Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad-Chapter 255

Two legends emanating an aura as mighty as a great mountain.

Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a were looking down at the battlefield with dignity.

Both the ground and sky were packed with people.

Even though their entire field of vision was filled with enemies, their gazes remained unwavering and firm.

“Older sister. Do you have any potions left?”

Choi Hyun-seok barely moved his lips, without even blinking.

It was a quiet voice that only the person next to him could hear.

Park Hyun-a snorted.

“As if I would.”

“I have one left.”

“What about it? Are you bragging?”

“Yes.”

“You little… Just wait until we get out of here.”

Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a continued to stare ahead expressionlessly.

Though one is amused and the other is angry.

Right now, they both needed to maintain their composure.

“Those guys seem pretty nervous, don’t they?”

“They do.”

“If we do this right, I think we can stall for a time like this. How many minutes do we have left?”

“Roughly 5 minutes.”

“We’ve held out quite well to get this far.”

When 30 minutes had passed.

Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a had almost completely exhausted their magical power.

Originally, they would have collapsed within 10 minutes from that point.

However, they endured for over 20 minutes.

This was thanks to the potions they had prepared in advance.

□ Superior Healing Potion

Description: The pinnacle of healing potions! Even someone on the brink of death might survive with one bottle of this!?

Effect: Heals wounds and recovers a small amount of magical power.

Required Hero Points: 5,000

A Superior Healing Potion worth a whopping 5,000 hero points per bottle.

This potion, which was originally meant primarily for healing wounds, also contained a small amount of magical power.

Though it was a tiny amount that would barely fill 0.5% when drinking one bottle.

Still, it was better than nothing.

“I wonder why there aren’t any magic potions in the hero shop. If there were, things wouldn’t be this difficult.”

“How would I know?”

“By the way, older sister. My magical power (mana) is about 10% filled.”

“What did you say?”

Park Hyun-a’s eyebrows twitched for a moment.

Recovering 10% of magical power.

One might think what’s the big deal about just 10%, but that’s ignorant talk.

Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a’s total magical power was so overwhelming that even 10% was more than what most heroes possessed.

So it would be more accurate to say ‘whole’ 10% rather than ‘just’ 10%.

“How did you do it? You scraped the bottom a while ago.”

Choi Hyun-seok had used up all his magical power.

Park Hyun-a confirmed it with her own eyes, so it was certain.

She couldn’t understand how he recovered 10% of his magical power in that short time while fighting.

“From partway through, I stopped using magic and fought with my body.”

“What?”

“When you drink a potion, it fills about 0.5%, right? I kept saving that without using it.”

Choi Hyun-seok’s method of recovering magical power was simple.

First, don’t use any magic.

Then, even someone like Choi Hyun-seok would instantly face a crisis.

When it felt like he was about to die, he would drink a Superior Healing Potion.

At that time, along with health, a tiny amount of magical power would be recovered.

As they say, many drops make an ocean.

By collecting it this way, his magical power had recovered to 10% before he knew it.

It was certainly remarkable, but Park Hyun-a’s reaction was cold.

“You crazy bastard.”

To think of fighting with just his body while facing a legend and over a hundred thousand elite soldiers.

This was beyond ordinary madness.

Even with a Superior Potion, not all wounds would heal at once.

‘We’ve grown too much for potions to properly heal us.’

It’s easier to understand if you think about games.

Here’s a potion that recovers 10 H.P. (Hit points).

If your maximum HP is 20, then drinking the potion would recover half your HP instantly.

But what if your maximum HP is 200?

Or even higher at 2,000?

Recovering just 10 points wouldn’t have any meaningful impact in battle.

‘Superior Healing Potions do have some effect… But not enough to escape death’s door.’

In other words, for Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a, potion recovery wasn’t a cure-all, but more like buying a little time.

Enduring with just potions without magical power?

That’s impossible.

It was a technique only possible for Choi Hyun-seok, who had mastered combat.

If Park Hyun-a had tried to endure the same way, she would have been lying among the corpses on the ground long ago.

