I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 290

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‘My attack is…’

Of course, it wasn’t a full-force attack.

But the fact that Padron’s attack was blocked…

That fact alone was enough to gauge how strong the monster in front of me was.

Monsters that would appear from a Level 2 Gate would have their bodies explode even without being directly hit by Padron’s fist, but this one had blocked such an attack without any problem.

“Who are you?”

“Huh? Haha!! Who am I, you ask?”

The monster, who burst into laughter as if amused and dumbfounded by Padron’s question, soon hardened its face and said.

“Don’t bother trying to talk. You’re just dirty things.”

Padron roughly shook off the hand that had been holding him, his displeasure evident.

“It’s so strange. All the monsters are so arrogant.”

“Heh heh… We can’t help but be arrogant because we are beings *qualified* to be arrogant.”

Judging coldly, the monster’s words weren’t wrong.

Even the monster that appeared from the Level 4 Gate had blocked Padron’s attack, but it couldn’t catch him.

“Where is the vessel that killed our brother?”

“Vessel? What are you talking about?”

“Ah, you wouldn’t know. To put it simply, where is the strongest human?”

“The strongest human?”

At those words, Padron smiled arrogantly and replied.

“Isn’t he right in front of you? The strongest human.”

Padron is also a being who has earned the right to be arrogant.

The only ones who could compete with Padron on this land were the Lich and the Saint [powerful, legendary figures].

“Interesting. Shall we test that out?”

In any case, a battle between Padron and the monster was inevitable.

The monster slowly raised its magic power, preparing for battle, and Padron matched that magic power, readying himself.

An opponent you couldn’t afford to take your eyes off, not even for a second.

Because of that, the other monsters that Padron had been blocking slipped past him and began to head toward the other hunters.

Was it thanks to the blood and flesh of the monsters scattered in the sky?

Or was it the influence of the overwhelming power Padron had shown?

The hunters, who had already regained their will to fight, were ready to face the monsters.

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[Monsters have begun to appear from the enlarged Level 2 Gate in Russia. While Padron is at the forefront, blocking the monsters…]

The first place where the monster corps appeared was Russia.

And the first place to show the change of the gate becoming larger was also Russia.

The next place to detect the change in the gate was England.

“Russia…”

Of course, they were aware of the situation.

Especially in a place where there were no hunters like Padron, Lich, and Saint, who were considered to be in a league of their own.

Russia was being defended by Padron, and the United States was being defended by the Lich.

England, caught in between, having detected the change in the gate after the United States, could only fret without being able to ask for help from Padron or the Lich.

From the top hunters in England to the hunters belonging to the association…

Leaving only the minimum number of people to monitor the Level 1 Gate, they were all waiting in front of the gate.

In this tense situation, a report came in that monsters had appeared from the gate in Russia.

“The preparations are all done, right?”

“…That’s the third time you’ve asked that question.”

“Was it…”

The chairman’s impatience and anxiety were becoming increasingly apparent.

While the situation in Russia was being broadcast live around the world, a monster with a different aura from ordinary monsters had appeared and was confronting Padron.

If a monster of a similar level appeared here, there was no one who could stop it, realistically speaking.

“Ch, Chairman. The gate…”

This was the second time in his life he was seeing the gate change.

The first was the change in Russia that was being broadcast live.

In other words, monsters were about to appear.

The change in the gate that had happened in Russia was now happening here, exactly the same, without any deviation.

“…”

Even though countless hunters were gathered, no sound was heard.

The noise that was gradually created in response to the magic power emanating from the gate echoed in the air, and soon the gate was completely opened.

“No, if the older brothers deal with them first, we can go comfortably, right?”

“No. Then we won’t have anything to enjoy, right?”

“That’s true… If we mess it up by intervening… Huh? When did it open?”

A monster that looked like a child.

Whether they were twins or not, the two monsters with the same appearance but different eye colors were looking around with bewildered expressions.

The sight was so much like seeing pure children that it was hard to believe they were monsters.

“Hehe. I guess we can’t help it then?”

“That’s right?”

“Since the second brother went out first anyway, it’ll be okay.”

“Then we can do whatever we want, right?”

“That’s what I’m saying?”

The two monsters, who were talking to each other innocently, looked back at the hunters and said at the same time.

“Let’s kill them all.”

Hands holding each other.

The magic power of the monsters, which was being channeled while holding small hands, was so intense that ordinary hunters could not even stand.

The very nature of it was ferocious.

The root of it was violent magic power.

However, even though such magic power was being channeled on a huge scale, no noticeable change was visible.

“What on earth are they doing?”

Were they trying to summon something?

Based on this endlessly building magic power?

But it didn’t seem like that either.

They opened the gate to come here, but now they were trying to summon something, which didn’t make sense.

If they were trying to summon something, they would have finished summoning it safely inside the gate without any variables.

“Everyone, don’t let your guard down…”

Things that came into the chairman’s view as he looked back at the hunters.

Even though the two monsters in front of him were the immediate threat, the hunters’ gazes were all directed toward the sky.

