I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 293

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How did this happen?

There were no warning signs, except for the manipulation of mana.

I had seen 4th-grade gates and checked all the magical beasts that appeared in Russia and England, so it wasn’t like I was being careless.

The chairman of the Chinese Association had done everything he could, even beyond what he was supposed to do.

‘Why…’

But what appeared from the gate was a magical beast that turned one of their greatest strengths into their most fatal weakness.

As if it had been waiting.

Maybe we were thinking about it wrong from the start.

The reason England couldn’t do anything wasn’t because they were weak.

Simply being a little stronger wouldn’t have changed the situation.

As an example, the top-ranked hunters here couldn’t use their full strength.

All they could do was block the attacks of their guild members or other hunters who had their minds controlled by the magical beast’s suspicious ability.

It was a situation where they had to be satisfied that at least the top-ranked hunters weren’t mind-controlled.

‘First…’

The chairman first slapped his secretary, who was still trembling, into unconsciousness.

“Kuh…”

It was a completely flawed plan from the start.

They had measured the mana of the gate countless times from the outside, and they had gone in and out of the enlarged gate, preparing for every situation based on Padron’s words.

But there was one thing they had completely missed.

Just as they had been watching and observing the gate, the gate had also been observing and analyzing them.

One magical beast that could best utilize the advantage of an overwhelming population.

A magical beast that could control the minds of so many people.

In fact, it wasn’t even properly understood whether it was an ability to control minds, but the important thing wasn’t that.

Half of the people here were attacking their colleagues, friends, and even family, just like the chairman had been stabbed in the abdomen.

“…There’s no way.”

The chairman called someone while still having a knife stuck in his abdomen.

“…”

However, he only heard the ringing tone, and the call was not answered.

The person the vice-chairman called was, of course, Seong-hyeon.

“Did they… abandon us?”

Is this the price of arrogance?

What if they had just stayed still without asking Seong-hyeon for help?

Wouldn’t they have just not helped, like England?

Seong-hyeon is probably in Japan right now.

The only fortunate thing in this desperate situation was that the magical beast wasn’t showing any particular movements.

It was sitting there, humming a tune with a satisfied look on its face, as if enjoying the situation.

However, the situation wasn’t good, so the chairman called Seong-hyeon again.

—

Seong-hyeon had arrived in Japan as the chairman had expected.

Fortunately, unlike England, he arrived right after the magical beast appeared, so the damage here was almost non-existent.

“Are these magical beasts similar to those in Russia?”

Magical beast legions didn’t appear in England and China.

But in Japan, a magical beast legion appeared, just like in Russia.

Just as he was about to move to deal with the magical beasts, his phone rang.

When he checked, it was Chief Cha, now the vice-chairman, calling.

“Hello.”

“Hunter Kim. Where are you?”

“I’m in Japan.”

“Can you return home immediately?”

The vice-chairman himself was usually calm and collected to the point of being cold, but the urgency of the situation could be felt even through the phone.

“What’s going on?”

“A magical beast… has appeared.”

“How many… have appeared?”

“I don’t know.”

Saying he didn’t know meant one thing.

That there were too many to count.

“I understand.”

“There’s one peculiar thing. The magical beast that appeared in England has also appeared.”

“Together?”

“Yes. A magical beast that treats the two of them like children has also come, but it’s currently stationed in front of the gate and isn’t showing any movement.”

“I’ll go right away.”

The magical beast that treats those two like children.

Everyone else may not know, but Seong-hyeon knew.

That he was the owner of the dimension.

Seong-hyeon looked over the situation in Japan, where the magical beasts had appeared, as he was about to return immediately.

If he went back like this, wouldn’t Japan disappear?

“I can’t provide much help, but…”

Seong-hyeon couldn’t provide much help because his own house was on fire [idiom meaning his own problems were too pressing].

Seong-hyeon summoned swords in the sky.

As many as the number of those who had faith in him.

He still couldn’t surpass the number of magical beasts that had appeared, but this much would be helpful.

“…Looking at me so presumptuously.”

The magical beast was looking at him.

The magical beast, who appeared to be the son of the owner of the dimension, was already watching Seong-hyeon.

With a smile on its face.

He wanted to deal with that magical beast first, but he had no idea what the situation was like in Korea, so he couldn’t delay any longer.

He could kill it next time he saw it.

Seong-hyeon sent the summoned swords flying towards the magical beasts and returned to Korea without even watching the results.

“Where did that bastard go…”

“That bastard’s here.”

“Ah, you’re here? Phew, that’s a relief.”

In-hwan’s expression, which had been full of anxiety, disappeared as soon as he confirmed that Seong-hyeon had appeared.

“What’s the situation?”

“They’re still confronting each other. I don’t know why they’re confronting each other, though.”

The magical beasts appeared from the gate as if they were going to destroy everything.

But they were just coming out of the gate and not doing anything.

As if they were waiting for something.

“I understand. Let’s go.”

“Okay.”

Most of Seong-hyeon’s guild members moved to help those who hadn’t evacuated yet, and only the raid leaders were preparing for battle with the magical beasts.

