The More the Healer Gets Hit the Stronger He Become

41 – Roar-!!

The sand worm’s body, which had shot high into the air, plunged down forcefully.

The soft parts of the body would likely be shredded into pieces by its sharp teeth, with a probability of 99.9%, upon collision.

Roaaar-!!

If Kangwoo hadn’t been in the team, that is.

“Gulp-!”

Although he simply blocked the sand worm’s attack that had shot high into the air and then descended sharply, it felt as if he had just stopped a truck hurtling towards him.

“Did… did I block that?”

In response to the astonished voice of Juseongbin, Kangwoo, gritting his teeth, agreed.

‘Indeed.’

Although he had experienced all sorts of large monsters since the gate trials began on the 21st floor, he was not certain that he could ever block such an attack.

‘It may have been large, but it was supposed to be only so big.’

No more doubts remained after this collision.

‘I can block it.’

Although he was pushed back a few steps, that was all. He wasn’t flung aside powerless, he didn’t drop the shield, and his shield-wielding arm wasn’t stressed.

He could block it.

However, Kangwoo could not rejoice even with this hopeful fact.

Screeech-!!

Because the sand worm in front of them was not the last of its kind.

“Argh-!!”

Three sand worms charged towards the team members at the rear.

An imminent moment when the party members behind would instantly become minced meat.

Kangwoo quickly retreated instead of helping his teammates.

[Basic Staff, Magic Power +1]

He swung at the sand worm with the staff forcefully snatched from Kim Seungho.

Ka-ga-ga-gung-!

A nostalgic grip of the staff he hadn’t held for a long time. There was no time to reminisce about his not-so-glamorous past as he exclaimed in admiration.

“Are you crazy?”

Though its appearance seemed soft, he’d anticipated that the skin wouldn’t be so tough. But this was not a skin. It was an armor.

Would a lump of iron, tempered innumerable times in the fiery flames, be like this?

Even with a strength of 49.8, seeing the unscathed sand worm caused a dilemma for Kangwoo.

‘Should I pull out the morning star or short sword now?’

His instincts told him.

Even though it’s hard, with a proper weapon, it would not be impossible to kill it.

But he refrained. It would expose that he possesses a 15,000-point A-Space Ring.

He had already confirmed that Ju Seongbin and Sin Jaewon, who was screaming over there, were not trustworthy people.

Kwa-ah-ah-ah-ng!

The deafening sound resonated from behind at the same time his nape swelled in heat.

The opportunity-seeking wizard had begun his attack.

‘….’

At this moment, wielding this staff, it was impossible to strike a blow on the Sand Worm.

Debating between two choices: withdrawing the weapon from the Void Ring to counterattack, or receding to join his party members in attacking the Sand Worm.

Kang Woo, who was contemplating between these two options, quickly chose to retreat.

Looking at the magician pouring attacks on the three Sand Worms, he concluded that the firepower was sufficient.

“aaahhhhh! Die! Diiiiiiie-!”

‘No matter how you look at it, he’s getting clobbered.’

Despite the fact that he begged for a hand from his side, looking at Ju Sung Bin, who couldn’t do anything out of fear and held his longsword beside the magician, he couldn’t trust him.

‘With only Ju Sung Bin, I’m confident I can handle him even with one hand….’

But a strange sense of unease filled him.

A sense of unease that he would meet with trials like this with others, more often in the future.

So, unless ready to kill the traitor who was swinging the sword with the aim to loot an item at once,

Embarking on silent stealth was the right thing to do.

For all he knew, the spared traitor might bring robbers at any time to attempt a surprise attack.

Kwaahhhhh-

Kyeeehhhhh-!!

After forcefully pushing the Sand Worm chewing his shield away, Kang Woo, who ruthlessly struck down with the edge of the shield, hastened towards the rear where the party members were.

“Go ahead and block, you idiot!”

“Uh, uuuaaahhhhh-!!”

“Bro, let me heal you! Arrgh! Please!!”

