The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop Is Ranked 0th in the World - Chapter 97

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The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop is World Rank 0

Chapter 97

A+ Rank Predator Gate near Namsan Tower.

This place was insufficient to simply call a ‘maze.’

It was hell where gravity-twisted steel structures jutted vertically, and the purple mist breathed out by the boss ‘Hallucinatory Pteranodon’ simultaneously gnawed at vision and mana.

The hunters who volunteered for the conquest team swallowed dry saliva at the overwhelming pressure they had never felt before.

Even though they were hunters who prided themselves on being seasoned veterans with extensive gate experience, the fear that predatory maze gates gave was extraordinary.

However, unlike the tense entrance, they had somehow become spectators busy clicking their tongues in amazement.

“Wow, crazy. Did you just see that? Seondonguk hyung’s footwork?”

Association-affiliated Hunter Shim Jinseop gaped his mouth open.

Despite his title as an elite agent, he slapped the arm of his fellow hunter Changhyeon standing next to him while making a fuss.

“My idol is fighting right before my eyes! And so damn cool too!”

“I’m watching too! But wait, was he this good even before he collapsed? There’s a clear difference from the ability I knew.”

“He must have recovered well during his hospitalization!”

Changhyeon’s words didn’t reach Jinseop’s ears.

He was already an amazing hunter, so what was the big deal about being even more amazing.

“But really, Jinseong hyung is no joke either. As expected of someone who soloed maze gates.”

“He, he, he must have used items that help find the way.”

“Even so, that’s something else. I’m losing mana just standing still, but look at him not taking a single hit.”

Usually in gates like this, it takes several hours just to find the way, and everyone’s mana levels should normally hit rock bottom due to the mana-absorbing mist.

But Jinseong walked as if strolling through his own home, simply dispatching the monsters that popped out while advancing toward the exit without hesitation.

“There’s really no other monster like them… Senior, are all S-ranks really like that?”

Jinseop clicked his tongue.

In his view, the movements of Jinseong and Seondonguk were in the realm of gods.

But the actual conversation between those gods was completely different.

“Jinseong, this stuff is really something. Mana consumption is less than 10% of usual. Yebichnna said she paid a lot of attention to mana efficiency when crafting, and I can really feel it.”

“Did you see the mana charging speed too? It seems like it fills up before the mana even depletes.”

“Of course I confirmed it too.”

The two didn’t stop praising the items Yebichnna made throughout the entire conquest.

Eventually, the conversation between the two S-ranks reached the ears of the hunters following behind.

Jinseop whispered to Changhyeon.

“Did you hear? Those hyungs right now, they’re not bragging about their skills but bragging about items to each other?”

“Hmm. Aren’t they just being modest? For S-ranks, most items are just at the level of accessories, right?”

“I guess so…”

But just before the boss battle, when the formation was disrupted by a surprise attack from A-rank pteranodons, an incident occurred.

Jinseop, caught in the swirling purple mist, staggered while clutching his head.

“Ugh!”

The 200% mana absorption rate began sucking like a straw inserted into Jinseop’s mana circuit.

“Mana… I can’t control it! Kugh.”

At that moment, Seondonguk quickly burst Yebichnna’s orb item to block Jinseop’s mana consumption.

The mist greedily devoured Yebichnna’s mana scattered in the air.

Simultaneously, Seondonguk put a mana candy in Jinseop’s mouth and advised him to take deep breaths.

“Bite and swallow! It’ll help with mana recovery!”

Whoosh—! Jinseop reflexively inhaled.

It was an instant.

Jinseop’s mana, which had been draining out like a collapsed dam, settled down calmly as if by magic.

Not only that. The mana that had been consumed to a life-threatening degree surged back up in an instant.

Jinseop widened his eyes and shouted.

“Oh? Ohhh! Mana! How is the mana!?”

Meanwhile, Changhyeon, who had cut down the last pteranodon, stood blankly in place.

There was no way to help Jinseop whose mana was being devoured by the gate. Blocking the pteranodons flying toward Jinseop was the best he could do.

