Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad [EN]: Chapter 165

“Set it up around here.”

“Understood.”

People moved busily at Park Hyun-ah’s words.

They were professionals for installing space- 이동 [transfer] gates.

‘It would be better to make it further inside… but it might be dangerous, so I can’t help it.’

Park Hyun-ah was currently standing at the entrance of Inemosit.

Choi Hyun-seok and his party were a little further inside.

For convenience, it would be better to create a space 이동 [transfer] gate inside, but doing so would entail several risks.

‘In the depths, there are guys who rush in even after sensing my magic.’

If Park Hyun-ah spread her magic, ordinary monsters wouldn’t even come close.

But that was only true at the entrance of Inemosit.

The deeper you go into Inemosit, the more monsters appear that ignore such magical aftereffects and attack.

In the worst case, some formidable guys might be attracted by the scent of a strong person.

So, even if it was a bit of a hassle, it was right to install the gate on the outskirts.

“But why is it so noisy?”

Park Hyun-ah frowned and looked to one side.

She could feel the forest shaking from a while ago.

If it could be sensed even from a considerable distance, it was clear that a big commotion had occurred.

And that direction was the same as where Choi Hyun-seok, Abelson, and Bobo were left.

“Those bastards. Did they cause some accident?”

Park Hyun-ah flew into the sky.

It seemed she had to check it out herself.

She crossed the sky at a rapid speed and finally arrived at the source of the commotion.

Park Hyun-ah wore a dumbfounded expression.

“What a mess is this?”

It was literally a crucible of chaos.

Whether all the monsters in the vicinity had gathered, over a thousand monsters were engaged in a bloody battle.

Monsters with a combat power of over 100,000, who were quite powerful, were scattered everywhere.

Even tricky guys with a combat power of over 200,000 were occasionally seen.

But the most impressive thing was the giant mass of flesh smashing the heads of all those monsters.

“Orc? That’s an Orc, right…?”

Park Hyun-ah stared intently at the giant Orc Cardlock.

“What Orc is that big?”

He was twice as big as a normal Orc, and covered with chunks of flesh, so she wondered if he was an Ogre, but no matter how she looked, he was definitely an Orc.

Park Hyun-ah checked Cardlock with a combat power measuring device.

[ Combat Power: 336,200 ]

A whopping combat power of over 300,000.

It was a much higher figure than expected.

“At that level, he’s not quite a corps commander, but almost on par with a legend… Where did such a guy pop out from?”

Although there are individual differences, human legends generally have a combat power between 300,000 and 400,000.

The Demon King’s corps commanders are around 400,000 to 500,000.

That giant Orc was not corps commander level, but he possessed abilities almost equivalent to a legend.

And Choi Hyun-seok and his party were being chased by that Orc.

“Ugh, what did that bastard do again.”

Park Hyun-ah sighed as she watched the party running away while riding on Bobo.

***

“Kuraaaaa!”

“Kyaaaak!”

“You bastards! Stop following us!”

Choi Hyun-seok shouted as he threw the rushing monsters.

Already, more than an hour had passed since the battle began.

During that time, countless monsters’ heads had been smashed, but instead of decreasing in number, it felt like they were increasing.

“Kill! Kill! Killllll!”

Cardlock was still rampaging like crazy.

It seemed his momentum had become even more ferocious than at the beginning.

‘Should I be thankful that the monsters came?’

The monsters were targeting Cardlock more intensively than the party.

That was because his body was covered with a lot of pulp.

Thanks to that, Cardlock’s speed was slowed down, allowing them to escape like this; otherwise, they might have become jerky long ago.

“Mr. Abelson!”

“Yes!? Did you find the fruit!?”

Abelson was still obsessed with the fruit.

Choi Hyun-seok slapped Abelson’s cheek.

Slap-

Focus gradually returned to Abelson’s eyes that had been slapped.

“Mr. Abelson! Get a grip!”

“Uh, uh…?”

“We’re all going to die like this!”

“Ah…!”

Only then did Abelson look around and grasp the situation.

“Why am I doing this…?”

“That’s not important. We have to somehow shake off that pig Orc!”

The party was currently walking a tightrope.

