I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 180

Inhwan, noticing Sangyeon’s abnormal reaction, instinctively realized something was wrong.

“I don’t know what’s going on, but…”

There was no time to hesitate.

Inhwan immediately created far more blue flames than there were bugs.

One of Inhwan’s abilities, Ex.

Several times larger than when he sparred with Seonghyun, masses of blue flames began to appear in the sky.

“Everyone, step back!”

At Inhwan’s shout, the guild members looked up at the sky, feeling the intense heat.

“…A sun?”

The guild members, feeling the hot energy and seeing the enormous size that momentarily made them think of the sun, immediately began to back away.

As all the guild members retreated, Inhwan’s blue flames began to engulf the bugs.

The sight of multiple fireballs falling mercilessly felt like a meteor shower from a game being realized in reality.

“…Huh. I thought I might have caught up a little…”

“It’s nothing compared to when we sparred with the Guild Master…”

Guild members with abilities similar to Inhwan’s watched the spectacle of blue flames created by Inhwan with voices that sounded almost resigned.

The blue flames that had engulfed the bugs disappeared in an instant.

The fact that the blue flames, which didn’t disappear until they had completely burned their target, had vanished meant that the targets were completely incinerated.

“…”

Not even a victory cry came out.

They could only gape at the scene.

They had never directly witnessed the power of a top-tier Hunter, but the power they felt now was definitely that of a top-tier Hunter.

“But why did he tell us to step back…”

“Just a moment! I’ll explain the situation later!”

Inhwan quickly dealt with the bugs and headed straight for the sand dune where Sangyeon was.

Whether he didn’t realize that Inhwan was coming up, Sangyeon was staring blankly into the distance with a look of lost will.

“Gu Sangyeon!! Snap out of it!!”

Fortunately, Sangyeon snapped to his senses at Inhwan’s voice coming from right below.

“What the hell is wrong with you? Did a boss appear or something?”

Even as he asked the question, Inhwan already knew it was a stupid question.

The boss from the previous second-class gate was certainly a strong monster, but he was confident that it wasn’t enough to threaten Inhwan now.

But the reason he asked this question was simple.

It was just a pathetic hope that his prediction was wrong.

“I think…you have to see it for yourself.”

Inhwan, who had climbed to the top of the sand dune, turned his head towards where Sangyeon was looking.

“…”

Inhwan, who rarely lost his words unless something really big happened, couldn’t say anything at this moment.

Over there.

The place where the boss of the second-class gate should have been when he recalled the memory of the first second-class gate.

There, the entrance of the gate was turning red.

“…We’re screwed…”

The red entrance meant only one thing.

The gate that everyone had entered had mutated.

It was even a mutation of a second-class gate, which had only happened once in the history of Hunters.

“Give the orders.”

“What?”

At the unexpected words, Inhwan turned to look at Sangyeon.

In Sangyeon’s eyes, still staring at the gate, there was clearly a deep fear, but more than that, there was a sense of responsibility.

“What I can’t do, you have to do.”

“…Okay. We just have to hold out. We just have to hold out until Seonghyun comes. Keep an eye on the situation ahead from here. I’ll take care of the guild members.”

“Okay.”

Inhwan immediately slid down the slope of the sand dune and headed towards the guild members.

“What’s going on?”

“What, did a boss appear or something?”

The guild members were already convinced that a boss had appeared.

But there was no fear in their eyes.

Only a moderate tension and confidence could be seen.

“…”

“Where is it?”

“Let’s take care of it quickly and get out of here. It’ll be hard to set a record, but the sooner we get the honor of subjugating a second-class gate with just us, the better, right?”

“Don’t be surprised when you hear this.”

The guild members, who had been smiling, looked at Inhwan with puzzled eyes at his hardened expression.

They had never seen Inhwan with such a serious expression before.

“Right now. This second-class gate we’re in has mutated.”

“Wh, what?”

“Mutation, mutation? A second-class gate?”

“You’re saying the mutation of a second-class gate that only happened once in history is happening now?”

Everyone’s expression was the same.

A look of disbelief.

The mutated second-class gate showed a completely different level of strength.

Until now, even if third to fifth-class gates mutated, they didn’t become abnormally strong, but the second-class gate was different.

Purely in terms of strength, the monsters of a first-class gate might be stronger, but when a second-class gate mutated, a boss with really tricky abilities appeared.

“What do we do now…”

“Can we…survive?”

“I, I…can’t die now…”

Even those who couldn’t accept Inhwan’s words at first began to accept reality little by little because there was no reason to lie.

However, the only thing that reality held was death, so they were completely overwhelmed with despair.

“Everyone, snap out of it! Who’s our Guild Master?!”

“…”

It wasn’t that none of them knew Seonghyun’s strength.

He had shown overwhelming power in the sparring match with Inhwan before, and there were plenty of things that made them feel his strength, such as his activities in the United States.

However, the situation was a little different because in order to come to this gate where they were, they had to deal with all the monsters first before they could come to this mutated place.

