I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 126

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The meeting regarding the Grade 2 Gate subjugation ended sooner than expected, and the raid leaders, who had their schedules set, were still in the building.

Just as they were about to double-check if they had missed or forgotten anything, a notification was sent to all raid leaders and guild members.

[The Guild Master will be holding a sparring match. Those who wish to observe are requested to gather.]

“What? A sparring match by the Guild Master?”

“Are we actually going to see what we’ve only seen in videos?”

“A sparring match between top-tier Hunters…”

Not only the guild members but also the raid leaders seemed very excited.

They already knew Seonghyun was strong, but watching a strong person’s power was both a new stimulus and a source of interest.

As soon as the news of Seonghyun’s sparring match started spreading, all the raid leaders and guild members began to gather in a hurry.

“But who is he sparring with?”

“Did they bring someone from another guild?”

As if to answer their curiosity, Inhwan soon appeared.

“I, Inhwan?”

“Well, Inhwan also participated with the Guild Master as a representative of the Academy…”

It was an unexpected opponent, but Inhwan was clearly a representative of the Academy.

He was also the first person who caught Seonghyun’s eye.

For this rare spectacle, some guild members even bought snacks and took their seats.

Everyone waited for Seonghyun, and soon enough, Seonghyun appeared.

“Wow!”

“Guild Master!”

It was a completely unexpected reaction.

He already knew they would welcome him, but he didn’t expect to receive such cheers.

He hadn’t shown his face often, and of course, he had never gone on a subjugation with them.

“Are you okay with this?”

At Seonghyun’s question, Inhwan shrugged as if there was no problem.

“Of course. Don’t hold back at all. A top-tier Hunter should show overwhelming power befitting their title.”

“Alright.”

Just as they were about to start the sparring match, Inhwan looked at the guild members and said.

“Before we start, I have something to say. The Guild Master will not be using two of his abilities for this match: that crazy… no, that amazing sword and summon. In other words, he will be facing me with only his renowned healing and pure physical abilities.”

Very few people knew about the Stigmata [a unique and powerful ability], so he wouldn’t be able to use it here anyway, and he had no intention of doing so.

The guild members’ expectations soared even higher at the news that Seonghyun would be sparring without using two of his abilities.

“Ooh…”

“Is he really a top-tier Hunter…?”

Now that the explanation of Seonghyun’s handicap was over, the two began their sparring match.

“Then, let’s begin.”

Unlike Inhwan, who was getting into position, Seonghyun simply stared at Inhwan in the same posture he had been in from the start.

“…”

He was just looking at him, but the pressure he felt was as if a knife was being held to his throat.

Perhaps because of that, Inhwan couldn’t easily start the attack, even though Seonghyun was openly showing an opening.

Just as that suffocating standoff was about to continue, Seonghyun spoke first.

“Should I go first?”

“…No. It feels like it would end if you did, so I’ll start first.”

Inhwan let out a light breath.

The person in front of him was not just a teammate but someone who had made a name for himself as a top-tier Hunter.

‘Trying to figure him out lightly won’t be enough.’

Then it was better to show everything he could.

He didn’t know how long the Demarche’s equipment barrier would last, but it would definitely block one attack.

‘If I attack carelessly, I won’t even graze his clothes.’

Then the most dangerous moment was also the most certain opportunity.

Since Seonghyun had decided not to use his abilities, he would have to come closer to attack.

‘Long-range is ignition, and the moment he comes close…’

He was planning to pour out all the magic power he could use.

“I’m going.”

He didn’t need complicated plans.

To face someone who was definitely stronger than him, he needed a certain plan rather than a complicated one.

Inhwan, who knew better than anyone that he couldn’t gain anything without losing something, was planning to give flesh and take bones [take a calculated risk].

‘Ignition.’

After a few minutes of standoff, it was Inhwan’s ignition that signaled the start.

“It’s my first time getting hit directly.”

“…You’re just going to take it?”

Ignition, an ability that burns the opponent’s magic power.

Of course, it wasn’t the same amount, but Inhwan’s magic power was also consumed.

Even though Seonghyun clearly knew that, he stood upright and took Inhwan’s ability with his body.

“It doesn’t hurt…”

Inhwan was about to ask if it didn’t hurt because he looked so unfazed even though he should have felt tremendous pain, but he shut his mouth.

“Well, it might not be a big deal at this level.”

But magic power was separate from pain.

Whatever the ability, it required magic power to use.

‘…What is it?’

Inhwan was confident in his amount of magic power.

He could definitely feel the opponent’s magic power disappearing.

But it didn’t end.

Ignition was clearly an ability that evaporated a certain percentage of the target’s magic power.

Inhwan’s magic power was also consumed, so he could roughly grasp how much magic power the opponent had.

But he couldn’t feel it.

He just kept feeling like he was pouring water into a bottomless pit.

10%, 20%, 40%.

It was an ability that consumed much less magic power than the opponent, but even though he had consumed more than 40% of his magic power, the ignition didn’t end.

‘Crazy. Why is his magic power like this?’

