I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 9

Seonghyun arrived at the faculty office, knocked lightly on the door, and said,

“It’s Kim Seonghyun.”

“Oh, come in.”

A voice, a little, no, much warmer than Seonghyun remembered, came from inside. Seonghyun entered the faculty office where his homeroom teacher was.

“Oh, yes. Sit down.”

The homeroom teacher had even prepared snacks and drinks, waiting for Seonghyun.

As soon as Seonghyun sat down, the homeroom teacher looked at him and asked cautiously,

“So… I found out that you, Seonghyun, are the hunter with healing abilities.”

“…Yes, that’s right.”

“I knew it! I knew you, Seonghyun, would become a great person!”

The homeroom teacher was saying things he didn’t mean, and Seonghyun knew it better than anyone, so he stared at the homeroom teacher without any change in expression.

“Ahem, is the side effect real? Is it really true that you gain the pain when you heal someone, not just a made-up story to protect you?”

“Yes.”

“…Exactly as it is, without any exaggeration?”

“I don’t know how much pain the other person feels, but after using it, I think it’s the same.”

The homeroom teacher looked a little dissatisfied with Seonghyun’s unwavering demeanor.

“Tsk, I was hoping for a little more. Then isn’t it a useless ability?”

“It would be until I use it.”

“You receive the pain as it is? Then how much can you heal injured people?”

It wasn’t the expression of someone who wanted something in particular.

If he needed Seonghyun’s ability, he wouldn’t have reacted like this.

‘It’s about reputation.’

If a high-achieving student came from his class, the homeroom teacher’s reputation would naturally rise.

In this situation, Seonghyun’s appearance was a great opportunity for the homeroom teacher.

“Okay. Go. It’s time for class to start.”

“…Understood.”

Seonghyun was a little angry, but since there was no way to express it, he bit his lower lip slightly and left the faculty office.

“Hah, everyone reacts like that.”

When they found out he had healing abilities, they spouted all sorts of sweet words and acted like they would give him their liver, but when the talk about side effects came out, they changed their attitude as if they had never done so.

“…Is this ability really hopeless?”

Even though it was the only ability in the world, the range of wounds he could heal was small, and even that was followed by pain.

“Still, I can grow. I can’t give up.”

Seeing that it appeared with the word ‘unlocking’ until now, it meant that there might be more abilities that he hadn’t unlocked yet.

And finding that was purely Seonghyun’s ability and effort, so what he had to do now was not to be discouraged, but to find a direction, even a little.

“I can’t neglect physical training either.”

Since class was about to start soon, Seonghyun headed to the training room.

Until the first subjugation [monster hunt] at the academy, nothing big happened at the academy.

He attended classes on time, and when classes were over, he took some time to subjugate monsters.

“Tomorrow is the subjugation.”

Since he had already talked to the association, there would probably be people waiting at the entrance of the gate in case of a mutation.

From the beginning, he could have participated in the subjugation together, but to create an environment that was perfectly close to actual combat, they didn’t go inside the gate together.

There was a considerable risk, and Seonghyun already knew what kind of threat would come, so he tried to complete the unidentified quest given to him before the first subjugation.

“Now… just one more.”

[Monster Kill 99/100]

It was almost midnight, and Seonghyun had only one monster left to complete the quest.

“One more isn’t difficult.”

While killing nearly 100 monsters alone, his physical abilities grew accordingly.

Of course, that wasn’t all.

He learned how to deal with a large number of enemies alone, which movements consume the least stamina and are the most efficient.

Reading the signs of monsters also became much more sensitive than before, and as a result, the seemingly impossible task of killing 100 monsters was just around the corner.

“…You’re the last one.”

The monster that signaled the beginning of Seonghyun’s first monster subjugation was drinking water in the same spot as that first day.

But Seonghyun now was different from that day.

Back then, he hid to aim for the monster’s back, but now he didn’t.

“Krrng?”

The monster, who was drinking water, looked at Seonghyun with a puzzled expression for a moment, and then the monster, who made eye contact, rushed towards Seonghyun across the stream.

“Kkaeng!”

That day, he aimed for the monster’s neck from behind, but today, Seonghyun pierced the monster’s neck in an instant right from the front, and then drew the pierced sword down to extract the core.

“100 monsters… achieved.”

[Monster Kill 100/100]

[It has been confirmed that you did not use your healing ability during the quest.]

[Would you like to receive the reward ‘New Path’?]

“Yeah, I’ve been catching monsters for almost two weeks just to clear this one.”

[Reward ‘New Path’]

[It is an unexplored path that no one has ever walked.]

[Would you like to walk the new path? Once you choose, you can never go back.]

“…Do you think I’ll be scared by that? I’ve already made up my mind.”

[New Path]

[You are the only ungodly creation, neither a saint nor a paladin.]

“The introduction is too long…”

He just needed to know the details about the new path, but he felt strangely uneasy seeing it explain this and that.

[The new path is a path that no one has ever walked, and a path that no one has ever walked is a difficult path.]

