Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad-Chapter 67

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Choi Hyun-seok hurriedly hid himself behind a tree.

He steadied his breathing and suppressed the magical energy and demonic energy within his body.

‘Stay calm. I need to hide my magical and demonic energy.’

He didn’t know what the black armor was.

However, his instincts were warning him.

That he must not be discovered by it.

‘That thing must be the culprit who’s been messing with the standings board.’

The black armor had dozens of flags attached to its waist.

Even at a glance, there seemed to be more than 30 or 40 flags.

‘An external enemy, not a competition participant. No wonder the rankings are messed up when something like that is collecting flags.’

He figured out why the rankings were distorted.

However, one question remained.

Regardless of the reason, how did the black armor manage to take flags from other teams?

‘Does this mean that armor is strong enough to wipe out other teams alone? Or are there hidden allies?’

This place was full of strong demon tribe members aiming for the battalion and regimental commanders.

The average combat power exceeded 40,000, and occasionally there were irregulars reaching 60,000 or 70,000.

How did this black armor manage to steal flags from such beings?

Choi Hyun-seok looked at it while wearing his Combat Power Meter.

[Combat Power: 198,532]

“Huh?”

A voice escaped from his mouth without realizing it.

198 thousand?

Could the meter be broken?

Choi Hyun-seok took off the Combat Power Meter, rubbed his eyes, and put it back on.

[Combat Power: 198,532]

It’s the same.

Even looking again, the combat power is nearly 200,000.

Choi Hyun-seok took off the meter and nodded.

‘Alright! Let’s run.’

Combat power of 200,000.

That’s a completely different level.

It means it’s not even worth trying to fight, let alone win.

‘Reidrun’s combat power that I checked last time was 150,000, but this is even higher.’

Excluding monsters outside specifications like Hemis, Reidrun was the strongest being Choi Hyun-seok knew.

That Reidrun’s combat power was just over 150,000.

This black armor was far stronger than Reidrun, who was called the Red Nightmare.

‘Where on earth did such a monster…’

Now he understood why other teams had their flags taken without resistance.

The answer was clear.

The enemy was overwhelmingly strong.

Combat power isn’t simply a concept of addition and subtraction.

It means that even if four people with combat power of 50,000 gather, they can’t defeat someone with 200,000.

Even if ten demon tribe members with combat power of 50,000 gathered, victory against 200,000 would be impossible.

‘Let’s retreat as quietly as possible. Fortunately, it doesn’t seem to have noticed us yet…’

Just as Choi Hyun-seok was carefully backing away.

“Human! What are you doing!”

Holgot appeared with his teammate.

Choi Hyun-seok brought his index finger to his nose in shock.

“Shh…! Shhh…!”

“What’s with you suddenly?”

“Shhhh…! Please shut up…!”

“Has this human finally gone mad? Why are you…”

At that moment, Holgot’s pupils dilated.

He had discovered the black armor.

“Flags!”

“Huh?”

“That thing is carrying lots of flags alone! This is our chance to shoot up to first place!”

Choi Hyun-seok shook his head frantically.

“No no no no no!”

Yes, he understood why they couldn’t gauge the black armor’s power.

It was currently hiding its demonic energy.

But couldn’t anyone see how strange the situation was?

Walking around alone with that many flags.

Even an elementary school student would find this situation strange.

“If you have a head on your shoulders, use it to think at least a little!”

“Shut up! I won’t listen to your opinion. Pedisen! Go and get that thing’s flags now!”

“Ah… We’re screwed.”

Choi Hyun-seok gave up.

The black armor was already looking this way.

It was too late to run away now.

They had no choice but to fight.

Swoosh!

Pedisen crawled across the ground at incredible speed.

A centipede demon tribe member with combat power reaching 63,000.

Other demon tribe members couldn’t even properly resist Pedisen’s strange movements and overwhelming strength before being defeated.

The black armor quietly watched Pedisen approaching.

Swoosh!

Pedisen approaching at a terrifying speed.

Finally, when he arrived in front of the black armor.

The black armor brought down its fist.

Crack-!

Pedisen’s head was crushed.

The black armor picked up the limp Pedisen and threw him.

Whoosh-! Crash!

Pedisen flew past Choi Hyun-seok at incredible speed and was embedded in the rock behind.

“…”

A brief silence.

Pedisen, deeply embedded in the rock, looked like an ancient fossil.

The green liquid dripping from his head indicated that he wasn’t actually a fossil.

Choi Hyun-seok ground his molars and spoke as if spitting out words.

“Goat. Let’s scatter for now.”

“…”

“Goat. Why aren’t you answering?”

Choi Hyun-seok turned his head.

