Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad - Chapter 7

The central plaza of Hemor Fortress.

Choi Hyun-seok was training with 3,000 slaves.

“Set! One! Two!”

At first glance, he seemed very lively, but in fact, Choi Hyun-seok’s head was full of worries.

‘We need to do some combat training soon…’

At first, he sang formal training or military songs to show Reidrun.

Doing combat training suddenly would raise suspicions, so he had to raise the work efficiency first.

He was going to gradually increase the training time and secretly mix in combat training after Reidrun saw such results…

‘Why is he so interested!?’

Reidrun watched Choi Hyun-seok’s training sessions every day.

“It’s okay! It won’t be long before he loses interest!”

“Right? I think so!”

Choi Hyun-seok and Rachel expected his interest not to last long.

Reidrun is an officer of the demon army.

What fun would it be to watch slaves train?

But unfortunately…

“That’s great. Great!”

Reidrun was really interested.

It wasn’t just a little interest.

Reidrun’s interest in the morning training grew day by day.

He began to actively express his opinions to Choi Hyun-seok, and now he even moved his office to a location overlooking the training plaza (square).

This is why he couldn’t even dream of doing combat training.

‘Sigh… what should I do…’

Choi Hyun-seok swept his face with his hands.

‘But the good news is that my charisma keeps rising…’

It’s been about ten days since he started the training.

In the meantime, his charisma rose 8 points to 20.

Leadership also rose from F-grade to E-grade.

But this alone is not enough.

Choi Hyun-seok’s goal is rebellion! A coup!

It is to drive out the bullhead leader Reidrun and take over this fortress.

‘No. Let’s calm down. I shouldn’t rush things. Take it step by step slowly…’

As Choi Hyun-seok continued his thoughts.

“Waaa…!”

“Kaaa-!”

There was a commotion in the distance.

“What?”

“What’s going on?”

A commotion among the slaves broke out.

Choi Hyun-seok drew back the attention by clapping.

“Everybody pay attention! We’re not done with our training yet!”

He doesn’t know what’s going on, but it wouldn’t involve them.

For now, it was right to focus on the training.

The moment he thought like that.

“Choi Hyun-seok!”

There was a huge shout that made the fortress rung loudly.

Looking back, he could see the huge Reidrun running at a tremendous speed.

It was so fast that a cloud of dust formed behind him like a cartoon.

“

“Y-yes!?”

“There’s no time. We must leave the fortress now!”

Said Reidrun, grabbing Choi Hyun-seok’s wrist.

Choi Hyun-seok’s eyeballs began to roll 360 degrees.

‘What is he talking about?’

What the hell is this crazy bull talking about?

When Choi Hyun-seok became flustered.

From afar, he saw armor-clad men running over.

“Over there! That’s the boss! Crimson Nightmare Reidrun!”

“Ordinary soldiers get out of the way! Let us knights deal with it!”

Five heavily armed knights flooded Reidrun.

As soon as he saw it, Choi Hyun-seok understood the general situation.

‘The human army is here!’

He doesn’t know the exact circumstances, but it seems the human coalition has invaded Hemor Fortress.

The fortress has fallen and Reidrun is apparently abandoning it and trying to flee.

‘But why is this crazy bullhead trying to take me!?’

Choi Hyun-seok looked carefully at Reidrun with a sideways look.

‘What should I do? Should I strike him now?’

Choi Hyun-seok has yet to forget his first day at the fortress.

There was no damage even after Reidrun received his head kick.

He was a formidable monster.

And what about his strength?

Just from grabbing his ankle he almost became crippled.

‘But I’ve grown since then. Besides, there’s reinforcements this time.’

Five knights running towards Reidrun.

At a glance they were wearing heavy armor.

Nevertheless, they were running with tremendous speed beyond an average person.

It was obvious that they were great players.

‘While the knights are dealing with Reidrun let’s find an opportunity to make a run for it.’

At any rate, he was going to shake off Reidrun and flee to the human side.

At that moment, suddenly Reidrun disappeared.

Swoosh-!

It was as fast as a moment.

Reidrun had already reached the front of the five knights.

Boom, pak! Boom! Kwak! Pak!

He couldn’t even see what happened.

“

Just as Reidrun waved his hand, the armor-clad knights flew like cannonballs.

“Huh…?”

Choi Hyun-seok’s chin widened enough to touch the floor.

‘Fuck, they pierced through the wall…’

Dug deep into the wall.

The armor they were wearing had exploded and their imposing bodies had long been a bloodied pulp.

“Choi Hyun-seok. What are you doing? We have to go!”

