I Don't Care About Hero Stuff

CHAPTER 1 : BECOME A HERO IN ANOTHER WORLD

This morning I went to school as usual, got out of the house and immediately walked to school. Because my parents have been divorced since elementary school, so I just live alone in this house.

My mother has a job that requires her to travel out of town, while my father is abroad for the time being. That's the reason why I have to live alone in this house. I've been living like this since the 3rd grade of middle school, so it's normal for me.

I got out of the house and walked for about 10 minutes until I finally arrived at school. I climbed the stairs to go up to the second floor, entered the room marked class 2-A and immediately sat down in the chair that had become my seat.

I immediately took the book from the backpack and immediately read it as soon as I got to class. I'm a person who doesn't really like crowds and socializing. I prefer reading books, novels, or manga than having to chat with someone.

People used to call me an otaku. Maybe because of my nature like this, making other people a little distance from me. But I didn't care and wasn't bothered by it.

"Yoru... good morning"

A woman walks up to me, a soft voice escapes her mouth as she greets me.

That woman is my classmate, Julia Cosmocure. With her intelligence and beauty, making her an idol in this school.

“Mo...morning”

I answered Julia's greeting nervously because I felt all the boys in the class were looking at me with such threatening eyes.

"Lia, don't talk to him. He's a weird person."

Axel suddenly approached the two of us and immediately said that in front of me.

If Julia is the idol for the boys, then Axel is the opposite. The two of them also look very close, and many say the two of them are lovers.

I honestly didn't care about those two, so I just ignored the rumors.

*ding... dong... ding…*

The bell rang indicating that class was about to start.

"Calm down Axel, I'm just greeting Yoru"

Julia immediately left us and sat down in her seat.

“Stay away from Lia...”

After saying that, Axel also went to his seat.

Why is he mad at me? I don't understand?

We all started learning activities after the teacher entered the classroom. Our teacher stopped his teaching activities when the clock showed it was time for lunch.

After class was over, I got up from my seat and decided to go to the cafeteria.

"Yoru... do you want to go to the cafeteria?"

Again Julia came to me; and this time she was with his close friend, Rikka.

I felt the same reaction from the boys in the class when Julia spoke to me. Especially Axel, his gaze was very cynical towards me.

“N-no… I want to go to the bathroom!”

I tried my best to avoid Julia.

"Okay then, I'll go first then..."

Julia finally left after saying that, and Rikka followed her like a guard.

I also immediately went to the bathroom to avoid the stares of the boys in the class.

"Wait!"

Those words made my steps stop, when I looked back, Axel was already looking at me with a very annoyed look. He immediately grabbed my shirt and threw me into an empty room near the toilet.

"Didn't I tell you never to talk to her?"

Aah.... I see, so he got angry because he saw me talking to Julia.

"She was the first to talk to me"

Axel, who still looked annoyed, immediately threw a punch at me. The punch landed on my left cheek and I immediately fell to the floor because I wasn't ready to take the hit.

Axel was a very proficient student in sports, so his punches were extremely painful. But I got back up and hit him back.

My punch hit Axel's left cheek and it surprised him a little.

Why? Are you surprised? You know, I'm not an idiot who just sits around while being bullied. I say all this, even if only in my head.

Even though my punches hit him, he only took a few steps back because of that; not like me who immediately fell down with one hit. That means his endurance is far above mine.

"How dare you!"

Now Axel looks really pissed off and he's getting ready to hit me again. Of course I was not silent about this, I also put up a horse to prepare for it.

Axel took a chair nearby and threw it at me.

I tried to dodge the chair flying at me, but it was too late. Axel's powerful throw sent the chair flying very fast and hit me directly, causing me to fall to the floor for the second time.

*Brakk!*

A very loud sound was heard as the chair hit the floor.

I protect my face with both hands; and it actually makes it scratched.

Damnt it!! Being thrown from a chair at such close range was painful.

"Shh... aw...."

I winced in pain as my hand was scratched by the chair.

*Brakk!!*

The door to this room suddenly opened violently, and three people were seen entering the room.

The three people who entered this room were our class president, Mark, along with Julia and also Rikka. Julia, who saw me sitting on the floor immediately helped me up, while Mark and Rikka tried to keep Axel away from me.

"What is this, why are you two fighting?"

Mark asked both of us what happened and tried to sort it out. As the class president expected, he is indeed a person who will settle matters with a cool head

"Yoru... are you hurt?"

On the other hand, Julia looks really worried about me.

"Y-yes, I'm fine..."

After I told her my condition, Julia immediately walked over to Axel.

*Plakk!*

A very hard slap landed on Axel's left cheek, and it took me by surprise.

"What are you doing....?"

I don't know what happened to her, but suddenly Julia looked sad, even her eyes started to tear up.

“Li-Lia, I will explain everything”

Axel also looked very nervous when he wanted to answer Julia's question.

