I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 300

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Seonghyun directly declared the start of the war.

The declaration of war, delivered with the newfound authority of a Master, carried a weight that Seonghyun’s previous pronouncements lacked.

Before, he possessed the ability to pinpoint an opponent’s weaknesses and a surge in stats, but now, the very *dignity* of a Master amplified everything.

The magical power raining from the sky became a tangible blessing, suffusing the bodies of those who held faith in him.

And that wasn’t all.

Seonghyun’s summons were no longer temporary illusions.

They were now powerful, persistent entities, mirroring the abilities of those who believed in him.

Furthermore, these summons were empowered by the Sanctuary, rendering the enemy’s numerical advantage meaningless.

“Annoying.”

The Master’s brow furrowed as he surveyed the rapidly shifting battlefield.

Humans, empowered to a point where they barely resembled the insignificant creatures they once were, fought alongside luminous summons of unknown origin.

Of course, the Master’s legion wasn’t collapsing, due to the healing magic.

However, the fact that they weren’t achieving their usual overwhelming victory only fueled the Master’s fury.

‘My legion… isn’t crushing them?’

Until now, the Master’s legion had swept aside all opposition.

Their path was always one of victory, and conquered territories became spoils of war.

But now, after mobilizing their full force, the result was a stalemate.

“Kill them all.”

The battle had ceased to be entertaining.

Now, only a desperate struggle for survival remained.

The Master issued an order to his legion, one he had only given once before.

To kill everything.

This order encompassed not only the enemy but also the Master’s own forces, demanding they fight to the death, eliminating enemies even in their final moments.

Having issued the command, the Master erected a barrier, similar to the one before, to isolate the battlefield.

However, this time, the intention was different. It wasn’t about creating a stage but purely about containing the conflict.

Because Seonghyun’s position was leaning towards the Master’s camp, the shockwaves alone could damage the legion.

“You’re meticulous for a demon.”

Seonghyun understood the Master’s intent, which only made him grin wider.

“Shut up.”

“It seems the composure you lost has found its way to me.”

Words were no longer necessary.

The Master’s magic surged, met by an equal and opposite force from Seonghyun.

The amount, quality, and purity of their magic were so evenly matched that it was impossible to determine who held the advantage.

This parity was yet another source of the Master’s rage.

To be matched in power by someone who wasn’t a Master.

The battle unfolded much as it had before.

The black sword, formed of corrosive magic, sought to engulf Seonghyun and cut off his escape.

Previously, Seonghyun would have been unable to withstand its corrupting influence, due to the difference in their *dignity*.

But now, things were different.

Even without consciously focusing on the Master’s magic, Seonghyun was surrounded by his own domain.

The domain he had acquired as a proxy of the Master of the Dimension was unique to him.

Seonghyun’s domain possessed the characteristic of *Permission*.

This area, generated naturally around him, assessed everything that entered it, judging its potential benefit or harm to Seonghyun.

In some ways, it could be seen as a vulnerability, but as an ability granted by the Master of the Dimension, it was without flaws.

This domain could foresee and judge the future on its own.

“The sword…”

Seonghyun seized the Master’s sword, which was embedded in the floor, with his bare hand.

Anyone else would have been reduced to dust upon contact, but this time, the opposite occurred.

The sword, unable to withstand Seonghyun’s purification, crumbled and scattered into dust.

“It’s very old.”

The battle began to tilt in Seonghyun’s favor.

Their magic and abilities were largely the same, but one crucial difference remained.

The wound inflicted during the battle with the Master of the 1st Dimension lingered as a scar, even after all this time.

Seonghyun, however, had no such vulnerability.

It would have been a different story if he had been killed after receiving the Master’s authority.

The sword that Seonghyun always carried was a chained sword.

He didn’t know when it had changed, but the black sword with the chain had already turned pure white.

Seonghyun’s attacks relentlessly targeted the Master’s weak points.

Moreover, the wounds inflicted by the white sword healed noticeably slower.

‘If I allow even a slightly larger attack…’

He felt as though he would face an ending he didn’t even want to contemplate.

However, the Master wasn’t without a potential advantage.

That was the limitation of time.

The authority granted by the Master of the 1st Dimension was finite.

It was meant to allow him to endure, not to overwhelm the opponent as the Master of the 2nd Dimension.

The Master, whose pride had been wounded to the point of near-denial, still needed to secure this dimension first.

“You…”

Seonghyun returned the Master’s gaze with a smile as the Master’s appearance suddenly changed.

The murderous intent that had fueled the Master’s magic had subsided.

Now, it seemed he was simply trying to endure until the time ran out.

But this had nothing to do with Seonghyun, and there was also the saying that the best defense is always offense.

As if he had been waiting for this moment, Seonghyun unleashed a relentless assault.

Light and darkness.

Since they were each other’s opposites, Seonghyun was naturally in a more advantageous position.

In addition, since he was the Master of the 2nd Dimension born from the Master of the 1st Dimension, there was also a basic superior-subordinate relationship.

“Kugh…”

The Master’s wounds steadily increased.

The rate at which they appeared outpaced the rate at which they healed.

However, the Master’s demeanor remained unchanged.

The wounds themselves were multiplying, but the authority of the Master contained within his magic was gradually diminishing.

‘It’s coming soon.’

The increasing wounds were not solely due to Seonghyun’s power.

