Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad - Chapter 5

3rd Legion of the demon army, 2nd Slave Division.

A total of 3,000 human slaves are held here.

None of them has ever held the special position of slave master.

Choi Hyun-seok was a very unusual case.

It also meant that Reidrun was paying attention to Choi Hyun-seok.

“What are you doing there!?”

It would be burdensome for ordinary people to suddenly lead thousands of people.

However, it wasn’t for Choi Hyun-seok.

At first, it looked like he was just getting the hang of it, but he got used to it in just a few days.

“My grandmother can run faster than that! Why don’t you hurry it up!?”

Choi Hyun-seok was a proud sergeant in the South Korean army.

The experience of dealing with numerous people in the military was now showing.

“Move faster! Are you not going to complete today’s workload!? Eh!?”

Due to Choi Hyun-seok’s bombardment of words, the slaves who were struggling started to run.

As Choi Hyun-seok watched them with hawk-like eyes.

[You’ve led many people for a prolonged time]
[Hidden stat Charisma has risen]

“Hahahaha!”

Choi Hyun-seok, who checked the system notification, laughed like a madman.

Looking at Choi Hyun-seok, everyone shook their heads.

‘He’s completely insane.’

‘Where did this guy come from…’

‘Isn’t he a hero?’

‘Hero? Him!?’

Choi Hyun-seok’s ears itched, but he didn’t care at all.

He had his own ideas.

It was then.

“Hero! Please come to your senses!”

Rachel sat on Choi Hyun-seok’s head and began to tear at his hair.

“Uh, can you get the hell off!?”

“Hero! You’ll be in big trouble at this rate!”

“Aye! This is all to become a hero. Stay still!”

Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes were halfway behind their sockets.

It was a pity in the eyes of those watching.

‘Now he’s talking to himself.’

‘What? All to become a hero? More like becoming a demon…’

Rachel is now magically hidden.

Naturally, Choi Hyun-seok is bound to appear to be talking to himself.

The slaves thought Choi Hyun-seok was completely crazy.

“Class 3 over there! What are you doing? Did you skip lunch today!? Why is everyone crawling!?”

Choi Hyun-seok, who runs the place like a dictator when he notices any delay in the work.

His managing ability even made the other guards who manage the slaves tongue-tied.

When he was so absorbed in the work, the system notification was heard at this time.

[Reidrun’s favorability has risen]

[It won’t be long before you complete the objective]

Choi Hyun-seok smiled when he saw the notification.

He suddenly shouted in a moving voice.

“Thank you! Reidrun sir!”

“Crazy! Crazy! What kind of hero praises a demon army official! Get your head out of your ass and just die…Kyak!”

Choi Hyun-seok flung Rachel who was beside him yelling.

He climbed to the high platform and shouted.

“Starting now we’ll sing the song of the 3rd legion. Let’s go!”

“…”

“La-la-la!”

Choi Hyun-seok’s voice was very loud.

The fortress became even loader in the midst of construction these days.

Of course, such a loud voice was also influenced by the new Charisma stat.

Name: Choi Hyun-seok
Title: Hero Candidate
Level: 1
Strength: 30
Agility: 29
Stamina: 33
Mana: 10
Charisma: 12
Bonus Point: 0
Hero Point: 0
Ability: Pickaxe (C), Leadership (F)
Skill: –

Choi Hyun-seok sang vigorously, reaffirming that his stats have risen over the past few days.

“We~! Are~! The~! Great~! Demons~!”

Choi Hyun-seok took the lead.

“

“We are…the great…demons…”

All the other slaves sang in a withered voice.

“Defeat the humans! Eat the humans!”

“Defeat the humans…eat…”

Today was another peaceful day in the fortress.

* * *

That night.

Rachel sat on Choi Hyun-seok’s shoulder.

She pushed Choi Hyun-seok with extreme anger.

“What the hell are you thinking!? Are you going to keep doing this!?”

“Sigh, this fruit is delicious.”

Choi Hyun-seok ignored Rachel’s words and ate fruits with his feet on a table.

