I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 184

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Whether it was because the sword created with divine power had its power slightly weakened due to the restrictions, several of the strongest monsters that Seonghyun dealt with were blocking it with their bodies.

The unpurified restrictions were a bit unpleasant, but everything would be over once that boss was taken care of anyway.

Seonghyun deliberately descended the hill slowly, gifting sword energy to every monster that rushed at him.

“It seems like you’re showing off how much mana you have.”

“Why? Is there a reason I shouldn’t?”

“…You’re more arrogant than any other being.”

Soon, Seonghyun had completely descended the hill, and a confrontation formed between Seonghyun and the boss, with monsters blocking the surroundings.

The attitude of watching as if it were a game was a bit unpleasant, but Seonghyun didn’t have the mind to spare for those insignificant things, so he only stared at the boss.

“This place will become your grave.”

The boss pointed at Seonghyun with his sword, and Seonghyun let out a dumbfounded laugh as he replied.

“I prefer things a bit more flashy. Unfortunately, this place is disqualified.”

As Seonghyun finished speaking, a thought flashed through his mind.

The ability he hadn’t had many chances to use and had forgotten due to the restrictions.

That was conversion.

‘That guy seems like he could become useful…’

There were already thousands of monsters waiting around here.

If he were to acquire that monster through conversion?

He could gain a power similar to the taming ability to control monsters.

‘Tch, never mind.’

He briefly had such a desire, but while converting a monster was understandable, controlling thousands of monsters was a bit too much.

He didn’t know what kind of beings might appear in the future, and the 2nd or 1st class gate monsters wouldn’t be of much help when facing them anyway.

“Watch out!”

As Seonghyun was lost in thought and showed an opening, the boss instantly swung his sword and came right in front of Seonghyun’s nose.

“The speed is decent?”

“…Don’t evaluate me. You bug-like thing.”

He could tell after exchanging blows once.

As expected, the boss wasn’t a boss specialized in close combat.

It wasn’t even a 1st class gate, but a mutated 2nd class gate, so in reality, its abilities were just tricky, and its pure strength itself wasn’t that different.

At best, it was a bit stronger than the original 2nd class gate boss.

It merely had the power to defend against an overwhelming number and the attacks of top-tier hunters.

Of course, even so, it possessed power similar to that of an ordinary top-tier hunter.

In addition, the amount of mana the boss was currently emitting was also quite significant, so it would have been quite difficult for Inhwan and Sangyeon to deal with.

The compatibility of the abilities it possessed wasn’t very good either.

Inhwan, who could efficiently handle a large number of enemies, had his power sealed by the boss’s ability, and Sangyeon was relatively inefficient at dealing with large numbers.

‘And…’

It was a monster that made the battle itself quite difficult.

Since it didn’t need mana to maintain the summoned monsters, it directed those monsters towards the guild members Seonghyun was trying to protect, and among the monsters Seonghyun had dealt with, it picked out only the strong ones to block the tricky sword attacks with their bodies.

If Seonghyun’s mana wasn’t infinite, if he didn’t have the summoning ability, the course of this battle would probably have gradually lengthened.

There was no need to worry about the guild members, who were the biggest concern.

He had summoned a 1, and thanks to DeMarge’s equipment, they were healing on their own without him having to worry at all.

“There’s something I’m curious about. Originally, the monsters in the 2nd class gate, that is, this supply route, said that it wasn’t their will.”

“…How do you know about the existence of the supply route…”

The basis for Seonghyun leading the conversation was clear.

There would be no more variables in the future, and the boss’s restrictions felt in his heart were gradually fading.

“This supply route. What exactly does it supply?”

“Heh heh. Don’t ask meaningless questions. Surely you’re not asking the question hoping for an answer?”

Even when checked with the legacy he had obtained before, there was no falsehood in the boss’s answer.

No, it didn’t seem to know much in the first place.

‘Even the mutated 2nd class gate boss doesn’t know.’

“Okay. Then there’s no more business to be done.”

The boss, who had been showing a faint smile until just now, instantly hardened his expression at Seonghyun’s changed atmosphere.

It was as if all the expressions, attitudes, and actions he had shown so far were nothing more than a lighthearted joke.

“…You arrogant…”

The boss stopped speaking for a moment.

Seonghyun hadn’t rushed in, nor had he made any other attacks.

He had simply moved one step from his spot.

The emotion he was feeling right now was something he was experiencing for the first time, so he couldn’t properly grasp what it was, but as Seonghyun took another step, the boss instinctively took a step back.

‘I, I…stepped back?’

Confusion began to grow even more at the unacceptable fact, but even that confusing emotion was gradually being replaced by fear as Seonghyun took more steps closer.

The restrictions hadn’t been lifted, and the only thing that had changed was the difference in the atmosphere he exuded.

But why did it feel like he was a completely different person?

“D, don’t come closer.”

Words different from what he had thought came out.

In his head, words like, ‘I’ll kill you. I’ll watch you struggle in pain,’ were floating around, but the words that actually came out of his mouth were, ‘Don’t come closer.’

“G, get lost!!”

As Seonghyun approached little by little, the boss retreated twice as far.

In the midst of this meaningless standoff, there was something blocking the boss’s back.

