I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 96

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“Are there other places besides here?”

“With the increased frequency and mutation rate of Level 3 Gates, there are still many Gates, but unfortunately, most of them have already been claimed by other guilds.”

“So, the place you mentioned hasn’t been assigned to a guild yet.”

“That’s right. There are a few more remaining, but I’ll let you know about them after you finish subjugating the Gate I just mentioned.”

Having received the location and information of a suitable Level 3 Gate from the secretary, Seonghyun slightly bowed his head in gratitude and left the association.

“This is the best Level 3 Gate available, right?”

Seonghyun was grateful for the association’s consideration and wanted to subjugate all the Level 3 Gates if he could, but this time, he intended to follow the association’s request.

“No need to hesitate. We should move immediately.”

There were many other types of Level 3 Gates besides this one, but since other guilds had already claimed them, the number of places he could go was limited.

The reason for moving immediately was simple.

Hunters who weren’t registered with a guild could still participate in subjugating Gates assigned to guilds, and he intended to take advantage of that.

“I need a suitable identity too.”

The association could easily handle it, but unfortunately, they wouldn’t be willing to do that much.

“I’ll move with them only for this Gate, and then I’ll move alone from the next one.”

A suitable identity for someone working as a mercenary could be easily arranged by Inhwan, so Seonghyun first called Inhwan for this subjugation.

“Are you done with your business?”

“Yeah. Let’s go.”

“Where to?”

“Subjugation. To a Level 3 Gate.”

“We are? Directly?”

“Yeah.”

It wasn’t like going out with everyone from the academy, nor was it like hunting monsters using the equipment from the association.

It was a formal subjugation that required a proper team.

“What about Hayeon and Seongwook? We need them to fill the subjugation team.”

“It’s okay this time. It’s the weakest of the Level 3 Gates, and they’re placing personnel outside the Gate to prepare for mutations.”

“If the association allowed it, then fine.”

Thus, Seonghyun and his party headed to the Level 3 Gate that the secretary had informed them about.

“Hoo… This is the Level 3 Gate, huh?”

“Yeah. Don’t be too nervous. They’re not much different from the monsters you dealt with at the association.”

“Kang Inhwan, are you nervous?”

“What? Nervous? I’m excited.”

Leaving the bickering duo behind, Seonghyun entered the Gate first.

The sensation was no different from entering an open Gate, but as Inhwan said, he couldn’t help but feel a little excited.

“It looks like demons will pop out at any moment, doesn’t it?”

Rather than dark, the expression ‘red’ was more fitting. It was a little difficult to distinguish whether the source of that red light in the sky was the sun or the moon.

Inhwan and Sangyeon had dealt with Level 3 Gate monsters several times, but they were a little stiffened by the strange sense of alienation that this atmosphere brought.

“They’re coming.”

Seonghyun, who was more aware of the monsters’ presence than anyone else, looked up at the sky as he spoke.

In the sky, monsters that looked like the typical image of low-level demons were hovering.

“…How flashy.”

The demons didn’t rush in right away.

They were just flying above Seonghyun, as if waiting for someone’s instructions.

“I don’t like that those monsters are above us, even if they are just monsters.”

Seonghyun wore a light smile at Inhwan’s disgruntled expression and tone.

“Really? Then drop them. We don’t like it either.”

At Seonghyun’s words, Inhwan raised one arm and looked at the sky with a very bright expression.

“You impudent monster bastards! Fall!”

One of the abilities that Inhwan didn’t use often.

It was the ability to emit a huge blue flame, but he hadn’t used it because it consumed too much mana.

But he had been training with Seonghyun until now.

In addition, with the help of the equipment that the academy had made for him, he could use it without burden when he tried it once.

As soon as Inhwan finished speaking, the sky, which had been red, turned blue in an instant.

“Kieeeek!”

The monsters flying in the sky couldn’t avoid the enormous range of blue flames and began to fall to the ground one by one.

“Why are you flying around?”

The monsters that fell to the ground in a short time began to struggle to put out the flames on their bodies, but the fire did not go out easily.

“The sky turned blue, and I wondered if something was wrong. Some special bugs crawled in.”

