Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad-Chapter 237

In the northern continent, near the Odria City-StateAlliance, there exists a vast desert.

Isilius.

It’s an abandoned desert that no one visits.

Sara Dunphy came to this place filled with only hot sandstorms.

Standing at the top of a sand dune, she looked down at the barren desert.

“Quite a nice view.”

Although it was a desolate desert with nothing but sand everywhere, it looked different in her eyes.

The magic nation of Vallington that she established.

The brilliant civilization that once bloomed here was painted like a picture over the sand.

“You have unique tastes. To call this a nice view.”

A woman with an alluring voice made a snide remark.

Sara Dunphy smiled gently without turning around.

“Can you not see it?”

“All I see is desert everywhere?”

“Hahaha. Yes. This must be a view only visible to ghosts of the past.”

“Ghosts of the past…”

Hemis, the owner of the alluring voice, slightly raised the corner of her mouth.

For some reason, the phrase ‘ghosts of the past’ dug deep into her heart.

“I’m grateful to you. If it weren’t for you, I would have died right there.”

Sara Dunphy said as she turned around.

The final battle against the Holy Empire of Gatren.

Sara Dunphy had intended to die there.

She hadn’t seen any hope to live on from the beginning.

“My King… Please forgive this disloyal servant for departing first…”

“No need to worry. I won’t be long either.”

“I’ll be waiting to meet again in the next life…”

The supreme warrior Liam returned to the earth first.

Demonic energy.

Particularly, undead demonic energy was too vulnerable to holy power, so it couldn’t be helped.

Just as Sara Dunphy had resigned herself to meet her end.

A voice that froze the battlefield was heard.

“Hmm~ This looks interesting?”

Hemis appeared suddenly.

Naturally, those who thought she had died were all shocked.

“H-how is the Glutton…!?”

“Wasn’t the Glutton supposed to be dead!? Didn’t Lord Asahel Bald kill her at the cost of his life!?”

“Holy Maiden! Say something!”

Demonic energy filled the sky.

While everyone was in confusion, Hemis made her move.

“Shall I fill my stomach after so long?”

CRAAAACK-!

A massive fissure swallows thousands of soldiers in an instant.

Everyone froze like statues at the unbelievable carnage.

During that time, Hemis escaped with Sara Dunphy.

If they had responded properly from the start, they wouldn’t have been defeated so easily, but Gatren, caught in confusion, ultimately had no choice but to let the two escape.

Afterward, Hemis took Sara Dunphy to where she wanted to go, the Isilius Desert.

“Is there really anything to thank me for? You looked like you were desperate to die anyway.”

Hemis said.

Embarrassed at having her true feelings exposed, Sara Dunphy scratched her cheek.

“Still, I am grateful. There was one thing I still wanted to do. Thanks to you, I can do it.”

“Hmm~ It seems difficult to do anything in that state?”

Sara Dunphy looked down at her body.

As Hemis said, she was absolutely not in a state to do anything significant.

A gradually collapsing body.

Her skin scattered like ash, as if burning in fire.

“I can barely hold on at this level.”

“How can you be so sure?”

“I can feel it. Choi Hyun-seok will come here soon.”

Sara Dunphy came down from the sand dune.

Then she headed toward a rock cave she had spotted earlier.

“It will be tight to prepare until he arrives.”

“What preparation?”

“I plan to pass my demonic energy to Choi Hyun-seok.”

“Oho~”

Hemis made an interested expression.

Passing on demonic energy.

Or it could be expressed as succession.

Although Choi Hyun-seok is human, it should be possible since he can accept demonic energy.

‘But, that’s a meaningless action.’

Hemis stroked her chin with her snow-white hand.

Passing one’s demonic energy to another is not a good method.

This is because the vessel that can contain an individual’s demonic energy is predetermined.

If one forcibly tries to increase it, the body cannot withstand it.

That’s why it’s common to pass it on gradually over a long period.

Even then, demonic energy succession is rarely used because the efficiency is not high.

‘This undead doesn’t have time. At most three days like this. Within that time, her body will completely disappear.’

Even if she starts passing on the demonic energy right now, she will only last three days.

