Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad - Chapter 30

Choi Hyun-seok crashed into the walls of the stadium and was on his last breath.

The moment he was hit by the charging Kurken, not only did every bone in his body was crushed, even breathing became difficult.

“Keuk…!”

He coughed up a mouthful of blood.

His consciousness was growing dim.

“Graaaawr…!”

He heard a roar from Kurken.

As he raised his head with difficulty, he could faintly see the screaming Kurken.

“Keuk, keuh…”

Suddenly, a smile leaked out.

His current situation was ridiculous.

‘I can’t believe I’m going to die from a simple tackle. It wasn’t even a killer move. It’s really bullshit.’

Of all things, it was a tackle.

It was like getting hit by a million voltage electric mouse from that one Japanese cartoon.

“Haa…”

Choi Hyun-seok let out a deep sigh.

‘Yeah. I’m all on my own. I’m getting tired too.’

He didn’t want to stand up and fight anymore.

He wondered what the point of continuing.

The duel was decided from the start anyway.

Hemi created a game that he could never win.

It was meaningless whatever he did.

‘Let’s take a little rest.’

Choi Hyun-seok decided to give up.

He did everything he could.

That was enough.

He has no regrets.

‘Ah, wait a minute.’

On second thought, there was one thing he regretted.

He couldn’t ask the Saintess Abel out on a date.

“I was going to ask her out if I win today…”

Dating is out of the question, but maybe they can go sightseeing in the river styx?

“I should have just asked her to take a stroll with me yesterday.”

If he had known he would die like this today, he would have asked her out yesterday.

“I really wanted to…take a walk…”

Is it because he was so desperate?

Abel’s angel-like face shone among the demons.

It was impossible for her to be here, so it must be a hallucination, he thought.

‘Again, she’s so beautiful…’

He felt himself getting pulled into her mysterious silver eyes just by looking at them.

‘If there’s a heaven, let’s meet back there.’

Choi Hyun-seok closed his eyes.

Whether it was a hallucination or whatever, he thought it was enough to see Abel’s face one last time.

At that moment.

‘Wake up.’

He heard a calm voice in his head.

His blurred vision instantly brightened.

“Huh…? Is it really?”

Abel’s shining face was not a hallucination.

She was looking at him from one corner of the stadium.

‘Choi Hyun-seok. If you win, I’ll take a walk with you.’

It was Abel no matter how many times he blinked.

She seems to be talking to him using magic.

“The promise…You have to keep it.”

A big smile hung around Choi Hyun-seok’s mouth.

He changed his mind.

He will never give up on himself.

It doesn’t matter even if the situation is grim.

He will continue to struggle.

There are only two ends to this fight.

Death. Or a date.

Choi Hyun-seok decided to choose a date instead of death.

However, apart from his determination, Choi’s situation was the worst possible.

‘I can’t move.’

His body didn’t listen.

It was natural.

Just because he has recovered his fighting spirit doesn’t mean he’s out of this mess.

Every bone in his body was shattered, and the muscles that were destroyed refused to move.

So, what can he do?

Should he just die without being able to go on a date like this?

‘I absolutely can’t give up!’

Choi Hyun-seok’s mind began to run.

‘Maybe I can use mana in place of my muscles.’

To use mana in place of his broken bones and muscles.

He didn’t even know if it’s possible.

However, it must be made possible.

There will be no date if he doesn’t move.

‘Please move…!’

Choi Hyun-seok squeezed his remaining mana and sent it to his whole body.

At that moment.

[Mana Control grade: F -> E]

He heard a system notification.

His body, which seemed to have stopped, moved little by little.

However, it wasn’t enough.

“

He can’t beat the monster in front of him with just this bit of movement.

More strength.

He needed a body that could move.

“I…have to go on that date!”

Choi Hyun-seok shouted in desperation.

A shameful cry rang out at the great regiment.

At the same time.

He heard another system notification.

[Mana Control grade: E -> D]

In the very short period, the grade has risen by two stages.

What’s more, it was an ability that he had just learned.

It’s something that’s not normally possible.

However, Choi Hyun-seok has done it.

SSS-grade potential.

And the crazy desire to go on a date has created a miracle.

“Heuk…heuk!”

Choi Hyun-seok trembled as he stood up.

“Grawr…grawr…!”

Kurken smiled when he saw Choi Hyun-seok standing up.

Pitch black eyes.

Black mists that leak out every time he breathes.

Dark red blood that seems as if it’s going to explode out of his muscles.

It was scary enough to make you wet your pants just looking at it.

But for some reason.

Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes as he looked at Kurken were utterly calm.

Only victory and a date filled his mind.

Choi Hyun-seok raised his hand.

“Come. Muscle pig.”

He lifted his fingers to signal Kurken to come.

“Graaaawr!”

Kurken quickly became excited with snot running down his nose.

This sort of provocation seems to be universal.

Kurken charged like an angry bull.

He looked more threatening and faster than before.

‘Move. I have to dodge it!’

Choi Hyun-seok’s body slowly moved.

The miracle of suddenly becoming stronger just because he replaced his body with mana didn’t happen.

It was no wonder.

He was using mana and his muscles before, but now he was using just mana.

He is bound to be slower and weaker than before.

Nevertheless, Choi Hyun-seok didn’t give up.

‘I have to win!’

