Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad [EN]: Chapter 106

“Run! Retreat!”

“Kkyaaaaa!”

“P, Please! Save me…, Keheok!”

Screams echoed from all directions.

A hellscape unfolded.

Within it, Grat smiled.

“Excellent. Truly excellent!”

The Coalition army, completely unaware, was surrounded by Grat’s forces and annihilated in an instant.

Not a retreat, but annihilation.

Few survived among the over five thousand enemy soldiers.

“So far, things have gone according to plan…”

The Holy Empire offered sacrifices as promised.

The Coalition, having suffered a significant blow, retreated from the 8th Division’s area.

The withdrawn soldiers would be deployed to the front lines instead of the 8th Division’s sector.

As a result, other Demon King army units would struggle, but that didn’t matter.

‘As long as it’s not me! It’s actually beneficial if the others collapse.’

The 8th Division alone defending the front lines while other divisions were helplessly pushed back.

What a magnificent picture.

The price to pay was Raidhrun, Choi Hyun-seok, and Abelson, the next Saintess [a holy woman in the church].

Each one was a thorn in his side.

It was better than if he had to beg them to ‘please kill them!’ – they were doing it themselves, so nothing could be better.

‘The problem is that Choi Hyun-seok and the Saintess escaped…’

Whether they were quick to notice or not, Choi Hyun-seok and the Saintess had already left Gadrak Castle.

Judging by the circumstances, they were definitely heading to Raidhrun.

He had ordered the Holy Empire to be contacted, but he hadn’t heard how things had gone since then.

Grat took out a new communication device.

It was a communication device connected to the deputy commander, Keun Radeuk.

Wooong…!

As Grat’s mana [magical energy] flowed into it, the communication device glowed.

Wooong… Wooong…

But only light flowed out.

He couldn’t reach him.

“Stupid Keun Radeuk! Not carrying the communication device at a time like this. What are you doing!?”

Grat threw the communication device down in annoyance.

Clang!

The communication device shattered instantly.

It was easy to see why communication devices accounted for a significant portion of the 8th Division’s budget.

“Commander! It’s a disaster!”

A staff officer came running in, panting.

He wasn’t strong in combat, but he was quite intelligent and used as a secretary.

“It’s humans! An army of humans is approaching!”

“What!?”

“The visible number is over 10,000! We are surrounded by enemies!”

It wasn’t difficult to figure out what was happening.

The humans had stabbed them in the back.

“These damn bastards!!!”

***

The stench of blood permeated the corpses.

One would think his nose would be accustomed to it and no longer detect the smell of blood.

But for some reason, the scent of blood only grew stronger with time.

Choi Hyun-seok slumped down on a rock and lowered his head.

Seeing his serious demeanor, Rachel approached.

“What do we do now…”

“Hero. Is something wrong?”

“It’s good that we survived the trap, but we have nowhere to go.”

“Trap? What do you mean by trap?”

Raidhrun approached.

He had been fighting until now and didn’t know exactly what was going on.

Choi Hyun-seok explained Grat’s scheme as he had figured it out.

“I see. So that’s why you escaped Gadrak Castle and came here…”

“Yes. I have no proof, but circumstantially, it’s clear that Commander Grat planned this.”

“Hmm…”

Raidhrun’s expression turned heavy.

He didn’t expect Grat to do something like this.

A Demon King army officer colluding with humans, and endangering his own Demon King army.

Even if he repeated that it was impossible, the situation before his eyes suggested that Choi Hyun-seok’s words were true.

“Raidhrun. Wouldn’t it be dangerous to return to Gadrak Castle as it is?”

“Certainly, returning without Hemis would be reckless.”

“Then what do we do? I think we need to treat Raidhrun’s wounds…”

Raidhrun was truly battered.

If he had suffered such injuries, he honestly wouldn’t be able to stand straight.

But Raidhrun moved as if nothing was wrong.

“It’s okay. I can heal this much quickly once my mana recovers.”

“Ah, is that so…?”

Come to think of it, Raidhrun knew how to use healing magic using mana.

He almost died because he used that healing on Choi Hyun-seok, who was human, though.

“Anyway, the problem now is where to go.”

Raidhrun sat on a rock and pondered.