Just as he was about to end the ignition, he felt the consumed magic power filling up again.

‘…Huh?’

It wasn’t a feeling of recovery.

It felt like he was using magic power from a different source.

Such a paradoxical feeling of being mine but not mine.

‘Think about it later.’

Now that he knew ignition was useless, there was no need to continue.

Even though his magic power had recovered, there was no guarantee that it would happen again.

Inhwan immediately wrapped blue flames around his hand and threw them at Seonghyun.

He didn’t think the attack would hit, but he had to at least make Seonghyun approach.

“B, Blue flames…”

“The power is on a different level than red flames of the same size!”

The blue flames that fell on the floor continued to burn without going out.

And the heat was exuding a presence that was felt even by the guild members who had gathered to watch.

Of course, Seonghyun’s presence was overwhelmingly incomparable.

He was avoiding all of Inhwan’s blue flames with just a few steps, and he was even knocking them away with his bare hands.

The blue flames that were rising as if they would burn the entire floor strangely couldn’t burn Seonghyun’s body.

“…Amazing?”

“No need for empty words.”

Seonghyun, who had been dodging the blue flames by moving to the side, soon turned towards Inhwan and slowly began to approach.

Inhwan also continued to throw blue flames at Seonghyun.

Through the constantly recovering magic power.

But the distance was only getting closer.

The distance showed no signs of widening.

‘Tch…! I have no choice!’

It was an ability that consumed a lot of magic power, but it was worth using since he had constantly recovering magic power.

‘Ex!’

Inhwan’s hand, which had been facing Seonghyun, soon turned to the floor, and when he used his ability, three rings made of blue flames were created in the air.

“Oho…”

Inhwan injected much more magic power than planned at Seonghyun’s appearance, which showed only interested eyes rather than a sense of crisis.

Then the ring of fire in the air doubled.

At the moment he finished injecting magic power, blue flames began to spew out from the ring of fire with fierce momentum.

An attack that would instantly turn mutated Grade 3 Gate monsters into ashes.

“…Hah, you crazy bastard.”

There weren’t many exclamations other than curses that could express this situation.

Things that were floating around Seonghyun like a barrier.

At first glance, it didn’t look much different from Demarche’s barrier, but Inhwan could tell at once.

That it wasn’t such a well-organized barrier.

He was simply pushing back the flames with the magic power emanating from inside his body.

‘Where the hell is the end of his magic power?’

Magic power, without abilities, couldn’t do much with its existence alone.

Pushing back the flames like that was just doing it because it was magic power that could only be emitted.

Except that the amount was unimaginably large.

“You’ve grown a lot?”

“…Thanks.”

Seonghyun, who had pushed back all the flames with his insane magic power, quickly arrived in front of Inhwan.

“Tch!”

He quickly tried to fly back to create distance, but Seonghyun was too late to create distance, and Seonghyun had already arrived at the landing point.

“First, lightly…”

Inhwan hurriedly used Demarche’s barrier against the fist flying towards his abdomen.

“So this is Demarche’s barrier.”

After checking the barrier, Seonghyun put a little more force than he had originally intended.

A sound like metal colliding was heard, and Seonghyun’s fist was blocked by the barrier.

“As expected of Demarche’s equipment…”

He was relieved for a moment, but that was only for a moment.

The barrier was cracked.

“Hah, in one hit…”

And while Inhwan was panicking, Seonghyun’s fist attacked the barrier once more, and the barrier, which couldn’t withstand it, shattered.

The moment the fist that broke through the barrier was about to hit Inhwan’s side, Inhwan shouted.

“I, I surrender!”

Inhwan looked down at the fist.

It was an ordinary fist that had already surrendered and lost all its momentum.

A fist that looked no different from the fists of ordinary people.

‘If I had been hit by that…’

Inhwan didn’t have the ability to foresee the future, but he could clearly see that future.

It wasn’t just a fist that would end with tremendous pain.

At least the ribs would have been crushed to powder.

“Wow, waaaa!!”

“Guild Master is the best!”

“Inhwan is good too!”

The inside was swept away by cheers.

Seonghyun, who showed overwhelming skills even without using his abilities, and Inhwan, who poured out tremendous power against Seonghyun, a top-tier Hunter.

“Hoo… Did everyone see that? This is what happens if you mess with our Guild Master.”

“Haha! That Inhwan!”

“But you did well! That flame was really terrifying!”

The sparring match, which was a good spectacle for some and a stimulus for new growth for others, ended, and Seonghyun and Inhwan made a separate place.

“Was there anything strange during the sparring match? Anything different.”

“Um… Ah! That’s right. There was. I don’t know why, but my magic power kept recovering.”

As expected, the feeling he had felt earlier was not a delusion.

The feeling of using his own magic power when using that ability of great power.

“As expected…”

“Do you know something?”

“I think you’re sharing my magic power.”

At the words of sharing magic power, Inhwan froze and began to stutter.

“M, magic power, magic power… sharing? Your magic power?”

It was a difficult word to accept with common sense.

Magic power was an existence no different from unique life force.

Sharing such magic power.