The Female Hero Party That Exiled Me, All of Them Are Mentally Broken - Chapter 50

In the depths of the forest, a crushing sense of despair had filled the air.

But the three backs standing in front of me looked bigger and more reliable than anything I had ever seen before.

“Alright, let’s go! You filthy mud puppet, trying to threaten Al’s purity. I’ll turn you into rust for my holy sword!”

Hero Yuria shouted loudly and raised her shining silver holy sword high.

Golden battle aura poured out from her whole body, instantly clearing the heavy, suffocating air around us.

The disgusting smell of rotten waste was blown away by the wind, replaced by a clean and pure magical scent that tickled my nose.

“My prayers will strengthen everyone!”

Saint Serara opened her thick magic book and held it up toward the sky.

A blinding pillar of light came down from above and gently wrapped around Yuria, Naitsu-san, and me.

Power filled every part of my body, and all my tiredness and fear from before disappeared as if it had never been there.

The warm light even seemed to melt my frozen heart.

“Hehe. Big sister is getting excited because I’m fighting in front of my dear little brother!”

Naitsu-san’s eyes sparkled wildly as she swung a huge great sword with ease, as tall as her body.

WHOOSH! A heavy sound cut through the air, and the ground shook slightly.

The strange monster seemed angry that its prey had been taken away. It twisted its mass of flesh and rolled its many red eyes around as it roared.

With wet sounds, its body pulsed, and countless black tentacles moved like giant snakes.

It was the same terrifying attack filled with evil power and fast healing that had pushed me into despair earlier.

WHOOSH! With the sound of slicing wind, more than ten tentacles shot out from blind spots and attacked the hero party.

“Too slow!”

Yuria snorted and swung her holy sword in one clean strike.

Shuaaaah! A bright blade of light sliced through space and cut down all the incoming tentacles at once.

Black fluid burst out from the cut parts, but it was instantly burned to ash by holy flames.

A sizzling sound of burning flesh spread through the air, along with an unpleasant smoke.

“Out of my way! Disappear from Al-kun’s sight!”

Naitsu-san kicked off the ground with incredible power and rushed straight into the monster’s body.

She raised her great sword from below and swung it upward with pure strength, trying to launch the black mass into the sky.

BOOOOM! A deafening roar echoed through the forest.

With overwhelming force, more than half of the monster’s huge body was torn away.

Pieces of wet flesh rained down like rain, but Naitsu-san did not care at all. She only smiled with a dangerous grin.

Her powerful chest bounced wildly with her intense movements.

The monster tried to immediately fuse its torn body back together, releasing sticky fluid to heal itself.

But the girls would not allow it to recover so easily.

“You unholy being, take the hammer of God!”

Serara stepped forward with light movements.

She closed her thick magic book and clenched her right fist tightly.

A holy power gathered in her small fist.

DOOOOOM!

With a powerful punch that did not match her thin arm, she hit the monster’s face-like part right on target just as it was starting to heal.

Her holy physical purification attack made the monster’s body explode from the inside.

The shockwave knocked down trees around them.

“Gyaaaahhh!”

For the first time, the monster screamed in pain and wildly swung its remaining tentacles.

I was still sitting on the ground, only able to stare at this unbelievable battle.

I had also become stronger through my skills.

Even if it was a strange power called lewd energy, my body and magic had improved a lot.

If I only looked at strength, maybe I was close to them now.

My sword speed and magic power were far beyond what they used to be.

But that was all.

My heart broke easily in front of this unknown monster.

I was scared. I was terrified. I didn’t want to die.

I was swallowed by that natural fear and lost all will to fight. I collapsed to my knees.

Before the instinctive fear of my own life being in danger, my half-finished strength meant nothing.

A true hero is not just someone with strength.

No matter how strong the enemy is and no matter how hopeless the situation becomes, a true hero never gives in.

Only those with an unbreakable will and a strong heart can be called true heroes.

I felt how weak I was and clenched my fist tightly.

Even if I only looked strong on the outside because of my skill, it meant nothing if my heart was weak.

I felt deeply ashamed of myself for wanting to rely on Mako-san in the end.

When I looked up, the fierce battle had grown even more intense.

“What’s wrong? Where did all that confidence go?”

Yuria jumped lightly through the air and unleashed a series of fast, shining sword strikes like falling stars.

Her golden hair drew beautiful lines in the air. She truly looked like a hero from legends.

“I’m here to save my dear little brother! This is my time to shine! Come on, make me shine brighter!”

Naitsu-san swung her huge great sword like a madwoman while she was breaking the monster faster than it could regenerate.

Even when she was covered in black blood fluid, her smile never faded.

“My love for Alphonse-sama gives me strength! I will crush you with my fists!”

Serara spoke holy prayers while punching the monster with a fist covered in sacred power.

She even used her thick magic book as a weapon while mercilessly striking the monster’s core.

The monster screamed and struggled desperately, but it was completely on the defensive against their nonstop attacks.

Its endless life force meant nothing in front of their overwhelming power and fighting spirit.

They were not afraid at all.

Not of the evil aura. Not of the disgusting monster. They did not step back even once.

Whatever their reasons were, their ability to overcome fear was real.

“So that’s what a true hero is…”

I let out an amazed sigh and looked at their strong backs.

No matter how strange or perverted they could be, they would still risk their lives and fight when it really mattered.

Yuria and the others had a strong will that I did not have.

“H-hmm. I’m not so sure…”

In my mind, as I was filled with deep emotion, Mako-san spoke in a strangely unsure voice.

“Mako-san? What’s wrong?”

“No, I’m sorry for ruining the moment, Alphonse, but are you sure they are really overcoming fear? It looks more like they are just covering fear with their own desires.”

At Mako-san’s words, I quickly looked back at the battlefield.

“Hehehe! If I defeat this thing, I’ll get a reward kiss from Al-kun! And maybe I can even push him down after that!”

“No! I will be the one to comfort Al! I will hold his trembling body all night long!”

“No cheating! Al’s purity belongs to me!”

Now that I looked closely, their eyes were wild and shining, and drool was even falling from their mouths.

There was no sense of duty or justice at all.

They only wanted to remove the enemy in front of them and claim me for themselves, as it was filled with a kind of crazy obsession.

Even the monster’s evil aura was being completely swallowed and erased by their own perverted desire.

“Eek!”

The strange monster pulled back in fear, its face twisted.

Even though it should not have understood language, it was clearly sensing their abnormal nature through instinct and was terrified.

The hero party’s fierce attack only grew faster and stronger.

I no longer knew whether I should feel moved or disgusted. I could only stare blankly at the scene in front of me.