I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 142

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“Heu-heum~”

There weren’t many times like this, but ever since capturing Section Chief Cha, I couldn’t help but hum.

“Oh ho… the reaction to this drug is no different from that of a regular Hunter.”

From drugs that only paralyzed the injected area to drugs that inflicted pain as if a knife was eternally stabbing the lungs.

After experimenting with several drugs for less than 30 minutes, the torturer looked at Section Chief Cha with an expression as if he had finally made a decision.

“Now, this is next. I was a bit hesitant because the moment I inject this, the whole day will be over, but I need to see more definitive results.”

A small glass bottle was placed in the corner of the table.

The glass bottle, covered with cloth, contained dozens of bugs.

“Do you know what this is? Ah, you probably don’t. These bugs, you see, are parasites I created that devour magic power and settle in various parts of your organs.”

The torturer seemed excited about using the bugs, continuing with further explanations.

“These bugs, they send biosignals to our side, you see? From where you are, to what you see, eat, who you have feelings for, and how many times your heart beats per minute. They tell us everything.”

The origin of the bugs wasn’t simply parasites.

It was a development of the legacy of a taming ability user who no longer exists in the world.

Bugs that made everything possible except controlling the opponent.

“Hmm… but if I inject them now, you might die…”

Section Chief Cha was currently in a state where his magic power wasn’t naturally recovering.

They only properly start parasitizing the opponent’s body after sufficiently devouring magic power, so at the very least, the magic power had to be restored to a certain level.

‘Well, since it’s impossible to use magic power here anyway.’

No matter how much magic power one had, if they couldn’t use it, they were just a slightly tougher ordinary person.

“Hmm… I need to inject as much as possible…”

Even if it wasn’t up to Section Chief Cha’s maximum magic power, he had to restore roughly half of it.

“Tsk, it’s not cost-effective, but I can’t help it.”

The torturer opened the bottom drawer of the table as if he had no choice.

Inside, there were crystals from a 3rd class gate.

“Well, I’ll just throw them all in.”

Restoring magic power with the crystals themselves was a very inefficient method, so no one used it.

The torturer brought all the crystals and stood in front of Section Chief Cha.

His head, whether he had lost consciousness or motivation, hung limply, staring at the floor.

“Here’s a gift.”

The torturer grabbed Section Chief Cha’s head and lifted it.

Then, he shoved all the crystals he had brought into his mouth.

“Pu-phuh!!”

“Hey! Eat it all! These crystals are from a 3rd class gate, and I bought them with my own money!”

Section Chief Cha, knowing the fate that awaited him, desperately tried to spit out the crystals, but his already exhausted body couldn’t even do that easily.

“Chew! Quickly!”

The jaw moved up and down forcefully.

The hard crystals began to break with a crunching sound, and thanks to that, the sharpened cross-section of the crystals began to stab the inside of Section Chief Cha’s mouth.

“…What, what is it.”

But something was strange.

He had clearly chewed and swallowed the crystals, but he didn’t feel any magic power recovering.

That was impossible unless he was constantly using magic power.

Besides, this place was a place where the use of magic power was impossible.

“Cha, found it!!!”

Then there was only one answer.

He had found the difference between a regular Hunter and a mutant [a Hunter with unique, often unpredictable, abilities].

“This is not the time, first, magic power is not naturally recovering and it’s not working with crystals, should I inject it directly? Or is it related to something else?”

There was no moment more exciting than this.

The thought of the bugs that could be injected into the body had long flown away.

“First, find a way to recover magic power…”

Now that he had found definite evidence of a mutant, there were twice as many things to do than before.

The types of experiments he could do had decreased, but rather, the types he had to do had increased.

In this happy situation, the torturer wasn’t even aware that magic power was being felt from behind.

“Hmm? Magic power?”

Until just now, he had only felt a very small amount of magic power, but suddenly, he began to feel a huge amount of magic power.

“Oh, mutants take a little longer to recover…”

As he turned around, the torturer doubted his eyes.

“Wh-who… no, more than that, how did you get here…”

Despite being of similar height, the gaze was so overwhelming that it felt like looking down from the sky.

After the question, it became difficult to even open his mouth carelessly.

The torturer, who was slowly backing away without realizing it, was blocked by the door and collapsed on the spot.

“Haa…”

A low, eerie voice was heard.

It wasn’t an answer to the question, but the torturer instinctively knew.

‘Th-this is a place where magic power cannot be used!’

The magic power he felt was just huge, but he wouldn’t be able to use it anyway.

“You are…”

This question didn’t come back as words.

“Huh?”

Clearly, the opponent hadn’t moved a single finger.

He was looking down at him, maintaining the same appearance, expression, and atmosphere as when he first saw him.

“Kuaaak!!!”

It didn’t take long to figure out the situation.

Although he didn’t understand what was happening in his head yet, the magnitude of the pain felt from his fingertips proved that this was reality and not a good situation.

“Wh-what is this…”

A brilliantly shining sword was piercing through his wrist.

Even if he looked at it with his eyes, even if he felt it with his skin, this sword was a pure mass of magic power.

“H-how can you use magic power…!”

“Who’s doing this?”

The man needed only one answer.

Who was behind this.

