Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad [EN]: Chapter 242

Bring Down Gatrren!

Choi Hyun-seok, who shouted so boldly, faced difficulties from the start.

“What should I do first?”

Gatrren isn’t the name of some neighborhood corner store.

It’s one of the two largest empires on the continent.

Its territory is about the size of the United States on Earth.

Trying to bring down such an empire, he couldn’t figure out where to start.

He couldn’t just destroy cities indiscriminately.

Charging into the capital and beheading the Pope didn’t seem like a very realistic plan either.

After pondering, Choi Hyun-seok contacted Olaven Grimir of the Drasen Empire.

-Sir Choi Hyun-seok! So it’s true you’ve returned. We hadn’t heard from you for half a year, and I thought you had died abroad.

Olaven Grimir welcomed Choi Hyun-seok’s return.

His excited voice could be heard even through the communication device, showing his extreme enthusiasm.

“Yes. It’s been a while.”

After exchanging greetings for a moment,

Choi Hyun-seok immediately got to the point.

“Do you have any Gatrren strongholds that I can destroy on my own? I’m about to start moving, but I don’t know where to begin.”

-Then a military base is the best! Wait a moment!

Olaven Grimir rattled off information about Gatrren’s major military bases.

“Let’s get together for a drink sometime.”

He recorded all the information he was given.

As Choi Hyun-seok was about to end the communication, Olaven Grimir stopped him.

-Sir Choi Hyun-seok. I don’t know if you know, but Lady Park Hyun-ah is also quite active.

“Hyun-ah noona [older sister or female friend] is?”

-It’s already been three months since the war with Gatrren began. You might even run into her on the battlefield. Keep that in mind.

“I will.”

After ending the communication,

Choi Hyun-seok carefully examined the information on Gatrren’s military bases.

“Klubi Fortress. Let’s go here.”

Klubi Fortress was the final choice.

He thought it wouldn’t be a bad place to start, considering various conditions.

“Hero. Why is it so noisy?”

“Yeah. What’s going on?”

“Let’s go see!”

As they were heading to Klubi Fortress,

Suddenly, the surroundings became noisy, so they moved to find out what was happening.

“And to think I’d run into Noona here.”

He vaguely thought that he would meet her someday while fighting Gatrren, but he didn’t expect to run into her before the first battle even started.

“Fate is fate.”

“Indeed.”

As Choi Hyun-seok and Rahel nodded, marveling at how small the world was,

A holy knight swung his sword.

“Die!”

“If you announce it like that before swinging, even a blind person could dodge it.”

He twisted his shoulder to avoid the sword and punched the enemy’s chin.

Thwack-!

With a heavy impact sound, the holy knight’s head turned sharply.

The holy knight, with glazed eyes, knelt down like a doll with its strings cut and slammed his head into the ground.

“Rahel. Take care of things here. I’ll go talk to Noona.”

“Yessir!”

Rahel took a salute posture as if to say, leave it to me.

At the same time, he felt mana being sucked out.

Rahel can use Choi Hyun-seok’s mana.

Currently, Choi Hyun-seok’s mana is at 632 points.

With this level, it would be hard to find an opponent even if you searched the entire continent.

Naturally, a few common priests and holy knights could never stop Rahel.

“Kkeuaaaa-!”

“Save me!”

While Rahel was rampaging,

Choi Hyun-seok approached Park Hyun-ah.

He waved his hand and grinned.

“Noona! It’s been a while.”

“It’s been a while, my ass! Where have you been hiding, sucking honey, only to show up now!?”

“I had some circumstances. Circumstances.”

“Enough. Let’s get out of here. This isn’t the time to be chatting idly.”

“Run away?”

“Yeah. There are guys chasing us.”

“Instead of that, let’s just deal with them here.”

To run away in this situation.

He didn’t think there was a need to do that.

Judging from the situation, Park Hyun-ah had clearly finished recovering.

