Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad [EN]: Chapter 263

Olafen Grimier was taken aback.

He was usually calm, but now he was reacting so strongly that he wondered if he had ever been so surprised in his life.

“Sir Choi Hyun-seok! H-How did you get here…? No, more importantly, you’re alive…”

He shouted in surprise at seeing Choi Hyun-seok, but couldn’t finish his sentence.

Because of the woman who ran out screaming, loud enough for the headquarters to hear.

“You crazy bastard!!!”

Park Hyun-ah sprinted like a madwoman and jumped, delivering a flying kick.

Thud-!

Choi Hyun-seok, who was instantly slammed into the wall, frantically waved his hands.

“N-Noona [term of endearment used by younger males to address older females]. Why are you doing this?””Why am I doing this!? You son of a bitch! Do you really not know!?”

Park Hyun-ah, not satisfied with the flying kick, continued to throw punches.

Choi Hyun-seok resisted, blocking each punch.

“Ah, it hurts! Please stop!””I’m hitting you to hurt you! No, just die! A bastard like you should die!””Isn’t that too much!? How much did I suffer to save you, Noona!””Who asked you to save me!? Did I ask you to save me…? You son of a bitch… I… I really…”

Park Hyun-ah, who had been throwing punches like crazy, gradually stopped and lowered her head.

She muttered in a small voice.

“Don’t… don’t ever do that again…”

I couldn’t see her expression because she was looking down, but her trembling voice and shaking shoulders told me how she felt.

“If you do that again… I swear you’ll die by my hand…! Got it?”

Choi Hyun-seok looked down at the back of Park Hyun-ah’s head without a word.

When there was no answer, Park Hyun-ah spoke again.

“Answer me… Got it!?”

“Noona. Are you crying?”

“Who’s crying!”

Park Hyun-ah threw a punch with all her might.

Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes widened as he was defenselessly hit in the stomach.

“Ugh! H-How can you hit me with magic power!?”

He thought his stomach was going to explode from the unexpected full-force punch.

It wasn’t an exaggeration; it was the truth.

“Okay! I’m going to the bathroom for a bit.”

Park Hyun-ah turned around and walked away.

Rahel smiled as she watched her leave.

“Hero. She looked like she was crying, right?”

“She cried.”

“She cried! She’s a crybaby! Hehe.”

Park Hyun-ah’s face turned red at the sound of the Hero and his fairy giggling.

“I didn’t cry, you bastards!”

***

After a brief commotion.

The group gathered again to discuss the joining of the demons and what to do in the future.

“I see. The demons wouldn’t have been harmed by this incident. So their forces must still be intact.”

Olafen Grimier was greatly impressed by the fact that Ian and Choi Hyun-seok had managed to get the Demon King’s cooperation.

Among the countless elites in the Drasen Empire.

None of them had even thought of reaching out to the demons.

It was only natural.

In their minds, the demons had been their enemies for hundreds of years.

Even if they had signed a peace treaty, their preconceived notions would not easily disappear.

“The demon main force said it would take at least two weeks to get here to Dracsel [the capital city].””Two weeks… That’s too late.”

The enemy’s speed of movement is beyond imagination.

Two weeks.

They could hold out if they had to, but the damage would be too great.

“The northern region of the Empire will be devastated, and many people will die.”

How many people will die?

It’s unimaginable.

At least ten million people will be sacrificed.

Ian Nell Chersey nodded and said.

“So I have a plan.””Do you have a good idea?””Abandon all the castles and empty the northern region.”

“Excuse me…?”

“Issue an evacuation order throughout the northern part of the Empire and make this capital, Dracsel, the first and last stronghold.”

Olafen Grimier sighed.

He wanted to shout that it was nonsense, but he tried to calm his excitement and explained.

“Your Majesty. An evacuation of that scale is not easy. Besides, if we empty the north, the enemy’s advance will be faster.”

To abandon the defense and have everyone run away.

This is an absurd plan.

The speed of the refugees is less than half that of the enemy.

Refugees will have a hard time moving 50km when the enemy moves 500km.

Calculating the distance, even if they started evacuating right now, they would be caught before they reached Dracsel.

It would be impossible even if they mobilized all the space-time gates.

There wouldn’t be enough magic power to move tens of millions of people.

“Fanatics will attack the refugees along the way, and it will end in meaningless sacrifice.”

If they are caught during the evacuation, a massacre will occur.

They will die if they stay in the castle, but at least they can buy time.

However, if they are caught and killed by the enemy in the open field, it will be a meaningless death.

“We need to send a vanguard to slow down the enemy’s advance. The demons have agreed to cooperate on this.””If the goal is to slow down the enemy’s advance, wouldn’t it be better to defend the castle?””If we defend the castle, is there any guarantee that the enemy will lay siege?”

“That’s…”

“The enemy is not human. They are a group of fanatics mad with slaughter.”

You shouldn’t think of the enemy as human.

They have no interest in land or money.

Just killing more humans.

Therefore, castles and fortresses are not attractive prey for fanatics.

“If the enemy bypasses the main castles where the soldiers are gathered and moves to the rear, then a major disaster will occur.”

The price of dispersing the troops was obvious.

People will slowly die and be defeated one by one, starting with the weakest.

Then the continent will fall into the hands of the fanatics without even putting up a proper resistance.

“There’s no chance of winning with conventional methods anyway. So we have to gamble.”

“Hoo…”

Olafen Grimier was lost in thought.

This is a crazy idea no matter how you look at it.

