I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 284

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“Haha! So that human was important to you after all.”

Even as the Agent mocked him, Seonghyun continued to manipulate his mana without the slightest reaction.

Embodying the will of the Vice Guild Master, a great hunter and a true man.

The Vice Guild Master lay quietly beside Seonghyun.

His expression was more peaceful than ever before, making one wonder if he was merely asleep until they felt for his heartbeat.

The Agent’s mana-drained arm had shrunk back down from its swollen state, returning to its original form.

Perhaps because it was an arm that had burst and then recovered, even the scars caused by abilities that Seonghyun couldn’t heal had completely disappeared.

Was this what it originally looked like?

It was quite a delicate hand for a hunter, and Seonghyun couldn’t even begin to imagine how much that hand had accomplished.

‘…He looks alive.’

Everyone looked like they were alive, but there was no heartbeat here.

He had tried to heal him somehow, but it was impossible.

No one but Seonghyun knew the Vice Guild Master’s nobility, but once they left this room, everyone would soon know.

That he had sacrificed himself to protect Seonghyun.

And that he had given everything to deal with the mana beast who was stronger than anyone else.

“You know it too, don’t you? That you can’t win.”

“Heh heh. How obvious. But I have achieved what I wanted.”

Of course, only half of it, but he didn’t mention that.

“Yeah.”

What more was there to say?

He just needed to create enough power to not kill him in one hit, as he had initially resolved.

That was all he needed, but he had no intention of holding back on this first strike.

Assimilation, which had perfectly transferred the Vice Guild Master’s ability.

He didn’t know the ability well, but that didn’t matter anyway.

Because Assimilation didn’t just put him in a state where he could use the ability.

It was a perfect, superior ability that far surpassed simply copying the ability.

Not just his mind, but every single muscle in his fingertips was being adjusted to use the ability brought by Assimilation.

“I’m not going to let you die easily.”

The Vice Guild Master’s ability gathered in Seonghyun’s arm.

The original limitations had completely disappeared.

The unique side effects of the Vice Guild Master’s ability remained, but even if he operated it to the point where his skin distorted and his bones twisted, it couldn’t outpace Seonghyun’s healing speed.

As the mana concentrated in his fist exceeded a certain level, pure white mana gradually began to fill in from the edges.

“…The mana wielded in his fist is cutting through dimensions…”

He had definitely succeeded in suppressing it by about half, so had he perhaps failed?

‘No, no. I definitely succeeded.’

Half success, half failure.

If he thought about what he had initially aimed for, it was an undeniable failure, but there was definitely a part that had succeeded.

But looking at the power he was displaying now, it was enough power to make even the Agent doubt the success.

No matter how much he thought about it and went over it, half success was certain.

This was making the Agent’s expression even more grim.

Even though half of it had clearly succeeded.

‘That means…’

Perhaps even at this moment, one of the Agent’s assumptions was wrong.

That was the size of the vessel [Seonghyun’s body as a container for power].

It wouldn’t change anything that he was going to die in this place anyway.

And if he hadn’t properly considered the size of the vessel, resisting would be virtually meaningless.

He had even exchanged blows directly, but looking at the mana being wielded before his eyes, it seemed like his sword and body would be completely torn apart if he exchanged blows with that.

“Maybe I misjudged the size of the vessel…”

“Shut up.”

A rough-feeling fist.

If it was mana that had been launched from a distance, he could have at least tried to avoid it.

But since it was being wielded in a fist and coming straight at him, he couldn’t avoid it.

Their physical abilities were at a similar level, but Seonghyun was slightly ahead.

The attack continued as if he didn’t feel anything as his skin and bones were crushed and distorted.

‘Block it as much as possible.’

If he could block it once, he wouldn’t be able to use it a second time.

The mana in that fist, which was cutting through dimensions just by being wielded, was at an absurd level, but cutting through dimensions was something he could also do.

The Agent poured all his mana into a single attack.

The best defense was as good as an offense.

The Agent’s mana, which could also cut through dimensions, reached out towards Seonghyun.

Well… it didn’t really mean anything.

The hand that wasn’t wielding mana was holding a sword, and he had only slightly altered the trajectory of the incoming mana with that sword.

“It’s going to be painful.”

Since he couldn’t block it with his sword, all that was left was to block it with his body.

The Agent’s mana was wielded as if trying to offset the mana as much as possible, but its level wasn’t enough to cut through dimensions.

Crack.

The sound of something breaking and tearing could be heard simultaneously.

His two hands, which had been trying to block the fist, were being torn apart to the point of almost disintegrating even before they touched Seonghyun’s fist.

“Kuh…!!”

If he was pushed back here, it would all be over.

He hadn’t planned to survive in the first place, but he was going to create even the slightest gap to escape.

Of course, even if he succeeded in escaping, he wouldn’t be able to survive.

Because he would be returning with irreparable wounds.

But these plans of the Agent were of little significance.

The mana of Seonghyun, who he had directly collided with, showed no signs of weakening.

