Black armor covers their entire body.
A massive greatsword was hanging on their back, and at a single glance, its cold gleam revealed it to be a legendary sword.
“I’m Motem. Choi Hyun-seok looks familiar, right?”
The identity of the black armor was Motem.
He was soone who had played an active role in the Battalion Commander tournant flag capture, and Choi Hyun-seok had already clashed with him once before.
“You’ll be taking my place as acting Corps Commander from now on, so say hello.”
Reidrun looked at Motem, lost in thought.
‘This is concerning…’
Acting Corps Commander.
As the title suggests, it’s a role that substitutes for the Corps Commander while Hemis is away.
Does this person called Motem really have the qualifications to take on such a heavy responsibility?
Motem is just Hemis’s subordinate, not even a mber of the Demon King’s Army.
“Corps Commander. Will this be alright?”
Reidrun asked.
It didn’t matter to him personally, but the other Division Commanders were the problem.
It was clear as day that the Division Commanders under the 3rd Corps would oppose Motem becoming the acting Corps Commander.
Although the demonic energy emanating from Motem was considerable, it hadn’t exceeded the Division Commander level.
Looking at just the total amount of demonic energy, it was average.
The Demon King’s Army isn’t an organization where power represents everything.
He was worried whether soone who was essentially parachuted in could properly control the other Division Commanders.
“It doesn’t matter. Besides , there’s no one in our corps who can defeat Motem.”
“…Understood.”
Reidrun nodded.
Honestly, he was puzzled, but if Hemis said so, then that’s how it is.
If this Motem could overwhelm other Division Commanders with force, there was nothing to worry about.
“Motem doesn’t know much about military affairs, so help him out well, Reidrun.”
“Yes.”
After finishing this ultra-rapid parachute appointnt, Hemis waved her hand, dismissing everyone.
“Then everyone can go now. As I said earlier, I’ll be away frequently, so just carry on as usual when I’m not here.”
“Yes.”
Everyone bowed their heads and left the office.
Thud…!
The door closed, and a strange atmosphere lingered.
Motem approached Choi Hyun-seok.
“It’s been a while, Choi Hyun-seok.”
“Yes! What a surprise to et you again like this. Hahaha…!”
Cold sweat ran down Choi Hyun-seok’s back.
Reidrun and Roiger, who didn’t know what had happened between them, watched the two with puzzled expressions.
“Thanks for last ti. I had fun because of you.”
“Hahaha…! I went a bit too far with my joke, thank you for understanding!”
The second ga of the Battalion Commander tournant, flag capture.
At that ti, Choi Hyun-seok had landed a big hit on Motem and then given him the middle finger.
‘eting you was awful… Let’s never et again.’
He wished he could go back in ti and sew his mouth shut for saying such things.
‘You idiot! Why did you have to run your mouth!’
Hemis had just said earlier.
Excluding herself, there was no one in the 3rd Corps who could defeat Motem.
In other words, Motem’s power exceeded that of ordinary Division Commanders.
He had shown such disrespect to this monster, who had now suddenly returned as his superior.
Everything went dark before his eyes.
The situation was more than just awkward.
“You’ve gotten more than twice as strong in this short ti. Even though not much ti has passed.”
“No! My skills are still humble…”
Fortunately, Motem didn’t seem to want to dwell on what happened back then.
He placed his hand on Choi Hyun-seok’s shoulder.
Simultaneously, Choi Hyun-seok’s face contorted with pain.
Crunch…!
The grip was so strong that it felt like his shoulder would be torn off.
“I look forward to working with you.”
“I-I’ll do my best!”
It wasn’t his imagination that he could hear amusent in Motem’s voice.
After working his way up in the Demon King’s Army for quite so ti.
He thought things might finally get easier now that he’d beco a Regint Commander, but no such luck.
***
Several days passed.
Contrary to Choi Hyun-seok’s expectations, the past few days had been exceptionally quiet.
It was so quiet that he wondered if it had ever been this peaceful since coming to this other world.
As she had said, Hemis had secluded herself doing who knows what, and despite being on the frontlines, not even a single human had been spotted.
Motem was the only concern, but he had been busy learning about Corps Commander duties, so he hadn’t particularly bothered Choi Hyun-seok.
Thanks to this, Choi Hyun-seok could focus entirely on training during his spare ti.
“Good. It’s finally complete.”
As a result, Choi Hyun-seok was finally able to perfect his Fighting technique utilizing body transformation.
[Congratulations! You have completed a new form of Fighting technique!]
