Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad-Chapter 73

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Choi Hyun-seok frantically crossed through the forest.

This would attract the attention of magical beasts, but there was no choice.

Right now, getting away from Holgot was the priority.

“Why is that goat bastard only obsessed with me!”

“Hero, let’s just destroy him completely!”

“How would we destroy him?”

“Like this! Just! Beat him! Up!”

Rachel swung her fists in the air.

Choi Hyun-seok shook his head with a sigh.

“Wait for now. We should avoid fighting if possible.”

Personally, Choi Hyun-seok wanted to have a good fight too.

However, the timing wasn’t good.

So far, only two participants have been eliminated.

There were still 22 participants remaining.

To achieve his goal of making it into the top 10, he had to conserve his strength.

‘Despite his appearance, that goat has combat power over 40,000. There’s no guarantee of winning. Even if I win, I’ll definitely be injured. That would affect my performance in upcoming matches.’

Considering various factors, avoiding combat was the right choice now.

However, the situation wasn’t so simple.

“Are you running away again!”

Holgot’s combat power was high.

In other words, he possessed stronger physical abilities and demonic energy than Choi Hyun-seok.

No matter how much Choi Hyun-seok tried to avoid combat, Holgot persistently pursued him.

“Just get lost already!”

“Mehahaha! I won’t leave until you’re dead!”

Holgot, who had caught up to Choi Hyun-seok, fired bursts of demonic energy.

Choi Hyun-seok gritted his teeth and twisted his body.

Nobilrace

First Form – King’s Walk

Instantly, Choi Hyun-seok’s speed increased, leaving purple afterimages.

Holgot’s demonic energy bursts barely grazed the afterimages.

“You rat-like bastard…”

“The rat would be you!”

Choi Hyun-seok approached Holgot.

He had tried to avoid combat as much as possible, but there was no choice.

Simply running away wouldn’t solve anything.

He had to counterattack.

Choi Hyun-seok began drawing up both magical power and demonic energy simultaneously.

‘I need to destroy his mobility so he can’t follow.’

He planned to use a new form of Nobilrace.

It would be his first time using this technique in actual combat.

He wasn’t worried.

He had practiced countless times, and when it came to using his body, Choi Hyun-seok was already a professional among professionals.

Nobilrace

Second Form – Expression of Respect

Choi Hyun-seok’s leg flew targeting Holgot’s lower body.

On the surface, it looked like a normal leg kick.

However, Choi Hyun-seok had put in tens of thousands of painful efforts to deliver this single leg kick.

“Watch out for your cruciate ligament!”

Just before the shin was about to meet the knee like lightning.

Holgot wrapped himself in demonic energy to prepare for the attack.

“This kind of thing won’t even tickle…!”

He thought he could simply endure Choi Hyun-seok’s attack with his body.

Soon the leg kick struck, and purple light burst forth with the collision.

A groan involuntarily escaped Holgot’s mouth.

“Kuhek!”

The impact was stronger than expected.

Although he prepared for the attack with demonic energy, it was impossible to block it properly given how sudden it was.

Holgot staggered and lost his balance, falling down.

“Stay right there.”

Choi Hyun-seok didn’t stop and launched a second attack.

He struck the back of Holgot’s head as he was kneeling.

Kwajik, Kuung!

With a heavy noise, Holgot’s head was driven into the ground.

Choi Hyun-seok clenched his fist.

‘I’ll finish this by maintaining the momentum!’

He had gained the upper hand more easily than expected.

It seemed like he could end the battle like this.

But combat power of 40,000 wasn’t gained for nothing.

As soon as Holgot fell, he sprang up and released demonic energy.

“Kuaaaa!”

The demonic energy exploding in all directions was impossible to dodge.

Choi Hyun-seok blocked the attack while hastily retreating.

His arm that touched Holgot’s demonic energy was throbbing.

“As expected, it’s not that easy.”

“Hero! That guy’s close combat skills are terrible, aren’t they?”

“Yeah. This is more manageable than I thought. He’s probably a ranged type.”

“Since it’s come to this, let’s stick close and finish him off!”

Choi Hyun-seok pondered Rachel’s suggestion.

“Maybe I can win if I keep pushing Holgot like this.

From our brief encounter, he definitely seemed weak in close combat.

However, I’m worried about what comes after.

There’s no way Holgot will go down easily, and it’ll consume a lot of magical power and demonic energy.

I can’t ignore the risk of injury either.”

“Keuheuu…”

Holgot was having similar concerns.

He stopped moving and glared at Choi Hyun-seok.

His eyes clearly showed signs of bewilderment.

It was because Choi Hyun-seok was much stronger than expected.

‘Human. He said he just became a company commander recently, but how…!?’

Holgot had never once doubted his victory.

The opponent was a weak human.

