Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad [EN]: Chapter 176

Odria City-State Union’s Delos.

The group was on their way out of the Golden Tower.

“Um… are we really okay with this?”

Choi Hyun-seok wore an awkward expression.

“What?”

“The Lich and that warrior Liam, weren’t they the key figures? They both survived.”

“So?”

“Well… taking all the money feels a bit…”

Park Hyun-ah’s face crumpled.

“Are you being a pushover? The information was wrong from the start! Wrong! We still accomplished this much. And the Odria Union is safe as a result. Isn’t that enough?”

“Hmm, I suppose so…”

Choi Hyun-seok still looked unconvinced.

“Aha! Could it be that our noble Warrior’s conscience is bothering him?”

Park Hyun-ah clicked her tongue and shook her head.

“Then we have no choice. We’ll have to put this money back.”

As Park Hyun-ah tried to stash the heavy money pouch in her arms, Choi Hyun-seok grabbed her wrist.

“What’s wrong? Our Warrior can’t accept such dirty money?”

“Noona [older sister or female friend]. Money is not a sin.”

“You should have said so from the start.”

Park Hyun-ah chuckled and handed over the money pouch.

Choi Hyun-seok, upon receiving the pouch, was taken aback by its lighter-than-expected weight.

“What is this? Is it fake!?”

“What do you take me for! It’s a magic pouch with space expansion and weight reduction. Consider it a service.”

“Ah… but how much is inside?”

“Three thousand gold.”

“T-Three thousand gold!?”

“Don’t spend it all yourself; share it with the group.”

“Yes! Thank you!”

Choi Hyun-seok struck a salute and grinned.

Three thousand gold.

Just looking at the pouch made him feel full.

“But Noona, how much is three thousand gold, really?”

“What do you mean?”

“I don’t really have a grasp on the economy of this world yet…”

He knew that three thousand gold was a lot of money.

He had already experienced how precious a single gold coin was.

However, he was curious about what exactly he could do with these three thousand gold.

“A mansion! Can I buy a mansion?”

“A mansion? With three thousand gold, you could build a small castle.”

“A c-castle!?”

“Yes. If you insist on a mansion…”

Park Hyun-ah paused, considering the local prices.

“Even buying a mansion in a major city would be easily affordable with five hundred gold.”

“Three thousand gold… even after buying a mansion, I’d have two thousand five hundred left…”

Suddenly, Choi Hyun-seok hung his head low.

“A large mansion… no worries about retirement… should I really only have one wife? Originally, these medieval tycoons have wives… no… but a man has his principles…”

After muttering to himself for a while, Choi Hyun-seok finally raised his head.

“Noona, let’s quit everything.”

“What nonsense are you spouting all of a sudden?”

“Can’t we just hole up in some touristy city and spend the rest of our lives there?”

Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes were gleaming.

“I think it’s time for me to enjoy life too. I’ve worked like a dog for a year, and I think I’ve done enough as a Warrior! Let’s just relax!”

At that moment, Rahel, who had been listening from the side, slapped Choi Hyun-seok’s cheek with magic.

Slap-!

Only then did Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes begin to focus again.

“Ah, thanks.”

“It’s okay. It’s not like this is the first time you’ve been like this, Warrior!”

Park Hyun-ah watched the scene with a disgusted expression.

‘These guys. I don’t like this…’

She felt a strange reluctance to get close to the Warrior and his dedicated fairy.

“Ahem! Anyway, I understand it’s a lot of money. Thank you!”

“Don’t do anything stupid and put it in your inventory right away. If you lose it by mistake, I’m scared of what kind of crazy things you’ll do.”

At the mention of putting it in his inventory, Choi Hyun-seok wore a troubled expression.

“That’s… I don’t have an inventory yet.”

“You still don’t have an inventory? How many Warrior Points do you have right now?”

“Probably five thousand five hundred…”

Choi Hyun-seok opened his status window to check his Warrior Points.

▫Name: Choi Hyun-seok

▫Title: Regular Warrior

▫Level: 998

·Strength: 300

·Agility: 296

·Stamina: 309

·Mana: 330

·Magical Energy: 329

·Charisma: 107

·Willpower: 89

·Bonus Points: 10

▫Warrior Points: 7500

Choi Hyun-seok blinked.

“Why do I have so many…?”

He had a whopping 7,500 Warrior Points.

