she watching, and she replied that
Speaker 1: since the person was on the ground. He explained to
Speaker 1: her that the dead demon was an assassin from the
Speaker 1: Demon King's army, and the monster from earlier was his pawn,
Speaker 1: and back when the first lizard monster was seen, that
Speaker 1: too was his doing. She was scared a little to
Speaker 1: know that the Demon King was trying to kill the
Speaker 1: hero can She asked him how did he notice the
Speaker 1: assassin when no one else did. He thought that there
Speaker 1: was no reason to hide his secret, and he confessed
Speaker 1: to her that his family was in the assassination business,
Speaker 1: so he could smell that he was in the same
Speaker 1: line of work. Kanzaki was shocked upon this revelation. He
Speaker 1: told her that it was upon her to believe, and
Speaker 1: also asked her not to tell anyone about the dead body,
Speaker 1: as the hero candidates were already shaken by Hashimoto's condition.
Speaker 1: She agreed to him and said that she did not
Speaker 1: know that he cared about them so much, to which
Speaker 1: he replied that it was simply because they were not
Speaker 1: used to fighting like him. All the hero candidates gathered
Speaker 1: around Hashimoto, who was severely injured and lying on the floor.
Speaker 1: A student named Hano, who had healing powers, sat down
Speaker 1: near her and used her powers to heal her. Everyone
Speaker 1: was amazed to see her powers. She announced that Hashimoto
Speaker 1: would be healed in about an hour. Hero candidates were
Speaker 1: praising Shuji for defeating the monster. Suddenly, Leonora and Gaias
Speaker 1: walked in, and the candidates asked them where they were
Speaker 1: all this time and why did not they help them
Speaker 1: when they needed it. Gaius explained that he was there
Speaker 1: all the time keeping an eye on them, and that
Speaker 1: it would not be a good priser acts if he
Speaker 1: just saved them every time. Shuji said that the condition
Speaker 1: was severe and Hashimoto could even lose her life, to
Speaker 1: which Gaias replied that putting one's life on the line
Speaker 1: was a natural part of practical military drills. That was
Speaker 1: the kind of battle they would be facing going forward,
Speaker 1: and thus they should not be making feeble complaints. Shuji
Speaker 1: questioned him when he said that the area only had
Speaker 1: weaker monsters, then how did the armored monster appear? Leonora
Speaker 1: said that it must be because of the demon assassin,
Speaker 1: as armored monsters are not supposed to be in that area.
Speaker 1: Gaius and Leonora decided to strengthen their defenses as they
Speaker 1: didn't know that kai had already killed the assassin. Leonora
Speaker 1: also added that they should be increasing their level of training,
Speaker 1: as at their current level, they would all just die.
Speaker 1: Everyone was scared to hear that, and Shuji tried to
Speaker 1: talk some sense to her, but she told him that
Speaker 1: getting stronger was the only way to live. Arashi did
Speaker 1: not like that they were being ordered around, and he
Speaker 1: jumped in to talk to Leonora, but Gaias stopped him
Speaker 1: and said that they were all just pawns of Leonora
Speaker 1: and they should not think that they could just disobey
Speaker 1: her orders. The situation was getting heated up, and Shuji
Speaker 1: jumped into calmer Rashi down as they had no other
Speaker 1: option other than to obey them. Gaius was impressed by Shuji,
Speaker 1: and he told the candidates not to worry, as they
Speaker 1: were important pawns for the country and they would not
Speaker 1: do anything bad to them as long as they all
Speaker 1: acted properly. Arashi still was not satisfied, and he attacked
Speaker 1: Gaius with his explosive power, but Gaius was quick to
Speaker 1: evade it, and he punched Arashi so hard that he
Speaker 1: fell to the ground, saying that they all were weak
Speaker 1: and that from the next day things would only get tougher.
Speaker 1: He and Leonora left. Aurashi got up with a bleeding
Speaker 1: face and swore to kill Gaius. The next day, Steady,
Speaker 1: the researcher, was in charge of the training. After a
Speaker 1: brief conversation about the last day, he said that they
Speaker 1: were going to fight monsters at his research facility. Inside
Speaker 1: the facility, all kinds of monsters were locked. He was
Speaker 1: raising those monsters for his experiment. Soon the drill began
Speaker 1: and hero candidates were made to fight monsters. Kai noticed
Speaker 1: that everyone was surprisingly calm even though they were forced
Speaker 1: to fight. Shuji told Steady that the monsters were strong
Speaker 1: for the candidates, but Steady replied that Leonora had asked
Speaker 1: him to be very strict with everyone, and thus he
Speaker 1: could not and would not ease the training. Besides, he
Speaker 1: added that hero candidates with peers like theirs should not
Speaker 1: be losing in the first place. He added that the
Speaker 1: most important thing was their will. Shuji asked if it
Speaker 1: would really make a difference, and he replied that if
Speaker 1: done correctly, then they could increase their powers level and
Speaker 1: could even give new derivatives of their power. Kai also
Speaker 1: joined them and told Shuji that according to his judgment power,
Speaker 1: he could see that Shuji had a new power. Shuji
Speaker 1: was surprised to hear that and asked Steady if he
Speaker 1: could test it out. Steady was excited to see the
Speaker 1: power himself, so he allowed him. Shuji used his new powers,
Speaker 1: and in an instant he cut the monster's hand and
Speaker 1: head with a clean slash. Kai knew that Shuji would
Speaker 1: now not struggle with an armored monster. He wondered if
Speaker 1: his judgment powers were also leveled up. Kai noticed that
Speaker 1: someone else also had received a new power, and it
Speaker 1: was Arashi, but he decided not to tell him. Later
Speaker 1: that night, Arashi was planning to kill gaias tie up
Speaker 1: Leonora and ask her the way to get back to
Speaker 1: their real world. A few other candidates were in his
Speaker 1: support and excited to leave the world too. Urashi aske
Speaker 1: Narumi to join them, as they would have a better chance,
Speaker 1: and he knew that Narumi was fed up with that
Speaker 1: world too. Narumi was hesitant, but in the end he
Speaker 1: decided to join his hand. The next day, Shuji was
Speaker 1: training and Kai went up to him and said that
Speaker 1: he was really working hard. Shuji replied that he was
Speaker 1: still weak and needed to get better, to which Kai
Speaker 1: replied that with his current power level, he could defeat
Speaker 1: half the knights of that world. Shuji said that it
Speaker 1: was not enough, as he could not defeat Gaius and
Speaker 1: he needed more power to protect everyone. Kai asked him
Speaker 1: what he thought of Leonora and Gaius, and he replied
Speaker 1: he knew that they were using them as pawns in
Speaker 1: their battle, but he also knew they would not harm them.