A tense standoff where they couldn’t let their guard down even for a moment.

Seong-hyeon moved to a place where quite a few hunters and magical beasts were facing off.

“He’s here!!”

Everyone turned their attention to the shout.

The excessive tension eased a little just by the fact that Seong-hyeon had appeared behind them, and the pressure from the magical beasts’ energy was disappearing.

“That guy…”

But Seong-hyeon only had eyes for one thing.

That was the owner of the dimension.

No one here knew that that being was comparable to a god, but Seong-hyeon knew.

The owner of power and the owner of the second dimension.

The father of all magical beasts and the invader of history and the present.

The protagonist of all these modifiers was standing firmly in front of the gate, looking directly at Seong-hyeon.

“I can’t help but be happy to see you like this.”

A vessel that inherited his legacy as it was.

Everything was perfect except for the fact that he harbored hostility towards him.

“Vessel, no… an existence no different from my son.”

The owner’s voice echoed here as if bells were ringing.

“What? A son… what are you talking about?”

“What do you mean what are you talking about? It’s nonsense.”

“T, that’s right, isn’t it?”

The murmuring also began to echo.

“Born from my resentment and raised by my power… what else could it be if not a son?”

“Nonsense.”

“Haha. Humans only consider those who gave birth to them as mothers and fathers.”

The owner’s words contained an unknown power.

Making the listeners think that those words might be true.

This wasn’t a special ability.

It was just a natural phenomenon that came from the dignity befitting the position of owner.

The residents of the dimension, who were creations, couldn’t doubt the words of the owners, who were the creators.

It was only because he was the owner of the second dimension that his influence on the residents of the first dimension was small.

“Don’t play tricks.”

Seong-hyeon was also affected by it, but Seong-hyeon’s dignity was no longer that of a simple resident.

Seong-hyeon, who had calmed all the confused hunters around him with a single purification, parted the crowd and slowly approached the owner.

Hunters parting to the sides as if possessed by something.

Magical beasts parting to the sides as if they had hoped for it.

“You must be the owner of the second dimension.”

“You know very well. Son.”

“Shut up… before I tear you apart.”

“Haha. Is this something similar to what humans call puberty? How cute.”

The owner grasped everything about Seong-hyeon while talking.

His power, his inner self, and things that couldn’t be seen on the surface, very deeply.

‘Restrictions are in place.’

If it were the old days, he would have just regained the power residing in Seong-hyeon’s body with a single gesture.

But he was just a little disappointed, as nothing would change anyway.

“Okay. You’ve used it well so far… so it’s time to return it, right?”

The owner held out his hand to Seong-hyeon.

As if it was the last chance.

As if he would consider him as his son, as he had just said himself, if he took this hand and gave up the power he had.

Seong-hyeon couldn’t help but laugh at the smile that came out without him realizing it.

A smile could be seen, but it was by no means showing goodwill.

“Give it back willingly.”

He didn’t deny it.

It was true that this power originally belonged to the owner of the second dimension.

“Well, in some ways, it might not be wrong to say that you’re my son.”

“Is that so?”

“So, what I’m saying is.”

Seong-hyeon just looked at the owner’s outstretched hand and then said.

“Fathers and sons aren’t always on good terms, are they?”

“…Humans are truly an incomprehensible race.”

There are no second offers.

Since he didn’t take the outstretched hand, the hand left in the air would move for a different purpose than an invitation.

Mana began to boil in the owner’s outstretched hand.

The mana, which was difficult to describe as much or little, felt as if the owner of the second dimension was the owner of mana.

The abilities that the owner of the second dimension possessed were the abilities that Seong-hyeon possessed.

However, all these abilities were given coercion and absoluteness.

In addition to this, he also had other abilities and abilities befitting his status.

Moreover, he wasn’t unaware of Seong-hyeon’s abilities.

How could he not know what came from him?

“I can’t help it. Since the one who borrowed it won’t return it, I have no choice but to take it back.”

The mana that the owner wielded soared into the sky and began to scatter somewhere.

Divided into exactly five parts.

Seong-hyeon tried to stop that mana, but even Seong-hyeon, who had infinite mana, couldn’t stop it.

“Now. I’ll give you a chance to choose.”

“Choose? If you mean to give up your power willingly…”

“No. It’s impossible now, even if you want to.”

“Then what on earth…”

What was the reason why the owner’s mana soared into the sky and spread in all directions?

‘Mana divided into five parts…’

Why five?

‘Could it be.’

Except for Korea, there are five 2nd-grade gates.

Among them, the only place where the situation could be said to be over was England.

Even that was only half-finished because the magical beast that had appeared there was now next to the owner.

So, excluding Korea, there were a total of five enlarged 2nd-grade gates remaining.

“Choose. Vessel.”

The moment the owner’s words ended.

The pain of countless people began to be conveyed to the point of making Seong-hyeon’s mind faint.

The pain of those who had faith in him,

It was being felt not in one place, but in all places.

“You can heal them without going to save them, but… you know what the price is without me having to ask.”

Strengthening the owner’s power.

The owner had given him the choice at that crossroads.