Considering the preparation process and the time for Choi Hyun-seok to arrive, the actual time given for transfer is only about one or two days.

There’s no meaning in trying to pass on demonic energy in such a short time.

Rather, it could cause side effects due to rejection from Choi Hyun-seok’s body, which has been transformed by mana.

‘She probably knows this… Does she have another method?’

Even Hemis, who was well-versed in magical knowledge, couldn’t understand what Sara Dunphy was thinking.

‘This is interesting.’

Hemis licked her lips.

She was curious about what this undead, once called the ‘Mother of Magic’, was planning.

“May I watch?”

“Of course. You are my benefactor.”

Sara Dunphy moved busily inside the cave.

Although her body crumbled and scattered ash with every movement, she paid no attention to it.

She poured all her concentration into drawing the magic circle.

Hemis also stood still in her spot, watching the work with an interested expression.

“There’s something I’m curious about.”

After several hours had passed like this.

Suddenly, Sara Dunphy spoke.

“What is your purpose?”

“Why ask about my purpose?”

“When I first saw you, I became interested and did some research. Fortunately, there were quite a few records.”

As if taking a break, Sara Dunphy sat on a rock.

She looked at Hemis and continued speaking.

“Generally, high-ranking demons live around 500 years. Occasionally some live close to 1,000 years, but that’s exceptional.”

“That’s right.”

“But no one knows how long you’ve lived. Neither humans nor demons.”

“That’s inevitable. Even I, have forgotten how long I’ve lived.”

“I see… What’s even stranger is that you’re still powerful despite being estimated to have lived for at least 1,000 years. No matter how much I investigated and thought about this, I couldn’t understand it.”

Why hasn’t she aged despite living for over a thousand years?

Is she somehow avoiding the fate that no living being can refuse?

Hemis didn’t answer.

Whether she also doesn’t know the truth.

Or whether she doesn’t want to speak about this, is unknown.

Sara Dunphy continued without waiting for an answer.

“Then suddenly I wondered. What thoughts do you live with? What is your purpose? Why do you act like this? There were too many incomprehensible points in your actions.”

Sara Dunphy calmly looked at Hemis.

Hemis wasn’t smiling.

She also met Sara Dunphy’s gaze with calm eyes.

“Well…”

After a while, Hemis’s closed lips parted.

“I’m not sure either~ I think I had some purpose, but…”

Slowly, the corners of Hemis’s mouth rose.

“As you said, maybe I’ve forgotten because I’ve lived too long.”

“Is that so.”

Sara Dunphy also smiled back.

“Looking at things like this, living too long isn’t necessarily good.”

“I agree with that as well.”

Sara Dunphy, who endured nearly 500 years, over 400 years as a human.

Hemis, who has lived well over 1,000 years as a demon.

Both were in absolute positions and were objects of fear and envy.

They cannot be understood by anyone because they reached a level no one else could reach and walked a path no one else knew.

Perhaps because of this, they felt a strange sense of kinship with each other.

“Whew, I should start again. Since it will take about another day to finish, I need to move quickly.”

Sara Dunphy began drawing the magic circle again.

And Hemis stood on one side, silently watching until the work was finished.

***

Choi Hyun-seok returned straight to the Mariette Palace.

Toward Abelson, who had come out to greet him upon news of his arrival, Choi Hyun-seok shouted without preamble.

“Ms. Abelson! What’s going on!?”

Although the subject was missing from the question, there was no problem understanding it.

He must be talking about Sara Dunphy.

Abelson lowered her head.

“I’m sorry… It’s all my fault…”

“I’m not trying to assign blame. Please explain to me what’s happening!”

Although he had received a rough explanation of the situation from Orlaben Grimier, even he didn’t know the details.

Just that the Gatren Empire was putting all their efforts into capturing a powerful undead.

Given the circumstances, that undead was clearly Sara Dunphy, which was confirmed by Abelson’s reaction.

“It all started when the Deusis faith dispatched an investigation team…”

Abelson began explaining step by step.

That the Deusis faith dispatched an investigation team on suspicions of collusion between the Mariette Kingdom and an undead.

