Chapter 97: The Healer’s Storm

The harpies were flying in a line, filling the entire sky.

At the very front, an elite-looking harpy led the way.

“Sanctuary!”

The moment Seong-jun confirmed the harpies had flown near the temple, he immediately cast Sanctuary.

*Woooooooong!*

As Sanctuary unfolded across the area, a buff much more powerful than before surged through them.

Having reached S-rank, Sanctuary had been adjusted to match his new status.

“Tankers and melee dealers, hold them back as much as possible so they don’t enter the temple. Ranged dealers with area-of-effect skills, please wait until I give the word. We will begin once all the harpies have entered the Sanctuary.”

To maximize efficiency, they had to wait until every harpy was within the Sanctuary’s bounds.

Only then would the debuff apply to the entire swarm.

To achieve this, the tankers and melee dealers had to hold their ground until then.

“Kieeeee!”

“Kyiaaaa!”

The harpies, having reached the temple’s immediate vicinity, began their descent and launched their attack.

“They’re coming! Block them!”

In an instant, over 1,000 harpies entered the Sanctuary, but nearly half of the swarm remained outside.

However, since they were following closely behind the lead group, it didn’t seem like it would take long for all 2,500 harpies to enter.

*Boom! Crash! Bang! Bang!*

“Haha! I don’t know if it’s thanks to your buffs, Seong-jun, or this equipment, but these harpy attacks aren’t really a threat!”

Gwang-taek even had the leisure to chat with Seong-jun while fending off the fierce harpy onslaught.

“Focus anyway. If the tankers collapse, the defensive line could fall apart in an instant.”

No matter how non-threatening they seemed, there were thousands of B-rank monsters.

If they let their guard down, any situation could take a turn for the worse.

“Don’t worry. I’m well aware of that. Oh? Whoa! Look at these guys. That one was actually a bit sharp!”

*Boom! Rumble! Crash!*

Although thousands of harpies were attacking en masse, Gwang-taek and Jameson were only directly dealing with over a dozen at a time.

Consequently, the rest of the harpies simply circled around until some spotted the Hunters inside the temple through the window openings and changed direction.

“Kieeeee!”

“Kyiaaaa!”

There were no actual windows, just open gaps, but the openings were narrow enough that even a single harpy had a hard time squeezing through.

However, Gwang-taek’s expression soured as he saw them trying to force their bodies in.

“Where do you think you’re going? Chain of Light!”

He cast the Chain of Light skill he had been saving, dragging back the harpies attempting to enter the interior.

*Rattle!*

“By the way, Seong-jun! Is it still not time?”

While Gwang-taek, Jameson, Karl, and a few other melee dealers were holding the entrance, they would eventually be overwhelmed if the number of harpies trying to enter through the window gaps continued to increase.

Even if they diverted melee dealers to stop them, there was a limit.

“A little more! There’s not much left, so hold on just a little longer!”

“Urgh, fine! Jameson and I will handle the entrance somehow, so tell the melee dealers to pull back and stop the harpies trying to enter through the gaps!”

If the supporting melee dealers pulled back, things would get tougher for the tankers, but Gwang-taek felt they could manage.

Thus, he suggested moving the melee dealers to prevent the interior from being breached.

“Karl! Like Gwang-taek said, take the melee dealers and stop the harpies trying to enter through the gaps! There are only a few left, so we just need to hold for a moment!”

Most of the harpies had already entered the Sanctuary; only about 500 remained outside.

Seong-jun judged that it would take roughly 5 minutes for the rest to enter, so he asked them to hold out until then.

“Okay! You heard him! Move, now!”

As the melee dealers providing support pulled away, the onslaught of over a dozen harpies focused solely on the two tankers.

However, thanks to Seong-jun’s drastically improved buffs, they held the entrance firmly.

“Agh! It’s definitely gotten tougher, but this is still manageable!”

*Crash! Rumble! Bang!*

Since their hands were wings, harpies primarily attacked with their sharp claws.