“Anyway, isn’t this a success then? I think we can definitely hold out for the next 5 minutes.”

“Enduring for an hour doesn’t guarantee success. One hour is just the minimum time needed for the operation to succeed.”

In this operation, one hour isn’t a time that guarantees success.

Rather, it could be called the time that determines failure.

If they can’t endure for an hour, the operation fails.

So endure for at least an hour.

That’s what it means.

“The fortunate thing is that they haven’t noticed the Grand Temple is under attack yet.”

The situation so far is not bad.

The enemy’s forces are still held up here, and time is approaching nearly one hour.

The longer we hold out, the higher the probability of operation success becomes, so it can be said to be a good situation.

“If those guys keep being scared and don’t come in, it’s definitely a success.”

“Stop babbling. You’re losing face.”

“Yes.”

“Right now, if we lose face, it’s over. Put strength in your eyes. Watch them with the mindset that if you move even a toe, you’re done for.”

“Huff!”

Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a’s eyes grew even fiercer.

If neighborhood thugs did this, it would be a laughable threat, but when a legendary hero deliberately emanates killing intent, even such threats become an excellent means of pressure.

As time passed like that.

Finally, when it was approaching one hour since the battle began.

Kwaaaaaaa-!

Suddenly, tremendous magical power erupted from the capital Gratiam.

The magical power materialized and rose like a pillar.

“What is that?”

“I don’t know either.”

The magical power rising from Gratiam.

Park Hyun-a could immediately tell that it was the magical power of a single individual.

The amount was equal to or greater than her own.

She was still glaring at the enemy in the same position, but she couldn’t help the cold sweat running down her back.

“There’s no way I wouldn’t know someone with magical power like that… What is it?” 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Park Hyun-a’s magical power far surpasses legendary level.

Looking at just the ‘amount’ of demonic energy, it could be compared to Hemis in her prime.

Naturally, among humans, she hadn’t seen anyone who came close, let alone reached a similar level.

Even among demon-kind, excluding the previous Demon King, there were no beings with that much demonic energy.

“There. It seems to be that guy who appeared next to the Hammer Lady.”

“That’s right.”

A young man wearing the white garments of the Deusis faith.

Appearing without any presence, he conversed with Kinley Fusel.

“For now, it seems he’s not an ally.”

“Could he be Gatren’s secret weapon?”

That’s when the enemies moved.

Kinley Fusel and Gelling Mustan.

The two legends along with the elite knight order began retreating to the back.

“Older sister. Those bastards are running away?”

“Stop them!”

They were clearly going to support the Grand Temple after noticing it was under attack.

Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a sprang forward simultaneously without anyone taking the lead.

Fortunately, they had endured the promised one hour, but they didn’t know yet if they had completed their mission.

They needed to hold these guys back even a little longer.

Paang!

The two who rushed out boldly were simultaneously knocked back.

The man who had appeared without warning had swung his staff.

“Where are you going?”

The man stared at them with sharply slanted eyes.

“It’ll be hard to shake them off.”

“Ha… Did you perhaps destroy the spatial transfer gates in the city?”

“I did break about three while fighting, but I’m not sure if they led to the Grand Temple.”

“Tsk, it’s hopeless.”

Park Hyun-a clicked her tongue.

Inside that huge city, there must be at least dozens of spatial transfer gates.

It would be stupid to expect that the three they happened to destroy were the ones heading to their destination, the Grand Temple.

“We’ve already stalled as much time as we could, let’s just quickly deal with this guy together. That would be more beneficial.”

After contemplating for a very brief moment, Park Hyun-a nodded.

Choi Hyun-seok’s words were right.

If they foolishly tried to chase after the enemy here, nothing would work out.

Rather, it was right to focus on defeating the man in front of them.

“I hadn’t heard that the Holy Empire had any more legends besides the no-hope trio.”

Choi Hyun-seok said as he naturally stepped forward.

This is because his condition is at least better than Park Hyun-a, whose physical and magical power were completely depleted.

