The next morning, Fang Zheng introduced Homura Akemi to Raphtalia and Lifana. After learning that Homura Akemi was Fang Zheng's family member, the two little girls were quite nervous at first.

However, Akemi Homura was relatively calm. After all, the most abundant thing in the Heavenly Dao Palace was cursed children. She had seen many cursed children with various animal attributes before, so it didn't take long for the three of them to get familiar with each other. Then Fang Zheng took the three of them to the depths of the forest to continue leveling up.

By the way, Homura Akemi's bow, like Fang Zheng's shield, has the ability to absorb other substances to gain properties.

But the bow was much easier than the shield. Fang Zheng's shield couldn't absorb weapons, and it only obeyed after Fang Zheng opened the code. But the bow had no such problem at all. Of course, it could only absorb the characteristics of shooting weapons - that was enough.

Not only that, Homura Akemi also got a great advantage.

Most of the weapons she uses are Lv1 in the context of this world, which means that Homura Akemi can directly merge all the weapons she has stored into the bow and use them immediately.

Of course, not everything can be used, for example, the bow cannot absorb rockets and missiles. I don't know if it's because they don't belong to the "shooting system" weapons, or if there is some other reason.

But overall, most of the weapons' characteristics are still usable.

Because of this, Homura Akemi quickly became familiar with the bow and put it into practice. In one day, she raised her level to level 15 by herself.

Of course, according to reason, there is a debuff between the four holy warriors that prevents them from gaining experience if they are too close, but surprisingly, there is no such problem when Akemi Homura gets the bow. This makes Fang Zheng more confident in the accuracy of the information he got from the holy bow.

After all, you said that the Four Holy Warriors were going to fight against the waves and the Demon King together, so naturally they had to fight together.

I can't get any experience points by fighting together, isn't that crazy?

If you go into a dungeon together, there's no way to share the experience and equipment, so you'll just have to fight on the spot.

When Fang Zheng was hacking into the shield system, he investigated out of curiosity and found that there was no such setting in the system.

Now that he saw that Homura Akemi, who was recognized by Sheng Gong, did not have a similar situation, he immediately understood the reason.

Obviously, just as Sheng Gong said before, the previous Archer was just a temporary worker, and since he was a temporary worker, there were naturally multiple restrictions, and he could not enjoy the treatment of full-time employees. That's why they couldn't gain experience together, but Akemi Homura was a formal Archer, so naturally she was not subject to this restriction.

Strictly speaking, the previous Archer was just a temporary worker who got in through the back door, while Homura Akemi was the big boss who was parachuted in from above... With different identities and status, the treatment must be different.

However, just when Fang Zheng and his group returned to the royal city, they encountered an accident.

Hundreds of fully armed soldiers appeared from all directions and surrounded Fang Zheng and his party of four. Behind these soldiers was the idiot king on horseback.

Seeing this scene, Fang Zheng shrugged helplessly and stopped.

"Shield Demon!"

Riding on his horse, the king looked at Fang Zheng in front of him with a sullen expression.

"You are one of the Four Saints, but you actually killed the Bow Warrior who is also one of the Four Saints. Do you know your crime?!"

After hearing the king's words, the crowd watching around was instantly in an uproar. Although they knew early this morning that the atmosphere in the royal city was tense, they did not expect that something like this would happen!

The Bow Hero was killed?

And he was killed by the Shield Hero?

"hehe……"

However, to the king's surprise, Fang Zheng sneered in response to his question.

"I was just about to look for you, idiot king, but I didn't expect you to come to my door..."

"You, what do you mean?"

Seeing Fang Zheng's cold smile, the king's heart ached. He had originally wanted to take this opportunity to completely expel Fang Zheng. But now it seemed... the situation was not that simple?

However, at this moment, Fang Zheng suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at the idiot king.

"Otokore Megamaro XXXII! You arbitrarily altered the ritual and forged the Four Saints. Do you know your crime?!"

"What?!"

Hearing this, the king widened his eyes in surprise, and the people around him... were so surprised that their jaws almost dropped!

Just now, they heard the king say that the Shield Hero killed the Bow Hero, and now, the Shield Hero actually said directly that the king forged the Four Holy Heroes?

What is going on?

"You are slandering me! You killed the Bow Hero, and you still dare to talk nonsense here!"

"The Bow Hero? You mean the impostor?"

Looking at the furious king in front of him, Fang Zheng laughed and said, "You're kidding. Do you think you're the only one who can put a hat on someone?"

Today, I will let you see how the black pot is made!

"That's not the Four Saintly Warriors at all. They're just imposters with a name. The real Four Saintly Warriors... are here."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng snapped his fingers, and Homura Akemi immediately came out and raised the longbow in her hand towards everyone.

"That's... the Bow Hero's weapon!"

"how so?!"

Seeing this scene, the citizens and soldiers around were all dumbfounded. After all, according to legend, the Four Sacred Warriors and their weapons were bound together. Once the Four Sacred Warriors died, the Four Sacred Weapons would also disappear. However, the Shield Hero had clearly killed the Bow Hero, but his weapon did not disappear and was taken by another strange girl?

Could it be that, as the Shield Hero said, this girl is the real Bow Hero?

"You forged a hero and took possession of the holy weapon, thinking that you were flawless. However, fake is fake! Even if you, as a king, cover up for them, you cannot hide the truth!"

