Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad

Hyun-seok repeatedly threw and caught an egg in the air.

Every time the egg flew through the air, something like a scream leaked from the Talas’s mouth.

“Wow~! This must be really precious? Huh? You can’t even move!”

“Kieek…! Kiek!”

“Oops! Careful~ The egg’s falling~”

Hyun-seok threw the egg with a swoosh!

The Talas rushed over in panic and very carefully caught the flying egg.

Then it slowly placed the egg on the ground as if it were a treasure.

“Now! What should we do this time? Hm?”

“Kieeek!”

The adult Talas screamed as if in rage.

But there was nothing it could do.

This place was littered with eggs.

Hero Hyun-seok was the worst of the worst who could stomp and kill even young ones with his military boots.

From a monster’s perspective, that is.

“This time it’s going this way!”

Hyun-seok threw another egg.

Talas started running like a dog in training.

“Oh! Not there? It’s that way!”

“Going over there too!”

“Should I throw it this way? Or that way?”

Hyun-seok seemed to be enjoying playing with the Talas.

“Hero, this isn’t really the time to be playing.”

“I’m not playing.”

“At least say that without the corners of your mouth turned up.”

Caught red-handed, Hyun-seok gave a fake cough.

“Ahem! This is a process to drain the Talas’s stamina.”

“Why not just throw it toward the wall instead?”

“Wall?”

“Yes. Then wouldn’t it crash into the wall while rushing to catch the egg?”

Hyun-seok looked shocked at Rachel’s words.

“You’re really evil, aren’t you?”

“So you’re not going to do it?”

“I’m doing it right now.”

Hero Hyun-seok picked up an egg and threw it toward the wall.

“This time it’s far!”

The egg flew whoosh~ toward the wall.

The Talas ran at an incredible speed while watching the egg.

Crash!

The monster’s desperate struggle to save the egg!

It was truly a touching sight.

“Kiek!”

Just as the Talas cheered after snatching the egg.

It crashed hard into the wall.

Bang!

A pretty loud sound rang out and Rachel squeezed her eyes shut.

“Oh my…! Hero, that looks like it really hurt.”

“You’re really evil.”

Hyun-seok glanced at Rachel and picked up another egg.

“Got to keep going. It’s so tough that once won’t be enough.”

“Come on! Stop pretending to be nice, Hero!”

“Telling a hero not to pretend to be nice. Don’t you think something’s seriously wrong there?”

“Hmm…”

Rachel rolled her eyes in thought for a moment before smiling brightly.

“I don’t know anymore either! Haha!”

“Really? Actually, me too! Hahaha!”

Hyun-seok laughed along as he threw another egg.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The Talas kept ramming into the wall.

Running at full speed and crashing, even a tough monster couldn’t help but take significant damage.

“Kieeee…”

How many eggs had he thrown?

Green blood was now streaming down the Talas’s head.

It seemed quite stunned as it couldn’t stand straight and was staggering.

“Khahaha! Hey hey! The egg’s going to break! You need to catch it gently!?”

“Hey spider! Think you can save the egg like that!? Hahaha!”

Hero Hyun-seok and his dedicated fairy Rachel burst into villainous laughter.

It seemed they were releasing all their pent-up stress from the Demon King’s Army here.

“Kieeeeek!”

The enraged Talas howled.

But it didn’t work on our hero’s group.

“Oh my! Hero, that spider still looks pretty energetic?”

“Really? Then we’ll have to keep going!”

Hyun-seok picked up another egg to throw.

But…

“Kieeeeee!”

The Talas ignored the egg and instead charged at Hyun-seok’.

It seemed to have sensed that if things continued this way, it would lose.

“Hero! We’re F*CKED!!!”

Perhaps too excited by the sudden incident.

A rather crude curse slipped from Rachel’s mouth.

“Rachel! Cast the buff!”

Rachel immediately used the buff that increases physical abilities.

Hyun-seok sensed that the time had come to finish this.

Feeling the power surging through him, Hyun-seok picked up an egg from the floor.

Then he ran straight toward the charging Talas.

“Kieeeeee!”

The giant monster getting closer in real-time.

Honestly, he wanted to run away, but Hyun-seok gritted his teeth.

‘I can win!’

Light gleamed in Hyun-seok’s eyes.

His playful demeanor from moments ago was completely gone.

His eyes now held only the spirit of a fighter who had battled countless opponents.

“Catch!”

