Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad-Chapter 10

Choi Hyun-seok threw a bone as thick as his forearm.

Bobo started running at an incredible speed.

“Bobo! Fetch!”

“Kwang!”

“That’s right! Nice catch!”

Bobo leaped beautifully through the air and caught the bone in his mouth.

“Heck! Heh!”

Bobo put down the bone and shot a look seeking praise.

Choi Hyun-seok carefully patted Bobo’s head.

“Good boy. Our Bobo is so well-behaved!”

Was he pleased with the praise?

Bobo wagged his tail like crazy.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Maybe because his tail was so large, a fierce sound could be heard every time it moved left and right.

‘If you get hit by that, it’s at least 4 weeks of injury.’

Bobo, who was bigger than most tigers, was incredibly muscular.

On top of that, his hide was so tough and durable it was like he was wearing armor.

‘I need to stay on good terms.’

Just as Hyun-seok was stroking Bobo with his most friendly smile,

[Bobo’s affection level has increased]

Hearing the system alert, Hyun-seok cheered.

“Nice!”

This was already the fifth alert.

At this rate, it didn’t seem like it would take long to reach the target affection level.

“Good! Let’s keep this up.”

If he could completely train Bobo, there would be nothing to fear.

Why, you ask?

Because Bobo is an adorable puppy who wouldn’t hurt even the Corps Commander if she put him in her mouth.

The pet dog of Corps Commander Hemis, the highest-ranking official here!

And the handler the pet dog follows the most!

“If we apply the syllogism, that makes me the handler that the Corps Commander cherishes the most.”

Hyun-seok said proudly.

Rachel, who was standing next to him, scrunched up her face and spoke.

“Hero.”

“What.”

“Did you hit your head on the ground or something?”

“Why are you ruining the good mood with your nagging?”

“No, where in the world is there such a syllogism!?”

“I don’t know! If I say it’s like that, then it is! Right, Bobo?”

“Kwang!”

“See? Even Bobo agrees.”

“Ugh! I shouldn’t even bother talking.”

Rachel shook her head.

Hyun-seok ignored Rachel and stroked Bobo’s head.

“Just wait a little. Once Bobo completely follows me, that’s when life in the Demon Army really begins.”

Of course, he didn’t plan to hide behind Bobo forever.

It’s just that immediate survival was important right now.

It was best to use whatever could be used.

“Ah. Stop licking! Haha!”

Bobo licked Hyun-seok’s cheek with his tongue.

Although it was painful enough to feel like his skin was being torn off due to the rough tongue, Hyun-seok smiled.

‘This is all evidence that we’re becoming closer.’

At that moment, Hyun-seok suddenly felt his surroundings grow dark.

“Huh?”

When he looked up, a wide-open maw filled his entire field of vision.

“Kwaaang!”

“Bobo! No!”

Just before being swallowed by Bobo,

Hyun-seok hurriedly backed away and desperately waved the bone.

“Good boy~ Bobo! We need to keep playing, right? Hm? If you eat me, we can’t play with bones anymore?”

“Kwang…”

At the mention of not being able to play anymore, Bobo deflated and closed his mouth.

But he kept smacking his lips, seeming regretful.

‘This dog doesn’t even appreciate me playing with him…!’

After throwing the bone for two whole hours until his arm nearly fell off, he almost became Buddha right then and there.

Hyun-seok took a deep breath and watched Bobo carefully.

‘Now his stomach clock is starting to ring.’

It had been quite a while since Bobo ate Senior Officer Hoken.

During that time, he’d been running around with Rachel and playing fetch with him, so it was about time he got hungry again.

‘Should I try giving him feed?’

Although he didn’t eat it when Hoken gave it to him, this time would be different.

Unlike Hoken, he had become quite close with Bobo.

‘Plus, Bobo is really hungry right now.’

As they say, hunger is the best sauce.

No matter how much of a gourmet Bobo was, he surely wouldn’t refuse this feed (mixed meat).

“Bobo! Want to eat?”

Hyun-seok filled Bobo’s huge food bowl with lots of meat and held it out.

Bobo slowly approached and sniffed the meat.

“Kwang!”

Bobo took a mouthful of meat.

