Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad [EN]: Chapter 140

“Even if you struggle… it’s all in vain…”

The voice trembled weakly.

Most of the bones that made up his body were already broken, and the red light that had shone so brightly in his eyes flickered like a candle in the wind.

Having lost most of his mana as a price for activating the magic circle, he was no match for Choi Hyun-seok.

“Despair… Witness death… That’s what you deserve….”

“Shut up!”

Choi Hyun-seok punched the guy’s skull.

Crack-!

The pure white skull shattered.

At the same time, a system alarm rang.

[Objective 1. Mastermind Demon

Elimination complete]

[Objective 2. Necromancy prevention failed]

[Interim rewards are being tallied]

[Acquired 500 Hero Points]

[Acquired experience points]

[Level up!]

[Level up!]

[Level up!]

[Hero Quest has been updated]

Following that, a new Hero Quest appeared.

★☆★☆ Hero Quest! ★☆★☆

You did your best, but you failed to stop the enemy’s necromancy.

If left unchecked, this land will be covered in death.

Defeat those who have returned from death and save this land!

· Objective: Purify the region

· Reward: A large amount of experience points and 1,000 Hero Points

After checking the quest, Choi Hyun-seok immediately dashed forward.

Before he knew it, he was surrounded by pure white skeletons.

“Get out of my way!”

With a swing of his fist, the sternum shattered instantly.

However, even with half of his chest blown away, the skeleton continued to move.

“Hero! Aim for the head!”

At Rachel’s words, Choi Hyun-seok crushed the skull.

Then, the skeleton lost its strength and collapsed to the ground.

‘I don’t have time for this here…!’

Choi Hyun-seok’s movements gradually became more violent.

Every time his hands and feet swung, bone fragments scattered.

But the enemy didn’t stop.

The undead, returned from death, have no fear.

Only hatred for the living dominates them.

“Hero! We need to hurry!”

“I know!”

Abelson is waiting in the village.

He didn’t think she would be defeated by these skeletons, but there was a limit to her stamina.

He didn’t know what would happen if time dragged on.

‘Abelson, you have to hold on!’

Choi Hyun-seok gritted his teeth and increased his speed.

***

“Kyaaaa-!”

“S, save me! Please!!!”

People gathered around Abelson, hoping to survive.

It was a brief miracle, but they saw hope in her divine power.

But there was little Abelson could do.

‘I can only release divine power once or twice at most.’

She had been using it so forcefully that her divine power was about to backfire.

As a result, Abelson’s body was trembling violently.

Even if she pushed herself to the limit, could she use it about three more times?

‘That won’t change the situation.’

The wave of undead was endless.

Even if she eliminated hundreds with divine power, nothing would change.

Rather, releasing divine power was an extremely inefficient act.

It was better to conserve her stamina and divine power and deal with them one by one.

Even if she couldn’t stop them that way, at least she could run away.

“Cough, cough…!”

“God… Please, ahhh!”

“Riol! No!”

“Kyaaaa! Save me!”

The problem was the villagers.

They were on the brink of life and death.

It was impossible to protect them and escape the village in a situation where it was difficult to save their own lives.

No, it was impossible.

“Aaaaaaack-!”

Death.

Death created by those already dead continued endlessly.

It is often said that the undead harbor hatred for the living.

They brutally murdered people as if they wanted to prove that the rumors were true.

In this horrific situation, all Abelson could do was swing her mace.

Crack-!

The skull of a skeleton reaching out to a boy was shattered in an instant.

“T, thank you!”

The boy’s face was covered in tears and snot.

Abelson bit her lip and said.

“Run away… Anywhere…”

The boy nodded with difficulty and ran.

However, before he could take ten steps, he was caught by another group of skeletons.

“Kuaaaaa!”

His limbs were torn off while he was still alive.

All Abelson could do was watch the death.

‘Why… Why…!’

More strength was put into the arm swinging the mace.

Crack! Crack!

Already, a pile of bone fragments was piled up around her.

But the enemy is endless.

Not only the village, but even the surrounding area was densely covered with undead.

“Save me! Please save me!”

“M, Mom…!”

At that moment, a mother and daughter were seen being chased by skeletons.

In the end, Abelson raised her divine power once again.

Whoaaaa-!

In an instant, a path of light opened, and hundreds of skeletons disappeared.

A brief moment of hope appeared on people’s faces.

“T, thank you!”

“Run! You have to run now!”

They ran hard, but they couldn’t go far.

The path Abelson had created was already covered with other skeletons.

“Uaaaaaah! Mom! I’m scared!”“It’s, it’s okay…! It’s okay…”

The mother desperately hugged her daughter.

Even as her body was torn apart by dozens, hundreds of skeletons, she smiled to reassure her daughter until the very end.

And the mother and daughter died.

‘If only I, if only I were stronger…’

Tears streamed down Abelson’s eyes.

The fact that she could only helplessly watch death made her feel like she was going crazy.

With trembling hands, she gripped the mace tightly.

‘If only I could fight better…’

Regret washed over her.

Why had she neglected to become stronger?

Originally, the power of divinity was not inferior in combat.

Just looking at the paladins, they showed tremendous feats of arms with divine power.

Rather, divine power is a much stronger force than magic against enemies who use magic.

But Abelson had no such combat ability.

When she was training to be the next saintess, she only learned healing magic.

Even the few auxiliary magics she learned were far from direct combat.

Whack! Crack!

She resented herself for only being able to swing her mace like this.

If she had been interested in combat from the start.

If she had honed her combat skills like Choi Hyun-seok, would the situation have been different?

Could she have saved even a few more people?

“Abelson!”

At that moment, a familiar voice was heard.

