Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? - Chapter 44

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7. Roar of the Blue Dragon (4)

 

“I just threw it. Really. I just solved it by doing what I had practiced.”

 

Even after hearing my words, I-seo didn’t nod.

 

His fingertips trembled slightly as they pointed toward the monster on the ground.

 

“But… something was different. Just now, my movements were strange. It’s like… I could see more clearly.”

 

I took a breath inwardly.

 

What I-seo was experiencing now might be a precursor to awakening.

 

In the original work, he had said the same thing in the Abyss of the Azure Dragon.

 

And in the battle right after, he had grown explosively.

 

“It might just be your imagination.”

 

I spoke as nonchalantly as possible.

 

But I-seo’s expression had already hardened ominously.

 

Han Seong was already preparing for the next section.

 

“Let’s move for now. That thing’s noise just spread, so more might come from the surroundings.”

 

Everyone nodded at those words and advanced again.

 

I organized the luggage from behind and quietly matched their pace.

 

My heart was still beating fast, but what concerned me more was I-seo’s words.

 

That he could see more clearly.

 

That was a signal that the core of this abyss was opening.

 

And that flow would soon lead to an explosive development.

 

We walked into the next section without even having time to catch our breath.

 

The characteristic humid air of the Abyss of the Azure Dragon clung to our skin.

 

The mist rising from the ground slowly moved following our footsteps.

 

It was strangely quiet.

 

The trembling from right after the battle still remained in my body, but the flow of air felt even more unsettling.

 

“Are you okay?”

 

I-seo, who had been walking ahead, turned his head.

 

He was still moving with his hands clenched into fists.

 

Rather than someone who had finished a battle, he looked more like someone trying to suppress something that was just beginning.

 

That look in his eyes bothered me.

 

“I’m fine. What about you?”

 

“I’m… strange. I don’t feel like usual.”

 

He bit his lips as if swallowing words he wanted to say after that.

 

His breathing also quickened slightly, perhaps due to some emotion welling up.

 

The signs of awakening were becoming increasingly clear.

 

This abyss originally gives that kind of stimulation.

 

As far as I knew, it was also a place that was almost like a catalyst for I-seo.

 

Han Seong slightly raised his hand to make both of us focus on the front.

 

“Wait. A sound.”

 

He was staring at a crack in the wall.

 

I took another step closer and listened carefully.

 

The sound of rock scraping continued for a long time.

 

It’s a big one.

 

It was likely a type that was faster and had lighter movements than the variant from earlier.

 

“Get ready.”

 

Han Seong’s voice dropped low.

 

And almost simultaneously, a monster burst out as if the wall had exploded.

 

Blue luster spread between its scales, and its movements were much more agile than before.

 

The moment I heard a whooshing sound cutting through the air, I reflexively stepped back.

 

I-seo confronted it from the front.

 

“Hali, behind you!”

 

Han Seong pointed to the opposite side.

 

A second monster slid down from the cave ceiling.

 

It was coming down at high speed with its mouth open.

 

I pulled out a potion from my waist.

 

This time it was a sensory amplification type.

 

It had the effect of slightly enhancing vision and reaction speed.

 

Normally it could be a bit dangerous, but that was exactly what I-seo needed right now.

 

I rolled the potion with its cap in my hand and found the right angle.

 

“I-seo! Catch!”

 

I lightly threw the glass bottle toward I-seo.

 

I-seo reflexively caught it while dodging the monster’s arm.

 

With a crack, the bottle broke and blue energy rose above it.

 

When the potion touched I-seo’s skin, he suddenly widened his eyes.

 

I could hear the sound of him inhaling.

 

And the next moment, his movements completely changed.

 

It was as if even the feeling of his soles first touching the ground had changed.

 

He charged forward.

 

He caught up with the monster’s attack speed.

 

Sharp claws tore through the air, but I-seo’s physical senses were half a beat faster.

 

Han Seong also provided precise backup.

 

“Good. Keep pushing like that!”

 

The battle sounds echoing from inside the cave repeated and reverberated.

 

I held the empty potion bottle and checked the vibrations around us from behind.

 

The Abyss of the Azure Dragon had different difficulty levels for each floor, but this floor definitely seemed to have higher difficulty than expected.

 

At times like this, we needed to prepare more thoroughly and move carefully.

