Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad - Chapter 22

“Is everyone ready?”

Choi Hyun-seok spoke with a serious look.

In front of him stood Kulkan and 10 cooks.

“Remember! You must not stop once we start!”

Choi Hyun-seok had delivered the details of the plan as quickly and briefly as possible.

‘They’re complete idiots anyway, so it’s better than explaining it in detail.’

After having spent some time with the demons, Choi Hyun-seok understood them well.

“Keep running until we escape this cave! Let’s go!”

“Waaah!”

Choi Hyun-seok and the cooks shouted as they started running.

In their arms were large eggs.

They had taken all the eggs from the hatchery.

“

‘I don’t know if it’ll work or not. But it’s better than staying still and dying.’

Choi Hyun-seok’s plan was simple.

Escape the nest while using the eggs as hostages.

Judging from the battle he had just a while ago, Talas cherishes their eggs very much.

So the Talas will definitely hesitate to take action if they hold the eggs.

“Kiieeh!”

“Kiieek!”

Out of the narrow passage, huge spiders swarmed in from all directions.

Dozens, or hundreds of Talas screams filled the entire cave.

“Head cook! The path is blocked!”

“What do we do now!?”

The group was quickly surrounded.

There were spiders everywhere they looked.

Even if they stick out the eggs and threaten them, they’ll just die on the spot.

There was absolutely no way out.

“Get ready!”

Choi Hyun-seok shouted.

He lifted an egg.

‘This was to be expected.’

From the beginning, Choi predicted such a situation.

There’s no way they’ll be able to get out of the cave by simply using the eggs as hostages.

So they needed to move to the next step of the plan.

“Hueup…!”

Choi Hyun-seok inhaled and gave strength to his body.

Every muscle in his body became tense.

It was as if he was a shot put athlete.

“Go!!”

His tense muscles exploded.

Woosh!

The egg flew like a bullet.

It quickly reached the cave’s ceiling.

Boom!

The egg hit the cave walls and broke.

Then the fluid inside the egg burst out.

At the same time, Choi Hyun-seok shouted.

“Now!”

Flames shot from Kulkan’s hand as if he had been waiting.

Whoosh!

The egg hit by the flame caused a huge explosion.

The impact shook the cave as the flame spread everywhere.

‘This is the last part of the plan.’

The encyclopedia stated that a Talas’ bodily fluids were flammable.

In particular, the eggs are flammable liquids that are almost like a bomb.

Choi Hyun-seok decided to try it.

‘Destroy the cave.’

Talas dig fragile soil to make huge caves.

Originally, it would be impossible to build such a huge cave in a place where the soil is weak.

However, Talas have the ability to make this possible.

It is their saliva.

After it’s imbued with mana, they use their saliva as support to build an entire cave.

And their saliva, like their bodily fluids, are flammable.

“Again!”

Choi Hyun-seok threw another egg.

The cave shook from the explosion.

The wave of flames was melting the cave that was built with the Talas’ saliva.

Their saliva was the catalyst that maintained the cave’s structure.

As the cave began to melt, it shook as soil and rocks fell off.

Rumble…

The structure of the cave was being compromised.

“Kiieeh!”

The frightened Talas ran around the cave.

It was to repair the cave walls by applying their saliva.

Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes shone.

‘As I guessed, they’re not brainless.’

Talas wanted to protect their eggs.

And, the cave must also be prevented from collapsing.

If the cave collapses, not only their lives, but all the remaining eggs will be destroyed.

“Don’t stop! Run!”

Choi Hyun-seok, by using the Talas’ eggs as bombs, had added to the chaos.

‘We need to get out of here before we run out of eggs.’

The eggs are so large that the amount they could bring at once was limited.

About 30 eggs are currently in their hands.

They need to find another hatchery or an exit before they run out of eggs.

Boom!

There was another huge explosion.

As if there was an earthquake, piles of dirt poured from the ceiling as the cave shook.

Talas crawled around the ceiling frantically repairing the cave that was beginning to collapse.

“Kiieek!”

However, naturally some of them persistently stood in the way of the group.

It’s inevitable because there were too many of them.

“Sir Kulkan! Please take care of it!”

“I got it!”

Looking at the enemy in front, Kulkan stepped forward and rolled up his sleeves.

He was a demon with an overwhelming combat power.

With their attention divided, it was completely possible for him to deal with ordinary Talas.

“Ora!”

Kulkan paved the way by swinging his hands and feet wildly.

