Became the Only Healer in the Academy

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“The beast summoned now is the beast of a mutated gate.”

“A mutated…a door?”

Seonghyeon and the four other members all looked at the vice president with surprised eyes.

Contrary to seeing Seong-hyun’s party on the screen, this remark now was quite problematic.

In fact, despite Sunghyun’s ability, he struggled quite a bit in the beginning.

If the limit of healing ability went up, leaving parts that could be healed quickly, and even dying, it was irreversible from then on.

The mutated 3rd-class gate beast made Seongwook right up to that point.

If Seong-hyeon’s treatment had been delayed a bit, Seong-wook might have really lost his life.

“I never thought this would happen. Seriously… I’m sorry.”

The vice president bowed his head and apologized and explained to Seonghyeon what had happened the other day.

However, unlike before, Seonghyun’s expression remained frozen.

“I think you should apologize to Seongwook, not me. I almost died…”

“Are you Kang Sung-wook? I sincerely apologize.”

“yes? Ah yes! It’s okay, it’s okay.”

Surprised, Sung-wook waved his hands and replied that he was fine.

“By the way, Hunter Kim.”

“yes?”

The vice president erased the sorry expression he had just kept, and looked at Sunghyun and asked.

“The mutated 3rd-class door beast…how did you deal with it?”

Regardless of today’s mistake, the vice president had to get an answer to this question.

“Hmm… Stealth was a little tricky, but the moment I attacked, I felt a presence. Besides, I can only feel that sign from behind.”

“Then, are you saying that the moment you felt the presence, you both avoided and attacked at the same time?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

The vice president was making a face that seemed to be absurd.

The mutated beast summoned today was a beast specialized in stealth and interpersonal warfare.

‘…the memory of that time…’

The reason why the vice president came in such an emergency today was simple.

Because it’s something I’ve personally experienced.

It was a relatively long time ago, but it was not long after the vice president started his life as a hunter.

The culprit behind the scar visible through the sleeves.

On that day, the vice president, as always, belonged to the guild’s subjugation squad and went to subjugation.

The vice president, who was recognized for his tremendous effort and decent talent, only went on to subdue level 4 gates at the time, but then went on to subdue level 3 gates for the first time that day.

As is well known, the difference between Level 4 and Level 3 was really huge.

Still, the Vice President’s Guild was made up of experienced people, and the majority of those who originally carried out level 3 subjugation were doing subjugation without any problems.

Until the door mutates.

The vice president welcomed the mutated door for the first time that day.

Simultaneously with the transformation, a completely different level of magical beasts started pouring out.

Of course, the veterans of the subjugation corps did not panic and straightened up their ranks.

Until those beasts disappeared from sight in an instant.

There was nothing the subjugation team could do that day.

Although there were a large number of subjugation units, the opponent was not able to properly block the attacks from behind because there were not only hiding beasts, but also beasts who threw very difficult wide-area attacks.

There were so many fewer and fewer people, and the support came from the association around the time when the hope of that small number was gradually disappearing.

And it was from that day.

The vice president left the guild and joined the association.

It was one of many unforgettable memories.

Of course, if we were to face that beast again now, it would be just a warm-up exercise, but what Seonghyun was dealing with was a different story.

‘Now…isn’t he just 20 years old?’

He wasn’t even the best third year in the academy.

He was just a freshman with insufficient experience, a 20-year-old hunter who had just become an adult.

Depending on what abilities you have, you may be able to deal with the beasts you dealt with today, but there was one thing for sure to deal with this level of beasts.

That is, they must have special abilities for combat.

But what about Sunghyun?

This hunter in front of him, taking care of his exhausted friends right in front of him, was definitely a healer.

‘It’s getting complicated.’

It felt like the common sense, no, the basic things that were familiar so far were being denied.

Of course, Seong-hyeon did not yet have enough power to represent this country.

He may represent his abilities, but considering the power he has and other things, the representative, of course, shouldn’t have been able to deal with this beast.

“Hey… Vice President?”

“Ah yes.”

“I want you to stand still…”

“Ah, sorry. I think of the past for a moment. No one else was hurt today…”

As usual, the vice president of the association, who was about to say a word of good luck, stopped for a moment when he saw the torn clothes and tired faces of others, and then changed his words.

“Today…I’m glad we made it through safely. Once again, I would like to apologize to you all. sorry.”

The vice president bowed deeply.

Even if Seong-hyeon felt animosity toward the association because of today’s events, there was nothing to say.

He inflicted an unforgettable wound on his younger brother, and now he puts Sung-hyun and his friends in danger.

‘…If you think like this, there is no other garbage.’

“it’s okay. Because no one is dead.”

The vice president slowly raised his back.

The words Seonghyeon had just left sounded like words to himself, not to himself, the vice president of the association.

“If there is anything you need in the future, please do not hesitate to tell the association. This is a promise of apology not only to Hunter Kim, but also to others.”

The vice president left these words and left with the secretary.

