I'm a C-Class, but All the S-Classes Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 67

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Episode 67
I look like a walking snowman.
White crystalline shards clung to my jet-black athletic suit so thickly that brushing them away by hand was practically useless.
‘Well, let’s not worry about that for now.’
Looking up, the sky remained vast and distant—nothing but the sheer cliff faces on either side within view.
‘The signal… damn it.’
A bitter laugh escaped through gritted teeth.
Not even static came through, and when I tapped the screen of the device on my wrist with my index finger, it didn’t respond.
‘Did it break?’
There was clearly a crack running along one edge of the small screen.
I irritably swept my frost-stiffened bangs back from my face.
“Hell.”
Here I was, alone and apparently filming my own survival show. Just let out a dry laugh—I was utterly isolated, after all.
I rubbed the stiffness from the back of my neck and surveyed my surroundings.
‘But shouldn’t it be this quiet?’
For a gorge, the silence was uncannily profound.
Instead of fierce wind, only a bleak, biting cold hung in the air.
By the lessons I’d learned so far, this kind of quiet meant something was definitely wrong.
A dull throb started behind my eyes as I felt my body move on instinct, taking a step forward.
‘But still, how could…’
How could there be no broadcast signal at all?
The collapse had been so violent, and if the instructors were monitoring, they should’ve sent some kind of signal by now.
All I heard was the crunch of debris beneath my feet.
‘Something’s definitely off.’
I shoved both hands into the pockets of my outer jacket.
Rolling a small, round object beneath my palm, I started moving forward slowly.
‘What could it be?’
Honestly, I hated overthinking things like this, but… could this be another round of high-intensity training?
The more I turned over Cha Yu-hyeon’s words—the ones that came to mind the moment I fell—the less I liked how coincidences kept piling up.
That was when my gaze, fixed on the ground, lifted toward what lay ahead.
Thud.
The earth beneath me vibrated faintly. In the same instant, a dark silhouette emerged from the white expanse.
‘That’s definitely not human.’
I slowed my pace and narrowed my eyes, and the thing’s form grew clearer.
A towering height—easily over three meters—and a massive, brutish frame.
“…This is insane.”
A body covered in sharp white crystals, and in one enormous hand, a great greatsword that dragged across the ground as it moved.
I stopped dead in my tracks, listening to the grinding friction of the dragged blade, and could only stare in stunned silence.
Each time it took a step, the white crystals cladding its body collided with one another, amplifying a piercing sound.
‘Is that… an ogre?’
[ The Guardian of Tae-won drops the dessert it was about to place in its mouth to the floor, then snaps its gaze toward the Arbiter of Truth. ]
[ The Guardian of Tae-won clenches its teeth, muttering that it’s easily an S-Class specimen—a match for the Contractor. ]
[ The Arbiter of Truth, noting what the Contractor holds in their left hand, gives the Guardian of Tae-won a light shrug. ]
‘I need it, I need it…!’
You Academy people, you’re watching this, right? High-intensity training or not, this isn’t right…
I poured out complaints that would never reach them.
‘This is just unbelievable.’
Frustrated, I gathered my hair back again and tried to think clearly. Right—this thing was brutishly simple.
The blade looked like it was carved from stone and harder than mine, with crystals packed densely across its broad surface. It would just swing that greatsword like a club.
A deep thud echoed.
Then those two massive, chalk-white feet came down hard on the ground.
‘With that bulk, it would just tear a person apart.’
A single stomp of one leg would crush someone without even time for a scream.
I traced my gaze up the thick leg before me, my head tilting back naturally, though it only made my neck ache.
I rolled my eyes and quickly scanned my surroundings.
‘Evasion should be possible.’
The gap between the cliff faces was narrower than I’d expected.
Though, of course, it only looked that way because of the ogre’s massive frame…
—A low, guttural growl.
At that moment, a rumbling snarl came from right in front of me, as if something were being torn from a throat. Then it dragged the tip of the greatsword it had left behind across the ground toward me.
I furrowed my brow and began shuffling backward, one slow step at a time.
‘This isn’t about getting the first strike in—that’s not the real problem here.’
