S-Rank Healer Gets Kidnapped First Chapter 56

I had used the Weakness Sight buff when clearing a B-rank dungeon.

A buff that revealed an enemy’s weaknesses suited Han Seongwoo, who aimed for critical hits.

And above all, Weakness Sight revealed the enemy’s location.

If the enemy’s vital point appeared somewhere, it meant there was someone there. It was an effect that came naturally with the skill, but in a situation like this, it was quite useful.

“To put it simply, Han Seongwoo knew the location of the loyal subordinate you guys had hidden before he went in.”

The buff options for healers and the weapon enhancement options were essentially the same, differing only in degree.

Even if they had never received Weakness Sight as a buff, they must have seen it among the enhancement options.

“Weakness Sight as a buff?”

One of the Black Tiger Guild members spoke skeptically. It seemed like he knew about Weakness Sight.

‘Fast hunters are usually interested in the Weakness Sight buff. Then that hunter might come after me during the battle.’

I committed the information, which was highly likely to be correct, to memory and fixed my gaze on them again.

He spoke as if he had heard the most ridiculous thing imaginable.

“Don’t give me that bullshit. You wasted the one buff you can put on a hunter on Weakness Sight? Then how do you explain Na Ye-ri’s increased attack speed?”

At his words, the Black Tiger Guild members began agreeing one after another.

It felt like they were trying to find something to latch onto and keep attacking me with.

“Looks like you tried to create a sense of crisis by taking advantage of the fact that we couldn’t contact anyone, but that failed miserably, huh?”

“That’s what traitors are like. And the alternative you came up with is a lie like that? You’re an S-class, yet you must’ve been pretty desperate to pull something like this.”

Thinking the tide had turned, they each threw in their two cents.

I simply listened to them in silence.

“Having fun?”

“Of course. This is pretty damn funny right now.”

“Do you really think I’d lie in the middle of a battle?”

“……”

“The Association never leaked my information, so I suppose you might not know.”

The men who had been snickering suddenly shut their mouths in unison.

They seemed confused by my serious expression, devoid of even the slightest hint of amusement.

“I have an occupational habit. I don’t play around during combat.”

“What?”

“If you still don’t believe me, then don’t.”

I casually shrugged at the way he asked back like an idiot.

“Everyone outside is too busy going on about how I’m S-class. I guess you’ve been in denial about reality all this time?”

“……”

“Take a good look at what an S-class healer is like. A little buff stacking is nothing.”

The moment I finished speaking, swords flew in from every direction.

Daggers embedded themselves deep into the trees surrounding the Black Tiger Guild members.

The daggers, overflowing with dark violet mana, were unmistakably Han Seongwoo’s work.

Park Sang-oh, who had been listening to me, frowned and looked around.

“Where are you?! Come out right now!”

“Shadow Silhouette.”

Oh, it was a skill I hadn’t seen in a while.

I hadn’t seen it during training since the B-rank dungeon.

‘Judging by how rarely he used it, there must have been a condition for activating the skill. Or was there not?’

While I was pondering, the attack continued.

There were four daggers embedded in the trees.

The mana surrounding the blades moved like clouds before forming a wall.

The Black Tiger Guild members and the allied team were trapped inside a square, semi-transparent wall of dark violet.

“W-What is this? Shadow Silhouette wasn’t like this!”

Park Sang-oh shouted in panic.

Thud.

“Even an S-class develops when they train.”

Han Seongwoo answered as he threw the unconscious hunters onto the ground.

Because he had appeared without making a sound, even we, his allies, were startled.

“Whoa, you really scared me.”

“Hey! Make some noise when you walk around!”

“I really don’t think I can work with you.”

After Na Ye-ri, Cha Seohae, and I said that, Han Seongwoo replied dejectedly.

“Seriously? Is this really the time to insult me?”

Apparently, our reaction had ruined what could have been a cool entrance.

“But seriously, how did you do that? Doesn’t Shadow Silhouette require a large wall?”

I deliberately changed the subject to cheer him up.

Only then did Han Seongwoo continue with the explanation.

“While training with you, Healer, I thought it was a shame that I could only use an area-of-effect skill in a limited space, so I tried training with it.”

“Really?”

“Na Ye-ri suggested that I use mana excessively, like in the simulator, and try creating an entire space. So I tried it, and apparently, it worked.”

“Ahem.”

Na Ye-ri, standing beside him, cleared her throat proudly.

I had always thought those two did nothing but fight whenever they were together. Apparently, they could help each other out too.

When you considered the principle behind it, the effect of the Shadow Silhouette skill itself hadn’t changed.

A gigantic shadow had appeared on the wall formed from mana, after all.

He had simply abused his mana to create the frame. That wall probably wasn’t a shield at all, but merely a surface on which the shadow could manifest.

Suggesting that he remove the spatial restriction was advice only Na Ye-ri, who dominated the earth, could have given.

‘She must have gotten the hang of it from frequently creating semi-transparent walls for the simulator.’

