Ch.71Chapter 71. The Fallen Hero, Dochan Yoo

Heroes have been called saviors, meant to deal with calamities.

But ironically, not all of them move according to plan, and their characteristic arrogance sometimes leads to rampages or deviations that threaten all of humanity.

These are the Fallen Heroes.

Beings who alone exceed ordinary dangers, and from humanity’s perspective, must be eliminated.

“Boss! We caught some women wandering nearby!”

“Get over here, you bitches!”

The Empire had sent a knight order led by a Hero to subjugate the “Dark Gaze,” a bandit group formed by a Fallen Hero, but the result was a crushing defeat.

The dense forest and hills of the Great Forest were advantageous for defensive tactics using traps and guerrilla warfare. Despite this, the knight order, believing they could overcome with their abilities and spirit as Heroes, continued their reckless advance until they faced total annihilation.

“Kugh! These damned traitors…!”

“Keheheh! Boss! This one’s quite feisty, she’ll be fun to torment!”

“Come to think of it, I recently acquired some nice tools for torment. It might be fun to use them to play with these women!”

As a result, only a few survivors were dragged to Dark Gaze’s hideout. Yeonhwa Oh, the leader of the knight order, gritted her teeth as she looked at the leader beyond the bandits.

With his subordinates lined up beside him, sitting in a chair with his chin resting on his hand.

That arrogant Fallen Hero looking down on the captured Hero who couldn’t reach him.

“Hey, Hero.”

“What do we do now? We have no options after being dragged here…”

While her captured comrades expressed their fear behind her, Yeonhwa tried to reassure them by pretending to be fine.

“Don’t worry! If we endure, the Empire will surely send a rescue team!”

Although the knight order had been annihilated by these vile and foolish bandits’ schemes, the one who led them was none other than the being they so highly praised as a Hero.

Knowing her value, they wouldn’t abandon her.

‘That’s right, I’m a Hero. Everyone praised me as a savior, so if they know I’m alive, they’ll definitely come to rescue me!’

The key was how to endure until that time came.

But it would be unreasonable to expect those before her to recognize her qualities as a Hero.

They weren’t humans yearning for salvation, but traitors who chose to abandon morality and norms to adapt to this harsh world.

“Kihihi! Since it’s come to this, let’s test our newly acquired drug on the Hero!”

“Boss, you can look forward to it! Seeing this woman’s temper, I think you’ll enjoy this one quite a bit!”

The bandits proudly displayed a drug in front of their seated boss.

As Yeonhwa faced the vial containing an ominous-colored liquid in their hands, her face gradually turned pale.

“What… what is that…?”

“Khuhuhu, curious what this is?!”

“If you’re curious, I should tell you! It’s a special aphrodisiac that increases sensitivity by 3000 times!”

“Aphrodisiac… 3000 times sensitivity?”

“You probably can’t grasp how amazing 3000 times is. Even drugs rumored to be effective on the market are just diluted versions of this! It’s so potent that just touching the skin makes that area an erogenous zone!!!”

The bandit laughed and sprayed the aphrodisiac on his hand.

With the sticky liquid on his fingers, he began to reach out to apply it to her skin.

“Khuhuhu, let’s see if our Hero can withstand this terrifying 3000 times sensitivity drug with a clear mind…”

“Hey, wait. You got the drug on your hand, are you okay?”

“Huh?”

The bandit stared blankly at the aphrodisiac on his hand after his comrade’s comment.

The reaction to the drug on his hand came about 5 seconds later.

“Unghoooooh~♥ My hand grew a prostate~~!!!”

“Hahaha~ See that?! It’s an incredibly effective item as you can see!”

“Will our Hero be able to demonstrate enough mental strength to withstand this?!”

The bandit collapsed with an ecstatic expression while clutching his hand.

As the other bandits approached with swagger, Yeonhwa gritted her teeth and clenched her fist.

“You can do whatever you want with my body. But there’s one thing you should remember!”

“No matter what you do… I will never submit!”

Yes, if she could just endure, she could escape alive.

But the drug used by the bandits was too powerful to withstand with determination alone.

“Ah, aah, ah, aah…♥”

After consuming the potent drug, she felt heat and dizziness.

Just breathing heavily made her throat tickle, and Yeonhwa felt that sensation spreading throughout her body as she began to touch herself.

