Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad

Abelson rushed over.

Choi Hyun-seok was bleeding, trapped under the collapsed building debris.

“Are you alright!?”

“Ms. Abelson…”

Chio Hyun-seok’s eyes trembled.

His face was visibly swollen, indicating severe injuries at first glance.

Despite what must have been intense pain, Choi Hyun-seok still managed to smile.

“This much is nothing.”

“Stay still. I’ll heal you.”

“It’ll only take a moment. Bobo will buy us time.”

Abelson deployed healing magic.

Though Choi Hyun-seok’s body was different from normal humans due to demonic energy, she had grown accustomed to it through multiple experiences.

She skillfully continued the treatment.

In less than 30 seconds, Choi Hyun-seok’s swelling rapidly subsided.

“Thank you. This is enough.”

“I’ll help too.”

“What?”

Choi Hyun-seok looked bewildered at her offer to help.

“Are you saying you’ll join the battle, Ms. Abelson?”

“Yes. Using holy power should be of some help.”

“There’s no need to push yourself. You look worse off than me.”

It wasn’t just empty words.

Abelson was pale and drenched in cold sweat.

Her condition was clearly poor from the continuous fighting.

Honestly, forget being helpful – it was questionable if she could even fight at all.

However, Abelson’s resolve was firm.

“This is no time to be picky.”

“Alright.”

Choi Hyun-seok had no choice but to nod.

Meeting Abelson’s eyes, he sensed she wouldn’t back down.

“I’m going back in.”

In that brief moment, Bobo’s body had accumulated many wounds.

It was dangerous to delay any longer.

Choi Hyun-seok ran to rejoin the battle.

Abelson carefully followed behind him.

‘I can’t get too close.’

Abelson hadn’t offered help thoughtlessly.

She clearly knew her limits.

Recklessly approaching could likely just interfere with the battle.

So she planned to provide support strictly with ranged magic as far as possible.

‘I’ll burn away the demonic energy with holy power from a distance.’

Regardless of what kind of human he used to be, the current Lophar Dozer is undead.

Being composed of demonic energy, he would surely be vulnerable to holy power.

Woong…!

Abelson gathered holy power.

Though she had never learned combat magic, she could instinctively imitate it.

Toong!

The ball of holy power that flew quickly struck Lophar Dozer.

His bones began burning and corroding simultaneously.

‘It’s working!’

Once a candidate for Holy Maiden, she was among the continent’s best at handling holy power.

Even though it was just imitation magic, she could properly impact enemies with demonic energy.

‘If we keep this up…!’

Abelson continued firing holy power.

Though her body was already at its limit, as she said, this was no time to be picky.

‘Even if I die here… Mr. Choi Hyun-seok must live.’

For the future.

To save humanity, they needed Choi Hyun-seok more than her.

She truly believed this.

Toong, toong, toong!

Balls of holy power flew consecutively.

However, they no longer reached the enemy like the first time.

Having experienced the danger of holy power, Lophar Dozer was on high alert.

Even while fighting, he skillfully dodged the incoming holy power.

Abelson realized this method had its limits.

‘Need something faster and stronger.’

She drew up holy power once again.

Her insides felt like they were turning inside out from forcefully using holy power.

Blood trickled from her mouth due to internal injuries.

Abelson didn’t stop and continued gathering holy power.

‘I’m betting everything on this.’

Finally, the gathered holy power shot into the sky.

The ball of holy power that soared upward suddenly plunged toward the ground at tremendous speed.

It looked like a bolt of lightning.

Kwaaaang!

Abelson clenched her fist.

The strike had landed perfectly.

This time surely even Lophar Dozer wouldn’t be unscathed.

But that was a mistake.

Sak!

Lophar Dozer swung his spear and cut through the holy power.

The lightning falling to the ground scattered helplessly.

Her final attack had been in vain.

But there wasn’t even time for despair.

Lophar Dozer had already closed in and was swinging his spear.

“Oh no…!”

The speed was incredible.

Abelson couldn’t even track the approaching movement.

She instinctively stretched out her arms and deployed a barrier.

Chaeng!

The barrier shattered upon impact with the spear.

Abelson, blown away by the shock, lost consciousness immediately.

***

Choi Hyun-seok bit his lip hard.

‘There’s absolutely no answer.’

He had used everything at his disposal.

Still, he couldn’t defeat Lophar Dozer.

‘Honestly, that recovery speed is too much!’

Even when attacks occasionally succeeded, Lophar Dozer instantly regenerated his bones.

Unless they could destroy his skull in one hit, defeating him seemed impossible.

‘Ms. Abelson is unconscious… And Bobo’s strength is failing.’

Abelson’s fierce struggle seemed to turn the tide briefly, but it was truly just for a moment.

Lophar Dozer knocked Abelson away and once again recovered his wounds.

Choi Hyun-seok felt like everything had gone dark.

