Was Happy Being a Despised F-Rank Healer, You Know? - Chapter 85

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12. Magpie and Jesters (4)

I poured the golem potions simultaneously in the center of the floor and immediately threw lightning.

The two artificially created golems were hit by lightning and entered an overload state.

In that state, I made them collide with the original golems.

The balance collapsed.

The cracks in the floor widened further.

Three golems shut down simultaneously.

Three remained.

I caught my breath and took out the last lightning potion.

This time I didn’t throw it.

I just slowly spilled it on the floor. The liquid spread along the cracks.

And the moment a golem stepped on it.

Lightning shot upward, and all three froze simultaneously. And eventually, their movement stopped completely.

The space became quiet.

The jester stood up from his seat.

This time he wasn’t smiling.

“Pass.”

His body cracked like a fissure.

It crumbled like stone and fell to the floor.

The stage disappeared.

Yuhan Seong stood before me.

He looked down at me silently, then let out a short breath.

“Really.”

He said.

“You can do anything with potions.”

“Not anything.”

I said demurely while closing my bag.

“The conditions just matched well this time.”

But still, long live special potions.

Magpie cried softly on my shoulder.

The next door was opening.

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The seventh stage slowly opened upward.

The floor split and rose in layers like stairs, with thin mist spreading over it.

The ceiling was not visible.

Instead, dozens of rings floated in the air.

They were rings made of light.

They were scattered at different heights and different intervals.

The jester was standing in the center again this time.

This time he was smiling.

It was a smile with corners of his mouth raised excessively, mixed with anticipation.

“Flight test.”

He said.

“Pass through thirty rings.”

“If you fall, start from the beginning.”

Yuhan Seong looked up at the rings.

The vertical spacing wasn’t consistent.

Some rings were too close to each other, while others were ridiculously far apart.

“You’d need to be able to fly.”

He said.

The jester nodded.

“Either fly directly. Or ride something that flies.”

I reflexively looked at Magpie.

Magpie was tilting its head on my shoulder.

Its eyes sparkled, and its tail was swaying lightly.

“No way.”

I muttered.

Yuhan Seong must have had the same thought as he looked down at Magpie.

“You, by any chance.”

Magpie cried.

It was a short, sharp sound.

The next moment, Magpie’s body trembled.

Its feathers spread as if puffing up.

Its small body rapidly grew larger.

Its wings lengthened, and its tail extended.

The beak remained the same, but its body grew large enough to carry two people.

It was a giant magpie.

I couldn’t close my mouth.

“You can do this too?”

Magpie moved as if nodding.

And very proudly spread its wings.

The air was pushed away.

“I thought you only had luck.”

Yuhan Seong said.

“You can transform too.”

“That, probably.”

I said slowly.

“It’s an irregular ability connected to luck. When needed, it changes to the most appropriate form.”

The jester clapped.

“Close to the correct answer.”

“Now.”

“Begin.”

One ring glowed.

It was the starting signal.

Yuhan Seong climbed onto Magpie’s back.

Magpie lowered its body.

It was a posture that made it easy to maintain balance.

“Will you be okay?”

I asked.

“I’ll be fine.”

Yuhan Seong smiled briefly.

“You watch from here.”

Magpie took flight.

It was slow at first.

Each time they passed through a ring, the speed increased slightly.

Second.

Third.

Fourth.

A ring of light brushed past and a small vibration was felt.

Each time we passed through, the ring swayed.

Around the tenth one, the arrangement of rings changed.

Their positions had moved.

It wasn’t a fixed test.

“It’s a variable type.”

I muttered.

Yuhan Seong lowered his head and checked the next ring.

Magpie subtly adjusted direction.

As if it knew the next position in advance.

“Magpie.”

Yuhan Seong said.

“Where do we need to go.”

Magpie cried briefly.

The next moment, a ring that had been on the upper right lit up.

Yuhan Seong didn’t hesitate.

He flew straight into it.

After passing through twenty rings, wind began to blow.

It was an air current falling from above to below.

A direction that would disrupt balance.

Magpie’s wings swayed greatly.

“This is a bit much.”

Yuhan Seong gritted his teeth.

I took out a bottle from my bag.

“Wind stabilization potion!”

I threw it.

The bottle shattered in mid-air and a transparent membrane spread out.

It was a thin protective barrier surrounding Magpie and Yuhan Seong.

The air current became gentle.

“Thanks.”

Yuhan Seong said.

Twenty-fifth ring.

