Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad - Chapter 27

“Is Choi Hyun-seok fully healed?”

Reidrun asked with an urgent look.

The next Saintess, Abel Marriott, shook her head.

“I’m not sure.”

“What do you mean?”

Reidrun’s face immediately creased into a fierce look.

Despite his expression which would make the average person pee themselves, Abel continued with a nonchalant expression.

“Such dense magi has been injected into a human. Normally, one should be dead. If not for my power as the Saintess, it would have been difficult to even save.”

“So what’s your point?”

Abel glanced at Choi Hyun-seok and continued.

“As you can sense, the magi is still in this man’s body. I don’t know what it’s going to do in the future.”

“Huh…”

Reidrun couldn’t refute.

Although it was feeble, there was a trace of magi in Choi Hyun-seok’s body.

Magi is something that only demons possess.

Humans and magi can never coexist.

Such an impossible thing was happening before his eyes.

“It could be a temporary phenomenon. There’s a chance that the magi will naturally go away over time. We can only wait and see.”

“Why don’t you use your divine power to remove the magi?”

“It’s like a sensitive bomb. This man will die if I mess up.”

Abel said calmly.

Choi Hyun-seok, who was next to her and listening, quickly raised his hand.

“Sir Reidrun! It’s okay! I’m completely fine now! Hahaha!”

He thought he was lucky to be dead until just a few minutes ago, but he didn’t want to die when he found out he was still alive.

There were still many things he wanted to do.

Reidrun reluctantly nodded.

“Choi Hyun-seok. I’m sorry. I’ll make it up to you somehow.”

“No! It’s just a little trouble in the course of your guidance. You don’t have to worry about it at all. I’ll just think of it as the tuition fee. Hahahaha!”

Choi Hyun-seok’s tongue danced elaborately.

The effect was great.

“Keuh…as expected of you…!”

Deeply touched, Reidrun wiped the corner of his eye.

Abel stood on the side and watched the skit quietly.

For the first time, there was an expression on her blank face.

‘What the hell are they doing…?’

Questions and hatred arose.

A human living in the headquarters of the 3rd Legion of the demon army.

The man appears to be being trained by the high ranking demon, Reidrun.

Abel also guessed that there was a good chance this man was a hero.

Black hair and black eyes.

Only demons and heroes possess these traits.

No matter how hard she looks, this man doesn’t look like a demon.

Then all that remained was a hero.

Not all heroes are like this, but only heroes have black hair.

‘A human hero being trained by a high ranking demon…’

It was ridiculous even when she thought about it, and unknowingly a smile crept up her mouth.

It was a situation beyond her understanding.

“Choi Hyun-seok. Let’s move.”

Reidrun stood up and said.

Choi Hyun-seok looked at him with a puzzled face.

“What? Move?”

“Now that you’re all better, don’t you think we should continue your training!?”

Choi Hyun-seok’s face instantly turned pale.

It was only a split second, but Abel certainly saw it.

However, Choi Hyun-seok looked at Reidrun with a moved expression as if it had never happened.

“S-sir Reidrun…!”

Wiping away the dry tears, he continued.

“Thank you for teaching me so enthusiastically!”

“Okay! Let’s go!”

“Yes!”

Tears formed around Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes as he answered vigorously.

“…”

Abel thought.

She didn’t know how this bizarre situation happened.

But she was certain of one thing.

‘He’s having a hard time too.’

That man was desperately trying to survive.

* * *

Fortunately or unfortunately, Choi Hyun-seok didn’t continue his training.

Because he hadn’t shown up for a long time, there was a call that Bobo was running wild.

“I’m sorry. Sir Reidrun. I think the training will have to continue tomorrow.”

“Yes. It can’t be helped…”

Choi Hyun-seok said with a genuine regret look on his face.

Of course, what he thought inside was completely different.

‘Thank you! Bobo!’

He knows that training now is a tremendous opportunity.

He also knows that he has to work harder to live.

However, he thought a few more hits from Reidrun could really kill him.

