Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad

“Is everyone mentally prepared?”

Choi Hyun-seok spoke with a grave expression.

Before him stood Kulkan and about 10 kitchen soldiers.

“Remember! From this point on, you absolutely cannot stop!”

Choi Hyun-seok delivered the plan’s explanation as quickly and briefly as possible.

‘These idiots wouldn’t understand a detailed explanation anyway, so this is better.’

By now, Choi Hyun-seok had completely figured out the Demon King’s Army.

“We run without stopping until we escape this cave! Go!”

“Woaaaah!”

They were all carrying large eggs in their arms.

They had taken all the eggs from the hatchery.

‘I don’t know if this will work. But it’s better than staying still and dying.’

Choi Hyun-seok’s strategy was simple.

To escape this nest using the eggs as hostages.

Judging from the previous battle, the Talas valued their eggs tremendously.

So having the eggs should certainly restrict their movements.

“Kieeee!”

“Kyaaak!”

As they emerged from the narrow passage, giant spiders came rushing from all directions.

The screams of dozens, hundreds of Talas filled the entire massive cave.

“Chef! The path is blocked!”

“What do we do now!?”

The group was instantly surrounded.

Spiders everywhere they looked.

Even when they threatened them with the eggs, the creatures only hesitated in place.

They absolutely wouldn’t clear a path.

“Get ready!”

Choi Hyun-seok shouted.

He picked up one egg.

‘This was expected from the start.’

Choi Hyun-seok had anticipated this situation from the beginning.

There was no way they could escape this cave just by taking the eggs hostage.

That’s why he prepared the next strategy.

“Hnnng…!”

Choi Hyun-seok took a deep breath and tensed his body.

All his muscles tightened.

His posture was like that of a shot put athlete.

“Go!”

His tensed muscles exploded into action.

Whoosh!

The egg flew like a projectile.

It quickly reached near the cave ceiling.

Crack!

The egg shattered against the cave wall.

The fluid inside the egg shell burst outward.

At the same time, Choi Hyun-seok shouted.

“Now!”

A flame shot from Kulkan’s hand as if it had been waiting.

Bang!

The egg created a massive explosion when it met the flame.

The impact shook the cave and flames spread in all directions.

‘This completes the plan.’

The encyclopedia had written that Talas’ body fluid was highly flammable.

Especially the eggs, which contained liquid that was practically like a bomb.

Choi Hyun-seok decided to use this.

‘Collapse the cave.’

Talas dig huge caves in areas with weak ground.

Normally, it would be impossible to create such a huge cave in an area with weak ground.

However, Talas have an ability that makes this possible.

It’s the Talas’ saliva.

Their magical saliva covers the entire cave, supporting it.

And Talas’ saliva, like their body fluid, is highly flammable.

“Here comes another!”

Choi Hyun-seok threw another egg.

With the explosion, the cave shook again.

The spreading flames melted the Talas’ saliva coating the entire cave.

The Talas’ saliva was the mechanism maintaining the cave with weak ground.

As it began to melt, the cave shook and soil and rocks began falling.

Rumble…

The entire cave was becoming unstable.

“Kieeeeek!”

The Talas scattered in panic, running around the cave.

They were trying to repair the cave by applying their saliva to the walls.

Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes gleamed.

‘As expected, they’re in disarray.’

The Talas had to protect their eggs.

But they also had to prevent the cave from collapsing.

If the cave collapsed, not only would their lives be in danger, but all the other eggs scattered throughout would break too.

“Don’t stop! Keep running!”

Choi Hyun-seok used the Talas’ eggs like bombs to create even more chaos.

‘We need to escape before we use up all the eggs.’

The eggs were so large that they could only carry a limited amount at once.

The group currently had about 30 eggs.

Before using all these eggs, they needed to either find another hatchery or locate an exit.

Kwaaang!

Another massive explosion occurred.

The cave shook as if hit by an earthquake, and piles of dirt poured down from the ceiling.

The Talas frantically crawled across the ceiling trying to repair the collapsing cave.

“Kieeek!”

Of course, some of them still persistently blocked the group’s path.

With their vast numbers, this was inevitable.

“Sir Kulkan! Please!”

“Got it!”

Kulkan personally dealt with the enemies blocking their path.

Despite appearances, Kulkan was a chef with overwhelming combat ability.

In this situation where the enemies’ attention was divided, he was more than capable of handling regular Talas that weren’t queens.

“Wuaaah!”

Kulkan opened a path while frantically swinging his limbs.

Choi Hyun-seok and the kitchen soldiers followed closely behind him.

“Kuaaak!”

“My, my arm…!”

