I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 235

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[The subject of faith has gained even greater faith.]

[Exceeded the predicted range.]

[Achieved an impossible feat.]

The notifications appeared as soon as I finished talking with Park Han-wook.

This meant that Park Han-wook had developed even greater faith than a typical subject of faith.

[A special reward is given for achieving an impossible feat.]

[Would you like to confirm the reward?]

The word ‘reward’ usually implied something positive.

So, Seonghyun answered without hesitation.

“Sure, I’ll swallow the sweet and spit out the bitter.”

[A new ability is unlocked as a special reward.]

[Unlocked: Baptism]

[Baptism: Those among the subjects of faith who possess greater faith receive baptism.]

[All stats of those who have been baptized greatly increase.]

[The number of individuals who have been baptized is one.]

“Baptism, huh.”

Since baptism was usually something performed in religion, it wasn’t a very welcome word for Seonghyun, who was not religious.

So, he decided to think only about the meaning of the word rather than its background.

Since it automatically said one person, Park Han-wook must have been the one who received baptism.

[An ability is unlocked as a reward for creating someone who did not exist in the world.]

“Another one unlocks?”

It was rare for two abilities to unlock at once.

In the first place, those who re-manifest usually only gained one new ability.

Everywhere else, they assign value to abilities and judge how rare they are, but any ability, by its very existence, was already of great value.

[Unlocked: Assimilation]

[Assimilation: Creates assimilation with those who have faith. Once a day, you can borrow and use the ability of one of those who have faith.]

“…This is insane.”

There was a restriction of once a day, but as I just said, the existence of the ability alone made it invaluable.

But to be able to use the ability of one of those who had faith in Seonghyun.

In the first place, all the people who had faith in Seonghyun were hunters, and the number had reached a point where it was difficult to keep track of them all.

In other words, Seonghyun could now borrow and use the abilities of any of his subjects of faith as he pleased.

‘I can already summon summons that have the same abilities as one of the subjects of faith…’

That was only summoning, after all.

The abilities they could use were the same, but the power of those abilities was significantly different.

No matter how strong they were, they couldn’t show as much power as the original subject of faith.

However, if Seonghyun were to use any ability, it would be a different story.

With infinite mana, abilities that were limited by mana would exceed their original limits, and abilities that were less limited by mana would produce even stronger results.

“How many abilities can I use, then?”

If I were to count only the abilities of famous people, there was the ability of the Lich, for example.

Inhwan’s ability to control fire, Sangyeon’s berserk state, Park Han-wook’s One Strike, and so on. There were quite a few abilities I could use.

However, Seonghyun didn’t think about it positively.

He could use other people’s abilities, and even the power was much greater, but there was one thing he couldn’t imitate.

That was the understanding of the ability.

If he simply used the ability, Seonghyun would be overwhelmingly powerful, but the original owner would know much better when and where to use the ability appropriately.

In addition, the number of abilities that could be used with this Assimilation ability had increased, but it would be difficult to perfectly imitate the skill due to the restriction of once a day.

“It would be better to use simple and intuitive abilities rather than strong and complex ones.”

It was simple to use, but it wasn’t weak because it was simple.

Because the one using it was Seonghyun.

“There’s one thing I want to experiment with…”

That was Park Han-wook’s One Strike.

Since there was a time limit on using the ability, the power of that one strike far surpassed that of a hunter of the same level.

Seonghyun still couldn’t split dimensions like Park Han-wook’s swordsmanship, but the size of his mana itself was overwhelming, so the power of the One Strike would also be different.

“Let’s just experiment today.”

It was already late at night.

He had already roughly figured out how much power it had with the sword he had wielded at the Association.

Seonghyun first headed to a place where there were no people.

The sea and the mountains were the first things that came to mind as places where there would be no people at this time.

The wind pressure generated by simply swinging the sword had destroyed a wall made of special material, so it was obvious what would happen if he used One Strike.

That’s why Seonghyun chose the sea over the mountains.

If he swung the sword in the mountains, the surrounding area would definitely collapse and crumble.

“Then…”

There was someone among Seonghyun’s subjects of faith who was felt near the East Sea [Sea of Japan].

It seemed to be a subject of faith that was created when Seonghyun healed many people in front of the Association.

Seonghyun immediately used Descent to move near the East Sea.

“How much will it be?”

The sea appeared after walking a bit.

I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve seen the sea at night, but that feeling didn’t enter Seonghyun’s eyes.

The sea in front of him was just a huge scarecrow to receive Seonghyun’s One Strike.

He had already confirmed that there was nothing around, so Seonghyun picked up his sword without hesitation.

“First…”

For the first time, Seonghyun swung his sword without any mana, just like he did in his training with Park Han-wook.

