The Late Game Healer Is Way Too Strong – Chapter 223

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟐𝟑: 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧

Kim Eun-ju doubted her eyes for a moment.

Siwoo’s arms had hardened as if he had put on a dragon’s hide.

She unconsciously took a step back.

She was already overwhelmed by his magic, and now her opponent was showing off a new skill, making her nervous.

『What kind of joke is this? Are you trying to intimidate me with a little change in appearance?』

Kim Eun-ju said something provocative to Siwoo to pretend not to care.

『You’re trying to look like a dragon, but that won’t work on me. If you just give me your neck, I’ll eat it without hurting you.』

She gathered the magic around her, aware of the immeasurable power Siwoo exuded.

Kim Eun-ju’s body, a hybrid of human, demon, and devil, could sense the power of these three races, but she could not identify the source of Siwoo’s power.

She had even tried to open her senses to see inside Siwoo, but Siwoo’s power did not allow even her interference, and she was often repelled.

“. . . . . .”

However, Siwoo did not respond to her words.

Instead, a dark power, even denser than magic, surged from his dantian, emitting a faint light.

Kim Eun-ju bit her lips.

She had used her magic detection to find out what the dragon-like arm skill was, but it was useless.

‘𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘬𝘦. 𝘈 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘮? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭.’

She tried to find a gap in Siwoo, shaking off the ominous thoughts that came to her mind.

At that moment.

“Ha.”

Siwoo let out a short breath.

The air around them changed in an instant, and the atmosphere became heavy.

It wasn’t like he had used ice magic just now, but the air around him froze as if it had been covered in ice, emitting a bitter cold.

Kim Eun-ju felt her jaw tremble slightly.

As someone who was already dead, the fear that suddenly crept under her skin was very unfamiliar.

Why on earth?

She didn’t even know if the emotions she was feeling were correct.

It was strange to say that it was a sense of realization.

If it was instinct, was it as a human or as a demon or devil?

Kim Eun-ju unconsciously reached out her hand.

Kwadeudeuk!

All the thorns under the ground sprang up and shot towards Siwoo like arrows.

Fear, dread, or an instinctive rejection of an unknown existence.

No matter what adjective she used, it would be difficult to describe the emotions she was currently feeling.

However, there was one thing that was certain.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴.’

It was a warning signal sent by her species, not as an individual.

Kim Eun-ju sensed that if she could not kill him here, she would never be free.

She spread out her other hand.

This time, hundreds of shadow familiars appeared from the darkness, baring their teeth at Siwoo.

All these preparations were made in less than 0.5 seconds.

『Die.』

As she muttered, hundreds, thousands of attacks spread over the spot where Siwoo had been in an instant.

Kwahahahahahahahaha!

All kinds of attacks poured down on Siwoo, as if he was being bombarded with bullets from a Gatling gun.

Debris flew up, and the dust mixed with the flowing rainwater quickly settled.

An attack that perfectly combined the skills of two high-rankers.

Kim Eun-ju smiled with satisfaction.

She was sure that even a devil would have been riddled with holes with such a barrage.

『I wish you had just died quietly. . .』

━━━jjeoreung!!

At that moment, a terrible roar echoed, and everything around Siwoo was engulfed in a flash of light.

A huge storm of magic engulfed the area, instantly turning the ground into scorched earth.

She raised her arm to block the dazzling light.

Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-gaㅡ!!

Powerful explosions erupted in succession, reducing all the thorns and shadow summons she had summoned to mere cinders.

Kim Eun-ju could not close her mouth at the nightmare that unfolded before her eyes.

She could see it clearly.

‘𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘵.’

He had simply swung his fist once.

With that one blow, all the attacks Kim Eun-ju had used had disappeared without a trace.

『What are you?』

Kim Eun-ju thought it was a ridiculous question to ask herself.

It was not a question to ask in this situation, but she said it unconsciously because her doubts were so great.

Siwoo, standing in the center of the giant crater, raised his head and stared at her.

A single word came out of his slightly open mouth.

“Hunter.”

As soon as the short answer ended, Siwoo’s body shot up like a spring.

『Keueuk!』

Kim Eun-ju could feel the vast energy emanating from Siwoo’s fist in the split seconds of time.

A thick destructive force that showed no mercy.

‘𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.’

Her instincts screamed a warning.

Just because she had experienced death once did not mean she was familiar with it.

Kim Eun-ju squeezed out all her strength.

All the demonic energy in her body was compressed into one point, becoming the size of a bead.

There was only one chance.

Kim Eun-ju unleashed all her power forward at once.

Kwarrrrrrr!

The mass of demonic energy, like a jet-black flamethrower, burned the surrounding air and stretched out towards Siwoo.

A mass of demonic energy that seemed to visualize death, shimmering and sticky.

She was a being with no life force to speak of, but she was pouring all the energy that made her move into this magic attack.

I can kill him.

This is enough to kill him and more.

Unlike demons or devils, humans are vulnerable to demonic energy.

No matter how world-class a ranker he was, there was no way he could withstand the life-draining demonic energy.

But that expectation was short-lived.

Hwarrrrrrr!

From the black flames stretching forward, Siwoo’s arm, like the thick hide of a dinosaur, popped out.

She quickly tried to dodge, but it was too late.

Siwoo’s hard fist slammed into her abdomen.