"I really hate people who use violence to solve problems..."

Rikka immediately distanced Julia from Axel and tried to calm her down.

"Everyone calm down! We will settle this in the room-…”

Mark stopped talking when suddenly a bright light shot out from the floor of the room where we were standing. The light was so bright and dazzling that my eyes couldn't see it.

What light is this!?

I opened my eyes again when the light had faded a bit, and I was very surprised to realize that the five of us were already in another room.

We were in a very large room, and I could see several adults holding weapons such as spears.

“Welcome Heroes…”

When I was feeling confused, suddenly there was a voice of a grown man who seemed to be welcoming us.

Hero? What is the meaning of his words, I don't understand at all?

“You all must be confused! But don't worry, I'll explain everything."

Of course I feel confused! How could we not, all of us who were at school suddenly moved to a place that looks luxurious like this.

“Let me introduce myself first, my name is Erick Star IV, the fourth King of the Star Kingdom. The five of you are humans from another world who were successfully summoned to this world by the magic used by our kingdom's mages.”

WTF? Another World? King? This guy must be making it up, he's clearly speaking in a language I can understand.

“If you guys are from another world, why are we using the same language?”

My head was already spinning with all this nonsensical information, so I asked the question spontaneously.

All my classmates also realized the same thing after I asked this.

"Yes, that's correct! this must be all just a trick right?”

Mark, who seemed also curious, began to dare to speak.

“No, this is not a trick! This language has been spoken by our ancestors since ancient times…”

“My king, let this servant of yours explain it”

An old man walked closer to us as the situation here got a little heated. The old man wore a large black robe that made himself look like a magician from the movies and stories I had seen.

The old man stood in front of us all and made quite a strange hand gesture. Not long after, a blue circle appeared with strange writing around his hand.

Huh? doesn't it look like a magic circle? This is a lie…? How come that old man can do things like the games I play.

Again I received a lot of information that made no sense and made my head hurt.

Suddenly three black figures emerged from the old man's shadow. After being seen clearly, it turns out that the three figures are the same man; So now there are the same 4 old men standing in front of us.

"We call this thing [magic], and it's something that doesn't exist in your world"

I was so shocked by it that I was speechless.

If we really are in another world....then.....?

I immediately raised my hand to attract the attention of the people who were here. And sure enough, the King immediately glanced at me.

“What is it, my Hero?

"Can I ask you something?"

"Of course..."

“If you can summon us here, then you can also return us to our original world right?”

Because of my question, the King and several people in this room suddenly fell silent and looked gloomy.

Huh? Why are you reacting like this?

Please, I hope my thinking is wrong.

"I'm sorry, but we can't send you back"

The five of us were very surprised after hearing that answer.

*Sigh...* as expected, this must be their answer.

"Why is it like this? You guys who summoned us arbitrarily here, you should be able to return us too.”

Mark protested until he raised his voice. Meanwhile I didn't know what to say, so I could only stay silent.

After we all stayed silent and tried to digest the information for a few minutes, Mark finally got up the courage to face the King.

“Even if it doesn't make sense, we will accept the fact that we really are in another world. So, what do you want from us?”

The king, who was previously looking gloomy, started to regain his spirits after hearing Mark's question.

“I summoned all of you to this world not without reason. 200 years ago, we managed to defeat the Demon race with the help of humans from your world. With the Hero's power, he managed to tame one of the dragons and make the Demon race surrender. But not too long ago, the Demon Race was active again and we're afraid Lthey'll start their invasion again. So I beg of all of you, please save humanity one more time.”

The king and his subordinates begged while bowing their heads to the five of us.

Ask for our help? I honestly don't understand why they asked us this.

I mean, they can do things we can't like magic. So I don't understand why they ask us for help.

“You have magic, why are you still asking us for help?”

Huh? it turns out that I'm not the only one who has this thought, Julia also has the same thought as me.

"Let me explain why we need you"

Again the old man who had used magic started to speak when we had a difficult question to answer.

“Forgive my impudence, let me properly introduce myself this time. My name is Zeris, the head mage of the Star kingdom.”

I had guessed that, with the things he did earlier, he must be a magician.

After introducing himself to us, Zeris started to explain the reason why this kingdom needs us.

“The humans in this world are born with magical talent, but we have one weakness. We have very little magical energy.”

After saying that, Zeris took out a ball from his pocket. The ball began to emit a light and a panel emerged from the ball.

The panel floating in the air displayed a status of a person that looked like a status in a video game.

"Look, this is my status"

Status

Name: Zeris

Title: Destroyer

Race: Human

Job: Mage

MP: 768

Hp: 347

Skills: Advanced Elemental Magic (Fire, Water, Earth, Wind), Summoning Magic. Unique Skill [ Lullaby ]

Wow! I was amazed by this thing that was in front of my eyes, I didn't think the things I often saw in games were actually real.

