Trait Hoarder-Chapter 216 Hospital Terror – Part 1

Hospital Terror – Part 1

The hospital was on fire.

Thick, black smoke billowed into the sky.

It was so dense that I could see it from my own home.

I climbed onto the Red Cougar.

‘At least this isn’t the worst-case scenario.’

In the game, all of the so-called Big Five hospitals had been attacked.

Here, only one was hit. That was a relief.

Blowing up the Dark Jaguar Cult’s Seoul branch had been worth it.

It would’ve been ideal to prevent this entirely, but just sending a warning through Choi Sunsoo wasn’t enough.

‘Then again, maybe my warning is the only reason this was limited to one.’

Swish!

The Red Cougar soared into the sky.

I accelerated at full speed.

Pushing my Unity trait to the limit, I broke the sound barrier—boom!—sending a shockwave rippling behind me.

It took less than five minutes to reach Seoul Shinwha Hospital.

Wee-oo! Wee-oo!

Fire trucks sped toward the site, sirens wailing.

Ambulances, their red lights flashing, were already pulling in.

“Oh my god!”

“What the hell happened?”

“Not another terrorist attack, right?”

“What is the President even doing?!”

The scene was even more horrific in person.

The largest hospital in the country, composed of ten wings—

The main building, the new wing, the east and west wings, the cancer center, the children’s hospital—everything had collapsed.

The flames spread uncontrollably.

It was impossible to know where to even begin.

Then, a voice reached me through the Red Cougar’s enhanced sensors.

“We have to put out the fire in the west wing first!”

A doctor in a white coat was stomping his feet in frustration.

“The intensive care unit is in the west wing! The patients there can’t move on their own! If we don’t act fast, they’ll all die!”

“We understand. We’re doing our best—”

“Best isn’t enough! Where are the superhuman firefighters? When are they coming?!”

The west wing, huh?

A UI display appeared before my eyes.

Among the ten hospital buildings, one was glowing blue.

Half of it had already collapsed.

The ICU was still intact—but just barely.

Calling it an ICU was an understatement.

With over 300 beds, it was large enough to qualify as a full-scale hospital on its own.

[Warning: Carbon dioxide levels around the west wing are rapidly increasing.]

“What’s the best course of action?”

[Evacuate everyone except those in the ICU, then demolish the west wing entirely.]

The UI highlighted the building in red.

Its pillars and load-bearing walls.

Destroy those, and the entire west wing would come down.

Except for the ICU and its evacuation routes.

‘If only I had an ice attribute.’

Arcane Seoul had four major elements:

Fire, Ice, Lightning, and Earth.

Of course, the ones I had were Fire, Lightning, and Earth.

Of all the possibilities…

I pushed aside my frustration and opened the Red Cougar’s door.

Whoosh!

Was it because I was right above a burning hospital?

Hot air engulfed me like sauna steam.

Beneath it was the bitter stench of burning.

I took a deep breath, then jumped.

The world rushed toward me.

The hospital, which had looked like a toy from above, rapidly grew in size, swallowing my vision.

Just before hitting the ground, I activated [Grand Assault] and [Phoenix Boots].

I changed trajectory like a billiard ball, landing lightly.

“Huh?”

“What the—?”

A doctor who had been pointing at the west wing, a firefighter speaking into his radio—

Both turned wide eyes toward me.

I ignored them and studied the west wing up close.

X-ray Vision made it easy to see inside.

The area I needed to demolish—where the fire was spreading from the main building—was already empty.

“Step back a little.”

“Uh… What?”

“Who are you—wait, a superhuman?”

The firefighter must’ve just noticed the weapons on my belt.

He raised his hand, about to say something, but I moved faster.

Boom!

I hurled Mjolnir.

I didn’t use [Thunder]—that would be overkill.

I only applied Divine Weapon and Holy Light.

Like folding space, Mjolnir flew in a jagged arc, smashing through a fifth-floor pillar in the west wing.

On the return trip, it shattered a second-floor column.

[Next target confirmed.]

[Attack this location next.]

[Proceed to this point.]

The Red Cougar’s magic spirit guided me with pinpoint accuracy.

So did the one installed in my mansion.

Combined with supercomputer-level calculations, the demolition process was flawless.

My strikes were precise.

The results were perfect.

After just a few throws of Mjolnir, the eastern half of the west wing crumbled.

Rumble!

Through the collapsed structure, I could see the remaining half.

The flames were subsiding.

But embers still crept toward the ICU.

“Hmph.”

I waved my hand.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Mana exploded through the air.

No elemental attributes—just pure, unrefined force.

Weak enough that it couldn’t even kill a normal person.

But strong enough to displace air.

And with it, the oxygen feeding the flames.

Since the building had already collapsed, it worked.

The fire creeping toward the ICU died down.