He was also in top condition.

If he joined forces with her, wouldn’t they be able to easily take down two or three legends in an instant?

It seemed better to counterattack and deal with the enemy than to run away.

Even though Choi Hyun-seok conveyed these thoughts, Park Hyun-ah insisted that they had to leave this place.

“Just follow me! I’ll explain as we go.”

“Understood. Rahel! Stop playing around and come with us!”

“Yessir!”

Choi Hyun-seok had no choice but to run after Park Hyun-ah.

Rahel, who had been playing around by casting magic at the holy knights and priests, also settled on Choi Hyun-seok’s shoulder, her designated spot.

“Hero Unit 1! Depart!”

***

As they quickly left the battlefield, Park Hyun-ah began to explain.

“You know the Gatrren Legend Trio, right?”

“Isn’t that the Legend Trio led by that woman named Kinley or something?”

“That’s right. They’re right behind us.”

“With that level, can’t Noona and I handle them together?”

Choi Hyun-seok had fought Kinley briefly.

She was definitely a formidable enemy, but he didn’t think he couldn’t win.

If he joined forces with Park Hyun-ah, they could definitely take on even three legends.

“Well. If it were just those three, we’d have a chance. But how many enemies do you think are here?”

Choi Hyun-seok tried to count the magic power and divine power felt from all directions but gave up.

As Park Hyun-ah said, there were too many enemies.

“It’s not just a lot. What you’re feeling now is only a small part. If we stay in one place, they’ll keep coming through space-time gates.”

“That’s definitely a problem.”

Constantly replenishing enemies is troublesome.

No matter how strong they are, there’s a limit to their stamina and magic power.

Space-time movement is also blocked by the barrier.

If they keep fighting endlessly, they will eventually run out of strength.

And if they are surrounded when their stamina is low, that’s the end.

“There’s another problem.”

“What else is left?”

“This is actually the biggest problem.”

Park Hyun-ah’s expression suddenly hardened.

“Remember the Hero Unit we fought before?”

“Those doll-like guys?”

“Yeah. We don’t know when that Hero Unit will appear. If we run into them, it’ll be really tough.”

“Well. Those guys were quite strong.”

Hero Unit.

They are called Iron Demons on the battlefield, but Choi Hyun-seok mainly called them dolls.

Choi Hyun-seok knew very well how strong their power was.

He almost died fighting them in front of the Demon King’s castle.

If Park Hyun-ah hadn’t forcibly awakened at that time, he would have been defeated by them.

But the situation is different now.

He and Park Hyun-ah have become much stronger than before.

“Since we’ve become stronger, wouldn’t we be able to win easily if we fought them again?”

“While we were getting stronger, do you think they were just playing around? Rather, they’ve grown even more than we have. They’ve been rolling around on the battlefield for the past year.”

“Ah…”

It’s been almost a year since they last faced them.

They wouldn’t have been just playing around during that time.

They would have raised their levels considerably while fighting the Demon King’s army.

“I ran into them by chance before, and it was no joke. I rate the Hero Unit higher than the Legend Trio.”

“They’re that strong?”

No matter how strong the Hero Unit is, to be rated higher than the top three legends.

It was hard to believe, but Park Hyun-ah’s expression was serious.

“Fraudulent level of linked magic. Not to mention the individual combat power, they also have a solid response to close combat, which is the weakness of magic units. And the numbers are enormous. Roughly confirmed, there are only four thousand. I guarantee, with this level, even the old Joodungi [nickname for Hemis] would have a hard time.”

Choi Hyun-seok’s expression became serious.

The old Joodungi probably refers to Hemis before she weakened.

How strong that Hemis was can be seen by recalling her fight against the 2nd Corps Commander, Rotark.

‘Even thinking about it now, it’s unbelievable. And even that wasn’t her full power.’

At that time, Rotark showed tremendous martial prowess.

