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Chapter 53 – Otherworld Entity (3)

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.  

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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.”

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