Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad-Chapter 160
“Did I hear that right? You want me to be your master?”
“Yes.”
Park Hyun-a narrowed her eyes as she asked.
Choi Hyun-seok nodded with a calm expression.
“If you’re impressed by my fighting skill, forget it. It would take ages for you to get to my level.”
“I’m not particularly interested in becoming like you… Older sister.”
Choi Hyun-seok, who was about to call her ‘Ms. Park Hyun-a’, quickly changed his form of address when he saw her expression turn fierce.
“Ahem, I’m not making this request suddenly. I’ve felt the need for training for a while now.”
“Then do it.”
“I have neither the place nor the time for training. We’re being pursued by the Holy Empire, after all.”
Park Hyun-a snorted.
“So. You want me to be your babysitter?”
“It doesn’t have to be as a master. If you could just provide a place to train while hiding from the Empire’s eyes, I won’t forget your kindness.”
Choi Hyun-seok spoke sincerely.
Through recent events, he had clearly realized something.
There was no place in the human realm beyond the Empire’s reach.
And he couldn’t return to the Demon King’s Army either.
With nowhere to go.
He needed a place to hide from the Empire’s eyes.
“Honestly, older sister, aren’t you unemployed now too? You’ve got nothing to do, so why not take on a cute disciple…”
“Cute my ass! What’s cute about a muscle-bound giant over 190cm tall!?”
Park Hyun-a’s height is 169cm, which is taller than the average Korean woman.
But it’s nothing compared to Choi Hyun-seok, who stands well over 190cm.
Standing side by side, their height difference is about a head’s length, showing their enormous physical disparity.
“Haa… I knew you were bold, but you’re even more than I thought.”
Park Hyun-a scratched her head.
She seemed to be contemplating what to do.
Choi Hyun-seok hastily continued.
“I may not look it, but my potential is supposedly some kind of triple-S level, historically unprecedented! If you train me well, I’m sure I’ll be useful.”
“Your potential is SSS-rank?”
“Yes. This friend here said so.”
Choi Hyun-seok grabbed Rachel and pushed her forward.
“Aack! Why me…!”
Rachel, who was struggling and thrashing, immediately became docile when her eyes met Park Hyun-a’s.
“Hehe… That’s right. SSS-rank potential! I, Rachel, guarantee it!”
Her practice of being strong against the weak and weak against the strong was exactly like her hero.
“Hmm, is that so.”
Park Hyun-a stroked her chin as she continued.
“I thought something was off. Even with that big-mouth training him, his growth rate seemed too fast. So that’s why?”
She had known all along that Hemis was committed to training Choi Hyun-seok.
However, even taking that into account, she thought his growth was too rapid, but if his potential was SSS-rank, it somewhat made sense.
“Has there ever been a hero with SSS-rank potential?”
“No. Over 100,000 heroes have come here, but fewer than ten were even SS-rank.”
“That makes sense. I’m S-rank, and I’ve only met one other.”
Interest began to fill Park Hyun-a’s eyes.
‘SSS-rank… I wonder how strong he could become.’
Even with S-rank potential, her combat power had exceeded 400,000.
And though slowly, she was still steadily growing.
If Choi Hyun-seok with SSS-rank potential were to grow, how strong could he become?
He would easily surpass 600,000, and might even reach 1,000,000.
‘Combat power of 1,000,000…’
The combat power meter Park Hyun-a possessed could measure up to 1,000,000.
She had measured the combat power of all the Demon Army’s Corps Commanders, and most were between 400,000 and 500,000.
She was curious what kind of power would be displayed at truly 1,000,000.
‘Big-mouth’s combat power was over 800,000, wasn’t it?’
Hemis had possessed combat power in the 800,000s, overwhelmingly higher than other Corps Commanders.
1,000,000 would be even higher than Hemis.
‘Well, what made her dangerous wasn’t simply her combat power numbers…’
Park Hyun-a shook her head as she briefly thought about Hemis.
‘Enough. What’s the point of thinking about someone who’s already dead.’
Either way, Hemis was dead.