Choi Hyun-seok and the cooks followed closely behind him.

“Keuk!”

“M-my arm…!”

Along the way, some of the cooks were wounded.

It was impossible for no one to get hurt in the first place.

The more eggs they threw, the fewer they had left.

As such, the means to keep the enemies in check will disappear, and they will be exposed.

Their attacks have been carried out in succession ever since they started using the eggs.

“We can’t win against them! Avoid them as much as possible!”

Choi Hyun-seok threw another egg and shouted.

‘How many do we have left?’

Choi Hyun-seok looked back.

‘12…!?’

Before he knew it, there were only a dozen eggs left.

They had to find a way out before they threw all those eggs.

‘Can we do it?’

He has already been running for a long time and his clothes were soaked with sweat.

The cave was filled with cavities, intertwined like a maze.

Choi Hyun-seok and the cooks weren’t certain whether they had entered this passage already or not, but everything was chaotic.

They couldn’t have remembered the exit since they came in while running away.

“Over there! There’s light coming from over there!”

Then a cook shouted.

When he looked closely, he could really see light leaking out.

Choi Hyun-seok and the cooks ran in the direction of the light without hesitation.

“A little more, a little more…!”

Choi Hyun-seok’s body also had many minor wounds since they started running.

Some of the cooks were already being eaten alive after failing to keep up.

Rumble!

The cave shook even more dangerously from the constant bombs.

‘The cave will collapse before we run out of eggs.’

They’re finished if the cave collapses.

They must escape before that.

‘Almost there!’

Gradually, the light was getting brighter.

At this rate, they’ll be able to escape.

Choi Hyun-seok eagerly prayed.

“Just a little more…”

At that moment, Kulkan, who was in the lead, stopped.

“Sir Kulkan? Why are you stopping…?”

Choi Hyun-seok suddenly closed his mouth.

Because he realized why Kulkan had stopped.

* * *

“Talas Queen…”

The queen was waiting, blocking the entrance with her huge body.

She was angry.

“

[How dare you bastards kill my precious babies! I’m going to tear all of you into pieces.]

“Kiiee!”

She had gathered all the adult Talas from the nest to besiege the enemy.

The disgusting bastards ran away in fright.

However, she’ll never let them live.

“Kiieek!”

“B-before I die, just one more bite of meat…”

They died in succession.

Those who were skewered or ripped to pieces died a pathetic death.

In any case, she had succeeded in killing most of the runaways.

She returned to the nest with a lighter heart.

But she became surprised at the nest she returned to.

“Waaa! Save me!”

“Over there! There’s light coming from over there!”

Some had survived and had penetrated her nest like cockroaches.

The insolent bastards were holding her precious eggs hostage.

“Don’t come or I’ll break it! Eh!?”

The Talas couldn’t approach due to the threat and could only step down.

This hostage situation alone made her angry to the point where her whole body trembled.

But, beyond this…

There was something so upsetting that it shook her mind.

An act of brutality that cannot be described with words.

They were using her eggs like a bomb.

Boom!

They threw the eggs and burned them.

A Talas’ shell is very resistant against fire.

However, their insides burn very easily.

In particular, the fluids that make up the eggs catch fire easily enough to be called oil.

So when the surface of the eggs break and the fluids burst out, a huge explosion will occur when it catches fire.

Boom!

“Kiieeh!”

Surprised by the explosion, the Talas scattered.

She felt like she was going to be sick.

The cave they worked hard on shook precariously.

Many of her eggs have been destroyed.

Her mind blanked at the current situation.

Nevertheless, she must maintain her rationality.

They have to protect even the remaining eggs.

Among them, there may be the next queen, so they must protect them no matter what.

She made a vow.

She’ll definitely protect the remaining eggs.

And she’ll never let those scumbags live.

* * *

The Talas queen cried out.

“Kiieeh-!”

It was of a different magnitude compared to the other Talas.

It felt like their eardrums were going to burst, as their whole bodies shook from the cry.

Boom…!

Even the cave shook.

They couldn’t even begin to imagine the power contained behind that cry.

“It’s over…we’re all going to die…”

“That’s okay. At least we ate Talas eggs before we died, right?”

“That’s true.”

The cooks had already given up.

Kulkan slowly opened his mouth.

“Choi Hyun-seok. What should we do now?”

“Please gather the remaining eggs in one place.”

At Choi Hyun-seok’s words, the cooks gathered all the eggs.

