I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 23

The Only Healer in the Academy – 23

Seonghyun’s team didn’t really have any particular strategy.

In fact, even if they did come up with a plan, it was unlikely that Gusangyeon would cooperate, and if the opponent had a sniper, they would have to completely change their existing plan anyway.

“But how do we catch the sniper? I need a little time to recast Ignition on the same target.”

“Can you cast Ignition on those two in the back over there?”

“No, at this distance, only the friend who’s spending time with our team leader is within range.”

“Is that so? Then don’t worry about those two. Not until this competition is over.”

Inhwan found it hard to accept Seonghyun’s words.

If they could incapacitate Gusangyeon’s opponent as quickly as possible, it would create a 3:2 situation.

“Why? Isn’t it better to deal with the ones in the front first?”

“No, those guys probably aren’t too concerned about Gusangyeon either, are they?”

“Huh? Why?”

After all, they wouldn’t really care about Gusangyeon.

Gusangyeon’s ability was quite well-known, and many people in the academy knew about it.

In other words, the opponent knew about Gusangyeon’s Berserk state, and that it was an ability that activated when his health dropped below a certain level.

“There’s no reason to trigger his Berserk state on purpose. All his abilities increase dramatically.”

Indeed, from the front where the battle was taking place, Gusangyeon’s angry voice could be heard.

“How long are you going to keep dodging with that bulk of yours!”

“Haha, you’re not going to Berserk just because you’re upset, are you? That would be a bit troublesome.”

As expected, they seemed to know Gusangyeon’s Berserk condition very well, and they were just stalling for time without really attacking.

“Doesn’t that mean they think they can beat us in a 2:2?”

Inhwan didn’t look too pleased either.

“Of course, that’s what they think. The range of your ability is much shorter than the sniper’s, and my only ability is healing.”

“…So what are you going to do? Shouldn’t we approach them first?”

“That’s right. They probably didn’t make Gusangyeon’s opponent the team leader, did they? They probably didn’t even know we were the opponents, so it’s unlikely.”

Seonghyun finished speaking and looked at the two in the back.

The ability user who enhanced physical abilities seemed to have already finished casting, and the sniper was staring at Seonghyun and Inhwan’s location.

“But how do we approach them? I have to go quite a distance to get within my ability’s range, and the opponent is a sniper.”

“You don’t have to worry about that. Just walk.”

“Wh-what…?”

Inhwan stared at Seonghyun, who finished speaking and started walking confidently.

“Hey, hey! The opponent is a sniper!”

Sniping was basically an ability with very high accuracy.

Of course, the power decreased with distance, but the distance between Seonghyun and the two of them was not too far to hit.

The fact that the sniper initially shot the ground was probably meant to intimidate or was just a light declaration of war.

As Inhwan approached to stop Seonghyun, who was walking without any countermeasures, fragments began to fly around Seonghyun’s feet.

“…?”

There was no reason to miss at this distance.

The power must have been lowered because the rules of the competition prohibited killing opponents, but even so, the fact that they were missing didn’t make sense.

He wondered if they were deliberately missing to mock them, but it didn’t seem that way, as he could feel the bewilderment of the two even at this distance.

“Hey! What’s wrong with you? Are you going easy on us?”

“G-going easy! Absolutely not!”

The representative with the sniping ability couldn’t understand the situation.

‘Why all of a sudden…!’

Hitting the opponent at this distance was not difficult.

Rather, it was an easy task, but it wasn’t easy now.

Except for when he first used his ability at the start of the competition, the sniping wasn’t hitting the desired spot properly.

The cause was this inexplicable headache.

It definitely wasn’t at a painful level.

A level of headache that even ordinary people experience.

But the problem was that the headache was quite distracting when using sniping.

“Focus! Why is someone who used to be so accurate suddenly missing everything?”

The teammate was looking at him with suspicious eyes.

As if he was doing something he shouldn’t be doing.

“Oh, I’m not feeling well today. Just wait a little bit. There won’t be any problems if they get closer.”

“What? You said you were in top condition earlier?”

“I suddenly got a headache!”

Seonghyun and Inhwan were getting closer and closer.

The front line had to keep Gusangyeon tied up, so they couldn’t stop Seonghyun and Inhwan, and eventually, they had to fight 2:2.

But the ability user who enhanced physical abilities and the ability user with sniping ability couldn’t handle Seonghyun and Inhwan, especially at close range.

‘Just a little closer…!’

The continuous headache was significantly reducing the accuracy of the sniping, but if they got any closer, he wouldn’t be able to miss.

But that expectation was wrong.

This headache, whose identity was unknown, was getting worse and worse as the two got closer.

If it was throbbing until just now, the headache was now so severe that he felt slightly dizzy.

“What are you doing! You really took money, didn’t you!”

“Don’t talk nonsense! Right now…ugh…!”

Next to him, a teammate who didn’t trust him was scolding him with distrustful eyes and voice, and the ability wasn’t working as he wanted, so the situation was getting worse and worse.

While they were complaining of pain and arguing, Seonghyun and Inhwan were able to reach them without any interference.

“No, it’s too easy…”

Inhwan still didn’t know what was going on.