"Please put your hands on this ball, that way it will be easier for me to explain"

We all followed Zeris' directions and placed our hands on the crystal ball. I was a little confused after the ball didn't give any reaction when we put our hands on it.

“Now you have to concentrate, focus and say [Open Status]”

We listened to all of Zeris' directions and did all the things he explained to us.

Honestly, I'm very pessimistic about this. I mean, we're all just human, so it's very unlikely for all of us to have any magical potential.

“[Open Status]”

Status

Name: Mark Rhodes

Title: Hero

Race : Human

Job : Sword Master/Mage

Mp : 10,000

Hp : 1000

Skills: Leader, Courage, Caring, Swordsmanship, Elemental Magic (Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Ice), Unique Skill [Command]

Status

Name: Axel Thomas

Race : Human

Job : Mage

Mp : 3,000

Hp : 1000

Skills: Light Magic, Dark Magic, Unique Skill [Psychokinesis]

Status

Name : Julia Cosmocure

Race : Human

Job : Healer

Mp : 10,000

Hp : 1000

Skills: Intermediate Holy Magic, Advanced Healing Magic, Unique Skill [Holy Barrier]

Status

Name : Rikka Gray

Race : Human

Job : Mage

Mp : 5.000

Hp : 1000

Skill: Elemental Magic (Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Ice), Unique Skill [Re-writing Magic]

Status

Name : Yoru Edelhard

Race : Human

Job : Sword Master

Mp: 2,000

Hp : 1000

Skill : Swordsmanship, Magic Sword, Unique Skill [ Lightning Step ]

The panels containing information about us began to float in the air. Honestly, I was very surprised when I saw my strength which turned out to be far beyond the number one mage of this Kingdom.

“Waaaaah……”

"*Sob...* *sob...*"

“God….. I really thank you……”

I was really surprised because the people in this room started making noise all of a sudden.

I don't know what's going on, but the people in this room started cheering with joy, crying with smiles on their faces, and there were also people praying while clenching their fists.

Uh.... what's this? Why are these people acting weird?

All these questions popped up in my head after seeing the behavior of these people.

"What happened? What happened to these people?”

Mark, who seemed also confused, started asking this to Zeris.

“I am the strongest mage in this Kingdom, and look at the difference in our strength. So I ask all of you for help, please help our kingdom!”

Zeris suddenly kowtowed after he finished his words, the same thing happened to everyone in this room. Even King Erick also lowered his head, and asked us for help.

“We will help you...!”

Axel suddenly said that and took us all by surprise.

Huh? What did he say? Is he stupid, we don't even know anything about this world.

“Axel, what are you talking about?!”

Julia raised her voice as she questioned Axel's statement. Julia, who always looks friendly turns out to be angry too, I was a little surprised by that.

“Lia… look at these people, they all expect our help! We have the power to help them, so why don't we just do it…”

Axel and Julia started arguing when their thoughts weren't on the same path. I don't understand Axel's way of thinking, so I'm on Julia's side right now.

“You know, if we help them, then we will all face the devil. Creatures we don't even know about at all."

"Julia's right, we don't know what kind of creatures they are..."

I, who agreed to this also started to give my opinion. And of course, Axel would definitely disagree with my opinion.

"Huh? You must be just scared right, you're the weakest among us. What a cowardly thought…”

"What are you saying?!!"

I, who was provoked by Axel's words, started to walk towards him, but Mark stopped me so the two of us wouldn't fight.

“Stop… you two, please don't fight.”

I stopped my intention after Mark restrained me.

I will definitely hit you, Definitely! So just wait. I don't know what Axel's problem is with me. But he really pissed me off right now.

After hitting and hurting my hand with a chair, now he's belittling me and calling me a coward. You know, I'm just thinking rationally right now.

"Yoru calm down...."

Mark is still near me and still trying to calm me down.

"How about you, do you want to help them?"

I, who had calmed down a bit, asked Mark this. When Mark heard my question, his expression became more serious.

“I… I chose to help these people, but I will make a deal with them.”

I didn't expect Mark to agree with this, I think he is the one who will balk at this request. But it turns out I was wrong, apparently he is not what I thought.

“In that case, there are two people who agree and two people who refuse. So this decision is yours, Rikka?”

After Axel said this, we all glanced at Rikka and waited for her answer. Rikka looked a little depressed after we all stared at her.

“This answer of yours will be decisive for all of us. So, please make wise choices.”

“I-I… I chose to help these people!”

Damn, why did you even choose that option?

Julia and I were surprised to hear that answer from Rikka's mouth. I thought she would have the same answer as Julia because they are friends.

Aaarrrgghh....... To be honest, I'm really annoyed with the answer chosen by Rikka.

"Rikka? Why did you...?"

From the expression on her face, it seemed that Julia was very surprised by Rikka's answer.

“.....”

Rikka was speechless when she saw Julia's expression.