To abandon the entire northern part of the vast continent and move tens of millions of refugees.

And to send suicide squads to slow down the enemy’s advance.

It was not an operation that a normal person would come up with.

However, Olafen Grimier was persuaded.

Ian’s words felt absurd, but if it succeeded, it would be the best plan.

“I understand. I will speak to His Majesty the Emperor.”

***

That evening, the Emperor’s approval was given.

And a large-scale evacuation began.

The northern part of the Drasen Empire.

To be exact, it is a super-large-scale evacuation in which all the people living in the northeast (the direction where Gatrein is located) around the capital Dracsel move.

The Drasen Empire is the most populous country on the continent.

In addition, the number of people moving, including refugees from all over the continent, is said to exceed 50 million.

“Hero. Will people be able to evacuate in time?””We have to make it possible.”

Choi Hyun-seok replied to Rahel’s question with a determined expression.

He was assigned to a special unit to stop the enemy’s advance.

A unit made up entirely of legendary-level powerhouses.

There were six members.

Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-ah.

Two legends of the Drasen Empire.

One legend of the Domis Kingdom.

And even a legend who was hidden in the wilderness, unaffiliated.

Originally, it was expected that more legends would gather, but perhaps they had already been attacked by fanatics, and no legends were found to be looking for the unit after that.

Anyway, these six were the main force, and the magic corps of the Drasen Empire was supporting them from the rear.

An unexpected person joined the unit.

“Kinley Fusel.”

Kinley Fusel, one of the three legends of the Holy Empire of Gatrein.

She had come to Dracsel.

“You don’t seem to be looking for a place to die. Are you here to beg for your life now?”

Park Hyun-ah said in a sarcastic tone.

It couldn’t be helped; Kinley Fusel was a key figure in Gatrein.

Could she really not have known about the Empire’s dedication [sacrifice of its citizens]?

It is highly likely that she already knew.

But now she was trying to stop the fanatics, and it was not well received.

“… It would be a lie to say I didn’t know.”

Kinley Fusel said with a dark expression.

She was clenching her fists so hard that they were trembling.

“I knew there was such a plan. I heard it was the Empire’s last resort to turn all its citizens into soldiers when the situation reached its worst.”,”So. You didn’t know the details, so you’re not at fault. Did you come all the way here to say something like that?”

Kinley Fusel shook her head.

She was holding her fist so tightly that it was trembling.

“I don’t want to be absolved. I just… want revenge.”

Revenge.

Kinley Fusel wanted revenge.

For her dead comrades.

For her descendants who had lost their minds and become fanatics.

“Asmund, whom you killed. That guy died on the battlefield. He died fighting to protect his country, so he won’t have any regrets. It’s something that can happen to guys like us at any time.”

Asmund, one of the three legends.

He was killed by Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-ah in Gratiam.

Kinley Fusel was saddened and angry at his death, but that was the end of it.

Because they fought to kill each other.

It was right to be prepared to die at any time.

And the results of defeat must be accepted humbly.

“But Gelling was different… He didn’t even put up a proper resistance and was buried in a mob of fanatics…”

Gelling Mustan.

Kinley still couldn’t forget the way he died.

The day the citizens of Gratiam suddenly turned into fanatics.

Kinley hurriedly ran away, but Gelling was caught by the mob of fanatics.

“Gelling! What are you doing! Hurry up and use your fighting skills or magic to get out of there!””T-These people are citizens of the Empire! I can’t hurt them…!””Get a grip! These guys are all crazy! They’re not human!”

Gelling Mustan met his death buried in a mob of hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions of fanatics.

He didn’t resist until the very end.

Kinley saw it.

The first one to run at Gelling was his descendant, a young girl, whom he usually adored.

In fact, he couldn’t resist, not that he didn’t.

Because he had to kill them to get rid of them, given the nature of the fanatics.

He couldn’t bring himself to kill his descendant, especially a young girl.

“Take care of the rest… Kinley.”

That’s how Gelling, a colleague who had been with him for hundreds of years, met a miserable death.

By the people of the country he loved.

Just thinking about that time made Kinley Fusel’s body hot, and cold sweat ran down her face.

“I won’t make excuses that I didn’t know… I don’t think that joining you and opposing the Pope now will atone for my sins…”

Kinley Fusel knelt down.

“Please. I don’t care how you use me, just give me a chance. A chance to get revenge… And a chance to save even a few more people.”

“…”

“I promise that when all this is over, I will pay for my sins with death.”

A heavy silence swept over the room.

Time passed without anyone opening their mouths.

Kinley Fusel waited without moving, kneeling down.

“What are you all doing? We’re in a hurry.”

“… Choi Hyun-seok.”

“What are you staring at blankly? We have to go around day and night from now on, so get up and stop with the useless confessions.”

Choi Hyun-seok said nonchalantly and began to pack his things.

Not that there was anything to prepare.

The others also turned their eyes away from Kinley Fusel and returned to their work.

It was tacit, but they had agreed to Kinley Fusel’s joining.

“… I will not spare my life and stand on the front lines.”

Kinley Fusel said as she stood up.

Then Park Hyun-ah frowned and snapped.

“Don’t be ridiculous. You have to roll around as long as possible. Are you going to die as soon as you go out?”

“…”

“Don’t do anything stupid like Choi Hyun-seok said; just keep rolling around.”

Kinley Fusel nodded silently and checked her equipment.

After a little time passed.

The legends of the continent, having completed all preparations, left Dracsel.

To stop the fanatics who were mad with happiness and slaughter.