Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad [EN]: Chapter 27

“Choi Hyun-seok is definitely cured, right?”

Raiderun asked with an urgent look.

The next Saintess, Abelson Marriott, shook her head.

“It’s not certain.”
“What do you mean by that?”

Raiderun’s face instantly contorted fiercely.

Despite the intimidating expression that would make an ordinary person wet their pants, Abelson continued speaking with an indifferent face, seemingly unconcerned.

“This much concentrated magical energy has been injected into a human. Normally, he should be dead. If I weren’t a Saintess, even saving him would have been difficult.”
“So, what’s the main point?”

Abelson glanced at Choi Hyun-seok and continued.

“As you can feel, the magical energy isn’t leaving this man’s body. No one knows what kind of impact this will have in the future.”

“Ugh…”

Raiderun couldn’t deny it.

Certainly, a faint magical energy remained and lingered in Choi Hyun-seok’s body.

Magical energy is exclusively for demons.

Humans and magical energy can never coexist.

Such an impossible thing was happening before their eyes.

“It might be a temporary phenomenon. Let’s monitor the situation, as the magical energy might naturally disappear over time.”
“Can’t you just erase the magical energy with your divine power?”
“That’s like a sensitive bomb. If touched incorrectly, this man will die.”

Abelson said calmly.

Instantly, Choi Hyun-seok, who was listening to the conversation from the side, quickly raised his hand.

“Raiderun-nim [term of respect]. I’m okay! I’m completely fine now! Hahaha!”

Just a few minutes ago, he thought it would be fortunate to die, but now that he knew he was alive, he didn’t want to die.

Choi Hyun-seok still had many things he wanted to do while alive.

Raiderun reluctantly nodded.

“Choi Hyun-seok, I’m sorry. I will somehow repay you for this.”
“Not at all! It’s just a minor trouble that occurred during Raiderun-nim’s guidance. There’s no need to worry about it at all. I’ll just consider this as tuition. Hahahaha!”

Choi Hyun-seok’s tongue danced flamboyantly.

The effect was remarkable.

“Sniff… As expected, you are…!”

Raiderun wiped his eyes with an impressed expression.

Abelson quietly watched the farce from the side.

For the first time, an expression was forming on her face.

‘What on earth are these guys…?’

Question and disgust arose.

A human living in the 3rd Corps headquarters of the Demon King’s army.

Judging from the circumstances, that human seems to be receiving training from Raiderun, a high-ranking demon.

Abelson guessed that this man was highly likely to be a Hero.

Black hair and black eyes.

Only demons or Heroes possess that.

No matter how she looked at it, this man didn’t seem like a demon.

If so, the only thing left was a Hero.

Although not all Heroes are like that, quite a few Heroes had black hair like that man.

‘A human Hero receiving training from a high-ranking executive of the Demon King’s army…’

She couldn’t help but laugh at the absurdity of her own thoughts.

It was a situation she couldn’t understand with her mind.

“Choi Hyun-seok, let’s move soon.”

Raiderun said, getting up from his seat.

Choi Hyun-seok looked at him with a puzzled face.

“Yes? Move where?”
“Now that your body is all better, shouldn’t we continue the training!?”

Instantly, despair crossed Choi Hyun-seok’s face.

It was only a fleeting moment of about 0.1 seconds, but Abelson saw it clearly.

However, Choi Hyun-seok looked at Raiderun with an impressed face, as if nothing had happened.

“R, Raiderun-nim…!”

He said, wiping away tears.

“I am just grateful that you are teaching me so enthusiastically!”

“Good! Let’s go!”
Tears welled up in Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes as he answered energetically.

“…”

Abelson thought.

She didn’t know how such a bizarre situation had occurred.

However, one thing was certain.

‘You’re having a hard time too.’

That man was desperately trying to survive.

***

Whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, Choi Hyun-seok couldn’t continue his training.

It was because he received a call that Bobo was rampaging since he hadn’t shown up for a long time.

“I’m sorry, Raiderun-nim. It seems like we’ll have to continue the training tomorrow.”
“Okay. It can’t be helped…”

Choi Hyun-seok said with a genuinely regretful face.

Of course, his true feelings were completely different.

‘Bobo! Thank you!’

He knew that this training was a tremendous opportunity.

He also knew that he had to work harder to survive.

However, he felt like he would really die if he got hit a few more times by Raiderun.

