Simultaneous Travel: Becoming a Legend in the Heavens.

Chapter 498 To be honest...

In short, with Sato crouching down with his head in his hands, looking unwilling to accept it, the chaotic team was formed.

"High Priestess Aqua, Archmage Megumin, Crusader Darkness, the Ultimate sadistic perverted sugar daddy Riku, and the tsukkomi (straight man) Kazuma, the team has become quite large."

Aqua made a gesture of prayer as a holy goddess and said this.

The NEETs, who were crouching with their heads in their hands in a defensive posture, unusually did not retaliate, and still had a pale face that said, "This team is finished."

Luke pulled Darkness, who was lying on the ground and seemed genuinely about to bark like a puppy, to her feet, and looked gently at Aqua:
“Aqua…”

With her eyes closed, Aqua smiled and replied, "Yes, it's me, the ultimate sadistic pervert, Luke. What can I do for you?"

"There will be no extra meal tonight, and the same goes for the wine. Also, you should go back to the stables tonight."

The money earned from defeating the giant frog was only 11 Eris. After splitting it among the three of them, it was pitifully little. The cost of two meals and the hotel accommodations, plus the fact that Aqua is the kind of person who can easily spend tens or hundreds of millions of Eris, meant that their pockets were undoubtedly empty.

Aqua: "..."

The shameless water goddess knelt on the ground, lowered her head, and apologized in a very standard dogeza (a traditional Japanese kowtow).

"I'm sorry, I was wrong. Please forgive me!"

"Sweetie, I forgive you."

"Thank you so much!"

Witnessing Aqua being successfully "trained" in just a few moves, Megumin couldn't help but take a few steps back, her face showing a hint of fear, and her teeth chattering slightly.

How scary, is a party (team) really that scary?
Did she choose the wrong team? Even if it's someone who can deliver incredibly cool lines and provide her with plenty of high-quality protein, I still have a bad feeling about this.

"Lu Ke, I've been thinking about it and I feel like I'm not really suited for this team, could I..."

Lu Ke interrupted Huihui with a half-smile, "What are you saying? You just ate the meal I prepared for the new members and even signed a contract. If you want to leave the team now, you'll have to pay a penalty."

Huihui swallowed hard. "Um... what exactly is the penalty for breach of contract..."

Luke replied casually, "With just 300 million Eris, I can easily earn that back by defeating a Demon King's military officer."

Legend has it that the Demon King has eight subordinates, each of whom is quite powerful, and some of the active Demon King's army officers have very high bounties.

"Three hundred million!!!"

Huihui froze on the spot, collapsing to the ground with lifeless eyes.

Her family was so poor that she had to trick her classmates into giving her food, and her breasts didn't develop (in her opinion) due to malnutrition!
Darkness, who had just stood up, looked at Kazuma, Aqua, and Megumin kneeling down, and her breathing became rapid again. Her face flushed as she rubbed her long legs.

"What a terrifying man! He's the epitome of masculinity! He managed to train the entire team in just a few moves... and even used money to coerce women into kneeling before him!"

Lu Ke, legs crossed, said nonchalantly, "What, you want to stand up for them?"

"No...you probably want to use this on me too, to force me to kneel before you, right? Well then, come on!"

Wow, that's amazing... I doubt there's any masochist like that in real life. Even Luke has to admire Darkness's performance.

"Of course, but let's wait until tonight. I'll make sure to fulfill your wish."

He leaned close to Darkness's ear, his breath moist against her lips, his hoarse voice carrying the authority only an adult could exercise.

"If you know you'll be treated like this and still want it, come to my room after dark."

Darkness clutched her chest, her heart trembling. Her intuition told her that the person in front of her was serious...

She might even be kicked out of her home and forced to marry the guy in front of her who's still a novice adventurer...

"I'll crawl there even if it kills me!"

Darkness answered firmly, her eyes shining with a pure and resolute light, revealing a devotion even more earnest than when she prayed to the goddess Eris in the morning.

"awesome."

Lu Ke couldn't help but clap his hands. "Then let's have a battle to get the team together and get revenge for yesterday. Kazuma, you choose a mission."

Sato Kazuma, crouching defensively with his head in his hands, exuded a low-pressure aura and looked dejected: "Why are you asking me?"

"Aren't you the captain?"

"Huh... so I'm the captain, but it seems I can't control the idiot goddess and you either."

