Book 14 Chapter 2

Episode 24

The middle chapter of my story was closely intertwined with the meteor shower on the first night I joined the hero party. No, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it shared its beginning and end.

"Kyuut…?!"

Sval, a spirit more sensitive than anyone to the distortion of magic, trembled and hid deep in my arms.

"Huh? What is that?"

I, who was reading a magic book in front of the campfire, also flinched and raised my head, seeing the meteor shower scattering destruction across the world in a dark blue-black.

Everything in that night sky…

Erasing all moonlight, starlight, and clouds, the light of destruction merely repainting it in a dark blue-black color.

"If we go easy from the start, it wouldn't be a hero party's journey…"

I could hear Lihsta, who was standing guard with the holy sword resting on her shoulder, muttering like that in a meaningful tone.

That was the beginning.

A struggle for [The King's Flesh]. A struggle where countless strong individuals were soaked and steeped in each other's fresh blood. And to head to the Demon Realm, we had to cross the middle of that bloody battle.