Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? - Chapter 84

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12. Magpie and Jesters (3)

‘Poison is the answer.’

I pushed that bottle to the side.

The jester’s laughter became a bit thinner.

“In that way?”

He asked.

“Yeah.”

I answered.

“We have time.”

The third bottle.

The fourth bottle.

I used other things besides neutralizing solution.

Mana reaction amplification liquid.

Micro internal reaction simulation potion.

One by one.

Very slowly.

Magpie tilted its head on my shoulder and looked at the bottles alternately.

At the fifteenth bottle, I became certain.

‘This is recovery.’

I marked it and moved on to the next bottle again.

The twentieth.

Twenty-third.

Thirty-first.

Five in total.

Only then did I catch my breath and pick up the bottles.

“I’ll drink them.”

I said.

Yuhan Seong gritted his teeth.

“Hali.”

“It’s okay.”

I smiled.

“They’re much safer than what I make.”

Yuhan Seong made a strange expression mixed with amusement and surprise.

I drank the first bottle.

The sensation going down my throat was smooth.

My stomach became warm.

Second.

Third.

My heart was beating steadily.

At the fourth bottle, slight dizziness came.

But it was within the expected range.

I immediately swallowed only half a bottle of antidote potion.

The last fifth one.

My body became light again.

The jester’s laughter stopped.

“…Pass.”

His body slowly became blurred.

This time it didn’t disappear like smoke, but crumbled like fragments.

The room disappeared.

Yuhan Seong stood right in front of me.

“Are you crazy?”

“Didn’t you know?”

I said while catching my breath.

“Well, we succeeded anyway.”

Magpie cried briefly.

At the same time, the fifth test began.

The fifth stage was completely different from the previous ones.

The floor was made of blackened stone, with thin waterways tangled like a maze above it.

The ceiling was not visible, and instead flames and water drops were falling alternately from above.

Heat was felt first.

It was the kind of heat that didn’t burn the skin but made your throat dry with every breath.

Between them, cold water drops fell and wetted the floor.

The jester stood in the center of the stage.

This jester was not laughing.

Instead, with an expressionless face, he held two spheres in his hands.

One was burning red, and the other contained transparent waves.

“The test is simple.”

The jester said.

“Ring the bell at the end of this stage.”

He raised the two spheres in his hands.

“Fire and water will alternately cover the stage.”

“Step wrong and you’ll burn or drown.”

The waterways on the floor began to move subtly.

Where flames fell immediately dried and cracked.

Where water fell became dark to an unknowable depth.

Yuhan Seong stepped forward.

Strength entered his hand gripping the sword.

“What are the rules?”

He asked.

“Direct passage.”

The jester answered.

“External attacks prohibited.”

“Support is allowed.”

Hearing that, I immediately opened my bag.

This wasn’t combat.

It was a test of pattern and balance.

“Hali.”

Yuhan Seong said in a low voice.

“What should we do?”

“Fire and water.”

I said while quickly scanning the floor.

“It’s impossible to completely avoid both. Instead, we need to reduce their effects.”

I took out two bottles from my bag.

One was red, and the other was light blue.

“Fire resistance potion. And water pressure mitigation potion.”

Yuhan Seong took the bottles.

“At the same time?”

“No.”

I shook my head.

“Watch the pattern.”

“Fire comes first, right?”

As soon as those words ended, red fireballs fell from the ceiling.

The moment they touched the floor, flames spread like wildfire.

Heat surged upward.

“Now.”

I said.

Yuhan Seong drank the fire resistance potion in one gulp.

A thin membrane spread over his skin.

The flames touched him but couldn’t burn his flesh.

He immediately took his first step.

He stabbed his sword into the floor to maintain balance as he crossed between the water channels.

Second wave of flames.

Third.

Then the water channels on the floor suddenly surged.

Water rose to fill the spaces where fire had disappeared.

It was black water of unknown depth.

“Next.”

I shouted.

Yuhan Seong drank the second potion.

His body instantly became lighter.

His feet were submerged in water, but he barely felt any pressure.

He leaped forward.

Crossing over the water channels, he landed on a cracked stone.

The Jester’s gaze wavered for the first time.

Fire and water intersected.

The entire stage became a danger zone.

I made a quick judgment.

