Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad [EN]: Chapter 12

Hemis headed straight to her office.

Choi Hyun-seok followed behind with a face like a cow being led to the slaughterhouse.

‘Ah… seriously, my luck is just awful.’

While he was feeling gloomy, he saw Bobo walking ahead.

Wiggle, wiggle!

He was shaking his butt excitedly as he walked.

It seemed he was happy to see his owner.

‘You’re lucky you don’t have any worries.’

How long had he been walking while having useless thoughts?

Choi Hyun-seok found himself arriving at Hemis’s office before he knew it.

“Alright. Shall we hear what happened?”

Hemis said, sitting seductively on the desk.

Her fair skin and voluptuous figure were visible through the see-through fabric she wore.

It was definitely an ideal body that would captivate the eyes of all men.

However, Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes were fixed elsewhere.

‘I’m not going to get eaten, am I?’

The red lips that filled her face.

The scene of those large lips tearing open more than 2 meters wide to take out Bobo was still vivid in his mind.

‘Just… let’s be honest.’

It seemed better to convey the truth as it is rather than telling unnecessary lies.

Choi Hyun-seok took a deep breath and began to explain.

“…That’s what happened.”

It didn’t take long to tell the story.

Choi Hyun-seok conveyed the facts as plainly as possible.

Bobo eating the senior soldier.

Heading to the cookhouse to survive.

And then, the accident happened, and he used his wit to control the soldiers.

When the whole story was over, Hemis’s lips stretched wide.

“Ohohoho!”

Hemis covered her lips halfway with her fair hand and laughed gleefully.

“Interesting. Very interesting! In a situation where you might be torn apart and killed at any moment, you thought of selling me and Bobo to survive, huh?”

“I deserve to die for my sins!”

Choi Hyun-seok bowed 90 degrees.

“Die for your sins? I’m praising you right now.”

“Yes…?”

Praise all of a sudden.

It was nonsense he couldn’t understand.

“I accepted you because you were a human brought by Raidrun, but honestly, I didn’t expect much. I thought you wouldn’t last a day.”

In fact, he almost didn’t last a day, just as she said.

He had faced life-threatening crises several times in a short period.

“But you’re a more interesting human than I thought.”

Hemis rested her chin on her hand and continued.

“Is it because you’re human? You have a cunning that can’t be found in these idiots here.”

“…”

“But you also seem to have quite a bit of guts, unlike a human.”

“Thank you.”

Choi Hyun-seok quietly let out a sigh of relief.

He didn’t know why, but she seemed to like this situation.

“Do you know how commanders are chosen in the Demon King’s army?”

“I heard that the strongest becomes the leader.”

“That’s right. All that matters here is force. That’s the problem.”

Hemis sighed softly.

“There are only idiots in the Demon King’s army. They neglect everything else besides strength, so a vicious cycle of becoming more and more stupid is happening. Do you understand?”

“I don’t really understand…”

“Well, you’ll naturally understand as you live here.”

Suddenly, Hemis walked towards Choi Hyun-seok.

“So, about that…”

Choi Hyun-seok swallowed hard.

Hemis’s lips, seen up close, were terrifying.

Hemis, who had come right in front of him, slowly parted her lips.

“Do you have any thoughts of becoming an executive?”

“Yes?”

“Work under me. Is it hard to understand?”

“No!”

“Then you’re accepting, right?”

At Hemis’s question, Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes rolled wildly.

‘Damn it… my hero life is spectacular.’

Starting as a slave in the Demon King’s army, and now they’re telling him to become an executive.

It’s the kind of story you’d only see in the autobiography of a super-high-ranking demon who started from the bottom.

Choi Hyun-seok took a breath and opened his mouth.

“But, in the Demon King’s army, you have to be strong to become a commander, right? With my current skills…”

“Of course, you can’t with your current skills. Strength is everything here.”

Hemis pressed her finger firmly against Choi Hyun-seok’s chest.

“But how long can a human like you last in this place where strength represents everything? A week? A month? I guarantee that there will be limits to your cleverness soon.”

