Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad-Chapter 253

Capital of the Holy Empire of Gatren, Gratiam.

The massive city boasting hundreds of years of history was crumbling hopelessly.

Dozens of buildings collapsed every time magical power, mana, and holy power exploded in a chaotic mix.

“This…!”

Choi Hyun-seok drew in a sharp breath as he raised his arm, and almost simultaneously, a monstrous hammer came flying.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Crash-!

The thrown Choi Hyun-seok pierced through three sturdy brick buildings.

Just as he barely managed to stop and regain his posture, magic flew at him from all directions.

Choi Hyun-seok cursed as he launched his body.

“Damn! Give me some time to catch my breath!”

Priests and holy Knights were hiding throughout the city.

They would launch magic whenever Choi Hyun-seok was isolated.

Just as he barely dodged the magic and tried to collect himself, as if they had been waiting, the legendary trio led by Kinley pressed their attack.

The Fusel crusher

Form 3 – Shatter

Mustan Swordsmanship

Form 5 – Piercing Light

Kinley Fusel and Gelling Mustan launched fighting techniques attacks from both sides.

It was an attack that cleverly blocked his escape route, making it impossible to dodge both.

Choi Hyun-seok charged toward Gelling.

He planned to break through head-on against the relatively weaker ki attack.

Swoosh-!

The stabbing sword was so fast that even Choi Hyun-seok’s dynamic vision could barely follow it.

Choi Hyun-seok raised his arm to deflect the sword.

Clang-!

Sparks flew as the sword grazed his skin, which had been hardened to the extreme by mana.

A long gash formed on his arm and blood flowed down.

Choi Hyun-seok paid no mind and thrust out his foot.

“Kuheck!”

As his foot precisely struck the abdomen, Gelling spat blood and flew back.

He could have finished him off if he pressed on here, but Choi Hyun-seok had to retreat.

The legend, Asmund had approached without notice and swung his sword.

‘If I just had a little more room to breathe, this fight would have been over already…!’

The battle showed no signs of ending.

Whenever he tried to finish one off, another enemy would come to interfere.

Meanwhile, the enemy he had attacked would recover and rejoin the battle.

This situation kept repeating.

The enemy’s coordination was so tight that there was no opening to break through.

‘At this rate, my stamina will run out first.’

Choi Hyun-seok is currently using Plomot.

Though it was still manageable since its duration had increased after being modified with mana.

Still, being a fighting technique that basically enhanced the body, it consumed considerable stamina and mana.

‘I can’t release Plomot at this point either.’

He couldn’t stop using Plomot just because stamina consumption was severe.

Setting aside the side effects, the fact that Choi Hyun-seok had endured until now was only possible thanks to Plomot.

If he had fought without using Plomot, he would have already lost, unable to block the enemy’s coordination.

‘If just one of the three wasn’t here. No, if just the interfering priests and holy knights weren’t here, I might have seen some way out.’

It was an extremely disadvantageous battle.

It was already remarkable just to endure while facing three legends and Gatren’s elites simultaneously.

But Choi Hyun-seok wanted victory, not just endurance.

‘I have to choose. Either raise Plomot’s level and somehow deal with them, or regroup with older sister.’

At this rate, he definitely wouldn’t last for the planned one hour.

He either had to push himself to deal with the enemies or regroup with Park Hyun-a.

Choi Hyun-seok chose the latter.

‘For now, buying time is most important. I need to regroup with older sister and find another way.’

The decision was made.

Choi Hyun-seok immediately turned around and started running. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

He would run straight to Park Hyun-a to regroup.

“You bastard! Running away like a coward!”

Kinley Fusel’s furious voice could be heard from behind.

Choi Hyun-seok found it absurd.

“What? Cowardly!? Damn, do you have no conscience!?”

Talking about cowardice when they’re ganging up on one person.

It seemed all villains came equipped with double standards by default.

“Chase him!”

“Stop right there!”

“If I was going to stop when you told me to, I wouldn’t have run in the first place!”

The game of tag that had been going on tediously for a while started again.

***

Park Hyun-a felt like she was at a magic fair.

This must be what it feels like when all the world’s magic is gathered and released at once.

Boom-boom-boom-boom-!

Hundreds of magic spells came crashing wherever she went.

Each one alone would be negligible, but when they gathered in such numbers, even Park Hyun-a couldn’t ignore them.

“There’s no end! No end!”

Actually, direct attack magic was relatively manageable.

The really dangerous ones were debuff-type magic.

Not only did they drain stamina and magical power, but occasionally when she got caught in magic that bound her body, even she felt chills.

“Hup!”

Although she could dispel all that magic just by releasing magical power, the problem was the momentary delay.

If she couldn’t move for even one second due to restrictions, she would inevitably be hit directly by countless attacks at that moment.

‘I’m not some acrobat, damn it! How long do they expect me to endure like this?’

Endless enemies.

She must have dealt with over 10,000 soldiers by now, but they kept appearing from somewhere no matter how many she killed.

Far from decreasing, their numbers seemed to be growing.

‘I guess the only fortunate thing is that I destroyed the Hero Unit.’

Actually, Park Hyun-a was able to endure even this much thanks to Martin Rusca.

The foolish Martin Rusca had charged in first, leading the Hero Unit.

He had been overconfident.

Thanks to that, Park Hyun-a caught them off guard with the prepared communication jammer.

After dealing with Martin Rusca, the commander, she reduced the number of heroes as much as possible.

It was still early in the battle.

Since she had plenty of power left, she was able to almost completely crush the heroes.

Blocked link magic.

Backflowing magical power.

The sudden death of the commander.