Occasionally, they would launch hard, razor-sharp feathers, which were quite fierce.

Of course, even those were blocked by Gwang-taek’s and Jameson’s shields.

Meanwhile, Seong-jun watched the harpies remaining outside the Sanctuary from a distance and prepared to cast his skill.

‘A little more! Just a little more!’

Now, only about 100 harpies remained outside the Sanctuary.

Moments later, the last harpy crossed the boundary.

‘Now! Dark Attribute Infusion! Wide Area Mode! Target designated: Harpies only!’

As the final harpy entered the Sanctuary, Seong-jun immediately cast Dark Attribute Infusion, specifically targeting the harpies.

*Whoooooosh!*

As the harpies shifted to the dark attribute, Gwang-taek and Jameson felt their burden lighten.

Once the harpies transitioned from the wind attribute to the dark attribute, the Holy Armor Enchant began to take full effect.

Not stopping there, Seong-jun immediately cast Radiant Wind.

‘Radiant Wind!’

As he cast the newly acquired S-rank skill, a wind shimmering with clusters of light began to blow within a 500-meter radius.

*Swishhhhhh!*

*Boom! Crash! Rumble!*

The radiant wind dealt massive damage to the harpies within range.

“Kieeee!”

“Kyiaaaa!”

Subsequently, it began to rapidly whittle away at the harpies’ health by dealing continuous damage every second.

Conversely, for his allies, the skill increased their light-attribute attack and defense while applying a continuous healing buff that stacked with Healing Light.

“Now! Take this too! God’s Wrath!”

He then cast God’s Wrath, which synergized with Radiant Wind.

*Rumble!*

An intense pillar of light plunged from the sky, striking the elite harpy.

*K-boom!*

“Kyiaaaaaa!”

Since the damage of God’s Wrath was significantly amplified by Radiant Wind, the damage dealt to the elite was beyond imagination.

Of course, being an elite, it managed to survive somehow, but the normal monsters could not.

*Flash! Boom!*

The wave of light spreading rapidly through the area interacted with Radiant Wind, dealing even more devastating damage to the monsters.

*Crash! Bang! Rumble!*

Although the damage was less than the direct hit on the elite, God’s Wrath had also been enhanced upon reaching S-rank, dealing far more damage than before.

As a result, a massive number of harpies collapsed, unable to withstand the power.

“Heh! Wh-what is that!”

“You’re telling me that’s an attack from a healer? Thousands of harpies are being wiped out! This is insane!”

“……”

The party stood there with their mouths agape, watching the harpies get swept away by the combo of Radiant Wind and God’s Wrath.

Even if an S-rank mage had cast an area-of-effect spell, it was doubtful they could have displayed this much power.

Looking at them, Seong-jun shouted quickly, “Ranged dealers! Cast your area-of-effect skills!”

Though many had been wiped out by the combo, several hundred harpies remained.

They were disoriented from the stun and confusion caused by Radiant Wind and were nearly dead, but they were still present.

At Seong-jun’s shout, the ranged dealers hurriedly unleashed their area skills.

“Hah! This feels like I’m just cleaning up the scraps. Wind Spirit’s Bombardment! Spirit Magic Light Cannon!”

Yuseon cast Wind Spirit’s Bombardment and Spirit Magic Light Cannon toward the remaining monsters.

“Wind Cutter! Tornado!”

“Thunder Storm!”

Mages cast their area spells, rapidly eliminating the surviving stragglers.

“Rain of Arrows! Magnum Explosion!”

The archers also unleashed powerful area-of-effect skills, sweeping through the monsters at a high speed.

*Bang! Crash! Rumble!*

Explosions echoed from all directions, and with every blast, harpies fell to the ground like leaves.

Those without area skills picked them off one by one, while the melee dealers simply stared in a daze.

A few harpies managed to recover from the confusion and attempted to attack, but there were only a few dozen left, and their health was so low that they crumbled pathetically under the continued assault.

