Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad
Chapter 145

The skull of Lophar Dozer cracked, and black demonic energy continuously gushed out through the gap.

He grabbed his skull and screamed.

-Ahhhhhhh!

It was a devastating scream.

He desperately pressed down as if trying to put his skull back together, but the gap only widened.

BOOM-!

His skull exploded with a thunderous sound.

Simultaneously, an enormous amount of demonic energy shot up into the sky.

“Ah…”

As the black clouds cleared, the blue sky and white clouds were revealed.

The sun high in the sky had already passed overhead.

The battle that started around sunset the previous day had continued for almost a full day.

“Oh no, this isn’t the time!”

Abelson quickly ran.

This wasn’t the time to leisurely watch clouds.

She hurriedly approached Choi Hyun-seok to check his condition.

‘He’s breathing, though weakly.’

Fortunately, Choi Hyun-seok was still alive.

He would surely die if left like this, but what matters is that he’s alive right now.

Abelson immediately channeled holy power.

‘Strangely, my condition feels good.’

Until just now she felt like dying, but somehow the fatigue had lifted.

The depleted holy power was also recovering rapidly.

Abelson poured holy power into Choi Hyun-seok as fast as she could.

“As long as he’s alive… I can save him somehow.”

Though treating Choi Hyun-seok requires extreme skill, Abelson is confident.

Having saved his life several times before, she could definitely heal him completely if given enough time.

“Please wait a little…”

Beads of sweat formed on Abelson’s forehead.

She didn’t even blink as it required intense concentration.

“Grrrr…”

Suddenly Bobo growled lowly.

Abelson looked at Bobo in surprise.

“What’s wrong?”

“Kwang!”

Bobo started barking.

Soon Abelson could also notice the situation.

‘That’s…’

A group of people appeared beyond the horizon.

It was clearly an army.

‘Of all times…’

It seemed the reinforcements requested by the village chief had just arrived.

They seemed to have prepared and come quite quickly sensing the gravity of the situation, but they were already far too late.

“Bobo! Quick, hide your form!”

Understanding Abelson’s words, Bobo instantly shrunk in size.

Bobo became small enough to hold in one’s arms.

Abelson placed Choi Hyun-seok on top.

His arms and legs touched the ground due to Bobo’s small size, but it couldn’t be helped.

‘I’ve done the emergency treatment. Natural healing should take care of the rest.’

She wanted to heal him more but there was no time.

Given Choi Hyun-seok’s tenacious life force, this much should be enough for him to pull through.

Abelson looked at Bobo.

“Take Mr. Choi Hyun-seok and escape like this.”

“Kwang!”

Bobo barked loudly.

It was as if saying she should come along too.

Abelson shook her head.

“I have something I need to do.”

“Kwang! Kwang!”

“There’s no time for this! Hurry and go. Before they get closer!”

Abelson shouted urgently.

Bobo had no choice but to move.

Watching the two quickly disappear into the distance, Abelson stood up.

‘I need to draw their attention.’

It’s too early to feel relieved.

She needs to erase traces of Choi Hyun-seok and Bobo’s presence here and draw attention.

She released holy power in all directions.

Not only the traces of demonic energy where Choi Hyun-seok and Bobo had been but even the marks on the ground from their movement disappeared completely.

After releasing holy power for some time.

Finally, the army arrived where Abelson was.

“Who might you be?”

A man who appeared to be a noble at the front asked.

“I am…”

Just as Abelson was about to answer.

Someone burst out from inside.

“Holy Maiden!”

***

Lick-!

A tongue tickled his face.

Choi Hyun-seok mumbled with a frown.

“Stop… Stop it…”

Lick, lick!

The miniaturized Bobo kept licking his face.

“Stop it!”

When Choi Hyun-seok finally opened his eyes, Bobo’s tail wagged vigorously.

They say you can’t spit on a smiling face.

Unable to get angry at the tail-wagging Bobo, Choi Hyun-seok let out a deep sigh.

“Ah… My head is killing me.”