The magic was being released almost imperceptibly, to the point where even the Master himself could barely detect it.

Seonghyun was releasing his magic in accordance with the rate at which the Master was losing the authority passed down by the Master of the 1st Dimension.

So that the attack could be more daring, so that he could come closer.

As time passed, Seonghyun’s authority was gradually decreasing.

The magic that had initially boasted power comparable to that of the Master was now barely maintaining the dignity of the Master.

Perhaps Seonghyun sensed this as well.

As if preparing for one final, decisive blow, a massive attack was brewing, and the Master didn’t attempt to block it, even though he could have.

‘Now is the time.’

The moment Seonghyun’s attack began.

And the instant before the sword pierced the Master’s body.

The authority of the Master granted to Seonghyun vanished completely, and he was no longer able to maintain his dignity.

The Master, a smile of victory playing on his lips, reached out once more towards Seonghyun’s heart.

If he had pierced it from behind earlier, this time he wanted to pierce it from the front.

What kind of expression would Seonghyun wear?

‘I wanted to see the expression of the Master of the 1st Dimension.’

If it was the expression shown by Seonghyun, who received that will and authority, then that would be the expression of the Master of the 1st Dimension.

“Cough… !”

Seonghyun’s cry echoed as before.

His heart was pierced.

Since the heart had already burst, the heart was not held in the hand that came out, but it didn’t matter.

“…?”

However, Seonghyun’s expression was completely different from what the Master had anticipated.

The groan that escaped his lips was clearly one of pain.

‘This is…’

Why was the dignity of the Master felt again from Seonghyun?

It was clearly a dignity that had faded and disappeared.

“How is it? Did my groan sound painful?”

Seonghyun activated his newly created domain.

The domain with the characteristic of *Permission* only allowed some of the Master’s senses.

And Seonghyun gradually increased the intensity according to his will.

Slowly. In accordance with the Master’s intentions.

“You tricked me…”

Seonghyun seized the Master’s hand that had pierced his heart with magic so that it could not be pulled out, and grabbed the Master’s neck with one hand.

A perfect fit.

And with the other hand, he held the sword in reverse and stabbed it straight into the pelvis.

The sword easily pierced through the pelvis to the point where he didn’t even feel the sensation of piercing through skin and bone.

“Th, this…”

The reason why this place was a vital point was simple.

The speed of healing was significantly slower.

Unless he entered eternal slumber, he would have to reserve his strength again for a long time to recover from this wound.

Just like he had created a vessel to recover.

‘But then…’

If time was given to each other in this state, the result was determined.

Perhaps the Master of the 1st Dimension would regain his strength first.

Then it would not be just late.

He would never get another chance.

‘I have to end it here.’

Since his hand was already stuck in Seonghyun’s heart and he couldn’t pull it out, there was no way he could fail.

The Master calmly operated his magic.

What he was trying to use now did not require magic.

“…?”

Seonghyun also looked at the calm Master with a questionable expression, and soon realized that something was wrong.

Clearly, it was Seonghyun who was preventing the hand stuck in his heart from being pulled out, but he felt like the Master was rather taking advantage of that fact.

He hurriedly tried to pull out that hand, but now the Master’s magic was holding it back.

“What on earth are you trying to do…”

An unknown sense of foreboding slowly began to creep in, and soon the Master looked at Seonghyun with a smile as if it was over.

At the same time, an unknown force began to absorb Seonghyun’s magic.

He couldn’t resist.

The infinite magic was as if it was nothing, absorbing the magic of both the Master and Seonghyun at the same time.

It was even mixing the absorbed magic together to create a new kind of magic.

The magic that began to gather in the air gradually increased in size, and soon became a single form and approached the Master, no, Seonghyun.

The form made purely of magic had a stronger power than any other being at this moment.

It had absorbed the power of Seonghyun, who had received the power of the Master of the 1st Dimension, and the power of the Master of the 2nd Dimension as it was.

The Master looked at Seonghyun, who didn’t know what was going on, and said with difficulty.

“Even if you have the same dignity, there are things that you cannot do.”

That was what he could do at the cost of the Master’s eternal slumber and extinction.

The Master of the 3rd Dimension had awakened the consciousness of the 1st Dimension at the cost of his own extinction, so this time it was the turn of the Master of the 2nd Dimension.

The only difference was that the Master of the 2nd Dimension was only falling asleep for a while.

Since the only purpose was to eliminate Seonghyun, there was no need for extinction, let alone eternal slumber.

He was strictly just a proxy for the Master’s power.

He wasn’t the real Master.

“I will step back for a while, but you will be extinguished forever. Holding the power, authority, and qualifications you received entirely.”

Then the Master operated his magic, and the form also began to react to that magic.

Like an animal facing a natural disaster, it was something of a kind that could never be resisted.

That unknown power began to approach Seonghyun.

“It was fun for a while. Vessel. You will be extinguished, holding other powers instead of my power.”

The extinction that the Master was talking about was not simply death.

The extinction that disappeared without leaving anything behind was something that could never be reversed.

The Master would only fall asleep for a while, and Seonghyun would be extinguished.

It was by no means a fair result, but the difference between being the Master of the Dimension from the beginning and being a resident was a much bigger difference than imagined.

The moment that irresistible extinction approached, an unexpected voice was heard.