Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad-Chapter 6

“You want to train the slaves?”

Reidrun’s expression subtly contorted.

Choi Hyun-seok calmly explained without panicking.

“It’s to increase work efficiency.”

“Increase work efficiency?”

“Yes. After observing as slave master for several days, I’ve noticed that the slaves here lack both unity and discipline.”

This was only natural.

The 2nd Slave Unit currently held humans captured from all over the continent.

Most of them were farmers, and even then, they came from different countries, making disorder inevitable.

“Hmm… But slaves are just slaves. Human bodies are weak – they can barely handle the work as is, let alone additional training. It would probably lower efficiency instead.”

“That may be true at first. However! Things will change soon. Just think about it!”

Choi Hyun-seok raised his hands like an orator giving a speech.

“Elite working slaves who move in perfect unison to every command! No trace of laziness to be found, with each slave doing the work of two, no, three people – true working professionals!”

“Hmm…”

“Our unit will become renowned as the finest slave unit, and praise for Lord Reidrun will echo throughout the Demon King’s army!”

“R-really…?”

“Yes! If you give me the chance, I will create the strongest, greatest working slave unit!”

Finally, Reidrun was completely won over.

“I permit it.”

“Thank you!”

With Reidrun’s permission granted,

Choi Hyun-seok bowed at a 90-degree angle before leaving the office.

‘Hehe…’

A deep smile spread across Choi Hyun-seok’s face as he entered the corridor.

‘You took the bait.’

***

Choi Hyun-seok returned to his room with light steps.

“Whew… Glad that worked.”

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Finally behind closed doors, Choi Hyun-seok let out a sigh of relief.

At the same time, Rachel started chattering.

“Crazy! Crazy! Crazy!!!”

“Why are you making such a fuss?”

“Hero! Did you really get shot in the head!? Greatest working slaves?! And what was that about praise echoing through the Demon King’s army!? And you call yourself a hero!?”

“I told you I’m not going to be a hero. And ‘shot in the head’? Where do you learn such vulgar expressions?”

“Is that really what’s important right now!?”

Choi Hyun-seok covered his ears as Rachel kept nagging.

“It’s so noisy I could die.”

“Die then! Die, you Demon King’s army lackey!”

Rachel kept punching Choi Hyun-seok’s chest.

Though her punches were weaker than kitten paws.

“Stay still for a moment.”

Choi Hyun-seok grabbed Rachel and sat her at the desk.

“Listen carefully. The real fight starts now.”

Choi Hyun-seok suddenly turned serious.

“Are you trying to deceive me with your silver tongue again!?”

“You’re the expert at deceiving with a silver tongue!”

Momentarily irritated as he recalled past events, Choi Hyun-seok calmed himself and cleared his throat.

“Ahem! Anyway, I’ll explain the plan going forward.”

Although Rachel maintained her suspicious gaze, Choi Hyun-seok ignored it and continued.

“I plan to train the slaves and initiate a rebellion.”

“R-rebellion…!?”

“Shh…! Someone might hear.”

Rachel covered her mouth in surprise.

“There are 3,000 slaves in this fortress. But there aren’t even 500 Demon King’s army soldiers managing them.”

Choi Hyun-seok explained what he had learned while serving as slave master.

“Among those 500 soldiers, if we count only the ones with superior combat ability, the number drops to less than half.”

All this time, Choi Hyun-seok hadn’t been flattering mindlessly.

Everything was for this grand plan!

A battle of 3,000 versus 500.

Even with monsters among the Demon King’s army, Choi Hyun-seok thought it was worth trying.

If he could train the slaves in combat techniques using Earth’s knowledge, it would be possible.

The key was their will.

Whether they could shake off their fear and stand against the Demon King’s army was crucial.

“Will that really work?”

“We won’t know until we try. Should we give up before even starting just because it seems impossible?”

“That’s true, but… Even if the rebellion succeeds, what then?”

“I heard the human alliance army is stationed near this Hemorn Fortress.”

“Ah! Then…”

“Right. Once we occupy the fortress and request support, the game is over.”

“Hero…!”

Tears welled up in Rachel’s eyes.

“And I didn’t know any of this… *sniff*”

“You couldn’t have known. It’s okay.”

“When I first saw you, I thought you were just a muscle-head who only knew fighting… I’m really seeing you in a new light!”

“That’s a compliment, right? Right?”

“Of course! Hero, you’re a genius!”

Choi Hyun-seok grinned at Rachel’s praise.

“If we succeed in this, I might receive a great reward.”

“Of course! You’ll have conquered a fortress! You might even receive a noble title. Then your path as a hero will be smooth sailing!”

“Oh ho. Is that so?”

“Yes! Being a noble means starting at a different level from other heroes. It’s like using a cheat key from the start!”

Choi Hyun-seok kept nodding.

‘Haven’t I spent too long as a Demon King’s army slave to call this a start?’

Though it was on the tip of his tongue, he chose not to say it.

Choi Hyun-seok gazed steadily at Rachel.

‘Come to think of it, quite some time has passed since I started living with Rachel.’

At first, he really disliked her.

“Are you crazy… What is this!?”

Choi Hyun-seok denied reality.

This must be a joke? It has to be a prank.

But even when he looked again, the description was the same.

The 100 hero points he barely earned through all sorts of flattery.

To think the abilities he could buy with that were just being slightly better at holding his breath and holding in poop.

Unbelievable.

This absolutely cannot be.

“Haah…”

There were several other ‘holding’ series abilities, but the situation was similar.

In other words, they were useless.

Choi Hyun-seok grabbed Rachel by the collar.

“Are you kidding me!?”

