Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad [EN]: Chapter 20

Choi Hyun-seok repeatedly tossed the egg into the air and caught it.

Each time the egg soared, a sound akin to a scream escaped Thallas’s lips.

“Wow~! This must be super precious, huh? You’re completely frozen.”

“Kieek…! Kieek!”

“Oops! Careful~ The egg’s gonna drop~”

Choi Hyun-seok flicked the egg away!

Thallas, terrified, rushed over and carefully caught the egg as it flew.

Then, as if the egg were a treasure, he gently placed it on the ground.

Choi Hyun-seok grinned and picked up the egg again.

“Now! What shall we do this time, huh?”

“Kieeeeek!”

The adult Thallas shrieked as if enraged.

But, there was nothing he could do.

Eggs were abundant here.

And the Hero, Choi Hyun-seok, was the worst of the worst, capable of crushing even young hatchlings under his military boots.

Of course, from the monsters’ perspective.

“This way this time!”

Choi Hyun-seok threw the egg again.

Thallas began to run like a dog doing tricks.

“Uh oh! Not that way? It’s over there!”

“Going there too!”

“Shall I throw it here? Or there?”

Choi Hyun-seok seemed to be enjoying playing with Thallas.

“Hero, this isn’t the time to play around.”

“I’m not playing.”

“At least drop the smirk when you say that.”

Choi Hyun-seok, caught off guard, cleared his throat.

“Ahem! This is a process to deplete Thallas’s stamina.”

“Why not just throw it against the wall?”

“The wall?”

“Yes. Then he’ll run to catch the egg and crash into the wall, won’t he?”

At Rahel’s words, Choi Hyun-seok looked surprised.

“You’re a real piece of work, aren’t you?”

“So, are you going to do it or not?”

“I’ll do it right away.”

The Hero, Choi Hyun-seok, picked up the egg and threw it towards the wall.

“This time it’s a bit far!”

The egg soared towards the wall.

Thallas watched the egg and ran at an incredible speed.

The desperate struggle of the monster to save the egg!

It was truly a tearful sight.

“Kiek!”

Just as Thallas snatched the egg and cheered,

Thallas collided violently with the wall.

*콰앙!* [Sound of a crash]

A rather loud sound echoed, and Rahel squeezed her eyes shut.

“Oh dear…! Teacher, you look like you’re in a lot of pain.”

“You really are awful.”

Choi Hyun-seok glanced at Rahel and picked up another egg.

“I have to keep going. He’s too tough; it won’t work with just one.”

“Tch! Stop pretending to be nice, Hero!”

“Telling a Hero not to pretend to be nice. Doesn’t that strike you as seriously wrong?”

“Hmm…”

Rahel, who had been rolling her eyes while thinking for a moment, smiled brightly.

“I don’t know anymore either! Haha!”

“Really? Me too, actually! Hahaha!”

Choi Hyun-seok laughed along and threw the egg.

*쿵! 쿵! 쿵!* [Sound of impact]

Thallas relentlessly slammed his body into the wall.

Running at full speed and crashing into it, even the toughest monster couldn’t help but take a significant impact.

“Kieeeeee…”

How many times had he thrown the egg?

Before they knew it, green blood was streaming down Thallas’s head.

He couldn’t stand properly and was staggering, seemingly having accumulated quite a bit of shock.

“Kehahahaha! Hey hey! The egg’s gonna break! You gotta catch it gently!?”

“Hey! You spider over there! Can you even save the egg!? Hahaha!”

The Hero, Choi Hyun-seok, and the dedicated fairy, Rahel, burst into villainous laughter.

It seemed like they were releasing all the stress they had received from the Demon King’s army here.

“Kieeeeeeek!”

Thallas roared in anger.

But it didn’t work on our Hero and his companion.

“Ahem! Hero, that spider bastard still looks lively, doesn’t he?”

“Really? Then we have to do it again!”

Choi Hyun-seok threw the egg again.

But…

“Kieeeeeeee!”

Thallas ignored the egg and instead charged at Choi Hyun-seok.

He must have sensed that he would lose if things continued this way.

“Hero! We’re screwed!!!”

Perhaps due to being too excited by the sudden turn of events,

A slightly vulgar curse slipped from the fairy Rahel’s lips.

“Rahel! Buff me!”

Rahel immediately used a buff that increased physical abilities.

Choi Hyun-seok sensed that the time to finish this had come.

Feeling the power surge, Choi Hyun-seok picked up an egg from the ground.

And ran towards the charging Thallas.

“Kieeeeee!”

The massive monster closing in in real-time.

Honestly, he wanted to run away, but Choi Hyun-seok gritted his teeth.

‘I can win!’