Speaker 1: Kai asked if he meant that he would put his
Speaker 1: life on the line until the Demon king was defeated.
Speaker 1: Shuji agreed and said that he had made up his mind,
Speaker 1: but he must be the only one that had to fight.
Speaker 1: He would become the country's hero and defeat the demon king,
Speaker 1: and would try to negotiate and make sure everyone else
Speaker 1: could live safely. In exchange, Kai asked if Leonora would
Speaker 1: allow him to do so, and just right then, she
Speaker 1: and Gaius walked in. She told Steady that he would
Speaker 1: be in charge of the candidate's training while she would
Speaker 1: be away. Steady was glad to do he his part,
Speaker 1: saying that she and Gaius left. Later, while on their way,
Speaker 1: Gaius asked her if she was sure that she made
Speaker 1: the right choice, to which she asked what made him
Speaker 1: think that. He asked her not to play around and
Speaker 1: say it to the point. He added that Arashi was
Speaker 1: stirring something up, and she agreed, saying that it might
Speaker 1: be a rebellion against them. He asked her next move,
Speaker 1: and she said that she was curious to see what
Speaker 1: they would do next. Gius was a little concerned about
Speaker 1: the rebellion, as after all, they were hero candidates and
Speaker 1: had powers, so it could be disastrous for them, but
Speaker 1: Leonora was calm as she knew they could not defeat her. Ever,
Speaker 1: she added that they should create a hierarchy so that
Speaker 1: they could crush the rebellion and break their fangs once
Speaker 1: and for all. She also told him that she could
Speaker 1: see some other suspicious things, but would leave them for now.
Speaker 1: Later that night, Kai was fighting a monster and he
Speaker 1: killed him in the same way he killed the monster
Speaker 1: the first night. He only took thirteen seconds, and when
Speaker 1: he used his judgment power on himself, he noticed that
Speaker 1: he had leveled up. Suddenly, another monster attacked him, but
Speaker 1: was one tough and his blades could not pierce him.
Speaker 1: This was the perfect time to test his new skill.
Speaker 1: He used his new power, which could detect the target's
Speaker 1: weak spot. Upon detecting the spot, he killed the monster
Speaker 1: in a blink of an eye. It was not a
Speaker 1: bad skill, but he needed more to survive in that world.
Speaker 1: He needed to get even stronger. More monsters attacked him,
Speaker 1: and he defeated them too easily. He needed a bigger
Speaker 1: test subject to test his skill. He heard human footsteps
Speaker 1: and saw Kanzaki and asked her what she was doing
Speaker 1: there so late at night. She said that she was
Speaker 1: looking for him, since he was not in the dorm.
Speaker 1: He asked her to leave, as the forest was a
Speaker 1: dangerous place to be at night. He was used to
Speaker 1: fighting at night, but she was not. She shut him
Speaker 1: up and asked him what he was doing there anyway.
Speaker 1: He told her that he was testing his new powers.
Speaker 1: She asked him what was his new power, but he
Speaker 1: began messing up with her, and she confessed that she
Speaker 1: was worried for him. When confronted, she turned red and
Speaker 1: began making excuses. They were talking when suddenly they saw
Speaker 1: smoke rising from some distance. It was a fire. Their
Speaker 1: dorm was on fire. They both ran back and saw
Speaker 1: other candidates fighting monsters. Narumi said that he was glad
Speaker 1: to see them both. He said that when he woke up,
Speaker 1: he saw there and the monsters. Kai said that it
Speaker 1: was a human's doing and the ring leader had to
Speaker 1: be close by. He told them to find and catch
Speaker 1: whoever had done it. Steady appeared on top of the
Speaker 1: building and told them that their judgment was good. Kai
Speaker 1: said that he was wondering how the monsters appeared, but
Speaker 1: now it all made sense. They were all monsters from
Speaker 1: his laboratory. He has also given them some medicine to
Speaker 1: grow stronger, since they were too weak to be of
Speaker 1: any use. Kai asked him what was objective and what
Speaker 1: benefit would he get from killing candidates. He told them
Speaker 1: it was a direct order from above. He was told
Speaker 1: to destroy the candidates, even if it meant to throw
Speaker 1: away his current position. He smiled and said he did
Speaker 1: not have anything against them, but he would have to
Speaker 1: kill them sadly. They asked if it was Leonora's order,
Speaker 1: but he denied that by saying, of course not, as
Speaker 1: it was not that Vixen's order. It was the Demon
Speaker 1: King's order. He was the Demon King's spy. He said
Speaker 1: that if he did the job right, he was going
Speaker 1: to be offered the post of a researcher over there too.
Speaker 1: Kai asked him if he had fallen so deep into
Speaker 1: darkness that all he cared about was high researching monsters.
Speaker 1: Steady said that monsters were way beyond human comprehension. He
Speaker 1: ordered his monsters to attack them, and Konzaki used her
Speaker 1: powers to halt them, but it was no use as
Speaker 1: they quickly broke her spell and attacked her. Kai jumped
Speaker 1: in and saved her, and this excited Steady a lot
Speaker 1: as he was amazed by his powers. Kai continued killing
Speaker 1: the other monsters. He killed almost a dozen of them,
Speaker 1: and Steady was now furious as Kai did not even
Speaker 1: have a strong power to begin with. He used judgment
Speaker 1: power on Steady and saw that all his stats were poor.
