I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 297

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Of course, the moment Sunghyun realized he was under attack, he used healing.

He knew where they were aiming and how they were attacking, but he couldn’t bring himself to block or avoid it.

‘Heal first.’

Then, he felt a sensation on his back.

What started as a tear through his skin gradually deepened, piercing through bone and organs.

‘This much pain is nothing.’

In fact, it wasn’t more painful compared to what Sunghyun had felt so far.

Just about the same as what he had felt.

The only difference was that, until now, he had only felt the pain, but now he was also suffering wounds proportional to that pain.

He might have been momentarily taken aback by the slightly different situation than usual, but Sunghyun wasn’t flustered.

Even though Sunghyun’s heart was visible in his vision.

Because all he had to do was heal.

Physical abilities that far surpassed the limits of humans, and a level of existence that was not suitable for the human race.

Because Sunghyun possessed both of these, even wounds that would be fatal to others were relatively okay.

Of course, having his heart extracted was not an easy problem to overlook.

If he didn’t heal it right now, he would die soon.

Even in this urgent moment, Sunghyun wasn’t very nervous and didn’t think it was a very serious situation.

‘Heal.’

However, the change that should have happened naturally wasn’t happening.

Even if the pain didn’t disappear, he shouldn’t have felt the blood draining from his body, at least.

Sunghyun’s consciousness, which had the ability to never lose consciousness, was only gradually fading away, and in line with that consciousness, the beating of his visible heart was also gradually fading and thinning.

“Are you flustered?”

The owner’s voice was clearly heard even in his fading consciousness.

Why on earth wasn’t healing being used?

It wasn’t just healing.

The fading consciousness felt like the ability to never lose consciousness had also disappeared.

“Don’t you know who the owner of that power is?”

The owner was taking away Sunghyun’s abilities one by one over time.

It would have been impossible without his son’s sacrifice.

Thanks to the half success, the remaining half of the restrictions didn’t allow him to regain his abilities all at once, but it made it possible gradually.

And at that moment when his hand touched Sunghyun’s body like now.

The moment he grabbed the heart, which could be called the source of all magic, he was able to regain the most important ability.

That is healing.

He had been receiving healing while extracting the heart, so if he destroyed this heart, he would be able to receive everything else.

“You’ve worked hard all this time. Now rest.”

It was like the figure of an authority figure seeing off the end of a loyal subject who had served faithfully.

And it seemed as if he was naturally taking everything that had been given to Sunghyun as if it were originally his own.

With the gradually increasing strength of his grip, Sunghyun’s heart began to beat more violently.

However, that violent beating did not mean vitality.

It was like a final struggle, a desperate movement seen right before a living thing meets its end.

The owner did not immediately burst the heart.

Because what he had lent, what he had temporarily shown mercy and handed over, was something he should naturally receive.

Then shouldn’t he also receive the value of what he lent?

It was already a predetermined fact that he could get his power back anyway.

What the owner wanted here was to grasp Sunghyun’s vital points.

An ability that was so insignificant as to ignore the difference in level, yet had the potential to narrow that difference.

Usually, the owner of a dimension lost a lot of power when they lost the dimension.

If the owner of a one-dimensional dimension who lost the dimension ever appeared, grasping vital points could be used very usefully.

Before bursting this heart and receiving back everything he had lent, he had to absorb Sunghyun’s ability.

And this was not a difficult task for the owner.

A very simple task of stirring the heart by injecting a little magic.

Soon, the owner’s magic began to flow into the heart along Sunghyun’s blood on his arm.

“Good.”

The magic that had flowed into the heart stirred the heart and returned to the owner’s body.

In this fleeting moment, grasping vital points now completely belonged to the owner.

Since the owner’s level itself was higher, it had become that the owner had lent his grasping vital points to Sunghyun.

“The business is over.”

There was no more business left for Sunghyun.

To get back the remaining power contained in the heart.

The owner gave strength to his fist holding the heart without hesitation, and the tightened heart soon burst in the air with a thud, unable to withstand the force.

‘Is it the end…’

Things he had felt before, things he had forcibly buried in his memory, began to resurface.

The sensation of dying.

No pain was felt from the heart that had fallen from his body, and pain was only felt in that empty space.

The heart that had come into view was no longer visible, and the ability to not lose consciousness had also disappeared.

In the completely blurred vision where only the flickering of light was visible, Sunghyun confirmed that something on his finger was sparkling and lost consciousness as it was.

The owner also noticed that small sparkle.

And at the same time, something began to surge and come up through the owner’s throat.

“…?”

Clearly, no pain or change was felt, but after destroying the vessel’s heart, it felt as if something inside his body had become empty.

Soon, a dark red liquid flowed out of his mouth.

It was the owner’s blood that flowed out.

“What…”

Wondering what on earth was going on, the owner immediately checked Sunghyun, who was hanging on his arm with his heart pierced.

