The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop Is Ranked 0th in the World - Chapter 111

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The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop is World Rank 0

Chapter 111

A rundown villa district on the outskirts of Seoul.

The air in this place where redevelopment seemed to have stopped was humid and heavy.

Seo Eunhae got out of a luxury sedan and climbed the stairs of an old building covered in a hazy layer of dust.

Every time her heels echoed through the hallway, the flyers stuck to the walls trembled weakly.

The most secluded room at the end of the hallway, Room 404.

Seo Eunhae paused briefly in front of the door.

The stale smell of cigarettes and nauseating alcohol odor seeped through the door cracks from inside.

She frowned and waved her hand in front of her nose.

Bang!

Seo Eunhae lifted her foot without hesitation and kicked the old metal door.

The door, whose hinges were already rusted, made a loud noise as it bent inward.

The metal door was grotesquely twisted with her footprint clearly imprinted on it.

“What a pathetic way to live.”

Seo Eunhae frowned at the unpleasant stench hitting her nose and strode into the room with her shoes still on.

The cramped studio apartment was literally a garbage dump.

The floor was littered with convenience store lunch containers, empty beer cans, and soju bottles with no space to step.

In the dark room, the only things glowing were two monitors.

A man sitting in front of that blue light with a cigarette in his mouth slowly turned his head.

Through his disheveled hair, unfocused eyes stared at Seo Eunhae.

“…How did you find me. I was buried here like I was dead.”

The man laughed bitterly with a cracked voice and crushed out his cigarette.

Instead of answering, Seo Eunhae kicked away the piles of trash with her feet, approached the window, pulled back the tightly closed curtains, and threw open the window wide.

“Did you think I wouldn’t know? I’ve known since you started living buried in this place. And open the windows once in a while. Unless you’re determined to die.”

The man grimaced and covered his eyes with his arm as the sudden blinding sunlight poured in.

On his gaunt wrist remained faint tattoos that seemed to be traces of his once glorious hunter days, and bizarre burn scars left from his mana circuits burning out.

“You’re not here to demand I return that arm now, are you.”

The man’s tone was sharp.

Beneath his sarcasm, undisguisable hatred and a sense of defeat mixed together.

But Seo Eunhae didn’t even flinch.

She pointed with her chin at the ‘SS-rank Gate conquest failure’ news displayed on the man’s monitor with emotionless eyes.

The man’s pupils trembled slightly the moment he confirmed the news.

“You’re not telling me to go there, are you? A cripple who dies after using a skill once?”

The man laughed as if he’d lost his mind and pointed at himself with his finger.

“What would a criminal bastard like me do there? I might cut off someone else’s arm again, you know?”

“Your whining makes it seem like you’re dying to go more than anyone else.”

At Seo Eunhae’s cold voice, the man glared at the screen with irritation.

Then his gaze stopped at Yebichnna’s face displayed prominently on another monitor and the headline ‘The Enchanter’s Miracle’.

“…Ha. That woman says she can fix trash like me too?”

“Yeah, she’s that kind of person.”

“…”

Seo Eunhae was resolute.

She turned around as if she had no more business and checked her wristwatch.

“I’m giving you three hours.”

After Seo Eunhae left, the man stared blankly at the crushed and tattered door.

He gripped his left arm where the mana circuits had died with trembling hands.

Yebichnna’s eyes on the screen seemed to be piercing right through him.

“…Shit, I should at least fix the door before leaving.”

The man spat out a curse, but for the first time in a very long while, a strange vitality began to return to his eyes.

He kicked away the liquor bottles rolling on the floor and trudged toward the bathroom.

* * *

Near Chuncheon Gate, the ‘Simulation Field’ created by renovating the entire Sangha-jungdo Island.

Inside the massive mana barrier covering the entire island was literally a hellscape.

The holographic illusion of Abisor, implemented based on hunters’ vivid testimonies and memory data, displayed the same massive and cruel majesty as the one in their memories.

It wasn’t simply a fake made of projected light.

Mana amplifiers concentrated with Shinnara’s enchanting technology were absorbing the hunters’ mana in real-time and converting it into Abisor’s attack power.

Kwaaaaang—!

Part of the island’s foundation sank into the river with a scream-like crushing sound.

The battle between S-rank Hunters and the Boss overwhelming them was truly of natural disaster proportions.

