With the Undead Army crisis resolve, although winning the humanity lost many promising soldier and adventurer, with a death of 650 soldiers and 570 adventurers
Prince Aarone sent a message for the main forces to retreat back to the Kingdom, stating that because of Kitsune and Hero's Party, Luminous, participating in the extermination, it went smoothly with the least live lost as possible, and the search for the demon general are still going
A ceremony for the one who lost their live was held and everyone who participated gave a moment of silence, mourning along the family who lost their love one
Three Fire from ˹Fire Ball˼ skill was fired in the air to send the soul of the dead to the other side and everyone who died was given a Medal of Honor along with a compensation reward that was given for the family
Prince Aarone later on went back to the Kingdom along with Princess Azalea and Shiro, upon leaving the luminous members and Sarah was there to send them off
Sarah tap Shino and said, "Aren't you and Princess Azalea close with that Kitsune stuff and all, don't you want to say goodbye personally?"
Shino just kept waving at the Prince and Princess and with a smile, he replied, "Maybe next time, I am just glad she is safe after what happen"
And with everything done, everyone went back to their normal lives and move on from the disaster and hope to never happen again
A few days has passed and in the Guild Hall, Hiroko came crushing down full of bruises in the door of the Guild Hall
Natalia notice Hiroko and came rushing towards him asking, "Hiroko-sama, what happen?"
Crocus later on entered full of bruises and breathing heavily and next to him was Murakami who were exhausted and full of dirt
"Wh-What happen to you all?!" Natalia asked in shocked
With the little breath Hiroko had, he uttered, "De….Demon"
With the word "Demon" coming out his mouth, it cause panic to the guild hall that made everyone stand up from their seat and stop what they're doing
Surprised by what she heard Natalia began to panic and said, "Wh-what?! Wait where is Shino? Don't tell me he was taken as a hostage?"
Crocus point at the door with his last strength and upon opening the door a person that has a huge flaming bear in the shoulder was there standing with a menacing look
"You bunch are really a handful huh?! It's just a bear and it took you guys all the strength you had" Shino asked
The person was Shino, carrying the flaming bear in his shoulder, the target for their subjugation quest, a high-level quest that has a reward of 500 silver
"You guys are the hero party so doing this kind of quest should be easy, but then here you guys are, beaten up and exhausted" Shino said with disappointment
Hiroko came out from his beaten up state and said, "It will be easy if I don't have this 500 kilograms bands stuck in my arms and feet, why do I even have this?!"
Crocus also snap and said, "Yeah! And why do I need to wrestle a bear without armour? It's impossible you know, I could die you know!"
Murakami began to throw a tantrum saying, "This is some stupid training! I learned many destructive magic and here I am only using basic skill like ˹Fire Ball˼, ˹Rock Spike˼, ˹Wind Force˼, and ˹Water Ball˼ to kill a beast that is classified as High-Level"
Shino was getting annoyed on them complaining and said, "Tsk! Quite down you lot, If you have time to complain you should spend it training your ass off"
The three start to act like a kid in front of Shino, simultaneously protest, "Boo! Demon! Brute! We demand easier training!"
Shino start to get irritated at them and said, "No! In order for you people to get stronger you need to experience and know your weakness"
The three tilt their head in confusion and Shino added, "Hiroko, the reason you have those strap is for you to experience that heavier attack does not mean deadlier, learn to control your strength and maintain your stamina. Crocus, the reason why you need to brawl without armour is for you to experience a combat that requires your body, not just armour, try to learn some Body Enhancement Skill for god sake. Murakami, you are same as Hiroko, High-Level Magic like Grand magic is not the only way to defeat a foe, you use a Grand Magic in the wyvern fight right? What happen? You almost missed the target, be creative with low-level magic and improve your aim, some low-level magic is beneficial for the fight"
Natalia who overheard Shino lecturing the other members of the Luminous said, "Wow~ you're a tough teacher Shino-san…"
Still in lecturing mode Shino replied, "You Natalia..."