“Munch munch munch…”

“That’s right! Good boy, Bobo!”

“Ptui!”

Bobo spat out the meat right away.

Hyun-seok dragged his hand down his face.

“Damn… What kind of dog is this picky…”

Bobo was even more of a gourmet than Hyun-seok had thought.

It seemed he wouldn’t eat this mixed meat unless he was on the verge of starving to death.

“In the end, I’ll have to get different ingredients from the kitchen.”

It would be a big problem if Bobo kept getting hungrier.

As time passed, he would look more and more like delicious meat in Bobo’s eyes.

‘Who knows when this ungrateful guy will suddenly turn and try to eat me.’

After contemplating for a moment, Hyun-seok made a decision.

‘It might be too early, but there’s no choice.’

Hyun-seok approached Bobo.

“Bobo!”

At Hyun-seok’s call, the dejected Bobo turned his head.

“Shall we go for a walk!?”

At the word ‘walk’, Bobo perked up as if he’d never been down.

“Heck! Heh!”

Indeed, there was no dog in the world that hated walks.

***

Lepple was a veteran who had been in the Demon Army for over 10 years.

Nevertheless, he had never been promoted and remained a low-ranking soldier.

Perhaps because of this unique career, there wasn’t a single soldier at the 3rd Corps Headquarters who didn’t know Lepple’s name.

“You mean cowardly Lepple?”

“Ah, that bald guy?”

“To survive 10 years on the battlefield without dying. He must really know how to save his own skin.”

Lepple was well aware of his reputation.

He was very dissatisfied with it.

‘Being bald is true… But I’m not a coward!’

Yes, he could tolerate comments about his bald eagle-like appearance.

But he was definitely not a coward.

“Do you even know how many humans have died by my hands!”

Just as Lepple was shouting with clenched fists,

“Human…?”

A human passed by in front of him.

Why was there a human here?

This was the Demon Army’s 3rd Corps Headquarters.

It wasn’t a place where humans dared to set foot.

“Hmmph!”

Bald eagle Lepple puffed up his chest muscles.

He was trying to appear as threatening as possible.

Then he strode toward the human.

“Hey, you!”

“Yes?”

The human turned around with a bewildered expression.

“Who are you? Why is a human loitering here…”

Lepple swallowed his words mid-sentence.

Because he made eye contact with the huge dog following the human.

“I’m in the middle of walking Lord Bobo.”

“L-Lord Bobo…!?”

Lepple was startled at the mention of Bobo.

There wasn’t a single soldier at Corps Headquarters who didn’t know about Bobo.

Rumors about Bobo had spread far and wide.

“They say he’s bigger than most ogres.”

“I heard he tore apart a troll in one bite.”

“You know Gorgen who was selected as a handler from the neighboring unit? They say he didn’t last even a day before being eaten.”

Of course, very few soldiers had actually seen Bobo.

But with unit members selected as handlers disappearing one after another, rumors were bound to spread.

‘But what does that have to do with a human being here…?’

Let’s say the beast before him was the famous Bobo.

That still didn’t explain why there was a human here.

That’s when Hyun-seok spoke.

“I’m Choi Hyun-seok, recently assigned as Lord Bobo’s handler.”

Hyun-seok extended his hand.

Lepple nodded while reflexively shaking hands.

“Uh… I’m Lepple…”

Sweat dripped down Lepple’s shiny head.

‘Is this real…?’

Being assigned as Bobo’s handler here was a kind of death sentence.

No handler had lasted more than 3 days so far.

‘Could it be they’ve decided to assign prisoners as handlers from now on?’

Lepple thought.

Perhaps Corps Commander Hemis had issued new orders.

Just as Lepple was speculating about Hyun-seok’s identity,

Bobo, who was sitting beside them, licked Lepple’s head with his tongue.

Scraaape!

The rough tongue passed over the smooth head like sandpaper.

His expression was as serious as a gourmet tasting food.

“Uh, uh… Uh…”

Lepple’s eyes began to shake wildly.

“Oh no. Bobo, don’t! You’ll get sick if you eat just anything.”

Hyun-seok said while patting Bobo’s head.

“Get sick if he eats… That’s a joke, right…?”

