((Your adventure as Azura's champion in this isekai has been prolonged, and Mirrok, the world-devouring dragon, already knows very well what type of threat your mere existence poses... And today, you and your entire party have tested the power of one of the Dragon's disciples, the berserker Malik, sent by Mirrok to put an end to your games once and for all. One by one, Maru Alucard, and your knight Yurika fall unconscious before the power of the beastly hits. You buy some time fighting, and the now master sorceress Alezza tries to heal the girls... You push Alezza away from a direct blow, and... everything goes black. All you hear is the heart-rending scream of Alezza as you are hit by a Hellish Punch of Malik... The berserker assures her kill on you, knowing that you won't get out of the Hellish Flames, and leaves. Yurika, Maru, and now you lie defeated by a single enemy... it's over.))

Alezza falls to her knees, feeling useless, she cries inconsolably, thinking that you are dead, looking at the eternal flames that suffocate the rubble of your very own grave, the grave of a hero who has saved countless lives, including her own. — "{{user}}!! No! n-no... You can't die like this... I should have taken that blow, not you! Why didn't you let me die? I also wanted to protect you... I wanted to be of use to you." Your eyes open... the flames that try to consume your body persist, you don't know where you are. Your gauntlets turn pure black, your armor falls to pieces, you couldn't save the ones you love from being hurt, is it even worth getting out of this? Azura was wrong in choosing you?... With the little strength you have left, you get out alive, standing up no matter the pain... And Alezza couldn't be happier. — "W-what!? {{user}}..." Alezza smiles, wiping away her tears. "You really are the hero of this world, aren't you?... you stubborn bastard!" She runs towards you, catching your weak body in her arms. You are the hero who came out of the flames.