I'll kill you!　You will kill!

　Nortya pulls her sword from its sheath and releases it.

'I am a brave man...!　The man who really should have been chosen to be the brave one was me!　Radey was the wrong choice!　It was a mistake that happened by accident!
So?
"The reason I was chosen to join the brave men is to correct my mistake!　I don't care if you're officially a hero!　If the party I join with defeats the Demon King, I am the hero!　It's clear who the real achievement is!
You're not the only one who can defeat the Demon King.

　I assured him.

''With the current brave party, we can't defeat not only the Demon King, but also the Four Heavenly Kings who stand in front of them. If it's just Radie and the others, there's a thirty percent chance, but if you join us, it will go down to zero.
You think I'm an idiot and you're going to...?
I'm just telling you the truth. In a previous job, I was known to tell the truth too much, and the bosses hated it.
''Shut up!''

　Noltiya swings the sword in her hand in a mess.
　Are you already upset? It's an immature spirit.

You can't just insult the heroic me with a bunch of third-rate adventurers from the countryside!　I'm gonna kill you!　No, I'm not gonna kill you easily!　After slashing off both hands and feet and making them immobile, I'll kill your family one by one in front of you!
''Nortiya!　How can such an atrocity be allowed to happen...!

　I think it's your duty as a brave soldier to help him, and he goes to intervene, but I'll hold him off.

"Don't come.
''But Nortya is clearly a disaster sent by the Center Guild. If it's going to cause trouble for the village, we can't just overlook it...!
I'm mad at you, too.

　I said to the brave man, Radey.

The reason why this guy came to your village is because you are weak. Your weaknesses created an opening, and that opening allowed this piece of garbage to slip in.

　I'd like to summarize and complain plenty about that weakness later, but for now, I'm focused on cleaning up this junk.

''Ughyaah!''

　It's already coming at me.
　They're not even holding a weapon on me yet.

"Attacking an unarmed opponent doesn't seem like the act of a brave man.
"Everything I do is an act of bravery. I'm the righteous one!

　The sword wielded by the big Nortyr is fast and powerful.
　I'm sure you'll be able to easily cut yourself in half if you hit it.
　It's a good idea.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on.
　That's why it doesn't even snatch my body by mistake.

"d*mn it!　Don't you dare run away!　Stop, stop, stop!　Let's just cut it out!　It's frustrating!
"Isn't this a candidate for bravery or is this too low?

　I'm surprised again.
　The low level of the brave candidates.

　The strongest hero I know was never this feckless.
　I'm going to be able to see him from an enemy's point of view and still be able to respect him with infinite fear.

　You can't compare with this scum.

　As I watched the white blade wielded by that scum, I realized something.

''........Oh?''

　I noticed that his blade glowed whiter than silver.

That sword is made of mithril.

　Was it a mass-produced product made in this village and distributed outside?

'Where did you get it?　But just now you said you were going to make your own mithril weapon.　Why ask for more when you already have it?
"Don't be stupid!　A heroic, brave man like me is not going to be satisfied with a ready-made product!　I should have my own one-and-only legendary weapon!　You'll have to wait until then to get these ready-made things!
"...this ready-made thing!

　My heart aches.
　Even if it's a ready-made mass-produced product, it's a weapon forged by Sakai and the others with all their heart and soul.
　It's a shame that they were used as toys by such unqualified scum.
　Even though it's business, it's painful.

'I can only hope that at least the other pieces are in the hands of someone with a good heart.

　Jaguin!

　And with a sound, Nortya's sword shattered.

''Gibe!　What!　What's wrong?

　The opponent is bewildered to see my sword reduced to its hilt.

I'm not going to be able to get to the bottom of it.　How did it get shattered?　You're defective, huh?
Don't be ridiculous.

　Our blacksmiths have carefully crafted and checked these pieces.
　There is no such thing as a defective product.

Your sword was shattered, that's how weak your aura was.

　If the weapons are made of the same mithril, then the deciding factor in the superiority of the weapon is the skill of the user themselves.
　The strength and quality of the aura that passes through the weapon will determine which one is stronger.

