Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad-Chapter 159

The staggering Choi Hyun-seok fell to his knees.

He raised his head to check where his fighting technique had passed through and spat out a curse.

“Shit…”

Kiaran was alive.

His final strike, where he bet everything, had missed.

“Hero! Are you okay!?”

“I can’t move at all…”

He couldn’t move his body.

Even though about half of his magical power and demonic energy remained, his body had reached its limit.

It was because he used too much output all at once.

Generally, when using fighting techniques, one uses around 3% of total magical power.

But Choi Hyun-seok had used up to half.

And that was with forcibly fusing magical power and demonic energy.

His body and mind couldn’t possibly endure it.

It felt like his head was burning white-hot and all the blood vessels in his body were bursting.

If not treated immediately, his life would end soon.

“Mr. Choi Hyun-seok! Get a hold of yourself!”

“Kwawang!”

He could hear Abelson and Bobo’s voices.

They had rushed to save him.

“I need to fight too…”

The battle had broken out.

Rachel kept firing magic.

Abelson used protective magic to shield Choi Hyun-seok while simultaneously swinging her mace to hold off enemies.

“Kwaang!”

As expected, Bobo showed the most impressive performance.

He attacked using every means possible – swinging his front paws, biting and swallowing, and striking with his tail.

Since enemies were everywhere, his attacks would hit something regardless.

However, despite everyone’s efforts, the battle situation was extremely unfavorable.

‘At this rate… It’s over.’

The enemy was strong and overwhelmingly numerous.

Gradually, wounds began accumulating on the party members’ bodies.

It was visible how quickly they were tired from fighting multiple opponents.

“Kheuk…!”

Abelson groaned as she was stabbed by a sword.

At the same time, the protective magic guarding Choi Hyun-seok disappeared.

“Ms. Abelson!”

“I’m fine! Take it easy!”

“Kuk…!”

Choi Hyun-seok clenched his fists.

He couldn’t give up here.

He had to fight somehow.

“Kuaaaa-!”

Choi Hyun-seok got up with a shout.

His legs trembled, unable to support his weight.

His swinging fists felt heavy like water-soaked cotton.

Still, he had to fight.

If nothing else worked, he would bite the enemy with his teeth.

“Uwaaa!”

Though his spirit was good, battles couldn’t be fought with determination alone.

Already battered, Choi Hyun-seok couldn’t fight properly.

Slash-!

A sword he couldn’t dodge in time cut across his skin.

Splash!

A sharp spear pierced his leg, spraying blood.

Crack!

A blunt weapon crushed his shoulder.

Choi Hyun-seok was being cut to pieces alive.

Seeing this, Rachel’s eyes welled up with tears.

“Eek…! Get away from the hero!”

At that moment, the enemies suddenly began retreating.

“Eung…?”

Rachel looked around in confusion.

Not just the nearby enemies, but all enemies were retreating.

They gathered near Kiaran and began reforming their formation.

Though they didn’t know what was happening, they had gained some time.

The party gathered around Choi Hyun-seok.

“Uwaaang! Hero!”

“Mr. Choi Hyun-seok! Are you okay!?”

“Yeah…”

“I’ll heal you now.”

“Heal Ms. Abelson first…”

Abelson was also covered in wounds.

Her clothes were torn and blood-soaked, barely deserving to be called clothes anymore.

“No. I’m fine.”

However, she poured holy power into healing Choi Hyun-seok.

“Why did they… Suddenly… Retreat…”

“Don’t talk.”

Choi Hyun-seok forcibly lifted his heavy eyelids.

He could see the masked people gathering to form a formation and gather magical power.

Though he wasn’t sure, it seemed they were preparing some large-scale magic.

‘What is it? Are they trying to finish us off? But there’s no need to do that…’

If the battle had continued just a little longer, the party wouldn’t have been able to hold out.

There was no need for such effort.

‘By the way, it’s hot…’

Choi Hyun-seok suddenly felt hot.

Now that he noticed, the surroundings were unusually bright.

He lifted his head to look at the sky.

“What is that…?”

How long had it been there?

A huge fireball was falling from the sky.

The slowly approaching fireball soon collided with the barrier.

Kwagagagak…!

The ground shook with a strange noise.

There was a brief power struggle and.

Chaeng-!

As the barrier shattered, the fireball fell again.

It was heading toward where the enemy had gathered.

At that moment, the magic formation that the heroes were creating was completed.

A massive spell made up of hundreds of octagonal barriers.

It collided with the fireball, creating a thunderous roar.

KWAAAA-!

In the end, both spells were depleted and vanished simultaneously.

“What’s going on here…?”