Kazuma Sato said weakly, "And those two new teammates... Anyway, everyone listens to you, so there's no need for me to exist anymore. Why don't you just go defeat the Demon King and send Aqua back, Riku?"

"How could that be? I've always felt that Kazuma is the soul of the team."

"No need to say anything more, let me be a quiet, lazy bum."

Lu Ke raised an eyebrow, walked over to Sato Kazuma, and said in a voice only the two of them could hear:

"How about this, after the mission, I'll take you to 'that shop' for some fun?"

Kazuma Sato hugged his knees and muttered, "What, that shop?"

"You've only been here a short time, so you don't know, but in the dark alleys of town, there's a shop run by a 'succubus'..."

That was a sacred place in the hearts of male adventurers in Axel, where every succubus was a fair-skinned, beautiful older sister with an infinitely graceful figure.

They won't do anything illegal like directly soliciting customers, but they will sell customized "dreams." For a negligible amount of Eris and a little bit of vital energy that won't affect their daily lives or battles, they can do lewd things in their dreams.

Because it's a dream, you can directly customize any character without any portrait rights or legal issues, since it's just a dream!
"Nani!!!"

Upon hearing about succubi, beings that have appeared countless times in light novels and whose very name evokes a sense of functionality or sexual function, Kazuma Sato instantly shed his listless and demoralized state.

He stood up with renewed vigor, surveyed his teammates with the gaze of a passionate, leading man, and began to speak with great enthusiasm:
"Let's all cheer each other on!"

Aqua stared at Luke with astonishment, as if she had seen a ghost, not understanding what he had said that could make Sato Kazuma, who had turned into a vampire, feel like he would get a scalded mouth.

…………

[Defeat the "One-Hit Bear", 40 Eris]

Although the timing was unfortunate and the quest log was filled with medium to high difficulty requests, Kazuma Sato still gritted his teeth and accepted the relatively simple but still challenging quest for the novice adventure team.

The group returned to the plains outside Axel Town. In the distance, several giant frogs of different colors were hopping back and forth. To reach the area where "One-Hit Bear" was located, they had to pass through here.

Lu Ke smiled and looked towards the forest. "There are two giant frogs next to each other ahead, and two more not far away. You can each take one. Go ahead and let me see your strength."

Aqua charged forward, golden light swirling in her hand, unleashing a seemingly powerful attack on the giant frog. "The time for revenge has come! Today I'll show you the might of this goddess!"

"Take this move, Divine Requiem!"

"The so-called Requiem of the Gods is the ultimate form of the goddess's love and sorrow. Once it is used, the enemy will only face certain death!"

While explaining, Aqua charged towards the monster, striking the giant frog hard in the belly, the slight damage being blocked by its oil.

"Hey, it doesn't seem to be working..."

The next second, the giant frog swallowed the goddess whole. Because of the commotion, the giant frogs nearby also noticed Lu Ke and the others, and two other frogs not far away began to approach.

Damn retarded!

With great enthusiasm, Sato Kazuma's lips twitched twice, his eyes filled with unwavering determination. He was determined to win for the succubus shop!

He charged toward the giant frog, which was being held captive by the "giant frog's cage," while shouting to his teammates.
"Darkness! Help me hold off the other giant frog. Megumin, you should know ranged magic, right? Let's take care of those two giant frogs before they get too close!"

"learn!"

Darkness exhaled, raised her longsword, exuding the aura of a seasoned knight, and charged toward the giant frog.

"Die, you wicked monster!"

Swish!Swish!Swish!
The longsword left several streaks in the air, perfectly avoiding the target that was too large to dodge. The giant frog opened its mouth and swallowed Darkness whole.

"What the hell is going on, Darkness? Aren't you a high-ranking Crusader?!"

Sato and Masato, who were still scraping the giant frog, were both numb.

"I'm sorry! Although I'm a Knight of the Cross, I'm too clumsy, and my attacks never hit the enemy!"

Darkness, slowly swallowed by the giant frog, showed an expression that resembled enjoyment, and offered a shameful explanation.

"However, my body is very sturdy, and even if I'm swallowed, I won't be digested so easily. You can save me later!"

Sato Kazuma:......

He looked at Lu Ke, the sugar daddy who seemed to be watching an anime series in the distance, the mentally challenged goddess whose upper body had been swallowed and whose legs were twitching, and the masochistic female knight who looked delighted because she was covered in the giant frog's slime, and remained silent.

