This is the story of a magician and an elf girl.

"But...but...Master Jack..."

"...The...the goddess said...it...they..."

"!"

Jack could see that the adventurers were already afraid of them, so he could only sigh and put on the invulnerable armor on his own body.

The first one walked towards the camp of the hellhounds. His fearless back was like the light that illuminated the window of the soul, holding the possibility of tearing through the darkness: "I say again, go fight, adventurers - Scythe Moon Wind Claw."

“Whoosh, bang, boom!”

The sharp outline of magic attacked the vital points of the hellhounds, tearing them into pieces worse than meat in the blink of an eye. The sharp claws that were shining with light pierced into the neck of a hellhound that was not dead yet, and its head was cut off under Jack's force.

"That's all? Come on, Wright - show them what you can do."

"——You don't have to tell me, I'm going to do that, too——Kamenoki Wind Slash."

“Swoosh—bang!”

The outline of magic with a wider attack range was like cutting open the surface of the earth. A feeling of powerlessness attacked the camp of the hellhounds. The sky that was originally covered by black clouds was illuminated by light again. Wright shook off the raindrops on the blade and took a step forward. He was no longer seriously injured and could fully exert the brute force of the orcs and his already powerful skills - now even if facing the phoenix, he could fight against it alone.

"Don't forget who taught you the Scythe Moon series of skills. My attack was more powerful just now."

"Who wants to compete with you? I am a human. If you want to compete, let's compete in the number of conquests. Goddess, have you written your commission?"

"Just now... Are you sure you won? The hellhounds are not as simple as you think. Look, they have begun to regenerate. The important thing is..."

"..."

The two people who looked at the remains of the corpses indeed found that there were still many dying hellhounds. Because their vital parts were not damaged, they began to absorb the magic power of the atmosphere and converted it into the nutrients needed by their bodies, rebuilding their cell membranes and muscle tissues.

"At worst, I can just kill them one more time."

"That's right, the head and the heart, right?"

"!"

“Swoosh, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!”

The two men unleashed another wave of attacks right after they finished speaking, completely silencing the half-dead hellhounds. The adventurers who were staring at their backs in awe, the remaining fear and uneasiness in their hearts disappeared without a trace, and were thrown into another world.

They are the descendants of the great hero Hercules and the werewolf, two adventurers whose strength has reached the tree trunk level. Now they have the experience and confidence that they will never lose to a mere group or army of monsters.

"I...I want to fight...I want to see my master again..."

"... Let's fight together... Yuko-chan..."

As for the demi-human archer who was left behind, Youzi, she has always missed Linnai after experiencing Hera's attack. She respects Linnai, and she knows that if Linnai hadn't taught her archery, a commoner like herself would have died long ago.

Wendy, who was standing beside her, remembered Linnae's weight and size as she picked her up. She was almost the same as Youzi's current size, neither heavy nor light, like a straw that would fall down with a slight blow, soft and strong, but she carried a responsibility that was beyond what a young girl could bear, and she had to fight in front of everyone.

"Have you decided? The commission will be the same as before. You will get experience points based on the number of victories. I really want to fight with you guys... But if I do this... The same thing will happen again... That magician is right... If people don't have the ability to survive in this cruel world, manage their own desires, or use their own hands to create their own future... There will be no future for intelligent life forms..."

Athena, who was stating the facts, was very clear about the magician's intentions. The more she saw such situations, the more she understood his purpose - it was to make the residents of this world understand this: "Hellhounds are the common enemy of the four major races: humans, orcs, demi-humans, and elves. No matter what era, people have relied on each other to get to where they are today. The stronger the enemy is, the stronger the bond between the four major races will be. The magician realized this in the past, so he chose to create the Adventurer's Guild... to let people gain skills... and even helped people until the very end - but the result is now. The magician believes that it was his own strength that took away the bond between the races, and the future left by history was destroyed because of his magic eye."

"..."

She was right - in the distant past, intelligent pioneers defeated Cerberus, but this result did not make people more united after it was over. Even if the human continent was inevitably destroyed, the four major races should have worked together to rebuild society after that.

however……

"…After the war, people only pursued each other's responsibilities, added their own contributions to their preconceived ideas, and justified their efforts and the interests of their race. As a result, the bond between the four major races was completely sunk into the vast ocean. The end of the war did not allow people to obtain a happy peace… The meaning of society's existence disappeared…"

"…So Lord John awakened the hellhound once again…"

"...I want to do it again..."

"Seeing the glory of humanity and the bond between the four major races, can we overcome the legendary trial..."

Everyone who focused their attention on Jack who said that now understood that what happened in the past could not be entirely blamed on the intellectual pioneer. He was light, but he was also a human being. The future that a person could create was limited, no matter what the situation was.

No one should be the master of this world. The meaning of society's existence is the destination of all intelligent life forms, and the consciousness of life is the consciousness of society.

"That's right... So... I really want you to understand that this is a battle for humans, a battle for you adventurers... The skills you gain through the power of the goddess are the result of your hard work. You definitely didn't rely on the power of the goddess to get to where you are today, but relied on your own efforts and determination. So there is only one thing you have to prove -"

“——That is our determination.”

"——and our courage..."

"——The will to fight..."

"——We will create our own future with our own hands."

Jack, Wright, Wendy, and Youzi, who were holding the stack of commission papers in Athena's hand, looked into each other's eyes with determination, and threw the commission papers into the sky together. The adventurers who received them were also ready for battle - the hellhounds in their eyes could no longer pose a threat to them.

“——There is no way back… Fight! Adventurers! Remember your original intention and purpose!! This time… it is up to us to save them both!!!”

“Drinka ...

At the same time, the adventurers who attacked the hellhounds with a variety of skills accompanied by roars took a step towards the future, and the large-scale battle that was about to break out officially began.

But they don't know yet that the real horror of hellhounds lies not in their numbers but in the fact that each one can cause overwhelming lethality. Furthermore, the magician's intention is not to make people realize the power of unity, nor to rebuild the bridge of ties.

His purpose in resurrecting the hellhound is...

"...Athena... You've said a lot of useless things... I'm tired of such nonsense about whether the four major races can unite. People need to witness blood and lose the most important things in their lives before they can understand the cruelty of reality and their own powerlessness and weakness. Cerberus is the best medicine for people today. The era of you adventurers has long ended."

Only the intellectual pioneer who declared this while standing on top of Cerberus still looked down at this land cursed by intellectual life. The future he hoped for had long since disappeared under the light of the past.