If Bobo made even a slight mistake, or if the party fell off Bobo, death was certain at that moment.

“I’ll blow him away with divine power!”

“Divine power won’t work. It’s more likely to backfire.”

“Why is that?”

“Monsters may retreat from divine power, but that pig will follow us to the end.”

“Ah…”

“If the monsters disappear, it might make it easier for him to chase us and catch up….”

At that moment when Choi Hyun-seok was speaking.

A monster as huge as Bobo appeared in front.

“Booooooo!”

The monster, which howled grotesquely, ran and initiated a body check [a forceful collision].

Thanks to that, the party riding on Bobo flew into the sky.

“Uwaaaa!”

“Kyaaaak!”

Choi Hyun-seok, who flew quickly, crashed into a hard rock.

“Ouch… My whole body aches.”

It was virtually the same as being in a traffic accident.

No matter how much Choi Hyun-seok it was, he couldn’t help but feel pain in his bones.

“Human! Got you!”

“Shit…”

Before he knew it, Orc Cardlock was right in front of him.

With a height of about 3m and a large build, it felt like a giant wall was blocking him.

“Treasure thief! Die!”

Cardlock swung his club.

It was already too late to dodge.

Choi Hyun-seok activated his magic power.

‘Since it has come to this, it’s all or nothing!’

He had no choice but to fight, whether it worked or not.

Raiderun Style Grappling

Form 1 – Initial Battle Annihilation

He extends his fist towards the approaching club.

The fist and the club collide.

Soon, the pain as if the bones of his entire body were breaking washed over him.

“Keuhuk!”

Choi Hyun-seok spat out blood and flew into the air again.

‘Isn’t this cheating…’

Clearly, he had offset it with fighting spirit, but a tremendous shock rushed in.

The right arm that collided head-on with the club was completely tattered.

“Human. Not bad. But I’ll kill you.”

Cardlock, who had chased after him in an instant, raised his club again.

Choi Hyun-seok glared as he watched the club rising high into the sky.

‘I have to dodge it somehow…!’

At the last moment, extreme concentration was exerted.

The falling club appears to be moving slowly in slow motion.

However, his body was slower than that.

The club gradually got closer.

But, his body was still defenseless.

Death was gradually approaching.

Without a choice, he crossed his arms to take a defensive stance.

“What are you doing.”

It was then that a familiar voice was heard.

A woman with her hair tied up in a ponytail, who had appeared out of nowhere, was standing in front of him.

“Die!”

Kwaaaang!

Cardlock’s club fell.

***

The woman, Park Hyun-ah, who stretched out her arm and blocked the club, frowned.

“Damn… It’s disgustingly strong.”

Excluding magic power, her simple physical specs seemed to be similar to his.

In addition, the huge physique and the force of falling from a high place added up to a considerable impact.

“Human woman. Who are you?”

“I’m a former corps commander, you 새꺄 [bastard].”

Park Hyun-ah swung her sword.

Cardlock momentarily raised his club to block it.

Cardlock’s eyes lit up at the unusual shock felt beyond the club.

“Human. Strong!”

“I am a bit strong. But who are you?”

“Kueung…! None of your business!”

Park Hyun-ah and Cardlock, who had finished their probing, began to clash in earnest.

Kwaang! Kwang! Kwaaa!

Every time the sword and club collided, the sound of bombs exploding was heard.

Cardlock swung his club like a possessed man, and Park Hyun-ah blocked and dodged all those attacks, stabbing her sword into the gaps.

Paat, Pat!

Cardlock’s skin was cut, and blood splattered.

However, perhaps because of the thick fat, there didn’t seem to be any significant damage.

Rather, it seemed to have only angered Cardlock.

“Kuaaaa! Treasure! You’re after the treasure too! I’ll kill you!”

“This is really frustrating! Where did such a monstrous bastard pop out from!”

Park Hyun-ah frowned and hurriedly stepped back.

“Hey. Pig. What are you really? Are you affiliated with the Demon King’s army?”

Suddenly, Cardlock stopped abruptly.

“Ah, no! Cardlock! Not, not Demon King’s army!”

