Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad-Chapter 242

Destroy Gatren!

Choi Hyun-seok, who shouted boldly, hit a roadblock from the start.

“What should I do first?”

Gatren is not some name of a neighborhood convenience store.

It’s one of the two largest empires on the continent.

Its territory alone was comparable to that of the United States on Earth.

Trying to destroy such an empire, he couldn’t grasp where to begin.

He couldn’t just mindlessly destroy cities.

Rushing into the capital to behead the Pope doesn’t seem like a very realistic plan either.

After pondering, Choi Hyun-seok contacted Orlaben Grimier of the Drason Empire.

-Lord Choi Hyun-seok! So it was true that you returned! With no news for half a year, I thought you had died in a foreign land.

Orlaben Grimier welcomed Choi Hyun-seok’s return.

His reaction was so intense that even through the communication crystal, his excited voice was clear.

“Yes. It’s been a while.”

After exchanging brief greetings with him.

Choi Hyun-seok went straight to the main point.

“Are there any Gatren strongholds that I could destroy alone? I’m planning to move soon but I can’t figure out where to start.”

-Then military strongholds are the best! Just wait a moment!

Orlaben Grimier rattled off information about Gatren’s major military strongholds.

“Let’s meet for a drink sometime.”

After recording all the information he provided.

As Choi Hyun-seok was about to end the communication, Orlaben Grimier stopped him.

-Lord Choi Hyun-seok. I’m not sure if you know, but Lady Park Hyun-a has been quite active as well.

“Older sister Hyun-a?”

-It’s been about 3 months since we started the war with Gatren. You might encounter her on the battlefield. Keep that in mind.

“I’ll note that.”

After ending the communication.

Choi Hyun-seok carefully examined the information about Gatren’s military strongholds.

“Clubi Fortress. Let’s go there.”

The final choice was Clubi Fortress.

Considering various conditions, he thought it wouldn’t be bad for a first start.

“Hero, why is it so noisy?”

“Yeah, what’s going on?”

“Let’s go check it out!”

While heading towards Clubi Fortress like that.

Suddenly the surroundings became noisy, and they were in the process of checking what was happening.

“Who would’ve thought I’d run into older sister here of all places.”

He vaguely thought they’d meet eventually while fighting Gatren – but he didn’t expect to meet before the first battle even began.

“Destiny is destiny.”

“Indeed.”

Just as Choi Hyun-seok and Rachel were nodding repeatedly saying how small the world is.

A holy knight swung his sword.

“Die!”

“Even a blind person could dodge when you swing it like that.”

While avoiding the sword by twisting his shoulder, he planted his fist into the enemy’s chin.

Thud-!

With a heavy impact sound, the holy knight’s head snapped back.

With eyes glazed over, the holy knight fell to his knees like a puppet with cut strings and planted his face into the ground.

“Rachel. Stay here and clean up roughly. I’ll go talk with older sister for a bit.”

“Yes sir!”

Rachel took a military salute as if saying leave it to her.

Simultaneously, he felt mana being pulled outward.

Rachel can use Choi Hyun-seok’s mana.

Currently, Choi Hyun-seok’s mana is 632 points.

With numbers like these, it would be hard to find a match even searching the entire continent.

Naturally, a few common priests and holy knights could never stop Rachel.

“Aaaargh-!”

“Save me!”

While Rachel was rampaging.

Choi Hyun-seok approached Park Hyun-a.

He waved his hand and grinned.

“Older sister! Long time no see.”

“What do you mean long time! You bastard! Where were you holed up enjoying yourself to only show up now!?”

“There were some circumstances. Circumstances.”

“Never mind that. Let’s run first. This isn’t the time to chat casually.”

“You mean run away?”

“Yeah. There are some legends chasing us.”

“Instead of that, let’s deal with them here.”

In this situation, to say let’s run away.

He felt there was no need for that.

From the circumstances, Park Hyun-a must have finished her recovery.

His condition was also at its peak.

If they combined their strength, couldn’t they take down two or three Legends in an instant?

Rather than running away, he thought it would be better to counterattack and deal with the enemies.

Even after Choi Hyun-seok shared these thoughts, Park Hyun-a insisted they must leave this place.

“Just follow me first! I’ll explain as we go!”

“Alright. Rachel! Stop playing around and follow us!”

“Yes sir!”

Choi Hyun-seok had no choice but to follow Park Hyun-a.

Rachel, who had been playing around throwing magic at the holy knights and priests, also settled onto her designated spot on Choi Hyun-seok’s shoulder.

“Hero Unit 1! Launch!”

***

While quickly leaving the battlefield, Park Hyun-a began her explanation.

“You know about Gatren’s Legend trio, right?”

“You mean that woman Kinley or whatever who leads the three Legends?”

“Right. They’re chasing right behind us.”

“With that much, couldn’t we handle them together, Sister?”

Choi Hyun-seok had fought with Kinley briefly before.

They were certainly not an easy opponent, but he didn’t think they were unbeatable.

If he combined forces with Park Hyun-a, they could probably take on even three Legends.

“Well. If it was just those three, we’d have a chance. But how many enemies do you think are spread out here?”

Choi Hyun-seok gave up trying to count the magical and holy powers he could feel from all directions.

As Park Hyun-a said, there were too many enemies.

“It’s not just a lot. What we sense now is just a small portion. If we stay in one place, they’ll keep coming through spatial gates.”

“That’s definitely a problem.”

Endlessly replenishing enemies is troublesome.

No matter how strong they are, there are limits to stamina and mana.

With spatial movement blocked by a barrier field.

Fighting endlessly would eventually drain their strength.

And if they’re surrounded when their stamina runs out, that’s the end.

