Chapter 177 - Trashy Hero

"A wooden bat…" The hero was stunned as it was the last thing he saw before a loud bonk resounded on the battlefield.

The bonk generated enough force to launch the hero out of the battle.

"What happened?" No one could understand what happened as the next thing they realized, there was only a masked demon covered by a robe remaining.

"He hurt the hero?!"

"Kill him!"

Two of the women that injured the turtle earlier leaped forward, trying to avenge the hero. However, two wooden bats appeared in the air as though someone was holding them.

"Who?!" The two women were blasted in the same direction as the hero by someone invisible.

The same applied to another two women that were about to cast their spell. A frog in a butler suit hit them at the same time, sending them away.

As a retaliation, the Great Sage managed to finish his spell and tried to shoot Albert down, but a sweet voice filled his ears.

"You shouldn't do that." A man with a beautiful face appeared before him and struck the spell, dispersing it to the surroundings. After that, he hit the Great Sage, letting him rejoin the hero party.

Only after removing them from the battlefield that these newcomers disappear.

"What was happening?" The demons were stunned as they didn't know who those four were.

On the contrary, the group had moved outside the battlefield to take care of the hero party.

"Who are you?!" The hero gritted his teeth and shouted out loud, not accepting that he got hit by a lowly demon.

Albert narrowed his eyes and checked his status.

Name: Paul McClain

Race: Human

Level: 120

Gender: Male

Jail Time: 50 hours

He never expected that the hero would join the battle with that kind of level. At the same time, his level should be around that if he didn't get the EXP from the salamander and the soldiers.

The rest of his party were ten to twenty levels below him, but they were pretty strong.

Albert believed they summoned the hero at the same time as him arriving in this world, so he never expected the hero could become this strong so quickly.

Still, there was one man who piqued Albert's interest as the latter kept staring at the wooden bat on their hands.

"That's a wooden bat… Why did I hear bonk earlier?" The Great Sage narrowed his eyes as if he recognized the bats.

Name: Gin Todoroki

Race: Human

Level: 115

Gender: Male

Jail Time: 0 hour

Among these six, only him who had no lust in him. If Jessie wasn't as strong as he was now, he might not be able to blow him away.

Albert became serious as he stated, "We can overpower them. You take care of your own targets."

"Understood." Jessie, Bepe, and Shella smiled as they glared at the people they bonked earlier.

As if feeling their prowess that overwhelmed the hero's, a middle-aged man suddenly appeared on the battlefield and swung his sword to them, releasing a blue light that would cut them down. He was so fast that Albert and the others couldn't react.

This attack would surely kill them, but a succubus in white armor appeared in front of him and struck his sword, directing the energy to the ground.

"!!!" The human widened his eyes in shock as he recognized this armor. There was only one person who wore armor and could withstand his attack. "Demon Marshall Raisa."

"So, you're the one they sent to protect the hero. There's no way a pathetic hero like him will go to this place alone." Raisa snorted. "Wind Sword Saint, Marco."

"This is looking bad…" Marco's expression turned grim. Although he didn't want to admit it, Marco couldn't defeat Raisa. Their element might be the same, but Raisa was stronger in element control. At the same time, she could use her charm to weaken him as long as she took off that helmet.

On the contrary, Raisa planned to give Albert the time he needed to defeat the hero so that her subordinates could capture both the hero and the great sage. Obviously, she never expected that Albert knew the hero would come to the battlefield.

And due to that information, she could prepare a squad to capture them.

Raisa used all her strength to blow Marco away. The latter immediately shouted, "Run away! You're not those four demons match!"

"Shut up!" Raisa waved her sword and created a wind tornado to make sure he was far enough from Albert's group.

Albert took that chance to catch a glimpse of Marco's strength.

Name: Marco Guel

Race: Human

Level: 291

Gender: Male

Jail Time: 0 hour

Albert's expression became serious as he might not be able to take his time toying the hero.

Without hesitation, he shouted, "Go!"

