I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 42

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Chapter 42
Whish—!
A sharp sound cut through the air and pierced my ears.
Following the faint afterimage left by white light, I saw a section of the tentacle wrapped around Hye Rin’s waist crumple and cave inward.
Of course, it wasn’t severed the way it would have been when Park Si-eun swung her sword.
But something felt different.
‘What is this? It seems slow.’
In my narrowed vision, one thing stood out distinctly: the creature’s regeneration speed.
Then a second pure white arrow pierced the same spot.
I snapped my head toward the direction it came from.
‘What’s he doing now, for…’
Baek Seon-woo, invisible until moments before, stood among the ruins of the collapsed terrace in a ragged state, aiming his bow.
But perhaps that became a provocation instead.
Red light flickered once more across the slime’s body, and the tentacle binding Hye Rin began moving sluggishly in his direction.
‘Better if I’m the one caught.’
Just as I was about to summon a greatsword and charge forward—
[ Constellation, The One Who Explores Mystery and All Things, observes your eyes. ]
[ Constellation, The One Who Explores Mystery and All Things, advises that sometimes one small thing prevents great regret. ]
‘What on earth…’
Something brushed through my mind in that instant.
My hand naturally moved toward the Tracksuit Pouch at my waist, and I felt something damp yet cold against my fingertips.
‘Ah, could it be.’
So this bastard’s weakness was in there after all.
What flashed back was that red light that had gleamed moments before. If my guess was right, it was the creature’s core—the heart of this monster.
I gripped the damp pouch and shouted toward Baek Seon-woo.
“Baek Seon-woo!”
His head turned slightly from where he stood at a distance.
“Time it right!”
All I could do was hope he understood my intent immediately.
I pulled my right foot back and twisted my upper body into position.
‘Should have practiced this beforehand.’
In my hand was a pouch far smaller than a baseball.
Quickly settling into a pitcher’s stance, I stopped breathing for an instant. Then I swung my arm in a wide arc from behind toward the front. The pouch left my fingers and shot through the downpour unobstructed.
In that moment, the creature’s translucent surface churned violently, and one section turned a murkier green.
It was precisely where the red light had gleamed at its heart. The creature, sensing danger instinctively, had deployed a Barrier.
‘This is infuriating.’
Just as I was pushing back my bangs in frustration—
Whiiiii—!
A piercing sound stabbed into my ears.
‘Wind?’
Yes, unmistakably the sharp whistle of wind.
Then something blue caught my gaze. Though it had been fired from the left, the arrow curved smoothly toward where I stood, then shot straight ahead and pierced through the slime’s surface.
But that wasn’t all.
Along the path the blue arrow had carved, even the raindrops still falling were sucked along with it, pulling inward.
“Ha.”
I let out a laugh without meaning to.
I’d had hopes, but this exceeded them.
I’d only wanted to create a moment where the slime would hesitate, but I could see immediately what Baek Seon-woo intended.
The pouch I’d thrown, drawn like iron to a magnet, followed the path the arrow had carved through and was sucked in almost simultaneously.
—Kiiiieeeeek—!
A screech like metal being scraped echoed through the space. And at the same instant, dark purple spread through the slime’s body like ink dropped in water.
“Ugh.”
At another shriek, I reflexively covered both ears.
Soon the creature’s massive gel-like body convulsed, twisting and writhing.
‘It’s actually coiling up.’
So this slime was real after all. But because the creature had risen so high, the structures barely clinging to its sides on all sides simply collapsed under the strain.
‘Ha.’
In any case, seeing it scream and writhe like this confirmed success.
The tentacle wrapped around Hye Rin had gone limp.
My eyes fixed on her, helplessly falling through the air, and without hesitation I sprinted diagonally to the right.
‘Why would I lose her of all places?’
The tentacle had been so close to its body that if Hye Rin simply fell, she would plummet straight into the Swimming Pool.
‘If it’s raining that hard…….’
That ominous Black Water wouldn’t be ordinary either.
Still, in a way, the Swimming Pool was a blessing.
‘I don’t know if the distance will matter.’
Only one way to find out.
A chill spread across my palm. Without slowing my sprint, I switched the greatsword to my left hand and wedged its tip into the thin gap along the pool’s edge.
In the same motion, I drove hard against the edge with my left foot and swept my other leg wide through the air.
“Please——!”
Crack!
“Got her.”
Please don’t slip through my grip too.
The moment I caught Hye Rin’s falling waist safely.
The sudden added weight sent my entire body lurching downward—like a water ghost had seized my ankle and was dragging me under.
Of course nothing was going to be simple tonight.
“Tch——.”
I clenched my teeth and drove the greatsword’s hilt hard outward. The blade scraped against the tile gap with a sound that made my ears ring.
‘My wrist…….’
A sharp, throbbing pain shot through it. Fearing something would break, I lost my grip on the blade and wrapped my arms around Hye Rin instead.
How many times was I going to feel this way tonight?
We tumbled across the floor, swept along by the pooled, cold, viscous water that carried us sliding away.