[As a reward, body transformation by demonic energy has been stabilized]
[Please na the Fighting technique. It will be registered as an official skill]
[1/2 Fighting techniques remaining until hero quest completion]
Choi Hyun-seok’s face was filled with joy as he looked at the system alert.
“Congratulations, hero! You finally succeeded.”
“Yeah. Though I still need one more to complete the hero quest.”
“Oh co on~ You’ll complete the next Fighting technique even faster.”
“You think so?”
The first ti is always the hardest.
Now that he had gotten a feel for creating Fighting techniques this ti, the next one should be easier.
“It’s asking to na this technique, what should I do?”
Choi Hyun-seok asked.
Rachel watched him intently with her arms crossed.
Overall, Choi Hyun-seok’s appearance hadn’t changed much.
The only differences were the long blades protruding from his forearms and the horns that had grown on his head.
Occasionally, with a crackling sound, electricity would flow from the tips of the horns, which Choi Hyun-seok could release at will.
The fact that his physical abilities had increased slightly more than before was also a change.
All of this was possible because of the characteristics of ‘Fulminium’, one of the magic power ampules that Choi Hyun-seok had drunk.
“I thought of a good na!”
“What is it?”
“When you think of blades, it’s Wolverine! This technique’s na should be Wolverine Mode!”
“I don’t think we should use that na. It seems like it might cause trouble here and there.”
“Why? Wolverine! It’s a wild animal similar to bears that live in North Arica!”
Rachel smiled as if to say not to worry.
“Anyway, I don’t like it. That na won’t work.”
“Then what should we call it?”
“Well… Since it’s a transformation from the magic beast Fulminium, why don’t we just call it Fulminium Mode.”
Choi Hyun-seok shrugged his shoulders.
Rachel’s lips protruded, seemingly dissatisfied.
“Ugh, what’s that? That’s so boring.”
“I don’t know, I don’t know. Simple nas are important for being intuitive. This is what we’re going with.”
“Tch. Why did you even ask if you were going to do whatever you wanted?”
Choi Hyun-seok ignored her, having nothing particular to say.
Making a ntal note to just decide without asking Rachel next ti.
“By the way, the system is strange too.”
Rachel said, tilting her head.
“What’s suddenly strange about it?”
“Well, you know. They clearly said that using magic in the hero system doesn’t exist. Don’t you rember losing 500 hero points before when trying to create a technique because of magic?”
“Ah, that’s right.”
The hero shop has functions for creating techniques and creating magic.
Choi Hyun-seok had previously tried to create a technique using a hefty 500 hero points but failed because he possessed magic.
“It’s natural for the system ant for heroes to have errors with magic. But look at your status window now.”
“What about the status window?”
“In the abilities section, there’s magic operation, magic explosion system. In the skills section, there’s Reidrun-style Fighting Technique, Fighting Technique Modified Strength, Plomot, Nobilrace – they’re all things that use magic, right?”
“Oh… You’re right.”
“There’s even a ‘demonic energy’ stat clearly written with nurical values. That’s why it’s strange.”
“Hmm, it is definitely strange.”
The Hero System.
As the na suggests, it’s a system for heroes.
Since heroes don’t use magic, it was perfectly natural for the system not to accommodate magic users.
However, looking at Choi Hyun-seok’s status window now, everything is related to magic.
Moreover, this hero quest had him create a technique utilizing magic, and its reward supports body modification through magic.
At this point, it seems like they should change the na from Hero System to ‘Demon System’ or ‘Demon King’s Army System’.
“Maybe…”
Choi Hyun-seok spoke after contemplating.
“The system is evolving too?”
“The system is evolving?”
“Yeah. You ntioned it before. How the system has changed a lot from before to now.”
“That’s true.”
“So that ans the system can change. Then it might be able to evolve to accommodate magic.”
“Hmm, that makes sense.”
“When the demonic energy stat first appeared, it was shown as a question mark (?) in the status window before changing to ‘demonic energy’ after a while. That might have also been part of the evolution process.”
It was a plausible explanation.
Rachel nodded and continued speaking.
“It’s possible. Especially since you’re the best hero candidate with SSS-grade potential! God might be showing consideration!”
“That’s not it. If God really cared about , He would have taken your head first.”
“What did you say!?”
“Ahem, just kidding. Just kidding.”
Choi Hyun-seok cleared his throat unnecessarily and changed the subject.
“By the way, looking at the status window made think.”
His gaze was fixed on the title at the top of the status window.
▫Title: Hero Candidate
The title he received when first falling into this other world.
