Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad [EN]: Chapter 172

The dragon roars.

Even the lava tsunami that seemed capable of swallowing everything could not stop the dragon.

Koo-oong! Kwaaaa-!

The dragon charged forward, crushing and devouring the lava in its path.

Choi Hyun-seok and Rahel’s jaws dropped at the extraordinary sight.

“Rahel, what kind of magic is that…?”
“I’m not sure… I want to learn it too.”

The lava where the dragon passed disappeared, creating a path.

Finally, having completely broken through the lava, the dragon gradually turned transparent, as if it had fulfilled its role, and vanished.

“Hero! The enemy is coming!”

The path was created by the dragon’s sacrifice.

It was being filled with lava again, but some undead were seen running through it.

Judging by their speed, they seemed likely to pass through the lava zone before the path completely disappeared.

“Hey! What are you spacing out for!?”

Choi Hyun-seok snapped out of it at the voice.

He turned to see Park Hyun-ah frowning and sweating profusely.

“Stick close. The magic worked properly, so we’re getting out of here!”

The enemy responded, but the objective was achieved anyway.

Most of the undead legion was swept away.

Moreover, the dominant entity, Sarah Dunphy, had strained herself using magic to stop the lava tsunami.

‘She used high-level magic urgently, so the backlash will be severe.’

Park Hyun-ah used magic with a prepared magic circle, while the enemy responded abruptly.

The difference was greater than expected.

Currently, Sarah Dunphy’s internal mana is in reverse, so she won’t be in good condition.

If mana or magical energy reverses, she won’t be able to exert her power, and could even die.

Even considering that Sarah Dunphy is a great mage, she would need to rest for at least a day to return to her normal condition.

‘Just recover your magic and come back.’

On the other hand, Park Hyun-ah has suffered no particular damage.

She will quickly return to her original condition just by replenishing her mana and stamina.

She planned to retreat, recover, and then return to end the fight before Sarah Dunphy recovered.

“Haa, let’s go right away.”

The group gathered around.

Park Hyun-ah used teleportation magic.

“…”

The group stood still.

A brief silence followed.

Choi Hyun-seok opened his mouth.

“What are you doing?”
“We’re screwed. The teleport is blocked.”
“Pardon?”
“They deployed a barrier over there!”

Park Hyun-ah’s expression crumpled.

She smacked her head in self-reproach.

“What a moron! I didn’t even think about the barrier!”

The fact that the enemies hadn’t used a barrier until now made her naturally assume they didn’t know how to use it, which was the problem.

Even though a barrier isn’t that difficult of magic.

‘Come to think of it, it didn’t make sense! A lich [a powerful undead sorcerer] with that much magical skill not being able to use a barrier.’

Moreover, Sarah Dunphy doesn’t have to deploy the barrier herself.

With a few conditions, it’s possible to maintain a barrier 24 hours a day.

But why haven’t they used a barrier until now?

The thought crossed her mind that maybe they were waiting for this timing.

“Um… what do we do now?”
“What do you mean, what do we do! We run!”

Nearly a hundred undead are currently rushing towards this place.

Each one is hero-class.

The three running in the very front were at least quasi-legend level at a glance.

A force that would be difficult to guarantee victory against even in proper condition.

They were not opponents that could be fought and won with half her mana.

“Bobo! Run at full power!”

The group climbed onto Bobo and began to flee.

Bobo sprinted across the plains with all his might, but the speed of the pursuers was considerable.

“Sister! The enemy is too fast! We’re going to get caught!”
“Wait!”

Park Hyun-ah turned around and stretched out her hand.

Intermediate Hero Magic Modification

High-Speed Magic Bullet Snipe

‘Intermediate Hero Magic – Magic Bullet Snipe’ was a magic that Park Hyun-ah personally modified.

It used a little more mana but had more than twice the speed and power of the original.

“Die!”

A magic bullet the size of a ping pong ball was fired from Park Hyun-ah’s fingertip.

The magic bullet, flying as fast as if it had been fired from a real gun, struck the shoulder of one of the undead.

Thwack-!

The undead spun in the air and crashed to the ground, due to the added force of running.

It seemed like he would fall, but he quickly got up and ran as if nothing had happened.

Even though his shoulder was broken and he couldn’t lift his arm, he didn’t seem to care at all.

“The head! We have to aim for the head!”

“I know, you idiot!”

Even if the opponent has a human appearance, their true form is undead.

Unless you break their head or cut off their neck, they will persistently follow you.

However, accurately hitting the head of a human running at over 80 km/h [approximately 50 mph] from this distance was not easy.

Park Hyun-ah narrowed her eyes and continued to fire magic bullets.

Thwoom! Thwoom! Thwoom!

The guys hit by the magic bullets seemed to fall, but they got up again and ran.

It seemed like this would only buy time.