A cheer erupted from the doctor.

“Wow! That was amazing! Superhuman firefighters are on another level!”

He had mistaken me for a firefighter.

The actual firefighter looked like he had a lot to say, but I ignored him.

Instead, my eyes locked onto a young man being wheeled out of the ICU.

The magic spirit highlighted him in red.

[ARREST]

A warning above his head.

Arrest, as in cardiac arrest.

Nurses were performing CPR.

“Help! Somebody help over here!”

“He’s a critical patient!”

Had he been in surgery?

His entire body was limp, likely still under anesthesia.

An oxygen mask supplied air, but his chest remained still.

But there was no one available to help.

Everyone was already occupied with other patients or still evacuating the ICU.

Everyone—except me.

I stepped forward.

The nurse performing CPR, drenched in sweat, looked up at me.

The midday sun was directly above me.

Perhaps that was why the nurse squinted as if blinded.

“Who…?”

“Step aside for a moment.”

There was no time for pleasantries.

I gently pushed the nurse aside and placed my hand on the patient’s chest.

She instinctively tried to intervene.

“Oh, are you helping with CPR? Thank you—”

Not even close.

What I was about to do wasn’t CPR.

[Divine Power] [Radiance] [Earth]

[Healing Hands] [Healing] [Mana Soul]

Divine power shimmered from my hands.

A golden radiance spread from my back.

My earth trait pulsed through me, creating an unusual spectacle.

I activated Healing Hands and Healing together.

Holy light gathered and surged over the patient’s body.

Thud!

Anesthesia? Unnecessary.

Injuries? Irrelevant.

Had he been in a motorcycle accident?

His torn internal organs, his shattered right leg, the pooling blood in his brain—everything was restored to normal.

And, of course, his stopped heart as well.

“Ugh…”

The patient stirred, blinking beneath his bandages.

“Where… where am I…?”

His voice was weak but healthy.

The nurse, stunned, looked at me in awe.

“Are you a priest from Gaia’s Cult?”

“Something like that.”

“Then why aren’t you wearing priest robes…?”

She eyed my tracksuit suspiciously.

To her, Black Tiger Attire was just a plain black tracksuit.

Even though it was packed with enhancements—self-repair, environmental adaptation, physical reinforcement, resistance boosts—it looked too ordinary to be something a priest would wear.

Then, as if by chance, her gaze landed on my chest.

Two Paladin badges.

A Guardian’s badge.

And more.

Above those three insignias, prominently displayed—

The honorary elder badge from Sun Mage Tower and the honorary rank insignia of the Eastern Army.

Positions and ranks that the average citizen might never see in their lifetime.

Every South Korean knew.

There was only one person who possessed all five of these insignias at once.

The nurse’s jaw slowly dropped.

“Y-you’re… You’re Warrior Kim?”

She stammered in shock.

“That’s one of my titles.”

“What are you doing here? I mean, I appreciate the help, but… why are you here?”

A Level 7 superhuman.

Even if you searched the entire country, you wouldn’t find a hundred of us.

To a civilian nurse, my presence here must have been baffling.

In my original world, it would be like seeing the Prime Minister volunteering at a disaster site—not just a local congressman or a celebrity doing public relations.

I fell into brief contemplation.

‘Why am I here?’

Because I had to be.

Why?

Because this was the key to handling the impending zombie outbreak.

Why do you think this hospital was attacked?

To cripple the country’s ability to respond to the epidemic.

If Episode 2 played out as it was supposed to, the one who would benefit the most was the Saintess.

I wasn’t about to let her show up with that smug, radiant smile again.

Even Gaia had said it.

Move preemptively. Shatter fate.

Helping Shinwha Hospital was part of that.

And…

Honestly, there was also a trait I wanted to acquire from this incident.

Just as certain traits were easier to obtain in specific locations, some were tied to specific events.

“We have to help each other.”

Of course, I didn’t reveal my true motives.

I simply gave the nurse the answer she wanted to hear and walked away.

Nearby, beneath the rubble of a collapsed wall, a person was trapped.

Superhuman firefighters were struggling to lift the debris.

“Grrngh!”

“Put your back into it!”

“This is the best we can do! Dammit! We need a crane!”

“We put in the request, but why isn’t it here yet?!”

Because the roads were blocked.

With every fire truck and ambulance in the city converging here, traffic was at a standstill.

I confirmed it with my augmented reality interface.

A complete logistical nightmare.

Moving forward, I sent a quick message while keeping my eyes on the situation.

[Director Choi. You heard about the terrorist attack at Shinwha Hospital, right? Send any available personnel. Offer special hazard pay. Also, secure heavy equipment. The roads are blocked, so use air transport if necessary.]

[Understood. Wait—Warrior Kim, are you there right now?]

[How did you know?]

