The World After Leaving the Hero Party

78 – It’s not easy – 1

Devil vs Demon King.

Players who enjoy main story-oriented play naturally insisted that the Demon King is strong.

If it’s not a hero, isn’t the devil stronger because of the nature of the devil, who doesn’t take damage properly and has a lot of gimmicks?

However, the position of players who enjoy the adventure mode was different.

How can you compare a devil who can defeat even the final boss of the main story with a warrior’s sword to a devil who forces you to go through three random trials in a row?

If the final trial fails, the ‘trauma’ condition is forcibly applied to minimize the chance of a critical hit.

Also, if you don’t have a specific job or skill, aren’t the demons that force you to annihilate during the process much stronger?

There was one opinion that did not change even in this heated battle.

Anyway, it was a story that everyone was green apples in front of dragons.

Of course, it was all there for the oil that rotted because it was not collected.

“Are demons weaker than dragons?”

“You’re weak.”

If you want to catch him, you have to raise the affinity of each race to the maximum and then persuade them to form an army to catch him.

Of course, you can get good items if you catch it, but it doesn’t give you the most important achievement.

It’s hard to catch, the preparation process is long, and there are a lot of mid-bosses, so why are you doing that?

It’s much easier to just catch demons.

“The devil… the devil…”

Cecile pondered, then nodded.

“Need support?”

What?

Because the person who needs it is already there.

He said he could catch it alone, but he needed some preparation to catch the devil.

Among them, the first thing I had to make was one of the recipes completed during the Plague event, the highest grade mental tranquilizer.

“Wow…”

Veronica, who followed me saying she didn’t want to be alone, followed me into the mixing room in the duchy’s alchemist’s guild and looked over my shoulder at the medicine I was making.

An unpleasant green gooey liquid was bubbling in the bottle.

Veronica, who looked at the medicine, which seemed disgusting just by looking at it, was quite shaken up when I started pouring it into the vial.

“Are you going to eat that?”

“Then will you put it on?”

“…They say it’s a tranquilizer. Ugh. If you drink that, you’ll go insane.”

I laughed at Veronica’s grumbling and put some on my hand while bottling.

ome. this precious thing.

I quickly licked what was left on my finger and the refreshing mint flavor spread in my mouth was quite edible, contrary to what it looked like.

“The taste is very stable. Do you want to try it?”

As I was about to spoon the remaining medicine from the bowl, Veronica grabbed my hand.

“This is fine.”

– Lick.

“Huh? Is that so?”

Before I could stop her, she licked the green pill once with her red tongue. Then, after a short exclamation, bring it to your lips.

-Churup… side… Churup…

Is it because of the strange sensation of tickling your fingers with your tongue? What a strange feeling

She licked my finger and looked up at me with a bashful eye smile. She sucked her finger once more hard enough to make a clicking sound before letting go of my hand.

“Umm… I don’t know yet. I want to taste more. Hyunwoo. I have a few drops left in my other hand. Give it to me.”

“Don’t eat like that, drink from a bottle. If you drink the whole bottle, the accumulated fatigue will go away at once. It’s not the best for nothing.”

Veronica opened her eyes wide and looked at me before shaking her head.

and.

“…really solid…”

“what.”

“Huh? Ah. Yeah. That. Whoa. Nothing. So? Is this the end of the preparations?”

“No. We need to get something else. But it’s good that we can get them all in the capital of the principality.”

“I see. Then let’s stop by the church.”

“Huh? Why?”

“I have something to take care of.”

“Why are you?”

“Oh, look at him? Did you think that the Heretic Questioner of the church would go empty-handed to catch the devil?”

Veronica, who leaned slightly and looked up at me, pressed my nose tightly and blinked one eye.

“Just in case, don’t think about leaving it behind. I’m always prepared.”

I nodded as I saw Veronica happily talking as if she were humming.

The next place I went after leaving the alchemist guild was the church. Is it because of Veronica’s arrival? The priest of the church seemed quite perplexed, but he was greatly relieved when he said that he had come to purchase goods.

It was worth it. Even if you are not guilty, you will be nervous when the inspector suddenly comes.

