I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 38

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Episode 38
‘Why is she showing up here?’
Whatever god was listening, please—just tell me this is a dream. How could you possibly send me another trial like this?
As if mocking my plea, the moment I spotted the staff members trailing behind Seo Do-hyuk, my mind went white.
‘Have I lost it?’
What is this situation?
Baek Sun-woo passed by with a smile in his eyes instead of words, and Cha Yu-hyun, who entered next, made eye contact but simply brushed past with his usual expressionless face.
‘Is the world trying to break me on purpose?’
But this—this isn’t fair…!
‘Wait, hold on.’
I straightened my head and looked down at my toes, my mind racing.
‘We drew first position, A Zone.’
That’s what Park Si-eun’s slip of paper had said.
And every team entering this place had an S-rank Hunter on their roster.
Except ours, of course.
‘It wasn’t random?’
Then why call it a drawing in the first place?
“Acting all smart like that.”
Just then, Park Si-eun’s sharp voice cut through the air from directly ahead. The moment I looked up, our eyes met—but it was Park Si-eun who turned away first, not me.
‘Oh no.’
That irritable remark she’d made before entering this place—it was starting to look like she’d been right.
‘We could get eliminated.’
The moment that thought hit me, I nearly laughed out loud.
‘At least I’m not in the same group as Seo Do-hyuk right now…’
But what good was that? I had no idea what would happen next.
I started tearing at my hair in my head.
“First group, focus.”
Then the Banquet Hall door behind us closed with a click, and the instructor’s stern voice cut through.
‘Get it together.’
Even walking into a tiger’s den, you can survive if you keep your wits about you.
Right—if the instructor doesn’t suddenly twist the rules, there’s no reason we’d run into them during the practical.
“Each zone has different terrain and threat levels. Individual separation from your team is absolutely prohibited. The device being distributed now is for emergency signals only—use it for anything else, and your entire team is immediately disqualified. Understood?”
We nodded as we received small devices that looked like cell phones.
The instructor checked the device on his wrist and continued.
“From this moment on, each team will enter the zone written on your slip of paper.”
At that, I let out a silent breath of relief.
‘God, my heart.’
Are you still beating?
I couldn’t let my guard down for a second.
The instructor soon gave the order to depart and left the Banquet Hall. We pushed forward, feeling the tension around us, and stopped in front of an arched doorway on the far left.
‘Wow, they really spent some money on this.’
From a distance it had looked flat, but as we drew closer, a dark surface rippled and churned.
‘Is this what a real random selection looks like?’
Even furrowing my brow and staring hard, I couldn’t see inside.
I naturally turned to glance at the other teams standing in line beside us. Everyone seemed tense; people simply stared at the doorway ahead without speaking.
Thump—
Then a faint vibration ran through the ground beneath my feet.
“What?”
As Park Si-eun, standing in front, voiced her confusion, exclamations erupted from all around.
But Seo Do-hyuk alone turned to his bewildered teammates and said something before stepping into the doorway without hesitation.
“We should go in too.”
Park Si-eun must have seen him, because she stepped forward without even glancing at us.
Hye-rin, Han Min-sung, and I quietly followed her in.
‘…This should be fine.’
Believe. You survive by believing. United we stand, divided we fall.
Just don’t be reckless, I told myself.
‘Many hands make light work, so…wait—’
As my vision adjusted to the strange energy, I found myself standing still in a dim darkness. Soon after, I caught sight of someone bracing themselves against a wall, bent at the waist.
“Ugh—could we rest for just a moment?”
“Are you alright?”
“I feel so sick, ugh.”
Hye-rin patted Han Min-sung’s back as he continued to retch. I hung back, quietly observing the situation unfold.
‘First time for her, then.’
Park Si-eun was in the same state, after all.
If a Field Rift meant monsters suddenly tearing through space, then a Gate-type required Hunters to enter directly through a portal that was already formed—like stepping into a black hole’s mouth.
The space warping and isolation from the outside world made these side effects inevitable.
‘As for me, I’m managing well enough.’
After a moment, Han Min-sung slowly pushed himself upright. Whether out of consideration or not, Park Si-eun—who had been leaning against the wall—turned her back to us at the same moment.
“Let’s move. We’re really going to fall if we stay here.”
We followed her in silence, moving forward.
‘A corridor?’
As my eyes adjusted to the darkness, the surroundings began to come into focus.
This corridor, which appeared to be part of a Resort, had transformed into something eerie—walls peeling away in rough patches, picture frames shattered and strewn about.
‘It’s almost like a haunted house experience.’
Through the doorway of a room where the door had been torn away, I could glimpse a window boarded up with planks, while antique wall sconces hung at regular intervals with no light flickering through them—purely decorative.
When I returned my gaze forward, someone came immediately into view.
