Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad-Chapter 34
Battalion Commander Doras!
He was a relatively new battalion commander who had been in the position for less than 3 years.
“Peaceful. So peaceful.”
Doras was quite lucky.
As soon as he became battalion commander, he got to work at the 3rd Corps headquarters.
This Black Giant Star was one of the safest places in the Demon King’s Army.
The Corps Commander resided here, and over ten thousand soldiers were stationed here.
Humans wouldn’t dare come here, and even if they did attack, the Corps Commander would handle it instantly.
So there was no threat of war.
Since becoming battalion commander, every day had been very peaceful for Doras.
Though he had gotten quite plump as a result, Doras liked even that.
After all, this thick build was proof of peace.
“Peaceful. So peaceful~”
A man who loves peace despite being in the Demon King’s Army!
Doras was peacefully smiling while eating some unknown fruit.
Bang bang!
Someone urgently knocked on the door.
Doras frowned at the disruption of peace.
“Commander Doras! There’s big trouble!”
The soldier who burst through the door was a familiar one.
He was the soldier who handled various miscellaneous tasks in his place.
“What’s the big trouble?”
Doras said with an annoyed expression.
How dare they disturb his leisurely peace.
If it was something trivial, he planned to kill the soldier and replace him.
“Many battalion members have left en masse!”
“What!?”
Doras jumped up.
“Could it be desertion!?”
There was no other reason for soldiers to leave en masse except desertion.
‘Why!? Why on earth!?’
He didn’t think he had treated the soldiers particularly badly.
Just occasionally gathering them when he was bored to toss him in the air or
Making them build a huge palanquin so he could lie down and enjoy walks.
Though he made them do various other small things, he hadn’t made any unreasonable demands.
But desertion!?
His position could be in danger if he wasn’t careful.
However, the soldier’s next words were completely unexpected.
“It’s not desertion!”
“Huh? Not desertion?”
If not desertion, what reason could there be for soldiers to leave en masse?
“They’ve been recruited as kitchen soldiers.”
“Ah, so that’s what it was.”
Doras let out a sigh of relief. He collapsed back into his chair.
“Making such a fuss over something like that.”
Recruiting kitchen soldiers was a common occurrence.
Though typically they would get permission from him, the battalion commander, first.
“I heard a human became the head chef this time?”
The new head chef was human.
“Well, a stupid human might not know the proper procedures. I’ll be generous and let it slide. Just tell them to be more careful next time.”
This human was someone the Corps Commander was watching with great interest.
There was no reason to cause trouble and disturb the peace.
“That’s not it! Commander!”
“What now?”
“Half the battalion has already been recruited as kitchen soldiers!”
“Huh?”
Half the battalion?
What kind of brutal recruitment of kitchen soldiers was this?
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“Half the battalion!? Just how many did they take!?”
“Over two hundred have been confirmed already!”
“Have you ever seen such a crazy human…!”
Doras’s peace was crumbling.
***
At the same time, Choi Hyun-seok was still recruiting kitchen soldiers.
“I-I’ll be a kitchen soldier!”
A Demon King’s Army soldier who resembled a hedgehog said with tears in his eyes.
“You. Go bring one friend.”
“F-friend…?”
“Yeah. Just bring any one of the guys you eat, sleep, and poop with. I’ll make them a kitchen soldier too.”
“Understood!”
Though limping, the soldier moved enthusiastically.
‘I can’t be the only one to suffer…!’
Joy doubles when shared, and sorrow halves when shared.
The soldier ran off, forgetting his pain at the thought of giving this good opportunity to a comrade he hadn’t particularly liked.
“Good good. Going very smoothly.”
After marketing like this for over 2 hours, quite a lot of soldiers had gathered.
“Hero! You’ve got lots of subordinates now!”
Rachel said excitedly.
“Wow, how many are there!? Look at this! It’s like an animal kingdom!”
Dogs, pigs, bulls, horses, lions, and more!
Behind Hyun-seok, soldiers with various faces were limping along.
“This was only possible because of my excellent character.”
“Hmm…”
Rachel thought for a moment.
The soldiers were following not because of his excellent character, but rather because of his excellent low kicks.
But whatever.
As long as the results were good, that’s all that mattered.