He closed his eyes and remained motionless for a long time before suddenly rising from his seat.

He seemed to have sorted out his thoughts to some extent.

“We’re going to where Commander Grat is.”

“Wouldn’t that be dangerous?”

Raidhrun shook his head.

“I don’t mean to approach him closely. We’ll keep our distance and observe how Commander Grat’s forces are moving. Then we’ll decide what to do based on the situation.”

“Ah, I understand.”

“Then let’s move immediately.”

With Raidhrun in the lead, the group moved again.

‘I’ve already memorized the terrain around Gadrak Castle, so there’s no problem.’

There was a fairly high mountain in Commander Grat’s operational area.

It was a bit annoying to climb, but if they looked down from the top of that mountain, they could fully observe the war situation.

***

Several hours later.

The group, having moved quickly, arrived at an unnamed mountain.

Climbing the steep mountain was not as easy as they thought.

“Hoo! It’s been a while since I’ve broken a sweat.”

Rachel said, wiping the sweat from her forehead.

Choi Hyun-seok, who was next to her, had a dumbfounded expression.

“What’s so hard about flying?”

“Do you know how hard it is to flap your wings?”

“Doesn’t flapping your wings in the mountains make it harder?”

“Tsk tsk tsk!”

Rachel raised her index finger and wagged it.

“The air is thin in the mountains. You don’t even know such basic knowledge!”

“You’re talking about common sense. Shouldn’t you find your conscience first?”

“Tch!”

Rachel clicked her tongue in annoyance.

At that moment, Raidhrun clenched his fist and lowered his stance.

“Shh. Movement detected.”

The group lowered their stances as if they had made a promise and waited for what was next.

Even Bobo lowered his body, following the atmosphere.

“Up ahead. Seems like human scouts. There are ten in total. Can you handle them all without missing one?”

“I can handle it.”

“Good. Then I’ll take care of six on the left, and Choi Hyun-seok, you take care of the four on the right.”

Choi Hyun-seok nodded.

“Go!”

At the same time as Raidhrun ran, Choi Hyun-seok kicked off the ground.

“What are these guys?”

“Enemy…. Keheok!”

The scouts seemed like fairly well-trained elites, but they couldn’t withstand the human weapon, the Hero.

Choi Hyun-seok quickly knocked out four soldiers and gathered them in one place.

“Good. Let’s keep moving.”

The group continued to climb the mountain.

They met scouts once more along the way, but they were able to quickly deal with them in the same way.

Finally, they reached the top of the mountain.

It was a high ground where the nearby land could be seen at a glance.

Raidhrun and Choi Hyun-seok’s eyesight was so good that they could identify people moving several kilometers away, so there was no better place to observe the surroundings than the high ground.

“Raidhrun. Is that perhaps…”

Choi Hyun-seok raised his hand and pointed somewhere.

There, tens of thousands of people and demons were moving like ants.

Raidhrun nodded.

“Commander Grat’s forces.”

“I don’t know for sure, but doesn’t it look dangerous?”

“That’s right. They’re definitely surrounded by humans.”

Choi Hyun-seok didn’t know, but Raidhrun could observe the war situation in great detail.

In fact, he found Grat at a glance.

“Commander Grat is being chased. He seems to be thinking of escaping.”

“Escape… Can you guess what happened?”

“Well.”

Hadn’t Grat joined hands with humans?

But he was surrounded by humans and forced to flee.

Could it be that everything was a human scheme and Grat was also a victim?

He couldn’t figure out how the situation was unfolding.

At that moment, Rachel approached.

“It’s obvious.”

“Obvious? What is?”

“He tried to stab us in the back by trading with humans, but he got stabbed in the back himself.”

“You’re saying he tried to use humans but was used in reverse?”

“That’s right. No matter how much a stupid demon tries to use his brain, it’s hard to beat humans in cunning.”

“Hmm… It sounds like your novel, but it strangely makes sense.”

Choi Hyun-seok, who had been lost in thought, turned to look at Raidhrun.

“Raidhrun. Shouldn’t we retreat too? It seems like the 8th Division is practically finished.”

“No. Not yet.”

Raidhrun shook his head.

He was staring with his eyes wide open, focusing intensely on something.

