I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 264

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As soon as Seonghyun exited the temple, he was greeted by the System.

“Huh? I haven’t even left yet…”

[The owner of the First-Class Gate summons you.]

“…What?”

When Seonghyun first learned that the owner of the Second-Class Gate wanted to meet him, he understood that higher-ranked owners could express their intentions more clearly.

However, he never imagined it would be this sudden.

He thought he would at least be notified when the gate to meet the First-Class Gate owner would open, but that was a complete miscalculation.

[A gate to meet the owner of the First-Class Gate has appeared. If you do not enter within one minute, the gate will explode.]

“Can’t I… stop it?”

[You cannot stop the gate from exploding. Not even the owner of the dimension can.]

“Haa… Fine. Let’s go.”

This time, Seonghyun had no choice.

If the gate exploded now, Pelian would be blown away entirely, and the guild members here would disappear as well.

Who exactly is this First-Class Gate owner?

Will they be friendly to Seonghyun? Or hostile?

Curiosity aside, with less than a minute remaining, Seonghyun entered the gate first.

“Unexpected.”

The scenery inside the gate was almost no different from where Seonghyun lived.

A civilization that was just a little less developed.

And as he entered the gate, the System appeared, recognizing that he had left Pelian.

[The Legacy of the Demigod blooms.]

[New abilities are unlocked with the blooming of the Legacy.]

[Unlocked: War God]

[War God: Receives bonuses in all things related to combat. Can possess an army and always find the right answer in battle.]

“Can possess an army, you say?”

Seonghyun thought that leading his guild members might count as an army, but the army the System was talking about seemed different from what Seonghyun imagined.

Besides this, the ability to always find the right answer.

The fact that Pelian had never lost a single battle in that three-year war was probably thanks to this ability.

[There are abilities connected to War God.]

[There are abilities that can be recombined.]

[Abilities that can be recombined: War God, Summon]

“Summon can be recombined?”

It was an ability he had found quite useful at first, but now rarely used.

The monsters Seonghyun faced were too strong for the summons he could conjure.

It had become a burdensome ability, only used when he wanted to be a little less stressed.

The fact that Summon was being recombined was quite welcome news for Seonghyun.

[The Heaven-Defying ability has been unlocked.]

[Heaven-Defying: Can summon an army equal to the number of those who have faith in you. Each summon receives magic power bonuses, and all abilities used also receive bonuses.]

“Can summon as many as the number of those who have faith in me?”

Summon had quite a few restrictions.

In the first place, other hunters with summoning abilities also had more restrictions, if not none at all.

But now, the restrictions had disappeared, and it had transformed into a much higher-level ability.

“By the way, Heaven-Defying. Does it mean an army that will overturn the heavens or something?”

It wasn’t a name he liked, but since the System had decided, there was nothing he could do.

Seonghyun, who was about to use the ability right away, soon withdrew his magic power.

He hadn’t even met the owner of the First-Class Gate yet, and if he appeared leading an army, he didn’t know how the owner, who might be friendly, would change.

“Is it that way?”

As expected, he could immediately tell where to go inside this gate as well.

The huge building in front of him kept telling him that it was his destination.

He checked to see if there were any other monsters, but there were none around.

Not a single trace of magic power could be felt, as if that building had some special ability.

Seonghyun, who arrived right in front of the building without any interference, slowly opened the door.

“It’s strangely similar to modern civilization.”

He wasn’t expecting an answer, but someone from the front answered his question.

“So, you’re the human who took care of the owner of the Second-Class Gate?”

Revealed was a young boy.

With a headset around his neck and a game console in his hand, he looked exactly like a human boy.

“Why? Do I look like a human?”

As if reading Seonghyun’s thoughts, the boy gave a bitter smile.

“Of course not. You must be a monster.”

“Well, if you guys collectively call non-human races monsters, then I guess I’m a monster.”

“Why did you forcibly summon me?”

“Since you took care of the owner of the Second-Class Gate, I couldn’t resist my curiosity.”

A voice as if he couldn’t accept it.

He seemed unable to accept the fact that the owner of the Second-Class Gate had died at the hands of a human. “Unless you let him kill you.”

“No matter how much… no matter how much it’s for the plan, I can’t believe you died to a mere human.”

Judging by the way he was talking, it seemed like a battle was about to break out today.

“You’ve probably heard about it. What kind of ability I have.”

“…Isn’t there only one?”

“Yes. One, but not one.”

“What does that…”

“Never mind, follow me. I have to do at least what I have to do.”

A tone and gesture full of dissatisfaction.

It was the appearance of a child doing something he hated to death but had to do.

Following the owner of the First-Class Gate into the depths of the building, things increasingly similar to modern civilization appeared.

From TVs to all sorts of game consoles, to comics, etc., things Seonghyun knew well existed.

“What… what are you?”

“What is it?”

“Did you make all of these?”

