Tasked with assigning a Hero to defeat the Demon Lord is an ambiguous figure known simply as the Prophet. As the priestess beholden to a particular god, she has the power to redo time until her chosen Hero successfully carries out his duty. Throughout her many time loops, one man piques her interest—a crass, money-grubbing adventurer who is a far cry from the ideal Hero candidate. Nonetheless, the Prophet taps him and his party to save the world. And though their doom seems all but inevitable, the Prophet can’t help but wonder if she’ll be able to defy fate with this inauspicious group… (Source: Yen Press)

Four years have passed since the Demon Lord was defeated. The kingdom, now at peace, has undertaken the task of compiling the many great deeds of the fallen Hero, interviewing the members of his former party: Leon the Sword Saint, Maria the Holy Maiden, and Solon the Sage. Yet in between their tales of the Hero's past and their adventures together, the truth about his death slowly comes to light. Who killed the Hero? The Demon Lord? ... Or his comrades?
 
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A few years after the Demon Lord’s defeat, the kingdom holds a memorial service to honor the lives lost in the battle, and the Hero takes this opportunity to reunite with the princess of Ludonia, whom he first met at the beginning of his journey. But the princess is not happy to see him; in fact, she accuses him of murdering her elder brother, the Hero of Ludonia. The Hero is quick to refute this, and that triggers a trip down memory lane…one that leads him to recall the circumstances that led to the other Hero’s death. (Source: Yen Press)

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