Pushed Reidrun as he shook off his bloodied fist.

Choi Hyun-seok, who was absent-minded, finally came to his senses and nodded.

“Yes! Reidrun sir!”

Tears flowed down Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes as he ran outside the fortress.

* * *

It was a peaceful journey.

The air was clear and there were endless grasslands and horizons.

Some carriages were passing by on the road along the landscape.

It was a carriage pulled by Drachorn, a horse-like demon.

Clack…Clack…

In the midst of the silence, only the sound of the Drachorn running can be heard.

Choi Hyun-seok was sitting alone in the carriage.

His eyes were as loose as a madman.

He has been looking at the sky for five hours already.

‘I’m finished…’

Choi Hyun-seok sighed deeply.

It’s already been a day since they left Hemor Fortress.

In the meantime, the human coalition has sent out pursuit teams to capture Reidrun over and over again.

“Over there! We’ve almost caught up!”

Pursuers on horseback.

There were as many as 100.

The few surviving demons were afraid.

Reidrun stepped forward alone.

“Crimson Nightmare Reidrun.”

“Yes.”

“Today I’m going to have your head and have my name known throughout the kingdom, kuauau!”

The commander of the chase who was about to cut Reidron’s head off to make a name for himself.

He was decapitated.

Just like that.

When the pursuers saw it, they all froze.

There was a massacre.

Crimson Nightmare Reidrun.

At this time, Choi Hyun-seok understood why Reidrun was called Crimson Nightmare.

‘I can’t believe I tried to beat him…I must have been crazy.’

Reidrun was not at a level where humans could do anything about.

He even felt stupid trying to stand up to such a monster.

Choi Hyun-seok smiled wistfully.

‘Goodbye…this world…goodbye…adventure… goodbye…my second life…’

Choi Hyun-seok had dreamed.

Go to this world, go on a great adventure, and become a hero who defeats the Demon King!

After that, he would meet a noble lady, a blonde who is kind-hearted and they’ll get married after a romantic relationship.

Have a happy family by giving birth to children like rabbits.

And in this grand dream, in his old life he would spend time watching his grandchildren run around in a small mansion!

“It’s all over now…”

A hero who defeats the Demon King?

The reality is that he is being dragged into slavery without even being able to deal with an officer of the demon army.

‘I’ll be dragged around like this all my life, then I’ll end up being eaten when I’m of no use.’

Blonde noble lady?

The only people he has seen are scruffy slaves who were in the same boat.

“Sigh…”

When Choi Hyun-seok’s mood had sunken and he let out a sigh.

“Hero. Hero…!”

At that time, Rachel sat on Choi Hyun-seok’s shoulder and whispered.

“Get a hold of yourself! Hero!”

“Call me a slave, not a hero…”

“Please come to your senses!”

Rachel raised her small hand and slapped Choi Hyun-seok on the cheek.

Smack!

However, Choi Hyun-seok didn’t respond.

He wished he could get angry.

“Euoeo…!”

Rachel, who clenched her fists and trembled, continued.

“Hero! There’s a saying that what doesn’t kill you will make you stronger!”

“How do you know that idiom…”

“That’s not the point right now! I mean, you can turn this situation into an opportunity!”

Choi Hyun-seok’s head turned slowly when she said opportunity.

“What opportunity…”

“We can get a handle on the situation of the Demon King. I’m sure it’ll be a great help to become a hero as long as you escape later…”

“You’re still talking of escaping!?”

Choi Hyun-seok caught Rachel.

“If you hadn’t sent me to Hemor Fortress in the first place, this wouldn’t have happened!”

“…”

Rachel was embarrassed by Choi Hyun-seok’s words.

Rolling her eyes around, she soon lowered her head.

“I’m sorry…”

“Hu…whatever. What’s the point of mulling over what’s already been done?”

Nothing changes now by blaming Rachel.

“

Choi Hyun-seok muttered deprecatingly.

“Choi Hyun-seok. What’s going on?”

Suddenly, a huge head reminiscent of a bull appeared.

Crimson Nightmare. It was Reidrun.

“It’s nothing! Haha!”

Choi Hyun-seok smiled brightly as if he hadn’t been low-spirited.

“I’m glad you’re energetic.”

“Of course! If nothing else, I’m known for being energetic!”

“All right. We’ll be arriving at the 3rd Legion headquarters soon, so I look forward to your cooperation.”

“What…?

Choi Hyun-seok’s face became blank.

Looking forward to our cooperation. What?

Reidrun went on to explain.

“I haven’t told you. I’m going to go see the captain. To officially admit you into the demon army.”

Reidrun spoke with enthusiasm.

