Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad-Chapter 268

Choi Hyun-seok and the other six legends couldn’t close their mouths at the sight before them.

“It’s quite a spectacle.”

“… It can’t be snow. The sun is so bright.”

Gratiam, the capital of the Holy Empire of Gatren.

One of the continent’s largest cities was completely covered in white snow.

More precisely, it wasn’t snow but a kind of crystal formed by gathered holy power, but it looked no different on the surface.

“It feels strange somehow.”

“Indeed, in three hundred years of living, I’ve never seen a sight like this.”

It was a unique experience watching a white city in warm weather.

A passing thought noted it would have been better without the zombielike fanatics wandering the city.

“That’s enough fooling around.”

Park Hyun-a stepped forward.

Soon, a war with the fanatic hordes would break out in Draxel.

Perhaps it had already begun.

They had no time for idle chat as every minute wasted meant more deaths.

“As planned, you five will draw the enemy’s attention.”

Their strategy was simple.

Five legends from various nations, including Kinley Fusel.

They would first charge into Gratiam to draw the enemy’s attention.

When the Cardinals appear, the plan starts with running away to buy time.

“When we give the signal, Choi Hyun-seok and I will sneak into the imperial palace.”

Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a would wait for the signal from afar.

When magic in a specific pattern decorates the sky, that’s when they need to move.

The two would immediately infiltrate the imperial palace in the city center.

Kill the Pope as quickly as possible to end this insufferable war.

“Ah, don’t forget to change tactics after we enter the palace. From then on, you need to focus on defense to prevent others from entering the palace.”

When the final battle begins, enemies will swarm to protect the Pope.

So our side needs to quickly switch positions too.

Put everything into protecting the palace to prevent the enemy from joining the fight.

In a way, you could say both sides’ positions would be reversed.

“We can’t hold out long. We’ll have to pour out magic like crazy… Thirty minutes at most would be our limit.”

“Don’t worry. I wasn’t planning to drag it out anyway.”

“Understood. Then we’ll head out first.”

Kinley Fusel and the legends flew toward Gratiam.

Shortly after.

Boom-!

Dust flew up with explosions in the city.

Following that first explosion, consecutive thunderous sounds rang out.

Boom! Bang!

“… Infidels…!”

“Kill them, hehehe…!”

The fanatics’ laughter rode the wind to their ears.

Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a watched the city with sharp expressions.

“Whew…”

“Nervous?”

“Aren’t you nervous, older sister?”

“I’m crazy nervous.”

Park Hyun-a grinned.

How could they not be nervous?

With humanity’s future resting on their shoulders.

The pressure from such a weighty mission felt suffocating.

‘Well, even without the pressure, it’s a situation that can’t help but make one nervous.’

Even setting aside this responsibility, this battle holds special meaning.

The moment that marks the end of a long journey.

She had waited for this moment for a long time.

“Whatever the process, if the result is shit, then it’s all shit. That’s why we need to finish well.”

“Someone who values the process would foam at the mouth hearing that.”

“Let them foam. They’re just idealists who don’t know anything. I guarantee those flower-heads would talk just like me after a year on the battlefield. Maybe even worse.”

What could be more insane than discussing dreams and ideals on the battlefield?

If you ever see such a person, it’s best to deal with them quickly.

They must have screws loose in their head by the bunch.

Park Hyun-a would not hesitate to blow their heads off if she found such people.

Fanatics and those insane people aren’t much different.

Anyway, tens of thousands of heads are blown off each day, adding one more won’t change anything.

BOOM-! BOOM!

Even while conversing, the noise continued without interruption.

If anything, it feels like it’s getting louder.

The holy power crystals covering the city scattered and sparkled here and there.

“It’s taking longer than expected. The signal should have come by now.”

“… Let’s wait a bit more.”

Despite quite some time passing since the battle began, there’s no signal.

According to the plan, they should send the signal the moment they catch the Cardinal’s attention.

They thought the signal would come within 5 minutes at most, but almost 10 minutes have passed with no news.

“Hmm…”

Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a’s expressions hardened.

If things continue like this, something terrible could happen.

If the advance party dies meaninglessly, then it will be over.

They would have to retreat pathetically without even properly fighting.

“Maybe we should join now…”

Choi Hyun-seok stopped mid-sentence.

BANG-! BANG! BANG!

Magic exploded, dyeing the sky in various colors.

The signal they were waiting for had arrived.

“Let’s go!”

Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a rushed toward Gratiam at full speed without waiting for each other.

***

Five Legends led by Kinley Fusel.

As soon as they arrived at Gratiam, they went on a rampage.

“This is a short battle anyway! Don’t save your magic, pour everything out!”

Swords, magic, and giant hammers swung around, destroying the city.

Then, as if they had been waiting, the crowd of fanatics began rushing in.

They gathered at a terrifying speed, approaching like a massive tidal wave.

Guguuguugugugu…!

A human tidal wave made up of millions.

If swept up in that, nothing good would come of it, even as a figure of speech.

However, the five legends remained composed.

Legends pouring everything out without thinking of the aftermath couldn’t be stopped by just that much.

“Heup!”

Kinley Fusel began spinning her hammer with a battle cry.

Woong- Woong- Woong-

The speed of the hammer spinning with her body as its axis gradually increased.

When her figure could barely be seen due to the tremendous rotational speed.

Magical power shot up into the sky.

World-Destroying Technique

Form 7 – Steel Tornado

This wasn’t just wind created by magic.

The solid magical power itself formed a massive tornado, tearing apart everything that came inside.

KWAAAAAAA!

“Hee, heehee! This is salvation! Salvation!”