Speaker 1: But what caught his eyes the most was that he
Speaker 1: too had domination powers like Kanzaki, but even stronger, and
Speaker 1: that was the reason why Kanzaki's power was nullified. Steady
Speaker 1: was shaken and he used something which he did not
Speaker 1: want to use, but he had no choice. He told
Speaker 1: Kai that he would soon know what he used. Kai
Speaker 1: jumped up to attack him as he did not want
Speaker 1: to waste any time, but suddenly a giant red dragon
Speaker 1: spewed fire at him. This was Stradi's trump card. The
Speaker 1: dragon began hurling boulders at them. Kai asked Narumi to
Speaker 1: take Kanzaki and leave as the next attack was coming.
Speaker 1: Kai again used his power to locate the dragon's weak spot,
Speaker 1: and it was its neck. He tried to cut it,
Speaker 1: but as a time attack power was not enough to
Speaker 1: do so. Suddenly, Arashi appeared and attacked the dragon and
Speaker 1: then began boasting about how he could hurt him, but
Speaker 1: the dragon counter attacked him. Kai told Arashi that they
Speaker 1: need to take down the monster together. Hurashi questioned him
Speaker 1: as to why he would need him to, which Kai
Speaker 1: replied that he could spot the weak points, but he
Speaker 1: did not have enough attack power. Arashi was being stubborn
Speaker 1: and said that he did not need help from a nube,
Speaker 1: but they did not have time for that as the
Speaker 1: dragon attacked again. The dragon spewed fire again at Arashi
Speaker 1: and he finally decided to team up with Kai. Kai
Speaker 1: explained to him its weak point, which was a scale
Speaker 1: on its neck. Kai planned to get its attention while
Speaker 1: Arashi would attack at the weak point. Steady ordered the
Speaker 1: dragon to kill them. The dragon again rushed at them,
Speaker 1: and Kai distracted it while Arashi attacked the weak point.
Speaker 1: This threw the dragon to the ground. The dragon was
Speaker 1: defeated and Kai asked Steady if he had anything else,
Speaker 1: as his trump card had lost. Steady said that he
Speaker 1: still had other monsters, but unfortunately Shuji and the others
Speaker 1: had already defeated them all. Steady tried to run away
Speaker 1: but was caught by Narumi. Kai asked him to tell
Speaker 1: them everything, and he easily agreed as he was a coward,
Speaker 1: But before he could tell anything, his body turned purple
Speaker 1: and he died. A curse was put on him that
Speaker 1: would kill him the moment he tried to leak information.
Speaker 1: The next day, the candidates confronted Leonora when she returned,
Speaker 1: as she was the one who left Steady in charge.
Speaker 1: She apologized and explained that she did not think that
Speaker 1: a weak demon tamer like him could cause so much damage.
Speaker 1: Candidates were shocked to know that she knew Steady was
Speaker 1: a demon tamer. They asked her that if she knew
Speaker 1: he was a demon, then why did she allow him
Speaker 1: to be near them. In her defense, she said that
Speaker 1: she had already told them that their training was going
Speaker 1: to be harder, and thus what happened was just a
Speaker 1: part of it. Guius accused them for not being careful
Speaker 1: enough to see a fire at night, Leonora told them
Speaker 1: that they all will be visiting the Royal capital next,
Speaker 1: focusing on the reveal of the hero candidates. A public
Speaker 1: parade would be held in the Royal Capital and they
Speaker 1: would be going on stage as leading actors. That evening,
Speaker 1: they all set out for the capital, and at night
Speaker 1: they camped in a field. While eating, Arashi told his
Speaker 1: minions that there were around thirty soldiers with them and
Speaker 1: they were really not that strong. He said that it
Speaker 1: was time to put their plan into action. They could
Speaker 1: ease outnumbered them. He asked one of his minions to
Speaker 1: call Narumi and his group over. Kai was listening to
Speaker 1: his speech, and he agreed that there were very soldiers
Speaker 1: accompanying them, but it was only because Gaius and Leonora
Speaker 1: were confident that they could take them down themselves. He
Speaker 1: went to Shuji and asked him he they could talk
Speaker 1: later that night, Arashi and Narumi met in the forest nearby.
Speaker 1: They were ready to attack the soldiers when Shuji and
Speaker 1: the other candidates came in their way to stop them.
Speaker 1: Shuji said that he had heard that Arashi was trying
Speaker 1: to kill Leonora and Gaius, and Arashi was shocked to
Speaker 1: know that his plan was leaked. Somehow, they tried to
Speaker 1: put some sense in him by saying that there could
Speaker 1: be another way to do it other than simply killing them.
Speaker 1: Aashi told Shuji that all he did was talk and
Speaker 1: asked him if he had a plan, to which he
Speaker 1: replied that he would act as a pawn and defeat
Speaker 1: the demon king, and in exchange, he would guarantee everyone's safety.
Speaker 1: Arashi was not ready for this trade and told him
Speaker 1: to get out of his way, but Shuji and the
Speaker 1: others were not going to let him pass. Since they
Speaker 1: could not agree to a point, they began fighting. Suddenly,
Speaker 1: two soldiers came in and told them to sleep since
Speaker 1: they had an early morning trip tomorrow. Aurashi walked away,
Speaker 1: saying that he had enough of the weakness and there
Speaker 1: was no point in talking to them. They all reached
Speaker 1: the Royal capital the next day and it was too
Speaker 1: crowded because of the ceremony. People on the streets were
Speaker 1: amazed to see the hero candidates. The people seemed to
Speaker 1: have a lot of faith in them. At the castle,
Speaker 1: they were greeted by Holy Knight Rains, who asked them
Speaker 1: to rest first. All the candidates were pleased and happy
Speaker 1: to get the royal treatment, from fluffy beds to hot
Speaker 1: water baths. They were offered the best food too. Kai
Speaker 1: decided to gather some more information, but there were a
Speaker 1: lot of guards. He suddenly saw the Knight who was
Speaker 1: showing them around. Raines was talking to his soldiers about
Speaker 1: how he found the candidates stronger than normal children of
Speaker 1: their age. One of the soldiers said that he was
Speaker 1: worried that letting the hero candidates into the Royal capital
Speaker 1: would surely incite those demons to take some action. Rains
Speaker 1: told them not to worry, as the candidates were strong
Speaker 1: and could take care of anything. Kai had more questions,
Speaker 1: so he thought of going to the town at night.
