And then? Assuming your ultimate goal is to defeat the Demon King, what do you do now?


The brave party that had stayed in the continent of the human race, the country of Yamato, was about to lift a heavy hand.


''From what I've heard from ......, the previous generation's heroic party of brave men had fallen by the demons and monsters before they could reach the Demon King, except for the brave men and the beast race representative.


That was about a hundred years ago.
The previous generation's heroes couldn't fulfill their snowflakes and died in their lifetime.
The current Demon King and the Demon King of that time should not have been replaced, but no one knows how long the life span of the Demon Race is in the first place.


''That's how strong not only the Demon King, but also his minions are.


I nodded at Hosoyama-san's words.


''I don't know how good the previous generation's brave party was, but there's no doubt that they were able to gather skilled people from three continents.

I'm sure they're stronger than we are now.


Asahina-kun, who was quietly listening to the conversation, muttered.
For the past few days, I had registered with the Adventurer's Guild and received requests.

However, in Yamato, which has no labyrinth, the requests I could receive were limited, and because adventurers didn't stop by very often, there were a lot of requests to defeat demons that were weak but could not be defeated by non-combat people.
After dividing them up from one end to the other and clearing them out, I finally got to take a break.
However, it seems that there aren't any demons around here that are capable of putting themselves in danger like they did with the Minotaur.

To put it bluntly, they're quite lacking compared to Saran-san and Ziel-san.
It's about the same as the demons around the upper levels of the Kantianen Labyrinth.


''But that doesn't mean we should neglect the basics, does it?


Mr. Ueno crossed his arms and cooed in distress.
When I looked at him, everyone except me and Asahina-kun were crossing their arms and worrying about it.


'My adventurer rank went up to yellow today. Maybe it's because there's no labyrinth after all, but the level of demons here is too low to deal with. If you're ......, isn't there one thing you should do?


It's true that the basics are important, but there's a lot to learn even if you leave here.


I'm going to miss Japanese food again.

Well, Tsuda's on top of it.

"I knew it was me?


Tsuda Tomoya, the cook of the brave party, blurts out.
The two girls also have cooking skills, but he, who is in charge of cooking at home, has the highest level of skill and is the most delicious, so he is like a mother to the members, despite his profession as a knight.

Incidentally, the remaining member of the hero's party is Waki Daisuke, who has been saying "I'm glad to be alive" lately.
He is a trainer by profession.
He currently trains (tames) a small monkey-like animal he met in the forest and a stray cat he found in the city.
He's generally light.
It's strange because when he enters the room, the serious conversations stop being serious.
This still seems to be the eldest son in the family.

Demons are basically unable to communicate with each other, so they can't be trained.
It is said that every few hundred years or so, there is a person who gives a name to a demon and keeps it in his or her body, but a demon that does nothing but harm to humans is a curious person to keep.


I'll tell you what, I can only make things that I've made before. And there's less seasoning here than there, so there's only so much you can make.


When Tsuda-kun, who is in charge of shields, cooking and the youngest son of the brave party, pointed his mouth, Nanase-kun popped his shoulder.

You can see from the fact that he - Nanase Rintaro - can converse with that twisted personality Akira, but he's a pretty good communicator.
On top of that, he has a legend that he once had a great time talking about anime with Asahina, who rarely speaks.
His position at the party is that of second son.


It's just that Tomoya's food is that good. It is true that it is difficult to make Japanese food out of food from this world, but can't you season it in a Japanese style?

...... that could do it.

'Oh! Seriously! I'll take care of it then.

I want to try it too!


Mr. Ueno is the one who takes advantage of Mr. Waki's request.
Anyway, she is in good spirits.
Sometimes she looks like the sun.
When Waki-kun and Ms. Ueno get serious, you might want to prepare yourself for the end of the world.


'I'll take anything as long as it's hard for me.


Shiori Hosoya Shiori has a quiet face and speaks in a slightly offbeat manner.
She's a picky eater, and apparently she can't feel good about anything she eats without putting red sprinkles on it.
I guess she didn't know this was a thing over there, so she hid it from me.


Hey, hey, more importantly, what do you want to do now?


I managed to get back to the story that had derailed.
Everyone's expressions tightened as they gasped.
I looked around at everyone's faces to see if they had any ideas.


'I need a weapon.'


Asahina-kun, who was leaning against the wall and crossing his arms, muttered to himself.
After all, his opinion is the most useful in a place like this.


''Indeed, I have the holy sword I received at the castle, so that's good, but Tsuda-kun's sword was already in tatters.

We have a good amount of money, and it might be a good idea to get everything around here.

Oh, then maybe Yuuki-chan and I should have some weapons for self-defense. There were quite a few dangerous places yesterday.


Our basic formation consists of me, Asahina and Tsuda in the vanguard, and Nanase, Ueno and Hosoyama in the rear guard.
In this case, we are virtually defenseless against enemies from behind.
All of them have acquired the skill of presence detection, but their skill level is still very low.
To a level where you have to be approached to a certain extent to notice them.


''Oh, then maybe I've heard that the world's most skilled blacksmith is in the Beast Race territory.


They all looked at Nanase.


''Ah, but it's a rumor, okay? I can't confirm it, but for all I know, the representative of the beast race who survived the previous hero's party is that person, and he's in the port city of Ur now.

...... I remember there was a labyrinth of beastman territory in Ur.


Asahina said as a precaution, the destination is the same as already decided.


I'm not going to be able to get the best out of it," he said, "so let's go get weapons on tomorrow's ship to Uru. If possible, I'd like to have that world's best blacksmith strike it for me, but I won't ask for anything. It's all about finding the right weapon for you.


Ooh! I breathed a sigh of relief as everyone raised their fists cheerfully.

Now we can somehow move forward.