I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 68

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The commander of the Demon Beast army, and the vanguard of this attack.

Since the Demon Beasts didn’t have names, the Demon Beast referred to as the 3rd Commander, acting as the third vanguard, was staring at the seemingly insignificant fortress wall.

“Hmm?”

However, the scene that unfolded was different from what he had expected.

He could see people preparing for battle, including the executives who had left a scar on his left eye.

“…How…”

But it didn’t matter.

Only about 1,000 people had survived the last battle.

Even considering individual strength, the Demon Beast army was much stronger, and their numbers were twice as large.

“Go.”

The 3rd Commander’s charge order was given, and the Demon Beasts, who had been waiting for it, began to charge all at once.

The fortress wall wasn’t very high. Against human opponents, they might have reorganized their ranks in front of the fortress wall or modified their strategy after seeing the opponent’s formation.

But the Demon Beasts didn’t need to do that.

The strong smell of blood wafting from inside the fortress was stimulating the Demon Beasts to the fullest.

From the Demon Beasts in the front ranks to the ones in the very back, they began to run towards the fortress wall without any hesitation.

“We must prevent the fortress gate from being breached at all costs!”

With Ar-Oh’s cry, the mages who had recovered from their injuries began to cast magic of various attributes such as fire and ice at the approaching Demon Beasts.

It didn’t matter if a few Demon Beasts died.

Another Demon Beast stepped on the corpse of a Demon Beast whose upper body had exploded from being hit by magic and advanced.

“Soldiers on the fortress wall, stop the Demon Beasts from climbing up!”

Since there were no basic defensive measures such as boiling oil that were usually used, there was no other way but to stab the climbing Demon Beasts with spears.

“Use it on the Demon Beasts attacking the fortress gate!”

Ar-Oh’s orders were constantly being issued, and everyone on the battlefield was carrying out Ar-Oh’s orders without the slightest mistake.

The 3rd Commander was watching this with interest.

He didn’t know how they had recovered, but there was only one thing left for them now: morale.

Even that would soon be broken and disappear.

Even though the Demon Beasts were so excited by the smell of blood that they all rushed out, it wasn’t like there were only Demon Beasts that attacked in close combat.

“The fun is over.”

The 3rd Commander finally moved from his spot for the first time.

‘At this rate, victory seems possible,’ Sung-Hyun thought.

Sung-Hyun didn’t know much about war.

But no matter what hidden cards the opponent had, this side had them too, and the fortress wall, which he thought would be breached soon, was holding up as it was in the beginning, perhaps because it had been reinforced with magic.

“Your Majesty! That guy, that’s the guy!”

“That guy, you say?”

In the place that an executive pointed to with his hand, there were Demon Beasts that looked a little different from the Demon Beasts below.

“That’s the guy who infected us!”

“Those guys…!”

The fact that they had revealed themselves here meant that they were going to use the abilities they had.

“So it was those guys.”

Sung-Hyun’s voice was calm.

So calm that it was hard to believe he was in the middle of a war.

“Is there a way?”

“There is.”

There was no need to hesitate to show his abilities, at least not here.

No matter what they saw, it would only be remembered within this place.

Sung-Hyun reached out his hand towards the Demon Beast that controlled poison.

As if he was going to do something.

“What are you trying to…”

The answer came back without having to finish the sentence.

Not with words, but with actions.

“Kieeeek!”

Suddenly, the Demon Beast that controlled poison began to roll around on the floor with a tremendous roar.

“Now is the time. Just stick it in the middle of its forehead.”

Sung-Hyun, having identified the Demon Beast’s weakness with Weakness Detection, said while looking at the bow on Ar-Oh’s back.

Ar-Oh nodded and raised his bow, aiming at the Demon Beast.

“At this distance, it would be ridiculous to miss.”

He shot the arrow quickly but carefully, and the arrow accurately struck the Demon Beast’s forehead as it rolled around.

The Demon Beast’s groans subsided, and Ar-Oh looked at Sung-Hyun with a light smile, as if this one arrow had given him more hope.

The remaining Demon Beasts were dealt with in a similar way.

The Demon Beasts below were being blocked well by the magic of the executive-level personnel, and the tricky Demon Beasts that controlled poison were caught by Sung-Hyun using his Stigmata [a divine mark or sign] and Ar-Oh using his bow.

“Enough…”

“The fortress gate, the fortress gate has been breached!”

“Wh-What did you say?”

It was a fortress gate that had been fine until just now.

Everyone stared at the fortress gate with frozen expressions at the words that the fortress gate had been breached.

“There is a human with strange abilities.”

The 3rd Commander.

While Sung-Hyun and Ar-Oh were focusing all their attention on dealing with the Demon Beast that controlled poison, the 3rd Commander had breached the fortress gate.

His appearance was different from that of ordinary Demon Beasts from the start.

Rather, he looked very similar to a human.

That’s why he felt even stronger.

‘He’s no ordinary Demon Beast.’

Sung-Hyun could feel it instinctively.

In the first place, the fact that the fortress gate, which had been reinforced with magic, had been breached, and if there had been a battle at the fortress gate, a report would have come in first.

Without a battle.

The fortress gate was breached with a single blow.

Sung-Hyun immediately came down from the fortress wall and headed towards the breached fortress gate.

“Block them! Block them!”

Pandemonium.

The soldiers who were trying to block them at all costs had lost nearly 1/3 of their soldiers in that short moment.

“Use what you’ve prepared now!”

As Sung-Hyun’s order fell, the executive team, who had been waiting on the fortress wall, activated the magic circle they had drawn in advance.