A glow emanated from Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes.

The playful demeanor from just moments ago was nowhere to be found.

His eyes held only the spirit of a gambler who had fought countless fighters.

“Take this!”

Choi Hyun-seok threw the egg head-on.

Thallas, caught off guard, caught the egg.

At that moment.

*타앗!* [Sound of leaping]

Choi Hyun-seok, who had leaped into the air, climbed onto Thallas’s head.

“Here I go…!”

There was no time to think now.

He had to end the battle before the monster could do anything.

“Dieeee!”

Choi Hyun-seok struck the wounded head of Thallas with his fist.

At that moment, a faint light permeated Choi Hyun-seok’s fist.

*파각!* [Sound of cracking]

The fist collided with Thallas’s shell.

Perhaps because it had already been weakened by repeatedly crashing into the wall,

Thallas’s shell shattered as if unable to withstand the impact.

Soon, a squishy sensation was felt in his hand.

Choi Hyun-seok pulled them out without hesitation.

*촤아아아아아!* [Sound of tearing/gushing]

Thallas’s brain and various organs were pulled out along with green blood.

Choi Hyun-seok panted, covered in the blood pouring towards him.

“Huk, huk…!”

“Ki, Kieeee…!”

“Just die quietly…”

Choi Hyun-seok squeezed out the last of his strength and tapped the monster’s head.

With that light blow, Thallas seemed to give up on everything and slumped down.

*쿠웅…!* [Sound of collapsing]

The light gradually faded from the eyes of the fallen Thallas.

At the same time, notification sounds rang in his ears in succession.

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

….

“Uwaaaaaa!”

It was the Hero Choi Hyun-seok’s first proper monster hunt.

***

Perhaps it was because he had concentrated too much.

He felt drained after just a short battle.

‘But I can’t rest.’

It seemed like he had leveled up a lot from the hunt just now.

He had to check his status window quickly.

‘This is…’

A smile spread across Choi Hyun-seok’s face as he looked at the status window.

▫Name: Choi Hyun-seok

▫Title: Aspiring Hero

▫Level: 108

·Strength: 54

·Agility: 51

·Stamina: 53

·Mana: 51

·Charisma: 27

·Bonus Points: 8

▫Hero Points: 200

▫Abilities: Pickaxing (C), Leadership (E), Cooking (F)

▫Skills: –

“Did I level up a total of 8 levels?”

The current bonus points were 8.

That meant he had raised 8 levels.

Among them, 1 point was raised while catching the Thallas hatchling before.

As a result, the total levels raised from this hunt were 7.

“And Mana and Charisma also increased additionally.”

Even though he didn’t invest points separately, Mana and Charisma each increased by 1 point.

It was a very satisfactory result.

“Good. I have to use them all up before it’s too late.”

Choi Hyun-seok invested the 8 bonus points evenly.

‘Now the balance between Mana and other stats is right.’

In the meantime, Choi Hyun-seok had been steadily raising Mana.

He didn’t know the exact usage of Mana yet, but it was an investment for the future.

‘If my Mana gets stronger, the magic Rahel can use will get stronger, so even this alone is a big benefit for now.’

The final stats after the investment were as follows.

▫Level: 108

·Strength: 56

·Agility: 53

·Stamina: 55

·Mana: 53

·Charisma: 27

“Alright.”

Choi Hyun-seok nodded in satisfaction.

Rahel landed on his shoulder.

“Hero, are you okay?”

“Of course. It was nothing!?”

“Blood is gushing from your fist, though?”

“Huh?”

Choi Hyun-seok checked his hand.

“Ugh!? What is this!?”

The fist that had struck Thallas’s carapace was half-destroyed.

The pure white bone was sticking out, and bright red blood was streaming down.

He wondered how he had managed to pull out the monster’s insides in this state.

“Ouch…! It hurts like hell…”

Only after acknowledging the injury did the pain begin to surge.

“Can’t you do something about this?”

“Wait a minute. I’ll cast a healing spell.”

“Oh! You can do that too?”

“This is basic! However, I don’t have much Mana left right now, so I’ll just do emergency treatment.”

Bright light emanated from Rahel’s hand.

Choi Hyun-seok’s twisted bones were aligned, and the wound began to heal little by little.

“Is it over?”

“Yes. You’re all better now, right?”

Certainly, there were no visible wounds on the outside.

But his hand still throbbed.

“It still hurts like hell.”

“It’s good enough if it looks fine. Well.”

Rahel kicked Choi Hyun-seok’s hand.

“Kkeuaaaaaaa!”

“Seeing you react properly means you’re definitely fine.”

“I’m gonna kill you!? Seriously!”

