Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad - Chapter 26

‘Something is strange with Choi Hyun-seok.’

Reidrun thought as such.

It has already been an hour since he started beating him in the name of training.

All the while Reidrun has been observing Choi Hyun-seok closely.

‘Choi Hyun-seok’s physical ability is certainly not that great.’

Choi Hyun-seok was stronger than before.

But objectively, he can still be considered a weakling.

He can find many people who are stronger than Choi Hyun-seok if he heads to the battlefield right now.

‘But his movement and reaction seems like that of a veteran knight.’

What Reidrun found strange is Choi Hyun-seok’s fighting sense.

Balanced body, movement, reaction, etc…

The level of everything relevant to a fight was very high.

Occasionally he would show a glimpse of great fighting sense to the point where even Reidrun admired it.

‘As expected, what I felt on the first day wasn’t an illusion.’

Reidrun recalled their first encounter.

Choi Hyun-seok’s kick at that time.

Reidrun had left his guard down.

Even though he was defenseless, he still thought it was strange.

Now he can see why.

‘Choi Hyun-seok’s physical ability is not keeping up with his mental ability.’

To put it simply.

Choi Hyun-seok’s software is excellent.

No, it was beyond excellent where even Reidrun considers it top notch.

But the hardware can’t support it.

In other words, his body is too weak to support his ability.

‘It shouldn’t be possible.’

Generally, fighting sense comes from a wealth of experience.

The more experienced a warrior is, the stronger their body should be.

And the body and mind will not be out of balance.

So why?

There was only one answer.

The truth is that before Choi Hyun-seok became a hero, he was a martial arts champion.

Back on Earth.

Choi Hyun-seok, the world’s greatest martial arts league champion, who was called the strongest man in the world.

Natural talent and constant effort.

And the 21st century technology-accompanied training method pushed his body to the limit.

Thanks to this, Choi Hyun-seok, who had excellent physical ability and sense, was able to become the best among the ‘earthlings.’

However, this place is different.

The mysterious power of mana.

Mana gives human beings power far beyond their limits.

Superhumans and heroes that only appear in movies exist in this world.

So there was a reality gap between Earth and this world.

Choi Hyun-seok, who has only just encountered magic, was unable to bridge this gap.

Anyway, Reidrun once again realized that his idea was right.

‘Choi Hyun-seok can become strong.’

All he needs is time.

Time for him to learn magic and strengthen his physical abilities.

With just that, Choi Hyun-seok will become much stronger than what captain Hemi had predicted.

‘For that to happen, he needs to learn how to use mana as soon as possible.’

Whatever his potential is, it’ll be useless if he dies.

Reidrun has to make Choi Hyun-seok be able to use mana as soon as possible.

‘It’s too much to learn how to do it in a day. But in at least three days, I have to make him use mana somehow.’

Make someone who doesn’t know about mana use it in three days?

This is actually close to impossible.

However, the possibility didn’t matter.

Now was the time to make the impossible possible.

“Choi Hyun-seok. If you don’t want to die, you have to use your mana.”

Reidrun moved again.

Exhausted, Choi Hyun-seok doesn’t seem to have the strength to even lift a finger.

However, he didn’t stop.

The more Choi Hyun-seok’s life is in danger, the greater the possibility of his mana moving.

“Did you give up guarding?”

He kicked him in the side that was clearly unprotected.

“Keuh!”

Choi Hyun-seok flew into the sky with a groan.

At that moment, Reidrun’s eyes lit up.

‘Did his mana move…?’

It was only a little, but he felt the mana inside Choi Hyun-seok wriggling.

Reidrun grinned without realizing it.

‘It wasn’t a day but an hour…’

Perhaps Choi Hyun-seok is more monstrous than he thought.

Taat!

Reidrun jumped up from the ground.

Choi Hyun-seok is still flying.

‘Hit him like this.’

He was going to strike the flying Choi Hyun-seok down.

If Choi Hyun-seok fails to move his mana this time, he will die.

But Reidrun was convinced.

He can do it.

Swoosh!

Choi Hyun-seok, who was hit by his fist, fell towards the ground at a tremendous speed.

