I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 51

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Seonghyun smiled inwardly as he approached the fallen man.

‘He’s not even coming to check on his partner?’

What could be the reason?

Why he shouldn’t come this way.

Seonghyun heightened his vigilance to the maximum and arrived near the man.

As he was about to check on the man’s condition, it was as he expected.

The ground was dug out right in front of the man; as soon as he took his last step, the floor collapsed.

“Huh?”

But Seonghyun didn’t fall into the trap.

He had anticipated such a trap from the start.

The easiest way to eliminate another hunter is to disrupt their balance and make them careless.

The most effective way to do this was to disable the opponent’s legs.

“W-What? Why aren’t you falling?”

The man, who had gotten up as soon as Seonghyun stepped into the trap, looked at Seonghyun with bewildered eyes, as if he had guaranteed success.

“Hey! Come quick! He’s onto us!”

“Okay.”

But the man didn’t seem flustered at all.

Rather, he seemed pleased that Seonghyun had avoided the trap.

“If he noticed this trap… he must have quite a bit on him. Right?”

“Yeah. Looks like it.”

The man waiting in the back also approached without any panic at his companion’s call.

‘Looks like there aren’t any other traps.’

“But how did he know if he doesn’t seem strong at all?”

“He’s got a good sense.”

Saying he had a good sense, but they weren’t wary.

They seemed very confident in their skills.

“Let’s finish up quickly. Still, it’s lucky we hit the jackpot today.”

“Yeah.”

The two yawned, took out swords from their pockets, pointed them at Seonghyun, and said.

“It’s a bit cliché, but if you hand over everything you have, we’ll let you live.”

“Same here.”

Seonghyun honestly just laughed at this situation.

It didn’t matter what abilities these two had or how strong they were.

‘How pathetic.’

They weren’t weak, but rather on the stronger side.

The fact that they were setting up traps at this gate, where the strongest monsters emerged from the open gates, proved it.

But judging by how they couldn’t gauge how strong Seonghyun was, they definitely weren’t strong enough to be a threat.

“Hmm… looks like you don’t want to hand anything over?”

“Let’s kill him.”

The man who had been pointing his sword until just now took a stance.

Seonghyun also tried to move to prepare for the upcoming battle.

With this man in front and the colleague who lured him here behind, he could be attacked from both sides.

‘Hmm?’

But his feet wouldn’t move.

It wasn’t a feeling of his knees buckling or feeling heavy.

When he checked his feet, feeling as if he was caught by something, he saw that his feet were wrapped in something unidentified.

‘An ability suitable for fighting hunters.’

It was the ability of the man right in front of him.

If one foot had collapsed due to the trap and lost its balance, the other foot would have been tied up as well, and he might have died without being able to do anything.

‘What’s the other ability?’

Seonghyun didn’t try to forcibly remove his unmoving feet.

Right now, it was a priority to figure out the ability of the man behind him.

“Goodbye.”

The man who had tied up his feet didn’t seem to have any intention of attacking Seonghyun.

A look and attitude as if there was no need to attack.

Seonghyun, who had briefly glanced at the man, immediately lowered his head at the chilling sensation he felt from behind.

Even though he quickly lowered his head, strands of hair were cut off and falling before his eyes.

‘Is it speed-related?’

He thought he could avoid most attacks with Seonghyun’s abilities now, but the attack just now was to the extent that Inhwan and Sangyeon could have been injured.

‘Are they at a level where they make a living from killing?’

“Wow, you dodged that?”

“Looks like he’s not just anyone.”

Seonghyun used the brief gap to strike down the unidentified object binding his feet with the sword he had.

“Haha, you think hitting that with a sword will release it…”

“It’s released.”

Seonghyun didn’t give them a moment’s gap.

It was enough to have his feet tied up just once.

Not knowing when his feet would be tied up again, Seonghyun immediately charged towards the man in front of him.

“Not so fast.”

But just before the sword reached him, piles of stones like the ones that had just tied his feet appeared in the air and blocked the attack instead.

“Looks like we have a friend who’s confident in close combat?”

“Me too. Confident.”

“Oh, what wind blew you to be so proactive?”

“I. Fight.”

The man took out another dagger from his pocket and held it.

The way he held a dagger in each hand and took a stance was the spitting image of an assassin.

‘This is an opportunity.’

He had never faced an opponent like this before.

In the competition, there was also the part where the opponent was careless, and their fighting style was very different from those who hunted hunters like this.

‘Let’s assume there’s no Saint’s Mark [an ability that enhances healing].’

Seonghyun closed his eyes for a moment and repeated as if hypnotizing himself.

If he unconsciously thought it was okay because he had the Saint’s Mark ability, he felt like he wouldn’t be able to take advantage of the current opportunity properly.

“You. Stronger side. But I win.”

The man finished speaking and immediately charged at Seonghyun.

‘As expected, he’s fast.’

He boasted the fastest speed among the people he had faced so far, but that didn’t mean the attack felt light.

He seemed to know very well how to use his strength efficiently.

The path of the attack was also quite sharp.

Instead of attacking with two daggers in the same direction, it felt as if two people were attacking.

“How. Block?”

The man, who had been speaking with a straight face until just now, was gradually frowning as the attack didn’t come in easily.

“I’m blocking because the attack is slow.”

“…Kill.”

The man gritted his teeth, making a sound, as if his pride was quite hurt by Seonghyun’s words.

“Wow… I’m seeing him in such close combat for the first time.”

The man who was watching the battle from behind was watching their battle with his mouth open.