“W-well…”

Rachel explained in panic.

“It’s because it’s still a level 1 shop! Later when you collect hero points and level up, there are so many useful abilities!?”

Rachel said cheerfully while holding up her index finger, but it had the opposite effect.

“Shut up!”

Choi Hyun-seok shouted with spit flying, completely enraged.

Just as he was about to throw Rachel out the window,

“Wait a moment! Hero. Please calm down and look carefully! There are plenty of good abilities in the hero shop besides the holding series!?”

“There are other abilities?”

“Yes, that’s what I’m saying! Please take a good look! Hahaha…!”

“Hmm…”

Choi Hyun-seok looked through the abilities section again.

Past the various holding series like hold breath, hold poop, hold sleep, finally other abilities started to appear.

“Cooking… Cleaning… Laundry…”

Choi Hyun-seok’ face became more and more distorted.

“When exactly do the useful abilities show up!?”

“Umm…”

After thinking for a moment, Rachel made an extra cute expression.

“Maybe they’ll appear when you level up? Tehee!”

“Tehee…?”

Choi Hyun-seok’ face hardened even more coldly.

But Rachel didn’t back down.

‘In this case, I’ll push through with aegyo tactics!’

Rachel winked with all her might.

“Tehee! Tehee!”

“Just die.”

Choi Hyun-seok grabbed Rachel with a serious expression.

“W-wait a moment! Kyaaah!”

Rachel’s screams echoed until sunrise that day.

***

Several days passed.

During that time, Choi Hyun-seok overcame his disappointment with the garbage hero shop and focused on his daily routine.

Among these, the most important was morning education.

Every morning. Teaching the slaves before work begins.

Although it was only a short time of one hour, Choi Hyun-seok had no intention of wasting it.

“Before we begin education, we will salute the Demon King. Everyone salute!”

Chak!

Nearly 3,000 slaves raised their hands in unison.

Though still a bit awkward, their form was decent thanks to days of practice.

“Good. At ease.”

At Choi Hyun-seok’ words, the slaves took their attention in perfect order.

“Next we will sing the 3rd Corps anthem of the Demon King’s Army. Begin!”

As Choi Hyun-seok shouted loudly, the 3rd Corps anthem echoed throughout Hemorn Fortress.

“We are~! The great~! Demon Lord’s Army~!”

“Defeat humans! Eat humans!”

Though it was a bizarre scene of humans shouting about eating humans…

Reidrun, the deputy commander watching all this, felt his chest swell with pride.

‘How pleased would the Demon King be if he saw this…’

Standing 2.5m tall with muscles covering his entire body.

Though Reidrun had a bull’s head with horns that spewed fire, he couldn’t help but tear up at this magnificent sight.

Tears welled up in his characteristically round bull eyes.

“Ahem, hem.”

Reidrun wiped his eyes with his thick hand.

“I made the right choice allowing this training…”

Reidrun made a vow.

That he would definitely recruit Choi Hyun-seok into the Demon King’s Army.

Though he may be human, he is a man more suited to the Demon King’s Army than anyone.

The great Demon King would surely be very satisfied upon seeing Choi Hyun-seok.

That’s when it happened.

Knock knock.

Someone knocked on the office door.

‘Who dares…’

He had ordered that no one should come during morning training time no matter what.

Though Reidrun’s anger rose, the uninvited guest obliviously knocked again.

Knock knock!

“What is it!?”

“Lord Reidrun. Urgent news!”

The one who opened the door and entered was Jak, a goblin guard.

Reidrun decided to hear what he had to say before crushing his ugly face.

“Urgent news?”

“The human army is marching here!”

“What are you talking about!?”

Reidrun was shocked.

The human army is marching?

That’s impossible.

Just yesterday they received reports that the human forces were retreating.

Thanks to that, the Demon King’s 8th Division stationed near the fortress had departed to annihilate the fleeing humans.

“The humans who should all be dead are returning to the fortress?”

“Well… It seems it was a trap!”

“A trap?”

“Yes. Currently the 8th Division has been defeated and the humans are advancing straight to the fortress!”

“…”

Reidrun pressed his lips tight.

The 8th Division under the 3rd Corps is the largest unit in this area.

If such an 8th Division was defeated, there is no army to stop the humans advancing on Hemorn Fortress.

“Lord Reidrun. You must evacuate immediately!”

The 2nd Slave Unit that Reidrun leads is not a combat unit.

As the name suggests, it’s a unit for leading slaves to work.

They only have 500 unit members total.

This isn’t enough to stop the human army numbering in the thousands or tens of thousands.

“Other units… Aren’t they coming to support?”

“It seems the humans have already taken measures. All nearby units are already tied up.”

It seemed the cunning humans had already played their tricks.

In the end, they had no choice but to hand over the fortress to the humans.

Unable to contain his anger, Reidrun struck the desk.

“Damn it!”

Kwang!

The massive wooden desk shattered into pieces.

“To think we have to give up the fortress so feebly when reconstruction was almost complete!”

This is the price of underestimating human cunning.

“Lord Reidrun. There’s no time! They’ll be here soon. You must evacuate quickly…”

“I understand. I’ll leave right away.”

Just as Reidrun was about to leave, grinding his teeth,

“One! Two!”

The sound of training echoed forcefully from outside the window.

Choi Hyun-seok figure was reflected in Reidrun’s large eyes.

‘Choi Hyun-seok…’

The man passionately training slaves in the yard.

Reidrun couldn’t abandon him.

“Wait!”

“Yes?”

“We must take Choi Hyun-seok with us no matter what!”

Reidrun, executive of the Demon King’s Army.

He was a commander who loved talented people.

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