Chapter 244 – Hero Party's Selected Team!

Тhе Hero Раrty cаn be freеlу rеоrgаnizеd.

It would be tоugh to movе with sеven реорlе evеry timе.

So, with that in mind—

Тhis timе, thе сoncеpt is tо give Little Yuusha tоns оf combat eхрerience!

Spiсе, Sherry, and Little Yuusha, рlus а speсial guеst whо’s jоinеd us!

“Yo! Is it really оkay fоr аn оld guy namеd Sаtаn to show uр? Well, if it’s fine, thеn it’s fine! Satan Ira hеrе!”

“Long time nо sеe, Littlе Ira!”

“Hеy, it’s Little Spiсe! I hеаrd you’ve levelеd up уоur skills quitе a bit—? I’vе been wаtсhing.”

Аs Spicе and Littlе Irа high-fivе with а сheеrful “Yеаh!”, Sherrу wаtches them, trembling and muttering, “S-so cute…”

Little Yuusha looks at Little Ira and thinks, “Th-this person is also an old guy…!! The world of streamers is way too deep~”

Yeah, yeah, it’s shocking, isn’t it?

Now, about this stream.

Our destination is a certain abandoned shopping center.

After it became Dungeonized, Zombies started popping out like crazy, and they couldn’t demolish it anymore.

Whenever heavy machinery tries to enter, Zombies come pouring out of the Dungeon, pushing it back with a hearty “Osu!”

A somewhat peaceful Dungeon…?

Since this makes for good practice, that’s why Sherry and I have brought Little Yuusha here today.

‘If she’s a Witch, then she’s the only new Witch besides Master, right—!’

According to Flota, that makes her Spice’s one and only junior!

That means we’ve got to teach her all sorts of things.

“Alright, let’s go. But Spice, why did you invite an outsider like Ira?”

Spice answers Sherry’s question.

“Well, you see—I wanted to show that the Hero Party’s streams aren’t something completely separate from other streamers.”

By collaborating with a familiar streamer, the message is that the battle against the Demon King is happening right here, so everyone should cheer us on, you know?

“Alright, let’s start! Hey there! Koncha—! It’s Spice!! Today’s Hero Party stream is brought to you from Spice’s Channel! Oh, Sherry’s streaming simultaneously too. Hers is aimed at listeners in the UK, you know—”

※ ‘Koncha—!’ ‘Whoa, Little Ira’s here!’ ‘He’s standing next to Little Spice like it’s the most natural thing in the world!’

And next to him, Little Yuusha.

Yeah, yeah, standing next to Spice and the others, she really gives off that “older sister” vibe, huh.

“Yo-ho. It’s Ira. Alright then, let’s get started with the rookie Hero’s lesson—”

Over on her side, Sherry seems to have finished her greetings, and she comes over with her A-Phones in tow.

Spice and the others wave and jump around for Sherry’s stream screen too.

Oh, there are reactions, reactions.

They seem really shocked that the old guys are cute.

※ Pride: ‘Wrath!? I thought you were definitely destroyed…!!’

Is there someone here who seems to know Little Ira?

Anyway, as we approach the shopping center…

‘Uboaaah’

“Whoa—, Zombies just came pouring out all of a sudden! There’s a bunch of them—!”

But!

This time, we’re a Rearguard party.

Before they can get close, Magic flies out left and right.

The Zombies are knocked down in an instant, one after another.

“That half-fish horse Sherry summoned—it does shooting attacks!?”

“It’s a Kelpie. It summons small springs around itself and shoots water as bullets. I discussed it with the Kelpie and mixed various things to Power-up it.”

Whoa—, you can do that with card summons!

Little Yuusha also fires off a Modern Magic Fireball, and Little Afumu accelerates it.

Whoa—, even a regular Fireball changes quite a lot in impression just by increasing its speed.

It flies through, engulfing the Zombies, and explodes with a Dokaan!

‘Ugwaaah’

The Zombies let out unmotivated screams and disappear.

For now, that takes care of the ones that came outside.

Let’s head inside—

“You know, in Zombie movies—you walk through places with poor visibility like this, and then Zombies come out from everywhere, right? It’s more startling than scary, you know?”

‘Uboaaah’

“Like this—”

‘Ugwaaah’

Little Ira walks at the front.

While talking, a Zombie reaches its arm through a shelf, and he flicks it with his fingertip, setting it ablaze.

The Zombie falls, turning into a lump of flame.

“Whoa—, that’s the style of a veteran, huh.”

As Little Yuusha admires him, Little Ira wags his finger, going “Tsk, tsk, tsk.”

“Ira’s established his character, you see. He gets stronger by performing the actions people expect. Yuusha, you don’t have much of that yet, right—? It’s important to polish those conventions, you know—”

“He’s saying something good—!”

“That’s profound, isn’t it?”

Spice and Sherry nod in agreement.

Little Afumu seems to be recording Little Ira’s good advice.

It feels like it’s becoming part of the Retinue, but basically it’s a Drone, and it’s even developing functions close to an A-Phone, huh.

“Alrighty, then! Strategy time for now! Let’s wipe out the Zombies around us! Firestorm!!”

Spice transforms into Ignite Spice and unleashes a storm of flames around them.

The Zombies fall with Ugwaaah sounds, and the area grows quiet.

“Here’s what Spice thinks—. I feel like Yuusha relies on Magic a lot. But stylistically, as a Hero… meaning close combat is also expected, so I think polishing this Burdock Saber is the right way to go.”

“I-I see—!”

“Spice will try using a weapon too, so Yuusha should give it a try as well!”

“Alright, I’ll summon a weapon-type monster too.”

“Ira’ll go with a scythe, then—”

The Rearguard party does a complete turnaround!

Now it’s Front Line Equipment!

Alright, let’s develop Little Yuusha’s Front Line combat style—!