Things were finally going well for once, and she didn’t want to nitpick.
“That’s right! Hero, you’re the best!”
“Hahaha!”
“Heehee!”
Rachel and Hyun-seok laughed heartily.
The following soldiers looked at them with disapproving eyes.
“Those demons…”
“To think they’re human…”
Their blood was boiling, but all they could do was grumble complaints quietly.
The law was far, but low kicks were near.
“By the way, Hero. How many are you going to gather? It seems like we already have over 200?”
“Well, wouldn’t about 300 be enough?”
“That many?”
“They’re going to die in masses every time we go hunting anyway, so I want to recruit plenty in advance. It’s annoying to go around frequently.”
“Ah, I see.”
Hemis didn’t specify how many soldiers to recruit.
So the plan was to recruit as many as possible while they could.
“But why isn’t this one coming?”
The last hedgehog they sent hasn’t returned.
“Surely… They wouldn’t have run away!? If they did escape, we’ll catch them and pluck out all their needles!”
“That’s a great idea!”
The hero and his dedicated fairy were perfectly in sync when it came to mischief.
“Ah! There they come.”
Speak of the devil, the hedgehog they were just talking about came into view.
Hyun-seok narrowed his eyes.
Something seemed off about the soldier coming with the hedgehog.
“What’s this? I told them to bring a comrade, but why did they bring a pig?”
Behind the hedgehog, a plump pig was waddling along.
“Are there even ones like that in the Demon King’s Army?”
It was an unusual build among the soldiers here who were naturally muscular.
Rachel made a sour face.
“Hero, doesn’t that pig seem strange…?”
“Of course it’s strange. How could someone like that be in the Demon King’s Army?”
“No, I mean, the magical power…”
Rachel shares magical power with Hyun-seok.
Therefore, she naturally grew as much as Hyun-seok did.
Rachel sensed an unusual energy from the approaching pig.
“Try using the Combat Power Meter.”
“Alright.”
Hyun-seok used the meter without question.
He frowned at the text that appeared in the lens.
“Huh, what’s wrong with this? Is it broken?”
He took off the meter, hit it a few times, and put it back on.
But his furrowed brow wouldn’t smooth out.
“Hmm… This is strange.”
“What is it? What does it say?”
“This pig… It says the power level is unmeasurable?”
“…”
Hyun-seok and Rachel silently looked at each other.
They both instinctively felt something was wrong.
“Should we run…?”
“Should we run?”
The suggestion to escape came simultaneously from both of them, as if rehearsed.
Hyun-seok and Rachel nodded at each other and turned around.
“Naturally…”
“Like nothing happened…”
Though they tried to slip away quietly, it was already too late.
“Hey! You there!”
Hyun-seok ignored it and kept walking.
“Don’t ignore me! Human with Bobo! Hyun-seok!”
The pig called out Hyun-seok specifically.
“Ah… Right, Bobo was here.”
“Heh, heh!”
When his name was called, Bobo turned around with a smile.
“No choice…”
With someone that big around, it was impossible to escape without being caught.
Hyun-seok had no choice but to turn around.
He put on his brightest smile to emphasize that he knew nothing.
“Yes! Are you talking to me?”
“Yes. I am Doras, captain of the 3rd Direct Division.”
“Ah! So you’re the battalion commander! I’m Choi Hyun-seok, who was recently appointed as the head chef.”
Sweat dripped down the back of Hyun-seok’s head.
“I already know you’re Hyun-seok, who was appointed as head chef.”
“Ah, I’m honored. But why would someone of your status…”
“Stop playing dumb. I know everything.”
“Pardon?”
“What were you thinking, taking all of my battalion’s soldiers!?”
“What!?”
Taking all the battalion’s soldiers?
This was news to him.
Suddenly, something crossed Hyun-seok’s mind.
‘These guys were all from the same unit!’
Due to his multilevel recruitment approach, he had inadvertently taken all the soldiers from a single battalion.
“Ah! I’m sorr-“
“No excuses!”
Hyun-seok shut his mouth tight.
Pig Battalion Commander Doras narrowed his eyes that were buried in fat.
“Follow me. We need to talk in my office.”
“Yes…”
Hyun-seok sighed internally.
‘I thought things were going too well.’
