Healing System

Michael floated down from the sky and dropped onto the ground, startling everyone present.

At a closer look, it seemed like some were even wearing some kind of a gas mask, presumably to protect their lungs from the polluted air.

He did not understand why they needed to do that though, after all, weren't they awakened just like him?

Your body and abilities are different, if they are exposed to the toxic gasses for long, they would see a decline in their abilities.

'I see..' He walked up to the surprised Lena and passed by her, there was nothing he wanted to talk to her about.

However, there was one person he wanted to talk to, and that was Kevin.

"Michael..?"

"Sup, where is she?" Michael got straight to the point as he did not want to do these little word games which did nothing but waste time.

"Right... she is safe.. kind of" Kevin replied hesitatingly, as if hiding something.

But, Michael caught on "Tell me."

"You see.. she is safe, but.. she suffered some injuries."

Michael raised his brow at Kevin's words. Did he forget that he was standing right in front of a healer?

Just as he was about to point that out, Kevin spoke once again "I know what you are thinking, but she does not have a simple injury, it's more like a curse. Can you cure curses?"

He was a bit caught off guard by that comment, he completely abandoned Purify as he deemed it good enough, but now that it had come to this, could he somehow do it?

'System, any way for me to cure a curse?'

However, the moment he asked that, one of the people present fell to the ground, breathing out heavy breaths, and soon after, a couple more followed.

The people who noticed this did not seem too bothered, heading over to the fallen people and picking them up, taking them back into the academy.

You should really start using Eyes of the Healer like a passive skill, I don't understand why you have it off most of the time.

At the system's comment, he frowned and imbued mana into his eyes, Immediately, he was able to notice what it was talking about.

Every single person present had some sort of black blob attached to their mana.

He stared at one of the people who had one of the bigger blobs and it seemed like it was moving, until eventually, it disappeared.

However, the person was not fine, instead, they fell to the ground like the previous batch.

'Is this what Kevin meant by cursed?'

Yes, the residual demonic mana seemed to infect all the people present.. well, except for Kevin, he seems to be doing just fine.

Michael glanced at him for a moment and noticed he was indeed fine, in fact, it almost seemed like the black blobs of the other people were reacting to him.

However, he was not able to confirm his suspicions as more people began falling, it seemed like an extremely dire situation.

'System, can I or can I not upgrade my Purify?' He asked for the last time since the system seemed to gloss over his earlier question.

Yes, it's pretty simple. Just cast Purify while also channeling your inner mana, it should be a bit more effective, it might even cure these curses. After all, the light affinity can deal with most if not all ailments.

'Hmm..' Michael listened attentively and decided to test it out, it did not seem that difficult.

He walked up to one of the people who was about to pass out and cast Purify while mirroring the mana flow with his inner mana.

Immediately, the person was surrounded by a golden color and soon after, the black blob disappeared completely.

The person seemed startled and so did the others around Michael, no one expected the curse to be lifted so easily, not even Kevin.

'...That's it?' He was a bit conflicted by how easy it was to cure this so called curse.

That is indeed it, told you it was easy.

'Yeah' Michael nodded, however, a sudden thought sprang up to his mind as he turned to the shocked Kevin.

"Where's Tony?"

"..." He was met with silence, Kevin was just standing there scratching his chin as if he did not want to talk about it.

But Michael wanted answers, Tony was the Saint who replaced him after all, even if he was deemed incompetent by others, he still had an image to uphold.

"Kevin?" He asked again, urging for an answer.

And finally, Kevin sighed deeply and began explaining "The city went to shit and that bastard tried fleeing, I caught him and forced him to heal the injured, but.." His tone kept growing more and more irritated with every word he spoke.

"While I was busy transporting the injured, he ran away, he somehow dispelled my shadows so I can't even find him anymore."

Michael listened with a frown, it seemed like the moment he left the city alone, it had gone to shit.

"I see.. I will deal with him when I find him.. anyway, could you tell me what exactly happened while I was gone?"

Kevin nodded and began recalling the events that led up to what they were currently seeing.

The bombs, the demons, the battles afterwards.

It all happened so fast, none of them expected to have to deal with something like that, that was especially so for Kevin.

According to his timeline, there should have been a massive dungeon break which did result in some casualties, but nothing extremely severe to the point where an entire city was put at risk.

The imps were not much to Michael, but to the others, they did prove to be a bit of a challenge.

From what he could tell, Kevin and Chloe had gotten much stronger, not Tier 1 yet, but very close.

However, it seemed like Chloe was avoiding him, which confirmed his previous suspicions of her most likely being related to the vampires.

Though that talk would come much later, he had other stuff he needed to deal with now.

The range of his Purify was pretty massive, coupled with the fact that he could use it in an area, which proved to be quite an asset.

Michael raised a single hand and cast Purify into the air while also channeling his own mana.
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Immediately, a golden glow began emitting from his hand and spreading across the entire area around him, covering most if not all of the people present.

Those who had fallen to the ground due to the curse seemed to regain consciousness as well, quickly jolting onto their feet and staring at Michael with wide eyes.

He had barely used any mana, yet he managed to cure so many people.

However, he noticed something strange as his Purify enveloped Kevin, there was some kind of a reaction to his mana.

It almost seemed like his spell was cast back onto him, though he doubted that was possible, after all, Kevin uses shadows, not light.

However, as he focused more and more, the connection only grew stronger, it was coming from one of the shadows around him.

Kevin seemed to notice the strange look Michael was giving him as he stepped back a bit.

"Kevin, what do you have there..?"