Choi Hyun-seok looked at Kurken straight ahead.

He was putting all his efforts on focusing.

The fierce eyes.

The protruding muscles on the legs that were running.

The movement of the upper body wielding the iron club.

Every motion by Kurken was clearly grasped.

Boom!

He narrowly dodged the iron club.

Choi Hyun-seok lifted Kurken’s chin with his fist.

The impact made Kurken stumble backwards.

Kurken showed a different reaction than before when he was hit by Choi Hyun-seok.

“Grawr!?”

The punch was slower and weaker, but it had a stronger impact.

He seemed shocked by the incomprehensible situation.

“How does it taste?”

Choi Hyun-seok grinned.

The punch he just did was simple.

He instantly sent his mana through Kurken as soon as his fist reached Kurken’s chin.

And with the mana that penetrated, it shook Kurken from the inside.

It’s easier said than done.

To do this at such a brief moment, you have to have great mana control.

The key to this victory was managing his mana.

And the date…no, it was his persistence that will make winning possible.

“Are you just going to stand there? I’m busy, so hurry up and come.”

Choi Hyun-seok flicked his fingers.

Kurken lost his rationality at the repeated provocation.

A situation in which his mind was already collapsing.

Fear was quickly eaten away by anger.

“Graaaawr!”

Kurken swung his club as his drool fell from his mouth.

Choi Hyun-seok calmly watched.

‘It doesn’t matter if I lack strength.’

If he lacks strength, he just has to use his opponent’s strength.

And the angry pig in front of him has tremendous strength.

Huung!

The club came an inch in front of him.

He had already anticipated it.

Without hesitating, Choi Hyun-seok sweeped his foot.

Kurken, who was running and swinging his club, lost his balance.

“Grawr!”

Kurken was unable to control his own strength.

His body rose and flew forward.

At this rate, he’ll crash into the stadium walls.

The impact will be considerable, but it isn’t enough to end the battle.

‘I need a stronger impact.’

Choi Hyun-seok grabbed Kurken’s arm.

And instead of going against the flow.

He only needs to shift a little to change the momentum.

And add his own force.

His action was similar to Judo.

But if there’s a difference, it’s that the opponent’s head will fall vertically on the ground.

Boom-!

There was a gruesome sound of body and ground colliding.

Kurken’s head stuck through the ground.

“

“Grawr..”

Kurken’s body shook.

Soon, his body melted and turned into a pool of black blood.

The erosion of magi had reached its limit and his body fell apart.

Only then did Choi Hyun-seok breathe.

As if he was falling apart, he collapsed to the ground.

“I won…”

He was lying on the ground in tatters, but Choi Hyun-seok’s face was beaming.

Recalling Abel, who was watching him from somewhere in the stadium, he muttered.

“A stroll…Let’s make it two days and a night.”

In his head, he was already imagining his children growing up.

* * *

The duel has ended.

A dreary silence descended upon the training ground.

Both Kurken and Choi Hyun-seok had collapsed.

But it was clear who won.

Shuwah…

Kurken’s body melted and turned into a pool of black blood.

The winner is Choi Hyun-seok.

It was a twist no one expected.

Even the high ranking demon host simply had his mouth wide open as he watched the training ground.

“You won. Reidrun.”

Hemi, who saw the scene, said.

Her voice was neither high or low.

It was the same for Reidrun as he spoke calmly.

“I guess so.”

“Congratulations.”

They spoke to each other casually, but both of them knew.

Choi Hyun-seok is strange.

And rather, the voices of the two were calm because what happened in front of them was beyond common sense.

“Reidrun. Let me just say something.”

Hemi held her lips to Reidrun’s ear.

“Be careful.”

“…”

“As you may have noticed, he’s a monster.”

The word monster had come out of the mouth of a legion captain.

“

Even her, who doesn’t put most people in her eyes, saw Choi Hyun-seok as a monster.

Whether he’ll be a threat in the future is anyone’s guess.

“However, a promise is a promise.”

Hemi shrugged.

Choi Hyun-seok won the duel.

So he will continue to be under Hemi and Reidrun’s protection for now.

“I look forward to it. Good luck.”

At her words, Reidrun silently bowed his head.

“I’m leaving first. Please clean up.”

Hemi headed straight to her office.

On her way back.

For a moment, she thought of the duel.

‘Choi Hyun-seok…He’s more incredible than I had expected.’

She appeared fine in front of Reidrun, but truthfully, she had a complicated feeling.

‘What should I do with him?’

Hemi can kill Choi Hyun-seok without lifting a finger right now.

No matter how great of a performance Choi Hyun-seok showed, it was just child’s play to her.

The simple act of shooting magi.

Choi Hyun-seok won’t be able to withstand it and will die.

But what about a year from now?

Five, ten, twenty years from now?

Will she be able to kill Choi Hyun-seok like now?

When that moment comes, will Choi Hyun-seok obediently obey her words?

Hemi thought.

“

The Demon King who is at the top.

And below are five legion captains, including herself.

Coincidentally, one of the captains is a former hero.

‘Maybe him too…?’

Hemi’s mouth split vertically without realizing it as she recalled.

‘It’s going to be more fun from now on.’

Hemi, an ancient monster who has lived for too long.

Now she was free to live her life how she wanted.

‘Choi Hyun-seok…how far can you go?’

Solely because it was fun.

That was her only joy.