Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad [EN]: Chapter 95

Choi Hyun-seok raised his arm and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

His fingertips trembled slightly, a testament to his overexertion.

His Magi and Mana consumption was also high, leaving him with less than half of his initial reserves.

A rather bleak situation.

But Choi Hyun-seok smiled.

“Jackpot level up.”

He had leveled up significantly for the first time in a while.

He couldn’t check his new stats yet because the battle was still raging, but he estimated he’d gained at least 20 levels.

“Ouch! Where do you think you’re going, you little bastard!”

He dodged a flying claw and threw a punch.

The Chimera, which had been charging recklessly, had its head blown off.

“No matter how many we kill, they just keep coming.”

Choi Hyun-seok shook his head.

Then Rachel, who was next to him, interjected.

“Come on, it’s almost over. Looks like there’s only half left now?”

“More like half *still* left.”

There were still nearly a thousand Chimeras remaining.

Too many to call it ‘only half’.

“Positivity! We must live with a positive mindset!”

“It feels strange to hear the word ‘positive’ coming from your mouth.”

“Seriously, who is as positive as this Rachel!”

Choi Hyun-seok almost retorted, ‘Aren’t you not even human?’ but stopped himself.

It wasn’t the first time Rachel had adopted a strange persona.

He usually let it slide.

‘Well, the situation isn’t *that* bad, as Rachel says.’

Although Choi Hyun-seok was groaning, the overall battle situation wasn’t dire.

The Scevin Clan, which had been launching the most threatening attacks, had suffered devastating losses.

Most of the remaining enemies were Chimeras.

They were engaged in a fierce battle with the soldiers of the Black Star, and it seemed like they could barely pull out a win.

In particular, the officers’ performance was outstanding.

Regimental Commander Roiger alone had slaughtered nearly 300 Chimeras.

‘It seems the battle on the ground is more or less decided, but the problem is up there.’

He raised his head and looked up at the sky.

There, Rotark and Hemis were locked in a close battle.

Kwarururu! Kwaa-!

Attacks poured endlessly from Rotark’s body.

It seemed like he was firing randomly, but each attack accurately targeted Hemis.

At that moment, one of the spells Hemis deflected flew nearby.

“Oh, shit!”

Choi Hyun-seok quickly moved.

Soon after, the magic exploded where he had been standing.

Kwaaaah-!

Just one.

Even though only one of the dozens of spells Rotark fired per minute fell to the ground, the result was terrifying.

About a dozen Chimeras that had gathered nearby disappeared without a trace.

‘As expected, winning or losing here is meaningless. The outcome will be decided up there.’

How monstrous is a Legion Commander?

Choi Hyun-seok realized once again.

Beyond the norm.

They were beings from a completely different dimension.

No matter how much he struggled here, the outcome of the war would ultimately be decided by their fight.

‘Surely the Lip Monster isn’t losing…?’

Concern appeared on his face.

Rotark’s potential was more powerful than he had thought.

He had only thought of him as a lab rat, but after all, a Legion Commander was a Legion Commander.

‘Why is she just taking hits? Fight back!’

Hemis was busy defending.

She occasionally counterattacked, but failed to inflict any meaningful damage.

Rotark relentlessly pushed Hemis.

At this rate, it seemed like Hemis would lose.

If Hemis were to be defeated, Choi Hyun-seok’s life would also be over.

‘Please… win!’

At this moment, Choi Hyun-seok was sincerely on Hemis’s side.

***

From the ground, the battle seemed overwhelmingly in Rotark’s favor.

Hemis was busy defending, and Rotark continued to push her.

However, Rotark himself was frustrated.

‘Why… why the hell!?’

At first, he thought he was doing great.

Hemis was busy blocking, and he was pushing her unilaterally.

But as time passed, he couldn’t help but realize.

Hemis wasn’t flustered at all.

She seemed to be retreating helplessly on the surface, but her face was still full of smiles.

Rather, Rotark, who was pushing her, felt the impatience first.

‘My output is almost at its limit.’

He couldn’t unleash any stronger attacks here.

Rotark was already pushing himself to his limit.

On the other hand, what about Hemis?

Rotark knew Hemis’s true power.

‘Is she only using about half of her power…?’

Maybe not even that much.

No one had ever seen Hemis’s full power.

“What are you doing?”

Rotark stopped attacking.

Hemis tilted her head 45 degrees.

“What do you mean?”

“Tch! Fight properly. I am Rotark, the Commander of the 2nd Legion and the leader of the Scevin Clan. Take this battle seriously!”

“Oh my, are you talking about honor and pride after stabbing me in the back like this?”

“…”

“Whatever. Don’t you have anything else to show me? I’m starting to get bored.”

Hemis’s lips stretched wide open.

She yawned.

The veins in Rotark’s head bulged.

‘To the very end, I’m being treated like a toy.’

The conversation just now made it clear.

Hemis was deliberately dragging out the battle.

Just to enjoy herself.

“We’ll see how long you can afford to be so relaxed.”

Rotark pulled up his Magi.

The mechanical devices piercing his body glowed red.

He was entering an overload state.

It was a dangerous act for Rotark, whose body was aging, but he didn’t care.

If he lost this battle, he would have no future anyway.

‘Yes… even if defeat is certain, I can’t stop.’

In fact, Rotark knew it too.

The moment Park Hyun-ah turned her back, victory had slipped away.

But he didn’t give up.

‘I will see the look on your lips when they are twisted in agony.’

Hemis always had a relaxed smile on her face.

She arrogantly looked down on everyone and treated every being like a toy.

Rotark especially suffered from that treatment.