“My, my body feels strange. Ple-please stop this~♥”

“Kahahaha! After all that arrogance, you’ve completely lost it to the aphrodisiac?!”

“Now, what do you want us to do? Say it with your own mouth!”

“Ple-please calm this down… Make a complete mess of me~ Aaaang~~~♡”

“Khuhuhu, then I should grant your wish.”

The moment she felt her mind being consumed by the pleasure arising on its own, making her initial determination meaningless.

One of the bandits who was giggling at the sight began to point his weapon at her to satisfy his desires.

A club that was remarkably large, thick, and beautiful in form.

“Take this, bitch.”

And WHACK! Yeonhwa was struck by the swung club and collapsed.

As she lay face-down on the floor, trembling, the bandits burst into gleeful laughter.

“Kahahaha! How does it feel to taste a club with 3000 times sensitivity!!! It must feel so good you could die!!?”

“One hit isn’t enough! More, more!!”

“Yeah! Let us hear what screams of pain feel like with 3000 times sensitivity!!”

As sadistic pleasure erupted from all around.

The Hero who was the target twitched on the floor, but Dark Gaze’s members showed no sympathy.

After all, they were subordinates of a Fallen Hero who didn’t even covet the glory and treasures given to Heroes.

The entertainment of bandits who had abandoned their humanity without blood or tears was solely violence that could satisfy their sadism.

“Wait, this Hero is dead?”

“Oh dear, was a club with 3000 times sensitivity too much?”

“I thought Heroes would be tougher.”

A corpse whose post-mortem convulsions soon subsided.

The merciless gaze of the bandits, who had lost interest in the Hero, soon turned to the other members who had been watching in terror.

“Kihihi, no need to be disappointed! We have more than just one person to torment!”

“Kyaaak! Please spare me! I’ll do anything!”

“Keheheh! Sorry, but our bandit group isn’t interested in women!”

“Since we’re at it, let’s do some drug experiments! I happen to have a drug that causes kidney stones, how about trying that?”

“Khuhuhu, that’s perfect~ Let’s see what kidney stones feel like with 3000 times sensitivity using that woman over there!!!”

Kyaaaak!

As the knight order members were dragged to the torture chamber by the bandits.

Their screams echoed, but even that wasn’t enough to stir the interest of the leader who sat indifferently in his seat.

“Brother, are you not enjoying this?”

“…Yes, even this has become boring now.”

Fallen Hero Dochan Yoo.

It had been nearly a year since he betrayed the Empire, but he wasn’t particularly satisfied with his life.

While supplies could be managed through looting and black markets, for a stable life, they had to establish a base in the Great Forest and simply fend off those who came after them.

‘I wish there was an interesting opponent who could heighten my excitement.’

Since he wasn’t actively moving around himself, the frustration of not finding desired opponents only grew day by day.

The change occurred when this was reaching its limit.

“Br-Brother! Dochan Brother!!”

Suddenly, one of the bandits guarding the entrance rushed before him.

As the attention of the other members focused on him, he shouted toward the leader while catching his breath.

“Run away, Brother Dochan!!! A dangerous person has invaded the hideout!”

“Invaded? Who?”

“The Hero Hunter Hyo…!!”

-KWANG!!

A magical explosion behind the shouting subordinate.

As the bandits were scattered in all directions by the physical force, Dochan Yoo’s eyes gleamed with an ominous sign.

‘Hero Hunter… Hyoseong Woo?’

The one who entered was a young man wearing black armor and holding an expensive-looking spear.

Dochan rose from his seat instinctively upon seeing him, but the man’s irritated gaze was directed at a corpse lying on the floor, not at Dochan.

“Sigh, really… I told her to be careful, but she went in on her own and got herself killed.”

While it’s understandable for Heroes to be arrogant given their power, the opponent was also a Hero, and this was firmly the enemy’s territory.

If they moved in groups instead of acting separately like him, attention would naturally be focused on them, and they would inevitably fall prey to the bandits’ schemes.

“You’re the Fallen Hero Dochan Yoo, right?”

Ignoring such considerations, the foolish Hero had lost her life.

But she was now just an insignificant existence to him.

As he faced the spear pointed at him, Dochan moistened his dry lips with his tongue and began to smile slyly.