Anyway, thanks to Veronica, I was able to purchase things like holy water and holy relics at a fairly cheap price.

“Huh~ Heuhheung~ Heh~”

Veronica kept humming a song. Wandering the streets like this seems to be a lot of fun.

“I don’t know if the cardinal of the church is allowed to go around like this.”

“I’ve always liked things like this.”

Then he gently grabbed my arm. When we were together, there were many times when we stuck together like this, so it wasn’t particularly awkward.

So I just stayed still and Veronica naturally hugged my arm.

While looking at this and that, Veronica pointed outside while she entered the material store and looked at the goods.

“That ice cream looks delicious. Let’s go eat it later… Heck.”

why is he surprised?

I tried to turn my head, and Veronica hurriedly grabbed my head.

“Ugh!”

A sweet scent immediately tickled my nose.

And the warmth and softness you feel all over your face.

This…

“Me. Guests. If you do this here…”

Her face was buried between Veronica’s large breasts. I don’t know what the hell you’re confused about, but as the clerk said, it’s rude to do this here.

I patted Veronica on the back, and then she let me go and took my hand further into the store.

“Whoa, whoa~ What is that?”

“What’s out there? Go and see…”

“What is this?”

“Ah. That? It’s called lily of the valley, and it makes a bell sound when you touch it.”

-With my daughter~

“Wow! Really?”

“But what’s out there…”

“What’s this?!”

“Recovery Herb.”

“This, this?”

“It’s called a horse body, and it’s used as a medium for purification. And.”

I tapped Veronica. I think I know what he saw.

“Is it because of them?”

“Ehh…”

She smiled awkwardly, looked in the direction I was pointing, and sighed.

“…Tongue, Hyeonu…?”

Leventia entered the store. and Evangeline.

Except for the hero, the members of the warrior party stood blankly looking at me and Veronica, unable to hide their embarrassment.

“……”

“…..”

“…”

It’s cold.

As if Blizzard, the highest level of ice magic, had been used, the inside of the magic supply store was extremely cold.

The clerk shuddered as if he had a chill and went inside as if to run away.

“What are you doing here?”

“Huh? Uhh… That, that. I was asked to buy materials over there… That, and…”

Leventia was staring blankly at me. not. Where is her gaze directed?

– Kkok.

It was Veronica.

Evangeline hesitantly opened her mouth to see her smiling while holding my arms tightly.

“Too… attached… huh…?”

“Isn’t there anything wrong with that?”

Veronica’s voice, which had been soft until just now, was devoid of emotion, as if it were directed at cultists.

In response, Leventia and Evangeline did not say anything, but only continued to stare.

“Hyunwoo. Did you buy everything?”

“No. I need to buy some more.”

“Really? Let’s buy it quickly and go. Huhu. You have to use a lot of strength tonight. Ah. I’ll buy this for you. It’s like using your strength for me.”

Well, since the devil is the enemy of the church, fighting the devil is also for the sake of Veronica, a high-ranking member of the church.

Warm and soft enough to be so different from talking to the two of them, Veronica smiled broadly and held up a vial.

It was a fatigue reliever that could be easily bought at a store.

“Fatigue… Isn’t the recovery medicine made by Hyeonu better?”

Leventia spoke in a trembling tone, as if holding back something. Veronica smiled at her.

“Isn’t it a bit like asking someone who needs to work hard today to make medicine? Unlike others, I’m not so shameless.”

“…Kuk.”

“…I’m sorry.”

As the two flinched and shook their shoulders, Veronica called the clerk. The clerk, who glanced at me, packed the items I had picked out and a bottle of fatigue recovery medicine.

Upon receiving it, Veronica naturally hugged my arm tightly again.

“Let’s go.”

“Uh. Yes. Anyway, if you have something to buy, buy it well.”

It was an unexpected meeting, but there was nothing particularly strange about it. It’s not like they’re banned from entering the principality.

“Ah. But why did you guys come here?”

“…That’s it. Um… There was a request from the elven forest. We need to catch a demon… They said it’s better to leave the chase to the wizard of the principality…”

It was Evangeline who answered. It’s a request from the elven forest. why are they

oh It looks like he’s trying to purify the devil’s horns to restore his holy power.

