Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad [EN]: Chapter 256

There are No Bad Heroes in the World

“I should have done this from the start.”

A deep smile spread across the Pope’s face.

He was elated with the strength and youth he had regained after so long.

“It was a simple matter of stepping forward and eliminating everything, but I insisted on too refined a method. Don’t you think so?”

“Haa… haa…”

Choi Hyun-seok didn’t answer.

He was merely catching his breath, desperately searching for a way to overcome the situation.

‘I have no stamina or mana left.’

He was already exhausted.

He had recovered a bit of mana, but it wasn’t nearly enough to face the Pope and his army.

‘Well, honestly, even if I had faced him one-on-one from the start… my chances weren’t great.’

The Pope was truly strong.

It made one wonder why he hadn’t stepped forward until now, as he had said.

Even if he had fought with full stamina and mana, he couldn’t guarantee victory. He was a formidable foe.

‘It looks like my sister can barely stand.’

Choi Hyun-seok glanced at Park Hyun-ah.

Her condition was, to put it mildly, terrible.

Her whole body was covered in blood.

The fact that she was still standing without collapsing was purely a matter of willpower.

‘Is this the end…?’

The adventures he had been through and the time he had desperately struggled to survive flashed through his mind like a panorama.

Unsurprisingly, he didn’t feel good.

He thought he had finally reached the end of the story, only to find such a miserable sad ending waiting for him.

‘Get a grip! Who said it’s a sad ending? It’s not over yet.’

Choi Hyun-seok clenched his teeth.

It’s not over until it’s over.

He could still fight.

He could push himself further to the limit.

Just as he was steeling his resolve, the Pope spoke to him.

“No matter how hard you try to think, there’s nothing you can do, Choi Hyun-seok. Don’t you understand? There’s an insurmountable wall between you and me.”

The Pope wore a sly smile.

It was infuriating to hear such words from someone who was fighting a dying enemy, especially with the support of a large army.

However, this was a good sign.

In his experience, when someone started running their mouth, it meant they were 100% sure of their victory.

In other words, they were being arrogant.

Choi Hyun-seok had to make the most of this situation.

“Alright, I admit it. You’re great, Pope. But why have you been hiding until now if you’re so great?”

“You wouldn’t understand even if I told you. How could an ignorant fool like you comprehend the grand dream I’ve been planning for over a hundred years?”

“Tell me. Who knows? Maybe we can find some common ground as fellow heroes.”

“Fellow heroes…? You dare to call a scoundrel like you a hero…?”

The smile on the Pope’s face stiffened and then crumbled.

He glared at Choi Hyun-seok with a chilling gaze.

“Choi Hyun-seok. Has it only been about two years since you came to this land? The world is truly unfair.”

The Pope’s eyes swirled with all sorts of negative emotions.

Envy, jealousy, anger, resentment, skepticism.

Whenever he saw Choi Hyun-seok, the Pope felt like all his efforts had been denied.

“How long did it take me to build this power… How much did I have to give up to get here…”

The Pope had sealed away the power he had painstakingly built over so long.

It was unavoidable to conceal his identity.

And after starting over and rising to the position of Pope, he had continued to play his role for decades.

The effort he had put in was truly bloody.

Not just a figurative expression, but literally.

It was an effort stained with the blood of countless people.

“Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill!”

The Pope muttered like a madman.

His eyes, gleaming with madness, no longer held Choi Hyun-seok.

He was looking at his past.

More precisely, he was recalling the countless people he had killed.

“I killed and killed again! And killed again! That’s how I got here! Do you know how hard it was for me!?”

“Crazy bastard. How would I know?”

“I thought you wouldn’t. But it’s okay. I have to endure it since this is the path I chose. But you see.”

The Pope’s eyes refocused.

He was no longer looking at the past.

He was simply looking at Choi Hyun-seok in front of him, with burning anger.

“Everything has gone wrong because of you. My efforts. The tower I built with my blood and sweat over a hundred years in this land! Is on the verge of collapsing!”

