I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 11

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Chapter 11
We picked our way across the twisted pavement, scanning our surroundings.
Abandoned vehicles lay scattered in every direction, their compasses broken.
Most single-story buildings had caved in entirely, and shards of glass glittered across the road.
We walked for a few more minutes, ducking through alleyways, but still hadn’t spotted any of the creatures that should have been lurking here.
That either meant they were clustered near our destination, or there was one particularly powerful one among them.
“If we head right, we should find it.”
Seo Do-hyeok’s voice cut through the hollow air.
The two men ahead stopped in their tracks. I slowed my pace to match theirs.
A massive traffic signal lay embedded in the asphalt at the Intersection. A small sign attached above it bore something that looked like an address.
「C101~110 · C111~120」
‘Unnecessarily detailed.’
Just like the man we’d met earlier.
“I’ll collect the flags as soon as we enter.”
Cha Yu-hyeon stepped forward with a quick glance back at us, and we fell into single file behind him. This felt rather like—
‘Ducks?’
The absurd thought made me stifle a quiet laugh through my teeth.
Fortunately, no one said anything about it.
[ 《Guardian of Taewon》 gravely advises you to always watch your footing, no matter where you go. ]
What?
My footing?
“Ju Ha-ryeong, there—!”
Ah, I think it’s already too late.
Seo Do-hyeok’s cry and my glance at the ground happened almost simultaneously.
Thump-thump-thump-thump—!
A faint tremor, barely audible at first, swelled steadily louder. I crouched down and pressed my fingertips against the asphalt.
It wasn’t coming from below—
“Roughly five of them, front and back. Seo Do-hyeok, tie down their front legs with support damage.”
Cha Yu-hyeon’s calm instruction came at once.
He’d confirmed my suspicion in a single sentence.
“Ju Ha-ryeong, just turn away. It’ll be over in a moment.”
I gave him a nod of acknowledgment.
Nothing difficult about it, but scaling the power down to C-rank meant significantly reduced output and longer cooldown intervals between uses.
It would take careful restraint to avoid suspicion.
“You focus on the rear. Don’t get greedy.”
Seo Do-hyeok locked eyes with me, speaking calmly and firmly.
Right. The killing blow was a luxury for a C-rank.
Standing at the back, I pivoted toward the Intersection and prepared to carry out my role as instructed.
The ground was shaking hard enough to confirm they were charging at incredible speed.
At that very thought, tiny dots appeared in the distance, growing larger.
The two men behind me were already withdrawing their presence.
I felt more at ease keeping distance from them, so I pressed forward and summoned my weapon.
Grasping the Greatsword wreathed in soft violet light, I passed through the Intersection—and their forms became clear.
Two wild boars, clad in armor studded with iron spikes.
‘They’re charging straight at me.’
I bounded forward and swung my arm in a wide horizontal arc.
A sharp whistle cut the air as a transparent, thick blade-line lashed outward across their path.
The moment the sword energy grazed the creatures’ feet, the tremor in the ground weakened noticeably.
Simply to buy time, I swung the blade once more into empty air.
Confused by my actions, the boars’ charging rhythm slowed visibly.
I stopped where I stood and waited calmly. Then I reached out to the Guardian for aid.
‘Guardian! What rank do those look like?’
[ 《Guardian of Taewon》 estimates them at minimum B-rank and remarks that since charging-type creatures are rather dim-witted, they pose no real challenge—then casually takes another bite of dessert. ]
‘Just as I thought. Thanks.’
Lower rank than I’d expected, barely.
It was a bit curious that something so brutish could manage B-rank at all.
‘So the two of them must have finished already.’
Just as I started to glance sideways, my eyes met those of the wild boar, now radiating a fiercer intensity than before.
‘At least only one is ahead of the other.’
As it scraped the ground with its hooves, the earth rumbled once again.
The moment the beast drew near enough to strike, I instinctively braced for a head-on charge.
Crack!
Instead, the wild boar pivoted sharply toward me, driving its iron-spiked hind legs forward with tremendous force.
“Ugh!”
I planted my Greatsword vertically to block, and the impact sent both my feet scraping backward across the asphalt.
Ding!
[ The Constellation, the Guardian of Taewon, draws forth the Contractor’s status change information through its arrangement. ]
【Iron Armor Stance (Rank B)】
― Upon successful defense, inflicts Stun or higher status on the enemy.
