"Humanity's end seems grim. Isn't there a hero who could beat this monster?"
A reporter was broadcasting live from a helicopter. Underneath her was a city in ruins and a monster as big as skyscrapers. This was a grim fight in which many heroes died and some were injured.
It was no one's mistake. The monsters coming to Earth got stronger and stronger. So, now, even the strongest heroes together couldn't beat this new monster called Kingzilla.
The whole world was watching it live because if the heroes couldn't win, then the Earth would literally be doomed. Unfortunately for them, there was only one injury on this monster, which was inflicted by the combined attack of the world's strongest heroes.
It wasn't even an injury, it was a scratch. The strongest heroes could only scratch it with their full power. This was the reason everyone was watching with their hands on their hearts. They were all waiting for that hero. The hero who would come and change the fate of this match.
"Huh? Isn't that the Masked Helper?" the reporter said. "Was he still alive?" A man with a black mask with white stripes on it got out of the rubble.
Even though she was happy to announce that he was alive, she knew it wouldn't change anything.
"As you all know, he has the power of ambidexterity, which made him a helper."
Yes, the Masked Helper, or Colt, was the number one helper. His power was ambidexterity, which carried him to the number one spot as a helper.
Helpers were like supports in a group, but worse. They had jobs ranging from cleaning the battlefield, fetching water, or polishing the heroes' equipment. Some helpers, like the Masked Helper, made more contributions to the fights.
Of course, no one cared about the number one helper. He was just there to help the "real heroes." Unfortunately for those who thought that way, the real heroes were dead.
He started wandering around the battlefield slowly while the whole world watched him. He was looking for something. After "strolling" for about a minute, he approached the ruins of a random building.
Underneath it was a hero, almost dead. He was the "Sword Saint", number one hero in the world. Masked Helper casted heal. Seeing this, the whole world stopped. They all knew the Masked Helper's power was ambidexterity.
It was confirmed by the Power Association. So, there was no way he could also heal people. But, they didn't hate it. Actually, a hope of light appeared. If he could heal the number one hero, he could do something.
The Sword Saint opened his eyes, looking at the green light in front of him, and then at the mask of the helper. They knew each other. The masked man had saved him a lot of times without even asking for recognition.
Still, he wasn't as strong as a hero, so the situation didn't change.
"Masked Helper, don't spend your powers on me. I am a goner," he said. "Save someone else, the other heroes can get stronger and come back to fight this monster."
Masked Helper didn't answer. He wasn't one to talk much. They heard him talk only when it was necessary. He continued healing the wounds on the Sword Saint as the whole world held its breath.
The color came back to Sword Saint's face. He was shocked. There were people with healing powers, but they weren't that useful. Some accelerated the healing process while some linked the cells to each other. But this was more of an internal thing.
He even felt he was regaining the blood he had lost. Everyone, including the reporter and the 50x zoom camera in the cameraman's hand, started celebrating. Even though this wouldn't solve anything, at least they would have another chance in the future.
In the meantime, some other heroes also got up. They were all beaten badly, but some were in a condition that could move. So, they decided to earn some time for the number one hero to heal.
That was when it happened. The Kingzilla's hand moved, and with an easy swing, all the heroes were swept together with the rubble.
Shit! Now, I have to move!
Colt got angry. He was almost done with healing the number one hero. Before, he hadn't helped them, thinking they could handle this monster. But the heroes were really weak.
Number one hero, Sword Saint, my ass! They couldn't even injure the monster seriously. He was going to help the Sword Saint kill the monster, making it seem like he had nothing to do with it.
Sigh... Anyway, I can move now since I will be gone soon.
Colt looked down and saw the Sword Saint's sword, Esta, lying where the Sword Saint had been before.
They couldn't even dodge that attack! His anger wasn't gone, but he needed to move now.
The whole world was frozen after seeing the attack Kingzilla showed. They weren't even watching the broadcast anymore, they were just looking at it. Their last hope was shattered. For some reason, only the helper they loaded their hopes on was alive.
Of course, they were thinking, "I wish he were to die instead of the Sword Saint." This was the hypocrisy of the human race. But Colt didn't hear them. Even if he did, he wouldn't care. He took the sword and slowly moved toward the monster.
His power wasn't something shitty like ambidexterity, obviously. It was the full swordsmanship ability. Since the name was swordsmanship, everything regarding it was included in this power.
For example, ambidexterity was an indispensable necessity for swordsmanship. So, he had that ability as well as good bodybuilding, fast muscle gain and compressed muscles, and many other abilities necessary for swordsmanship.
It had been almost 10 years since he received his power, so he was really good at it. His healing power was also trained well. He was better at healing than he was at magic at this time in the past timeline.
Of course, this time, he knew how to train much better since he was in the demon realm. It was at a point that this time, when he visited the demon realm, which has much richer soul power, soon, he would be even stronger since he had trained on Earth.
But right now, he had something else to do. As the whole world half-heartedly watched him, he slowly approached the Kingzilla. It felt like it was smiling, though it was impossible. But Colt smiled behind his mask.
The monster instinctively reacted to Colt and started swinging its tail. As it approached Colt, the whole world had the same feeling. Futility. They all thought that the Masked Helper realized everything was futile, so he decided to go to his death.
Colt, on the other hand, looked at the tail approach. It seemed very slow. From the viewer's POV, it was like this: the tail approached him, and the next second, the 50-meter-long tail was in the air.