During this, several kitchen soldiers were injured.

It was inevitable that the kitchen soldiers would suffer some damage.

With each egg thrown, the number of eggs the soldiers carried decreased.

As their means of keeping the enemies in check diminished, they became more exposed to threats.

The creatures’ attacks came in order, starting with the soldiers who had used up their eggs first.

“Don’t fight! Avoid them as much as possible!”

Choi Hyun-seok shouted while throwing another egg.

‘How many are left now?’

Choi Hyun-seok looked back.

‘Twelve…!?’

Before they knew it, only 12 eggs remained.

They had to find an exit before using up all those eggs.

‘Can we do it?’

Their clothes were already soaked with sweat from running so much.

Moreover, this cave was like a maze centered around a massive cavity.

While Choi Hyun-seok and the kitchen soldiers must have entered through some passage, everyone was in chaos.

There was no way they could remember the path they took when they entered while fleeing.

“Over there! Light is coming from that direction!”

Just then, a kitchen soldier shouted.

Looking carefully, they could indeed see light leaking through.

Choi Hyun-seok and the kitchen soldiers ran toward the light without hesitation.

‘Just a little, just a little more…!’

By now, Choi Hyun-seok’s body was covered in many small wounds.

Several kitchen soldiers had already fallen behind and were being eaten alive.

Rumble rumble rumble!

The continuing explosive attacks made the cave shake even more precariously.

‘At this rate, the cave will collapse before we run out of eggs.’

Once the cave collapsed, that would be the end.

They had to escape before that happened.

‘We’re almost there!’

The light gradually grew brighter.

If they could just run a little further like this, they should be able to escape.

Choi Hyun-seok prayed desperately.

‘Just a little more…!’

At that moment, Kulkan, who was in the lead, stopped.

“Sir Kulkan? Why are you stopping…”

Choi Hyun-seok closed his mouth mid-sentence.

Because he noticed why Kulkan had stopped.

“Queen Talas…”

The queen was blocking the entrance with her massive body, waiting for them.

***

The queen was furious.

These pig-like creatures who dared to kill her precious children!

She intended to tear them all to pieces.

“Kieeeeee!”

The queen gathered all the adults in the nest to form an encirclement.

The ugly creatures scattered in panic.

But they would never escape alive.

“Kueeeeek!”

“Just… Just one bite of meat before I die…”

The creatures died one after another.

Even as they were skewered and their limbs torn apart, they remained pathetic until the end.

Having succeeded in killing most of the escapees, the queen.

She returned to her nest with a somewhat lighter heart.

But what she saw in the nest left her shocked.

“Wuaaang! Save me!”

“Over there! Light is coming from that direction!”

The cockroach-like creatures had stubbornly survived and infiltrated the nest.

They had the audacity to take her precious eggs hostage.

“Don’t come closer, or we’ll destroy them!? Huh!?”

The adults could only retreat repeatedly, unable to approach properly due to their threats.

This hostage situation alone was enough to make her fur stand on end with rage.

But there was something even beyond this…

Something that made her brain tremble with anger.

An atrocity too horrible to even speak of.

That was using the eggs like bombs.

Boom!

The creatures threw eggs and shot fire at them.

The Talas’ outer shell is very resistant to fire.

But the inside burns very easily.

Especially the fluid that makes up the eggs, which is almost as flammable as oil.

So when the egg’s surface breaks and the fluid flows out.

When it touches flame, it creates a massive explosion.

Boom!

“Kieeeeee!”

The adults scattered in panic, startled by the explosions.

The queen felt like she was losing her mind.

The cave she had worked so hard to create was shaking precariously.

Countless eggs were destroyed.

Her mind was going blank with rage.

But even so, she had to maintain her rationality.

She had to protect the remaining eggs.

Among them might be the next queen, so the eggs must be protected at all costs.

The queen made a vow.

She would definitely protect the eggs.

And she would never let those trash creatures escape alive.

***

The queen Talas howled.

“Kieeeeeeeeeeee-!”

It was a volume on a completely different level from other Talas.

It felt like their eardrums would burst, and the magical power in her cry made their entire bodies tingle.

Rumble…!

Even the cave shook precariously.

It was impossible to even guess how much power was contained in that cry.

“It’s over… We’re all dead now…”

“I’m fine. At least I got to eat a Talas egg before dying.”

“That’s true.”

The kitchen soldiers had already half given up.

Kulkan carefully spoke up.

“Choi Hyun-seok. What should we do now?”

“Please gather all the remaining eggs in one place.”

At Choi Hyun-seok’s words, the soldiers gathered all the eggs.