Speaker 1: He went to one of the pubs and ordered ale
Speaker 1: and some snacks. People were talking about the hero candidates
Speaker 1: and how they looked like normal kids to them. He
Speaker 1: noticed that the people there were more afraid of the
Speaker 1: Church than the king or nobles. He asked the bartender
Speaker 1: to tell him more. He said that he was new
Speaker 1: to town, thus he did not know a lot. The
Speaker 1: bartender told him about the demon King and the way
Speaker 1: he was attacking the kingdom. He also added that the
Speaker 1: demon King could even seduce humans with their overwhelming power.
Speaker 1: He also told him how the demon King's followers blew
Speaker 1: up a noble estate a few days ago. Kai left
Speaker 1: the pub, thinking how the candidates being in the capital
Speaker 1: was surely not the best thing. Suddenly, Konzaki came to
Speaker 1: him because she was worried for him. He explained to
Speaker 1: her that he was gathering information since they were in
Speaker 1: an unknown territory. She was visibly worried and said that
Speaker 1: she could help him, but he refused, and she did
Speaker 1: not like his attitude. After a small banter, he finally
Speaker 1: agreed to let her help. He asked her to gather
Speaker 1: information about the royal capital. She left to gather information,
Speaker 1: and so did Kai, but someone was listening to their
Speaker 1: entire conversation. The man smirked when he saw her leaving.
Speaker 1: Kai finally got back into his room. After a tiresome search,
Speaker 1: He did not find anything important, but he at least
Speaker 1: learned the existence of a new enemy. He suddenly heard
Speaker 1: noises coming from outside his room, and when he went out,
Speaker 1: he saw the other candidates gathered in the hall. When
Speaker 1: he asked, he got to know that Kanzaki was missing.
Speaker 1: They didn't notice him gone too, because he didn't share
Speaker 1: his room with anyone. When asked, he denied that he
Speaker 1: knew anything. Shuji concluded that she was not in the castle,
Speaker 1: and since it was almost dawn, they should go out
Speaker 1: and look for her. They all spread around to look
Speaker 1: for her. Kai found her student id fallen on the street.
Speaker 1: As soon as he picked it up, four masked men
Speaker 1: attacked him, but his reaction time was so quick that
Speaker 1: he instantly took down three men. He asked the fourth
Speaker 1: one who he was, since they all were pretty untrained spies.
Speaker 1: The fourth spy was too stunned to run away, and
Speaker 1: Kai asked him to tell everything he knew. Meanwhile, in
Speaker 1: what looked like a castle, Kanzaki was tied up and held.
Speaker 1: Two spies were interrogating her, but she was not answering them.
Speaker 1: They wanted to know about the hero candidates. When they
Speaker 1: saw that she was not cooperating, one of the spies
Speaker 1: ripped her shirt off. They did not know, but Kai
Speaker 1: was already inside and was spying on them. He used
Speaker 1: his judgment powers and noticed that they were pretty weak ones.
Speaker 1: He couldn't believe that she was captured by such weak men.
Speaker 1: He quickly killed them. Kanzucki was embarrassed to see him
Speaker 1: in her exposed state. He unlocked her chains and was
Speaker 1: about to leave when he sensed someone coming towards them
Speaker 1: at full speed. It was Rain's the Holy Knight, and
Speaker 1: he attacked them without wasting any time, but they both
Speaker 1: dodged his attack. He smiled and said that he must
Speaker 1: really kill them. Besides being the Holy Knight, he was
Speaker 1: also the general of the Demon King's army. Kai said
Speaker 1: that the country was close to its end. Because of
Speaker 1: how even the capital was full of enemies. Kai used
Speaker 1: his judgment and saw that Rainis was a powerful warrior.
Speaker 1: He was an all rounder. They both clashed again and
Speaker 1: Kai was able to dodge his sword, but then Rains
Speaker 1: used fire magic, which caught Kai off guard. He somehow
Speaker 1: dodged the attack again, but then Rains engulfed his sword
Speaker 1: with fire and said that it was over for Kai,
Speaker 1: but Kai quickly pulled out his gun and shot him
Speaker 1: right in the middle of his temple. Rains fell down
Speaker 1: and died. Kai did not want to use his gun
Speaker 1: for something like that since he had limited bullets, but
Speaker 1: he had no other choice. He needed to learn how
Speaker 1: to fight face to face if he wanted to survive
Speaker 1: in that world. Kanzaki was stunned to see a gun
Speaker 1: with him and said how scary it was to learn
Speaker 1: that someone in the class carried a gun with him.
Speaker 1: He explained to her that it was just standard equipment
Speaker 1: for an assassin. She thanked him, and he asked her
Speaker 1: why she didn't use her domination power, to which she
Speaker 1: replied that after her hands were locked with the chain,
Speaker 1: she couldn't use her powers. Somehow, they were leaving and
Speaker 1: she told him that those guys were trying to attack
Speaker 1: everyone from their class, but he already knew it. While
Speaker 1: interrogating the fourth guy he had captured earlier, the fourth
Speaker 1: guy told him that they were ordered to kill all
Speaker 1: the hero candidates and it was him who told her
Speaker 1: about Konzaki's location. They wanted to use her as a
Speaker 1: hostage while attacking others. What they couldn't understand was the
Speaker 1: fact that he was not killed by the death curse
Speaker 1: like how Steady died. This meant that this was not
Speaker 1: done by a demon. This meant that some humans were
Speaker 1: against them. It was almost mourning and Shuji found them
Speaker 1: and was glad to see her well. Kai told him
Speaker 1: everything about the Demon King's cult and how humans were
Speaker 1: against humanity too. The problem now was that they could
Speaker 1: not tell which humans were their enemies like they could
Speaker 1: tell with monsters. This meant that everyone needed to be
Speaker 1: more cautious. They decided not to tell Leonora, as she
Speaker 1: would simply tell them to look at it themselves, so
Speaker 1: they ended up deciding to gather everyone and decide a
Speaker 1: course of action. Suddenly, a smoke appeared around them, and
Speaker 1: soon they were surrounded by more cult members. They all
Speaker 1: got ready to fight. Not only these three, but all
Speaker 1: the other candidate groups were also cornered by the men.