“Yoru, Julia… we have more than them, so why don't we try to help these people. And maybe, we'll find a clue to getting back home if we help them.”

With Mark's explanations that were easy to understand and a little pushy, I couldn't do anything. So I just followed him.

"Okay... I'm coming" (Julia)

“sigh….. I guess I have no other choice.” (Yoru)

Reluctantly, I agreed to their request.

“I understand your feelings very well, so I am grateful that the two of you are willing to help us.” (Mark)

After we all agreed on this, Mark approached the King to make a deal with him.

"King! Let's make a deal. The five of us will be helping this kingdom to fight the Demon Race, so we want to know all the information you have about them. If the information you provide is incomplete and causes problems for us in the future, then we will stop to help you.”

A smile started to grow on the King's face after he heard Mark's explanation. This means that the King has agreed to this agreement.

"We all hope for you"

"yes. We will also try our best.”

Mark and King Erick shook hands as a sign that we had teamed up to defeat the Demon Race

**

The sun had set since we arrived in this world, and it turned out that this world was indeed another world. The view of the night sky in this world is very beautiful, we can see a lot of stars and two very bright moons at night.

We are currently in a mansion that the kingdom has prepared for us to rest in. This mansion is quite large, this two-story building has ten bedrooms, a living room, and a dining room.

We were also given five maids and one chef who was on duty to cater for all our needs in this mansion. Me, Mark, and Axel chose the top floor as our room; while Julia and Rikka chose a room on the first floor.

Right now I'm lying in my room, all the things that happened today make my head really dizzy. Even though I can't sleep, at least I can rest comfortably in this place.

*Sigh...* Mother! Did you know if your son disappeared...?

I don't think she'll care, after all it's been a year since I last saw her. Maybe my disappearance will make her happy…

*Knock... knock…*

I heard someone knocking on my door.

“Yoru… it's me! Am I bothering you?"

Huh? What did she do…? To be honest I was a little surprised to find out that the person behind the door was Julia.

I immediately got out of bed and opened the door for her.

“Yoru...”

"Ju-Julia... what's wrong?"

"There's something I want to talk to you about, so can I come in?"

"Oh please..."

I also let her into my room, and now I'm really nervous. How could I not, the woman who became an idol at school was currently in the same room as me.

Julia and I were just speechless after I let her in, this made the atmosphere very awkward. Until this moment, we are still silent and no one has opened a conversation yet

Come on Yoru... you can't look nervous in front of women.

"Julia, sit wherever you feel comfortable"

"Oh, yeah..."

I finally got up the courage to talk to Julia, this finally broke the awkwardness between the two of us.

Julia finally sat down on my bed and I grabbed a chair for myself to sit on.

"What is it?..."

"I want to apologize..."

Julia suddenly lowered her head towards me and immediately apologized to me.

Why did she do this? I don't think she's ever done anything wrong to me.

“P-please raise your head… Why are you apologizing to me?”

I asked Julia to lift her head because I felt a little uneasy.

“I want to apologize for what Axel did this morning…”

For Axel? I didn't expect Julia to come to me just to apologize on someone else's behalf. You are a very good person...

"Julia, you don't need to apologize, it's not your fault after all..."

"But your hand got hurt because of what he did"

Julia still insists on apologizing to me, even her tears come out a little as she does this. My heart melted after seeing her act like that for other people.

You really are a very good person, Julia.

"Okay, I accept your apology"

I say this while smiling at her.

After hearing and seeing my reaction, Julia finally looks cheerful again.

“Thank you, th-then I'll be back...”

"Oh y-yes…"

Julia immediately stood up and immediately walked towards the door to return to her room, but she suddenly stopped when she was near the door.

"Yoru... you can also call me Lia like my other friends"

Eh!? Why is she doing this all of a sudden?

I still froze after hearing those words come out of her mouth. But Julia immediately came out of my room and immediately ran to return to her room.

After seeing Julia return to her room, I decided to lie back down on my bed.

**

Mmmhh....

The sun pierced my eyes and it woke me up. Apparently last night I fell asleep in this room, maybe it happened because I was tired.

Since I was already awake, I decided to go take a shower. After I finished showering, I put on the clothes that had been prepared in the closet.

I opened the closet door and saw a lot of clothes hanging there. Of the many clothes in the closet, I finally chose one that I thought was comfortable.

Wow... this outfit looks pretty good.

I guess this kingdom provides clothes that look old-fashioned like the ones in Kingdom-themed novels or manga I've read. But apparently not, the clothes provided by the kingdom are pretty cool and not out of date.

*Knock… knock…*

“Sir Hero, breakfast is ready...”

One of the maids knocked on my door and asked to go have breakfast.

"Oh, yeah... I'll be down soon."

I immediately went downstairs to enjoy breakfast with my classmates. After arriving in the dining room, I saw all my friends were already sitting at the dining table.

