I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 278

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“So. You’re saying you can’t do it?”

“Ah, no, it’s not that…”

Even Russian politicians couldn’t stand up straight before this man.

“Then what is it?”

“There’s nothing that would be a problem, but that’s precisely the problem.”

“Speak plainly.”

Naturally, there was no one who could withstand Padron’s displeasure head-on, and only a few could hold a conversation without stuttering.

Even those few dwindled, as he exuded a much more sinister aura than the last time I saw him.

“It’s hard to say what the problem is, but that means everything is a problem.”

“Hey.”

“Yes?”

Padron’s displeasure gradually turned into annoyance, and as he rose from his seat, they flinched and began to back away.

“Is this meeting to identify the cause of the problem? Or is it to solve the problem that subordinates report?”

“Th, that’s…”

“Speak honestly. If you try to ‘match’ me to your way of speaking, I might ‘match’ you to my power.”

It might seem rude to someone else, but everyone in this place knew.

That Padron was being quite polite right now.

“To be honest… it will be difficult to accept such sudden changes.”

“These are people who have been walking the same or similar paths from the beginning. Is it difficult for them to accept?”

“What you’re saying isn’t just about hunters. It’s not easy for hunters from every country to gather around one association.”

“I see… so that’s what it is.”

Padron began to show signs of agreement.

This was the chance.

“That’s right. Everything has its procedures and systems…”

“Is there anyone else here who agrees with this?”

“…”

They were watching each other, but thanks to the signs of agreement, they were cautiously raising their hands.

“Half. About half.”

Padron didn’t particularly interfere, but he knew very well what they meant by opposing.

Numerous countries gathered around Russia, and countless hunters beneath them.

Formally, the Russian association managed them, but there were bound to be limits.

In terms of manpower and time.

In these natural gaps, they had been taking each other’s advantages.

It was basic to plant their hunters in places where the association’s reach didn’t extend.

In this situation, if they gathered around the Russian association, which Padron had joined, everything they had achieved would turn to dust.

“300 owned hunters. Among them, 20 are high-ranking hunters. And 1 top-ranking hunter.”

“What…”

“Not a single hunter among them is working for Russia.”

Padron approached the man who, at least, didn’t stutter in front of him.

“This is the report that came in yesterday.”

Even that man couldn’t help but stutter as Padron exuded murderous intent right in front of his nose.

“P, Padron-nim [term of respect]. What do you mean by that…”

“You hid it very well. Well, you have to hide it thoroughly to do dirty work.”

The drugs were at a normal level.

They used the funds they gathered to increase the number of hunters they owned.

And those hunters reigned as kings in places where the association’s reach didn’t extend.

Padron, knowing all of this, raised his massive hand above the man’s head.

“There’s nothing as foolish as mistaking silence for ignorance. Don’t you think?”

“That’s…”

Padron put strength into the hand on his head, and the man’s head, which was only at the level of a low-ranking hunter, exploded.

“This is probably the first time I’ve done this. Right? If you’re going to turn a blind eye, you shouldn’t be annoying.”

Padron lightly brushed off the things on his hand and returned to his seat.

“Bring me a reason I can accept. Not a filthy reason that’s as transparent as the one just now.”

“Yes, yes!”

What Padron had just said was just the tip of the iceberg.

But many of them didn’t even have this information.

Naturally, they couldn’t help but think, ‘Padron knows everything.’

“The atmosphere has become harsh, but I’m not forcing you to do anything.”

After speaking, he took out his phone and made a call.

“Hello.”

“Oh, Kim.”

“What brings you to call?”

“It’s nothing big, I just have a few questions.”

The voice coming from the other side was a familiar one.

It was Sung-hyun, the Pilgrim’s voice.

“I heard you personally subjugated a 4-star gate this time. How was it?”

Russia and the United States also suffered considerable damage from 4-star gates.

Padron and Lich also recognized that the 4-star gate was strange, but they didn’t even think about entering it themselves.

“Did you put surveillance on me? I just finished subjugating it.”

“Heh heh. Articles related to you are faster than anything else.”

“I was going to contact you anyway. From this moment on, restrict all entry to 4-star gates.”

“All restrictions?”

“Yes. If possible, you too.”

Padron deliberately arranged this meeting to coincide with Sung-hyun’s subjugation.

Because he could show them the most concrete evidence.

However, what Sung-hyun said was more serious than Padron had expected.

“You’re telling me not to go in either… what’s in there?”

“Remember the 1-star gate we subjugated before?”

“Of course.”

“There was a monster inside that was similar in level to that gate’s boss.”

