The Late Game Healer Is Way Too Strong – Chapter 309

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟎𝟗: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐞 1

A formidable demonic energy was crushing through the forest, pushing its way towards ‘Misteltein’ as if hundreds of buffaloes were charging at once.

The sheer momentum felt as if a thousand buffaloes were stampeding at once.

Even from a distance, the overwhelming force caused a grim expression to fall on the hunters’ faces.

‘𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳?’

No one asked the question, but just looking at their faces was enough to tell what was on their minds.

“Whew. . . Damn, it’s strong.”

Choi Dae-soo’s eyes gleamed fiercely as he mustered all the magical energy he could from his dantian.

He checked his ring and bracelets once more, contemplating which artifacts he should use.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵. . . 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳.’

It didn’t plan to ambush in the darkness of the night while hiding its demonic energy. From the way it walked, crushing trees, there was no sign of fear or hesitation.

A strategy that was possible because he knew his own abilities bordered on violence.

No, this wasn’t something that could be called a strategy.

“Crazy bastard. . . It’s not even right to call that thing a monster.”

Kid, who had faced the Kraken not long ago, found himself unconsciously breaking out in a cold sweat as he stared at the front.

The eeriness of the Kraken he had felt that day still lingered in the corner of his mind like a trauma, holding him back.

The aura of an absolute powerhouse that could send shivers down his spine just by looking at it.

“It’s definitely a monster. There’s no way we can win a one-on-one fight. Would it be worth a try for someone like Choi Dae-soo?”

“Hey, Hans. If you want to kill me, just say you want to kill me, okay?”

Choi Dae-soo looked at Hans and laughed sarcastically, as if he couldn’t believe it.

“Still~ It’s better since there’s four of us.”

“Heh heh. . . Cerberus, you can say that because you’re not the one fighting up close.”

“Oh really~? Kid, you’re not a close-quarters fighter either. You’re just shooting from afar with a gun.”

“Quit chattering, everyone. It’s. . . coming!!”

Choi Dae-soo’s eyes flashed as he infused his artifact with magical energy.

A silver armor enveloped his entire body, and a large sword and shield materialized in his hands.

At that moment, a vibration echoed from the grass, and a huge shadow burst forth.

“Gyaaaahhk!!”

An ugly-looking minotaur appeared with a roar and swung its mace wildly.

━━━━Thud!!

Choi Dae-soo blocked the heavy downward blow with his shield.

Sparks flew and demonic energy and magical energy collided, sending a tremendous wave of magical energy throughout the area.

Kugugug. . .!!!

A shockwave spread out from them, breaking all the trees and shattering the ground in places.

Choi Dae-soo’s face turned pale at the incredibly powerful blow that seemed laughable.

“You human bastards. . .!! I’ll tear you all to shreds!!!”

The Kraken gnashed its teeth and shouted in a voice like scraping metal.

A murderous aura swirled around him like a storm, beginning to bear down on the area menacingly.

Thud thud thud thud thud thud thud!!

“Grrrrrr. . .!! This crazy monster. . .!!”

Blood flowed from Choi Dae-soo’s clenched teeth, and veins bulged on his forehead.

The mace was raised high into the air again.

Choi Dae-soo infused more magical energy into his shield, balanced himself on his lower body, and clenched his jaw.

Clang!!!!

A national treasure-class artifact was torn apart in just two simple attacks.

“Ugh. . .!!”

Choi Dae-soo grimaced as he looked down at the ruined shield.

The hand that had been holding the shield burned as if on fire, and blood dripped from the gaps in the armor.

“Huff. . . huff. . . A mere human. . . block my golden cudgel twice in a row!!”

The Kraken’s red eyes flashed, and it swung the mace sideways like a baseball bat.

Tatatatatatang!!!

In that instant, a series of gunshots rang out, and bullets filled with magical energy were fired at the Kraken’s mace, forearm, and chest.

Kid’s skill was such that the bullets fired later did more damage.

The Kraken instinctively sensed an unusual energy from the bullets flying towards its chest.

An overwhelming amount of magic power, something not present in the other bullets.

It turned the mace it had been about to swing at Choi Dae-soo and began batting away the incoming bullets.

Kwagaga- kwang!!!!

The Kraken’s body staggered from the intense magical bullets that struck the flat of its mace.

Although the Kraken had an unmatched amount of demonic energy within the demon realm, it realized that the bullets Kid was firing weren’t something it could easily withstand.

At that moment, a strange energy stood before the Kraken.

Hans had approached while the Kraken was preoccupied with swinging its weapon.

A vast amount of magical energy began to gather in Hans’ fist.

The gathered magical energy glowed so brightly that his fist turned blue.

The Kraken gasped and quickly tried to retract the mace it had been swinging.

“What?!”

However, his body was bound tightly as if by something, and he couldn’t move a muscle.

1 second.

No, even half a second would be fine.

If he could just stop this crazy monster’s body for a brief moment, Cerberus would have accomplished a great feat.

From the darkness hidden in the forest, countless shadows extended and wrapped around the Kraken’s limbs.

He looked at his immobilized arms and couldn’t continue speaking, as if he were bewildered.

“Where are you looking, monster?”

At that moment, Hans’ eyes flashed sharply and his right fist slammed into the Kraken’s side.

A fiery beam of light exploded with a deafening roar.

Kwagaga!!!

The Kraken’s body flew straight forward with great force, shattering the ground and creating a huge cloud of dust.

“Wow~ I bet that must have hurt?”

Cerberus whistled and grinned.

“Hehehe. How was it, Hans? Did you deal any damage?”