Speaker 1: Kai read that there were six of them, and their
Speaker 1: stats were obviously lower than rainees, but still they were strong.
Speaker 1: All the six men jumped at them. Kanzaki used her
Speaker 1: powers to halt them, and Kai pierced their heads with
Speaker 1: sharp knives, thus killing them instantly. Shuji was a little
Speaker 1: stressed to see it, as they were all humans after all.
Speaker 1: Shuji tried to debate about it, but Kai shut him up,
Speaker 1: saying that they were enemies. At the end of the day,
Speaker 1: one remaining cult member attacked Shuji, and he tried to
Speaker 1: reason with him, but the cult member said that he
Speaker 1: was just serving his master. Kazaki was ready to use
Speaker 1: her powers again, but Kai stopped her, saying that he
Speaker 1: wanted Shuji to kill the man. Shuji broke the man's
Speaker 1: sword and asked him to surrender if he wanted to live,
Speaker 1: but the man was too stubborn and he attacked Shuji,
Speaker 1: injuring his hand. In a counter attack, Shuji slashed his body.
Speaker 1: The man was whimpering and Shuji wanted to leave him
Speaker 1: there to die. But Kai told him to eliminate him
Speaker 1: there itself, or else he could be a threat. Shuji
Speaker 1: was reluctant, but he ended up doing just what Kai
Speaker 1: told him to do. Meanwhile, Arashi and his minions also
Speaker 1: defeated all the men. The last men was merciless killed
Speaker 1: by Arashi's power. Rena and others were finding it difficult
Speaker 1: to kill humans, and except Rena, the other girls were
Speaker 1: getting injured. Suddenly, Leonora appeared at the scene and asked
Speaker 1: if she should give them the passing grade. The men
Speaker 1: grew angrier when they saw Leonora, and she said that
Speaker 1: since they were her candidates, it was to be expected
Speaker 1: that she would come and help them when they were
Speaker 1: in danger. One of the men said that she did
Speaker 1: not even have her night with her, so how would
Speaker 1: she do it. She taunted them by saying that they
Speaker 1: were just a bunch of amateurs seduced by the demon king,
Speaker 1: and she did not even consider them as enemies in
Speaker 1: the first place. All the men jumped at her at
Speaker 1: the same time, and she used her domination power to
Speaker 1: stick all of them to the ground. The men could
Speaker 1: not move, and Rena said that her powers were just
Speaker 1: like Kazaki, but Leonora asked her not to compare her
Speaker 1: power to something like that, as her domination skill was
Speaker 1: superior in every aspect from range to power. Rena asked
Speaker 1: her why she saved them, to which she replied that
Speaker 1: she had mentioned about giving a passing grade. They all
Speaker 1: thanked her for protecting them, and one of the men
Speaker 1: held her dress and asked her not to ignore them
Speaker 1: and free them. She looked down and apologized to the man,
Speaker 1: for he was still alive. She then used her domination
Speaker 1: power on all the candidates and ordered them to kill
Speaker 1: the men lying on the floor. Their bodies began moving
Speaker 1: on their own, and they all killed all the men
Speaker 1: against their will. Such was the power of Leonora. Kai
Speaker 1: and Konzaki were watching it all unfold from far away,
Speaker 1: and Kanzaki was amazed to see her able to control
Speaker 1: so many people at once. Her range in power was
Speaker 1: completely at a different level. Twelve hours after the attack,
Speaker 1: all the candidates gathered again in the hall. A lot
Speaker 1: of them were in a pretty bad state and shocked.
Speaker 1: Narumi said that he would not let her go as
Speaker 1: she made all the candidates kill against their will. Shuji
Speaker 1: was blaming himself for not getting there sooner, but Kai
Speaker 1: explained to them that it would not have made any
Speaker 1: difference as none of them were currently strong enough to
Speaker 1: resist Leonora. Kai knew for a fact that since the
Speaker 1: Demon Armies General was defeated, they would not be able
Speaker 1: to make a move for a while. He then asked
Speaker 1: Kanzaki to come with him. She asked him the purpose,
Speaker 1: and he told her that in order to find a
Speaker 1: way to deal with Leonora's domination magic, he wanted the
Speaker 1: help of someone who had similar powers like her. He
Speaker 1: then asked her to dominate him with her powers. Hearing this,
Speaker 1: she was flustered and all read. The day after they
Speaker 1: repelled the cult members, the kingdom held a massive parade
Speaker 1: celebrating the summoning of the Hero Candidates. This was the
Speaker 1: proof that the Hero Candidates displayed their power during their
Speaker 1: battle against the Cult of the Demon King. They were
Speaker 1: embraced with open arms by the royal capital citizens. When
Speaker 1: all the candidates gathered together, Leonora told them that she
Speaker 1: would like them to return to the Temple City. Alpha.
Speaker 1: Kai explained to the others that it was the name
Speaker 1: of the city they were summoned to, and he thought
Speaker 1: that it was under Leonora's control. He asked Leonora if
Speaker 1: she wasn't coming with them too. She replied that she
Speaker 1: still had some matters to take care of, so she
Speaker 1: would be leaving them all under Gaius's care. Rena said
Speaker 1: that they wished they could return, but their dorms were
Speaker 1: burnt down. Rena notice that one of the girls was
Speaker 1: looking flushed and was not even able to answer the questions.
Speaker 1: She was too afraid of Leonora. Leonora left with a grin,
Speaker 1: and all the candidates held resentment against her. Soon, Gias
Speaker 1: took all the candidates with him towards their destination. At night,
Speaker 1: they all camped and Arashi and the others again went
Speaker 1: into the forest. Keonzaki asked Kai if they were really
Speaker 1: going to do it that night, and he replied that
Speaker 1: Leonora was not there and all the soldiers were weaklings,
Speaker 1: and hence it was the best opportunity to kill Gaius.