Boom!

Choi Hyun-seok crashed to the ground with a terrible sound.

It was obvious that he appeared to be dead, but Reidrun smiled instead.

He approached Choi Hyun-seok.

“Are you okay?”

“Keuk! Keuk…”

Choi Hyun-seok coughed up a mouthful of blood.

“How…am I alive…”

“You’ve succeeded in harnessing your mana. Do you know that?”

“My prayer worked…Keukeu…”

Choi Hyun-seok laughed like a person who has lost their mind.

Reidrun looked at Choi Hyun-seok with a pleased expression.

“I’m proud of you. Very proud of you!”

It was an honest feeling.

He didn’t think Choi Hyun-seok could move his mana so quickly.

Just because you’re pushed to the limit doesn’t mean you can move your mana.

“It’s…all…thanks to the great sir Reidrun…”

Choi Hyun-seok said with a trembling voice.

It was very much like Choi Hyun-seok to flatter even when he was dying.

“Hmm…”

Immediately, Reidrun’s big eyes became slightly wet.

He turned his head for a moment as he wiped the corner of his eyes, then he turned back.

“With your current growth rate, I’m sure you’ll be able to beat Kurken…”

“I’m sorry, but…I can’t breathe…Keuk…”

“Oh, you must have punctured your lungs. I’ll treat you now.”

Reidrun reached out.

A dense magi belonging to a high ranking demon flowed from his thick hands.

‘Hang on. I’ll have you standing in a minute.’

A simple magic to heal wounds.

With his powerful magi, he could heal this kind of wound instantly.

However, the result was completely unexpected.

“Keuh!”

Choi Hyun-seok screamed.

The magi that touched him was causing a fierce rejection.

Reidrun quickly realized his mistake.

‘Ah! Choi Hyun-seok is human!’

He had forgotten that he was a human and not a demon.

To be honest, he thought Choi Hyun-seok’s face would make for a very good demon.

‘This is dangerous!’

The demon’s version of mana is magi.

And magi is poison to humans.

Even if it was a healing magic, humans and demons were biologically different.

“Keuk…!”

Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes shook then rolled backwards.

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

“Keu, keuk…”

Choi Hyun-seok stopped moving.

A stream of tears flowed down from Reidrun’s round eyes.

“Ah, no! Choi Hyun-seooook”

* * *

Demon army, 3rd Legion headquarters.

“

Called the giant black star, here is one of the important sites of the demon army.

Located in the deepest part of the giant black star.

Strangely, there was a lone human woman.

Long silver hair that goes down to the waist.

White skin and silver eyes.

Features molded to perfection that one can’t help but admire at a glance.

So beautiful that men would blindly throw themselves at.

But for some reason, her eyes were like that of a dead fish.

A listless face.

Like a doll, the woman sat expressionless.

She was Abel Marriott.

The next Saintess of the Holy Empire.

She had been detained deep in the giant black star ever since she was kidnapped by Reidrun a few days ago.

Because her status as the next Saintess is a very useful bargaining chip for the demon army.

Therefore, captain Hemi was considerate to let her live comfortably.

“…”

There was nothing but silence in the room.

Abel sat still without saying a word.

She didn’t even pray to God.

The condition of being a saint is to be able to hear God’s voice.

And she can also hear God’s voice, but she couldn’t find it here.

She knew it was all useless anyway.

Boom!

The door burst open and someone came in.

Abel looked at the uninvited guest with a blank face.

‘Reidrun.’

Crimson Nightmare Reidrun.

He was a famous high ranking demon.

He was well known because he had been fighting on the front lines for quite some time, while most high ranking demons didn’t directly fight on the battlefield.

“Heuk! Heuk…! Saintess!”

Reidrun was breathing heavily as if he had come here in a hurry.

As she looked at his anxious face, Abel wondered.

‘What’s going on?’

Crimson Nightmare Reidrun is known to be emotionless.

Even when he slaughtered millions of humans on the battlefield.

His face didn’t change even when he killed children and women.

Just swing his fist and crush them with no remorse.

There is no emotion in his actions.

Like a machine just performing its order.