Peoeoreuk!!

『Keheoeok!!』

The demonic energy she had been emitting was cut off in an instant.

Kim Eun-ju clutched her abdomen and bent forward at the waist.

At that moment, Siwoo’s impact grazed the ground and rose from below.

Jjeoreung!

As a strong uppercut hit her chin, her body floated into the air and crashed into the ground.

『Keueoeok. . .!!』

Even though her body should not feel pain.

As if it was a hallucination, her body felt excruciating pain from Siwoo’s attack.

『Keuluck. . .!! I will definitely curse you. . .!!』

“Goodbye.”

Siwoo swung his fist at her.

A huge light burst forth, tearing through the darkness of the pouring rain and covering the area as if it would crush the ground.

The fist of a half-dragon returned her to nothingness.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

It seemed like it would take longer than expected to clean up the situation.

Fortunately, the damage to the downtown area of Sabokshin, which was the biggest concern, was less than expected, but the prison break was a different story.

Since all the awakened criminals in the country had escaped, the public’s anxiety grew in an instant, and the shock and repercussions were amplified in an instant, coinciding with the ranking match terror that had occurred in the United States.

The media continued to criticize the government and the Hunter Association from various angles.

The ruling and opposition parties made sharp criticisms of each other every day, and protests in support of each party took place every day.

In particular, the betrayal of Chae Woo-dam, the 3rd ranked Hunter in South Korea, came as a shock to the entire nation.

‘𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴?’

Some even suggested that all Hunters should be investigated through lie detection Hunters, and of course, the Hunters had no choice but to react immediately.

In the midst of this, the only good news was that Choi Dae-soo had eliminated all escapees at the national cemetery.

And that the world’s first SSS-rank Hunter had appeared in South Korea.

Not only in South Korea, but also around the world, Hunter Tube and the media were in an uproar, and Siwoo’s name was mentioned in the mass media every day.

Choi Dae-soo had to suffer almost all day long from congratulatory calls.

The heads of state of various countries had rushed to contact him in order to establish good relations in advance.

Edward of HSIU International Headquarters was in the same situation.

A Hunter belonging to the headquarters had become an SSS-rank, which was like giving Edward wings made of adamantium alloy.

In the midst of all this, the only person who was at ease was Siwoo himself.

Choi Dae-soo and Han Tae-chi were the first to find Siwoo, who had lost consciousness from the pain.

They found Siwoo lying alone in the scarred battlefield and rushed him to the Hunter Hospital.

Of course, Siwoo had no major problems overall thanks to his healing, but the aftereffects of the ‘Fist of the Half-Dragon’ he had used last were a bit different.

Because he had used the power of ether too forcefully, his mana veins were severely damaged.

“If this was a normal Hunter, their mana veins would have been so damaged that they would have lived their entire lives as cripples. But since you are a Healer, it won’t be that bad.”

The doctor in charge of Siwoo simply told him to get some rest.

Just as formatting a cell phone makes the memory look clean, but you can use a recovery program to recover the files before formatting.

Siwoo’s recoveries also only looked clean, but there were invisible aftereffects, he added.

Siwoo nodded his head, roughly understanding what he had said.

“Master, are you okay?”

“Hyung, are you okay?!”

At that moment, people who had come to visit knocked on Siwoo’s hospital room.

They were Min Si-joon, Kang Yeo-hwa, Lo-an, Namir, and Choi Kang-yul.

“Master. . . Aren’t you pushing yourself too hard?”

Namir and Kang Yeo-hwa glared at Siwoo.

“. . .Master, once again, congratulations on becoming the world’s 0th ranker.”

“Hey, you muscle-head! This isn’t the time to say that!”

“Samae. Such an injury is like a medal to a martial artist. . .”

“Then why don’t you stay in the hospital for a year? You’ll be covered in medals?”

“. . .Um.”

Lo-an decided to hold back at Kang Yeo-hwa’s provocation.

“No, I’m fine. The doctor said I’ll be fine after a few days of rest.”

Siwoo changed the atmosphere, looking at Lo-an with a pitiful gaze.

【𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐈 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨. 】

“What do you mean. . .what you told me to do. . .”

【𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞? 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐦𝐦𝐦!】

As Pre grumbled and looked for food, Siwoo grabbed Pre and pushed him into the covers.

“Ah. . . Benedict went back to Germany for a while, and Ah-ming and Sion will come after school.”

“That’s fine. What’s the point of visiting? Aren’t you busy cleaning up the aftermath?”

At Siwoo’s question, Min Si-joon and Kang Yeo-hwa sighed.

“There seem to be a few more countries where prisons have been broken into, besides our country and the United States. It seems like 〈Pandemonium〉 planned it all out.”

“One was broken into in Japan too.”

“I heard that one was broken into in China too.”

Siwoo nodded slightly at his disciples’ successive answers.

The fact that they had used criminals to increase their numbers meant that the things they would do in the future would be more brutal and large-scale.

‘𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰.’

At that moment, Siwoo’s cell phone started to ring.

Siwoo checked the name on his cell phone and answered the call.

“You’ve been visited enough.”

━Huff, huff, huff. Mad Dog. When are you going to be discharged? I have something for you to do.

Choi Dae-soo replied with an incredulous laugh. Yeo-hwa sighed.

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