“…What?”

The only monster that had given Padron a result he could call defeat.

For a monster of similar level to that boss to appear in a mere 4-star gate.

“You can go in with me, or you can go in alone.”

“Weren’t you telling me not to go in if possible?”

“It doesn’t matter now. Because you know what’s inside.”

Those words pleased Padron more than any other words.

Aside from being recognized by Sung-hyun, the reason he told him not to go in if possible was just to not let his guard down.

That meant that Padron’s current level was enough to subjugate it.

And, as always, what Sung-hyun said didn’t deviate from the big picture.

‘He also has an elixir.’

Moreover, he had grown significantly compared to that time.

If he met the boss of that 1-star gate in his current state, he was confident he could tear it apart with his bare hands.

“Okay, I understand. I’ll go alone.”

“Alright.”

Sung-hyun answered as if he had expected Padron’s answer, and the call ended like that.

“Did everyone hear that? What exists inside the 4-star gate.”

“H, how can a 1-star gate boss be inside a 4-star gate…”

“Isn’t the measurement wrong?”

“No. The measurement is not wrong. I don’t feel like it’s a gate with a 1-star gate boss either.”

Were they finally realizing the seriousness of the situation?

Everyone began to murmur.

“This is why I’m trying to unite everyone. A mere. A mere 4-star gate has a monster comparable to the old 1-star gate boss, what’s next?”

“…”

“This is not for my own benefit, nor is it just for Russia. It’s for humanity itself.”

Unlike Padron’s usual self, he was serious.

With the situation coinciding, they couldn’t refute it.

They didn’t even think about refuting it.

“Of course, it’s not that Russia doesn’t benefit either. Me being at the center means that Russia is at the center.”

There was no need to doubt their patriotism.

Even the man whose head had just exploded wasn’t without patriotism.

It’s just that his personal greed was a little greater.

“Depending on your abilities, you’ll get your place, but what I can give you is…”

Padron smiled as he looked at the cold corpse he had personally blown up.

“I hope you understand.”

Padron got up from his seat and walked through the bowing figures, leaving the room.

Because there was a problem that needed to be solved before anything else.

Padron’s exclusive building in Russia, which he had returned to after a long time.

Bringing all the guild members from the United States to fill it didn’t feel out of place.

“I’m leaving right away.”

“Are you talking about the 4-star gate?”

“Yes.”

His body had been itching since the call with Sung-hyun ended.

‘Tear it to shreds.’

The excessive confidence was by no means arrogance.

Padron knew very well how much power that 1-star gate boss had back then.

“I won’t prepare any additional manpower.”

“Yes. You shouldn’t.”

The vice guild leader’s job was simple.

To carry out the results of the conversations Padron had with the politicians while he was away.

He had been specializing in this kind of work since the United States, so there was nothing difficult about it.

And so, Padron headed straight for the 4-star gate.

Alone, without taking anyone.

“It’s still amazing. Even though I’m inside the gate, I don’t think there will be a 1-star gate boss.”

What kind of abilities will the boss he faces this time have?

Padron felt his heart pounding and headed deeper inside.

The boss, who was waiting for the hunters to come inside the gate, also knew.

From the moment Padron stepped into this gate.

“This… I need to be a little nervous.”

Unlike what the proxy said, he felt a pretty strong energy.

It wasn’t just strong, but the murderous intent that was coming all the way here made it clear that he enjoyed the battle itself.

“So, you’re the monster.”

“…You have excellent eyes for a human.”

Eyes that looked at him as if he were prey.

Regardless of the difference in power, those eyes were eyes that only those with the power to devour other beings could show.

“You’ve killed a lot. A lot.”

Numerous hunters’ corpses scattered on the floor.

Everyone must have come in first to subjugate, and then to save others.

“The weak die. Isn’t that the natural order?”

“Yes. Then you’ll die soon too.”

No more conversation was needed.

The power he hadn’t been able to fully unleash because he was afraid the surroundings would be destroyed.

Padron immediately began to cover his entire body with magic power.

The inexhaustible magic power began to create a barrier with Padron’s body as the boundary.

Padron’s proud magic power manipulation.

Repeated compression.

Even though he wasn’t in Sung-hyun’s sanctuary, Padron was instinctively operating an amount of magic power that exceeded the limit.

The ability to contain everything in this one body.

It was an ability with many flaws.

But now, Padron had gained enough magic power to offset all those flaws, and the flaws had become strengths.

Padron, who didn’t stop manipulating magic power even as he walked towards the boss, opened every gap in his body and shouted.

“Try to break through, you son of a bitch!”