I Was in Charge of Scouting for the Hero’s Party

1. Good is good

The continent split.

With the will to stand at the head of all things, to create a world in which the persecuted and hunted monsters can live, the Demon King gathered under the demon king’s footsteps.

That is the mark of unspeakable slaughter.

It was the mark of an indelible sin.

Maetel Kingdom, which was the last bastion of the continent and built on Merden Forest, the only overland route connecting the western and eastern continents, hurriedly conducted a ritual to summon a warrior, and eventually succeeded in summoning a warrior from the other world.

‘A hero has appeared to fight against the demon king’s army!’

Myers III, the king of the Kingdom of Maetel, who was struggling with the ever-moving front line, hastily recruited talents from all over the continent to become party members for the warriors’ party.

The Elven Kingdom, the Dwarven Kingdom, the Mido Federation, a land of beasts, and the Holy Church, who worshiped God, felt uneasy about the predicted sequence that their country would be next if the Maetel Kingdom collapsed, and responded to the request of the Maetel Kingdom. Talents flocked to Maetelheim, the capital of the Maetel Kingdom.

A knight who has trained his sword in Merden Forest for the rest of his life, a master of lightning magic from the Mido Confederation, a master of martial arts wearing a gauntlet forged by the dwarves, a chef with a reputation throughout the continent, and a bard who is the pride of the Elven Kingdom. Even the academy’s genius bard.

Skilled people from each field flocked to Mettelheim with various goals such as a sense of justice, honor, status, and money.

Lee Yu-jeong, a brave and righteous warrior from another world.

Gracey is the captain of the royal guard of Maetel Kingdom and is said to be the strongest on the continent.

Isabel, a saint favored by God from the Holy Church.

Maya, the only disciple of the ancient mage, Kelp, and a cat-beast sorceress who is said to be unrivaled in wind magic.

In the Elven Kingdom, Adrien is an archer who is called a shrine and rains arrows on enemies.

And… Me, Austin, who was in charge of scouting at the warrior party.

Chuck (斥候).

It is a kind of supporter class that hides itself, identifies the location of nearby enemies, records them on a map or map, explores nearby landmarks, and informs allies of important information.

Of course, in a broad sense, it does not just end with reconnaissance, but the role of those who are suitable for performing various quick tasks such as the role of a party guide, removing traps, hiding in a camp, and assassinating important enemies from the side in a combat situation. Am.

Anyway, since I was the only male in the party, when I met the party members and the hero after being selected, I felt a bit strange, and on the other hand, I felt bewildered.

‘Why me?’ Or ‘How dare you be like me?’ Shall I say

Well, honestly, I admit that my skills aren’t that bad.

No, damn it, the best players on the continent gathered one after another, so why me?

I inherited various skills and knowledge from my father, who was a cartographer belonging to the adventurer’s guild, and my mother, who was a famous hunter in the kingdom. Even when I served as a ranger in the Kingdom of Maetel, I was recognized in my unit, so I had skills and knowledge related to scouting. Is proud to be ahead of anyone else.

But that’s the standard of the world inside the well that I know. If we take the standard of the entire continent outside the well, surely there are people who are better than me?

Besides, being the only male at the party, it might be an enviable position for someone else, but it was an extremely burdensome position for me at the age of 18.

But what… There was no great friction between the other party members except for me who complained.

The party had an awkward atmosphere at first because of me, who was a Cheongil branch, but thanks to my desperate efforts to tease Mouth without rest, as time went on, the party members formed a bond and the atmosphere improved, and me and the party members got along without any fuss. The awkward atmosphere disappeared.

“Austin. Talks too much.”

Yes… Each other without a facade…

“Austin! When will the meal be ready?! Hurry up! I’m hungry!”

…Without a façade…

“Austin. How could a weakling like you come into our party?”

…….Historical…

“Oh, Mr. Austin. It’s better to take a potion for such residual wounds… Isn’t holy power infinitely usable?”

“Anyway, who isn’t a crappy ranger, and he’s being mean?”

….It’s a problem to live without a facade.

f*ck b*tches.

* * *

“Adrien. So there might be enemies in ambush here…”

I climbed up a nearby mountain, inspected the location of the enemy, looked around the surrounding terrain, and figured out where the enemy might lie in ambush.

“Oh, that’s okay! Even so, it must be the Demon King’s killfish, but do you think we’ll lose just because we set up an ambush? Get rid of the map!”

The cocky Adrien sighed, followed by Gracie, who clattered on his heavy heavy armor.

“You’re too cowardly to wear. Why don’t you have a little courage? We’re strong. This isn’t a party that can be destroyed by an ambush.”

Are these idiots not capable of learning?

“Ah… No… Whoa… Don’t you guys remember the last time you didn’t even wake up when it was your turn to wake up? If you’re too careless…”

“Stop it. Quickly cook. The other party members are starving because of you.”

