The Greatest Hero Zack Draven

Chapter 9

That morning I checked how the real training had started, not just Nova and the rest of the troops. Elena, who is the princess of this kingdom, also fought. Even if she learns to fight, I have no intention of making her fight on the front lines.

The king and queen have died, and she is the only successor of this kingdom; if anything happens to her, then the royal line will no longer exist. We should avoid it as much as possible.

The screams of the soldiers began to be heard; every time they swung their swords, it made others feel their burning spirit. Even because of such strenuous training, men or women took off their top clothes so that sweat wouldn't stick to them; women were still wearing bras. Still, looking at it is pretty tempting.

"What's so good about looking at half-naked breasts? You can see mine without anything if you want?"

"I'm not interested in seeing yours."

"Damn it, that's an insult... I have boings here. But this guy is tougher than I imagined," the voice came from Olivia in her sword form.

"Seems like that; I don't mind; after all, it's for their future after."

A duel practice followed the practice. Delaney called me, who was about to leave to approach. Only a meter away, Delaney pointed at me.

"I want to show a fierce fight, so let's have a duel with real swords."

The students seemed to support the decision, while I sighed behind my mask and said,

"Borrow your sword."

"Of course."

I caught it well, watched by the soldiers, so I have to show my skills, that's why let's have a little serious fight.

***

Delaney's sword flew up into the air and stabbed well into the ground.

"I give up," she said.

I drew the sword in my hand to return it to its original owner.

"Aren't you amazing? You're probably on the same level as an S-rank adventurer."

"I'm just an ordinary adventurer."

"No, you even refuse to use the sword on your waist... that sword might be special."

Nova and Elena, who had been watching, looked interested, then stood up and said simultaneously, "I also want to duel with Zack."

"Don't worry, Zack still has much work to do... he has to go."

"It's okay, Delaney; I'll try to fight with them to motivate her a bit. Let's use a wooden sword."

I can wield a sword even though I just arrived here because of the battles Olivia had experienced in the past that entered my head; that's why I learned from there, such as dodging, holding or attacking.

This goddess on my waist is no ordinary goddess; she even challenged the entire God Realm single-handedly to fight with her; when fighting with the queen of the goddesses, she was still evenly matched. I was amazed and wanted to call her stupid at the same time.

I was preparing to fight the two of them in one arena, and when Delaney said to start in just two minutes, I knocked them both to the ground. Even though I'm showing all my skills here, no one notices because they're still beginners, so there's nothing against which to measure up to me.

Among the fallen Nova and Elena standing back up, they opposed her to defeat and fought as best they could.

I unconsciously smiled behind my mask before the two charged forward; I blocked Elena's sword and kicked Nova's heel to make her fall.

I swung my sword again at Elena until she fell limp.

"You can hit a woman so easily; what disgraceful behaviour."

"I'm sorry I adhere to the principle of equality; whether women or men, I will treat them the same."

"Irresponsible words."

Everyone seemed surprised by Cecilia's sudden appearance. She hid so well that no one could notice but me.

Cecilia whispered to me, and I said to everyone, "It's time for me to go; see you later, you guys... make sure not to die too soon, excuse me, Miss Delaney."

"Ah yes… you all can rest; the next training afternoon will be held."

"Well."

Delaney just watched my back from a distance with a friendly smile behind her.

***

With my ability, I can sense the magical energy of every living thing, and now, three points are approaching the capital.

The capital consists of three layers. First, the part of the town where the people live, the meadow I had previously set traps for and the amount of forest I'm exploring right now.

The three dots began to approach from all directions with a distance of one km each, each point had at least ten demons, and one of the points had an Arc Demon accompanying it.

They seemed to be reconnaissance troops from the enemy. The sword in my hand said arrogantly.

"They're so stupid; against me, at least send one hundred Arc Demons at once."

"To be honest, I'm the one fighting now," I replied weakly.

"Noisy, whether you and I are the same, we are of the same body and soul."

"Very well."

"You said something, Zack?"

"It's nothing, and my head is just itching."

"That's the result because you don't often shower, for example, me who showers ten times a day."

"Because you ran out of water, damn it," I shouted.

"Trouble for you? And also, be nice to me. I'll beat you up if you're rude to me."

This goddess is such a mess. Since we live in the palace, she likes the bath so much that I can't use it; if there's anything I want to do now, I'd like to throw her in the well and lock her up there for ten days. When I opened it again, she would have been a frog.

"In front of."

"Ah."

I jumped onto a tree branch and saw ten demons walking under me; I lightly entangled the last one with a wire rope and then dragged him up until his body hung down and died after struggling for a while.

I killed about five demons similarly until now; the remaining five seemed to face each other in a circular position.

"Who is there?"

"What the hell? I wasn't told there was a dangerous person on the human side."

"Then all of you are just being victimised."

I appeared behind one of them while placing my sword around his neck.

"You?"

By the time I held back for his comrades, they had all died with their heads separated from their bodies.

"Hiii... forgive me, I was just told; I will say anything as long as you free me?"

"Who's leading your troops? He's an Arc Demon, isn't he?"

"His name is Belphegor, and he's a demon king subordinate."

"Huh, what magic did he use?"

"I don't know, now let me go."

"I'm sorry, that's impossible."

"I already answered your question just now."

"I didn't say at all to free you; if to blame, blame yourself the last of the demon race, I will kill all of you, kill, kill and kill until there is nothing left."

"Y-you monster."

SLIT!

I stabbed his heart until he collapsed before going to the second point.

***

Like before, weak demons only filled this point; I appeared in front of them in unison.

"Don't be afraid, and; only human and alone."

"You think so."

I slid in front of him quickly before he reacted with me; I swung my sword and split his head in two until it fell horribly.

Fluid from the brain filled the ground with blood seeping into the grass.

"Now I'll give you a choice; you either want to die by your own hands or die by magic... don't worry, whatever you choose, you'll still die miserably."

"You monster, run."

I entangled them all with the [Magic Tree] skill as they fell to the ground; tens of spiky roots stabbed them in the eyes, heart, arms, legs and abdomen.

Blood gushed from their every wound.

"Become fertiliser for the plants here."

"Fertiliser, hahaha, good words."

The second massacre was over, and there was only one point left.

"You're as bad as I used to be; it's just that back then, I didn't care whether it was a bad person or a good person, so I killed everyone; it was enjoyable."

"I don't want to be compared to you."

"What? That's my highest compliment... you want me to compare it to a fly flying on dirt."

"Noisy."

"Wait, maybe it fits. How about now? Your name is Azazel?"

"I don't want to be a lowly demon like him, and I don't want to be a demon either."

"Beelzebub."

"I'm still human."

"Mammon."

"You want me to beat up the goddamn goddess?"

"Come here. I'm not afraid either."

Olivia changed into her elf form, and we grappled.