I Became the Only Healer in the Academy - Chapter 13.2
The potions he crafted this time were meant for topical application.
“Hold on for a bit.”
Carrying the man on his back, Seonghyun tightly secured and bound the potions to his clothing, then swiftly began running toward the gate.
Upon reaching the gate, he continued to apply the potion to the injured Achilles tendon.
“…It wasn’t just a minor injury.”
One bottle wasn’t quite sufficient.
Repeating the process of creating and applying the potion, the pain gradually started to surge in.
He used up all the remaining potions, but the effects were not significant.
The best it could do was completely stop the bleeding.
“That should be enough.”
Weaker monsters emerge near gates. But the path itself seemed clear, perhaps the man he encountered earlier had cleared them while going deeper into the gate.
“Cough…”
With each of Seonghyun’s steps, the man seemed to moan, even though he was unconscious, perhaps deeply in pain.
“Ha…”
Seonghyun hastily laid the man, whom he had carried on his back, down on the ground.
The blood scent triggers monsters, but considering they were all handled by the man earlier, it would take a while for any to arrive here.
“What should I do, where should I start…”
Encountering such a significant wound for the first time induced a sense of urgency and pressure.
“First, the Achilles tendon…”
With the bleeding already stopped and with hopes that the wound had somewhat closed, he re-examined the Achilles tendon, finding that the wound had completely healed.
“There’s still more.”
The remaining wounds on the man’s body, particularly the arm, torn and bitten by something, seemed beyond remedy.
Even taking him to the hospital now seemed doubtful for his survival.
“No time to think. Focus.”
At this point, the remaining time for the quest was no longer a matter of importance.
The man was dying in front of him, and Seonghyun possessed the ability to save him.
Seonghyun closed his eyes and focused solely on the man’s wounds.
‘Please…’
Yet, he felt no pain at all.
“…I am welcoming pain right now, but…?”
At that moment of giving up, a fleeting thought crossed the mind
“Healing, what was the description of my ability?”
[Healing: Heals the target. Small wounds can be returned to their original state without a trace.]
“Minor wounds… A minor wound?”
What one might consider minor could appear significant through the eyes of a medical professional, and something that seems severe might be nothing more than a slight tear.”
It wasn’t forced logic at all.
What if Seonghyun perceived this wound as a minor injury?
No one had possessed this ability before, and no one else had a similar ability. Therefore, the standard for this ability was still unknown to anyone.
Not only that.
Seonghyun was bestowed with the title of Pioneer.
“I’ll do it.”
There was no time to hesitate.
Anything that could be done had to be done.
Seonghyun refocused his concentration once more.
Continuously, considering the idea that the man’s wound might not be significant.
“Please…!”
But he underestimated it too easily.
Once again, the expected pain was not felt by Seonghyun.
Seonghyun didn’t believe his assumption was totally wrong.
The title of Pioneer couldn’t have been given so easily.
‘In that case…’
Could it be impossible due to already perceiving it as a major wound?
Seonghyun approached the problem from a slightly different perspective.
Considering the whole severed wound as an undeniable major wound was reasonable.
However, what if his focus was narrowed?
From the complete arm being severed to the bone being broken, from the broken bone to the torn skin, and further narrowing it down to individual blood vessels.
The moment Seonghyun concluded this thought, he redirected his focus to another approach.
Seonghyun aimed to mend the torn skin. The idea of the severed arm was entirely set aside.
The focus was solely on covering the torn part with healed skin.
“Urgh…!”
The arm was gradually healing.
However, the excruciating pain that accompanied the healing made Seonghyun’s arm tremble.
[Sacrificial Spirit has enhanced the physical abilities.]
[Sage’s Exclusive Daily Quest completed.]
[Proficiency of healing ability increased.]
“Sigh… Yeah.”
[Proficiency of healing ability increased.]
Seonghyun breathed a sigh of relief, now intending to attend to the man who was now breathing more comfortably.
[Sage’s Exclusive Daily Quest Remaining Time: 24 hours]
[Sage’s Exclusive Daily Quest: Use healing once per day]
[Healing 0/1]
“This is really too much.”
Though it was mentioned as a daily quest, Seonghyun had no complaints about that.
But he had a slight issue with the reward.
“If it put it like that in a game, it’ll get criticism.”
He couldn’t be more unfriendly to this world.
He wouldn’t have been so displeased if it had simply said, ‘Proficiency level increased by 1’.
“Yeah…every day? That I need to do the sage quest to adapt…”
Seonghyun quickly accepted the reality.
“Will it take a bit of time for him to come to his senses?”
When treating Hayeon for the first time, it took a while before she regained consciousness.
Given the man’s more severe injuries, it would probably take even longer for him to awaken.
Concerned, Seonghyun examined the man’s arm to verify if it was possible to clear the quest today, but unfortunately, his healing ability couldn’t be used any further.
“…This is the best I can do.”
When he last saw him, he seemed like a hunter using a long sword, but eventually, he ended up using just one hand.
Seonghyun once again carried the man on his back and headed towards the exit of the gate.
Fortunately, they were not that far from the gate, he could exit without any issue.