I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 182

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Dealing with the mutated Tier 2 Gate was challenging not only because of the boss’s special abilities but also, and perhaps more significantly, due to its high intelligence.

The Tier 2 Gate boss had accurately assessed that Inhwan had consumed a liquid that lifted his restrictions and pinpointed where that liquid was stored.

“I might be a bit lenient, but I’m not exactly merciful.”

The boss focused its magical power into its finger.

Turning that bag to dust in one go was necessary to eliminate any potential variables.

Therefore, the boss infused more magical power into its fingertip than it anticipated needing to vaporize the bag.

A significant amount of magical power, enough to slightly lessen the intensity of the falling black rain.

The opponent was restricted and unable to move freely.

As the boss predicted, Inhwan’s hand was reaching for the bag hanging beside him.

“Not so fast.”

The magical power gathered at the fingertip was compressed precisely at the tip.

A small sphere began to form at the fingertip, and within it, the rampaging magical power, thanks to its density being far greater than the surroundings, bounced around as if ready to burst out at any moment.

If even a small gap were to appear in this sphere, the magical power, which had been biding its time, would burst out in that direction.

For the mutated Tier 2 Gate boss, controlling that direction was not a difficult task.

“I wanted to send you both together, but…”

Unfortunately, when connecting the boss’s location to Inhwan’s, the bag was not in a position to be pierced simultaneously with both of them.

Changing the direction of already released magical power was not particularly difficult, but altering the direction of magical power that had been compressed and was about to burst out was slightly beyond the boss’s current capabilities.

Having completed the condensation of the sphere, the boss waited for the opportune moment.

If it couldn’t take the opponent’s life along with it, it planned to release the magical power the moment Inhwan reached into the bag, blowing his hand away with it.

“Now.”

As Inhwan reached into the bag, he sensed a murderous intent and looked up.

The moment he did, an immense pain surged through his arm.

“Kuaaak!!”

His hand had been completely pierced.

The unidentified object that had flown in had blown Inhwan’s left hand clean off.

Without a trace.

“I, Inhwan!”

“Don’t, don’t come! Defend!”

Inhwan clutched his bleeding arm with his remaining hand and stared in the direction of the murderous intent.

At the end of his gaze was the boss, smiling as it looked at him.

But the bigger problem was that the bag had also been completely vaporized along with his hand.

“T, the elixir…!”

With the means to heal his wound gone, his severed left hand was a critical blow.

The pain was hindering his control of magical power, significantly reducing its efficiency.

Moreover, this inexplicable pressure and pain made it feel as if his abilities had completely vanished.

As if he had become an ordinary person.

“Kuk… if it weren’t for this damn restriction…!”

He could have blocked the attack that severed his left hand with a barrier.

Of course, he would have had to use all the magical power he could muster.

“Sangyeon, I can’t use anything right now. You have to do it.”

“What? What are you talking about?!”

“My abilities… they won’t activate. It must be one of that boss’s abilities.”

“Damn it, of all people, it had to be you…”

It was the most devastating news.

The absence of Inhwan, who could continuously unleash overwhelmingly powerful wide-area attacks, meant that more than half of their survival time had been cut short.

Sangyeon glanced at the boss’s location.

That relaxed smile seemed to know the outcome of this battle already.

‘Take out the boss first?’

Sangyeon immediately shook his head.

Even with the infinite magical power he had thanks to Sunghyun, the power emanating from that boss was not something that could be overcome purely with an abundance of magical power.

Then what was the wisest course of action?

In the current situation, prolonging this deliberation would also lead to negative consequences, so Sangyeon made a quick decision.

“I’ll leave the weaker monsters to you.”

Sangyeon revisited the thought he had earlier.

These individuals were no longer merely beings to be protected.

The monsters were stronger than when they had been initially dealt with, but the same was true for the guild members.

In fact, the extent of their strengthening was greater, if not equal.

The monsters began to surge over the sand dune.

With no escape, and only the backs of their comrades behind them, death was all that awaited.

Sangyeon charged towards the monster emitting the strongest magical power he could sense.

Ignoring all other monsters, only cutting down those that blocked his path.

“They’re coming!!”

At the same time, the other monsters began their attacks.

The attack patterns were the same, but the power behind them was significantly greater.

“…It’s manageable! Hold on!”

“There are more on the left! Ranged hunters, attack the left side first!”

Inhwan, unable to use his powers, focused all his energy on commanding, and fortunately, his commands were proving effective.

Meanwhile, Sangyeon was slaughtering the monsters he had previously dealt with.

“There’s a chance.”

From the moment he had first dealt with them, they had only been defeated after a few exchanges.

Even if they had become slightly stronger, they were no match for Sangyeon, who had become much stronger than before.

The boss was watching all of this.

One of the boss’s abilities: vision sharing.

The vision of the entire summoned legion was connected to the boss.

“Hmm… is it impossible with just the monsters? It’s taking too long.”

Initially, it had intended to play around a bit, but seeing their response, something became clear.