“Morning Yoru...”

Julia immediately greeted me after I entered the dining room.

"Julia... morning."

"Hmm... I already told you! You can call me Lia..."

Julia said that with a bit of anger.

I was a little confused after seeing Julia act like that, and finally I got up the courage to call her Lia.

“Morning, Li-Lia...”

Julia's smile grew on her face again after I said this.

And finally I sat down at the dining table to enjoy breakfast with all of them.

Various dishes are lined up neatly on the dining table. Our chef makes beef soup which is eaten with bread as the main course. The chef also made us a pudding made of milk and fruit for dessert.

We also ate the food that was prepared, we all really enjoyed the food made by the chef and didn't want to stop eating it. Especially when I eat the pudding, the sweetness of the milk and fruit blends in my mouth.

Woah… why this pudding can be so delicious? That question popped into my head after one bite of the pudding entered my mouth.

I don't know what milk is used in making this pudding, but it is clear that this pudding is very delicious.

After we finished eating, Zeris and a royal knight came into our mansion.

"Good morning Heroes…"

Zeris greeted us very friendly.

Because of Zeris' arrival, we all finally moved from the dining room to the living room to make it easier for us to talk. The waiter also served tea to us all when we were in the living room.

"Before we start, could you introduce yourself to them."

Zeris said this to the knight sitting next to him.

The knight immediately got up and introduced himself to all of us.

“My name is Xorra Harington, I am the Knight who will help the Hero Party defeat the Demon Race.”

The knight introduced himself very gallantly, and after learning his goal was to help us, I became even more confident that I could defeat the devil.

Even in my small heart, I'm still reluctant to fight the devil.

“Since you guys are acquainted, let's start the training. Heroes Axel, Julia and Rikka will come with me and the rest will go with Xorra”

Since we are all from another world, we will all be trained to be able to use magic and swords. This is done to make it easier for us to face the demon race later.

"Wait a minute, why did Yoru and Mark have to separate from us?"

Julia suddenly asked this to Zeris, and it seemed that it made Zeris a little surprised from his expression.

“Heroes Mark and Yoru will practice swordsmanship with Xorra, while the three of you will practice magic with me.”

Julia finally understood after hearing Zeris' explanation.

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot..."

Zeris suddenly performed magic in front of us all, a magic circle was engraved in the air as Zeris did so.

And from the magic circle, came out a golden colored sword whose gleam was very beautiful. After the sword managed to come out completely, Zeris gave the sword to Mark.

“Hero Mark, I present to you. The sword of Brixton Samuel Harington, the First Hero."

The green colored mana/magic energy came out profusely after Mark gripped the sword.

Woah... That sword looks so beautiful when it emits green mana.

"The Witch Zeris?..."

Mark looked very confused after the sword let out a huge mana.

"Relax Hero Mark, the sword is only adjusting to you"

Mark finally looked calmer after Zeris explained everything.

After Mark got the hero's sword, we all finally prepared to go to the training ground in the palace area of the Star Kingdom.

While preparing, Axel suddenly hit my shoulder so hard that I was pushed a few steps. I don't know why, but he's been looking at me with an annoyed look ever since.

What did I do to make him act like that to me?

I started asking myself, and I finally realized it. Axel is always annoyed with me after Julia and I talk.

Is he jealous of me? Yes... I'm sure because of that.

"Axel, you don't have to worry. I have absolutely no feelings for her."

The people here looked confused after hearing me say this all of a sudden. But Axel didn't react at all and still looked annoyed at me.

I've said the thing that's been in my head, so I assume this matter is over. Although I don't know if this is a problem or not.

Finally we went to the training ground, we finally separated after arriving there. Julia, Rikka, Axel, and Zeris went to the training ground on the left, while I, Mark, and Xorra went to the right.

After arriving there, Xorra took out a weapon from the storage area in this training ground.

"Hero Yoru, this sword has been made especially for you."

The metal colored sword was handed by Xorra to me, and I gladly accepted this sword.

After I received this sword, the two of us finally started training.

**

Now that we have been in this world for a month, we are all getting familiar with the atmosphere of this Kingdom. I was also quite surprised to find out that this Kingdom actually uses the same moon count as the earth.

During this month, we just practiced and continued to practice to master the sword and magic techniques. And today, we plan to do some training in the dungeon. So far we've never fought a living being, so we're doing this to train our mentality.

Because basically demons are living beings, so we have to train our mentality to kill living things. We plan to go into the dungeon to subdue the monsters in there, and get hands-on combat experience.

In this practice, the five of us just went with Xorra. Zeris is currently receiving a special mission from King Erick, that's why he can't accompany us on this training.

After packing up, we finally departed from the Star Royal Palace for the dungeon “Zoo.” This dungeon was named like that not without reason, according to the adventurers who had entered there, the monsters that were there were all beast-type monsters.

