Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad

In front of Choi Hyun-seok lay a familiar-looking pair of goggles.

It had a design that covered one ear with a green lens attached.

“It’s a Combat Power Meter I bought for 50 points from the Hero Shop.”

“What…?”

Rachel made a completely puzzled expression.

Choi Hyun-seok began explaining with a kind face.

“Haven’t you watched cartoons when you were young? See this green lens? When you look at someone through this, you can see their power level.”

“I know what those Saiyan-like goggles are!”

“Then what’s the problem?”

“Of course it is.”

Choi Hyun-seok continued with a smile.

“I’ll use this to check the overall power levels of the Demon King’s Army. And examine Kurken, my duel opponent, too.”

“And then?”

“I’ll ask the cooks to spar with me.”

“Spar?”

“Yeah. I’ll pick a cook with a similar power level to Kurken and fight them. Won’t that be incredibly helpful for the real battle?”

“Hmm… That does make sense.”

Currently, all the cooks, including Head Chef Kulkan, were completely enslaved to the seasoning.

They would agree to a sparring request without hesitation.

“Plus, this scanner can be used on monsters too. It will definitely help a lot with hunting in the future.”

“Do you need a Combat Power Meter for hunting?”

“Of course. Absolutely need it.”

Rachel tilted her head at Choi Hyun-seok’s answer.

“That’s strange… You just hide and cowardly land the finishing blow anyway. Do you really need it?”

“I’d prefer if you used nice words like ‘clever’ instead of ‘cowardly’.”

“Let’s skip the minor details.”

“Haa… Fine.”

Choi Hyun-seok sighed and continued.

“Anyway, you’re not wrong. Usually, it wouldn’t be necessary. But the situation has changed.”

“What situation?”

“Maybe because my level has risen quite a bit, lately it seems like I’m not getting much experience just from landing finishing blows.”

At first, just delivering the final strike was enough to make his level shoot up.

However, now at level 100, it wasn’t easy to level up using that method.

“It’s going to get harder from now on. So I’ll use the Combat Power Meter to pick out manageable opponents first and gain proper combat experience.”

“Oho… That’s actually a good idea.”

Rachel nodded while holding her chin.

“Good. Then let’s start right away.”

Choi Hyun-seok picked up the meter.

□ Crappy Combat Power Meter

Description: Measures combat power by combining the target’s strength, stamina, agility, and magic power.

Ability: Can determine the ‘approximate’ combat power of the target.

The item description isn’t very reliable, but that’s fine.

“As long as it works properly without breaking down.”

Choi Hyun-seok put on the Combat Power Meter and looked at Rachel.

Then the power level, which had been stopped at 0, began to rise gradually.

“Ooh, so this is how it works.”

Beep!

The measurement finished quickly.

[Power Level: 375]

Looking at the number on the lens, a question suddenly arose.

How strong is a Combat Power of 375?

“Your Combat Power is 375, but I don’t know how strong that is.”

“Well? Why don’t we measure yours to find out?”

“Then this time, you look at me.”

“How am I supposed to use this?”

Rachel struggled to lift the Combat Power Meter.

Since Rachel was quite small at only 30cm tall, she couldn’t wear the meter that was as big as her body.

“Let’s do it like this.”

Choi Hyun-seok picked up the Combat Power Meter and placed it on the table.

“Just bring your face close to it. That should work, right?”

“Ooh, you’re right!”

Choi Hyun-seok smiled seeing Rachel’s quite excited state.

It was quite cute watching her bring her face close to the lens that was bigger than her head, amazed by it.

“Is it measuring?”

“Yes! The numbers are going up!”

The continuously rising power level finally stopped.

Beep!

“What’s the reading?”

At Choi Hyun-seok’s question, Rachel made an uncomfortable expression.

“Ugh… I think this thing is broken…”

“Why?”

“Your Combat Power being 1560 is way too high!”

[Combat Power: 1560]

Seeing the Combat Power that was nearly 5 times higher than her own, Rachel made a sulky expression.

“Rachel.”

Choi Hyun-seok came closer and placed his finger on Rachel’s shoulder.

“Aren’t you just too weak?”