Upon hearing this news, Sara Dunphy decided to act alone.

And up to how she attacked Gatren to lure away the enemies.

Thanks to this, the Mariette Kingdom was safe, but Sara Dunphy had to endure a fierce pursuit for two weeks.

After hearing the whole story, Choi Hyun-seok let out a deep sigh.

“Hah… Why didn’t you tell me?”

“I’m sorry…”

The words ‘Sara Dunphy didn’t want to tell you’ wouldn’t leave her mouth.

Because the Mariette Kingdom survived by hiding behind her.

Feeling guilty and sorry about this fact, Abelson could only bow her head.

However, this alone was enough for Choi Hyun-seok to grasp the general situation.

“What did older sister say?”

“When she first heard the news… She got angry and left the palace. I don’t know anything after that.”

To make matters worse, Park Hyun-a had also disappeared somewhere.

Choi Hyun-seok’s head started to ache.

Both Sara Dunphy and Park Hyun-a were gone.

Sara Dunphy was being actively pursued by Gatren, and Park Hyun-a’s body hadn’t recovered enough for combat.

‘I hope she didn’t just rush in recklessly out of anger…’

Although unlikely, he worried that Park Hyun-a might have attacked Gatren in her fury.

‘No. Let’s think about Sara first.’

Choi Hyun-seok organized his thoughts.

First priority is saving Sara Dunphy who’s being chased by Gatren.

“Have you heard anything about Sara? About the battle situation? Or her whereabouts?”

“I heard that Gatren keeps increasing their forces. From what’s known, they’ve mobilized a Holy Maiden, three Legends, ten thousand Holy Knights and priests, and about fifty thousand elite soldiers…”

“They mobilized that many troops just to catch Sara…?”

Over sixty thousand elite troops.

It was an excessive scale to move just to capture one individual.

“They didn’t move this many from the start. But as time passed, it seems Gatren began taking the matter more seriously.”

Abelson’s prediction was accurate.

Gatren, who initially didn’t take Sara Dunphy too seriously, couldn’t help but be surprised when they actually witnessed her prowess.

A being they couldn’t catch no matter how much they chased.

They gradually began to recall the nightmare of the Glutton.

How much damage humanity had suffered from just one Glutton in the past.

To prevent such a situation in advance.

To root it out when the opportunity came, Gatren mobilized all nearby forces.

“So what happened?”

“Two days ago. I heard there was an incredible battle.”

“And?”

“At the end of the battle, suddenly Ms. Hemis appeared and disappeared with Sara…”

“What? Hemis appeared?”

“It’s a rumor so it’s not certain. Even within Gatren, they’re keeping it hushed.”

“Hmm…”

Choi Hyun-seok’s mind began racing quickly.

‘If this is true, at least it means Sara is alive… That’s enough.’

Though he didn’t know why Hemis appeared, it was fortunate if she helped.

Considering her monstrous power, they must have somehow escaped through Gatren’s encirclement.

“So no one knows where they are now?”

“No. I’ve asked around but nothing… It seems Gatren hasn’t got a clue either.”

“Ugh…”

How could he find Sara Dunphy in this vast continent?

‘If only the communication crystal would work… But that’s not working either.’

Choi Hyun-seok had a communication crystal that Sara Dunphy had given him before.

He tried contacting her as soon as he heard the news, but there was no response from the other end.

It meant either Sara Dunphy wasn’t responding to communication, or the crystal was broken.

‘What should I do…’

Choi Hyun-seok stroked the communication crystal Sara Dunphy had given him with regret.

“Mr. Choi Hyun-seok. Is that…?”

“It’s from Sara. I’ve tried contacting her repeatedly but there’s no answer…”

“Let’s try one more time.”

“I’ve already tried dozens of times.”

“But you never know? Just try once more.”

“…Alright.”

Choi Hyun-seok reluctantly activated the communication crystal.

Woong…!

The crystal vibrated and emitted bright light.

If contact is received in this state, the vibration stops and the light dims.

Woong…! Woong…!

Choi Hyun-seok shook his head.

“It’s still not work-“

-Choi Hyun-seok. Did you resolve matters well?

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