[It’s live on TV.]

A small window appeared in my Dragon Monarch’s Crown’s magic vision.

A drone was filming me.

It captured the moment I approached the rubble, where superhuman firefighters struggled to lift a collapsed wall.

“Step aside.”

“Who are y—huh?! Warrior Kim?!”

“This is heavy.”

“We know…”

[Giant’s Strength] [Mana Soul] [Physical Strength]

[Massive Strength] [Mana Amplification] [Mana Focus]

When I first combined Giant’s Strength, Vajra Body and Undying were essential to handle the recoil.

But now, after consuming three Reconstruction Elixirs, equipping Star Spawn and Black Tiger Attire, and stacking multiple artifacts—

I could comfortably withstand the strain, even with a double power build loaded with additional sub-traits.

I crouched down.

Like a deep squat, I positioned myself beneath the concrete slab.

It was heavy.

Had the gaps between the debris been just a little different, the woman in front of me—along with the child in her arms—would already be dead.

“P-please… help us…”

The woman’s face was pale with fear.

The child in her arms whimpered, eyes locked onto me.

I exhaled.

Then unleashed Massive Strength and Mana Amplification in full force.

Alongside them, I pushed Giant’s Strength and Mana Soul to their limits.

Flash!

The magic spirit provided support.

It guided me to a safe lifting angle.

Ensured no additional debris would collapse.

The blue-highlighted trajectory marked the optimal way to lift the concrete slab.

Had a crane arrived, even it would have struggled to move this.

But in my hands, it was as light as a feather.

A space wide enough for several people to fit opened beneath it.

The superhuman firefighters rushed in.

“Now! Move, move!”

“Hurry, but don’t rush!”

“Her leg! The mother’s leg!”

It was already crushed.

The bleeding was severe.

It was a miracle she hadn’t passed out yet.

Only after the firefighters pulled her out did she finally lose consciousness.

“She’s safe…”

“Mom!”

The child clung to the woman, but she had already fainted.

Thud.

I set the concrete slab down and reached out.

Effortlessly, I switched traits.

A majestic holy light began restoring her leg.

I didn’t have any priest-restricted traits.

Which meant I lacked Complete Recovery, Perfect Healing, or Angel’s Grace.

But I had trait switching.

And everything I had accumulated so far.

Shhhh.

Her leg regenerated.

The shattered bones realigned on their own.

Torn blood vessels and nerves reconnected.

New blood cells formed from the marrow.

The necessary nutrients were replaced by my mana and divine power.

“Aah…”

Ten seconds after losing consciousness, the woman’s eyes fluttered open.

The child, who had been deathly pale, finally burst into tears.

“Mom! Waaaah! Mom!”

“Mm? Oh, I’m right here. Arin, it’s okay. Mommy’s here.”

The firefighters looked at me like they had a lot to say.

But I couldn’t stay here.

I turned and walked toward the west wing.

Rescue operations were progressing smoothly.

However, one of the ICU rooms had collapsed near the entrance, preventing anyone from getting out.

“Over here! We need help!”

There was enough space for a person to pass through.

The problem was that hospital beds couldn’t fit.

Which meant the critically ill patients couldn’t be evacuated.

They couldn’t move on their own.

Shhh.

I activated Incorporeal Form.

No need to climb stairs or maneuver through obstacles—I simply floated like a ghost.

Phasing through walls and ceilings, I arrived at the blocked ICU.

“Ahhh!”

A nurse shrieked at the sight of my translucent form.

“If I clear this, will they be able to get out?”

“W-what? Oh! Yes!”

If only I had Order or Disposal, this would be simple.

Since I didn’t, I equipped Supreme Flame and activated it.

Golden fire instantly incinerated the rebar, concrete, and insulation materials.

I went further, reducing the broken doorway to ashes.

Normally, such a feat would be impossible.

But Supreme Flame, a top-tier trait, combined with the traits that enhanced it, made the impossible possible.

“W-wait a second… Are you… Are you Warrior Kim?”

The nurse had recognized me.

Her lips puckered like a duck’s, then stretched open, then puckered again.

A nurse with expressive reactions, huh?

I gave a slight bow and phased out of the west wing.

By using both superpower and incorporeal traits together, I could move freely.

The west wing, the main building, the east wing, the new wing, the cancer center, the children’s hospital…

There were countless places that needed my attention.

Collapsing buildings to create firebreaks, rescuing the isolated, healing critical patients on the spot…

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Fortunately, the reinforcements Choi Sunsoo sent had arrived right on time.

“Warrior Kim! We’re here!”

Tat-tat-tat-tat.

The sound of helicopter rotors echoed overhead.

Superhumans rained down like a storm.

Accompanied by heavy machinery, magic drones, and autonomous rescue robots.

It was the moment that signaled the end of the hospital attack.