I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 236

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[Around 6 AM today, according to resident reports…]

First, there’s the matter of the sea.

Some residents went out fishing early in the morning.

They didn’t see Seonghyun, as it wasn’t a harbor, but they did witness the sea parting near that location.

[The Association has identified the cause as a massive, unidentified magical energy surge measured around 11 PM the previous night. Considering the scale of the magical energy, the prevailing theory is that it wasn’t intentionally caused by anyone.]

The article included photos of the sea, which looked exactly as Seonghyun remembered.

“…There won’t be any problems, right?”

It was just something that shouldn’t have happened, aesthetically speaking.

“Is that *all* you’re worried about…?”

Still, if it were a serious problem, the residents wouldn’t be giving interviews like this.

[Kim Gwang-soo, a fisherman with 20 years of experience, expressed a very positive view of this mysterious phenomenon. He stated that since fishing is virtually the only activity available, the area has inherent limitations, but the sudden appearance of a tourist attraction has already excited the residents.]

“Haha, a tourist attraction.”

It seemed he had unintentionally done the local residents a great service.

He had been worried about potential problems, but this was an unexpected piece of good news.

Since the phenomenon itself was physically impossible, other articles began to surface while Seonghyun was checking the news.

There was also an article stating that the Association, which he had checked with early in the morning, had invited and dispatched experts.

“Someday, it will return to normal.”

Having confirmed that it wasn’t a major issue, Seonghyun stopped paying attention to it.

Because he had a lot to prepare.

“Now, next is the owner of the Tier 1 Gate.”

Now it was the end game.

There would be other beings after the owner of the Tier 1 Gate, but as far as Gate owners were concerned, the Tier 1 Gate owner would be the last.

To summarize what he had learned so far, the place where Seonghyun was, and the Gates, etc., were from different dimensions.

This was common knowledge, but the fact that there was an owner of *this* dimension was something only Seonghyun knew.

“Did the owner of our dimension disappear?”

Perhaps the owner of the Tier 2 Gate and the other Gate owners he had met so far were beings from the same dimension.

Judging from that letter, there was clearly an owner of that dimension, but no matter how he looked, he couldn’t figure out who the owner of the dimension Seonghyun lived in was.

Each time Seonghyun faced the owners of each Gate, he became stronger and gained more knowledge.

Perhaps when he met the owner of the Tier 1 Gate, he would definitely learn something, whether positive or negative.

“Fortunately, the backlash that appeared after dealing with the Tier 2 Gate owner wasn’t that fatal.”

All the Gates had become stronger to the point of causing mutations, but the level of the Hunters had also increased.

It was difficult to secure crystals because it was impossible to subjugate the Tier 1 Gate, but this was somewhat offset by the doubled number of Gates.

“But…”

The most fortunate thing was that a Gate outbreak wasn’t happening, but the most unfortunate thing was also that a Gate outbreak wasn’t happening.

Even looking back to before his regression, there was no record of succumbing to a Gate outbreak.

That was obvious, because if they couldn’t stop the outbreak, that history couldn’t even be recorded.

“A Gate outbreak occurs because the Gate itself cannot handle the magical energy inside.”

Recalling the spear that appeared after defeating the Tier 2 Gate owner, there was a suggestion that it would stop a Gate outbreak.

It was something he had thought about back then, but stopping didn’t mean it would completely disappear or halt.

What if… just what if, the reason the Gate wasn’t overflowing wasn’t because the magical energy inside the Gate wasn’t increasing, but because it was being forcibly blocked?

If that were the case, the magical energy inside the Gate would continue to grow, and someday when the condition that prevented it from overflowing disappeared, it would surely burst out as if venting its resentment.

The number of Gates has doubled.

Just imagining the monsters that would emerge from those Gates already made his head throb.

“Usually, a Gate’s rapid change occurs after dealing with the Gate owner.”

If so, there was a high possibility that whatever was preventing the Gate outbreak would disappear after dealing with the Tier 1 Gate owner.

“I thought I had prepared well, but it might not be enough.”

A thought suddenly crossed Seonghyun’s mind.

It was the sword.

It was a sword with the ability to see and change the future, but the sword couldn’t see Seonghyun.

Doesn’t the fact that it can’t see Seonghyun mean that it doesn’t know what Seonghyun has done and will do?

Seonghyun had wondered whether a result without a cause could exist, but no matter how he thought about it, there was no result that appeared without any cause.

The sword knew about the changes in the Gate so far.

That could be confirmed by looking at the diary.

“…Does that mean…”

Could it be that the Gate didn’t change because of what Seonghyun had done since his regression?

He had never doubted this until now.

A huge event called regression had occurred, and he naturally thought that the changed events had simply produced different results.

But what if the changes in the Gate were going to happen anyway, regardless of the fact that he had regressed?

Seonghyun had been facing rapid changes in the Gate by dealing with the Gate owner.

Naturally, Seonghyun thought that the Gate had undergone rapid changes because he had dealt with the Gate owner.

