The distance from Barrios to Bercis is long and short if you think about coming back from the demonic realm. Still, it's not like we'll be there in a couple of days, so we decided to take the ride slowly.

"It's been a long time, moving so slowly"

"Right. I wasn't about to enjoy the view in the demonic realm, and I was on my way home early."

I was rowing a boat with Koklikokuri, listening to my sisters talk like that. It's been a battle here lately. As soon as I get alarmed, I'm going to fall asleep. That's not why I'm alarmed, I'm in a position to jump up whenever I need anything. I was hoping I could safely cross the border of Bercis and later go for the King's Capital via several cities, but I found a strange sticker in the inn where I stayed along the way.

"Anello arrested for treason......? What's that supposed to mean?

"Look, brother. There's a new brave man's name written over here. Sherpa...... sounds like a name"

Sherpa? He's the one I've never heard of. What better way to arrest Anero than that? It was only recently that I broke up with them, and I hadn't heard of any trouble in any country. What has happened in this short time...

"Brother. What do we do?

One of my sisters, Avenice, came to visit like that with her neck clenched. Originally, the purpose of this journey was to help Anero and the others. If those Aneros were caught, giving up and going home would be one option. But...

"It's settled. We're on our way to King's Landing. I'm not gonna be refreshed until I know what's going on."

"Yeah, I'm gonna lose it."

We no longer have the option of abandoning Anello, who has become a good friend to call his best friend. I solidified my resolve and aspired to the King's Capital of Bercis.

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- Sherpa point of view

When would that have made the difference between me and Anero? My Silver Scale clan and Anero's Golden Scale clan are both clans that stand by the martial arts and are famous for their ancient support of this country. On top of the same age and gender, the expectations of each other's clan were tremendous just because it was us who had been showing our heads since we were young. Don't lose to him alone. It's the shame of the clan to lose to him. If you lose, you're worthless. She kept telling me that as a child, but she didn't get a chance to settle for it. One day I was spending with a feeling of mourning, coming down and gushing is a brave selection martial arts club.

I'm surprised. Now we can beat the guy from Anero up in front of the public. I can let the whole country know what I'm capable of. I thought so. In the first place, me and him are water and oil. Just because he wasn't interested in anything other than boosting himself, he didn't even give a damn about the money or the woman. He said he also needed political power to go with his clan, but he kept swinging spears like that to mock me.

I got angry. An unfavorable attitude. That attitude of cutting and throwing away what I care about. That's why I wanted to remind you. Your efforts are wasted. He said it wasn't you, not me, who could do nothing but fight to be chosen as a brave man. I lost to him, even though I said so.

In the eyes of His Majesty the King, as many of his people watched, I was beaten to pieces by him without any skin. My spear didn't even plunder him. I wasn't even playing. When I found time, I didn't lack training, and in the country, I had a reputation for being a five-finger player. Yet the result is this. Someone laughed at me when I was caught in the tip of a cold spear. It sounded terribly loud in a quiet fight. Driven by the urge to find the Lord of Voices and tear him to pieces. But what hurt me the most was Anero's eyes.

It's like a sympathetic guy's eyes. Those are the eyes of pity for the weak. From that day on, my life turned to hell. Unhesitant cursing by the clan's things. The uninvolved third party flatly pulled me down. It's a laugh all over the country. The people who were flattered by me walked away like they gave me back my palm.... You resented me. If only he hadn't been here, I wouldn't have seen him like this. If he hadn't disturbed me, I would have carried everyone's expectations and made a name for myself as a brave man. Yet......!

"Can I help you?

I drank it at the tavern, and the man I met on my way home with the stubborn suddenly said those words.

It's the night of the moon. I don't see the look on the face of a man in a hood deep. However, even from the top of the hood, the general physique could be inferred. I'm not a Lizardman because I don't have a tail. He's about 180 centimeters tall? It was a gusty physique and was clearly the work of a man who made battle his business. I couldn't take my eyes off the man for a moment, although it was the weapons I hadn't put my hands on. Because I found that the atmosphere of a man was not ordinary, but clearly different from that of a normal human being.

(If I'm caught off guard, they'll kill me...!)

I wake up in a flash of drunkenness, etc. until just now and get up against a man without alarm. If this were the case, I would carry a spear with me - I stared at a man in the face of such evil about to come out of his mouth. You've conveyed my nervousness, and the man appeals to me to spread his hands and not have a weapon.

"Don't be so alarmed. I'm just a volunteer. I've been around the world helping people who don't like you."

"I'm not dumb enough to take that."

"No, I think it's pretty dumb. I don't even know the difference in power."

I could not decide whether that referred to the current situation or to the difference with Anero. But the moment I was cursed, I had blood on my head and I was jumping against a man. If you're just a human, you can handle it with one fist. You just have to be taily where you've been avoided. Like laughing at me like that, the man stuck his arms softly forward.

"Is that something you can prevent with such thin arms!

Half a dozen defenses were also smashed to pieces with each arm. But the fist I swung through never reached the man. Because the fist I swung through with full force was stopped with one man's fingertips.

"Fool...... dude. This..."

"As you can see, the difference between you and me is overwhelming. If I'm serious, you'll be ground beef in no time. Now you understand the slightest difference in strength?

The man speaks gently to me, trembling with humiliation. But the only kind thing is the voice. The atmosphere emanating from a man's body remains sword-soaked, and if you want to make a bad choice, you have the fear of being killed on the spot.

"... what's the purpose?

"Oh, are you finally willing to listen to me? My purpose is simple. Like I said, I want to help someone who wants power, like you. I'm not saying that's a decent way to do it."

That said, the man took the hood he was wearing. I am stunned by the way it rises in the moonlight. Light black skin and cold eyes that don't even think of people as people. You can't go wrong with that figure, it belonged to the natural enemies of mankind - the Demons.

"The Demon Clan... why did the Demon Clan..."

"You want power, don't you? For example, the power to crush Anero."

The man laughs at me for being funny when I reacted unintentionally to Pickle.

"If I can help you, you'll be strong enough to run out of things in this country. It's overwhelming too."

"... stupid. There's such a convenient way..."

"You don't want to pay me back? The people who made fun of themselves. Give them back their palms and look down. More importantly, Anello, the brave man who drove you into such a situation."

Like you're not listening to me or anything, a man stands up unilaterally. That unintentionally rocked my mind so hard. I want power. As long as I have the strength, I can retaliate against the guys who told me whatever I wanted. If only we had the power, we could avenge Anero's guy......!

"Imagine that. Those people crawled under my feet. Don't you want to slap Anero, who took away your status and honor?

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Oh...... how good would I feel if I could do that? You took everything from me, Anello. If I could have driven him into a worse, miserable position, it would have been more entertaining. I didn't know, I was packing a step, two steps and a distance against a man.

"... can you really... be strong?

"Oh, of course. Take this hand and I'll make you strong right away. So let's rave together, Sherpa."

Lost, I slowly reached out to the man. The man gripped it back with a full smile on his face. And the next moment, the strongest Lizardman was born in this country.