Why I Quit Being the Demon King

Why I Quit Being the Demon King Chapter 69

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16. The hero grows (4)

Zeke looked down at his sword. This sword with a broken core is a steel sword that can be purchased at any store.

It is not based on superiority in weapons. I hunted a G-class monster with my best skills.

“At the age of 14, I was already at G level. “If you continue to grow like this, by the age of 20… or, if you have already blossomed and begun to broaden your stride, you

will have established yourself as a D-class hero within 2 or 3 years.”

“Mr. Cadenza is being too lenient.”

“If not, why didn’t they give you the ball?”

“That means there will be compensation issues…

“I became afraid. If you were a C-level hero, at least level or slightly better, I would have sympathized with you and tried to share with you. Even if you didn’t do anything special, you would have distributed your share so that at least a few silver coins could fall to you. But now

you have become too strong. “More than the head of the warriors of Joricks Village and the matriarch of the Holyoke family.”

“Kanadin is an outstanding person.”

“More so than you?”

“Sure.”

“Mr. Zeke. “If it weren’t for you, more than 100 people there would have all died.”

Zeke thought about the situation a little while ago.

“Because he knew that, Mr. Canadine chased you out. But

you will soon regret it.”

“yes?”

“Awig is a monster that runs as a family. “A couple and a child.”

Zeke looked back in surprise.

“It would be nice if the one that just died was a male, but it might have been a child. “The anger of the parents who lost their child will not be small.”

Zeke started running. Cadenza blocked Zeke’s path.

“wait a minute.”

“Don’t stop me.”

“What are you going to fight with? “You have neither sword nor shield left.”

“Anyway…

“Awig’s adult body is truly as strong as a giant. “It cannot be blocked with a shield that does not contain magical power.”

“Even so, we have to go.”

“Why?”

“Because he is a hero.”

Cadenza laughed.

“Perhaps… being a pureblood may not mean much to you.

After saying this, he took off his vambrace and threw it to Zeke.

“It’s my shield. “I call him Juben Elgenubi.”

What he gave me was a stick-like object with two rings that fit into the palm and elbow.

As Zeke hesitated and put it on his arm, Cadenza continued explaining again.

“It is activated by injecting magical power into the part you are holding. Because it is a magic shield using divine power, it reacts as much as Zeke’s abilities. “It will be at least harder than a steel shield.”

“thank you!”

“Instead of borrowing, why don’t we make a bet?”

“What…

“Mr. Zeke, this is a bet on how the group of underground warriors will treat you after you perfectly block the enemy using this shield. Should I treat you like a hero? Or…

Cadenza trailed off.

Zeke closed his mouth and lowered his head.

There was no reply to his words.

There was no need to hear an explanation about how ugly humans were.

When Zeke returned to the underground cavity, the place was already in chaos.

As Cadenza had feared, it was the child who killed Erwig first, not the parent.

Before Zeke arrived, it was a group of Canadin warriors who were helpless even against a single young Awig.

The knights’ combat power was very minimal compared to their boastful skills.

Fortunately, it wasn’t the worst.

The only thing that reappeared was a single fish.

They seemed to be one and a half times the size of Awig from before, but why couldn’t they be just a married couple?

Zeke took a breath at the entrance to the common.

It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t scared.

My body trembled just looking at the bloody cave with dozens of corpses strewn about indiscriminately.

But Zeke took a long

breath and ran forward.

I pulled out the iron sword that was about to break and strongly grasped the handle of the shield I borrowed from Cadenza.

I felt the magical energy being sucked into the sacred energy through my hands.

The vambrace emits light. The thinly folded metal unfolded to form a shield like skeleton.

What filled the empty space was a milky flash of light.

It was a magical power unique to sacred warriors, called divine power.

In any case, in Zeke’s battle,

the only sword on his right hand is a girdle.

Using his shield in front of him, he once again charged at Awig’s body with all his might.

A giant earwig about 10 meters long was startled and pushed away by Zeke’s charge.

In that state, Zeke forced his way under Awig’s legs.

At zero distance, Zeke pierced the gap in Erwig’s carapace with his sword, which had already reached its limit.

Erwig writhed in pain. The sword stuck in the crack of the carapace suddenly broke.

Zeke quickly rolled back

to avoid Awig’s counterattack and raised his shield upward.

Erwig sharpened his tongs and grabbed Zeke and pressed him. However, the Paladin’s shield firmly blocked the attack.

Zeke urgently touched the ground. I just saw a spear with its handle cut off.

The blade was less than two spans long, so it was difficult to use as a sword, but if you add half of the hilt, it could be used as a weapon.

I rushed into Erwig’s arms again.

The monster flipped its long boat over and pressed Zeke down.

A tremendous amount of pressure tormented Zeke, but he smiled instead of groaning.

I also fought a dragon. I could barely make the sound of being killed by an insect.

“Haaaab!”

Zeke shouted and pushed the bug’s stomach. Instead, it dug into the gap and drove the spear between the carapace again.

Erwig then turned and looked directly at Zeke.

The black eyes

were emitting a scary light. Dozens of antenna-like black teeth moved and made a rattling sound.

“Zeke… why did you come back?”

Kanadine, who was able to take a breather thanks to Zeke, asked loudly.