From low-class monsters to floor bosses, all of them were animal-type monsters. The adventurers had also only conquered this dungeon four floors long and had already cleared all the monsters that were there.

So in this exercise, we will start conquering the Dungeon Zoo which will start from the fifth floor. The six of us set off for the dungeon using the horse carriage that the Kingdom had prepared.

After traveling for three hours, we finally arrived at the Dungeon Zoo. We immediately prepared all the equipment needed once we got there. When we arrived, all the adventurers who were there glanced at us.

And to be honest, it was enough to make me uncomfortable. But apart from that, I understand why they are giving us scornful eyes.

This dungeon is their livelihood, so they must think we came to take their source of income. Xorra, who understood the current situation, began to take a stand.

He took a few steps and stood right at the entrance of the Dungeon to give a few sentences to the adventurers who didn't seem to like our presence.

“Our party aims to conquer this Dungeon by order of King Erick Star IV, we are only given the task of defeating all the monsters that are in here. So we have no intention of taking anything in this Dungeon.”

After hearing this, many adventurers seemed relieved. But there are still some adventurers who don't like our presence. We ignored the rest of the adventurers who still looked in disbelief and went straight into the Dungeon to conquer it.

Our party walked into the Dungeon warily, even though the 1st through 4th floors had already been cleared, but Xorra ordered us to always be on guard.

In this Dungeon there is also a magic stone that illuminates the entire contents of the cave which is so dark, and this makes it very easy for us. Finally we all reached the fifth floor, and it was on this floor that our training began.

As we entered the fifth floor, several wolves started coming towards us. The wolves that confronted us were stone wolves, we know this because we have studied the various types of monsters that exist in this Dungeon.

“Everyone, take positions. We'll do it like we did in training."

Xorra immediately gave the signal for all of us to get ready.

In this formation, Mark and I took positions at the front, Axel and Rikka were in the middle, and Julia was at the back. Xorra didn't get into this position and was just sitting around evaluating our party.

*Grr… grr…*

The wolves in front of us started growling and showing their long sharp fangs. About six wolves ran over after they looked at us, it seemed they had already set us as their prey.

“Dark magic [Shadow Binding]”

Axel immediately released his magic and managed to stop the wolves who wanted to attack us.

Mark and I immediately slashed at the wolves when we saw that they couldn't move anymore. Mark managed to kill three wolves at once with one slash of his sword, unlike me who had to cut them one by one.

I've managed to kill two wolves with a slash of my sword, and just as I was about to kill the last wolf, the magic that bound it suddenly released causing the wolf to push me down until I fell.

Mark, who was near me, immediately slashed the wolf and made it breathless. Luckily Mark slashed at the wolf immediately, maybe I'll get hurt if he doesn't slash it down soon.

"Are you okay?"

Mark held out his hand to me to help me get back up.

"Yes, I am okay…"

Julia and Rikka also looked worried when I fell, but not Axel. I could see a slight smile on his face as I fell.

Aah... I understand now. He purposely canceled his magic on the last wolf just now, did he intend to harm me? I don't know, but it could happen.

Finally we continued our journey to the deepest part of this Dungeon. The deeper we walked, the more difficult the monsters we faced.

So far, we've come across fire monkeys, ground tortoises, ice tigers, and lightning goats. But we managed to overcome all these obstacles by working together.

After going through all that, our party finally reached the end of the fifth floor, and there was already a boss monster that seemed to be waiting for us. The wind-type serpent monster was looking at us with its sharp eyes.

We immediately formed a fighting stance and prepared to face the serpent monster. But unexpectedly, Axel casually approached the monster alone.

Huh? What is he doing? Is he stupid...

“Axel stop!! Don't act rashly...”

Xorra tried to stop him, but Axel ignored Xorra's words and continued walking towards the snake monster.

“You don't need to intervene this time, Unique Skill [Psychokinesis]”

Axel immediately activated his unique skill and made rocks around to hoard the snake monster. Finally, the snake monster managed to be buried by rocks to bury his whole body.

"Look, I can defeat this monster alone.”

He said this with great confidence.

We all felt relieved at first after seeing Axel defeat the monster. But it only happened for a few seconds, suddenly the rocks that buried the snake monster began to shake and the snake monster managed to get out of the pile of rocks.

The serpent monster only got a few scratches after it managed to get out of the pile of rocks that Axel did. The snake looked very annoyed and he immediately let out a poisonous breath at us.

“Wind magic [ Tornado ]”

Rikka very quickly cast her wind magic and made the poisonous breath of the snake monster hit herself.

Woah... almost, good job Rikka.

I raised my thumb at her as a thank you, and Rikka returned it with a proud smile.

"Good job Rikka."

Not only from me, Xorra also gave a good response to Rikka.

Xorra is seen pulling out his sword, it looks like he will intervene in the fight this time. And sure enough, Xorra immediately gave the signal to all of us.