Even on the day of her kidnapping, Reidrun had emotionlessly massacred high-ranking paladins.

[Come.]

She still hasn’t forgotten the sight of him holding out his blood-soaked hands and talking in a dull way.

The very same Reidrun was now restless like a fallen cow.

“T-there’s something I need you to do!”

“What is it…?”

Instead of answering, Reidrun suddenly carried Abel with one arm.

“Ahh!?”

For the first time, there was a look of bewilderment on Abel’s face.

“There’s a human to treat! He’s running out of time, so I’ll take you there myself.”

“What…Ahh!”

Without explaining, Reidrun started running.

* * *

He had a splitting headache.

Choi Hyun-seok slowly retraced his memory.

The last moment.

He recalls being hit by Reidrun and crashing to the ground.

‘Reidrun said he would treat me…then there was a lot of pain.’

The memory ended there.

‘What the hell did the bullhead do!?’

To be exact, he did something crazy like injecting magi into a human.

Choi Hyun-seok, who didn’t know the details, could only curse Reidrun.

‘Don’t tell me I’m dead…?’

Choi Hyun-seok slowly opened his eyes.

He became convinced.

‘So I really died.’

There was an angel in front of him.

An angel with silver hair and silver eyes.

The angel, who was reaching out to him with a blank face, didn’t speak.

But Choi Hyun-seok seemed to have imagined that she was telling him good job.

Warm energy was permeating his body.

Choi Hyun-seok opened his mouth.

“Angel. I’m not going to do this crazy thing again. You know what I mean? I’m quitting as a hero.”

“…”

The angel remained silent.

Choi Hyun-seok continued without caring.

“Even though I think I did rather well. I was getting tired of doing this dogshit.”

He cursed In front of the angel.

“Ah, miss angel…I have a favor to ask you, but you have to make sure God gets it. Make sure!”

Instantly, Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes became filled with vigor.

“Rachel. Please send her to hell. She’s a horrible angel. She’s a disgrace to angels. Only misfortunes come when she opens her mouth.”

“…”

Choi Hyun-seok, who was thinking about something for a while, continued.

“Well…is hell a little too much? Let’s just do this. I’ll go to heaven anyway. Let me watch over her. That’s probably fine. You have to make sure to tell God this.”

“Yes.”

The angel opened her mouth for the first time.

As expected, her voice is as sweet as her angel-like appearance.

Choi Hyun-seok grabbed the angel’s hands.

“Well…miss angel. I have one last favor to ask of you…”

Choi Hyun-seok blushed as he spoke.

“A kiss, can you give me one please…?”

“…”

“I’ve lived my life with this body twice…It would be so sad if I went out as a bachelor twice.”

“…”

“Blonde noblewoman. Five rabbit-like children. I won’t even get to retire in a mansion after rolling around like a dog and dying like this. I mean…”

Choi Hyun-seok gently closed his eyes.

“Think of it as my last farewell gift and give me a kiss…!”

However, what came out of the angel’s mouth was totally unexpected.

“The worst…”

“Huh?”

Choi Hyun-seok doubted his ears.

The moment he blinked with a confused look.

Bang!

The door flung open and Reidrun burst in.

“Choi Hyun-seok! You’re awake!”

Reidrun hugged Choi Hyun-seok with tears in his eyes.

Crack…!

He felt like he was going to be crushed under the enormous pressure.

“K-keuk!”

He didn’t understand what was happening.

But one thing was certain.

If this continues, he’ll die again.

“S-spare me…”

“Ah! I’m sorry. I was so happy that I forgot…Ahem!”

The embarrassed Reidrun stepped back.

Gasping for air, Choi Hyun-seok took a look around.

The angel was still there.

And so was the bullhead.

“Ha…haha…”

Gradually, it began to sink in.

“Choi Hyun-seok! I’m so glad you’re alive!”

“Yeah…me too…”

Choi Hyun-seok wiped away his tears.

He was in fact still alive.

And he was still in this hell.

But there was something sadder than that.

‘Fuck…’

The woman in front of him was a human, not an angel.

‘So embarrassing…!’

Choi Hyun-seok wished he had died.