I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 248

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Barely suppressing his boiling anger, Kamuz greeted the Saintess who came to see him.

“You seem to have a slightly different aura than when I first saw you?”

“…Are you stating the obvious? Sit down. I think we have a lot to talk about.”

Since the Saintess still had things to do for him, Kamuz couldn’t express more animosity.

“You’ve done a lot in less than a day since arriving in another country.”

“I’m not someone who has time to spare. Shouldn’t I finish what I can quickly and return?”

The Saintess’s attitude was brazen, as if he couldn’t be seen as the person who killed the top-ranked Hunter.

It was almost as if he came to demand appropriate compensation for his actions.

“Hunter Kim Sunghyun… Do you not realize the seriousness of the situation? You killed our top-ranked Hunter. Do you understand?”

“I’m well aware of that fact, so you don’t need to mention it again.”

“…Listen, Hunter Kim Sunghyun. Are you saying that the death of a top-ranked Hunter is justified by that child’s emotional appeal?”

Feeling that there was no need to talk further, Sunghyun sighed as if he was looking at something pathetic and took out a document from his pocket.

“Please check it. I’m sure you had an idea, didn’t you?”

“This is…”

A list found in the organization’s headquarters.

This wasn’t just a simple list.

It wasn’t just about receiving some money or providing some convenience; it was deeply connected to negative things that anyone could recognize, such as drugs that forcibly awakened abilities and narcotics that were inseparable from humanity.

“It’s not just related, is it? Association President.”

If he had simply turned a blind eye to the distribution of drugs and narcotics, Sunghyun wouldn’t have gone this far.

Association President, Kamuz, was the one directly distributing those drugs and narcotics.

“Hoo… Listen, Hunter Kim Sunghyun.”

Perhaps his anger had subsided a little, as he switched from informal to formal speech.

“You seem to not know this place well, but here, drugs that forcibly awaken abilities are not illegal.”

“Are narcotics not illegal either?”

As if he had expected the question, Kamuz smiled lightly and replied.

“The pain that occurs when forcibly awakening abilities… Narcotics are sometimes needed to forget this pain. That’s why I directly distribute them.”

“That’s new. Drugs and narcotics aren’t illegal.”

If that’s the case, he could do it himself, so why did he use this organization?

‘Because it’s illegal elsewhere.’

It’s not illegal in Egypt, but it is illegal in places that make and sell drugs.

That’s why he put the organization forward, set it up on the front line, and handled things by giving them appropriate fees.

Of course, there were many other things to pick on besides this.

Concealing murder cases between Hunters, stealing the rights to subjugate Gates, and so on.

“So… you stirred up such a fuss believing in just this one piece of paper?”

Kamuz shook the document Sunghyun handed him, showing an arrogant expression.

The Egyptian people already knew.

That Kamuz was directly distributing drugs and narcotics.

“Right now, opinions are divided thanks to that brat’s blabbering, but as time passes, everyone will know what kind of results the absence of a top-ranked Hunter will bring.”

“There was a similar incident before.”

“A similar… incident?”

He couldn’t possibly not know what Sunghyun had done.

However, he had done so many things that it was a little difficult to pick out what was similar to this.

“A similar incident…”

A relatively recent event.

It was the incident in Russia.

At that time, Sunghyun had shown an arrogant attitude at the press conference.

It was about the slums.

Everyone knew a little about it, but they just didn’t consider it a topic of discussion.

“Kabulski in Russia was in a similar situation, wasn’t he? Probably.”

“Slums…”

Among the things Sunghyun revealed at the conference, there weren’t many things that people didn’t know.

Even so, the fact that such a reaction came out meant that it was Sunghyun who raised the issue.

“The same problem changes depending on who raises the objection. Don’t you know that better than anyone else?”

Kamuz himself was using this to distribute drugs and narcotics, so he would know the ripple effect very well.

“Actually, I’m starting to think I went a little too far.”

“…”

Those words weren’t the way someone who admits their mistakes speaks.

It was a way of saying, ‘I’ll admit this much, so be grateful.’

It was a way often used by those with stronger power when they show mercy.

“So, I’ll transfer the ownership of all the crystals that come out of this Gate subjugation.”

“All the crystals…”

“I’ll give you some Elixirs too. How about it?”

“Ahem… If it’s that much…”

Thinking about it calmly, having one Elixir was no different from obtaining a top-ranked Hunter usage ticket.

“I don’t intend to cause any more trouble here. I’m just going to quietly subjugate the Gate and return.”

“Haha. I didn’t know you were such a good conversationalist.”

Kamuz acted as if he had completely forgotten that Sunghyun had killed a top-ranked Hunter for just a few Elixirs.

“I agree.”

Sunghyun created an Elixir in front of Kamuz as if to show off.

Exactly 5 bottles. He placed those 5 bottles on the table and turned around to leave.

“See you next time.”

“Yes. I’ll see you next time.”

After Sunghyun left, Kamuz carefully picked up the 5 Elixirs placed on the table.

“Oh… as many as 5 bottles…”

Although Elixirs were steadily being released into the market, the amount being used was also high.