He had been given special treatment and was now out of prison and placed in a clean room.

It was very satisfying to have a decent meal.

“Get a hold of yourself! You said you wanted to be an adventurer! Didn’t you say you wanted to escape the fortress!?”

“Of course I will. I’m doing all this because I have a plan.”

“What the hell do you have in mind?”

“Oh my god. You’re noisy.”

Choi Hyun-seok grabbed Rachel and sat her on the table.

“Listen. I’ll explain to you how good the current situation is.”

“I’m all ears!”

“First, I got a new stat called Charisma, and an ability called Leadership. Both are steadily growing.”

“I-I know that. But your duty as a hero…”

“A hero’s duty? I’m just doing what the hero system tells me to do. Is that not the hero’s duty?”

“What’s that quest about?”

“I told you, it’s to raise the bullhead Reidrun’s favorability.”

“There can’t be such a hero quest!”

“Ha, I’m telling you the truth.”

Only you can see your own status window.

And the hero quest is a part of the status window.

So Rachel naturally couldn’t see the contents of the quest.

No matter how Choi Hyun-seok explained the contents of the quest, she didn’t believe it.

“Look, it’s written right here.”

Choi Hyun-seok turned on the quest window and started reading the contents.

“You who fell into the demon army’s fortress from the start by some idiot’s mistake! Gain favorability with Crimson Nightmare Reidrun…”

“I’m telling you, there’s no way there’s such a hero quest!”

From Rachel’s point of view, there was no doubt.

In the first place, a hero quest mainly pertains to the very righteous, literally hero-like behavior.

Like defeating monsters.

Or saving a person from a crisis.

“To gain favorability with a demon army’s officer is ridiculous…”

Not only that, the content is playful.

What ‘idiot’s mistake.’

It was obvious that it was referring to Rachel herself.

There is no way the normally business-like hero quest system would say something like that.

“I’ve never heard of such a hero quest!”

“I guess I’m special. You said that. SSS-grade potential or something.”

“No, no matter how much…”

At that moment, a thought flashed in Rachel’s head.

‘Did…Frischela…?’

Rachel’s boss, Frischela.

He was watching Choi Hyun-seok with particular concern.

With Frischela’s authority, it is possible to change the contents of the hero quest or to give new quests.

‘Did Frischela really do it?’

If so, there must be a reason.

Choi Hyun-seok, even though he is weak now, is an important hero candidate who may someday kill the Demon King.

She doesn’t know whether Frischela had pulled some strings to save him or not.

“And you know what?”

At that time, Choi Hyun-seok’s words woke Rachel up from her thoughts.

“I have my own ideas. Do I look like I’m picking on people and helping that monster?”

“Huh? You weren’t!?”

“Of course not!”

Choi Hyun-seok shouted in anger, but Rachel didn’t find it suspicious.

“Anyway, now I have to focus on collecting hero points.”

“Tch…”

“Just be patient. I think I’ll be done fulfilling Reidrun’s favorability soon.”

The system notification from today.

It won’t be long before he completes the objective.

With this momentum, he imagined that he could complete the hero quest in a few days.

At this time, the door to the room unexpectedly opened.

“Human!”

It was the goblin jailer, Jacques.

Choi Hyun-seok didn’t meet him since he became a slave master, so he wondered why he suddenly came.

“What is it?”

“Impudent. It’s Reidrun’s summon. Come right now!”

Choi Hyun-seok, who was sitting down lazily, sprang up at the word Reidrun.

“You said Reidrun?”

“Yes! Follow me!”

“Yes! Going!”

Choi Hyun-seok, who was full of energy, looked faster than a soldier of the demon army.

Perhaps it would make even Reidrun jump up in his sleep.

“Sigh…”

Rachel had no choice but to sigh quietly.

* * *

Reidrun’s office.

This was his second visit.

‘I’m not as nervous as before.’

Choi Hyun-seok thought it was because it was his second visit.

But in fact, it was just that his silver spoon was a bit bigger than others.

“Welcome.”

Reidrun smiled and welcomed Choi Hyun-seok.

