Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad [EN]: Chapter 190

The Deusis Church’s grand cathedral stood proudly within Skolbon.

A priest hurried through the ornately decorated chapel.

“Cardinal Vincenzo!”

Cardinal Vincenzo was kneeling and praying at the front of the chapel.

“It is time for worship, Priest.”

Vincenzo’s voice was low.

He usually hated being disturbed during worship.

The priest wore a troubled expression as he continued.

“I apologize, but the matter is urgent…”
“Hmph, what is it?”
“As you said, a Magi reaction has occurred within the capital.”

At the words ‘Magi reaction,’ Cardinal Vincenzo rose from his seat.

Turning around, a bizarre smile stretched across his face.

“I knew it.”

Vincenzo quickly began to move.

The priest followed behind him.

“Choi Hyun-seok! That man has come!”

“Choi Hyun-seok…?”

“There’s no way a demon would suddenly appear here, so it must be him!”

The priest had never heard the unfamiliar name before.

Vincenzo continued to speak to himself, seemingly not intending to answer the priest’s question.

“I threw a bothersome bug into the water, and a big fish jumped out. Isn’t all of this the will of the Pope and the will of God!?”

He spewed words like a machine gun with a wild look in his eyes.

The priest nodded, trying his best to hide his terrified expression.

Even if he didn’t understand what was being said, he had to follow the words of the clearly unhinged cardinal right now.

“Their goal is obvious anyway. Prepare for battle.”
“Prepare for battle, you say…?”
“Tell him the details. He will take care of it.”

Leaving the nodding priest behind, Vincenzo gathered his robes.

“I must go to see His Majesty the King.”

***

Skolbon’s back alley.

A middle-aged man and his two daughters led their horses to a deserted, damp place.

“We’re being followed.”

“Don’t worry about it. They’re just petty thugs.”

In the past few months, Skolbon’s security had deteriorated significantly.

Many people had lost their jobs due to the difficult economic situation, and at the same time, the city had accepted foreigners indiscriminately.

Thanks to this, thugs were taking root in the more remote areas.

“Hey. You girls there.”

Had they arrived at their desired location?

The ones who had been clumsily tailing them began to reveal themselves.

The three daughters also stopped at their call.

“Yes. This should be good enough.”

The long-haired woman who had seduced Knight Tody said.

Ignoring her incomprehensible words, the thugs slowly approached.

“Country bumpkins.”

They said, taking out daggers from their pockets.

“Hand over everything you have right now.”
“If you listen to us, we might spare your lives? Hehe!”

The thugs threatened, spouting third-rate villain lines.

The woman ignored them and got off her horse.

“You’ve worked hard. Now go back.”

As she gently stroked its head, the horse she had been riding collapsed.

At the same time, the horse’s belly split open, and a giant man crawled out from inside.

“Ugh! The smell!”

The man who crawled out of the horse’s belly, Choi Hyun-seok, kept gagging.

“I’ll never do this again. I’d rather smash them head-on.”

Was she amused by the reaction?

Sarah Dunphy, who had transformed into a long-haired woman, smiled.

“Thanks to you, we entered the capital comfortably, didn’t we?”

The group’s plan to enter the capital was simple.

First, buy horses outside the capital.

It wasn’t difficult because many people couldn’t enter the city due to the strengthened security.

Then, kill the horse, cut open its belly, put Choi Hyun-seok inside, and seal it.

Sarah Dunphy used necromancy to raise the horse and enter the capital.

“When did you learn this?”
“I learned it out of necessity. I can only do these tricks for now, but fortunately, it came in handy.”

“Ahem…”

Sarah Dunphy had almost solved the side effects of being undead, and it seemed she had also learned some necromancy in the process.

“By the way, who are those guys?”

Choi Hyun-seok looked at the thugs who were blinking at him.

“Well, they told us to hand over what we have.”
“They’re very bad people! They said they would kill us and take our money!”

Rachel, who had been hiding in Abelson’s arms, jumped out as if she had been waiting for it.

She approached, then suddenly grabbed her nose and looked like she was about to die.

“Ugh! I feel like I’m going to throw up because of the Warrior’s smell.”

“Shut up!”

Choi Hyun-seok himself had suffered the most from enduring the stench here.

“Anyway, they’re bad guys, right?”
“We… I think there was a slight misunderstanding…”

The one who seemed to be the leader of the thugs said, sweating coldly.

Suddenly a horse dies and a giant man crawls out of it.

He didn’t know exactly what the situation was, but he could instinctively tell that he had targeted the wrong people.

“Promise me. Promise me you’ll live kindly from now on.”

The thugs nodded repeatedly.

“Of course!”

“We’ll live like we’re dead!”

Choi Hyun-seok smiled as if satisfied.

“Good.”

Then he quickly unleashed a series of low kicks.

Thud-! Pow! Crack!

In the blink of an eye, the thugs’ legs were broken.

Their kneecaps were shattered, so unless they received treatment from a priest, they would have to live as cripples for the rest of their lives.

“Kuaaaaaa-!”

“Ah, ah…!”

“I spared you because you said you’d live kindly.”

Choi Hyun-seok slapped the heads of those who were groaning in pain, knocking them unconscious, and turned around.

“Rachel. Do something. I’m really going to die because of the smell.”
“Ugh… just a moment.”

Rachel covered her nose with one hand and used magic.

Whoosh-!

Water swirled around Choi Hyun-seok, washing away the dirt clinging to his body and clothes.

“Haa, I feel a little better now.”

The magic didn’t completely remove the smell, but at least he was no longer in a state of wanting to throw up.

As they came out of the dark alley, Sarah Dunphy approached Choi Hyun-seok.

