The NTR Hero Knelt Before the Demon King – Chapter 12

The Hero ruthlessly slaughters his kind right in front of his eyes.

As he witnessed this, the aide who had come to monitor the Hero could not help but feel an indescribably chilling sensation.

‘No way… I can’t believe he would so casually slay his fellow humans like this…’

Although the Hero had always boasted confidently, the aide honestly couldn’t trust it.

No… he couldn’t believe it.

Even if the Demon King had guaranteed it, he was too well aware of the Hero’s previous actions.

Having faced death multiple times and overcome even situations deemed impossible, the Hero had only ever wielded his sword for humanity.

So, considering he had fought wholeheartedly for humanity and the Racial Alliance,

the aide had watched him with a hawk’s eye, expecting at any moment to see him waver or, worse, stab them in the back.

However, after witnessing the brief skirmish just moments ago, he had to admit something.

The Hero standing before them was…

no longer the same being he had known.

‘It seems the words of the Demon King were right… Certainly. The current Hero appears to be a completely different entity from before. In that regard, I don’t think he will betray us just yet, but…’

While deeply twisted now, at the same time, the Hero had become a being that could be trusted, stirring up complex emotions within the aide.

But in the next moment…

the Hero suggested one more task to conclude here rather than ending things, and the aide felt a fresh wave of chills, yet he accepted it.

Regardless of his emotions, the proposal made by the Hero itself was something he couldn’t refuse.

*

“Yawn…”

“I’m tired…”

At the entrance of Port Town Rob, a group of soldiers were expressing their fatigue while keeping vigil.

Having just finished the bothersome task of dispatching the supply transport unit, they felt a bit of tension melt away.

However, despite the ruckus ending, it was still quite a while until sunrise and their duty drew to an end, so the soldiers stretched and tried to shake off their tiredness.

But then…

“Huh?”

“Wha… What is that?”

In the next moment, the figures of two people suddenly became visible from the dark.

Dressed in the same armor as the soldiers who had just departed to transport supplies, they staggered towards them, their bodies smeared with blood.

“Hey! Are you okay there?”

“What on earth happened? Where did you get hurt like this?”

“Ugh…”

As the soldiers rushed forward, the injured soldiers collapsed to the ground.

They hurried to support their comrades.

Amidst the fallen soldiers, one spoke in a voice filled with anguish.

“The… enemy… Ma… the Demon Races… attacked… They took all the military supplies… And they’ll soon be here… W-wheeze! Cough!”

The injured soldier, coughing up blood, struggled to relay his message.

Seeing him, the soldiers began to move in a flurry.

“Damn it!”

“First, let’s get them inside, and you all report to the higher-ups right now.”

“It’s an invasion by the Demon Races! All units, prepare for battle!”

*

“This way! Hurry up!”

“Y-yeah, got it.”

A soldier rushed along with a priest, both hurrying to the location of the patients.

They were moving as quickly as possible to treat those who had been bloodied from the recent ambush by the Demon Races.

The place where the injured were located was the Medical Unit near the harbor.

Upon their frantic arrival, the soldier immediately led the priest inside the barracks.

But then…

“Here… Here! Hurry with the patients…. Huh?”

“…?”

In the next moment, confusion began to spread across the faces of the soldier and the priest who had just been so frantic.

Just moments before, two soldiers had been on the brink of death right there.

They had been in agony, begging for the priest to be summoned as quickly as possible.

But now…

At this very moment, the two could no longer see any patients.

All they could see were the empty makeshift beds and armor lying on the floor, that’s it.

“W-what on earth happened here? Where are the patients? Where did they go?”

“Th-that can’t be… They were just here…”

The two expressed their bewilderment at the incomprehensible situation.

At that moment…

-BOOM!!-

“!”

“What the…?”

A sudden loud explosion echoed in their ears.

Given the battle was already anticipated, it was not unusual for such sounds to resonate, whether from casting magic or launching projectiles.

However, despite this…

At this moment, a deep sense of bewilderment began to cloud General Cassandra’s face.

“W-Wait, General! Over there!”

With her subordinate’s panicked voice ringing in her ears, she heard the roar of flames from the explosion.

But… at that moment, the sight she beheld was not from the area where the battle was expected to take place.

In the darkness, flames were clearly rising from a location far removed from the defensive walls that were supposed to see combat.

That place was none other than the warehouse area near the harbor,

where military supplies and food were amassed.