“I mean! Why the hell is that bastard scouting? The meal time is getting late while scouting. Don’t you think we’re hungry?”

So, did you take on the role of scout?

This stupid Kampnyeon only knows how to shoot a bow, and may not know how to do other brain work or terrain exploration.

Well, he’s a monster b*tch who makes dozens of arrows fall every time he shoots a bow, but like a guy like me whose limit is to shoot bolts with a crossbow, what can he do by knowing how to scout? It’s enough to fight while raining arrows.

… You seem to think so, but I guess it’s true that big-breasted blonde elves have a lot of idiots.

In the first place, you have to know the location of the enemy before you can shoot or not, but who do you think will ask for the location of the enemy?

Adrien, who has excellent combat skills, but no knowledge of interpersonal warfare, scouting, or reconnaissance, seems to open the lid on its own to see Adrien treat me badly.

I let out a sigh of relief and nodded my head roughly, and Gracie and Adrienne retreated from their seats only then.

I looked at the girls behind me for a while, then trudged over to the bonfire to prepare the party meal.

Suddenly, the smell of delicious stew wafted from the pot, and the party members who were doing maintenance and chatting around began to gather one by one.

After desperately trying to satisfy the picky tastes of these girls, my cooking level has already reached that of Mettelheim’s restaurant chef.

‘I searched all the f*cking meat…’

Seeing the meat showing off its greasy taste in the stew, I quickly distributed the stew to the party members and raised the bowl.

As I licked my lips with a ladle and licked my lips at the smell of the delicious stew that would revitalize my body that had sagged from scouting hard, Maya, the wizard in our party, sat down to my right with her cat ears pricked up.

“Austin. You did a great job shoveling today. Eat this for lunch.”

As usual, Maya, ignoring me, offered me hard bread and beef jerky, and then she took my bowl away.

“Uh… Huh? Maya…? What is this…”

“Ah! That’s it, Mr. Austin.”

I asked with a questioning expression on my face, and Isabel, who was almost inhaling the stew opposite me, smiled while wiping her stew-stained mouth.

“While you didn’t prepare a meal today and went needlessly scouting, as a result of our separate discussions, Mr. Austin, who contributed the least in the party, we decided to feed him a separate meal starting today. It’s an unavoidable measure to save, so I’m sure you won’t be dissatisfied.”

“….This f*cker, that’s what farts are.”

As I tried to argue with my absurd tone, Gracie, who was sitting to my left, opened his mouth, hugging my arm tightly.

“Are you dissatisfied?”

“No, it’s the rice I made, but I can’t eat it? Damn, of course there are complaints..”

– Kwaaak

“Do you have any complaints?”

“…I thought it was, but now that I think about it again, you guys are right. hahahaha!”

This insanely powerful woman, whose name is said to be the best in the continent, possesses inexhaustible strength enough to break even a log of hers, as can be seen from the heavy armor she wears every day.

I try to take my arm off, but it doesn’t even move, and it feels like my arm is about to fall off.

I can break one of my arms like twisting a tree branch.

“…Can you let go of your arm?”

“Hmm. I thought you would understand. Originally, we were only going to serve bread, but thank you for the beef jerky.”

“Yes. Thank you so much for that. I feel like crying.”

The tear-soaked bread was seasoned so well that it didn’t need salted beef jerky.

…I’m fine. Let’s only think of the mountain of gold and silver treasures that we will receive if we catch the demon king.

While she was eating the stone-like bread with tears, Yujeong Lee, a warrior who had already emptied three bowls of stew sitting next to the saintess, gnawed her teeth and opened her mouth.

“Austin! The food was terrible today! When I’m making a stew, how many times do I have to tell you to add more meat?”

I gave up on replying to the warrior’s words again, saying bullsh*t.

To put it in a good way, Lee Yu-jeong, a warrior with an easy-going personality, is a beauty who looks good with a black ponytail, unlike her uncle-like demeanor.

It’s a problem that only the shell looks good.

“…I’ll clean it up soon after I’m done eating. It’s hard to wash the dishes after dark.”

Filling my hungry stomach with stone-shaped bread and salty beef jerky, I stood up and prepared to wash the dishes when the pot full of stew showed the bottom.

…I wanted to eat too. Meat stew.

While I was moving the bowl, the hero Lee Yu-jeong stared at me like that, then opened her mouth with a smirk.

“Ah, Austin. Today’s battle is so hard, neither I nor the other boys have to stay vigil… Are you still up and running?”

“…Hey. Wait a minute. You guys can’t”

“Then please!”

Seeing them brazenly leave all the night watch to me and go inside the tent, I laughed and sat down on the log again.

Maya, who is slow to eat the original body, handed me the empty bowl only after the other party members had gone into the tent.

