I Became the Only Healer in the Academy - Chapter 17.1
[Remaining time until the start of the second night: 6 hours]
Still, it seemed like there was a break in the middle.
[Remaining time until the end of the second night: 9 hours]
Fortunately, this time, the 18-hour period had halved to a mere 9 hours.
Following the voice in his head, Seonghyun lifted the only remaining corpse among the things he had placed on the altar. Something flowed into the statue behind him, and soon, all his stamina was restored.
“It’s exactly the same as when I first came in.”
With his body fully recovered, and now with only 9 hours remaining, Seonghyun opened the temple door, wielding his sword with a curious expression.
“…”
Under the temple, the things with pitch-black skin were significantly reduced compared to before.
However, their size was more than twice as big.
“It’s okay. Nothing has changed.”
They were just a bit faster and a bit stronger than the enemies from before.
[Remaining time until the end of the second night: 1 hour]
“Sigh…”
Once again, Seonghyun took care of all the enemies before the time ran out.
[You have defeated all enemies before the end of the night.]
[We salute your steadfastness in defeating the wicked before the night ends.]
“Steadfastness?”
Although the word seemed to have strangely changed from ‘courage’ earlier, Seonghyun didn’t pay much attention.
[Before the onset of the third night, place the malevolent entity on the altar.]
“I knew you would say that.”
Seonghyun placed the last remaining corpse back on the altar, and the same thing happened as before.
“Now, is it going to happen again in 6 hours?”
[Remaining time until the end of the third night: 3 hours]
“Yeah, it’s not the single-person gate for nothing.”
Since the time for enemies to appear had been halved, it was natural that the resting time had also been reduced by half.
“Let’s see how many nights there are in total.”
[Remaining time until the end of the third night: 3 hours]
“From 9 hours to 3 hours? Is the next one going to be just 1 hour?”
With his eyes gleaming venomously, Seonghyun opened the door to the temple.
Compared to before, roughly about a third of the numbers were now rallying behind Seonghyun, and their stature seemed to have doubled.
“They look a bit stronger.”
Seonghyun, who slapped his own cheek with both hands to make a clapping sound as a sign not to be discouraged, faced them at the entrance of the temple.
“Now they even have weapons with them.”
Until now, the enemies had appeared barehanded, but now they were armed with swords, spears, and even bows.
“I’ll try to engage them from behind the trajectory of the arrows as much as possible.”
Among them, the one to be most cautious of was the bow.
Still, with the right positioning, this aspect was manageable, as the back was covered by the temple.
“They don’t seem to have much skill in swordsmanship. It might be easier than expected.”
The foes didn’t know how to handle a sword, the one attempting to wield it revealed clear traces, and relying solely on the length of the spear led to a situation where it blocked the path of their companion.
‘Was I always this perceptive?’
He had some doubts, but there was no time to think about it now.
No matter how much Seonghyun underestimated himself, the opponents numbered in the tens of hundreds, maybe thousands. Moreover, their larger size strangely exerted pressure.
[Remaining time until the end of the third night: 27 minutes]
[You have defeated all enemies before the end of the night.]
[We salute your strength in defeating the wicked before the night ends.]
“This was the easiest one.”
[Before the onset of the fourth night, place the malevolent entity on the altar.]
“The fourth night.”
[Remaining time until the end of the fourth night: 1 hour]
In the fourth night, the enemies appeared even stronger than in the third night.
Although their size had decreased, their approach towards Seonghyun was calm, as if they possessed knowledge.
The given time was 1 hour.
There were now ten enemies in front of Seonghyun.
This time, they appeared wielding only swords, spears, and shields, not bows.
[Remaining time until the end of the fourth night: 11 minutes]
[You have defeated all enemies before the end of the night.]
[We salute your bravery of defeating the wicked before the night ends.]
“Cough…”
Seonghyun couldn’t suppress the blood bursting from his mouth.
The fourth night was the most intense night.
It seemed as if the previous nights were just tests of strength.
During the approximately one-hour battle, Seonghyun had to use far more healing abilities than in the three nights before.
“The altar, on the altar…”
Seonghyun crawled to the front of the altar and lifted the just-dealt-with corpse.
The pain that didn’t disappear even with healing was cleanly washed away, and a vitality that seemed like it wouldn’t come back enveloped his body.
Half-lost consciousness returned with vitality, and Seonghyun prepared for the last night.
[Remaining time until the end of the last night: 10 minutes]
“Now there’s no time to rest, huh?”
[The last night has begun. We wish you the best for your survival.]
“I wish the same for myself.”
[The temple bestows its blessing upon you, having spent four nights.]
“Blessing?”
[Until you defeat the last enemy, your physical abilities will greatly increase.]
A quite significant blessing.
But looking at it the other way, it was evidence that the blessing was necessary.
Certainly, the power felt after the blessing was bestowed was remarkable.
That way, Seonghyun opened the temple door and briefly assessed the situation at the lower half in front of him.
“What is this…”
As he slowly raised his gaze, a pitch black enemy, easily three times Seonghyun’s height, looked down at him.
“You… the guardian of… the temple…”
“Could you… at least speak properly?”
“You… protect the temple… no…”
The enemy, who seemed to want to say something to Seonghyun, suddenly began to tremble and then swung a sword towards Seonghyun.
“What the…!”
