The Late Game Healer Is Way Too Strong – Chapter 264

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟔𝟒: 𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚

The first floor hall and banquet hall of HSIU are in ruins.

After roughly cleaning up the hall where people were coming and going, Siwoo and Edward led Aria to the association president’s office.

Guided by the employee, she opened the door and smiled as she spoke softly.

“Hello, I’m Aria. This is my aide, Shiyara.”

Siwoo was slightly taken aback by her appearance, which he saw for the first time.

Aria had short, pure white hair and a jet black silk blindfold over her eyes.

‘𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦.’

However, she wasn’t using a cane or anything like Ah-sul from before, which made her look a little unusual.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m Edward C. Blackwood of HSIU. Please feel free to call me Edward.”

“Hello, I’m Min Siwoo.”

Every time Edward and Siwoo greeted her, she turned her face toward them as if she could see them.

“I’ve heard a lot about both of you. HSIU is said to be in its golden age right now.”

“That’s an exaggeration. Please sit down for now.”

At Edward’s words, Aria sat down on the sofa naturally.

Her aide, Shiyara, was beside her, but she didn’t support her or guide her to the sofa.

“First of all, I’d like to apologize for the sudden visit. I heard that the two of you were together and came without making an appointment beforehand. . . I didn’t know it would be such a mess.”

She must have come to HSIU thinking about Siwoo’s promotion ceremony.

However, the banquet hall, not to mention the area around HSIU, was in shambles due to the untimely raid by the ‘Six Fingers,’ so she must have been shocked.

Even though she had no ill intentions, Edward’s face flushed slightly as he opened his mouth to speak.

“I never thought they would raid a special agent’s promotion ceremony. Fortunately, we were able to apprehend all the gangsters, including the ringleader ‘Six Fingers,’ so you can rest assured.”

“That’s a relief. Is there anyone who needs medical attention? Perhaps my 〈Agape Order〉 could provide treatment. . .?”

“It’s okay. Special Agent Min Siwoo has already treated everyone.”

Aria and Shiyara looked at Siwoo at the same time.

It was impossible to see her exact expression with her eyes covered, but a complex mix of curiosity and desire could be felt.

“. . .I’ve heard rumors about Min Sir Siwoo since before.”

“Is that so?”

When Siwoo asked back, Aria nodded at him.

“You were famous since the Three Venerables era of South Korea. You also had the title of the best regenerator.”

“Rumors tend to get exaggerated.”

“That’s what the 〈Agape Order〉 thought at the time. In wartime, heroes are always made for the people, and we thought he would be the same. Because his healing ability was so ridiculously high.”

It wasn’t that the rumors about Shiwoo had not reached the Order or Aria’s ears.

From the standpoint of the 〈Agape Order〉, which was gaining power at the time, there was nothing more important than recruiting an outstanding healer.

However, the Siwoo who entered their information network was strange in many ways.

He was far outside the normal standards of ‘healing.’

While the ‘ordinary healing’ ability was limited to stopping bleeding, simple treatment, detoxification, and purification of demonic energy, the rumor of ‘Siwoo’s healing’ was the complete recovery of wounds.

The executives of the 〈Agape Order〉 judged that Siwoo’s ability was a scam or that the Korean government had fabricated the information to create a hero, and excluded him from the healer list.

“Recently, while looking into Min Sir Siwoo, I found out that the 〈Agape Order〉 had given up on recruiting Min Sir Siwoo in the past. It would have been nice to have made him one of our people earlier, but we missed a great opportunity because of the skeptical executives.”

“That’s all in the past now.”

From Siwoo’s point of view, it wouldn’t have made much of a difference whether he had accepted the Order’s recruitment offer or not, but Aria repeatedly apologized, looking regretful.

“But why did the highest-ranking person in the Order. . .suddenly visit us?”

Edward asked her, trying to get to the main topic.

Surely she didn’t come to recruit Siwoo now.

Siwoo’s influence and position had grown too great for that, so even the 〈Agape Order〉 wouldn’t be able to order him around.

And if the head of the Order was moving, it usually wouldn’t be a minor issue, but Edward couldn’t think of any particular issue.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵. . .𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭. . .’

Aria turned her head toward Shiyara.

Feeling her gaze, Shiyara immediately took an artifact out of her arms and placed it on the table.

“Do you know what this is?

Aria asked Siwoo and Edward.

“Well, it looks like an item, but I’m not sure what it’s for.”

“This is an artifact that opens a dimensional gate.”

Her answer made Siwoo’s eyes narrow slightly.

“It’s an artifact that opens a passageway to another world, and there are dozens of them all over the world. Of course, we’re not sure if all of them work.”

“But why suddenly. . .?”

Edward frowned and asked back.

“Someone has been stealing artifacts related to dimensional gates recently. The Order sees this as the work of 〈Pandemonium〉.”

“〈Pandemonium〉?”

“And. . .we recently felt a small gap forming.”

Aria said, chewing on her words as she looked at them.

“If we don’t block it quickly. . .things from other dimensions might come to Earth.”

🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸

Crow and Warthog were tasting the blood in their mouths because of the auras that stabbed them like awls.

At that moment, Baba Yaga waved her hand forward.

It didn’t look like much of an attack, but Crow had no choice but to pile up magic shields in front to block it.

Pakaka-kakakaka!

“Ugh!”

In an instant, not only were all the shields shattered, but a long scar was also carved into Crow’s body.

“Crow~! I told you to get back!”

Warthog charged toward Baba Yaga and swung her side forward with great force.

Zhee━━━ee!

However, her attack didn’t even graze Baba Yaga’s hair.

“Hohoho. If you swing it so recklessly, your movements will be too big.”

As Baba Yaga flicked her finger, a dark green magic circle formed on the ceiling and dozens of blades poured down, piercing Warthog’s body.