He couldn’t see any breakthrough.

‘In that case, I have no choice.’

Finally, he decided to use his last resort.

“Sigh… I really didn’t want to do this.”

Demonic energy began to surge in his body.

The rushing demonic energy stimulated every corner of his body.

Pain-like needles stabbing his entire body continued.

His heartbeat quickened and his skin flushed red.

Choi Hyun-seok stared at Lophar Dozer with bloodshot eyes.

Plomot Stage 1 – Blossoming

He had perfectly entered Plomot Stage 1 Blossoming.

Choi Hyun-seok didn’t stop.

‘Just stage 1 isn’t nearly enough.’

He activated his demonic energy even stronger and faster.

His flushed skin quickly turned blood-red, and hot steam began rising from his body.

Plomot Stage 2 – Full Bloom

The flower of death bloomed fully.

He could feel tremendous power boiling up in his body.

‘Here I go.’

Choi Hyun-seok kicked off the ground.

The floor warped as his body shot out like a light.

He threw a punch toward the approaching Lophar Dozer.

Whoosh-!

His fist cut through the air with a ripping sound.

Lophar Dozer blocked the attack with his spear.

Normally, a counterattack would have come right away, but this time was different.

Perhaps due to the large impact, Lophar Dozer retreated to regain his balance.

Choi Hyun-seok continued his offensive.

Whoosh, crack! Bang!

Choi Hyun-seok and Lophar Dozer exchanged attacks at incredible speed.

Lophar Dozer’s spear cut through skin.

Choi Hyun-seok’s fist broke bones.

After exchanging dozens of attacks in just a few seconds, both retreated simultaneously as if by agreement.

“Huff, huff…!”

Choi Hyun-seok breathed heavily.

His breathing was ragged after giving it his all in that brief moment.

He glared at Lophar Dozer with shocked eyes.

‘Even this isn’t enough…?’

Even using Plomot Stage 2, he couldn’t overwhelm the enemy.

No, forget overwhelming – he was being pushed back.

‘This guy. He might not be able to use fighting techniques, but his combat skills are the best I’ve ever faced.’

Until now, Choi Hyun-seok has been able to defeat stronger opponents because of his pure fighting ability and superior sense.

He covered his inferior physical specs with outstanding combat intuition.

But he couldn’t do that against Lophar Dozer.

Not only did the enemy have superior physical specs, but his combat skills were by no means inferior.

Though different because he used a spear, he seemed to be around Reidrun’s level by feel.

‘Haa, and this isn’t even his complete state and he’ll keep getting stronger. Is this guy really human?’

Right now, Lophar Dozer wasn’t displaying his full living strength.

Because his magic was replaced with demonic energy, he couldn’t properly use fighting techniques.

Moreover, even the absolute amount of that demonic energy was less than when he was alive.

His physical specs and combat sense were probably lower too.

Yet there was still such a difference.

Choi Hyun-seok could truly feel how absurdly strong legendary beings were.

‘This isn’t the time to be admiring. Dragging this out will be disadvantageous. I need to end this somehow.’

As time passed, Lophar Dozer would only get stronger.

In contrast, Choi Hyun-seok was in a temporarily doped state.

When the duration of Plomot ended, severe side effects would come, and he wouldn’t be able to continue fighting.

He had to deal with the enemy before that happened.

‘I can do it. No, I must do it!’

Choi Hyun-seok activated his demonic energy once again.

He planned to use Plomot’s final Stage 3.

‘My proficiency with Plomot is much higher than before. I should be able to use it steadily enough.’

While receiving Rotark’s treatment before, Choi Hyun-seok trained with Plomot every day.

Since he didn’t have to worry about dying then, he used Stage 3 without hesitation.

Usually, such training would be nearly impossible for fighting techniques, but the situational conditions aligned.

Thanks to that, his Plomot proficiency had greatly increased.

Believing in his experience and ability, Choi Hyun-seok deployed the final Stage 3.

Flomot Stage 3 – Withering

His skin turned completely black.

The horns on his head grew even larger, forming strange patterns.

His white eyes, contrasting with his black skin, gleamed as they stared at Lophar Dozer.

Lophar Dozer was also staring at Choi Hyun-seok.

-Kill… Crush the demon race…

The blue ghost fire burning in Lophar Dozer’s eye sockets blazed even brighter.

He had mistaken Choi Hyun-seok, who had fully deployed Plomot, for a demon.

Even in his mindless state, his hostility toward demons remained.

-Crush… The demon race…!

Lophar Dozer kicked the ground.

Choi Hyun-seok also charged forward to meet him.

“1 minute. End it within that time.”

His consciousness grew dim with pain.

Even with increased proficiency, enduring for long was impossible.

Perhaps the Plomot would end before even reaching one minute.

Choi Hyun-seok had to risk everything.

-Crush the demon race!

“Uaaahhh!”

