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Swordmaster Healer (Web Novel) - Chapter 53 – Otherworld Entity (3)
Chapter 53 – Otherworld Entity (3)
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TL: Boko
“Lightning Storm!”
Idun swung his staff and a storm of lightning was unleashed in front of him. The swarming enemies were exposed to an electric shock.
The enemy forces couldn’t withstand the electrical shock and ‘exploded’. Red blood spewed up into the sky like a fountain and then fell like rain.
“Idun! You’re alive!”
A Hunter wearing priest vestments approached Idun and said. His name was Baker, and was an S-rank Healer Hunter that was a part of the Alpha headquarters.
Unlike Sung Joon, Baker was a normal Healer, so his combat abilities were equivalent to a top B-rank Hunter.
“I haven’t been injured, but I’ve used up too much mana.”
“Me too. There are so many people injured, so at this rate, I’ll run out of mana.”
The enemy’s offense was formidable. The two didn’t know, but the coming enemy forces had more than employed Hunters in their midst; some of the Empire’s elites were mixed in as well.
Fighting them wasn’t easy, as they possessed Hunter rank combat abilities.
“Where are all these armed troops coming from?” Baker said.
He thought the conferment ceremonial hall’s security and inspections had been perfect. Idun opened his mouth with a grave expression.
“I think we have a traitor on the inside.”
Idun thought similarly to Sung Joon. There was no way they’d get through the strict inspection without someone on the inside helping them.
“It seems that way.”
“It’s definitely a high-rank official,” Idun said.
The conferment ceremony was an important event attended by the president himself. But the fact that all this had happened signified that a high-rank official was involved.
It was important find the perpetrator, but they couldn’t right now, as they were in the middle of a battle. Plus, it wasn’t something that Idun or Baker could do anything about either.
‘The CIA or the Central Hunter Bureau will take care of it,’ Idun thought. He felt five presences rapidly approaching.
“Above!”
The S-rank Combat Hunter with them (Idun and Baker) sensed the enemy presence first and leapt into the air.
“Ugh!”
“Ah!”
The moment he leapt into the air, the two masked assailants screamed in agony, spewed blood, and fell to the ground.
However, the S-rank Hunter hadn’t gone unscathed. One of the assailants’ final strike managed to sever the S-rank Hunter’s right sword arm.
“S-Shit!”
“Endure it!”
The S-rank Healer cursed. Idun began casting to back him up, but three assailants attacked the S-rank Combat Hunter simultaneously.
Ultimately, the S-rank Hunter’s head rolled onto the floor as his body spurted blood like a fountain.
‘They’re at least S-rank…!’
He had seen them exchange several attacks instantaneously. Idun was able to estimate the three remaining assailants’ skill level.
‘We’re not in a good spot…’
Idun was in a tough spot, as he was a Mage Hunter against three skilled S-rank attackers, who specialized in close combat.
Baker was also an S-rank Hunter, but his combat abilities were poor, as he was a Healer. He was different from Sung Joon. Sung Joon was special.
“L-Lightning Shock!”
Once they gave the signal, the three assailants rushed over to Idun and Baker.
Idun was so flustered that he countered with such a common spell. Even so, it seemed like he had a plan in place, as he modified the electric attack so that it would defend him instead; the electricity circled around him like a shield. However, it didn’t change that it was still an average, run of the mill spell.
Idun saw the assailants’ black clothes protecting them from the electricity, so they must be superb items.
They swung their blades at Idun and Baker, but then…
“Acceleration.”
“Ugh!”
By the time they heard his voice, the dagger had already lodged into an assailant’s chest.
“Return.”
Once the dagger disappeared from their chest, it spurted blood like a fountain. He might’ve pierced their heart, as the attacker bled excessively.
“He’s strong! Retreat!”
The team leader ordered for their retreat without signaling them and then left. The other attacked looked sharply at them but retreated as well.
They had been so close to stealing the ‘Righteous Shield’, but someone had intervened at the last second, so they felt unsettled.
“Mr. Kang Sung Joon?”
It was a familiar voice. Idun turned his head towards the direction of the voice. Sung Joon was indeed there.
He hadn’t come with any other reinforcements, but Sung Joon’s presence alone caused the morale of Righteous Shield’s guards to skyrocket.
“Healing Spray.”
Sung Joon healed the injured in Baker’s stead. Baker was almost out of mana, as there had been so many he needed to heal from the intense battle.
“I’ve been healed!”
“T-Thank you!”
Those healed picked up their weapons. The assailants didn’t move while the guards were reorganizing themselves. He wondered why, but then he saw more troops joining up with them. They must have been waiting for reinforcements.
Sung Joon surveyed his surroundings. The conferment ceremonial hall had become a battlefield where it rained bullets. It was so chaotic that he couldn’t hope for reinforcements, but he remained relaxed.
“I’m sure that they’re the Ghost Squad of the Empire’s Special Forces. The two in front are first class assassins, while the reinforcing troops are second class assassins,” Rishubalt reported.
First class assassins were skilled, S-rank foes. They were trained in assassin techniques, and even S-rank Hunters trained in assassination would have difficult facing them.
The Ghost Squad’s assassination techniques were on another level compared to the techniques used on Earth. Rishubalt had been a part of the Knight Brigade, but he knew all of the Empire’s martial arts and assassination techniques.
