I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 294

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“Ah. Right. I should help you choose.”

The Master reached out toward Sung Hyun’s chest, as if to grab something.

His hand didn’t even touch Sung Hyun’s collar, but instinctively, Sung Hyun felt something.

It felt as if something was being taken from inside him.

As if it was being taken as something that was originally his.

“I’ll ask again.”

The pain felt by the Faith targets washed over Sung Hyun’s mind.

As if they were suffering and wanted him to heal them quickly.

Sung Hyun naturally used his healing, but for some reason, the pain of the Faith targets, which should have stopped, only continued to intensify.

“You…”

The Master hadn’t taken away Sung Hyun’s healing ability.

But he had taken away the ability to heal from a distance.

Although, it would be more accurate to say he had taken it back.

“Still not helping you choose? Hmm… I have no choice then.”

The Master slowly raised his hand.

Then, he made a gesture that anyone could recognize.

The raised hand fell forward, and at that moment, the magical beasts, who had been silently standing guard, roared in unison and began to look in one direction.

“Kuaaaa!!!”

Towards where the Hunters were waiting.

Towards the place where they were watching the conversation between Sung Hyun and the Master, harboring doubts and perhaps some expectations.

Towards the place where the race that avoided combat the most throughout all dimensions resided.

Yet, thanks to the arrangement of the most powerful Master, they were living in abundance, with combat and war remaining as a choice.

It was simply laughable how they struggled to stop them.

The existence of a dimension’s Master was equivalent to a parent.

The end of a cub who had lost its mother and was thrown into the wild was obvious without even seeing it.

“W-What is that?”

“Oh, it’s coming! Magical beasts are coming!!”

The magical beasts began to slowly move towards the Hunters.

As if suppressed by something, they moved slowly.

The conversation between Sung Hyun and the Master seemed relatively peaceful from a distance.

In fact, the conversation itself was peaceful even up close.

Of course, there was no guarantee that the end of a peaceful conversation would always be peaceful.

The first to react to the movement of the magical beasts was, of course, Sung Hyun.

“Oh. Did you choose? Between here and somewhere else?”

“…”

Sung Hyun’s movement paused for a moment.

To move by betting the fate of South Korea and everything else.

He could use Advent [teleportation skill] to move as quickly as possible, but the moment he used Advent, the choice was over.

Also, seeing that the ability to heal from a distance had been taken away in an instant, there was no certainty that Advent would be any different.

What if he moved to China, Japan, Russia, America, or England, and then the ability was taken away?

The one place Sung Hyun arrived would be chosen, and the rest of the results would be determined.

‘Let’s not overthink it.’

At times like this, he needed to clear his head.

If he thought about all the variables and assumptions, he wouldn’t be able to make a choice at all.

Because even a single variable made them doubt each other’s choices.

Sung Hyun looked at the Master as if he had made a decision, and the Master also realized that Sung Hyun’s choice was over.

“So you mean you don’t care if everyone else dies.”

“No.”

The best choice he could make, considering that the inability to use Advent was a constant, not a variable.

There was another reason why Sung Hyun could make this judgment.

It was because he trusted them.

‘If I don’t trust them, who will?’

They were the ones who became Faith targets because they trusted Sung Hyun.

If he didn’t trust those who were sure to trust him, who else could he trust?

Sung Hyun was confident that even if he couldn’t solve the situation the Faith targets were facing, they wouldn’t be consumed by the problem.

“Haha. Good choice.”

“Father. Can’t we fight?”

“I want to get revenge.”

The two magical beasts, who had been silently watching the conversation, carefully spoke as the atmosphere suggested the conversation was coming to an end.

Perhaps they had forgotten that their arms had been cut off earlier; along with the healed arms, their sparkling eyes looked truly confident.

Of course, he wouldn’t allow it.

“I don’t want to see my sons’ arms being cut off directly. It’s a shame, but first, appease yourselves with those behind you.”

“Tch… I understand.”

“It can’t be helped.”

Still satisfied that they had someone to vent their anger on, the two magical beasts quickly cheered up and headed towards the Hunters.

Of course, Sung Hyun tried to stop them.

The moment he tried to take out his sword from his chest, the Master’s voice was heard.

“I recommend not drawing that sword.”

Was it because he was the Master of the dimension after all?

A level of pressure that even Sung Hyun couldn’t ignore began to be felt.

Was this how those who had faced Sung Hyun until now had felt?

The pressure, as if his neck would be cut off right now if he drew the sword, made his head, which he had tried so hard to clear, spin again.

The pressure was gradually intensifying, and now it felt like he was being forcibly prevented from drawing the sword, not just feeling pressure.

The Master was looking at Sung Hyun, who was unable to draw his sword, with satisfaction.

No matter how large the vessel became, even if it could contain everything, a vessel was still a vessel.

It would stiffly raise its head, but then lower it at a single word.

How desirable this sight was.

It was a bit annoying that he didn’t willingly give up his power.

As the Master wore a satisfied smile, an unbelievable voice was heard in his ear.

“Fuck you.”

“W-What…?”

The word he heard was so vulgar that he couldn’t even bring himself to say it.

For a mere vessel to say such vulgar words to the Master of the dimension.

“Education… is needed.”

Was this really the beginning?

The magic being operated along with the Master’s hardened expression was a type Sung Hyun had never experienced before.

From the amount to the quality.

A power that lacked nothing.

How arrogant.

To operate such a massive amount of magic in front of him without any defense.

The moment Sung Hyun realized that the Master was operating magic, he immediately drew his sword.

It wouldn’t be bad to use a strike right now, but a strike was one of Sung Hyun’s few attacks with explosive power.

“But not yet.”