“You’ve been working very hard lately.”

“Not at all!”

“No, I got the report today that the efficiency of work has nearly increased by 1.5 times. It’s all thanks to you.”

“I’m just a humble human being. It’s all thanks to Reidrun’s wise guidance.”

Listening to the flattery that poured out like a fountain, Rachel clicked her tongue.

‘Tsk. I can’t tell if that’s a hero or demon’s dog.’

Choi Hyun-seok ignored the voice in his head.

“Slave master Choi Hyun-seok. I called you today to congratulate you on your merits, so be at ease. Is there something you want?”

“There’s nothing. If I can just work for Lord Reidrun, that’s enough!”

Choi Hyun-seok used his flattery talent to the fullest.

“Hmm…”

But maybe he doesn’t like flattery?

Reidrun nodded with a slightly stiff expression.

‘Ah! Was that too much flattery?’

Excessive flattery may be rather antagonizing.

When Choi Hyun-seok was blaming himself.

[Reidrun’s favorability has risen]
[Favorability has fulfilled your objective]

The system notification went off.

‘What? He’s just embarrassed?’

Reidrun’s stiff expression seemed to be because he was unfamiliar with flattery.

[Completed a hero quest]
[Earned 100 Hero Points]
[Unlocked the Beginner’s Store]

‘Great! This is very good timing.’

Choi Hyun-seok has been waiting for this moment.

He doesn’t know to what extent the hero system consider is favorable.

However, if he has completed the quest, it must be quite a few.

At this time, Choi Hyun-seok intended to offer Reidrun a deal.

The timing is very appropriate because Reidrun had asked him if there was anything he wanted.

“But, Lord Reidrun…”

“What is it?”

“If you don’t mind, may I ask you a favor?”

“Feel free to ask.”

Choi Hyun-seok gulped down and continued.

“I would like to train the slaves.”

* * *

At the same time.

Not far from the Hemor Fortress where Choi Hyun-seok is.

Hundreds and thousands of tents lie on a vast plains.

It was a human coalition to counter the demon army.

Inside the largest tent in the center were the key figures of the Allied forces.

This is because the commander of the Allied forces, Duke Olaven Grimmere of the Drasonian Empire, was holding an unusually late meeting.

“Welcome, everyone.”

There were many high-ranking nobles from many countries, so Olaven politely greeted everyone then got the main topic at hand.

“It’s because of Hemor Fortress that I gathered everyone today.”

“Hemor Fortress…”

Everyone became gloomy at the words ‘Hemor Fortress.’

“Yes. As you all know, Hemor Fortress is a key point connecting to the Miradun Great Plains. We must absolutely get our hands on it.”

In fact, the Allied forces have already attacked the fortress once.

The result was defeat.

They had succeeded in destroying the fortress, but the support of the demon army arrived shortly before the fall and they were forced to retreat.

“The demons are rapidly repairing the fortress. Maybe after the construction, it’ll be harder to target the fortress than before.”

“…”

“So I propose here. Why don’t we attack the fortress again before it’s too late?”

Some nobles raised their hands.

“But Commander Olaven. We’ve already lost a lot of morale after one failed attack.”

“That’s right. And the restoration of the damage we saw before hasn’t been completed, so isn’t this too premature?”

At the words of the nobles, Olaven nodded.

“Of course you’re right. But!”

Olaven exudes an incredibly strong spirit even at the age of sixty.

“The same goes for the demons and their morale. And the biggest wall in the last war was the Hemor Fortress itself.”

“…”

“What if we could get them out of the fortress?”

The nobles were shocked by what he said.

“What do you mean?”

“Just as I said. I have a plan to get the demons out of the fortress.”

“If so…”

“Kill the demons that come out of the fortress. After that, as long as we occupy the empty fortress, the war is as good as ours. And…”

Olaven nodded with a stiff expression.

“We will save the people who are trapped in the fortress and are being used as slaves!”

There wasn’t an inch of falsehood on his eager face.

A man who truly loved his people, it was the image of a great hero.

* * *