I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 208

The area where Seonghyun had been active as a Pilgrim saw events unfold while he was away for the Grade 1 Gate subjugation, drawing the world’s attention.

Since the Grade 1 Gate subjugation wasn’t planned long in advance, there probably wouldn’t have been any time issues.

In this remote area.

Gates began to appear in a place with very few proper Hunters.

But as if by a cruel twist of fate, all of these Gates caused a flood at the same time.

As if they had been waiting for this moment.

“There’s one place that comes to mind.”

The Hunter supremacist group.

Being a remote area, the number of ordinary people far outnumbered the Hunters, naturally making them a target.

The reason they hadn’t been touched until now was simply because there was no reason to.

They believed Hunters were superior and ordinary people were less than insects, but they didn’t do anything that didn’t benefit them.

That’s what made them even more difficult.

“But to have already finished that research…”

Originally, they had already finished researching how to forcibly create a Gate flood, but forcibly creating a Gate that didn’t exist in the first place was a different level of technology.

Forcibly flooding a Gate that already had a connection to another dimension was possible with just a slight stimulation.

But creating a passage to another dimension itself was unimaginably difficult.

And around the time this group finished this research, Seonghyun was just about to regress.

‘It wasn’t revealed that it was their doing, but everyone predicted it.’

So, what should Seonghyun do?

He could go there right now and investigate directly, or he could delve deeply into the Hunter supremacist group, the almost certain suspect.

“…No.”

There was nothing Seonghyun could do by going there.

He prided himself on being good at inferring results or finding the closest thing to the correct answer when there were results, but he didn’t think he was very good at investigating the cause of a problem.

“I can’t do everything from A to Z myself.”

He decided that his job was to entrust the investigation to the Hunter Association or other groups or institutions, and then gather and judge the results and process of that investigation.

If there were any injured left there, it would have been different, but according to what he saw earlier, there were no survivors there.

Everyone was dead without exception.

Regardless of age, gender, or whether they were Hunters or not, all the Hunters in that area died from the Gate flood.

“Let’s wait for the investigation results first.”

To put it coldly, there was nothing Seonghyun could do even if he went there now.

It had become a place where no one was left to mourn or receive comfort.

But all of this was the case when Seonghyun went there.

It was different as a Pilgrim.

This incident was both an attempt by the Hunter supremacist group to provoke the Pilgrim and an attempt to dispose of ordinary people, which was the purpose of their existence.

“If they provoked me, I have to show them the appropriate reaction.”

Having made up his mind, Seonghyun vowed to spend just one day with his family as planned and then move.

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As Seonghyun expected, the group was waiting for the Pilgrim to appear.

“Envy. Is there no possibility that the Pilgrim will join forces with Kim Seonghyun?”

The man, whose tone had become gentle since hearing Envy say he had worked hard, asked.

He had been hearing that the Pilgrim would act within expectations, but he didn’t know what those expectations were.

“That’s right. If the Pilgrim had intended to join forces with Kim Seonghyun, he would have contacted Kim Seonghyun before revealing himself to the world. But what did the Pilgrim do?”

The man was briefly flustered by the sudden question, but he answered easily as it wasn’t a difficult question.

“He appeared here first.”

“That’s right. And what kind of place is this?”

“A place where Kim Seonghyun hasn’t been active?”

Envy smiled with satisfaction at his surprisingly good answer.

“Correct. Out of all those places, a place where the Hunter Kim Seonghyun hasn’t been active, and where the existence of the Hunter Kim Seonghyun is not well known. That’s right here.”

Not many places in this remote area had TVs.

It would be more accurate to say very few rather than not many.

For them, the appearance of the Pilgrim was vastly different compared to when Seonghyun first appeared in this world.

It was as if a new god had appeared.

Regardless of the limits of his abilities, the fact that the Pilgrim had healed someone was enough to make him a god here.

And they didn’t care about the limits of his abilities either.

“Then what other moves could he make?”

“Do you know where the Pilgrim has been in contact with recently? Russia, for example.”

“Of course, I know that much.”

“He might join forces with them.”

“Then aren’t we a bit dangerous? The Pilgrim might ask them to find the guys who made this happen.”

Indeed, turning Russia completely into an enemy after the United States would be difficult to handle.

But Russia is the most representative place to check the United States [meaning, to act as a counterbalance to US power].

There was no reason to express hostility to a group that was directly checking the United States like this.

“If the Pilgrim joins forces with Russia after this incident, who will Russia have gained the Pilgrim because of?”

“Ah! Us?!”

“That’s right. Because of us, or rather, thanks to us.”

