The Road to One Day Be the Strongest

How long has it been since then?

I was staring at the burned down village by myself.

The memories of that time come to mind.

Zero! You stay inside!

'I don't like it, Dad! Me too...... I fight too!

"Zero......... Ha!? They're here! Zero, you can't just hide.

"Or, Mother!?

"Fuck, yu, forgive me, zero!

As such, my memory was interrupted.

Maybe that's when my father beat me up and stunned me. And hid it in a warehouse under the floor.

─ ─ And when I woke up, we were all dead.

My father, my mother, my brother.

Friends, childhood friends, and neighborhood uncles.

Guys, guys,

─ ─ He was dead.

In me, all kinds of emotions mix in.

The wrath against the bandits that devastated our village - vengeance.

Solitude, loneliness.

Sorrow for the death of those close to you - regret, despair.

And most importantly, to the fact that I survived alone, frustration.

"Damn...... why just me......!!"

Even though I knew it was futile, the anger, the frustration didn't subside.

With a fist that grips with all its strength, slap the ground thoughtfully.

Again, again, again, again.

And my emotions exploded.

"Holy shit......... what the fuck, why?!? What the hell are you saying we did!!!

My crying echoes in a village where no one is.

"We....... didn't just live in the woods......!"

Words like that never reach anyone,

Despair spread in me.

Bakili,;

─ ─ Something cracked.

I've been walking around the village ever since.

There was a body rolling over there that I knew, the man was murdered without remnants, and the woman was self-harming after being stripped of her clothes and degraded.

Bakili

Second, my own house gets into my eyes.

And rolling in front of that house, two bodies.

- It's my father and my mother.

My brother, I don't know his life or death because he was just visiting a friend's house at that time... but he's probably dead.

Even when I visited the friend's house, there were only a few bodies lined up.

Bakili

"You don't have the energy to live... but you're hungry."

Don't tell anyone, that's what I said and procured food and things from all over the city that seemed usable.

So we gathered together, twelve pieces of black bread and five pieces of dried meat. It was a dagger with two waves, a long sword with one shield and a black coat. I can't drink alcohol, so I threw away all the contents of the bottle and drew water from the well.

─ ─ I haven't decided what to do now, but still, this will be necessary to live now.

I didn't have the option of dying without doing anything.

"I don't have the energy to live........."

However,

"I can't forgive them for what they've done to us"

Bakili

Out of me comes a tremendous sense of vengeance.

─ ─ ─ Perhaps, without this, I would have already tried to commit suicide.

"From today on, I will live to avenge them."

Bakie!

Something, like, broken, sounded like that.

Then I searched the village chief's house for a map of the area.

I have to be strong to avenge them.

To be strong, you have to leave this village and become an adventurer.

Make money, go to school, learn magic, get your protective gear and weapons in place, level up......... my people...... I don't want to lose them anymore, so I guess I don't need them.

─ ─ And one day, to kill them all......

─ ─ It was when I thought of that.

"Uhhh......... ahhh......"

"─ ─ Huh!? So, who's alive?

A voice like I've heard somewhere reached my ear.

─ ─ Oh, that's my friend Hal's voice now.

I came to the conclusion that I ran and started looking for Hal.

"Hal! Where are you? Hal!"

"Ugh, ahhh......"

The voice sounded as if it was telling me that it was small, fine, but still I was here.

─ ─ And,

"...... Hal...... honey?

In front of me, there was once a best friend, a zombie (...).

─ ─ ─ Oh, so that makes a zombie if you leave a corpse...?

I can't stop thinking about myself now that I remember such common sense.

If you notice, the surroundings were all around you, surrounded by zombies who were once villagers. Among them, I can also see my father, my mother, and Hal.

"Ha ha, zombies are...... e-rank, right?

I learned and hunted from my neighbor uncle too, and he told me, "You're a genius" but... still I'm LV.5.

─ ─ There's no way you can beat this number of zombies.

"Sorry...... hostile, unlikely to be able to"

I turn to my father and mother, who are still about to eat me, and I say so.

"Pfft, if you can eat enough for your mothers...... just do it yourself......"

At the end of the day, it might have been nice to see everyone moving.

Thinking about something a little off like that, I...

"Hey boy, shall I help you?

─ ─ ─ I met your brother from Black Slash.

"Hey, I can't believe I ran into a scene like this if I happened to be looking for a bathroom......... you got lucky, kid"

After that, your brother, in an instant, burned down only zombies (...).

─ ─ I touched it, too, but there were no injuries or burns....... What the hell was that? That silver flame.

"Brother......... who?

I first decided to ask your brother about his qualities.

I do not resent the burning of my father or mother in front of the benefactor of life. Instead, I was hesitant to ask this man, who is thankful, but I can't die here. 'Cause what I need to do now is,

"Avenging bandits......?

"--Huh!?

Ko, my heart...... read!?

Besides, how do you know this village was attacked by bandits......?

