The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop Is Ranked 0th in the World - Chapter 16

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The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop is World Rank 0

Chapter 16

Whoosh-!

Senior kicked off the ground and leaped into the air, boldly entering the Wave Wall.

At the same time, the monsters that had been swimming leisurely began rushing toward him, baring their sharp teeth.

Using the Wave Walls on both sides to move left and right, the number of monsters flying at Senior was too many to count.

I couldn’t take my eyes off him.

Gates were places where a single second of carelessness or mistake could mean life or death. I was anxious that he might get hurt somewhere from the monsters attacking from all directions, or get swept away by the waves.

Perhaps my emotions were clearly showing on my face as I watched Senior, who had become as small as a fingernail.

Hyeongtaek, who had been humming beside me, struck up a conversation.

“Don’t worry, Healer noona. That guy’s a real monster.”

Only then did my gaze shift away from Senior.

When I looked up at Hyeongtaek, he was chewing on a chocolate bar with a playful smile.

“Ah, should I call him hyung?”

Munch munch.

With one cheek puffed out, he suddenly widened his eyes and blinked.

“Don’t tell me you don’t know me? The rising S-rank Ohyeongtaek?”

“I know you.”

“Phew, that was close. I was wondering if there was actually a Korean woman who didn’t know me. I almost worked even harder.”

I was already familiar with his shameless personality through the media. Meeting him in person made me realize that his confidence wasn’t baseless.

Befitting his model background, he had a tall height and slender build as basics, and his fair skin and distinct features weren’t typical of a Korean face.

With his red-dyed hair and piercings, he gave off the vibe of a foreign delinquent.

Of course, that’s a compliment. It means he exuded the mood of an attractive bad boy.

“You’re the first woman whose cheeks didn’t turn red looking at me, noona.”

He suddenly brought his face right up to mine.

The sweet scent of chocolate wafted over.

“I’m really curious what you’d look like without these.”

You’d probably be pretty.

He tapped my glasses with a light touch.

He was bold and shameless. It was a moment when I instantly understood why he was so popular with women.

“You’re really quiet.”

When I stepped back without responding to get away from him, he straightened his bent waist and smiled brightly.

“Noona, what’s your name?”

“I go by Yebin.”

“No, your real name.”

At that moment, Senior’s figure, which had been barely visible, disappeared.

When I craned my neck forward and narrowed my eyes, Hyeongtaek looked back and forth between me and Senior’s direction.

“Ohyeongtaek’s pride just took a hit.”

He muttered something, but it didn’t register in my ears.

I instinctively felt that the oil bottle Senior was carrying had broken.

“Noona, watch carefully.”

Swoosh-! Rumble.

A tremendous wind suddenly blew, accompanied by a thunderous sound of something breaking in the distance.

“Ugh!”

When I ducked my head from the wind so strong I couldn’t open my eyes, Hyeongtaek blocked in front of me.

“You know my skill is Blade Wind, right? Look at that. Even though my wind splits that huge Wave Wall into dozens of pieces.”

Splash-! Splash-!

“It sticks back together like that right away.”

Wind and water, that’s a bad combination.

Hyeongtaek continued his explanation.

I wondered what he was trying to say by even showing me his skill, but I could understand his intention from his final words.

“But Jinseong hyung just turns whatever the target is into dust. So.”

“….”

“Don’t worry.”

I stared up at Ohyeongtaek in a daze.

Despite his light words and actions, was he actually quite a deep person?

I had to revise my evaluation of him somewhat.

* * *

“Hold on.”

It was noisy and chaotic.

The sound of propellers, strong winds blowing, and the woman in front of him.

Jinseong extended his hand to the woman trembling before him.

When her slender fingers, reaching toward him hesitantly, touched his fingertips, a more intense pain than any monster’s attack struck him.

His already noisy insides became even more turbulent.

When her slightly lower body temperature was transmitted through his nape and chest, he bit his lower lip.

‘Had we ever been this close before?’

At the Training Academy, and even after graduation, there had been an untouchable wall around her.

There were realistic barriers, but an old debt of the heart prevented him from approaching her.

But now.

They were close enough that even their breaths mingled.

“…Keep your eyes closed.”

He could feel a fierce heartbeat.

He couldn’t tell if it was his or this woman’s who was trembling with fear.

Everywhere his gaze moved, her features caught his attention. Her flowing hair, snow-white skin, slender neckline….

Each time, Jinseong let out a faint breath and clenched his fists.

Was becoming close to this woman a blessing or misfortune?

“Entering the Gate.”

Jinseong, called the Gate conquest machine, entered the Gate as always, without any emotion or thought.

Others’ cheers and expectations had no effect on him. He didn’t conquer Gates to meet their expectations, but simply thought of it as doing his job.

Only the chronic problem of solo play—loneliness—troubled him.

But today was different.

The small lavender oil clutched in his left hand.

Jinseong felt like he had gained a small companion.

Even when monsters with sharp teeth opened their maws and charged at him, even when bone-chillingly cold waves covered his body, having a companion with him provided tremendous stability.

He walked forward.

The moment he headed toward the massive Wave Wall.

He had no choice but to stop. It was because of the status window that appeared before his eyes.

^[Ability adjustment complete, mana addiction progression calculation complete]^

^[Strength, Agility, Stamina, Intelligence, Luck increased by 30%

Mana regeneration speed increased by 30%

Immunity to all status ailments and debuff effects

100% item drop rate and 30% additional coin acquisition

One-time only, 100% nullification of all physical and magical damage]^

^[‘Gangjinseong Part-timer’ mana addiction progression: 83% (High-risk group)]^

“….”

No Hunter could know the progression of their own mana addiction. Not even the Saint, nor the items of renowned Enchanters.

But to show the mana addiction status in numerical form.

The amazing part didn’t end there.

^[Mana addiction is reduced by 10% according to the contract.

‘Hunter Gangjinseong’ Mana Addiction Progression: 82.9%…]^

“Ha, haha….”

As soon as he saw the gradually decreasing numbers, an overwhelming emotion surged from deep within his chest.

Even when Professor Seong said he could die at any moment, he had washed away blood with holy water and tried hard to ignore the terrible pain.

He had been prepared to accept it as his fate if he died from the addiction.

Because without this life of using mana and suffering from addiction, he couldn’t find a reason to keep living.

But seeing the decreasing numbers, he felt elation.

‘Ah.’

It seemed he wanted to live after all.

Jinseong turned around to look at someone who had given him this emotion.

Laughter burst out. It was an unfamiliar feeling.

Jinseong drew up the mana he had been suppressing.

Normally he would have restrained himself out of concern for mana addiction, but now it was different.

Even though he used mana without any limits.

[Mana Addiction Progression: 82%]

It had no effect on the numbers. No, rather the numbers were lower than before.

“Haah.”

How long had it been since he felt this sense of liberation?

He unleashed the mana boiling up from his blood without hesitation.

As if vomiting out all the resentment he had accumulated, everywhere his feet and hands touched was broken down into particles finer than dust.

Whoosh, whoosh!

The fish monsters that had been rushing at him turned to dust starting from their teeth and disappeared into the void.

Watching even the Wave Wall transform into particles, Jinseong clenched his fist tighter.

Crash.

As the oil bottle shattered, an unbelievable sight unfolded before his eyes.

A blue shimmer that appeared in the void moved forward quickly as if showing him the way.

“….”

Jinseong stared blankly at that light.

It was the moment he gained a perfect companion that wouldn’t be destroyed by his own skills and would show him the direction when he easily lost his way.

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