But that ten minutes had been all it took to transform him from would-be hero to permanent scum.

Hearing of this prophecy, many would-be heroes set out.

Already certain knights, would-be heroes, and student warriors were to be seen going over the ground to check it for the morrow.

Swaggering would-be heroes who think they're capable of running people's lives for them.

Now the two of them were would-be heroes.

He has never killed anyone with it; shallow cuts are typically sufficient to drive away any would-be heroes.

A would-be hero, hoping to cut off the serpent's head.

The bear thought it had won, with a single stone on the back of a would-be hero who was running away.

They had been called, but the would-be hero was right: the house was going.

To date, none of these would-be heroes had survived.