The Seven Heroes slowly settled into life in the jungle, because this would be a long and arduous battle.
They thought of the Old Man, so they went out to look for him again.
They wanted to learn more about the Demon King Type Monster from him.
When the Old Man saw them, he told them, "If you don't kill the Demon, you won't be able to go home."
"Now that the Demon has descended, it has taken control of this world."
"Only by killing the Demon can you return."
The Seven Heroes suddenly found this rather strange, because killing the Demon was not their mission.
The Demon was terrifying, but it only sought out densely populated places.
They lived in the jungle, and the Demon had no interest in this place at all.
And this world was filled with hostility toward them.
The Eldest Princess and the Kingdom were both bastards.
Only the Old Man and the Knight Captain counted as decent people.
Besides, that Demon was extremely powerful. They absolutely did not have the strength to kill it.
They did not want to be heroes.
After all, according to the Old Man, heroes were very unlucky.
Since that was the case, why become heroes? "Why can't we abandon the idea of being heroes?" Fat High Schooler asked everyone.
"We can become kings ourselves."
"As time passes, our strength will grow too."
Once everyone thought about it, they realized he was right.
Why did they need to fight the Demon?
So, they lied to the Old Man.
They pretended to agree, but they had no intention of fighting the Demon.
After all, they had all witnessed the Demon's strength.
Even that damned Eldest Princess had been scared into fleeing in panic.
As time passed, they discovered even better news: