Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad [EN]: Chapter 147

The problem of entering the city was solved in an unexpected way.

“Is it even possible for bandits to enter the city?”
“Impossible. There’s no way the guards would let us in…”

Choi Hyun-seok punched the wall with his fist.

Kwaaa!

The thick log wall disappeared. It wasn’t just a little broken; one entire side of the wall was blown away.

The bandit leader stared, his mouth agape, with a shocked, cat-like expression.

“Make it happen if it doesn’t work.”

“…”

“If you want to keep that useless head of yours, use it. Understand?”

The bandit leader nodded repeatedly, sweating profusely.

‘Those bastards… where did they pick up this monster!’

Just 10 minutes ago, the subordinates who went out scouting around picked up a beggar.

But that beggar was no ordinary beggar. He knocked down all the subordinates in the camp in an instant, and now he wants us to quietly sneak him into the city.

“Hurry. I’m not a very patient person.”

Choi Hyun-seok tapped his empty wrist.

“Time is running out!”

“S, some of my men are acquainted with the city guards!”

“So?”

“If we bribe them through those guys, we can get in quietly!”

Only then did a smile appear on Choi Hyun-seok’s face.

“That’s right! You can do it! Why do you keep saying it can’t be done?”

“Hahaha…!”

“Then let’s leave right away, ah! Before that.”

Choi Hyun-seok reached out as if he suddenly remembered something.

“Lend me some clothes I can wear.”

“Yes! Understood.”

“And I’m out of travel expenses. It would be nice if you could spare some change.”

“That’s…”

The boss rolled his eyes back and forth.

Choi Hyun-seok frowned at his evasive behavior.

“You go empty-handed when you die.”

“Yes?”

“It means money is useless after you die.”

“Ah…”

The boss had no choice but to hand over his entire fortune of 10 gold coins, tears welling up in his eyes.

‘What a thug…!’

He vowed to move the camp as soon as this was over.

***

“Thanks for all your help, everyone.”

Choi Hyun-seok said with a smile.

Five men stood before him with tearful faces. They were bandits who had become penniless after bribing the guards and contributing to Choi Hyun-seok’s travel expenses.

“Can we go now…?”

A bandit said cautiously, looking around. Not only had they been beaten to a pulp, but they had also been stripped of everything they had.

They didn’t want to get involved with Choi Hyun-seok any further.

“Hmm, I appreciate the help, but I don’t know the geography here very well…”

Choi Hyun-seok gave them a subtle look.

Then the bandits pushed one man forward.

“Norrisman here knows the city geography very well!”
“That’s right! He’s from here, so he’s perfect! Hahaha!”

The man who was pushed out alone looked at his companions with resentful eyes. It was clear that he was the youngest.

Choi Hyun-seok clicked his tongue.

“Tsk, you have no loyalty.”

“…”

“Okay, go now.”

“Um, Sir Knight. About the guide…”

They thought of Choi Hyun-seok as a knight and asked cautiously.

“I’ll let you off this time. But you have to live kindly from now on.”

“Of course!”

“Thank you!”

The bandits, finally freed from the hero, bowed repeatedly and left.

Choi Hyun-seok smiled contentedly as he watched the bandits, who were already far away, running so fast.

“Hoo! Rewarding. I’ve rehabilitated those corrupt criminals again today.”
“Who is rehabilitating who?”

Rachel poked her head out from his arms.

“Why are you always picking a fight?”
“Rachel sometimes wonders if the hero is really a hero.”
“The question is in your head. I’ve done a good deed that is the epitome of a hero, so what’s your problem?”
“Huh? I have no complaints at all. We got money!”

“…”

“I just thought that if you bought me a macaron, the hero might be reborn as a true hero…!”

“Stop talking about macarons. Find out where Abelson is.”

“Tch.”

Rachel clicked her tongue and began to sense Abelson’s location.

“Hmm, the current location is…”

Rachel narrowed her eyes.

“Oh, what’s wrong with this?”

“What’s the matter?”

“It says she’s here now?”
“Abelson is here?”
“Yes. Now she’s going that way?”

Rachel raised her hand and pointed to one side. There were houses and shops lined up there, but Abelson was nowhere to be seen.

“Oh? She’s getting farther away!”
“Don’t talk nonsense and check properly.”
“Oh!? I’m serious!?”

Even if she looked again, Abelson was not in the direction Rachel pointed. In the first place, there were hardly any people out so early in the morning, so there was no way she could be mistaken.

“That’s strange. This can’t be happening…”

Rachel kept tilting her head.

According to the magic, Abelson was clearly passing by here and moving over there, but it was strange because she couldn’t see anything.

Suddenly, Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes lit up.

“Rachel, can it sense the height too?”

“Height?”

“When it tells you the direction, does it also tell you if it’s up or down?”
“No, it doesn’t. Ah, could it be!”

Rachel’s eyes widened as if she had noticed something.

Choi Hyun-seok nodded and pointed down.

“That’s right. The ground.”

Abelson was moving underground.

***

“Is this the end…”

Finally, the end of the long passage appeared. A staircase had appeared.

She was mentally exhausted from passing through the dark passage.

Abelson struggled to climb the stairs and opened the ceiling above.

Clunk, clunk!

The ceiling was not opening well, as if something was blocking it. With a little more force, the door opened with a creaking noise, and dirt poured down.

“Phew! Hoo!”

Abelson shook off the dirt and dust and climbed to the surface. Looking around, it was a forest located a little away from the city.

Abelson closed the entrance to the passage and sighed.

‘Bishop…’

She succeeded in escaping the city with the help of Bishop Tranio.

Soon it will be dawn, and what will happen to the bishop when it is known that she has escaped? Even if there is no evidence, he will not be able to avoid being reprimanded.

Abelson clenched her fist tightly.

‘Let’s focus on surviving first.’

Even if she escaped the city, she was not completely free from their grasp. They will surely find the passage, and she doesn’t know when the pursuit team will catch up.

‘If I keep running, Choi Hyun-seok will come.’

In fact, Abelson knew that she had a tracking spell on her. Rachel didn’t exactly hide the existence of the magic.

The reason why Abelson was able to follow them without running away was partly due to her confidence in the tracking magic.

“I was seriously injured, so it will be impossible right away, but if I hold out for a few days….”

“Abelson!”

“Huh…?”

Looking back, she saw Choi Hyun-seok running towards her, panting.

“How…?”

“We got a little lost, so we were late. We were in the city.”

“Ah…”

Choi Hyun-seok was moving several times faster than she had expected. She had seen it several times, but his recovery was truly monstrous.

Then Choi Hyun-seok grabbed her wrist.

“There’s no time for this. Let’s go!”
“What’s wrong?”
“There are guys hiding around. I think they knew Abelson would show up here.”

“Yes…?”

Abelson was startled.

‘Surveillance, no way…’

She had just escaped from the city. She also moved the shortest distance through the underground passage. Even if her escape from the city was revealed as soon as she escaped, it doesn’t make sense that they are already monitoring this place.

There is only one way that is possible.

‘They knew I would appear here and were waiting in advance…’

In other words, everything is a trap.

“Let’s move first. The encirclement hasn’t been created yet, so we should be able to break through.”

“Okay.”

Just as Choi Hyun-seok and Abelson were about to move again.

“It’s already too late.”

A man walked out of the forest.

Abelson bit her lip tightly when she saw him.

“Korkan…”

He was a hunting dog of the Holy Empire.

***

The hunting dog Korkan had foreseen everything from the beginning.

‘Tonight, Abelson Mariotte will definitely try to escape.’

The moment she leaves the city, the probability of her succeeding in escaping becomes infinitely low. Since she doesn’t know when she will be transferred, she will definitely try to escape today.

Here, the hunting dog Korkan thought.

‘Maybe it’s an opportunity to find out Choi Hyun-seok’s location.’

Choi Hyun-seok was definitely with Abelson. He could be sure after seeing the traces of battle in the village.

The reason why he is not visible now is probably because he is recovering from his injuries.

‘It is a bad idea to stop Abelson’s escape here and send her to the capital.’

If Abelson is sent to the capital and interrogated, she will be able to get a confession. There were plenty of experts in that field in the capital.

But this is not a good option.

First of all, he would have to share his achievements with others. Decisively, there was no guarantee that he would catch Choi Hyun-seok that way.

He didn’t know how long it would take to get a confession and reorganize the pursuit team.

‘Rather, if I let Abelson escape and induce her to meet Choi Hyun-seok, I can catch them all at once.’

When he reached this point, Korkan faced one problem.

‘How do I release Abelson naturally?’

Abelson is not a fool. A suspicious person. If he suddenly releases her, she might notice his intentions.

As his worries deepened, help came from an unexpected place.

“The bishop’s actions are suspicious.”
“Bishop Tranio?”

“Yes. He is secretly obtaining sleeping pills.”

Korkan smiled at his subordinate’s report.

‘I put a person on him because he seemed to be friendly with Abelson, but he is revealing his true colors right away.’

Bishop Tranio moved carefully in his own way, but the local church had already fallen into Korkan’s hands long ago. It was thanks to Vice Bishop Pogal, who was scheduled to be the next diocese leader.

Vice Bishop Pogal was a man with great ambition. He prostrated himself as if he would give Korkan, who was no different from the Pope’s direct line, his liver and gallbladder to look good.

In addition, Bishop Tranio’s retirement was approaching, and he was losing his support base within the church.

As a result, it was very easy to seize the church and monitor Bishop Tranio.

“That’s good. Help the bishop without being obvious.”
“Are you telling me to help the bishop…?”
“Yes. Let him get the sleeping pills and help Abelson escape. But you have to make sure he doesn’t notice. Do you understand?”

“Yes.”

“Anyway, sleeping pills… It’s obvious what he’s going to do with them, but how is he planning to escape?”

Korkan, who was tapping the armrest, suddenly snapped his fingers.

“Is there a secret passage here too?”
“I’ll check.”

It was common for basements or underground passages to be built under the chapel for evacuation.

Korkan ordered a check just in case.

As he expected, there was a fairly large-scale evacuation facility connected to the outside of the city.

“Things are going too smoothly.”

Bishop Tranio makes Abelson run away.

This side waits in advance and carefully follows Abelson, who is running away.

If he does that, Abelson will tell him Choi Hyun-seok’s location on her own.

‘I want to put a tracking spell on her easily, but there’s a high probability that it will be detected. I have no choice but to use classic methods.’

It is annoying to have to keep a distance from Abelson and follow her carefully, but it doesn’t matter. In the first place, Korkan was an expert in this kind of work, so there was nothing particularly difficult.

“That’s what I thought.”

Korkan’s expectations were off. Choi Hyun-seok was already here.

“I didn’t expect him to be here already.”

It’s an unexpected harvest. This eliminates the need to bother tracking and waiting.

He stroked his chin as he looked at Choi Hyun-seok.

“I expected him to be injured, but was I mistaken?”

“…”

“Well, it doesn’t matter.”

Korkan drew his sword.

“Thank you for saving me time. His Holiness the Pope will be very pleased.”

“Just one… question.”

Abelson said. She had a somewhat dark expression on her face.

“Did Bishop Tranio also deceive me with you…?”
“Bishop Tranio? Ah, that’s right. You have no choice but to not know. That’s why your escape was discovered.”

“Please answer me.”

At that moment, Korkan’s lips twisted.

“Bishop Tranio. No, he’s no longer a bishop.”

“…”

“Tranio, who colluded with the traitor Abelson Mariotte, was stripped of his bishopric, and his head was cut off and hung on the street.”

“You…!”

Just as Abelson was about to jump out with wide eyes, Choi Hyun-seok stood between them.

“Okay. That’s it.”

He handed Bobo, who was in his arms, to Abelson and looked back at Korkan.

“Judging from the situation, it seems like the guy over there is trash, is that right?”

Abelson nodded silently.

Then a deep smile appeared on Choi Hyun-seok’s face.