The Late Game Healer Is Way Too Strong – Chapter 315

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟏𝟓: 𝐋𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 1

Kraken’s eyes glowed red.

A human appeared out of nowhere.

A feeble-looking man with a fragile physique and a strange-looking outfit that didn’t seem to offer any protection.

And to top it off, he was smoking a long pipe in the middle of the battlefield.

He was even wearing a strange hat.

“You little shit, your eyes are awfully bloodshot.”

Jin Do-wa, dressed in a light blue robe, exhaled a thin stream of smoke as he glared at his opponent.

No, rather than glaring, it would be more accurate to say that he was looking down on him as if he were nothing.

Although Kraken was twice as tall as Jin Do-wa, the latter seemed to have the upper hand.

“How dare you look down on me!!”

The golden cudgel swung through the moonlight, aimed at his opponent.

A heavy, solid blow.

However, Jin Do-wa calmly watched the attack, then replaced his pipe with a brush and inkstone.

His right hand danced across the inkstone, and a dragon was drawn on the paper.

[Illusionist Jeonu-ch: Strange and Vivid Painting]

A long, fierce-looking oriental dragon emerged from the ink-soaked paper.

The pitch-black dragon swallowed the Kraken whole and soared into the sky.

“Kuaaaaaaaaaaah!!”

Kraken, filled with rage, repeatedly struck the dragon’s head with his mace, making a loud thud.

As it rose high into the air, the dragon’s body, which had been repeatedly attacked by Kraken, burst apart and turned into ink.

Koooooooong!

The Kraken’s massive body crashed to the ground.

He had fallen from such a great height, but was not injured in the slightest.

Kraken snorted and exhaled a breath of icy air, scattering sharp icicles as he stomped toward the spot where he had been standing.

Hans, Kidd, and Choi Dae-soo, who had been blown away by his attack, were all gathered in one place.

“You’re all going to die with that dragon.”

Kraken growled and gripped his golden cudgel tightly.

Even though they were just facing each other, the overwhelming demonic energy emanating from him felt like it was piercing their skin.

“Wow. You’re a tough one, aren’t you? Why didn’t you just die?”

“I’ll crush your head first.”

“Hey. I’m a human being, too. Why should I die like an animal? Right, Choi Dae-soo?”

“Why are you asking me?”

Choi Dae-soo glared at Jin Do-wa.

“I guess that’s all you have to say. Die.”

Kraken’s body lunged forward like a thunderbolt.

Choi Dae-soo and Kid hurriedly tried to use their skills.

That’s when it happened.

“You should suck on your mother’s milk a little longer.”

Jin Do-wa smirked and slammed the inkstone into his palm.

Kraken, which had been right in front of him, felt as if something was pulling on his back.

Then, its vision spun and colorful geometric fractals began to swirl.

Teleportation mixed with illusion.

When the dragon had first swallowed his body, Jin Do-wa had attached a talisman to Kraken’s back.

Kraken was sucked into the distorted space, and darkness descended on the battlefield.

The suffocating silence settled.

Kid and Choi Dae-soo looked around the battlefield.

“What the. . . did you blow him away?”

When his mana detection couldn’t find any trace of Kraken, Kid asked Jin Do-wa, relieved.

“Whew, I sent him really far away, so you can take a break.”

“You came at just the right time, Jin Do-wa.”

Choi Dae-soo said as he lifted Hans up.

“Well, I had to do what my client asked me to do. What can I say?”

Jin Do-wa, who was now smoking a pipe, smiled faintly and looked around.

“Anyway, let’s get out of here quickly. There’s no guarantee that he won’t come back.”

“I agree. If we’ve kept him this long, the others must have done their part.”

“Hey, Yaksha.”

Just then, Kid approached Choi Dae-soo.

“What is it, Kid?”

“I just want to ask you one thing. Do you think you could kill the Kraken if you gave it your all?”

“. . . .”

Choi Dae-soo remained silent for a moment after being asked the question.

After a brief contemplation, he muttered his answer.

“No.”

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A black hand emerged from the magic circle created by Pre and devoured the hearts of Solaso and Hikatan.

【𝐎𝐡, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥! 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫!】

“Did you eat well?”

Pre, who had absorbed the pure demonic energy, fluttered around Siwoo, reveling in his newfound strength.

【𝐈 𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫-𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭!】

“Is that so? Now that you’ve eaten, it’s time to work.”

Siwoo said with a hardened expression.

【𝐖-𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧?】

“What do you mean what do I mean? Go and kill the escaped demons.”

【𝐍𝐨! 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞! 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞— 𝐎𝐮𝐜𝐡! 𝐎𝐮𝐜𝐡!!】

Pre flapped his wings and shed tears as Siwoo grabbed what he assumed was Pre’s cheek.

“You say you’re stronger, but what are you going to do with that power if you don’t use it? Hurry up and use it.”

【𝐘𝐨. . . 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞.】

“Yeah, yeah. Please do. But don’t forget to do today’s work before that.”

Pre pouted and muttered to himself before mixing his mana with Siwoo’s demonic energy to cast a spell.

Blue and black auras mixed like paint in the air, and a magic circle the size of a house unfolded on the ground.

Crackle, crackle, crackle!!

Hundreds of sharp, black spears appeared.

【𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥!】

At Pre’s command, the spears scattered in all directions at once.

Bang! Thud! Crash! Bang!!

【𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞.】

“Oh. . . . There’s no distance limit?”

【𝐍𝐨, 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.】

“Then can’t you just escape if you get out of that range?”

【. . . 𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮!】

Pre turned his head away from Siwoo, his cheeks puffed out.

‘𝘏𝘦’𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨.’

Siwoo chuckled at Pre’s appearance.

Pre may have explained it as if it were a minor ability, but in reality, this technique had an incredibly high potential.

The ability to detect and attack demonic energy.

‘𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩.’

Siwoo pondered how to use the technique that Pre had shown him on the battlefield or in battles against upper-level demons.

The last words of the remaining demons could be heard from afar.

【𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥.】

“Don’t you have to eat those?”

【𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.】

“Alright, then let’s move.”

Siwoo infused mana into the artifact and brought Pumairmir back to its original size.

━Neigh!

“Shall we take a run for a change?”

【𝐀𝐜𝐤! 𝐏𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐭! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭!】

Pre protested by flapping his wings and hitting Siwoo’s forehead.

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Tatar let out a sigh of relief.

He had faced Siwoo directly on a whim, but the result was the same.

Rather, he felt a sense of despair as he realized the significant difference in their abilities.

“Damn bastard. . . . Hehehe. Hikatan and Solaso may be idiots, but they’re the best at assassination, so it won’t be easy.”

He sighed, got up from his seat, and went to find the healer of his unit.

Although he hadn’t been hit by Siwoo’s attacks, his whole body felt like it had been beaten to a pulp.

If he had activated the artifact even 10 seconds later, Tatar would have died instead of just being injured.

He was so strong that it was like a monster. Not only was revenge impossible, but he had barely managed to activate the artifact.

‘𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘪𝘵, 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳. . . . 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐’𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥.’

He winced as he swallowed the potion.

His wounded pride hurt more than his wounds.

‘𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦.’

The gap in their abilities had not narrowed, but had actually widened.

More than anything, he was worried about whether Hikatan and Solaso would be able to handle it properly.

‘𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘺’𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘰’𝘴 [𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯] 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦, 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. . . .’

Tatar tapped his fingers on the table and pondered for a moment.

Just then, a demon soldier entered the infirmary where he was.

“Tatar-nim! The human hunters who came with Min Siwoo are still running wild. What are your orders?”

“Human hunters? ‘Misteltein’?”

“No, sir. They seem to be just Australian hunters.”

“You can handle that much on your own. I’m busy.”

“Yes. . . Understood!”

As the soldier left the infirmary, Tatar jumped up from his seat.

“Hmm. If it seems like Hikatan and Solaso are going to lose, I can just bring some reinforcements.”

He boarded the portal installed in the infirmary and returned to the Demon Realm.

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“Hey, Bablehner.”

Tatar, who had arrived in the Demon Realm, went to Bablehner’s quarters.

Bablehner was sitting in his usual dark room, staring blankly into space.

“Hey! When someone comes in, at least pretend to notice.”

“Pretend tooo notiiiiice. . . .”

Bablehner replied slowly to Tatar’s words.

“Oh, man, just looking at you makes me want to puke. Are you still carrying out your mission as planned?”

“Mission. . . . Yes. . . .?”

“Hey, don’t repeat the end of my sentences. I’m asking if you’re doing what you’re supposed to do.”

“. . . .I’m doooing iiiit.”

Bablehner, who looked like a young boy, answered while sitting in a chair and bouncing his legs.

If you just looked at him, he looked like a harmless little prankster.

Tatar leaned his shoulder against the wall and stared at Bablehner.

A young lad who had suddenly appeared one day and risen to the position of retainer at the speed of a comet.

He was known to be outstanding in other abilities, and the 4th realm Demon King himself had him by his side. . . .

The problem was that no one had ever seen his abilities up close.

Although the retainers did not reveal anything to each other, they were at least aware of each other’s abilities to some extent.

There were times when they carried out missions with their subordinates, and in such cases, their abilities would be relayed through their subordinates.

However, Bablehner was different.

He only carried out missions alone, had no subordinates in his vicinity, and his communication was so taciturn that it was impossible to have a conversation.

Because of this, everything about his true strength and abilities was unknown.

‘𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘋𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘳. . . 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵-𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦, 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴.’

Tatar guessed his opponent’s abilities based on the rumors he had heard, his own experience, and Bablehner’s personality that he had observed from the sidelines.

“If you’re free right now, come with me.”

“Come with yoooou. . .?”

“Hikatan and Solaso are currently fighting a hunter named Min Siwoo. You know Min Siwoo, right? The human who the retainers were ordered to take care of.”

“Huuuman huuuunter. . . .”

Bablehner stared at Tatar without blinking.

“But if Hikatan and Solaso kill him, won’t our positions be compromised?”

“They won’t beee compromised. . . .?”

“So let’s go and take care of Min Siwoo. If anything happens, we can take care of Hikatan and Solaso one by one, and we can pretend that we killed Min Siwoo. They can just report that Min Siwoo killed them.”

Now, the stage was set.

Everything would move according to his plan.

‘𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘰𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥━𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭.’

Tatar waited for his opponent’s answer with a smirk.

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