The Church of the Three Heroes

Cult of three heroes or Three Heroes Cult or Church of the Three Heroes is the former national Religion of Melromarc.It is a sect of the Four Saints Faith, branched into Three hero leaving the shield hero.

History
It was branched from the religion of four holy Heroes. It preaches that the three heroes to be as holy gods and the shield hero to be a devil. This is formed as the basis of the country's foundation which discriminated the Demi humans. In this country there is no story about the Hero of the shield, they were deliberately erased. The Hero of the Shield is written to be brutal and treacherous.

The replication of a legendary hero's weapon.was stolen by the The Cult of the Three Heroes. It was swapped with the fake from the altar of the church of seven star heroes in Faubley, which was kept as a proof of the heroes existence. To use that weapon once, several hundred people's worth of magical power must be sacrificed. Moreover, it is impossible to mass-produce that technology .Everyday believers have devoted their energies and risked their lives for several hundred years, the replica was accumulating magic.

They have a deep root in the nation of Melromarc and most conservative in behavior, willing to go to any means for their motives.They are more condescend towards Demi-humans.and calling them impure and devil creatures.

Summary
When Eclairs steps into stopping the slave hunters from capturing Demi humans. She was branded by the cult of having the Demi-Human Blood and also brainwashed by the shield demon. She was almost executed.

During the Queen absence they proposed and succeeded in summoning the four holy heroes. In no time, they spread the rumors about the Shield hero being the worst with the false claim of raping his comrade throughout the nation, even-before Nafoumi himself came to know about the charges made against him. The nation immediately believed the accusation, for they been preached for a century, that the shield hero was evil. They continued spreading many rumors by setting up fake Shield Heroes to do various crime and pinning it on Nafoumi. Naofumi assumed all the cold treatment he received was because of the false rape accusation. When Nafoumi came  to check the time of the waves, he felt a discomfort gazes and extremely bitter face from the nuns in the church. At the same time other heroes and their party came probably for class up, they even gave them dragon hour class sand for a skill, Teleport.

Nafoumi went across the nation to peddle goods for money, under the guise of Holy saint. Nafoumi was recognized for his activity of the holy saint and people begin to doubt the cult's teaching. Some even begin to stand up for him. The other holy heroes also caused many problems for the people of villages in nation. While Nafoumi happen to clean up their mess. This ultimately shook the belief of the people. Nafoumi again came to the church for a class up, but the Nun demanded 15 Gold coin per head, hoping to see him despair of unable to pay, but when he was ready to pay, she produced a document of king's order of prohibiting his parties class up.

After the third wave Nafoumi emerged victorious, while the other three heroes were defeated with much ease by the wave. This causes the Cult of the Three Heroes to be more anxious. They finally plotted to kill the second princess and pin it on Nafoumi. They even proclaimed those who speak in support of Nafoumi to be brainwashed by supposedly brainwashing shield possessed by Nafoumi and convinced the other heroes to kill him.They used the shadows of their support to inform the other heroes of Nafoumi's whereabouts. After some transparent incidence, Ren and Itsuki begins to suspect and started their own investigation, leading the pope to annihilate them first. Later, they informed Motoyasu that Nafoumi killed the other heroes, leading to a fight between Nafoumi and Motoyasu. Finally with the truth being revealed they fought a hard battle and met their end in the hands of the shield hero. After seeing the followers constantly rising from the defeat and pain, Naofumi suspects the High Priest of using some-sort of brainwashing magic on them and using them for his convenience.

The Queen speculated that the Cult of Three Heroes didn't kill Naofumi in the beginning to avoid war with the world and hoped the Waves would kill him. Due to the naivety of the other three Heroes, the Cult had an easy controlling them and using them for their bidding. The Cult planned to use the other Heroes when they were strong enough to kill Naofumi if he survived the waves. The High Priest's actions not only put his entire nation but also the world in crisis.

Church
It is the location of the Red Hourglass of the Dragon’s Era which is kept inside the church in Melromarc's Castle Town According to Nafoumi, the region give off a solemn atmosphere.

Known Members

 * Pope: Current high priest and master mind behind all of the Cult's actions
 * Nuns
 * Shadows: There is a sect of Shadows who are affiliated with the Cult

Support
Aultcray aided the Cult to frame the Shield hero and to oppress him. Malty aided the Cult for her own reasons and gains.Mald & other bow heroes former comrades joined hands with the remnant of the three heroes Cult against the shield hero.

They were aided by many for financial support by nobles.There are nobles who collect pass fees and heavy taxes to fund the Cult one of whom was taken down by Itsuki earning their ire towards him. Even during the brainwashing event many moderate anti-shield hero faction of nobles were found to fund for the Cult.

Trivia

 * Almost all the believers of the cult had a rosary of the cult of three heroes which consists of the symbols of bow, spear and sword.
 * Naofumi failed to notice the cult's belief and went to church for class up and holy water, like it was normal. This is the reason for Raphtalia to think that Naofumi knows of Melromarc's popular religion. Naofumi thought that the king & his daughter to be the reason for his hardship and not others.