Twenty-sixth.

The last four were connected in a single line.

The spacing was short but the arrangement demanded speed.

Magpie flapped its wings once greatly, then accelerated straight ahead.

The light became blurry.

The moment we passed through the thirtieth ring.

A bell rang.

The jester’s laughter stopped.

“Pass.”

The stage slowly folded up.

Magpie descended.

Yuhan Seong landed on the floor.

“This.”

Yuhan Seong said, looking down at Magpie.

“Is really useful.”

Magpie shrank back down.

As if nothing had happened, it returned to my shoulder.

I stroked its back once with my hand.

“I think something even more demanding will come next.”

As if hearing those words, the eighth stage opened much wider than before.

The floor was circular with a large hole pierced through the center.

From below the hole, red light was slowly rotating as it rose up.

The air wasn’t hot but had a strangely oppressive feeling.

This time the jester stood at the edge of the stage.

He held small firecracker-like objects in both hands.

“This test is simple.”

He said.

“Don’t fall below and survive until the end.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the floor moved.

The circular floor separated into multiple platforms and began slowly rotating.

There were gaps between each platform, and below them was a space of unknown depth.

“Moreover.”

The jester added with a smile.

“Enemies will appear too.”

A dull sound echoed from the air.

Black ball-shaped monsters began falling one by one.

Their surfaces were unstably trembling, and the closer they got, the more heat could be felt.

“Self-destructing type.”

I said in a low voice.

Yuhan Seong looked at me.

“This time it’s your turn.”

“Yeah.”

I nodded.

“Magpie!”

Magpie immediately grew larger.

Its wings spread wide as it took a stable flying posture.

I climbed onto its back.

Just being off the floor already fulfilled one test condition.

The jester clapped his hands.

“Begin.”

One monster flew up.

Its speed wasn’t fast but its direction was irregular.

I opened my bag.

Inside were bottles I had classified as experimental failures.

They had inconsistent explosive power, so I’d hesitated to use them in actual combat.

“This time it’s your turn.”

I muttered.

I threw one bottle.

It exploded in mid-air.

Flames spread out and enveloped the monster.

Bang!

The monster disappeared completely.

No debris remained.

“The effect is sufficient.”

Yuhan Seong said.

“Being defective was the problem.”

I picked up the next bottle.

“Now it’s actually better.”

The platforms on the floor rotated faster.

The gaps widened.

Two monsters flew at us simultaneously.

They approached while crossing paths with each other.

I left the direction to Magpie.

Magpie moved while subtly changing altitude.

I threw two bottles in succession.

The first one burst, scattering sparks.

The second one exploded a bit later.

The explosion timing was off, creating a chain impact in the air.

Both monsters burst simultaneously.

The air shook.

“The instability is actually disrupting the calculations.”

Yuhan Seong said.

“Yeah.”

I said while catching my breath.

“Making it unpredictable is the point.”

The Jester’s expression hardened slightly.

He dropped more monsters.

This time it was five.

I calculated for a moment.

Explosion radius, wind direction, platform rotation speed.

And came to a conclusion.

“Magpie, up.”

Magpie shot upward.

The monsters followed from below.

I threw three bottles simultaneously.

They burst in a chain reaction in the air.

Flames and shockwaves overlapped.

The monsters got caught in each other’s explosions.

It was a chain self-destruction.

The air was cleared in an instant.

One floor platform was completely destroyed.

It fell down and disappeared into the red light.

“The platforms keep decreasing.”

The Jester said.

“Eventually there will be nowhere to stand.”

“That’s why.”

I said.

“We’re flying.”

Magpie cried briefly.

Only three platforms remained.

No more monsters appeared.

Instead, the entire floor tilted.

I maintained my balance while taking out the last bottle.

It was the most unstable potion.

Originally it was scheduled for disposal.

“The last one.”

I said.

I threw the bottle toward the central hole.

The moment it burst, the explosion was sucked downward.

The red light inside the hole wavered.

After a moment.

The space stopped.

The floor’s rotation stopped, and the platforms reconnected.

The hole closed.

The Jester slowly nodded his head.

“Pass.”

His body scattered like flames.

Magpie came down.

I stepped onto the floor.

I was breathing a bit heavily.

My hands trembled slightly.

Yuhan Seong approached.

“That was dangerous.”

“Yeah.”

I said honestly.

“But it was useful.”

Magpie shrank again and climbed onto my shoulder.

Beyond the stage, the next door was opening.

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