Choi Hyun-seok’s level was lower than it is now, and it was so long ago that he wasn’t sure, but.

Even if Choi Hyun-seok fought now, he couldn’t guarantee that he could win.

Hemis played with such Rotark.

‘Thinking about it again, she’s a real monster.’

Choi Hyun-seok suddenly became curious.

Assuming, but if he, Park Hyun-ah, and Hemis before she weakened fought now, what would happen?

“If I and Noona fought the prime Hemis. Who do you think would win?”

“If we fought 2 on 1… the win rate would be about 40% at best.”

“It’s only that much?”

“No. Thinking about it again, it’s less than 30%. No more than that.”

Park Hyun-ah said in a firm voice.

“30%… that’s much lower than I expected.”

“You don’t know because you haven’t fought her. Joodungi is a real monster. If she had made up her mind, she would have taken over the Demon King and everything else long ago.”

“Hmm, if she’s that strong, why was she defeated by Gatrren?”

“Because she fell into a trap prepared by Gatrren’s best elites at the time. If she hadn’t fallen into the trap and just fought them head-on, she wouldn’t have lost like that.”

Choi Hyun-seok nodded slowly.

Even the strong Hemis was eventually caught in a trap and defeated.

That’s how scary a prepared battlefield is.

He was reminded once again that he should be more careful rather than recklessly acting just because he had become stronger.

“Anyway, the point is this. The Hero Unit is strong enough to make even that monster Joodungi nervous. So don’t act recklessly just because you’ve gotten a little stronger, and be careful.”

“Yes.”

Nodding, Choi Hyun-seok looked around.

He no longer felt any divine power or magic power.

As they talked, they seemed to have completely left the battlefield.

“The barrier is also gone.”

As the distance increased, the barrier deployed by the enemy was no longer within reach.

From here, they could use space-time movement magic to escape.

“Good. Let’s move right away.”

Park Hyun-ah used space-time movement magic to take Choi Hyun-seok and Rahel to the place where the hideout was located.

***

“The trail ends here. After investigating the remnants of magic power, it seems they used space-time movement magic.”

“Track the coordinates immediately.”

“Yes.”

Kinley Fusel, who gave the order, turned around and kicked the ground with a curse.

“Damn it!”

She missed Park Hyun-ah again.

How many failures is this?

No matter how much she prepares, she can’t catch her.

This time, in particular, she had no choice but to let her go helplessly.

Because an unexpected intruder intervened.

“Choi Hyun-seok. That guy showed up, and things got even more twisted.”

Choi Hyun-seok, who had been holed up somewhere, suddenly appeared.

He’s also a problem.

Kinley, who had briefly worked with him, knew his danger well.

“Park Hyun-ah is threatening, but that guy is no less so.”

Park Hyun-ah is definitely a dangerous enemy.

The best magic skills on the continent.

The amount of magic power that supports him, which is impossible to know the end.

Close combat ability also belongs to the top in the legend.

She is also smart, so she knows her strengths and limitations and moves accurately.

Choi Hyun-seok’s danger was not inferior to that of Park Hyun-ah.

“No, from our point of view, Choi Hyun-seok is more dangerous than Park Hyun-ah. His close-range combat ability far surpasses Park Hyun-ah.”

In some ways, Choi Hyun-seok was much more dangerous than Park Hyun-ah.

Looking only at close combat ability, Choi Hyun-seok overwhelmed Park Hyun-ah.

If Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-ah are together, they will perfectly complement even the slight weaknesses they had.

It goes without saying that Kinley and her colleagues are in a much more dangerous situation than before.

“This won’t do. We have to come up with something.”

Kinley, who was worried, got up from her seat.

Gelling and Asmund, who were talking together, looked at her.

“Kinley. Where are you going?”

“Gratium [Gatrren’s capital city].”

“Why the capital?”

Kinley clenched her fist tightly.

“I need to meet the Pope and talk.”