Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad [EN]: Chapter 271

There are No Bad Heroes in the World – Episode 271 (271/273)

Ah, I can’t get any stronger.

I first had this thought when my combat power exceeded 1 million.

It was also when my average stats exceeded 600.

At the time, Choi Hyun-seok thought.

‘There’s no point in getting stronger from here.’

Even if I level up and raise my points, it won’t bring meaningful results.

Because I was already overwhelmingly strong.

In addition, the reason was that I had reached the limit of the power I could control.

Then, Choi Hyun-seok instinctively sensed.

‘To get stronger from here, I need to become something completely new, different from what I’ve been until now.’

I don’t know why I thought that way.

It was just a feeling.

And Choi Hyun-seok was sure.

‘I can do it.’

If it was him, he could reach that new something.

A turning point.

If I could break this invisible but clearly blocking wall, I would reach it in an instant.

But, that was the end.

Choi Hyun-seok couldn’t move forward.

To be exact, he stopped himself.

‘Now is not the time to cling to such abstract things.’

In order to stop the rushing crowd of cultists, he couldn’t rest for a moment.

Besides, the final battle is coming up soon.

It’s not the time to cling to a mirage that I don’t know when I’ll reach.

– Or so I thought.

To be honest, I knew.

“I was running away.”

Choi Hyun-seok was too exhausted.

The continuous battle with the cultists.

No, should I call it a massacre?

The physical fatigue was considerable, but the mental fatigue was really serious.

The self-loathing and guilt that accumulated from killing so many people with his own hands was unbearable.

In the midst of all this, he felt a new realm, or something.

If I reach it, what will happen after that?

Choi Hyun-seok was anxious.

If I really reach that new realm.

At that time, I felt like I would really abandon humanity.

I would just remain a killing machine with better performance.

So I ran away.

I tried to ignore it and not recognize it.

“There’s nowhere to run anymore.”

The head burns white as time seems to slow down due to excessive concentration.

Mana begins to rotate fiercely.

The mana, which was accelerating more and more, soon merges with the body.

Choi Hyun-seok smiled at the Pope.

“The reason you’re only half-baked… That’s actually natural.”

“… What are you talking about?”

“Your goal is a realm that you can’t reach with divine power in the first place.”

In fact, I felt it the moment I saw the Pope in the Imperial Palace.

The Pope had reached the new realm, that something, that he had been thinking about.

But, it’s incomplete.

The reason is that the Pope’s foundation is divine power.

“Mana is the source of everything.”

Mana, magic, divine power.

All are just branches of mana.

Everything in the world is made of mana.

A cycle that starts with mana and ends with mana.

“Transcending reality… means becoming one with the source, mana.”

This is only possible for Choi Hyun-seok.

He is the only one who can handle mana and has a body with overwhelmingly high mana affinity.

A phenomenon that can never be found in the same human.

At some point, his body was ready.

All that was left was his own will.

It crossed my mind that Hemis might have known this fact.

Whooooosh-!

Mana swirls around Choi Hyun-seok.

I want to move.

As soon as I thought that, the mana moved as naturally as if it had become part of my body.

The power was so strong that for a moment, I had the illusion that the surrounding space was distorted.

“H-How…”

The Pope stared at the scene with a bewildered expression.

Confusion. Chaos. Jealousy. Fear.

All sorts of thoughts and emotions floated around in my head.

“I can’t accept it… I…!”

All those emotions merged into one.

“I can’t accept it!!!”

It was a terrible anger.

***

Divine power scatters.

The pure white crystals that fell all over Gratiam swirled and caused a storm.

“Oh God!”

“God is angry!”

“Receive divine punishment! Hahaha!”

The cultists on the ground spread their arms and welcomed the raging storm.

“How did I get here…! Do you think I’ll collapse like this!”

The Pope entrusted himself to terrible anger.

He couldn’t accept the reality that the ending of the story he had been working on for over a hundred years was like this.

He couldn’t admit that a brat who had only been in this world for a few years had surpassed him.

He was also feeling fear towards that brat.

So he was angry.

“I don’t care what you’ve become! I’ll kill you on the spot and I’ll become a being that has transcended everything!”

Whooooooong-!

The swirling divine power crystals began to gather together.

A size that is on a different level from what I have seen so far.

