A Terminal Healer Needs an Obsessive Maniac-Chapter 134
The suffocating heat in the air seared Ryu Seoha’s skin. In the distance, Choi Kanghu lay collapsed on the blackened ground, which was covered in volcanic ash. Eight F-rank monsters lay dead around him, their bodies bloodied.
Ryu Seoha’s heart sank. This unfamiliar, brutal scene—her lover’s past in the Abyss, where he had fallen without preparation—clutched painfully at her chest.
Even for someone like Choi Kanghu, fighting monsters barehanded without any equipment, just after awakening his abilities, was almost impossible. Only his natural combat instincts had allowed him to survive his first battle.
‘He couldn’t even use magic properly back then...’
It was a miracle that he had managed to stay alive for several hours alone after entering the Abyss. Looking down at her hazy, translucent form, Ryu Seoha approached Choi Kanghu, who lay unconscious and wounded in the same manner as he had in the real world.
[The skill ‘Sanctification’ has been activated.]
She slid a hand under his broad back to support his large frame and gently swept her other hand across his forehead. Though his wounds were severe, the greater issue was his high fever and dehydration.
[The target (S-Rank Awakened) has received the buff ‘Healing Regeneration.’]
[The target (S-Rank Awakened) has received the buff ‘Status Ailment Removal.’]
As she cast healing over him, regretting that she could only do so within this dream, Choi Kanghu’s tightly shut eyelids slowly fluttered open. Upon seeing Ryu Seoha, he immediately rolled to the side.
He swiftly composed himself, grabbing a sharp stone he had fashioned into a weapon and observing her movements warily. It was clear that his childhood training in various martial arts was shining through.
“...”
His young face, full of suspicion, looked at her as if he were questioning whether she was a monster. He looked so much younger than the confident man she knew. Although there wasn’t a significant difference in their physical ages, as Choi Kanghu had barely aged after his magic stat surpassed 500...
‘It must be the atmosphere that’s making him seem so different.’
After seeing the usual relaxed, almost leisurely Choi Kanghu, who moved like a well-fed predator, this tense version of him, ready to fight for his life, was startling.
Pushing aside these irrelevant thoughts, Ryu Seoha squatted down and picked up a black stone lying nearby. As Choi Kanghu, still watching her warily, furrowed his brow, a screeching sound echoed through the air as she scratched the volcanic rock.
<Yes, it’s a dream>
The large letters she etched into the stone were clear enough to be seen from a distance. Choi Kanghu’s frown deepened, but Ryu Seoha remained focused, peeling off the red moss stuck to the rock.
She then demonstrated by putting the moss in her mouth. The fiery moss, an F-rank plant-type monster, released intense heat as if it were burning her insides. Despite the searing sensation, she calmly picked off more and pushed it toward Choi Kanghu.
<Eat>
As she wrote the next short message, Choi Kanghu stared at her with a perplexed expression. His confusion was understandable—if their positions were reversed, Ryu Seoha would also be filled with doubt, meeting a stranger under such bizarre circumstances, receiving sudden advice.
She wished she could explain everything in detail, but to leave a lasting impression on his subconscious after he woke up, she had to be as concise as possible. Speaking informally, too, was part of that approach.
<Gain a skill>
Even though she explained the purpose of eating the moss, Choi Kanghu didn’t immediately move. It was natural that he would hesitate—it was difficult to trust a person who appeared like a ghost and was urging him to do something dangerous.
Still, he had to learn how to use the overpowered skill, [Devour], effectively. It would be the key to his survival in the Abyss, so no matter how many times it took, she had to convince him.
Ryu Seoha picked up the fiery red moss again and slowly approached him. Choi Kanghu reflexively took a few steps back before freezing in place.
“You.”
He seemed to have just realized that the severe injury to his ankle had completely healed.
“What are you?”
His voice, low and growling, momentarily halted Ryu Seoha’s steps. She hesitated to reveal that she was his future lover or a companion from the future—it would only confuse him further, and that might delay her more crucial messages.
If she didn’t act quickly, the real Choi Kanghu, lying in the Abyss, would need to consume the fiery moss as soon as he regained consciousness.
“What’s your goal?”
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Another suspicious question shot toward her. Biting her lip, Ryu Seoha knelt down again and scribbled more letters into the volcanic ash.