“Warthog!!”

Crow shouted urgently.

If her dantian was intact, she would recover, but would her dantian be intact after being hit with such a large number of blades?

She couldn’t be sure.

She quickly gathered her magic power and charged at Baba Yaga like a thunderbolt.

“My, how reckless you are for someone with such a pretty face.”

“Shut up!!”

Crow swung her dagger at Baba Yaga’s vital points.

Thud!

However, the moment the sharp blade of the dagger was about to reach the nape of her neck, a small magic circle unfolded and blocked the blade.

“Tsk!”

Crow swung the dagger like the wind again, aiming for another vital point, but every single one was blocked by a magic circle, not even leaving a small scratch.

“Ugh!”

“What are you going to do about this? My magic can’t be broken by just anyone.”

Baba Yaga looked at her with her lips slightly parted as if she were feeling sorry.

“As expected of someone who transcends, even touching them is difficult. Is there a human who can defeat you?”

Crow asked sarcastically, gasping for breath.

“Hohoho, well, I don’t know. Might an SSS-rank hunter be enough to try?”

“Then I guess I’ll have to bring Hunter Min Siwoo next time.”

“That is, if you can get out of here safely.”

The moment Baba Yaga slowly reached out toward Crow, a stream of blood spurted from her neck.

Puchi━━

The technique of Albino, the world’s best assassin who belonged to IZIZ.

[Tabula Rasa]

His ability, which erased him from the world, momentarily slowed down even her spell reaction.

“You need to dig it in a little deeper!”

“Heuk. . . The flesh is so tough. . . The blade won’t go in!”

“Let’s grab Warthog and get out of here!”

Crow rushed past Baba Yaga, who was bleeding from her neck, quickly approached Warthog, pulled out her sword, and ran away with her over her shoulder.

She had wanted to strike at the moment her neck was cut.

However, a strange sense of foreboding made her hesitate in her judgment and ultimately led her to decide to run away with Warthog.

“What about what the client said?! Did you find it?”

“Heuk. . . Kaleo and Yeo Jin-sik found it. . .Heuk.”

“Then let’s go back. Do you have the amulet the client gave you?”

Albino nodded and took a small postcard out of his arms. When he put magic power into the postcard, their bodies were sucked into the postcard and disappeared.

Meanwhile, Baba Yaga covered her neck to stop the bleeding and licked the blood on her hand with her tongue.

Her wound had already healed.

“That was a wise decision. A wound like this is nothing to me.”

If Crow and Albino had attacked Baba Yaga again there, they would never have escaped with their bodies intact.

At the very least, one of them would have died, and Baba Yaga would have most likely forgiven their ‘trespassing’ but not the wound they inflicted on her body.

Albino had literally escaped death by the skin of his teeth.

“Hmm. . .since I got some of their blood, I’ll forgive them instead.”

Baba Yaga stretched lazily and transferred Warthog’s blood into a glass bottle.

She didn’t feel a sense of belonging or affection for any organization.

It was the same with countries, ‘Misteltein,’ 〈Black Heaven〉, and even 〈Pandemonium〉.

The only things that were important to Baba Yaga were spells and experiments, that’s all.

“Hohoho. IZIZ’s precious blood and magic power samples. And ‘Six Fingers’ 〈Oath of Mana〉. The former is naturally more valuable, don’t you think?”

Baba Yaga smiled broadly as she thought of the oath they had taken.

🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸

Choi Dae-soo’s punches created a huge crater and the resounding roar shook the heavens and earth.

The monsters that were constantly popping out of the crack were instantly crushed and black ink pooled on the floor.

“Heup!!”

Choi Dae-soo manifested a spear and threw it at Jin Do-wa like a Lightning Flash.

The spear flew through the air, tearing through the atmosphere, and it sounded like a spine-chilling howl as if it were going to bite Jin Do-wa’s neck.

Jin Do-wa poured the alcohol from the bottle into the air and fanned it with his rift.

Shhhhhh!

The alcohol clumped together and swelled into a huge mass, becoming a dragon that faced Choi Dae-soo’s spear.

The collision of magic and magic power scattered dazzling sparks, sending shockwaves throughout the area.

“Damn, Jin Do-wa isn’t going down at all.”

“It wouldn’t be satisfying if you won too easily. You know my skills better than anyone.”

“That’s why I’m having a hard time.”

“Same here. If it were any other ranker, I would have ripped their guts out already.”

Jin Do-wa rubbed the nape of his neck and replied with a tired expression.

“Oh, how long will this last. . .damn?”

At that moment, a strange light burst out of Jin Do-wa’s dantian and began to break into pieces in the air.

“What’s that? Is that your new skill?

Choi Dae-soo asked him.

“It’s not a skill. It’s a shackle, a shackle. The one 〈Pandemonium〉 put on me.”

“. . .Looks like someone tore up the oath.”

“Yeah. I made a deal. I told them if they tore up the oath instead, I’d work for them.”

“I see. I don’t know who it is, but they must be a pretty competent organization to be able to poach you.”

“Well, you’ll know once you get to know them.”

Jin Do-wa took a cheap cigarette case out of his arms, put one in his mouth, and threw the entire case to Choi Dae-soo.

“It’s been a while since I smoked, so I feel sentimental. Light it up.”

Choi Dae-soo stared at him without saying a word, holding the familiar cigarette case in his hand.

“Anyway, I’ve done what I came to do, so I’m going now.”

Before Choi Dae-soo could open his mouth to say anything, Jin Do-wa slammed his folded hands on the floor, and the space distorted again, and his vision became dizzy.

Choi Dae-soo opened his eyes and looked around.

Everyone who had been at his promotion ceremony a little while ago had been transported together to that place.

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