The More the Healer Gets Hit the Stronger He Become

42 – Stop Calling Out Already

The moment Gang Woo decided to leap into the sand worm’s mouth, he had two concerns.

The possibility that the worm’s saliva contained an acidic substance that could dissolve prey.

And the chance that he might not be able to secure himself in the mouth, falling several meters down into the unknown body of the sand worm.

Fortunately, Gang Woo realized his worries were for naught.

“Wow.”

The sand worm’s saliva did not contain any kind of substance, and there was no need to worry about slipping due to countless tiny teeth-like projections within its mouth.

“That’s good.”

He seemed to have realized that he was not going to pass down the throat but would remain lodged in the mouth.

Although his hands, tightly gripping the roof of the mouth, were slashed here and there on the sharp projections due to the sand worm’s furious thrashing, it posed no problem.

“Holy Touch.”

Because this was a separated space out of sight of his party members.

Paaat-

With a burst of light wrapping around his hands, the wounds healed in an instant.

[Magic Power: 29]

The sacred touch, which had grown with magical power, had reached a level where it could heal these crude wounds without leaving a trace.

“Ah, yes, this…”

Kang Woo, who felt refreshed by the liberation of his sealed abilities, suddenly took a reflective look at himself.

‘Feeling pleasure while healing injuries on the body… Could that be a bit… wrong?’

It’s not as though he found pleasure in getting hurt; he simply enjoyed the act of healing… Was that okay?

‘Hmm?’

Something seemed off. He felt as if he was falling into the wrong path.

“Damn!”

Stunned, Kang Woo swiftly regained his spirit when his body abruptly levitated with a massive collision sound.

“Did I hit my head?”

Self-harm, that’s a bit scary.

Kang Woo promptly steadied his previously easygoing mind.

If a sand worm were to crawl back into the earth, he would have to prepare for a farewell to this world.

“Alright then,”

Kang Woo, who had poured his magic power into the space ring, drew out the sacred Morningstar.

He had contemplated whether to draw out a short sword…

But wielding the Morningstar seemed faster than damaging with the short blade.

And so.

Inside the writhing mouth of the sand worm, Kang Woo, with a clear and cheerful face, stood tall and smiled.

“You’re dead.”

Puhhh–!!

It was a satisfying moment for Kim Seung-ho, as he felt the familiar grip of Morning Star, which he hadn’t held in a long time.

***

“Hyu, Hyuung! Hyung!”

Kim Seung-ho screamed desperately as he watched someone jump into the mouth of the Sand Worm he had just summoned.

“How am I supposed to heal you if you go in there?!?!”

Though he had tried healing before, it was like pouring water into a sieve.

What use was it to pour heals into someone who wasn’t there?

“Hyuung-“

“Stop crying and get out of there, now-!!”

For some reason, Kim Seung-ho, who had been calling out for Cho Kang-woo while sitting on the ground in front of the glowing Sand Worm, suddenly sprang up at the mage’s thunderous roar, like a startled rabbit.

“But, but Kang-woo hyung-“

Though his body had succumbed to instinct, Kim Seung-ho considered himself a highly intelligent human being.

He wouldn’t kneel to such oppressive verbal abuse–

“Want to die-?!”

“Yes!”

Kim Seung-ho swiftly dashed towards where the mage was located.

After all, his life was precious.

Currently, the team consisting of a mage, who everyone called “The Mage” because they didn’t know his name yet, and Ju Sung-bin and Shin Jae-won, was in the midst of fending off three Sand Worms.

“…That guy doesn’t seem to be of any help.”

Kim Seung-ho, who couldn’t do anything with his staff in hand after having his longsword taken away by Choi Kang-woo, swallowed his frustration while watching Jung Sung-bin, who was also helpless, being hit by Sand Worm’s fire magic.

“We’ve become weaker.”

Weaker indeed. The power of the fire magic was incomparable to the first encounter.