Choi Hyun-seok rolled around on the ground and glared.

Rahel smiled mischievously and responded to his glare.

At that moment.

“Oh, Choi Hyun-seok! You’re alive too!”

A familiar voice came from inside the cave.

Choi Hyun-seok was startled and raised his head.

“Chef Kulkan…?”

Chef Kulkan.

He was entering from inside the cave.

***

Meanwhile, at the same time.

“Raiderun, you’ve arrived?”

Corps Commander Hemis was facing the cow-headed Raiderun in her office.

“I greet the Corps Commander.”

“Ohoho! I told you, there’s no need to be so stiff with formalities. Raiderun is so consistent.”

Hemis laughed pleasantly.

She was quite pleased to see Raiderun after a long time.

“So, Raiderun, how did the mission I entrusted to you go?”

“I succeeded in capturing the next Saintess that you mentioned.”

“As expected! I knew Raiderun would pull it off.”

Not long ago, intelligence had come in that the next Saintess of the Holy Empire would be passing through the jurisdiction of the Demon King’s 3rd Corps in the near future.

Taking this as an opportunity, Hemis immediately gave Raiderun a mission.

“Raiderun, did you hear the news?”

“The Holy Empire’s next little slut is passing through my territory without fear.”

“What should we do?”

“She seems like she’ll be useful, so capture her alive. It’s okay to kill her if you can’t.”

“Understood.”

About 3 weeks had passed since Raiderun left.

Raiderun succeeded in capturing the Holy Empire’s next Saintess.

“You’ve worked hard. There are so many crazy fanatics around that bitch; it must have been difficult.”

“It was nothing.”

Of course, it wasn’t very easy.

Many high-ranking priests and holy knights were with the next Saintess.

And there were some idiots calling themselves Heroes mixed in.

But none of them could be a match for Raiderun.

Raiderun persistently tormented them for several days and succeeded in killing them all.

“I’ve gathered them all together in one nice lump.”

“Ohoho! Well done. As expected, there’s no friend as reliable as Raiderun!”

“You flatter me…”

“Go now. You must be tired; you should rest.”

“Yes.”

Just as Raiderun bowed and was about to leave,

*똑똑똑.* [Knock knock knock]

Someone knocked on the office door.

“Come in.”

The soldier who opened the door and came in was panting as if he had run urgently.

“Corps Commander, urgent news.”

“What is it?”

“The cooks encountered an accident while gathering ingredients.”

“What…?”

Hemis contorted her huge lips at the word accident.

“That happens every day, doesn’t it?”

After all, cooks die every day.

Hemis regularly received reports and checked the damage situation, so there was no reason to come and tell her like this.

“That’s… the scale of the damage is a bit large this time. Not many cooks have returned alive.”

“Huh? What happened?”

“A Thallas herd has taken root in the forest.”

“Ah… Thallas…”

Hemis was lost in thought at the word Thallas.

‘Thallas is delicious. Especially the dish made with the queen’s intestines is superb! Or eating the freshly laid eggs as they are…’

Hemis shook her head, having been lost in thought for a moment.

“Ahem! A Thallas herd. They’re quite dangerous guys. But wasn’t the chef Kulkan right now?”

“That’s right.”

“If it’s him, Thallas shouldn’t be a problem.”

“They say the queen appeared, so there was nothing they could do. Currently, most of the cooks, including Chef Kulkan, are either dead or missing.”

“Ahem~”

Hemis stroked her chin as if contemplating something.

“What about Choi Hyun-seok?”

“He’s also missing.”

“Is that so?”

Then Raiderun, who had been listening to the conversation, interjected.

“Corps Commander! Is Choi Hyun-seok with the cooks?”

“Ah, Raiderun didn’t know? Choi Hyun-seok is going hunting with the cooks.”

Raiderun’s face hardened at Hemis’s words.

“I’ve been living for the fun of seeing Choi Hyun-seok these days; it’s a shame. If he encountered the queen, he would have died for sure.”

“Corps Commander, may I go and see?”

“Oh! Really?”

Hemis was delighted at Raiderun’s offer.

Either way, someone had to be sent to clean up the Thallas herd.

But Thallas was a tricky monster because there were so many of them and the level of each individual was high.

Especially in the case of the queen, even a decent battalion commander-level executive couldn’t guarantee victory.

“I would have had to send at least one battalion. I’m grateful if Raiderun goes.”

“I’ll depart right away.”

“Yes, yes. But Raiderun, don’t get your hopes up too much. Choi Hyun-seok would already be dead.”

“Yes.”

Raiderun silently nodded and immediately left the office.

Hemis’s lips suddenly twisted as she watched him leave.

“Hmph… I don’t like it?”