Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad-Chapter 63

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Forest near the Black Giant Star.

This place, where numerous magic beasts compete fiercely, is governed by the law of survival of the fittest.

It’s a forest of magic beasts where roars and sounds of battle never cease!

But today was different from usual.

“Kuhuu! Let’s get started!”

“I’ll be the first to enter!”

“I will become a battalion commander! No, a regimental commander!”

Nearly a thousand demon tribe members gathered, emanating a murderous aura.

All of them possessed military power at least at the company commander level or higher.

The demon energy being released by these somewhat capable individuals was enough to make breathing difficult.

The nearby magic beasts, sensing the unusual situation, were nowhere to be seen.

“That anchovy over there is 20,000… That pig is 35,000. That crocodile head over there exceeds 40,000.”

Choi Hyun-seok observed his surroundings wearing a combat power meter.

Since everyone came aiming to become battalion commanders, their combat power was not insignificant.

From a rough observation, the average combat power was around mid-30,000.

Choi Hyun-seok, with his combat power in the mid-20,000s, would barely make it into the average range, if at all.

“I expected this… But it won’t be easy.”

Just then, as Choi Hyun-seok was muttering.

Rachel poked her head out from his chest.

“Hero, are you perhaps scared?”

“Who’s scared?”

“Eh~ You look scared though?”

“I’m not scared at all. I’m used to situations like this.”

“You’re used to it?”

“Think about it. Have any of the guys we’ve fought so far been weaker than me?”

Looking back, Choi Hyun-seok was always the underdog.

However, being the underdog doesn’t necessarily mean being a loser.

Choi Hyun-seok was both an underdog and a victor.

“What happened to all those guys who acted tough in front of me? They’re all lying in coffins now. So this time too, I’ll be the one laughing last!”

“Ooh! Hero, you’re really fired up!”

Choi Hyun-seok beat his chest while shouting, and Rachel kept clapping beside him.

Both of them seemed more exaggerated than usual, perhaps trying to shake off their nervousness.

‘I can do this sufficiently. This is actually rather easy at this level.’

Choi Hyun-seok gathered his thoughts and made his final assessment of the situation.

‘Avoid unnecessary fights. The goal of this competition is to reach the destination first anyway.’

The victory condition is to reach the destination point about 20km away, crossing through the forest from this starting point.

There’s no need to be first place.

Among the thousand gathered here, making it into the top 100 would be enough.

By simple calculation, it’s less than a 10% chance.

It won’t be easy, but it’s a fight worth taking on.

‘Just run straight ahead, and especially avoid getting near those with high combat power.’

Just as Choi Hyun-seok was organizing his thoughts.

A large demon tribe member nearby approached.

The goat-like creature stroked his stylish beard.

“So you’re the human from the rumors.”

He looked down at Choi Hyun-seok while speaking out of nowhere.

“To think a mere human would dare challenge to become a Demon King Army executive. You’d better be prepared.”

Choi Hyun-seok’s face twisted.

“What’s with this sudden provocation?”

“Shh! Hero, endure it! We can’t fight before it even starts!”

Rachel was unusually making sense.

Choi Hyun-seok also thought she was right and decided to endure.

It absolutely wasn’t because he was intimidated by this goat’s combat power of 40,000.

“I’m kind of busy. Let’s talk later.”

When Choi Hyun-seok waved his hand dismissively, the goat snorted.

“Hmph! Insolent one. I’d like to stomp on that head of yours, but there’s no need. You’ll die as soon as the competition starts anyway.”

“Yeah, yeah. I got it, so could you please get lost now?”

Choi Hyun-seok responded indifferently.

At that moment, the goat’s hand stroking his beard became rough.

“Be careful… I’m not the only one targeting you.”

“What?”

“I hope you stay alive until I, Holgot, come for you.”

With those final words, the goat demon tribe member, Holgot, turned away.

Watching Holgot’s retreating back, Rachel jumped out.

“Hah! This is a running competition, you idiot! And watch yourself at night! If I catch you, I’ll pluck out all of that stupid beard!”

At that moment, Holgot turned around.

Startled by the fierce goat eyes, Rachel quickly hid back in Choi Hyun-seok’s embrace.

“That goat’s got good hearing…”

“Were you scared?”

“I wasn’t scared! I was going easy on him. If you grab and pull guys like that by their beard, they can’t do anything!”