“Ah, um, ah…”

Choi Hyun-seok, whose brain had shut down, couldn’t speak and babbled.

“Is there a problem?”

Reidrun’s eyes became fierce at this moment.

Choi Hyun-seok became surprised and came to his senses.

“N-nothing! It’s such an honor that I was at a loss for words. Hahahaha!”

“I see! Hahaha! As expected, you’re more suited to the demon army than anyone else!”

“By all means, I will follow Reidrun’s will! Hahahaha!”

“Is that so!? Hahahaha!!!”

The laughter of the two men didn’t leave the carriage for a while.

* * *

At the same time.

The Allied forces that occupied Hemor Fortress were releasing the slaves.

“People of Marriott kingdom this way please!”

“Dracen Empire here!”

The atmosphere was quite chaotic.

As many as 3,000 humans were captured and enslaved in Hemor Fortress.

It seemed that it would take some time to send them all back to their respective countries.

“Um… where should I go?”

Choi Hyun-seok’s slave colleague Park Tae-soo.

He’s in serious trouble.

‘I can’t even call myself a hero…’

There were nearly a hundred people similar to Park Tae-soo.

Unfortunate men who fell into the demon fortress even though they were heroes.

At the time when they gathered in one place and couldn’t do this or that. A soldier approached.

“Are you guys heroes?”

The soldier’s words brightened the people’s faces.

“Yes! That’s right!”

“All the heroes can follow me.”

The soldiers led the heroes.

The heroes became excited with a slightly flushed look.

“We’re going to receive proper treatment now?”

“Of course! We’re heroes!”

“

“I knew it! There’s no way this is how we were supposed to be treated, right!?”

“If it weren’t for Rachel, we could have had a good life!”

“At last we can start in this world!”

When everyone was excited and were talking.

Only Park Tae-soo remained silent.

‘Something’s not right…’

Park Tae-soo is a man who doesn’t have much ability.

Nevertheless, there is only one reason why he was able to endure his social life for more than 30 years.

He held the rope well.

In the workplace, in society.

He used to ghostly notice when and what line he would need to grab to survive and climb up.

‘The atmosphere is weird.’

Park Tae-soo’s intuition raised an alarm.

This road is a rotten rope.

If he grabs this, the line will break and he will fall.

‘There’s no harm in being careful.’

Park Tae-soo carefully stepped out of line.

It was to watch the situation for a while.

The atmosphere was so chaotic that there was no difficulty getting out.

‘Let’s sneak along and join later if the atmosphere looks good.’

The hero candidates continued to follow the soldier’s lead.

Finally, they arrived at a vacant lot.

There were heavily armed knights and soldiers.

And an old man in the middle.

Olaven Grimmere, Duke of Drasonian Empire and commander of the Allied forces, greeted the heroes with a welcoming face.

“Welcome, heroes.”

Commander Olaven took a step forward.

“If I may ask, are any of you not heroes?”

The heroes shook their heads at Olaven’s question.

“We’re all heroes here.”

“I see.”

At that moment Olaven smiled twisted.

“Begin.”

Begin what?

The question didn’t last long.

Shoo! Shoo!

A rain of arrows poured from all directions.

“Kyak!

“Keuk, agh! Save me!”

The heroes tried to escape, but it was impossible. Soldiers had already blocked all paths.

“Keuk…! Keuk…”

“Keuk…”

The hell was over in an instant.

Even before the time for a cup of tea passed, all the heroes were killed.

The soldiers stabbed the fallen people in the chest to make sure they were dead.

It looked like a routine to them.

Like they hadn’t done it once or twice.

“Commander. We’ve killed them all.”

“All right. We’re not missing anyone, are we?”

“The fortress had gathered all the heroes in one area to manage them. No one would have leaked out.”

“Really? There are times when the demons can be of help. Hahaha.”

Commander Olaven laughed wildly as if he was really having fun.

And Park Tae-soo, a man watching him from afar, trembled like a quiver.

‘W-what’s going on!?’

He has to run away from here.

He’ll die the moment they hear he’s a hero.

‘As long as I join the line again…’

When Park Tae-soo was going back carefully.

A soldier stood in the way.

“Oh, aren’t you a hero?”

“Y-yes!? No!”

Flustered, Park Tae-soo quickly shook his arms

“That’s strange. Black hair would be a hero or demon. By any chance, are you a demon?”

Suddenly labeling him a demon.

Park Tae-soo shook his head with his mouth closed.

“Then you’re a hero! Follow me. The heroes are being guided separately.”

“Ah, no…”

The face of the soldier reaching out was full of irresistible kindness.