It was only possible because all these factors aligned.

If she hadn’t reduced the number of heroes then, she definitely wouldn’t have lasted until now.

‘Focus. One hour! Just need to hold out for one hour!’

Park Hyun-a gathered her magical power again.

Fortunately, she still had considerable magical power left even in the midst of a fierce battle.

It was because she had vast amounts of magical power to begin with.

‘About one-third of magical power remains. This should be enough.’

Although it felt like walking a tightrope at every moment, she was confident.

She absolutely wouldn’t fall until she used up all this magical power.

‘How much time has passed?’

Park Hyun-a checked the time.

The goal was to hold out for one hour.

She thought not much time would be left since they had fought for quite a while – but reality wasn’t so generous.

’30 minutes!? Only 30 minutes have passed!?’

Actually, it wasn’t even 30 minutes.

The clock showed that only 28 minutes had passed since the operation began.

‘We’re screwed… How am I supposed to last 30 minutes with this much magical power!?’

The magical power that had felt reliable just seconds ago now felt incredibly insufficient.

More operation time remained than expected.

At this rate, her magical power would run out before the hour is up.

“Older sister!”

That’s when Choi Hyun-seok approached.

“What!? Why did you crawl out already!?”

“I thought it would be advantageous to hold out in the city, but I was wrong! It would be better to fight together out here!”

The legendary trio was attached to Choi Hyun-seok’s tail.

Following them, the elite holy knights and priests from Gratiam poured out.

“Damn… It’s like a string of peanuts.”

“Since it’s come to this, let’s hold out together here.”

“The Pope?”

“Lost him.”

“That’s why I said it was a reckless plan.”

“But it wasn’t without results. I got information about the Pope.”

“We need to survive first to use that information!”

What use is information after death?

It’s worse than not getting it at all.

“We can do it!”

Choi Hyun-seok shouted while dodging incoming magic.

“We just need to hold out a little longer, right?”

“There’s still 30 minutes left.”

“What…?”

“Exactly 31 minutes left.”

Despair descended on Choi Hyun-seok’s face in that moment.

He must have thought much time had passed too, because it felt like the sky was falling.

“I guess my sense of time got weird from fighting intensely for a short while.”

“Skip the analysis. So can you hold out? How much mana do you have left?”

“About 25%?”

“You should have saved it, damn it!”

“Still, the legendary trio are quite exhausted too. If we can seize an opportunity to take down just one of them, we might have a chance with the rest.”

Park Hyun-a clenched her teeth. The words ‘As if such an opportunity would come in this situation!’ rose to the tip of her tongue, but she swallowed them back.

“Right. Damn it! Let’s do this.”

The battle had already begun.

With barriers blocking every direction, there was nowhere to run anyway.

They had to settle this here, come hell or high water.

“Even if we die…”

“Let’s take at least one of them with us.”

The two heroes leaped into the densely packed enemies.

***

Drason Empire’s Command Post.

Orlaben Grimier watched the situation with sharp eyes.

“Commander! Reports confirm the destruction of the Grand Temple in Radion territory!”

“The Grand Temple in Kirshin territory is also on the verge of destruction!”

“How long until Kirshin!?”

“We should be able to destroy it within 10 minutes!”

“Too slow! Push harder and destroy it faster!”

Orlaben’s voice carried an uncharacteristic anxiety.

For even him, who is always composed, to be urgent meant this operation is crucial.

’30 minutes have already passed. And we’ve only destroyed one temple in that time.’

The target was eight Grand Temples in total.

Only one had been destroyed so far.

Even if they destroyed another in 10 minutes, six would still remain.

‘We need to destroy at least five Grand Temples to prevent the Empire’s Sacrifice.’

They had to bring down five Grand Temples somehow.

If they failed this operation, what would follow was clear as day.

‘Backed into a corner, Gatren will surely use that detestable magic.’

Actually, they didn’t know exactly how powerful the magic ‘Empire’s Sacrifice’ would be.

They only knew its rough effects, not the details.

Perhaps it might turn out to be less impressive than they thought.

Contrary to their worries, nothing significant might happen.

However, there was also the possibility it could be so powerful it would destroy the continent.

As long as there was even a 1% chance of the continent’s destruction, they had to stop that magic.

“Enemy reinforcements?”

“No major reinforcements yet! Lord Choi Hyun-seok and Ms. Park Hyun-a seem to be drawing attention effectively!”

“Reinforcements could arrive at any moment. Redirect the units that destroyed the temple elsewhere, and dispatch additional units!”

If the Pope noticed their operation, it would be over.

All Grand Temples were connected to Gratiam through spatial transfer gates.

Once the temple attacks were discovered, massive reinforcements would pour in immediately.

Of course, Drason knew this well, so they designated the spatial transfer gates as the top priority before destroying the temples.

“The enemy’s spatial transfer gates?”

“We’ve only destroyed one so far!”

As expected, destroying the gates isn’t easy.

The enemy was desperately defending the gates, knowing they were their lifeline.

‘Still, the progress is too slow. We really underestimated the Cardinals’ strength.’

The biggest reason for the operation’s slow progress.

It was because of the Cardinals.

The Cardinals at each Grand Temple.

Those they had thought were just old men with strong holy power demonstrated monstrous strength nearly equal to legends.

If they hadn’t deployed legends of their own, they probably wouldn’t have destroyed even one Grand Temple by now.

‘Please…’

Orlaben Grimier clenched his fist.

He prayed desperately in his heart.

‘I know it’s an unreasonable request. But, just… Please hold out a little longer!’

Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a.

He could only hope those two would buy them a little more time.

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