The Late Game Healer Is Way Too Strong – Chapter 221

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟐𝟏: 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐧 2

Drip. . . drip. . .

The woman emerged from the eggshell, her body dripping with mucus.

Eun-ju’s body was pale and her neck bore a large scar that looked like it had been cut and reattached.

“Phew. . .”

Chae Woo-dam clung to his fading consciousness.

His chest pierced by Balmung and blood gushing from his mouth, he couldn’t take his eyes off the woman who had emerged from the egg.

She was alive, she had been resurrected.

Chae Woo-dam reached out to her, his hand trembling.

Despite the short distance, his hand could not reach Eun-ju.

As if she were an elusive fragment of the past, Kim Eun-ju staggered past his outstretched hand.

“. . . Did you really bring back the dead?”

Siwoo looked at her with a frown.

This was the most taboo of taboos.

A forbidden technique on a completely different level from Ivan’s reanimation of corpses into monsters.

That had merely been the act of borrowing a corpse, infusing it with demonic energy, and controlling it artificially, but resurrecting the dead was literally bringing the deceased back to life.

‘𝘐𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦? 𝘕𝘰, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤, 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦.’

The most important question was whether the woman in front of them was the Kim Eun-ju they knew or merely a puppet.

Kim Eun-ju looked up at the sky with vacant eyes.

The pouring rain stung her pupils.

The faint moonlight swept over her pale, naked body.

“Drag. . . drag. . . drag. Kim Eun-ju, I am your god who brought you back to life.”

Penelshul approached her, whispering in a voice like a broken radio.

“You must obey my commands and serve me. You have no idea how much effort I put into bringing you back to life.”

But Kim Eun-ju seemed not to hear his words, tilting her head slightly.

She seemed disoriented, or perhaps she was trying to remember something.

【𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬. . . 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞.】

Pre, perched on Siwoo’s shoulder, spoke.

“. . . . . .”

Siwoo felt it too.

A strange and bizarre presence unlike anything he had ever felt before.

It was an aura that was neither human, demon, nor half-demon.

“The feeling itself is closer to a devil, but she’s not a devil.”

“Drag. . . drag. . . You have a good sense of smell.”

Penelshul’s dark body quivered as he spoke, seemingly amused by Siwoo’s mutterings.

“It’s not just blood, but the heart of a devil soaked in magic. And the magic infused into her is that of a demon race. So she is a being that combines the powers of humans, demons, and devils.”

Penelshul’s explanation revealed the nature of the grotesque aura they felt from her.

A hybrid existence that could not have been born naturally.

Penelshul stroked her hair slowly.

“Now, I will give you an order. Drag. . . drag. . . Are you ready?”

“Don’t. . . touch. . . Don’t touch her!!!”

Chae Woo-dam, who had been watching the scene, let out a scream.

He pulled the Balmung piercing his chest out with his bare hands and staggered towards Penelshul.

“Give her. . . back. . . now. . .!”

“What are you talking about? Didn’t I bring her back to life at your request? Our agreement ends here.”

“Shut up. . .! Give Eun-ju back!!”

As Chae Woo-dam shouted and reached out, the thorns on the ground shot up and wrapped around Penelshul’s body.

But as befitting a shadowmancer made of shadows, he slipped out of the thorns with ease.

“Drag. . . drag. . . drag. It’s useless. She is my property now. What are you doing? Hurry up and kill him.”

Penelshul pointed his staff at her and released his demonic energy.

Her body staggered briefly as the demonic energy hit her.

And then Kim Eun-ju slowly turned her head.

‘𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴.’

Siwoo quickly infused his ring with mana, summoning Pumairmir and mounting it in an instant.

At that very moment,

Kwarrrrrrr!

Black, sticky demonic energy extended from Kim Eun-ju, covering the area where Siwoo and Penelshul were standing.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘬𝘦.’

Siwoo frowned at her overwhelming force.

If he had blocked the attack with only his mana shield, the shield would have been torn to pieces.

Of course, Siwoo had heal, so he could recover from any injuries quickly, but that didn’t make his opponent’s attack any less dangerous.

“What. . . what is this? Are you crazy? I am your creator, your god.”

Penelshul shouted at Kim Eun-ju, emerging from the shadows.

He had managed to save his life thanks to the strange feeling Siwoo had noticed, which had prompted him to retreat into the shadows.

However, he wasn’t as agile as Siwoo, so his body was not unscathed.

“Looks like I got a defective product.”

『Hahaha.』

At that moment, an incongruous laugh escaped Kim Eun-ju’s lips.

The same voice Siwoo had heard earlier.

『Who are you calling defective?』

Kim Eun-ju spoke, her expression sharp and seductive, unlike the innocent and dignified appearance she had before.

“You can speak? Then you must know whose orders you should obey.”

『Why should I obey you? You’re weaker than me.』

“How arrogant. How dare you speak to your creator like that?”

『Do you really think I would believe such nonsense? You’re not a devil or a demon. And you’re not my human parents either.』

Kim Eun-ju laughed mockingly, countering Penelshul’s every word.

“Looks like the experiment was a failure. I’ll kill you, you b*tch.”

『Oh my, how cute. You’re going to kill your own creation just because it talked back? How immature.』

“Shut. . . up!!”

Penelshul raised his staff towards her.

Powerful demonic energy erupted, and dozens of shadow monsters rose around Kim Eun-ju.

“Kill that b*tch!!”

As his command fell, the monsters began to move their massive bodies towards her.