“I’ll help too!”

Abelson stretched out his hand and activated his divine power.

“No wide-area magic! Only use magic that targets single targets!”

The enemy isn’t just a bunch of nobodies.

Using wide-area magic, consuming a lot of divine power, wouldn’t do much damage.

Understanding this, Abelson cast a spell.

Mid-Level Divine Magic

Path of Light

A streak of pure white light shot out from Abelson’s fingertip.

‘That should work.’

Choi Hyun-seok watched the streak of light with an expectant expression.

Since it was divine power that was fatal to the undead, there was a high probability that the enemy would be incapacitated upon contact.

However, that expectation was shattered faster than expected.

‘He dodged it…?’

Abelson’s magic cut through the air in vain.

The speed of the projectile was too slow.

Moreover, Abelson’s magic, by its nature, showed a trajectory of pure white light, making it easier to avoid.

Hitting a hero-class undead with this magic, let alone a regular undead, seemed difficult.

Choi Hyun-seok gritted his teeth as he watched the approaching enemy.

“Sister! This won’t work!”
“Then what do you want me to do!?”

“We have to fight back!”

“You idiot! If you fight them now, you’ll be done in 30 seconds!”

It’s true that Choi Hyun-seok has become stronger.

But each of the enemies has specs that rival Choi Hyun-seok.

He might be able to win in a one-on-one fight, but it was absolutely impossible to face that many at once.

In particular, the three at the very front were so strong that even Park Hyun-ah had to be nervous.

“If we keep running, we’ll get hit in the back! It’s better to prepare and fight before that!”
“Don’t be ridiculous! We’re running all the way to Honken City!”

Park Hyun-ah was planning to run to a nearby city and ask for help.

Choi Hyun-seok didn’t back down and expressed his opinion.

“Honken City has already been evacuated! What good will it do to go to an empty city!?”
“Then we’ll run to the next city!”
“We have to stop them here!”

“I said no!”

Park Hyun-ah roughly grabbed Choi Hyun-seok by the collar.

“Fighting here is a dog’s death. At least wait until my mana recovers.”

Park Hyun-ah said, gritting her teeth and growling.

If it were the usual Choi Hyun-seok, he would have immediately lowered his head and apologized at this point, but this time was different.

“How are you going to recover your mana in this situation? You’re still using magic.”

“…”

“Rather, now. We have to make a move before your mana is completely depleted.”

Park Hyun-ah scoffed at Choi Hyun-seok’s words.

“Ha! Make a move? I’ve told you several times that fighting is a dog’s death!”
“We won’t know until we try.”
“This bastard, really…!”
“We can do it! We can win!”

Choi Hyun-seok looked at Park Hyun-ah with a firm gaze.

“…”

Their eyes met for a moment.

Park Hyun-ah clicked her tongue and released his collar.

“You must have a plan, right?”

“Of course.”

Choi Hyun-seok turned to Abelson.

“Mr. Abelson, please stay on Bobo and circle around, providing support. If you’re not surrounded, you should be safe with the two of you.”

“Okay.”

Abelson nodded with a determined expression.

“Sister, please deal with the big guys in the front.”

“Those three?”

“Yes. If we take care of those three, there’s really no danger, right?”

The three running at the front of the undead horde.

Liam, the best warrior of Ballington, and the War Generals.

“What about the others?”

“The rest are just fodder anyway. We can deal with them together while focusing on those three.”
“Haa, why don’t you realize that you’re fodder too…”

Park Hyun-ah roughly ruffled her hair with both hands.

Certainly, if things went according to Choi Hyun-seok’s plan, it wasn’t impossible to win.

Sarah Dunphy, the dominant entity, was out of the battle.

If they could take care of those three, who were the biggest threats, they could win.

The remaining hero-class undead wouldn’t be able to do anything to Park Hyun-ah.

The problem was that the combat power of those three was extraordinary.

[ Combat Power: 277,305 ]

[ Combat Power: 255,402 ]

[ Combat Power: 325,203 ]

Park Hyun-ah frowned after checking their combat power.

“Their average combat power is almost 300,000…”

Even for Park Hyun-ah, it was difficult to face enemies with that much combat power at once.

Defending against the concentrated attacks of nearly a hundred hero-class undead and defeating three quasi-legends?

It would be much easier to grab any legend and fight a one-on-one battle.

Moreover, Park Hyun-ah had less than half of her mana left.

“We can do it.”

“Shit. Easy to say…”
“We just need to take down one of them as soon as the battle starts.”

At that moment, Choi Hyun-seok’s skin turned red and his eyes began to become bloodshot.

“You don’t mean…?”

“We’re going for the guy with the spear on the far left first!”

“Hey! Choi Hyun-seok!”

“Please assist me!”

Choi Hyun-seok said what he had to say and jumped off Bobo’s back.