If he knew that, he could immediately figure out where this place was and what the purpose was.

“I, I don’t know… Kuaaaak!!!”

This time it was the opposite wrist.

He hadn’t even realized that this pure mass of magic power was being created, but it was already embedded in his wrist.

“I see.”

The man didn’t ask any more questions.

He had an attitude as if he was done with him.

“O-oh? Sa-save me…”

And at that moment, the scene unfolded before his eyes.

Dozens of swords of magic power, embedded in both wrists, appeared behind the man.

“Ki, Kim Seong-hyun… Kuaaaak!!!!”

The first pain was felt in the ankle.

Left ankle, then right ankle.

The next pain was felt in the shoulder.

Left shoulder, then right shoulder.

In that order, the swords pierced through the left thigh and the right thigh, and then a sword was embedded in the abdomen.

“Cough… Sa… save me…”

But there was no answer to this question either.

Soon, a sword flew into his heart, and as if that wasn’t enough, the last sword flew accurately into his neck.

“Heo… heo… Kim… Hunter-nim…”

“You’ve worked hard, Section Chief Cha.”

Seong-hyun extended a hand of healing and purification to Section Chief Cha, who had worked hard for him until the very end.

‘If it weren’t for Section Chief Cha…’

Seong-hyun recalled the events before arriving here.

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“A rift?”

Seong-hyun looked at the rift created in front of him with a puzzled look.

No matter how he looked at it, this rift was Section Chief Cha’s gate.

But why would he create a rift at a time when the gate’s subjugation was in full swing?

There was only one answer.

“How urgent must it be…”

Even the time to worry was a waste, so Seong-hyun immediately entered the rift.

Inside the rift, his mother and younger sister were waiting, leaning on each other with worried expressions.

“O-oh, Mother? Hye-in?”

“Se-Seong-hyun!”

“Oppa!”

“What, what is this… more than that, why are you here? Section Chief Cha’s rift… don’t tell me.”

“That’s…”

He heard an explanation of everything that had happened to his mother.

There wasn’t enough time to explain in detail, so only the general events.

“Stay here.”

“A-are you okay? It’ll be dangerous…”

“Mother, do you trust your son?”

“…Yes. I trust you. My son.”

Seong-hyun hugged his mother and younger sister tightly and came out into another rift that was open.

And that place was where Section Chief Cha was being tortured.

“You’ve really worked hard.”

“Hoo… it’s nothing.”

Section Chief Cha, whose body and mind had been cleanly restored thanks to healing and purification, tried to open a rift to go outside immediately.

“As expected… it seems that using magic power is impossible now.”

“Huh? Is that so?”

“Yes, it seems that I opened it before arriving here, so I wasn’t affected by the barrier.”

The reason why he was able to open a rift from the 1st class gate where Seong-hyun was, to this place, was simple.

Just before Section Chief Cha lost consciousness, he opened a rift to where Seong-hyun was, matching the speed at which magic power was naturally recovering.

Of course, it wasn’t a short distance, and he couldn’t create a gate directly connected to this place.

He needed time to assess the situation at least.

And that explanation would have been done by his mother and younger sister instead, and Section Chief Cha had anticipated this, opening the rift once from where Seong-hyun was to inside the rift, and once from inside the rift to where Section Chief Cha was.

He opened and maintained these two rifts.

Of course, it wasn’t a short task.

A lot of time and magic power was needed as the distance was long, and coincidentally, the torturer lying there was providing the magic power himself.

“Because of the barrier here, you can’t use magic power… but how can Hunter-nim…”

Clearly, this was a place where the use of magic power was prohibited, but looking at Seong-hyun’s sword embedded in the corpse, it wasn’t.

How could he use magic power in a forbidden space?

“Ah, is it a forbidden place? I thought I needed much more magic power than usual.”

“Ah… yes…”

He simply broke through the forbidden limit with overwhelming magic power.

“More than that, can you wait inside the rift?”

“…I can for about 2 hours.”

He wanted to help Seong-hyun, but now he would only be a burden.

Thinking about those who had kidnapped him and Seong-hyun’s family, the weakest level was about a high-ranking Hunter.

“2 hours? That’ll be enough.”

“I wish you good luck.”

“Please take care of my mother and younger sister. Tell them I’m okay.”

“Of course. I’ll tell them so they don’t worry at all. If they see my condition now, they’ll think I’ve escaped.”

“That’s true.”

As he was about to step into the gate, Seong-hyun called out to him again.

“Section Chief Cha. Just a moment…”

“Yes?”

Seong-hyun approached Section Chief Cha and lowered his body to look at the severed leg.

“…”

That leg that had been sacrificed to protect his family.

“Thank you.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a warm sensation near his ankle.

Even the remaining pain had completely disappeared.

“Are you really okay…”

After Seong-hyun’s healing was over, Section Chief Cha slowly lowered his head as he felt a longer range of sensation than he had felt until just now.

“M-my leg…”

The severed leg had completely returned.

“Rest for a while. It’ll be over soon.”

“…Yes.”

After bowing deeply and expressing his gratitude, Section Chief Cha disappeared into the rift.

After Section Chief Cha’s figure had completely disappeared, a window appeared in front of Seong-hyun.