“Ah…”Dasom collapsed where she stood.Her eyes stared blankly into empty space—toward the void where the two had disappeared.“Hyung! Damn it!”A shout, raw with anguish, echoed from somewhere above. She barely registered that it was Siwoo’s voice, strained and hoarse amid the chaos. But even Raon’s pair couldn’t do much with the monsters flooding in endlessly.“This… this is my fault.”Dasom shrank in on herself, whispering. Countless voices—real and imagined—pierced her ears.When she had awakened as a Guide, it had been during one of the worst possible times—when the country’s situation was still volatile. Alpha-1, the S-class team centered around Dojin, hadn’t yet been formed, and the army was struggling with Red {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} Gates tearing across the land.Guides were already rare, so Dasom’s awakening had drawn attention from the military. Female Guides especially were seldom deployed inside Gates, so everyone had hoped she’d at least be high-ranked enough to stabilize the Espers.But the result had been B-rank.She’d come to the Center of her own will, right after losing her entire family to a Gate—and the disappointment had cut deep.Still, a Guide’s grade wasn’t everything. If she could just find an Esper with a high compatibility rate, she could still be useful. She’d clung to that last hope.Dasom had pleaded with the emotionless Center staffer, but he’d only looked weary. He’d already been under pressure from both the army and the Center Director to find her a match, and still the results were the same.The words had hurt—but they were true. Keeping her on the list was a waste of manpower.So Dasom had done the only thing she could: put her name on the waiting list and wait. For a future Esper whose wavelength might finally align with hers.Useless Guide.That label had stuck to her ever since. Even as Alpha-1 crushed Red Gates and the country regained stability, Dasom couldn’t smile.She would’ve been better off never awakening at all. Every day people were dying, and all she could do was watch. The guilt only grew.Raon’s words had brought tears to her eyes. No one else had ever believed in her. Even the Center employee who used to check on her had grown colder with each visit.That was why she’d wanted to do better. To live up to Raon’s faith. She had believed the Special Team was the reason she’d been born. But now—“I… I killed them.”Tears streamed down her face, dripping onto the grimy floor.“Get it together, Guide Dasom!”“...!”Tae-hyuk’s voice cut through the din. He’d been sustaining a wide-range guiding field to support Siwoo and Yeojoon, who were fighting like mad below. Dasom snapped her head up at his shout.“We have to keep the rest alive! Think about the combat team above!”“Ah.”His harsh words struck home. She bit her lip and forced herself upright. There was no time to mourn.Boom!“...!”Explosions thundered from above—the combat team was close.Staggering, Dasom climbed. Her power was nothing compared to Raon’s, but someone had to fill his place.Crash!“Ugh!”The level above was hell. The narrow passageway worked against the numerous combat Espers, and the monsters seemed to know it, pressing their assault relentlessly.“Damn it, fall back!”“But the injured—”“Leave them!”The chaos was beyond words. The Espers were too desperate even to notice a lone Guide trembling at the edge.Espers fell screaming as claws tore through them; blood sprayed across the walls. Those without guiding collapsed one by one.“I—I have to guide them…”Her hands shook as she raised them. But no energy came.Useless Guide.Would her power even help?Even her best match had been barely above thirty percent. Radiation guiding from her wouldn’t stabilize anyone.Despair hollowed her out. She let her hands fall limply.It should’ve been me who fell, not them.“Ugh… hic…”Her sobs broke amid the screams of dying Espers. That gentle, confident voice echoed in her mind. Dasom lifted her head again, vision blurred with tears.I have to do something.Biting her lip, she raised her trembling hand. She wasn’t used to radiation guiding—her whole body quivered.“Guiding… energy…”She prayed desperately, over and over. She knew how weak she was. But doing nothing wasn’t an option. She forced every drop of energy from her body outward.Thump.“Ugh!”Pain lanced through her chest. She gasped.“Huh…”Somehow, she felt like the energy would come this time. She couldn’t explain it—but she believed it.Then she unleashed it toward the Espers.“H-hey, my wound…”“Is this guiding?”“The contamination level’s the same, but…”The Espers blinked in disbelief as their wounds closed. The energy didn’t feel like guiding at all—it felt like healing.“Since when was our medic this good?”“Who cares! If you’re healed, fight!”“Yeah, yeah!”The packed corridor left no time to question it. The recovered Espers rejoined the battle immediately.“Healing…?”Dasom stared at her own hands. That wasn’t guiding energy—she could feel the difference.Healing was an Esper’s power.Still dazed, she kept it up, pouring more energy into the wounded as they fought.“Guide Dasom!”“Huh? T-Team Leader?”She froze as Raon and Hamin appeared beside her.The two who had fallen were floating in the air above the broken tower—visible through the gaping cracks and light pouring in.“Urgh…”Around them drifted the unconscious Espers who had fallen earlier, suspended in midair. With a sweep of Hamin’s arm, their bodies floated gently back inside the tower.So Park Dasom reawakened safely.Just as he’d hoped, Dasom had awakened as an S-rank healer Esper, restoring the wounded in seconds. The Espers Hamin had carried up with them were already healing under her power, blood vanishing from their bodies.Now, if he added his guiding, they’d be unstoppable. The monsters outside would be nothing.But monsters weren’t their only problem.“Guide Dasom, listen carefully. I know you’re confused, but keep using that power. Understood?”“Y-yes.”At Raon’s command, she nodded automatically. As he and Hamin stepped fully into the tower, Raon released a surge of radiation guiding toward the Espers.Their strength skyrocketed instantly. The tide turned; the monsters that had pushed them to the brink were being slaughtered.“A-amazing…”Dasom whispered in awe, eyes fixed on Raon.But the moment the battle ended, Raon’s voice rang out again, urgent and sharp.“Everyone, move up! Now!”“What?”“The tower’s collapsing!”“...!”The shout struck like thunder, echoing through the crumbling walls.

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