Thud!
“Ugh——!”
My back finally hit the wall hard enough to stop us. But I had no time to catch my breath.
The moment my eyes opened, I laid Hye Rin down on the ground carefully and checked her condition.
“Hye Rin.”
Her complexion looked terrible.
I brought my ear down to her nose, her face drained of all color.
“Haah…….”
I felt shallow breath—at least she seemed to have only lost consciousness. Of course, given how delicate she was, there could be internal injuries.
I slumped backward. Whether from all the impacts during those brief moments or simply relief, the strength drained from my body.
“Is it over?”
I spoke the words without thinking, my eyes fixed on the Swimming Pool.
Grrrrruuuuuh—!
“……Damn it.”
I’d just cursed myself into it.
The vibration from the ground was unmistakable. I’d thought the Tracksuit Pouch hitting its core squarely meant it was dying out.
It hadn’t moved at all just moments ago.
“What the hell did it consume?”
How much had this mutation strengthened it to thrash around with such violence?
I knelt on one knee, eyes fixed on the Slime’s body as it thrashed and convulsed again.
‘It’s going to overflow.’
The Black Water that had spread beneath my feet earlier began to slosh against the water’s surface and gradually spilled outward across the ground.
—Kyieeeeeeek—!
With the Slime’s screech, the Black Water enveloped its body and surged upward, taking the shape of a colossal wall that shot toward the ceiling.
My head snapped around desperately, but I couldn’t find anywhere to escape.
Behind me was naturally a sealed wall, and both sides were choked with collapsed debris. On top of that, with an unconscious person in my arms, there was no way I could respond fast enough to anything.
Drip, drip.
“Damn it.”
Black rain now. My Outer Garment, abandoned on the ground ahead, was already steaming white smoke along with an acrid stench from that rainwater.
‘What is it trying to do…….’
If the Foundation and Association are both watching this exercise, it should stay reasonable.
I turned my back to the Swimming Pool, pulled Hye Rin close, and buried her face deep in my chest so it was hidden. Then I fixed my stare on the wall before me.
‘It’s going to be fine.’
It’ll be fine, Ha Ryeong.
Just hold on a little longer. The same as always.
I bit down on my lower lip hard enough to draw blood and waited for the impact.
The acrid smell filled the space, and a searing heat already seemed to prickle against the skin of my back.
Splaaaaaaash—!
The fierce crash of waves echoed sharply into my ears.
I shut my eyes tight by instinct.
How long had it been like that?
…….
I kept my eyes closed and remained perfectly still, yet the pain I’d anticipated never came.
‘What’s going on?’
By now, it should have hurt enough to want to strip away my own skin.
Instead, the fading smell of scorched air and the sudden silence around me only deepened my unease.
‘This can’t be…’
I’d felt something like this before.
A clean, refreshing aura as if stepping into a sacred prayer chamber.
I opened my eyes quickly. A thin dome-shaped barrier filled my vision at once.
“Two lunatics…”
Even after sweeping my gaze across the area, I couldn’t find Seo Do-hyeok anywhere. All I saw was thick rain striking relentlessly against the pale blue barrier.
‘Is he going to pass out like this?’
He must have already spent considerable stamina, but would he be all right?
Protecting nearly ten people up until now had looked deceptively simple, yet it demanded every ounce of his focus. Creating another barrier on top of that, covering such a wide area, was essentially the same as saying he’d be lying flat on his back for a while.
‘I’ve never actually seen someone use it this way before.’
So. I’d ended up in debt not only to Baek Seon-woo but now to Seo Do-hyeok as well.
Just as I let out a hollow laugh, a tremendous rumble shook the ground.
‘It’s a High-Rank Boss after all.’
Its life force was incredibly stubborn.
This meant the core hadn’t dissipated yet. Given that Baek Seon-woo still couldn’t move, it looked like a Melee Dealer would have to step up.
I gently laid Hye Rin on the ground, then repositioned myself to rush in at any moment and kept my eyes on the Swimming Pool.
I was watching for the slightest chance the rain might weaken.
Then suddenly—whoosh—a sharp sound cut through, and the black rain stopped as if it had been a lie.
“What?”
Another Phase?
The moment I thought that, a figure far away came into focus in the suddenly clear sight, then vanished in a blink.
—Shriiiek…….
The Slime’s cry that followed sounded different from before—drained of strength.
What unfolded before my eyes was the Slime’s body, constructed like a black wall, collapsing in an instant and spilling onto the ground. Then it made no further movement.
…….
Silence settled for a long moment.
Even the sound of breathing felt cautious. Perhaps no one could easily speak that one word.
It was the moment I thought that.
“It’s over.”
…….
“Sorry for being late.”
A deep, low voice came from nearby.
C-Rank, Yet All S-Rank Hunters Obsess Over Me
Episode 42
Author
| Seo Yoo-yeon
Published
| March 6, 2026
Publisher
| TaleSix Inc.
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| Cho Geuk
Title Design
| Mallang Kongtteok
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