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The fact that there were not one but four summoned warriors caused great confusion not only in the Demon King’s camp but also in the human camp. It could be said to be an irregular situation whose origin has never been found.

The Empire’s wizards conducted a type of physical examination on children summoned as warriors to investigate this abnormality. The test contents included aptitude for each class, magical power capacity, personality, and qualifications as a warrior.

Soon the empire’s wizards found a satisfactory answer.

The conclusion was that they were all warriors, but at the same time, they were imperfect warriors.

To be exact, the four children each possessed one of the qualities that a warrior should have.

Ares is justice.

Marie is wisdom.

Luna is brave.

Serah is charity.

They were all warriors, and only when they were united as one did they become complete warriors.

The empire eventually decided to nominate all of them as warriors and give them training suited to their aptitude.

Ares is a knight.

A knight is a shield that protects the empire, and is also a strong pillar of the party. The knight uses his iron wall-like defense to block enemy attacks at the forefront of the party. The attack power of a well-trained knight could not be ignored, so much so that the corpses of monsters fell by the knights’ swords formed a mountain.

It was a class well-suited to Ares, who was kind but could not tolerate injustice.

Marie is a mage.

Mages are specialists in attack magic. Although their physical abilities are inferior, their powerful attack magic overturns everything. In particular, powerful range attack magic that annihilates numerous monsters at once was the exclusive property of mages.

For Marie, who was called a genius girl even in the previous world, becoming a mage was nothing short of a calling.

Luna is a martial artist.

The martial artist, a rare fairly class, specializes in interpersonal combat. A martial artist does not use weapons, but ravages enemies with his naturally trained body and unique agility and attack power.

Because it was a rare class, it was difficult to find a teacher even within the empire, but it was the best class for Luna, who was originally a martial arts master.

Sarah is a saint.

Among priest classes, saints and saints are the highest class that can be recognized only for their innate divine power. The saint is skilled in all healing magic, and is also skilled in many useful auxiliary magic. In addition, she also possesses attack magic that works powerfully only against monsters and undead.

This all-rounder, a saintly woman, was a great match for Sarah, who grumbles but takes good care of those around her.

Although they were not all perfect warriors, if they were trained well and harmonized, they had the potential to exert more power than just one Hero.

However, on the other hand, there was also the problem that if the harmony within the party was broken, it could easily collapse like a sand castle.

Of course, looking at their current state, I didn’t think that their harmony would be easily broken.

“Ares! Marie!”

As Ares and Marie, who had finished training for the day, were walking side by side in the hallway of the royal palace, a familiar voice was heard from across the room. Ares greeted the two with a smile.

“Sera. You worked hard today too. Luna too.”

“Uh, yes. Ares and Marie did a great job, too.”

“Sera is still full of energy despite all this.”

“Really… Marie always has a lot to say…”

“…”

Four people greeting each other and welcoming each other. After all the work was done, all that remained was to go back and rest.

When they were first summoned here, everything was unfamiliar and awkward, but time calmed them down little by little.

It’s already been a week since they arrived in this world, and the four of them are becoming more and more accustomed to life here.

This was partly due to the four people’s ability to adapt, but more than anything, it was thanks to the empire’s passionate support.

The empire has summoned heroes sixteen times over the past thousand years. It was an important ritual that occurred once or twice in a generation, and it was also something that had to be performed in order to defeat the devil. There was no way an empire that knew this would neglect its treatment of its warriors.

The empire did its best to support them both materially and spiritually so that they could get used to life in another world, and did not force them to do anything. In the first place, those who were summoned as heroes naturally cooperated due to their nature, so there was no need to force them.

In fact, the only time the four people were confused was on the first day they were summoned. After that, he was naturally appeased by the empire, and was smoothly trained to become a warrior according to their program.

“Sigh… Anyway, I think the most disappointing thing is that we all have to train separately except during joint classes.”

Sarah said that and sighed. As she said, the four people had different aptitudes for different classes, so it was common for them to take classes from different teachers in different places. The four of us could be together when learning about the history of the continent or general knowledge, but basically we were often separated.

“That’s right. It’s not bad if you think about experiencing college life in advance.”

“Ah, if you think about it that way, definitely… Ares is really positive. That’s amazing.”

“It’s not to the point where people say it’s amazing.”

When Ares sympathized with Sera’s words and comforted her, Sera smiled and praised Ares, as if she was feeling better.