“…”

“You weren’t thinking of continuing to sell me and Bobo to survive, were you?”

“No!”

“Good. You should at least have that much sense.”

Hemis smiled and continued.

“I’ll protect you from now on. If I step in, at least no one in this 3rd Corps will be able to touch you.”

“…”

Even with the words that she would protect him, Choi Hyun-seok’s face remained stiff.

There was no way she would make such a proposal without any reason.

“However, this is conditional.”

As expected, Hemis set a condition.

“What do you want me to do?”

“One month. Fight and win against the guy I choose within that time. I’ll extend the protection period by one month for each victory.”

“…”

“That way, you can gradually kill the higher-ups and raise your rank. If you just get to be a battalion commander, you’ll be useful, right?”

To put it simply, he had to kill the Demon King’s soldiers that Hemis designated each month to raise his rank.

‘Easy to say…’

Even the ordinary soldiers in the Demon King’s army were monsters by Earth’s standards.

And to become a high-ranking officer who is worn out among those guys?

It was absolutely impossible for an ordinary human.

However, Choi Hyun-seok didn’t have the option to refuse this offer.

“I will do my best to meet the Corps Commander’s expectations!”

“Ohoho! I like how straightforward you are!”

“Corps Commander, may I ask you one thing?”

“What is it? Tell me.”

“What is Raidrun’s exact rank?”

Raidrun was the only Demon King’s officer Choi Hyun-seok had directly witnessed fighting.

Knowing his rank would give him an idea of what level the target battalion commander was.

“Oh, you. You don’t think I’d expect you to be at Raidrun’s level, do you? Raidrun is above a battalion commander.”

“Thank you for the answer!”

Choi Hyun-seok was slightly relieved.

As expected, Raidrun was no ordinary officer.

‘Well, if that was the normal level, humans would have been destroyed a long time ago.’

Raidrun had turned a heavily armed knight into a bloody mess with a single punch.

If the Demon King’s army was full of such strong people, humans would have already disappeared from this land.

“Do your best in the future. It’s not like there weren’t any precedents.”

“Yes! Just leave it to me!”

“Ah, if you happen to lose in a duel, don’t think about dying comfortably.”

“Yes…?”

Hemis’s tongue licked her red lips.

“At that time… I guarantee you’ll know to the bone what it feels like to want to die.”

***

After leaving the office, Choi Hyun-seok headed straight to the cookhouse.

He had to get Bobo’s food.

“Our cutie likes you. Please take good care of him in the future!”

From now on, he had to duel with the soldiers Hemis designated every month.

He had made a deal, but he couldn’t escape his original mission as Bobo’s caretaker.

“Bobo, will you fight for me instead?”

“Kwang!”

At Choi Hyun-seok’s question, Bobo barked powerfully.

It was as if he was telling him to trust him.

“Cute bastard!”

Choi Hyun-seok stroked Bobo’s head diligently.

“Sigh…”

“Why the sigh?”

Rahel, who was sitting on his shoulder, sighed as if the ground was sinking.

“You’ll be saying goodbye to the Hero in a month.”

“Do you want to say something unlucky?”

Choi Hyun-seok glared at her with a fierce look, but Rahel remained the same.

“That’s the situation. The Hero is still level 1. Usually, you’d be chasing rabbits, but suddenly you have to duel with the Demon King’s army 1 on 1…”

Rahel shook her head.

“It’s over.”

“Hey! Weren’t you saying I had SSS-class potential!?”

“Hero. Do you not know what potential means? It’s literally potential power. Hidden power inside.”

“…”

“You have to level up and grow gradually for the potential to come out. Do you think the potential will suddenly pop out when you fight?”

Normally, he would have punched Rahel, but he didn’t.

Everything she said was right.

“Haa…”

In fact, Choi Hyun-seok knew it too.

That the situation he was in was hopeless.

“An orc named Kurken. Can you win?”

“Of course!”

Hemis immediately told him who his duel opponent was.

He answered that he could win in front of her, but…

He was honestly scared.