 

When one monster fell, its body twisted on the ground and caused a final nervous reaction.

 

I-seo looked at it with empty eyes.

 

Even while catching his breath, his pupils looked somehow different.

 

Han Seong approached him and grabbed his arm.

 

“Hyun I-seo, are you okay?”

 

“…Yeah. But, …something is changing.”

 

It was no longer a precursor but the beginning.

 

An ignited state.

 

It was the moment when the signs of awakening could now be fully felt.

 

I slowly looked down at my hands.

 

It seemed like more variables were occurring because of me than I had thought was my role.

 

However, I could still only speak as if in passing.

 

“It’s okay. We still have a lot to do.”

 

At those words, I-seo briefly exhaled and nodded.

 

Han Seong also seemed to have quickly assessed the situation.

 

“We need to be more careful from now on. Those variants, there might be more of them.”

 

We advanced again.

 

The deeper we went, the heavier and cooler the air became.

 

It felt like the energy of awakening was gradually rising throughout the entire abyss.

 

And I-seo was approaching the center of it.

 

We walked deeper inside.

 

The puddles on the floor rippled quietly with each step.

 

The Abyss of the Azure Dragon had a complex structure, with paths branching in several directions even within a single floor.

 

Han Seong was good at finding directions without even looking at a map.

 

His ability was particularly impressive in places like this.

 

“Left here.”

 

As soon as he pointed, we reflexively moved in that direction.

 

I-seo’s breathing seemed a bit labored, but his eyes had become sharper.

 

It seemed the residual effects of the potion were still lingering.

 

At the same time, the distinctive flow that comes right before awakening was seeping through his entire body.

 

I followed behind the two of them for now, listening carefully to the sounds.

 

The sound of metal scraping could be heard once from far away.

 

Then the sound of falling rocks followed from the same direction.

 

It was like a small warning sound.

 

Han Seong raised his hand high.

 

We immediately stopped moving.

 

An anxious silence settled in the cave.

 

I breathed as shallowly as possible.

 

At this moment, even a small noise could attract the monsters’ movement.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

I felt the texture of something furry brushing against the floor.

 

Sounds of bodies crouching could be heard from all directions.

 

I grabbed a potion like a conditioned reflex.

 

I-seo also twitched his fingers as if tense.

 

At the same time, two pairs of red eyes appeared in the darkness.

 

They were monsters crawling along the floor.

 

The type with short legs and elongated torsos.

 

They weren’t very fast, but their bites were highly toxic.

 

“Hali, I’ll watch the back.”

 

Han Seong stepped in front of me.

 

“Okay.”

 

I quickly pulled out an antidote potion from my bag.

 

If we got bitten once in this section, paralysis would set in instantly.

 

This potion originally had limited shortening effects, but thanks to the mixture I adjusted a few days ago, it should work a bit stronger.

 

“If you need it, right away.”

 

I held the bottle between the two of them and tensed my wrist.

 

The monsters charged from both directions simultaneously.

 

Their long torsos curved in at a faster speed than expected.

 

Han Seong stepped forward and slashed with his sword, blocking the first one.

 

I-seo instantly kicked up the one behind us.

 

That movement was incomparably more precise than before.

 

With a dull thud, the monster crashed into the wall.

 

The moment it fell to the floor, I-seo immediately rushed at it.

 

Power concentrated at his fingertips.

 

A blue light briefly flashed through the darkness.

 

At the same time, the monster’s body was torn apart and disintegrated.

 

“I-seo.”

 

Han Seong called out briefly.

 

I-seo took a deep breath.

 

His pupils had become brighter than before.

 

It seemed like something was continuously surging from within.

 

He seemed to feel it himself, but it was still within manageable limits.

 

I said carefully.

 

“Drink this.”

 

After applying some antidote potion to the back of my hand, I handed him the remaining bottle.

 

I-seo took it and drank it lightly.

 

“Thanks.”

 

The flow of power brushing against his skin seemed to settle down a bit.

 

The potion seemed to be stabilizing him by properly suppressing the paralysis reaction in his body.

 

We went deeper again.

 

The sounds we heard weren’t different from before.

 

Beast-like howling from afar and the metallic sound of rock fragments.

 

And very faintly mixed in between, vibrations.

 

That was the distinctive trembling that occurs when approaching the boss’s room.

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