"No way!? A member of the bandit......!?"

"... if I look like a bandit, shall I introduce you to the hospital?

Look over your brother's body again.

Dark-haired... a lost man?

On octagonal teeth peeking from the mouth, black jacket.

Black boots as well as black trousers.

And only the muffler at the neck and his eyes were red.

My first impression is that it seems thin and weak.

And if you take a good look at it, you obviously shouldn't turn it around on the enemy, the one behind your instincts tells you.

─ ─ That's what it's like to be a bandit.

As a result,

Oh, I'm sure your brother is a rumored EX-rank (...) adventurer.

and came to that conclusion.

EX Rank Adventurer's Party "Gear of Time" active hundreds of years ago

It is said that there were seven constituents.

Mr. Riesha wandering the world.

Mr. Grace is the dean of the school at the Magic School in Wangdu.

Missing Elsa (...).

Mr. Kanekura, the lost man of the gods of the present.

Luna, the current demon king.

Mr. Rex, the current Beast King.

The head of the dwarf, Mr. Donald.

Too much amazing strength - - that is a gathering of geniuses that could destroy the world by themselves. That's what gave me the unusual EX rank, the gear of time.

Yes, the village chief told me about it.

This brother is a lost person......... I think, so I'm sure he's a 'kanekra' person. Probably.

"Does your brother... can he be named Kanekura?

I ask that with half certainty.

If this guy wasn't, wouldn't that be the real one?

But my thoughts seemed off.

"Kanekura....... bell kura? Could it be the name before me? Don't feel that way. Kyoka may have given my name from there too......... Well, but maybe me and that 'kanekra' guy are different people. Maybe it's someone's offspring."

Apparently, he wasn't himself, he was one of his descendants.

I was a little surprised, but still, appeasement prevailed.

─ ─ ─ Somehow, you've been helped by an amazing person...... this could help guide you, get to the city easily.........

Yes, the relief caused the edge of my mouth to snap up.

─ ─ But,

"......... don't you think you could use my help right now?

............... eh?

The smile freezes in an instant.

"Also, could......... you not help me?

Once again, despair begins to reign in me.

Seeing this tragedy, I can't believe I didn't help... What is this guy a ghost (...)? At least about sympathy.........

Your brother put words on my thoughts, as he saw through such emotions.

"What? You're pathetic, so help me, is that an appeal? Well, it would be tight and sympathetic if they killed my family and all my people."

"Hey, hey!

"But how could my uncle have killed all my family? Besides, he almost killed me. There wasn't a single guy who could help us on that, was there?

Unexpectedly frightened by the words.

What if my father, he tried to kill my mother and my brother and even me?

I felt like I was freezing just thinking about it.

"I'm not saying, 'Patience because there are people who are less fortunate than you,' and I'm beating you up too if someone says something irresponsible like that."

That's why.

"So here's what I'm gonna say to you."

So, your brother said.

"I won't help you any more (...). Don't ask people for help in any way in return. The guy who helps people without payback, is he on the side of crazy justice in the head, or is he the only one with a heart, otherwise it's just a whim"

Aah!

I just got help in my head (...) The video flows.

─ ─ ─ What are you talking about, I... I thought you just got help!

At the same time, I thought:

The earlier act was definitely just a whim, I guess.

"Still, if you want my help, pay the price. I'm in a good mood this time, no deadline, no interest, a million G's at one point. I'll hit you with that."

"Hih, a million!?

Wow, even with all my present possessions...... five hundred Gs. It is not the amount that can be paid.

So I'm trying to say no.........

"Instead, swing a replica of the Supreme Divine Artifact (...) with one God's protective equipment (...) that I have for just a million. Plus a guide to the nearest city and food to that end. Then I'll take you to the survivors who escaped the bandits."

............ Huh?

In the end, I asked your brother to help me.

"Boy......... Debt hasn't been a lot of praise since you were a kid, has it?

"What's that tenacity talking about? Besides, I'm a girl, and I have the proper name Zero."

"......... what, you, were you a girl?

I won't forget what happened today.

The day the village was ruined, except for my brother and one friend (...).

The day I tasted the fear of death.

The day I swore vengeance.

----And on the back of a stranger by name (brother), a day I admired.

"Come on, let's go, Ike, Mai"

"" Ugh!

Thus I walked out to the nearest city of Bintos, wearing a large coat and carrying a single sickle.

Right behind you is my brother and the look of that friend.

In his head, he drew an arrow leading to his destination.

─ ─ It was a little later that I met Mr. Bellamy and learned about the destruction of the Bandits, and your brother's name.

I dropped them off. I, alone, think.

"This time... can't I disappoint you, too?

I recall the status of that gray-haired girl (zero).

─ ─ Um, my heart was breaking, give me the girl's race and title.

"of the Tendemons (...), Prodigy (...)......... hey? It's going to be interesting."

─ ─ I may have woken up a new monster.

And that's what I thought.