440 - - Episode 3: Gathering the Brave

No more.

What do you mean, "Enough is enough"?　What the hell is wrong with you?

Nick, who became a hero overnight, pulls the "Holy Sword Zed" out of its sheath and cuts off his father's head.

The father's head fell to the dirty floor with a clatter, as if to say, "What the hell is going on?

A step later, blood spurts from the decapitated torso.

As the headless body collapses to its knees and falls to the floor, the blood that had been flowing vigorously from the severed part gradually loses its momentum.

The mother, whose face, body, and clothes are stained with her father's blood, is stunned for a moment, unable to immediately accept the reality before her.

When her brain finally understands the reality, she lets out a scream that seems to be squeezed out of her body.

She screams, "...... Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!　Oh, you!　N-Nick!　Why your father!　Father--"

Shut up."

Nick frowned at his mother's screams as if they were heartbreakingly loud.

His hands are gripping the "Holy Sword Zed" and he cannot hold his ears.

Perhaps because of this, he beheads his screaming, noisy mother as well as his father, as if to cut off the root of the noise.

The mother's head, horrified by her son's murderous act, flutters through the air and tumbles to the floor, as does the father's.

Thanks to the decapitation of her mother, she only cracks her mouth a few times, but she is unable to speak, and her movements soon stop.

Nick nods in satisfaction at the quiet room.

It's finally quieted down," he said. You've been so foolish as to be my parents, you know. And instead of being happy for their goddess-chosen son's success, they tried to interfere with it. You're a scoundrel, ....... Although, I did kill him in the heat of the moment, wasn't that bad?"

Nick sheathes his holy sword and ponders for a moment before answering.

Well, that's okay. It's a standard story of a lonely hero whose parents are dead. This might be a good way for a brave man to start his journey.

He has no regrets, even though he took his own parents into his hands.

In fact, he was even pleased to find himself in the same situation as the story's standard heroic setting.

Of course, the standard hero of the story does not kill his parents with his own hands. They were originally orphans, monsters, or bandits who attacked and murdered their parents.

Hey, hey!　What's wrong!　I heard a great scream--!

When the mother's screams were heard outside, men from the neighborhood of the village visited the Nick house with a stag or something in their hands.

The door was unlocked, and when they opened it, they found the parents standing there ...... with swords in their hands, their heads severed, and their sons covered in blood.

Thanks to the sun finally coming up, the morning sun shines through the room and you can see the gruesome scene even if you don't want to.

Nick!　Oh, you're the one who did this terrible thing!　Oh, oh!

Hee!　That's not true. ......What the hell happened to you that you killed your own parents?"

I have to go get the mayor!　Nick!　Get your hand off that sword!　Put it on the floor!"

Some were nauseated by the horrific scene, others were stunned, unable to accept the reality of what had happened to their parents, and others stared at Nick with the stag head in their hands, giving him instructions.

Nick sighs and shrugs his shoulders, as if he is annoyed with them.

He sighs and shrugs, "Good grief,......, why do you guys all have such bad timing?　It's not good to get a bad name for my brave self before I leave, is it? So I guess it can't be helped."

Nick pulls out his holy sword again with the attitude of a hero caught up in a troublesome situation.

And it's a classic beginning of a hero's story where the hero is the only one to escape the attack, but the villagers are all wiped out. That's the way it goes, isn't it?

He spoke to himself and did not hesitate to turn his blade on the men who had been his neighbors.

--On that day, a racial village disappears from the earth.

All the villagers, young and old, men and women, had their heads chopped off.

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The "Holy Sword Zed," given to Nick by the goddess, has seven abilities, just like the story.

One of these abilities was the power to drive through the sky when possessed. After destroying his hometown, he flew to the Duchy of Six, where the head temple of the Goddess cult is located.

When he arrived at the Duchy of Six, he went through the formalities and entered the gate.

Nick asked people and headed for the head temple of the Goddess cult.

The church of the head temple of the Goddess cult was located on the north side of the Sixth Duchy, near the slum side.

It is not that the duchy is treating the head temple of the Goddess cult coldly.

Originally, the head temple of the Goddess Church was located in the north, and the slum was formed when they gave alms to the poor.

In addition, in order to avoid being used as a political tool, the head temple of the Goddess cult was built in the neutral territory of the Principality of Six, which is not so large as to be called a "head temple.

It is probably not even half the size of the Six Principality Academy of Magic.

The church looks good because of the support (donations) from various countries.

When Nick arrived at the main church of the Goddess Church, he entered without hesitation.

It was as if he was entering his own home.

............"

Once inside, all eyes were on those inside at once.

The three men, except Nick, looked at him - they understood immediately.

Nick also understands at a glance who they are.

They were the brave men who had been chosen by the goddess, just like himself.

The "Holy Spear Braves," dressed in priestly garb and holding spears that seemed to embody their anger.

The "Brave Man in Holy Armor," who is short and somehow floats in the air.

The "Brave Man of the Holy Seal," with his hair pulled back in the back and the appearance of a hard-working merchant.

And then there is Nick, the "Brave Man of the Holy Sword.

In the mythical age of the present, the heroes chosen by the goddess were all present.

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