The Return of the Disaster-Class Hero

Chapter 2 - You're going to pay for this, bastards! (1)

There was an old idiom that said, "Don't let a black-haired beast enter your house." The idiom basically meant to not trust another person too easily as that person could stab you in the back with a smiling face.

Back then, Lee Gun had been a young man who would rather believe in the lint between a monster's toes than trust his fellow humans; he never expected any large favors from them. However, those bastards were called heroes. They had gained that title thanks to him, so he had expected them to act in a virtuous manner at the very least.

"Thank you, Gun. We could clear the Devil's Tower because of you."

Devil's Tower. It was the snake's lair, a personal soccer stadium it created on the Eurasia Plate. As if to make things worse, the monster had chosen to make its nest north of Seoul.

The whole world was groaning due to the forces of Red Eye. Making matters worse, this monster had started to feel constrained within Asia and Europe. It had begun sending its forces across the Pacific Ocean to America. Therefore, this monster had become a common enemy for all of humanity.

It was the worst monster, one that had the potential to wipe out humanity. Normally, those losers wouldn't have dared to enter the lair of this damned monster, but it had been different back then. Lee Gun's presence barely gave them the chance to even think about eradicating the monsters.

"Haha. We'll receive great rewards if we make it out of here."

"This will be the greatest raid in the history of mankind! It's enough to make us heroes."

"We should ask for a hundred billion won at the minimum. What do you think?"

Lee Gun snorted as his comrades talked amongst themselves. They were about to enter the tower.

"We should ask for ten years' worth of vouchers for a seven-star hotel resort in Hawaii."

"What?"

"Most of the countries will have to be bailed out by the IMF thanks to Red Eye."

"...!"

While these people entered the tower, all of humanity was praying. The humans were praying for painless deaths, and this spoke of the desperation of their situation.

Everything started on the last day of the 20th century. Octopus-headed monsters had invaded Earth through the Mediterranean sea.

<Unknown civilization demands, "If you want to live, give us your citizens.">

<Voting controversy! "Will EU hand over one million of their citizens to the monsters as prisoners?">

<US states, "The monsters want to turn humans into livestock to secure their food supply. We cannot agree to their demands.">

<China surrenders ethnic groups to preserve their sovereignty and territory.>

<People are fleeing into the mountains. "At this rate, I'll be dragged away as a captive.">

The president of the United States had put the reputation of humanity on the line by launching a nuclear weapon. However, in front of the octopus monsters, it was akin to fireworks. The monsters had proceeded to dance while destroying cities.

It was about this time when something miraculous had happened. Thirteen awakened beings appeared in the world, beings capable of killing these monsters. These beings were expected to be saviors of the world. However, expectations were often different from reality.