I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 70

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[The ability being unlocked is enhanced due to satisfying a special condition.]

[Ability that would have been unlocked before satisfying the condition: Summon]

[Summon: You can summon one of the individuals with faith in you. Their stats are half of what they originally were.]

“Summon itself is quite a good ability…”

*To think it’s being enhanced further,* Sung Hyun thought. He usually didn’t have high expectations for these unhelpful system messages, but at this moment, he couldn’t help but feel anticipation.

[Unlock: Conscript]

[Conscript: Summons a phantom with the same power as one of the individuals with faith in you.]

“Summoning a phantom…?”

[The summoned phantom will not disappear from any attack and will disappear when the user dies.]

*It was practically immortal,* he realized.

Since Sung Hyun’s ability was healing, this phantom would be incredibly resilient.

‘But it summons one of the individuals with faith in me?’

The description stated that it summons one of the individuals with faith in him.

‘Could it be…?’

There was no reason to hesitate. Sung Hyun immediately used Conscript.

First, he tried Park Han-wook, who was the first individual to have faith in him.

‘Conscript.’

As he used Conscript, the floor where Sung Hyun was looking began to ripple with light.

After a short moment, the rippling light began to take the shape of a person.

“…”

The figure was unmistakably Park Han-wook’s face.

Except that his entire body was made of light.

“Is conversation possible?”

“…”

It didn’t seem like conversation was possible.

However, perhaps it understood, as the figure shook its head at Sung Hyun’s words.

He was eager to check their abilities, but there was something he needed to confirm first.

That was the demonic beast, now named 1, who had been the 3rd squad leader and had been converted through the quest.

‘Conscript.’

This time as well, the floor where Sung Hyun was looking began to ripple with light, and soon a figure appeared.

“It has faith, but it’s not recognized as an individual with faith.”

In fact, Ar-o showed the most faith and even thought of him as a god, but he didn’t become an individual with faith.

Perhaps there was some reason inside that door that prevented it from happening.

However, since Sung Hyun had forcibly created it through the ability he unlocked, Conversion, it seemed like a slight error had occurred.

“It’s a shame the number didn’t go up, but if I can see 1 again…”

The summoned phantoms all showed blind loyalty to Sung Hyun.

As if they would follow any command.

“I’ll check the strength later…”

Sung Hyun summoned all the individuals with faith in him one by one.

“…”

Even Ye-in, who had no combat abilities, was summoned. Sung Hyun made a vow not to summon Ye-in again and sent her back.

“How much time has passed?”

Sung Hyun first entered the door in the morning, and the time he spent inside was at least a few hours.

However, it felt more like morning than afternoon outside, and when he checked the time, it was the same as when he had entered the door.

If more time had passed, he would have gone to In-hwan’s house, but with the time he had left, he couldn’t help but check Conscript.

It would be easiest and fastest to check with the equipment in the association, but if he did, the association would find out, so the only way to check was through the opened door [a portal to another dimension or location].

“There’s no need to delay.”

Sung Hyun immediately headed to the least crowded opened door.

It was already a sparsely populated place, and since it was early in the morning, there were even fewer people.

“Should I check them in order first?”

It didn’t take any time to dismiss the summoned phantom and summon it again, and it didn’t even consume mana to use, so he would probably be able to check them all.

The demonic beasts inside the door weren’t that strong, but the phantoms Sung Hyun summoned easily dealt with them.

Jung-hwan was already a representative of the academy’s second grade, and his friend Jin-seok made a living from subjugation [hunting monsters or clearing dungeons], so they didn’t have any difficulties dealing with them.

Ye-in was obviously impossible, and Mi-yua was still not in good condition, so she was far from being able to hunt.

Lastly, 1.

1’s ability was overwhelmingly superior to the others.

It didn’t even need to use a sword to deal with the demonic beasts in this door, easily taking care of them with one hand.

“And me…”

He was curious about the new ability he had gained, but what he was most curious about was himself.

One of Sung Hyun’s abilities was Sacrificial Spirit.

His physical abilities increase by the amount of pain he receives when using healing.

The amount of pain Sung Hyun had received in this door was unimaginable, and unlike usual, he definitely felt stronger, even though there hadn’t been any experiments.

Even the strength in his hand holding the sword felt different.

He had a feeling that if he put a little more force into his hand, the sword handle would be crushed.

“Is sparring…possible?”

Unlike the increasing physical abilities, combat senses could not be obtained with Sung Hyun’s abilities alone.

Therefore, if he could spar with the phantom summoned by Conscript, there would be no better training than this.

1 was a demonic beast that had constantly fought people inside that door, and its combat sense was definitely superior to Sung Hyun’s.

Sung Hyun immediately summoned 1 again.

“You understand what I’m saying, can you spar with me?”

1 nodded without answering.

However, the look in its eyes as it looked at Sung Hyun strongly conveyed the feeling of, ‘You?’

Sung Hyun, feeling a sense of rivalry for the first time in a while, raised his fighting spirit at the impure look in its eyes, considering it had faith in him.

Leaving Sung Hyun, who was taking a stance, 1 briefly looked around.