“Just in time, we also have to go catch the devil. I can deliver the horns.”

No matter how much I say I’ve removed the plague from the Elven Forest, it wouldn’t be bad to add debt in this way considering the achievements I have to do in the Elven Forest later.

“…well, that’s great!”

Evangeline’s expression brightened. She smiled broadly and approached me, then tightly gripped the thimble that contained holy power.

“Come with me!”

“Come with me… but you guys must be having a hard time?”

“Nevertheless! I can do it!”

pretty earnestly. Leventia, who was staring at me with trembling eyes, took a step forward and raised her hand on her chest.

“If you have to fight, you are also my enemy. Although…”

Even if I was rejected?

Well, even if I said no, they would secretly follow me. It’s better to just hang out together than to make me touch something strange.

“Yeah. Well. But from my point of view, you guys don’t seem to have anything to do… It doesn’t seem to mean much.”

“I can do anything!!”

“Hmm. Yeah? What. Don’t break the instructions.”

Their faces instantly brightened.

Veronica, who was staring at them, put strength into the hand that held me.

“I’m going too. If I, your best friend and only understanding person, doesn’t go with you, who will?”

Rather than telling me, Veronica confidently declared, as if speaking to them.

“Hey. Even if you didn’t do that, you had to take him unconditionally.”

“Huh? Ahahaha. That, is it?”

Leventia and Evangeline silently stared at her shy smile.

Back at the castle, preparations continued until night. After all the preparations were finished, they were about to leave when Cecile followed with a staff.

“Why are you coming out?”

“Cardinal Veronica is going, Leventia and Evangeline are going too? But is there any reason why I can’t go?”

The Knights of the Principality next to her were restless.

I tried to stop it, but Cecile didn’t pretend to hear.

It’s obvious that he’s asking me for help with his eyes, but I don’t stop doing things like this.

You say you want to do it, what do I say?

It doesn’t matter what you do as long as it doesn’t get in the way.

“Yes. What. Let’s go.”

“But where should I go?”

After glancing at Leventia and Evangeline crouching behind her, Veronica tilted her head and asked, and I said calmly.

“To the groundwater. Come on. Let’s go.”

I didn’t need to explain anything. You’ll find out everything as you go anyway.

How long did he walk into the maze-like underground waterway?

After defeating various monsters such as large rats and slimes, the place they arrived at was a huge wall with a large door.

“Is there… a place like this?”

“It’s locked? Let’s drill it.”

Veronica held up the mace. Even though she knocked on the lock several times.

“…why?”

No matter how many times I bumped into the mace, the old lock wouldn’t budge. I smiled at her and shook my head.

“It’s a seal. You can’t break it with an attack like that.”

“then?”

I heard the key I got from the Dream of Old Age quest. When you put it in the lock, the seal is released with a light sound.

What comes rushing in at that moment.

“This…”

It was a powerful magic.

Along with the immense pressure, black shimmering inside the iron door created a bizarre pattern and was pouring out mana.

Like.

As if to warn unqualified people not to approach.

Five patterns repeatedly appear and disappear in shimmering.

Cecile, who had been staring at it gently, crossed her arms and asked with a serious expression.

“It’s a lot of magic… Sage. Is this the ordeal? Why don’t you tell me now? Do you know what kind of ordeal this is?”

Is it because I gave a brief explanation before coming out?

Cecil immediately asked if he had guessed the identity of the shimmering.

let’s see What was the shape of this pattern…?

oh That was it.

After checking the pattern created by the shimmer, I told everyone.

“Um. Do you think it would be better for me to do this ordeal alone?”

“What’s the difference between doing it alone and doing it with a group?”

“It’s nothing special. A group of people is the leader. If we are the standard, I’ll be me. To what extent does the burden on the leader who challenges the ordeal lessen?”

“…Then I will never let you go alone. What is this ordeal? Tell me.”

Everyone else agreed with Veronica’s sincere words.

Everyone seemed to have no intention of giving up, so I just told them without hiding it.

“Show the most painful past for a challenger. Enduring that is the first ordeal.”

The four beauties’ faces hardened like stone.