All Chapters of Healing Skills: Chapter 161
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C158 – Prelude to Chaos
C158 – Prelude to ChaosBegin, the announcer shouted into his microphone, his voice echoing across the arena, forcing him backward step by step as he tried to maintain a safe distance from the two figures who stood opposite one another, frozen and immovable, each radiating a presence so sharp it could cut through stone.Despite the command having been issued, neither of them so much as flickered a muscle. Their gazes locked like weapons themselves, filled with a malice that was not performative but genuine, a deadly tension that made the air thick and heavy with expectation.Kael decided to break the silence, his words slicing through the tense space between them. "Do you think I will not kill you?" he murmured, the sound low enough that only Jace—or anyone with a mana core sharp enough to pierce through the ordinary vibrations of sound—would hear it. The announcer and the crowd remained oblivious, their excitement still simmering on the edge of chaos.
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C159: Fractured Mana
C159: Fractured Mana Purify. Purify. Kael’s lips moved over the incantation again and again, each repetition a desperate plea for control over the torrent of demonic energy swirling around him. Yet, no matter how tightly he focused, no matter how he wove his hands and channeled the currents of his own mana, the demonic mana refused to yield. It was not simply corrupted like twisted human ambition; it was alien, irreducible, something that defied the natural laws of mana itself. He stopped, letting his arms drop by his sides as his gaze swept across the chaos surrounding him. His heart ached with an unfamiliar weight: the knowledge that despite his immense power, despite the skills and artifacts he commanded, he could not undo what had already begun. The people around him were no longer human, no longer ordinary in the slightest. Mutations ran rampant, limbs twisted unnaturally, faces contorted into forms that made Kael shiv
C160 — Violet Reckoning
C160 — Violet Reckoning [Kevin’s POV] Kevin’s mind raced like a battlefield under siege, the mental voice of Kael crackling through his thoughts as if it were fire striking steel. Kevin, this is Kael. The one standing before me is a demon. You must evacuate the civilians. I will stall it. Telepathy. The concept was not unfamiliar to him, yet the sudden intrusion startled him, forcing his eyes wide. Elizabeth and Chloe mirrored his reaction, though with far more overt shock, their faces painting the disbelief in sharper strokes than his own. Time was a cruel teacher, and Kevin had learned to act without hesitation when seconds held the weight of life and death. He summoned his shadow soldiers, the accumulation of dozens of previous battles, each one honed and hardened in secrecy. Some were relics of quiet conquests, others acquired through subtle manipulations that no one else could trace.
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C161 Cleanup
C161 Cleanup The explosion tore through the world before Kael in a blinding eruption of purple, a violent storm of energy that swallowed everything in its radius with ruthless efficiency, and he marveled at his own resilience, barely able to comprehend that he was still breathing while the remnants of the blast licked at his flesh, melting small patches of skin as if the world itself had decided to punish him personally. Even though he had been nearly ten kilometers from the arena, the magnitude of the explosion had reached him with an intensity that mocked distance, and he could feel the searing pain traveling up his limbs, testing the limits of his body and his patience, yet somehow, his healing capabilities responded automatically, repairing the worst of the damage without demanding much from the fragile reserves of mana he had left after creating the countless golden shield domes that had protected the citizens from the initial wave of destruction.