As planned, the party members were gradually retreating, reducing their distance from the temple.

It was more like running away from the Sandworms’ attacks rather than voluntarily retreating, but anyway.

“Mi, push it back!!”

Kiiiiiiiiiii!

‘Oh?’

Proving that the saying ‘awakeners rely on their abilities’ wasn’t without foundation.

Shin Jaewon, who seemed useless, was surprisingly holding his own.

“Ahhhhh!”

As a wave is fired from the tip of the spear thrown in a fear, the charging sandworm came to a halt.

Due to the size of the sandworm, it couldn’t be pushed back as the ability ‘pushback’ intended, but it created a momentary gap by halting its violent charge.

One might think it was a simple stalling tactic, but it wasn’t.

Woosh-

“Eat this!!”

In our team, there was a mage who had traded manners for firepower.

Boom-

Dodging the exploding flame, the raindrop reached the party members, blocking the sandworm, which was about to attack Kim Seung-Ho after storming through Joo Sung-Bin’s attack.

Boooom-

Only fingertips tingled a little, and that was it. The raindrop that fully blocked the Sandworm’s attack turned its head.

“Are you okay?”

“Argh, why!”

“Why, why can’t I do this!”

There was Joo Seong-bin, looking at Kim Seung-ho and the longsword with disappointed eyes, filled with emotion.

“You, why can you do it and not me!”

His gaze seemed to say, ‘We both have the same power of explosive strength, so why can I not block the attacks of the sand worm that you are blocking?’….

‘Well, it’s not that I have the capability of explosive strength, it’s just that my physical strength is just f*cking strong.’

But there was neither the intention nor the time to kindly explain that.

“Stab it- !!”

At Kang Woo’s buzzing shout, Joo Seong-bin swung the longsword on impulse.

Clang-!

As expected, the blade didn’t scratch its hide.

Kang Woo, expecting this outcome, issued a more detailed command.

“Jaws! Stab its mouth!”

“Th, the mouth? You want me to stab the worm in the mouth!?”

Joo Seong-bin’s trembling eyes turned toward the sand worm in front of him.

Screech-!

Blocked from a full-body ram, the sand worm chewed ruthlessly with countless teeth embedded tightly in its shield-like face.

Kang Woo’s shield was miraculously holding up against this savage onslaught.

But for him to stab his longsword into that mouth, filled with fearsome teeth?

If the sand worm decided, his arm might be chewed right off in an instant, no?

“Just block it and stab!!”

Kangwoo’s fury exploded at the hesitating Juseongbin.

The sandworm that he first managed to fend off had crept closer and joined the battle.

Perhaps deciding to kill the most annoying magician first, the scenario was such that the worm joined forces with the magician and Shinjaewon, who were barely managing to fend off two sandworms.

No matter how much Shinjaewon managed to push back the charging sandworms, and in between, the magician poured out firepower then retreated – repeating these actions and pressing the offensive. However, the magic power of the two was not infinite.

In any case, the magic power would be dwindling at a rapid speed. And in that state, they had to face one more sandworm.

It was only a matter of time before the two were completely out of magic power.

It was necessary to kill this creature as quickly as possible and help the others.

“I, I can’t. How can I do that…!!”

Crack-Crack-

Juseongbin repeated his meaningless attacks with a pale, terrified face.

In this urgent situation, it was an unbearably frustrating action.

“Take this!”

Kangwoo, seeming to throw his staff, snatched Juseongbin’s long sword.

Clang-Clang-!

Having switched his weapon to a basic long sword worth 4,000 points rather than a basic staff, Kangwoo plunged the sword without hesitation into the mouth of the sandworm which was chomping on the shield.

Whoosh-!

The sensation of tearing through the soft, supple flesh passed up the blade.

‘It’s done.’

Screams!!

“Oh, oh! It worked!!”

As expected. No matter how tough the outer shell was, like steel, it couldn’t make the mucous membrane inside the mouth equally unyielding.