Choi Hyun-seok looked at Raidhrun with a puzzled expression.

“What do you see?”

“Yes. Soon you’ll know too.”

Raidhrun was talking nonsense.

It didn’t take long to understand what he meant.

***

“Kkyaaaak! Humans are pouring in endlessly!”

“I, I want to eat meat before I die… Please, just one bite…”

“What is this crazy bastard trying to eat someone’s flesh!”

A crisis.

A major crisis at that.

He was completely disoriented as humans poured in from all directions.

While everyone was panicking and flustered, the soldiers steadily died.

“Damn it!”

Grat grabbed the head of a human running towards him.

Kwaddeuk!

The head shattered with mere grip strength.

Grat threw the corpse away and shouted.

“Everyone, come to your senses! We’re opening a path!”

There was still hope.

Although the number of enemies was overwhelming, they were surrounded on all sides.

If they concentrated their strength on one side, they could break through.

Grat struggled to open a path by massacring humans at the forefront.

“Run! It’s the commander!”

“It’s the 8th Division Commander, Crocodile Grat!”

“Hero! Where is the hero!?”

Ordinary soldiers could never stop the division commander.

A hero or someone of comparable strength.

Or a knight order would have to come to face him.

Grat laughed heartily and swung his huge claws.

“Get out of the way! If you don’t get out of the way, I’ll eat you all. Kkhahaha!”

The soldiers were busy running away from his violent momentum.

A path opened in front of Grat in an instant.

“Oh, so you’ve finally come to your senses.”

Just as the corners of his lips were slightly raised.

Grat’s face hardened.

Because three men and women were walking through the opened path.

They were people Grat knew well.

“You guys…”

“Long time no see, Crocodile.”

“Coward Grat. Still showing off your strength against soldiers.”

“That weak-to-the-strong mentality never changes.”

Their identities were the heroes of the Coalition.

They were the ones Grat had clashed with on the battlefield for the past few years.

“Why are you here…”

The strange thing was that this was the first time they had gathered in one place.

Until now, they had not conducted joint operations because they belonged to different countries.

But this time, for some reason, they were greeting Grat as if they had made an appointment.

“Damn it…”

Their gathering meant that there was an agreement within.

That agreement must have come from the confidence that they could catch Grat.

‘Damn Imperial bastards!’

It was clear that this was the work of the Gatrein of the Holy Empire.

As Grat hesitated, the three heroes began to approach.

“Shall we end our long and bitter relationship now?”

“Surely a Demon King army officer isn’t thinking of running away?”

“Krrr…”

Grat, who had been snarling fiercely, suddenly turned his body.

“We’ll see!”

Grat ran away as he was.

The heroes had bewildered expressions.

They had never imagined that even a high-ranking Demon King army officer would run away before fighting.

‘The battlefield is wide. There’s no reason to break through where the heroes are blocking. I’ll escape elsewhere!’

Grat pushed away the Demon King army soldiers and ran relentlessly.

“Get out of the way! I said get out of the way, you useless bastards!”

It wasn’t easy to open a path because there were so many soldiers.

The heroes of the Coalition were closely chasing behind.

“Crocodile head! Don’t you have any pride!?”

“It’s ridiculous that you’re saying that while ganging up three against one!”

Grat shouted, deflecting the flying magic and swords.

He pretended to be quite relaxed, but in reality, Grat’s insides were burning.

‘Damn it! At this rate, it’s all over!’

He couldn’t believe that he, who had reigned on the battlefield for over 100 years, would die so futilely.

“I shouldn’t have made such ambiguous deals with cunning humans! Damn it! No, if it weren’t for Hemis in the first place, this wouldn’t have happened…!’

Just as Grat was resenting the world.

Black light fell from the sky.

Swaeeeeek! Kuwoooong…!

The black light fell exactly between Grat and the heroes.

The battlefield became silent for a moment, and everyone’s eyes gathered.

Pshooo…

Dust rose.

From within it, a mesmerizingly beautiful voice was heard that made him feel dizzy.

“Grat~ Our Grat~”

Hearing the voice, Grat’s face hardened.

“Where are you going in such a hurry~?”

It had been a while, but it was a voice he could never forget.