Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad-Chapter 249

While talking with Emperor Lambert.

Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a simultaneously hesitated.

The Hero Quest had activated.

They exchanged glances from the corners of their eyes and noticed that the quest before them had activated for both of them.

★☆★☆ Hero Quest! ★☆★☆

This is a crisis for humanity!

Du-dung-!

It’s time for the legendary hero Choi Hyun-seok to step up!

Drive out the evil Gatren and Deusis and bring peace to the continent!

The quest content was simple.

Stop the Empire’s Sacrifice.

The reward is 200,000 Hero Points.

Actually, at this point, Hero Points weren’t really necessary.

Choi Hyun-seok still had points to spare, and Park Hyun-a had more than enough from the start.

More than the points, the large amount of experience points that would come with it was the key.

Generally, experience points were proportional to reward points, so they would probably level up tremendously.

‘Finally approaching the core.’

‘Damn… That took forever.’

Looking at the quest content, both instinctively sensed it.

That their lives as heroes were now entering the final stages.

“So. How do you plan to defeat them?”

Emperor Lambert asked.

He was asking about Park Hyun-a’s last words, about ‘defeating the villains like a hero.’

“First, we buy time. As long as we can hold out. During that time, we need to investigate that magic called Empire’s Sacrifice as much as possible.”

“And after that?”

“After dragging it out until we decide we can’t hold on any longer…”

Park Hyun-a and Choi Hyun-seok looked at each other.

They nodded, and Choi Hyun-seok answered.

“Please send us to Gatren’s capital.”

***

Pope Orban IV demanded negotiations with the Drason Empire through semi-threats.

Kill Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a.

If not, the continent will perish.

It’s been two weeks since that message was delivered.

“Still no response?”

“I apologize. Drason is asking for more time.”

“More time? Even at this moment, they are running wild in the holy land. How much longer must we wait?”

For two weeks, Drason had said nothing but asking for more time.

Meanwhile, Park Hyun-a and Choi Hyun-seok continued to run wild.

The Pope’s patience was gradually reaching its limit.

“We can’t wait any longer. Notify Drason. Tomorrow. If they don’t bring an answer by then, we’ll implement the plan immediately.”

At that moment, someone knocked on the door from outside.

The Pope sighed and said,

“What is it?”

“A letter has arrived from the Drason Empire.”

A letter came from the Drason Empire.

The timing was exquisite as if they knew exactly when the Pope’s patience would run out.

Although the Pope was internally displeased, he couldn’t ignore the arrived letter.

He immediately checked its contents.

Three days later.

They will send Park Hyun-a and Choi Hyun-seok to the capital Gratiam.

The Drason magic battalion will move together as bait.

Handle everything in Gatren.

This letter will disappear soon.

After reading the contents, the Pope casually threw the letter.

While the servants were momentarily flustered seeing the letter rolling on the floor.

Whoosh-!

Soon the letter burst into flames and vanished instantly.

“These, these contemptible fellows! How dare they tamper with a letter meant for His Holiness!”

“That’s not it. It was a measure of confidentiality, don’t worry about it.”

“I apologize! Due to my failure to properly check, Your Holiness could have been harmed…”

“Will you take responsibility?”

The Pope interrupted in a calm voice.

The servant showing excessive loyalty immediately shut his mouth.

“I’m joking. You may leave.”

After dismissing the useless servant.

The Pope became lost in thought, reviewing the contents of the letter.

‘There’s no problem with the content itself. The original request was to hand them over anyway.’

He would have preferred Drason to handle them there, but that was unreasonable.

The proud Drason would never accept such an extreme request.

And pushing too hard could backfire.

So the most compromising solution was to have them handed over.

Although it took some time, ultimately the Drason Empire accepted the request and agreed to send them.

Along with their pride, the magic battalion.

‘The magic battalion is bait to deceive those two. They probably told them it’s an operation to attack Gatren.’

In the letter, Drason said to handle the magic battalion as well.

It seemed they wanted a clean resolution without any aftermath.

‘They wouldn’t really sacrifice their precious magic battalion. It’s probably a battalion made of clones.’

Clones are the essence of magic and magical engineering.

Users can possess and control clones that look exactly like themselves.

If they really are clones, Drason can end this operation without any casualties.

‘However, Park Hyun-a is likely to notice if they’re clones.’

Would Park Hyun-a, one of the continent’s top magicians, fail to notice the clones?

If she notices, would she still come to Gratiam knowing the accompanying troops are clones?

No, perhaps this could all be a deception operation.

They might say they’re coming to the capital, but use the opportunity when forces are gathered in the capital to attack the empire’s key positions.

Things were getting more and more complicated.

“Sigh… There’s no choice.”

The Pope stopped worrying.

It’s not a problem that can be solved by worrying more anyway.

For now, he has no choice but to believe the enemy will come to the capital Gratiam.

What if this is a lie, and it’s actually a deception operation?

‘Then we’ll just wipe them all out.’

That would truly be the end of the continent.

Although he wants to avoid using the Empire’s Sacrifice if possible.

Better to destroy the entire continent than watch Gatren fall.

“Three days later. They will come. Complete the defenses by then.”

Having made his decision, the Pope began moving in earnest.

Three days was just enough time to set up a perfect trap.

And the Pope didn’t forget to put safety measures in place. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

“And… Contact each Grand Temple. Tell them to be ready to initiate the Empire’s Sacrifice at any time.”

If the enemies break their promise and show signs of attacking, that would be the time to overturn everything.

***

Park Hyun-a, having packed her belongings, looked at Choi Hyun-seok.

“Are you ready?”

“Been ready for ages.”

They are now heading to Gratiam, the capital of the Holy Empire of Gatren.

Going to put an end to the war they’ve been fighting for so long.