Not only that, but his level had also increased.

The last level he had checked while defeating the undead was 988, but it had increased by 10 more.

Seeing that he had 10 bonus points, it was certain.

“Could it be…”

Choi Hyun-seok further manipulated the status window to view his records.

‘I knew it. There was a Warrior Quest.’

Come to think of it, some kind of alarm had appeared during the battle.

He was too rushed to even read it and skipped over it, but it seems there was a Warrior Quest among them.

Choi Hyun-seok clicked on the Warrior Quest marked as ‘Completed.’

★☆★☆ Warrior Quest! ★☆★☆

Oh no! The ghosts of the long-destroyed Ballington Kingdom have awakened!

If they are left unchecked, humanity will suffer great damage.

As a Regular Warrior, you can’t stand by and watch, right!?

Defeat those who have returned from death and save the pitiful ghosts!

·Objective: Defeat the Undead Legion

·Additional Objective: Eliminate Sarah Dunphy

·Additional Objective: Eliminate Liam

·Additional Objective: Annihilate the Zeil Warriors

·Reward: Large amount of experience and 1,000 Warrior Points

The content was incredibly long, but in the end, it was about defeating the Undead Legion.

Choi Hyun-seok checked the message history.

[The Undead Legion has been defeated!]

[Warrior Quest completed]

[Acquired 1,000 Warrior Points]

[Acquired a large amount of experience!]

[Level up!]

[Level up!]

[Level up!]

….

[Additional Objective ‘Annihilate the Zeil Knights’ completed!]

[Acquired an additional 1,000 Warrior Points]

[Acquired a large amount of experience]

[Level up!]

[Level up!]

[Level up!]

….

‘I didn’t even know I received and completed a Warrior Quest. I must have been really out of it.’

He could once again realize how intense the battle had been.

“Why are you spacing out? How many points do you have?”

At Park Hyun-ah’s question, Choi Hyun-seok snapped out of it and answered.

“I have 7,500 points right now.”

“Are you an Advanced Warrior Shop yet?”

“I’m still Intermediate.”

“Really? Then upgrade to Advanced and buy an inventory too. 7,500 points should be enough.”

Choi Hyun-seok nodded and immediately checked the shop upgrade.

‘T-Two thousand points…’

His eyelids fluttered.

It cost 2,000 points just to upgrade the shop.

If they were going to recover it like this, why even give points for the Warrior Quest?

With trembling hands, Choi Hyun-seok pressed the upgrade button.

Bbang-ppa-ra-bbang~!

A familiar fanfare sounded, and a message appeared.

[The Intermediate Warrior Shop will be upgraded to an Advanced Warrior Shop!]

Choi Hyun-seok checked the upgraded shop.

[Advanced Warrior Shop]

– Abilities

– Items

There was nothing particularly different.

The interface still didn’t feel like it had any effort put into it.

“Did you upgrade?”

“Yes.”

“Then go to the Abilities section and click on Ability Purchase in the detailed items. The inventory should be there.”

Choi Hyun-seok checked the Ability details as Park Hyun-ah said.

– Ability Purchase

– Skill Purchase

– Aura Creation

– Magic Creation

He pressed the Ability Purchase button at the front to find the inventory.

‘It’s here.’

– Inventory (F): Has an inventory space of 100x100x100.

A simple explanation.

The unit of the number 100 is centimeters.

So, in the end, it means a small space with a width, length, and height of 1 meter each.

Compared to its size, 5,000 points seemed too expensive, but considering its usefulness, it was a necessary ability.

[Would you like to purchase Inventory (F)?]

“Yes.”

After purchasing the inventory, he checked the remaining Warrior Points and found he only had 500 left.

Choi Hyun-seok sighed deeply.

“I feel so empty. I worked so hard to collect them…”

“You won’t have much use for them except for a few things anyway. You’ll have points to spare later.”

“Is that so?”

“I have tens of thousands of points saved up. I’ve upgraded my inventory to A-rank, so I have no use for them.”

Park Hyun-ah’s words were somewhat comforting.

“By the way, how do I use this?”

“If you think about opening the inventory, you’ll see a box-like thing in the air. Put what you want to put in it. To take it out, do the opposite.”

Choi Hyun-seok nodded and thought about the inventory.

Then, a semi-transparent box appeared in the air.

‘I just put it in here, right?’

He put the pouch in the box and closed the inventory.

