I'm Silver Flash. The original name is different, but I am more accustomed to calling it these days. I didn't dislike the "two names" I gave myself.
Although I am a mercenary now, I am a "martial arts artist" who seeks the path of martial arts. I came from a remote place far from here and visited the land of "Arcs" for the samurai training and certain purposes.
The purpose was to accompany the brave on their journey.
We martial artists are those who follow the path of martial arts, but at the same time we seek 'meaning' from our own martial arts. Both my grandfather and father had their "meaning" in the protection of the country's dignitaries, but it didn't seem to suit me at all. Prior to that, I was about to marry a woman to another house - that is, to be used as a tool for political marriage.
Absolutely angry. To regret being born to a woman.
That's when I heard rumors of the wind.
The time for the Demon King's Resurrection is approaching, and a hero appears to destroy it ─ ─.
If I could accompany the brave on their journey, it would be the best honor I could ever be proud of.
I thought so. I left a note and left my hometown in the middle of the day. Anyway, I told my family, or worst of all, I could see him being imprisoned.
Days spent earning money traveling on cautious work. Information from the Fonians eventually found out that the brave men were bound for Brestia, the king of the 'Arcs'.
I don't know if I can accompany the journey of the brave. But with all my hope, I visited Brestia.
And I became a "mercenary" because I quickly named him as a brave fellow so that the arrow of white feathers could stand. It was convenient for mercenaries to polish up their weapons and still make money.
More than a year later, I will soon become known as a skilled secondary mercenary known as Silver Flash.
And finally ─ ─ ─ the "brave man" that I was waiting for appeared.
The first time I saw a brave man was in a parade that celebrated getting the Holy Sword. The brave man who rides in the ornate carriage and holds the sword to heaven on top of it was glorious. I see, it was a worthy stand to call a "brave man."
My father and grandfather would have recognized me as a "martial arts artist" if I had accompanied that brave man on his journey of demon king crusade.
I wanted a more difficult request than ever, and I was encouraging myself to increase my strength.
That's when I met the Spear Man.
The first relative is within the union. I remember my nasty eyes staring at my wasted breasts. However, I gave up on this, but I didn't feel any good about it.
─ ─ More than that, he was the one I hated the most.
Apart from that, the request I contracted this time was for the investigation and removal of the root causes of the anomaly that is taking place in the forest near King's City.
The woods near King's Landing are home to only low-difficulty evil beasts (monsters), like newcomers who become mercenaries. It's a place where I put a lot of weight on polishing my arms.
To be honest, I wanted to decline, but more than belonging to a mercenary union, it was necessary to follow the organization's intentions. Besides, we need to raise our reputation within the organization at least a little in order to stay in the eyes of the brave.
I was reluctant to accept the request and headed to the nearby forest.
When I stepped into the woods, I felt disturbed, according to information from the union.
At first glance, the green and lush trees make you feel alive, but the atmosphere that floats is often called the wilderness. I didn't feel the existence of a creature.
And I ran into that "spear man", lucky or unhappy.
The spearhead was as good as ever.
He still hated the risk and preferred to use his spear, but he kept hunting Bickrat, a miscellaneous fish (zako) beast (monster), just to make money safely.
On the contrary, no matter how foolish I was, no matter how much my mouth told me the fact that I was called a "slouchy spear", I didn't stop thinking about the shards. If I had been directed at a nearby insult, I would have cut the source of that insult to pieces.
At this point, he is at the opposite end to me. It was determined to be absolutely incompatible.
─ ─ I didn't expect this encounter to set my "path" at that time.
After a while of breaking up with him, I met a giant doghead (Covolt) I had never seen before. The Kobolt King attacked me with a crowd of normal-sized dogheads (Kobolts).
After this incident, I learned that the giant dog-head (Kobolt) was known as the 'Kobolt King'.
At this time, I understood that the union's decision to send Silver Flash (me), a second-class mercenary, was correct.
The strength of the Cobolt King was not great, but it was not something that a Grade 5 or 4 mercenary could defeat.
The movement is agile against the giant, and has the power of death of the giant. On top of that, the hair of the body is so stiff that even one scratch is hard enough with a viable blade.
It wasn't just a giant doghead (covolt). There must be at least one Level 3 team to defeat. If you challenge on a stand-alone machine, you'll need a second level of strength like mine.
However, there was no doubt that this giant doghead (Covolt) was involved in the anomaly that is now happening in this forest.
Above all, if I can manage this anomaly alone, my chances of being caught in the eyes of the brave will increase. That's what I thought. I aimed to crush the Covolt King.
─ ─ But I was blinded by my glory and my martial arts.
In-heads (Kobolts), who initially stood by and watched, came crazy as the Kobolt King barked.
He was the "head" of a herd of dogheads.
If only the Covolt King was the opponent, I could defeat him without suffering. No matter how many Dog Head Man (Kobolt) crowded, they weren't against him.
But I was immature to deal with Covoltoking and his men at the same time.
I opened a gap with a herd of dumped dogheads (Kobolt), and I wounded my leg with a blow involving the Kobolt King's men.
It is fatal to be incapacitated when many enemies are targeted.
I was ready for my own death.
As a martial arts artist, I was ready to decay at mid-career.
But even if it were,
When I saw the raised arms, I felt an undisputed sense of fear and despair.
─ ─ It was then.
"There are big bumps for me!!
The voice of someone who could not have been here hit the battlefield with a wooden spirit and hit the Covolt King.
It was that "slouchy spear."