“Uuugh…”

“Train harder! With that power level, you’re 50,000 years too early to catch up to me!”

At Choi Hyun-seok’s teasing, Rachel made an indignant expression.

“No way! This thing is broken! No, if I was in my original state, I would’ve scored over 10,000!? It’s just because I’m a dedicated fairy right now!”

“Yeah, yeah. I hear you, but how about getting past 1,000 before talking about 10,000?”

“Ugh…! So annoying!”

“Kahahahahaha!”

Watching Rachel’s frustration, Choi Hyun-seok laughed loudly with satisfaction.

“This is fun. Should we check Bobo next?”

“Hmph… Do whatever you want…”

Rachel turned her head away sharply.

But she was secretly watching with narrowed eyes, apparently curious about Bobo’s Combat Power too.

“Stay still, Bobo.”

Choi Hyun-seok put on the Combat Power Meter and looked at Bobo.

“Kwaaang…”

Bobo, who was yawning lazily after dinner, glanced at Choi Hyun-seok before closing his eyes again.

He seemed quite sleepy.

“Ooh! It’s going up.”

The power level reading on the lens rose quickly.

Choi Hyun-seok watched the situation with expectant eyes.

“Hmm…?”

Suddenly, Choi Hyun-seok furrowed his brow.

The Combat Power reading was strange.

“What’s going on with this?”

“What? What’s wrong?”

“The Combat Power went over 10,000?”

“What…?”

“And it’s still going up.”

The Combat Power, which had already exceeded 10,000, started rising even faster.

“Huh…?”

Beep!

Finally, the soaring Combat Power reading stopped.

“What is it? How much did it show?”

Rachel approached with a curious face, demanding to know the result.

“For…”

“Four?”

“Forty-seven thousand four hundred and twenty-two…”

[Combat Power: 47,422]

No matter how many times he looked, the result was the same.

A figure exceeding 40,000.

Hearing the result, Rachel sneered.

“Pfft! After all that talk about my low number, turns out you’re nothing special either!”

“No, like you said, I think this thing is broken.”

Choi Hyun-seok said with a serious face.

But there was no way Rachel would fall for that.

“Come on~ There’s no way equipment you just bought is broken, right? You’re just incredibly weak. Accept reality.”

“…”

Choi Hyun-seok silently approached Bobo.

Then he carefully started petting his head.

“Bobo. Is there anything you want to eat?”

Regardless, Bobo still looked sleepy.

“Let’s stay close friends from now on.”

“Kwawang…”

“Aww! Cute thing!”

Bobo closed his eyes while yawning.

Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes were infinitely warm as he watched.

***

The next day.

Choi Hyun-seok left Bobo’s house before sunrise.

“You’re leaving really early today?”

“Yeah. Going to look around on my way.”

Choi Hyun-seok was currently wearing the goo… No, the Combat Power Meter.

It was to check the Combat Power of other Demon King’s Army on his way to the kitchen.

‘Hmm… As expected of the Demon King’s Army.’

Choi Hyun-seok checked the Combat Power of each passing soldier, and the average Combat Power was quite high.

[Combat Power: 960]

[Combat Power: 1620]

[Combat Power: 1350]

[Combat Power: 1100]

‘Well, these guys are monsters by nature… Only now can I say I’m finally on a similar level.’

Choi Hyun-seok was an ordinary human.

In contrast, the Demon King’s Army here consists of monsters called ‘demon-kind’.

Choi Hyun-seok realized this fact once again and maintained his vigilance.

‘The goblins seem to be the easiest targets.’

Occasionally there were ones with particularly low power levels, and they were all goblins.

[Combat Power: 231]

Most goblins had Combat Power below 300, likely due to their small stature.

That’s when Choi Hyun-seok’s jaw dropped unconsciously.

“Whoa… What’s that?”

It was because one Demon King’s Army soldier’s Combat Power was exceptionally high.

[Combat Power: 14300]

A figure exceeding 10,000.

It was an overwhelming number compared to the surrounding soldiers.

‘Why is it so high? Is this thing actually broken?’

Hyun-seok’s question was quickly answered.