“…Austin. If you’re… Sleepy and sleepy… You can wake me up. I’ll stand next.”

Maya spat out a word as if tossing it, and soon, I was the only one left by the bonfire, and the shadow shook.

“… Then the clerk… Shudders when he tries to wake him up.”

Maya hates it the most when someone wakes her up while sleeping.

I stared blankly at Maya’s back, spat out curses on her, and then raised my eyes to the dark night sky.

– Piercing

-Tadak Tadak

With the sound of burning firewood like splashing oil, sparks from a bonfire fluttering in the air, the sound of grass insects drifted in the wind from somewhere.

If you look at the dark night sky in a quiet atmosphere, you will soon see a group of stars that embroider the sky densely like freckles, brightly showing off their own figure and shining softly.

As I stared blankly at the twinkling Milky Way, contrary to my humble situation, I felt that I was too pitiful for myself.

…Is this a scout for an alternate hero party, or is it a housekeeper?

I entered the party as a scout for the warrior’s party at the age of 18, and until now, at the age of 21, I’ve been following the warrior and party members for about 2 years out of the past 3 years, running all sorts of errands, and rolling around like a dog.

It wasn’t that there weren’t any difficult moments, so the negative emotions that had accumulated over and over came to me in an instant as I became more emotional in a quiet atmosphere.

“…What the hell am I doing.”

Couriously, ‘I will punish the demon lord.’ I came to the party with the aspiration of “My future, which will run on the road to success,” And I was not treated like a human being.

I wasn’t like this from the beginning.

For the first year or so, it was a party full of humanity, where friendship and solidarity were built up and there was a friendly atmosphere.

But now…

Of course, it’s not that I can’t understand them.

In the meantime, I have faced countless dangers and difficulties.

I heard that Lee Yu-jeong, who was summoned as a hero, was nothing more than an ordinary person in the other world.

A ruthless fight to die for. A chicken race where you die if you stop, and you can only survive if you run.

A period of three bloodstained years, requiring judgment without blood or tears, in which I die if I do not kill.

It’s rather strange that people don’t get stressed out in situations like this.

It’s just that I was the target to relieve their stress.

I took out a sharpened dagger from the dagger handle attached to my thigh.

The sharp dagger being pulled out of its scabbard with a cool rumbling sound is probably because it has been with them for a long time. Due to the past three years, which had already been soaked in countless amounts of blood, the blurry bloodstains were not erased.

I turned the dagger and looked at my face.

The 18-year-old me, who went on an adventure with sparkling eyes, is nowhere to be found.

“…I just want to get away somewhere.”

As I’ve endured so far, if I hold on until I catch the demon lord, I might really be able to kill the demon lord.

Over the past three years, I’ve killed 4 of the 8 corps commanders who are closest to the Demon King.

But.

I’m too tired.

I’m fed up with your attitude of constantly ignoring me and belittling me.

Sometimes I get sick of you guys who don’t provide cover, don’t treat me, and just spit vicious words like daggers.

…….Should I leave the party?

I heard that the number of ranger applicants has recently increased thanks to me, who was in charge of scouting in the hero party as a former ranger unit that is also prestigious in the kingdom.

…Perhaps if you go to an instructor you know who is serving as a ranger instructor in the capital, you might be able to take care of yourself a little.

That lady… No, the instructor took special care of me.

At least I don’t think I’ll be treated as badly as I am now.

‘…Yes. If you want to see the world, if you really want to… You should do that.’

When I said I wanted to break the small world of Ranger and go out into the world, the instructor was worried about me and reluctantly allowed it.

‘But, if… You change your mind, come see me.’

I looked at the tent from which the sound of shallow breathing leaked out before I knew it, and fell into a moment of trouble.

…Still, I’m a bit hesitant since I’ve been sharing the joys and sorrows with the party members so far.

‘Why is that bastard doing useless reconnaissance?!’

…I just did my best for the party.

‘All right, come and eat. Austin.’

I’m the party scout, not the housekeeper.

‘What are you doing?’

“…f*ck.”

With all the f*cking memories in my head, I started packing without any further delay.

There is no specific destination, but it wouldn’t be bad to go to the capital, Mettelheim, and entrust yourself to Instructor Ranger for a while.

“…Yes. Good is good. In the meantime, let’s live my own life.”

Lightly armed for quick reconnaissance, I got up with nothing to pack, a shortsword around my waist, a crossbow and a bag hanging from my back, leaving the dishes behind.

If it seems like there’s nothing to do, it won’t matter if I’m not there.

‘I can’t eat anymore. You guys take good care of the demon lord, and don’t look for me.’

I took out a piece of leather, wrote a farewell note with charcoal, and walked away from the camp without looking back.

Still, the campsite was concealed in its own way, and since they are superhuman, nothing special will happen.

Where do you want to go?