Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad-Chapter 98

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“Those bastards!”

It didn’t take Choi Hyun-seok long to grasp the situation.

He could feel the demonic energy intertwined like spider webs around the stockade.

Whether they had been hiding it until now or not, it seemed the enemies no longer intended to conceal their demonic energy once the attack began.

“Squeak! It’s hot! So hot!”

“We have to run!”

The Tepo fled outside the stockade to escape the flames.

However, what awaited them in their escape was the messenger of death.

Knowing this fact, Choi Hyun-seok desperately tried to stop the Tepo.

“No! Don’t go outside!”

“Squeak! Run away-!”

“Help me!”

But the Tepo, who had already lost their reason, wouldn’t listen.

From the start, they were a tribe far removed from combat, steeped in peace.

There was no way they could maintain proper sanity in a situation where flames were rising.

Rachel, who was standing beside him, stamped her feet anxiously.

“Hero! At this rate, everyone will die!”

“I know!”

Choi Hyun-seok alone couldn’t stop the Tepo fleeing in all directions.

Then there was only one way.

He needed to catch and punish the humans who caused this situation.

The moment he made that decision.

Confusion struck.

‘What’s the right thing to do?’

The situation was different from before.

They didn’t come targeting Choi Hyun-seok or Abelson, but to hunt the demon race.

They were fulfilling their own duties, and had nothing to do with Choi Hyun-seok.

“Damn it! I don’t know!”

Choi Hyun-seok kicked the ground.

There was no time to leisurely indulge in contemplation.

Regardless of humans or demon race, he couldn’t stand by and watch this massacre.

He moves first.

‘Catching them one by one won’t end this. I need to catch and punish the commander.’

The gathered humans numbered roughly five hundred.

It was battalion-scale.

The Tepo, whose total population wasn’t even 200, were swept away in an instant.

Screams and blood of the Tepo were endless in all directions.

“Kill them! Don’t leave a single one alive, sweep them all away!”

Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes glowed.

That’s him.

The man shouting while holding a sword there was the commander.

The magic power emanating from him was overwhelmingly dominant.

‘This won’t be easy. Forget subduing him, even winning will be difficult…’

The man’s demonic energy was roughly equal to Choi Hyun-seok’s total demonic energy.

Though he didn’t think he would lose, it wasn’t an opponent he could easily guarantee victory against.

However, it didn’t take long to realize that such worries were unnecessary.

“Kahaha! Kill the demon race! Burn them all and slice…”

The shouting commander suddenly stopped.

Before his eyes stood a massive muscular bull head over 2.5m tall.

“Uh…?”

He had heard of this before.

Red skin.

Massive muscles.

Flames spurting from the horns rising above the head.

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“The Red Nightmare…”

Bang!

The commander’s upper body explodes from Reidrun’s punch.

The commander, with nothing left above the waist, collapses with a thud.

And after that, another massacre began.

“Aaargh! Run away!”

“It’s the Red Nightmare!”

“P-please spare… Ugh!”

Reidrun mercilessly massacred the enemies.

Grabbing arms and crushing them, tearing heads from bodies.

Up to this point, it was the usual Red Nightmare Reidrun, but there was one difference.

Crunch!

Reidrun crushes a soldier’s skull with his grip.

His gestures were rarely tinged with anger.

It was different from before when he always carried out massacres like a machine.

“Please spare me!”

“Did you spare the demon race?”

“That’s…!”

“Don’t resent me. I won’t resent you either.”

That day, no human survived from the mountain.

***

Dawn broke.

The small village where the Tepo tribe had stayed was completely in ruins.

“This is tragic…”

Less than twenty Tepo tribe members survived.

Of the nearly two hundred members of the tribe

Most were massacred.

Of course, not a single one survived on the human side.

Just death and death.

Only corpses remained.

“…”

Abelson closed her eyes without saying anything.

She was confused.

Because the death of two hundred demon race members felt more sorrowful than the death of five hundred humans.

It would take quite some time for Abelson Mariette to collect her emotions and organize her thoughts.

“What happened?”

Choi Hyun-seok was discussing with Reidrun and Roiger.

Why did something like this happen.

“Didn’t you say this was still Demon King’s Army territory?”

“That’s right.”

At the frontline, the boundary between the Demon King’s Army and humans is unclear.

What was a Demon King’s Army fortress yesterday becomes a human fortress the next day.

The opposite case was also common.

But not here.

Although it was close to the frontline, there was still some distance.

It was rare for human armies to push this far in.

“They seemed familiar with this kind of operation.”

Roiger said.

As he said, the human army was quite skilled at these encirclement and annihilation operations.