“What are you up to?”

As the magic circle was activated, rain began to fall from the sky, drop by drop.

Only on the Demon Beast army’s side.

Rain fell on the dry sky, and even the 3rd Commander was looking up at the sky for a moment, when one of the falling raindrops got into the 3rd Commander’s eye.

“…!”

He had thought it was a normal raindrop and had been hit without thinking, but the pain that one drop that got into his eye brought was telling him that this rain was definitely not ordinary rain.

“Kieeeek!”

If the 3rd Commander felt this way, what about the other Demon Beasts?

Since it was falling from the sky, there was no place to hide, and the rampaging Demon Beasts lost control and began to rush madly into the fortress wall where it wasn’t raining.

“Now!”

At the same time as Sung-Hyun’s words fell, the 3rd Commander felt a chilling sensation and immediately moved away from that spot, and as soon as the 3rd Commander moved away from his spot, an unidentified liquid began to pour down from above again.

“Kueeeek!”

The Demon Beasts that had been rampaging in pain until just now couldn’t even do that to the ones that were hit by those pouring things.

They were lying on the floor, only wriggling as if to let them know that they were still alive.

“…You!”

The 3rd Commander was convinced that all of this was the work of the man in front of him.

In the first place, a face he had never seen before, a presence he had never felt before.

An ability he had never seen before.

Moreover, he was even healing the injured humans around him.

“Has the last light of humanity come down now?”

A person with the ability to heal others, which doesn’t even exist in the Demon Beast army.

Moreover, it seemed like that ability wasn’t everything.

But, it didn’t matter anymore.

No matter how great that ability was, it would lose its value if there was no one to fight against it.

The 3rd Commander finally took out the sword he had been holding in his arms.

Then, pointing at Sung-Hyun, he said.

“I will let you live and return.”

Soon, as he infused power into the sword, a dark energy that looked ominous at first glance began to wrap around the sword.

“Th-That guy, could it be…”

Ar-Oh stared at the 3rd Commander with eyes full of anxiety.

“Who is he?”

“A Demon Beast that infuses black energy into a sword. Among the Demon Beasts, that Demon Beast is the only one that wields a sword.”

That Demon Beast was the one who killed the commander of the Knights, who was the last bastion of the Felian Empire.

“Have you shared your last words?”

The energy that had been wrapped around the sword was very sharply trimmed to create the shape of a sword.

“The end of the Felian Empire is me, Number 3…”

The 3rd Commander, who was about to continue speaking, stopped speaking for a moment at some strange sensation.

‘…What is it?’

The 3rd Commander’s emotions, which had been solid and firm until just now, suddenly began to fluctuate.

As if he was doubting whether what he was doing now was right.

As if he was doubting whether he was doing the right thing.

“Why is he suddenly doing that?”

Ar-Oh was not letting his guard down and was holding his sword while protecting Sung-Hyun with one hand.

Sung-Hyun slowly lowered Ar-Oh’s hand that was blocking him.

“…?”

Ar-Oh looked at Sung-Hyun with puzzled eyes, and Sung-Hyun slowly headed towards the 3rd Commander.

“Sir!”

Ar-Oh, as well as everyone else, tried to stop Sung-Hyun, but Sung-Hyun raised one arm and said.

“It’s okay.”

Sung-Hyun, who had reached the front of the 3rd Commander, did not say or do anything.

He was just looking at him.

The 3rd Commander continued to fight against the confusion within himself.

Until just a moment ago, he had the strongest animosity towards Sung-Hyun than anyone else, but suddenly that feeling was disappearing.

“Who are you?”

At Sung-Hyun’s question, the 3rd Commander was naturally going to answer proudly.

But, he couldn’t remember what to answer.

“Who am I…?”

A feeling of being denied of all existence.

In the first place, if he remembered anything, he would at least recognize it, but the things from the past began to disappear completely.

The memories that had begun to disappear gradually from the old memories quickly erased everything up to what had happened just before.

As all the memories disappeared, other memories began to emerge.

That was none other than the man in front of him now.

It was filled with memories related to Sung-Hyun.

At first, it was only unfamiliar, but as time passed, he began to think that this was the original memory.

And that thought soon turned into conviction as time passed.

Perhaps this memory was the original correct memory, and the memory he had before was a manipulated, distorted memory.

Sung-Hyun looked at the 3rd Commander, whose confusion was gradually decreasing.

When that confusion subsided, the expression on the 3rd Commander’s face as he looked at Sung-Hyun was not the expression of those who were looking at an enemy.

It was an expression as if he was looking at someone he served.

An expression of looking with blind loyalty.

Sung-Hyun, having confirmed that everything was over, asked again.

A little differently than before.

“Who am I?”

“Benefactor.”

The 3rd Commander.

No, the Demon Beast who had been the 3rd Commander was kneeling on one knee and paying his respects to Sung-Hyun, just like the other ordinary soldier had done earlier.

“Wh-What is that…”

“Why is that guy suddenly like that?”

“Don’t be fooled! It’s a trap!”

Many people were worried about Sung-Hyun.

In the current state, if he just swung the sword in his hand upwards, Sung-Hyun would surely lose his life.

The 3rd Commander also heard that sound, slowly got up from his seat, and stared at the others.

“Do not doubt my loyalty.”

The 3rd Commander turned his body as it was.

Looking in the direction where the Demon Beasts were.

And without any hesitation, he began to charge towards the Demon Beasts.

The Demon Beasts, who didn’t know anything, were staring blankly at the 3rd Commander, wondering what was going on.

Until he cut down the Demon Beasts, his own kind.