The Weakest Healer Became a God

The wolves were already on them.

A pack of them rushes through the trees, their claws tearing into the ground as they surround the group. Their growls echo through the forest, and Adrian instinctively takes a step back, his eyes darting from one wolf to another as they close in.

“Stay behind me.”

Darius steps forward, his hand tightening around the hilt of his sword. Before Adrian can even blink, he disappears, and four wolves collapse almost at the same time. Adrian barely sees what happens. One moment, Darius is standing beside him, and the next, he is already several meters away, his sword dripping with blood.

This is Darius, an S-Rank combatant and the strongest person on their team, probably one of the strongest students in the entire academy Adrian thought. His speed is so ridiculous that sometimes Adrian wonders if his eyes are even capable of following him, and somehow, despite being an E-Rank healer, Darius is the one who asks him to join his team. Adrian still doesn't understand why.

“Try not to get in the way, healer.”

Marcus's voice pulls Adrian's attention away as he raises his bow and releases an arrow. It flies straight through a wolf's skull, and when another wolf charges from the side, Marcus doesn't even turn completely toward it. He simply draws another arrow, releases it, and drops the beast before it reaches him.

Adrian can't deny it. Marcus is strong. He is an A-Rank combatant, and he knows monsters better than almost anyone Adrian has met, he is able to recognize their movements, predict their attacks, and find their weak points with frightening accuracy. The problem is that he never misses an opportunity to remind Adrian that he's the weakest person here.

“Not bad,” Adrian mutters.

Marcus glances at him. “What did you say?”

“Nothing.”

A sudden crack of thunder shakes the forest, and lightning tears through the air. Three wolves are blasted away before they can even reach them, and Adrian turns toward the source to see Lena standing there with electricity dancing around her body.

She's his girlfriend.

An A-Rank combatant with Lightning Manipulation.

Even before the Awakening Ceremony, Lena genuinely loves Adrian. He knows that because she stays beside him when everyone else looks down on him. There are always rumors that she's only with him because he's handsome, but he never believes them. Why would he? She’s Lena, the one who says, "Don't Give Up," who reminds him that his ability doesn’t define him.

At least, that's what he believes.

Another growl comes from the darkness, and Adrian turns toward Selene. She's standing slightly behind the others, her eyes fixed on the forest. Selene is a B-Rank mage who can summon beasts and use elemental magic, making her one of the most useful members of their team, but she's also the quietest. She barely talks to Adrian, and from the way she looks at him whenever he speaks, he can tell she doesn't like him very much.

“That's an Alpha.”

Selene's voice is barely above a whisper, and Adrian follows her gaze. Something moves between the trees before it finally emerges, revealing an Alpha Wolf. Its body is much larger than the others, its muscles tense beneath its fur as its eyes lock onto Selene. Before she can react, it lunges.

“Selene!”

Darius moves.

The Alpha Wolf's claws slam against his sword, and the impact sends a powerful shock through the ground. Selene stumbles backward and fell hurting her hands from the torn on the ground, her eyes wide, while Darius grits his teeth as he holds the beast back.

“Adrian!”

He freezes.

“Heal her!”

Adrian immediately understands and rushes toward Selene, placing his hands against her shoulder.

Healing.

His ability.

The weakest ability anyone can possibly awaken.

At the Awakening Ceremony, everyone around him laughs when the crystal reveals his rank. E-Rank. Healing. People look at him like he's useless, and some even ask why he bothers attending the academy. He remembers standing there while everyone else awakens powerful abilities like fire, lightning, sword skills, Beast summoning, and then there's him, a healer who can barely heal one person without exhausting himself.

Even after coming to this world, Adrian somehow ends up in the same position he was in on Earth. Weak. Useless. The kind of person everyone pushes around. But Lena doesn't. She stays beside him and also tells him that he shouldn’t be ashamed of being a healer and that one day he’ll show everyone.

So he keeps going.

He trains himself and learns everything he can about dungeons and monsters. And when Darius asks him to join his team, he agrees straight away, maybe this is his chance to prove that he's not useless, he thought to himself.

“Adrian!”

Marcus's voice snaps him back to reality.

Adrian looks up and sees more wolves coming.

Not ordinary wolves.

More Alpha Wolves.

His heart drops, and he can barely keep his breathing steady. Healing Selene already drains a large portion of his mana, leaving his legs weak as sweat runs down the side of his face. Darius steps backward, keeping his sword between them and the monsters.

“Everyone, prepare yourselves!”

The wolves spread out, one moving to the left and another to the right, before they all begin closing in. Adrian grips his hands tightly as he tries to steady himself, but he has zero combat experience. He's never fought a monster before, and he's never even held a proper weapon.

So when one of the Alpha Wolves suddenly launches itself toward him, his entire body freezes.

Its jaws open, and its claws stretch toward his face.

The wolf is coming straight for his head.

Adrian raises his arms instinctively, but he knows that won't stop it.

Its claws are already inches away.

And all he can do is stare.