Please Give Me A Kiss, Healer! Chapter 64

The aftermath was enormous.

KRRRRAAAAAAASH!

The Whitebirds charged in like fighter jets.

‘Ugh… my hands are shaking.’

If she got caught, there wouldn’t even be bones left to collect.

Jiwoo sprinted at full speed across the rope bridge.

She passed the cave where Special Team 7 was trapped and ran deeper into the forest.

The densely packed trees prevented the Whitebirds from getting too close.

‘This is the area I figured out while doing groundwork for three hours earlier.’

She had found this spot by chance while searching for a suitable location.

Jiwoo slipped into the hidden cave deep in the forest that she had scoped out beforehand.

Unlike the cave where Special Team 7 was, this one had a wide entrance and a spacious interior.

Dozens of Whitebirds folded their wings and followed Jiwoo inside.

Krraaaash.

When the human fled into a place with no escape route, the Whitebirds’ momentum surged.

Every time their massive feet moved, the ground shook like an earthquake.

It felt like at any moment, their sharp talons and beaks would tear Jiwoo’s fragile body apart.

But Jiwoo remained calm.

“You probably think I just dug my own grave.”

Sorry, but you fell for it. I wasn’t trapped—I lured you here.

Out of all the places she could’ve chosen, there was only one reason she picked this one.

And that reason was—

‘Because the ones I’m calling now are strong in ground combat, not aerial combat!’

“Guys, come out with your tools!”

At Jiwoo’s shout, a swarm of ants burst out from behind the rocks.

Go, Ant-Men!

Go and fix those nasty tempers once and for all!

 

 

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There’s an old saying:

You fight barbarians with barbarians.

Then what about monsters?

“You fight monsters with monsters!”

Jiwoo’s new skill was exactly that—monster summoning.

Skill

Guardian Squad of the House Owner
= Summons guest residents within a 100-meter radius.

There was no need to use Heeseong’s portal.

Before provoking the Whitebirds, Jiwoo had already activated the skill and summoned the Ant-Men one by one.

It took a full three hours, but in the end, nearly 200 ants gathered inside the cave.

The Ant-Men were all holding different kinds of weapons.

Plows, hoes, sickles, shovels, pickaxes, hammers—tools normally used for farming.

Ant No. 124, gripping an iron shovel, stepped forward at the front.

─ Human, is that them-gam? If we catch them, do we really get candy-gam?

─ Rise up-gam! We are the invincible ant soldiers-gam!

─ Candy 300-gam! Candy 300-gam!

A massive brawl broke out between the Ant-Men and the Whitebirds.

Ten, twenty ants clung to a single bird at once.

All kinds of farming tools danced across the huge wings.

Jiwoo weaved perfectly through the chaos, firing off skills nonstop.

“[Heal!], [Angel Walking!], [Bless Body!].”

Heals and buffs poured down endlessly.

And on top of that, there wasn’t a single other person watching this fight.

Which meant—

“[Jiwoo’s hands are magic hands! With love~ ho~♥]. [Jiwoo’s hands are magic hands! With love~ ho~♥]. [Jiwoo’s hands are magic hands! With love~ ho~♥].”

Triple heal!

The infinite heal she’d only dreamed about!

No stamina cost. No mana cost.

As long as Jiwoo kept talking, the heals kept coming.

She ran all over the battlefield-cave, spamming heals nonstop.

On top of that, the terrain sloped slightly downward, making her movements even faster.

System

Title: Mole (F)
Applied Effect: When underground, HP and MP recovery speed greatly increases.

Since this cave counted as underground, the title effect applied.

Whenever the fight got too intense, the invincible Jiwoo jumped right in.

“Hey! Just hit them a bit! Don’t hurt them too badly, guys!”

The Ant-Men were fine with Jiwoo’s focused healing, but sometimes the Whitebirds got injured too badly.

Whenever that happened, Jiwoo healed the Whitebirds as well.

The look in their eyes seemed to say, ‘Are you giving us poison and medicine at the same time?’

Krrrk… grrrr.

Outnumbered, even the Whitebirds who resisted at first slowly lost their strength.

They looked like they wanted to take off into the air, but the cave ceiling made that impossible.

Jiwoo stepped up to a fallen Whitebird.

“So… feel like talking now?”

KWA-RRRRRRK!

System

The target is in an extremely enraged state.
The favorability system is suspended.
The translation skill cannot be used.

“…Guys, I think you need to rough them up a little more.”

The Ant-Men gathered, twitching their antennae.

The Whitebird’s blue pupils shook violently.

Only after a long time did the Whitebirds finally regain their reason.

That was when the translation skill started working again, and peaceful conversation became possible.

Status

Name: White Hawk 31
Alignment: Good
Race: Whitebird
Relationship with you: Neutral

The leader of the flock, White Hawk 31, stepped forward.

─ While we were out hunting, our nest was attacked.

Whitebirds lived in flocks and raised their young together.

While the hunters were gone, the nest had been assaulted.

When they returned, all the birds guarding the nest were dead—and the chicks were gone.

─ At first, we thought an enemy monster was responsible.

“An enemy monster?”

─ Grrrk… those cursed bones.

‘Ah. Skeletons.’

The Whitebird looked furious.

─ Those damned bones have been harassing us for a long time!

According to them, a Lich King lived in this forest.

The Lich King, who commanded skeletons, had attacked the Whitebirds repeatedly.

The Whitebirds loved peace, but even they had limits.

Unable to endure it anymore, they decided to move their nest to another area.

But not long ago, a translucent barrier appeared around the forest.

─ No matter how high we flew, we couldn’t pass through it. The forest was large enough to find food, but that was when the war with the bones began.

After the barrier surrounded the forest,

The territorial conflict with the skeletons continued endlessly.

And this time, the Whitebirds’ nest was attacked directly.

─ We were searching for our missing chicks. Then, human, we smelled our chicks’ scent on you.

“Well… I am protecting your chicks for now.”

Krrrk! Grrrrrrk!

“No! I didn’t kidnap them! I found them lying in the forest and brought them back!”

Jiwoo calmly explained everything.

When she told them what Heeseong had said, the Whitebird began to cry.

─ Then it is certain. Our kin hid the chicks themselves.

When the skeletons attacked, the birds guarding the nest desperately hid the chicks in nearby bushes.

Then they stayed behind as bait and died there.

─ We cannot let this go. We must take bloody revenge on those bone bastards!

They were called the kindest monsters in the world—

But in the face of their kin’s deaths, they were willing to become demons.

White Hawk 31 gathered the rest of the flock.

─ Prepare yourselves! This will be the final battle between our bird clan and those bones!

KWA-RAAAAAA!

Thirty-one Whitebirds spread their massive wings.

They looked ready to charge the Lich King immediately.

“W-wait! Then what about your chicks?”

─ That safe zone you mentioned… it must truly be safe, yes? We ask shamelessly—could you watch over our children for a while?

“That’s not hard, but…”

─ We Whitebirds never forget a favor. If you accept, we will repay you twofold—no, threefold.

White Hawk 31 and the others looked desperate.

After some thought, Jiwoo finally nodded.

“Okay. I’ll take care of the chicks. But I have one condition!”

─ And what would that be?

“That is…”