The Tone-Deaf Healer Kills with a Song - Chapter 77

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Tone-Deaf Healer Kills with Song – Episode 077
I wish I had the ability to pinpoint exact coordinates and teleport like some hunters do, but unfortunately, I don’t possess such a gift.
I ran toward the faint magical aura I sensed emanating from the distance.
‘Let’s ride.’
That was the plan until Dante pulled a car out of his inventory.
He said it was a rare item he’d received after cleaning up the aftermath of the colossal Dungeon Ragnarok.
A literal moving fortress—virtually impervious to external magical intrusion, and any skills cast within it never leak outside.
A vehicle item that could facilitate movement through any dungeon’s interior.
‘You had this the whole time and just watched me sprint at full power?’
‘…You were running so well.’
My agility stat easily surpassed the Sung siblings here. I wasn’t falling behind Jung Hwan-jae or Dante either—I was moving at a terrifying pace.
If it had been just me, Jung Hwan-jae, and Dante, running at that speed might have actually been more efficient.
They weren’t exactly slow, but Sung Ji-wook and Sung Mi-ju were gasping for breath behind us as if they were dying.
‘Let’s go.’
I collapsed into the back seat and waited silently as Dante drove with quiet obedience, following the flow of magical energy I described.
‘It’s around here.’
‘Yeah. Look over there.’
Just minutes after we started driving, I saw gray lightning erupting in the distance.
Baldur really did give us something terrifying in terms of speed. The ride was so smooth I could barely feel any movement inside.
‘Stop here, please.’
‘What?’
‘There’s someone in critical condition over there. I need to get out and help them.’
The moment Dante stopped the car nearby, I cast my skill without any output control and sprinted forward.
Honestly, this was the first time I’d ever deployed a heal of such massive scale myself.
If my skill’s color had been something like a flash of light, I thought, everyone here would have gone blind.
“I’m going ahead.”
And I reached the location at my maximum speed.
The first thing I saw was a man barely holding his ground with a shattered shield in hand.
Dressed in robes that couldn’t exist in any world, standing barefoot, he had hair like waves frozen in motion.
“What?”
So that was the magical aura I’d sensed.
His body was crumbling apart. And the opponent fighting him, seizing that opening, swung his hand.
Gray lightning surged forward. I swung my hand to deflect the attack.
“Are you the one? The staff member killer?”
“What are you even—”
“Shut up!”
Fortissimo—with tremendous force!
As I screamed in fury, a brilliant white light exploded like a massive flash, and the man struck directly by it flew far away.
He crashed his entire body into a place where bookshelves overlapped, creating a tremendous sound, but I felt no concern whatsoever.
‘I can worry about what terrible thing he was planning to do later.’
“I’m a healer. I wasn’t asking you for an answer in the first place.”
Leaving the man slumped against the bookshelf, apparently unconscious, I rushed toward Dan Myeong-ah.
The emergency treatment from the skill I’d used coming here was minimal at best—she would need proper care now.
This High-Rank Dungeon was already too much for her to endure; even the air currents and mana fluctuations could overwhelm her.
“Are you alright? Just a moment!”
“You are….”
“I’m Yeom Ye-ah, with the Hanttae Guild! Kim A-jin contacted me, and I came to rescue you!”
“Kim A-jin….”
Realizing that I had truly come to save him, he seemed to collapse, his strength draining away.
He must have fought desperately to maintain his sanity—his entire body was drenched not just in blood but in sweat.
[Liri: Remarkable mental fortitude. He endured what no stat could overcome through sheer willpower and perseverance alone.]
[Liri: If it weren’t for him, he might have died no matter how quickly you arrived.]
Liri’s assessment was coldly clinical, yet within those stark words, I could sense the man’s formidable strength.
“Ye-ah!”
Others arrived, having secured Sung Mi-ju and Sung Ji-wook.
Without even glancing back at Jung Hwan-jae, I called out loudly.
“There’s a staff member killer over there. Please apprehend that person first!”
“Understood.”
Jung Hwan-jae didn’t hesitate for a moment at my command and vanished.
Was it really okay to assign the Guild Master such menial tasks?
“But there’s only one? Nike Guild Master, what do you think?”
“In a place this vast… there could be reinforcements elsewhere.”
“Let’s search for them. Please get the car.”
“Huh…?”
While the group dragged Sung Ji-wook and Sung Mi-ju away, forcing him into service as a driver, I was too preoccupied with Dan Myeong-ah to notice.
She had severe wounds across her body, and the constant blood she was coughing up suggested something inside her was gravely damaged.
I pressed my hand against the most critical wound and began channeling my healing power into her.
My urgency was so great that I couldn’t tell if what came from my mouth was speech, rap, or song.
“Mother’s hands are medicine, no, healing hands. Mother’s hands are healing hands. All the pain, pain, fly away….”
Despite my clumsy utterance, the mana responded faithfully, enveloping her body and beginning to heal the countless wounds, including her internal injuries.
The pain was clearly subsiding, yet he could only weep, unable to speak a word to me.
“Are you in a lot of pain?”
I asked worriedly, and he shook his head.
Then what was it? I didn’t think I’d done anything wrong. Unable to hide my confusion, I looked ahead when Liri’s window appeared.
[Liri: His handler sacrificed themselves to save their contractor.]
[Liri: Because you arrived quickly, they didn’t completely vanish, but so much of their divinity and data were lost that they’ve entered a long seal now.]
I stared blankly at Liri’s message. It was hard to keep my expression from contorting.
[Liri: It will take time to restore all of their data and power. Given human lifespans, he likely won’t see his handler again during his lifetime….]
I couldn’t bring myself to tell Dan Myeong-ah this news.
He must have shot that mana skyward with the desperate hope of saving both himself and his handler.
“W-wait, could it be… our Leng-leng…?”
“Leng-leng?”
“Ah, yes, he’s my handler. He was right in front of us until just now…”
Kim A-jin had made it clear before we departed.
Dan Myeong-ah shared an exceptionally close bond with her handler, so if possible, she asked that I save him too.
She even said that such a loss was far too cruel for someone living so earnestly and brilliantly.
I agreed with her words. This was cruel.
“Ye-ah, the treatment is complete.”
“Ah, yes.”
“You are… Hunter Jung Hwan, aren’t you?”
Jung Hwan-jae was already dragging over a man who had become little more than tattered rags.
I only realized after he approached that I had been channeling mana into someone already fully healed.
I withdrew my hand in a panic as though burned by fire and scrambled to my feet.
“Yes, after hearing reports of kidnappings and murders targeting not only Hunter Association staff but numerous hunters, Nike and Hanttae have been collaborating on an investigation.”
“I see.”
As the wounds disappeared, Dan Myeong-ah seemed to regain some clarity, glancing around her surroundings.
When I didn’t answer, she appeared to be searching for her handler directly with her eyes.
I’ve never been good at enduring uncomfortable silences.
Weighed down by that pressure, I’m the type to speak first.
[Liri: She’ll find out eventually anyway. I’m not sure if keeping it secret really means anything to her, Ye-ah.]
Even Liri’s words, subtly bolstering my courage.
“Leng-leng didn’t die. But he used too much power, so he needs to be sealed away for a very long time… possibly over a hundred years.”
“He didn’t die?”
“Ah, yes, well. He didn’t die, but…”
Yet contrary to my expectation that he would despair, he looked at me with steady eyes and offered his gratitude.
“Thank you. That’s more than enough!”
He would never see his handler again, would never receive his assistance.
Given his stats, he might not even be able to enter dungeons anymore, yet that man smiled broadly.
For some reason, I felt tears welling up.

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