Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad-Chapter 57

Actually, Hemis had been watching the two of them for quite a while.

Hemis shook her head as she watched Reidrun, who had been nagging for over an hour already.

‘Was he always this talkative?’

She couldn’t tell how many times he had repeated the same things.

Reidrun’s way of speaking is typically unhurried and leisurely.

Usually his words carry weight and are solemn, you could say.

But right now, that leisureliness has turned into poison.

His slow-paced nagging made it twice as unpleasant to hear.

‘Choi Hyun-seok. You clearly possess outstanding talent. However, without Lady Hemis’s magical energy injection in this incident, victory would have been absolutely…’

Hemis laughed internally while listening to Reidrun’s words.

She understood what he was trying to say, but that wasn’t accurate information.

‘Half right and half wrong.’

She already knew roughly how the situation had unfolded.

Choi Hyun-seok had overcome the crisis by pushing Plomot to its limits.

‘Yes, without my magical energy, he would have failed.’

Without Hemis’s magical energy, Choi Hyun-seok couldn’t have operated Plomot to its extreme.

Up to here, Reidrun’s words were correct.

‘However.’

The really important part starts now.

‘Would anyone else have even been able to use that magical energy in the first place?’

The magical energy Hemis had infused wasn’t something that could be used just because one wanted to.

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In terms of quality alone, her magical energy was comparable even to a Demon King’s.

Additionally, Hemis had imbued her will into the magical energy.

The will to suppress Choi Hyun-seok’s magical energy and slow down his body’s erosion.

So even though it entered Choi Hyun-seok’s body, it wasn’t something he could control at will.

‘Even a high-ranking demon would have found it impossible.’

At minimum, a battalion commander.

He received a whopping 1,000 points for completing the quest to protect Abelson.

The points needed for upgrading the Hero Shop was 500.

With 1,450 points, he’d still have 950 points left after the upgrade.

“Wow, this is really life-changing. To think we’d get this much.”

“Yeah, really.”

“Then let’s check it out quickly! What’s the point of sitting on it?”

“Right. I hope there’s something useful this time.”

Contrary to his words, Choi Hyun-seok didn’t actually have high expectations.

He had already been disappointed once before.

‘The Hero Shop itself feels more like a supplementary thing anyway.’

The abilities and items sold in the Hero Shop were certainly useful.

They had saved Choi Hyun-seok from numerous crisis so far.

However, that doesn’t mean the Hero Shop was an all-solving master key.

It just helped in proceeding with certain tasks.

That’s why he didn’t expect any dramatic changes from this upgrade.

He just hoped there would be some decent items available.

“When the shop upgrades, there might be lots of good stuff!”

“That’s possible, but it’s better not to expect too much.”

The bigger the expectations, the bigger the disappointment.

“Phew, here it goes.”

Choi Hyun-seok placed his hand on the upgrade button located at the side of the Hero Shop.

‘Finally…’

This was the moment he had been waiting for months.

Even though he just said not to expect much, he couldn’t help feeling a bit nervous.

“Let’s go!”

As soon as he pressed the button, there was an immediate response.

Bang-ppara-bang~!

A fanfare that seemed like it belonged in an old variety show played, followed by a system notification.

[Beginner Hero Shop will be upgraded to Intermediate!]

Choi Hyun-seok immediately checked the upgraded shop.

“Hmm… What changed?”

[Intermediate Hero Shop]

– Abilities

– Items

The initial menu was the same as before.

Just changed from Beginner to Intermediate.

“How is it!? Are there lots of good things!?”

“No. I can’t tell yet…”

Choi Hyun-seok checked the items first.

“Oh? Something did change.”

– Items

Equipment Accessories Miscellaneous

What was previously lumped together as ‘Items’ was now divided into detailed categories.

Choi Hyun-seok checked equipment first.

‘Swords, shields, armor… So it sells these things.’

They were weapons and armor that would have been used in ancient or medieval times on Earth.

Being a man, Choi Hyun-seok’s heart raced seeing these equipment.

‘A knight wielding a sword in full plate armor! That was my childhood dream.’

He imagined himself running around in magnificent full plate armor.

‘Wait… Where have I seen this before?’

Come to think of it, Choi Hyun-seok had already met people wearing magnificent armor.

‘When I was a slave master, humans had invaded.’

When escaping the fortress with Reidrun.

He remembered knights in fancy armor charging at Reidrun.

They were all wearing brilliant plate armor.

‘I think it was a three-second wipeout of five people?’

The result was them becoming bloody pancakes along with their armor.

Before overwhelming power, armor meant nothing.

‘It would just slow me down if I wore it…’

Choi Hyun-seok had to reluctantly let go of his dream.

He checked the next category.

Accessories were exactly that – items like rings and necklaces.

‘Oh, it increases stats?’

The accessories looked quite useful.

Like in games, they increased stats, and some even contained magic.

Choi Hyun-seok checked the price of a ring containing fire-shooting magic.

‘500 Hero Points…?’

Just how powerful could it be to cost 500 points?

If he bought it and it turned out to be no better than a lighter’s flame, it would be a complete waste of points.

‘Most of the others are expensive too. Let’s hold off on this for now.’

Accessories were generally expensive.

Even though he had 950 Hero Points, he couldn’t afford to waste them.

Since accessories weren’t urgent, he postponed the purchase.

The last category, Miscellaneous, sold various items like before.

‘Oh, lots of new additions.’

Many new items had been added, and previous products had been improved.

Among them, the Combat Power Meter caught Choi Hyun-seok’s eye.

– Decent Combat Power Meter

‘The crappy one I’m using now only measures up to 50,000… I wonder if this one’s better?’

The descriptor had changed from ‘crappy’ to ‘decent’, so it must be an improvement.

‘It only costs 150 points, seems pretty good?’

The Combat Power Meter was quite useful for quickly gauging an opponent’s strength.

It seemed worth buying if he had points to spare.

‘I’ve looked through the items, now what’s left is abilities…’

Choi Hyun-seok exited the items section.

With a nervous heart, he entered the abilities section.

‘What if it’s stuff like holding in poop or holding breath again.’

The day he first opened the Hero Shop.

The shock he received from seeing the abilities section that day was still vivid.

‘Please let there be something useful!’

He prayed as he pressed the abilities section.

Like with items, new detailed categories appeared.

‘This looks pretty decent…?’

Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes sparkled.

-Creating Fighting Technique

– Creating Magic

Creating Fighting Techniques and Magic.

These clearly had endless possibilities depending on how they were used.

‘Good. This is where we start.’

Choi Hyun-seok instinctively knew this was where he should use his Hero Points.

His finger began moving toward the Fighting Technique Creation.

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