Moreover, he’s a rookie who just recently became a company commander.

Meeting him in person, his magical power wasn’t even that strong.

He naturally expected an overwhelming victory, but the situation was going completely opposite.

‘Continuing to fight like this would be too costly.’

Holgot was also a cunning demon.

He couldn’t help but think about the aftermath.

“…”

A moment of silence.

A strange atmosphere flowed between the two facing each other.

Choi Hyun-seok spoke first.

“Hey. Let’s stop here and get lost.”

“How dare a mere human give orders! You get lost!”

“What’s this crazy goat saying? You came looking for me, so why are you telling me to get lost!?”

“I am a brave demon! Retreat is not acceptable.”

Choi Hyun-seok swallowed a hollow laugh at the words about not running away.

“Brave my ass! You ran away just fine last time.”

“That time I left because victory was assured! There was no reason to stay! I certainly did not run away!”

“Haah…”

Choi Hyun-seok sighed while touching his forehead.

He wanted to run over and pluck out all of Holgot’s beard.

However, now was the time to think and move rationally.

‘Looking at the atmosphere, it doesn’t seem like he wants to fight anymore either…’

How could he avoid combat?

While pondering this, Rachel approached.

“Hero! You’re not thinking of running away, are you!?”

“Huh?”

“That guy. He’s acting like this because he’s scared! Let’s push forward!”

At Rachel’s words, Holgot burst out angrily.

“What is that tiny girl saying! I, Holgot, am not scared at all!”

“You are scared! I know you want to run away right now because you’re scared!”

“The one who’s scared must be that human over there!”

Holgot started laughing exaggeratedly while stroking his beard.

“Human, hurry up and run away! I want to see you trembling and running away from Lord Holgot’s power! Mehahahaha!”

“…”

“Are you so scared you can’t even speak? Is that it? Well, I suppose that’s understandable. I, Holgot, understand! It’s natural for a worthless human to be scared of a noble demon! So don’t be ashamed and hurry up and run away! I said run away! Mehahahaha!”

Holgot kept rambling on without pause, rolling his eyes.

He seemed to have gone half-mad.

Choi Hyun-seok closed his eyes.

‘Should I just kill him…’

Choi Hyun-seok thinks.

If it’s to survive, he could throw his pride even in a cesspool.

However, he wouldn’t tolerate running away here.

If he didn’t teach that annoying goat a lesson, he felt like he’d live in regret for the rest of his life.

‘Right. Let’s hit him first and think later.’

The deliberation was short, and the action was quick.

“Hey goat. Have you ever heard of a negotiation low kick?”

“What are you talking about!?”

“Right. You wouldn’t know.”

Choi Hyun-seok kicked the ground.

His target was Holgot’s left leg.

He intended to strike the same spot and break the leg this time.

“Stay right there. Let’s see if you can still talk after becoming crippled.”

“You stupid human…!”

Just as Choi Hyun-seok was about to clash with Holgot once more.

“Found him! The human!”

“The human is here! Kill him!”

“Don’t kill him. Just pretend to kill him!”

“Accidentally kill him!”

Participants started rushing in from all directions.

***

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Choi Hyun-seok ran frantically on and on.

When he opened the map, the positions of participants visible every hour were displayed.

“What the hell is this!”

A blue dot indicating his position.

More than 20 red dots were following closely behind.

“Why are they only after me!?”

“This is all because of the lip monster!”

Hemis’s words before the competition.

He knew that provocation had ignited something in the participants’ hearts.

However, he never imagined they would all join forces to attack him.

“This is cheating! It’s cheating!”

“There was no rule against joining forces in this competition! Mehahahaha!”

Holgot laughed loudly while stroking his beard.

Although the future situation was uncertain, it seemed enough just to take down Choi Hyun-seok for now.

The other participants were similarly thoughtless.

“Human. I don’t like you.”

“How dare a mere human receive Lady Hemis’s favor. Unacceptable.”

“We can’t let a human have such a beauty!”

Choi Hyun-seok was dumbfounded.

He shouted in frustration at the rising feeling of injustice.

“What favor and beauty and bullshit! I don’t relate to any of this at all!”

“Maybe trying to understand demons was wrong from the start?”

“I know that too!”

He knew demons were stupid.

But even so, there should be limits.

To think this was the level of those carefully selected after volunteering to become battalion commanders.

He felt like despairing at the humans who couldn’t defeat such a group of idiots.

“Hero! I’ll buy you some time!”

Suddenly Rachel turned around.

At the same time, magical power drained significantly from Choi Hyun-seok’s body.

“Haah!”

An incredible light burst forth from Rachel’s body.

It was such a bright light that it created an illusion of the world turning completely white.

“What is this!?”

“Keuuk! My eyes!”

The charging demons stopped.