In the first place, Russia and other places probably knew that if they killed everyone in this vicinity, the Pilgrim, who would have lost his base, would definitely make a move, but they could only think about it, not put it into practice.

They had to kill everyone in this vicinity no matter what the process was.

“The Pilgrim’s abilities are similar to Kim Seonghyun’s, so his value is high, but Kim Seonghyun has also further enhanced his status by subjugating the Grade 1 Gate recently.”

“That’s true, but Russia hasn’t exactly been on bad terms with Kim Seonghyun, has it?”

“That doesn’t matter. If you ask who Kim Seonghyun is closer to, the United States or Russia, the answer is clear.”

“That’s going to be fun. I might get to see that great Pilgrim’s face.”

While the two were talking, a voice was heard from outside.

“The Pilgrim has appeared.”

At the report, Envy looked at the man and said.

“Shall we watch? How many times he acts according to the choices.”

“Good.”

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Having arrived at the scene secretly, Seonghyun pulled up the hood that had now become part of him and looked around.

“…The word ‘devastated’ really suits it.”

How much time will have to pass before people can live on this land again?

Probably never as long as that group is alive.

“They probably know I’m here by now.”

He hadn’t appeared yet because he didn’t feel anything around him.

“Tch, can’t be a gentleman.”

As soon as Seonghyun finished speaking, two large masses of mana began to be felt in the distance.

“One is definitely in my memory… Who is it?”

The energy of one of them was a familiar energy in his old memories.

It would have been welcome news if it was someone he knew, but for some reason, the energy in his memory wasn’t the energy of someone he was happy to see.

“Well, let’s wait and see.”

If he had come as Seonghyun, he would have gone to see who they were right now, but he was a Pilgrim now.

If the other party realized that he had sensed the energy from that distance, it would only unnecessarily raise their guard.

Seonghyun turned his head away, ignoring the place where the two huge energies were felt.

Then he looked around at the devastated land again.

“Should I… be sad?”

He had healed many people so far, and received a lot of gratitude.

He had received faith in return, but he didn’t feel guilty about it because they had nothing to lose.

But this place was different.

Of course, he had always intended to heal people in these remote areas someday, but if it had been then, he would have healed them as Seonghyun, not as a Pilgrim.

Wouldn’t he have been able to detect at least a sign before this situation occurred?

“Katmandu… must be dead.”

He was the most memorable little boy.

After healing his mother, he didn’t reveal his identity, so the window indicating that a new person had been added to the list of those who had faith in him didn’t appear, but he could tell just by looking at his eyes.

He had more fervent faith than anyone else.

“If I hadn’t appeared here, would the result have been a little different if I had come as Kim Seonghyun at least?”

A question he asked himself.

Unfortunately, Seonghyun knew the answer to this question.

The answer was yes.

The things he had started to alleviate Seonghyun’s guilt were now bringing him guilt instead.

Of course, he didn’t despair or fall into despair.

He felt guilty, but he wasn’t consumed by it.

“Well, it would be strange if everything went according to plan.”

Seonghyun headed to the place where he had first met Katmandu.

The small figure of the child still lying on the floor was vivid in his mind.

“I’m sorry.”

This was probably the first time.

That Seonghyun had knelt down.

Without being conscious of anyone’s gaze, Seonghyun knelt down in that spot and gathered his hands neatly.

He didn’t believe in the existence of a god, but this time he needed the existence of a god.

“I’m truly sorry.”

An apology filled with more sincerity than ever before.

For a while, Seonghyun knelt in that spot, recalling the names of those he remembered and recalling the smiling faces of those whose wounds had been healed.

Envy and the man, who were watching this, showed unexpected expressions at the Pilgrim’s actions.

“I thought he wouldn’t show this side of himself since he was using the media and making allies.”

“I know. He seems to have more sympathy for insects than I thought.”

However, they were only happy that there were more options they could use through the Pilgrim’s actions.

Nothing more, nothing less.

“Please keep an eye on the Pilgrim’s future actions.”

“Me?”

The man pointed at himself with his finger and asked again at Envy’s words.

“Yes. Isn’t it a field you’re good at?”

“Well, yeah, but…”

He didn’t exactly deny it since he said he was good at it, but the man had other things to do besides this.

“There’s still research that hasn’t been completed yet.”

“Are you talking about the research on combining humans and demonic beasts?”

“Yeah. I think I’ll be able to almost complete it in a little while.”

“Aren’t you going to fail again anyway?”

“What, what did you say?”

“I’ll check if there are any more demonic beasts I’ve tamed left, so please do as I ask this time.”

“Really? Really?”

The man, who had received Envy’s promise, was as happy as a child and left immediately.