There weren’t many people who could withstand [받아칠] his colleague’s attack until now.

No, there weren’t any.

According to the plan, if they lured him in, one foot would fall into the trap, and if they tied the other foot with their ability, a hundred out of a hundred would not be able to react and their heads would fall off.

“Still… he’ll win, right?”

The relaxed smile he had been wearing until just now had already disappeared.

It seemed that if either of them was careless even a little, it would have a fatal impact on the result.

“…”

The man watched Seonghyun carefully.

By now, he should have been overwhelmed by his speed and a little tired, but Seonghyun, who was reflected in his eyes now, seemed not tired but rather more energetic.

“What is your ability?”

“Are you asking thinking I’ll tell you?”

“…I’ll tell you my ability too.”

“…”

He seemed to have a slightly strange way of thinking.

In the middle of a battle, he suddenly says he’ll tell him his ability, so tell him his ability.

“My ability is acceleration.”

“Acceleration?”

Come to think of it, the more he fought, the faster he seemed to be getting; he had a pretty good ability.

“Yeah. What is your ability?”

“It’s healing.”

“…What?”

The man made an expression he had never shown until now at the word healing.

That was the same for the man watching from behind.

“H-Healing? Are you lying?”

“Expression. Not lying.”

“…Huh.”

The man’s expression hardened to an extent that could not be compared to what it had been until now.

If those words were true, the hunter in front of him now was a hunter who was more difficult to deal with than any other hunter.

It wasn’t just about the rarity of the ability.

The national prestige ranking rose thanks to the owner of the healing ability, but what if such a hunter suddenly died?

The investigation of that incident would inevitably be thorough.

“…No! It’s a lie! Why would someone like that come here alone?”

“That’s also true.”

The reason Seonghyun revealed his abilities to them was simple.

Because he had no intention of letting them live.

He wasn’t taking the act of killing itself lightly.

However, if he asked, ‘Are the lives of those who take other people’s lives lightly really heavy?’ he would answer, ‘They are heavy.’

“Don’t worry about it and just k…”

Seonghyun scratched his hand with his sword as if to show off to the two of them looking at him.

Soon, red blood began to fall, and the two couldn’t take their eyes off Seonghyun as if they were surprised.

It wasn’t that they were surprised that he scratched his own hand.

They were surprised that the blood, which had been dripping as if it would never stop, disappeared without a trace as if nothing had happened.

“I-It was real…?”

“As expected. Serious.”

The man had a confused expression.

How should he deal with Seonghyun now?

Should he kill him? Or should he ask for forgiveness now?

As he was worrying like that, he suddenly wondered if these worries had any meaning.

The reason was simple.

What if he decided to deal with Seonghyun?

‘Can he… even deal with him?’

The movements he had shown so far.

Could he beat someone who had the ability to heal himself?

Even if he was lucky enough to inflict a fatal wound, he could just heal it.

But what if they suffered a fatal wound in the process?

The result was Seonghyun’s victory without even needing to see it.

“…What to do?”

“Let’s ask for forgiveness.”

“…Are you crazy? Do you think he’ll accept it?”

“Then can we win?”

The man, who was the most unlikeable he had ever been, maintaining a straight face even in this situation, had no one to trust but his colleague now.

“Y-You buy time.”

“Time?”

“Y-Yeah! I’ll bring support, so…”

The man stuttered and blurted out the words in his head.

“Okay. I understand.”

“H-Huh?”

“Go quickly.”

“I-I’ll be right back!”

The man, who had come to his senses, got up from his seat and ran towards the door.

“Trying to run away?”

“My colleague. Brings support.”

“Do you believe those words?”

“My colleague?”

Seonghyun gave up asking because he seemed to be a little different from ordinary people.

‘I wasn’t going to use the Saint’s Mark.’

He wasn’t going to use it if he fought back, but he had no choice since he chose to run away.

The man’s colleague was keeping a close eye on Seonghyun.

He had to react immediately if he showed even the slightest movement for the fleeing colleague.

‘…The opponent is strong.’

He blamed himself for not realizing Seonghyun’s strength at first, but it was no use now.

All that was left was to get his colleague to escape safely.

‘Movement. Why isn’t there any?’

It was normal to try to chase after the fleeing person, but Seonghyun didn’t show any movement.

He had only turned his gaze towards where his colleague was without any gaps.

“Kuaaak!”

He had only given his gaze, but a scream was heard from where his colleague was, as if he had been hit by a knife.

‘No!’

The man had no choice but to rush at Seonghyun, who showed no gaps.

Due to the ability of acceleration, the speed was much faster than at first, but Seonghyun continued to avoid it.

‘How?’

A feeling as if he knew in advance where to attack and was moving.

“Keuheok…”

It was a scream that was so small that it could be said to be insignificant compared to the one just now, but the man could tell.

That it was a short groan he let out just before passing out.

Thanks to the pressure to save his colleague and the urgency of time, the man’s sword was only fast but not sharp.

‘I guess I can end it now.’

Seonghyun, realizing that any further battle was meaningless, changed the target of the Saint’s Mark to the man in front of him.

“Keok…”

The dagger flying towards Seonghyun stopped in mid-air, and eventually he dropped it because it was too difficult to even hold in his hand due to the intensifying pain.

“Now what…”

“Surrender… I do.”

“…”

Whether he should say he was quick to judge the situation or that he had no backbone.

He was dumbfounded and stared blankly for a moment, but suddenly a spear appeared in front of him.