Heroes and Machine Girls Looking at Profiles - Chapter 71



71 – Rumors about the princess

Princess Anyes’ strike aimed at my head.

I was honestly surprised by this attack, which boasted more power than I expected.

It seems to be able to kill a high-level demon with a single blow, and is powerful enough to cause considerable damage to even the Four Heavenly Kings.

I was really surprised that they were hiding a technology that could produce such power.

And at the same time, anger boiled over.

Hero party days.

As I gradually developed the power of a warrior, I swept the battlefield and liberated the occupied territories.

These b*tches who were actively fighting at the beginning of the journey, suddenly began to quietly tease me behind my back, leaving me to fight alone.

It seems they thought they weren’t being caught, but I just turned a blind eye to it.

Anyway, at that time, I had given up my expectations after knowing that these b*tches would betray me in the future, and their skills were barely enough to deal with even a high-level demon.

So it’s not that they don’t do it, it’s that they can’t do it… They were just mentally winning like that.

…But if you show your skills like this, the mental victory will also go away.

You have this level of skill, but you played behind my back and made me run away, right?

I don’t know what the other two are like, but Anies is a sure thing.

Slightly suppressing my rising anger, I grabbed Princess Anies by the neck and lifted her up.

“It’s quite powerful. I didn’t know you were hiding something like this.”

“Queu…Queuuugh…?!”

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I really didn’t know.

I thought he was playing behind the scenes because he was a weakling who didn’t have the skills to hit the demons effectively, but it turns out he was just playing because he wanted to play.

When I glared at that face, Princess Anies made a choking sound and tried to roll her eyes.

Oh my.

You can’t die.

I don’t know if she had any regrets and reflections like Ciella, but she shouldn’t be allowed to die like this.

Just like that, she swung her arms and threw the princess on the floor.

After using the anti-mage sword on me, the female mages who were sitting down on the other side hurriedly ran over and helped Princess Anies.

Even though I am right next to her, the magicians run to save her, trembling with her white face.

Well, this is what a warrior party should be like. Then.

“Cough…Cough…!! Uh…How…”

Princess Anies, who was panting as if her breathing had returned, was looking in this direction with an astonished expression.

Her face showed an expression of disbelief.

What a surprise.

Even Demon Lords Elaine and Rossweisse, who do not have high physical abilities, can do this.

Rather, they would have completely erased Anies’ attack.

They know the essence of magic and magic, rather than me, who can only ignorantly emit or apply magical power.

“hahahahaha…”

Have you ever dreamed of eradicating the demon lord to such a degree that it is so shocking that it has been blocked?

I laugh out loud.

I leapt from that spot and landed in front of Princess Anies.

The magicians fell due to the impact of the landing.

Well, they are also people who have been on the battlefield.

He won’t die like that.

“That…”

“Huh?”

Looking up at me in front of her with trembling eyes, Princess Anies opened her mouth.

“There’s no way you can take that hit and be this unharmed… Even if the opponent is a hero, it’s so powerful that it’s hard to escape unscathed…”

“Even if he’s a hero? Puhahahahaha!!”

I couldn’t bear it any longer.

That’s the only way to inflict fatal wounds on a warrior?

Did this b*tch actually watch me fight?

When I put on a ‘show’ where I fought against the Four Heavenly Kings, I fought almost like sparring, except for the last one.

With that alone, it would have been far beyond this level.

This b*tch didn’t really understand the level of being a ‘hero’ from the beginning.

“Whoa?!”

“You are overconfident in your own abilities. Anies della Cloeti.”

I can’t believe I’m confident that this is an attack that can even reach a hero.

Only laughter comes out.

I was definitely surprised by Anies’ unexpectedly powerful attack.

But that’s it.

It’s almost like being surprised by a puppy that you thought had lost its teeth and that you thought was going to bite it.

But you must have been mistaken to say such bullsh*t.

Are you saying you didn’t even look at the person you planned to kill?

I have thoroughly observed you for this shabby, even hypocritical revenge plot.

Now it’s done.

This woman may have to push a little harder to come to her senses.

So, just a little bit, let’s add an accelerator to it.

“Isn’t the reason you killed the hero with your shabby sword skills from four years ago purely because of a surprise attack from behind?”

The battlefield becomes frozen and quiet.

“A blow that stabbed the heart of a warrior who trusted and relied on you from behind. If you had stabbed it from the front, did you think the hero would have collapsed from four years of attacks?”

Contains half lies and half truth.

Let’s give this woman some stimulation.

“Thank you, Princess of Betrayal.”

The soldiers begin to stir.

The members of the new hero party also heard the story and looked at each other in confusion.