C162 – Fractured Mana
C162 – Fractured ManaPace yourself, the System’s voice echoed through Kael’s mind, carrying that subtle undertone of mockery that always accompanied its warnings. You never know what could happen.I know, Kael muttered, stretching his stiff limbs as the lingering exhaustion gnawed at him. His mana was practically drained to a whisper after finishing the massive healing task, and yet he refused to stop. Some domes, even on the outskirts, still harbored survivors, fragile and gasping for life. Leaving them to their fate was a thought he briefly entertained, a cold calculation of efficiency, but he could not. The instinct to mend, to salvage, was stronger than any rational argument he could give himself. A few more domes, a few more flickers of hope, and then he would vanish, retreating to Vivum or perhaps to some distant, untouched corner of the world.He had mapped his next moves carefully, weighing the options like a general preparing for war. From Elario
C163 Cleanup (3)
C163 Cleanup (3)Done. Wonderful how that had only taken four hours, a task that could have easily dragged on for days if he had let it; time saved was always precious, even if it came wrapped in an abrasive layer of exertion and discomfort."I... forget it." Kael almost protested but caught himself mid-thought, realizing that protesting would only waste more of his dwindling patience. In truth, it was undeniably faster, though the process carried the signature sting of pain, an unwelcome companion that insisted on reminding him of effort spent.Now, with the work complete, he set his sights on the city, more precisely on the domes he had left behind. Their fate had been left to chance for far too long, but Kael had reason to believe they were intact; none had suffered damage severe enough to render them hazardous. Minor scratches adorned some, but those would fade with the natural restorative pull of mana, a subtle reassurance that not everything her
C164: The Matter On The Other Side
C164: The Matter On The Other Side[Amanda's POV]"A dud, just like all the rest," she muttered with a heavy sigh, her footsteps slow and deliberate as she paced back and forth across the dimly lit room, the sound of her shoes echoing faintly against the cold floor. Each step carried a sense of impatience and simmering frustration, as if the very air around her pressed with the weight of wasted effort and unrealized expectations."Your questions are just bad. Why not phrase them in a way even an idiot could comprehend?" Elira's voice cut through the room from the side, casual yet sharp, a mug of coffee in her hand as she perched beside a table, the steam curling lazily into the air above her. Her tone carried the ease of someone who believed themselves infallible, which in Amanda's eyes was mildly irritating.Amanda rolled her eyes, the movement slow and deliberate, dripping with silent disdain. "Then why don't you do it yourself?" she shot back,
C165 — Eyes Above
C165 — Eyes Above“What... the fuck?” Amanda gasped, her voice cracking under the weight of the impossible sight before her. The miniature eyes hovering around the vast chamber were still inert, yet the pressure they radiated pressed down on her chest like a physical force, making it abundantly clear that lingering here was a grave mistake. Each heartbeat reverberated with tension, and her instincts screamed that this was far from safe.The energy itself felt alive, ominous and unfathomable, like staring into an abyss where light refused to penetrate. Its depth was hidden, a green murk so dense it seemed to swallow the air, suffocating every breath Amanda drew. The sensation was suffocating, oppressive, as though the domain itself rejected her presence.Bodies that had moved freely moments before—people dining, laughing, walking—were now nothing more than splattered remnants on the stone floor, crimson staining everything with the evidence of their futilit
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C166: Eyes AboveAs her focus stretched toward the otherworldly presence looming over them, the ground shuddered violently beneath Amanda’s feet, sending shards of rubble tumbling in every direction, while tiny, writhing tentacles erupted from the cracks around the two of them, slithering with malicious intent and attempting to ensnare them before they could react.Amanda scoffed inwardly, her instincts honed to lethal precision, and twisted her body with blinding speed, slicing through the tentacles before any of them could make contact, each movement sharp and decisive, scattering the remnants into fragments of darkness that fluttered like broken petals in the wind.Yet her initial expectation of ending the threat in a single sweep proved foolish, as the broken pieces did not dissipate permanently. Instead, they reassembled with unnerving resilience, forming multiple miniature tentacles that writhed and regrew almost instantly, a relentless cycle that de
C167: The Matter On The Other Side (4)
C167: The Matter On The Other Side (4)“Pardoth.”“…Dragon Monarch.” Pardoth inclined his head with a deliberately exaggerated bow, a smirk tugging at the corner of his lips, as if mocking the solemnity of the moment with a hint of theatrical flair.Kael ignored the theatrics, his gaze sliding to Elira and her companion, assessing their positions. They were safe, largely untouched, but his brow rose slightly upon recognizing Elira’s unwavering devotion as an Evangelist in every fiber of her being.That was irrelevant for now. His priority was the writhing monstrosity before him, the tentacled aberration that had shadowed his steps since the beginning of this twisted encounter.“Can’t reach me directly, so you target my daughter instead?” Kael’s voice was measured, patient, concealing the subtle tensing of his body as he prepared a signature strike, one that had toppled several Eldritch threats in the past.The flaw of this techni