I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 144

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“Just a moment.”

The red-eyed man excused himself, the ringing alarm cutting through the air.

“An emergency? What’s going on?”

He had been trying to anticipate the American Deputy Association Head’s next move, searching for weaknesses.

Their current resources weren’t enough to match the value of a healer like Sung-hyun.

With Sung-hyun’s family successfully kidnapped, there was only one reason for an emergency alarm.

“Kim Sung-hyun should have finished the Grade 1 Gate [a low-level dungeon] subjugation by now… Did the Deputy Association Head make a move?”

A faster move than expected.

“What I have now should be enough.”

He would use what he already had, combined with the newly acquired information, however limited it was.

Presenting this should be enough to make them back down.

“I’ll be back in a moment. Keep investigating.”

“Yes, sir.”

He activated the equipment that allowed instantaneous travel to Chief Cha’s location.

The man immediately used the device to open a rift leading to where Chief Cha was held.

“Did you find something…”

But the person who should have been there was gone.

The chair where Chief Cha should have been sitting was empty.

And behind it, the torturer’s body lay on the floor, head severed.

“…”

A clean cut, with no signs of resistance.

Since magic couldn’t be used in this place, such a feat with a pure sword was proof of an incredible expert.

“This magic…”

As if in response to that thought, magic surged outside.

An opponent strong enough to require the magic restriction barrier to be lifted.

The man left the room, heading towards the source of the magic.

After walking a short distance, he found another body, its head separated just like the torturer’s, lying on the floor.

“…!!”

But this was just the beginning.

Arriving in front of a breached wall, the man couldn’t believe his eyes.

“This is… all of them…”

Numerous heads rolled on the floor.

The still-wet blood indicated that the carnage had occurred recently.

“Who the hell, who the hell did this…!”

If it was someone sent by the American Deputy Association Head, they wouldn’t have gone this far.

Those people were terribly concerned with the cost-effectiveness of risks and benefits.

If they faced a significant counterattack after something like this, they would typically resolve things through negotiation.

“The Deputy Association Head… it isn’t him?”

Just then, a voice came from further ahead, where the magic was strongest.

“Do you like the gift?”

“…Who are you?”

“Someone you know very well.”

The man clenched his fist and slowly moved forward.

Even though he managed this place and was familiar with it, he couldn’t shake the growing ominous feeling.

It wasn’t just the ominous feeling that intensified as he approached.

The murderous intent was so thick it made his skin crawl, so intense that even a seasoned hunter would struggle to stand upright.

“Just who…”

Because the ceiling lights were out, he couldn’t see the face clearly, only the feet barely visible in the dim light.

“You kidnapped my family without even knowing my voice?”

“Ki, Kim… Sung-hyun? H, how? How are you here…!!”

A situation he couldn’t comprehend.

The Grade 1 Gate subjugation should have just ended, so how could Sung-hyun be here?

He had received reports on everything, including Sung-hyun entering the gate; it didn’t make sense.

“That’s none of your business.”

“I don’t know what you want from me, but I’m not going to…”

“You seem to be mistaken. I have nothing to ask you. I’ve already found out about the Deputy Association Head’s request.”

“So, you called me here to get rid of me.”

“You need to get your words right. Did I call you? One of those corpses lying over there called you.”

“Ha. Do I… look that pathetic?”

The man was a top-tier hunter, even if he hadn’t officially registered as one.

His skills and experience were undoubtedly on par with the best.

“I’m actually grateful. It’s just you and me here.”

The man’s eyes reflected confidence in his victory.

Based on public knowledge and his own investigation, Sung-hyun’s practical experience was mostly limited to Grade 3 Gates.

He had a few encounters with assassins, but that was hardly comparable to his own experience.

“So, is there a reason you called me out here separately?”

“Didn’t I just tell you?”

“What…”

“I prepared a gift, so I should at least hear a thank you.”

The gift Sung-hyun was referring to: the hundreds of corpses scattered behind him.

‘Is this a ploy to buy time?’

It was obvious.

He must need time to recover his magic after dealing with all those people.

The proof was that he was leaning against the wall, looking exhausted.

“I’ll take that gift after I deal with you.”

The moment Sung-hyun tried to stand was the opportunity.

Even with those unidentified swords from the video, he wouldn’t be able to use them easily at close range.

“…”

Sung-hyun’s position, his magic, the range of attacks he could make from a seated position.

Having calculated everything, the man looked at Sung-hyun, who remained seated, and said,

“Are you planning to stay seated?”

“Why? It was the least I could do to match your level.”

“…Your trash talk surpasses even top-tier hunters.”

By the time he finished speaking, he had already planned his route and the amount of magic to use.

All that remained was to stab the dagger in his hand into Sung-hyun’s neck and slash.

With Chief Cha’s location still unknown, trying to capture Sung-hyun alive would be foolish and make the outcome uncertain.