“10…”

Thanks to the efforts on the way here, there were 10 eggs left.

‘I’m going to make a deal with this.’

Choi Hyun-seok went forward with an egg.

“Get out of the way, or I’ll break all the remaining eggs!”

Choi Hyun-seok shouted at the queen.

“Kiieeh!”

Boom!

The cry shook the cave again and piles of dirt poured down.

Choi Hyun-seok shouted fiercely as he was hit by the failing dirt.

“Get out of the way! Do you want to see the rest of your eggs explode!? Eh!?”

“Kiieek!”

“You want me to kill them? Your babies!?”

“Kiieeh!”

“Move! Get out of the way!”

Before they knew it, the Talas had completely surrounded the group.

“Haa…”

Choi Hyun-seok sighed.

The queen didn’t budge no matter how many times he threatened her with the eggs.

‘I’m sure the queen understands the situation.’

It was clear that the queen was wary of her eggs being destroyed.

Otherwise, she would have rushed in right now and ripped him apart.

However, at this rate, they won’t be able to leave the cave.

In the first place, there was no queen blocking the entrance in Choi Hyun-seok’s plan.

Choi Hyun-seok, who was agonizing over it, clenched his fists.

‘Now that it has come to this, there’s no other choice.’

Choi Hyun-seok put the egg he was holding on the ground.

Then a leg from a Talas was inserted into the egg.

Crack!

The sharp leg stuck inside the egg.

“Kiieeh!”

The queen cried out when she saw it.

However, Choi Hyun-seok didn’t stop there.

“Sir Kulkan. Please light this place here.”

“Huh?”

“Turn this leg into a candle.”

“Got it.”

Kulkan used his magic.

Flames began to bloom at the end of the Talas leg that was stuck inside the egg.

Chii…

The tip of the Talas’ leg slowly burned.

The moment it all burns and touches the egg, there will be an explosion.

Choi Hyun-seok stacked the eggs together.

“Do you see this!? They’re all going to die If this thing goes off!”

An egg alone was quite destructive.

But what if 10 eggs exploded at once?

At least one thing was certain.

‘This cave will collapse.’

It wouldn’t be strange if it collapsed right now.

If the eggs burst simultaneously, the cave will certainly not be able to withstand it.

‘And we’ll all die.’

If the cave collapses, not only himself and the cooks, but the remaining Talas and eggs will also be buried alive.

“So! Get out of the way, motherfucker!”

Choi Hyun-seok shouted fiercely.

In response, the queen also screamed fiercely.

“If you don’t get out of the way, it’s all going to be destroyed! Move!”

“Kiieeh! “

“Move!”

“Kiieeh!”

Human and demon beast screamed at one another.

There was not an inch of retreat from either side.

“Fucking move!”

When Choi Hyun-seok’s throat was slowly becoming hoarse.

Kulkan shouted.

“Choi Hyun-seok! There’s no time! It’s about to explode!”

The wick of the bomb.

No, the leg sticking out of the egg has almost completely burned.

After a few more seconds, the flame will hit the egg and it’ll be all over.

Did the Talas queen also know that?

He shouted again.

Then the Talas surrounding the group began to move.

Clickclick!

Hundreds of Talas rush in from all directions.

Chii..!

The wick of the bomb was almost completely burnt.

Rumble!

It wouldn’t be strange if the cave collapsed at any second now.

Enemies were coming from all sides.

“Choi Hyun-seok!”

Kulkan looked back and shouted.

Choi Hyun-seok gritted his teeth.

“Fuck! I don’t know!”

Choi Hyun-seok picked up the bomb and threw it at the ceiling.

At the same time, the wick of the bomb burned…

Boom!

There was a huge explosion.

Rumble!!!

The cave began to collapse.

Unlike before when soil and rocks fell little by little, the whole ceiling was coming down.

“Kieek!”

“Kiieek!”

Hell had unfolded.

The cooks and Talas both shook in fear.

“Kiieeh!”

In the meantime, a Talas rushed at Choi Hyun-seok.

‘This!’

When Choi Hyun-seok was about to step back.

Boom!

A rock fell from the ceiling and crushed the Talas.

[Level up!]

A system notification penetrated Choi Hyun-seok’s ears.

“Huh?”

Choi Hyun-seok became shocked by the sudden level-up notification.

However, before he could understand what was happening, his head rang like crazy.

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Crazy amount of level ups.

It was the start of the power leveling.