Koo-woong! Koo-woong!

The ground sank with each step they took.

『Hahaha. Is this all the demonic energy you can muster?』

Kim Eun-ju twisted her thin lips and snapped her fingers.

In that instant, crimson demonic energy bloomed around her like a flower, creating a leather outfit that covered her vitals and black wings similar to a bat’s.

『Now, let’s get started.』

As soon as she finished speaking, Kim Eun-ju swung her fist, and

Kwachijijijijik!!

Several of Penelshul’s monsters exploded at once, losing their form.

『Hahahaha! Entertain me more!』

Kim Eun-ju began to slaughter the shadows summoned by Penelshul with a bloodthirsty gleam in her eyes.

Her appearance was bizarre and utterly terrifying, reminiscent of a scene from a horror movie.

“How. . . how can a mere. . . test subject. . . do this. . . it’s impossible. . .”

Penelshul was by no means weak.

He was among the strongest of the 3rd Hierarchy, and even before joining the organization, he had been a high-ranker within the world’s top 100.

And now that he had accepted demonic energy, he had become even stronger than before.

Yet, the test subject he had just resurrected was laughing as she slaughtered his strongest summons. It was enough to make him speechless.

『Oh my, is this all you’ve got? I’m getting bored.』

Kim Eun-ju tore through dozens of shadow monsters in a matter of seconds, then licked her bloodstained fingers.

『What’s next, creator? Are you going to fight me yourself?』

“Grr. . . ! If you do not listen to me, I will kill this man.”

Penelshul pointed his staff at Chae Woo-dam.

Chae Woo-dam lay on the ground, drenched in blood, his eyes clouded as he looked at her.

Kim Eun-ju glanced back and forth between them for a moment, then began to laugh, her shoulders shaking.

『Hahaha. . . hahahaha! Kyahahahaha!』

“Why. . . why are you. . . laughing?”

Penelshul asked her, dumbfounded.

Of all the reactions he thought she might have in this situation, ‘laughter’ was not one of them.

『Hahaha. . . this is funny, so funny.』

Kim Eun-ju laughed so hard that she wiped away tears.

“What’s so. . . funny? Really, kill. . .”

『Kill him.』

Her unexpected reply was met with a moment of silence.

『I said, kill him. Or shall I kill him myself?』

“You. . . b*tch. . . don’t you. . . remember? He’s your lover. . .”

『Kyahahahaha. My lover? Who? Chae Woo-dam the hunter and me? Who told you that?』

It was Penelshul who was bewildered now.

It was Chae Woo-dam who had betrayed his country and caused dozens, hundreds of casualties in order to resurrect his dead lover.

It would have made more sense if she had lost her memory.

After all, there were those who were resurrected with only their instincts and vague memories.

But Kim Eun-ju was asking about Chae Woo-dam by name.

This was definitely not a case of lost memories.

“Chae Woo-dam risked everything to save you, betrayed everything. This time, your revival is thanks to him.”

As Penelshul continued his explanation, her eyes gradually grew colder.

And Penelshul, reading the look in Kim Eun-ju’s eyes, realized that something was terribly wrong.

“Don’t tell me. . . that lover story. . . .”

Kim Eun-ju chuckled, a twisted smile on her lips.

『Hahaha. So you believed that stalker’s words.』

Penelshul turned his head to Chae Woo-dam.

He was still looking at Kim Eun-ju, his hand reaching out slowly.

『I’ve told everyone many times that we’re not like that. Why is he the only one who keeps saying it?』

She continued speaking, not hiding her bitter laughter.

『Well, I’m grateful to him for bringing me back to life. Thanks to him, I can take my revenge with my own hands.』

“Drag, drag, drag. Nonsense. You are to be disposed of here. For your sins against your master.”

“Ma. . . ster. . .”

Kim Eun-ju sighed and shook her head slowly.

In that instant, her body shot forward like lightning, reaching them in the blink of an eye.

『Die, both of you.』

Kwa━━━ng!

Her foot slammed into Penelshul, and with an earth-shattering explosion, the ground collapsed, swallowing Penelshul and Chae Woo-dam.

『Hmm~ That’s done. Now, whose turn is it next? Oppa over there?』

She looked at Siwoo and opened her mouth.

“I appreciate you taking care of my share.”

Siwoo slowly approached her, igniting ether.

“You’re not a demon, not a devil, and not a human.”

『Oh my. Is it really necessary to make such distinctions?』

“If you refuse to define your species, then I must at least confirm whether you conform to the law of causality.”

Siwoo’s Balmung pointed at her.

“The dead coming back to life violates causality. And. . . I don’t think you’re going to be friendly to humans.”

『Hahaha. How scary. What can a hunter from HSIU do to me?』

“It seems you’re slow on information because you’ve been in the grave. I’m the world’s number 0 ranker now!!”

The sword energy emitted from Balmung spread towards her.

Kwagagagagagaga!!

It was not simple magic, but the power of ether infused into it, so its power could not be underestimated.

Kim Eun-ju pursed her lips at the destructive power that was beyond her expectations.

After all, she had no way of knowing that ether was a power that surpassed demonic energy.

『Grohk! You have no manners for a first meeting!』

She unleashed a torrent of demonic energy in front of her and then spread her wings, attempting to fly into the air.

But Siwoo was faster.

“You’re talking about first meetings?!”

Siwoo’s sword, which had appeared behind her, pierced Kim Eun-ju’s heart.

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