Even though they were both Legion Commanders.

Because she had saved him when he was young.

Because she had helped him.

Hemis treated him like a young demon until the very end.

But, that would no longer be the case.

“Tchijik!”

Rotark’s arms pointed towards the sky.

Dozens of magic circles were created in the air and connected to the mechanical devices attached to Rotark’s body.

“Die!!!”

The Magi fired from dozens of magic circles swallowed everything.

Even light and sound.

Only darkness filled the world.

The Magi dyed everything black, like ink spilled on paper.

Seeing the black death flying towards her, Hemis’s lips stretched wide.

She smiled so brightly that her lips almost reached her ears.

“This is a little interesting?”

As soon as she spoke, the black death swallowed her.

“…”

Only darkness remained.

Hemis was nowhere to be seen.

Rotark, who was watching from afar, laughed wildly.

“Kahaha! How is it? Can you still ignore me even now!? Huh? Tell me! Say something!”

The strongest magic he could use.

Even a Demon King, let alone a fellow Legion Commander, would not be safe if hit by this magic.

Hemis, who had been careless, had clearly been annihilated without even resisting.

“Good! Hemis. I wonder how you feel about being defeated by me, whom you have treated like a servant for the past 400 years. Too bad! Too bad!”

Rotark cackled and shouted.

At that moment.

Jijijijik!

The black space began to crack.

Rotark’s eyes narrowed.

He couldn’t understand what was happening.

Shwaaaaaaa!

The space cracked, and Rotark’s Magi was sucked into it.

The black Magi that devoured everything.

It was being eaten instead.

All that remained was Hemis, standing there.

“That was a little dangerous.”

Hemis gave a twisted smile.

A line of blood flowed from her lips.

Even that was quickly absorbed back into Hemis and disappeared.

It was a futile result for an attack that was launched with the determination to die.

“H-How…”

Rotark’s pupils trembled.

Along with that, his arms and legs trembled like crazy.

He didn’t know if it was because of panic or the side effects of using magic.

He just wanted to deny this reality.

“You’re definitely not the same little brat as before. Thanks to you, I had fun.”

Hemis raised her hand and swept back her hair.

Her hair, which had been slightly disheveled by the aftermath of the magic, was neatly arranged again.

“Then, is it my turn now?”

Hemis’s lips opened once again.

Her lips, which continued to grow beyond her face, finally exceeded 3 meters [~10 feet].

Her lips were twice as large as her body.

Hundreds of tentacles began to pour out from inside her lips.

Chwarurururu!

The sky was filled with tentacles.

Seeing the flying tentacles, Rotark screamed.

“This can’t be happening…! This doesn’t make sense!”

He gathered the remaining Magi and counterattacked.

These mere tentacles.

He could slaughter them as much as he wanted.

The sharply honed Magi flew towards the tentacles.

The disgusting monster would instantly turn into minced meat and fall to the ground.

That’s what he thought.

But the visible result was completely different.

Crunch, crunch, crunch!

Hemis’s tentacles gnawed at Rotark’s magic.

The lips at the end of the tentacles opened, and the teeth protruding from within devoured the magic ravenously.

The sight of hundreds of tentacles baring their teeth was both disgusting and terrifying.

The tentacles that reached Rotark began to attack him.

Thwack, thwack! Kwadeuk! Pow!

It wasn’t magic.

The tentacles were attacking Rotark with pure physical force alone.

But the power was stronger than any magic.

Rotark was hit by hundreds of tentacles while floating in the air and flew back and forth.

Chwaak! Kwajik! Kwadeudeuk!

The tentacles occasionally bared their teeth and tore at Rotark.

Rotark was dissected in an instant, and the scattered blood settled thickly.

Chwaruruk!

After a while, the tentacles returned to Hemis’s lips.

She, who had returned to her normal appearance, took a step.

In front of her, Rotark was panting, barely clinging to life.

“Keheok, keheoheok…!”

Not much of his body remained.

His arms and legs were nowhere to be seen, and his torso was tattered, revealing his internal organs.

He would have died long ago from such injuries, but Rotark’s Magi stubbornly clung to his life.

“H-Hemis…”

Rotark opened his mouth with difficulty.

“I, I, I…”

She met his dying eyes.

Hemis didn’t say anything.

She just quietly watched his death.

“I wanted to be like you…”

At that moment.

Several memories flashed through Hemis’s mind.

Rotark, who was about to be executed as a mutant in the clan.

Rotark, who became a Legion Commander.

Rotark, who was surrounded by humans.

Hemis had saved him in every crisis.

And every time, Rotark would say as a habit.

“I will become a strong demon like Hemis-nim [a Japanese honorific] someday.”

“I will become a demon that no one can ignore. Tch!”

“Please wait for me, as I will become like Hemis-nim someday!”

Hemis knew.

That Rotark admired her.

But at some point, Rotark stopped saying those words.

There was hostility in his eyes towards her.

Admiration turned into jealousy and inferiority.

Hemis didn’t particularly care.

She was just watching Rotark as always.

Then, the dying Rotark opened his mouth again.

“I wanted to be like you…”

“I know. But you know.”

Hemis grinned.

“For someone like you to become like me. What an ambitious dream. Wouldn’t it be faster to be reborn? Ohohoho!”

“You bitch, to the very end…!”

Various emotions rose on Rotark’s face, but that was the end.

Kwadeuk!

Hemis swallowed Rotark whole.

She raised her hand and wiped the blood from her lips.

“Thanks to you, I had fun.”

Rotark, the Commander of the 2nd Legion of the Demon King’s Army and the leader of the Scevin Clan.

He was quite a useful toy.