They were waiting for someone.

Curiosity and interest arose about what kind of strong human they were waiting for, but there was no need to take unnecessary risks.

Having made its decision, the boss reached out its hand towards the sky.

The falling black rain gradually slowed down, eventually stopping in mid-air.

“It consumes a bit of magical power, but…”

The boss began to exert force on its outstretched hand.

The boss’s magical power spread out through the fingertips that were extended towards the sky.

That magical power did not affect the monsters, nor did it affect the guild members.

The movement of magical power was solely for one purpose.

The magical power that began to spread around began to permeate the black rain floating in the air.

Then, the black rain slowly began to turn red, and according to the boss’s gesture, it floated in the air and began to gather in one place.

Slowly.

Very slowly, the raindrops that were floating in the air all gathered above the hill where the guild members were fighting.

Needless to say, no one in this place noticed the movement of the raindrops.

Not much magical power was imbued in a single raindrop, and the raindrops gathered above their heads did not merge, so it was not easy to notice their existence in a situation where monsters were swarming around.

“I find it so pleasing to watch humans explode.”

The boss slowly unfolded the fist it had been holding.

Then, the raindrops floating in the sky slowly began to fall, like snow.

“Great! There’s not a single gap…”

As Inhwan was gradually finding hope in the guild members’ unexpectedly solid formation, something gently landed on the bridge of his nose.

“Huh?”

Thinking that the black rain, which had not fallen here until now, had finally reached him, he wiped his nose with his remaining hand, but something caught on his fingertip.

“What… is this?”

A small water droplet that could be considered cute in some ways.

However, other than the fact that it was distinctly red, it didn’t seem ominous.

Until it started to grow.

“W, what is this!!”

“D, don’t move!”

The water droplets, which began to grow rapidly, began to engulf their surroundings little by little.

The ground, people, and even monsters.

“S, someone, please get this off me!!”

Urgent voices began to be heard from everywhere, but no one could help those voices.

Because they themselves were caught in this unidentified water droplet.

The guild members’ movements were restricted in that way, and eventually, the formation began to collapse little by little.

That wasn’t all.

The water droplets that had grabbed their bodies began to emit an even redder light from within.

As if they were about to explode.

“This can’t be…”

Inhwan felt the emotion he had felt back then again: the fear of dying.

And at the same time, all the water droplets that had grown began to burst.

“Kuaaaak!!”

“Aaaak!!”

Screams began to echo everywhere.

The screams of the monsters also echoed, but the extent of the damage was overwhelmingly different, to the point where they were buried in the screams of the guild members.

“Hahaha. This is it…”

The boss watched the explosion with a blissful expression.

There had never been a time when it was more grateful for the ability to share vision than at this moment.

The sight of humans, filled with fear, panic-stricken eyes, and trembling with terror, brought a joy and pleasure that could not be replaced by anything else.

“Now, before this joy ends, one more time.”

No one lost their lives in the first explosion.

In the first place, it wasn’t powerful enough to kill them immediately.

Once again, small raindrops slowly descended.

Without any interference, all the raindrops fell without exception.

There wasn’t a single human who was unscathed.

If there was a human who was the most unscathed, it would be Sangyeon, who was cutting down monsters alone, having lost one hand.

The rest had arms or legs blown off, and some had both arms blown off.

“It wasn’t enjoyable, but it wasn’t boring either.”

As soon as the boss finished speaking, the raindrops began to grow larger, emitting a red light from within, just like before.

“…?”

However, the raindrops that should have exploded were not exploding.

It had sent a signal again to the injected magical power, but it was trembling as if refusing the command, maintaining that state.

“W, what…”

Looking at the state of the raindrops, the boss realized that other magical power had intervened in its raindrops.

“W, who is it!”

There was no one among those humans who could move magical power to this extent.

Moreover, the movement of magical power that had stopped the explosion of the raindrops was an absurdly inefficient method: simply surrounding each raindrop with an immense amount of magical power and just suppressing it.

“Hoo… am I not too late?”

The voice was heard from none other than the top of the sand dune.

However, no one was visible in the shared vision.

“…It wasn’t that I couldn’t see them.”

It wasn’t that the monsters hadn’t confirmed it with their eyes, but that no monsters remained around the top of the sand dune to confirm the top.

Since it hadn’t identified the opponent, the boss didn’t rush out rashly and sent the surrounding monsters to the top.

Gradually, the vision of the top became visible.

In that vision, an unbelievable sight began to appear.

“Everyone… is unharmed?”

Until just now, there was only one human standing on two legs.

But in that short amount of time, all the humans were standing perfectly fine, as if nothing had happened.

Although it was a bit flustered, the boss immediately understood.

The unfamiliar human standing in the center had healed them, and he was the owner of the unidentified liquid that Inhwan had tried to drink earlier.

“…Something really interesting has appeared.”

It was the boss who was most wary of unexpected variables, but there was nothing as interesting as these unforeseen variables.

That’s why the boss gave a sincere smile and slowly headed towards where the man had appeared.