As he spoke, Fang Zheng stretched out his hand and pointed at the Spear Hero and Sword Hero who had grim expressions on both sides of the king.

"They are just a bunch of fakes!"

"You, what did you say!"

"Nonsense, I'm holding this gun, why am I not a hero!"

At this moment, the two little brats suddenly jumped up and shouted as if their butts were on fire.

"Yeah?"

Facing the two people's answers, Fang Zheng chuckled.

"Then let me ask you, the Four Holy Warriors were summoned to this world to protect it and resist the waves. And what did you do in the previous waves?"

"I-we killed the monster boss in the wave!"

"Yeah, yeah, if it weren't for us, the wave wouldn't be over so quickly!"

"oh?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng curled his lips.

"Then let me ask you, who saw it?"

"this……"

Faced with Fang Zheng's question, the two of them suddenly fell silent. Before, they were only thinking about destroying the boss and never cared about these things!

"The Four Holy Warriors fought to protect this world and its people, but what about you? What did you do?!"

Hearing Fang Zheng's rebuke, the citizens and soldiers around him began to talk.

"Yes, when Root Village was attacked, only the Shield Hero went to protect the villagers. There was no sign of other heroes at all!"

"Yes, my brother is in Root Village, and it was the Shield Hero who saved his life!"

"Yes, yes, they said to destroy the wave, but we didn't see those three heroes at all, nor did we even see their battle."

"That's right, they didn't come to help us at all! How can such people be called heroes?"

As the discussion progressed, the crowd's voices grew louder. Obviously, they all believed Fang Zheng's words more. After all, in the legend, the four holy warriors fought to protect the world and its people. But the other three warriors obviously didn't do that. Some people doubted it at first, but since they were warriors, they didn't dare to say anything.

But now, Fang Zheng gave them a reason.

After all this fuss, it's not that the Four Holy Heroes didn't save them, but that the other three except the Shield Hero were all fakes...

This reason is obviously easy to accept.

“You…you…!”

The idiot king obviously did not expect Fang Zheng to lie with his eyes open and directly put the blame on others. He was so angry that his whole body was shaking and he was speechless.

"What nonsense! Come, take them down!"

"How dare you?! You forged a hero and took possession of the holy weapon, and now you want to attack the Four Holy Warriors? Do you really think we are all soft persimmons?!"

Along with Fang Zheng's roar, scorching flames instantly erupted, instantly dispersing the soldiers who had surrounded him.

The soldiers holding weapons were looking at each other, not knowing what to do.

Logically, they should obey the king's orders.

But if what the Shield Hero said is true, and the other heroes are all impostors... then they are just accomplices to the evil!

Of course, the immediate threat is real.

Most soldiers didn't know how powerful the other three heroes were, but at least the Knights saw how powerful Fang Zheng was. They had to try their best to kill the monster, but the other side wiped it out with one sweep, and it looked like chopping melons and vegetables.

Regardless, at least Fang Zheng did demonstrate the strength that the four legendary warriors should have.

If you think about it carefully, those monsters were easily wiped out by the other party, and my small body...

I managed to survive the waves with great difficulty, but I don’t want to die here!

Thinking of this, many soldiers hastily retreated. In fact, deep down in their hearts, they believed Fang Zheng's words about 70%.

Apart from other things, the king did come to the king because the Archer was killed. But if you think about it carefully, they are both the Four Holy Warriors, why can the Shield Hero kill the Archer so easily? Is the Archer who was killed so easily really one of the Four Holy Warriors?

After all, the four holy warriors in the legend were all great men. Do you think they died quietly?

It's like in novels, Ashes of Time are boasted about how awesome they are, but in reality, they are beaten to death with a brick in an alley.

In this case, most people would either suspect that the novel was exaggerated or that the person being filmed to death was fake.

No one would think about whether the brick was enchanted or mixed with fine iron to enable automatic pursuit and instant death.

After all, a novel may state that "this story is purely fictional and any similarity is purely coincidental", but the legend about the four holy warriors saving the world is a fact that has been set in stone!

And how could the hero who saves the world die so easily?

You are right.

Looking at the chaotic scene in front of him, the king was so angry that he couldn't speak. He originally thought that he could use the death of the Archer to completely defeat this bastard. Unexpectedly, the other party slapped him in the face, and now he was beaten so hard that he couldn't get up. Of course, he also saw the hesitation of those soldiers. More importantly, those people obviously believed in that damned Shield Demon more than himself!

"You're talking nonsense!"

At this moment, the Sword Hero and the Spear Hero also stood up and roared loudly.

"We are the real heroes!"

"You are nothing but a shameless villain who uses despicable means!"

However, facing the roars of the two people, Fang Zheng didn't care at all.

"Since you want to prove that you are true heroes, I have a way."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng patted Homura Akemi's shoulder.

"If you want to prove to everyone that you are the true Four Saints Warriors, then duel with her!"

"What?"

Hearing this, both of them were stunned, but Fang Zheng continued speaking.

"You all know that she is the real Archer Hero whom I summoned yesterday after I killed the fake Archer Hero. In other words, she has been in this world for less than a day. And you have been here for a whole month. In this case, your strength should be stronger than hers, so you should defeat her in the duel. If you can defeat her, then I will temporarily recognize you as the Four Holy Heroes. If you are defeated by her, then..."

Having said this, Fang Zheng chuckled.

"You can't even defeat someone who has been in this world for less than a day, and you still have the nerve to call yourselves the Four Holy Warriors?"