I Picked Up the Abandoned Hero

0 – Prologue

The Demon King has fallen.

The demon king, who once showed a spirit to the extent of devouring the world, was finally decapitated by the warrior Arcel’s holy sword.

Alone, she was a demon king who overpowered not only the hero but also her colleagues, but at the last moment she was careless and was defeated.

I was once an officer in the Demon King’s Army, but I also surrendered to the hero.

Others got in their way and died, but in the position of being forcibly conscripted, there was no need to risk their lives.

-What you all want is the demon king, right? Then why don’t we talk to the bosses instead of ending each other?-

Still, knowing that his skills were beyond the reach of the Demon King, I surrendered and sent him to the Demon King’s place, but I never thought that even the Demon King would have been defeated by the hero.

A demon lord who would never be defeated no matter what.

Unbelievably, the Demon King was really subjugated by a hero.

As proof of that, only the headless body of the demon king was left on the throne of the demon king castle.

-With this, the demon king fell!-

-Peace will come to the world!-

-Praise our hero Arcel!-

In this way, the humans held a festival, concluding that peace had come at their own will, and the defeated demon army was scattered and no longer posed a threat to humans.

-If you surrender meekly, I won’t kill you. What I overthrow with my hands is only the evil demon king, much less interested in you, who are not even perfect demons.

Now that I think about it, I think I was really good at surrendering at that time.

I was confident in my own skills, but there was no way I could win against the hero who defeated the demon king.

Heroes, Warriors, Archers, Wizards, Clerics, Rogues.

How can I win by myself when they are attacking me not 1v1, but 1v6?

The demons called me a race traitor, but I have no particular interest in honor or victory.

Anyway, five years have passed since the demon king fell.

I am living alone in a collapsed fortress.

The demons did not have much interest in the defeated demon king’s army, and since the demon’s castle is located in a very rough place, they did not come again after robbing the treasure.

Although it is lonely, I was able to use the vast castle of the devil at will, and humans only stole the treasures in the castle, but the devil’s treasure house did not even notice its existence.

It’s all mine now.

Even though the demon army was defeated, I was living a much more satisfying and luxurious life than when I was an executive.

By the way.

“Ah, you must be…”

Puff!

One day, a warrior suddenly came and collapsed helplessly.

Without even a holy sword, he was completely wrecked.

Why all of a sudden…?