In the freezing cold wind, Ama-no-kawa Kōki gritted his teeth and pressed onward up the mountain.
I have to save them as quickly as possible!
Gripping the Holy Sword tightly, Ama-no-kawa Kōki had no doubt that he could do it. He was a Hero! The embodiment of justice! In this world, justice won! Evil lost! That was only natural! He had been summoned into this world, and his calling was to save humanity as a Hero. That alone proved that he was justice!
And justice would surely defeat evil!
With that thought, Ama-no-kawa Kōki raised his head again and looked ahead. He did not know where those goblins were, but as long as he followed the footprints, he would definitely find them.
Then he would save them, because... he was a Hero!
"Haah..."
By the time they had finished treating the wounded in the village, it was already deep into the night.
Kaori leaned against the wall and let out a long sigh. They had failed again this time, but fortunately, the mission was not over yet. As long as they could rescue the people the goblins had taken away, along with Myoko...
"Myoko..."
Murmuring her classmate's name, Kaori could not help feeling uneasy. They knew all too well how cruelly goblins treated humans. Myoko was a combat-class worker, but she was a rope master and could not use magic or anything like that. If she had been captured by goblins, there was no need to say what kind of treatment she would suffer.
If she could, Kaori wanted to leave immediately and rescue the others. But her body could not take it anymore, and they did not even know where the goblins had gone. Searching everywhere like headless flies would not end well either.
"You've worked hard, Kaori."
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