The S-Rank Warden Devours the Academy - Chapter 114

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Chapter 114

A tepid wind swept across terrain where rocks jutted up at irregular intervals.
Yeom Sa-hyeon raised his wrist to check the watch display.
Beep, beep.
The GPS route Hae-seong had sent him flickered in real time.
‘Ever since they divided the Combat Zone into separate areas, foot traffic has dried up completely,’ he thought.
Dense forest canopy and vines creeping up the walls of ruined buildings.
Over the abandoned village landscape, nature was reclaiming its ground.
‘The terrain isn’t bad.’
Plenty of places to hide.
Just then, he caught a faint disturbance—something nearby scrambling urgently to conceal itself.
Sensing Yeom Sa-hyeon’s presence, it had instinctively bolted for cover.
But there was no need to look closer.
It was too weak to use for training material.
Yeom Sa-hyeon strolled through grass-grown paths, cataloging each presence around him one by one.
Beyond the brush to his left, a single creature holding its breath.
‘This one’s far too weak.’
Deeper in, something perched high in a tree.
Swift, but faint in power.
‘Lee Yu-wol would find that too easy. Tae Eun-o could handle it just right.’
He surveyed the other direction as well.
Below the soil, a burrowing type.
Irritating to deal with—good enough for training, perhaps, but too trivial for A-rank students.
‘Choosing the right material is labor in itself….’
The moment Yeom Sa-hyeon clicked his tongue.
A rustle.
A very faint sound grazed past.
Crimson eyes flickered between the undergrowth.
“…….”
Yeom Sa-hyeon’s head turned slowly.
His ash-grey eyes narrowed as he quietly swept his awareness through the brush.
Unlike the other lower-grade creatures, this one radiated a distinctly heavier presence.
A smile curved across Yeom Sa-hyeon’s lips.
“That should do.”
He drew his gloves taut at the fingertips and murmured quietly.

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“Wow—it really is huge! Feels just like a safari!”
Tae Eun-o let out a long exclamation of wonder.
Beyond the iron gate entrance lay the vast expanse of the Practice Ground.
Akinonyx, standing beside Lee Yu-wol, couldn’t hide its excitement either.
Having encountered an open field where it could run freely after so long, its tail stood rigid and trembled with anticipation.
Hae-seong, watching the sight with approval, stepped forward to address the students.
“Now, everyone. You see the zone division here, yes?”
He raised his hand and pointed toward the massive entrance.
Large letters marked on the signboard.
There were two practice ground entrances in total.
E-Zone and D-Zone.
Go Gyeol, quickly grasping the meaning, nodded.
“Monster grades, I take it.”
The E-Zone housed E-Grade Monsters, and the D-Zone housed D-Grade Monsters.
“Correct. We’ll be entering the D-Zone.”
At Hae-seong’s words, Tae Eun-o let his brows droop in disappointment.
“Aw, and here it’s the second semester’s first practical exercise—only D-Grade?”
Grrrr-screech—
Just then, the iron gate to the D-Zone opened with a thunderous roar.
In-yeong walked out through the slowly closing door.
“Teacher!”
Tae Eun-o called out cheerfully.
As Yeom Sa-hyeon approached, adjusting his gloves, even Lee Yu-wol’s expressionless face brightened.
“Right on time.”
Sa-hyeon stopped beside Hae-seong and swept his gaze across the Combat Class A students lined up before him.
The students bowed in unison.
Sa-hyeon acknowledged them with a slight raise of his eyebrows, then opened his mouth slowly.
“Today’s task is simple.”
Hae-seong and the students all perked up their ears.
“Detect Mana to find Monster locations, then eliminate them.”
Brief and straightforward.
Go Gyeol spoke in a low voice.
“Mana Detection—that’s what we learned in theory class today, isn’t it?”
“Yes, that’s right….”
Ha Jae-yun nodded slightly.
Only Tae Eun-o tilted his head as if hearing it for the first time.
“? We learned that?”
“That’s why I keep telling you not to space out during class….”
As Go Gyeol tutted and reluctantly recapped the lesson for Tae Eun-o, their voices serving as background noise, Ha Jae-yun cautiously raised his hand.