As the Sand Worm screamed louder and struggled more, Kangwoo, who relentlessly thrust the longsword, suddenly felt his foot floating.

“T-tongue?!”

The Sand Worm, writhing in pain, was trying to lift its massive body.

“My goodness!”

Rising with the sword handle in hand, Kangwoo stood up, following the Sand Worm. He experienced firsthand how clear the upper air of the desert was.

But giving up was not an option.

‘Just a few more strikes, and I think I can catch it.’

Feeling his body floating into the air, Kangwoo turned his head.

“Ah, aaah!”

“Block it properly, you fool!!”

“My… my magic is now…!”

Then, he noticed Shin Jaewon and the wizard, who had retreated quite far, fiercely resisting.

“Damn it! Hey, why aren’t these guys coming—”

The wizard, who had been blocking the attacks of three Sand Worms and erupting flames, noticed Kangwoo dangling in the air and fell silent.

‘Why is that guy over there?’

Even though he didn’t hear it, the wizard’s feelings were conveyed.

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The distance between the ground and Kangwoo was now three meters.

Being pulled up in real-time, Kangwoo, dangling in mid-air, shouted at the bewildered wizard.

“‘5 minutes!! No, just 3 minutes!!’

‘… Is he really insane?’

Having received the consent of his party members, Kangwoo shouted down to the lowermost Kim Seungho and Ju Seungbin.

‘Support from you, Ju Seungbin! Right now!!’

‘What, what?’

‘And Seungho, pour out heals when I signal! As much as you can!!’

‘Uh, bro! Ah, I understand but what are you trying to do right now…!?’

Surface distance, 8 meters.

‘Run!!’

A hasty burst from Kangwoo at the lumbering Ju Seungbin, he fiercely grasped his longsword with both hands.

Kieee-!

As the sand worm screamed, it wildly swung its head about.

‘Wa, waah! Bro!!’

Boom- Boom-

In the air, Kangwoo’s body was flailing about.

The violent writhing of the sand worm was hard to manage.

‘Huh?’

Kangwoo, who had been gripping harder onto the hilt of his sword, doubted his senses with the chill running down his spine.

The longsword that he had been grasping, was slowly being yanked out due to the writhing of the sand worm.

Kieee-!!”

“Damn-“

At this rate, he was going to become a star in the desert, completely negating the effort of levitating.

‘Huh? If I let go when I swing towards the temple, is it an immediate save?’

Kang-woo curled a smile at the sudden absurd thought as he tightened his fist.

“Shut up, you bastard-!!”

Ker-blam-!

His fist, containing a strength of 49.8, landed a direct punch on the Sand Worm’s mouth.

But since it was a mouth, perhaps? It felt less hard than expected.

Ker-blam! Ker-blam-!!

As he continued to punch, the Sand Worm finally stopped glowing.

Swinging its head continually seemed to have hurt its mouth severely.

As Kang-woo admired the now sunken mouth, he quickly grasped the hilt of his sword with both hands as his body began to tilt forward.

The Sand Worm had realized that it could not shake off this thick-skulled human with simple glowing.

Raising its mouth high into the sky, like in a game of catching dangling snacks, it started clamping its teeth together.

“Hey, hey, hey! Come down! This isn’t right. First, come down- eeek-!!”

Every time the Sand Worm’s mouth opened and closed, Kim Seung-ho below screamed in terror.

The sight of Kang-woo bravely supporting his whole body on a single sword handle was enough to make any spectator’s heart sink completely.

“That crazy bastard-“

A sudden curse from the wizard made Kang-woo burst into laughter.

‘He’s still alive.’

Then, there was just one thing he had to do.

Kyieee-!

While performing acrobatics with his feet placed on both hands holding the sword handle, Gang Woo shouted as he saw the gaping mouth of the sand worm.

“Heal-!”

“Hyeooong-!”

With Kim Seung Ho’s astonishment as a musical backdrop, Gang Woo threw himself into the sand worm’s gaping maw.