Hyun-seok threw the egg straight at it.

The Talas reflexively caught the egg.

At that moment.

Ta-at!

Hyun-seok leaped into the air and landed on the Talas’s head.

“Here goes…!”

There was no time to think anymore.

He had to end the battle before it could do anything.

“Die!”

Hyun-seok struck the wounded part of the Talas’s head with his fist.

At that moment, a faint light seeped into Hyun-seok’s fist.

Crack!

His fist collided with the Talas’s shell.

Perhaps because it had been weakened from repeatedly hitting the wall.

The Talas’s shell couldn’t withstand the impact and shattered.

Then he felt something mushy in his hand.

Hyun-seok pulled it out without hesitation.

Swoosh!

The Talas’s brain and various internal organs came out along with green blood.

Breathing heavily as the blood showered down on him, Hyun-seok gasped.

“Huff, huff…!”

“Ki, kieeee…!”

“Just die quietly…”

Hyun-seok used his last remaining strength to tap its head.

With that light final blow, the Talas collapsed as if giving up everything.

Boom…!

The light gradually faded from the Talas’s fallen eyes.

Simultaneously, consecutive notification sounds hit his ears.

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

….

“Uaahhhhh!”

This was Hero Hyun-seok’s first proper monster hunt.

***

Perhaps because he had concentrated too hard.

Even that brief struggle left him feeling drained.

‘But I can’t rest yet.’

It seemed his level had risen significantly from that hunt.

He needed to check his status window quickly.

‘This is…’

A smile spread across Hyun-seok’s face as he looked at the status window.

▫Name: Choi Hyun-seok

▫Title: Hero Candidate

▫Level: 108

• Strength: 54
• Agility: 51
• Stamina: 53
• Magic Power: 51
• Charisma: 27
• Bonus Points: 8

▫Hero Points: 200

▫Abilities: Pickaxe Usage (C), Leadership (E), Cooking (F)

▫Skills: –

“Has my level gone up by 8?”

The current bonus points are 8.

That means I have raised a total of 8 levels.

One of those points was gained previously by killing that Talas bastard.

As a result, the levels raised from this hunt were a total of 7.

“And my magic power and charisma have also increased additionally.”

Even though I didn’t invest any points, my magic power and charisma each increased by 1 point.

It was a very satisfactory result.

“Alright, I should use them all up before it’s too late.”

Choi Hyun-seok invested the 8 bonus points evenly.

‘Now the balance between my magic power and other abilities is right.’

Choi Hyun-seok had steadily increased his magic power.

He still doesn’t know the exact utilization of his magic power, but it was an investment for the future.

‘If my magic power becomes stronger, the magic that Rachel can use will also become stronger. Even this alone is a great benefit for now.’

The final invested ability stats were as follows:

▫Level: 108

• Strength: 56
• Agility: 53
• Stamina: 55
• Magic Power: 53
• Charisma: 27

“Good.”

Choi Hyun-seok nodded his head in satisfaction.

Rachel perched on his shoulder.

“Hero, are you okay?”

“Of course. It’s nothing!”

“But your fist is gushing blood?”

“Huh?”

Choi Hyun-seok checked his own hand.

“Ugh?! What is this?!”

The fist that had struck Talas’ carapace was half-shattered.

The pure white bone was protruding, and bright red blood was gushing out.

It’s a surprise that he was able to pull out the beast’s innards in this state.

“Ugh… It really hurts…”

Once he realized the injury, the pain began to rush in.

“Can’t this be fixed somehow?”

“Wait, I’ll cast a healing spell.”

“Ooh! Is that also possible?”

“This is basic stuff! But my magic power is running low, so I’ll only be able to give first aid.”

A bright light emanated from Rachel’s hand.

Choi Hyun-seok’s twisted bone realigned, and the wound began to slowly heal.

“Is it done?”

“Yes, you’re back to normal now.”

Visually, there was no trace of injury left.

But his hand still throbbed with pain.

“It still hurts like hell, though.”

“As long as it looks fine, that’s what matters.”

Rachel kicked Choi Hyun-seok’s hand.

“Aaaaaahhh!”

“Seeing you react properly means you’re definitely fine.”

“I’m gonna die?! For real!”

Choi Hyun-seok rolled on the floor and glared.

Rachel grinned mischievously and met his gaze.

At that moment,

“Oh, Choi Hyun-seok! You’re alive as well!”

A familiar voice came from deeper within the cave.

