Evade The Hero and Flee!

Chapter 177

Chapter 177

Evade the Hero and Flee! 177 #20. This World Doesnt Want to Leave Me Alone (6)>

#3 Their circumstances: A certain heros circumstance

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I continued to fidget with my hair.

Ha hahaha What could these things be, I wonder?

A pair of dark red horns could be felt poking out from there.

As soon as we stepped foot inside the demon continent, I was forced to put this headband on. Did the instructor think that a thing like this could really fool the demon race?

No matter how well made they were, even I thought this would not work.

Besides all that

So, this was the land of the demons that Ive been hearing about, the demon continent?

Its a lot more plain than I thought, actually.

Trees Ive seen plenty of times before, and the white snow blanketing said trees And even the brown soil faintly visible in the tracks left behind by our carriage.

Things I was seeing right now were not that much different from the part of the continent we had been living in, which didnt really match all the rumours Ive heard over the years.

Mm Could it be because it hadnt been all that long since we left Burbelion?

Sure, we had travelled quite a bit on the carriage, but if I wanted to, I should be able to return to Burbelion in no time at all.

However

Ng? You have a business with me~?

Nope. No business at all!

I turned my head just a little only to spot the dancing silver hair waving in front of my face.

This thing looked similar in age to the little girl playing with a cat and a dragon over yonder, but one must never get fooled by its external appearance.

This was the legendary ego weapon. A legendary weapon that not even me, a bloody hero, had witnessed!

Unfortunately, I did not want to witness this bloody weapon.

No, before all that. I did hear that the ego weapons could talk, but never in my life did I hear that they could morph into humanoid forms and move around of their own volition! Never mind that they could beat you up on their own whim, too!

Why did I have to learn the secret that no one else knew until now?

Should I blame my brothers for sending me off to the evil organisation?

Maybe I should have remained back home and gone on a blood purge of my siblings instead of becoming the hero?

Right. If I had done that, then I wouldnt even be in this place, right?!

Fine, Ive made up my mind. If I go home, its rebellion time!

How many still-active heroes No, how many heroes in history would have stepped foot in the demon continent? Probably not a single still-active one, Id wager. And, even after including every hero from every religious order found in history books, I should still be able to count them all in one hand!

Compared to this insanity, rebelling against my family would be a kids play.

Yeah, thats it. That had to be it.

And so, I continued to think about my future while looking outside through the carriages window. But then

Mm?

It was right at that moment that something flashed brightly in the distant snowy field, and an object began materialising there.

Which happened to be a demon with short black hair and horns.

What the?

Did we get discovered already?

But well, I did think something was strange in this place. Unlike Burbelion, which was called the final city, we havent seen a single artificial structure despite having ventured so deep into the demons territory.Gêtt the latest chapters on

This was the border, so at the very least, wouldnt it be normal to spot a watchtower or two around here? Thats what I thought, but hell, an enemy actually used teleport to show up directly like this?!

So, this was the land of the demons?!

Shes injured.

Youre right.

However, the demon fully revealing herself was definitely not in good shape. Her expression was a complicated mess of various emotions, while her body was filled with countless small to large wounds.

Well, if its our instructor

Hell ignore her and carry on Ng?

As No.17 No, I mean, Ria and I were chatting away, the carriage suddenly came to a halt.

It cant be?

Theres no freaking way, though?!

Anyone wouldve thought this situation was suspicious.

If that demon had appeared in the path of the carriage, our instructor was fully capable of simply driving the vehicle right over the poor girl, so why?

Come outside.

Just as I dazedly stared outside the stopped carriage, the instructor suddenly called the metal bat outside.

Wait, could this be?

An opportunity to escape?

For a moment there, Rias gaze and mine met and, despite not exchanging a single word, we began growing in anticipation after sensing something inside us connect.

Whatcha all doing? Hurry up and get off your butts already!

Of course, that anticipation flew out the window the moment the metal bat got up and demanded us to follow after her.

