The Late Game Healer Is Way Too Strong – Chapter 193

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟑: 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭 1

Philadelphia, USA.

A huge crowd filled the various arenas set up in the park.

There were not only participating Hunters but also reporters, tournament staff, paramedics, and security personnel.

Nearly a thousand people had flown to Philadelphia for this event.

The tournament did not start with a grand opening ceremony.

The president of the 〈World Hunter Association〉, Charles de Bernadotte, opened the event, and the president of the 〈HSIU International Headquarters〉, Earl Edward C. Blackwood, prayed for the safety of the tournament.

That was it.

There was no grand oath, no fireworks, or famous singers performing.

The Hunters scattered to the various arenas set up in the tournament grounds.

The ‘World Hunter Comprehensive Ability Measurement Competition’ was not a timed event with set schedules like the regular Olympics or other competitions.

Since it was literally a ‘measurement’, the Hunters could visit any arena they wanted at any time to check their records.

Of course, there would be long waits for popular events, but since the purpose was more about camaraderie and networking, the rules were fairly relaxed.

Each person went to the arena that suited their position, with Dealers mainly measuring their destructive power and Tanks mainly measuring their defense.

“You go wherever you want. Don’t worry about me.”

“Guild Leader, weren’t we supposed to go together?”

“It might be a burden for you. Go and experience it as you please.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“Oh, and since the final evaluation will be done by the ‘Gaia System’ or something, don’t be disappointed if your record isn’t that good.”

Choi Kang-yul nodded and disappeared into the crowd.

Siwoo turned his gaze and looked around carefully.

He had heard from Harold that there were normally no guards at this event.

It was simply a matter of a few Hunters from the Hunter’s Association volunteering to provide directions, prevent pickpocketing, and maintain basic order.

‘𝘏𝘦’𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮.’

This time, the guards were HSIU agents personally selected by Harold and elites specially requested from the Hunter Association.

Although the Hunters participating in this tournament would be much higher in rank and level, they were still ordinary people within the boundaries of the law, so there was a need for those who could uphold the law.

In that sense, the HSIU head office’s senior and semi-special agents were good at hand-to-hand combat and were well-suited for this operation.

‘𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴.’

No, this was just speculation assuming the worst-case scenario.

First of all, it was unknown to what extent they were colluding with 〈Pandemonium〉, and it was also unknown whether they would confront HSIU in such a public place.

It would be a different story if it was just a quarrel between rankers.

Going against HSIU was no different from being prepared to become a wanted criminal all over the world and living as a fugitive for the rest of your life.

‘𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦.’

No one would choose to throw away all the fame they had built up until now without going crazy, but there were exceptions.

If it was something like joining hands with 〈Pandemonium〉 or making a deal, they would quietly pass it over with a light punishment.

‘𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴. . . 𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 〈𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘮〉 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. . .’

There was a possibility that they would not resist but would instead cause a riot.

“Master~!!”

At that moment, a familiar voice was heard.

“What the. . . This isn’t work.”

Kang Yeo-hwa and Gi Il-lyeon ran towards him, waving their hands in greeting.

“It’s been so long! But what are you doing here? Are you here to check your ranking too, master?”

“Nice to. . . .”

Gi Il-lyeon took off her mask and gave the most expressive greeting he could before putting it back on.

Siwoo patted Gi Il-lyeon’s head and asked Kang Yeo-hwa.

“I’m here on HSIU business. Why are you here?”

“Why, of course. . . I got an invitation because I’m a ranker too!”

“You’re a ranker?”

“. . .Yes.”

“You’re in the world top 100?”

“. . .You don’t know your disciple’s skills.”

Kang Yeo-hwa pouted her lips and muttered softly to Siwoo.

“But what about Si-joon?”

“Unfortunately, master’s younger brother isn’t a ranker~.”

“Well, yeah. With all that training, who would make him a ranker?”

“Hahaha. That’s true. Even so, I had to talk him into coming all the way here after showing him the invitation.”

【𝐇𝐦𝐦. . . 𝐒𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨?】

Pre, who had been sleeping in Siwoo’s inner pocket, crawled out after hearing Kang Yeo-hwa’s voice.

“How can you say that when you’re the one who looks most like a cheap rice?”

Siwoo pressed his index finger hard on Pre’s forehead.

【𝐎𝐰. . . 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞!!】

“By the way, did the other S-ranks not come? Did only the two of you come?”

“Oh, Hunter Do Kyung-hoo came, but he went off to drink. Hunter Han Tae-chi and Hunter Chae Woo-dam didn’t come.”

“Why didn’t those two come?”

“Hunter Han Tae-chi. . . said that he was a scholar anyway, so it didn’t matter if his ranking dropped, and Hunter Chae Woo-dam said that if all the Korean rankers left, who would protect South Korea.”

“Hmm.”

Siwoo didn’t know Chae Woo-dam well.

He wasn’t a Hunter who had been active before Siwoo went to the other world, and they hadn’t had much contact since he returned, so he only knew his face.

It was hard to even know his abilities, other than the fact that he was a man of few words and seemed to think a lot.

“But Chae Woo-dam. . . His face was pretty messed up recently.”

“Oh. . . That’s because. . . you know Hunter Kim Eun-ju who was killed by Ryu Ji-hwan. They were close. There are even rumors that they were in a special relationship. . . .”

“I see.”

People who lose someone precious and live with a wound that will never heal tend to have a hollow look in their eyes.

“We’re going to go compete now. What are you going to do, master?”

Siwoo checked the time at Kang Yeo-hwa’s question.

