Chapter 4 – Team Valkyries ④

My S-class hero sister and childhood friend are taken away. – 4 – Team Valkyries ④

“Oh, that’s embarrassing. He’s not even a child and he keeps asking me to hug him…”
“Hehe. Isn’t it because I like Jinseok?”
“We are just friends.”
“Ugh, I know that.”

Jin-seok, who was caught by Ye-eun hugging Serin during the battle, was embarrassed, as if he had shown a sight that should not have been seen. Even though the purpose was to calm her down, hugging Serin was an embarrassing sight for Jinseok.

“But Serin is cute. Can’t we just date each other?”
“Well, that’s a bit. Maybe it’s because we’ve been seeing each other since we were so young, so we don’t look like people of the opposite sex…”

Jinseok also recognized that Serin had a very cute beauty. She actually felt that she was really cute. However, Jin-seok made an excuse, saying that she did not feel rational feelings for Se-rin.

(I’m only a B-class hero… I can’t stand an S-class like Serin…)

Jinseok’s feelings for Serin were an inferiority complex, that her own abilities were too insufficient to be with Serin. Even though she had the same ability, the gap between her as an S-class hero and a B-class hero was actually enormous.

“So to speak, is it similar to not feeling that kind of emotion towards Miyeon at all?”
“Yes. Well, it’s similar. My sister is definitely pretty, but I would say she doesn’t look like a girl at all to me.”
“Ah. I’ll have to tell Miyeon about that later.”
“Oh, no! I’m getting scolded by my sister again.”
“Hehe. Just kidding. Don’t worry.”

After hearing Ye-eun’s story, Jin-seok was horrified. Although Miyeon was cold-hearted, she was somewhat strict with herself and others. Jin-seok also made minor mistakes during missions and was scolded by Mi-yeon a few times.

“Jin-seok, you are really scared of your sister. Mi-yeon cares for Jin-seok a lot. She was worried that she might get hurt during the mission, so she told Se-rin and I to be careful to make sure she doesn’t get hurt.” “I just told them to keep doing it.”
“Because my sister is a perfectionist. Ouch – it hurts to hear that… Ugh.”

Jin-seok suddenly felt pain all over his body, made a sound of pain, and collapsed on the broken concrete block. Although she was able to survive with Serin’s help, it seemed like her entire body was partially burned due to the hot air. Her skin was red and blistered in several places.

“Oh my. You’re hurt.”
“Ugh! That’s right. I think I got some burns…”

The moment she realized she had been burned, an even more bitter pain surged through her. She felt pain throughout her body. It seems that even Serin’s shield could not completely block the heat blast, and she ended up getting burned.

(Serin seems to be fine though.)

Jinseok suddenly saw Serin flying away. She said Serin, who was with her, seemed completely unharmed. Her S-class hero status was due to the fact that her physical ability itself was much stronger due to the influence of this ability. Even though Jinseok suffered painful burns all over his body, Serin was able to remain fine.

(At least she has B-level abilities, so should we consider her lucky that she survived?)

If Jinseok didn’t have the ability to strengthen her body, she might have been completely roasted. Jinseok’s physical strengthening ability not only strengthened her physical strength, but also improved her body’s defense and durability to a level higher than that of an ordinary person. Jinseok thought that if she didn’t have abilities, it would have been difficult for her to survive.

(I’m glad it didn’t end up like that…)

In fact, the Cerberus and Hellhounds right next to Jinseok were already burned by the intense heat and turned as black as charcoal. Jinseok was in a cold sweat at the thought that he could have become such a bastard.

“Well, this has turned into a dog day…”
“What? Jinseok. Are you sure you eat bosintang…?”
“Oh, no! I was just saying it as a metaphor! Looking at the charred things like that.”

As Jinseok unconsciously muttered while looking at Cerberus and the hellhounds, Yeeun, who was approaching Jinseok, suddenly looked horrified. Although Ye-eun had a gentle personality, she was a bit stoic at times. Jinseok hurriedly told Yeeun that it was just a metaphor.

“I’ll treat you, so stay still.”
“Thank you, Sister Ye-eun.”

