Forced to Sell Myself to the Female Lead After Killing the Male Lead

In the eastern region of the Great Winter Forest—

"Wesker, are we almost there?"

"Almost! Just over that hill ahead!"

Walking through the narrow gully, the former adventurer named Wesker replied excitedly.

Hearing that, Kabanei, the Seventh Brave of the Asumos Church, couldn't help revealing an excited grin.

Finally!

They were almost there!

As long as he could bring the exact location of the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons back to the Asumos Church, he would earn unimaginable glory!

Without a doubt, he would become the next Heavenly Apostle!

The era of Kabanei...

Was about to begin!

As he imagined the brilliant future awaiting him, the corners of Kabanei's mouth slowly curled upward.

He was extremely satisfied with his decision to risk entering the Great Winter Forest.

This...

Was undoubtedly the wisest decision he had ever made in his life.

Excitement unlike anything he had ever experienced surged wildly through his heart.

"Faster! Hurry up!"

He could hardly wait to experience the feeling of becoming famous and honored.

Still...

Excited as he was, there remained a trace of dissatisfaction in Kabanei's heart.

The red-haired man slowly turned his head toward the orange-haired woman in Church robes walking behind him.

"Arela, didn't you say you weren't coming? So what changed? Why'd you follow us all the way here?"

His voice was filled with contempt, along with unmistakable smugness.

"Lady Third Brave, weren't you the one saying we'd never find it? Weren't you insisting Wesker was a fraud? Well? Look at us now! We're practically there already!"

Faced with Kabanei's taunting words, the woman named Arela merely narrowed her eyes, her gaze still filled with disdain.

"We're not there yet."

"Why are you getting so excited?"

"Heh. Let's see how much longer you can keep acting tough."

Kabanei let out a cold laugh.

He couldn't wait to reach the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons and see the look on Arela's face.

He wanted to know exactly what expression the Third Brave—who usually looked down on him—would wear after witnessing the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons with her own eyes.

Meanwhile...

Unlike Kabanei, Arela remained completely expressionless.

She paid no attention whatsoever to his provocation.

Instead, all of her attention remained focused on observing the surrounding environment.

And staying alert for the appearance of Abyss Demons.

At first...

When Kabanei had claimed to possess information regarding the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons...

Arela had dismissed it outright.

After all, false information like this appeared endlessly.

Even after seeing the so-called fragment from the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons, she had remained skeptical.

The adventurer called Wesker was simply full of inconsistencies.

In Arela's eyes...

He was nothing more than a swindler.

Besides...

Even if such intelligence were genuine, it should have been reported immediately to the Archbishop—or even the Pope—to await a decision from the Church's leadership.

Not acted upon privately for the sake of personal achievements, as they were doing now.

Originally, Arela had no intention of entering the Great Winter Forest at all.

Instead, she reported the information directly to the Archbishop.

However...

Before receiving any reply...

She was astonished to discover that Kabanei had already taken matters into his own hands.

He had led his own squad and followed Wesker straight into the Great Winter Forest.

Although she had her disagreements with Kabanei, Arela, as the Third Brave, genuinely valued her companions.

Naturally, she couldn't simply stand by and watch one of them throw his life away through sheer stupidity.

So, carrying a rare Spatial Teleportation Scroll, she rushed into the Great Winter Forest after him.

Using the tracking device shared among the Braves, she followed Kabanei's trail, intending to drag the reckless Brave back to Wind Facing City.

However...

After following them for some time...

Arela made an astonishing discovery.

The so-called "secret route" that Kabanei and Wesker were taking really was exactly as described.

It was a special path where neither magical beasts nor Abyss Demons appeared.

After secretly tracking the lingering traces of their aura for several hours...

She hadn't encountered a single Abyss Demon.

She hadn't even sensed any lingering Abyss Demon aura.

'Could it be...?'

'Was that adventurer actually telling the truth?'

