The Late Game Healer Is Way Too Strong – Chapter 152

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟓𝟐: 𝐆𝐨𝐛𝐢 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭 1

If he died trying to save Tolga, the bastard wouldn’t stay still.

He would roam around the grave, spitting out a bunch of curses, and then haunt for sure.

This damn guy. Who told him to die instead? Get up quickly and guzzle some booze with that scruffy, bearded face.

He would say this and clench his teeth.

Swallowing his tears, that is.

When Ihtebnel sensed death, he thought of his friend Uljibataar’s face.

But he felt no pain at all.

Could Tengri (the Sky God) have blessed him?

Ihtebnel opened his eyes and faced reality.

He didn’t die.

‘𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬?’

He turned his head.

There, a strange man was blocking all attacks by raising a solid iron shield.

Kuuuung!!

“This kind of welcome as soon as we enter the gate. First, a one-eyed monster, and now a stupid golem.”

【𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐌𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭!】

“Is food all you think about?”

【 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞! 𝐘𝐨𝐮, 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭! 】

“If we were to judge by size, you’re the cheapest rice here?”

【. . .𝐖-𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮! 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐝!】

“You called me cheap rice first—”

【𝐍𝐨 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬!】

Pre jumped on Siwoo’s shoulder, flapping his wings and pointing ahead.

Siwoo let out a deep sigh, checked if his body cam was recording properly, and moved forward.

“Ihtebnel! Tolga!! Are you both alright?”

“Deputy Chief! Are you okay?”

Then, a very welcome voice was heard.

“Uljibataar! Sansar! Hahaha, Tengri must have watched over us!”

Ihtebnel, forgetting his drained energy and hungry stomach, greeted them brightly.

They were the faces he wanted to see the most at this moment.

“Yes, it was God’s blessing, and at the same time, Older Brother’s protection.”

“Older Brother. . .? Who is this Older Brother of yours?”

“That’s the person I’ve taken as my new Older Brother.”

Uljibataar pointed at Siwoo, who was advancing towards the monsters, and spoke.

Ihtebnel opened his eyes wide and alternated his gaze between the young hunter and Uljibataar.

The age difference between the two seemed to be at least 10 to 15 years.

Moreover, Uljibataar’s voice held not just simple respect for an elder, but admiration and reverence for a powerful being.

‘𝘜𝘭𝘫𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘢𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦?’

Ihtebnel stared at his friend with bewildered eyes.

Uljibataar was known for his strong pride within the tribe.

A man with the confidence to never lose a fight on the vast Mongolian steppe.

“You mean you’ve decided to serve someone else?”

“That’s right.”

“Why on earth?”

“I owe him my life. And a true warrior should bow to those stronger than himself.”

“Huh. . .”

Uljibataar patted Ihtebnel’s shoulder, then turned towards the battlefield.

“You just recover there. I’ll follow Older Brother and slaughter those bastards.”

“Deputy Chief! I’ll guard Tolga!”

With their robust words, Ihtebnel could only nod.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

【𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐩 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒-𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥.】

“That’s probably because where we were, there were Pandemonium and devils. And the concentration of magic power varies depending on the region and natural environment.”

BAM!

Siwoo answered calmly, crushing the enemy’s head with his knee.

Now it was the turn of the iron golem that appeared to be the boss monster.

The golem also seemed to realize that the most dangerous being here was Siwoo, and it charged at him while keeping an eye on him.

The golem’s palm moved towards Siwoo as if a human were trying to kill a bug.

KWA-A-A-ANG!!

The golem lifted its palm to check if its opponent was dead.

However, there was nothing there, only the mark of the golem’s palm.

━Uwaaaaaaaa. . . .

The monster looked around with its slow-moving body.

“What are you looking for?”

Suddenly, the enemy’s voice was heard very close by.

The golem turned its head to look for Siwoo, and Siwoo, who had climbed onto its shoulder, punched the golem in the face.

KWA-A-A-A-A-ANG!!

Half of its face was crushed.

━GUWAAAAAAAAA!!

The monster roared so loudly that the ground shook.

“You’re noisy, you bastard!”

Siwoo increased his magic power and fired an electric shock at its temple.

A terrifying flash of lightning and a high-voltage electric current that seemed to explode struck the golem’s head directly.

ZAP ZAP ZAP ZAP ZAP!!

The golem, which was a lump of metal, felt electricity flowing through its body from head to toe.

As the giant iron golem collapsed forward, all the monsters around it ran away to avoid being crushed.

KUUUUUUUUUUUNG.

【𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠? 𝐈𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡.】

“Well, they’re all pretty much the same.”

Siwoo stabbed Balmung into the neck of the fallen monster and began to cut it like a saw.

The golem twisted its body in resistance, but each time, Siwoo hit it with an electric shock, stunning it again.

“Ah, it’s really not going down.”

He finally managed to cut off its neck, and the golem’s body collapsed.

“Our older brother has taken the head of the leader!! We have won!!”

Uljibataar, who was fighting other monsters nearby, shouted when he saw Siwoo.