“Um, Teacher… is this the same method as when we found the Boss Monster’s core before?”
“Similar, but this time you’ll need to rely only on sensation, so it’ll be trickier.”
Sa-hyeon explained in a dry tone.
Having caught a quick summary from Go Gyeol, Tae Eun-o bustled about, eager to test what he’d just learned.
“Then we don’t need any further explanation.”
Sa-hyeon pressed on without hesitation.
“Today is Individual Combat. Time limit: two hours. Each of you handles twenty Monsters and bring back just the cores.”
Go Gyeol and Ha Jae-yun exclaimed at the same time.
“…What?!”
“Solo—twenty of them?”
Sa-hyeon spoke without a hint of concern.
“D-Grade is perfectly manageable.”
“But….”
Go Gyeol’s lips moved as if he had much to say.
No matter how D-Grade they were, combining Mana Detection with combat meant time was desperately tight.
And they had to collect cores too.
To succeed within the window, each Monster would get only six minutes—find it, defeat it, and harvest the core all within that span.
‘…Still have to do it though.’
Go Gyeol’s eyes went slack with resignation.
He’d learned over the past few months that arguing with Sa-hyeon was futile, so acceptance was the only path.
Sa-hyeon slipped a hand into his pocket and curved his lips upward.
“There’s a Bonus too, so search carefully.”
“A Bonus? What’s that?”
Tae Eun-o’s eyes sparkled with curiosity.
“You’ll have to figure it out with Mana Detection.”
Sa-hyeon added with an enigmatic smile.
“The Bonus counts for ten Monsters, so hunt hard for it.”
“Oh, so just two more and I’m done?”
Tae Eun-o’s lips curled into a grin.
As if his earlier gloom had never existed, fresh eagerness blazed back into his eyes.
“…Ten Monsters just get waived?”
Go Gyeol’s pupils trembled at the ill omen that had returned.
Whatever it was, he was handing out points worth ten Monsters.
There was no way it would be anything gentle.
“I don’t know what it is, but I’m dying to find out. Some kind of hidden Monster?”
Only Tae Eun-o, oblivious to the danger, rubbed his palms together excitedly.
Sa-hyeon added one final remark.
“Last thing: fail to finish in time, and you’ll do the rest of the lesson with Hae-seong.”
“Huh? Why do I….”
Hae-seong, caught entirely off-guard, blinked in confusion.
But somehow, Yeom Sa-hyeon’s threat didn’t land.
“I actually like the other classes, too….”
“Me too! Aren’t we learning from you, Professor?”
Ha Jae-yun and Tae Eun-o spoke up, their eyes bright with enthusiasm.
Lee Yu-wol’s opinion seemed no different—she nodded quietly in agreement.
Yeom Sa-hyeon let out a hollow laugh, as if exasperated.
“I’m sending you all to Ji Jae-hyeok’s combat technique class.”
“That… shouldn’t we mention it to Professor Ji first?”
Hae-seong spoke nervously, but Yeom Sa-hyeon brushed it aside as unnecessary.
Go Gyeol shook his head, muttering as if lamenting.
“……There’s not a sane person among us.”
Among the students’ flat murmurings—indifferent now that it wasn’t Yeom Sa-hyeon’s class—
“We start right now.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon approached the massive iron gate of the D-Zone.
Grrrring—
The heavy door yielded easily to his hand.
The Practice Ground landscape, hidden behind the iron bars, came into full view.
Click.
Yeom Sa-hyeon pressed the timer button on his wrist watch.
“Then, class begins.”
“Going first!”
Before Yeom Sa-hyeon’s words had even finished, Tae Eun-o pushed off the ground and bolted forward.
“Me too, me too!”
Ha Jae-yun sprinted ahead with his fists clenched, and Go Gyeol followed close behind, jaw tight.
“Ugh. Two hours of brutal practice……!”
Unlike the other students rushing ahead, Lee Yu-wol stood before Yeom Sa-hyeon and bowed respectfully.
“I’m going, Master.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon answered with only a slight raise of his eyebrows.
Then he gestured toward the back of the summoned creature—Akinonyx—already darting eagerly into the field with Tae Eun-o.
“Don’t rely on Akinonyx for everything.”
“Yes, of course.”
Lee Yu-wol bowed deeply once more, then dove into the Practice Ground at a brisk pace.
Once all the students vanished from sight, Yeom Sa-hyeon too began walking inside slowly.
Behind the gradually closing door, Hae-seong hurried after him.
‘So we’re going in with them!’
He’d naturally assumed they’d be watching from the observation post outside.
Hae-seong walked alongside Yeom Sa-hyeon with a bewildered expression, matching his pace.
Then he carefully broached the question that had been lingering at the back of his throat.
“Sir, was that bonus you mentioned… referring to you……?”
“…?”
A startled look came back at him.
Hae-seong rubbed the tip of his nose with an embarrassed smile.
“…I guess not.”
He’d been curious too about what bonus Yeom Sa-hyeon had meant.
“If anyone catches me, it’s not a bonus—they get my professorship on the spot.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon chuckled softly, his tone tinged with a sigh.
‘A method worth trying later on.’
He walked at an unhurried pace, pushing through the vegetation.
“I need to hide the prey as much as possible. Otherwise it’ll be too easy.”
“…Ah!”
Hae-seong belatedly grasped Yeom Sa-hyeon’s intent and let out a small exclamation.
Yeom Sa-hyeon added flatly.
“And don’t stand around dazed—practice with me.”
“Yes, understood!”
Now that he thought about it, he’d only known the theory; he’d never actually applied it in real combat.
Hae-seong took a deep breath and focused all his senses on detecting the Mana in the surroundings.
A faint presence—barely perceptible.
……
Multiple Monsters were hiding throughout the field.
‘…Once they sense Sa-hyeon’s presence, they burrow deeper and tighter.’
If this continued, the students’ lesson difficulty in rooting out the hidden creatures would only increase.
Hae-seong exhaled a silent admiration, his footsteps following in Sa-hyeon’s wake—when it happened.
Sa-hyeon’s stride halted abruptly.
“What is it, sir?”
Hae-seong, trailing behind, stopped short as if hitting sudden brakes.
……
Sa-hyeon did not answer.
He simply turned his head slowly, staring intently at the path he had just walked.
A foreign presence flickered past in a flash.
Its quality was utterly unlike the small fry they’d encountered so far.
The corner of Sa-hyeon’s mouth twisted upward.
‘So something’s rolled in uninvited….’
His ash-grey eyes gleamed cold.

S-Rank Instructor Devours the Academy Chapter 114

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Baek Ru-ga
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