Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? - Chapter 65

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9. Final Dungeon (13)

 

Originally, it was an experimental micro-potion that only reverses small mana flows, but it’s dangerous to use inside dungeons due to its low stability.

 

However, right now, that was all I had.

 

“Everyone get back!”

 

I bit off the potion cork with my mouth.

 

Yu Hee shouted in surprise.

 

“Hali, that thing!”

 

It was already too late.

 

I plunged the potion into the floor at the center where the mist was thickest.

 

Bang.

 

The moment the potion’s liquid seeped into the floor, the entire mana flow of the dungeon reversed.

 

A whirlwind spun.

 

White streaks spread explosively, tearing apart each strand of the mist.

 

A reverse flow as if forcibly rewinding the dungeon’s ‘entrance’.

 

My entire body trembled.

 

A feeling of my mind going blank.

 

‘It’s okay. If I can just endure this…’

 

Yuhan Seong shouted.

 

“Hali! Let go! Fall back!”

 

It was already too late.

 

As the potion fully activated, the mist contracted to a single point, then fell to the floor with a thud like gravity.

 

And then.

 

It became quiet.

 

The mist disappeared.

 

The shaking stopped too.

 

The dungeon door, the entrance we had first entered through, slowly opened again.

 

Lee Hae-sol gulped down his saliva.

 

“…It’s over, right.”

 

I pressed my hand against the wall.

 

All strength left my body.

 

But laughter leaked out.

 

“Yeah. It’s over. Quite satisfyingly.”

 

Yu Hee sat down on the floor and said.

 

“Wow… really… this was the Final Dungeon? What a mess.”

 

Hyun I-seo’s breathing was still rough, but he smiled lightly while looking at Lee Hae-sol.

 

“At least we’re alive.”

 

Yuhan Seong checked each of us in turn and muttered.

 

“All members survived. No major injuries. Final Dungeon complete.”

 

The moment we came outside, the faces of the Academy assistants waiting for us all hardened simultaneously.

 

“Everyone, what happened? Inside.”

 

I said briefly.

 

“Someone interfered.”

 

The assistants looked at each other with frozen expressions.

 

Anyway, it was over.

 

Really.

 

The sound of the door at the end of the tunnel slowly closing echoed lowly from behind.

 

Only when I heard that sound did my strength give out as if my waist would buckle and collapse.

 

***

 

“Hali, are you okay?”

 

Yu Hee supported my shoulder.

 

“Yeah, I’m fine.”

 

I said that with my mouth, but I couldn’t hide that my breathing was somewhat unsteady.

 

The fight in the final section of the Final Dungeon was much messier than expected and didn’t feel like the simple ‘final boss battle’ I had seen in the original work.

 

The students sat down one by one, leaning against the wall.

 

Yuhan Seong was quietly catching his breath with his sword resting on his knee, Hyun I-seo was clasping his still slightly trembling hands, and Lee Hae-sol sat slumped on the floor, exhaling deeply twice.

 

I opened my bag.

 

I took out all the potions and lined them up in front of the students.

 

I was about to tell them to drink one each when they reached out first after seeing my expression.

 

Yu Hee said.

 

“This time we really benefited a lot from your potions.”

 

“No.”

 

I shook my head.

 

“I heard the end of the Final Dungeon is originally a bit difficult like this.”

 

“A bit?”

 

Lee Hae-sol laughed as if he couldn’t believe it.

 

“Hali, this is ‘a bit’ by your standards.”

 

I smiled without saying anything.

 

I felt like it would become even stranger if I answered.

 

What the students had just experienced wasn’t the end of a ‘medium difficulty dungeon’ by the original work’s standards, but clearly an anomaly that someone had tampered with.

 

I couldn’t let them know I was anxious.

 

The fact that I became anxious seeing a dungeon showing changes even steeper than the original work was something I couldn’t share with anyone.

 

No, at least not now.

 

Yuhan Seong asked.

 

“Hali.”

 

His voice was low.

 

“That string you pointed out in the final section. Was something like that originally in the Final Dungeon?”

 

I bit my lip for a moment.

 

“There was something similar… but this one was connected differently.”

 

“Differently, you say?”

 

His gaze was unwavering.

 

It was the expression of someone who didn’t want to miss my words.

 

I shook my head slightly.

 

“The connection method was messier than usual. The mana was contaminated too. Since it’s the Final Dungeon, it might be some old traces.”

 

‘It’s not a lie, but it’s not an accurate explanation either.’

 

I muttered to myself.

 

The students shouldn’t become anxious.

 

Since today was the Final Dungeon evaluation, there was also the possibility that the faculty was standing by right behind us.

 

Hyun I-seo said quietly.

 

“Still… something was strange. I’m sure there were two mana streams. Two branches.”