Rachel tugged at Choi Hyun-seok’s collar while grumbling.

Choi Hyun-seok pushed Rachel away with a smirk.

“I get it, so let go while you talk.”

Thanks to Rachel, he felt a bit less tense.

Choi Hyun-seok turned his head to look in the direction where the goat had left.

‘Many are targeting me?’

The meaningful words the creature had spoken at the end kept circling in his mind.

After pondering briefly, he shook his head to clear his thoughts.

‘Whatever happens, I’ll have to give it my all.’

He’d rather die than go to the research facility.

Whether it’s goats or pigs.

He would crush anyone blocking his path and move forward.

***

“From now, we will begin the selection competition for the regimental and battalion commanders of the 3rd Corps Direct Regiment of the Demon King’s Army.”

This competition was overseen by Roiger, a high-ranking demon tribe member and regimental commander of the 3rd Corps Direct Regiment.

“Combat is allowed, but deliberately killing opponents is forbidden. Executives will be monitoring in real-time, so everyone be careful.”

Though not spoken particularly loudly, his magically amplified voice reached everyone clearly.

“Then from now…”

Roiger stretched his hand toward the sky.

Demon energy surged from his hand.

“The competition begins.”

As the demon energy that rose to the sky exploded, brilliant fireworks burst forth.

Simultaneously, about a thousand demon tribe members began running.

“Uahahaha! Move aside!”

A black-skinned demon tribe member resembling a buffalo shouted.

He charged forward, randomly pushing aside other demon tribe members blocking his way.

“I, Durkan, will proudly pass through in first place!”

The buffalo quickly pushed to the front.

Just as he was laughing heartily and trying to overtake another demon tribe member.

A boulder-like fist flew in.

“Noisy little bug.”

Crack!

The buffalo’s head caved in where the fist struck.

“Kuh, kuhek…”

“Doesn’t seem dead.”

The demon tribe member who threw the punch appeared more like an inorganic mineral than organic matter, with their entire body as hard as rock.

They continued running forward, leaving behind the buffalo with the crushed head.

The buffalo was dying, but since he wasn’t dead yet, there was no need to worry about it.

“Kihyaat! I’ll slice up all the muscles in your legs!”

“I’ll accidentally cut your throat!”

Besides these, scenes of carnage unfolded everywhere.

Although the competition had just begun, already more than dozens of demon tribe members were on the verge of death.

“Foolish ones. Why bother running on the ground when you can fly through the sky.”

Some demon tribe members moved through the sky rather than on the ground.

A rat-like creature was confident in his victory.

“Kik kik! There’s no rule against flying, yet they’re crawling on the ground. How can they be so stupid!”

The rat laughed with squeaking sounds.

“It feels a bit disappointing to just go like this. Kik kik!”

While first place was practically guaranteed at this rate, that wouldn’t be fun.

It felt like he should give a gift to the idiots fighting below.

The rat concentrated.

“Kiit!”

The demon energy that burst from the rat’s body spread like fog, then soon turned into falling rain.

Shwaaaaaa!

This rain was actually a terrible poison that melts skin.

While no one would die from this level here, it would be quite painful.

“Farewell, inferior ones!”

Just as the rat was crawling away with a satisfied smile.

His eyes widened.

“Huh?”

When had it flown in?

A house-sized log was right in front of his nose.

“Chi, chik!”

It was already too late to dodge.

Thwack!

Hit directly by the log, the rat fell to the ground with all his bones crushed.

“Move move move! First place is mine!”

“If I kill everyone and enter, does that make me the regimental commander!?”

The forest had completely turned into a battlefield.

While regimental commander-level executives were monitoring here and there, they merely watched.

Their expressions were full of indifference.

They seemed to have no intention of stopping this chaos.

In the midst of this extreme situation…

The only human, Choi Hyun-seok, was running near the front of the pack.

“Shit! What’s with this acid rain!?”

Choi Hyun-seok frowned while blocking the rain falling from the sky.

Even with magical protection, the stinging sensation suggested it had quite strong acidity.

“I’ll block it!”

“Thank you!”

Rachel spread a protective spell above Choi Hyun-seok’s head.

Only then could Choi Hyun-seok ignore the acid rain and continue running.

“Rachel! How many are ahead of me?!”

“Not too many. Roughly a hundred?”

“Good! If we keep going like this, we can make it into the top 100.”