When he looked at Gusangyeon’s side, Gusangyeon and his opponent were both exchanging attacks that didn’t have much power, with their eyes turned this way.

“Can we handle this at this level?”

“H-huh? Of course! There’s no problem with accuracy at this distance.”

The distance at which Inhwan first used his ability on a monster was 20m, and the distance between him and the two of them now was about 20m.

At that time, Inhwan had not improved his skill at all, but he was able to hit the monster’s side with his ability.

“Ignition!”

Now, Inhwan’s skill had improved to an incomparable level, and of course, he could make it so that he wouldn’t miss at this distance unless he felt a headache like his opponent.

“Kuaaak!”

“Keueok…!”

Whether he cast it on both of them at once, both the sniper and the physical enhancement ability user grabbed their chests and groaned.

Seonghyun was not without development during that time he spent with Inhwan.

He didn’t use his healing ability at all, but the reason he didn’t use it wasn’t because Inhwan’s ability was so great.

The big reason was that Seonghyun used the stigma very well in the right place.

He didn’t just use it.

He could control the pain of the stigma ability.

If he could control it, how detailed could he control it.

How far could he use it.

How long could he keep applying it.

As a result, the stigma was an amazing ability that could be considered a very selfish ability.

The stigma was completely under Seonghyun’s control.

Of course, there were some distance restrictions, but it wasn’t a big problem.

“Too…easy?”

Inhwan looked back and forth at the two who were collapsed due to the pain.

It was so easy that he felt a bit empty and futile.

“…The competition has ended as the opposing team’s leader has been incapacitated. The winning team is Professor Hwang Gi-hyeok’s team. Professor Kim Hwan-gi’s team leader was Shin Chang-hwan, a sniper.”

The first match of the academy competition ended with Seonghyun’s victory.

Gusangyeon approached Seonghyun and Inhwan with a slightly complicated expression.

He didn’t really expect to win.

Gusangyeon also knew the opposing team’s abilities very well, and he thought that if he lasted a long time, he would be praised for doing well, as an ability user specialized in one-on-one battles was selected.

But the result was completely the opposite.

It wasn’t a hard-fought victory either.

Of course, it wasn’t a fierce and wonderful battle either.

They won easily with a huge difference that could be considered overwhelming.

‘Why…didn’t Shin Chang-hwan use his ability properly?’

The fact that he didn’t use it on himself was almost a given.

If he couldn’t incapacitate him in one shot, it would be like triggering his Berserk state.

But Shin Chang-hwan couldn’t use his sniping ability on Seonghyun or Inhwan.

“I didn’t use my ability on you as promised.”

“…”

Gusangyeon hesitated for a moment and was about to say something, but he could only watch Seonghyun’s back as he turned around and returned to his room, as if he had no intention of hearing the answer.

Meanwhile, Hwang Gi-hyeok’s class was quite noisy.

“Wh-what? How did they win against that team?”

“Wow…wasn’t this Inhwan carrying the team…?”

“His ability proficiency has increased a lot? Isn’t this possible for the grade representative too?”

It was a combination that didn’t expect victory at all.

The front line that took the opponent’s attacks was a body that shouldn’t be healed, and Inhwan was already in a situation where he had the nickname of a gun with a bent barrel due to his low proficiency and corresponding hit rate.

But they not only won the competition but also showed a very overwhelming performance.

“But did Inhwan get a new ability?”

“Why?”

“No…Shin Chang-hwan, he originally had a very high sniping accuracy.”

“It wasn’t just a high level. He could hit even the pores at that distance.”

Many students in the class thought that Inhwan had achieved a new development in his ability.

“Khahaha! As expected of my students!”

Professor Hwang Gi-hyeok seemed very satisfied with today’s results.

Hwang Gi-hyeok had been spending his days with a gloomy expression every day due to the still unfinished salary cut, but not as much as today, not as much as now.

“Wait in the class! I’ll play the competition videos that haven’t ended yet anyway. I’ll be back in a bit.”

The homeroom teacher kicked the classroom door with a very excited expression and left.

As he said, the competition videos of the remaining classes that had not ended yet began to appear on the screen.

Seonghyun, Inhwan, and Sangyeon, who were returning to the class, ran into their homeroom teacher.

“Oh my! You guys worked hard! As expected of our representative!”

“Haha, thank you. Where are you going?”

Inhwan, who was the most sociable, continued the conversation instead, and the homeroom teacher asked as if it was a good thing.

“Do you know where Professor Kim Hwan-gi is?”

“Ah, Professor is behind you.”

The homeroom teacher, who found Kim Hwan-gi following behind, ran straight to him.

“I’m sorry for your loss.”

“…It’s okay.”

“You don’t look okay at all…?”

“…It’s okay. Doesn’t my past record speak for itself? That my class is superior.”

“Hwangi.”

“…Hwang Gi-hyeok of the academy.”

“Your class is so bad.”

“Y…!”

Kim Hwan-gi, who was about to answer something, frowned and chose to avoid the situation rather than answer.

“…Was the homeroom teacher that kind of person.”

“Well, they’re friends, but he hasn’t won the competition in years, so he deserves it.”

Inhwan and Gusangyeon lightly laughed at the homeroom teacher’s first appearance and returned to the class with Seonghyun.