‘Wait, but that person…’
Why was he clinging to Hye-rin’s arm like that? Should I just startle him and make him let go?
Besides, the one who should be behind me right now is the archer, isn’t he?
I gave the two of them a look of mild displeasure.
“Han Min-sung.”
“Yes, yes!”
At Park Si-eun’s sudden call, Han Min-sung answered with a slight tremor in his shoulders.
“Keep your eyes forward. The moment you see anything, shoot.”
“But it’s so dark in here…”
His voice trailed off. No matter how keen his eyesight was, darkness was still his weakness.
‘Cha Yu-hyun would just be flying around.’
If his team had chosen the A Zone, maybe he—being an assassin—would’ve cleared it solo and left by now.
The corridor remained pitch-black, without a single light source, and the long hallway was lined on both sides with rooms whose doors were now firmly shut.
‘But why is it so quiet? It’s unsettling.’
We’d been walking for a while, yet only the heavy footfalls of four people on carpet echoed through the silence.
‘If this keeps up, suddenly—’
Before I could finish the thought, a faint sound came from somewhere. I stopped dead and tensed.
What was that? Like something scratching gently at wallpaper, but also as if something was crawling in a rush all at once…
‘Wow, hold on.’
My skin crawled.
I swept my arms down and instinctively looked up at the ceiling and the walls on both sides in turn.
‘Guardian, the number of them right now…’
No, that makes it worse. But at this point, you should be excited and running out with dessert—why aren’t you saying anything?
Just then, Park Si-eun’s soft voice reached my ears.
“Not bad.”
She’d already heard something from her Constellation.
‘From her reaction, it doesn’t seem to be higher-rank.’
But with these numbers, will we really be okay? That’s what I was thinking when—
Crash!
The doors to the rooms ahead suddenly flew open. And at the same moment, dark shapes came pouring out from inside.
“Stop, fall back!”
Park Si-eun halted abruptly and waved her hand backward.
Being at the very rear, I stepped aside to get a clearer view of what lay ahead.
Something painted darker than the already dim interior seemed to blanket the burgundy carpet, forming a small mound.
“That, that thing…”
Han Min-sung, standing right in front of me, couldn’t seem to finish his words at the sight. His right hand, which trembled faintly, reached for his weapon.
I was just about to ask him quietly what he’d seen when—
— Click, screeeech—!
Click?
— Click-click, keeeeeee!
“Ahhhhh!”
Hye-rin, standing in the middle, suddenly clamped her hands over both ears and shrieked. At the same moment, something like an ultrasonic sound filled the narrow corridor.
‘This is nothing like the curse-type!’
I too covered my ears, my face twisting in pain.
My ears felt as though they were being torn to shreds. I would have instantly agreed if someone asked me to endure the phantom sounds conjured by an Illusion Mage for an hour or two instead.
‘The smell’s off too.’
How should I describe it? The stench of stagnant water pooled in one place for far too long seemed like the right comparison.
“Damn it……!”
At that moment, Park Si-eun’s voice cut low from the front of the line.
As the door burst open and things poured out, my vision—now somewhat adjusted to the darkness—began to make out their forms with increasing clarity.
‘What’s so huge about them?’
Each creature was about the size of a three-month-old cat, with a slightly plump body and short legs in proportion, its entire frame covered in what appeared to be short black fur.
And it wasn’t just one or two gathered together.
Yes, that was…….
“You damn rats!”
A swarm of rats.
Park Si-eun, who had somehow gripped a Greatsword, let out a roar and immediately unleashed a Sword Aura toward the front.
The rats writhed all at once, then in an instant began to scurry up the walls and spread across the ceiling. They swarmed toward us like a wave, clearly trying to surround us from all sides.
‘God, I’d rather face a slug.’
The sight of them went beyond mere disgust—it was outright unsettling.
And judging by how they moved, the rat swarm was definitely non-aggressive. If they’d been the opposite, they would have charged at us the moment they poured out, eyes blazing.
As I naturally tilted my head back, my gaze locked directly with one rat perched above my crown.
‘……No eyes.’
Definitely a non-aggressive monster.
“Ah! Get away, get away from me!”
At Park Si-eun’s scream, a few rats dropped toward my head.
So the first-strike-wins formula didn’t apply here. It also meant we couldn’t bundle all their aggro onto the Tanker and finish them in one sweep.
— Eeeeek―!
The instant I stepped back, Han Min-sung let out a yelp and swiftly whirled his bowstring around.
‘An archer’s an archer, I guess.’
But where was my weapon……?
My sword was broken, and there was nothing in my hands. And even if I’d had something to grip, I wasn’t sure my skills would activate properly.
‘What the hell was I even confident about?’
……Damn, I’m losing it.
C-rank, yet every S-rank Hunter won’t stop obsessing over me
Episode 38
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| Seo Yu-yeon
Publication Date
| March 6, 2026
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