The World After Leaving the Hero Party

66 – There is a substitute – 1

The reason why the title of this game is Pursuit of Eight Stars is because it is a story about eight people, including the hero, who are qualified to defeat the demon king.

If Claire, the hero, is fixed, the rest become warrior party members according to the player’s choice, and the game can be played while checking the story and abilities of each character.

Of course, the sage doesn’t come out like that.

It’s a character that doesn’t even have an illustration properly in the pursuit of eight stars in the first place, and it’s a kind of bonus pack that was added because of the brutal difficulty of the hardcore mode.

Anyway, the important thing is what happens to the remaining eight-star seekers, that is, the characters who were not selected, when the hero chooses a party member.

In fact, nothing special. They also belong to a part of the game and become NPCs to help the warrior party during their journey or adventure mode.

One of the seekers of the eight stars, Cyron, a dark elf sorceress, is a character with a deep connection to Evangeline.

I looked between the two and shook my head. I’ve seen the events that happen when the two meet while playing adventure mode a few times in the game. So whether they fight or not, let’s focus on what’s important.

“Hmm…”

While checking the tribunal, I started checking the person who belonged to the black traitor. Well. Well.

Also. Almost all the characters I thought of were included.

First of all, the church side is the pope and the three cardinals of the papacy?

These three seem to be the cardinals who were hostile to Veronica.

“I can feel the evil vibes here? What is this? It’s mixed with pretty bad vibes.”

Lukendy looked at the trinket I was looking at and said with a confused face. As expected of the beast race, the senses are no joke.

okay. saw it right This is the reason I told Evangeline that she needed to bring this trinket.

As a quest item in the Demon Lord Resurrection event, this repeating mill casts a spell that says that he belongs to an organization by inscribing his own name.

If you betray, or if you try to erase your name from this tribunal, the spell will be activated and deal a heavy blow.

At the level of sorcery applied to this tributary, the blow would be enough to take away one’s life.

Even if the target is the Pope.

“Why is the pope’s name here? That’s also in such an ominous and sinister courtroom… And this. It’s a spell that only happens when you write your name yourself, right?”

“Huh? You know?”

“My brother is a sorcerer, so he knows a little about sorcery. No, it’s not important right now. Hey, Sage. What is it? I’m serious right now.”

Lukendy’s eyes flashed. Why are you doing this?

“hahaha. We’re here after defeating some demons at the request of the Pope.”

“Are you afraid you won’t get paid?”

“If the pope gets involved in a strange place and loses his reward, the reward will be lost!

He doesn’t seem to have any intention of interfering with me, but he seems to have a lot of rewards for being restless.

Well, to adventurers, nothing is more important than rewards.

“That reward. I’ll take responsibility for it.”

Even if the pope loses office, there are plenty of people who can take his place.

For my part, I’d like to put Veronica up for grabs, but she wouldn’t do it, so I’d push a cardinal who’s kind to Veronica to be the pope.

If that’s the case, how difficult would it be to get compensation?

“Well. If the wise man says so. We don’t even know each other, so I’ll help. But what is this really?”

“The black traitor, the head of an organization that aims to revive the demon lord.”

After I finished speaking, the surroundings became quiet for a moment. Everyone’s expression was unbelievable.

However, Cyron, who had been laughing and mocking Evangeline, quickly came to his senses and nodded.

“Hmm. I heard that the pope has a lot of interest in the hero. He’s been giving out a lot of special requests like this. As if he’s trying to get him under him.”

“After participating in resurrecting the demon king, are you trying to move the warriors belonging to the church to defeat the demon king again and expand the church’s territory?”

As Baltin muttered with his eyes flashing, Evangeline spoke softly.

“…I, I, I, contacted me before… Yeah.”

At that, everyone shuts their mouths. How did you know that the situation was serious?

“Anyway. So? Are you going to visit the Pope now? If you help me with something like this, I’ll give you something big?”

Cyron grinned and put his arm around my shoulder.

It is a Cylon whose skin was exposed as it was due to exhibitionism.

As such, the sweat from the previous battle was all over my face.

“Get away.”

“All human men like this. Would you like to lick their armpits?”

“This crazy. Why are you licking that?”

Seeing him reminds me of what happened in real life. Cyron’s character introduction pose is a pose that reveals her armpits with her arms raised.

There were definitely armpit lovers cheering for it.

Of course not me.

“Float, float, tremble, get off!”

At that time, Evangeline hurriedly approached and pulled Cyron away. Seeing her ferocious and at the same time full of bewilderment, Cyron chuckled and hugged me.

Of course, it’s not like Cylon has a crush on me or that. In the first place, I had worked with him only a few times, and there was nothing to build a good impression on.

Still, there is one reason Cyron clings to me.

It was because of the relationship between Evangeline and Cyron.

Cyron is also the one who wanted to be a member of the hero’s party as a seeker of the eight stars.

In such a situation, Evangeline, who is the same elf and has been a competitor since childhood, became a member of the warrior’s party and received blessings, so how upset she must have been.

That’s why there was no choice but to become enemies between the two, and even during the main story, there was an event where they fought when they met.