There’s nothing more foolish than dying in training to survive.

“Bobo! I’m here!”

Choi Hyun-seok, who came to Bobo’s house, spread his arms.

Then, Bobo, who was excited, ran over, drooling and panting.

“Heh! Heh!”

“Yes, yes. Hyung [older brother] missed you so much…. Keuk!”

A powerful body slam was executed.

Choi Hyun-seok widened his eyes in pain but smiled inwardly.

‘It feels less painful than before?’

Was it just his imagination?

He felt like his endurance had increased compared to before.

Even though he wasn’t at the level of controlling magical energy as he pleased yet.

‘Is it just because I got hit too much by Raiderun?’

Perhaps he had simply become accustomed to the pain.

Brushing aside trivial thoughts.

Choi Hyun-seok began to play with Bobo.

“Bobo! Fetch!”

“Heck! Heh!”

He also played fetch with bones that large dogs like.

“Good, good. Yes. Eat a lot.”

He also filled Bobo’s belly with the remaining Talas meat.

While Choi Hyun-seok was away, Bobo had eaten three goblins.

Still, perhaps because he was still hungry, Bobo devoured the Talas corpses voraciously.

“Oh, you’re so pretty! Our Bobo!”

Choi Hyun-seok constantly stroked Bobo’s head.

It looked like they were just playing, but the reality was different.

‘Now what do I do…’

He was diligently replaying what had happened today.

As survival was his biggest concern, he didn’t have the luxury to play comfortably.

‘So. The conclusion is that I’m in a very screwed situation right now…’

He had roughly grasped the situation.

The stupid blockhead Raiderun committed the atrocity of injecting magical energy into his body for some reason.

So, he was driven to the brink of death, but barely survived with the help of a woman named Saintess.

‘And that magical energy is still in my body.’

Of course, the magical energy might naturally dissipate over time.

However, there is also the possibility that it won’t.

In other words, a bomb that could explode at any time has been planted in Choi Hyun-seok’s body.

‘Ah, this is really going too far.’
He shook his head to shake off his thoughts.

In any case, he knew nothing about magical power, magical energy, or divine power.

So, this wasn’t a problem that could be solved by worrying about it.

‘Let’s focus on what I can do right now.’

Controlling magical power freely is the top priority right now.

He decided to put aside everything else for now.

“Hmm…?”

After organizing his thoughts, Choi Hyun-seok noticed something was wrong.

Something was missing.

‘Rachel isn’t here?’

He hadn’t seen Rachel once since he woke up.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind.

‘Could it be…’

The conversation he had with the Saintess Abelson a little while ago came to mind.

“Please throw Rachel into hell. She’s not the type to be an angel. You have no idea how foul-mouthed she is for an angel. All she does is swear.”

Words he blurted out, mistaking Abelson for an angel.

It was a joke, but Rachel had definitely heard it.

‘To be honest, half of it was true, but…’

That’s why he felt even more sorry.

Choi Hyun-seok carefully called out to Rachel.

“Rachel. Where are you…?”

There was no answer.

Choi Hyun-seok called out to Rachel again.

“Rachel~?”

“Why…”

Rachel’s voice was heard from the corner of the room.

“What. You were there….”

Choi Hyun-seok, who was speaking, suddenly stopped.

There was Rachel, with her eyes swollen.

Rachel was about 30cm tall, similar to a doll.

He wondered how much she had cried with that small body, as tears were pooled in one corner of the room.

“Ahem, ahem! Rachel… Why are you doing that there…”
“It’s nothing… The noble Hero shouldn’t care about someone lowly like me…”

Rachel’s voice was as weak as that of a dying person.

She came in front of Choi Hyun-seok and slammed her head on the floor.

Thud!

Choi Hyun-seok was startled and widened his eyes.

“Please forgive me!”

“Hey! Why suddenly….”

“Hero-nim [term of respect]. Shall I serve you? Since I’ll have to serve you forever in heaven anyway, I should practice in advance.”
“Rachel. It was a joke… Why are you so discouraged by something like that, wait a minute! You’re bleeding on your head!?”

Blood was flowing down Rachel’s head.

She raised her hand and wiped her forehead, then chuckled.

“That’s good. I have to atone… Ah! I’m a stupid, useless, and foul-mouthed bad girl! I’d rather die! Die!”

Rachel tried to slam her head on the floor again.