Natalia was surprised and said, "Eh?! Am I involved?"
Toning down the lecturing Shino drop the bear and said, "Nothing… here, we are going to confirm the quest is successful"
Natalia sigh a relief for not getting yelled and started to dragged the bear along with few adventurer to confirm their quest
Still upset about their brutal training Hiroko said, "How about you Shino?! What is your handicap? Sure you are training with us right?"
Shino released his aura and shocked everyone around him, Shino then said, "Keeping my aura from spilling requires great concentration you know"
A loud step was heard from the second floor of the building caused Shino to hide his aura in an instant
Sarah then was seen rushing down the stair with a Crystal Tablet in hand and said, "Shino! Great you are here, let's update your status"
Hearing it, Hiroko, Crocus, and Murakami was filled in excitement with their eyes became starry and upon looking at Shino, the desire to know the status just became stronger
"Shino! Sarah-san is right! The battle must have increase your status in some way" Hiroko said with excitement
Crocus became cocky and said, "Shino, I request a wager, I for one boast my strength to be as high as Richard-sama, if your strength is higher than mine then I should follow your training and not complain anymore, but if my strength is higher I should get my armour for free"
Shino just smirk at Crocus being cocky and said, "God… that is some pride you got there"
Murakami also proposes a wager as she kept raising her hand and said, "Me too! A wager! I was trained by the court magician so I know my Intelligence is higher than you Shino, if I win you should tell me the secret on how to use ˹Multiplier˼ and if you win I'll also train without complaining"
Shino began to think and said to himself, "this might be a great opportunity to stop them from complaining"
Shino then said, "Hiroko how about you? Want to wager something in exchange to not complaining while training"
Hiroko think and said, "Hmm… then let's wager on Agility, I am quite fast at foot and can dodge arrows, if I win harsh training will be banned"
With all the wager set, Shino smiled and said, "Okay I accept all wager! Let's do this"
A crowd has gather and Sarah place the Crystal tablet in the table near the reception area and said, "Okay listen, this tablet is used specifically to measure people who are as strong or more stronger than Richard, The head captain of the royal army"
Natalia step up and said, "Since this is an update for the Hero party's Status the normal stone tablet won't suffice, Hiroko-sama you are first"
Hiroko step up with confidence and placed his hand on top of the Crystal Tablet and his status was shown
Hiroko Yusha, Job Class: ˹Hero˼, Strength: ˹599˼, Agility: ˹605˼, Intelligence: ˹358˼
Everyone was amazed and clap seeing Hiroko status
Noting the result, Natalia then said, "Crocus-sama, you are next"
Crocus step up and placed his hand on the Crystal tablet and said, "Fear my strength Shino ahaha!"
"Yah! You sound like a villain" Shino said with a smile
Crocus Vonhard, Job Class: ˹Shielder˼, Strength: ˹626˼, Agility: ˹492˼, Intelligence: ˹375˼
With an applause Crocus looked at Shino and gave him a thumbs down
"A competitive one huh?" Shino said not being intimidated
"Okay, Next is Murakami-sama, please step up" Natalia said
Everyone was paying attention at Murakami and made her uneasy
Murakami Takasashi, Job Class: ˹Sorcerer˼, Strength: ˹366˼, Agility: ˹530˼, Intelligence: ˹632˼
Seeing their status Shino said to himself, "Their status are great for their Job class, and it is pretty high if you asked me"
"Okay last one, Shino-san, your next" Natalia said
Everyone was focused and paying attention to Shino as he walk forward and not even blinking a single time
In front of the tablet Shino was about to place his hand when Kuro suddenly came out and said, "Kuro is also participating!"
Kuro placed his hand at the crystal tablet and her status came out
Kuro, Job Class: ˹???˼, Strength: ˹753˼, Agility: ˹637˼, Intelligence: ˹556˼
Kuro laugh and said, "A-HA-HA-Ha! I win!! Kuro is…"
Before even finishing her word, Shino karate chop Kuro's head and said, "Yeah~ yeah~ you are the strongest"