Unfortunate Hero's Retirement Life

The reason Heero was interested in the dungeon was that the dungeon shared similarity to his old world, Dramonia.

The first dungeon, a familiar environment to the beast's territory and the second dungeon was the specter's core territory.

He wanted to investigate the dungeon whether it had a connection to his old world. After all, he had a Master who he regarded as a father and the seven mothers who had been taking care of him since he lost his family.

Also, he had an unfinished matter on Dramonia, his revenge. Even though he had given up his dream to be a hero, he had not given up his revenge yet.

"Hah…" Heero let out a sigh as his unpleasant past flashed on his mind.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

A series of footsteps resounded as the ground shook a little. It was a sign of his disciples returning from their running routine.

Wearing training circlets that weighed up to twenty kilos, the ground was bound to shake a little as 162 people ran.

Not long after that, the door of the martial hall was opened. Kang Dong-Woo and Xu Lingxun were the first ones to enter the martial hall.

Both had a stable breath despite the long-distance running. No sweats could be found on their face, it was as if they were strolling around instead of running.

Their condition contrasted with the kids following them behind. The kids' faces were covered in sweats and his breath was ragged after the long-distance running.

Some of them looked like they would pass out any moment and some of them were in quite good condition.

Kang Dong-Woo and Xu Lingxun rushed to Heero's side while 162 kids lined up in the martial hall.

With his hand crossed on his chest, Heero announced with a big grin, "Good, you have 15 minutes to rest before we continue the training. I have prepared a small event for you guys!"

Whoaaa!!!

The kids released a big breath out their mouth while they immediately dropped their bodies on the floor. They were so exhausted after the long-distance running.

Amongst the hundreds, there were two kids who remained standing, Benjamin Rowland Kingsman and Kim Hyun-Su.

Amongst the hundreds, it could be said both were the best. But their physical fitness was still far behind compared to Dong-Woo and Xu Lingxun.

"Do you have something on your mind?" Heero asked as he smiled kindly to the kids.

"When? When are you going to teach us for real!? It's been two months and all we did is running with these damn circlets clinging to our bodies? When are you going to teach us for real just like you taught your two disciples!" Kim Hyun-Su burst out.

Kim Hyun-Su released the emotion he had been holding in the last month. Anger, feeling unfair, and jealousy feelings were mixed into one.

The 2nd prince of the Regal Kingdom also had his solemn eyes fixated on Heero. Clearly, he was having the same issue as Ki Hyun-Su.

Heero merely shook his head. He was not disappointed with his first-generation disciples. He had expected this would come.

"I told you, your body still could not handle it. You need a strong body to learn my secret, but your body is not strong enough to learn it. Your body is not refined enough, " Heero explained patiently to the kids.

"How can this be true? Even though they have a stronger body, they are just a little bit stronger than me. I believe my body can handle your secret technique!" The 2nd prince refuted strongly.

He admitted the current Kang Dong-Woo and Xu Lingxun were far stronger than him. But he lost to them because of the secret technique they had, not in the term of physical fitness.

'Haha… Perfect! I am waiting for you to say this,'

Heero smiled at Benjamin and clapped his hand, "Then let's prove it with a game!"

"You guys rest first, we will start the game in 15 minutes,"

15 minutes later…

Heero gathered the kids in the center of the martial hall. He made two circles with 2 meters in diameter.

Kang Dong-Woo and Xu Lingxun stood in the circle. Dong-Woo grinned happily while Xu Lingxun smiled.

"You! And you! Come forward!" Heero pointed out Benjamin and Kim Hyun-Su.

The two kids were still confused, but they came forward nevertheless.

"You claimed Dong-Woo and Lingxun were just a little bit stronger in the term of physical fitness, right?"

The two kids nodded their heads. They believed so as they had been fed with the beast meat since five. Beast meat was beneficial to the body and with their background, they did not lack resources such as beast meat.

"Good, then choose four people and push them out of the circle. If you can push them out of the circle, I will teach you my secret technique. How is it, deal?"

Heero thought the kids would immediately agree with the offer. But to his surprise, the two kids frowned. They seemed displeased by the game.