Now that I looked at it, the wall Han Seongwoo had created was semi-transparent in exactly the same way.

“To think I’d get to witness the two of you helping each other out. You two must get along pretty well.”

“…What do you mean by that?”

Na Ye-ri asked ominously, so I avoided answering.

Meanwhile, the attack continued without interruption.

Those who came face-to-face with the eyes of Shadow Silhouette lost consciousness on the spot.

Only Park Sang-oh and Park Ji-won remained standing.

“Park Sang-oh is the same rank, so I can understand him taking less damage, but how did Park Ji-won withstand it?”

Na Ye-ri muttered seriously.

She was determined not to miss any information about the enemy.

“Park Ji-won probably has good shield control. There are several S-class mental-type hunters around her, so she probably learned the weaknesses of shields pretty quickly.”

“That makes sense.”

Unlike me, who had been desperately struggling because even physical attacks could break through my shields, Park Ji-won had probably progressed beyond that level.

‘Just as the gap between S-class and A-class is huge, so is the gap between A-class and B-class.’

A shield capable of withstanding mental and natural-type attacks would probably be able to endure the effects of Shadow Silhouette temporarily.

Very temporarily.

“I think we’ve won this battle.”

Cha Seohae, who had checked the healer’s condition just as I had, spoke.

Park Sang-oh used a long bazooka to support his body.

He looked completely different from the confident man he had been earlier.

His head, which had been lowered toward the ground, slowly rose.

“Hah!”

His bloodshot red eyes glared sharply at us.

“Don’t make the mistake of thinking I’m going to give up here.”

Ignoring his trembling lower body, he hoisted the weapon onto his shoulder.

The barrel, which looked ten times larger than an ordinary gun muzzle, was pointed at us.

“Park Ji-won! Pour all your heals into me!”

“Are you insane? If you keep fighting in your current condition…”

“Stop talking and do it! Pour them in until you feel like you’re going to die from healing me!”

I felt irritated by Park Sang-oh’s tone.

‘What’s with that domineering attitude? Isn’t he supposed to be receiving help from her as a partner rather than treating her like a subordinate in his own guild?’

I glanced at Park Ji-won.

She seemed just as displeased, biting her lip.

But perhaps after deciding something, she let out a sigh and extended one arm. It looked like she was preparing to heal him.

‘She’s probably never been treated like this before. How is she putting up with it?’

If Park Ji-won hadn’t healed him, the battle would have been over.

But since those guys were determined to struggle despite being in such terrible shape…

I healed the people who weren’t even injured.

It was my way of saying I wouldn’t avoid a fight that was being brought to me.

“Take this! Solar Cannon!”

Hot mana gathered inside the barrel of the bazooka.

Unlike before, the attack didn’t come immediately, which told me Park Ji-won’s stamina wasn’t in good shape.

She couldn’t heal him while also applying an attack-speed buff.

‘When the battle is over…’

I stopped myself from continuing the thought and shook my head.

If I wanted to screw over the Association, I shouldn’t help Park Ji-won here.

The more injured Park Ji-won became, the worse the situation for the first team would be, and they wouldn’t be able to move until she recovered.

“What the hell are you doing this crazy shit for? This is driving me insane. Ground Protection Wall!”

Na Ye-ri hurriedly cast a shield as she watched the light grow brighter and brighter.

A massive rock wall rose in front of us.

“Double layer!”

Perhaps worried because Na Ye-ri was giving it everything she had, she added another layer to the shield.

The height was so immense that it felt like we were looking up at a cliff from the ground, making it hard to breathe.

“Is this really necessary…?”

“An attack that someone unleashes while fighting as if their life depends on it has a good chance of being more destructive than usual.”

Na Ye-ri checked carefully for any gaps between the rock walls.

And then—

BOOM!

“Ugh!”

A blinding light engulfed us, so bright that we couldn’t even open our eyes.

Hiss. Crackle. Crunch.

Thanks to Na Ye-ri’s shield, we were unharmed, but eerie sounds came from the surroundings.

From the sound of things being heated by scorching temperatures to the sound of trees collapsing.

Only after the flash of light gradually faded did we slowly open our eyes.

“Is everyone okay?!”

Cha Seohae asked urgently.

“Yeah…”

I answered in a weak, croaking voice before looking around.

“Wow…”

The sounds we had heard while our eyes were closed hadn’t been hallucinations.

The Baekyang base had been crushed in several places, and not a single thing in the surrounding natural landscape remained intact.

“Good thing I made the shield double-layered. Otherwise, we would’ve all been screwed.”

Na Ye-ri said as she looked at the shield, one entire layer of which had been blown away.

Han Seongwoo was supporting Childeugi, who was still dazed from the aftermath of the S-class attack.

I hurried over and healed him.

Cha Seohae also got to her feet and looked around.

After taking in the situation, which was far from positive, she gave a bitter laugh.

“That bastard never intended to follow the rules in the first place.”