He had been swinging with all his might for a week, but 1 was busy blocking, so there was no way to confirm how much power he was putting into it.

“Hoo…”

Refined breathing.

And at the same time, Seonghyun’s sword split from top to bottom like it did back then.

A huge wind pressure began to be emitted into the sea along the end of the sword.

Soon, the sound of water was heard.

It was a sound that didn’t suit the quiet and calm night sea at all.

The sea, which was split left and right, showing the bottom along the wind pressure of the sword, soon returned to its original state.

“Was it this much?”

Even without any mana, the power was this much.

The wind pressure that flew along the tip of the sword split the sea to a distance of about 50m [164 feet].

“I’m glad I came to the sea.”

If he had shown this attack in the mountains, the surrounding rocks would have shattered and rolled down.

But the sea calmly accepted Seonghyun’s attack as if to show what nature was, and returned to its original state.

“And next.”

As soon as he used Assimilation, a sensation he had never felt before began to envelop his entire body.

It was clear that someone else’s mana was entering his body, but the amount was very small, and it soon disappeared after briefly enveloping his body.

“This is it. One Strike.”

Looking at the abilities Seonghyun had, each one had excellent value.

And if you look at the commonalities of abilities with excellent value, their power was enormous or the range they could be used in was wide.

However, Park Han-wook’s ability was insignificant even when considering the value of the ability.

The reason was that the ability was all contained in one attack, and even that had a time limit of 1 minute.

However, as much as everything was contained in this one, this one thing was certain.

The unknown force felt through his body.

Seonghyun had never felt this force even once, but he knew better than anyone what this force was.

This force, felt at the moment of using One Strike, was sucking in Seonghyun’s mana like crazy, as if he was going to use everything in one attack.

“Uh…”

Was it because Park Han-wook didn’t have much mana in the first place, so the power was similar whether he used mana or not?

Park Han-wook’s ability was greedily sucking in Seonghyun’s mana as if it had a self-awareness, as if it wouldn’t be able to taste mana if it wasn’t now.

Seonghyun could have cut it off in the middle, but he had to check it now.

Where was the limit of this ability?

How great was this thing that everyone else had dismissed as trash, as a useless ability?

After continuing to suck in mana for a while, the mana that had been sucked in began to gather in the sword as if it was satisfied.

“I’m not expecting much, but if you’ve sucked in this much mana, you’ll have to show me something, right?”

When it was sucking in mana like crazy, and now the mana contained in the sword was jumping around like crazy, as if it wanted to jump out right away.

The reaction of this mana was as if Seonghyun was forcibly holding it back, as if it had already changed Seonghyun’s mana into its own.

Seonghyun, showing a light smile as if the mana’s jumping was cute, unleashed the exact same attack as he had just swung.

“Wait, just a moment.”

Before the One Strike had even properly unfolded, Seonghyun had a feeling that something was wrong.

The amount of mana gathered at the end of the sword was much more than the amount it had sucked in from Seonghyun.

He couldn’t split dimensions, but the black thing visible at the end of the sword felt no different from the power to split dimensions just by feeling it.

But it was already too late to take back the mana.

And whether it was the difference in the Assimilation ability, or whether Park Han-wook’s One Strike was a bit special, the mana that was being emitted now was Seonghyun’s mana, but it wasn’t Seonghyun’s mana.

In other words, it was irreversible.

Seonghyun quickly used his mana to surround the area.

To make sure that this mana was only emitted into the sea as much as possible.

Still, knowing Seonghyun’s worries, the mana emitted from the end of the sword was heading exactly towards the sea.

But that mana was too thin.

Usually, the larger the mana, the larger its volume, which was a fact that didn’t need to be defined separately, but the mana visible in front of him was really as thin as a thread.

“…I don’t know.”

He had done everything he could.

As long as this mana didn’t go to the end of the sea that he couldn’t even see, there would be no other damage.

Since he couldn’t turn back anyway, Seonghyun swung his sword with all his heart until the end of the final trajectory.

Then, the black mana, as thin as a thread, began to split the sea while maintaining the trajectory as it was.

In fact, there wasn’t that much difference from before.

Similarly, the sea was splitting left and right, centered on the mana of the sword.

The only difference was that the distance was too far.

The mana, which was heading towards the end of the horizon, stopped only after Seonghyun stopped it because he thought it wouldn’t work.

“Huu… thankfully, there’s no difference in explosive power…”

An unbelievable sight was appearing before Seonghyun’s eyes.

The split sea was not returning.

He kept watching the spot, wondering if he was seeing things wrong, but the sea didn’t seem to want to come back.

“No, why is this…”

Seonghyun stayed there until the sun rose that day, but the sea did not return.

Seonghyun, satisfied that there was no other damage, was greeted by an article about a mysterious phenomenon being witnessed.