“That’s right. I’m Dochan Yoo~ Nice to meet you, Hero Hunter Hyoseong Boy~♥”

-Wink.

Expressing affection with a wink at their first meeting.

It was enough to make one’s skin crawl, especially coming from a man who looked like a male prostitute at first glance.

“…Shit, what a disgusting man.”

But by now, he was accustomed to the fact that Heroes who left the Empire were generally unhinged.

As his gaze shifted to the surroundings with the spear shaft on his shoulder, he noticed the bandits stepping back as if making way.

Isn’t that strange? Despite facing someone who invaded their hideout alone, they were stepping back as if inviting him to try.

“By the way, are you okay alone?”

“Khuhuhu, I prefer to eat delicious things by myself~”

It was a suspicious situation for someone who had been planning to sweep away everyone here alone.

Nevertheless, Dochan was preparing to draw massive magical power into his body, as if getting ready to fight him.

“Damn criminal, treating people like food…”

Whatever, let him try.

-KWANG!!!

As he raised his spear shaft to prepare for the attack, a shadow flew toward him, and he raised his guard to block the incoming attack with his body.

With the spear in his hand and the armor embedded with a magic core to increase magical output.

-KUUNG!!!

Despite guarding with full power, the impact that sent tremors through his body pushed him back to the wall.

As he barely withstood it with a grimacing expression, Dochan raised his fist with an excited smile after striking him.

“You know what, Hyoseong Boy~♂?”

Kurrrung, kurung.

The powerful waves of magic rising just from standing there.

Feeling that power growing in response to his excitement, Dochan stepped forward with more confidence toward the hunter who came to capture him.

“They say rape victims resist their rapists with three times their normal strength. Do you know why rape cases never cease in this world despite that?”

Fallen Hero Dochan Yoo.

His ability, Emotional Synchronization, amplifies his physical abilities according to his level of excitement.

The increase in capability reaches up to 7 times.

“It’s because rapists assault their prey with seven times their normal strength when committing rape.”

Considering that even a 10-20% difference in physical class can create several times the difference in overall physical ability, a 7-fold increase in power can achieve tens or hundreds of times the efficiency depending on how it’s used.

And Dochan feels excitement when he encounters a ‘man’ of his preference.

“Oww~ Hyoseong Boy~♂. Meeting you makes me feel seven times stronger~♥ Are you ready to spend a happy time with me now~? Hmm?”

-Kuung, kuung.

Dochan approached one step at a time with footsteps filled with excessive power.

The Hero Hunter facing him quietly took out a jewel from his possession and brought it to his mouth.

“…Garam.”

An expensive communication stone.

It was prepared to communicate with a Hero who was controlling the surroundings outside, waiting for his instructions.

“Crush everything here.”

-Yes, oppa.

The instruction ended there.

-KWARLUNG!

Following that, the entire hideout began to tremble from the impact coming from outside.

“Wh-what! Why is there suddenly an earthquake…?”

“It’s not an earthquake! Someone outside is throwing boulders at the cave!!”

Boulders weighing tens of tons scattered in the middle of the forest.

As they flew in parabolic arcs, ignoring traps, and struck the hill, the bandits inside were helplessly terrified.

Of course, for Dochan, who exhibits superhuman strength when excited, this level of disturbance was nothing unusual.

“Hooh~ What is our Hyoseong boy~♥ up to this time…!!”

-SLASH!!

A dagger slashed across Dochan’s skin as he tried to regain his posture.

Feeling his body stiffen as soon as the blade cut him, Dochan hurriedly turned to look at the Hero Hunter who had passed by him.

The man was relaxing his body, as if to show that this entire commotion was created just for this moment.

“You should just go to sleep.”

“Ugh, urk!”

In his hand was a special magic tool that secretes a powerful paralyzing poison in response to magic.

No matter how much he could convert his excitement into a 7-fold increase in power, he couldn’t withstand the powerful paralyzing poison that had seeped into his skin.

“…To think I have to capture scum like this alive to receive the full bounty. Life is really tough.”

Of course, the Empire’s policy was not to his liking.

Grabbing the subdued wanted criminal by the scruff of his neck in the collapsing cave, he grumbled as he began to move toward the exit.

It had been about three months since he started capturing Fallen Heroes.

By now, it had become quite a familiar job.