“You must have already figured that out, my lord,” Rishubalt said, and Sung Joon slightly nodded his head.
Sung Joon was like Rishubalt. No, he was even more monstrous than him. He not only knew about all of the Empire’s martial arts and assassination techniques, but had also learned and had a high level of competence in both.
“Mr. Idun. Could you please cover me?” Sung Joon requested.
The other Central Hunter Bureau members were exhausted, so they had to focus on protecting the ‘Righteous Shield’. Compared to them, Idun seemed to be in good condition. If he aided him with his magic, then Sung Joon could get through the assassins without using much mana.
“I’ll do my best.”
“I’m going,” Sung Joon said, and unleashed his Illusionary Sword.
The Illusionary Sword was normally a single target ability, but it could be adapted to attack multiple targets in front of him. He’d recently sorted through his memories and learned how to adapt the Illusionary Sword for this purpose.
“Ugh!”
While the Illusionary Sword had more range, its power was weakened considerably. There was no helping it. The first class assassins groaned and either blocked or avoided the swords. On the other hand, two of the second class assassins behind them had their arms and legs severed, causing them to fall to the floor.
“Lightning Spear!”
Idun cast ‘Lightning Spear’, which could be raised to the level of high-rank magic depending on the user. A second class assassin tried attacking Sung Joon from above, but the lightning spear pierced his stomach. At the same time, the current exploded and the second class assassin’s body burst.
‘An opening!’
Sung Joon broke through their formation and ended up in the center of the assassins. Then, he calmly used one of his sword techniques.
“Tempest Sword.”
More than two hundred sword winds raged like a true tempest, killing the remaining thirteen second class assassins. Now, only the two first class assassins remained. It seemed like one of them had been injured, as the assassins’ leg dripped blood.
“Wow!”
“He’s amazing!”
“I’m alive because of you!”
Idun and his comrades, who were protecting the ‘Righteous Shield’, cheered. Whereas, the first class assassins stiffened behind their masks.
‘That’s definitely the Knight Brigade’s swordsmanship.’
‘He’s at least as strong as one of the top one hundred members of the Knight Brigade.’
The first class assassins looked at him complicatedly. They were both thinking the same thing.
‘We’re no match for him.’
A member of the Knight Brigade within the top one hundred was equivalent to an SS-rank Hunter on Earth.
There was no way two first class assassins, who were considered high tier S-rank, could beat him. What’s worse, he seemed incredibly adept at assassination, contrasting with his high quantity of mana.
‘Damn it!’ the Team Leader cursed, but nothing would change. He couldn’t even hope for reinforcements, as he didn’t feel any of his allies’ mana nearby.
“Are you the Ghost Squad of the Empire’s Special Forces?”
“H-How do you…?”
When Sung Joon spoke in the otherworld language, the team leader couldn’t help but be flustered. Unlike the otherworld language, the existence of the Ghost Squad hadn’t been revealed to the people of Earth.
So they couldn’t help but feel intensely anxious at his mentioning of the ‘Ghost Squad’.
The Empire had been concerned that the news would cause chaos, so only a portion of the Empire knew that an individual using Roukel’s swordsmanship had shown up. So, the assassin team leader could only assume the worst and thought that the U.S. had learned a lot about the ‘Empire’.
‘This is enough.’
Momentary unrest would cause one to lower their guard. In that brief moment that the assassin leader felt anxious, Sung Joon used his high-speed movement and lunged with his sword.
“Ugh!”
His thrust pierced through, and the assassin weakly fell to the ground.
“You bastard!”
By the time the other first class assassin threw his dagger, Sung Joon had already withdrawn his sword. He quickly swung his sword and deflected the dagger.
The first class assassin gripped his dagger and was about to use high-speed movement, but by then, Sung Joon was already behidn him.
Swish.
He couldn’t even scream. The assassin’s severed head rolled onto the floor.
“Is it over?” one of the Hunters asked. He hoped it was over already, but unfortunately, it was still too early for that.
Sung Joon sensed several presences rapidly approaching him, Baker, and Idun.
“They’re coming!” Idun raised his staff and warned.
“Fly!”
He ascended into the air and swung his staff. Then, a lightning storm struck in all four directions. The covertly approaching assassins’ stealth was released.
‘He has good senses,’ Sung Joon acknowledged.
Casting a wide area spell to forcefully remove the stealth of several enemies was a tactic that the Empire often used. The reinforcements were weak, but they had numbers.
“There are two first class assassins, nine second class assassins, and sixty-seven third class assassin,” Rishubalt reported precisely.
Sung Joon turned his head to relay this information to Idun, but Idun was already using magic to estimate the number of enemy troops. Once he was finished, he held up his radio.
Kwang! Kwang! Kwang!
The bombardment began.
“The National Guard’s artillery battalion has formed a battle line! We’ll get artillery support now!”
Idun explained the situation. While the National Guard’s artillery battalion was bombarding them, a formation of attack helicopters flew over and shot air-to-ground missiles and their machine guns.
Contrary to monsters, the assassins didn’t possess the mana skin that rendered modern weaponry ineffective, but they still couldn’t be taken lightly.
Kwang! Kwang!
The daggers they threw were clad in aura, and they were more effective than any armor-piercing bomb.
Of the five attack helicopters, three of them plunged to the ground. Seeing that, Sung Joon quietly raised his sword, ‘Roel’. He infused mana into it and said.
“Dragon Fear.”