“Do you know when the ‘Gaia System’ evaluation will be?”

“That’s after all the games are over. I think it will be at the dinner banquet? I remember it was around that time last time.”

Siwoo, who was participating in the tournament for the first time, didn’t know the order or the method well, but according to Harold and Edward, everyone would gather in one place when they measured with the ‘Gaia System’, so it would be better to announce it then.

The reason they had deployed security guards in advance was in case 〈Pandemonium〉 was planning something else.

“Then. . . Should we just walk around and look around?”

At Siwoo’s reply, Kang Yeo-hwa and Gi Il-lyeon smiled brightly and dragged him off to the arena.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

Weapons touted as the epitome of magical engineering and defense industries fired precision shots at a single point.

Tatatat!! Thud thud thud!!

As a lump of light the size of a ping-pong ball, which seemed like nothing, was embedded in the hill, it erased dozens of times its volume.

“As you can see, this attack, which instantly vaporizes the target with ultra-high heat, is the company’s ambitious work. . . .”

On one side, an explanation of the weapon was being given, and on the other side, a Tank-type Hunter was checking his record.

“Keugh. . .!!”

A test to see how many shots of light he could withstand with just one shield deployed.

The current highest record was held by ‘Skinner’, a world top 7 high-ranker who had blocked fourteen shots.

“Oh, isn’t that Kang-yul over there?”

Choi Kang-yul was entering the arena to check his record, just as Kang Yeo-hwa had pointed out with her finger.

“He’s not a Tank, is he? Does he have any abilities that involve blocking?”

“I don’t think so.”

“Don’t tell me he accidentally entered the wrong game?”

“Is he an idiot?”

【𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. 𝐈 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞.】

“What did you teach. . . Never mind.”

Siwoo nodded instead of arguing.

Soon after, small flashes of light rushed towards Choi Kang-yul, and he deployed a shield and rotated it as Siwoo had taught him.

Tutterdeung!!

The flashes of light were deflected here and there, unable to overcome the speed at which the shield was rotating.

Choi Kang-yul continued to pour out his magic power to maintain the shape of the shield.

“Keugh. . .!”

However, the ninth flash of light cracked the shield, and the tenth flash of light broke through the shield like a wedge.

“Ah. . . That’s too bad. But he’s really amazing. Did he learn it yesterday morning? I would have believed him even if he had originally said he was a Tank-type.”

Kang Yeo-hwa clapped her hands as if it was her own business and waved at Choi Kang-yul, who was coming out of the arena.

“Guild Leader, were you watching?”

He asked with an apologetic expression for showing an embarrassing appearance.

“You did well as I taught you. Yeo-hwa also praised you a lot.”

“No, I still have a long way to go. What competition do you plan to participate in, Guild Leader?”

“I haven’t really thought about it.”

“Master, master should definitely go to the place where they measure attack power! You might see some familiar faces there?”

“I was going to go to that next game too. Let’s go together, Guild Leader.”

Attack power.

‘𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳-𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘴.’

Siwoo decided to go there to check the reactions of the rankers.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

This was probably the most crowded area in the entire competition.

Siwoo could feel the popularity as he saw hundreds of people gathered in one arena.

This was a test to measure the attack power and destructive power of Dealers.

“Are you participating here too?”

Layla, a woman he met on his way to the arena, asked Siwoo.

“I’m not really in the mood, but these little girls here made me come.”

Siwoo said, pointing to Kang Yeo-hwa and Gi Il-lyeon.

“M-Mmaster! Why am I a little girl!”

“I’m a little girl.”

“Gi Il-lyeon! You should be angry!”

“It’s okay. I’m a little girl.”

Gi Il-lyeon felt good about the different feeling of being the only adult who treated him like a child.

“But why didn’t Hans and Felix come?”

“My uncle couldn’t come because he was in rehabilitation training, and Felix couldn’t come because he was protecting Germany. Why aren’t you protecting Korea?”

“There are many people in Korea who can protect it besides me. For example, my younger brother is there.”

As they headed towards the arena, they made eye contact with a man coming out of the game.

The man glared at Siwoo with a hardened expression and a heat that had not yet cooled down.

And then he began to approach him with huge strides.

Layla raised her hand and hurriedly stopped the approaching man.

“Now, wait a minute! Fighting outside the arena is not allowed! It’s not right to take your anger out on someone else just because your game results were bad.”

“Long time no see, Older Brother!!”

“Oh, have you been well?”

“. . .Taking your anger out on someone else. . . Hmm.”

Layla felt her raised hand become awkward and smiled awkwardly.

“Oh, let me introduce you. This is Uljibataar. The best Hunter in Mongolia. And this is Layla. The head of the German [Stahl] Guild. This is Gi Il-lyeon, the [Infinite] Guild Leader, this is Kang Yeo-hwa, the [Blue Moon Guild] Guild Leader. And finally, this is Choi Kang-yul, who I’m teaching.”

They looked at each other and greeted each other politely.

“But why are you walking around with your face flushed?”

“Oh. . . It’s nothing, Older Brother. I just used up too much strength. The cutoff line is higher than I thought.”

“master, hurry up and show master your stamina!”

Kang Yeo-hwa urged Siwoo, delighted at the words that the cutoff line was high.

“Ohㅡ Are you going out too, Older Brother? Then I guess I should follow you.”

“This is getting more and more burdensome.”

【𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐩!】

“That’s my job, so you can sleep inside.”

【𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞?】

“Can you?”

Siwoo walked towards the arena with a faint smile.

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