Honestly, I never worried about the Hero, even once. It was the same when he drew his Holy Sword.

As long as the current Hero exists, the Holy Sword of the next Hero, Siegfried, cannot properly fulfill its role. Nevertheless, there is a reason why the holy sword is called one.

Holy Sword.

As the name suggests, it means a sacred sword and is known as the strongest sword when dealing with monsters. The Holy Sword is the most compatible weapon against demonic creatures and demons.

This does not mean it does not apply to monsters. The problem was that what Siegfried was facing was not exactly a monster.

‘It’s magic…’

They were fakes created through illusion magic. Biting my lower lip, I looked at the battlefield. I saw Siegfried slowly smiling as he brazenly drew his holy sword and faced the demonic creatures rushing toward him.

“Why is he doing that…?”

Sylvia couldn’t close her mouth and muttered blankly while looking at the scene. I glanced at her and then turned back to Siegfried, muttering.

“He’s showing off.”

“…Showing off?”

“He’s demonstrating how strong he is.”

Siegfried is crazy. It’s not for nothing that I say he’s not in his right mind.

However, I was curious to know why he was doing this. Siegfried never does this unless he has someone to show off to.

According to the original story, after clashing with Cain or Leonhardt, he begins to openly flaunt his power.

Of course, Cain is not at all weak compared to Siegfried.

Anyway, he’s not the kind of person to do this from the first day of transferring.

I exhaled evenly and looked at Siegfried’s Holy Sword emitting light.

The sword’s light intensified, and at some point, it began to be slowly absorbed back into it.

Even if they cannot use aura, the Hero who wields the Holy Sword can use something similar to aura. That is one of the powers it bestows to its owner.

Kugugugu……

An evidently unusual energy began to swirl inside Siegfried’s sword. I frowned as I looked at it.

‘… It’s too much.’

Even if it’s for show, it felt a bit excessive.

Considering Siegfried’s personality, it’s not strange, but the problem was that monsters were caught between Siegfried and our party.

If we’re not careful, we could also be engulfed in Siegfried’s attack.

“Let’s move.”

Even if we continue training, there won’t be many opponents left anyway. Still, I didn’t want to have the terrible experience of getting involved and being cut by the Holy Sword, so I spoke to the party members and descended from the rock.

“Okay…”

Blankly staring at the light of the holy sword, Sylvia nodded at my words and started to move.

“Isn’t this totally unfair…?”

Helena also grumbled in discontent at the sight of Siegfried raising his sword emitting light.

In fact, Siegfried’s Holy Sword is not something that should be drawn out anytime. That’s the Hero’s oath.

It is supposed to be used only when protecting the weak.

When protecting people from evil.

That is the role of a Hero.

But to that crazy one, even such an oath could not become a shackle. He’s a guy who swings his sword around as he pleases.

I smiled bitterly at Helena, who puffed out her cheeks in displeasure and suddenly caught sight of Siegfried swinging his sword.

The moment he swung down his sword, a brilliant and sublime light began to envelop the world.

Watching the monsters easily disappear before it, I couldn’t help but frown at a strange feeling.

The light was too strong to see clearly. Still, it felt like the monsters were being fundamentally annihilated rather than disappearing due to the power of the Holy Sword.

‘Is it originally like this?’

I, who had never properly seen its power firsthand, tilted my head in puzzlement, but I couldn’t help but widen my eyes at the following scene.

It wasn’t just the monster.

The ‘battlefield’ itself was being erased wherever the light emitted by the holy sword passed. I didn’t understand the situation for a moment, but belatedly, coming to my senses, I raised my sword.

“Crazy…!”

The Holy Sword wasn’t cutting through monsters but through mana.

In other words, we are not safe either. If the Holy Sword could cut through the magic enveloping us, we would have to receive that power directly with our bodies.

I hurriedly pushed the party members behind me to my back and raised my sword.

‘Focus…!’

“Why, why are you doing that?”

I erased Conan’s puzzled voice coming from behind in my head. I simply focused.

Like when I cut Leonhardt’s magic. I raised my sword and directly faced the approaching power of the holy sword.

“Let it succeed…!!”

The moment the pure white light reached us, I swung down my sword.

***

“……”

Half of the battlefield created by the illusion magic disappeared.

Everyone just blankly stared at the pure white light in disbelief.

“Felix…!!”

Someone’s sharp scream awakened them from their daze. Sylvia and Helena were screaming while holding onto Felix, who was in tatters.

To be precise, Sylvia was pouring holy power to heal Felix’s body, and only Helena was screaming while holding onto Felix.

“…What?”

“What happened?”

It was incomprehensible but understandable that half of the training ground was cut apart. They could think that the power of the Hero, Siegfried, was that powerful.

But it was a different story that Felix, a ‘student,’ was directly harmed.

Everyone looked at Felix’s condition and started murmuring. Breaking through the commotion, Siegfried brazenly revealed himself.

He, who had somehow already sheathed his shining Holy Sword into his scabbard, received everyone’s gaze and looked at Felix, who had collapsed.

“……”

He didn’t say a word, but everyone could tell he was not sorry for Felix at all.

As he looked at Felix and his party with an emotionless face, someone appeared before him.

“What are you doing?”

It was Cain.

He also saw the sword strike created by Siegfried with his own eyes. He was furious because the sword strike had injured Felix and could have also hurt Sylvia if not for him.

At Cain’s cold voice, Siegfried’s gaze, which seemed like it would never turn, shifted towards him.

“…Who are you?”

Even though he was the second son of a duke’s family, the Geyrus Duchy was a noble family that differed from others.

Everyone could only be shocked at Siegfried’s appearance, speaking as if he were annoyed even in front of the second son of such a family.

Everyone held their breath and watched the confrontation between the second son of the duke’s family and the next Hero. Cain roughly ran his hand through his hair and retorted to Siegfried.

“What were you thinking, drawing your Holy Sword? Have you really gone crazy?”

Cain, who knew the characteristics of the weapon well, asked with a frown. Siegfried calmly answered his question.

“I’m using my sword as I please. What’s the problem?”

“…Because of your crazy actions, someone could have gotten hurt. In fact, someone did get hurt. Are you saying that’s not a problem?”

“They should have dodged. Can they be called academy students if they can’t dodge that?”

Cain was truly enraged by Siegfried’s appearance, speaking as if it were bothersome while picking his ear at Cain’s words.

“Can you still call yourself a Hero after that?”

“If you have a problem, take it up with the Goddess.”

Cain deeply exhaled at Siegfried snorting and shaking his head as if it was annoying.

He realized that Siegfried was not someone he could reason with. Confirming that Sylvia was safe with a sideways glance, Cain gritted his teeth and glared at him.

“Don’t think that the title of Hero will protect you forever.”

Even at Cain’s words, reminding him that as long as the current Hero is alive, Siegfried, the next Hero, cannot properly use the power of the Sun Church, Siegfried didn’t care.

“Piss off.”

At the sight of Siegfried spitting out curses, Cain clenched his fists tightly. However, he couldn’t lay a hand on him.

The end of the conversation made even the onlookers frown.

Pow…!!

It was a fist that flew in before Siegfried could react.

Bang!!

As they watched Siegfried’s body fly away from the punch and crash into a distant wall, everyone’s attention focused on the one who threw the punch.

There stood Professor Selenda, her already grim expression even more grim.

“Say it again, Hero brat.”

Huff……

Professor Selenda, roughly exhaling, glared at Siegfried with eyes filled with anger.

“This is why I despise you Hero bastards.”

“……”

“Learn the consequences of your actions. It’s never cheap.”