The magic that the Master had been operating spread again, not towards Sung Hyun, but towards the surroundings.

Towards his own army.

A signal announcing the start of the battle, along with infusing magic into the magical beasts who had been waiting quietly.

“Go.”

While making the magical beasts charge, the Master returned what he had taken from Sung Hyun.

The only slight difference was that the Master had changed from Sung Hyun to the Master of the dimension.

And the fact that the Master had not completely handed over this ability, but had only temporarily granted it.

He hadn’t told him separately, but Sung Hyun could instinctively know.

That the Master had returned the ability.

“…How vile.”

The intention behind returning this ability was very simple.

If he hadn’t taken it away in the first place, Sung Hyun wouldn’t have anticipated the possibility of losing Advent.

It was to plant that variable, to temporarily take the ability from Sung Hyun and return it.

For the sake of the Master himself.

The Master’s power was a power based on pain.

The pain that Sung Hyun had to endure while healing the Faith targets until now was directed towards the Master.

The very act of returning this ability was no different from telling him to increase his power.

“I’ll take that as a compliment.”

Of course, Sung Hyun had no choice.

If he didn’t use the ability to avoid increasing the Master’s power, he didn’t know when the Faith targets would die.

But if he used the ability, the Master’s already strong power would become even stronger.

A perfect checkmate.

In a situation where he couldn’t turn back, retreat, or move forward, Sung Hyun frowned and only looked at the Master.

‘I can’t do nothing.’

The sword Sung Hyun drew was aimed not at the Master, but elsewhere.

Towards the magical beasts heading towards the Hunters.

When the magical beasts first appeared, their level was that of magical beasts appearing from a 2-star gate.

However, with the Master’s magic that was simply scattered, their level rose to that of magical beasts from a 1-star gate.

The only ones who could stop these magical beasts were Inhwan or Sangyeon.

If he didn’t have the Sanctuary ability he had recently obtained, it would have been difficult for Inhwan and Sangyeon to deal with them as well.

“That won’t do. You stay here.”

A gaze looking down at Sung Hyun.

The Master, who had already risen into the air, looked down at Sung Hyun and stretched out his finger.

A perfect square magic barrier created around Sung Hyun.

The Master was now saying this to Sung Hyun.

Just stay inside and use healing to fill him with power.

You are just a vessel, and fulfill that role.

“This is…”

A barrier that couldn’t be felt by hand.

It was completely blocked by something so that he couldn’t even use Advent.

The moment he thought he couldn’t escape this, the screams of the Hunters, of the people, began to be heard.

“Kuaaak!!”

“H-Here! It’s here!!”

“Keuk… What on earth…”

Except for Sung Hyun, the only remaining top-ranked Hunter in Korea.

All of the association’s manpower and Sung Hyun’s guild members, who were worth a hundred men each, had stepped forward, but it was difficult to cope with the 1-star gate magical beasts that were pouring in like a flood.

‘I have to stay calm.’

The moment he became impatient, it was all over.

As calmly as possible, the top priority was to escape this barrier first.

Sung Hyun tried to take his eyes off the Hunters.

Red blood that could be seen even from a distance.

‘He’s not killing them on purpose.’

The Master was thorough to the point of being cruel.

He was deliberately keeping them alive, making it impossible not to use his abilities.

Then he had to play along for now.

Sung Hyun used healing and carefully examined the barrier.

Every single detail of the flow of magic, the structure, and the arrangement.

‘This… I can’t use it on those inside the gate.’

He hadn’t lost Advent.

It felt the same as not being able to use it on the Faith targets inside the gate.

Does that mean this space itself is a gate, a supply route from their perspective?

But he couldn’t see an exit.

Sung Hyun was a little embarrassed because this was the first gate he had seen without an exit.

‘A space without an exit…’

But was there any need to worry?

If there was no exit, he could just make one.

The fact that he couldn’t use Advent here meant that he had been isolated into another dimension, and Sung Hyun had the ability to divide dimensions.

Sung Hyun held the drawn sword in his hand and looked at the wall.

He could predict the result that would follow without even swinging it.

‘I can’t cut through here.’

The perfect square magic barrier was made up of a magic structure and arrangement that was prepared even for dividing dimensions.

Sung Hyun, who had been looking at the wall without swinging his sword, soon infused magic into the sword as if he had found something.

However, what was different from usual was that he operated the magic only on the tip of the sword, not the entire blade.

‘A barrier that can’t be torn by cutting, then how about piercing it.’

An arrangement optimized for cutting.

He was simply changing the posture of using the sword, but it was the most effective method.

If there were no gaps in the structure and arrangement, he could just create them.

Sung Hyun thrust the sword straight in without swinging it.

However, the solid magic barrier seemed to distort slightly, but then returned to its original form.

“You think you can break through the barrier I made?”

The Master smiled as if he found the sight amusing and watched the whole scene.

The power that was rising in real time.

The blood shed by the residents of the first dimension.

Even the vessel struggling to escape from the barrier.

“Shut up and watch. The barrier you made will soon be your future.”

Sung Hyun took the same stance as before, and the Master burst into a light laugh.

“Ha, you think you can do it if you do it multiple times…”

But this time it was different.

The wrist rotated at the same time as the arm stretched out.

The body also rotated to give it a little more rotational force, and the barrier that the Master had proudly spoken of began to slowly tear as if it was being sucked into the tip of the sword.

“Multiple times? Once is enough.”

“…Okay. It has to be.”

The Master, who had been feeling unpleasant at the sight of him constantly deviating from what he had subtly thought, came down from the air and stood in front of Sung Hyun again.

“Now I have to take my power. Before it’s too late.”

At those words, Sung Hyun smiled and replied.

“It’s too late. You magical beast bastard.”