In other words, this wasn’t the first time they had carried out such massacres.

If Choi Hyun-seok’s group hadn’t been here, the Tepo tribe would surely have been massacred without even being able to resist.

‘I don’t understand. What is the 8th Division doing?’

Reidrun was also puzzled by the situation.

This was the furthest rear area within the 8th Division’s jurisdiction.

In other words, unless the 8th Division had disappeared, it made no sense for humans to come this far to the rear.

‘Has the 8th Division really collapsed?’

They hadn’t been in contact with their unit for a week while traveling on foot.

But it was hard to accept that an entire division had vanished in just a week.

“We’re going to Gardrak Castle immediately.”

In the end, there was only one answer.

The 8th Division headquarters, Gardrak Castle.

They would be able to learn the truth once they got there.

***

The enraged group rushed to Gardrak Castle in one breath.

They were ready to confront the 8th Division Commander immediately, but their momentum was dampened upon arriving at Gardrak Castle.

“Hero, doesn’t the atmosphere here feel somewhat chilling?”

Rachel said.

As she mentioned, Gardrak Castle was emanating a dangerous aura.

The massive castle and its thick surrounding walls.

They bore the complete history of hundreds of years of war.

“Caw-!”

The gloomy atmosphere unique to battlefields blocked their path.

“Let’s go in.”

Reidrun took the lead.

The group nodded and stood before the castle gate.

“Who goes there!”

“It’s Reidrun. Open the gate.”

The entry procedure was surprisingly simple.

The soldiers who recognized Reidrun moved in perfect unison.

After going through a simple entry ritual.

Upon entering, an unexpected figure greeted the group.

8th Division Commander Grat.

He stood blocking their path.

‘He’s huge…’

Choi Hyun-seok’s mouth opened involuntarily.

8th Division Commander Grat was an enormous figure.

Height and build that overwhelmed even Reidrun.

Plus, his long-snouted crocodile head was intimidating just to look at.

Moreover, he was one-eyed with a long sword scar on one eye, and his unfocused white eyeball gleamed sharply.

Reidrun stepped forward to represent the group.

“I present myself to the 8th Division Commander.”

“Reidrun. Barging in without notice.”

Grat spoke in a cold tone.

He clearly wasn’t welcoming them.

His gaze swept over the group behind Reidrun.

‘Hero, it seems we’re openly disliked?’

Rachel’s voice echoed in his head.

Choi Hyun-seok nodded.

As she said, Grat seemed quite displeased.

Particularly, his eyes were full of hostility when looking at Choi Hyun-seok and Abelson.

‘It’s not even surprising anymore.’

Choi Hyun-seok dismissed it casually.

There was nothing new about it.

Everywhere they went, there were people with hostility.

What’s important now is that the crocodile head before them is the division commander.

And for Choi Hyun-seok to survive, he mustn’t fall out of his favor.

“Reidrun. What brings you here? With humans trailing behind you no less.”

Grat said.

“It’s by the Corps Commander’s orders.”

“Orders?”

“Yes. It would be better to discuss the details separately…”

“Come to my office.”

Grat turned around.

He seemed to intend to head straight to his office.

Reidrun turned to look at the group.

“Wait here for a moment. I’ll be back after talking with the Division Commander.”

***

In Grat’s office.

Reidrun’s atmosphere was somewhat subtle.

Although he usually prioritized courtesy and showed only respectful behavior to superiors, now he was emanating coldness.

“Before discussing the orders, there’s something I’d like to ask.”

Reidrun looked at Grat with cold eyes.

“Today on the road, we encountered human armies.”

“Is that so.”

“Villages were burning everywhere and civilians, not soldiers, were dying.”

“What are you trying to say.”

Grat’s expression was indifferent.

“What is the 8th Division doing?”

“Guarding Gardrak Castle.”

“Humans are carrying out massacres in our backyard. Why aren’t you stopping them?”

“We can’t stop them. Holding this position is all we can do.”

Grat’s attitude was confident.

Not a trace of guilt or shame could be found on his face.

That nonchalance made Reidrun even more angry.

“What’s the reason?”

“Reason? Did you say reason? Hahaha!”

Suddenly Grat laughs loudly.

“This is amusing. Why don’t you guess? What do you think the reason is?”

“…”

“It was exactly 8 days ago. A large-scale human air raid began.”

Reidrun’s face hardened at the mention of 8 days ago.

Conversely, Grat’s smile deepened.

“Have you figured it out?”

“Don’t tell me… Is it because of the battle at Black Giant Star?”