But with one item, the gate stopped its mana predation, and the depleted mana surged up like a well?

Changhyeon stuttered, unable to continue speaking at the miracle that occurred before his eyes.

“The predation has, has stopped…?”

Then, Seondonguk smiled and smoothly applied an ampoule made by Yebichnna to the wound on Changhyeon’s arm.

As soon as the ampoule touched it, new flesh instantly sprouted from the deeply carved wound.

“…The wound.”

When Changhyeon lost his words again, Jinseop, who had recovered in the meantime, examined Changhyeon’s arm from various angles while making a commotion.

“Crazy, crazy. Association supply potions just fill your stomach when you drink them and their effects crawl at turtle speed, but this is really unbelievable…!”

Changhyeon, who had been continuously rubbing his clean arm and examining where the wound had been, muttered quietly.

“…I should do it.”

“What did you say, senior?”

“I’ll convert. Like how you worship Seondonguk hyung.”

At that, Jinseop quickly nodded his head.

“Senior, I was thinking the same thing. This isn’t human ability.”

“You were making a fuss about buying Seondonguk hyung’s poster until just now.”

“Look over there, where in the world are there items that let you catch even Predator Gate bosses like swatting flies! It’s not time to serve Seondonguk hyung. I’m a living witness.”

As Jinseop said, the boss battle was disappointingly easy.

The boss monster, whose mana circuits had been over-stimulated by Yebichnna’s items, couldn’t last long against Jinseong and Seondonguk’s combo attacks and self-destructed.

[Gate Clear!]

Thanks to Yebichnna’s items, the exit opened just one hour after entering the gate.

The fastest conquest time in history with everyone returning safely.

It was an unprecedented record in Predator Gate history.

The hunters who emerged from the gate still had bewildered expressions.

They each carefully held the now powerless and lightless item fragments in their hands as if they were national treasures.

Especially Jinseop pushed Seondonguk’s autograph card, which he had cherished until just moments ago, into a corner of his pocket.

“Seondonguk hyung is cool too, but… the real deal was someone else. Yebichnna-nim is a god.”

Behind Jinseop’s worship-like fuss, Jinseong and Seondonguk looked around the exit area, which was bustling with a different meaning than usual.

At the center of it all was Yebichnna.

Yebichnna wore an official Hunter Association ID card with the name ‘S-rank Hunter Yebichnna’ around her neck and moved busily.

“Come this way, please. You said your wrist joint isn’t good? Apply this oil and massage gently, and it’ll feel better quickly.”

She was weaving between citizens and hunters, distributing items and teaching them how to use them.

A warm aura spread around her as she made eye contact with each person, kindly explaining what the effects were like and how the mana reactions worked.

That sight sparkled so much that Jinseong and Seondonguk stopped in their tracks and lost their words.

“…She’s really pretty.”

“…”

Jinseong agreed with Seondonguk’s murmur in silence.

Even among hundreds of people in the crowd, Yebichnna was exceptionally radiant.

Yebichnna, who had been holding an elderly grandmother’s hand and carefully massaging it, belatedly spotted the two and waved brightly with a big smile.

“Senior! Oppa!”

Then Jinseong and Seondonguk simultaneously raised their hands as if they had made a promise.

Their usual coolness was nowhere to be found, and their awkward hand-waving looked quite ridiculous.

Nara, who was watching the scene from beside Yebichnna, snorted.

“Well, well? Both of them are after Yebichnna…”

Meanwhile, Yebichnna ran toward the conquest team while waving her hand.

“You worked so hard! Are you hurt anywhere? Did anything happen?”

“As you can see, we’re perfectly fine. I couldn’t tell if it was a Predator Gate or a practice gate.”

“Yeah, thanks to you.”

When Seondonguk joked around, Jinseong also nodded heavily.

“I’m really relieved!”

As Yebichnna bounced in place with a bright smile, Jinseong’s lips curved into an arc.

Jinseong felt his heart beating quietly as he kept his gaze fixed on Yebichnna.

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