Sentenced to Be a Hero

is a Japanese light novel series written by Rocket Shoukai, with illustrations by Mephisto. The series began publication on September 17, 2021 by ASCII Media Works under their Shin Dengeki Bungei publishing imprint.

Synopsis
The world was entrusted to the strongest and worst sinners, the Heroes. A fantasy that cuts off despair.

Hero punishment is the name of the most serious punishment. A person who commits a felony and is sentenced to hero is punished as a hero. Punishment is the forefront of the Demon King phenomenon that suddenly generates the Demon King army, and even if it is killed by a monster, it must be revived and continue to fight.

A berserker who has not stopped fighting for hundreds of years, the worst scammer in history, a political prisoner of fraudsters, a self-proclaimed king terrorist, an assassin with a zero success rate, etc. Their leader, Zyro Forberts, a former paladin who was also sentenced to hero for "Goddess Killing", was hidden during the war, "Goddess of the Sword". Encounter Teorita.

"Let me help you, we will defeat the Demon King from now on." "I'm willing to do that. Please stroke your head when you win."

When the two sign a contract, the story of an ephemeral and fierce hero who changes the world covered in despair begins.