The Hero Volume 5 Chapter 2-3

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The Hero

Volume 5 – Silver Knight

Chapter 2

‘This is a big problem. I didn’t receive any mail, nor was my name within the Heroes that were summoned.’

Haneul made a serious expression.

Externally, the summons for the clean-up crew were already sent out. However, for Heroes Rank A and above that fought in the battle, were exempt from showing.

This was a matter of course, but Haneul was going around telling people that he was a Rank B hero. It would be strange if he did not partic.i.p.ate, seeing as how none of the reporters were able to show evidence that Haneul was at the scene.

Furthermore, Minah was already having doubts with the things Haneul had told her.

‘No, actually, what was the point in me hiding it from her? Isn’t it better for me if I was to tell Minah everything?’

Haneul thought hard, but he couldn’t find an answer. He just didn’t feel like telling Minah the truth. It could be because he was worried that Minah would be worried? If it wasn’t that, then it was probably because Haneul didn’t fully trust Minah yet.

Haneul felt confused.

It was because of the expression that he saw on Minah as they were parting ways.

It was the expression of someone who looked like they were hurting. As if the other party already knew that Haneul was lying to them.

Haneul felt that he wouldn’t feel comfortable until he apologized to Minah.

“Whatever happens, let’s just tell her everything.”

If Haneul was to show up at the summons without a word, someone might say ‘Mr. Silver Knight, you’re a Rank A hero that already fought in the last battle. You don’t need to be here.’ So, out of worry, Haneul tried calling the Organization’s HR Director, YooShik Kim.

“h.e.l.lo.”

“Do you think I’m happy to be calling another guy right now? I just had something to say to you.”

“Can I bother you to help me with something?”

“Can you let me join the clean-up crew for the 1st city of the East area?”

Haneul truthfully told his situation to YooShik.

YooShik seriously listened to Haneul’s situation thinking it would be a huge ordeal, but as YooShik later found out that it was just for personal reasons, he chuckled.

‘Hmm, what an interesting person.’

“Alright. I will do that then. You don’t have to be too worried because we don’t publish the heroes list internally. Which means a Heroes ranking won’t leak out easily. Normally, Heroes aren’t allowed to share their own rankings. However, it’s hard to block such an act which is why the world knows which Heroes are ranked what. A Hero will voluntarily share that information with the civilians, so there’s no reason for our Organization to do such a thing.”

Haneul from the start, was an out of the ordinary figure. He was established as a Rank A hero not long ago, yet was immediately put to the test. Against the thoughts of the media, the one to place Haneul at that rank was YooShik.

Who would’ve known that an Earthquake would happen the same day Haneul registered as an official Hero.

YooShik is the HR Director, and the amount of Heroes that he needed to take care of were over the 100’s number. Of course, he didn’t know of Haneul’s situation until the Earthquake was finished.

That’s why YooShik didn’t hear of the details until the end of the battle.

So, in the 1st batch of Heroes that were sent out to restore the city, YooShik sent one message out to the civilians that were at the shelter.

And that message was regarding the Hero in Silver.

‘Silver Knight.’

The civilians weren’t mistaken, and Silver Knight was checked off as responding to the summons. He was a Rank A hero, but he was still a noob, how reckless.

Yooshik knew of his mistake, yet couldn’t contain his astonishment.

– BAHAHAHA, Silver Knight, he had a lot of ambition and was an excellent hero!! Yes, all Heroes should have that aspect with them!

Stated Burning Soul.

Also, the hot reaction from the press.

Everything was circulating with Silver Knight as the center.

“There’s no denying that he will become a star in the Organization. His skills will slowly grow and one day blossom into a beautiful flower. If that happens, his name will be known transnational, no, it’s more like it will be known to the whole world.”

Haneul had a lot of potential!

The potential to become a Rank S hero. And, if that was to happen, the one to realize his potential (YooShik) would also be able to grow.

‘That’s not the only thing. I feel like there’s still more to him than that.’

YooShik was still unsure as to what that was. However, there has never been a time when his gut feeling was wrong.

YooShik gave out instructions.

It was to add Silver Knight to the list of names going out on the clean-up session tomorrow night.

Silver Knight.

His name was updated.

“Finally.”

Now that Haneul’s name was showing up withtomorrow’s clean-up crew, it was time for him to apologize to Minah. Although it wasn’t his intentions to lie to her, it was true that Haneul had hurt Minah’s feelings.

‘My head hurts. This is why I said let’s break up.’

But, what was it that Minah said.

Didn’t she exclaim that she would make Haneul change his mind, no matter what?

Either way, there’s no denying that half of Minah’s rant actually worked, seeing as how confused Haneul’s heart was because of her.

Chapter 2 – End.

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The Hero

Volume 5 – Silver Knight

Chapter 3

Early morning, Haneul washed his head, and ate a light breakfast while he browsed around on the web. As he was looking up articles regarding the last Earthquake, Haneul kept looking at his messenger with unrest.

This whole region received the summons, so surely there were many people at the location. It would be difficult to find Minah within the huge group, and there was no saying what Haneul was to do once he reached the location.

Haneul thought hard. He recalled the image of Minah’s sad face as they parted ways last time.

Haneul mustered up his courage.

He dropped a line on his messenger, and as soon as he did, a response came back.

– Your name came out in the 3rd batch of heroes cleaning up?

She was talking as if nothing happened, and Haneul shockingly talked to her normally without being surprised.

