To Defeat The Overlord, The Hero Builds An OP Party in Regular World

◈ The Quest ◈

The story of the great hero didn't begin when he started on his 'normal' life. No, it began much more early than that. It all started when a young boy enters the hero academy. He was only 8 at the time, younger than most of his peers.

Exactly as its name, hero academy was a prestigious training faculty with a goal to solely prepare a young mind before battle. Its participants usually children from 8-18 year old. It was a typical thing to send your children to hero academy as in this world, danger can come from anywhere.

The world the hero currently resides was called Estrovan. The world was full of human and monster alike with dangerous dungeon to explore. Unlike what people known as 'earth', Estrovan divided into five territorial sectors.

Sector 1 was owned by the sand beasts as the temperature in there can melt a normal human skin. Sector 2 was owned by sea creatures as most of it consisted of water. Sector 3 and 4 owned by humans and the likes, these were the only sector normal human can withstand although sector 4 terrain was mostly a mountain. And the last Sector 5 was solely owned by the Overlord as no-one dared to enter.

At the age of 19, the boy known as Elz joined a guild and soon achieved his first title by conquering a dungeon by himself. This was the reason he is called 'Starkiller'. As a result, many warrior followed him. These followers which he called Starkiller Gang often to hang out in his first dungeon conquered and called it their base. The raising star's, Elz Starkiller, fame continued until he turned 25. This was the time when that incident happen.

Sector 5's Overlord had been expanding his territory. His action deeply concerned the human race. To counter this vicious danger, the world leaders came up with a plan to completely eradicate the threat once and for all. For this mission to work, they needed an equally powerful being in term of strength. That brought them to the first step of 'Conquering Sector 5' plan. First step was offering a quest to all the guilds in Estrovan. Of course they prepared a reasonable reward, whoever completed the quest will be granted anything.

The quest spread wide along guilds. But even if the news well known and the reward was tempting, most warriors didn't want to accept it because of the danger. A one chance wish was nothing compared to a 0,05% success rate quest. It seemed people still valued their life more, except for one person.

"There you are, Elz!" boomed the Crimson Nightmare Guild's leader.

The man well known as Starkiller Elz approached the buff man. He nodded his head acknowledging the man.

"What is it?" asked Elz as if he knew the leader's demand.

"Hahaha. Sharp as always I see. Come to my office. I have something to discuss with you."

The leader went ahead without him while Elz stayed idle in the guild hall. He was thinking to order a drink when the bartender called out to him. Elz approached him and sat on a stool in front him.

"How's the hunt?" the bartender asked.

"Nothing much. But, the boys are having fun," responded Elz.

"Hmm, here," the bartender said giving Elz his favorite mix. "Have you hear about the rumor?"

Elz only tilted his head, so the bartender explained further.

"It seems the world leaders giving this special quest. They say the reward is anything you want. It's probably one hell of danger, but thinking about the reward, it might be worth it. But hey, you ain't hear it from me," warned the bartender in a low voice.

"Of course. I'll keep that in mind," Elz replied. Finishing his drink, he got up. "Thanks, uncle."

After a little refreshment, Elz entered the guild leader's room. He knocked a few times before the leader let him in. He showed his head inside. It seemed the leader is busy with paper works.