The Late Game Healer Is Way Too Strong – Chapter 214

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟏𝟒: 𝐈𝐟 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 1

Choi Dae-soo briefly glanced down at Chu Ha-min’s abdomen.

‘𝘈𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥, 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤.’

It must have been a reaction that he was able to make because he had accumulated diverse experiences as a battle hunter.

If he had just been pierced and was only in pain, he would have fainted by now or died from excessive bleeding.

“Your complexion is bad, so rest for a bit.”

Choi Dae-soo exhaled cigarette smoke and stretched out his hand.

It meant that he should roughly back off.

Chu Ha-min bit his lip and soon sighed and sat down.

Courage and arrogance may be similar, but the results are not the same.

Chu Ha-min was also a hunter of A++ rank and a leader who was in charge of a large guild’s assault team.

Although not as much as Choi Dae-soo, Chu Ha-min had also seen many hunters who could not return to the river with the vigor of their youth.

As a hunter, it was inevitable that he felt very resentful and regretful about the current situation.

However, he was not foolish enough to not be able to look back on his own condition.

With this kind of injury, he would only be a hindrance to the person next to him, and even if he participated in the battle with great care, he would only be a disposable bullet shield.

Furthermore, if the target that he had to support was Choi Dae-soo?

He probably wouldn’t be able to be with him for even 3 seconds.

It would be fortunate if he didn’t just grab his ankle or leg.

A blunt voice was heard toward Chu Ha-min, who was sitting down.

“You understand quickly.”

Chu Ha-min gave a faint smile at Choi Dae-soo’s compliment that wasn’t a compliment.

“Aside from me. . . on the other side, there’s Hunter Lee Ye-ji and. . . Hunter Hwang Jeong-gu.”

“Really? I can’t sense Hwang Jeong-gu because his energy is so weak.”

“He must have been badly injured. . . by that guy’s attack just now.”

Whether it was because of the pain or excessive bleeding, Chu Ha-min explained the current situation with difficulty while gasping for breath.

“He’s with that Min Siwoo guy, so he won’t die easily. Here’s an emergency potion.”

Choi Dae-soo handed over two small potions, perhaps because Chu Ha-min’s condition seemed very bad.

They were top-grade potions, but as the name suggested, they were for emergencies, so the amount itself was small.

“Use one yourself, and if you find Hwang Jeong-gu, use the other one.”

“T-Thank you. And please be careful. . . it’s stronger than you think.”

“Even so, it must be weaker than Min Siwoo.”

“. . . yes?”

Choi Dae-soo turned his head left and right, stretching his neck like an old tree.

Then, he threw the spear he had been holding with great force toward the red energy of the Vermilion Bird.

A rough and sharp sound of cutting through the air split the atmosphere and shot out.

Kwagagagagagaㅡ!!

The Vermilion Bird, who suddenly felt the sensation of something flying toward it, emitted flames with even stronger energy.

However, unlike Hwang Jeong-gu’s knife, Choi Dae-soo’s long spear did not melt in the flames.

Kwajjjjjjjjjjiiiiik!

━Kuwaaaah!

The Vermilion Bird’s cry echoed in all directions along with the thunderous sound of impact.

“Being large means that the size of the target has also increased.”

Choi Dae-soo raised the corners of his mouth and materialized one more spear and threw it powerfully.

A louder sound of impact was heard than before, and the Vermilion Bird rolled around noisily where it was.

‘𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩.’

It was also possible that the Vermilion Bird, who had spread flames on its surroundings, was careless or was pretending to be hit in order to lure its enemy.

Choi Dae-soo armed himself tightly with armor, a shield, and a sword in order to approach it.

There was nothing more foolish as a hunter than underestimating one’s enemy.

As expected.

The Vermilion Bird, the moment Choi Dae-soo approached it, stood up where it was and glared with bright yellow eyes.

“Hehehe, such obvious tricks.”

However, this technique did not work on Choi Dae-soo, who stood at the peak of even the most experienced hunters.