That's amazing! His teammates are all amazing!
At that moment, ominous black magic flowed through the air, creating a very cool special effect that caught Sato Kazuma's attention and made him look surprised.

Huihui raised her magic wand high, aimed it at the two giant frogs in the distance, and chanted an obscure and ridiculously melodramatic spell.

"Blacker than black, darker than darkness, let my crimson golden light reside here! When the time of awakening arrives, let the corrupt principles of the absurd church manifest themselves as an invisible distortion!"

"Dance! Dance! Dance!"

"The collapse of the very source of my power, a collapse unmatched by anyone, has burned everything in the world to ashes. It descends from the abyss. Behold! This is humanity's strongest offensive magic!"

"Explosion!"

A blindingly bright light, waves of air vibration and a deafening roar, and a dark red ball of light exploded in the distance, raising dust that blotted out the sky and scattering sand and dust, leaving a crater more than 20 meters deep.

Because the two giant frogs were not far apart, they were both caught in the magic's range and were instantly blasted into dust.

"Amazing……"

Kazuma Sato knocked down the giant frog in front of him, rushed towards the giant frog that was restrained by Darkness and began to scrape it, feeling grateful that he finally had a strong and normal teammate.

After he successfully freed Darkness, he turned around and saw Huihui lying on the ground, being picked up by Luke who had walked over at some point. Her body naturally relaxed and slumped down, as if she had lost all strength.

"What's going on here?"

Luke: "Explosion magic is the most advanced attack magic, so the conditions for casting it are quite demanding. Only powerful magicians can use it. Although Megumin can use it, it seems to be a bit of a stretch."

Huihui barely managed to raise her hand and give a thumbs up. "Just like Luke said, I only have enough mana to cast one Explosion spell a day."

"Then use other magic! We don't need such powerful magic to deal with a monster of the giant frog's level!" Kazuma Sato suggested a normal way of thinking.

"No, I only know how to use the most powerful explosion magic. In the end, explosion magic is the purpose of my becoming a mage, and becoming the strongest explosion mage is my life goal!"

But Megumin was adamant: "I will never learn any other magic except Explosion Magic! All the skill points I've gained so far have been put into Explosion Magic!"

Sato Kazuma:......

Even the last teammate had problems, how great... what a joke!

With such a long wind-up, there are very few places where magic can be used. It's too noisy and will attract other monsters. It's completely unusable in a small dungeon. After using it, you need a teammate to take care of it. No wonder Huihui can't find a teammate!

"Hey, I'm all set."

During her period of weakness, Huihui suddenly widened her eyes, feeling her depleted magic power recovering at an astonishing speed, and she quickly regained her strength.

Lu Ke put Huihui down and revealed the smile of a big bad wolf trying to abduct Little Red Riding Hood: "My physique is special. As long as you come into contact with me, you can quickly recover your magic power."

Huihui then noticed that Lu Ke was holding her hand. She tried to let go of Lu Ke's hand and found that her magic recovery speed had returned to normal. When she held his hand again, it started to recover at high speed again.

She stared at Lu Ke, mouth agape, her eyes blazing with unimaginable joy:
"Really? Does that mean that as long as I hold hands with Lu Ke, I can use the Explosion Magic multiple times a day?"

"That's pretty much what it means."

Lu Kede clarified that his sudden mention of this setting was not to take advantage of the little girl, but simply because he felt he had to help Sato Kazuma realize his dream!

"So, the 'blessing of the stallion' also has the ability to buff women?"

Kazuma Sato muttered something, his mood slightly improved after being discouraged by his bizarre teammate. Although it wasn't very useful, he was sure that "Explosion Magic" could deal with "One-Hit Bear"!
Aqua, who had returned crying, and Darkness, whose face was flushed, came over. The former was disgusted by the slime on her body and wanted to go back to take a bath, but was firmly refused by Sato Kazuma.

"You don't even have the courage to defeat a bear, how dare you dream of challenging the Demon King! Are you planning to never go back?"

"Uh...not really."

Aqua looked at Kazuma Sato with some concern:

"But didn't you go a little overboard today? What exactly turned this reclusive guy into this?"

Kazuma Sato said with a serious expression, "To my shame, it's Xingyu."

"That's truly shameful!!!"

(End of this chapter)