“Left! The third stone is safe!”

Yuhan Seong didn’t hesitate.

He threw his body in the direction I indicated.

Flames grazed his shoulder.

But thanks to the potion’s effect, there was no major damage.

The water current grabbed at his ankle.

However, the water pressure was weak.

He ran to the end.

In the final section, fire and water poured down simultaneously.

Almost like a wall.

“Last one!”

I shouted.

Yuhan Seong swallowed half of the remaining fire resistance potion.

Then he charged straight ahead.

Heat and cold rushed at him simultaneously, but he didn’t stop.

He reached out and grabbed the bell.

A clear sound rang out.

Ding.

The stage stopped.

Fire and water disappeared simultaneously.

The Jester silently bowed his head.

Then quietly crumbled away.

Yuhan Seong returned, breathing heavily.

Water dripped from the tip of his sword.

“This.”

He said.

“I couldn’t have done it without your potions.”

“But you were the one who moved.”

I smiled.

“I just threw them to you.”

Magpie flapped its wings on his shoulder.

Beyond the stage, the sixth door was slowly opening.

The Jester still had about half remaining.

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The sixth stage opened much more quietly than before.

There was no fire and no water.

It was a space where even wind didn’t flow.

Instead, the entire floor was cracked.

Thin fissures spread like spider webs, and faint light flickered up and down through the gaps.

The light wasn’t constant.

It pulsed like a heartbeat, suddenly disappeared, then reappeared.

The Jester sat not at the end of the stage, but right in the center.

Legs crossed, chin propped up, looking down at me with an utterly bored expression.

“This time it’s your turn.”

He said.

His voice was light and slow.

“What are the rules?”

I asked.

The Jester snapped his fingers.

Instantly, the cracks in the floor split wide open.

The ground collapsed inward, revealing a space of unknown depth.

Heavy sounds echoed from within.

Thud.

Thud.

The floor began moving on its own.

Stone rose up from between the cracks.

The shape resembled humans but had no faces.

Arms and legs were excessively thick, with joints barely distinguishable.

“Golems.”

Yuhan Seong said quietly.

“Correct.”

The Jester smiled.

“Twelve of them.”

“Knock them all down and you pass.”

I took a breath.

No sword, no magic, and only average physical abilities.

Direct combat was impossible.

But this test had no restrictions.

“Support?”

I asked.

“Allowed.”

The Jester nodded.

“If you survive, that is.”

I opened my bag.

“Hali.”

Yuhan Seong took a half-step toward me.

“If it gets dangerous,”

“It’s okay.”

I shook my head.

“I can do this.”

Magpie made a small sound on my shoulder.

It was an anxious presence.

The first golem moved.

It approached, making the floor rumble.

Its speed was slow, but one hit would be the end.

I took out a bottle.

Tiny spark-like things were flickering inside the transparent liquid.

“Lightning potion.”

I muttered.

As I opened the cap, the air changed.

A metallic smell spread.

I threw the potion on the floor.

The moment it shattered, lightning burst forth.

Not in a straight line, but like a net.

It spread along the cracks and wrapped around the golem’s legs.

A dull impact sound.

The golem’s movement stopped.

It didn’t fall completely, but its joints had stiffened.

“It’s working.”

Yuhan Seong said.

“Golems have simple mana flow.”

I said while taking out the next bottle.

“Lightning works well on them.”

The second and third golems approached simultaneously.

I hesitated for a moment, then took out a different bottle.

Its color was much murkier.

“What’s that.”

Yuhan Seong asked.

“Golem potion.”

I answered briefly.

When I poured it on the floor, the liquid hardened quickly.

It became hard as stone and formed a shape.

One golem blocked another golem.

The two collided.

The sound of stone clashing against stone echoed through the space.

“It’s a replica.”

I said.

“It won’t last long.”

Before I even finished speaking, the arm of the golem I created shattered.

But in that time, I threw another lightning potion.

Lightning spread again.

The fourth and fifth golems stopped simultaneously.

My breathing became slightly labored.

Potion consumption was faster than I thought.

“Six left.”

The Jester said.

His expression was still leisurely.

I gritted my teeth.

‘It’s okay. This is going according to plan.’

I took out the last two golem potions from my bag.

And gripped one more lightning potion in my hand.

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