 

I looked at him in surprise.

 

After his Abyss awakening, he had become able to read mana streams much more precisely, and it seemed he had already noticed the strangeness before me with that ability.

 

“If there were two…”

 

Yu Hee said.

 

“Doesn’t that mean two people were controlling it simultaneously?”

 

“It’s possible.”

 

Lee Hae-sol got up.

 

“But in the Final Dungeon? No matter how you think about it, that doesn’t make sense, right?”

 

I took a deep breath.

 

This doesn’t make sense.

 

It didn’t make sense in the original story either.

 

That’s what made it even scarier.

 

Yuhan Seong shifted his gaze toward me.

 

He didn’t say anything, but his eyes were asking.

 

‘You know, don’t you.’

 

That question was conveyed completely.

 

I didn’t avoid his gaze and said.

 

“The Final Dungeon wasn’t originally like this. But now… it might just be traces of being neglected for too long or someone experimenting with it. I don’t know exactly either.”

 

More accurately, ‘I know but can’t say’ was closer to the truth, but I couldn’t let that slip out.

 

Not yet.

 

The students slowly nodded at my words.

 

They didn’t completely understand, but their eyes said let’s move on for now.

 

A moment of silence.

 

At the end of that silence, Yu Hee spoke.

 

“Let’s get out of here for now. The finals are over.”

 

Yuhan Seong stood up first.

 

Then the students followed one by one, and I was the last to secure my bag tightly and walk toward the door.

 

The door opened.

 

The air outside was warm.

 

It was a completely different world from the gloomy, oppressive air of the Final Dungeon.

 

As I crossed the threshold, I thought.

 

‘At least everyone survived.’

 

No one said anything, but everyone was thinking the same thing.

 

This dungeon was definitely strange.

 

Yuhan Seong walked toward the school gate first.

 

A strangely uneasy atmosphere lingered behind us.

 

Lee Hae-sol muttered quietly beside me.

 

“Hali. Did you… see anything at the end?”

 

I shook my head.

 

“Just… it felt like it was going to collapse, so I was scared.”

 

It wasn’t a lie.

 

I really was scared.

 

But what I saw was more than that.

 

A pattern not in the original story.

 

Two monsters appearing simultaneously.

 

Abnormal movements with strings connected in multiple directions.

 

And that ‘wrong sound’ I heard at the end.

 

Hyun I-seo glanced at me.

 

Despite the deep fatigue under his eyes, his expression was firm.

 

“Hali. We would have been in real danger without you.”

 

I waved my hand.

 

“No. The potions… anyone could make that much.”

 

Yu Hee smiled.

 

“But they’re really strangely good. This time my breathing recovered quickly too.”

 

Lee Hae-sol nodded as well.

 

“Right. I honestly… almost collapsed in the middle.”

 

I gripped my bag strap tighter.

 

This atmosphere was a little scary.

 

The way the students were slowly looking at me.

 

It seemed like they were analyzing something, trying to understand something, trying to reach out for something.

 

“Let’s rest for today.”

 

Yuhan Seong said quietly.

 

Everyone nodded at those words.

 

I turned around one last time.

 

The dungeon entrance was being completely sealed.

 

The sound of the metal door coming down was terribly heavy.

 

At that moment, I felt like I was talking to myself.

 

‘This time wasn’t the flow I knew.’

 

I let out a long breath.

 

The ominous feeling didn’t disappear.

 

No matter how I thought about it, the Final Dungeon wasn’t originally this form.

 

And I felt like something behind that door was already watching me.

 

I turned my head and walked with the students.

 

The dormitory hallway was quiet.

 

The students each went into their rooms, and the sound of doors closing was barely audible.

 

Everyone must still be in shock from surviving the Final Dungeon.

 

As soon as I entered my room, I put down my bag.

 

The potion bottles clinked against each other making small sounds.

 

My fingertips trembled slightly.

 

Actually, I felt more dizzy now than inside the dungeon.

 

I sat at my desk and let out a long breath.

 

‘In the original story, the Final Dungeon only went up to that point.’

 

This time someone had intervened.

 

That was the problem.

 

It couldn’t not be a problem.

 

I heard a knocking sound on the door.

 

Knock knock.

 

I was startled and straightened up, saying.

 

“Who is it?”

 

“It’s me.”

 

It was Yuhan Seong’s voice.

 

When I opened the door, Yuhan Seong was standing there with his arms crossed.

 

His expression was calm, but his eyes were completely different.

 

A gaze that examined thoroughly.

 

He didn’t follow me into the room but stood right at the doorway.

 

“Are you okay?”

 

He asked.

 

“Yeah. Just a little tired.”

 

Yuhan Seong looked at me for a moment, then nodded very slightly.

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