I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 229

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Seonghyun combined all the swords he had created into one.

He had some experience combining them little by little, but this was the first time he had combined such a huge number of swords all at once.

The swords, which began to grow larger as they merged, soon became a single sword. Meanwhile, the owner seemed to be finishing his enlightenment, as he closed his eyes.

“It might have been a little dangerous if I didn’t have this ability.”

Seonghyun’s sword, which he had just unleashed, had an unimaginable power to tear through dimensions, but he couldn’t unleash it as much as he wanted.

It caused a tremendous consumption of stamina that not only inflicted wounds but also made healing impossible.

It was an attack that consumed so much stamina and energy that even Seonghyun’s enhanced physical abilities, boosted by his spirit of sacrifice, couldn’t withstand it.

‘This is the end.’

He could have summoned more swords than he did now, but Seonghyun summoned only enough to deal with the owner.

Summoning the swords themselves didn’t take long, but combining them took a little time.

Soon, hundreds of swords were all combined into one, and the location where he first started combining the swords was right above the owner’s head.

“…I see.”

At the same time, the owner’s enlightenment was coming to an end.

If this enlightenment were to end, the owner would probably be able to use the dimension-tearing sword that Seonghyun had shown.

“What do you mean, ‘I see’? You’re just a strong magical beast.”

The moment the swords were all combined, Seonghyun dropped the sword located above the owner’s head.

The giant sword wasn’t as fast or agile as the movements of the swords before they were combined, but since the location where it started to be combined was right above the owner’s head, it was fair to say that the attack was carried out at the same time as the combination was finished.

“A last struggle?”

Perhaps it was an instinct to protect his defenseless body just before the end of his enlightenment, but this time, the owner began to manipulate magic power from within his subconscious.

As if he thought that consuming all of his magic power was the only way to avoid the worst-case scenario, rather than taking that attack, the amount of magic power that the owner, who was lost in his subconscious, was manipulating was greater than any magic power Seonghyun had ever encountered.

That magic power created a barrier to protect the owner’s body without exception, as if creating a barrier.

The thin magic barrier compared to the amount of magic power was instead indicative of how strong it was.

The way to break through a barrier made of magic power like that was simple.

You had to use more magic power, but you could never break through with just a little more.

The magic power that had already become a barrier was very different from the arrangement of magic power used before using an ability.

So, to break through, you had to use much more magic power, or you had to use excellent magic manipulation skills to create a single point of magic power and break through that point.

Of course, Seonghyun was capable of both methods.

However, no matter which of these two methods he chose, it was impossible to break through that barrier before the owner’s enlightenment ended.

“So, you’re going to struggle.”

However, there was one thing the owner didn’t know.

More precisely, the owner’s subconscious didn’t know.

The owner knew that Seonghyun’s abilities and magic power were infinite, but this time, that shallow knowledge became poison.

He knew what kind of ability it was, but he didn’t know what kind of properties it had.

That was the owner’s great miscalculation.

Seonghyun’s sword contained the basic properties of the stigmata [marks resembling Christ’s crucifixion wounds].

The stigmata contained properties that could not be resisted.

The thin but incredibly strong magic barrier spread around the owner.

The sword that had begun to fall slowly began to touch the end of the magic barrier.

Whether the owner knew this or not, the barrier still didn’t block Seonghyun’s giant sword at all.

The barrier began to evaporate as soon as it touched, regardless of how strong it was.

Just like the owner’s sword that couldn’t block Seonghyun’s sword earlier, this time, the barrier didn’t offer any resistance.

At that moment, the owner of the gate opened his closed eyes.

A slightly different look than when he first faced Seonghyun.

It was displeasing to see a magical beast with such spirit and vitality in its eyes, but the owner was clearly enlightened.

“Ah…this is…”

The owner was having the most ecstatic time of his life.

A realm that was impossible even after countless hours.

It would be a flaw if it was completed by a mere human, but that was a very small flaw.

He could just get rid of the human in front of him with this completed enlightenment.

The fact that he was enlightened by a human would slowly disappear over time.

“I can feel it.”

He didn’t know exactly what he had realized.

However, he was certain that he had realized something.

Now that he had realized everything, he felt like he could do anything.

The owner was not simply enlightened.

What the 4th and 3rd class gate owners had said before.

It was no different from raising the level of his class by one step.

Knowledge was not limited, and knowing how much you know about your own power was also included in that knowledge.

With everything realized, the owner looked at the benefactor in front of him.

The human who was trying to kill him, and the human he was trying to kill.

A benefactor, but also a human who was no different from an enemy.

What would he think about the fact that he had gained enlightenment thanks to him?

The owner himself felt the difference in the level of power, and what kind of expression would the little human in front of him, who couldn’t possibly not know this, be showing?

The look in Seonghyun’s eyes, which he met in that way, seemed to have no emotion at all.

