I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 268

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The Master of Dimensions.

It was a divine being that inspired awe simply by being looked at.

The Master of Dimensions, who appeared from the wide-open sky, descended to the ground in the form of a perfectly ordinary human.

“Step back.”

“Yes, I understand.”

The Master of the Gate was also a being created by the Master of Dimensions, so the relationship was no different from that of creator and creation, child and father.

The Master of the Gate, who had completely erased the ominous bloodlust, disappeared without a trace.

“You are… the Master of Dimensions?”

“That’s right. I am the Master of Dimensions.”

“Is that your true form?”

“I don’t have a fixed form. I simply took on the appearance of a human because it’s the form you find most familiar.”

I tried to gauge his strength, like measuring the amount of magic power, but of course, the magic power was endless.

“Haha. Trying to fathom me. Humans are truly interesting beings.”

“…What’s the reason for revealing yourself? Did you appear because you thought I was going to die?”

“That’s not the reason. I probably would have found a way somehow even if I had left you alone. Of course, you would have lost a lot, though.”

As the Master of Dimensions said, the battle with the Master of the Gate was an utterly unpredictable situation.

“First, let’s move locations. This is my child’s independent space, after all.”

“…Alright.”

When the Master of Dimensions gestured once in the air, the scenery completely changed.

It wasn’t just the background that changed.

We had moved from the dimension where the Master of the Gate existed to another dimension.

‘…I didn’t even feel that the dimension had changed.’

It seemed that the title of Master of Dimensions wasn’t just for show.

“Now, shall we begin the conversation?”

“Am I allowed to ask questions?”

“Of course. That’s also the reason I appeared today.”

He was willing to answer all questions without any conditions.

I was a little suspicious, but the Master of Dimensions had been exuding a friendly atmosphere towards Seonghyun since earlier.

“However, before you ask questions, there’s something I’d like you to listen to first.”

“If listening is the condition, I have no reason to refuse.”

“It’s hard to explain simply with words…”

The Master of Dimensions waved his hand in the air again, and this time as well, the surrounding scenery completely changed.

However, it wasn’t a change of dimension like before.

It was a scene of preparing for a massive event.
The scale was so large that it seemed like the result wouldn’t be known until at least several months of fighting had passed.

“We were in charge of three dimensions. They were called the 1st dimension, the 2nd dimension, and the 3rd dimension. The 1st dimension is the dimension you live in now. The 3rd dimension is the dimension I rule. The 2nd dimension is the dimension where the beings you call monsters live.”

As the master explained, the screen began to change.

“Originally, we lived without greatly interfering in each other’s dimensions. However, the master of the 2nd dimension was not satisfied with just one dimension. He wanted to rule multiple dimensions at the same time. He wanted to be reborn as the sole existence.”

“So, he started a war.”

“Yes. The master of the 2nd dimension first reached out to me. He suggested that we kill the master of the 1st dimension together. You may have guessed it, but the master of the 1st dimension had the strongest power among us.”

The strength was in order of the numbers.

In the order of 1, 2, 3.

However, the master of the 1st dimension had the most gentle nature among the three, and even though he knew that the master of the 2nd dimension was trying to start a war, he believed that it could be resolved through dialogue.

As expected, the dialogue failed, and eventually, the war broke out.

“The master of the 1st dimension had the strongest power, but because he couldn’t prepare anything, he eventually began to be pushed back by the master of the 2nd dimension. I maintained neutrality and finished preparing to step in the moment the master of the 1st dimension was pushed back further.”

The next scene was of the master of the 1st dimension and the master of the 2nd dimension facing each other.

“However, the master of the 2nd dimension already knew that I would step in. He was actually controlling it. He showed that the master of the 1st dimension was not being overwhelmingly pushed back.”

The battle between the master of the 1st dimension and the master of the 2nd dimension was the kind of battle that only existed in imagination.

A desperate fight that began with each side’s forces covering the sky.

“However, perhaps because the master of the 1st dimension was stronger than he thought, the master of the 2nd dimension couldn’t completely eliminate the master of the 1st dimension. It ended with putting him into eternal slumber. And in this battle, he himself suffered damage close to eternal slumber.”

“Wait a minute.”

As I was watching the battle waged by the masters of the dimensions, something was strange.

‘Why…’

Why was the master of the 2nd dimension using Seonghyun’s ability?

Seonghyun remembered that the original owner of the power was someone else.

And from the moment he recognized the existence of the Master of Dimensions, he had assumed without any doubt that it was the power of this dimension, the dimension Seonghyun lived in.

“Ah, you wouldn’t know that. The owner of your power now. The owner of that power is not the master of the 1st dimension, but the master of the 2nd dimension.”

“…”

The power that Seonghyun was currently using was none other than the king of the monsters. The power that the master of that dimension possessed.

“Why? Do you feel repulsed because the owner of the power is him?”

“I can’t… deny it.”

“Interesting. You have a power that far surpasses the limits of humans, yet you feel repulsed depending on who the owner of that power is.”

The Master of Dimensions, who had been laughing for a while, continued speaking with an intrigued expression.

“Shall I tell you something even more interesting?”

“What…”

“The one who regressed you was also the master of the 2nd dimension.”

“…Ha.”

I couldn’t describe what I was feeling.

I had lost everything to the monsters, yet I was brought back to life by the master of those monsters.