“Mark! You will attack the monster from the front, Yoru! Use your skills and attack the monster from behind. Julia! Prepare your magic to help the two of them.”

As expected of a knight chief, he could think of tactics so quickly.

"Yes!!"

The three of us understood Xorra's signal and immediately prepared our attacks.

Mark and Xorra immediately attacked the serpent monster from the front, but both of their attacks were immediately blocked by the snake using its tail. I who saw this golden opportunity immediately used my unique skill and attacked the monster.

“Unique skill [ Lightning Step ]”

First I used this skill to move very fast and was able to reach the back of the snake without him noticing. After I got behind him, I immediately attacked the snake using the sword skill I had mastered.

“Feel this damn snake, sword magic [Burning Slash]”

"KIIEEEEKK.............!!"

The snake screamed very loudly after my slash hit it.

Thanks to my slash and also the distraction from Mark and Xorra, we all managed to work together to make the snake hurt. The serpent monster that noticed my presence immediately looked at me with an extremely horrifying gaze.

Shit…!?

The serpent monster opened its mouth very wide, and my body instantly froze upon seeing the sight. With its mouth wide open, the serpent monster tried to swallow me alive.

Why won't my body move!?...

Come on......

I still kept trying to move my body, even though it didn't work.

*Claaang!!*

Suddenly I heard the sound of objects colliding very loudly. And apparently, Mark saved me by holding the snake with his sword.

“Yoru, quickly get out of here...”

Mark shouted at me and told me to get out of here immediately. But it was too late, the serpent monster had released its poisonous breath again.

Mark and I, who were so close to the monster couldn't do anything, and we both ended up being hit by the poisonous breath of the snake monster. After being hit by the poison, my body started to go numb and I couldn't feel anything.

Shit! It seemed like this poison had the effect of paralyzing one's body.

“Hey, stupid snake! Your opponent is me!! Light magic [Purgatory]”

“Wind magic [Wind Blast]”

With his magic, Axel burned the serpent monster to make it writhe in pain. After that, Rikka flew the snake using her wind magic until it crashed into the Dungeon wall.

Julia approached me and Mark who were paralyzed by poison, she immediately activated her holy magic to heal us.

"O God, show me your power and give them both full recovery [Full Recovery]"

Clenching her fists, Julia cast healing magic on both of us. White light began to envelop us and our bodies began to be able to move again.

After the white light disappeared, our bodies were completely healed.

Woah... I never thought this could actually be done.

“Are you two okay?”

Julia asked how we were doing with a very worried look.

"Thank you Lia, I'm getting better."

Mark and I immediately bounced back as soon as Julia finished healing our wounds. The two of us immediately prepared to face the serpent monster back.

"Yoru... let's finish this fight."

"Yeah..."

The two of us immediately ran with all our might towards the serpent monster. Even though the snake had received various attacks from Rikka and Axel, the monster remained standing despite the numerous wounds on its body.

"KIIIEEKKKKKK!!!"

The snake monster immediately screamed after seeing me and Mark running towards it very fast. The snake monster immediately cast its magic at the two of us, several magic circles formed around the snake's body and emitted slashes of wind from the magic circle.

“Don't worry about this, hurry up!!”

With her earth magic, Rikka managed to stop the slash of wind that was aiming at the two of us. Axel also helped us by activating his dark magic, the snake monster was successfully bound with his shadow binding skill.

“You two, finish this right away!”

Xorra shouted very loudly to motivate both of us.

After hearing those words, we both became even more excited. Finally the two of us activated the magic sword skill, and intended to end this fight right now.

“Take this, Sword Skill [Storm Slash]”

“Sword Skill [ Burning Slash ]”

With Mark's lightning slash as well as mine's fire slash, the serpent monster's head managed to escape from its body. And finally we both finished this fight.

*Hosh... hosh...*

I sat limply on the ground from exhaustion. Mark who was next to me also did the same.

Satisfied smiles appeared on our friends' faces after seeing that the serpent monster had not moved.

"You are all great, I was very impressed on your first try."

Xorra never stops giving us compliments.

Our party chose to return and not continue this conquest. Our party was already exhausted, so we didn't want to take the risk of endangering ourselves. And our party immediately returned to the Royal palace as soon as they cleared the fifth floor of this Dungeon.

****

The Hero Party and I just returned to the palace after successfully clearing the fifth floor of the Dungeon Zoo. I immediately separated from the Hero's Party after we entered the royal area.

The reason I parted ways with them was to report to The King. Mage Zeris and I have been appointed as mentors of the Hero Party, so we have to provide King Erick with reports on the progress of the Hero's party to King Erick.

As soon as I arrived at the Royal palace, I immediately went in to meet the King. Several guards at the palace gates lowered their heads as I passed them. I currently occupy the position of head of the Knights of the Star Kingdom, so it's only natural for me to receive the respect of other knights.