“Wow! Damn! This is crazy. Seriously.”

“To think that many harpies were annihilated in an instant. I can’t even tell anyone about this. Who would believe it without seeing it for themselves? I’m seeing it right now and I still don’t believe it.”

“Exactly.”

How could they even explain this?

Faced with such an unrealistic situation, they were simply lost for words.

“The cleanup is almost finished. There aren’t many left, so let’s head out and finish them off.”

As Seong-jun said this and headed out with his mace, Gwang-taek, Yuseon, and Chang-su hurriedly followed him.

Karl also led his team out of the temple.

***

By the time the 10 minutes of Radiant Wind’s duration ended, the over 2,500 harpies had all become cold corpses.

There was such a thing as a mass hunt, but this was more like clearing an entire dungeon in one go.

“Am I seeing this right? Is this even okay? This is just a cheat.”

“Even if he reached S-rank, this is way over-spec. You can’t even compare him to other S-ranks.”

Looking at the harpy corpses littering the front of the temple, everyone shared their thoughts.

Even though it had happened right before their eyes, they couldn’t understand how it was possible.

It was a moment where common sense had been shattered.

‘I don’t think you’re a healer anymore, Seong-jun. What kind of healer in the world wipes out over 2,000 monsters with two area skills?’

Yuseon was speechless at Seong-jun’s absurd abilities.

No matter how different he was from a typical healer, wasn’t this too much?

“Tell me about it. Now even I’m starting to wonder what I awakened as. But since my class is a Priest, a healer is a healer.”

“Anyway, are you going to take the Re-awakening Test as soon as we get out?”

Since Seong-jun had reached S-rank, he needed to have his rank readjusted.

The support and treatment provided by the Association were vastly different between A-rank and S-rank.

Above all, if Seong-jun registered as an S-rank, he would surely be among the top ten healers in the world.

His fame and influence would also skyrocket beyond comparison.

At Yuseon’s words, Seong-jun smiled and spoke.

“I don’t know. This is a bit of a different concept than re-awakening, so I’m not sure. There’s no rush, so I’ll think about it slowly.”

Since there was no telling how long it would take until his next level up, a rank readjustment seemed necessary, but there was no need to hurry.

He planned to do it when he had the time.

“Anyway, thanks to you, B-rank dungeons will be much easier from now on.”

Whether it was an official raid conducted within the core group or an unofficial one from the hideout, future B-rank dungeon raids would clearly be much smoother.

It seemed they could even split into teams of two, just as they had done in C-rank dungeons.

Watching Yuseon, Seong-jun asked as if he had just remembered something.

“Oh! That’s right, Yuseon. You know where the device was activated, right?”

Yuseon nodded at the question.

“Huh? Where those things were gathering? I checked it earlier while scouting.”

“Then let’s go recover the device.”

They had already wiped out all the monsters in the dungeon in one go.

Since only the boss remained, they could recover the device first and then take their time with the boss.

“Should we? Do you want to move right now?”

“Yeah. Hold on a second.”

After telling Yuseon to wait, Seong-jun approached Karl.

“Karl. My party and I are going to recover the device. What will you do?”

Karl shrugged at Seong-jun’s question and said, “What else? We aren’t going to raid the boss on our own, and we should do it together anyway. It’s better to move as a group.”

Since they had tackled the dungeon together, it was only right to face the boss together as well.

Even if they went to the boss room first, they would have to wait for Seong-jun’s party. It was better to stay together.

“Then let’s move immediately. We’ll secure the device and head straight to the boss raid.”

Since the previous battle ended so quickly, no one was particularly exhausted.

There was no need to rest; they could recover the device and handle the boss without any issues.

***

After securing the device, Seong-jun’s party immediately headed for the boss room.

Strictly speaking, it was more of a boss area than a room, given that it was a field-type dungeon.

Upon entering the boss area, the group began the raid in earnest.

“Kyiaaaaaaaaa!”

The dungeon boss was the Harpy Queen.

