Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad

Kulkan greeted Choi Hyun-seok, who was covered in blood, with enthusiasm.

“Hyun-seok! You’re alive!”

“Lord Kulkan, how did you end up here…?”

“While running away, I found this cave and came in! Lucky, right?”

Apparently, Kulkan didn’t know this was the Talas’s nest.

‘Lucky my ass…’

Hyun-seok swallowed a bitter laugh.

He wondered how Kulkan would react when he learned this was the Talas’s nest.

“By the way, what is this place?”

Hyun-seok smiled bitterly and said,

“This is the Talas’s nest.”

“Ah, so it’s Talas’s nest…”

Kulkan nodded while mumbling, then his eyes widened.

“What did you just say!?”

“I said it’s the Talas’s nest.”

“That can’t be…?”

“I’m certain. I killed one Talas here.”

Hyun-seok kicked the Talas corpse on the ground.

“And these round things here seem to be Talas eggs.”

“…”

Kulkan stared at the eggs with unfocused eyes, not responding.

“Lord Kulkan?”

“So we’ve entered a Talas nest…”

“Are you alright?”

Suddenly, Kulkan smiled brightly.

“This is amazing!”

“Pardon?”

“These soft eggs are top-tier ingredients! Most people die without ever tasting them!”

Kulkan hastily tore into an egg.

Then he buried his head in it and started eating ravenously.

“Puha! So fresh! *smack smack*!”

“…”

“Hyun-seok, hurry and eat! Wild eggs! And Talas eggs at that – something even high-ranking officials can only dream of!”

Kulkan devoured the eggs like someone who hadn’t eaten for three days.

“Heh heh…”

Hyun-seok couldn’t help but laugh at how absurd this was.

“Kuh! The springiness is to die for! What are you doing!? Come enjoy this last supper!”

“…”

“Here’s a secret… It’s great for stamina too! You’ll regret not eating it now! Kahaha!”

Kulkan burst into maniacal laughter.

‘This madman…’

Hyun-seok had to close his eyes.

“Nom nom nom!”

Kulkan was already tearing into his second egg, eating like a madman.

Even though his belly was already swollen like a mountain, he showed no signs of stopping.

“Lord Kulkan! This isn’t the time! Shouldn’t we escape!?”

“Huh? Escape?”

Kulkan tilted his head at the mention of escape.

“We’re already dead men.”

“What?”

“The ones chasing me have probably already started entering the nest. They’ll be here soon.”

“…”

“You saw the queen, didn’t you? That’s impossible to beat. I guarantee it would take someone at division commander level to handle it.”

Kulkan continued talking while gorging on eggs.

“I guess this is what they call a rat in a trap? Anyway, since we’re already dead, let’s at least enjoy this last supper! Hahaha!”

His eyes had completely lost their sanity.

Hyun-seok decided to back away.

“I’ll pass… You just eat your fill, Lord Kulkan…”

He unconsciously mixed in some rudeness.

A disrespectful attitude he would never show normally.

But the now-insane Kulkan didn’t seem to care at all.

“Alright! Nom nom!”

Kulkan went back to frantically eating eggs.

Hyun-seok let out a deep sigh.

“Haa… What do I do now.”

The Kulkan he had trusted had become nothing more than a useless glutton.

“Rachel. Is there any way out of this?”

Hyun-seok asked Rachel.

“Well… This really is a hopeless situation.”

Even Rachel couldn’t see any solution after thinking it through.

Currently, they were in a dead-end room with only one passage.

Outside, countless Talas would be waiting.

Perhaps even the queen might be there.

What could they do in such a hopeless situation?

As Rachel’s brow furrowed deeply in thought…

“Hyun-seok, what’s this?”

Kulkan had suddenly approached and thrust his face close.

Startled Rachel screamed.

“Kyaaaa! Pervert!”

Hyun-seok sighed and answered half-heartedly.

“It’s just something like my magic.”

What was the point of flattery when they were about to die anyway?