Slowly raising his waist.

What’s visible are the forest and trees.

And Rachel and Bobo.

“Hero! Do you know how worried I was!?”

Rachel threw herself at him with tears welling up in her eyes.

Choi Hyun-seok nodded with a somewhat disgruntled expression.

“Somehow it feels like it’s been a really long time. Seems like you didn’t show your face at all during the battle.”

“Th-that couldn’t be helped!”

Rachel wanted to help Choi Hyun-seok too.

However, there was no opportunity.

Rachel’s mere presence slightly drains Choi Hyun-seok’s magical power.

In a battle that needed to be prolonged, having Rachel join would have been extremely inefficient.

Moreover, in the end, Choi Hyun-seok was in a situation where he had to squeeze out his magical power to the limit, so she couldn’t appear even more so.

In fact, she only appeared quite a while after Choi Hyun-seok arrived in this forest.

“Fine. Let’s say that’s true. It’s not like you being helpful, is anything new.”

“How could you say such hurtful things! Do you know how hard I worked to heal you when you collapsed!?”

“Ah, right, you could use healing magic too?”

“Of course! If it weren’t for me, you would’ve been lying there for half a day longer!”

Rachel knows how to use various types of magic.

Though overshadowed by Abelson, her healing magic is quite decent.

Choi Hyun-seok was able to remember this fact after a long time.

“By the way, what happened to that skeleton? Did we win?”

“Yes. That woman finished it off.”

“Ms. Abelson…”

Choi Hyun-seok checked his status window.

‘The hero quest is cleared. And my level increased tremendously.’

His hero points had increased from the quest reward.

His level had risen by as much as 20.

‘Though I couldn’t land the final blow, experience points must have been distributed according to contribution.’

He had heard that the final blow would grant about one-third of the experience points.

Although he couldn’t finish it off, it was clear that Choi Hyun-seok had made the biggest contribution to defeating Lophar Dozer.

He must have received a lot of experience points.

On top of that, it seemed his level had risen significantly from gaining massive experience points for completing the hero quest.

“Nice.”

Besides this, he could see that many of his stats had increased separately from leveling up.

It seemed he received great rewards for fighting to his absolute limit.

▫Name: Choi Hyun-seok

▫Title: Regular Hero

▫Level: 733

• Strength: 240
• Agility: 240
• Stamina: 241
• Magic: 290
• Demonic Energy: 278
• Charisma: 98
• Fighting Spirit: 41
• Bonus Points: –

▫Hero Points: 6200

After finishing distributing his stats, Choi Hyun-seok stretched lightly.

“Ughh… I’m dying.”

Though his body seemed recovered on the outside, it was still screaming on the inside.

Choi Hyun-seok looked around while loosening up his body.

“By the way, where’s Ms. Abelson? Did she go looking for food or something?”

“Ah, about that…”

Rachel hesitated and couldn’t answer.

Only then did Choi Hyun-seok sense something is wrong and his face hardened.

“What? What happened?”

“Actually…”

Rachel briefly explained what had happened.

“…So that’s how only we escaped like this.”

“Shit! Why are you only telling me this now!?”

“I-I was going to tell you right away…”

“Where? Where did she go? No, before that, how long was I unconscious!?”

Choi Hyun-seok asked urgently.

“It’s been almost a day since you fainted, hero.”

“A day!?”

Choi Hyun-seok lowered his head and held his forehead with his hand.

‘Not just an hour, but a whole day…!’

How could they find where Abelson went in this vast continent?

Choi Hyun-seok had never learned tracking skills.

Suddenly an idea flashed in his mind.

“Right! I’ll look for tracking abilities in the hero shop. After buying that, we’ll go back to the battle site…”

Just as Choi Hyun-seok was rambling.

Rachel covered his mouth.

“Wait, stop!”

“Mmph! What!?”

“I knew this would happen, so I already put a tracking spell on her.”

“What?”

“Your magic power was barely hanging on, but I thought I could at least cast a simple tracking spell.”