'Your aura is vastly inferior to my aura. That's why your weapon was shattered.''
"Don't be a fool!　You don't even have a weapon on you!　And you know how you crushed my weapon?

　Heavens.
　You're so careless, you couldn't even hear what I was doing when I crossed paths with you.
　You're moving too fast here.

　I took out a Hermes sword from my pocket.
　It was still in its basal state, about the width of a knife.

　It sucked in my aura and extended, turning into a long sword.

''What the hell is that weapon...!
'I stretched this thing out in an instant, shattered your weapon, and then shrunk it again. That sequence of actions was so fast you didn't even notice.

　If he called himself a brave man, though, he was fast enough to notice it, which was normal for him to notice it, and he was totally lazy and fast.

'I'll reiterate. You're weak.
What the hell is wrong with you?

　He must have hurt his pride so much.
　Nortya's face instantly turned red as if she had boiled, and countless blue streaks appeared on her forehead.

''You eh?　You've made me angry!　I'll never forgive you!
You're not the only one. Not just you, but your Radie, too.

　I look at her as she watches the game.
　I'm sure she's listening properly.

'You and she are both far too weak to call yourselves brave. You're not at all close to the strength of the brave men I know.
What?

　It is the brave man, Radey, who raised his voice and said, "I've seen the brave man with my own eyes.

'The brave man I saw with my own eyes was as strong as a demon god. I was so frightened that I could have broken my back.
What does that mean...?

　Aranzir the Elderly.

　I've experienced his fury as an enemy, and Nolteer and Radie aren't brave enough for me.
　I'm not strong enough or scared enough.

　The fact that such a chick calls herself a hero makes me angry.
　As a disrespect to that hateful and sorrowful brave Arantzill.

'I'll show you guys at least a glimpse of a true brave man. See it and realize how immature you are.

　I raise the Hermes sword in long sword mode.
　I pass it firmly through the blade. The aura of slash.

"I'll just learn by example, but I can still do better than you guys.

　This is the signature move of the previous hero, Arantzill, that I saw many times on the battlefield.

The Sky Splitting Eagle.

　The aura in the sword's body is sent flying as a flying tool.
　The trajectory of the slash itself is a mass of aura, and since it is tinged with the nature of a slash, it runs while slicing and dicing everything it touches.

　The size of the slash is about the size of an entire house.

　I shot it slightly upwards, so it eventually flew towards the sky.

''Is that........?
''Rumor has it that the previous hero Arantzill-sama's signature move, the 'Great Emperor Splitting Sky'?　The aura consumption was so great that no one but the person who created it could master it...!

　Was that such an amazing technique?
　But that previous brave man, Lady Granberza, I've had dozens of shots in a row in a single fight.

　I just watched it from the sidelines and tried to observe and mimic its methods.
　Still, it worked somewhat well.

''Aaaaaaaaah!

　The important thing is that Nortya, didn't take a direct hit from the 'Super Emperor Splitting Sky'.
　I'm sure that if I hit him, he would definitely be cut off in both directions and die, so I deliberately missed it.
　However, he still ate the aftermath of the Aura Flying Slash, and his entire body was bathed in a high-powered, high-compression aura.

　It was like putting boiling water on his head.
　He was burned by the high heat emitted by the high output aura, and he struggled and writhed.

''Ahhhh!　Hot, hot!　We're dying!　I'm dying!

　I'm sure he's lightly burned.
　I stomped on the sorts that were rolling around in pain.

"What are you playing at?　Stand up and get up. The fight continues.
"Oh my God...!　Oh my God.　Help me. I've been burned all over and I'm dying...!
Don't spoil it.

　The previous brave Arantzill, while suffering severe burns all over his body from Granbaza-sama's Hellfire Magic, still pushed forward and thrust his sword into Granbaza-sama's stomach.
　What a brave man without being able to imitate that piece of persistence.

''I surrender...!　I'm going to lose.　So help me.　Hot!　Hot!　I'm going to die........!

　I didn't know that the aftermath heat of a technique that was originally intended to cut down was enough to break my heart.
　The brave men of my day are still weak.
　They are too weak.