Having witnessed too many deaths, Park Hyun-a didn’t dwell on those who had passed.
Besides, she had no good memories with Hemis anyway.
“Alright! I’ve decided.”
Park Hyun-a grinned at Choi Hyun-seok.
“I’ll do it. Be your master.”
***
In Gratiam, the capital of the Holy Empire of Gatren.
“Heh heh…”
Pope Orban IV was laughing.
“Heh heh heh heh…”
His powerless continuous laughter made one wonder if he had dementia.
The surrounding officials all kept their mouths shut tight while watching his mood.
“Heh heh… Heh… Heh.”
Finally, after laughing for a while, the Pope stopped.
He spoke with his eyes closed.
“You must be joking right now?”
“…”
No one answered.
The Pope asked once again.
“I do not like jokes. Tell me straight, even now.”
“…”
“You must be joking?”
“…”
“I said tell me straight!”
Suddenly the Pope slammed the table.
KWANG-!
The table shattered with a thunderous sound.
All the officials gulped.
The table the Pope just destroyed was worth thousands of gold coins.
However, they weren’t shocked because of the table’s price.
‘That table shouldn’t break like that…’
The table was made from a rare mineral that wouldn’t even scratch from ordinary impacts.
Yet that table shattered into pieces from a single punch.
Until now, the Pope had never once used force in front of others.
Therefore, none of the officials knew that this elderly figure was hiding such monstrous strength.
“…”
A chilly silence filled the air.
There was no guarantee that the brutal fist wouldn’t immediately fall on someone’s head.
Unfortunately, no one present had a head harder than that table.
“Sigh, I apologize.”
The Pope sighed and slumped into his chair.
The waiting attendants rushed in to hurriedly clean up the table debris.
Due to the minerals being so heavy, they were dripping with sweat just moving the pieces.
The Pope watched them while tapping the armrest.
Tok, tok, tok.
After calming his anger for a while, the Pope finally spoke.
“Where are Choi Hyun-seok and Abelson Mariette?”
“Well…”
“You lost them, right? Yes, I already know.”
The man giving the report trembled.
Cold sweat poured down his back like rain.
The scene of the table shattering kept flashing in his mind.
“Haaa…”
The Pope let out a deep sigh.
“Continue tracking them. Search the entire continent if you must find them.”
“Yes!”
“Let’s end this topic here.”
The Pope pressed his forehead with a tired expression.
“Moving on to the next agenda. How is the prevention of necromancy within the Empire going?”
At the Pope’s words, another official stood up.
He began his report while checking the documents in his hand.
“We have found exactly 1,524 special devices that appear to be generating demonic energy within the Empire’s territory.”
“Have you figured out how they operate?”
“I apologize! That’s still…”
“It’s fine. We knew demon engineering technology was superior to ours. Continue researching.”
“Yes!”
“Ah, I ask just in case. There’s no more threat of necromancy within the Empire now, correct?”
“That’s right. The demonic energy density across the Empire has returned to normal. There might still be undiscovered devices, but necromancy should be impossible.”
“Excellent.”
The Pope narrowed his eyes.
His eyes buried in wrinkles gleamed coldly.
“Maintaining secrecy is especially important for this matter.”
“…”
“When all nations fall into crisis from necromancy, we alone must be the only safe nation. We need to create the impression that ‘The Holy Empire of Gatren is blessed by God.’ Understand?”
“Yes!”
After several more agenda items were reported,
Finally, the reports and meeting ended.
“That will be all for today.”
“…”
“Then go attend to your duties.”
At the Pope’s words, the officials all rose.
“Ah, I forgot to mention one thing.”
The officials who had stood up sat back down.
“After this matter is concluded, I plan to deal with the demon race. Related departments should prepare and report plans.”
“Yes!”
“I’ll give you one week.”
“Yes…”
“You may go now.”
The expressions of the officials leaving the meeting room were sour.
The demon race wasn’t only entangled with the Holy Empire.
Every nation on the continent had complex secret agreements with the demon race.
Yet they were told to create a plan to deal with the demon race within a week.
‘If he says do it, we have to do it…’
Even if it was unfair, they had no choice.