Speaker 1: Under these conditions, there was no reason for him to
Speaker 1: stop them, and he would just enjoy the show. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: Narumi had taken Gaius deep into the forest, saying that
Speaker 1: he had seen a giant monster. Gaius fell into his
Speaker 1: trap as the road led to the royal capital and
Speaker 1: a monster lurking around there was dangerous. Suddenly, Arashi attacked
Speaker 1: Gaius from behind with his full power. Gaius was not
Speaker 1: expecting the attack, and so he took the hit and
Speaker 1: began bleeding. Aurashi told him that even his best attack
Speaker 1: couldn't kill him. Gaius was not steady on his feet,
Speaker 1: and he suddenly stepped on a land mine, which blew up.
Speaker 1: Aurashi smiled and said that it was all a trap
Speaker 1: set up for him. Gaius used manna to defend himself,
Speaker 1: but he still was injured greatly. Gaius said that he
Speaker 1: was disappointed in him, as he didn't expect him to
Speaker 1: ambush him like that. Suddenly, all the other members of
Speaker 1: Arashi's group surrounded the old man. Seeing the gravity of
Speaker 1: the situation, Gaias threw a light ball up in the sky,
Speaker 1: which acted like a firework. Kenzaki and Kai also saw
Speaker 1: that from afar and Kai remarked how Arashi had messed up.
Speaker 1: The light ball was a distress signal, and the soldiers
Speaker 1: saw it and went towards that direction. They could not
Speaker 1: reach the location since Kai got in their way and
Speaker 1: killed them all. Meanwhile, Gaius was getting beaten by the candidates.
Speaker 1: He could barely keep up with them and their powers.
Speaker 1: Soon he lost his one arm and was all red
Speaker 1: with blood. Arashi complimented him by saying that he was
Speaker 1: tough for his age. Narumi told him about the distress
Speaker 1: signal and said that he was trying to buy some time,
Speaker 1: but Gaius replied that there was no longer any need
Speaker 1: for that. Leonora walked in with her usual smile and
Speaker 1: said that Gaius was driven quite into the corner. The
Speaker 1: candidates were shocked to see her. At the same time, Shuji,
Speaker 1: Raina and other candidates saw Keonzaki using her domination power
Speaker 1: to tie up some soldiers. She told them that she
Speaker 1: was following orders, but they did not buy it since
Speaker 1: they knew she was not the one who would follow
Speaker 1: someone's order. Kai came in and told them that she
Speaker 1: was following his orders. Shuji was again stunned to hear
Speaker 1: that he killed the guards. He explained that Arashi already
Speaker 1: had his hands full fighting Gaias, so he took care
Speaker 1: of the guards. Shuji and the others understood the entire
Speaker 1: thing now. Shuji asked him if he teamed up with
Speaker 1: Arashi to which he replied that he was just doing
Speaker 1: what he wanted to do. Kai told him that he
Speaker 1: should be looking for Arashi rather than bugging him. Shuji
Speaker 1: and the others left to look for Arashi and the others.
Speaker 1: Leonora told Gaius that he was losing, and he accepted it,
Speaker 1: saying that he could not fight his old age after all.
Speaker 1: Arashi said that after everything that has happened, he was
Speaker 1: not going to tuck his tail between his legs and
Speaker 1: run away. One of the candidates asked him if she
Speaker 1: wasn't the one who was controlling them. Leonora replied to this,
Speaker 1: saying that there were also other conditions that were needed
Speaker 1: to be fulfilled. If they had a big man a
Speaker 1: pool to resist, it would not be that effective. But
Speaker 1: for those who always relied on their powers and were
Speaker 1: not used to controlling their manna, it was easy for
Speaker 1: her to control everyone. Arashi called her a coward and
Speaker 1: challenged her that she would not be able to fight
Speaker 1: them head on. She smiled and said that she would
Speaker 1: deal with them herself. She added that she would break
Speaker 1: his fangs. Arashi jumped at her, and she quickly summoned
Speaker 1: a huge chunk of boulder and sent him flying. She
Speaker 1: then manipulated other elements like fire, water and air to
Speaker 1: defeat the other candidates. Narumi came and picked up Arashi
Speaker 1: and flew up in the sky. Suddenly, Shuji and the
Speaker 1: other candidates also arrived. He told Arashi to stop the
Speaker 1: fight and asked him what he would gain from it.
Speaker 1: Arashi told him to stop him with his strength if
Speaker 1: he wanted to, because he hated the pacifist methods of
Speaker 1: his Shuji asked the others if they thought the same,
Speaker 1: and Rena stood up and said she supported Arashi. Leonora
Speaker 1: laughed and said that they were still fighting among themselves.
Speaker 1: She added that at that point they were responsible for
Speaker 1: starting a rebellion. She then asked them if they expected
Speaker 1: her to forgive them even if they were to stop
Speaker 1: the rebellion at the moment. She then conjured a huge
Speaker 1: cyclone and injured everyone. Shuji was tense to say everyone hurt,
Speaker 1: but Aurashi told him to calm down and said that
Speaker 1: if he wanted to protect everyone, then he would have
Speaker 1: to resolve himself, or else everyone would be dead. Shuji
Speaker 1: understood the situation as there was no other way. He
Speaker 1: got ready to fight and so did Rena and the others.
Speaker 1: Leonora said that she would show them the difference between
Speaker 1: her and them. Meanwhile, not so far away, Konzaki asked
Speaker 1: kai what they should do. He told her that once
Speaker 1: Leonora uses her magic to enslave them, then he would
Speaker 1: join in. Until then, they should trust the other candidates.
Speaker 1: The candidates were ready to fight Leonora, and Gaius managed
Speaker 1: to get up and said that he was weak, but
Speaker 1: he still wanted to fight for her. Leonora healed all
Speaker 1: his wounds and he was better than ever to fight.
Speaker 1: Candidates were scared as they did so much to corner Gaius,
Speaker 1: but now he was back. Rena told him that their
Speaker 1: number had increased too, so they would make up for it.
Speaker 1: Leonora told them that they could attack her any time
Speaker 1: they wanted. For her, the battle would be a test
Speaker 1: for them. She added that if they could not win
Speaker 1: against her, then they could not be a hero after all.