“Oh? It’s gone?”

“It’s stored.”

“It’s nothing much, but it’s amazing.”

“You don’t feel the weight, and it’s stored in the same state it went in, so even if you put in food or corpses, it won’t rot. It’s very convenient.”

“Why would you put in corpses…”

“When you’re doing Warrior stuff, there will come a time when you need it.”

Park Hyun-ah grinned and continued her explanation.

“For example, if there’s a bastard noble, you can cut his throat and put him in your inventory. Then, evidence destruction! How convenient is that?”

“No matter how I look at it, that’s what a villain would do, not a Warrior.”

“Hey. There’s only a hair’s breadth difference between a hero and a villain.”

Park Hyun-ah patted Choi Hyun-seok on the back.

“Anyway, if you’re all done, let’s move on.”

“Where are we going again?”

“We solved the case, so we have to go report it.”

***

The group returned to Ultimum Peste Village using the space-time gate in Delos.

Park Hyun-ah went to see Sullivan, who had given the mission.

“I see…”

Sullivan’s expression darkened at the news that Sarah Dunphy and Liam had escaped.

“I’m sorry. We should have gathered more accurate information on our end… I ended up asking you to do something unreasonable.”

“Well, it’s good that they survived as a result.”

“We will continue to track that Lich, Sarah Dunphy, on our end. We will let you know if any information comes up.”

“Okay.”

“Then are you going straight back to Inemocity?”

Park Hyun-ah shook her head at Sullivan’s question.

“No, this time I have a favor to ask.”

“What is it?”

Sullivan tilted her head.

It was rare for Park Hyun-ah to ask for something.

“Take a look at him.”

Park Hyun-ah pushed Choi Hyun-seok forward.

“Uh-oh? What’s going on?”

“Your body. We decided to have it properly examined. Sullivan is a specialist in that area, so leave it to her.”

Choi Hyun-seok nodded with an awkward expression and walked forward.

“Oh… this is our second greeting. I’m Choi Hyun-seok.”

“I’m Sullivan. Thank you so much for your help this time.”

Sullivan smiled brightly.

“So, what should I look into? Were you injured in this battle?”

“No. It’s not that kind of problem.”

After pondering something for a moment, Park Hyun-ah scratched her head irritably.

“Never mind! Just take a close look at Choi Hyun-seok’s body. Then you’ll know what I’m talking about.”

“Hmm? I will.”

Sullivan grabbed Choi Hyun-seok’s wrist.

Then, she slowly began to channel her magic.

“Don’t resist. I’m just examining you.”

“Yes.”

Sullivan’s expression gradually twisted as she examined every nook and cranny of Choi Hyun-seok with magic.

“What is this…?”

“It’s strange, isn’t it?”

“Yes… it’s like…”

Sullivan opened her mouth.

“It’s like you’re not a person, but a mineral.”

“Pardon?”

***

At the same time.

Sarah Dunphy was walking through an unknown forest.

Liam, still not fully recovered from his injuries, limped behind her.

“Isn’t it a very interesting era?”

“… I’m sorry. I don’t quite understand what you mean.”

Sarah smiled brightly.

“I thought I knew everything. Looking back now, how arrogant I was.”

Sarah Dunphy had reached the pinnacle in an era where magic was everything.

No one on the continent knew more about magic than she did.

In those days, Sarah thought.

She had reached the edge of magic.

What remained beyond that was only the realm of gods, not humans.

However, that was an arrogant delusion.

“Divine power and magical energy. These are definitely different yet similar forces to magic.”

Unfamiliar forces called magical energy and divine power.

She had even returned from death through an unfamiliar magic called necromancy [magic that involves communicating with the dead].

“There are unknown things in this era that I do not know.”

Sarah Dunphy realized.

She still had a long way to go.

There was still much to learn and move forward.

“First, I need to completely control this necromancy. To dare to interfere with my mind… I don’t like it.”

The undead created by necromancy harbor unconditional hatred for the living.

Controlling this was quite annoying.

It actually hindered the battle a lot.

First of all, she intended to completely control this.

“Then, let’s see… what principle is it based on?”

A deep smile appeared on Sarah Dunphy’s face as she delved into necromancy.

‘I can learn more and become stronger.’

A life given again.

How far can I see magic in this life?

Even though her heart didn’t beat as an undead, she felt a throbbing in her chest.