To Hell With Being a Hero!

e path and repeatedly draw energy through that path?” Ru Amuh wasn’t completely sure if Chi-Woo could also do this. 

“Hmm…” Chi-Woo let out a small sigh, and Ru Amuh stared intently at Chi-Woo.
Then something caught his eye; he saw the smile on Chi-Woo’s face slowly deepening.
Chi-Woo was also feeling an unknown source of enjoyment. 

Energy reacted to will.
Since Chi-Woo had already used the power of exorcism before, it was not difficult to lead the energy through a certain path. ‘It feels like I’m organizing my belongings.’ Like he was completely unraveling a ball of yarn and rolling it back up neatly, Chi-Woo felt a strange sense of satisfaction from circulating his exorcism energy throughout his whole body in the same direction.
An unexpected pleasure hit him when he pushed his energy past the vessel on top of his head and let it come down like a waterfall.
Then, he suddenly realized that the more he spun his exorcism energy, the more his energy grew. 

Flash! Soon after, Chi-Woo opened his eyes.
Ru Amuh’s mouth slightly gaped open when he saw a strong light coming out of Chi-Woo’s eyes, which was clear evidence that Chi-Woo had successfully removed the impurities in his body and accepted the clean energy of the yongmaek.
It could be likened to extracting 100 percent pure metal from a mine.

‘He even refined the energy from a yongmaek created by divinity before absorbing it… Teacher, what kind of person are you…’ Ru Amuh wondered how clear and noble Chi-Woo’s mind and body must be for him to do this so easily.
Ru Amuh couldn’t contain his amazement and clapped. 

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“It feels good,” Chi-Woo said with a smile.
His exorcism mana had definitely increased by at least a little bit.
Even though its rank was still E, he felt that it would soon reach rank D.
“It feels very good.
Like I’ve been reborn.” Chi-Woo’s face also looked very refreshed.

“You did an amazing job.
I’m really jealous.” Ru Amuh raised his thumb.
The fact that light came out of his eyes was evidence that Chi-Woo followed at least 100 percent of what Ru Amuh had told him to do. 

“As expected of Mr.
Ru Amuh.
I’m glad that I asked you to teach me.”

“No, you praise me too much.
I haven’t really done much.
I’m very glad that I could be of help to you.” Ru Amuh, who couldn’t believe that a hero of Chi-Woo level would not even know the most basic breathing technique, replied with humility. 

“You’re the best.
Mr.
Ru Amuh, you really are the best teacher.”

“It’s the first time I heard such a compliment…but it doesn’t feel bad.
Haha.” Ru Amuh seemed very happy that finally there was someone who could understand his teaching, so even while scratching his head, he had a very bright smile on his face.

Chi-Woo stretched his arms and looked around.
The yongmaek was still crowded.
There were heroes on their knees in prayer, heroes standing upright like martial artists, and heroes lying down with their limbs sprawled out.
Everyone was using the fortress in different ways.
Since they were all from different cultures, it seemed as if they had different ways to reach awakening. 

Chi-Woo spotted one person among the group, and his eyes brightened.
“Oh, Ms.
Ru Hiana.” He raised his hand and called out to her, but she didn’t reply.
Even though she was looking this way, she seemed to be in a strange state.
Ru Hiana had her mouth opened wide with a blank face.
She was thinking, ‘What’s with Ru Amuh? When he was teaching me, he yelled at me many times that I wasn’t doing it properly! But senior successfully did it his first time? Ru Amuh even clapped for him?’

“Ms.
Ru Hiana?” When Chi-Woo called out to him again, Ru Hiana’s lips trembled.
“…Ugh…”

“?”

“Hmph.” She then whirled around so fast that her ponytail swished, and she ran out of the yongmaek.
Chi-Woo wasn’t sure he heard her properly, but it sounded like she had shouted, ‘He’s so annoying—!’

[No.
User Choi Chi-Woo was able to easily absorb energy thanks to the influence of his Golden Ratio.
He’s definitely not a genius.]