“Could it be that the Gate didn’t undergo rapid changes *because* I dealt with the Gate owner?”

If the events that had happened so far weren’t showing results that had been reversed by Seonghyun’s regression and the changed past, but were originally scheduled to happen like this…

If the same result was going to occur even if Seonghyun didn’t deal with the Gate owner, perhaps the owner would have appeared along with the Gate’s rapid changes.

Seonghyun was merely preventing the worst-case scenario.

Of course, it was a ridiculous story and just a simple guess, but for some reason, it seemed to be the closest to the truth.

‘The beings called dimension owners don’t react at all to dealing with the Gate owners.’

Even if the Gate owners of Tier 5, which is a low level, are like that, the Gate owner of Tier 2 was in a relationship where the dimension owner would match their tendencies.

However, seeing that they didn’t show any reaction as if they didn’t care, the dimension owner’s intention may have been to create changes in the Gate.

“No. Still, nothing will change.”

The reason Seonghyun created a new system to educate Hunters was simply to reduce his guilt.

If the hypothesis he has established now is true, he will no longer need to feel guilty in the future.

But that didn’t mean he was going to stop this plan.

He had already taken many steps, and it was actually effective.

Why would he bother stopping something that was going well?

Also, when the outbreak bursts out all at once around the world someday, what he has done so far and what he will do in the future will definitely be of great help.

At that time, Seonghyun’s phone rang.

The caller was the vice-chairman.

“Hello?”

“Hunter Kim Seonghyun. I’m calling because I wanted to ask you something.”

“Ah, yes. Go ahead.”

“Did you happen to go to the East Sea yesterday?”

Since they wouldn’t have put surveillance on someone they had faith in, Seonghyun asked back with a puzzled tone.

“Why do you ask?”

“I’m sorry for suspecting you, but the amount of magical energy measured the night before was a bit strange.”

“Strange?”

“Yes. It’s strange.”

“What’s so strange about it…”

“The amount of magical energy measured is far too much.”

From the vice-chairman’s point of view, there was only one person he could suspect.

It wasn’t like the Lich [an undead magic user] over there had come and used magical energy.

“If it was moderately high, I would have considered other possibilities… I thought it was an earthquake when I saw the magical energy phenomenon map.”

“Haha…”

He couldn’t deny it any longer.

“I was trying to do an experiment, but there wasn’t a suitable place.”

“Then the Association’s training room…”

The vice-chairman, who had replayed the terrible memory of what had happened in the training room, stopped talking in the middle and agreed with Seonghyun.

“Ah, that’s right. There’s no place as suitable as the sea. But how did you do it? Parting the sea is one thing, but it doesn’t come back.”

“If I knew, I probably would have returned it. More than that, you said you invited an expert, who is it?”

“It’s someone you know well. It’s Professor Seong.”

It was the first time he had heard that Professor Seong was an expert in this field.

“He recently published a paper on new methods of magical energy operation, and the response was quite enthusiastic. As the Hunter is establishing a new system, some attention has been focused on Professor Seong, who was one of the initial members.”

“That’s good news. He wasn’t someone who would remain ordinary.”

Everyone was growing in their own way.

The new system that Seonghyun had established was just lighting the fuse for their growth.

“Haven’t you found out anything yet? I’m curious too.”

“I contacted you because of that.”

“…You already thought I did it.”

“Didn’t I tell you? I thought it was an earthquake when I saw that nonsensical, monstrous magical energy. Who else is there besides the Hunter?”

The vice-chairman still couldn’t believe the map showing the magical energy phenomenon.

Since the magical energy measuring device was one of DeMarge’s inventions, no one doubted its accuracy.

The amount was enough to doubt the accuracy of such equipment.

The magical energy measured last night.

“Anyway, as soon as he arrived at the scene, Professor Seong said something.”

“What is it?”

“He said he didn’t expect this at all.”

“What does that…”

“Since it was a phenomenon caused by magical energy, he thought that the magical energy was occupying the split gap, so it wouldn’t come back.”

Usually, when a huge amount of magical energy is used, traces of it remain.

It was highly likely that what Seonghyun left behind was also a phenomenon maintained by the remnants of the huge magical energy that was used.

“But it was the opposite. There was nothing in that gap. Not even magical energy, let alone the air that should have been there.”

“Does that mean…”

“It’s just another world. He said it’s like space.”

“Space…”

“It’s rather fortunate. If magical energy had remained, we could have known whose magical energy it was.”

As expected, the vice-chairman knew better than anyone what Seonghyun was worried about.

“Still, it’s good that the local residents are very welcoming.”

“The result isn’t bad.”

“There’s no evidence related to the Hunter here anyway, so you don’t have to worry. I’ll take care of it.”

“Thank you.”

Talking to the vice-chairman made him realize how much magical energy he had used yesterday.

“From now on, let’s only use it inside the Gate.”

And the time to use his ability was approaching faster than he thought.