“Rachel…!”

Choi Hyun-seok showed a surprised expression.

He thought she was useless, but to think she’d done something this thoughtful.

Choi Hyun-seok quickly led Bobo and Rachel.

“Let’s go now! Right now!”

He couldn’t just let Abelson, his companion, and precious blonde beauty, go like this.

***

In a dark interrogation room.

Abelson was sitting face to face with an elderly man.

“Little Holy Maiden. What in the world happened…”

The man’s name is Tranio.

He was one of the bishops of the Deusis faith and had known Abelson from before.

It was a connection formed when Abelson traveled around the continent helping people in need.

“When I heard stories that the Little Holy Maiden had committed treason, I didn’t believe it. Though I know it’s an impious thought… I thought there must have been some misunderstanding.”

Bishop Tranio’s wrinkled face wore a sad expression.

“But what is this…”

“It’s exactly as I told you.”

Abelson explained in detail what happened in the village.

The demon race’s scheme.

A massive undead army was created through necromancy.

Abelson, who survived after defeating them.

Of course, while she hid the story about Choi Hyun-seok, she hadn’t exactly lied either.

“I’m not a traitor. As the Bishop said, I became a fugitive due to a misunderstanding. Then I just happened to learn about the village’s danger.”

“Then what is this?”

Bishop Tranio held out a communication crystal.

Abelson’s expression hardened.

‘I can’t believe that thing hasn’t broken yet…’

It was the communication crystal that Reidrun had given her.

It was puzzling how it hadn’t been destroyed during such an intense battle.

Bishop Tranio continued.

“Upon investigation, it appears to be a wicked item that uses demonic energy. Moreover, it’s estimated to be of very high quality.”

“And?”

“Why was this found with the Little Holy Maiden?”

“I don’t know about that. Perhaps it belonged to the demon who was there.”

This time, Abelson had no choice but to lie.

“Anyway, I’m a fugitive… And now I’ve been caught.”

Abelson let out a light sigh.

She looked up at Bishop Tranio’s face.

“What are you going to do with me now? Will you bind me and send me to the capital?”

She asked with a sense of resignation.

Bishop Tranio remained silent, lost in thought.

“…”

After a long silence, he finally spoke.

“As I said, I didn’t believe it. The Little Saint siding with demons? That couldn’t be possible.”

He smiled kindly.

“That thought hasn’t changed.”

“Then…”

“I will handle this myself. So that the Little Holy Maiden can leave this place.”

Abelson shook her head.

Though she appreciated the sentiment, it wasn’t realistic.

“Other people have already seen me.”

“I know.”

“If you say I escaped, punishment will come from above. Maybe even Bishop Tranio…”

She might be branded as a traitor and killed.

Abelson swallowed the rest of her words.

Bishop Tranio grabbed her hand.

“It’s alright. I’m just relieved to see the Little Holy Maiden safe, even like this.”

“…”

“I’m just an old man anyway. What would I have to fear when I’m already waiting for the day to return to God’s embrace?”

“Bishop…”

Abelson was conflicted.

She should refuse.

She couldn’t put Bishop Tranio in danger just to save herself.

But if she stayed here, she would die.

There was also a high chance that information about Choi Hyun-seok would be discovered.

After all, the Pope would do whatever it took to find out what he wanted to know.

‘What should I do…’

Just as she clenched her fist,

The interrogation room door suddenly opened.

Bishop Tranio put on a seemingly angry expression.

“What is this about? I said not to let anyone in.”

The person who entered was a man with a robust build.

He looked at Bishop Tranio and nodded.

“Please leave.”

“Who are you to…”

“By order of His Holiness the Pope.”

He pulled something out from his chest.

Bishop Tranio carefully examined it.

‘This is His Holiness the Pope’s…’

It was a nameplate and order document bearing the Pope’s official seal.

This man was carrying out the Pope’s orders.

The man put the items back in his chest and continued speaking.

“I will now take custody of the traitor Abelson Mariette.”

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