The Hero Banished Me Saying, “I Don’t Want Incompetents,” but All My Other Friends Followed Me.

Chapter 10

For the time being, the hero will fall into the darkness

Translated by NotBlueYet
Edited by Kingavent

“Why? Why? Aren’t you incompetent and useless!? You’re just a piece of trash with no talent who drags down the party and I’m a chosen hero.”

“Why the hell do I have to lose to you?”

The Hero was crying and screaming.

“You still dare to say that!”

I stopped Seraphy from trying to scold the Hero for his abusive language towards me.

“I’ve won. Please stop reproaching the hero.”

“If you insist, Kagura-sama.”

Seraphy withdrew reluctantly.

It’s not that I don’t dislike the Hero.

Yes, there are times when I get a little annoyed at him calling me incompetent.

But other than that.

He’s a selfish and arrogant person, but I can’t bring myself to entirely hate him because he’s very… human.

Also, if he didn’t expel me from the party, I could not have quit being a holy knight.

So, even though my family business is exhausting, I’m grateful to be able to change careers.

I felt guilty for embarrassing the Hero in such a way.

“Kagura-san, you’re so gentle!”

“I think you’re a bit naive, but I like you for that.”

“I-, I like you too!”

Don’t say that.

I’m not turning the other cheek. It’s just that I have no reason to pursue a rivalry with the Hero.

“Let’s go home.”

“Yes.”

We rode Yatagarsu back to the Maijin Shrine.

It was another full day’s flight back.

Once I’m home, I want to take a relaxing bath and sleep alone. Preferably forgetting about today.

No more missions too, please..

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The Hero was shaking on the ground, crying.

“Why, why me? I’m a hero- no, the hero! And yet I lost to that scumbag who has no talent at all.”

His ego was severely bruised.

The way he was willing to give up the credit for slaying the demon too. That was a kindness no ordinary person could show to someone who banished them.

It was unpleasant to see the difference in their mentalities so maddeningly displayed.

“Do you want power, little one?”

“Who’s there?”

“You don’t need to worry about me right now. I’m just asking if you want immense power.”

A deep, croaky voice that elicited a deep-seated fear.

He looked back and saw nobody, but he could definitely feel an overwhelming presence.

A demon, no, the Demon King. The person who called out has to be the Demon King.

The Hero was sure of it.

And yet, he still craved that power.

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The Demon King was getting impatient.

“Demon King-sama! Guterres-sama was-!”

“I know, I know. I told him to run away if he ever saw the priest of the God of Dance.”

Still, the fact that the priest of the Maijin Shrine had been replaced.

And the fact he was able to see the current priest of the Maijin Shrine in battle. These two things were both fortunate and unfortunate.

“…… Ah, demon hunter.”

The Demon King’s subordinate, who had come to inform him of Guterres’ death, stared deeply at the reflection of the Demon King’s crystal – a face he had never forgotten, a face that had once given him nightmares.

The subordinate was grabbed by the Demon King.

“Do you know anything about him?”

“Hiiiii!!”

“I said, do you know anything about him!!”

“He’s a holy knight of the Luna Church – the deadliest ‘demon hunter’ of all time. He’s the one who killed most of our people in just three years.”

“What?”

A demon hunter..? Come to think of it, it was safe to say that they looked the same.

However, the demon hunter that the Demon King saw never once showed any signs of using Prayer Kagura.

He was a holy knight of the Luna Church. He only used prayer and swords to a high standard. 

“It’s like watching a nightmare. No, I should be rather happy that I don’t have to deal with a priest of the Maijin Shrine and a skilled demon hunter.”

But even so.

He understood the situation when watching the video of Guterres.

The current priest of the Maijin Shrine was so overwhelmingly powerful that it was ridiculous to compare him to the previous priest or the one before that.

Even the Demon King couldn’t see the slash that was released when he used Flash Step.

If I were to face him while he was dancing the ” Demonic Kagura” beforehand.

No, even if he hadn’t performed it, I couldn’t stop the dance and would be killed instantly by the dance in front.

A person with such a demon-resistant Kagura has that kind of speed and slashing power of a sword.

Originally, demons had a big advantage over clerics.

Even so, the reason why so many people have suffered was because there was no one who could control the sword to a high degree.

That’s why people grouped up in pairs. One in charge of swordplay and the other in charge of prayer.

Therefore, demons concentrated on the clerics that were unable to fight back. But swordsmen could defend and be healed, so a lot of the time it ended in the demon’s demise.

But Kagura was different.

Kagura could pray and fight by himself.

He didn’t need anyone to protect him and since the demon couldn’t interfere with his prayers, his physical strength was restored and was practically limitless.

Kagura’s very existence was a demon’s nightmare.

The Demon King thought as he looked at the crystal and saw the Hero crying at his defeat against Kagura.

“Or maybe he won’t be so invincible for long…”

The Hero was beloved by the gods and was impervious to sacred attributes.

If the Hero got the regeneration power of demons and was resistant to holy attacks, he could be the ultimate weapon against Kagura.

There was no other way left for the Demon King but to bet on it.

If that was the case, then he had to act quickly. The Demon King swapped his location with the remnants of Guterres and was close to the Hero.

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For the Hero, it didn’t matter whether or not a demon or the Demon King was the one calling out to him.

He just wanted power.

“If I accept your offer, can I beat up Kagura and those girls?”

“It’s up to you.”

He wanted to take revenge on Kagura for his humiliation. That was the Hero’s only wish.

He would stop at nothing for it to be granted.

“Identify yourself, Demon King. I will be your sword if I can exact my revenge on them.”

“Oh. The hero knows that I am the Demon King and still wants to sign the contract? Interesting, I like it. My name is Revenge, and I am the Demon Lord of Retribution and Vengeance.”

“Revenge. From this day forward, I’m not the Hero, I’m just Renya.”

“Renya. From now on, as my comrade in arms, let us slaughter the child of the God of Dance together and end our 12XX-year long fate with a victory.”

Renya, a former hero, was not interested in fate

However, the Demon King and him had the same goal.

To kill Kagura. And when he killed Kagura, he would make Seraphy and the others regret all the times they had embarrassed him and made fun of him.

The holy sword of the Hero was stained black.