The secretary bowed before leaving and left a greeting.

“Huh… the vice president of the association is also great. Apologize for this.”

Inhwan seemed quite surprised by the unexpected appearance of the vice president.

“It’s not anyone else, and the healer should be captured.”

Sang-yeon smiled and said, and got up from her seat.

“Are we going to be here today? Everyone seems tired.”

Although Seong-hyeon’s ability energizes him, he couldn’t solve the mental fatigue, so today’s hunt ended here.

Even after this happened, Seong-hyeon continued to summon the 3rd-class gate beast.

Summon only one monster at first, and if it is not a mutated gate beast, summon one more and increase the number.

As time passed, at first, everyone worked together to hunt a level 3 beast, but it was easier than expected, and the number increased to two or three.

Fortunately, the mutated beast of the door has not appeared since that day.

Until the next confrontation began, Seonghyeon and the four continued to hunt every day to the extent that they lived in the association.

When I was getting used to hunting for monsters at the 3rd level gate, the academic year competition to select the Academy representative was approaching.

“You still haven’t told me who your opponent is?”

“Yeah, so don’t go crazy and sit down.”

In-hwan and Sang-yeon were still arguing, and Seong-hyeon waited for the professor to come in as if he was used to it.

“Great.”

The door opened with a small cough, and this time, the homeroom teacher, not the professor from another class, came in.

“Wow, my disciples…! It was a lot of hard work.”

Despite the words of the homeroom teacher, Inhwan and Sangyeon only glanced at them for a moment and did what they were doing before, and only Seonghyeon stared at the homeroom teacher.

“Hmm, yes. The rules are set.”

Still, when I heard that the rules had been set, I stopped performing with In-hwan and stared at the homeroom teacher.

“What rules?”

At Seonghyeon’s question, the homeroom teacher sat down and pulled out a piece of paper.

“It’s not too complicated this time around. But something has been added.”

A cross-section was drawn on the paper the homeroom teacher brought.

“As you can see, the cross-section is quite difficult.”

The cross section looked more complicated than I had imagined.

It’s almost like a maze.

“The rules themselves are the same as last time. It’s called the Great War.”

“The Great War…”

“But if you look at this cross-section, there will be three places marked in blue and three places marked in red.”

As the homeroom teacher said, there were three marks for each color with a certain interval on the cross section.

“Here, blue is where the three of you will start, and red is where your opponent will start.”

Seong-hyeon chose one of the blue colors and continued the path forward.

Then I was able to get to the center, and so did the other blues.

The only thing to note is that the path must face the opponent.

“What is this center?”

“And this is the new rule.”

The center boasted a larger scale than the rest.

And in the middle of it was another sign.

“When you get to this center, there is an object called the Victory Cup.”

“A cup of victory?”

“This time, as in the last time, we select a captain, and if we make the captain incapacitated, we win. But there is another way to win with this cup of victory.”

The homeroom teacher looked around for a moment, then pulled out a picture and showed it to him.

“This is the cup of victory.”

For a name, it looked pretty unassuming.

It really looks like a glass with a bit of an antique feel.

“If the captain holds this cup and finds one of the places where the opponent started, he wins.”

“Hmm…”

No matter how much I thought about it, I felt there was a bit of a contradiction in the rules.

It’s like a rule improvised for something.

I also began to doubt the intentional division of the district.

“Well…I believe you will do well on your own, but the problem is that if you look at the structure, you can only get to the center after each one fights 1:1.”

Seong-hyeon believed in In-hwan and Sang-yeon, but the situation where he could not use the power of healing was unavoidable by faith alone.

“Everyone seems to have noticed, but it’s that you can’t receive Seonghyun’s healing powers in battle before gathering in the center. I don’t know what Seonghyun’s ability range is, but it’s probably impossible because all the walls block the magic coming from the outside.”

All three of them hardened their faces at the teacher’s words.

“You have to deal with the 2nd or 3rd year 1:1 without Seonghyun’s healing?”

“This is bad news.”

They both looked a little nervous.

In a way, it could be said that he was a little scared.

“And as the last news, our opponent has been decided as a sophomore.”

Fortunately it was

If it were a 3rd year, Seonghyeon might not have known, but Inhwan and Sangyeon would have been far from Seungri.

The homeroom teacher, who was about to explain something more, got up from his seat at the sound of the start of the confrontation.

“Good luck.”

The teacher quietly finished speaking and left the room.

The homeroom teacher left the room, and Seong-hyeon, In-hwan, and Sang-yeon finished preparing to start the battle.

“As you may already know, the first battle in this confrontation was not healed by me.”

“…”

Both In-hwan and Sang-yeon had unusual expressions.

“I’ll just say one word.”

“one word?”

“what?”

“Come to the center even if you crawl.”

The two of them looked stupid for a moment at Seonghyeon’s words, but then burst into laughter.

“That’s right.”

The three looked at each other once, and then headed to the place where the confrontation began.