Clearly, he had lost consciousness, and his gradually cooling body was proving that he was already dead.

“Is it because of that thing I saw at the end?”

The owner checked something sparkling on his finger that he had seen at the end.

The equipment that had already lost its vitality and the owner had also lost were revealing their appearance without the stealth ability, and the owner found the only ring that had just sparkled among them.

He tried to take it off his finger, but for some reason, the unidentified ring showed no signs of coming off.

Anyway, the ring had run out of life after emitting light a little while ago.

Just like its owner.

“It’s fortunate that the opponent is me.”

Perhaps it returns the attack received at the moment of death.

These kinds of equipment did not receive more superior conditions and results on one side.

Like the opponent and me.

It was equipment that only produced perfectly fair results.

If that wasn’t the case, it wouldn’t have created any changes for the owner.

“Well… then…”

Soon, the flow of power was felt throughout his body.

A thrill-like pleasure began to continue countless times, and the things that had been empty in one corner of the owner began to fill up at a rapid pace.

An undeniable recovery of power.

He was regaining the power that was originally suited to his level, suited to the position of the owner of the dimension.

This process was the only weakness for the owner, but no one could touch even the owner’s fingertip.

The barrier he had set up and the black sword stuck in the floor were completely blocking approach itself.

After finishing the recovery of power, the owner looked at the residents outside the barrier.

“What excellent expressions.”

Eyes that seemed to have lost all hope.

Expressions and eyes that were so lost in despair that they had forgotten that the magic power of the sword was slowly engulfing them from under their feet.

Since they gave him excellent eyes, he would have to give them a corresponding reward.

The owner, who was full of mercy, was planning to select the useful ones among them and turn them into residents of the second dimension.

The magic barrier slowly opens.

The owner left Sunghyun’s cold corpse hanging on his arm as it was on the floor and stepped out of the barrier.

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“What on earth is that…”

As it was the last battle of mankind, there were people who wanted to convey the situation on the scene, and there were people who wanted to watch it.

Looking back on the path that Sunghyun had shown so far, wouldn’t he easily overcome this time as if it were nothing again?

That you guys are making a fuss, and as always, the situation will end soon.

But the prediction was completely wrong.

The appearing demon beast continued to fight Sunghyun on equal terms, and it also had unimaginable power to move the door that existed in another country to this place.

“…No…”

Yeeun, who was left alone in Inhwan’s house because everyone was away, put her knees on the sofa and stared at the screen with anxious eyes, biting her nails.

Her hands, from which blood was slowly flowing, seemed to represent the degree of her anxiety.

Since the only thing that would make her feel relieved in this situation was the doll that fit perfectly in her arms, Yeeun’s anxiety was growing more and more.

Just as she was about to run out of nails to bite, an unfamiliar voice was heard from outside the door.

“Is anyone inside?”

“W-Who are you?”

The unfamiliar voice heard in a situation where extreme anxiety was gripping her body changed her anxiety into fear.

“Well… you could say I’m Kim Sunghyun’s friend.”

“Friend? I know all of Sunghyun’s [Korean honorific for older brother] friends…”

The fear of Yeeun disappeared a lot just by hearing Sunghyun’s name, and thanks to that, reason found its place and instructed her to make an appropriate situation assessment.

“…Actually, I’m a subordinate.”

“Liar! Why would Sunghyun’s subordinate lie? Who are you? And how did you know to come here?”

The unfamiliar voice outside the door felt cautious in every word, as if he had never treated a child well.

“Little one. It’s not a lie, but can’t you come out for a moment?”

“…No!”

How should he persuade that bold little child?

After a moment of hesitation, a cautious voice was heard again as if coaxing.

“There’s no time. I don’t know what will happen to Kim Sunghyun.”

“…Yes? What do you mean?”

“The explanation is later. There’s no time.”

It was definitely an unfamiliar voice.

She had never even heard a similar voice.

But why did she feel an undeniable sense of trust in that voice?

‘Is it because I’m still a child?’

If she didn’t listen to those words, she felt like she would regret it greatly someday.

And that someday might be very soon.

Anyway, if something happened, wouldn’t it happen to her?

Besides, if those words were true, Yeeun was not really here even if she was here.

She knew very well that guarding a place alone where there was no one left to return was more painful than anything else.

“Little one. I don’t think you’ll believe my words, but still, Kim Sunghyun directly…”

Once again, the man’s urgent voice began to be heard, and fortunately, the door opened before all those words were finished.

“…Really?”

Did her sincerity get through?

The man sighed in relief and nodded in response to the appearance of the small girl who appeared with a face full of suspicion and frowning.

“Of course. Shall we go then?”

“…Yes.”

An expression that she knew where she was going even if he didn’t say it.

The man realized in those determined eyes.

That this girl did not reveal her appearance because her sincerity got through.

That she had accurately grasped the situation and made the best decision.

“You’re a smart kid.”

“Yes?”

“No. Let’s go.”