Speaker 1: Soon the fight began and Gaius noticed that it was
Speaker 1: difficult to fight Shuji with his magic sword. Leonora used
Speaker 1: water magic to attack Shuji, but Raina nullified it, but
Speaker 1: still he was injured by the attack. They attacked Leonora,
Speaker 1: but none of the attacks could even touch her. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: Kai was hiding in the shadows and he used his
Speaker 1: judgment to check Leonora's stats, and he noticed that although
Speaker 1: she was a powerful magician, her defense was weak. One
Speaker 1: good physical attack would be enough, but Gaias was in
Speaker 1: their way. Arashi asked Shuji to leave Gaius to him
Speaker 1: and go take down Leonora. Shuji had a problem though,
Speaker 1: and it was that his magic could not touch her either.
Speaker 1: One of the candidates gave him a steel sword, and
Speaker 1: Leonora commented that now he seemed ready for combat. Finally,
Speaker 1: the other candidates could not help Shuji as their powers
Speaker 1: would not work on her, and they could not help
Speaker 1: Arashi either as he was fighting in close range. Arashi
Speaker 1: was able to go head to head with Gaias because
Speaker 1: although he was healed, his stamina was still low, but
Speaker 1: he also could not use his explosive power, so again
Speaker 1: it was equal. Leonora was using ranged attacks at Shuji
Speaker 1: so that he could not get close to her with
Speaker 1: his sword. There had to be something which he could
Speaker 1: do to get close and defeat her, but he did
Speaker 1: not know what it was. Leonora smiled and said it
Speaker 1: was expected of Shuji, as there were very few people
Speaker 1: in the country who could dodge her attacks. It was
Speaker 1: still a one sided battle. Since he was not close
Speaker 1: enough to her, he could not even rely on the
Speaker 1: other candidates. Shuji dashed at her with full speed and
Speaker 1: negated her wind attacks. She used ground and fire attacks too,
Speaker 1: but he dodged them. She noticed that he was unconsciously
Speaker 1: using magic as an armor, which meant that he was
Speaker 1: growing in such a short period of time. She was
Speaker 1: a little afraid of him, but she managed to throw
Speaker 1: him away with her powers. Meanwhile, Arashi could not rely
Speaker 1: on his powers anymore and was wondering what he could
Speaker 1: do to beat Gaius. Gaius slashed his abdomen in one strike.
Speaker 1: Arashi was angry at himself for not being able to
Speaker 1: defeat an old man. He knelt on the ground, and
Speaker 1: Gaias told him that this was how far he could
Speaker 1: go without his powers. Arashi told him that he was
Speaker 1: meant to be strong, and he then punched him so
Speaker 1: hard that the old man fell to the ground bleeding again.
Speaker 1: He won. Meanwhile, Shuji thought that he had to win
Speaker 1: or else his friends would have to suffer. He got
Speaker 1: up and a menacing Aura surrounded him. Leonora noticed his
Speaker 1: estate founding stamina, but was pretty chill as she knew
Speaker 1: he could not get close to her. She was wrong,
Speaker 1: as in a blink of an eye, Shuji was right
Speaker 1: in front of her and he managed to slash her hand.
Speaker 1: It was impossible, according to her, but she had no
Speaker 1: time to think, as now Shuji was right behind her.
Speaker 1: She managed to use water powers to push him away. Somehow,
Speaker 1: she understood that he had gained instant movement powers. He
Speaker 1: again used his new power and was just an inch
Speaker 1: away from slicing her neck when suddenly she commanded him
Speaker 1: to kneel down. He could not move, and she smiled
Speaker 1: and said that she did not want to use it,
Speaker 1: but she had no choice. Kai noticed that she had
Speaker 1: finally used her trump card and he asked Kenzaki to move.
Speaker 1: Leonora smirked and said that she did not expect to
Speaker 1: use enslaving magic, but Shuji made her do it. He
Speaker 1: was lying at her feet like a statue. Other candidates
Speaker 1: rushed to save Shuji, but Leonora commanded them to not
Speaker 1: move and they all stopped midway. Leonora said that they
Speaker 1: all did a good job and thus she would give
Speaker 1: them a passing grade. She added that she did not
Speaker 1: expect Gaius to lose, but after all, he was just
Speaker 1: a knight and could be replaced. As long as she
Speaker 1: controlled them, it would not be a problem. The candidates
Speaker 1: were losing hope, and if they did not have any countermeasures,
Speaker 1: then they would surely lose. She told them all that
Speaker 1: the reason why they allowed her to summon the candidates
Speaker 1: was so that when the time came, she could control
Speaker 1: them freely, otherwise they would become threats. Suddenly, three knives
Speaker 1: attacked her from behind, but she easily dodged them and
Speaker 1: said that she knew he was hiding the whole time.
Speaker 1: It was Kay, and he replied that he was surprised
Speaker 1: that she paid attention to some one as ordinary as him.
Speaker 1: She said that from the beginning there was something odd
Speaker 1: about him. She said that she was disappointed in him
Speaker 1: because she did not expect him to come out to
Speaker 1: a losing battle like that. She ordered him to not move,
Speaker 1: and he too was under her spell. She was explaining
Speaker 1: her magic when suddenly a bullet hit her shoulder. She
Speaker 1: was surprised to see that he could move and fire
Speaker 1: even under her spell. She asked him how he could
Speaker 1: do so, as she was sure that she was using
Speaker 1: her magic on him. He again shot her in her abdomen,
Speaker 1: and she couldn't understand what weapon it was, since guns
Speaker 1: weren't a thing in her world. Her defense could not
Speaker 1: keep up. He explained to her what a gun is,
Speaker 1: and also said that he had few bullets and he
Speaker 1: did not want to use them. She used her fire power,
Speaker 1: but only his robe was hit by the fire and
Speaker 1: he wasn't there anymore. The next second, he was standing
Speaker 1: right behind her with his gun aimed at her head.
Speaker 1: He said that he knew she wasn't a good close
Speaker 1: range fighter and her enslaving magic did not work on
Speaker 1: her either. She was shocked and in denial. Kai had
Speaker 1: played a gamble and he won. The reason was Kanzaki.