In response to Kid’s question, Hans stared blankly at his right fist.

A dull shock that was felt even though it was surrounded by magical energy.

“I felt it in my fingertips. But. . . I don’t know if I dealt any damage. It didn’t feel hard, more like I punched a lump of dough.”

“Huff. . . That bastard is going to charge again. It looks pissed, but its body seems to be intact.”

Choi Dae-soo, who was standing next to him, sucked on a cigarette with a grim expression.

Even though the four of ‘Misteltein’ had used their skills in turn, they hadn’t been able to defeat their enemy.

It wasn’t a matter of pride, but it meant that their opponent was that strong—

This was a matter of life and death.

“You filthy rats!!!”

At that moment, a furious roar that shook the mountains came from the front.

Kraken, unleashing a murderous aura that filled the air, approached them with flames blazing from its eyes.

“This. . . It’s like we stepped on a landmine.”

Kid sighed heavily and slowly raised his gun.

🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸

The sound of bullets colliding with each other and skills exploding echoed throughout the city.

Siwoo scanned the entirety of Adelaide with his magical detection ability amidst the chaotic battle.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢. . .’

He killed the demons that clung to him one by one and tracked down the commander of this place, Tatar.

Tatar was an opponent he had encountered once before.

Siwoo, who could distinguish between magical codes, could find his enemy as long as they were within his magical detection range, no matter if there were dozens or hundreds of them.

“Kuwaaaaagh. . .!”

Muramasa pierced the enemy’s heart and splattered blood.

Siwoo stepped on the corpses of the demons that lay sprawled on the ground and looked around.

Over a thousand demons were still glaring at him and fearlessly leaping at him.

Pre’s [Crazy Drawing] skill ravaged the enemy lines, and Siwoo’s sword and gun killed hundreds of enemies, but they didn’t stop advancing.

【𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲?】

Pre asked, flapping his wings.

“No. I won’t run out of something like this. I’m fighting only with physical enhancements while conserving as much magical energy as possible, so don’t worry.”

【𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐈’𝐦 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐞, 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨!】

Siwoo nodded with an ‘I see’ expression as he watched Pre’s imposing figure.

“But I don’t see him anywhere.”

Siwoo muttered as he swung his sword at the demons that were charging at him.

【𝐇𝐢𝐦? 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐠𝐠𝐲𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭?】

“Not Eggytart, Tatar. . . Well, whatever you like.”

Siwoo shook his head as if it didn’t matter.

“Ha. . . But there are so many of them. When will I ever kill them all?”

“Kill them!! It’s just one human! Risk your lives to stop him!!”

“He’s exhausted now! Everyone, cast your spells!”

The demons couldn’t have heard Siwoo’s words, because as soon as he paused for a moment, they used their skills, judging that he was tired.

Black magic.

An aura of darkness that defied logic enveloped the spot where Siwoo had been standing.

It wasn’t just one, but dozens of spells that struck simultaneously.

Siwoo twisted his lips and jumped up from his spot.

The place where he had been standing just 0.01 seconds before bubbled and melted away into blackness.

A disgusting and murky smell vibrated.

He opened his core and drew out the power of ether, circulating it throughout his body.

A cold current flowed through his muscles, causing them to tense up as if his mana veins were about to freeze.

Ether gathered in Siwoo’s fist.

“Die, you bastards.”

Siwoo, with a fierce smile, swung his fist forward with all his might.

━━━━Kukwakwak!!!!!

The area was scorched as if a missile had struck.

With just one punch, over two hundred demons were blown away like dust.

A huge demonic energy wriggled between the traces of destruction that stretched out in a straight line.

“Ah, dammit— How did you avoid it?”

Tatar frowned as he looked at the shattered shield that had become a mess.

He thought he had activated an artifact to kill his presence and spread out multiple layers of shields, putting himself in the safest position possible.

He had used up five artifacts just for this.

And yet, the wave of magical energy from Siwoo’s punch had passed right through the spot where Tatar had been.

“I hid myself well, so how did you do it?”

“You think I can’t catch a cockroach just because it’s hiding? If I spray some Raid, it’ll come crawling out on its own.”

“Kikikiki. . . Who do you think you are, you worthless human, talking trash to me?”

Tatar said, grinding his teeth, his eyes sharp.

To him, Min Siwoo was like a minor disaster.

A mad dog that didn’t flinch even when it knew he was the Demon King’s subordinate and wielded a sword against him.

As expected of someone who was the first human to drive the Demon King to the brink of death, he wasn’t someone to be trifled with.

It was the same now.

Wasn’t he overpowering his opponents even as he fought against thousands of demons?

Tatar honestly didn’t want to face Min Siwoo head-on.

Even now, when he thought he had improved his abilities, he realized how wrong he had been as soon as he met his gaze.

“You’re wearing the same mismatched outfit as before.”

Siwoo approached Tatar with Muramasa in hand.

“Ha. . . Dammit. Thanks to you, my status in the demon realm has plummeted.”

“Oh, really? I’ll cut off your tail so you won’t hear that anymore.”

“Kikikiki. . . You humans are crazy. Do you really think a trivial race like yours can take on all these demons?”

“Do I look like someone who cares about such things?”

Siwoo’s eyes turned cold.

Tatar flinched for a moment and quickly dodged out of the way.

Clang━━!!!!!

Siwoo’s sword energy crushed the ground by a hair’s breadth.

“Why are you running away, you cockroach bastard?”

Siwoo glared at his opponent with cold eyes.

Tatar bit his lip and raised one corner of his mouth.

“You’ll find out why a subordinate is a subordinate.”

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