I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 287

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Padron arrived at the Grade 2 Gate.

Among the four Grade 2 Gates, only one had become enormous.

“What about the others?”

“There are no significant changes. The measured magic power levels are the same, but whether this is accurate…”

We already learned from the Grade 4 Gate incident that measuring magic power isn’t a reliable indicator.

“Why did it get bigger…”

What could be the reason it grew?

There was no need to know why it grew.

Even if we knew the cause, we probably couldn’t reverse it.

However, we needed to know why this gate had grown.

We now knew why the Grade 5 and Grade 4 Gates had caused overflows.

It was partly to clear out the inferior beings that only added to the numbers, and partly to give us confidence that the next gate would cause an overflow.

That’s how the Grade 3 Gate exploded, causing painful damage, and forcing us to prepare for another situation.

Overflowing or exploding.

If it was an overflow, we needed to deploy Hunters in advance, but if it was an explosion? We would have to evacuate the surroundings instead.

“It’s fortunate that only one place has grown.”

At least if it’s an overflow, we can concentrate the Hunters, and even if it’s an explosion, Padron can hold his ground to minimize the damage.

“Guild Leader, reports are coming in from other locations.”

“Report.”

“First of all, there are only a few places with Grade 2 Gates that have grown this large.”

“I suppose so. We’re the only ones, as the other three remain the same.”

“We’ve identified six locations so far: us, the United States, the United Kingdom, China, South Korea, and Japan.”

“Six locations in total… Keep reporting any other locations you find.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Even while talking to the Deputy Guild Leader, Padron kept his eyes on the gate.

Was it just his imagination, or was it growing little by little?

The gate’s magic power wasn’t constantly increasing, but its size was gradually expanding.

‘I need to go inside.’

If it seemed dangerous, he could just come out.

It’s not like Padron lacked the ability and power to do so, and he still had some of the elixir that Sung Hyun had given him.

“I’m going in.”

“Yes? Where?”

“Where else? Here.”

Pointing at the gate, the Deputy Guild Leader shook his head as if it wasn’t a good idea.

“If something happens to you, Guild Leader…”

The Deputy Association Head of Korea and two of the top Hunters had died.

Of course, Padron was overwhelmingly stronger than the three of them combined, but that was it.

There was no guarantee that a stronger monster wouldn’t appear.

“Bullshit. What difference does it make if I die outside?”

“But Kim Hunter is outside…”

“If I’m dying, Kim probably won’t have an easy time either.”

He couldn’t say for sure, but it wasn’t wrong either.

Since there was no point in telling him not to go, the Deputy Guild Leader sighed deeply and said.

“Haa… You must take the elixir with you.”

“Nagging.”

Even with his gruff tone, Padron showed the elixir on his finger, jingling it to reassure him, then turned back around.

“Make sure you do a good job. If it’s a mess when I get back, I’ll deal with you first.”

“I’ll try my best.”

People were already waiting at the Grade 2 Gates that hadn’t changed.

The fact that a Grade 3 Gate had exploded meant that more attention had to be paid to the gates.

Padron was also a little worried about entering the gate in this state, but there was no other opportunity.

Immediately after the Grade 3 Gate exploded.

It clearly took time for the Grade 5 and Grade 4 Gates to overflow and the Grade 3 Gate to explode.

Even though there was a Grade 2 Gate that had grown huge right now, it would definitely take time to cause a direct change like an overflow.

Before that change becomes visible.

The most chaotic and precarious situation since the Grade 3 Gate exploded was also an opportunity.

“Who else would do it if not me.”

Without a moment’s hesitation, Padron went straight into the enlarged Grade 2 Gate.

Unlike other ordinary gates, Padron frowned and tore apart the magic power with his hands due to the unpleasantly sticky magic power that clung to him.

The interior was embarrassingly quiet for a Grade 2 Gate.

The magic power of the monsters befitting a Grade 2 Gate was not felt at all, and magic power at the level of a Grade 5 Gate was felt here and there.

“What are these?”

The shabby-looking monsters didn’t seem to be hiding anything.

In fact, it wouldn’t matter even if they were hiding something.

What could such insignificant things hide?

Padron decided to see what they were doing first, rather than dealing with them right away.

Until the sticky magic power he felt when entering the gate clung to him again.

“Damn it.”

Even though he kept tearing it off with his hands, the magic power kept sticking to him. Above all, Padron cursed and tore off the magic power because of the unpleasant sensation.

“Ha, annoying.”

After shaking off all the clinging magic power and trying to check again, the surrounding scenery had completely changed.

“What.”

And he began to feel the magic power of the monsters befitting a Grade 2 Gate, which he hadn’t felt before.

He wondered what had happened, but Padron was more pleased with the fact that there were monsters he could catch and kill.

“They’re coming on their own.”

The monsters were gathering without him having to go to them.

Padron lightly turned his neck once, finishing his preparations to relieve the stress he had received earlier.

“It’s your turn to explode this time.”

At the same time as Padron’s words ended, a monster appeared behind him.