Behind the sky.

The demon, who had blown away the spreading blue flames with its wings, looked at the other demons who were dying with fire on their bodies.

“Tsk… Weaklings.”

They were hoping that he would put out the fire, but their expectations were completely wrong.

He reached out his hand towards them, and soon, a black aura began to absorb the demons.

“There’s nothing as thrilling as absorbing your own kind.”

“…Is he really a demon?”

“Who is the one who gave me a good gift just now?”

The demon, who was speaking while looking around Seonghyun’s party, fixed his gaze on Inhwan.

“The bug on the far left. Since I received a gift, I must repay it, right?”

The monster then reached out his hand to Inhwan, just like he had done to the demons.

Then, black flames began to fly with the same fierce momentum as Inhwan had emitted.

But Inhwan didn’t move from his spot.

Seonghyun and Sangyeon, who were watching the scene, didn’t worry at all.

“…A barrier?”

A barrier of blue flames flickered and surrounded Inhwan, and the black flames that were flying fiercely were devoured by the blue flames and completely disappeared in the air.

“A barrier…이라니…”

The demon looked at Seonghyun’s party with a slightly embarrassed look.

Not many demons could use barriers.

Of course, he wasn’t included in that small number.

He instinctively felt that he couldn’t beat those humans.

“…I give up on the Gate.”

“Yes, yes? Then the Great Demon will…”

The middle-aged demon suddenly shouted at the demon who was trying to dissuade him from his unexpected decision.

“You stupid bastard! How many minutes ago did you get injured and come to us?”

“5, 5 minutes…”

The demon, who was answering the time, froze and looked at where Seonghyun’s party was.

The place where Seonghyun’s party was was exactly 5 minutes away from where they first met.

It was close enough to see the starting point at a glance, but the problem was that the bodies of demons were piled up in that distance.

And there was an even bigger problem.

As he had just said, the distance to here was 5 minutes.

In other words, they had been leisurely walking and killing demons.

“The stupidest thing to do is to fight without knowing what kind of power the opponent has and how big it is.”

“…Yes. I’m sorry.”

The middle-aged demon slowly approached Seonghyun’s party.

“…What is it?”

No matter how he looked at it, he didn’t seem to have any intention of fighting at all.

He was so defenseless that he couldn’t even suspect that he was trying to make them let their guard down.

Level 3 Gate monsters couldn’t intentionally show such an attitude, so it must be genuine.

Seonghyun stared at the demon approaching him.

“Are you the representative of these guys?”

“What if I’m not?”

“Humans tend to disregard the strong.”

“It’s like you’ve met humans before?”

The demon avoided answering Seonghyun’s question.

“That’s not important. Rather, I want to make a suggestion.”

“A suggestion?”

“We demons will retreat as is. We will also seal the Gate that is currently open outside.”

“Seal the Gate? You only pick interesting things to say. Do you open it at your will?”

“I don’t know anything. I just move as I’m told. I only know that I can close the Gate and how to do it, but I don’t know anything else.”

He really seemed to know nothing.

“Do you think it’s a fair negotiation for us to retreat like this?”

“Of course.”

Did he really think so?

If it was a mutated Gate, it might be different, but unfortunately, this Gate hadn’t mutated.

“What do we get?”

“You can take all the crystals of the dead demons.”

Seonghyun barely managed to hold back a hollow laugh at his tone as if he was allowing it.

“I want to add one more thing there.”

The demon, who was relieved that he seemed to be able to communicate, asked what he wanted.

“What do you want?”

“Crystals.”

“You can definitely take the crystals…”

He couldn’t have forgotten what he had just said.

Then what did that crystal mean?

“Your crystals too.”

The demon, who realized that he had been talking to him because of some interest, hurriedly tried to distance himself, but he couldn’t.

“Keuheok!”

A shining sword pierced through his body.

As if he knew how to deal with it properly, he was twisting the sword that had pierced through his body with all his might.

“Hu…man…you…will…soon…”

Thus, the demon met his fate without even closing his eyes, and Seonghyun ordered 1.

“Kill them all.”

There is no negotiation with monsters.

That was Seonghyun’s belief and a firm oath.