The light was so bright it felt like their eyes would burn up.

Choi Hyun-seok waited expectantly for what would come next.

“Rachel. What kind of finishing move is this!?”

“That’s it! Run quickly!”

“Huh?”

“Just emitting light is all it does!”

“Shit! You want to waste magic power on useless things!?”

“At least it stopped them for a moment!”

“I’m the idiot for expecting anything!”

Choi Hyun-seok started running again.

While working his legs hard, he kept thinking non-stop.

‘What should I do? I won’t last long like this.’

Though he’s managing to escape for now, he can’t keep running forever.

There are limits to his magical power and demonic energy.

Among the participants here, none had less demonic energy than Choi Hyun-seok.

Moreover, their physical abilities were superior.

No matter how he thought about it, running away wasn’t the answer.

‘But I can’t fight either…’

While lost in thought.

Rachel brought up a new idea.

“Hero. Let’s go where the boss mob is!”

“That’s it!”

The map doesn’t just show Choi Hyun-seok and the participants.

Magical beasts marked with purple dots.

Though uncertain, they were definitely incredibly strong.

If he could create variables using them, he might see a way out.

“Let’s go!”

Choi Hyun-seok immediately tried to move toward where the purple dot was showing.

But that plan was quickly blocked by a wall.

‘What’s this now?’

A mysterious group that appeared out of nowhere.

People wearing deeply pulled-down hoods were blocking the way.

***

“Ohoho! This is getting interesting!”

“Tch! What’s so interesting about this.”

Hemis laughed in a high tone as if enjoying herself.

Though Park Hyun-a spoke dismissively, she too was curious about the competition, never stopping her sidelong glances at the screen.

“I didn’t expect everyone to target Choi Hyun-seok, I feel a bit sorry?”

“Did you put saliva on your lips? What do you mean sorry while grinning like that.”

“Oh my, you caught me?”

Hemis watching Choi Hyun-seok’s match in real-time.

She was purely enjoying herself.

Park Hyun-a also found watching Choi Hyun-seok’s story fascinating, so she continued watching the screen without much comment.

“Huh?”

The atmosphere suddenly changed in an instant.

An unfamiliar group appeared on the screen.

“That looks like a gate.”

“It does.”

The demons guarding the gate and the mysterious group engaged in battle.

Simultaneously, the broadcasting screen cut off.

Hemis called Reidrun who was standing behind her.

“Reidrun?”

“Yes, Corps Commander.”

“Go.”

“Understood.”

There was no time for detailed explanations.

There was no need either.

The intelligent Reidrun immediately understood the order and departed.

The enemy’s target was the Space Transfer Gate.

Before that, they needed to either enter the gate to block the enemy, or if not possible, run on foot to reach Inessimot.

After Reidrun left through the door.

Only Hemis and Park Hyun-a remained in the office.

“…”

A chilling silence hung in the air.

The demonic energy flowing from Hemis made her body feel prickly.

Finally, unable to bear it, Park Hyun-a spoke.

“Why are you staring at me like that?”

“Are you asking because you don’t know?”

Hemis’s lips twisted slightly.

Park Hyun-a frowned and shook her head.

“I know what you’re thinking, but that’s not it.”

“Would this situation be possible without someone passing information from the inside?”

“That’s…”

Park Hyun-a, who was about to say something, closed her mouth.

Hemis was right.

Given the circumstances, the enemy must have known the information in advance and prepared thoroughly.

Naturally, there must have been a traitor or spy.

She knew that she, who appeared on the Demon King’s orders, was the most suspicious person here right now.

But she was truly wronged.

If she had planned something like this, she wouldn’t have come to the Black Giant Star in the first place.

Though reluctant to admit it, even as fellow corps commanders, there was a difference in class between Hemis and herself.

Park Hyun-a didn’t want to die in a place like this.

“Lips. Think rationally. I’m a human who trembles at the mention of the Holy Empire. Have you forgotten how I joined the Demon King’s Army?”

“Just because you betrayed once doesn’t mean you can’t betray twice.”

“That’s what I’m saying! What reason would I have to risk my life doing something like this!”

Park Hyun-a burst out.

Hearing her story, Hemis fell into brief contemplation.

Soon, as if having organized her thoughts, she stood up.

“Hmm… To be honest, it doesn’t matter if you’re not the traitor.”

“What nonsense is that now?”

“It means I just need to vent this filthy feeling.”

Hemis grinned.

Horrible demonic energy flowed from her.

“And conveniently, you’re here?”

“You’ve really gone crazy.”

“Yes. Isn’t that enough?”

“Haah, crazy bitch…”

Park Hyun-a let out a deep sigh.

‘Shit. That’s why I said I didn’t want to come…’

It was a day when she resented the Demon King who sent her here.

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