“Fighting with your life on the line…”

On Earth, Choi Hyun-seok had fought many battles.

And he even grabbed the title of the strongest man in the world.

But that was fighting with rules in the ring.

He had never fought a raw fight like this, wielding blades with his life on the line.

‘But I have to win.’

Choi Hyun-seok strengthened his will.

“Marry a blonde aristocratic lady. Have about five children. I absolutely can’t die until I see my grandchildren running around in the yard of a mansion in my old age.”

“Even in this situation, you’re talking about blondes. You’re really something, Hero. You’re the best!”

Rahel gave him a thumbs up.

“Do you know the heart of a man who died a bachelor!?”

“Looking at you, Hero, I don’t want to know.”

“Is that what you call a mouth!?”

Choi Hyun-seok grabbed Rahel and held her out to Bobo.

“Bobo! Eat her!”

“Kyaaaa! Are you crazy!?”

“Yeah! I’m crazy! What are you going to do!? Bobo! Eat her quickly!”

“Kwang!”

***

“Ugh… dirty…”

Rahel made a face.

Her body was soaked with Bobo’s saliva.

“Hurry up and disappear. I have to go into the cookhouse now.”

Choi Hyun-seok was finally able to reach his destination, the cookhouse.

As soon as Rahel hid herself, he opened the door to the cookhouse.

“A human.”

The first thing he saw was a burly Demon King’s soldier.

‘He must be a cook…?’

He was definitely holding a knife and wearing an apron, so he must be a cook.

There was a minor problem that the kitchen knife he was holding was bigger than an ordinary axe and the apron was soaked with blood.

“I’m Choi Hyun-seok.”

“I’m Cook Khan. You’re the human the Corps Commander mentioned.”

Cook(匠).

In other words, the leader of this place.

Choi Hyun-seok was surprised that Khan seemed to know him.

‘Did some kind of official document already come down?’

It seemed that the order had already been issued not long after he left Hemis’s office.

“So. What business does a human have here?”

“Meat ingredients. I want to get snacks for Bobo.”

“Ah, you’re the caretaker?”

“Yes. That’s right!”

Khan seemed to have received visits from caretakers several times.

‘Thank goodness. Things might be easy.’

Choi Hyun-seok cheered inwardly.

Now, all he had to do was receive the ingredients like the senior caretakers did, and the situation would be over.

But things didn’t go so easily.

“I can’t give you the ingredients.”

“Yes?”

“Why should I help you?”

“…”

“The Corps Commander’s order is just not to touch you. There was no mention of helping you.”

Choi Hyun-seok sighed inwardly.

‘Damn it… nothing is easy.’

His head was about to explode just preparing for the duel in a month, but troubles kept appearing endlessly.

“Human. Do you want to get the ingredients?”

“Yes! I want to get them!”

Choi Hyun-seok answered powerfully.

He needed the ingredients to live with Bobo in the future.

Otherwise, he would be eaten by Bobo before he even had a duel.

However, what came out of Khan’s mouth was completely unexpected.

“Then take them yourself.”

“Yes…?”

“It’s time to go get the ingredients. Follow me.”

Choi Hyun-seok reluctantly followed Khan into the cookhouse.

For some reason, there was a party going on there.

“Slurp, slurp! I’m glad I became a cook!”

“What kind of meat is this!? The texture is so tender!?”

“It’s Patech, who died yesterday.”

“No wonder! Patech is the best! Hahaha!”

Choi Hyun-seok tried to ignore the unsettling content that he heard in the middle of the conversation.

“Khan. What’s going on?”

“We sometimes have a feast like this before going to hunt for ingredients.”

“Hmm…?”

Choi Hyun-seok tilted his head.

There was something strange about Khan’s words.

‘Hunt for ingredients?’

Hunting. And even a luxurious feast to enjoy before leaving for the hunt.

‘It’s unsettling. It’s like going somewhere to die.’

Bad premonitions always come true.

He didn’t know it yet.

That his prediction would come true very accurately.