There would be nothing as stupid as dying during a training to survive.

“Bobo! I’m here!”

Choi Hyun-seok, who came to Bobo’s house, opened his arms.

Then the excited and drooling Bobo came running.

“Hek! Hek!”

“Yes, yes. I missed you so much…Keuk!”

“

He was hit by a powerful tackle.

Even though his eyes showed pain, Choi Hyun-seok smiled inwardly.

‘It doesn’t hurt as much as before?’

Was it just a feeling?

He felt like his pain tolerance had grown stronger.

Even though he wasn’t at the level yet where he can control mana.

‘Maybe it’s because I’ve been beaten up too much by Reidrun.’

Perhaps he has just gotten used to the pain.

After thinking up to here, he decided to get rid of the unpleasant thoughts.

Choi Hyun-seok started playing with Bobo.

“Bobo! Catch!”

“Hek! Hek!”

He threw the large bone that large dogs liked.

“Aguagu. Yes. Eat a lot.”

He also filled Bobo’s stomach with the remaining Talas meat.

Bobo was said to have eaten three goblins while Choi Hyun-seok was gone.

Still, Bobo devoured the Talas meat as if it was still hungry.

“Oh, so cute! My Bobo!”

Choi Hyun-seok stroked Bobo’s head.

It looked like he was just playing around, but in fact, that wasn’t true.

‘What do I do now…’

He was reflecting hard on what happened today.

As survival was his greatest concern, he didn’t have time to play around.

‘So. The gist of it is that I’m in a fucked up situation right now…’

He had a rough picture of the current situation.

The stupid bullhead Reidrun somehow accidently injected magi into his body.

That’s why he was driven to the brink of death, but managed to survive with the help of the Saintess.

‘Magi is still lingering in my body.’

There’s a possibility that it will scatter over time.

However, there is also a possibility that it will not.

In other words, a bomb was planted in Choi Hyun-seok’s body that could explode at any time.

‘Haa, god fucking damn it.’

He shook his head to shake off the thought.

He doesn’t know anything about mana or magi anyway.

So currently this isn’t a problem he can solve just by thinking.

‘Let’s focus on what I can do right now.’

“

For now, freely controlling his mana is the top priority.

He decided to put the rest out of his head for now.

‘Hmm?’

After organizing his thoughts, Choi Hyun-seok noticed that something was strange.

Something feels missing.

‘Rachel isn’t here?’

He hasn’t seen Rachel since he woke up.

A thought crossed his mind.

‘No way…’

A little while ago, he remembered a conversation he had with the Saintess Abel.

[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.]

He had mistaken Abel for an angel and said as such.

He said it as a joke, but he was certain Rachel heard it.

‘I mean, to be honest, I meant half of it, but…’

He felt guilty.

Choi Hyun-seok cautiously called out to Rachel.

“Rachel, where are you?”

There was no answer.

Choi Hyun-seok called out Rachel’s name again.

“Rachel~?”

“Why…”

He heard Rachel’s voice from the corner of the room.

“What. There you are…”

Choi Hyun-seok, who was talking, suddenly stopped.

Instantly, Rachel burst into tears.

Rachel is about 30 centimeters tall, a size similar to that of a doll.

And, for such a small body, tears were gathering in that corner of the room.

“Ah, ah! Rachel…What are you doing…”

“It’s nothing…Noble hero, don’t worry about such a lowly thing…”

Rachel’s voice was as powerless as that of a dying person.

She came in front of Choi Hyun-seok and hit her head on the ground.

Boom!

Choi Hyun-seok widened his eyes in shock.

“Forgive me!”

“Hey! Why all of a sudden…”

“Hero. You want to watch over me? I’m going to have to wait forever in heaven anyway, so I better practice ahead of time.”

“Rachel. I was just joking…What are you talking about – wait a minute! Your head is bleeding!?”

Blood was dripping from Rachel’s head.

She raised her hand to her forehead and smiled.

“That’s great. I have to atone…ahah! I’m a stupid, useless, foul-mouthed bitch! I’d rather die! Die!”