The diameter alone seemed to be hundreds of meters.

The energy emanating from the crystal in the form of a giant sphere made the air tremble.

“Shit! What’s going on!?”

Park Hyun-ah’s eyes widened as she watched from the ground.

No wonder, the energy contained in that sphere was enough to completely destroy the entire Gratiam.

Like the old saying that shrimp get their backs broken in a whale fight [meaning the small and weak suffer in the conflicts of the powerful].

If I stood next to it, I might get hurt.

“Don’t stand there like an idiot and step back. Our role is over.”

Park Hyun-ah and Hemis.

And all the legends, including Kinley Fusel, retreated from the battlefield.

They instinctively realized that there was nothing more they could do on this battlefield.

“Die!!!!!”

Soon, the giant sphere moves.

Choi Hyun-seok stood there and looked at the approaching mass of divine power.

He could avoid it if he wanted to, but if he did, it would fall on the city.

It was obvious that the people in the city would die.

“I don’t need to avoid it in the first place.”

Choi Hyun-seok lightly kicked the air.

Crack!

The space he stepped on was distorted.

Shot like light, he was already standing in front of the giant sphere.

Choi Hyun-seok raised his leg towards the sphere without hesitation.

Paah-!

The sphere that was falling to the ground turned 180 degrees and flew into the sky.

The sphere, which was rapidly increasing in altitude, soon caused a huge explosion.

Kwaaaaaaaa-!

The world turns white.

It was hard to open my eyes because the light was so strong.

A high-temperature heat wave struck as enormous energy scattered.

Choi Hyun-seok raised his hand and spread mana widely to block the aftermath of the explosion.

“It’s more dangerous than I thought.”

Choi Hyun-seok was inwardly surprised by the stronger-than-expected power.

What would have happened if I hadn’t stopped the sphere?

At least all living things within a radius of several kilometers would have died.

“I need to kill you quickly.”

Choi Hyun-seok kicked the air again.

The Pope almost instinctively raised his arms to protect his head.

Koong!

With a heavy noise, the Pope’s figure was shot backwards.

Choi Hyun-seok followed him and continued to throw punches and kicks.

Toong! Koong! Kwajik!

Every time a shock wave exploded, the Pope flew around in the air.

I can’t handle it.

Choi Hyun-seok’s speed was on a different level.

A tremendous speed that I couldn’t even recognize where the attack was coming from.

Even in the midst of being hit so many times and being out of his mind, the Pope’s anger did not subside.

“I, I! What I’ve done!!!”

“You’re persistent. Didn’t you say that the longer you resist, the greater the pain? I’ll give it back to you as it is. Just give up.”

The difference in power between the two is overwhelming.

Just like the Pope overwhelmed Choi Hyun-seok before.

Choi Hyun-seok was overwhelming the Pope even more than that.

In just a few minutes, the Pope, who had become a mess, suddenly released divine power.

“Kuaaaaaaaa!”

Divine power was erupting in all directions and light burst out.

“I’m not going to disappear like this! If I can’t have it, I’ll destroy it! No, I’ll make sure no one on this land survives!”

Once again, crystals swirled around the Pope.

But, it was different from before.

The rushing crystals began to cover the Pope’s body.

Swaaaaaaaa!

A mass of divine power that rotates fiercely and increases in volume.

Inside, the Pope himself became the center of the giant crystal.

“Is it a suicide attack?”

For the first time, embarrassment appeared on Choi Hyun-seok’s face.

The size of the crystal grew unimaginably fast.

The diameter of the crystal exceeded several kilometers in the blink of an eye.

“Oh… this is a bit dangerous, isn’t it?”

Just a moment ago, a diameter of several hundred meters had the power to destroy this city.

But this time, it’s a super-giant crystal of several kilometers.

The energy contained within was simply a lot.

– It wasn’t something that could be expressed as such.

The radius of several tens of kilometers from the explosion point would be completely destroyed, and half of the continent might turn into a land of death.

[Die… die… die…]

The Pope’s last struggle began.

A mass of crystals falling from the sky.

Goooooooooooooooo…!

Choi Hyun-seok raised his head and quietly looked at the scene.

Would it feel like this if a white meteorite fell?

It was a spectacle if it was a spectacle.

“I think I can do it.”

Choi Hyun-seok clenched his fist.