I had to get away, pure and simple. If I did, maybe I’d stumble across my teammates by sheer luck.
That was the moment the Ogre adjusted its grip, holding the Greatsword like a baseball bat.
I covered my mouth with both hands and suddenly tightened my core, just as though I were an enemy.
“……Kyaaaah!”
[ The Guardian of Tae-won tilts its head, asking if the Contractor was really just now feigning fear. ]
[ The Arbiter of Truth says that even the Contractor’s soulless scream is endearing, and nods its head a couple of times. ]
While the Constellations’ mocking laughter kept pouring down from above, I was already running full-tilt with my back to them.
Thump, thump!
Even as I stole quick glances over my shoulder, the beast was still charging after me, the Greatsword held in that same baseball-bat stance, shaking the earth with each thundering step.
‘Seriously—what is this, some kind of reality show?’
And because of that, I couldn’t run at full speed. The instructors were definitely watching my every decision and move right now.
‘It’s just a Mock Monster, after all.’
Even if it was supposedly S-Class on paper, its actual power was something you’d have to see to believe.
So maybe I should finish it before running into my teammates. If the radio was dead, I couldn’t afford to burn through all my energy here.
That was when I was passing the spot where I’d tumbled out of the sand pile a while ago.
“Huh.”
Something up ahead suddenly caught my eye.
‘The ground’s been uneven, hasn’t it?’
The moment I spotted something hook-shaped jutting up from the ground, my scattered thoughts crystallized as if cold water had been dumped over my head.
[ The Guardian of Tae-won lets out a hollow laugh, saying that the old saying “there’s no law that says people have to die” fits perfectly. ]
Taking confidence from the Guardian’s remark, I deliberately slowed my pace. Then I let my legs go slack and caught my foot on the hook.
“Eek!”
Damn it.
I never thought I’d have to hear my own voice produce such a bone-chilling scream in my entire life. A wave of shame washed over me along with the heat creeping into my ears.
I couldn’t bring myself to lift my head as I lay there awkwardly sprawled on the ground.
‘Focus, Ju Ha-ryeong.’
This kind of acting might be the least of the hard parts, after all.
The moment the heavy footfalls stopped with a dull thud, my body flinched. And in that instant, I felt a sour, fetid wind sweep hard across the back of my head.
‘I’m showering the second this training ends.’
Enduring the deeply unpleasant breeze, I quietly drew my legs up, preparing to rise.
Please—let the timing be on my side just one more time.
That was the moment when a massive shadow, like something that could pulverize anything into tissue paper, loomed directly over my head.
Bang! Crack.
“Ugh—!”
The violent tremor rippled through the ground again.
I forcibly rolled my body forward in a tumble and opened up distance in one fluid motion. Then I spun on my heel and fixed my gaze forward.
From the spot where I’d been lying just moments before, thick gray smoke was billowing out in thick clouds.
‘Please tell me that didn’t fail……’
I definitely heard the sound of it being stepped on too.
[ The Arbiter of Truth smiles with satisfaction, then picks up a teacup with a leisurely gesture as though to say there’s nothing to worry about. ]
Seeing the Arbiter’s remark, I was finally able to catch my breath.
Of course—the thing the Ogre had stepped on was the Smoke Bomb that the Arbiter had given me as an essential item.
The smoke was now spreading in all directions through this narrow ravine, making it nearly impossible to maintain visual contact. The monitoring cameras scattered around here would surely be getting interference from it as well.
[ The Arbiter of Truth states the duration is precisely four minutes, and taps the Guardian of Tae-won’s arm while looking at the Contractor. ]
[ The Guardian of Tae-won lets out a deep sigh while looking at the spilled tea on the table. ]
I slowly got to my feet and brushed the dust from my hands.
In that moment, I saw text fill my vision—something I hadn’t seen in quite a while.
C-Class, yet all S-Class Constellations are obsessed with me
Episode 67
Author
| Seo Yu-yeon
Published
| March 6, 2026
Publisher
| Tail Six Corporation
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| Choguk
Title Design
Mallang Kong-tteok
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© Seo Yu-yeon, 2026
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