“Ten…”

Thanks to throwing them diligently on their way here, only 10 eggs remained.

‘I’ll make a deal with these.’

Choi Hyun-seok picked up one egg and stepped forward.

“Move aside! If you don’t, I’ll break all the remaining eggs too!”

The queen let out a horrific scream at Choi Hyun-seok’s words.

“Kieeeeee!”

Rumble…!

The cave shook again from the impact, and dirt poured down.

Taking the falling dirt, Choi Hyun-seok shouted desperately.

“I said move! Do you want to see all the remaining eggs explode too!? Huh!?”

“Kieeek!”

“Kill it!? Kill your children!?”

“Kieeeeeeek!”

“Damn it! Just move aside!”

The gathered Talas had completely surrounded the group.

“Haah…”

Choi Hyun-seok sighed.

No matter how much he threatened with the eggs, the queen wouldn’t budge.

‘From the circumstances, the queen definitely understands the threat.’

It was clear the queen was wary of the eggs breaking.

If not, she would have rushed in and torn him apart immediately.

But this way, they couldn’t get out of the cave.

The queen blocking the exit wasn’t part of Choi Hyun-seok’s original scenario.

After pondering, Choi Hyun-seok clenched his fist.

‘At this point, it’s all or nothing.’

Choi Hyun-seok put down the egg he was holding.

Then he stuck a leg taken from a Talas corpse into the egg.

Stab!

The sharp Talas leg pierced the egg.

“Kieeeeee!”

The queen was horrified at the sight.

But Choi Hyun-seok didn’t stop there.

“Sir Kulkan. Please light this on fire.”

“Huh?”

“Make this leg burn like a candle.”

“Understood.”

Kulkan used his magic.

A flame started burning at the tip of the Talas leg stuck in the egg.

Sizzle…

The Talas leg burning slowly.

The moment it burns completely and touches the egg, an explosion would occur.

Choi Hyun-seok threw the bomb-egg on top of the other eggs.

“See this!? When this explodes, everyone dies!”

Even a single egg had quite strong explosive power.

But what would happen if all 10 eggs burst at once?

At least one thing was certain.

‘This cave will collapse.’

It could collapse at any moment and it wouldn’t be strange.

If multiple eggs explode simultaneously, the cave surely won’t hold.

‘Then everyone dies.’

If this cave collapses, not only himself and the cooking soldiers, but also the Talas and the remaining eggs would all be buried alive.

“That’s why! Get out of the way, you bastard!”

Choi Hyun-seok shouted desperately.

As if responding, the queen also screamed frantically.

“If you don’t come out, everyone dies! Come out!”

“Kieeeeek!”

“Come out!”

“Kieeeeek!”

The beast and human scream at each other in rage.

Neither side gives an inch.

“Please, come ouuut!”

Just as Choi Hyun-seok’s voice was becoming hoarse.

Kulkan shouted.

“Hyun-seok! There’s no time! It’s about to burst!”

The bomb’s fuse.

No, the leg stuck in the egg was almost completely burned.

In a few seconds when the flame reaches the egg, everything will be over.

Did Queen Talas also know this fact?

It screamed again.

Then the Talas surrounding the party began to move.

Tadadadada!

Hundreds of Talas charge in from all directions.

Chiiiiik…!

The bomb’s fuse was almost burnt out.

Kurrrrrr!

The cave could collapse at any moment.

Enemies are charging in from all directions.

“Hyun-seoook!”

Kulkan turned and shouted.

Choi Hyun-seok gritted his teeth.

“Damn it! Whatever!”

Choi Hyun-seok threw the bomb toward the ceiling.

At the same time, the bomb’s fuse burned out completely…

Kwaaang!

A huge explosion occurred.

Rururururururu!!!

The cave begins to collapse.

Unlike before when dirt and rocks fell bit by bit, now the entire ceiling was coming down.

“Kuaaah!”

“Kieek!”

A scene from hell unfolded.

The cooking soldiers and Talas scatter in panic, united in their fear.

“Kieeee!”

Amidst this chaos, one Talas charged at Choi Hyun-seok.

‘Oh no!’

Just as Choi Hyun-seok tried to step back.

Kuung!

A rock falling from the ceiling crushed the Talas flat.

[Level Up!]

The system alert sound pierced Choi Hyun-seok’s ears.

“Huh?”

Choi Hyun-seok was startled by the sudden level up alert.

But before he could grasp the situation, his head started ringing incessantly.

[LeLeLeLeLeLeveveveveveveveveleveveleveeveveveUpUpUpUpUp!]

Crazy level ups.

It was the beginning of power leveling.

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