Looking back, Choi Hyun-seok was seen running through the undead.

“Are you okay?”

Choi Hyun-seok asked, looking at Abelson, who was crying.

Abelson nodded.

“I’m fine. But the people…”

“It’s already too late to save the people.”

Choi Hyun-seok said in a firm voice.

Abelson looked at Choi Hyun-seok in surprise.

“N, no! If it’s Choi Hyun-seok! If it’s Choi Hyun-seok, not the incompetent me, you can do it! P, please save even one person!”

“They’re all dead already!”

Abelson’s eyes widened.

She quickly looked around.

“Gwoooo…!”

Clatter, clatter…!

As Choi Hyun-seok said.

There was no one alive around.

Some of those she thought were villagers had already lost their lives and turned into undead.

“Listen carefully.”

Choi Hyun-seok said in a clear voice.

“What we need to do now is prevent these guys from spreading to other places. To do that, we need to purify this area!”

“…”

“Abelson! Are you going to keep spacing out!?”

Choi Hyun-seok shouted.

Only then did Abelson’s eyes regain their vitality.

‘That’s right. I can’t keep being pathetic forever…’

You can’t save people who are already dead.

As Choi Hyun-seok said, she had to prevent any more victims from appearing.

“Just a moment! I’ll find a way!”

“I’ll buy you time!”

Choi Hyun-seok stood in front.

Abelson quickly recalled her memories.

‘I have to remember. Necromancy… How to purify the region…’

In the past, she had read quite a few books about necromancy.

To be exact, it was closer to records of being attacked by demons using necromancy, but occasionally, methods of defeating them were written down.

“The caster… Is the caster dead?”

“Yes! I’ve already dealt with the guy who activated the magic circle!”

Choi Hyun-seok answered, smashing the skeleton’s skull.

‘Undead moving even though the caster is dead… The need to purify the region is because of that.’

Normal undead are moved by the caster’s mana [magical energy].

Therefore, they are absolutely loyal to the caster, and the undead also disappear as soon as the caster dies.

But this time, the situation is different.

They had been preparing magic for a long time and turned this area into a land of death.

In this case, the level of the undead itself is lower, but it can be maintained to some extent even without a caster.

‘Usually, they naturally disappear over time, but if they don’t…’

The scariest thing happens if the undead don’t naturally disappear.

‘They will continue to get stronger.’

The undead emit a tremendous amount of mana.

The mana in the atmosphere becomes even thicker.

That’s how stronger undead are created.

Then, the mana becomes even thicker again.

It is a vicious cycle of evil.

Those who move only with hatred destroy everything.

Until only the undead remain in this world.

‘There are three ways to overcome the current situation.’

Abelson quickly came up with a solution.

‘One is to blow away the entire area with overwhelming divine power.’

Cover the entire area with divine power and destroy all the mana.

Then, necromancy will naturally end.

But this was not something an individual could do.

Even if Moriel, the saintess of the Deus Order [a religious order], came, it would be difficult without preparation.

‘Another way is to weaken the undead to the point where they naturally disappear.’

Destroy the undead and reduce the number of individuals below a certain threshold.

Then they will not be able to get stronger and will naturally disappear.

But this method cannot be used.

‘This land has an unusually large amount of mana gathered. As long as there is enough mana, they will never weaken.’

Due to the demons’ machinations, too much mana is gathered in this area.

No matter how many undead are destroyed, they will not weaken.

Rather, the rate at which they get stronger may be faster than the rate at which Choi Hyun-seok and Abelson deal with them.

‘Then the only remaining method is…’

Abelson bit her lip tightly.

‘Waiting for a dominant entity to appear.’

If the undead continue to get stronger, a dominant entity will appear among them.

If you wait for the dominant entity to connect with all the other undead, and then kill it, all the undead will lose their power and collapse in an instant.

It’s like the undead losing their caster and becoming powerless.

But there was also a problem with this method.

‘It’s too dangerous.’

It is impossible to know how strong the dominant entity will be.

Even that guy will get stronger and stronger over time.

You could end up making things worse while trying to solve the problem.

“Abelson! Are you almost done?”

Choi Hyun-seok asked urgently.

Abelson briefly explained the current situation.

After listening to the story, Choi Hyun-seok immediately nodded.

“Let’s do it!”

“But, if we fail, an enemy we can’t handle…”

“Isn’t that the only way anyway!?”

According to Abelson, it’s something that will happen someday.

There is no way for Choi Hyun-seok and Abelson to stop that phenomenon now.

“There is no choice. It would be better to know in advance and respond.”

“That’s right.”

Abelson nodded.

Choi Hyun-seok is right.

It was a problem that didn’t need to be considered in the first place.

If they are not going to run away, they must wait for the dominant entity and kill it.

“When do you think that dominant guy will come out?”

At Choi Hyun-seok’s question, Abelson looked around.

‘The progress is faster than expected.’

Ghouls and specters were seen among the skeletons.

Mid-level entities had appeared in just an hour or two since the ritual began.

At this rate, a high-level entity will appear in an instant.

“At this rate, a dominant entity will appear within half a day at the longest.”

“Then that means we have to hold on to these guys until then.”

“Yes…”

It’s not going to be easy.

The enemy is constantly rushing in, and even getting stronger and stronger.

Can they withstand enemies who are approaching without even fear, only with murderous intent?

Maybe they will be defeated before the dominant entity appears.

“Don’t worry.”

At that moment, Choi Hyun-seok put his hand on Abelson’s shoulder.

“We can do it.”

His voice was firm.

His eyes are clear and unwavering.

As if he had finished arming himself with the will to do it no matter what.

Choi Hyun-seok was certain.

Abelson also began to calm down.

“Yes. Let’s do it.”