– Okay, I’ll see you tomorrow then!

Haneul finished his message with a smile on his face, then it suddenly became a straight face.

“If I write it like this, it looks like I like her.”

There’s no way.

Haneul was a virgin. To be exact, he was a virgin. He didn’t have any goals or any hope of making money in World A. Which is why meeting women and marrying was also out of the question. Haneul’s future was bleak, so there was no way he could have dated women. Then those thoughts slowly disappeared to the point where he started thinking, ‘Do I even need it’.

However, Haneul in World B was different.

He had talent and abilities.

Not only that, he was already working.

He was a Hero.

To say the least, the Haneul from this world was living a life filled with accomplishments.

‘Dating, and the future……’

They were strange things to be thinking about. Haneul gave them both up in World A, because of how unrealistic these thoughts were for him. Yet, in this world, all of it was attainable just by stretching his hand out.

The next day.

Because the promised time was near, Haneul was currently on the bus.

“We don’t go all the way to the 1st city. Only up to the urban area of the 2nd city.”

With these words, Haneul immediately got on the bus.

Haneul was already aware of how bad the situation was at the 1st city. He was at the scene not too long ago, and the only thing on the news these days was regarding the Earthquake.

Then, Haneul saw a familiar face getting on the bus.

It was a guy that was in the same cla.s.s as him back in high school.

Haneul couldn’t recall his name. However, they kept a very proper friendship.

‘How vague.’

Because of that vague relationship, it was even harder for Haneul to decide on how to treat him.

Haneul wasn’t great at being social, so he pretended not to notice his ‘friend’. As Haneul was thinking this and turning his head away, he noticed that most of the people were getting off at the last stop,most adjacent to the 1st city.

Haneul’s’friend’ was also the same. As they were both looking around, Haneul and his ‘friend’ ended up making eye contact, but as if his ‘friend’ didn’t notice Haneul, he slowly got off the bus.

The guy didn’t even think for a little while. He stared at Haneul as if he didn’t know him.

‘What the?’

Did Haneul not see correctly?

There’s no way. Haneul had great memory.

Does that mean that in this world, they weren’t acquainted?

‘There’s definitely a possibility for that. He wasn’t just pretending right now.’

Suddenly, Haneul was able to hear the conversation between his ‘friend’ and the last person to get off the bus.

“So, how much are they paying us today?”

“If you calculate it, it comes to about $7 an hour. It’s probably the same as normal right?”

“Ugh, how stingy.”

There were many people walking while talking about today’s pay.

They were walking towards an area that was a complete disaster.

“Surely, these people aren’t ALL Heroes, right?”

Mumbled Haneul with a shocked expression. These people looked like normal students, aunts, and uncles that one could see walking down the street.

“Most Rank D Heroes are like that.”

Haneul turned his head.

Minah was currently wearing comfortable sportswear while walking towards Haneul.

“They look quite different from the Heroes that you’ve seen so far huh? There are less than 500 D Rank Heroes, but rather than fight monsters, most of them either clean up afterwards or are part of the rescue team.”

“So that’s how it was. I didn’t know that.”

“Usually, everyone knows this info…….Well, you’re kind of in a special situation right now. Since you flew over from a different world. One more thing to add, the students who are preparing to become Heroes but have yet to awaken yet, are put into the Rank D group as well to help out with these type of work.”

Minah calmly told Haneul, as if nothing happened. To put it simply, she acted the same as she always did.

‘Is she not mad anymore? Either way, let’s finish up with the work first and then tell her everything.’

There were Heroes that fought off monsters while risking their lives, and there were Heroes that helped out in the shadows.

Haneul thought this was just volunteer work, but after listening to what Minah said, he knew it wasn’t just that.

He was also able to confirm even more so, after he got to the location.

Every person used their own abilities to move debris over to one side, while the Army trucks were busy moving about.

Haneul was also busy pushing huge boulders and working hard. He knew if he turned into the Silver Knight, he would attract a lot of attention, so he was using his magic without transforming. Haneul had formidable amounts of magic within him, so his strength couldn’t be compared with a Rank D Hero’s.

“Sir, Hero! Can you please come over here!”

“Okay, I’ll be right there!”

As Haneul was running around helping others, he was able to see many different Rank B Heroes and was also able to confirm something.

The level of the Rank B Heroes.

‘There’s a huge gap between them and A Rank Heroes. Now I understand.’

Haneul wasn’t sure because there wasn’t much to compare in his first battle in Central South.

However, as he’s able to see the magic and skills being used by these Rank B Heroes now, things were a lot clearer now.

And Minah was definitely a Rank B Hero.

She wasn’t the type to use absurd amounts of strength, but was the shooter type that shot out light from the tips of her fingers.

“My skills are similar to the S Rank Hero Photon Shooter, but much weaker than him.”

Laughed Minah with an embarra.s.sed face.

However, Minah’s power was very diverse and had many utilities. She would finely destroy huge buildings that couldn’t be moved, and Haneul would shovel those parts and push them to a corner.

“Who is that Hero? He’s super strong.”

People were shocked.

It’s been 3 hours since they’ve started working, yet Haneul wasn’t tired at all and was constantly pulling out magic and working.

Minah continued to control her magic and helpedHaneul from the side, but as it pa.s.sed the 3 hour mark, Minah was now sweating and tired.

“Hoooo. Let’s rest as well.”

Said Haneul as he wiped away beads of sweat.

Chapter 3 – End.

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