Choi Hyun-seok was dumbfounded.

He had no idea what was happening.

“Hey. Long time no see.”

Just then, a familiar voice was heard.

When he turned around, he saw Park Hyun-a, a woman looking down at him.

“Co-Commander…?”

“Kid, it’s been ages since I quit that commander business.”

Park Hyun-a grinned.

“Call me older sister.”

***

Kiaran’s eyes shook frantically.

His state was pure panic.

‘Park Hyun-a… Why the hell is Park Hyun-a here!’

A few years ago. The hero who single-handedly turned the Holy Empire of Gatren upside down.

Park Hyun-a, who remains the number one priority target for elimination even after several years.

When Park Hyun-a sought refuge with the Demon King’s Army, the tensions between the Pope and the Demon King became so intense that their century-old secret agreement nearly broke.

That’s how massive Park Hyun-a’s presence was.

‘Someone who should be buried in the Demon King’s Army, why is she here!? Why!?’

No matter how much he struggled, reality wouldn’t change.

Anyone could see that the person before him was Park Hyun-a.

Kiaran took a deep breath to calm his excitement.

‘I need to escape. Even with all these heroes gathered, we can’t defeat Park Hyun-a.’

When considering individual combat ability, Demon King’s Army commanders are generally considered a step above human legends.

Park Hyun-a is someone who rose to become such a commander.

In other words, she’s stronger than most legends.

No matter how impressive the forces gathered here are, they wouldn’t even be a match.

A legend is an existence outside the norm.

You either need to draw them into a fully prepared battlefield or face them with another legend.

“Damn it! Throwing ashes on a nearly cooked meal!”

Kiaran shouted in frustration at having to let go of Choi Hyun-seok who was almost in his grasp.

That’s when Park Hyun-a turned to him.

“Hey there, cripple.”

“…”

“Stay right there. I have quite a few questions for you.”

Kiaran’s breathing became rough again.

He shouted as if having a fit.

“Attack! Attack! Stall for time however you can!”

The heroes charged forward.

Meanwhile, Kiaran began to flee with the support of the remaining heroes.

‘First, I’ll survive. This isn’t my fault anyway. It’s a natural disaster! The Pope will forgive me. If I can just survive…!’

Just as he was frantically thinking, an explosion was heard from behind.

KWAAAAAANG!

The ground shook from the explosion’s aftermath, and strong winds blew.

“Aaaah!”

Kiaran and the warriors tumbled pathetically on the ground.

When Kiaran finally gathered himself and looked back, he couldn’t help but be shocked.

He could see a massive crater in the ground, probably a hundred meters in diameter.

“What is…”

The heroes in that crater must have vanished without leaving a trace.

“Ah! My body’s not fully loosened up yet, but I guess I have to move?”

Park Hyun-a stretched once and drew her sword.

And then the massacre began.

CHWAAAK!

Dozens of body parts – arms and legs – flew through the air.

Blood spurting from the cut surfaces soaked everything around.

Park Hyun-a’s movements were too fast to see properly.

One could only guess she had swung her sword by the slasher movie-worthy feast of carnage.

Kiaran blankly watched the flying blood and flesh.

He realized he could no longer escape.

Before even enough time to drink a cup of tea had passed, all the heroes were dead.

“Wow! These guys are totally event mobs! How do they give so much experience?”

Park Hyun-a smiled brightly.

She was especially excited about leveling up after so long.

“Now that the cleanup is mostly done. Shall we get on with our conversation?”

Park Hyun-a, who had already killed all his subordinates, was approaching him.

Watching her, Kiaran bit down on the pill hidden in his mouth.

Crack-!

As the pill broke, the ritual formula engraved in his body activated.

“Park Hyun-a…”

“Hey hey! What are you doing!? No!”

Park Hyun-a rushed over and cast a healing spell, but it was already too late.

Once activated, the ritual formula couldn’t be stopped.

“I’ll go… Ahead… And wait…”

Kiaran’s head dropped.

His heart had completely stopped.

“Haa, this is why I hate those Gatren bastards.”

Park Hyun-a scratched her head irritably.

While she hated all human privileged classes, there was a reason she particularly despised Gatren.

***

Park Hyun-a used spatial movement magic to transport her group.

They arrived at a log cabin located on an unnamed mountain.

This was one of the safe houses she used during her days fighting against the Empire.

“Phew… Thank you.”

Choi Hyun-seok, who had recovered thanks to Abelson’s treatment, bowed 90 degrees at the waist.

“I survived thanks to you.”

Park Hyun-a waved her hand as if saying not to worry about it.

“Skip the thanks. I survived thanks to you too. We’re even now.”