Why on earth?

There was nothing felt in the sky.

Following their lead, the chairman also turned his gaze toward the sky that the hunters were looking at.

“What on earth is that…”

It seemed that all the magic power that the two monsters had gathered was directed toward the sky.

It couldn’t be felt, but the sight in front of him was hard to see as a natural phenomenon.

Something of a dark red color filling the sky.

How much magic power did they pour in that short amount of time? It was now wide enough to come into view even when looking straight ahead.

“It’s like… bugs.”

Those dark red things didn’t feel like they were covering the sky.

It felt like they were slowly gnawing at the sky, as if a swarm of locusts were sweeping through.

“What? Bugs?”

“Did you just call our ability bugs?”

The two monsters’ eyes changed in an instant, perhaps because they heard the chairman’s muttering.

“Eek… Did you call our abilities bugs?”

“Let’s kill them.”

“Let’s kill them and kill them again.”

Perhaps the channeling of magic power was over.

The hands of the monsters who had been holding each other began to fall, and soon the two turned their bodies and looked at each other.

“”Start.””

Exactly matching voices.

The vibrations of these voices collided in the air, and the different eye colors changed to a color that mixed each other’s colors.

Then, the dark red things that were gnawing at the sky stopped increasing in size and began to change their appearance.

What on earth was that huge thing trying to change into?

Whether it was by their own will or by others, their gaze did not fall from the sky.

And as if to repay such a gaze, the dark red things soon changed completely.

“A… mirror?”

An appearance that was not even expected.

Even though it was in a high place called the sky, the chairman could see his appearance reflected in the sky.

As the range was wide, everyone in this place was checking their appearance in the huge mirror that appeared in the sky.

However, one strange thing was that even though the appearances of so many people were reflected in the mirror, he could find his appearance at once.

Why couldn’t he turn his head?

From the moment he recognized that his appearance existed in that huge mirror, he couldn’t take his eyes off the sky.

There was no coercion.

The premonition wasn’t good either.

But he couldn’t take his eyes off that sky.

He was looking at the sky without even blinking, and the reflection of himself in the mirror suddenly started to shed tears of blood.

Since he could move his body even though he could only turn his gaze, the chairman quickly wiped his eyes with his hand.

“There’s nothing…”

Unlike what was reflected in the mirror, his eyes were clean.

He was clearly shedding tears of blood in the reflection, but nothing was flowing from his actual eyes.

“”End.””

What was over?

The maddening sense of foreboding continued to warn him to leave this place, but even that was impossible.

The only way to recognize that something was changing was by looking at himself reflected in the mirror in front of him.

The chairman in the mirror slowly raised his hand and brought it to the side of his neck.

The fingers, with exactly two fingers straightened, did not simply bring them near his neck, but looked like a preparatory motion to pierce something.

However, not the chairman in the mirror, but the real self also began to move along with the mirror.

“Ah, no…”

He couldn’t resist in any way.

He tried to channel magic power and resist with pure physical force, but seeing that there was not even a slight movement, it seemed that he could not even offer a slight resistance.

What on earth was that mirror?

As he moved along with that mirror, he naturally came to know the future a few seconds later.

What that mirror showed was the future of everyone who existed in this place.

There was a slight time difference, but it didn’t take long to be in the same state as what was reflected in the mirror.

Soon, the last remaining hunter also took the same pose as the mirror.

Bringing two fingers next to his neck.

Then, as if to tell him what to do next, everyone in the mirror simultaneously began to show the next action.

The two fingers that had been brought near the neck.

They began to concentrate magic power at the end, and without exception, everyone began to pierce their own necks with their own hands.

“That’s… my future…?”

Why did the reflection of himself in the mirror have a happy expression?

As he pierced his own neck with his own hands, he didn’t feel any pain, but rather happily put his fingers into his neck as if he was waiting for it.

Following the movement of such a mirror.

Now it’s time to do the same.

“Please, please…!”

Was dying so scary?

As a hunter before being the chairman, he had always expected and even wanted such an ending.

However, the fear that he had been trying to suppress began to emerge as he thought about ending himself with his own hands without a fierce battle.

The fingers were slowly approaching.

The gaze was fixed on the mirror, and he couldn’t even feel the pain in his neck yet, but he could tell.

It’s my hand, how could I not know?

The magic power channeled at the end of his fingers was undoubtedly the chairman’s magic power.

The cool magic power that was usually just pleasant now felt eerie and began to touch his neck.

“Keuheok…”

“Eok…”

Someone had already pierced their own neck and met their end.

Perhaps the chairman would be like that soon too.

The cool and eerie sensation was slowly turning hot, and he began to feel the sensation of something flowing through his arm, which had lost control.

And the sensation of skin, muscles, and blood vessels being severed.

“Ah…”

Tears flowing without him knowing.

He was shedding tears in the same way as himself reflected in the mirror, only with a slightly different color.

The two monsters, who were watching the scene without missing a single detail, shouted in cheerful voices.

“”Thump!””