Asil and the others have been beaten to a pulp by the Centaur King.

''Why... why can't my sword work against this guy...?''

　Asil had tears in his eyes as he held the sword that was snapped off from the root.

''Asil!　What are you doing?　I have to get out of here!

　Irene called out to Asil desperately.
　But it didn't seem to be reaching his ears.

　Against the three devastated men, Irene still seemed to have plenty of strength left.
　To watch the fight, they are just barely avoiding the Centaur King's onslaught.
　As a result, if you're alone, you can probably escape the Centaur King.

　More.


''Whoa!　Scary, scary, scary!
What made you think we could beat this guy?
Hey, Assil!　How are you going to take responsibility for that!


　I don't think it's possible to escape from here with three baggage men who are in a kind of panic....

'Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!'

　The Centaur King looked down on Asil and the others, as if he was assessing them.

　But the demon would not wait that long.
　The Centaur King raised his fist and tried to strike the men with it.

''Watch out!''

　In response, Irene reacted instantly.
　Irene leapt in front of Asil and the others and tried to defend them.

　Hmm. For once, I think it's okay to get attacked by the Centaur King in order to make the men lose their pride.
　But at this rate, it's going to hit Irene.
　I don't care what happens to Asil and the others, but it's not pleasant to watch her get hit by a good-natured girl.　

'It can't be helped,'

　I raise my right hand.
　I placed my fire spear against the right fist that the Centaur King was trying to swing down.



　With that, the Centaur King, whose right arm was scorched and annihilated, let out a cry of pain.

''What?''

　It's as if Eileen has no idea what's happening.

　I stood in front of her.

Stay back. And don't get in the habit of meditating in the middle of a fight. Unless you want to die.

　I patted her head and then looked at the Centaur King.

　The Centaur King stared straight at me with anger in his eyes.

　Hou. Even if you see me, you didn't run away immediately.
It's just that they call it the "Extinction Class".

''Hey, hey, you!　I don't know what's going on, but get on with it and take down that demon!
'Yes, yes, yes!　Adventurers are supposed to cooperate, aren't they?

　Asil and the others are shouting that behind me.

'They're quite convenient men,'

　I just said, "You don't have to do this! And I was just breathing.
　This is what we'd do if we were in a tight spot?

"Gooooooooooooooooooooo!
Keh, the Centaur King's body is glowing!

　Irene speaks up.
　The Centaur King released red magic power as it was, and smelted more than ten fire spires.
　And fired at the same time.
　It comes towards us.

　Shall I deploy warding magic and protect Irene and the others?
　No, this is.....

'There's no need,'

　The spear of fire that was heading towards Irene.

''Kyah!''

　She let out a girlish scream, but Irene avoided it in the nick of time.
　This is because we were vigilant. This was predictable.
　And another thing I could have predicted....

''Guaaaaaah!''
Oh, it's hot!
'Ahhhh!　Ta, help me!

　I'm talking about Asil and the others.
　They thought I would protect them, or maybe they thought I would protect them, but the fire spear hit them and burned their bodies with flames.
　Asil was crawling around on the ground, desperately trying to put out the fire.

'Because you're not careful. Keep your head down there.'

　Pride leads to death.
　And I had no reason to help men who were ungrateful.
　Well, I guess I don't have to die.

Well let's take care of this one here.

　I pull the magic sword I had brought beforehand from its sheath.
　I put magic power into the sword.
　When I looked at the Centaur King, the magic light that gradually enveloped his body was getting stronger.

''Looks like the time of awakening is near.

　The Centaur King has magical power inside, and when it explodes, it fully awakens.
　Once this happens, it will become a troublesome demon that uses its nearly inexhaustible magical power to launch a series of magic and destroy cities.

　However.


''You think I'm going to wait for you to finish your awakening?


　I raise my sword and flash the Centaur King.

　It exits to the other side.
　The moment I landed on the ground with a stoner, the Centaur King's body was cut in two.

''What!　A demon that we struggled so hard against in a second!

　Eileen was surprised to see this.

　But for me, it was boring.
　I tucked the magic sword into its scabbard while looking at the Centaur King that was out of breath.

''It wasn't much of a stretch for the 《Destroying Class》, was it?

　The same as in the past.

　He defeated the Centaur King and returned to the guild.

'Well, that's what I'm talking about, Kurt!　I didn't expect the guild to finish defeating them so quickly!

　The receptionist's eyes widened as if this was all she could do, and she jumped up and down happily.
　Seeing this, the adventurers around them started buzzing.

''Wow, wow... as expected of an SSS-ranked adventurer.
I heard everything was cleared out by the time the advance team arrived!
This Kurt guy's really something.

　I'm not an adventurer................well, I can't help but get stuck there now.

'Kurt...?　Where is Mr. Kurt?

　Irene, who had arrived with me, scurried around and looked around.

　By the way ... right now the men are laid up in the hospital.
　I'm sure you'll be able to use your healing magic to heal them quickly, but that won't make them feel better.
　I'm sure they're in excruciating pain right now.
　It's not a problem to punish them for that.

"Kurt is me.
...What?

　Irene rolls her eyes.

'Kurt - you mean the legendary one who slayed the dragon that appeared in the Empire?
'I don't know if it's a legend or not, but I'm pretty sure you slayed a dragon.
..........

　Silence for a moment.

　Then Eileen changed things up.

'Yeah!　I've been on a quest with such an amazing person!　I thought it was strong in the streets... ooohhhh!

　I started to fuss about it.

　Apparently he knew my name, 'Kurt', but he didn't know my face.

'Oh, please shake my hand!
I'd give anything for that.

　I took Eileen's hand in mine.

Wow, that's amazing. I'm the happiest I've ever been in my life.

　He looked at his own hand, and his cheeks flushed.

　Even though I just shook his hand, he's an exaggerated guy.

''Then........As for the reward, I can't prepare it right away, so for now it's six hundred gold coins!　If you come to the guild in a week's time, we'll pay for everything... how about it?
That's good.

　I wasn't interested in the reward.
　I don't need it but I'll take what I can get.

"Hoy.
What?

　Of the six hundred gold coins he had received from the guild, he handed Irene a half-full bag of them.

'This is for Eileen.
But I didn't do anything.
Not at all. You've cooperated with us. We'll split the advance evenly, at least.
No, no!　I can't take it!
I don't care.

　I forced myself to push.

　There was some pushing and arguing for a while.

Thanks, Kurt!　I'll never forget this for a long time now!　If you want, you can have another adventure with me!

　He blossomed into a smile.

　It was fun to be with Irene, even if it was only for a short time. The men were just uncomfortable, though.
　He left the guild with these thoughts in mind.