Without turning his body or his gaze, Padron grabbed the monster’s head.

“Where do you think you’re going, you bug.”

Just to see what the monster looked like, Padron brought the monster’s head he had grabbed in front of his eyes and blew it up.

The battle that followed was no different.

The monsters in this gate were fast, surrounding Padron and looking for an opening, but it was meaningless.

The speed itself didn’t surpass Padron, and the monsters’ attacks couldn’t penetrate Padron’s skin.

Every time he put strength into his hand, the monsters’ heads exploded, and the boss of this gate was no different.

“Well… it’s enough to relieve some stress.”

Hopefully, the enlarged Grade 2 Gate will disappear when he leaves this gate.

He had definitely dealt with the boss, so wouldn’t it be okay to have some expectations?

Padron, who had taken the crystal possessed by the boss of the Grade 2 Gate, went out through the gate he had entered.

“You’re already back?”

“Yeah. There was nothing special. I even caught and killed the boss inside, but…”

Padron’s gaze turned to where the Grade 2 Gate had been.

But, of course, there was no change in the Grade 2 Gate at all.

It had only gotten a little wider than before he went in.

“Are you sure you caught the boss?”

“? Are you doubting me now?”

“No. I was just wondering if there was something else.”

“There isn’t, you bastard. Do you think I wouldn’t have noticed?”

“I understand… Wait a moment.”

The Deputy Guild Leader, who received a call from somewhere, continued the call with a puzzled expression.

“What? Hmm… You’re saying it disappeared just now? Okay. I understand. First, go to the Grade 2 Gate in the south and provide support. Okay. Guild Leader.”

“Why? Did you find something?”

“One of the Grade 2 Gates has disappeared.”

“…Who subjugated it?”

“No. Looking at the time, it seems to have disappeared right after you came out of the gate, Guild Leader. Was there anything special inside?”

Something special.

He felt the sticky magic power, and when he came to his senses, the surrounding scenery had completely changed.

“Come to think of it, at first, there were monsters that weren’t even in the Grade 5 Gate, making the ground even.”

“Making the ground even?”

“Yeah. While watching that, the magic power stuck to me, and then the scenery changed.”

“Why make the ground even…”

“Let’s think about that later. What are the characteristics of the monsters that came out of that disappeared Grade 2 Gate?”

“Ah, they are monsters based on speed. So the subjugation itself was a bit difficult.”

Fortunately, it wasn’t a gate that was created when the number of gates suddenly increased.

So they had previous records, and the records matched what Padron had seen.

“The monster I killed inside was also speed-based. I think I subjugated that gate.”

“How could that…”

The Deputy Guild Leader stopped talking.

He had already witnessed countless changes in the gates, and it wasn’t appropriate to say how could such a thing happen.

“It’s obvious. What I saw at first was the real interior of this Grade 2 Gate, and after confirming my intrusion, they connected it to that Grade 2 Gate as a defense.”

“That seems to be the case.”

“I’ll let Kim and Lich know, so keep an eye on it.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Padron wanted to go back into the Grade 2 Gate, but he held back this time.

They wouldn’t use another Grade 2 Gate as a defense.

The opponents were just beings called monsters, but countless monsters with intelligence similar to humans had appeared.

This time, he took advantage of a loophole to figure out a little, but the response itself was quick, so they must have prepared more efficient means.

Padron immediately explained in detail to Sung Hyun and Lich about what he had just experienced.

Sung Hyun, who received Padron’s call, was also in front of the enlarged Grade 2 Gate.

“So that’s what the inside is like.”

Unlike other places, the Grade 2 Gate that had grown in Korea was in the middle of the city.

It was located in Seoul.

Korea was not completely unaffected by the explosion of the Grade 3 Gate.

They had prevented many from being damaged, but they had also reversed many that had been damaged.

Among them were those who were the object of faith, and the pain caused by healing them would have returned to the original owner and become strength.

Sung Hyun was also going to go into the Grade 2 Gate, but since Padron had gone in and come out, he didn’t think about going in again.

They would already be preparing.

“There’s no need to invite danger.”

Even if he left this dimension, Sung Hyun wouldn’t care much.

However, everyone here would become very weak, and if something happened by taking advantage of that gap, he would be protecting a place where nothing was left.

In the end, the information Padron had learned was meaningful, but it couldn’t be used as it was.

It was another situation where he had to wait.

Fortunately, the number of places to prepare for was significantly reduced, so it was relatively okay.

“I should go get the elixir refilled.”

He had used almost all of the elixir because of the explosion of the Grade 3 Gate, so he needed to replenish it urgently.

From now on, DNN [a company or organization], who had been in charge of selling the elixir, would only focus on supplying it.

They would automatically supply what they had been making from time to time without Sung Hyun having to worry about it.

That way, they could reduce the damage in other urgent situations, just like they had minimized the damage from the Grade 3 Gate this time.

“A gate that makes the floor even and gets bigger.”

What are they preparing?

Sung Hyun moved, hoping that things would happen at a level that he could cope with.