“Uhuhuhu… Hey. Sage. Human men like things like this. Huh? Huh?”

Delighted by Evangeline’s reaction, Cyron hugged my face. Then he takes it to his chest and rubs it.

“It hurts!”

The jewelry that barely covers the nipple is scratched on the face and it hurts. I pushed Cyron away and she smirked and scratched her cheek.

“I think about it every time, wise man. You’re a really unique person.”

“Who likes rubbing jewels on their faces? The only one who likes things like that is perverts.”

“Yes, yes. Tongue… Hyeonu is different.”

why are you proud Anyway, I don’t have time to be like this right now.

“Now. Then even the Pope will notice that the tribunal is gone.”

“So what are you going to do?”

“What the heck.”

I heard the moonlight, and after a while I started hearing footsteps in the alley.

Are you an adventurer? Or is it the Holy Knights?

Or the pursuit of black traitors?

“There.”

You are a mercenary. Well, the thing you need to find is a slab with records that openly belong to the black traitor, but you can’t ask paladins or adventurers to find it.

The mercenaries, disguised as ordinary people, hid in the city and apparently acted at the request of the Pope or one of the people belonging to this tribunal, drew their weapons when they found us.

“The Pope’s residence was robbed. Something was stolen. That seems to be the case. Give it to me.”

The big man who seemed to be the captain of the mercenaries said with a fishy smile. I looked at them and laughed.

Where’s the crazy guy who’ll give it to you?

“Nope.”

“Then we have to retrieve it by force. If those behind it don’t care, get out of here.”

Baltin, Luckendi, and Cyron have nothing to do with this incident. So I thought it wouldn’t matter. No, I’d rather go.

If they leave, Evangeline’s protection and I’ll use teleportation to evade them.

However, Baltin, who is also our righteous and loves to earn rewards, did not deviate from expectations.

“Leaving friends behind and running away is not something a king of beasts would do.”

“Oh cool! Honey~ It’s cool~”

Baltin raised his fist and spread his mane strongly. In line with him, it seems that Lukendy also decided to fight those mercenaries.

“Eh~ I don’t want to fight because of Eva.”

“Then go.”

“Hey. Sage. Sage. How about it? Say you want to lick it. Then I’ll help you. Huh?”

“Oh, shut up.”

“Kyahahaha~ How embarrassing~!”

“crazy…”

I grabbed Cyron, who was shaking his chest in front of my eyes and seducing me, not seducing me, and pulled me back.

Why is the shaman in the vanguard?

“Tongue, go with the wise man, together…”

Evangeline seemed half insane. She stared blankly at me with a reddened face, then muttered, hesitating.

“I-I can… fight together… together?”

“So you were the only one trying to bounce?”

Even if the other kids jump out, you shouldn’t jump out when I’m fighting.

“Uh, uh uh uh uh! No! Yes! Everything, of course, go, we should do it together!”

Is it because you were fed up with Cylon? Evangeline, who had been quite withdrawn, smiled broadly. And when he hurriedly reached out his hand, a bow and arrow appeared out of the air.

“Kill.”

As we all started preparing to fight, the mercenary captain who had been kindly waiting drew his weapon.

In terms of skills… it’s roughly an A-class mercenary. They are many times more numerous than we are.

What. Still, you have to overcome this with control and tactics.

“Ice Fog.”

As soon as my magic was activated, a battle broke out in the alley.

“Uhhhhhhh!!”

Baltin’s foot mirror touched the mercenary commander’s chest. The battle ended with the guy bouncing off with the sound of his leather popping and crashing into the wall and collapsing.

When it first came out, it came out with an atmosphere, but in reality it was a battle without a big deal.

Of course, this battle won’t end there.

“Sage. What’s next?”

“You have to take this to church.”

“To church?”

Cyron tilted his head. It was natural to have doubts. The highest pope in the church is the enemy, so why go to church with this?

But there was a corner that I also believed.

“Veronica will be taking care of it. She’s also acting as the Heretic Questioner and Inspector General of the Inspection Department. The seizure of the church must be over by now.”

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At my words, Cyron smiled and glanced at Evangeline.

“Wow. You seem to have complete trust in Cardinal Veronica?”

Trembling, Evangeline’s shoulders trembled. She stared at me with shaky eyes and clenched her fists.

“Unlike them.”

During the main story, Cyron encountered the warrior party a few times. Of course, we never fought or fought together.

And then I learned about the relationship between me and the warrior party.

Afterwards, when I met him while living an adventurer’s life, I heard the news that the warrior party was desperately looking for me, and I laughed while holding my stomach.

In other words, it was the same as laughing openly while knowing everything.

“Huh? Huh? Do you trust Cardinal Veronica? Do you trust them more than they do?”

Do you trust Veronica more than the warrior party?

What an obvious question.

“…eww..”

Evangeline bowed her head.

But the truth is always one.

Nothing changed.

“Come on. Let’s go.”

I said, changing the moonlight into a staff at the sound of footsteps coming from the alley.

“To get your compensation.”

Tonight. The pope will fall and a new pope will rise.