𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟒𝟎: 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 1
Hunter Choi Ji-eun couldn’t hide her bewilderment.
The gate had burst open, and at that moment, Germany’s most capable hunter visited South Korea.
It was information provided by the German Hunter Association through a hotline.
“Benedict Ackerman, the hunter, went to Korea alone.” So they said.
So they hurriedly checked the list of arriving passengers by plane and sent someone from the association.
They couldn’t let a world-class high-ranker, not just any hunter, wander around alone.
And the government secretly had high expectations for Germany.
So far, no gate incidents had occurred on other continents, so Southeast Asia had no choice but to request support from Europe or North America.
So how could they snub a high-ranker who had come on his own two feet?
“Gate. . . you didn’t come because of the problem, did you?”
“Yesㅡ What is that?”
“Currently, gates have appeared in the Asian region, but. . .”
“That must be difficult. Is there a cocoa shop nearby? I tried to get some at the airport, but there were too many people.”
“I’ll take you to Starbucks right now.”
Choi Ji-eun remained calm and nodded to the hunter sitting in the passenger seat.
While buying cocoa from the drive-thru, Choi Ji-eun finished a phone call with Choi Dae-soo through the chief secretary of the Blue House.
‘𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘪𝘸𝘰𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚-𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦.’
It was a win-win situation, both for Benedict Ackermann and the Korean government.
Choi Ji-eun calmly explained Siwoo’s current situation and asked him what he wanted to do.
“So, if Hunter Ackermann is okay with it, we’re about to leave for the S-rank gate that opened in Namwon, Jeollabuk-do. What do you think?”
“Wow, so the master went into the gate with just a few people? With only nine people?”
“That’s right.”
Benedict’s face held a mix of admiration and astonishment.
The person he revered as a teacher was a damn madman.
No one in the world would go into an S-rank gate like it was a walk in the park.
Unless they were transcendent beings like the ‘Misteltein.’
Benedict continued, smiling brightly.
“If I go, there will be exactly 10 people following. Let’s go.”
🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷
30m tall trees filled the dense jungle.
As soon as he entered the gate, Siwoo opened his dantian to circulate mana and simultaneously grabbed the hilt of Balmung.
Thick magic power spread through the air, making his hair stand on end.
Siwoo immediately spread out his mana detection to check his surroundings and sense any other presence.
And he froze.
Hwang Jeong-gu entered the gate right after him.
“Ah, it’s a jungle? It’s hard to fight when there are a lot of trees. . . senior?”
Hwang Jeong-gu called out to Siwoo, who had disappeared for about a second, looking bewildered.
Could there be monsters in this short moment that could ambush or take the senior?
“Why are you spacing out?”
Siwoo said, tapping Hwang Jeong-gu on the back of the head.
“Huh? Where did you come from?”
“I just killed some monsters nearby.”
The moment he spread out his mana detection, he detected several monsters in the immediate vicinity.
He swung Balmung, shedding blood, and sheathed it.
“Go tell the kids to come in.”
There were several ominous presences a short distance away, but even if they charged at him, he would be able to respond adequately from this distance.
Hwang Jeong-gu went outside the gate and brought back the party.
“Red Ear and Ah-sul, keep using mana detection to watch the perimeter, Ha-min and Jeong-gu protect Han Tae-chi, and Lo-an and Volk protect Sion and Ah-ming.”
The party formed appropriate ranks at Siwoo’s instructions.
Everyone looked much more nervous than usual.
In fact, considering it was an S-rank gate, it was not an exaggeration to say that the difficulty level was two or more stages higher than their abilities, except for Lo-an, Hwang Jeong-gu, and Chu Ha-min.
However, they also needed to improve their skills and know their own level.
In order to grow one step further, they needed to go through hardships that would push them to their limits, not just fight against opponents or monsters that they could easily handle.
The experience of writhing in pain and being drenched in the blood of their enemies.
In Siwoo’s judgment, this S-rank gate was the optimal place in that respect.
The people he was most worried about were naturally Ah-ming and Sion, but. . .
‘𝘈𝘩-𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘔𝘰𝘮𝘰, 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦.’
Above all, those two weren’t that weak.
Ah-ming was a martial artist assassin who used to be the Ghost Corps No. 2. And Momo had potential that even Siwoo could not fathom.
‘𝘐’𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘦. . . 𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.’
And he wasn’t going to tell them to kill every monster that came out of the S-rank gate.
Hwang Jeong-gu, Chu Ha-min, and Lo-an would protect them first, and the rest was Siwoo’s business.
‘𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵, 𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦.’
【𝐈𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧.】
“Really? I never want to go to your hometown.”
【𝐇𝐞𝐲! 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞! 𝐌𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬, 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬. . . .】
“Stop it. You’re making me nauseous.”
Siwoo shut Pre’s mouth and headed forward.
“Clear the path, ahead of me.”
Sion, who was following behind, said, puffing out her cheeks.
The grass and trees were not just lush but so dense that it wasn’t easy to advance even 1m.
Siwoo raised Balmung and cut down the grass that reached up to his waist.
“If it’s too hard to walk, ask Big Brother Lo-an to carry you.”
“. . .master?”
“No, he’s dirty, eyesore.”
“. . . . . . . .!”
“It’s okay. Only his eyes are dirty, his heart isn’t that dirty.”
“No, I hate it. Sion, I like Big Brother Siwoo better.”
“. . . . . . . .!!!”
Lo-an made a flustered expression.
“This grass is annoying to cut. Jeong-gu, can’t you go ahead and cut it with your knife?”
“Senior, I’m not a lawnmower, you know.”