Lets go.

Ng.

W-where is this place? Is this where humanoid demons live? Could that Agg

Shoryuken!

Kkyaaaaaaahk!

We watched the metal bat rise up in the air as soon as the demon girl opened her mouth, and

Ria and I couldnt bring ourselves to keep watching the massacre unfold and turned our heads away, silently praying for that girls happiness in the afterlife.

#4 Their circumstance: Belegreas circumstance

The space changed in an instant.

The previous space filled with the stench of blood and screams morphed into a landscape of chilly winds and white snow.

Mekel

Even so, a figure of a certain lizardman still lingered on in my view.

Mekel. My fathers loyal retainer and also my loyal retainer.

The individual who always protected me from my side since my fathers passing. And someone I might never see again

I quietly murmured his name.

No, I must live.

Thats right, I must survive.

I desperately wanted to go back, but there wasnt any way to do that right now. Since thats the case, I had to survive like Mekel told me to and make sure to stop Aggreahrt.

Only after those thoughts entered my head did I begin to notice everything in my surroundings.

Tree branches being whipped around in the cold winds, then footsteps from four pairs of feet walking across the layer of snow

I turned my head towards the footsteps and discovered four humanoid demons approaching me, their eyes locked on me.

Am I in the humanoid demons territory?

Most of the humanoid demons followed me, but the leader of the rebels, Aggreahrt, was also a humanoid demon. I couldnt be certain that no humanoid demons followed his will, either.

I quickly got back up to my feet, then picked up my sword.

They could be regular civilians, so I couldnt just brandish my weapon carelessly at them, but I still assumed a stance to draw my sword at a moments notice.

If the opponents became hostile and attacked me, this stance should allow me to defend myself with the quick-draw technique that my father taught me.

The fastest attack I learned from my father, the master of swordsmanship! Its speed was so fast that not even Aggreahrt dared to let his guard down.

Older sis? Did something happen to you?

Unfortunately for me, I ended up relaxing my guard for a moment there when a silver-haired child ran up to me first.

It was certainly impossible to discern a demons age from their appearance only. However, the quartet were humanoid demons. Plus, the silver-haired girls trot and her innocent expression could only have belonged to a child.

The young man and the woman behind the silver-haired girl mustve been a couple, and the middle-aged man in between the duo mustve been the girls grandfather.

In that case, did Mekel teleport me to a village of definitely-normal humanoid demons?

W-where is this place? Is this where humanoid demons live? Could that Agg

That conclusion entered my mind, causing me to lower my guard completely, and then

Shoryuken!

The silver girl didnt miss that opening and leapt up, landing a solid blow below my chin.

Kkyaaaaaaahk!

Right at that moment, the whole world went blank in my view.

Whats this? What? What could it be?

Uheeheeheehee!

Smack!

Kkuuuhhhhhk!

Right at that moment, a scream that didnt sound like mine escaped from my mouth.

It felt like my mind and body were acting separately.

But, even in this situation, my mind remained clear, allowing me to analyse what was going on.

I realised that this incredible physical pain was caused by the silver-haired girl grinning oh-so innocently in front of my eyes!

Whoosh, whoosh! This sound is not being made by my mouth, okay?

N-no, but! Your mouth Kkuuuhk!

Smack!

That girls fist smacked my face.

Toushi, toushi. This sound is not being made by my mouth, mmmkay?

But, but! Only a persons mouth can produce that kind of a sound, you know?

Too bad for me, the courage required to say that out loud no longer existed in me.

Are you going to hit me again?

The pain gradually taking over my soul made me forget that I was a princess, the daughter of the former demon king, and look up at the silver-haired girl on top of me with begging eyes.

Did my actions get through to her?

The silver-haired girl smiled brightly and nodded as if to answer my expectation. Yup!

Smack!

And so, another punch landed on my face, signaling the start of the silver-haired girls beatdown.

An endless beatdown