She was much larger than a normal harpy and possessed magnificent wings that shimmered with five different colors.

Forty minutes into the raid, the boss’s health had dropped to around 30%.

“The boss’s health is low! The ultimate move is coming soon! Everyone, prepare!”

Generally, bosses cast their ultimate moves once their health drops below 30%.

Karl warned everyone to be ready.

“Karl! What is the harpy boss’s ultimate move?”

Since Seong-jun rarely hunted aerial monsters, he wasn’t fully familiar with the boss’s patterns.

On the other hand, Karl and his team had experience hunting harpies in the United States.

Karl answered Seong-jun’s question immediately.

“She flies high into the air and fires hundreds of feathers! But each of those feathers is incredibly powerful! They’re strong enough that even tankers will struggle!”

The Harpy Queen’s ultimate move involved ascending into the sky and raining down hundreds of feathers.

Each feather packed a tremendous punch.

It was a mistake to compare it to the feather attacks of normal harpies.

“I see. Then, when the boss flies up to use her ultimate, gather around me as quickly as possible.”

Seong-jun told them to cluster around him once the ultimate move began.

He had acquired a new defensive skill upon reaching S-rank and wanted to test it out.

“You have a plan? Everyone, do as Seong-jun says and move quickly once the boss takes flight!”

“Yes!”

Even while speaking with Seong-jun, Karl Buckman continued his fierce assault on the boss.

*Bang! Crash! Bang! Bang!*

The attacks from his teammates also boasted incredible damage when combined with Seong-jun’s buffs.

“Kyieeeeeee!”

In the midst of this, the Harpy Queen suddenly soared into the air.

*Whooooosh!*

“It’s the ultimate pattern! Everyone, get to Seong-jun!”

At Karl’s shout, everyone gathered by Seong-jun’s side.

Once everyone was close, the Harpy Queen, having reached a great height, unleashed her ultimate with a loud roar.

“Kyiaaaaaaaa!”

*Whish! Whish! Swish! Whish!*

A massive number of feathers were fired toward the group.

“Holy Dome Shield!”

Seong-jun immediately cast his newly acquired defensive skill.

*Flash!*

The Holy Dome Shield was a defensive skill that formed a dome-shaped barrier.

It had a radius of 5 meters, covering a total of 10 meters.

As the skill level increased, the defense range would grow, but since it was only Level 1, he had told them to gather close.

*Bang! Bang! Rumble! Crash!*

*Zap! Crackle! Snap!*

The feathers launched by the Harpy Queen could not pierce the Holy Dome Shield.

However, in return, Seong-jun’s Divine Power began to deplete rapidly.

‘Hah! The Divine Power consumption is no joke. It’s way higher than Holy Barrier.’

Like Holy Barrier, Holy Dome Shield consumed Divine Power while active and drained additional power whenever it took damage.

The problem was that the consumption rate was several times higher than Holy Barrier.

In that short amount of time, he had already consumed millions of Divine Power.

He didn’t know when the boss’s ultimate would end, but at this rate, he would likely burn through over 10 million Divine Power.

‘Most of the new skills consume a significant amount of Divine Power. If my Divine Power hadn’t increased nearly ten times after reaching S-rank, I would have run dry already.’

Even Radiant Wind, which was at Level 4, consumed 1.3 million Divine Power per minute.

Maintaining it for its full ten-minute duration would cost 13 million Divine Power.

Most of the newly generated skills required substantial Divine Power.

*Bang! Bang! Rumble!*

*Crackle! Snap!*

The Harpy Queen’s attack continued for a long time before finally coming to an end.

“Kyieeeeeeek!”

Having finished her ultimate move, the Harpy Queen descended toward the ground again.

“It’s over! Everyone, start spamming your skills! Gwang-taek, Chain of Light!”

Releasing the Holy Dome Shield, Seong-jun immediately ordered them to unleash everything they had.

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I Became an EX-Class All-Rounder Priest Chapter 97

E-book Publication Date: 2025.11.14

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