“Ah, my bad.”

Choi Hyun-seok nodded dismissively, ignoring the ranting Pope, and fell into thought.

‘It’s meaningless to waste more time here.’

They already knew that the Great Temple was under attack and had sent reinforcements.

Clinging to the Pope now wouldn’t increase the chances of successfully defending the Great Temple.

So, he had to think about escaping.

Fortunately, he had come up with a rough plan while the Pope was ranting.

Choi Hyun-seok called out to Park Hyun-ah in a small voice.

“Sister.”

“What.”

“No matter how I think about it, we can’t both survive.”

“…What are you suddenly talking about?”

“Just do as I say this time.”

As they continued their conversation, the Pope’s angry voice rang out.

“Are you listening to me!?”

Choi Hyun-seok ignored him and continued.

“I’ll buy some time. At least you should escape.”

“Don’t be ridiculous. Don’t try to act tough when you can’t.”

“Don’t ignore me!!!”

The Pope couldn’t contain his anger and flew towards them at an incredible speed.

It was then that mana exploded from Choi Hyun-seok’s body.

KWAHHHHHHHH-!

The Pope, who was approaching, had no choice but to retreat hastily.

“What is this…?”

***

Terrible pain surged through him.

His skin turned black, and only the whites of his eyes remained.

Flomot 3rd Stage – Falling Flower [A high-level combat technique that enhances physical abilities at the cost of severe strain on the body].

‘I’ll probably only last about 10 seconds at most.’

His stamina and mana were already depleted.

Even with the improved and stabilized Flomot, he could only maintain it for 10 seconds.

Choi Hyun-seok immediately grabbed Park Hyun-ah by the scruff of her neck.

“What are you doing…!”

“Here we go!”

He shoved the last remaining potion into her arms and threw her with all his might.

PAAH-!

Park Hyun-ah shot through the air like a cannonball.

‘The barrier disappeared when I went to support the Great Temple earlier. If we just create some distance, we can definitely escape.’

Now, there were no personnel left here who could create a proper barrier.

There were no Legends who could track them.

Only the Pope. If he could just keep the Pope from moving, Park Hyun-ah could survive.

“Do you think you can escape!”

The Pope rushed towards him with an enraged expression.

Choi Hyun-seok didn’t avoid him and ran to meet him head-on.

‘2 seconds.’

He had thrown Park Hyun-ah, so now he had to keep the Pope away for as long as possible.

“Do you think you can win just by using that Flomot!”

Choi Hyun-seok charged at the Pope with all his speed.

The Pope, who had expected some kind of attack, couldn’t react to the sudden body slam.

“Kuh! What kind of trickery is this!”

Choi Hyun-seok ignored him and continued to push the Pope.

SWHOOOOOOSH-!

“What are you doing!?”

Pushing the Pope at an incredible speed, they flew hundreds of meters in an instant.

‘6 seconds.’

It had taken 6 seconds to throw Park Hyun-ah and push the Pope away.

In a few seconds, the Flomot would be over.

The Pope, who had been panicking, finally realized Choi Hyun-seok’s intention.

“Do you think something like this will work!? You will die here! No one can escape!”

The Pope unleashed a vast amount of mana towards Choi Hyun-seok.

He was using mana to inflict physical damage.

PAH-! PANG-!

Choi Hyun-seok’s body shuddered from the great impact.

However, he didn’t stop running.

‘9 seconds…’

Before they knew it, Choi Hyun-seok and the Pope had entered the capital, Gratiam.

Choi Hyun-seok didn’t stop even inside the city.

KWANG-! KWANG! KWANG! KWANG!

Choi Hyun-seok cut through the city center, piercing through everything in a straight line.

Buildings collapsed with a roar along the path he had run.

‘11 seconds…’

He was truly at his limit.

No, the word ‘limit’ wasn’t enough.

He had already surpassed his limits when he started using Flomot.