“Then shall I just burn it all with fire?”
“That doesn’t sound like a joke when you say it, senior. . .”
Coo coo coo coo.
Coo coo coo.
Ah-sul closed his eyes and pricked up his ears.
He had spent so much time being blind that his hearing was several times sharper than others.
The laughter coming from high up in the sky.
He looked up and saw voluptuous women sitting on high branches.
They were looking at Siwoo’s party, drawing lines with their eyes.
“M-Master! On the tree. . .!”
Ah-sul spoke quietly but quickly, so as not to provoke the enemy.
Siwoo narrowed his eyes and glared in the direction he was pointing.
━Coo coo coo coo.
━Hee hee hee.
“Harpies.”
Siwoo said, observing their bodies, which were not clearly visible because of the branches and leaves.
“Big Brother, pervert.”
“. . . . . . . .”
“Look closely, at their chests.”
【𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐨ㅡ 𝐞𝐨𝐩 𝐞𝐨𝐩 𝐞𝐨𝐩!!】
Siwoo crumpled Pre and stuffed it into his pocket.
━Kyaaahhhhhhhhhh!!
━Kyahahahahahahaha!
━Hee hee hee, kyaaaah!
Dozens of trees shook, and a horrible cry echoed through the jungle.
A bizarre cry that sent shivers down their spines just from hearing it.
Ah-sul and some of the party members, who had sensitive hearing, covered their ears and crouched down.
The harpy’s cry was a powerful weapon that could momentarily paralyze or inflict status ailments on its opponents.
“Jeong-gu.”
“Yes.”
Hwang Jeong-gu scattered dozens of marbles from his arms.
The marbles that should have fallen to the ground absorbed mana and shot up into the air like bullets.
Pabababababang!!
━Kyaaaaaaaaaak!!
The harpies that were hit by the marbles let out hysterical cries.
“Everyone, prepare for battle. Han Tae-chi, take out the item right away.”
“Yes, I understand!”
At Siwoo’s command, everyone gathered their mana.
The harpies flew between the trees and suddenly began to descend rapidly to the ground.
A strange sight with wings instead of arms and raptor feet instead of legs on the upper half of their bodies.
One of the gruesome-looking harpies flapped its wings at Sion, who seemed the most vulnerable.
Sion, without a hint of panic, reached out her hand towards the harpy that was rushing at her.
“Please, Momo.”
Kuuguguguguㅡ!
A fierce and eerie aura emanated from her body as a tall ghost appeared.
━Kweeeeeeee?!
Before the harpy, which sensed something strange, could change its course, Momo wrapped its limbs around it and twisted its neck.
‘𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴.’
Siwoo analyzed Momo’s attack in his own way.
“P-President, please look at the results of my research!”
At that moment, Han Tae-chi took something out of his item bag and threw it hard into the air.
━Kweeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!
One of the harpies that was flying let out a shriek as it looked at the item.
Thud.
The item hit the harpy’s head and fell to the ground.
“. . . . . . . .”
“. . . . . . . .?”
━??
【??】
The harpy’s face turned red, and it flew towards Han Tae-chi, filled with rage.
━Kyaaaaaaaaaak!!
“Ack, I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”
Han Tae-chi bowed deeply, and the harpy flew back into the air, grazing his head.
“Han Tae-chi.”
“Yes? Yes, sir!”
“Support funds reduced by 10%.”
“Hueeeeeek?!”
【𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐮𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐠.】
Siwoo glared at him with a ridiculous look in his eyes.
Han Tae-chi felt like the sky was falling at the word ‘reduction’ and collapsed to the floor.
He shed tears looking at the item box, and then suddenly smiled broadly and shouted.
“J-Just a moment! I threw the wrong one!!”
Then he took out another item and handed it to Siwoo.
“I was so scared I would make a mistake, so sir, if you could do it instead. . . ! It’s unfinished, so you should be careful!”
Siwoo clicked his tongue and infused his own mana to throw the item into the most densely populated area of the harpy swarm.
“If this doesn’t work this time, you’re dead. . .”
Siwoo stopped talking and looked up into the sky.
Crackle. . . Kwahahahahahaha!!!
Blue electricity spread out in all directions, incinerating the harpies without a trace.
The lightning, which was energized by reacting to magic, swept through the surroundings like a wave.
The only one who wasn’t surprised by the violent explosion was Siwoo.
The others were in a fierce battle with the harpies, but when the loud noise erupted, their faces were filled with terror.
Even Han Tae-chi was gaping, as if he had never seen such power before.
“You, that’s pretty good?”
Siwoo twisted one corner of his mouth up.
He said it was incomplete, but the power exceeded expectations.
The harpy swarm, which seemed to number over thirty, was reduced to less than ten in an instant.
━Kyaaaaaaaaaak!!
One of the harpies flew towards Siwoo.
It seemed to be enraged by the deaths of its comrades.
Swish.
Siwoo swung Balmung and cut the harpy’s body in half.
“Han Tae-chi.”
“Yes? Yes, sir. . .”
He flinched at Siwoo’s gaze and replied in a subdued voice.
Siwoo lifted him up in a flash and hit his back.
“???”
“What, you can do it if you try.”
“T-Thank you?”
“I’ll cancel the 10% reduction from earlier.”
“T-Thank youuuuu!! Sir!!”
【𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐨-𝐝𝐨𝐠.】
Translator’s Blog
Blog
Advanced Chapters
✨KOFI-PATREON
🛖HOME
𝐀𝐖𝐄𝐁𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐍𝐔 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘
CH322 – The Late Game Healer Is Way Too Strong𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥《⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐》!!
Leave a Reply