<Shared fate>
Choi Kanghu’s frown deepened even further as he read the cryptic phrase. Ryu Seoha quickly followed it up with another message.
<Survival>
His sharp, narrowed eyes suddenly softened slightly. He must have immediately grasped the implied meaning: "You have to survive if I am to live too."
“...”
With a fierce look, Choi Kanghu approached her and snatched the fiery moss from her hand as if he had made a gamble. He didn’t trust her, but it seemed he was willing to take a chance.
Without any hesitation, Choi Kanghu chewed and swallowed the moss. His eyes flashed as the system message appeared before him—probably something like [You have gained the skill 'Fire Resistance (Lv1)'].
<Status points>
Instead of sighing in relief, Ryu Seoha quickly scribbled the next message on the ground, anticipating that this round of persuasion would be easier now that he had gained some trust.
<Health stat>
Choi Kanghu glanced at the words for a moment before reaching into thin air, likely pulling up his status window. He seemed to be following her advice, distributing the level-up points he had earned from defeating the F-rank monsters into his health stat.
Since the real Choi Kanghu in the Abyss wouldn’t be benefiting from [Sanctification], it was essential that he regain his health using the stat points. Once she confirmed that he had followed her advice, Ryu Seoha approached one of the monsters' corpses.
She gripped the black stone tightly and slowly cut into the F-rank monster’s chest, right over its heart. The sharp edge of the stone, as tough as an F-rank item, sliced through the monster’s skin with ease.
<Eat>
Ryu Seoha carefully extracted the mana stone from the monster, intentionally moving more slowly than usual to ensure that Choi Kanghu could remember the steps clearly. She wiped the blood off the mana stone and handed it to him.
“...”
Just as Choi Kanghu accepted the mana stone, suspicion in his eyes, Ryu Seoha was abruptly ejected from the dream. The time limit she had set to reduce resource consumption had been reached.
“Piyu!”
As soon as her consciousness returned from the dream, Ruby was there, flapping its wings irritably beside the glowing rings of light in the main core. The bird seemed to be demanding an explanation, but Ryu Seoha didn’t have time to answer.
She quickly checked the next branching point, where Choi Kanghu had made a fatal mistake in the past by choosing the right path, which led to a monster he couldn’t handle.
[SYSTEM: Would you like to expend 3 hours of lifespan to interfere with entity #S159-EX0’s timeline 20XX.01.31-T2.1217?]
Without hesitation, she attempted to access his dream world again, this time finding Choi Kanghu asleep in the crevice of a black rock in the magma canyon. After paying the required lifespan, the scene before her changed to the familiar black mountains of the Abyss.
Choi Kanghu, crouched in the same position as in reality, suddenly opened his eyes. Before she could react, his large hand gripped her by the back of the neck, and she was dragged across the ground by his powerful strength.
In an instant, Ryu Seoha was pinned against a hard rock, staring down at the sharp stone he had fashioned into a weapon. It felt bizarre to be threatened like this by Choi Kanghu, the man she knew and loved.
The odd feeling intensified when he grabbed her by the hair and forced her head to the side. Like a beast, Choi Kanghu buried his nose into her neck, sniffing her as if to confirm her scent.
“You’re definitely the same one.”
His voice, low and growling, dripped with suspicion. When Ryu Seoha tried to sit up, his heavy body pressed her down further. His knee dug into her stomach, pinning her in place.
“Talk.”
Choi Kanghu leaned closer, his face inches from hers, and issued a cold command.
“Why did you invade my dream?”
Having realized that he was in a dream, Choi Kanghu’s large hand tightened around her head, demanding an answer.
‘Invasion?’
His reaction caught her off guard. After all, just moments ago, they had parted under relatively good terms, and for Choi Kanghu, it had only been a day ago. He had learned how to acquire skills by consuming monster cores and fiery moss, so she thought he had at least gained some trust...
“Do I have to cut you open to get an answer?”
Choi Kanghu’s hand, holding the sharp stone, threatened the area around her neck. He pressed the stone against her chest as if he was about to carve out her heart to find a mana stone inside.
“Why did you approach me?”
He shook her lightly by the hair, demanding an explanation.
How was she supposed to answer when she couldn’t speak?
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