Contrary to Albert's seriousness, the anger in the hero's heart erupted. "Did you say I can't defeat them? I'll show you how I kill them!"

The hero was swallowed by his pride as he leaped forward to kill Albert.

On the other hand, the great sage clicked his tongue, not being able to understand what was in the hero's mind. Marco's judgment didn't come only from Raisa, it also came from his experience and eyes. At Marco's level, he should be able to roughly guess Albert's strength.

That was why the warning needed to be taken seriously.

"Run away!" He shouted, trying to remind the hero they were the hope of humanity. If they die here, the hope would disappear. It would be a great blow to humanity.

Unfortunately for him, the hero didn't care about his words. "Shut up, you wimp! You're just a beta! I'll show you the way of an alpha!"

The great sage facepalmed as he thought, 'Kh… I have lost hope in humanity from Earth. Before I was summoned, people thought of a careful and humble guy as a beta while those who foolishly showed their dominance as an alpha. There were those with brains, but most of them were like that… This is stupid.'

When he was about to explain it again to persuade the hero, Jessie suddenly appeared next to him while hitting him. "Hey, hey. Don't look away. I'm your opponent."

Bam.

Jessie blew him away so that the great sage wouldn't interfere with the situation anymore.

On the other hand, the other women gritted their teeth as they were pressured by Shella and Bepe. Both of them attacked these four women to prevent them from changing the hero's mind.

After all, they might be a bit better than the hero in the brain department.

With all of them gone, Albert focused on the hero that came at him with his sword.

"I'm going to cut that wooden bat! This is the treasured sword, Sedalphoton! Die you, motherfucker!" The hero slashed downwards.

Albert maintained his silence as he received the sword with his bat.

Bam.

The sword struck the wooden bat, but there wasn't even a single splinter coming out of the bat. In fact, the bat felt like metal, but without its characteristics, so the sound produced from their clash was different.

"Hmm… This is all?" Albert muttered, disappointed. If it was the previous him, he wouldn't be able to receive this attack so easily, but Albert's level had far surpassed the hero now. This kind of attack wouldn't affect him.

"What?!" The hero was shocked, never expecting to see a wooden bat that could stop the treasured sword.

"Now I understand why your friend looks so disappointed." Albert shook his head helplessly. "You're nothing but a fool. Is there something wrong with the king's brain who recognizes you as a hero?"

"You bastard!" The hero roared, never expecting to hear the same words as what the great sage said.

His body started emanating rays of white light as if he was blessed by the holy spirit. His strength also increased.

"Master!" Bepe turned around to apologize that he let the priest in their party support the hero.

"You don't need to worry. No matter what kind of support he has, he won't be stronger than me." Albert shook his head as he snapped his finger, summoning four magic circles that appeared beneath his group's feet.

This was Albert's Anti-Horny Blessing that could strengthen them. And because he wasn't as foolish as the hero, Albert didn't hold back at all.

Since the opportunity had arrived, Albert used the spell he had just learned.

Bonk Sacrament.

With some gestures from Albert, the white light enveloping the hero disappeared as if it was neutralized by Albert's power.

Bonk Sacrament was a ritual of lowering one's ability after all. The support from the priest wouldn't be above a 5-Star spell, so there was no way it could stop the Bonk Sacrament.

When he felt the strength leaving his body, the hero shouted and increased the power in his grip to pin Albert to the ground. "You think I can't defeat you without a support spell? I'll show you how wrong you are!"

"…" Albert truly had no words for this foolish guy. He finally showed the gap between them by pushing the hero back until he landed on his butt.

"That's all?" Albert's eyes became bloodshot.

Even though their engagement was a kind of a business agreement, Lilith was still his fiancee. The hero dared to badmouth her, saying he wanted to make her his slave. There was no way Albert wasn't angry.

"With this pathetic strength, you want to defeat the Lust Kingdom and enslave their queen?" Albert's tone was cold as his eyes started emanating killing intent.. He looked down on the hero as he stated, "You should know your place, trash."