[Defeat Goblin Chieftain 0/1]

[Reward: Unlocking]

“…”

Seonghyun even felt a little dizzy at the contents of the window.

“Wait a minute, a goblin chieftain?”

[This quest does not have to be completed alone.]

[However, you have one week.]

[If you fail this quest, you will have to start over from killing 100 monsters.]

[The number of people who have cleared this quest so far is 0.]

In some ways, it was a difficult quest.

The goblin chieftain monster itself was not a monster that appeared from a normal gate.

But the place where this academy subjugation is heading is where the goblin chieftain appears.

“…Did you know where I was going and give me this quest?”

Looking at the contents of the window, it seemed like someone else had received the same quest, but that person couldn’t complete it.

That meant that the window was unlikely to know Seonghyun’s destination.

“Coincidence? Anyway… it’s a relief…”

The problem was how to deal with the goblin chieftain.

Seonghyun recalled the memory from that time.

The memory of entering the gate, hunting goblins, and then the gate closing and causing a mutation when he was about to return.

“I killed about half of them…”

According to Seonghyun’s memory, he had only dealt with about half of the goblins when the association’s support arrived.

Of course, 1/3 of the academy students died.

“Since I’ve changed, it will be different this time too.”

Seonghyun had changed a lot in that short time of less than a month since his regression.

That’s why he had confidence this time too.

Of course, he wasn’t arrogant.

[A reward will be given for killing 100 monsters.]

“Huh? A reward?”

Seonghyun was wondering what he meant and was about to check the window, but it was already close to midnight, so he put off the selection for a while to get out of the gate first.

Not long after, Seonghyun came out of the gate and immediately checked the window again.

[The reward selection time has expired.]

“…”

It was absurd.

How great was the reward that it even gave him a time limit like this.

“I’m definitely happy to be back… but why does it feel like only frustrating things keep happening?”

Since the cause of all this was this small window, Seonghyun took a deep breath and looked at the window where other content appeared again.

[The reward will be given randomly.]

That was a relief.

He was worried that it would make him do something strange again, but fortunately, it wasn’t such a conscienceless window.

[A saint’s pendant will be given.]

The window disappeared, leaving the words saint’s pendant, and soon a pendant appeared in the air and fell into Seonghyun’s hand.

“…What is it?”

[Saint’s Pendant]

[It is a pendant that a devout saint always wore.]

[You can use your healing ability on multiple targets at the same time.]

“Oh… this is good?”

Of course, the pain that followed was a problem that Seonghyun had to deal with alone, but it was still a welcome situation since equipment that contributed to the development of his ability came out.

“Then the preparation for tomorrow’s subjugation… just one thing left to do.”

Seonghyun headed to the pharmacy with a slightly heavy expression.

Seonghyun came out of the pharmacy with a handful of painkillers.

“I’ll be back.”

“Are you sure you don’t want to eat breakfast?”

“Yes, the academy is giving breakfast today.”

Seonghyun deliberately didn’t tell his mother about the subjugation today and left the house.

‘This is better.’

Seonghyun knew very well that forgiveness was easier than permission, so he was going to come back perfectly fine and tell her.

When he arrived around the academy, the preparations for the first subjugation were already finished.

“We’ll leave as soon as everyone gathers.”

Looking at the students gathered in a circle below the academy building, it looked like they were going on a field trip in elementary school.

Of course, the destinations were too different. Soon all the students gathered, and the homeroom teacher, Hwang Gi-hyeok’s class, headed straight to the gate where the goblin group was.

“The precautions are… don’t be careless just because they’re goblins, and don’t separate from each other. That’s all.”

As soon as Seonghyun arrived, he looked around.

‘It’s over there.’

As Seonghyun requested, he could see the association people waiting in the cafe.

“I’ll go in first, so follow me in well. Your vision will be temporarily blocked when you enter the gate, so don’t panic too much and just stay still.”

Soon the homeroom teacher entered the gate first, and the students began to follow.

Seonghyun, who was in the buffer position, joined the middle of the group and went in together.

The feeling of his body floating in the air continued at the same time as his vision darkened, and when he opened his eyes, a familiar and unpleasant sight unfolded.

It was similar to a forest, but the trees were not densely grown, a scene somewhere between a prairie and a forest.

“Goblin groups usually move in groups of at least 3 and up to 10. As we said in advance, we will move without dividing into groups, so the back row… Shh!”

The homeroom teacher raised one hand as if he had sensed something and asked everyone to be silent, and then said in a small whisper.

“Three goblins in front. The ranged dealer attacks first, and if they are not dealt with at once, the melee dealer steps in.”

With the homeroom teacher’s instructions, several students took a stance and attacked the goblins.

The result was that all three died instantly.

“Good! Let’s keep going like this!”

The students continued to hunt easily like that, and soon stood in front of the gate to leave.

“Why is this…”

He had definitely seen it on the news.

He couldn’t leave until all the monsters inside were dead.

The gate’s mutation.