Even after quite so ti had passed, it still hadn’t changed.
He hadn’t paid attention to it until now, but once he noticed it, it really bothered him.
“When am I going to get rid of this Candidate tag?”
“The Candidate tag?”
“Yeah. My title is still Hero Candidate. Where can you find a hero who’s grown as excellently as !”
“It is strange. Usually, the Candidate tag is removed much earlier than this.”
“Really?”
Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes widened.
He had just ntioned it without much thought, but to think there really was a way to remove the candidate label.
“By Demon King’s Army standards, roughly a Battalion Commander? Usually, with that level of power, the Candidate tag is removed. When you beco a regular hero, you get various benefits too.”
“Wait, then why am I still a Candidate?”
Currently, Choi Hyun-seok’s level is 671.
The combat power is as high as 92,870.
It’s already surpassed the Battalion Commander level, and it’s reached a fairly stable position even among Regint Commanders.
Yet, the title ‘Hero Candidate’ still remained unchanged.
“It’s such a disadvantage. If there are benefits, they should promote quickly!”
“Usually, a promotion quest appears. When you complete it, you beco a Regular Hero from a Hero Candidate.”
“Promotion quest?”
“Yes. You can think of it as just a hero quest. The reward is the title.”
“Ah, I see.”
You take a promotion test through a hero quest.
The format was simpler than expected.
“The content usually involves heroic tasks like saving villages in danger or defeating demons.”
“Then why haven’t I received this promotion quest?”
“Well, maybe it’s because you’ve only been doing un-heroic things?”
“Hmm…”
He wanted to deny it, but he couldn’t.
After all, more humans than demons had died by his hands so far.
He had even beco a high-ranking officer of the Demon King’s Army, a Regint Commander.
From the outside, it might look like he’s aiming for the Demon King rather than being a hero.
“Wait a minute.”
Choi Hyun-seok, who had been contemplating sothing, suddenly frowned.
“The more I think about this, the more annoying it gets.”
“What is?”
“Think about it. Did anyone want to live like this? I didn’t want this either! Who am I doing all this for!?”
His voice gradually grows louder.
“Soone sent to the Demon King’s Army. Who told to please demons through hero quests? And now they won’t remove my Hero Candidate because I’m not hero-like? What kind of ssed up system is this!?”
“H-Hero, please calm down.”
Rachel tried to stop him, but Choi Hyun-seok, who had already gained montum, wouldn’t stop.
His eyes began to shine brightly.
“Don’t I have every right to be dissatisfied with the hero system? Huh!?”
“So, just for a mont…”
“This is too much! Damn it!”
At that mont when Choi Hyun-seok shouted.
A familiar alarm rang with a ‘ding!’
★☆★☆ Hero Quest! ★☆★☆
You’re angry because you still haven’t removed the Candidate~ tag!
Though you’re still a Candidate~, you’re a true hero no matter what anyone says!
Here’s your chance to beco a Regular Hero instead of a Candidate~ Hero!
Break through this grave trial and throw away your Candidate~ tag!
Goal: Achieve Combat Power 92,880 Reward: Regular Hero Title
Choi Hyun-seok narrowed his eyes and examined the hero’s quest.
“This really feels like they’re ssing with .”
“What are you suddenly talking about?”
“A promotion quest just appeared.”
“What? Really!?”
“Isn’t this sothing they should have given earlier but forgot, and now they’re hurriedly giving it to because I cursed?”
“Co on~ The hero quests are given by the system. A system that’s basically a machine couldn’t have such capabilities.”
“Then what’s this in front of my eyes?”
Choi Hyun-seok examined the hero quest again.
Candidate~ Hero, Candidate~ tag, and so on.
It emphasizes ‘Candidate’ four tis and even adds wave marks.
“It’s like they’re mocking by saying ‘Candidate~’!”
“Even so, isn’t that being too paranoid?”
“Paranoid? Paranoid!? They give a goal to raise my combat power by just 10 and call it a ‘grave trial’ – how does this look like paranoia!?”
Choi Hyun-seok checked the quest goal once again.
Achieve Combat Power 92,880.
Since Choi Hyun-seok’s current combat power is 92,870, he only needed to increase it by 10.
The level was too low for a promotion quest.
“This confirms it. Soone is playing pranks on with these hero quests.”
At this mont, Choi Hyun-seok clenched his fist and made a vow.
If he ever ets the operator of this hero system when everything is over.
“I’ll beat them until dust flies, even on a rainy day.”
And so today, hero Choi Hyun-seok, the apostle of God, continued his blasphemy.
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