“W, what is it!”

What was blocking the boss’s back was none other than the monsters he had summoned.

Originally, the boss didn’t need to give orders to the monsters.

They judged and moved on their own based on the boss’s thoughts and instincts.

In other words, actions that were so far removed from the boss’s will and consciousness.

There was only one reason why this was happening.

They were unable to move. They were dead.

“Q, quickly summon…”

The monsters that had been blocking Seonghyun’s sword with their bodies had all died.

He hurriedly tried to summon them again, but now there were no strong monsters left for the boss to summon.

Before the boss’s eyes, a sword about the size of his own body was floating in the air.

It wasn’t showing any intention to attack, but it wasn’t showing any intention not to attack either.

The sword, which moved solely according to Seonghyun’s will and command, slowly raised its blade and pointed it at the boss.

“S, stop it! Stop it!!”

The boss desperately ordered the monsters surrounding him, but the monsters only stared and didn’t move.

“W, why…”

There was nothing wrong with his abilities, and it wasn’t that the monsters were unable to move.

Then, the moment he made eye contact with one monster, the boss realized.

Even the monsters he had summoned were frozen in fear.

“Afraid…of me?”

Since something that had no possibility, something he hadn’t even anticipated, was happening in reality, the boss didn’t know what to do and froze in place.

He didn’t even know that Seonghyun had come right behind him.

Seonghyun looked down at the boss, who was in a daze from the confusion and kept muttering, with a pathetic look.

“…How dare something like this…”

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The guild members who had been blocking the monsters on the hill looked around in confusion at the sudden disappearance of the monsters.

“W, what is it?”

“Why did the monsters suddenly disappear?”

As they were looking around, they saw the boss’s head and body separated and rolling around below the hill.

“Hah, this time was a bit dangerous.”

“Indeed, the mutated 2nd class gate boss had considerable intelligence.”

Inhwan and Sangyeon, who had confirmed that the boss had been dealt with, also sat down on the ground and let out a sigh of relief.

“Let’s go.”

At the same time as Seonghyun’s voice was heard from below, a door leading outside was created.

Thus, with Seonghyun in the lead, the guild members exited the 2nd class gate without a single death or injury.

“They’re out!!”

“Hunter Kim Seonghyun is out!!”

The reporters who had been waiting outside were taking pictures without being able to approach, thanks to the vice president of the association controlling the area, and were sending desperate looks as if asking him to come over.

The vice president of the association had deployed all available personnel in case any variables might arise.

“Are you alright?”

“Yes. It’s all over.”

The vice president of the association suddenly checked the condition of the guild members behind him.

‘They look fine, but the clothes on their arms and legs are all torn off.’

The fact that the clothes were torn, not just ripped or with holes, but completely torn off, meant that those parts had been cut off at least once.

That was the same for Inhwan and Sangyeon.

They couldn’t handle it with their strength.

If Seonghyun had been even a little late, all the guild members who had entered would have certainly died.

“…I see. You’ve worked hard.”

Since Seonghyun’s reaction didn’t seem to welcome the issue becoming a big deal, the vice president of the association also replied plainly and headed towards the reporters, saying.

“I’ll take care of the reporters.”

Seonghyun nodded, confirming that the vice president of the association had understood his intentions, and the vice president of the association headed towards the reporters.

“The mutated 2nd class gate this time, the boss wasn’t a very strong monster. It was a boss that continuously inflicted status ailments, and it was said that Hunter Kim’s abilities sufficiently offset them, so it was easy to clear.”

Seonghyun didn’t object to this, and since it was the vice president of the association’s words and not anyone else’s, the reporters naturally thought it was the truth and nodded.

Of course, doing this wouldn’t mean that other places wouldn’t know, but the fact that they cleared it because their abilities were perfectly compatible would make it difficult to grasp Seonghyun’s strength.

Since it was compatible with the healer, who was known to be two people, no one would be able to doubt this.

“If it weren’t for the healer, there would certainly have been great damage.”

The vice president of the association roughly suggested the direction in which the article should be published and left the scene.

As expected, the fact that Seonghyun had cleared the mutated 2nd class gate today spread instantly.

There was no place that wasn’t focused on Seonghyun’s movements, so there was a lot of talk about it, but as Seonghyun had intended from the beginning, the claim that Seonghyun was stronger than anyone imagined and cleared the gate was not seen.

The hopeful reaction was mostly that even one hunter could clear a mutated 2nd class gate.

Thanks to this, the existence of the Pilgrim was naturally highlighted again.

Until now, no one had thought that they could clear a mutated 2nd class gate alone, but it had been proven that it was possible enough depending on the compatibility of abilities.

The main character was Seonghyun, and naturally, the existence of the Pilgrim, who was known to have similar abilities, became increasingly heated, appearing on TV every day.

But what was most important was that not a single member of the guild had died.

They couldn’t clear the mutated 2nd class gate with their own strength, but in the first place, clearing that gate without a top-tier hunter was a problem that went beyond the realm of possibility and impossibility.

What everyone else focused on was that they had endured until Seonghyun arrived.

It was a result worthy of applause even if it was a normal 2nd class gate, but it was a mutated 2nd class gate.

Naturally, they began to wonder how they had become stronger and what the background was.