“Well, let’s stop teasing here. I should explain the reason for that as well.”

The next scene showed the master of the 2nd dimension, who had suffered great injuries.

“As you can see now, the master of the 2nd dimension was greatly injured and was in a situation where he had to fall into eternal slumber as well. However, if he put the master of the 1st dimension into eternal slumber and he himself fell into eternal slumber, I would naturally rule the remaining dimensions, so he couldn’t allow that to happen.”

The scenes that followed, as if accurately grasping Seonghyun’s questions, were all scenes that answered those questions.

“The master of the 2nd dimension poured all his power into regressing you just before falling into eternal slumber. Twisting all the axes of time. And he left you with the most brilliant power he possessed.”

“But why? Why would he do that…”

“To regain everything later.”

“Then, is the spear that appears before my eyes also left by the master of the 2nd dimension?”

“No. That is my arrangement.”

It was a series of difficult-to-understand facts.

Why did the master of the 3rd dimension, who was supposed to be neutral, leave Seonghyun with the spear, and why was he calling it an arrangement?

“In the twisted axis of time, I created something that didn’t originally exist in the past of the 1st dimension. The existence of what you call Gates.”

“Gates…”

“That Gate was the only variable I created in the 1st dimension. It was the last resort to make the inhabitants of the 1st dimension stronger.”

Thanks to that Gate, we suffered a lot of damage, but the fact that humanity became stronger as a result was accurately predicted.

“What’s the reason for leaving me with the spear? If the master of the 2nd dimension is trying to regain his power through me, wouldn’t it be right to eliminate me instead?”

“You may not know it, but I have been watching you for quite some time. As a result of watching you like that, my decision is to save you. Beyond saving you, it is to make you much stronger than the master of the 2nd dimension thinks.”

“The reason?”

“Because I wanted you to eliminate the master of the 2nd dimension.”

“So. Did you achieve that goal?”

“I don’t know. You will tell me the result.”

That meant that we would soon meet the master of the 2nd dimension.

“Your ability… not feeling pain when healing those with faith. Do you know the reason for that?”

“What is it?”

“The master of the 2nd dimension is an existence that uses the pain of all things as power. All the pain that you should feel when healing those with faith is absorbed by the master of the 2nd dimension. And that pain is turned into nourishment.”

The fact that Seonghyun was healing the king of the monsters with his own hands was quite shocking.

Regressing, gaining power, and receiving the reward for protecting those he wanted to protect were all powers related to the master of the 2nd dimension.

“Do you regret it?”

“…No. It’s already happened anyway. I can’t turn back.”

“Excellent. I don’t know if it will be comforting, but… let me give you some advice. Wouldn’t it be enough to just eliminate the master of the 2nd dimension? At that moment, your power will become yours.”

“Yes. That’s also true. But what’s your plan?”

“Didn’t I already say? To make you stronger. That’s all.”

I couldn’t completely believe everything from what he had shown me to everything he had told me, but I had no choice but to believe.

“I made you meet the Master of the Gate, and I eventually succeeded in making you stronger.”

“The Master of the Gate was a condition to make me stronger.”

Was that the reason?

Before reaching a certain level, the spear did not arrange a meeting with the master.

After that, since the conditions had already been met, he would have arranged the meeting according to the master’s will.

“Those Masters of the Gate were my first children that I created when I first existed in the beginning. I sacrificed these children, so isn’t that trustworthy?”

“…Yes. I’ll believe you.”

“Thank you.”

The master’s expression held an unreadable sadness.

It was an expression that looked just like a parent losing their child.

“When you go back and leave that Gate… that child will also disappear.”

“Does that mean I have to continue the battle?”

“No. There will be no more battles with that child. I have ordered it so.”

“…Don’t expect me to say thank you.”

The Master of Dimensions chuckled and nodded.

“However… the Gates of the 1st dimension will lose their master and become uncontrollable. The 5th-grade Gate that had disappeared will reappear, and Gates of lower grades will begin to overflow.”

“Were you preventing the overflow until now?”

“Yes. But with the master gone. The master of the 2nd dimension will take them in the same order that he lost the Master of the Gate. I can’t stop it anymore.”

“You sacrificed the Master of the Gate knowing that?”

“Yes. Because it was the only way to prevent greater despair. To make you even stronger.”

“That’s…”

“Now, the time has come.”

There were still more things I wanted to ask, but it seemed that the Master of Dimensions didn’t have much time left.

“Even if what you have and what I have given you is impure, you are noble.”

After finishing his words, the master waved his hand in the air again, and this time the scenery changed back to the place where the 1st-grade Master of the Gate was.

“Father…”

“The time has come.”

“…I understand.”

At the words of the Master of Dimensions, the Master of the Gate closed his eyes and sat down in his place.

“I’m sorry, my son.”

“It’s nothing.”

Leaving those last words, the 1st-grade Master of the Gate disappeared without a trace.

“Now, it’s the end when I leave the Gate.”

“…Thank you.”

Seonghyun, who had briefly made eye contact with the Master of Dimensions, left the Gate as it was.

“Hoo… what I can do is over.”

The Master of Dimensions sat down in his place, just like the 1st-grade Master of the Gate had done.

Right in the place where the master had disappeared.

“The annihilation of the dimension… It’s a little disappointing that I can’t see what happens.”

In that way, the Master of Dimensions also disappeared without a trace, just like his child had done.