The one who should have been there was nowhere to be seen.

“Huh?”

When he hurriedly looked around, he saw Holgot already running away in the distance.

“I leave the rest to you!”

“Hey, you son of a bitch-!”

Holgot was running away with all the flags.

He was running so fast that he already appeared as a small dot in the distance.

Choi Hyun-seok let out a deep sigh and looked to the side.

“Sigh, what do we do now.”

Ikigly, who resembled a noble eagle.

He still maintained his indifferent expression with his arms crossed.

“Aren’t you going to run away?”

“…”

“Hey. Why aren’t you answering?”

Choi Hyun-seok shook Ikigly.

Thud.

Ikigly collapsed like a puppet with its strings cut.

“My, my legs won’t move.”

“Shit… This is ridiculous.”

Choi Hyun-seok held his forehead.

This wouldn’t do.

How could they overcome this situation?

‘Let’s run away first. Whatever that armor’s purpose is, it’s clear it’s collecting flags. So…’

At that moment, the black armor started moving.

Its speed was so incredible it was hard to follow with the eyes.

Choi Hyun-seok assumed a stance in preparation for any situation.

‘Pass by… Please!’

Whoosh!

The black armor passed right by Choi Hyun-seok.

‘That’s right!’

Choi Hyun-seok cheered internally.

As expected, its target was the flags.

Then naturally, it would chase after Holgot who ran away with all the flags.

“Meeeh!?”

The black armor that ran like mad had already caught up to Holgot.

Bewilderment filled Holgot’s eyes.

Then immediately, a black fist struck his face.

Crack!

With a terrifying sound, Holgot’s head bent at an unnatural angle.

“Kek…”

Holgot fell to the ground with his eyes rolled back.

The black armor silently collected the dropped flags.

It inserted the flags into its waist and turned to look at Choi Hyun-seok.

“…”

Their gazes crossed briefly.

Clank! Clank!

The black armor started moving again.

Probably looking for other teams with flags.

“We survived for now…”

Choi Hyun-seok and Ikigly survived.

They would need to check if Holgot and Pedisen were still alive.

“Anyway, we don’t have any flags left now.”

Choi Hyun-seok looked at the sky.

On the magically projected status board, flags were disappearing in real-time.

‘That black armor. Whatever its identity is, it must be related to the lip monster.’

Corps Commander Hemis.

He didn’t know whether she directly released the black armor or not.

What was certain was that she was allowing the current situation.

If so, it would be fair to say this situation was intended by her.

Only then could Choi Hyun-seok understand the true nature of the competition.

‘Right. From the start, this wasn’t a game about stealing flags but protecting them.’

It wasn’t a competition that suited the Demon King’s Army, but that made it more likely.

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After all, Hemis always complained about the system of the Demon King’s Army.

‘Then what I need to do now is….’

Choi Hyun-seok’s mind began spinning furiously for survival.

***

Hemis and Park Hyun-a were watching the competition from the office.

“Hmm, this could happen too. I expected it, but still.”

Hemis’s lips twisted.

“Now that I see it, it feels a bit off?”

The reason for Hemis’s low spirits was simple.

The black armor, Motem, had collected all 100 flags before 48 hours had passed.

“Even though Motem was enthusiastic, don’t you think this is too much?”

“This is the obvious result. What did you expect from those idiots?”

Park Hyun-a said indifferently.

Unusually, Hemis agreed with her words.

“Yes. I seem to have made a small mistake this time.”

The Demon King’s Army soldiers were dumber than expected.

Even though they were somewhat capable and had passed the first competition, whatever expectations there were…

These guys are truly idiots.

“So, what will you do now? It doesn’t seem like the competition can continue anymore.”

“We still have time left, so we should watch.”

“It’ll be meaningless. Those bastards will never get the flags back.”

Taking the flags back from Motem.

It wasn’t completely impossible with the participants’ abilities.

After all, they were all strong individuals aiming for battalion commander positions.

If all of them united and worked together, there was a possibility.

Motem was currently fighting while holding back.

They might be able to retrieve a few flags.

Yet Park Hyun-a insisted it was impossible.

The reason she viewed the situation so negatively was clear.

“Those guys won’t work together. They’ll probably attack separately and get picked off one by one.”

“That’s likely the case right now.”

Hemis rose from her seat.

Thick demonic energy began flowing from her body.

“But what if I give them some motivation?”

Hemis smiled, stretching her lips horizontally.

Her demonic energy rose toward the sky.

Darkness descended over the area.

***

Between the dense trees of the forest.

Choi Hyun-seok and his team members sat in a circle in a small clearing with soft grass.