As they closed the distance, the wizard was seen frowning.

It seemed like someone experiencing the prelude to magic exhaustion—

“Damn it!”

Kim Seung-ho, giving it his all, shouted at the wizard.

“Right now, the magic—”

“Stop!”

The wizard, who covered Kim Seung-ho’s mouth, gestured with his eyes toward Jung Sung-bin and Shin Jae-won standing on the front line.

‘Ah…!’

The threat was to use fire magic to blow off the heads of the two who were running away if they turned back.

If the two forced themselves to turn back, swinging their weapons reluctantly, and found out that the wizard’s magic had run out…

“They’ll escape. Very smoothly.”

If the two escaped, there was nothing the healer and the wizard without magic could do.

All they could do was run after the escaping duo.

However, even when they ran over the long distance, they were quickly caught up.

Now, the distance with the Sand Worm was less than 10 meters?

“They’re going to die.”

In an instant, he would be ruthlessly torn apart by the fangs of the Sand Worm, narrowing the distance between them.

“….”

Yet, amidst the current situation, the one fortunate thing was that the Sand Worm, which had swallowed Choigangwoo, was going berserk.

It wasn’t a joyous spectacle for a Sand Worm, previously trouble-free, to now revel in a dance of ecstatic madness after devouring a single human. There was only one answer.

Choigangwoo was still alive, dealing damage to the Sand Worm.

So, at this moment, their task was clear.

“I’ll heal you!!”

They had to endure. Until Choigangwoo, who had leaped into the Sand Worm’s mouth without revealing that the magician’s mana was depleted, came back alive.

That was the most likely choice for everyone to survive.

Ke-e-e-e-

The situation wasn’t too bad.

The Sand Worms, their souls scorched by the magician’s fire magic, showed a very passive attitude.

Not knowing when the fire magic might strike again, they involuntarily cowered.

Kim Seungho, who arrived beside the magician, asked.

“What do we do now?”

“Why are you asking me that? You should ask the shield guy who got eaten because of his own stupidity.”

“Shield guy…! Gangwoo hyung is doing this for us-!”

“He saved that guy twice, but not me, right? What? 5 minutes? 3 minutes?”

“….”

“If I bite the dust here, it’s because of that idiot who didn’t tank for the magician and ran off on his own. If you’re gonna support that guy in front of me, then get lost.”

Kim Seung-ho closed his mouth quietly in a voice filled with anger.

It was then.

Keyyyyyy-!

Sandworms, who had refrained from attacking while glaring at the magician, once again bared their fangs.

It was a pattern that had been repeating until now.

As Sandworms surged forward, Shin Jae-won blocked them using ‘Push,’ and the magician countered by sending a fire spell.

Sandworms, hit hard by the raging flames, showed a momentary cowering posture.

As much as they felt pain, the fear of another incoming fireball made them tremble once more.

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Well, they would charge again like goldfish in a little while. However, that brief moment was like a precious time of gold for the magician party. However.

“No-!!”

It was different now.

Shin Jae-won’s magic power, which had been using ‘Push,’ had long run out, and as a result, the magician’s magic power, which had been countering by sending fire spells as soon as Sandworms showed signs of charging, was also in a depleted state.

“Run away- Cough-!”

The magician, shouting, clutched his chest and sat down hesitantly.

He knew it was wrong to use his abilities even though he knew, but the side effects of magic depletion had appeared.

“What, what’s going on?! Magician, what’s wrong!!”

“Take cover!!”

Kim Seung-ho replaced the magician’s interrupted words.

Then, Joo Sung-bin and Shin Jae-won, who were at the forefront holding staffs and spears, trusting only the magician’s support, finally grasped the situation.

“These damn bastards-!”

The magician’s magic power was depleted. This means there is no more support.

Sand worms, whose patience had already run out, had their mouths wide open.