"What's wrong? Don't you want to prove to me that your body is strong enough to learn my secret technique?" Heero smiled at the kids.

"Yes, but I am alone enough. I don't need their help, I am going to do it alone!" Benjamin replied confidently.

"Mnn, me alone suffices!" Kim Hyun-Su agreed instantly to Benjamin's statement.

'Hoho… What a prideful kid, aren't you!?'

'They are just the same as Dong-Woo. Good, I will crush their pride first…'

"Good, you can do it alone, but with a condition. If you fail to push one of them out of the circle, then you have to run again. Double the distance and the training circlets, deal?"

Heero readily agreed with the kids, with a certain punishment of course.

Looking at how confident Heero was, Kim Hyun-Su shook a little bit. He looked at Kang Dong-Woo dubiously.

Benjamin also hesitated when he heard the condition. He still could cope with the current running routine, but if the distance and the weights were doubled, he might collapse while running.

Benjamin looked at Heero before turning toward Xu Lingxun. The guy who beat him in the Fighter Anteriority, he knew how strong his opponent was, but his pride did not let him back down.

He gritted his teeth and stepped forward, "Good, I agree!"

Benjamin walked to Xu Lingxun's front.

Kim Hyun-Su was still hesitating, but he stepped forward when Benjamin agreed with the condition.

"Me too!"

'It's just running with some weights, I can finish it easily!' Kim Hyun-Su thought to himself. He did not realize that he was thinking he was going to lose before the game started.

"Good, you can start anytime when you are ready~" Heero nodded as a playful smile formed.

Kang Dong-Woo and Xu Lingxun were standing straight with a flat expression, showing no emotion.

However, deep inside, Kang Dong-Woo was quite smug. He had experienced this before, his opponent was Butcher Wang. He was totally destroyed as he failed to push Butcher Wang even a millimeter.

He was so frustrated at that time. But now, these guys would be the ones frustrated. Somehow, it made him quite happy.

Benjamin and Kim Hyun-Su did not immediately start the game. They circled around their opponents.

After hesitating for a moment, Benjamin entered the circle and faced Xu Lingxun head-on.

"I am going to push you out of the circle, be prepared!" Said Benjamin while inhaling a deep breath.

Xu Lingxun merely smiled and stayed still. He put his hand on the back and waited for Benjamin to push him.

Benjamin hugged Xu Lingxun and pushed him with all his might.

"Kurghhh!" Benjamin grunted heavily but to no avail.

He looked down and found out that he failed even to push the guy. He changed his posture and put all his might once again.

The same thing happened to Kim Hyun-Su. Using all his force to push Kang Dong-Woo out of the circle. But he failed, Dong-Woo won't even budge from his spot. He tried several postures but all of them ended with a failure.

It was as if the guy in front of them was a wall. No matter how hard they tried, they could not push them.

After a full ten minutes trying, Kim Hyun-Su and Benjamin gave up.

Laying down on the ground with all four, both declared dejectedly, "I give up! I lost!"

Still, with a smile on his face, he turned to the remaining disciples, "Do you guys want to try? If you want to try, form a group of five and push them out!"

"If you manage to push them out, I will teach you my secret technique. There will be no punishment even if you fail!"

*** ***

Meanwhile, in a private building in the core region, the Legendary Class Ranker gathered, twenty-five of them gathered once again.

"It's time to start our plan! His two dangerous disciples went out for a mission, it's our chance to get closer to him!" Park Haneul informed the other rankers with an evil grin.

The other Legendary Class Rankers nodded their heads.

"We will start with a soft approach! I will come to him and give him our offer! If the soft approach fails, then I will leave it to you, Leader!"

Everyone in the room turned toward a person. He was an old man with small eyes. Despite his old face and wrinkled, his hair was dyed black.

When everyone's attention centered on the old man. The old man opened his eyes and smiled kindly, "Leave it to this old man, I will not disappoint all of you~,"

Ryong Chong-Shik of the Ryong Family, Legendary Class Ranker - Rank 1. The Leader of the Ranker Alliance.