155: This hero is great.

"A kill!

Double Kill!

...Penta Kill!

A single Mud Fiend can inflict two to three fatal wounds on you!

Fortunately, the Indestructible Body had already stacked up slaughter in advance.

With normal attacks, you'd need to land five to six fatal blows to kill a Mud Fiend!

But with stacked Slaughter damage, it's one hit, one kill!

A monster squad: one Human-Head Demon Tree, twelve Mud Fiends.

You feel no fear at all.

In fact, the more you fight, the braver and stronger you become!"

"It's not just the Indestructible Body of Slaughter at work.

The Weapon Master's talent is also honing your proficiency with various uses of the scepter weapon.

Moreover, a Hero truly seems to be a miraculous profession or species!

After hunting monsters, the Hero's advancement method also activated.

Based on the number of monsters slain, their level, and status,

Divine Grace will unconditionally strengthen the Hero!

It's just like experience points.

But you don't have a status panel or anything similar.

It's a pity; it seems the gods above the Divine Realm haven't developed such a thing yet."

"Thus, under the blessing of exceptional talent, Divine Grace, and your identity as a Hero,

You feel as wild as an untamed horse.

The tyrannical heart of slaughter is magnified.

Even that Human-Head Demon Tree, a monster three or four times stronger than the Mud Fiends, doesn't scare you.

Dodging, tanking damage, critical strikes, kiting, chipping away... various combat techniques become smoother and more professionally skilled with each battle.

Crack—snap!

Finally, you took down the Human-Head Demon Tree!"

"Divine Grace descends!

You have become a D-Rank Hero!

Your heros heart is officially activated.

Your Hero's Journey begins!

Just as Demon Lords have their own ranks,

Heroes' ranks are similar.

The ranks of other adventurers and heroes in this world are also structured this way.

Of course, the Hero and Demon Lord rank templates far exceed those of adventurers and even heroes of the same rank.

Otherwise, why would these continents need Heroes if they could kill Demon Lords themselves?

D-rank is the weakest entry-level rank, while A-rank signifies first-tier powerhouses!

Above A-rank, S-rank represents the strongest sequence of powerhouses.

When an S-rank reaches its peak, or excels exceptionally in a specific area of S-rank characteristics,

Then, they are capable of rivaling gods and demons!"

"D-rank, the weakest Hero!

You were merely an apprentice Hero before. If you hadn't survived the initial crisis, it would simply prove that this Hero wasn't suited to be a Hero!

You have officially become a Hero of the Mordoland Continent!

You have activated your Divine Grace mission: eliminate the Demon Lord, purge the monsters, and restore a bright future to Mordoland!"

"You paid no mind to the Divine Grace message that suddenly appeared in your mind.

Instead, fueled by the thrill of slaughter, after eliminating this monster squad, you began searching for other monsters.

The intense killing intent surging within you was no longer suppressible.

The nearest monster squad also detected the anomaly here and began sweeping in your direction.

You and the monster squad converged, and an encounter battle erupted instantly.

The scepter of holy light now emanates wisps of fierce power..."

"Seven days later, you cleansed the entire city of monsters!

You eliminated nearly ten thousand monsters, sweeping all creatures from the city.

Seven days and seven nights of sleepless slaughter left you with no fatigue; instead, you felt an almost uncontrollable exhilaration.

Fortunately, in the end, you managed to restrain the rampaging heart of slaughter.

At this moment, you have already been promoted to a C-Rank Hero!

Although you didn't slay a C-rank Demon Lord or their demon generals, the qualitative change brought about by quantitative accumulation meant that with enough monsters killed, you naturally advanced under Divine Grace.

While you are a C-Rank Hero according to Divine Grace's ranking,

Your actual combat power far exceeds that of a typical C-Rank Hero.

During seven days of slaughter, you comprehended three Slaughter Techniques based on your innate talent, the Indestructible Body of Slaughter!

Under the Weapon Master talent, your scepter proficiency has also reached master level.

You have developed your own unique insights into how to smoothly use a scepter to deliver headshots or fatal blows to enemies.

You even created the Scepter Two-Form Technique!"

"After the monster purge came the reconstruction efforts.

The survivors, before they could even show relieved smiles,

The levies and taxes from the noble lords only added to their woes!

At the victory celebration, the noble lords, sipping fine wine, eating cheese and bread, and feasting on roasted beef and lamb,

Didn't even offer you a seat. They merely had you, the Hero who saved the city, make a brief appearance, received a song of praise, and then dismissed you to leave through the back door... Who did they think they were?

Didn't they know your achievements?

How did the worshippers in that temple die? They didn't use their pig brains to think at all!

Making their subjects drink swill, eat tree bark and sand, gnaw on Mud Fiend corpses, and work day and night to build their war-damaged luxurious estates was bad enough.

But they actually thought of treating me the same way?

Dismissing me with a small bag of gold coins?

And telling you, as a Hero, to do more work, to prune the oak trees for the Count that were ravaged by monsters?

Your heart of slaughter stirred once more..."

"The next day, a story spread from the second-largest city in the Mordoland Kingdom:

Among the monster army repelled by the Hero, a monster squad had hidden deep within the noble's estate.

As the noble lords celebrated their victory,

The monsters suddenly rampaged, killing all the noble lords present.

Finally, the brave and fearless Hero once again displayed divine power,

Slaying this monster squad and avenging the noble lords."

"On the third day, under the guidance of the great Hero, the survivors queued up to unconditionally claim the assets of the deceased noble lords.

Everyone received a share.

The noble lords in the Divine Realm selflessly contributed their post-mortem wealth, allowing the city, after the monster tide, to regain its vitality.

And our great Hero, through the generosity of others, alleviated the people's suffering, without spending a single coin, yet was lauded by the populace as the greatest Hero.

His fame spread far and wide, and countless prayers were offered.

Under Divine Grace, he obtained the Hero-exclusive skill: Aura of Justice!

Aura of Justice: Doubles combat power and grants strength amplification to allies!

See, even the gods approved of your actions!"