“Oh my, don’t you recognize me? Choi Hyun-seok.”

“You know me?”

“Didn’t we have a conversation just 30 minutes ago?”

“Huh…?”

Choi Hyun-seok blinked his eyes.

30 minutes ago.

The only person he had spoken with 30 minutes ago was the Pope.

“No way… The Pope?”

“What nonsense. The Pope is just a decrepit old man.”

The man’s lips trembled slightly.

The words ‘decrepit old man’ seemed to have somehow offended him.

Park Hyun-a continued speaking, paying no attention to this.

“And it’s not magical power either. I saw the Pope before, and there was no sign of him concealing magical power. As for holy power, moderately…”

Park Hyun-a suddenly stopped speaking.

She could sense both magical power and holy power from the man simultaneously.

Since both were human powers, it wasn’t particularly rare for someone to possess both.

What truly surprised Park Hyun-a was the nature of the holy power she sensed from the man.

“It’s similar…?”

Though relatively weak compared to the magical power, the holy power was at least Cardinal-level.

Its nature matched exactly with the holy power she had felt from Pope Orban IV, whom she had seen only once.

“You. Are you really the Pope?”

The man nodded with a smile.

The shock on Park Hyun-a and Choi Hyun-seok’s faces deepened.

“What’s this? Can humans suddenly become young?”

“He couldn’t have been… Pretending to be an old man using magic. If that were the case, he wouldn’t have gone undetected until now.”

There are limits to concealing one’s appearance with magic.

It had been several decades since the current Pope’s inauguration.

Could he have maintained the magic without breaking it once, without being discovered, during all that time?

Impossible.

Moreover, the Pope never had the magical power to use such magic in the first place.

Until just 30 minutes ago, he had been nothing more than an old man with abundant holy power.

“What method did you use?”

No matter how much they thought about it, they couldn’t figure out the Pope’s trick.

The Pope nodded with his characteristic benevolent smile.

“Are you curious?”

“Yes.”

“You’ll be dead soon anyway, so what’s the point in knowing?”

He swung his staff, heavy with magical power.

Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a jumped away simultaneously.

“Shit…! Get him!”

***

Kinley Fusel.

She recalled what had happened earlier while quickly heading toward the Grand Temple.

“I am Pope Orban IV.”

The young man who identified himself as the Pope.

Kinley naturally didn’t believe him.

“Don’t be ridiculous. You, the Pope? The Pope is just a decrepit old man.”

“Decrepit old man… Olow rude. What if I really am the Pope? How dare you speak such nonsense.”

“Never mind that. Reveal your identity. Are you another card the Pope has hidden? Or…”

“Enough.”

The man extended his staff.

Simultaneously, Kinley’s eyes widened.

Tremendous magical power constricted from all directions as if it had mass.

“Ugh… You…!”

“There’s no time to argue with you now. The Grand Temple is under attack.”

The man pulled out an order from his possession.

It was the last order he had written before passing the seal to Kuan O’Brien.

“Commander Kinley Fusel. Commander Gelling Mustan. Lead your knights to the Grand Temple written in this order immediately. Every minute and second is crucial.”

Only then did the magical power pressuring Kinley disappear.

She received the order while catching her breath.

Upon checking, it was definitely the Pope’s order.

“What are you doing? Hurry up and go.”

“… Damn it!”

Kinley had no choice but to head straight to the Grand Temple.

‘That guy. Is he really the Pope?’

Though brief, the power the man displayed was tremendous.

Even though she was in a tired state, to be rendered so helpless…

‘Even if I had been in normal condition…’

Even if she had been in peak condition, victory would have been impossible.

To be honest, she wasn’t sure how long she could even hold out.

That’s how overwhelming the man’s power is.

‘Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a. I’ll never see those bastards again.’

At any rate, this troublesome relationship is now over.

Just like herself.

Those two, who were even more exhausted than she was.

They would absolutely never be able to defeat that man.

Thinking this, Kinley advanced toward the Grand Temple that appeared before her.

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