His appearance, at a loss for what to do, was that of a demon trying to hide that he was from the Demon King’s army no matter who saw it.

Park Hyun-ah narrowed her eyes.

‘Did the Demon King’s army have a guy like that?’

She examined Cardlock in detail.

‘He’s old. In human terms, he’s at least in his 80s or older. Why is a guy who should be dying so energetic?’

He was probably a demon over 500 years old.

Park Hyun-ah had not been in the Demon King’s army for very long, so she thought that he might have been a corps commander or deputy corps commander in the past.

‘Wait a minute…’

At that moment, for some reason, a conversation she had with Hemis in the past flashed through her mind.

“I’m so tired because there are only stupid guys~ There’s no one I can trust to do the work.”

Before the corps commander meeting started.

Hemis had once said complainingly.

Park Hyun-ah thought it was a good opportunity and started a fight.

“Stupid! If you give everything to a deputy corps commander like me, it’ll be fine.”

“Heung~ Deputy corps commander?”

“I heard that it’s been vacant for quite a long time… Oops! I guess you can’t find one even if you want to?”

Park Hyun-ah didn’t know the details either.

She had just overheard the story that the position of deputy corps commander of the 3rd corps had been vacant for a very long time.

And that there was something going on, and no one wanted to take the position.

“Well, who would be able to handle your crazy personality? There’s no way there would be anyone who wants to be a deputy corps commander.”

In an instant, a vein popped out on Hemis’s forehead.

“You, who haven’t even dried the blood on your head, wouldn’t know, but I also had a deputy corps commander.”

“Puh! You don’t have to make up something that doesn’t exist.”

“Ohoho! It’s true. Although he ran away later…”

“A deputy corps commander ran away? What kind of novel bullshit is that?”

Hemis raised the corners of her lips instead of answering.

It was a smiling face that anyone could see, but Park Hyun-ah could tell.

That there was anger in Hemis’s smile.

“Someday, when that pig is caught, I’m going to make a full course meal out of Orc meat~”

“…”

“I don’t know where he’s hiding. He should still be alive…”

With Hemis licking her lips and muttering as the last thing she did…

Park Hyun-ah’s 회상 [recollection] ended.

“That big mouth!”

If the giant Orc in front of her was Hemis’s deputy corps commander who had run away, then everything would fit.

In an instant, a funny idea flashed through her mind.

“Hey. Pig! Hemis is looking for you?”

“He, he, Hemis-nim [esteemed]!?”

Cardlock’s eyes widened.

‘Bingo.’

Park Hyun-ah grinned.

“Yeah~ That big-mouthed 년 [bitch]. You know her well, right? She used to be your superior.”

“A, a, a, no. I, Cardlock, do, don’t know! That kind of monster! I don’t know!”

Cardlock was sweating profusely and stepped back.

The more he did, the thicker the smile on Park Hyun-ah’s lips became.

“Why are you stuttering? Huh? Hemis is looking for you, you know? You have to go back to the Demon King’s army together.”

“D, d, don’t be ridiculous! I, I’m… I’m…!”

Cardlock fell into a panic.

Even though 200 years had passed, the fear of Hemis had not disappeared at all.

Rather, it was slowly eating away at his heart from within Cardlock.

The fear that Hemis might come looking for him someday.

The fear that he would become dinner the moment he was caught had been growing in his heart for 200 years.

“I, I, I, I, I…”

Cardlock repeats the same words like a broken robot.

Park Hyun-ah raised her sword.

“Hya, there’s a day when I’m getting help from that big mouth.”

Thanks to Hemis, things were easily resolved.

If she beheaded Cardlock as it was, the situation would be over.

Just as Park Hyun-ah was about to swing her sword.

“Keuaaaaaaaaa!”

Suddenly, Cardlock let out a tremendous roar.

The muscles of the guy buried under the flesh swelled up ferociously, and rough magic power spewed out in all directions.

“Cardlock doesn’t die… I want to live!”

Cardlock glared at Park Hyun-ah clearly, holding his club.

“To live. You must die. If Hemis finds out, it’s a big problem.”

“Uh… This isn’t it…?”

“Human. Die here.”

Cardlock kicked off the ground and flew up.