The Vermilion Bird’s sharp claws approached Choi Dae-soo as if they were going to pierce his limbs, but he blocked the attack by putting his shield out in front and then swung his sword mercilessly.

Seogeoreoeok!!

One of the Vermilion Bird’s wings was cut off by about half.

At that moment, Choi Dae-soo quickly raised his shield.

He felt the bird’s energy rapidly condensing in one spot.

Hwarrruurruurk!!

Flames like a flamethrower erupted with such force that it seemed as if they would melt the entire area.

Choi Dae-soo frowned as he blocked the flames with his shield and felt the heat pressing down on him.

Even though he was wearing golden armor, he felt as if his entire body was going to melt from the heat he was feeling from his fingertips.

“Damn it, you bastard.”

The Vermilion Bird’s fiercely burning karmic fire was so hot and intense that they seemed to burn his flesh and melt his bones.

It was difficult to even breathe in the pouring flames.

The shield could block all kinds of magic, but it seemed that it could not withstand the heat as the edges of the shield slowly melted away.

‘𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴.’

The armor with high magic resistance had become so hot that his bare skin had become red and swollen, and the temperature inside the armor, which had become too high, was clouding his mind.

Choi Dae-soo blocked the flames and swung the long longsword he was holding as he approached the bird’s close proximity.

It was an attack that was too weak to be called a final blow.

The Vermilion Bird must have known that as well, as it turned its neck to avoid the attack without putting out its flames.

‘𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘥’𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘰.’

Choi Dae-soo let out a deep sigh.

The Vermilion Bird must have had more energy than the White Tiger, as it showed no signs of running out of energy.

If it were a monster like the White Tiger that simply charged in for close combat, Choi Dae-soo would have found it easier to deal with, but this one kept shooting flames and maintaining its distance, making it difficult to land a clean hit.

‘𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. . . 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦.’

He clenched his jaw and released the sword he was holding and materialized another artifact.

A somewhat crude and dull-looking greatsword.

He took a deep breath and quickly swung the greatsword vertically after releasing even his shield.

Kwaddeuddeudeuk!

The flames were split in half, and the Vermilion Bird’s energy, which had been harshly pressing down on the surroundings, subsided.

It happened in an instant, as if the greatsword had devoured the flames.

The Vermilion Bird tilted its head as if it couldn’t understand this strange phenomenon, and then breathed out flames once again.

The Vermilion Bird’s breath, which had spread out as if it would fill the earth and burn the entire world,

“Hryaah!”

Was devoured whole by the sword’s blade that Choi Dae-soo swung along with his roar.

Confusion appeared in the Vermilion Bird’s eyes.

It hadn’t known that its flames, which could easily melt even rocks, would subside to such a crude sword’s blade.

Even if it was a monster that couldn’t speak, it wasn’t as if it couldn’t think.

The Vermilion Bird let out a deep roar and immediately began to flap its wings.

It was because it had judged that it would not be able to defeat Choi Dae-soo as it was, even though it was a divine beast wearing an incomplete shell.

Although it had much more energy than him, Choi Dae-soo had battle sense, items, and experience that more than made up for the difference.

‘𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.’

Choi Dae-soo grasped whether it was going to escape or attack the moment the bird tried to flap its wings.

It seemed that the bird was trying to escape from this battle as soon as possible after its main attack, flames, had been blocked.

‘𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵. . . 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦.’

The sword that Choi Dae-soo swung was a sword that devoured energy.

It was such a gluttonous sword that once it was drawn, he had to let it eat as much energy as it wanted.

Because of that, Choi Dae-soo didn’t materialize this greatsword often, as it would try to eat Choi Dae-soo’s energy if it ran out of energy.

━Kwaaah!!

As the Vermilion Bird flapped its wings and tried to fly into the air, Choi Dae-soo threw the greatsword and stabbed it into the bird’s torso.

It let out a painful scream and began to struggle, trying to pull out the greatsword that was stuck in its body.

However, there was no one who would just watch that scene.

Choi Dae-soo took a deep drag of his cigarette and approached the bird, kicking the handle of the greatsword with his foot with all his might.