Then, it gestured slightly to Sung Hyun and disappeared.

After a while, 1 reappeared, covered in the blood of demonic beasts.

It seemed to have cleared out the surrounding demonic beasts, and it handed Sung Hyun the core, as if it had collected it.

“…I’m not going easy on you just because of this.”

1 drew its sword.

As if it was too much to handle without a sword.

Unlike usual, Sung Hyun charged first.

Giving it his all from the start.

1, who blocked the sword flying straight towards its forehead, deflected the attack and immediately attacked Sung Hyun with its elbow near him.

“Ugh!”

Sung Hyun barely dodged the attack by tilting his head back and took some distance.

‘As expected, 1’s instinctive movements are a step above.’

He could immediately tell how much difference there was in that sensory aspect with just one attack.

“I have to keep going, right?”

How long has it been since he met an equal opponent?

Until now, he had only faced situations where he had to use the Saint’s Mark, or even if they were strong, they were just demonic beasts, so the attacks themselves were simple.

The existence of 1 in such a situation didn’t just mean that Sung Hyun’s power had increased.

It meant that a new way to train Sung Hyun himself had appeared.

Sung Hyun charged at 1 again.

In the same way as before, but remembering how 1 had dealt with it.

1 didn’t react in the same way to the incoming attack this time.

Instead of blocking it, it twisted its body to the side to avoid the attack and raised its knee towards Sung Hyun’s abdomen, which had its center of gravity shifted forward.

However, Sung Hyun wasn’t going to be easily defeated this time.

He kicked 1’s leg, which was lifted up, with the opposite foot of his stepping foot.

1, who was lifting one leg to strike Sung Hyun’s abdomen, lost its balance from Sung Hyun’s attack and fell forward.

“…”

1’s eyes as it got up and looked at Sung Hyun were different from before.

It seemed to have thought that it had also met a similar opponent, and it showed eyes burning with a desire to win.

“Haa…”

He didn’t know how long he had been sparring, but it seemed like at least a few hours had passed.

1 was looking down at Sung Hyun with a relaxed look.

As if it had won.

“…You don’t get tired, do you? Okay. Go back now.”

It was quite arrogant to look at him with the eyes of a winner, but in fact, Sung Hyun had practically lost.

Of course, it would have been different if the opponent was tired too.

“Let’s go out now.”

Sung Hyun immediately left the door because he had accomplished all the purposes he had come to the door for.

“5, 5 hours?”

The time Sung Hyun had been in the door was a whopping 5 hours.

No wonder he was so hungry, lunchtime had already passed.

When he came outside and checked his phone, he had received calls from In-hwan and Sang-yeon.

[What are you doing that you’re not answering your phone? Sang-yeon and I are at our house, so call me when you’re done with work.]

He hadn’t seen Ha-yeon and Ye-in since returning from Japan, and he had achieved quite good results today, so Sung Hyun immediately headed to In-hwan’s house.

Sung Hyun called In-hwan at the elevator entrance.

“I’m here.”

“Okay? Just a moment.”

In-hwan’s answer was heard, and soon the elevator door opened.

“Oh, you came?”

“I’m here!”

It seemed like they were having a meal.

All kinds of food were on the terrace, and the right number of people for the amount of food were sitting on the terrace.

In-hwan, Sang-yeon, Ye-in, Ha-yeon.

In-hwan’s expression seemed brighter than ever, as if he was happy to be so crowded.

“We were just having a meal, have you eaten?”

“No, I was just about to eat something.”

“Okay? That’s good. Come and sit down. Just eat.”

There was a lot of food that was hard to taste easily, and Sung Hyun naturally sat down and started eating.

“Oppa [term of endearment used by younger women to address older brothers or male friends]! Where have you been?”

“Huh? Oh, I had some work to do.”

Her pouting lips seemed to indicate that she had some complaints about Sung Hyun.

“It seems like Sung Hyun was expected to come right away. She asked when you were coming twice a day.”

“Ah, no!”

Ye-in blushed and waved her hand, embarrassed.

“But what were you really doing? Did something happen?”

“It doesn’t seem like anything bad…”

In-hwan and Sang-yeon also asked Sung Hyun as if they were curious.

That’s because Sung Hyun’s existence itself was an issue, so it wouldn’t be strange if something happened several times a day.

“I’ll explain later.”

He was too hungry right now.

The time that had passed outside wasn’t that long, but the time spent inside the door and the added fatigue made him feel like he hadn’t eaten for a day.

Sung Hyun didn’t say a word while eating and focused on eating hard.

“There was a call from the academy.”

“From the academy?”

In-hwan started talking after confirming that Sung Hyun had finished eating.

“They said they have something to say regarding the inter-academy competition.”

“Okay? Hmm…”

He had definitely heard that there would be no changes to the schedule, but if the schedule changed, he had no intention of just letting it go.

“They want you to come with us when you have time. They said they contacted us, but they couldn’t reach you.”

“Then is tomorrow okay?”

“I’m okay.”

“Me too.”

Having heard their answers, Sung Hyun scheduled a visit to the academy in the morning tomorrow.