“Yes. And don’t ask any more questions. I’m already annoyed.”

Whether it was just his appearance or his inner self, the owner was a child, grumbling and rushing ahead of Seonghyun.

Just as he was getting used to seeing things that didn’t fit in with this place, they arrived in front of a room that looked quite secretive.

“Ha, I really hate this.”

The owner, who opened the door, looked at Seonghyun as if telling him to come in, and Seonghyun followed the owner into the room.

A room with nothing but two chairs.

Recalling that there was no one here, he thought that the seats might have been prepared for him from the start.

“What are you doing? Sit down.”

“Quite picky. Is he really a child?”

“What? Compared to the time I’ve lived, you’re just dust rolling around there.”

“Well, I guess so.”

The owner’s face was even more distorted by the indifferent reaction, but he turned his head, thinking it would be his loss to continue this conversation.

“The reason I summoned you is because you learned something you should at least know.”

“Something I should at least know?”

It was just a moment ago, when he met Pelian’s will, that he obtained information about dimensions and their owners.

“Were you monitoring me?”

“No. It’s just that the moment you know, we can know too.”

Expressing it as ‘we’ meant that there was someone else who knew this fact besides the owner of the First-Class Gate.

Probably the owner of the dimension.

“I’ll only say it once, so listen carefully. If you survive here today, you will soon meet the owner of the dimension.”

“I was expecting it… What does it mean that I survive here?”

“What does it mean? You have to kill me to get out.”

“Is that also part of the plan?”

“It’s my amusement. And if you’re going to die to me anyway, it’s certain you’ll die the moment you meet the owner of the dimension.”

“Are they that strong?”

“Strong? Heh heh.”

At the question of whether they were strong, the owner began to laugh as if he was dumbfounded.

“The owner of the dimension is literally the owner of that world. Whatever you are, you are a resident of the dimension. Not the owner. Do you think a creation can stand against its creator?”

As the owner of the gate said, Seonghyun might still be nothing.

“Most of the time, yes. The creator is destroyed by what they created or an equal being, a predictable story. I think you know that, right?”

Thinking about what he had seen before coming here, the owner of the gate would also know.

“…Nothing is as sweet as a vain dream.”

“But how do you have those things anyway?”

“Is that important in this situation?”

“Things that shouldn’t exist are existing.”

At those words, the owner smiled amusingly and said.

“It’s related to my ability.”

“Your ability…”

“Why? Curious?”

“It’s not like you’d tell me even if I was curious, right? You said it’s a unique ability.”

“One, but not one. Did you forget?”

What does it mean to be one but not one?

No matter how much he thought about it, it didn’t seem like there was an ability that could make that contradiction a theory.

“You have a face that says you don’t know at all. My ability is simple.”

At the words that followed, Seonghyun’s expression hardened.

“Creation.”

“That creation…”

“Does creating something from nothing need limits?”

It meant that he could create anything.

The fact that he could create the civilization of the world Seonghyun lived in with creation meant that there were no major side effects.

“The meaning of one but not one was that you could also create abilities.”

“That’s right. If it’s something that can be created with the magic power of this dimension, I can create anything. Even abilities.”

It was different from simply copying.

To copy, there must be a target to copy.

Creation was an ability on a completely different level from copying.

Creation was the ability to create abilities simply by imagining them.

“Well, an ability to kill the target in front of you. Such unrealistic abilities are impossible, but an ability to give great pain to the target in front of you is possible.”

“Is it okay to tell me that in such detail?”

“Don’t be mistaken. It’s no different from me not telling you anything.”

Was he a little careless without realizing it because the owner looked like a child?

“Interesting.”

“Now, this is the last thing. The owners of the dimensions all have the ability of creation. And all the magic power of that dimension belongs to the owner.”

“That’s quite a bit of information.”

“Now, I have nothing more to tell you. It’s over.”

Seonghyun didn’t ask any questions, and neither did the owner.

Now that the conversation was over, there was only one thing left.

“You have to prove it here.”

“What?”

“That you are our last puzzle piece.”

At those words, Seonghyun smiled lightly and replied.

“Rather than a puzzle piece… let’s call it a board.”

“…I’ll be the one to judge whether you have the right to be that arrogant.”

Soon, the owner’s magic power began to move, and at the same time, the surrounding scenery began to change.

“Was that building also created with creation?”

“Yes. This is the original appearance.”

A barren field with nothing.

This was the true appearance of this gate.

“If you’re capable of dealing with the owner of the Second-Class Gate, I guess I can expect a little.”

“I think I’ll hear similar words next time.”

“What?”

“I think the owner of the dimension will say, ‘If you’re capable of dealing with the owner of the First-Class Gate, I guess I can expect a little.'”

“…Your lip service is on the level of the owner of the dimension.”

Now the conversation is really over.

Seonghyun also stared intently at the owner, and the owner also stared intently at Seonghyun.