Once that possibility crossed her mind...

After catching up with Kabanei and the others, Arela decided to continue traveling together with them.

She had become curious herself.

Could they truly reach the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons?

If they later encountered a large number of Abyss Demons...

With the spatial teleportation formation given to her by the Archbishop, escaping shouldn't be difficult.

Thus...

Arela officially joined the party.

...

'There really aren't any Abyss Demons...'

Looking at the eerily silent forest surrounding them, Arela's emotions became increasingly complicated.

She still had her doubts.

Yet now...

She was beginning to think she had no choice but to believe that, for once, Kabanei had truly found an adventurer possessing genuine information.

If that was really the case...

Then ahead...

Beyond this hill...

Would they enter that mysterious barrier?

Would they finally see the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons?

The thought made Arela involuntarily tense.

She tightened her grip around the slender sword hanging at her waist.

After all...

Who knew whether entering the barrier would truly be as safe as Wesker had claimed?

Thus—

Filled with nervousness...

Excitement...

And lingering suspicion...

Arela crossed the final hill together with Kabanei and the others.

The next moment—

Just as expected—

They stepped into a strange barrier.

Everything around them instantly distorted.

The scenery before their eyes underwent a complete transformation.

The dense ancient forest that had stood before them vanished without warning.

In its place...

Lay a vast open field.

A wide expanse of land completely surrounded by forest.

However...

The excitement on everyone's faces disappeared the instant they looked beyond it.

The reason was simple.

They saw no sign whatsoever of the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons.

?!!!

"W-Where...?!"

"Where's the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons?!"

Standing at the front, Kabanei frantically looked around in every direction.

Disappointment immediately spread across his face.

And once that disappointment settled...

It was quickly replaced by blazing anger.

Of course...

Along with embarrassment.

After all...

He had only just finished boasting in front of Arela.

"You...!"

"You lied to me!"

As crimson Holy Aura erupted around him, Kabanei suddenly turned and grabbed Wesker by the throat.

"Where is it?!"

"You said the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons was here!"

"So why isn't there anything at all?!"

However...

The moment they entered the barrier...

Wesker had gone completely blank.

Like a man whose soul had been stripped away, he simply stood there in a daze.

No matter how many times Kabanei slapped him...

There wasn't the slightest response.

The light had completely vanished from his eyes.

"W-What the hell is wrong with him?!"

Kabanei gripped Wesker's throat even tighter, unable to accept what was happening.

Just then...

One of the shield-bearing warriors slowly walked over, speaking in a voice filled with shock.

"Captain..."

"L-Look over there..."

"Hm? What now?!"

Frowning, Kabanei followed the direction his companion was pointing.

Toward the shore of a distant lake.

The next instant—

Like every other member of the Asumos Church present—

Kabanei froze completely after seeing what stood there.

His brown eyes widened in utter disbelief.

?!

"W-Why...?"

"Why is there... a wooden cabin here?!"

Staring at what looked like an ordinary countryside cottage, Kabanei couldn't help doubting his own eyes.

He repeatedly rubbed them with both hands.

"Why would there be a cabin here?"

"C-Could... could that actually be the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons?"

"No..."

"I don't think that's possible..."

Even Arela, equally astonished, couldn't help shaking her head.

"...Should we go take a look?"

Under normal circumstances...

Faced with something so bizarre and inexplicable...

Arela's usual course of action would have been to record the coordinates and immediately retreat.

But...

For some unknown reason...

The moment she saw the cabin...

Her gaze became firmly locked onto it.

It was as though something inside the cabin was calling to her—

Constantly urging her to come closer.

To investigate.

And when Arela proposed going over...

None of the other members of the Asumos Church voiced any objection whatsoever.

Kabanei himself had already been unwilling to leave empty-handed.

Under the cabin's strange and irresistible attraction...

He immediately charged forward impatiently.

"We've already come this far!"

"So let's see exactly what this place really is!"