Ju Sungbin, who had witnessed this scene several times, knew what would come next: the speed at which the sand worms charged forward.

It was impossible to dodge the oncoming attack of the charging sand worms. It was not a speed that could be avoided with one’s agility.

They were going to die.

Instinctively, as the gut feeling took over his mind, the sharp teeth that were tightly arranged began to approach at a rapid pace.

“Ugh, Ugh- Ack-!!”

Knowing it wouldn’t work, Shin Jaewon swung his spear and used his abilities, but the recoil from the depleted magic power tightened his grip on his chest.

“You bastards-“

How dare they use us as shields?

As Ju Sungbin spewed curses while looking at the sand worm approaching, he heard Kim Seungho’s pathetic shout.

“P-Plea- Please-! K-Kang Woo- Ahhh-!!”

Why is he calling out to the dead guy when someone alive is about to get screwed?

“Damn it.”

“Ahhh!!”

“No…!”

“K-Kang Woo- Ahhh-!!”

In that moment, when the shadows of three sand worms filled the air above Ju Sungbin and Shin Jaewon’s heads.

“Get them.”

Snap!

Joo Sungbin abruptly caught the rugged gray shield that came flying at him, and at the same moment, Han Inyeong swiftly passed by his side.

“Huh? Whoa!!”

Kwaaang-!!

Keee!!

It was a momentary encounter.

As Joo Sungbin, who held the shield, was thrown like a bullet due to the collision with the Sand Worm, and the two Sand Worms that rushed to target Shin Jaewon screamed in agony.

“Cough! Kuaaack-“

Thrown nearly 10 meters away, Joo Sungbin, his body rolling on the sand, despite intense pain, brushed away the hazy sand with his hand to assess the situation.

As the sand settled and the visibility cleared.

In Joo Sungbin’s eyes were two Sand Worms writhing in pain, their mouths pierced with large thorns.

“Hyuoooooo-!!”

“Stop yelling already.”

In front of them stood Choi Kangwoo, who had descended with several large thorns entwined around him.

***

“Heuk, heoak.”

The sands, extinguished every time they touched the scorching sun and feet, made it difficult for them to move smoothly.

It was a harsh environment where sweat flowed just by walking, but there was no one complaining anymore.

After the battle that oscillated between life and death, everyone realized how fortunate they were to be able to move without any hindrance.

“Hoo. By the way, how did you think of taking that off, hyung?”

Unconsciously, the temple enveloped in the sacred light demanded by the ordeal was nearby.

Wow, we’ve finally arrived.

Kang Woo, who was lost in thought, let out a laugh in response to Kim Seung Ho’s question.

“Oh, that?”

“Yes, that.”

“Do you happen to remember the Goblin Forest on the second floor?”

“…Why all of a sudden?”

“I tried to show off the looting skills I had back then.”

“…What?”

As Kang Woo disappeared, muttering words that couldn’t be understood, the sight of one-meter-long spears tied together caught their attention.

It would probably be displayed like this if the system explanation came up.

[Sand Worm’s Fang]

Now, thanks to this fang, the party members can resume their journey without any threats, and it was also thanks to this fang that no one died and managed to survive the crisis.

“I can’t believe he looted the fang after killing that giant monster.”

Kang Woo appeared in front of the desperate Shin Jae Won.

Without any hesitation, he grabbed the sand worm’s fang that had been looted from inside the sand worm’s mouth.

A giant spear, measuring one meter in size.

With the power of 49.8 strength, the spear flew forcefully, exhibiting incredible power.

It was able to cripple the sand worms that were resilient against the magician’s fire magic.

Well, because they felt it was not enough to rely on just one, they each stuck another six spears into their mouths.

“Ah…”

The party members, who had been moving busily without a moment’s rest after the intense battle, came to a halt without anyone uttering a word.

“…It’s truly over now.”

In front of the temple they had finally reached, a dark portal symbolizing the end of their trials awaited the party members.