“Master Xorra, the King is waiting for your arrival.”

A man who was quite old greeted my arrival, and that person was the Prime Minister of this country.

I was quite surprised to find out that the one who greeted me was a high-ranking state like him.

“Good evening, Mr Jamie Newson”

I immediately give my greetings when I know that someone like him is the one who welcomes my arrival.

Mr Newson and I immediately went to the room where the King was waiting. The two of us walked through many rooms, and every room we passed was of the same level of luxury.

After we climbed the stairs, we both finally reached the fourth floor and on this floor the King was waiting for us. Mr. Newson knocked on one of the doors as soon as we got to this floor.

*Knock… knock…*

"It's me, I've brought Xorra."

It didn't take long for the door in front of us to open as soon as Mr. Newson said this. We both immediately entered the room.

We immediately prostrated before King Erick after we saw him in this room, prostrating is our way of paying respect to the King.

"Sit down...."

We both sat down on chairs in the room.

The butler who was there also immediately gave me a cup of hot tea when I just sat down.

“Alright Xorra, please give me your report…”

*Gulp…!* I gulped when I wanted to speak.

I always get nervous every time the King asks a direct question like this. So I took a sip of tea first to feel more relaxed.

After I felt calmer, I also told all the events that happened in the Dungeon. I told them everything, from their teamwork, the incident where Axel was reckless, to Yoru who was a little scared when he looked at each other with the snake monster.

The king just listened and nodded as I gave all the reports. After finishing giving the report, the King was silent while sipping his tea.

After a moment of silence, the King finally began to speak.

“So what do you think, are they ready to face the Demon?”

Without further ado, the King immediately asked me this kind of question.

“Not yet, they just need a little practice to make their cooperation even closer… so for now, I don't think so.”

The king took a deep breath after hearing my answer. All of us in the room also couldn't help but remain silent after seeing the King's reaction.

*Brakk!!*

Suddenly the door in this room opened with a loud bang that made us all startled. A soldier immediately ran before the King and immediately bowed in front of him.

“My king, I bring you very important news!”

"Please calm down..."

The soldier looked very panicked, so we all tried to calm him down so that the message could be heard more clearly.

I made him sit on a chair and handed him a glass of water. Because of this, the soldier became calmer. After that, he immediately passed the news he brought to all of us.

“King, I have a message from the city of Rigel. Last night the city was attacked by demons, 70% of the townspeople were evacuated but the city was overrun by demons.”

Huh!? So the demon race has started to move...

We were all very surprised after hearing the explanation from the soldier.

“Knight Xorra, prepare an army to secure the city.”

"Yes my King!"

I immediately bowed before the King after he gave his order.

“And please bring the Hero Party….”

Huh? Did I hear wrong...? didn't I tell you that the Hero Party isn't ready yet.

“B-but my King....”

"We have no other choice, our Kingdom must defeat the demon with all the power we have"

Since the King said this, I couldn't help but agree to all his orders. Although I honestly don't agree with this.

Me and the soldier who gave the message immediately left the room and went to the headquarters where the Star Kingdom troops were. I also immediately went to the Hero Party's mansion and told him everything that happened.

The next morning, we were all prepared in the courtyard of the Star Kingdom. Around 3000 troops led by me have prepared in this place, the hero party has also prepared to go to Rigel city.

In this mission, our aim is not only to take back the city of Rigel, we also have a goal to provide logistical materials such as food and clothing to the refugees.

Before our troops departed, the King introduced the members of the Hero Party to the people of the Star Kingdom. With a magic tool, the King begins a speech before his subjects.

"O MY PEOPLE, THERE ARE FIVE PEOPLE SELECTED AS HEROES AND THEY ALL ARE READY TO SAVE THIS COUNTRY."

The people in this kingdom were initially very worried after news of the demon started to spread. And after they heard the King's announcement, the people's anxiety started to lessen a bit.

“MARK RHODES, AXEL THOMAS, JULIA COSMOCURE, RIKKA GRAY, AND YORU EDELHARD. THEY ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WILL SAVE THIS COUNTRY FROM THE THREAT OF THE DEMON RACE.”

The people shouted louder after hearing the speech. This also makes the troops I lead even more excited.

“My hero, please give a word to the people of this kingdom…”

Mark immediately took one step ahead of all of us and began to say a word as requested by the King.

"PEOPLE OF THE STAR KINGDOM, WE WILL DEFINITELY TRY OUR BEST TO DEFEAT THE DEMON AND MAKE THE WORLD PEACE AGAIN."

Mark said this while raising his sword, and it made him look very manly.

I really didn't think, one month ago they were still kids who didn't understand anything. But now, humanity's destiny is in their hands.

Mark, Axel, Julia, Rikka, and Yoru. I really hope for you.

After hearing the speeches of the King and Hero, our troops finally started their journey towards the city of Rigel. And this will be our first step in subjugating the Demon Race.