Rachel tried to hit her head on the ground again.

Choi Hyun-seok quickly grabbed her.

Rachel, who was in his hands, struggled.

“Agh…! Leave me alone! You can kiss the pretty silver-haired angel and live with her!”

Rachel said deprecatingly.

“I was joking. A joke! Rachel, you’re the best! The best!”

“Don’t say things you don’t mean.”

“It’s true!”

“

Choi Hyun-seok shouted half-heartedly.

He wasn’t lying.

Her beauty was the best.

“Rachel, you’re the best! Okay!?”

That day, Choi Hyun-seok had no choice but stay up all night appeasing Rachel.

* * *

Next day.

Choi Hyun-seok visited Reidrun’s private training ground.

“I’m going to be beaten up again…”

To be beaten in the name of mana control training.

But today’s training was a little different than what he had expected.

“Choi Hyun-seok. Do you know the term speculation?”

Reidrun suddenly asked.

‘Speculation?’

The first thing that comes to mind when a person hears the word speculation is obvious.

Stocks. Housing market.

However, Choi Hyun-seok is a martial arts fighter.

Speculation meant something different to him.

Art of fighting.

In other words, it’s hand to hand combat.

Choi Hyun-seok opened his mouth.

“Isn’t it the art of fighting?”

“That’s the broad sense. But that’s not what I mean by speculation.”

Suddenly, Reidrun took up a combat stance.

He thought it was faster to show than to explain it with words.

“Look carefully.”

Reidrun’s body slowly moved.

Not only that, his red skin and muscles wriggled.

‘What is he doing…?’

Reidrun’s posture became strange, as if he was a martial artist.

Natural movements that were neither fast nor slow.

As a whole, his stance was similar to an ordinary taekwondo stance.

However, the result was far from ordinary.

Bang, bang-!

Heavy magi fired in a straight line from Reidrun’s fists.

“Wow…”

Choi Hyun-seok unconsciously opened his mouth.

‘If I get hit by that, there won’t even be a body left to find.’

Because everything would be torn to shreds.

Reidrun, who showed such destructive power, calmly spoke.

“Wizards use magic.”

“…”

“And speculation is magic for fighters like us, to put it simply.”

“I understand.”

Choi Hyun-seok thought it was similar to a killer move.

“Choi Hyun-seok. Your movements are obviously excellent. However, your attack lacks something important.”

“Something important?”

“Yes. There’s no killing intent. An attack without the aim of killing and crushing the enemy is foolish.”

“

“…”

“I don’t know where you learned your martial arts, but you’ll never beat Kurken with that kind of mindset.”

Reidrun’s point was correct.

Choi Hyun-seok’s modern martial arts techniques aren’t meant for killing.

The purpose of martial arts isn’t to kill the opponent, but to knock them down.

Fights with rules and fights with one’s life on the line.

The difference is bigger than what he thought.

“It would be too much to change your fighting spirit in a short period of time.”

Even though Reidrun didn’t know the full detail, he was perfectly aware of it.

“So learn speculation. Because it’s a technique used solely for killing.”

“I understand.”

“Good. Of course, it won’t be easy to learn speculation. Even more so for you who has just awakened your mana.”

“…”

“However, I believe you can. Choi Hyun-seok. You can definitely learn speculation in the remaining time.”

“I’ll do my best!”

Choi Hyun-seok’s heart was pounding.

‘Am I going to be a real hero?’

Heroes he has only seen in movies.

Like them, he will be able to crush enemies with superpowers.

Even though he was learning from a villain of the demon army.

Learning in itself isn’t a sin.

And it wasn’t like he had a choice.

He thought he could learn a lot here and use it for good afterwards.

“Let’s get started.”

“Yes!”

“Bite down.”

“What…?”

Why does he need to bite down to learn speculation?

The question was quickly answered.

“You’ll learn quicker from getting hit.”

“You know…one more hit and I could really die. Keuk!”

Choi Hyun-seok’s nightmare was just starting.