― Duration: 3 seconds
‘This isn’t what I wanted.’
The boar stood motionless exactly where it had struck my blade, as if frozen in place. It seemed the Constellation had triggered the skill regardless of the creature’s will.
‘Ah, Guardian….’
Without a system window to confirm it, I had no doubt the Guardian was grinning wickedly somewhere.
The beast’s thick head began to shake as it fought through the stun.
I quickly surveyed the surroundings.
The short duration would have to be my only consolation.
The moment that thought crossed my mind, someone spoke from behind me.
“That’s impressive.”
“….”
“I’d like to take it.”
Goosebumps erupted across both my arms. I turned my head toward the voice, but saw no one.
When I looked back toward the boar, I caught sight of something.
“Insane.”
So this is why they call him an assassin.
Cha Yu-hyeon, who moments before had left only his voice, had already silently dispatched the beast. As he withdrew the Dagger from the creature’s neck, blood mist scattered into the air.
I blinked slowly.
“…?”
Before me lay only the corpse.
I turned instinctively. Back at the spot where we’d gathered moments ago, I glimpsed the faint silhouette of a moving figure.
[ The Guardian of Taewon casts a look of mild reproach, wondering why the Contractor stands there gawking—otherwise another Awakener of equal Rank will have words with them. ]
“Right.”
Taking the Guardian’s hint, I sprinted toward the Intersection.
Despite everything, some semblance of teamwork remained—Seo Do-hyeok came into view, leaning against an exterior wall, while Cha Yu-hyeon examined his Dagger.
“Is everyone all right?”
I asked the obligatory question as I reached them.
I hadn’t expected any of us to take serious damage from a Rank B entity.
Then my gaze caught on Cha Yu-hyeon’s upper body. His white shirt was stained with blood.
As a fellow team member, I felt the urge to ask if he was hurt.
The courtesy one extends to teammates, you might say.
“Are you wounded anywhere—”
“Let’s move.”
But Cha Yu-hyeon, wiping the blood splatter from his cheek with the back of his hand, turned away without hesitation.
‘I can’t quite figure him out.’
Whether that was simply his nature or whether awakening as an S-Rank had soured his temperament, I couldn’t say.
I fell into step behind him, muttering to myself.
In all my years, I’d never encountered an S-Rank assassin before this.
‘The highest I’d seen was A-Rank, I think.’
There was someone who occasionally came to mind—another Hunter from the assassination trade—someone I’d known since childhood.
He’d stopped showing his face at some point, and by now his features had grown hazy in my memory….
‘The aura wasn’t quite at this level, though.’
Assassination was an unsettling word, yet I recalled following that Hunter around quite willingly as a child.
‘Though I never witnessed his true ability.’
The fact that my father had kept that Hunter close suggested considerable skill—perhaps not quite equal to Cha Yu-hyeon, but formidable nonetheless.
Which meant, if I was thinking of the future, I shouldn’t entangle myself with Cha Yu-hyeon after today—
“Surprising.”
“…Yes?”
“Thought you wouldn’t bat an eye.”
Seo Do-hyeok’s flat voice cut through my lingering thoughts.
I noticed, somehow, his pace had slowed.
Meanwhile, he left the interpretation of his own words entirely to me.
Before I could even look up at his profile and ask what he meant, a whistling sound—strange and piercing—burrowed into my ears.
Wheeee—
“Ugh.”
At the same moment, a short groan came from right beside me. Even Cha Yu-hyeon, who had been ahead of us, was now pressing both palms against his ears.
“What on earth—”
As everyone stood bewildered, a piercing ring suddenly layered over the noise, and my vision swam.
Then the picture crystallized in my mind.
Dozens of thin metal rings interlocking simultaneously—that was the sound. And alongside it, a whistle drawn from the mouth itself, like a signal.
I pressed my temple with the heel of my palm and glanced between the two men in quick succession. Their faces, usually so composed, were visibly contorted with strain.
Perhaps we had all sensed it instinctively.
That this time, we wouldn’t slip away easily.
Grade C, yet every Grade S Hunter is obsessed with me
Episode 11
Author
| Seo Yu-yeon
Published
| March 6, 2026
Publisher
| TaleSix Corporation
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| Cho Geuk
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