It was questionable whether flattery would work on someone who had already gone mad.

“Oho! Like a familiar?”

“Yeah, yeah. Something like that.”

“Can I eat it?”

“Get lost.”

Hyun-seok shot back with cold eyes.

Kulkan looked at Rachel with disappointed eyes before returning to where the eggs were.

“Chomp chomp chomp!”

As Kulkan went back to devouring eggs ravenously.

Against that background noise, Rachel smoothed her chest in relief.

“Phew… Took ten years off my life. That ugly face getting all up in my business!”

“Leave him be. He’s lost it anyway.”

“Didn’t I tell you? I said I didn’t like that muscle pig from the start!”

Rachel glared at Kulkan while grumbling.

“Never mind that. Let’s think about what to do next. Any ideas?”

“Well… Honestly, it’s really bleak. I can understand why that muscle pig went crazy.”

Rachel’s expression turned gloomy at Hyun-seok’s question.

“Can’t we do something with magic?”

“What kind of magic?”

“Well, like teleporting! Or hiding with invisibility and escaping… Can’t we do something like that?”

“You’re talking about dragon-level magic for a 1st circle mage.”

“Huh? What does that mean?”

“Don’t even dream about it with just 50 magic.”

“Then don’t you have some secret technique? Like a hidden trump card…”

“No. This isn’t a situation we can handle on our own…”

Rachel let out a deep sigh.

“So we’re just going to sit here and die? We have to try something!”

“Well, if there’s something we could do…”

Rachel suddenly stopped mid-sentence.

Then she grabbed Hyun-seok’s shoulders and shouted.

“Hero!”

Hyun-seok was a bit taken aback by her sudden intensity.

“Check the Hero Shop!”

“Why suddenly?”

“Quickly! Go in and use the search function to find the Monster Encyclopedia! Is it there?”

“Yeah, it’s here.”

As Rachel said, there was an item called Monster Encyclopedia.

□ A Useful Encyclopedia – Monster Edition

Description: Contains almost all information about almost all monsters.

Ability: –

Required Hero Points: 50

“Let’s buy it.”

“Why do we need this?”

It seemed like a somewhat vague item overall.

He couldn’t help but doubt whether it was worth investing precious hero points in this.

“You said it yourself! Are we just going to die like this!?”

“Well, no.”

“So let’s at least look up information about the Talas. We might find another way.”

“Hmm, that makes sense.”

Hyun-seok was quickly convinced.

‘Let’s think positively. This is also an essential item if I’m going to keep fighting monsters.’

Come to think of it, items bought from the Hero Shop had never disappointed him.

The large bone that large dogs love.

MSG-enriched flavored salt.

Though they cost 30 and 20 points respectively, Hyun-seok was ultimately very satisfied with them.

“Alright. I’m buying it.”

These points would be useless if they died here anyway.

Hyun-seok closed his eyes tight and pressed the purchase button.

A book dropped down with a thud.

“That’s one brutal thickness.”

Hyun-seok clicked his tongue looking at the incredibly thick encyclopedia.

“What are you doing!? Hurry and look it up. Every second counts!”

“Alright.”

Hyun-seok quickly examined the encyclopedia.

He wanted information about Talas.

Fortunately, he was able to reach the desired page before long.

“Generally, it takes 3 years for a Talas to grow to adulthood…”

“The queen’s body length is around 4m, and including legs exceeds 15m…”

“The legs are the hardest part. To take down a Talas, target the relatively weak body, especially the head… Ah! So that’s how I was able to kill it.”

At first, there was only basic information.

Things like its size, characteristics, threatening weapons, and weaknesses, and so on.

This would be very useful for hunting, but it’s not the information needed right now.

Choi Hyun-seok quickly moved on to the next content.

“Talas creates huge caves by digging in places with weak ground. It strengthens the weak ground with saliva containing magical power…”

The book also explained how Talas could create such huge caves.

