The Hero Disciple Is Back - Chapter 125



124. The Shadows of the Past Never Fade Away

The hero stood before the fallen mythical monster.

-It’s so frustrating. It’s so frustrating. If only I had just a little more time… .

The Battle of Heroes and Monsters

It was known at the time that the hero, who had regained his strength, had defeated the giant monster and ended up beheading it… . It has always been the case that the inside story is slightly different from what is known to the world.

This was also the case in this case.

The hero left all his strength behind to protect his country and set out on a journey, planning to regain his original strength while he was there. However, plans do not always go as planned, so people always live difficult, painful, and hard lives.

It was no different for him to be a hero.

He never fully recovered his strength.

How much was it… . To the extent that it was said that even if he fought a giant monster, there was only the possibility of certain defeat… . The gap was enormous. However, the hero could not give up. He had a country that was on the verge of ruin due to disaster and calamity. A miracle had to happen as soon as possible. That was why he gambled with his life… .

The hit was unexpected.

Life span

A giant monster that has existed for such a long time that it even appears in myths.

That meant that he had lived a very dirty life for a long time. He was a monster known as a giant monster, but that did not mean he was a god. Because of his immense power, his lifespan was dirty long, but in the end, he could not avoid the limit of the ending. In the end, no matter how great he was, he could not escape the fate of a mortal.

-Human… .

“What is it?”

-I’m sorry.

“… … .”

-Finally… . Finally… . A worthy opponent for my end has appeared… . But my body can’t hold out… .

“I survived, so that’s good, huh?”

-Keu. Humans really can’t lie.

“… … .”

Yes, for the hero, this was a test he had to overcome. But as he crashed like crazy… . The test in his mind was cleanly lost. He just wanted to defeat the giant monster in front of him. He wanted to prove with all his might that he was more formidable than that formidable guy. He regretted giving it his all. If only he had more strength, he might have been able to win.

He was an unheroic figure who always thought of his country before himself, others before himself, and the weak before himself… But in his life, the fight against this giant monster was more important than anything else. To the point where he forgot all the duties and responsibilities that always filled his mind.

At that moment, that was life.

He will probably never forget that moment for the rest of his life.

No, I will be tied to that moment for the rest of my life.

Because we didn’t get to see the outcome properly.

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At that very moment when it seemed clear who had won, the sand clock of the giant monster’s lifespan suddenly ran out.

I wish I had won easily

If only we had lost miserably

I could not have felt this unforgettable, uncomfortable, and rough feeling.

If I had my way… .

I wanted to chase him all the way to the river of hell to see if he would win… .

He knows that he can’t do that. Even if he had the will to do so, he couldn’t do it no matter how much he burned his will, once he remembered the duties and responsibilities he had. He was a hero. A hero is someone who can’t put down what he has to carry.

-Ahh… Human… If only we had decided the match a little faster… If only we had decided it a little faster… If only…

The monster’s eyes slowly closed. The end was truly drawing near.

The hero spoke to that great monster.

“Although this match was a ‘tie’….”

-… … .

“If there is a next time… I will win.”

Even the dying monster couldn’t help but snicker at those words.

Ah. My rival is….

How upright… .

That truth made the monster happy. At least the time of his patience, in which he had endured without dying, was not meaningless, and was full of value and duty, so there was no reason for the monster not to feel genuine joy.

But there was no way good words could come out of my mouth when facing the greatest rival of my life. The monster was clearly male.

-The guy who almost died… is alive only with his mouth… Of course I win…

“We’ll have to wait and see.”

-Then… . Someday again… . With all my might… . Then, definitely… . I will see it through to the end.

“Yeah… Then let’s really see the end for sure.”

After making that oath, the giant monster closed his eyes completely.

The hero stared blankly at such a monster for a while. He instinctively knew that he would never forget this moment until the moment he died, so he had no choice but to remain physically bound there for a while. This was because he would soon be bound until the moment he died mentally.

In that way, the hero had no choice but to be tied to that moment until the moment of his death. Every time, he desperately hoped that there would be a next time… . He desperately hoped that he would be able to decide the winner in the next life… .

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【Are you really standing before me, Master of the Warriors?】

“Well, this is the only role I can take on.”

I was the only one standing before the Demon King who was spewing out a storm of boundless magic energy. In many ways, I wondered, ‘Is this okay?’ But what can I do? This was the perfect personnel arrangement.

Above all else

‘I don’t remember that either…’

It seems that the heroes of the past preferred to move forward rather than retreat in such situations.

This is a story about how I couldn’t just ignore it and pretend not to know anything while it kept stimulating my nerves by telling me to move forward, so I had no choice but to stand in front of that ruthless thing.

As if he were deluding himself into thinking he was some kind of hero… .

‘I’m not at all qualified to be a hero.’

In battle, those who don’t know their place are more likely to die. Therefore, it’s absurd for me, a veteran mercenary, to not know my place.

There are only two cases in which you can survive in a war without knowing your place. One is if you are incredibly lucky, and the other is if you are incredibly talented… But usually, you don’t fall into those two categories, so you end up running wild without knowing your place and dying.

In that sense, I am not.

It’s not that I’m a guy who mistakes my subject, nor is it that I’m lucky or talented enough to survive being a guy who mistakes my subject.

…Why did you take on such a reckless and crazy role?

Because I am the best fit

Because it’s the only thing I can do

Because the heroes of the past kept pushing me to come forward

If you think about it for a moment, several reasons will come to mind.

But the biggest reason is….

“I don’t know for sure, but I have this feeling in my head that if I don’t face it here… I’ll regret it terribly if I don’t step forward.”

Life is a series of regrets.

Living is like living with regrets.

But that’s why people want to have no more regrets. They want to live a life with fewer regrets.

【Hahahahaha! That’s a really spirited answer!】

“Thank you, even if it’s just empty words.”

【So where… shall we start the test?】

With that said

Lightning struck.

Kwaaang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was literally a lightning strike.

However, it was not a lightning strike created by nature, but a lightning strike created by magic.

There are certainly people who have survived being struck by lightning, but if you were struck by that magical lightning… you wouldn’t even be able to leave a bone behind. ‘That is, if you were normal.’

“Hey. Hey. What kind of test is this? Normally, you wouldn’t even leave a bone behind?!”

I was far from normal in the heroic descent state, but it was too far. When fighting the tyrant, I was so nervous that I thought I would die if I got hit with one hit, so I felt like my lifespan was shortened even though I didn’t get hit… Heroic descent was definitely good.

Kuung!

… Of course, there are no miracles in this world that come without a price.

“… Heh heh.”

‘Enjoy it while you can, because it’s going to be hell soon.’ The ‘Price of Miracles’ made its presence known to me whenever it got a chance, but I just laughed it off.

I always made the best choice.

I have chosen choices that I will regret less.

… even if the ‘price of miracles’ suffocates me

I chose this because I thought I would regret it less.

I am an adult.

He is an adult and a guardian.

It is impossible for me, who is like that, to leave everything to the kids and step back, dig my nose, and become an old man in the back room. It is something that should not happen.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The power of the hero responded to my will.

‘Good service, Young-woong.’

The golden flames are burning.

“Try as much as you can. You won’t be able to change my mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Because I have the support of a hero behind me!