“What…What…What…”

Princess Anies herself was unable to even speak properly due to the sudden situation.

A small stimulus to her status as a princess.

Of course, there will be limits.

Anies della Cloeti, a ‘heroic princess’ known for her heroic deeds.

And the Black Knight, who took the lead in the Demon King’s army and destroyed many soldiers.

Of course everyone will believe the former.

But that was enough.

Except for the Kingdom of Cloeti, where Princess Anyes has many followers, there are also those who question the death of the warrior Hans.

Even in this Halfas Empire, there are many such people.

Even among the members of the warrior party present here, aren’t there some who look at Princess Anies with suspicious eyes?

If you plant even the slightest suspicion, it will come back as a lot of stress to that woman.

“Retreat…Retreat…Retreat!!”

This remark seemed to have embarrassed even the mage woman who was commanding the party, and she stammered as she gave the order to retreat.

That woman is looking at the situation carefully.

Princess Anees’ attack, which was already her best weapon, did not work, and due to her comment just now, it was no longer a situation to continue the battle.

There is no other way than retreat.

“Retrieve Her Highness Princess Anies! We must retreat from here!”

“B…But…”

“Hurry!!”

One of the knights who received the order hesitated and ran towards us.

A knight approaches Princess Anies while keeping an eye on me.

They are very alert, as if they don’t know when I might attack.

…Even if it doesn’t look that scary, I’m thinking of just letting this position go.

I was irritated by people watching me like that, so I said something.

“…If you don’t disappear from this area within 10 seconds, your head and body will say goodbye.”

“Hee…Hee?!”

A knight who disappears in an instant carrying Princess Anyes on his back.

No, not only the knight but also those who were retreating around him quickly ran away.

…That’s so damn fast.

“Ugh…”

“…Huh?”

No, wait a minute.

You missed one person, guys.

For the imperial army, the battle remained a defeat with few casualties.

A few soldiers were unlucky enough to lose their lives to the Black Knight’s sword, and a few warrior party members were also killed or captured while fighting the Black Knight.

The number of members of the warrior party, which numbered about twenty, has now been reduced to about ten.

The Halfas Empire eventually gave up another city to the Demon King’s army.

But that wasn’t the only problem.

A rumor was spreading beyond the empire to every country.

Princess of the Cloeti Kingdom and first wife of the Crown Prince of the Halfas Empire.

And Princess Anies della Cloeti, a warrior who was a member of the previous warrior party.

The story spread that she betrayed and killed her former warrior Hans.

The source of the story is the Black Knight of the Demon King’s army.

Of course, it was a ploy by the Demon King’s army, and both Princess Anies, Prince Freud, and her home country, the Kingdom of Cloeti, denied it.

No, what reason did Princess Es have to kill the hero she loved?

A story told by a member of the Demon King’s army and a story told by a human princess.

It is inherently clear which side to believe.

But surprisingly, the rumor that the princess had really murdered the warrior Hans was gaining more credibility.

The reason they cited was this.

One is that it is incomprehensible that Hans, the warrior who overturned the previous war and brought victory, died in vain.

This reason was given by soldiers, knights, and mercenaries from each country who participated in the Great War in the past.

It was ironic that they, who only fought on the same battlefield, understood the strength of the warrior more than Anies, a member of the warrior’s party.

Another thing is that as soon as the hero died, three party members married the crown prince of the empire.

They said that the hero wanted to find happiness before he died, but did they have time to say such things to the hero who, according to them, was in league with the devil?

This was a question that arose even when they married the crown prince, but it was also a question that was swept away by the social atmosphere of the time.

And one last thing.

This is a case where the goddess refused to summon a new hero, and a being presumed to be the goddess’ apostle attacked the hero summoned by the fanatic.

Those who cited this as the reason speculated that this was the goddess’s divine punishment for the empire that betrayed the warriors she had given.

If you list them out one by one, they may not seem like a big deal, but if there are multiple reasons like this, it’s easy for rumors to spread that they are credible.

Furthermore, as if the empire was being treated unfairly, even the Goddess Church added fuel to the situation.

Already, the relationship between the Goddess Church and the Empire had become extremely acrimonious due to the fanaticism.

In this situation, there was a rumor that the Imperial Crown Princess had betrayed and killed the Goddess’ warrior, so there was no reason for them not to bite.

The Goddess Church requested the identities of the three former warrior party members, saying the truth must be revealed, but the Empire refused.

Under this situation where the gap between the Goddess Church and the Empire was deepening, another incident occurred.

A facility within the imperial territory managed by the Goddess Church was attacked by a religious fanatic.