Choi Hyun-seok quickly snatched her up.

Rachel, who was caught in his hand, struggled.

“Eek…! Let me go! Hero-nim should live happily with a pretty silver-haired angel and even kiss her!”

Even in the midst of all this, Rachel couldn’t fix her foul language.

“It’s a joke. A joke! Rachel. You’re the best! You’re the greatest!”
“Don’t say things you don’t mean.”

“I’m serious!?”

Choi Hyun-seok shouted with half sincerity.

Anyway, it was true that she was pretty.

Being pretty is the best.

“Rachel, you’re the best! Huh!?”

That day, Choi Hyun-seok had no choice but to appease Rachel all night long.

***

The next day.

Choi Hyun-seok visited Raiderun’s personal training ground without fail.

“I’m going to get beaten to death again…”

It was to be beaten in the name of magical power control training.

However, today’s training was a little different from what he had expected.

“Choi Hyun-seok. Do you know the word ‘Fighting Spirit’?”

Raiderun suddenly asked a question.

‘Fighting Spirit?’

Generally, when you say Fighting Spirit, the first thing that comes to mind is obvious.

Stock speculation. Real estate speculation.

However, Choi Hyun-seok was a martial arts fighter.

Fighting Spirit was more familiar to him in a different sense.

Fight (鬪), Skill (技).

It literally means all sports that involve hitting each other.

Choi Hyun-seok opened his mouth.

“Isn’t it a fighting technique?”
“The broad meaning is that. But the Fighting Spirit I’m talking about isn’t that.”

Suddenly, Raiderun took a fighting stance.

He seemed to have judged that it would be faster to show it directly rather than explain it in words.

“Watch carefully.”

Raiderun’s body moves slowly.

Accordingly, angry muscles twitched on his red skin.

‘What is he doing…?’

Raiderun’s posture was strange, like a martial artist.

A natural movement that was neither fast nor slow.

Overall, his movement was similar to a normal straight punch.

However, the result was not normal at all.

Crack, Kwaaa-!

A storm of magical power blew in a straight line from Raiderun’s punch.

“Whoa…”

Choi Hyun-seok unknowingly opened his mouth wide.

‘If I get hit there, it’ll be hard to even find the body…’

It seems like there wouldn’t be anything left after being torn to shreds.

Raiderun, who showed tremendous destructive power, said indifferently.

“Mages use magic with magical power.”

“…”

“Fighting Spirit, to put it simply, is magic for fighters like us.”

“I understand.”

Choi Hyun-seok thought it was roughly a concept like a finishing move.

“Choi Hyun-seok. Your movements are definitely excellent. But your attack lacks something important.”
“Something important?”
“Yes. You don’t have the will to kill. An attack that lacks the purpose of killing and crushing the enemy is only half complete.”

“…”

“I don’t know where you learned your martial arts, but in that state, you’ll never be able to beat Kurken.”

Raiderun’s point was accurate.

The modern martial arts techniques that Choi Hyun-seok possessed did not have the will to kill.

The purpose of martial arts is not to kill the opponent, but to knock them down.

A fight based on rules and a fight for life.

The difference was greater than he thought.

“It would be impossible to change your fighting style in a short period of time.”

Raiderun perfectly grasped that, even without knowing the details.

“So, you will learn Fighting Spirit. Because Fighting Spirit is a technique only for killing enemies.”

“I understand.”

“Good. Of course, learning Fighting Spirit won’t be easy. It will be even more so for you, who has just awakened magical power.”

“…”

“But I believe you can do it. Choi Hyun-seok. You can definitely learn Fighting Spirit in the remaining time.”
“I will work hard!”

Choi Hyun-seok’s heart was pounding.

‘Am I really becoming a hero!’

The heroes he had only seen in movies.

Like them, he can use mysterious powers to smash enemies.

Even if he was learning from a Demon King’s army executive, who could be called a villain.

There is no sin in power itself.

As they say, earn like a dog and spend like a king.

If he learns well here, he can use it for good later.

“Then let’s start.”

“Yes!”

“Clench your teeth tightly.”

“Yes…?”

Why would he clench his teeth to learn Fighting Spirit?

The question was quickly resolved.

“It’s faster to learn while getting hit.”
“Um… That could really kill me if I get hit wrong, Keuk!”

Choi Hyun-seok’s ordeal had just begun.