Choi Hyun-seok was now squeezing out the last of his life force.

‘Just a little more…!’

If he was going to die anyway.

He had to keep the Pope as far away as possible.

That way, Park Hyun-ah’s chances of survival would increase.

14 seconds. 15 seconds.

Surpassing the expected time, Choi Hyun-seok continued to run.

In the meantime, the Pope’s attacks flew at him, but he endured them with his toughness, focusing only on pushing the Pope away.

‘18 seconds… I can’t…’

Just as he was about to think that he couldn’t hold on any longer.

Choi Hyun-seok’s consciousness was cut off.

***

“What are you…?”

The Pope looked down with a dumbfounded expression.

Whether he had lost consciousness or died.

Choi Hyun-seok was frozen in the posture he had been running in.

“I knew he wasn’t in his right mind, but… I didn’t expect him to risk his life like this at that moment.”

He was already exhausted from the battle.

If they had continued to fight, both Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-ah would have died.

In that situation, Choi Hyun-seok had made the best decision he could.

Saving Park Hyun-ah.

It was better to save one than to have both die, so it could be said to be a great decision.

‘And the Flomot at the end…’

He knew that the fighting spirit Choi Hyun-seok used was Flomot.

Even among the notoriously difficult-to-use Flomot, it was the highest level, the 3rd stage.

The Pope hadn’t seen it in a very long time, and it was indeed a great power.

If Choi Hyun-seok had been able to maintain Flomot 3rd stage for a long time, even the Pope would have had a hard time guaranteeing victory.

It was then that a strange light appeared in the Pope’s eyes.

“Hmm? Was he still alive?”

Very faintly, he could hear breathing.

As he got closer, he could see that he was breathing precariously, as if it would stop at any moment.

“What a tenacious life… It’s as if he’s being blessed by God.”

It wouldn’t have been strange if he had died during the use of Flomot.

But to survive even after the backlash after operating beyond his limits.

He had to admit that he had a tenacious life force.

“Anyway, our short relationship ends here.”

The Pope took a step back.

If he left him alone, he would die soon, but he wanted to see Choi Hyun-seok’s end with his own eyes right now.

“Fool. If you had listened to me from the beginning, we could have made this continent a paradise together.”

The Pope muttered in a slightly bitter tone and raised his staff.

“Remember. Stupidity is also a sin.”

The staff slowly fell downwards.

Just before it reached Choi Hyun-seok.

SWHOOOOOOSH-! KWANG!

A black pillar fell from the sky.

“Kuh!”

In an instant, his vision was obscured by dust.

Feeling a magical energy that made his skin tingle, the Pope instinctively had no choice but to retreat.

WHOOSH-

As the dust blew away in the wind, a woman with a bewitching appearance in a black dress revealed herself.

Choi Hyun-seok was in the woman’s arms.

“Hi?”

The woman grinned and waved her hand.

The Pope knew who she was.

“Gourmet…!”

Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad [EN]

Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad [EN]

There Are No Bad Heroes In This World 세상에 나쁜 용사는 없다
Status: Completed Author: Native Language: Korean
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[English Translation] Choi Hyun-seok, the undefeated heavyweight champion of Earth's most brutal MMA league, met his end, only to be reborn as a hero in a world teetering on the brink of destruction. Promised wealth, honor, and the adoration of countless beauties, he envisioned a glorious new life. But destiny had a cruel twist in store. Instead of a hero's welcome, he was greeted by a monstrous ox demon, commander of a relentless demon army, who scoffed at his arrival. "Hero? You dare call yourself a hero?" From that moment, Choi Hyun-seok's idyllic fantasy shattered, plunging him into a living hell. Prepare for a saga of survival, unexpected alliances, and the brutal realization that not all heroes are created equal, and sometimes, the line between savior and sacrifice is blurred beyond recognition. Dive into a world where the strongest fighter on Earth must become something more to survive, and discover if he can truly become the hero this world desperately needs.

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