***
As soon as they entered Doras’s office, a fragrant smell wafted over.
‘That smells delicious…’
Doras’s desk was loaded with luscious fruits and juicy meat.
“What were you thinking?”
Doras asked while eating fruit from his seat.
Finally coming to his senses, Hyun-seok spoke.
“Ah, I apologize. It wasn’t intentional at all.”
“Not intentional?”
“Yes! The Corps Commander said I could recruit kitchen soldiers as I pleased. So I brought the most gallant-looking soldiers, who just happened to be your excellent subordinates, Commander.”
Hyun-seok’s tongue danced eloquently.
He subtly mentioned Corps Commander Baek’s backing while simultaneously flattering Battalion Commander Doras.
“Hmm… Is that so.”
The flattery was successful.
Doras’s expression softened.
In fact, he had no choice – all the high-ranking commanders in the corps knew about Hyun-seok.
Hemis had directly ordered them not to interfere.
Doras didn’t want to cause problems with Hyun-seok either.
All he wanted was peace.
“It was due to my ignorance! I’m sorry. I’ll return the recruited soldiers to their unit.”
And Hyun-seok also didn’t want to cause problems.
‘I can just recruit soldiers from somewhere else.’
He planned to return all the soldiers recruited from here and gather new ones.
Though slightly troublesome, it was the cleanest and quietest way to handle things.
However, what came from Doras’s mouth was unexpected.
“That won’t do.”
“Pardon?”
“Sending back already recruited soldiers? Wouldn’t that look strange?”
“No! It happened because of my mistake…”
“No, no. How could I take back soldiers recruited under the Corps Commander’s authority?”
Doras tore off a chunk of meat.
“Chomp! Chomp!”
He stared at Hyun-seok with crafty eyes while gobbling the meat.
‘Something’s wrong…’
Hyun-seok, who was very perceptive about such things, instinctively sensed it.
This evil pig was plotting something.
“Keep the soldiers you took.”
“Is that really alright?”
“Well, I can always get more soldiers. But there is one condition.”
“A condition…?”
Finally, here it comes – he thought.
“Nothing much. I just want you to take one more soldier from our battalion as a kitchen soldier. That’s fine, right?”
Fortunately, Doras’s request seemed simple.
‘Just taking one more soldier is nothing.’
Hyun-seok nodded.
“Yes, leave it to me!”
Doras’s intentions were obvious anyway.
‘He’s probably pawning off a troublemaker.’
There must be a problematic soldier he didn’t want to deal with.
‘It’s probably not a physical issue… Must be political.’
From his time in the Demon King’s Army, Hyun-seok learned one thing.
That even among demons, there exists a form of social life.
In some ways, it resembled human noble society.
Demons placed great importance on family and bloodline.
It was inevitable since their abilities and growth limits generally depended on bloodline.
‘It’s probably some troublesome young master from some family.’
Hyun-seok imagined various scenarios.
‘Whatever it is, it doesn’t matter.’
In conclusion, Hyun-seok was relatively free from such political issues.
‘My backing is the Corps Commander, you fool.’
Behind Hyun-seok was one of only five Corps Commanders in the entire Demon King’s Army.
Unless the person was the Demon King’s son, there was no reason to yield.
Thump…! Thump…!
Just then.
Noise came from afar and the office began to shake.
“Oh, looks like they’ve arrived.”
Doras grinned.
It must be the soldier he mentioned.
‘Something feels off…’
For some reason.
Hyun-seok instinctively felt that things were going wrong.
What was approaching wasn’t some troublesome young master from a noble family.
Finally, the office door opened.
“Let me introduce. This is Usaru.”
Doras explained.
Hyun-seok looked at the soldier who appeared with a shocked face.
‘What is this…?’
The soldier was a giant of enormous proportions.
“Usa~ru!”
A monster whose head alone seemed to be more than an armful was poking its face into the office.
“Commander, this soldier is…?”
“Ah! I forgot to mention. Usaru is a hybrid born between an Ogre and an Orc.”
Doras said nonchalantly.
‘That’s not something you just forget!’
It wasn’t something that could be forgotten at all.
“Please take good care of our Usaru!”
“Yes…”
“Usa~ru!”
He had suddenly been saddled with something clearly troublesome.
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