“…”

Their gloomy expressions reminded one of a group of defeated soldiers.

Holgot sat awkwardly with his neck half-twisted in an uncomfortable position.

Pedisen was applying clumps of dirt to the hole in his head to stop the bleeding.

Ikigly was crouched down, hugging his knees like a dejected girl.

“How long are we going to stay like this?”

Choi Hyun-seok said.

The team members turned to look at him.

“Have you already given up?”

“If we haven’t given up, do you have another solution?”

Holgot continued in a gloomy voice.

“You saw it too. That armor is completely different from us. We absolutely cannot win.”

“So we’re just going to sit around pathetically until time runs out?”

“Look at the sky.”

Holgot pointed to the sky.

Looking at the magically drawn situation board, he said.

“The black armor took all the flags anyway. At this rate, no team will pass the competition.”

“So?”

“The competition will probably restart in a different way. We just have to wait until then.”

Holgot’s words were reasonable.

Currently, the black armor, Motem, had taken all 100 flags.

If the competition ended like this, no team would pass.

Then there was a high probability the competition would restart in a different way.

Choi Hyun-seok crossed his arms and fell into thought.

‘The goat’s not wrong, but that’s too naive.’

Would the competition really end like this?

What if other teams worked together to take the flags from Motem?

Even if just four teams passed, there wouldn’t be a problem selecting battalion commanders.

‘Even if that’s not the case, it’s still a problem.’

Even if no team gets flags and the competition ends, it’s still problematic.

Would Hemis kindly restart the competition in a different way?

Choi Hyun-seok didn’t think so.

Hemis’s personality that he had observed so far wasn’t that accommodating.

‘It’s more realistic that she’d fail everyone, saying she doesn’t need such idiots.’

If everyone fails, Choi Hyun-seok won’t end up in the top 10.

Then it’s straight to the laboratory without mercy.

‘That absolutely cannot happen!’

Choi Hyun-seok steeled his resolve.

‘There’s still about 12 hours until the competition ends. I have to get flags by any means necessary.’

He didn’t need many.

Even just one flag would allow him to advance to the next competition.

‘If I can somehow get a flag right before the competition ends…’

Just as Choi Hyun-seok’s worries deepened.

Suddenly, darkness enveloped the area.

Terrifyingly dense demonic energy began flowing down from the sky.

Choi Hyun-seok and his team members looked up at the sky in confusion.

“Wh-what is this!?”

Holgot shouted while forcibly lifting his twisted neck.

Crack!

At that moment, the black sky split open.

“Lips…?”

What appeared from the roughly torn sky was a giant pair of lips.

[Ah, ah, can everyone hear me well?]

A familiar voice.

Choi Hyun-seok frowned.

‘It’s the lip monster.’

Hemis was transmitting her voice using magic.

Watching this, Ikigly shook his head in disbelief.

“This is ridiculous. Using such large-scale magic just to convey a message…”

Ikigly, who usually kept his mouth shut, delivered his first lengthy dialogue.

The situation unfolding was that bizarre.

“At least three large-scale magic spells are overlapping. If this were used as attack magic, nothing would remain in the area.”

Ikigly seemed surprisingly well-versed in magic.

Choi Hyun-seok let his words drift by as he waited for Hemis’s next words.

[The Corps Commander is disappointed in you all]

A somewhat familiar line.

Words he had heard countless times in the military.

It might have been enough to make him smirk, but Choi Hyun-seok’s hardened expression showed no signs of softening.

The magical energy being transmitted along with Hemis’s voice was constricting everything in the area.

[I’m changing the rules now]

[From now on, one hour]

[Any team that fails to obtain the flag from Motem within that time will receive the Endurance Punishment]

[I will personally execute the punishment, so it would be best for everyone to try their hardest]

Hemis finished speaking.

The torn sky closed up.

The darkness in the area lifted, and the sun rose again.

Only then did Choi Hyun-seok and his team members exhale their held breaths and look at each other.

“The, the Endurance Punishment… This is serious.”

Holgot said with a trembling voice.

“Endurance Punishment? What’s that?”

Choi Hyun-seok asked.

Holgot answered with a face full of fear.

“The Endurance Punishment is a penalty that completely extracts all demonic energy from within the body.”

“Extract demonic energy?”

“Originally, they extract demonic energy until you’re on the brink of death to cause pain, but deaths are common too.”

“…”

“If the Corps Commander personally executes the Endurance Punishment…”

Holgot gulped.

“You’ll end up begging to die instead.”

Choi Hyun-seok and his team members jumped to their feet.

“Damn… Everyone grab your equipment.”

Motivation complete.

The team members’ eyes shone with instantly charged 200% enthusiasm.

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