“Do you think we’ll get to see the Pope’s face when we get there?”

“I doubt it. What’s the point of seeing an old man’s face anyway?”

“I’m just curious.”

“True. I do want to see it once before he dies. Really curious what kind of face he’s got.”

He wants to see the Pope’s face one last time before dying.

Better if he can get in one punch too.

Choi Hyun-seok chuckled.

“Who’s dying?”

“We are. We’re going there to die.”

“We won’t die.”

The situation is different from before.

The enemy will pour all their resources into perfect preparations.

No matter how strong Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a are, they must have prepared a trap they can’t escape from.

“Are you confident?”

“Of course.”

“Shouldn’t we first worry about how to hold out for an hour before thinking about survival?”

“We’ll just hold out for an hour. When time’s up, we’ll escape.”

“Easier said than done.”

Moreover, this operation doesn’t allow for attacking and immediately running away.

They need to hold out on the battlefield for at least an hour.

Because while Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a fight in the capital Gratiam, the Drason Empire will move to destroy the Grand Temples in various locations.

“Blindly destroying Grand Temples is impossible. It would be disastrous if they activate the magic before destruction.”

“Then what do we do?”

“You’ll be the bait to buy time. One hour. If you can hold out in the empire’s capital for one hour, we’ll neutralize as many Grand Temples as possible.”

It’s simple logic.

The enemy doesn’t fully trust our words yet.

They’re still tense, ready to activate magic at any time.

So first, we throw ourselves in according to the enemy’s intentions.

Then, at an unexpected moment, the Drason Empire will quickly move to destroy the Grand Temples that serve as bases for ‘Empire’s Sacrifice.

This is why they stalled for time these past two weeks.

It took considerable time to understand and analyze the enemy’s magic and establish a plan to stop it.

“Are you ready to depart as well?”

“Yes.”

A man in a robe answered Park Hyun-a’s question.

He is the commander of Drason’s 1st Magic Battalion.

For this operation, 1,000 members of the 1st Magic Battalion will depart.

The Magic Battalion will act as bait while also supporting Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a on the battlefield.

Although being clones means they can’t even exert half their original power.

Still, as the Drason Magic Battalion, they’ll be more helpful than nothing.

“Then let’s go!”

“Let’s go!”

Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a set off energetically at the front.

They seemed too cheerful for people facing death.

***

“One hour until we reach Gratiam. Please prepare.”

The Magic Battalion commander said.

Currently, the group is heading toward the Gatren capital Gratiam.

For now, they needed to appear like a special forces team moving stealthily to surprise the enemy, so they advanced slowly while concealing their presence as much as possible.

“Older sister.”

During the journey.

Choi Hyun-seok called out to Park Hyun-a.

“What.”

“If we survive, what will you do next?”

“What’s with that suddenly?”

“Just curious. After everything’s over. When there’s nothing left to do as heroes, what will you do?”

After brief contemplation, Park Hyun-a spoke.

“Well, I haven’t thought about it.”

“Think about it now. Either live luxuriously as a rich person or return to Earth. There are options like that, right?”

“Is it even possible to return to Earth in the first place?”

“I’m a god, won’t you let me grant at least that much?”

“That’s true.”

Park Hyun-a nodded unconsciously.

Since they brought her here, there’s no rule saying she can’t go back there.

“Earth…”

It’s been over 15 years since Park Hyun-a came to this place.

How has Earth changed?

How much time has passed?

Through conversations with heroes, she at least knows that time flows differently between Earth and this place.

It’s not exact, but it was certain that based on one year, this world flows more than 3 times faster than Earth.

‘Even if a lot of time has passed, it would be 5 years. Maybe even less than that.’

While 5 years is a big difference, it’s not so much that she couldn’t adapt.

If she could really return to Earth, she could enjoy an ordinary daily life again.

‘No, would that really be true…’

Park Hyun-a looked at her hands.

Thousands, maybe tens of thousands of lives have stained these hands.

Even a considerably vicious war criminal wouldn’t have killed this many people.

By Earth’s standards, she was already beyond a mass murderer – she is Satan himself.

Park Hyun-a smiled bitterly and turned to look at Choi Hyun-seok.

“I still don’t know.”

“Is that so?”

“What about you?”

“Pardon?”

“When it’s all over. What are you going to do?”

“Hmm…”

Choi Hyun-seok stroked his chin, lost in thought.

At that moment, Rachel, who suddenly appeared, hit Choi Hyun-seok’s chest.

“Hero! You have to live lovey-dovey with Rachel!”

“Huh? What are you saying?”

Choi Hyun-seok asked back with an expression beyond bewilderment, completely dumbfounded.

Rachel’s eyes flashed fiercely as she put her hands on her hips and shouted.

“What do you mean what am I saying? Were you planning to abandon Rachel!?”

“Of course! Did you think you’d follow me around forever!?”

“Of course!”

“What nonsense is this!?”

“Ha! Hero! After defiling me all this time!”

“Wait a minute. Defiling? Let’s not use words that could cause misunderstanding.”

Despite Choi Hyun-seok’s attempts to stop her, Rachel didn’t stop.

“You’re tired of me now, aren’t you!? You just played with me all you wanted, right!? Hero! Were you such a terrible person!?”

“Stop talking nonsense!”

“Trash! Scum of the earth! Perverted psycho who only cares about women!”

“You sociopath fairy…!”

Choi Hyun-seok grabbed Rachel and shook her.

Rachel clung to Choi Hyun-seok and screamed.

Watching the two of them shouting at the top of their lungs, Park Hyun-a smiled slightly.

‘I don’t know if there will be a next time, but if such an opportunity really comes…’

She thought it wouldn’t be bad to hang around with these two.

At least it wouldn’t be boring.

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