After thoroughly reading all the explanations about Talas,

Choi Hyun-seok closed the book.

“Did you find any solutions?”

“It’s unclear…”

A plan was forming in his head.

But it was still incomplete, full of holes and flaws.

“But it’s not completely hopeless.”

Choi Hyun-seok approached Kulkan.

“Sir Kulkan.”

“Chomp chomp!”

Even when Choi Hyun-seok called, Kulkan was busy eating eggs.

“Sir Kulkan.”

“Chomp chomp chomp!”

“Hey.”

“Munch, munch!”

“Hey, you!”

Choi Hyun-seok slapped Kulkan’s cheek.

Smack!

Surprised by the sudden slap, Kulkan’s eyes turned sharply.

There was a fierce killing intent in his eyes.

“Sir K-Kulkan! Are you back to your senses!?”

“Huh…?”

“You seemed to be under an evil spell, so I had to wake you up!”

“Ah… Is that so…”

Kulkan accepted it easily.

It seemed he still hadn’t fully regained his senses.

Choi Hyun-seok, who was about to slap him again, hesitated.

‘It might be dangerous to hit him more.’

It seemed like he needed to start persuading him in this situation.

“Sir Kulkan. Do you happen to know any fire magic?”

“Fire magic?”

“Yes. Magic that shoots flames.”

“Hmm… If it’s just shooting flames, I can do that.”

“Ohhh!”

Unexpectedly, it seemed Kulkan could use magic too.

‘What is this guy’s true identity?’

Combat Power overwhelmingly stronger than other team leaders.

He seems stupid at times, but sometimes he appears knowledgeable.

And now he can use magic too.

‘Let’s put that aside for now. The important thing is escaping.’

Choi Hyun-seok pushed aside his thoughts about Kulkan and continued speaking.

“There’s a way to get out.”

“Hyun-seok. Talas’s skin is resistant to fire. It would be difficult to kill Talas with my magic. Especially for the queen, it would be like a warm compress.”

“That doesn’t matter.”

“Huh?”

“Because we don’t need the fire to burn the Talas.”

Kulkan made a confused expression at Choi Hyun-seok’s words.

“You’ve been saying strange things. Have you lost your mind?”

“Kuhum!”

Choi Hyun-seok felt a surge of anger but managed to suppress it.

“Let’s hear my plan first before you judge.”

Choi Hyun-seok explained his plan as briefly as possible.

They needed to move as quickly as possible since they didn’t know when the monsters would come.

“… That’s the plan.”

After hearing everything, Kulkan fell into thought.

This was the serious Kulkan, not the foolish one.

“The probability is too low. It’s extremely dangerous too. In fact, it barely qualifies as a plan.”

“But it’s not 0 percent, right? Better to try than die here.”

“That’s true, but…”

Kulkan hesitated.

No matter how he thought about it, Choi Hyun-seok’s strategy had too low a chance of success.

At that moment, Choi Hyun-seok put his hand on Kulkan’s shoulder.

“Sir Kulkan! Don’t you want to eat delicious things in the future!? We need to survive somehow for that!”

Delicious things!

At these magic words, Kulkan’s eyes widened.

“Fine. Now that there’s hope of survival, we can’t just sit here.”

The man with Combat Power of 35,000, Kulkan, stood up.

‘He’s huge…!’

Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes widened.

Kulkan’s stomach, bloated from eating countless eggs, was as big as a mountain.

‘I hope he performs as much as he ate…’

While Choi Hyun-seok was feeling anxious,

Suddenly, kitchen workers started rushing in through the entrance.

“Ahhh!”

“Ch-Chef! You’re alive!”

It seemed that some survivors had made their way here.

Seeing them, something clicked in Choi Hyun-seok’s mind.

‘The final puzzle piece that was missing from the plan has fallen into place.’

They say heaven helps those who help themselves.

Just when they were short on hands, good manpower had appeared.

‘Let’s try to survive this hell.’

It was time to begin the final operation where their lives were at stake.

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