No matter how strong Seonghyun was, how quickly could he deal with the monsters and bosses of the second-class gate?

This confusion spread and multiplied to everyone.

Inhwan looked at the guild members with a determined expression and said, as the murmuring that appeared in this desperate situation was not good at all.

“Everyone.”

Perhaps they hadn’t completely given up, everyone was responding to Inhwan’s voice.

“I’ll ask again. Who is our Guild Master?”

“Gi, Guild Master Kim Seonghyun…”

“What kind of Hunter is Kim Seonghyun? He is the owner of healing abilities that even restore severed limbs, and he is already recognized as the number one in Korea. Are we, the guild members of such a Hunter, going to be so frustrated by the mutation of a second-class gate?”

“Th, that’s right! Let’s give up an arm and go!”

“That’s right! It’ll just hurt a little!”

Fortunately, the atmosphere was gradually improving.

The impact of morale in the current situation was obviously significant.

To put it coldly, the guild members would not be able to fight the mutated second-class gate’s monsters, but if they had high morale like this, they would be able to hold out a little longer.

“Now that it’s come to this…let’s become Hunters who survived in a mutated second-class gate!!”

Morale reached its peak at Inhwan’s cry.

They didn’t have to deal with all the monsters that would pour out from now on.

Even if their limbs were cut off, as long as they were alive, their Guild Master would surely appear and save everyone.

At that time, Sangyeon’s voice was heard from the sand dune above.

“It’s appeared!!”

“Everyone, move to the sand dune. It will be easier to fight the enemy from a high place. The team members who fought the bugs will maintain their formation, and each team will form a formation with their backs to each other, defending the top of the sand dune.”

“Let’s go!!”

“That’s right! We will survive!!”

By now, the situation would have been grasped from the outside.

Perhaps Seonghyun was already moving to come here.

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Seonghyun was waiting outside instead of going inside the gate.

The possibility of mutation was extremely low, but that possibility was not zero, and he didn’t know what variables might appear.

“Th, that can’t be…”

While Seonghyun was talking with the reporters for a while, one reporter looked behind Seonghyun and hardened his face.

“What’s wrong…”

His voice might not have been heard due to the questions of many people, but the reporter’s expression and reaction were so serious that Seonghyun’s gaze turned back as well.

“Mut…ation?”

What was in front of him now was a red gate.

He hadn’t seen it wrong, and he wasn’t feeling the energy wrong either.

The magic power that made his skin tingle.

The red light, so vivid that it seemed like blood was flowing, made it impossible for anyone to not know that it had mutated.

“It’s a mutation!! The second-class gate has mutated!!”

At someone’s cry, the gazes of others who had not been looking at the gate began to gather at the gate.

“A second-class gate mutated?”

“Quickly, quickly contact the Association [Hunter’s regulatory body]!!”

“Inform the other top-tier Hunters as well!!”

The surroundings instantly became chaotic as if a war had broken out.

The Association’s Hunters who were waiting near the gate immediately began to contact the Association.

“I’ll go in first.”

“N, no!!”

“You’re going in alone? That’s crazy!!”

Entering the mutated gate was only possible once at the very beginning.

Unless everyone went in together, they couldn’t enter no matter what they did after that.

“What did the Association say?”

At Seonghyun’s question, the Association’s Hunter answered with a flustered look.

“Th, they have dispatched Hunters who can be dispatched for now, and they are contacting the top-tier Hunters.”

“…It’s too late. I’ll go in.”

“Yes? N, no way! Alone into a mutated second-class gate, not even a third-class…”

“Then are you telling me to give up my guild members inside?”

“Th, that’s not it, but the Association has dispatched personnel as quickly as possible, and there are a few other top-tier Hunters nearby…”

“It’s too late.”

Seonghyun ran towards the gate as it was.

Of course, everyone stepped up to stop him, but the moment they moved to stop him, Seonghyun had already entered.

“Oh, no…”

“Why did the second-class gate have to…”

Everyone was just staring blankly at the mutated gate.

A situation where they couldn’t do anything with the power of those in this place.

About five minutes passed, and the Vice-Chairman of the Association, who had heard the report that the second-class gate had mutated, arrived at the scene the fastest.

“The second-class gate has mutated!!”

“Vice-Chairman!!”

The Association’s Hunters, who had been pacing back and forth, approached the Vice-Chairman with a look as if they had met a savior at the appearance of the Vice-Chairman.

“Where did Hunter Kim Seonghyun go?”

“Th, that’s…”

“He went in first.”

“…What? Without stopping him!!!”

He was about to say something harsh, but the Vice-Chairman stopped talking because it would be impossible for them to even brush Seonghyun’s clothes with their level [strength].

“In the end…is there no choice but to believe and wait…”

The second-class gate mutation that remained the most tragic in Hunter history.

“We do what we can. Call up all but the minimum personnel in each area in preparation for a possible overflow, and have medical staff on standby in case something happens.”

“Yes. I understand.”

The Vice-Chairman sighed deeply and looked at the red gate that Seonghyun had entered.