Flomot Stage 1 – Blooming

Park Hyun-ah screamed as she watched Choi Hyun-seok running with Flomot activated.

“Who are you calling to assist you, you bastard!?”

***

Liam, the best warrior of the Ballington Kingdom.

He was very angry.

Not just because of the hatred for the living that undead inevitably have.

The real reason he was angry was that he had failed to protect his lord.

In fact, the role of a warrior in a large-scale magic battle is limited, so it couldn’t be helped.

Even so, he couldn’t tolerate his incompetence.

‘I will not forgive those who dared to harm my lord’s body.’

The only way to pay for his sins was to return with the heads of those who were running away before his eyes.

“Annihilate the enemy! Show the spirit of Ballington!”

“Yes!”

Currently, ‘Liam,’ who is at the very front, is the ‘Best Warrior’ of the Ballington Kingdom.

Following him, ‘Ivan’ and ‘Mohan’ were ‘War Generals.’

War General was the rank just below the Best Warrior, like a knight commander.

Behind them were eighty-two warriors belonging to the kingdom’s First Warrior Division.

A total of 85 undead.

All of them were founding contributors to Ballington.

The best warriors who had been active in countless battlefields.

Although everyone had died and more than a thousand years had passed.

The memories of fighting with them were still vivid.

‘I’ll show you the power of the warrior division that the continent feared.’

It was then.

The enemy who was running away suddenly turned around and started running towards them.

“Did you finally decide to fight!”

Liam grinned savagely and gripped his sword.

The one in the very front was a man with his entire body flushed red, Choi Hyun-seok.

“I will cut off your head and present it to my lord!”

Liam swung his sword.

A sword aura made of magical energy shot out along its trajectory.

Kwaaa-ga-ga-ga!

The sword aura that overturned the ground narrowly brushed past Choi Hyun-seok.

Liam continued to run without paying attention.

This was just a probing attack anyway.

Rather, he was grateful to the enemy for not being easily defeated by such a light stab.

It wouldn’t be fun if it was too easy.

“Come!”

Finally, the two men meet.

Liam tried to swing his sword, but Choi Hyun-seok passed by Liam and ran behind him.

His target was War General Ivan, who was following behind.

Raiderun-Style Combat

Form 1 – Initial Battle Annihilation

Powerful magical energy was fired.

War General Ivan urgently stretched out his spear to respond.

Kwaaaa-!

The magical energy collided with Ivan’s spear.

Ivan slid back and retreated.

“Your skills are quite good…!”

Just as Ivan was about to thrust his spear.

“Ivan! Above!”

Liam shouted.

When he raised his head, he saw a woman flying in the sky, Park Hyun-ah.

A red magic bullet fired from Park Hyun-ah’s fingertip flew at high speed.

“Something like this!”

War General Ivan swung his spear to deflect the magic bullet.

Bang-!

The magic bullet collided with the spear and exploded.

It was a small explosion, but the power contained within was unusual.

Due to the strong impact, Ivan desperately gripped his spear to avoid dropping it.

“Kuh! This bastard…!”

Before he could even regain his balance.

Choi Hyun-seok, who had already approached, lowered his body and took a stance.

Raiderun-Style Combat

Form 5 – Breathless Barrage

Choi Hyun-seok began to throw punches like crazy.

War General Ivan urgently released magical energy to protect his body.

He wasn’t used to magical energy yet, but he was capable of this level of control.

Tu-du-du-du-du-!

Even though he was releasing magical energy to offset the punches, he felt a considerable impact.

It was fortunate that he couldn’t feel pain because he was undead.

‘I can’t regain my balance.’

Ivan’s expression soured.

The best he could do now was to continue releasing magical energy to protect his body.

If he didn’t, Ivan’s body would be torn to shreds in an instant.

“You bastard…!”

He was hit with over a hundred punches in just a few seconds.

However, thanks to protecting his body with magical energy, he didn’t suffer much damage.

‘Now it’s my turn.’

Choi Hyun-seok’s attack had failed.

It seemed like a desperate blow, but in the first place, there was almost a two-fold difference between Ivan and Choi Hyun-seok’s combat power.

Their classes were different.

However, Ivan didn’t know.

Choi Hyun-seok’s goal was somewhere else from the start.

‘Ha! He hasn’t given up yet.’

Choi Hyun-seok reaching out his hand.

Ivan didn’t care.

He knew that Choi Hyun-seok’s power couldn’t penetrate the magical energy he was releasing.

Crack-!

Choi Hyun-seok’s hand pierced through Ivan’s neck.

Ivan widened his eyes in disbelief.

“How…?”

Instead of answering, Choi Hyun-seok tightened his grip on his forearm.

“N, no…!”

Crack!

War General Ivan’s spine was roughly pulled out.