A soft white light emanated from Ye-eun’s hand. As the light from Ye-eun’s hand enveloped Jin-seok’s body, Jin-seok felt the pain disappear from his entire body. Yeeun’s special ability was healing.

“And don’t worry. Even if it burns like that, Ye-eun will heal it.”
“No. I’m grateful for the treatment, but I don’t want to burn out like that in the first place…”

Ye-eun was also an S-class hero and had powerful healing abilities. Even if he was completely burnt to the ground, if he still had his life, he could recover in an instant and save it.

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Kwagwagwagwagwang-!

While Jinseok was being treated by Yeeun, Miyeon and Serin were fighting against Behemoth while drinking heavily. Miyeon used sword energy to attack Behemoth, and Serin blocked Behemoth’s attack with a shield made from cherry blossom petal energy.

“Crrrr!”

Behemoth retreats behind Miyeon, fearful of Miyeon’s sword power that can cut through even his thick hide in an instant. Unlike Hellhound or Cerberus, which attacked by biting Jinseok without thinking and were simultaneously destroyed by Behemoth’s attack, Behemoth had quite high intelligence despite being a large monster.

“Serin! Put up the shield and drive the Behemoth towards the safe park. Then, let’s take it down with an all-out attack!”
“Yes! Okay! Miyeon-unni! Iyaaa!”

Serin followed Miyeon’s instructions and released energy around the Behemoth to create a barrier. Serine’s energy, like pink cherry blossom petals, spread around, and it looked as if pink cherry blossom petals were fluttering around the Behemoth.

“I won’t let you threaten people! Haaaaa!”

Serin’s appearance, freely manipulating the flower petal-like energy that spread brightly and dazzlingly around her, looked as beautiful as a cherry blossom fairy. Not only for her skills, but also for her beauty and abilities, Serin was an S-class hero who enjoyed enormous popularity among the general public, even more than a celebrity.

“Crrrr!”

Behemoth was being pushed back little by little due to the energy barrier created by Serin and Miyeon’s sword attack. Miyeon and Serin tried to deal with the Behemoth after pushing it towards the park. Because Behemoth was as large as a building, he could cause great damage to the surrounding area just by knocking it down. In addition, as can be seen from the way it shoots out powerful heat rays, it contains enormous energy inside, so there were cases where it exploded if attacked incorrectly.

“Behemoth must be dealt with carefully!”
“Okay! Sister!”

Miyeon, an experienced hero, tried not to cause much damage to those around her and was trying to deal with the Behemoth carefully. Miyeon and Serin, fighting together, worked well together and completely blocked the Behemoth. Fortunately, there was a nearby park that was good for killing the Behemoth, so Miyeon and Serin were moving the Behemoth toward the park with all their might.

“Huh… Huh…”
“Haha…”

Even if there were two S-class heroes, it was not easy to push away the giant monster. Miyeon and Serin were breathing hard. If we tried to eliminate the Behemoth all at once, we could easily defeat it, but in this location, we had to take a lot of casualties.

“Sister. It’s hard. Haa… Haa…”
“Not yet. This is an area where a lot of people live. Huh…”
“Yes. Okay. I’ll try my best. Haa…”
“Huh… Huh… Just go a little further…”

But, it was that time.

Sssss!

Suddenly, a tearing noise was heard from the sky. It was a sonic boom, the sound made when an object breaks the speed of sound. Something was cutting through the sky and flying at supersonic speed. Miyeon and Serin suddenly looked up at the sky and saw a sleek-looking airplane flying at high speed in the sky.

“Is that…? A bomber…?! Was it moved by the military?”

Miyeon saw the silhouette of an airplane from afar and recognized that it was a supersonic bomber operated by the military. It was a terrifying strategic weapon that flew at supersonic speeds and bombarded groups of monsters to annihilate them.

“Bombers?! Are you already trying to destroy this place with bombings?”

Serin and Miyeon felt embarrassed. Sometimes, when the monsters became impossible to suppress even with the efforts of the heroes, the military would send bombers to completely devastate the surrounding area.

“No. That can’t be possible. There are still many ordinary people…”

However, in a situation where the heroes Serin and Miyeon were already responding by fighting monsters, and the general public had not yet evacuated the area, carpet bombing was unprecedented.