Things were still going smoothly.

This was because Choi Hyun-seok had been running while avoiding fights as much as possible.

Just as he was thinking how things were going more smoothly than expected since the idiots were fighting among themselves… At that moment.

“There you are, human!”

A familiar silhouette approached from the side.

It was Holgot, the goat demon tribe member who had provoked him before the competition.

Running while stroking his beard, he quickly drew closer.

Choi Hyun-seok’s expression severely creased.

“Just go your own way!”

“I can’t do that. A human daring to rank among us? I, Holgot, cannot tolerate this!”

Holgot stretched out his hand while maintaining his running posture.

Baseball-sized demon energy burst forth from his hand like a volley.

“Die by accident!”

“What is this crazy goat saying?!”

Choi Hyun-seok dodged in astonishment.

Each baseball contained tremendous demon energy.

These baseballs poured out like bullets from a machine gun.

‘What kind of overpowered technique is this?!’

While one hit wouldn’t kill him, he could suffer serious injuries if he wasn’t careful.

Ratatatatatata!

The volley of demon energy destroyed the entire forest.

Choi Hyun-seok moved desperately.

However, it was beyond his ability to dodge all attacks while running.

“Hero! I’ll block them, so just focus on running!”

“Alright!”

Rachel had become increasingly reliable lately.

As Choi Hyun-seok’s magical power grew stronger, there were more things Rachel could do.

Thanks to Rachel’s support, Choi Hyun-seok could overcome the crisis without damage.

“This bastard…!”

When Choi Hyun-seok smoothly blocked his attacks, Holgot’s beard trembled.

He was angry.

He didn’t like how this mere human was dodging his attacks and persistently running forward.

“I’ll kill you…!”

Holgot, who had thrown the no-killing rule to the dogs, drew up his demon energy.

A massive clump of demon energy soared into the sky.

The demon energy soon split into countless beads.

“Rain of Beads!”

With Holgot’s shout, a rain of beads poured down to the ground.

Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes bulged.

‘Can’t dodge this. Have to block it!’

The demon energy felt ominous.

Choi Hyun-seok quickly hid behind a rock.

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Simultaneously, Rachel strengthened her defensive magic.

BOOM!

The small beads covered the entire area where Choi Hyun-seok was, causing a massive explosion.

‘This is manageable. The power decreased as the range increased.’

Fortunately, the power wasn’t too strong.

Choi Hyun-seok was able to block the attack without much damage.

However, the situation was different for other demon tribe members caught in the spell nearby.

Those who couldn’t prepare in time were directly hit by numerous explosive beads.

“Kuaaa! Who did this?!”

“How dare you attack me, human. You must have a death wish!”

The demon tribe members caught in the sudden area-of-effect magic were furious to their core.

Selective anger management disorder was a common disease among most of the Demon King’s Army.

Those participating in the competition aiming for battalion commander positions were no exception.

They looked around for the culprit who fearlessly launched the area magic.

At that moment, Holgot pointed at Choi Hyun-seok and shouted.

“That human used magic!”

Everyone’s gaze turned to Choi Hyun-seok.

Choi Hyun-seok glared at him with murderous eyes, but he calmly responded while stroking his beard.

“So it was you, human!”

“I didn’t like that a human was in the Demon King’s Army from the start.”

“How dare you attack me, human. I’ll have to accidentally kill you.”

The atmosphere wasn’t good.

Choi Hyun-seok frantically waved his hands.

“No! It wasn’t me! I don’t even know how to use that kind of magic!”

“Then was it an accidental magic?”

“Boring! I feel like a fatal technique might accidentally come out of my hands!”

“My demon energy is starting to move accidentally!”

Words weren’t getting through.

Choi Hyun-seok gritted his teeth.

‘These rotten bastards…’

When he turned his head, Holgot was already far away.

“Tonight’s dinner is human stew!”

“Kill him!”

“Just go your way! You crazy bastards!”

They had covered about half the distance to the finish line.

Although they could easily win by just running at this pace, the demon tribe members didn’t seem to have any such intention.

“Bloody Blade!”

“Horn of Praise!”

Magic flew in from all directions while fists and feet crossed paths.

Choi Hyun-seok ran with every ounce of strength he could muster.

‘You goat bastard. If I catch you, you’re really dead!’

He would deal with the goat by any means necessary.

Of course, not intentionally, but by ‘accident’.

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