Even if it didn’t align with their goals or the goals of the United States, he had to kill Sung-hyun to survive.

“You have too much ability. You couldn’t even protect your family with that great ability, so how are you any different from those pathetic hunters?”

“Well, I admit it. I didn’t think they’d be so blatant about kidnapping…”

Before Sung-hyun could finish, the man put his plan into action.

A perfect strike with no errors in the route, amount, or speed of magic used.

“Uh…?”

He tried to speak, but as always, things rarely go according to plan.

It was a strike with all his power, but the sensation transmitted from the end of the sword wasn’t that of piercing human flesh.

It felt like it was blocked by something hard.

“I already felt a bit sorry for those lying behind me.”

What blocked the strike was Sung-hyun’s sword.

He couldn’t understand how a healing ability user had blocked an attack of this speed, but there was an even bigger problem.

‘Magic, the end of the magic… I can’t feel it.’

As a top-tier hunter with a lot of experience, he wasn’t completely sure that this attack would succeed.

He had thought that if he used all the magic he had to push through, since Sung-hyun must have used up magic dealing with his subordinates, he could pierce his neck.

“So, I was 고민 [agonizing] a bit about giving them a gift of apology.”

“What nonsense…”

It must be a mistake.

He had seen immense magic power, but he had never seen magic power with no end in sight.

‘Now…!’

The only chance to land an attack.

Since he was pouring all his magic into blocking his attack, he could end it if he succeeded in another attack in the meantime.

‘An arm or so…’

The man instantly withdrew the magic he had been pouring into the strike.

As a result, Sung-hyun’s magic covered the man’s shoulder, blowing it away.

“Kuh-heuk!!”

At the same time, the man’s last strike flew in.

The dagger embedded with a Grade 1 crystal couldn’t be blocked unless it was blocked with an equivalent amount of magic.

“It’s over!!”

To attack even a little faster, he didn’t swing it, but simply changed the trajectory as he took it out of his pocket and stabbed it into Sung-hyun’s neck.

“…Hey. Red eyes.”

“…!!”

“Why are you stopping me? Do I look pathetic to you?”

It must have been a difficult attack to react to.

The proof was that the magic that had blown away his shoulder was still there.

“H, how…”

“You all ask the same questions without answers.”

Sung-hyun blocked the man’s attack, not with a sword, but with his hand.

With magic power that was incomparable to the magic power emitted from the Grade 1 crystal.

“You, just what are you…”

Usually, when someone with immense talent appeared, people called them a genius or a monster.

But the power he was experiencing firsthand was too much to explain with just those two words.

“Are you even… human?”

“See for yourself.”

Sung-hyun slowly grabbed the hand holding the dagger.

Then, he simply reversed the direction and slowly brought it to the man’s heart.

Thud.

An attack slower than any other attack.

But the man couldn’t block it.

He didn’t even think about it in the first place.

The difference between Sung-hyun and himself was so overwhelming in terms of magic power that he couldn’t help but think that dying like this was a blessing.

“Keuheuk…”

A fading vision and a sensation that grew colder from his fingertips.

He had never experienced it before, but this feeling was definitely the feeling of death approaching.

“I don’t know which way you’ll go, to heaven or hell.”

With Sung-hyun’s voice as the last thing he heard, the man fell into a sleep from which he would never wake.

“You don’t get to choose, and I don’t have that choice either.”

Sung-hyun reached out to the man, who had only a faint breath left.

“But when I send you there is my choice.”

He used healing and purification, but the man didn’t regain consciousness.

“Chief Cha. Can you hear me?”

As soon as Sung-hyun finished speaking, the air next to him began to ripple, and soon a rift appeared.

“Yes, yes. It’s amazing. I usually can’t hear conversations outside.”

“Probably… it’s my influence.”

“…I see.”

He knew better than anyone what he thought of Sung-hyun.

“Can you confine him in a separate rift?”

“It would normally be impossible, but strangely, even if magic is consumed, it quickly refills. Even inside the rift. It seems possible.”

“Just throw him in there.”

“Is there something you want to find out?”

“No. He’s useful, though.”

“Understood.”

Chief Cha looked at the fallen man.

The cause of all this.

“Do whatever you want with him, Chief Cha.”

“…Whatever I want?”

“Yes, just keep him alive.”

As soon as he got Sung-hyun’s permission, Chief Cha pulled out a sword from his pocket.

Then, he quickly cut off both of the man’s hands.

“It’s not too gruesome at this level.”

“Do you know where this is?”

“The torturer once mumbled about the crystal supply schedule, saying that they were bringing it in by plane. I think they occupied a deserted island to use it.”

“A deserted island…”

“Where are you planning to go? In my current state, I can create rifts to anywhere I know.”

“I need to go to America. Before that, let’s find out everything we can here.”

“Understood. I’ll help.”

Sung-hyun and Chief Cha searched every corner of the massive building.

To see if any useful information remained.

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