“There’s another problem.”

“What else is there?”

“This is actually the biggest problem.”

Suddenly Park Hyun-a’s expression hardened.

“Remember the Hero Unit we fought before?”

“Those puppet-like guys?”

“Yeah. We don’t know when that Hero Unit might appear. If we run into them, things will get really difficult.”

“True. Those guys were quite strong.”

The Hero Unit.

They’re known as Iron Demons on the battlefield, but Choi Hyun-seok usually called them puppets.

Choi Hyun-seok knows well how powerful they are.

He almost died fighting them in front of the Demon King’s castle.

If Park Hyun-a hadn’t forcibly awakened then, they would have been defeated by them.

But now the situation is different.

He and Park Hyun-a have become much stronger than before.

“Since we’re stronger, wouldn’t we win easily if we fought them again?”

“You think they were just sitting around while we got stronger? If anything, they’ve grown even more than we have. They’ve been rolling around battlefields for the past year.”

“Ah…”

It’s been almost a year since they last encountered them.

They wouldn’t have been idle during that time.

Their levels must have increased considerably while waging war against the Demon King’s army.

“I ran into them by chance before, and they’re no joke. I rank the Hero Unit above the Legend trio.”

“They’re that strong?”

To say the Hero Unit ranks above three top-tier Legends.

It was hard to believe, but Park Hyun-a’s expression was serious.

“Ridiculously coordinated magic. Individual combat ability goes without saying, and they’re solid in close combat which is usually a magic unit’s weakness. And their numbers are enormous. Around four thousand were confirmed. I guarantee even the old Mouthpiece would have trouble with this.”

Choi Hyun-seok’s expression turned serious.

The old Mouthpiece probably refers to Hemis before she weakened.

How strong Hemis was can be understood by recalling her fight with 2nd Corps Commander Rotark.

‘Even thinking about it now, it was an impossible level. And that wasn’t even her full power.’

At that time, Rotark showed incredible martial prowess.

Choi Hyun-seok was at a lower level then, and it was so long ago it’s not certain, but.

He’s not sure he could win even at his current level against how strong Rotark was then.

Yet Hemis played with that Rotark.

‘Thinking about it again, she really was a monster.’

Choi Hyun-seok suddenly became curious.

It’s hypothetical, but what would happen if pre-weakened Hemis fought against current him and Park Hyun-a?

“Between current us and peak Hemis. Who do you think would win?”

“In a 2-on-1 fight… Best case scenario, 40% chance.”

“Only that much?”

“No. Thinking again, less than 30%. Can’t be more than that.”

Park Hyun-a said in a firm voice.

“30%… That’s lower than I expected.”

“You don’t know because you haven’t fought her. That Mouthpiece was a real monster. If she’d wanted to, she could have taken down the Demon King and everything else long ago.”

“Hmm, if she was that strong, why did she lose to Gatren?”

“Because she fell into a trap prepared by Gatren’s elite forces. If it wasn’t a trap and just a direct confrontation, she wouldn’t have lost like that.”

Choi Hyun-seok nodded slowly.

Even the mighty Hemis ultimately fell into a trap.

That’s how frightening a prepared battlefield can be.

It reminded him once again that getting stronger means being more careful, not more reckless.

“Anyway, the point is this. The Hero Unit is strong enough to make even that lip monster tense up. So don’t get cocky just because you’ve gotten a bit stronger.”

“Yes.”

Nodding, Choi Hyun-seok looked around.

He could no longer sense any holy or magical power.

While talking, they seemed to have completely left the battlefield.

“The barrier field is gone too.”

As they got further away, they moved out of range of the enemy’s barrier field.

From here they could escape using spatial transfer magic.

“Good. Let’s move right away.”

Park Hyun-a used spatial transfer magic to take Choi Hyun-seok and Rachel to where her hideout was.

***

“The trail ends here. Analysis of the remaining demonic energy suggests they used spatial transfer magic.”

“Track the coordinates immediately.”

“Yes.”

After giving the order, Kinley Fusel turned around and kicked the ground while cursing.

“Damn it!”

They let Park Hyun-a slip away again.

How many failures was this now?

No matter how much they prepare, they can’t catch her.

This time they had to let her go particularly helplessly.

Because an unexpected interference got involved.

“Choi Hyun-seok. Things got more complicated because that guy showed up.”

Choi Hyun-seok, who appeared after being holed up somewhere unknown.

He’s a problem too.

Though brief, Kinley had crossed blades with him and knew well how dangerous he was.

“While Park Hyun-a is threatening, he’s no less dangerous.”

Certainly, Park Hyun-a is a dangerous enemy.

Top-tier magic skills on the continent.

Backed by seemingly limitless mana.

Her close combat ability also ranks high among Legends.

She’s also clever, knowing her strengths and limitations precisely and moving accordingly.

Choi Hyun-seok’s threat level wasn’t inferior at all compared to Park Hyun-a.

“No, from our position, Choi Hyun-seok is more dangerous than Park Hyun-a. His close combat ability far surpasses hers.”

In some ways, Choi Hyun-seok was far more dangerous than Park Hyun-a.

In terms of close combat ability alone, Choi Hyun-seok overwhelmed Park Hyun-a.

If such Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a work together, they would perfectly complement each other’s slight weaknesses.

Needless to say, Kinley and her companions were in a far more dangerous situation than before.

“This won’t do. We need to come up with something.”

Kinley, who had been pondering, stood up from her seat.

Gelling and Asmund, who had been talking with her, looked at her.

“Kinley. Where are you going?”

“Gratiam.”

“Why the capital?”

Kinley clenched her fist.

“I need to have a word with the Pope.”

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