“I heard from Mr. Cadenza that Erwig never wanders around alone.”

“Is that shield also Lord Holypeach’s?”

“yes.”

The short conversation was interrupted. Erwig

began to run wild.

But at the same time, the warrior’s fellow knights, soldiers, servants, and sewer cleaners gathered here…

all of them had one feeling in their hearts.

Hope in the name of a hero.

Deus sat down against the darkness of the cavity and looked down.

In his hands was a pair of blue weapons, a sword and a shield.

I was planning on throwing it if necessary, but I missed the timing.

I scratched my head.

Because I’m a bitch too. No, Alex, you came in person because this incompetent bastard was away.

I stopped complaining and looked at the battlefield.

A boy named Zeke was wearing a shield that I had never seen before.

It’s not comparable to Doom’s Lagoon, but it’s holding up pretty well.

Before Zeke came, this place was filled with a pretty wonderful smell.

death.

Fear and despair.

And even blood and rotting corpses.

Everything mixed together gave off a smell as good as hell.

Even though there was a warrior named Kanadin, it didn’t make much of a difference.

He has already been eaten by a bug called Erwig.

I was scared.

The warrior Kanadin relied on the magic of his fellow wizards and leaned on the strength of the warriors.

But now that Zeke has returned, everything has changed.

It seemed like they had forgotten the fragility of the human body. Just look at that soldier whose arm was broken from a huge impact.

Just a moment ago, he was rolling around on the floor and walking backwards, thinking he was going to die from the pain, but now he was tightly clutching the window pole with his good arm.

With confidence that they could do it, they formed a group and attacked Erwig’s side.

Humans are social animals.

It took

a lot of energy to avoid falling back when everyone around me was moving forward with a positive mindset that they could do it .

It is better to be hit by a monster’s leg than to be left alone.

A warrior is a being who brings hope.

In that sense, Zeke could be said to be much stronger than an A-class hero like Kanadin over there.

Another warrior entered the war.

Cadenza version Holy Peach.

The sight of a warrior belonging to the Holy Emperor pulling out a thin sword and charging towards Erwig’s rear caught Deus’s eye.

As long as he came, it seemed that Zeke would

not be in danger.

Deus took his shield and sword and slipped into the darkness again.

Canadin and his companions, as well as several mixed-blood warriors who came after receiving a request to be the captain of the knight cavalry.

The top-ranking figures in the room were looking at each other and sighing.

Everyone knew it.

If this crisis had not been overcome, there would have been only a hundred or dozen corpses left here.

“Lord Cadenza! “I

don’t know how to thank you!”

While shaking hands, Canadine tapped Cadenza on the shoulder several times.

The cadenza was strong.

After handing the shield over to Zeke, he attacked the monster’s back with a thin bladed stabbing knife.

As expected of a D-class hero, the tip of his sword was incredibly sharp.

It pierced through the carapace, which even an ax blade could not penetrate, and poured divine power into its body.

“My performance only stood out because the warriors of Zoryx Castle had already

drained almost all of the monster’s power. Rather, I salute the strength of the Holyoke family in hunting down two awigs.”

The knight commander said while saluting both sides.

“Who would doubt that a warrior saves the world? The Holyoke family has long been the guardian deity of Joe Ricks Castle. The powerful people of the two families, Holyoke and Holypeach, have joined forces, so there is no need to be afraid of even dragons. Hahaha.”

He added emphasis to the word “two families

.”

There was no room for Zeke to intervene in the conversation.

In passing, empty remarks such as “You’ve worked hard too” or “The Holly Bitch family is quite nice” were thrown around, but no one really spoke to them.

Zeke took off the shield from his forearm and returned it to Kaden Cha.

At that moment, Kanadin’s eyes met. Kanadin had a lot to say about the Paladin’s shield, but he didn’t ask Zeke.

It was because it reminded me of the moment when

Zeke came back and blocked Awig .

Kanadin felt saved at that moment.

My pride was hurt by that fact.

If he was a boy from a D-class hero family, it would be understandable. If a genius boy swordsman were born into a top-notch family like the famous Holly Fur family or the Holy Seeders, that might be possible.

Learning is different as soon as you are born. As soon as he can walk, he holds a sword and learns magic.

The direction of education is determined depending on which area the child is more talented in, and

all basic training is completed by the time children enter elementary school.

Numerous swordsmen and wizards living within the family banner take turns training the next generation of warriors.

Unless you are extremely talented, you can surpass Grade A by the time you graduate from middle school.

Inheriting Holly’s last name meant being the child of a warrior and a saint.

Those without talent were rarer.

But Zeke was neither of those.

Instead of receiving early education for gifted children,

he survived by working part-time from a young age.

The E family were underprivileged students who barely graduated from elementary school, and were a group of losers who had accumulated several provincial grades.

Nevertheless, he grew into a warrior to the point where the Seonghwangcheong government sent an overseer.

luck.

Looking at Zeke, who was extremely lucky, Canadine felt jealousy bordering on disgust.

That talent was such a waste.

If it had appeared to his own daughter, if the luck had changed direction just a little and come to the Hliok family, it

would have risen to become a D-rank family by now!

Beyond jealousy, I felt deprived.

I felt sick because I felt like my luck had been taken away.

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