“Company Commander Volkman. Where are we heading today?”

“Today’s operation…”

Listening to the conversation, Hyun-seok nodded.

‘Ah, a company commander.’

It seemed officers and commanders were on a different level compared to regular soldiers.

‘They say if you have good bloodline, your strength is on a different dimension… The world really is unfair.’

He had picked up various pieces of information while serving in the Demon King’s Army.

One of those was about bloodlines.

They say bloodlines are even more important for demon-kind than humans.

You could say their limits of strength are determined almost from birth.

This was evident just from the fact that Bobo, who wasn’t even fully grown yet, had combat power exceeding 40,000.

“Hero, what are you doing?”

“Huh?”

“We need to go check out that pig-head Kurken too.”

“Ah, right!”

Today’s main objective was to observe Kurken the Orc, his duel opponent.

Remembering Rachel’s words, Hyun-seok immediately started walking.

“How strong would that pig be?”

“Well… Since Kurken is also a platoon leader, wouldn’t he be similar to the others?”

From what they’d observed today, platoon leaders’ Combat Power was around 2000-3000.

Therefore, he expected his duel opponent Kurken to be similar.

“Probably no higher than mid-3000s?”

However, expectations are often wrong.

Still unaware of this fact, Hyun-seok’s steps remained light.

***

“I think it was around here.”

Shortly after, Hyun-seok arrived near Kurken’s barracks.

He remembered it from his previous visit with Hemis.

BOOM! BOOM!

“What’s that sound?”

“Let’s check it out.”

They heard noise from nearby.

Following the source, they found Kurken, his duel opponent, training.

“What is that…?”

“Yeah…”

Even from a distance, Kurken’s rippling muscles were extraordinary.

The muscular pig Kurken was repeatedly striking a boulder with a thick iron club.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Each time the iron club fell, the massive boulder shattered with a thunderous sound.

Despite the considerable distance, fragments of the shattered rock flew to Hyun-seok’s feet.

“Hero… What’s that pig’s Combat Power?”

Looking at the Combat Power displayed in his lens, Hyun-seok could only close his eyes.

[Combat Power: 6671]

“Why aren’t you saying anything? What’s his Combat Power?”

“Six thousand six hundred…”

“Six thousand six hundred?!”

Rachel was shocked upon hearing Kurken’s Combat Power.

“What? Are you sure you didn’t see it wrong? Maybe your eyes are playing tricks!?”

“No. It’s the same even if I look again… We’re really screwed here.”

When Hyun-seok first came here, he was just a normal human.

His Combat Power probably wasn’t even 500.

And now they want him to defeat such a monster in just a month.

“They might as well have told me to die.”

Perhaps Hemis never intended to let him live in the first place?

All sorts of thoughts raced through his mind.

“Hero. What do we do now…?”

Rachel asked with an anxious expression.

Only two weeks remained.

It didn’t seem possible for Hyun-seok to defeat such a monster in that time.

“Sigh… No, it’s too early to give up. We have to try everything we can.”

He definitely didn’t plan to die like this.

Whether through poison or assassination.

He would somehow kill Kurken and survive.

[★☆★☆ Hero Quest! ★☆★☆

Oh my! Your chances of beating that muscle pig seem close to zero!

But I’m deeply moved by your determination to never give up even in such a desperate situation!

So I want to give you a chance!

Achieve Combat Power 3000 within a week!

• Goal: Achieve Combat Power 3000 within a week
• Reward: 300 Hero Points]

The Hero Quest activated at just the right time.

“A Hero Quest appeared.”

“What?”

“I said a Hero Quest appeared. It says to achieve Combat Power 3000 within ten days.”

Rachel’s face fell at the mention of Combat Power 3000.

It took three weeks to reach 1500.

And now they want him to reach 3000 in the remaining week.

“That’s impossible no matter how you look at it!”

“We’ll see about that.”

Hyun-seok gritted his teeth.

“It’s do or die anyway.”

Hero Choi Hyun-seok.

The word ‘give up’ didn’t exist in his dictionary.

Not until the day he gets a blonde noble lady, five rabbit-like children, and a mansion for his retirement!

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