“Yes. 8 days ago the human air raids began, and simultaneously, supplies and support from the 2nd Corps were cut off.”

Reidrun grasped the situation.

8 days ago was when Hemis killed Rotark, the 2nd Corps Commander.

With the core of the corps, Rotark and the Skevin Clan, being wiped out, the 2nd Corps would have been paralyzed.

Humans seized that opportunity to advance.

Reidrun couldn’t help but be shocked.

‘How far have human spies infiltrated…!’

Rotark’s death couldn’t remain a secret forever.

But the timing was too quick.

Advancing as if they’d been waiting for Rotark’s death.

It was impossible without knowing the information in advance.

‘However, no matter the situation, this man remains the same.’

Reidrun stared at Grat before him.

This demon who had served in the military for 300 years and risen to division commander was, paradoxically, not at all demon-like.

While outwardly appearing to be a bold warrior, inside lurked an old fox.

You could tell just by how he locked the doors and holed up in Gardrak Castle as soon as the war situation turned unfavorable.

A typical Demon King’s Army commander would have fought the enemy prepared for death.

“We’ll discuss the war situation in detail later. Right now, I want to hear about those orders you mentioned.”

Grat said.

He remembered that Reidrun had initially come because of orders.

Reidrun pulled out an order document from his chest and held it out.

“Here it is.”

“What’s the content?”

“It states that Gardrak Castle will be used as the temporary headquarters for the 3rd Corps.”

Grat’s face distorted.

“Then where am I supposed to go?”

Gardrak Castle is the 8th Division headquarters.

If it’s used as the 3rd Corps headquarters, the 8th Division will have nowhere to go.

“Perhaps the division headquarters and corps headquarters are being merged?”

“No. Division Commander, you are to leave here and establish a temporary headquarters elsewhere.”

“What nonsense is this!”

Unable to contain himself anymore, Grat stood up abruptly.

Suddenly appearing and telling him to leave because they need to use the division headquarters.

Even for a superior unit, this shouldn’t be possible.

Moreover, now human blades were approaching their throats.

This Gardrak Castle was the safest place in the entire 8th Division.

“That’s impossible. I’ll speak to Lady Hemis directly.”

“Lady Hemis left a message regarding that.”

“What is it?”

“What I’m about to say are Lady Hemis’s exact words, so please don’t misunderstand.”

Reidrun continued speaking with an expressionless face.

“Crocodile head. Be prepared if you’re still stuck in Gardrak Castle when I come. I’ll skin you alive and turn you into a bag.”

Reidrun spoke in a truly emotionless, blunt tone.

“She said this while smiling.”

Suddenly, a deep smile appeared on Reidrun’s face.

Grat’s face looking at him gradually turned red and blue.

“Reidrun. You bastard…”

“I hope you’ll vacate Gardrak Castle soon, Division Commander Grat.”

Reidrun bowed once and left the office.

***

As Reidrun came out, the waiting group rushed over.

Choi Hyun-seok stepped forward as representative and asked.

“Did the discussion go well?”

Reidrun shook his head.

He briefly relayed his conversation with Grat.

“The 8th Division Commander is like a fox. It won’t be easy.”

“I see…”

“Choi Hyun-seok. Do you remember Hemorn Fortress?”

Choi Hyun-seok nodded.

Hemorn Fortress.

It was impossible not to remember.

It was where he first fell into this other world and lived as a slave.

“Back then, our Demon King’s Army suffered a great defeat, and only the commander barely escaped alive. Because of that, we had no choice but to hand over several areas including Hemorn Fortress to the humans.”

“Ah… Don’t tell me…?”

“Yes. The commander who led that battle was 8th Division Commander Grat.”

Now that he mentioned it, the memory came back faintly.

The day he first met Hemis at Black Giant Star.

She had said something like this.

‘The 8th Division Commander. That crocodile head had the nerve to come back alive?’

‘So I’m thinking of turning him into a bag. Crocodile head bags are trendy these days. Hoho.’

He had heard these words casually, not knowing there was such a backstory.

“Then what do we do now?”

“It depends on how Division Commander Grat responds. Though I doubt he’ll leave willingly.”

The 8th Division Commander is a shrewd person.

He would clearly try not to leave this safe Gardrak Castle.

“If he doesn’t leave…”

“A battle might break out.”

Reidrun nodded.

As Choi Hyun-seok said, he was prepared for battle.

Although Reidrun always obeyed the Demon King and respect his Army, this time even he had no intention of backing down.

‘Incompetent commanders must disappear.’

Reidrun, who received intensive education from Hemis.

Like his superior Hemis, he absolutely despised incompetent commanders.

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