At Lepple’s question, Hyun-seok shook his head with a serious expression.

“We’re just coming back from him swallowing my senior Hoken whole.”

“…”

“By the way, Sir Lepple. Do you know where the kitchen is?”

Lepple desperately raised his arm that had frozen stiff.

“If you go straight that way, you’ll find the kitchen…”

“Ah. Then, excuse us.”

Lepple grabbed Hyun-seok as he was about to leave.

“Wait, you said you’re Hyun-seok?”

“Yes.”

“Work hard from now on. Though you’re human, I have expectations!”

“Thank you.”

Hyun-seok bowed his head.

“I, Lepple, will be watching!”

Lepple put on his most impressive expression and turned around proudly.

‘Phew… I hope they didn’t notice?’

He had accidentally wet himself when Bobo licked his head.

If word got out that he wet himself in front of a human, he might kill himself from shame.

“Even I think that was excellent acting.”

He had shown the perfect image of a senior soldier.

That stupid human must be looking at his back with admiring eyes, not even realizing how he had trembled in fear.

***

“What’s with that idiot? What does he mean he’ll be watching?”

Hyun-seok said, watching Lepple walk away in the distance.

He seemed to think he looked cool walking with his chest puffed out and waddling, but he just looked quite stupid.

“Ugh! More importantly, why did he suddenly pee himself? The smell is overwhelming.”

Rachel wrinkled her nose while covering it with her hand.

“Who knows. Incontinence maybe?”

Hyun-seok could smell it too, but wasn’t particularly bothered.

No, this could actually be considered a good sign.

“The plan worked!”

This was proof that his prediction was right – he could safely reach the kitchen while traveling with Bobo.

‘No one would be crazy enough to mess with the Corps Commander’s pet.’

Aside from his tremendous power, Bobo was the pet of Hemis, the leader here.

Unless they were insane, no soldier would pick a fight with someone leading such a precious creature.

“Good. We’ll go to the kitchen like this and get fresh food that Bobo likes. Then all our immediate problems will be solved.”

“And after that?”

“After that?”

“Yes. You’re not planning to spend the rest of your life as a Hero cleaning up dog poop, are you?”

Hyun-seok shook his head at Rachel’s question.

“As if. I can’t die until I marry a blonde noble lady.”

“Sigh… That’s quite a noble goal.”

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“How would you understand my feelings!?”

Hyun-seok snapped angrily.

“Whatever. Let’s hurry to the kitchen. Who knows when hungry Bobo might cause trouble.”

“Right.”

Just as Hyun-seok was about to walk toward the kitchen,

“Wait.”

“What?”

“Where did Bobo go!?”

“Huh…?”

Bobo, who was definitely next to them just now, was nowhere to be seen.

Hyun-seok frantically looked around.

But no matter how much he searched, there wasn’t a trace of Bobo.

“What!? Where did he go!?”

“Wait! I’ll fly up and look!”

Rachel flew up into the sky, while Hyun-seok called out loudly for Bobo.

“Bobo! Where are you!? Bobo!”

“…”

“Bobo! Where are you? Be good! Let’s play with the bone! Okay!?”

Just as Hyun-seok was waving his secret weapon, the bone,

“Heck! Heh!”

Bobo came running from far away.

“Phew, felt like ten years off my life…”

Whatever he’d been up to, Bobo looked quite pleased.

“Oh my. Where did our cutie go? You gave big brother quite a scare…”

Horror filled Hyun-seok’s eyes as he spoke.

“Blood…?”

Bobo’s mouth was covered in blood.

Where had he gone for such a pleasant meal in the meantime?

“Burp!”

Bobo let out a satisfying belch.

Thud.

A pile of bones fell from Bobo’s mouth.

“Bobo… Did you eat something tasty by yourself…?”

“Kwang!”

Bobo answered energetically.

At the same time, commotion began to be heard from far away.

“Ahhh! Company Commander Regis is dead!”

“What!? Who did this!?”

“Find the culprit quickly!”

In the middle of the commotion, Hyun-seok silently dragged his hand down his face.

“Sigh… Haah…”

Rachel, who had appeared beside him, whispered.

“Hero… Could this be…?”

“Yeah. Looks like we’re screwed.”

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