Rather than having no emotion, it was a cold look that made him feel as if he thought of himself as already dead.

“Why such a look…”

Rather than being unpleasant, he was curious first.

He should know the seriousness of this situation better than anyone else, so why is he sending such expressions and looks?

At the same time, he felt murderous intent.

However, one strange thing was that the murderous intent was not felt from the human in front of him, but from above his head.

The owner’s gaze instinctively turned to the top of his head.

Feeling murderous intent was already as familiar as eating, but it was rare to feel it from the opponent’s ability rather than the opponent himself.

“…This is…”

As if the sword falling from above his head was holding his murderous intent instead, its size was already difficult to see as a sword.

It was just a sword in appearance, and its size was no different from his mansion.

The huge thing was emitting murderous intent, so it wasn’t that he didn’t recognize its existence, but the sword didn’t seem to care about that.

Rather, the sword, which was appealing its presence with murderous intent as if asking him to look at it and notice it, was falling towards his head as it was floating in the air.

He couldn’t do anything.

He had met strong opponents several times, but this was the first time he felt so powerless.

“Goodbye.”

It was already too late to react.

What if his magic power hadn’t followed his instincts to protect his body?

It wasn’t a situation where he had to think about what he could do.

It was a situation where he could only regret what went wrong.

And the owner knew better than anyone else.

Regret comes when it’s too late.

“I see.”

The owner muttered with a hollow smile as he looked at the sword falling on his head.

“It was a mistake to invite you in the first place.”

Was it a mistake to try to meet a human?

But he couldn’t have met him sooner.

To come here, he had to exceed a certain level, and the standard for that level was class.

Seonghyun’s class was not one that could cross the gate until recently.

So, the owner didn’t even think about preparing for today’s battle.

There were many beings who crossed this gate, but only a very few returned.

One regret was that he couldn’t directly experience the realm he had gained through enlightenment.

“Too bad.”

When he thought about it, all he had ahead of him was the value of his ability.

Even that was a slight difference due to the existence of the healing ability, but even in terms of the amount of magic power, the owner was insignificant compared to Seonghyun.

If that was all, today’s battle would have had a different result, but the biggest difference was the combat sense.

The owner knew Seonghyun’s abilities.

But Seonghyun didn’t know the owner’s abilities.

He wouldn’t have even been able to predict it.

Even though he knew the opponent better, the owner couldn’t protect the situation from flowing according to his intentions.

What if the opponent already knew the owner’s abilities?

He wouldn’t have even had time to gain enlightenment.

‘It’s all in vain.’

As he looked back on what went wrong and what decisions were mistakes, the owner did not avoid the giant sword falling on his head.

He couldn’t have anyway.

The sword that filled the owner’s vision soon fell on his head.

The sword, which fell very gracefully for its size, disappeared like smoke a little later, as if to announce that the opponent was finished.

“Is it over?”

Even Seonghyun, who would normally be sure that it was over, watched the situation a little longer.

He got up from his seat with a little returned strength and went to where the owner was, but the owner’s figure had disappeared and only the owner’s magic power remained.

“Is it the influence of the huge magic power?”

The huge amount of magic power that was released following the instinct to protect the owner could not protect its owner and remained as an afterimage without returning.

“Magic power is useless to me…”

He didn’t know what variables this huge magic power would create by remaining here.

It was magic power that anyone could take since it had lost its owner.

Seonghyun reached out to the afterimage of magic power.

Although it was magic power that had lost its owner, it resisted being absorbed, perhaps because it still had a sense of belonging since it had not been long.

Clearly, the degree of resistance was strong as much as the huge amount, but it was just a level of whining for Seonghyun.

“Is there nothing else besides this?”

As Seonghyun looked around in case there were any other spoils, a huge mansion suddenly caught his eye.

“It wouldn’t hurt to look around.”

Now there is no owner of the mansion.

Since the owner has disappeared, there is no one to control it.

Seonghyun headed to the mansion that had lost its owner, and things that had clearly changed began to be seen from the entrance.

It looked like it had been neglected for a long time.

The mansion looked so dilapidated that it wouldn’t be strange if it collapsed right now.

“Was it being maintained by the owner’s magic power?”

Soon, when he put his hand on the door to open it, it began to crumble and collapse.

The luxurious chandelier and red carpet that had greeted Seonghyun at first had lost their original colors.

“Still, I should look around.”

So, Seonghyun began to look around the mansion.

From the dining room where he had shared a meal with the owner to the upper floors he had never been to.

“That place is…”

The place in the mansion that was maintaining its original state the most.

That meant that that place was not maintained by the owner’s magic power.

“Yes. There’s no way there wouldn’t be one.”

When he opened the door, there was a large desk and bookshelves, as if it were an office.

A single piece of paper was placed on such a desk.