Every time the multiple barriers surrounding the island flickered madly, subtle vibrations were transmitted throughout downtown Chuncheon.

Even with Alice and Ran Ran joining the fight, the situation remained desperate.

The hunters knew.

The only key to defeating this dragon was Yebichnna’s new items.

But they didn’t voice this fact out loud.

Having crossed countless lines of death and found their own paths, they simply squeezed out their own limits, believing they would ultimately achieve victory this time too.

“Huff, huff…”

Due to the endless mana consumption, the hunters’ stamina had already hit rock bottom.

When physical fatigue reaches its limit, reason becomes hazy and only instinctive sensitivity remains.

And finally, trouble arose.

It was the moment when Abisor’s massive tail swept across the ground.

Feng Hao penetrated toward its center and unleashed a powerful wind strike, while simultaneously Ohyeongtaek swung his greatsword to sever its leg.

Originally, Feng Hao’s attack should have stunned it and Ohyeongtaek should have finished it off.

But because exhausted Feng Hao’s timing was 0.5 seconds late, Ohyeongtaek’s sword energy collided head-on with the mana trajectory Feng Hao had extended.

Kuuuung—!

The reverse wave generated by their skills clashing sent both of them flying in all directions.

Abisor’s illusion didn’t miss the opportunity and tried to stomp down on Feng Hao with its massive foot.

“Training halt!”

With Jinseong’s shout, the simulation shut off and Abisor’s form scattered like dust.

In the quiet that settled over the training ground, Feng Hao’s rough cursing exploded.

-Hey! Where the hell were you looking when you swung that? My arm almost got cut off!

“What? You came in late and blocked my sword path! If your senses are dulled, then stay back!”

Ohyeongtaek also shouted back, not backing down as he planted his greatsword in the ground.

Feng Hao’s face turned red and blue with anger.

-This bastard really… what did you just say?

As the two men roughly approached each other as if they’d grab each other’s collars any moment, Seondonguk quickly intervened and pressed down on Ohyeongtaek’s shoulder.

“Hold back, Ohyeongtaek.”

-Hold back what? Am I the bad guy here?

This time Ran Ran clung to Feng Hao’s waist with a tearful expression.

-Oppa, stop it!

Jinseong watched this scene and let out a deep sigh.

When hopeless situations dragged on, internal team division was an inevitable sequence.

And division inside a Gate meant death.

“…We’ll do it again in an hour. Everyone cool your heads.”

As Jinseong was about to turn away after sorting out the troublesome situation, Alice standing beside him pointed somewhere.

“Oh my, what’s that?”

The hunters who had been busy breaking up the fight also turned their heads following Alice’s gaze.

Sohee was walking into the training ground entrance with a cart carrying specially made iron cages.

Ear-splitting sharp cries burst out from inside the iron cages.

Inside were five Baby Hatchlings trapped.

“Hatchling…?”

While everyone wore bewildered expressions, only Jinseong calmly approached the cart.

This was the species Jinseong had chosen after much deliberation in response to Yebichnna’s request for a monster with strong regenerative abilities.

Hatchlings were similar in species to Abisor, and possessed the explosive cellular regeneration unique to young specimens.

When Jinseong pulled one out from the iron cage, the creature thrashed wildly and tried to breathe fire.

However, due to the mana restraints Sohee had fitted, it could no longer lunge forward.

“Poor thing. Someone’s to blame for you being captured.”

Alice crouched down in front of the Hatchling and muttered as if pitying it.

The Hatchling bared its long teeth and lunged at her as if to devour her, but Alice didn’t even blink as she enjoyed the sight.

But then a scoffing laugh burst from Sohee, who was standing beside her.

“…Ha!”

Sohee’s gaze was fixed not on the Hatchling, but on Alice.

The blonde hair that had shone brilliantly just days ago was now dyed a modest brown, and she had also removed the foreign-looking blue circle lenses.

The decisive factor was her outfit.

Gone were the designer clothes she usually favored, replaced by a white t-shirt and comfortable jeans.

It was clearly an exact copy of the style Yebichnna usually preferred to wear.

Alice tilted her head toward Sohee and smiled.

“Why?”

Even that expression of smiling brightly with prettily curved eyes was eerily similar to Yebichnna’s characteristic expression when talking with Jinseong.

Sohee felt a thousand fires rising within her as she clenched her fists.

She could see all too transparently what that fox-like woman’s intentions were.

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