Chapter 241

[People ask who's Andromeda, she's in Chapter 58, around the middle part.]

Andromeda was riding a taxi, although her eyes were looking left and right at the road fearing that someone would show up and kill her. As a healer, Andromeda didn't have any offensive power. She has strong healing ability, she could regenerate a lost limb with just a simple cast of heal. I fact, her regeneration was different from the others, she could even heal fatigue and curse. Yes, her unique healing was one of a kind. Greatly different from any healer.

On top of that, a large amount of xp came to her whenever she healed a person. Sometimes she was thinking if the game master made her leveling faster. She thought that perhaps someone wanted her to become stronger. It was frightening imagining it, her body shivered thinking about this possibility.

'It's impossible for a healer like me to become a Rank 1. Then why did this happened? Is it because of my Skill? Does my power can steal xp?'

She contemplated as she bit her nail in anxiousness. 

"Miss."

"!"

But her deliberation stopped, she raised her head and realized that the driver was talking to her.

"Miss, we are here. This is the place right?"

The driver asked for confirmation looking at the rear mirror. 

Andromeda looked around and found that she was in front of her apartment building. She awkwardly nodded, she was a bit out of focus.

"Y- yes, this is the place."

She shyly took her wallet. Yeah, she still had her wallet even though she spent 6 months in the Awakening. It was good that she did that, it would be a hassle to withdraw money from the bank. Andromeda gave the driver the cash and left.

"I'm back, huh."

The taxi slowly disappeared. Andromeda looked at the apartment building. Six months passed but the apartment looked the same.

"… Why did I even return here?"

This apartment was the only place she had, she didn't have a family to return to. 

She took a step, but she felt a dangerous aura. She knew what this meant, killing intent, and it was pointed at her. Every strand on her skin stood, she looked around trying to find where the enemy is.

'Where...'

She summoned her staff, this staff had the power to amplify her healing by 0.2 times. It may look insignificant but that small fraction was important as long as she becomes stronger. On top of that, she could use this staff to bonk- I mean to defend. This was the best she could think of. She was fully equipped, from bottom to top. She raised her staff and prepared her heart. Then, she realized that something was coming from the sky!

"Hello, there!!"

BooM!!

A strong impact shook the ground. Andromeda luckily avoided that but she was grazed by the debris flying. She hissed as her cheek bled but she started activating her power, the wounds started healing.

The dust began to dissipate and the place became clearer. Andromeda stared at the enemy. The man was fully clothed with powerful equipment, armor, boots, rings, everything. And in his hands, he was holding a green scythe. Andromeda felt that the scythe was releasing deadly poison into the air.

"Who are you?!"

"I'm Luther the Grim Reaper. Hello, Rank 1"

Andromeda glanced at Luther's weapon, she gulped in anxiousness as she tightly clasped her staff. 

It was fortunate that Andromeda's healing could block poison. 

Luther checked her target, his eyebrow furrowed as he scanned her.  

"Eh? So the intel is really true. I heard that the Rank 1 is a healer, I thought the intel was wrong. Hey, how did you become Rank 1? Did you spread your legs in front of many men and begged them to give you the last kill? Heh, go on, tell me."

He was intrigued as he started rotating his scythe in his hand. He was licking his lips, this woman was pretty. It was sad that she has to die here.

'Maybe I can play with her before I kill her. Yeah, let's cut her legs so that she won't escape.'

Andromeda felt that this man was strong and he could kill her with that poisonous weapon. However, it was good that Andromeda's healing power was unique.

'He's a poison user… Maybe I can pull this off.'

Andromeda had a determined gaze, she raised her staff and said an incantation.

[Andromeda Cercado]

[Skill: High Heal]

[Heals wounds, fatigue, poison, curse, and mental affliction. Can counter any Skills under Dark Magic Category.]

The term Dark Magic was vague and she couldn't comprehend it completely. However, in her time in the Punishment, she realized one of its use. Her Healing was poison to poison users. In fact, she inflicted damage to the Basilisk because of this power. That monster could release poison using its mouth but Andromeda countered it.

" High Heal!!"

She roared and aimed her staff into Luther. A blinding light covered the whole place. Luther closed his eyes, he thought that he was going to be blind. Few seconds passed and the light started disappearing.

"This woman, perhaps she thinks her heal will affect me. Heh, stupid."

He opened his eyes and smirked. However, he realized that Andromeda was missing. He was surprised. He looked around but something came out of his mouth. Blood. He puked blood.

"Gahah-!"

He clutched his chest. The pain kicked in and he further puked blood. His skin turned green like incredible Hulk but he was not getting stronger. Instead, he slowly losing his life

'This effects… this is the power of my Skill…'

He opened his mouth and blood started falling from his mouth.

Furthermore, the woman who vanished earlier showed up behind him.

"Yah!"

Andromeda yelled like a desperate woman. She smashed his head and Luther landed on his knees. Andromeda didn't stop and used her staff to beat him.

Andromeda was a Healer but she was stronger than an ordinary person. She could still hurt Luther. As a woman who experienced a near-death situation in the Punishment every night, she didn't hesitate to crack his skull.

She put more strength in every blow she did. However, it was not enough.

Luther grabbed her staff and cracked it. He was furious, he turned back and glared at her.

"You think I don't have antidote to my own poison?!"

He said as he spat blood. Usually, he was immune to poison but that didn't stop him from studying his power. And as time goes on, he found a way to counter it. He opened his Inventories and grabbed a vial of unknown liquid. He didn't think twice and immediately drink it. Luther was furious, his eyes were showing killing intent. 

"Uh oh."

Andromeda started sweating when she realized that she angered the man.