To survive, they had to work through several nights to create results that would satisfy the Pope.
***
Park Hyun-a used spatial movement magic to bring the group somewhere.
It was Choi Hyun-seok’s first time here, but it felt strangely familiar.
“Older sister. Where are we going?”
“You’ll see when we get there.”
“Yes.”
Choi Hyun-seok closed his mouth without protest.
Considering Park Hyun-a’s personality, anyone could tell that acting up would not end well.
Then while walking,
Suddenly Park Hyun-a threw out a question.
“By the way, what level are you?”
“Um… Seven hundred and forty.”
Choi Hyun-seok checked his status window and answered directly.
“What? Seven hundred and forty?”
Park Hyun-a turned around with furrowed brows.
“Are you sure? Really seven hundred and forty?”
“Yes… But…”
“That’s strange.”
Park Hyun-a put on her combat power meter and looked at Choi Hyun-seok.
[Combat Power: 108,406]
Park Hyun-a’s expression grew even more wrinkled after checking his combat power.
Choi Hyun-seok carefully read her expression.
“Did something go wrong…?”
“Why is your level so low? With combat power of 110,000, your level should be at least nine hundred.”
“That’s strange?”
“At a minimum, it should be over nine hundred.”
“Nine hundred…?”
“That’s the minimum. Usually should be over a thousand. Though most die before then.”
Choi Hyun-seok blinked.
To achieve his current combat power, his level should be over a thousand.
“Listen carefully. Combat power, simply defined, is the sum of your stats – specifically strength, agility, vitality, and magic.”
“Yes.”
“How do you raise your stats?”
“By leveling up and investing bonus points.”
“Is that all?”
“They sometimes increase during training or combat too.”
“Right.”
Park Hyun-a snapped her fingers and continued.
“Most raise stats through leveling up, but as you said, they can also increase through fierce battles or extreme training. Heroes jokingly call this blood-and-sweat.”
“Blood-and-sweat…?”
“You know that song right? Blood Sweat & Tears~ That super famous one.”
“I know it.”
“It’s like that. Stats that only increase when you work your ass off and pour out blood, sweat, and tears.”
Park Hyun-a narrowed her eyes as she looked at Choi Hyun-seok.
“But your stats from blood-and-sweat are hundreds higher than other heroes. And you haven’t even been in this world for a year. Do you understand how far outside common sense this is?”
“Uh… I think I do…”
“Don’t react so half-heartedly!”
Park Hyun-a beat her chest in frustration.
“Exceeding level 700 in such a short time is already impossible, but hundreds of blood-and-sweat points? Even with SSS-rank talent, it makes no sense.”
“…”
“Just what have you been doing?”
Park Hyun-a asked pressingly.
Choi Hyun-seok quietly closed his eyes.
Everything that had happened flashed through his mind like a panorama.
“I did… Go through some hardships…”
A tear formed in the corner of his eye.
“It was really… Hard…”
“Looks like that big mouth really put you through hell.”
Park Hyun-a wore a sympathetic expression.
She couldn’t even imagine what experiences would enable such growth in such a short time.
If another hero had gone through similar experiences, they probably would have died already.
She thought perhaps Hyun-seok’s real talent was surviving such extreme situations.
“Anyway, this is a very good sign. Growth through blood and sweat makes you stronger regardless of level.”
“Is it very good?”
“Of course. Being stronger than your level means you can hunt stronger enemies, which naturally speeds up leveling.”
“Ah.”
“As blood and sweat accumulate, that positive cycle builds up too.”
After hearing all the explanations, Choi Hyun-seok nodded.
“In that sense, where we’re going is a great training spot.”
“Where is it?”
“Somewhere you know.”
“Hmm…”
“I wanted to teleport directly, but the demonic energy is too dense and the coordinates are unstable, making it dangerous.”
At the mention of dense demonic energy, Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes widened.
“Could it be…”
“Figured it out?”
“The Land of Magic Beasts. Inessimot, right?”
“Correct.”
Park Hyun-a grinned.
“Let’s start with some leveling up first.”
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