“Huh?”

“You told me, didn’t you? To watch out above my head and below my feet.”

Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes widened.

To be honest, he had completely forgotten about saying that.

When she mentioned it, he finally remembered exchanging communications with Reidrun after the necromancy incident.

“Turns out those bastards were preparing to trap me. But thanks to your warning, they had to rush their plan.”

Plans to capture Park Hyun-a were being prepared within the 4th Corps headquarters.

Then Choi Hyun-seok warned about the crisis through Reidrun.

The enemy, who had been intercepting communications, had no choice but to hastily execute their incomplete plan.

“If I’d been just a little later, I would’ve been dead for sure.”

If Choi Hyun-seok hadn’t warned her.

If time had passed and the plan had been fully completed, Park Hyun-a would have been taken down without even being able to properly resist.

“Wait a minute. Then isn’t Lord Reidrun in danger too!?”

“What do you mean?”

“If they intercepted the communication, wouldn’t they have heard Lord Reidrun’s voice too!”

After all, it was Reidrun who relayed Choi Hyun-seok’s message to Park Hyun-a.

They might harm Reidrun for interfering with their plan.

However, Park Hyun-a’s response was calm.

“Even if they know, what can they do about it?”

“Pardon?”

“What crime are they going to charge the Division Commander with?”

“They could somehow…”

Park Hyun-a clicked her tongue.

“Don’t you get it? The Demon King is the one who was shady to begin with. I was a proper Corps Commander after all. The Demon King was trying to stab his Corps Commander in the back. If this gets out, it’s the Demon King who’d be in trouble, right?”

“But… Wouldn’t it be a problem if they found out Lord Reidrun talked with me?”

“You’re surprisingly full of yourself.”

Park Hyun-a smirked.

“Hey. You’re just a deserter. Nothing more, nothing less.”

“…”

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“Ah…”

After being chased for so long, he had mistakenly assumed the Demon King’s Army would chase him too.

In reality, no one except the Holy Empire was interested in Choi Hyun-seok.

“Besides, the Division Commander has good backing.”

“What backing…?”

“Strong support behind him. The 5th Corps Commander Ozges is also a Division Commander. I think they’re uncle and nephew. Anyway, they’re really close.”

“Ah.”

He didn’t know the 5th Corps Commander and Reidrun were relatives.

“Anyway, don’t worry about the Division Commander. The army’s already weakened with that mouthy woman and me gone. The Demon King won’t create more discord at a time like this, they’ll just quietly cover it up.”

Actually, Park Hyun-a, who was speaking so casually now, had similar concerns as Choi Hyun-seok.

Before she left the 8th Division where Reidrun was.

She was repeating what Reidrun had told her when she worried about causing problems for him protecting her.

“Enough about the Division Commander.”

Park Hyun-a took out a cigarette and lit it.

“How have you been? Looks like you’re still causing incidents wherever you go.”

“It’s a bit of a long story, is that okay?”

“Speak freely. We’ve got nothing but time now.”

“Understood.”

Choi Hyun-seok explained everything that had happened step by step.

About Abelson and getting entangled with the Holy Empire of Gatren.

Leaving the Demon King’s Army and witnessing necromancy.

Up to Gatren brainwashing heroes to create an army.

Quite some time passed as he explained following the journey of everything that had happened.

“Hmm, maybe I’ve been too buried away…”

Park Hyun-a nodded after hearing everything.

“If those guys earlier were heroes, then that project must be entering its final stages. They’ve been doing that for a long time.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. Even before I fought with Gatren, those bastards tried to sweet talk me into becoming like that too.”

“What did you do?”

“I caught on right away and crushed them.”

“Ah…”

In a way, that incident could be considered the turning point when Park Hyun-a’s relationship with the Holy Empire really went sour.

“Anyway, this pays back my debt to you.”

Park Hyun-a stood up from her seat.

Seeing her about to leave, Choi Hyun-seok called out to her in panic.

“Um… Ms. Park Hyun-a…?”

“This kid wants to die. I told you to call me older sister.”

“I look older than you though.”

“Honey, I’ve been rolling around in this shitty land for at least fifteen years.”

“… Let’s compromise with older sister’.”

“Tsk, fine whatever.”

She didn’t really like ‘older sister’ because it made her sound old, but since it wasn’t wrong, she went along with it.

While her appearance was that of someone in their mid-20s, her actual age was much older.

“Um, older sister. Could I ask you for one favor?”

“What favor?”

Choi Hyun-seok swallowed once before continuing.

“Would you become my master?”

“Huh?”

For the first time, Park Hyun-a showed a surprised expression.

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