Lophar Dozer and Choi Hyun-seok clashed.

Kwaaang!

The first strike.

An incomparable thundering sound echoed compared to before.

Choi Hyun-seok stepped forward once, while Lophar Dozer retreated three steps.

The difference in power was clear.

“Kuaaah!”

Choi Hyun-seok’s leg shot out like an arrow.

Lophar Dozer hurriedly raised his arms to block.

Kwajik!

Though the upper arm bone blocking the kick cracked, it immediately reconnected.

Choi Hyun-seok pressed on without rest.

‘The skull! I must crush the skull!’

Breaking other bones was pointless as they recovered instantly.

Though the creature’s regeneration must have limits, Choi Hyun-seok had no time.

Therefore, he had to crush the skull as quickly as possible to end this.

“Just die already!!!”

Fists and feet flew like mad.

Lophar Dozer could barely block, let alone counterattack, as he kept retreating.

Pagagagak!

Bones shattered and fragments flew.

Though Lophar Dozer kept regenerating his bones, they broke faster than he could heal.

“Uaaaah!”

After countless attacks,

Finally, the enemy’s guard dropped.

Both arms were completely destroyed.

Only the skull remained.

Nothing left to block the front.

Choi Hyun-seok threw his fist with full force.

It was the final strike.

‘Ah…?’

In that instant, he felt the strength drain from his body.

His legs wobbled, and his extended fist looked pathetic.

Tuk-

His fist hit the skull, but nothing happened.

Choi Hyun-seok collapsed right there.

At the last moment, the Plomot’s time limit had expired.

‘Damn… If I had just one more second…’

He felt frustrated and resentful.

He couldn’t believe everything he had endured would end like this.

‘Please… Just one more minute…’

Regardless of Choi Hyun-seok’s desperate wishes, his consciousness gradually faded.

***

Fortunately, Abelson quickly regained consciousness.

The scene she witnessed upon opening her eyes was Choi Hyun-seok driving back the enemy.

Blacked skin and horns grew unusually large.

She knew what this state was.

‘Plomot Stage 3.’

When the Holy Empire’s hunting dogs had attacked the Black Giant Star before.

Back then too, Choi Hyun-seok had used this technique to protect her.

‘Please…’

Abelson prayed.

The fact that Choi Hyun-seok used this technique meant he had been pushed to the absolute limit.

If they lost here, there would be no hope.

‘Did he win…?’

Joy suddenly filled Abelson’s face.

Finally, both of Lophar Dozer’s arms were destroyed.

‘It’s over.’

Just before Choi Hyun-seok’s fist could reach the skull.

Pulseok-

Suddenly, Choi Hyun-seok collapsed.

Abelson couldn’t say anything.

She just screamed silently with her mouth open.

‘No… No…!’

At this rate, Choi Hyun-seok would die by Lophar Dozer’s hand.

No, even without Lophar Dozer’s intervention, he would surely die without immediate treatment.

That couldn’t happen.

She had to save Choi Hyun-seok.

She had to somehow defeat Lophar Dozer and treat him.

‘Please…’

Abelson picked up her mace with trembling arms.

And prayed to God.

Just help once.

She ran forward.

‘Please…!’

She squeezed out what little holy power remained.

Her body felt like it would break from pain, and blood kept rising in her throat.

Still, she didn’t stop gathering holy power.

“Please! Help me!”

Just then, as Abelson shouted.

Tuk-

She tripped on a stone on the ground.

‘Ah…?’

For a moment, time seemed to slow down.

Lophar Dozer approaches Choi Hyun-seok.

The surroundings arefull of undead remains.

The ground getting closer.

Everything felt vivid.

‘Is this… How it ends?’

To fail to deliver the final blow because of tripping on a mere stone.

It was so absurd it was almost laughable.

She even wondered if this was divine punishment for only calling on God when needed.

‘Ah… No…!’

Lophar Dozer was raising his leg.

He seemed intent on crushing Choi Hyun-seok to finish him off.

“No…”

Suddenly, a light flashed in Abelson’s eyes.

Unknown strength welled up in her body.

“It won’t end like this!”

Chiiiik!

As she fell, Abelson slid and forcefully regained her balance.

Simultaneously, she threw the mace she was holding with all her might.

Huuung-!

The mace, filled with holy power, flew at terrifying speed.

The streak of light cutting through the air was aimed precisely at Lophar Dozer’s skull.

-That…

Lophar Dozer turned his head to look at the mace.

Without his arms, he had no means to block the attack, but that was fine.

His legs were still intact after all.

He could easily dodge by moving his body.

At that moment.

Tuk-

A light impact came from behind.

Bobo, who had approached unnoticed, pushed his back.

“Kwang!”

Bobo smiled triumphantly.

Lophar Dozer staggered, losing his balance.

Then…

Sswaeeaek- Pagak-!

The mace, flying like light, struck his skull.

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