“Oh God! I’m coming now!”

An enormous number of fanatics were swept up in the tornado and flew into the sky.

In the whirlwind, their bones broke and flesh was torn as they crashed into each other.

“Use the biggest techniques possible!”

“Face them prepared to destroy everything!”

The other legends also faced the crowd of fanatics with their respective fighting techniques and magic.

Buildings collapsed, the ground split, and tens of thousands of fanatics scattered like fallen leaves.

It was an overwhelmingly powerful impact that seemed unbelievable to come from just five people.

“Infidel. How dare you disturb this holy land.”

“Death to the infidels.”

“Death and rest!”

How long had they been rampaging like this?

Finally, their awaited enemies appeared.

Eight Cardinals blocked the path of the legends.

Facing the massive muscle-bound humans, Kinley Fusel frowned.

“Why are there only this few?”

“It seems only some of the Cardinals guarding the imperial palace came out.”

“This isn’t enough. We need to bring out more Cardinals.”

“If we kill them one by one, they’ll have no choice but to all come out!”

It was estimated that there were around twenty Cardinals in this Gratiam.

They couldn’t send the signal just to catch the attention of only eight.

The legends quickly gathered and approached one Cardinal.

“We’ll take care of the one on the far left first!”

“Don’t think about saving magic power, go all out!”

The Cardinals are strong.

Looking at average physical specs alone, they might even be superior to the legends.

However, the real reason these people were called legends wasn’t simply because of their superhuman bodies.

World-Destroying Technique

Form 2 – Single Point Destruction

Drason Empire Swordsmanship

Form 13 – Shadow of the Empire

Techniques honed over hundreds of years.

Valuable experience gained through countless battlefields.

These are the core elements that make legends what they are.

The five legends attacked the Cardinal with perfect coordination as if they had been practicing together for a long time.

“Hehe! Death to the infidels…”

CRACK-! BANG! SLASH! KWANG!

The targeted Cardinal became unrecognizable in the blink of an eye.

Thud-

The one who fell to the ground convulsed briefly before stopping all movement.

“Kill the infidels.”

“God guides us.”

The remaining seven Cardinals gathered together.

Realizing their opponents weren’t easy, they seemed to be planning some form of coordination.

“Shouldn’t you call more of your comrades!?”

“Where are you hiding the rest of the Cardinals!”

The legends continued pouring out magical power and driving the Cardinals back.

There wasn’t much time.

Though they appeared overwhelming now, that was only because they were going all out without holding back.

The moment their magical power ran out, the legends would collapse one by one, unable to hold on.

Before that happened, they needed to draw out more Cardinals as quickly as possible.

“This won’t do! Let’s strike the imperial palace directly!”

“What!?”

“If they won’t come out, we’ll make them! Follow me!”

Kinley Fusel took the lead.

Since splitting up here would be dangerous, the other legends had no choice but to follow.

‘Let’s see how long you can hold out.’

The imperial palace of the Holy Empire of Gatren.

The massive structure was enough to instill awe in humans just by looking at it.

Now the entire building was covered in pure white holy power crystals, doubling its mysteriousness.

Thinking about the Pope playing god in there made their blood boil.

Kinley Fusel severely twisted one corner of her mouth.

“Pope! I never liked you from the start!”

She gathered as much magical power as possible.

Though she would concede one point to Choi Hyun-seok, Kinley Fusel could also produce extremely high output.

It was incomparable to other legends.

She intended to properly show her true worth.

WHIRRRRR!

Kinley Fusel began spinning in the air like a waterwheel.

‘I’ll blow it away along with the imperial palace.’

Magical power exploded from her as she spun at a terrifying speed.

It looked like a burning wagon wheel falling to the ground.

World-Destroying Technique

Form 10 – Meteor Destruction

Just before Kinley Fusel’s hammer fell on the imperial palace.

Ten shadows burst out from inside the palace.

“Protect the temple!”

“Don’t let the infidels into sacred ground.”

Kinley Fusel’s hammer struck down on the barrier deployed jointly by ten Cardinals.

KWAAAAANG-!

The protective barrier shattered instantly, and the Cardinals flew in all directions.

KUWUNG, KUNG! KUNG!

The Cardinals, embedded in various parts of the palace, quickly stood up and flew back into the sky.

Various parts of their bodies seemed broken, but it wasn’t fatal.

It would recover in a matter of seconds.

But Kinley Fusel smiled.

She had achieved her goal.

“Let’s drag these ones away!”

“Move!”

Eight came out first and ten came out later.

They succeeded in bringing out a total of 18 Cardinals.

Judging this to be enough, the legends carefully distanced themselves from the imperial palace.

They needed to send the signal after drawing them as far away from the palace as possible.

“Now!”

Finally, having moved to the outskirts of Gratiam, the legends shot magic into the sky.

BANG-! BANG! BANG!

The magic exploded, embroidering the sky in the promised pattern.

It had no killing power but was magic that was loud and visually spectacular.

It was mainly used during festivals and was similar to modern fireworks.

“Are we defending the imperial palace now?”

“Wait. They’ll react first.”

Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a would have entered the imperial palace after seeing the signal.

When they notice that, they’ll try to return, and we’ll block them.

That was their next strategy.

“Infidels have invaded the sacred ground.”

“We’re going back.”

Finally, while killing time appropriately, the awaited reaction came.

The Cardinals muttered something and turned around.

“Now! Don’t let them go!”

“Protect the imperial palace!”

Their positions were reversed.

Now it’s not them but our side protecting the imperial palace.

“We won’t let even an ant into the imperial palace!”

From offense to defense.

The battle entering a new phase grew increasingly fierce.

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