Fellow readers, Y'know the old adage "be careful what you wish for, because you might just get it,"? Well, congrats, Simon and co. got what was coming to them. But I think maybe this was a bit too gruesome than what I was expecting...
This is the internet. So the only logical response is that the remaining 200 chapters or so are about how Simon and co. meet their fate.
But on a more serious discussion: The inconsistent styles make me hesitate to recommend this series to people frankly.
On one hand it's fluffy, and the other there's sudden bouts of violent melancholy. One caters to people that need to find an escape with nothing to cause conflict. "Yay, the hero gets the girl. And that girl. And that girl. And everyone is
just fine with it despite
no other character having that situation."
The other caters to people that found out the world doesn't work the way they wanted it to, but are too invested in it to change. The ones that show up to work because money is good and money lets them buy stuff that makes them forget about work.
Add that the cadence of things boils down to "adorable interactions with someone plainly not human but we'll project his humanity because there's not much otherwise... Oh, and we're gonna show the other side of the coin, the dirty
human side of it, in a way that's guaranteed to generate sympathy for an otherwise idyllic MC."
It doesn't really have a push or hook once Simon isn't being an asshole and Yoke just taking it. He gets the girl(s), so now what? He doesn't even make the decision that ultimately gets Simon and co. killed: Jamie makes it for him. Although, I have to say in this title's defense most "dubious-zero-to-hero" mangas gloss over the "former hero" archetypal character. This one paints a complete person. Simon eats, he sees what's going on, he's shown socializing and reforming a party, he plots, and he rages. In the end he has motivation that compels him even if no one else agrees and isn't just the generic douche bag that gets brought up between even more generic dungeon bads.