There are always sick people everywhere.

Besides, the production of Elixirs had been temporarily suspended recently.

“With this, our Elixir holdings aren’t much different from those of countries within the top 10 in terms of prestige.”

He was very satisfied.

The unexpected 5 bottles of Elixir.

“Association President. Shall we go in?”

“Ah. Come in.”

Kamuz quickly put away the 5 bottles and greeted Rote.

“How was it?”

“He wasn’t someone you couldn’t talk to, but we definitely need to make him ours.”

Seeing the desire flickering in his eyes, it seemed that something had happened in the conversation that further stimulated Kamuz’s possessiveness.

“So… what should we do?”

“Please do your best. I beg you.”

The word ‘beg’ came out of Kamuz’s mouth.

It was a word that was hard to hear.

‘He must be that desperate.’

“I’ll schedule the subjugation as quickly as possible.”

“Then, on the night the subjugation ends, let’s proceed.”

“Thank you.”

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Sunghyun’s Gate subjugation schedule was set for the very next day.

It was a schedule that Sunghyun wanted, and it was also a schedule that the Association President wanted.

“Then, I’ll be back.”

He was a little uneasy about sending Sunghyun in alone, but he must be going in with the Hunter who dealt with the top-ranked Hunter.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to maintain such composure while entering a Gate that was no different from a Class 1 Gate.

Sunghyun, who had entered the Gate, first looked around.

The surroundings, which exuded an eerie aura as if it were a graveyard, had an atmosphere that made it seem like ghosts would pop out.

“What. It’s real?”

It wasn’t just the atmosphere.

A higher-level version of the spirit-type monsters that had appeared in Gates opened long ago.

A monster in the form of an ethereal spirit appeared.

Its semi-transparent body and floating appearance would lead anyone to conclude that it was a ghost.

“Suffer… ing…”

However, the monster didn’t seem to have any intention of attacking.

It was just circling around Sunghyun, as if telling him to follow.

“Help… me…”

“Alright, alright. Let’s go.”

As if it understood his words, the monster slowly moved somewhere.

While following the monster, he looked around more closely, but there was nothing else besides the monster guiding him.

Before he knew it, the monster’s movements stopped, and a huge graveyard came into view.

“Come… in…”

The graveyard, which looked huge from the outside, wasn’t that big when he actually entered.

The monster that had guided him so far had already disappeared, and Sunghyun went deeper along the path in front of him.

He didn’t walk far before reaching the end.

There, there was a coffin that seemed to be the owner of this graveyard.

“Will you… help?”

A voice came from the air.

Perhaps the owner of this graveyard had been guiding Sunghyun here from the entrance of the Gate.

To ask for help.

“Help? A monster?”

“It’s also… helpful to you.”

“Tell me. How is it helpful?”

The monster’s explanation was simple.

First, the boss of this Gate was himself, but nothing had happened for too long, and all the monsters inside the Gate had disappeared.

He was about to disappear as well, but there was one shackle he couldn’t escape even if he took his own life.

The belief that he had to protect this Gate, which he had since he existed in the world.

Thanks to that, he couldn’t leave his post even after death and remained here.

“If I help you?”

“This place will disappear.”

Numerous crystals were visible behind the coffin. It seemed that crystals had naturally accumulated as monsters were created and disappeared repeatedly.

“Yeah, all those things I see now are yours. By the way, it’s amazing. I feel much more comfortable since you reached this place.”

“You have to help me to get rid of this place, is that it? What’s the method?”

“It’s simple. I only have the thought of protecting this place left. You just need to get rid of that thought.”

The words were simple.

Get rid of his thoughts.

Even the thoughts that made him transcend death.

“If it’s a thought to protect this place…”

“Yes. You just need to make it so that this place is not worth protecting.”

“I didn’t feel any other monsters at all.”

“Would you stab the coffin once?”

As the boss said, he took out his sword from his pocket and stabbed the coffin.

After piercing the coffin accurately enough to completely penetrate it, the boss’s voice was heard.

“You’ll feel it when you leave this place now.”

The slightly changed voice contained a subtle hostility.

It seemed that he had recognized Sunghyun as an enemy only after stabbing the coffin.

“Then, I’ll leave it to you.”

What will the monsters that appear this time be like?

Since Lich and Padron had subjugated the Gate before the regression, it was certain that it wasn’t a high-difficulty Gate.

It was just that a rare spirit-type monster had appeared, so he had some expectations that monsters that would arouse Sunghyun’s interest might appear.

‘Wait.’

Then a question arose.

If what’s holding the boss back is not material but a thought, can’t it be solved with purification?

“…Why?”

Sunghyun, who was supposed to go straight outside, returned to the coffin, and a questioning voice returned.

“There’s something I want to experiment with.”

After finishing speaking, Sunghyun opened the coffin lid as it was.

“This, such a disgrace…!”

“What disgrace, you monster? Stay still. There’s no one else who will help you besides me.”

“You…!”

Since it wasn’t wrong, the boss couldn’t really refute it.

He stretched out his hand over the opened coffin lid and manipulated his magic power.