The Former Hero Began To Be Re-Evaluated

9 – The Second Hero (8)

“No. Go back.”

He said he was asking me for a commission, so I thought there was some kind of great reward.

Well, of course, the compensation that Lia was giving me was great, if anything, but it was not a very attractive compensation to me.

What would I use a body like yours for?

In the end, I could not accept the request.

Negotiations broke down, and I told Lia to go back.

“I might really regret it. I’m sure I’ll be a very beautiful woman when I grow up… It’s not a lie.”

“Then come then.”

“Oh…Don’t do that. Please do me a favor just once.”

However, Lia was so persistent that she wanted to entrust the request to me somehow.

He tried his best to persuade me.

She decided to try her hand at it and even showed off her own body.

She tried desperately to hire me.

“I’m going to go farming. Please ask someone else instead of me.”

But no matter how hard she tried, she had no intention of granting her a favor without fair compensation.

I wasted my time…

I once again expressed my refusal and tried to return.

Now, break time is slowly coming to an end. I had to go back to farming quickly.

It was time for me to pass by Leah and leave her house first.

“Hero. If you don’t listen to my request, I will tell the villagers that you were a hero.”

When Lia saw me like this, she started talking as if she was a little angry.

Are you trying to threaten me now?

“You were hiding your identity, right? You don’t necessarily want to be known… Wouldn’t it be troublesome if you treated me like this?”

Leah said, as if she was telling me not to ignore her, as if she was grasping my weakness.

If you don’t grant her request now, he will reveal all of this to you.

“Try it.”

Are you crossing the line by playing around with me?

I laughed at Lia’s words.

The young b*tch has already learned to be naughty…

I coldly told her that it didn’t matter at all.

“Yes?”

Lia was taken aback as if she had not expected such a reaction from me at all.

Well, did you think that if you threatened me like that, I would obediently grant you any favor?

If you thought that way, I think you may have thought of me as too pushy.

“I don’t care if it’s known or not. You can do whatever you want whether you know or not. Of course, it’ll be quite annoying for me.”

I spoke clearly to Lia. Really try it.

Well, of course, as Lia said, when she told me my identity, it wasn’t a complete blow to me.

Because I wanted to live peacefully here, I didn’t want my identity revealed.

If she said it, it was certain that I would become somewhat bothersome without wanting to.

But, it didn’t matter if I said it.

“But you’d better be prepared. I’m not a hero like you said, right? I have no obligation to do you any good. I don’t know if you touch me somehow and I can’t handle it. If you can handle it, give it a try.”

Lia’s actions of trying to take advantage of people by threatening them were quite disturbing to me.

For this reason, I spoke to her with a significant threat.

It may be a bother, but I will make sure you pay for bothering me.

I’m already expelled from the empire, and I’m not in a good mood, am I?

Furthermore, he is no longer a warrior. As a warrior, there was no sense of obligation not to harm civilians.

So, I hope you don’t think that you will ever be seen.

I will make sure you know what will happen if you touch me.

“…”

Lia was silent for a moment at my threat.

He just looked at me quietly, and then, as if he finally understood the situation, he burst into tears.

“… Ugh… I’m sorry. I was so impatient. There’s no one who can listen to me other than the hero… I’m sorry… I won’t do that again… Ugh. “

Leah cried and she apologized to me.

She said she was wrong.

She said she was sorry for trying to intimidate her and she apologized.

“Ha.”

Looking at that, I sighed.

I was very offended by Lia’s words and got angry, but the person I was dealing with was little Jammin, who was still young.

What would a grown adult do by getting really angry at a kid like this?

Yeah… Well, a young kid could do that.

In the end, I decided to vent my anger.

“Let me listen to the story first. Why on earth do you need my power?”

And, I just wanted to hear the story.

No… What kind of favor do you want to ask me by doing this?

It doesn’t seem like you’re asking for something simple…

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to listen to it once.

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‘Shall we take a look at the hero party’s skills?’

A monster that threatens by swinging its huge tentacles.

Nepenthes is not a very easy monster.

Herald is someone who has previously led the knights and fought against Nepenthes, and knows how dangerous that monster is.

However, that is only based on the knights, and the story is a bit different if it is based on the warrior party.

Isn’t the warrior party originally created to deal with powerful enemies such as the Four Heavenly Kings and the Demon King?

For those people, Nepenthes is not even just a meal.

The Herald thought.

“aaah…! Please help me.”

“Aila. I’ll help you right away. Argh!!!”

“I’ll just blow it up.”

However, this current situation was a bit strange.

The warrior party had a difficult time.

At most there was only one Nepenthes, but I couldn’t deal with it properly.

I continued to allow Nepenthes to attack, and was unable to attack properly and was just dragged around.

It would be difficult to say that they were a veteran warrior party who had been traveling for more than a year.

Isn’t it like I’m a beginner in combat?

Why is the warrior party acting like novices in battle…

“Gasp… I knocked it out.”

“I’m glad. It was a much stronger enemy than I expected.”

Of course, the results were not bad.

The party members worked together and managed to defeat Nepenthes.

The results cannot be considered bad.

But, as expected, I could never praise it. Because the process was so seriously bad.

This is a warrior party?

We only fought against Nepenthes alone, but the four party members were extremely exhausted.

It is no exaggeration to say that I used almost all my strength to catch it.

Again, it was only Nepenthes at best.

It was truly absurd for a warrior party to suffer so much against such Nepenthes.

‘It’s clear that each individual’s abilities are outstanding… But what on earth is this party?’

But there was something even more absurd.

It wasn’t because they were weak or anything like that.

Each individual’s abilities were clearly outstanding. Their talent was so outstanding that even the most talented knights could not dare to surpass them.

Herald has experience leading numerous knights as a knight commander.

From the perspective of such a Herald, the potential of the warrior party members is at an absurd level.

Saints, elves, beastmen, and wizards, the skills and potential they each used were enough for them to be called a warrior party.

Yet they were so weak.

‘The way the battle is led is very poor.’

The problem is definitely experience.

When he saw the party members fighting, the Herald had an immediate intuition.

They cannot use their skills at the right time.

Furthermore, the party members do not move organically and waste energy needlessly.

There were a lot of useless movements, as if they were not used to fighting, and they were unable to judge the situation quickly.

Although the talent he had was excellent, his ability to use it was really poor.

As a Herald who had experience leading a knighthood, the flaws of the party members were all visible.

‘It’s so strange…’

After seeing the skills of the party members, Herald was truly disappointed.

The gaze the Herald was looking at the party members was already cold and dead.

Up until this point, the Herald had followed the party members, relying solely on their combat abilities.

I endured it, thinking that no matter how much I couldn’t cook or build a tent, or even if I didn’t know the geography of the demon world, my combat ability would definitely be amazing.

But right now, those important combat skills are really poor, right?

At this point, the Herald was beyond angry and curious.

“Thank you for your hard work, party members. However, I have something to ask.”

Then why do they have no experience?

As far as the Herald knows, the warrior and the warrior party defeated the four heavenly kings together, starting with high-ranking demons.

But no matter how much I think about it, I don’t think we can do that with these party members, right?

If he goes through this much trouble against the Four Pendus, let alone the Four Heavenly Kings, he will not be able to properly capture even a single high-ranking demon.

So he had no choice but to ask questions to the party members.

“What question…?”

The party members tilted their heads at the Herald’s words.

They still looked like they didn’t know what the problem was.

“Have you ever had any proper fighting experience as a warrior party up to this point?”

Harold asked directly.

Is it true that the party members of the warrior party have been working properly up to this point?

It was a problem that had to be checked.