Choi Hyun-seok looked up in surprise.

“Chef Kulkan…?”

The Cuilinary Chief Kulkan was striding into the cave.

Meanwhile, at the same time.

“Reidrun. You’ve come?”

The 3rd Corps Commander Hemis was facing the squadron leader Reidrun in his office.

“I greet you, Commander.”

“Ohoho! No need to be so stiff with formalities. Reidrun is always so consistent.”

Hemis laughed cheerfully.

She was glad to see Reidrun, whom she hadn’t seen in a long time.

“So Reidrun, how did the mission I entrusted you with go?”

“I successfully captured the next Holy Maiden as you ordered.”

“As expected! I knew Reidrun could do it.”

Some time ago, intelligence had come in that the Holy Maiden-elect of the Holy Empire would be passing through the territory of the 3rd Corps of the Demon King’s Army soon.

‘Reidrun, have you heard the news?’

Seeing this as an opportunity, Hemis immediately gave Reidrun the mission.

‘That shameless bitch of the Holy Empire is brazenly passing through my territory.’

‘What would you like me to do?’

‘She seems quite useful, so capture her alive. If that fails, you can kill her.’

‘Understood.’

About 3 weeks had passed since Reidrun left.

Reidrun had successfully captured the Holy Maiden-elect of the Holy Empire.

“Good work. It must not have been easy with all those fanatical zealots around her.”

“It was nothing.”

Of course, it wasn’t exactly easy.

Around the Holy Maiden-elect were numerous high priests and holy knights.

There were also a few idiots who called themselves heroes.

But none of them were a match for Reidrun.

After tormenting them for several days, Reidrun succeeded in killing them all.

“I’ve piled them all up nicely together.”

“Oho! Well done. There’s really no one as reliable a friend as you, Reidrun!”

“You flatter me…”

“Alright, you should go now. You must be tired, so get some rest.”

“Yes.”

Just as Reidrun was about to bow and leave the room, there was a knock on the door.

“Come in.”

The soldier who entered was panting, having rushed in.

“Commander, I have an urgent report.”

“What is it?”

“The cooks reported an accident while gathering ingredients.”

“What…?”

The word ‘accident’ made Hemis purse her enormous lips.

“That happens every day, doesn’t it?”

The cooks die off regularly anyway.

Hemis regularly received reports to check the damage situation, so there was no reason for them to come here and tell her like this.

“But… The scale of the damage is a bit larger this time. Only a few cooks have returned alive.”

“Huh? What happened?”

“They say a pack of Talas has taken up residence in the forest.”

“Ah… Talas…”

At the mention of Talas, Hemis fell into thought.

‘Talas are delicious. Especially the dish made with the queen’s innards! Or just eating the freshly laid eggs raw…’

After a brief tangent, Hemis shook her head.

“Hmm! A pack of Talas, huh. They’re quite dangerous fellows. But wasn’t the Culinary Chief Kulkan there?”

“That’s correct.”

“He should have been able to handle Talas without a problem.”

“They say the queen showed up, and they couldn’t do anything. Currently, most of the cooks, including Culinary Chief Kulkan, are either dead or missing.”

“Hmm~”

Hemis stroked her chin, pondering something.

“What about Choi Hyun-seok?”

“He’s also in a missing status.”

Listening to the conversation, Reidrun interjected.

“Commander! Is Choi Hyun-seok with the cooks?”

“Ah, you didn’t know, Reidrun? Choi Hyun-seok has been going on hunts with the cooks.”

At Hemis’ words, Reidrun’s face hardened.

“I’ve been having fun watching Choi Hyun-seok lately. It’s a shame, he’s probably dead for sure after meeting the queen.”

“Commander, may I go take a look?”

“Oh! Really?”

Hemis brightened at Reidrun’s offer.

She did need to send someone to deal with the Talas pack, after all.

But Talas are quite numerous and have high individual levels, making them a tricky monster.

Especially the queen, who is strong enough that even a mid-level officer can’t guarantee victory.

“I would have had to send at least a battalion. If you’re willing to go, Reidrun, I’ll be grateful.”

“I’ll depart immediately.”

“Alright, alright. But Reidrun, don’t get your hopes up. Choi Hyun-seok is probably already dead.”

“Understood.”

Reidrun silently nodded and left the office.

Watching his departure, Hemis’ lips suddenly twisted.

“Hmm… Doesn’t that bother you?”

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