“You have a more ruthless side than I thought.”

“Excuse me?”

“I’m talking about those thugs from earlier.”

She was referring to the thugs he had crippled.

“Well, shouldn’t they be grateful that I spared their lives? What would have happened to us if we were weak in the first place?”
“Of course, that’s right. Those guys deserve to die.”

Sarah Dunphy nodded as if agreeing and continued.

“However, the throne is not a place that can be reached with fear alone. You must show great generosity, tolerance, and charisma to win people over.”
“Hmm… Thank you for your kind words, but I’m not interested in being a king?”

At Choi Hyun-seok’s words, Sarah Dunphy’s eyes widened.

“Huh? I thought you were going to marry Abelson over there and lead this country. Was I wrong?”
“M-Marriage? No way!”
“Hmm, I misunderstood.”
“Well, if Abelson agrees, I’m always ready….”

“Warrior!”

Suddenly, Rachel punched him in the eye.

Choi Hyun-seok squeezed his eyes shut and cursed.

“Damn it! What are you doing!?”
“Get a grip! The Warrior must defeat the Demon King and save the world!”
“Why are you hitting my eye, then!?”
“Because I can’t sew up that blabbering mouth of yours!”

“You little!”

Just as Choi Hyun-seok was about to grab Rachel tightly.

“Shh! Everyone be quiet.”

Sarah Dunphy covered their mouths.

“A tracker is on us.”

“Are they thugs again?”

Choi Hyun-seok opened his eyes slightly and said.

“No. This is… divine power.”

At the word divine power, the group’s faces hardened.

“My mistake. It seems a bit of Magi leaked out.”

Sarah Dunphy had perfectly controlled the Magi, so there was no way she would have been discovered.

The problem was the undead horse.

She had suppressed it as much as possible, but it seemed that a small amount of Magi had leaked out and been detected by the enemy.

“I thought we wouldn’t be detected because the city is so crowded and full of people, but I forgot. The relationship between Magi [a type of magical energy] and divine power.”

If Sarah Dunphy had used magic, this mistake would not have happened.

However, this is a world where magic, Magi, and divine power coexist.

Divine power and Magi are especially sensitive to each other.

If you release Magi in a human city, even in very small amounts, it will inevitably be detected by those with divine power.

“There’s no choice. Let’s take care of it quickly and run to the royal palace.”
“No, you guys go to the royal palace.”

“Yes…?”

Sarah Dunphy quickly moved away from the group.

“I will lure the enemy by leaking Magi. In the meantime, you guys get what you need from the royal palace and get out. Let’s meet again in the forest where we started.”

“But…”

“There’s no time to argue. Move quickly!”

Finally, Sarah Dunphy spoke to Maxwin Gordon, who had transformed into a middle-aged man.

“As long as I’m alive, that magic won’t be undone. That would be easier for you too. Once this is over and everything is back to normal, I’ll return it.”
“Ah, I understand…”

Despite being a duke of a country, Maxwin Gordon was overwhelmed by Sarah Dunphy’s atmosphere and could only nod.

“Then, see you later.”

With those last words, Sarah Dunphy flew into the sky.

***

The royal palace located within Skolbon.

A woman was walking down the hallway in front of the king’s bedroom.

“Hehe~ I wonder how much I’ll get this time?”

The woman’s name was Evi.

She was one of many who came to the capital with dreams of making a fortune.

And she was achieving that dream.

She had already been chosen by King Lavrun Marriott four times.

‘Whether he’s a king or whatever, in the end, all men are the same.’

Her hometown was a quiet territory called Dolla, quite far from the capital.

There, Evi was so skilled at handling men that she had a history of keeping countless men up at night.

“I’m Evi… Your Majesty…”

Even she was so nervous when she first met the king that she couldn’t even speak properly.

But not anymore.

“Evi. You have a really strange charm!”

In just four meetings, the king had completely fallen for her.

‘Am I going to become the queen at this rate?’

The current king has no wife.

Since she is a commoner, she wouldn’t be able to become the main wife, but wouldn’t she be able to get a concubine position?

With such delusions, Evi hurried her steps.

“Ugh, did I eat too much greasy food earlier…”

With a pale face and clutching her stomach, she hurried down the stairs.

The closest bathroom here is the royal bathroom located on the first floor.

Originally, she should use the guest bathroom, but it doesn’t matter.

She had already won the king’s heart.

He said she could go wherever she wanted, so no one could stop her.

‘And the royal bathroom is the most luxurious, so I like it the most.’

She will soon be a member of the royal family anyway.

There’s no reason why she can’t use it a little in advance.

So Evi arrived at the bathroom and quickly sat on the toilet.

“Hoo…”

She sighed in relief and closed her eyes.

“Should I rest for a bit…”

Her head was dizzy because she had drunk so much alcohol today.

For some reason, the king drank more like crazy than usual, so she couldn’t help it.

“Sigh~ Haa…”

Evi repeatedly took deep breaths to get rid of her drunkenness.

At that moment.

Rattle, rattle!

Someone grabbed the bathroom doorknob.

‘Hehe. So impatient.’

This is the royal bathroom.

The only one who would come here is King Lavrun Marriott.

He must have come to find her because he couldn’t wait.

Evi smiled and cleared her throat.

“Ahem, Your Majesty. Please wait a moment. I’ll be right….”

Crash-!

The door was smashed open, and a giant intruder burst in.

“Uh…?”

“Huh…?”

Evi and Choi Hyun-seok made eye contact for about 3 seconds.

“Kyaaaaaa!”

“Uaaaaaa!”

The screams of the two men and women echoed.