Speaker 1: That night, when he asked Kanzaki to dominate him, he
Speaker 1: explained to her that the skill that was cast at
Speaker 1: first would have the priority over the new casted skill.
Speaker 1: This meant that if she used her domination power on
Speaker 1: him first, then it would negate the enslaving magic, and
Speaker 1: since candidates had divine protection, therefore their powers were superior
Speaker 1: to magic. Kanzaki was in doubt, as her skill was
Speaker 1: weaker than Leonora's magic. The same thing happened with Steady
Speaker 1: since he had casted his spell before her. Therefore, he
Speaker 1: was able to regain control over his monsters. It was
Speaker 1: a gamble, but they had no other chance in the present.
Speaker 1: Leonora realized that it must be Kanzaki, and she was
Speaker 1: correct as Kai was under her spell. He told her
Speaker 1: that it was her end and was about to pull
Speaker 1: the trigger. Leonora was captured and handcuffed. The handcuff sealed
Speaker 1: her magic power, and these were the same handcuffs which
Speaker 1: had previously been used on Kanzaki. She asked Kai what
Speaker 1: he was planning to do with her. His demand was simple,
Speaker 1: which was that if she would send them back, then
Speaker 1: he would release her. She apologized as it was impossible
Speaker 1: for her as all she could do was summon magic
Speaker 1: to send them back. A different magic was required. Kai
Speaker 1: knew she was not lying because she had no skills
Speaker 1: to send them back. He asked her then, how she
Speaker 1: was supposed to send them back after they defeated the
Speaker 1: demon king. She explained that summoning needed an immense amount
Speaker 1: of energy, so they relied on their god to summon them.
Speaker 1: In other words, it was the god who had summoned them.
Speaker 1: Once they defeat the Demon King, the god himself would
Speaker 1: send them back. But she did not seem sure about
Speaker 1: her claim because no previous candidates were ever sent back.
Speaker 1: This was because they were killed by the Demon King.
Speaker 1: There might be some survivors, but they went missing. After
Speaker 1: a short conversation, Kai was ready to kill her, but
Speaker 1: Shuji stopped him. Shuji told him that he was cooperating
Speaker 1: only because he thought that Leonora could send them back,
Speaker 1: but since she could not, then he would like to
Speaker 1: keep his status of hero candidate. He did not want
Speaker 1: to become a trader in that world. Kai asked if
Speaker 1: they weren't already traders now. Leonora assured him that she
Speaker 1: would pretend that nothing happened that night. Shuji said that
Speaker 1: the crime of killing a saintest was heavy and they
Speaker 1: could get in trouble for it. The other candidates also
Speaker 1: agreed with him. Narumi was still on Kai's side. Shuji
Speaker 1: agreed that killing her was the sensible thing to do,
Speaker 1: but what would they do after they would kill her?
Speaker 1: Kai understood Shuji's point of view, but in an unexpected
Speaker 1: turn of events, he shot Leonora right between her eyes.
Speaker 1: Everyone was shocked to see that Leonora's body fell to
Speaker 1: the ground, and Kai used his smoke grenade and disappeared
Speaker 1: from there. Candidates were not happy with his decision and actions.
Speaker 1: Kanzaki thought that it actually came down to what he
Speaker 1: had planned earlier with her few hours ago. When Kai
Speaker 1: and Kanzaki were planning, he told her that the first
Speaker 1: objective was to capture Leonora and find a way to
Speaker 1: get back home, but if it was impossible, then he
Speaker 1: would kill her. He knew that if he captured her
Speaker 1: and they could not return to their world, then Shuji
Speaker 1: would try to protect her, and at that point he
Speaker 1: would kill her and run away. He was planning to
Speaker 1: bear the sin of killing the Saint Tess alone. He
Speaker 1: said that that was the reason why he left a
Speaker 1: few of her guards alive, so that they could put
Speaker 1: the blame on him. He told her to put all
Speaker 1: the blame on him and return to the empire. She
Speaker 1: was not sure that she could do it, but he
Speaker 1: told her that she could and she may even use
Speaker 1: her powers during negotiation to make it all work. She
Speaker 1: asked him where he would run away to. He told
Speaker 1: her not to worry about him. Meanwhile, far away in
Speaker 1: a dark castle, a man was updating about his failed
Speaker 1: attempt to kill the hero candidates to the Demon King.
Speaker 1: Demon King told him not to worry, as at the
Speaker 1: end the hero candidates would definitely show up at the
Speaker 1: front line. The game was getting interesting and the Demon
Speaker 1: King was liking it. Two days after the incident, Kai
Speaker 1: was living in the forest. He was close to a
Speaker 1: city and it would take him half a day by
Speaker 1: foot to reach there. Since there was no way he
Speaker 1: would be allowed entry after killing the Saintess, he decided
Speaker 1: to sneak in at night. He needed to earn some money,
Speaker 1: and he saw a tavern. Inside the tavern, it was
Speaker 1: a lovely atmosphere and someone asked him where he was from.
Speaker 1: He lied that he was from a nearby town and
Speaker 1: now he was looking for a job. The man advised
Speaker 1: him to be an adventurer. He would have to take
Speaker 1: jobs from the guild and would be paid for it.
Speaker 1: He also told him that the guild was in dire
Speaker 1: need of new adventures, so they would not even ask
Speaker 1: for identification. He stated at an inn, and gladly no
Speaker 1: one recognized him there. He then went to the Guild
Speaker 1: of that town and saw all kinds of people there.
Speaker 1: He went to the reception counter and got himself registered.
Speaker 1: He was asked about his name, age, and origin, so
Speaker 1: he used his false name Syn and he lied that
Speaker 1: the Demon King's army had destroyed his town. Syron was
Speaker 1: the same code name which he used in the real
Speaker 1: world too. The receptionist explained to him how the guild worked.
Speaker 1: There were ranks from A to F. The higher some
Speaker 1: one was, the higher was the reward. Since he was new,
Speaker 1: he was registered as an F rank adventurer. He then
Speaker 1: went to the bulletin board to take his first task,
Speaker 1: and soon three guys came to pick on him. They
Speaker 1: were making fun of him, and he really did not
Speaker 1: like it.