The Agent’s arms had already been completely torn off, and his heart was visible through the gap in his arm.

Just before it was about to pierce his heart with fierce momentum, Seonghyun suddenly withdrew his mana.

‘…?’

There was no time to express his doubts.

If there was a chance, now was the first and last chance.

Originally, he would have to use a sword, but both arms had flown away.

All that was left to wield properly was his legs.

The Agent scattered the blood gushing from his missing arms into the air.

The one with the highest sensitivity to mana was the Agent.

A being who could make even the ownerless mana floating in the air his own.

With blood as a medium, the surrounding mana instantly gathered into the blood, and the Agent drew that blood with his foot, creating a mana-based rift [a tear in space].

All of this happened simultaneously right after his arm burst.

Such smoothness that even Seonghyun mistook the act of drawing blood in the air with his foot as an attack.

The blood split by the Agent’s foot created a rift the size of that space, and the blood spread by his foot began to emit light for a moment.

A keening sound that seemed impossible to come from blood began to flow from the blood, and the blood that had been making the sound began to explode at the same time as the rift was completed.

‘It’s done.’

Thanks to the aftermath of this explosion, Seonghyun stepped back, and the Agent was not about to miss this.

Now, all that was left for all the remaining power to do was one thing.

That was to throw himself into that rift.

Because his arms had disappeared, he couldn’t create a perfect rift.

Just between this dimension and the original dimension.

It was questionable whether he could return properly, but the goal was to get out of here first, and that goal was starting to be achieved to some extent.

Half of his body entered the rift.

He could enter perfectly if he was given just a fleeting moment, but the Agent didn’t let his guard down even slightly.

‘I’ll give up the rest.’

From one leg to his shoulder.

If he gave up all of this and closed the door, he could definitely enter the door.

The Agent didn’t hesitate for a moment to decide his own death.

Because the decision had already been made before coming here.

As soon as part of his body entered, the Agent immediately closed the rift.

It was a rift that wouldn’t last long in the first place, but with the addition of the Agent’s mana, it began to close with a force similar to cutting through dimensions.

“Kuh…!”

Following that, he felt pain from his leg to his shoulder.

It was pain that exceeded imagination, but the Agent had an expression that only the victor could show.

The greater the pain he felt, the more surely the rift closed.

“Hoo… there’s not much time left.”

He had to recover his strength until the very last moment and then create a rift to return to his father.

How long had it been since he had sat down on the bare floor like this?

It was unimaginable for a being who had been noble since the beginning, but the Agent felt more comfortable now than ever before.

“I keep closing my eyes…”

It was then.

The rift that had clearly been closed.

A rift that even the Agent himself didn’t know exactly where it connected to, but a very faint light began to appear.

“Huh?”

For a moment, the Agent unknowingly thought that he had opened a door to the dimension where his father was.

The light shining down from above was so bright that it felt warm and comfortable.

But the voice coming from that gap was a familiar voice, the voice he had just heard.

“Where are you going?”

“…!!”

The Agent instinctively put mana into his arm and swung it.

He hadn’t accurately grasped the opponent’s position, but even if he only grasped the source of the voice, he could know where the eyes were without looking.

‘Ah, damn it.’

Was it because of his urgency?

The Agent realized that he didn’t have his arm only after swinging it.

“Where do you think you’re escaping…”

Seonghyun’s touch was brutal.

Perhaps because of the backlight, Seonghyun’s face looked even darker.

The Agent was grabbed by the scruff of his neck by Seonghyun’s rough hand.

‘I, I have to close it…!’

The rift was trying to close as if it was cutting off the Agent’s own body.

“Don’t try any pathetic tricks.”

Seonghyun grabbed the rift with his other hand as if it was nothing and tore it apart.

Even though he tore it with one hand, the force was enough to tear the entire rift.

“Come out.”

The pressure was so great that his neck felt like it would be torn off just by being held in his hand.

The Agent struggled with his non-existent arms and was dragged out of the rift.

A miserable appearance that didn’t suit his noble origins from the beginning.

However, he didn’t feel humiliated because of who the opponent was.

“Heh heh… no matter what you ask, there will be no answer…”

He wouldn’t give any answers.

He was confident that he wouldn’t give the answer he wanted even if he repeatedly tortured him while healing himself countless times.

As the Agent expected, Seonghyun healed himself.

The wounds on his severed arms and one leg healed in an instant.

Both the disappeared arms and legs had returned, but he was in a situation where he couldn’t do anything because his mana was completely empty.

“Haha… you’re just wasting your time.”

There was no answer.

Because Seonghyun didn’t want to hear the answer to the question in the first place.

Only to inflict pain.

That was all.

“Kuh!”

The beginning of pain felt from one finger.

A huge pain was felt as much as the pain of having his body cut off, but both the Agent and Seonghyun knew very well.

That it was the beginning of the least pain of what was about to begin.

The beginning of pain starting from one finger.

Seonghyun began to violate the Agent’s body one by one, slowly, until he was satisfied.

“Your heart will be buried next to the Vice Guild Master’s.”