Puuuuuuuk!!

The sword, which had been half-stuck, was finally driven into the Vermilion Bird’s body thanks to Choi Dae-soo’s kick.

“Damn bird, you’re so noisy.”

Choi Dae-soo cursed under his breath and gripped the sword’s handle tightly.

Then, he pulled it out and turned around, slicing the Vermilion Bird’s neck in one stroke.

The Vermilion Bird was unable to regenerate its body because all of its energy had been depleted, and it returned to mana particles.

“That makes two down.”

Choi Dae-soo slung the greatsword over his shoulder and exhaled cigarette smoke.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

“Keuk! Ah-ming, dodge to the side!”

Ah-sul’s urgent cry.

Ah-ming, who had been swinging a huge mace, turned her body to the side in response to Ah-sul’s warning.

Jjeojeojeojeok. . .!!

The place where she had been standing froze as it was and became a single lump of ice.

The cold energy that the Azure Dragon was emitting had long since turned the surroundings into a midwinter landscape.

“Hunter Min Si-joon. . . are we there yet?”

“Keup! I think we’re almost there.”

Choi Sung-il nodded at Min Si-joon’s question.

Mana was swirling around the end of his staff like a storm.

The Azure Dragon, who had realized the fearsome power of that energy, had shot ice at Min Si-joon several times in an attempt to kill him, but Choi Sung-il’s shield had blocked it every time.

Furthermore, Ah-sul and Ah-ming were attacking its gaps by moving in combination, so it wasn’t able to attack Min Si-joon as it pleased.

The Azure Dragon glared at the humans with furious eyes.

Although it was a summoned being that had borrowed a shell and used magic, not a complete manifestation, it was still a part of the divine beast that had continued for thousands of years.

The Azure Dragon couldn’t fully control its surging anger as mere humans dared to fight it on equal terms.

In the past, humans had offered sacrifices to them, feared them, and worshipped them as divine beings.

However, the things in front of its eyes were not like that at all. They were fighting against the Azure Dragon and trying to kill it.

The Azure Dragon had difficulty accepting that gap.

━Keureureuk!

Another one of the divine beast’s existences had just been erased.

It was already the second one.

Even though they had been summoned far away, the divine beasts could sense each other’s existences.

The White Tiger and the Vermilion Bird.

Having sensed the disappearance of the two divine beasts’ mana, the Azure Dragon clenched its teeth in anger and began to condense mana in its mouth.

“H-Hunter Min Si-joon! We have to strike first!”

“I understand!”

Min Si-joon gasped at the enormous energy gathering in the Azure Dragon’s mouth.

The energy that was shining from the tip of its snout was incomparably stronger than the energy that he had gathered with all his might for several minutes.

Min Si-joon aimed his staff at the Azure Dragon.

The mana that he had compressed as much as he could exploded out like an arrow, heading toward the dragon like a blade.

A single arrow flying through the air, tearing through the atmosphere.

The ice walls that had been standing in the middle were pierced by the arrow and shattered into pieces.

Choi Sung-il was certain that even with the strongest shield he could use, he wouldn’t be able to block Min Si-joon’s current attack.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵.’

Kaayayaㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡaang!

The arrow that had pierced the Azure Dragon’s nape turned into thousands of winds and tore its body apart.

“H-Hunter Min Si-joon, we’ve killed it!”

“Dammit. . .!”

“. . . yes?”

Min Si-joon bit his lip, furrowing his brow.

The Azure Dragon’s body, which had clearly scattered in all directions, began to gather together again, and the energy that had been in its mouth poured out onto the ground.

“ㅡㅡㅡㅡHmph!”

Choi Sung-il urgently materialized a skill.

However, it would only last for 2 or 3 seconds at most.

The dragon’s attack was strong enough to turn this shield into dust and destroy the surroundings.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵. . . 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰. . . 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴. . .’

Choi Sung-il turned his gaze to the side, his consciousness fading away.

There, he could see Min Si-joon confronting the Azure Dragon, blood flowing from his nose and eyes.

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