He felt confident that he could do anything now.

The surrounding mana swirled and rushed into his fist.

Whoooooooooooo!

Mana rotating fiercely.

Choi Hyun-seok reached out and hit the end of the crystal that was right in front of him.

Crack, crack-!

A crack occurs in the giant crystal.

The cracks that spread quickly covered the entire crystal in an instant.

Crack crack crack!

A mass of crystals wobbling precariously with countless cracks.

It soon split.

Chaeaeeng!

The crystal shatters into pieces with a clear sound.

It was split and split into hundreds of millions of very small crystals.

Tuwaaaa!

A strong wind blows late.

The split crystals were scattered all over the continent.

Choi Hyun-seok said calmly, looking at the crystal fragments reflecting in the sunlight.

“… It’s going to snow.”

***

Drakel, the capital of the Drasen Empire.

An unprecedented large-scale war was taking place on the great plains in front of it.

Numerous people were entangled, and blood and flesh were scattered.

Screams and laughter never stop.

“Stop them! It’s over if this is breached!”

“Hehehe! God is watching you!”

“Peace and rest! That is death!”

Cultists with smiles on their faces.

People and demons fighting against them with all their might.

At first, there were some who felt awkward or unpleasant about the alliance between humans and demons.

Now, such thoughts have long disappeared.

The cultist crowd was a disaster that swallowed everything.

What’s the point of arguing about whether humans are good or demons are good when facing them?

Those who faced the common task of survival were inevitably forced to unite.

“Wizard! When is the support magic coming!?”

“My magic power is running out! You have to wait a little longer!”

“How long have you been fighting that your magic power is already running out!?”

A chaotic battlefield.

Looking down at the place, Olaven Grimiere, the Duke of the Empire, bit his lip.

“Hahaha! For rest!”

“God guides us!”

Before I knew it, the cultist crowd was showing up here at the rear of the front line.

The victory or defeat of the war has already been decided.

No, this was a fight where victory or defeat was determined from the beginning.

A disaster was not something that could be faced with mere spirit and will.

“Your Majesty. You must evacuate now.”

Olaven Grimiere urgently searched for the Emperor.

Lambert, the Emperor of Drasen.

He shook his head.

“If I run away… What’s left then?”

“Now is not the time to say such things….”

“Duke, look up.”

The Emperor stared at the battlefield with calm eyes.

“Everyone risked their lives. Can the Duke turn away even after seeing this?”

“Your Majesty must survive to unite the remaining people!”

“If it’s just to eke out a miserable existence, I’ll choose death.”

“Please survive even if it’s just to eke out a miserable existence! That’s how there will be a future!”

Emperor Lambert did not answer.

He just gripped his sword tightly.

He also trained in swordsmanship from a young age.

He is over forty and has reached the age of knowing his destiny, but he was still good enough to play the role of a knight.

“Hehe! Unbelievers die….”

Seogeok-

Lambert, who cut off the neck of the rushing cultist, raised the corners of his lips.

“You step back and go to the castle walls. You will be more needed than me.”

“Your Majesty!”

“The Emperor of the Empire fought bravely and died heroically. If you promote it like that, you can ignite your will even a little more, right?”

“No! Your Majesty!”

Before Olaven Grimiere could stop him.

The Emperor charged into the battlefield with his Imperial Guard Knights.

“Let’s go! Let the ignorant cultists know what the spirit of the Empire is!”

““Yes!””

Emperor Lambert moved his feet with all his might.

Soon, one of the cultists with wide eyes blocked his way.

“Rest in peace!!!”

“Good! I grant you rest!”

Just before the sharp sword passed the cultist’s neck.

Thud-

Suddenly, the cultist collapsed.

That wasn’t the end of it.

All the cultists on the battlefield lost their strength and collapsed in order, as if dominoes were falling.

“…”

Silence fell on the battlefield for a moment.

All that could be heard were the sounds of panting and the groans of the injured.

Everyone looked at the cultists who had fallen in front of them with shaking eyes.

It was then that a pure white and warm crystal touched the Emperor’s hand.

“This is…?”

The Emperor, who raised his head and looked at the sky, opened his mouth without realizing it.

“… Snow, is it?”

Under the hot sun.

Pure white snow was sparkling and falling in the sunlight.