Perhaps the sight was a bit odd, Marie said with a mischievous look on her face.

“Isn’t Sera just sad that she can’t see her brother, Ares?”

“What? Oh, no..! I don’t really like that..!”

Sarah’s face instantly turned red at Marie’s words her her her her. Looking at Sera who didn’t know what to do, Ares just scratched her cheek.

“I-It’s not really true..! Huh, Luna..!”

“Calm down, Sarah. Marie is just teasing you.”

Luna, who never loses her composure, comforted Sarah with her characteristic calm voice.

“Mari, you can’t use it if you tease Sarah like that.”

“Yes, brother. I apologize, Sister Sarah.”

“Ugh… I always feel this, but she never feels like she’s getting an apology.”

But she can’t just get angry at the younger sister of the man she has a crush on. Sarah just vented her anger inwardly. Of course, that meant all their expressions were lost on the outside, so the other three people just smiled bitterly.

One way or another, Sarah was loved by her friends.

“But you still haven’t found the person who is Luna’s teacher?”

Luna nodded her head in response to Sarah’s question that changed her story.

“Yeah. From what I heard, they’re not humans, but beastmen…? They say they’re like that, but I guess they’re people who like to wander, so it’s hard to get in touch with them. It seems like there’s some discrimination.”

“Ah… I think I definitely heard it from the princess in common sense class.”

Unlike the world they lived in, there are intelligent beings other than humans in this world. From what I’ve heard, there are elves, orcs, and beastmen, and high-ranking demons such as the demon king also have intelligence.

The empire that summoned the four people was, after all, a human country, and other races were basically not treated equally as humans. Of course, since more than a thousand years had passed since the end of the racial war, slaves of other races were not treated as aggressively as back then, but on the other hand, the relationship between superiors and subordinates could be seen as having been fixed for a long time.

However, the beastman who is scheduled to become Luna’s teacher seems to be quite a special being, and does not seem to be discriminated against as openly as ordinary beastmen…

“..I don’t care if it’s like this now. I just keep doing what I’ve trained since I was young.”

“Well, Luna was strong from the beginning… She became even more so after coming to this world…”

The four people who came to this world all gained powers that ordinary humans cannot possess. Not only has basic physical ability improved, but the parameters of abilities related to each aptitude have increased significantly.

Above all, the biggest thing was that the vessel of magical power, which can be said to be the greatest characteristic of a hero, was growing at a rate that exceeded common sense.

The biggest difference between the normal inhabitants of this world and the warriors was the size of the vessel that accepted magical power.

Unlike the people of this world, who are born with an innate size of a vessel containing magical power, warriors can continuously grow their vessel. A warrior who has completed his growth his will his magical power that is literally hundreds of times that of an ordinary person, and can manifest it in all kinds of forms to fight against monsters.

The biggest reason why the humans of this world alone could not deal with the Demon King in the first place was the infinite amount of magical power of the Demon King. The Demon King was able to exercise nearly infinite magical power through the core, a storehouse of magical energy accumulated through repeated reincarnations over a long period of time.

“Anyway, how strong is the Demon King?”

Ares responded to Sera’s inadvertently thrown words.

“Well… But it’s probably an opponent we can’t defeat as of now. According to the princess, the people here had a hard time just dealing with the Demon King’s minions.”

“Ugh, can we really win against something like that? I don’t know anything about fighting…”

When Sarah looked anxious, Marie sighed and
She said.

“Sera, you’re really worried. The Demon King hasn’t been resurrected yet, and by the time he does, we’ll have become much stronger. In fact, they say that all of the previous heroes have succeeded in defeating the Demon King.”

“But… I think there are four of us for some reason…”

Despite Marie’s words, Sarah’s anxiety did not seem to go away.

“It’s okay, Sarah. I will definitely protect you.”

“Luna…”

Sarah looked thrilled at the words of Luna, who was more trustworthy than most men. Then, the mischievousness returned to Marie’s expression as she watched.

“Heh… You two are always on good terms. Well, I guess I should ask my brother to protect me.”

“Of course, I will definitely protect Marie.”

“Hehe. Thank you, brother.”

Crossing Ares’ arms proudly, Marie slightly stuck out her tongue at Sarah. Since she was Marie who already knew Sarah’s love her, that action had only one meaning.

Of course, Sarah showed a reaction that did not betray her expectations, causing the three people to smile bitterly.