Mimi offered words of consolation, but unfortunately, they couldn’t reach Ru Hiana. 

*     *     *

Time passed, and most of the heroes had reached an awakening thanks to the yongmaek.
Even without making a contract with a god, they could use at least a bit of energy, so the recruits felt extremely satisfied.
Whenever Chi-Woo came out in the streets, everyone greeted him.
There were even heroes who greeted him with extreme politeness.
Since Chi-Woo helped them gain a bit of the power they had so desperately craved, it was natural that they would feel so grateful.

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While they were training, Chi-Woo also didn’t laze around.
The witch, Evelyn, had told him that she’d soon pick him up.
He didn’t know when she’ll come back, but since he was going to face a god, he needed to make significant preparations. 

[Why aren’t you going to use your remaining divinity?] Mimi asked.
[Your opponent is a god.
Even if you give all that you have, it won’t be enough.
Won’t it be better to use at least all your remaining divinity to increase your skills?]

Mimi only spoke facts, but Chi-Woo’s answer made her completely flabbergasted.

‘It feels wasteful.’

[What?]

‘Isn’t that the case? They’re consumables that disappear once you use them, and there’s no way for me to replenish it now.’

Mimi was extremely frustrated again and argued in a sharp tone.
[Even if that’s the case, is it more important than your life?] 

‘That’s not the case, but I do have a plan in mind.’

Mimi was planning to hurl disapproving words at Chi-Woo like a downpour of bullets, but Chi-Woo’s response gave her pause.
[A plan?]

Holy water was also known as the wishing well.
He could easily find a way to use it in a fight since he could wish inside his mind.

[But even with that.]

‘I’m not saying I won’t use my divinity.
I’m just going to judge the situation first and use it when it’s the perfect time,’ Chi-Woo continued. ‘And I also have this.’ Chi-Woo had a bunch of yellow paper in his hand, which had clearly decreased in number. 

[Aren’t those talismans?]

‘Yes, that’s right.
Are you going to get angry that I’ll be merely using talismans like this to fight a god?’

[Yes, you know me very well.]

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‘Fufu.
I thought so.
Please wait a bit.’ After saying this, Chi-Woo grabbed his bag, and while rummaging through it, he continued his thought, ‘I understand your concern, but holy water is the same as divinity.
And divinity is an omnipotent power.
Like this time with the yongmaek, it can help us achieve basically anything, so I can’t waste it.’ Then he added, ‘That was what Ms.
Laguel told me.’

Mimi stayed quiet for a bit.
After a short silence, she spoke again.

[…I don’t know who Laguel is, but I don’t think she was telling you to save it even during such times.]

‘How do you know that?’

[I’m definitely right about this.
If you want, you can go ask her later on.
And one more thing, who told you that divinity was omnipotent? She said that it’s a very useful power that could be used in various ways depending on the situation.]

‘What the.
How did you know? Are you perhaps Ms.
Laguel?’

[I read your memory, and who is the woman you’re talking about?]

‘Ah.’ Chi-Woo accepted the explanation and said, ‘There’s someone like that.
I guess, an angel who is a bit of a tsundere?’

[Tsundere?]

‘Yes, my first impression of her was very bad, but I think that secretly, she cares about me… Anyway, she’s a bit funny.’

[What’s funny about her?]

‘Will you hear me out? She likes my brother; even though she doesn’t act like it, it’s rea~lly obvious.’

[Ah—so, what’s your plans with the talismans?]

Mimi quickly changed the topic.
There were so many important matters to discuss, so Mimi was uninterested in pointless conversations.

“Ah, this.” Chi-Woo took out two talismans from his pile.
They were no ordinary talismans, but talismans that even his church mentor thought were too precious to leave behind.
His mentor had said that even using one of these every 20 years was too much and told him to never use it if he could.
He had two of these extraordinary talismans; there used to be three, but Chi-Woo had used one to summon White Horse General in the forest.
And now it was time for him to use another one.

‘This talisman is…’ Chi-Woo lifted a white talisman with black patterns, and his eyes brightened.