Hearing Uljibataar’s voice, the other warriors became excited and began to squeeze out their last remaining strength.

“Oppa! We won thanks to you!”

Sansar ran up to him and smiled brightly.

“Older brother, this younger brother thanks you again! If it weren’t for you, the Mongolian warriors would have all died here! Thank you!”

“I thank you too. I am Chief Ihtebnel. I am also an old friend of Chief Uljibataar, so please feel free to treat me as your younger brother!”

“Oh, hello. I am Tolga, Uljibataar’s younger brother.”

【𝐘𝐞𝐬! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥, 𝐬𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝟐! 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡!】

“Yes?”

“Uh. . .I understand?”

Siwoo nodded vaguely, receiving the sticky gazes of the men.

“We’ll talk about the details later. For now, bring over the ones who are critically injured. I’ll take a look at their wounds. And Uljibataar and Sansar, pick some people to find and destroy the Gate Heart.”

“Understood. We will gather those who are in good spirits and return quickly.”

Seeing that their chief, Uljibataar, was being very polite to Siwoo, the other tribesmen also became respectful towards Siwoo.

Siwoo treated the injured and thought about his future plans.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

“Are you really planning to cross this desert?”

Uljibataar asked with a worried tone.

They were in the Gobi Gurkan Saikan, the most inhospitable part of the Gobi Desert, one of the ten most dangerous places for humans.

Accelerating desertification and an unknown magic power had turned it into a forbidden zone that humans could not approach.

It had been a long time since Uljibataar and Sansar had been here.

“Oppa, it’s dangerous here. Even the best Mongolian warriors avoid this place.”

“That’s right. If there’s anything you need. . .I’ll risk my life to go get it for you, so please stay here, Older brother.”

“Hey, how strong is our little master? He could probably cross a desert like this with his eyes closed. And if it comes down to it, he has Grandmaster Pre with him! Right, Grandmaster!”

【𝐀𝐡𝐞𝐦! 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭! 𝐈𝐟 𝐈 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭, 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧!】

“Wow. Do it.”

【. . . . . . .】

“I said, do it?”

【𝐈-𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫. 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈’𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞. 】

Pre muttered with his lips pursed.

Siwoo clicked his tongue and looked at the desert landscape.

‘𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴.’

Indeed, that seemed like an easier way to explain it.

Faced with the harsh, dry heat of the desert, he pulled up the balaclava mask that Uljibataar had given him.

The mask, which covered everything except his eyes, was made of mesh that had been modified for the desert, so it was suitable for the heat.

“I’ll say it again, you don’t have to follow me.”

“No. If Older brother is going, this Uljibataar will assist him to the end!”

“Oppa! I’ll follow you too. They say never to trust a man or a hungry beast, but I can trust you, Siwoo Oppa.”

Looking at their determined eyes, it seemed like they wouldn’t listen if he tried to dissuade them.

Siwoo turned his head.

He saw Benedict sitting on a camel, yawning widely.

‘𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦? 𝘏𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢.’

Initially, the Mongolian government had only asked South Korea for Siwoo.

However, Benedict was a German, and he had expressed his intention to help Mongolia through Rolf Bangenheimer, and had followed Siwoo.

It had been a very welcome offer for President Gantulga, so there was no need to refuse.

“Let’s go if you’re ready.”

Uljibataar led the way, followed by Siwoo, Sansar, and Benedict.

A few hours later.

The party was starting to show signs of fatigue from the scorching heat of the desert sun.

Uljibataar picked up a stone and put it in his mouth.

This was to stimulate his salivary glands and keep his mouth from getting too dry.

He looked back to check on the others.

Sansar was draped over the camel’s back like a piece of laundry, and Benedict was drinking water while using an umbrella as a sunshade.

‘𝘏𝘦’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦.’

He looked at Siwoo.

Surprisingly, Siwoo didn’t seem to be affected at all.

“Are you okay, Older brother?”

“It’s warm, so it’s good.”

“. . . This is the first time I’ve heard someone say that about the heat of this desert. Even the Mongolian warriors don’t say that.”

“But I really like it.”

“Is it hotter in Korea than here?”

“No, not in Korea. I lived somewhere else for a while. In that region, five suns would rise during the dry season.”

Uljibataar thought it was ridiculous nonsense, but he couldn’t bring himself to say so, and nodded instead.

“Five suns. . .Are you serious?”

“Yeah. I got so sick of it that I destroyed one of them. It got a little better after that.”

“. . . You mean the sun?”

【 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐭. 】

“Was that the Red Dragon? He was breathing fire everywhere, so I thought he was crazy.”

【𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚 ‘𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫’.】

“Well, he kept sending assassins after me when I was just minding my own business, so I fought him on purpose. Thanks to that, I got to eat the core and dragon meat for the first time.”

【𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐜𝐲. 𝐊𝐮𝐚. 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞? 𝐈’𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.】

“Uh. . .no. . .no. . .no. . .probably not. . .I’m sure.”

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