The S-Rank Warden Devours the Academy - Chapter 16

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Chapter 16

Among the annihilated monsters.
“…….”
“…….”
“…Wow.”
In the silence, only Tae Euno’s final gasp echoed across the field.
Yeom Sahyeon’s gaze swept lightly across the faces of those staring at him in a daze.
“At least no one’s dead yet.”
The Association chair had spoken of this Watch as though it were some kind of cure-all.
He descended over the monster corpses, peering down at his wrist with an expression of displeasure.
“Tracking doesn’t work, and it’s just a useless piece of junk.”
“…Oh.”
At his words, Yun Haesung—who had been frozen in place—finally came to his senses first.
“Well, it’s not perfectly accurate, but the location of people wearing the same Watch does show up on a radar display…!”
“…? If something like that exists, you should’ve mentioned it.”
“What? Didn’t I explain that to you?!”
He’d definitely gone over all the Watch’s functions on the way to the Gate!
Yun Haesung protested, aggrieved.
Though he quickly tucked his tail between his legs in the face of Yeom Sahyeon’s momentum.
While Yeom Sahyeon received another tutorial on the Watch from Yun Haesung.
“…What the hell did I just see?”
Go Gyeol muttered, his face drained of all color.
“So many monsters, all at once….”
Ha Jaeyun seemed to have lost his voice, his eyes moving slowly in their sockets.
Monster corpses littered the field. And Yeom Sahyeon stood without so much as a breath out of place.
He merely drummed his index finger against the Watch, his brow furrowed.
It was almost impossible to believe this was someone who had just hunted down over a hundred monsters—he looked far too composed.
Tae Euno had been helpless against even a single one… yet Yeom Sahyeon had dispatched them so effortlessly.
Ha Jaeyun swallowed hard.
“What exactly is his identity…?”
“If he’s that skilled at hunting, he must have a lot of experience. But if he’s a Hunter who hasn’t made it into public knowledge despite that….”
Go Gyeol’s eyes pursued Yeom Sahyeon relentlessly.
“Could he be affiliated with AMSI?”
“AMSI??”
“Yeah. It’s an international cooperative Hunter organization, but there’s almost no information on it since it’s classified. With that level of skill and a Mental Attribute… wouldn’t it be possible?”
“Whoa, that could actually be it…!”
Ha Jaeyun nodded along in agreement.
After all, Mental Attributes were often managed by national or international agencies shortly after awakening due to their danger.
“Of course, from his looks alone, he’d seem more like some crime syndicate boss. But they wouldn’t put an actual criminal on the Academy staff,”
Go Gyeol’s mouth closed as he spoke in a sardonic tone.
“…But he could be a spy or something like that.”
At Go Gyeol’s addition, Ha Jaeyun’s eyes trembled slightly.
“N-no way…!”
As if eager to erase the hypothesis he’d just heard, he turned to Tae Euno and asked.
“Euno, what do you think?”
“…….”
No answer came back.
Tae Euno stood with a blank expression, staring into empty space.
“……?”
Ha Jaeyun and Go Gyeol exchanged bewildered glances.
Wait—could his condition be bad from the earlier injury?
So fixated on Yeom Sahyeon’s prowess, they had forgotten to check on Tae Euno.
“Euno, are you alright?”
Ha Jaeyun looked him over with sudden concern.
The wound Yun Haesung had stanched. Fortunately, it didn’t seem to run very deep.
He was somewhat pale from blood loss, but his condition appeared stable….
“Is he… unconscious with his eyes open?”
Go Gyeol waved his hand in front of Tae Euno’s face.
“…!”
Only then did focus return to Tae Euno’s eyes.
He immediately shouted at Yeom Sahyeon.
“Master! Show me that technique again—just once more!!”
“……? What?”
Yeom Sahyeon blinked back, bewildered.
“I mean, that skill you used before!!”
Tae Euno was relentless.
“I didn’t see it properly…. Agh! It hurts! You maniac!!”
Go Gyeol clamped both hands over Tae Euno’s mouth to silence him.
There were no monsters left. How could he possibly demonstrate it? And if they became the target instead—
“Forget the nonsense and get treatment.”
At Go Gyeol’s suggestion, Tae Euno shook his head defiantly.
“They said if I get treated, the test is invalidated! I’m not doing it!”
“The test itself will be… difficult to continue, won’t it?”
Ha Jaeyun glanced cautiously at Yun Haesung and Yeom Sahyeon.
Yun Haesung had just finished showing Yeom Sahyeon how to use the Watch.
He released a small, troubled sigh.
“Given that a Gate Rank Fluctuation has occurred, continuing the test as planned would be dangerous.”
Then he rummaged through his inventory and produced a potion, extending it to Tae Euno.
“An Emergency Potion. Drink it before the wound worsens.”
“No, I’m fine without… Agh!! Ha Jaeyun, aren’t you going to let go?!”
The sturdy frame of a man seized both of Tae Euno’s arms from behind.
Go Gyeol took the potion instead, uncapped it, and brought it directly to Tae Euno’s lips.
“You just got knocked around like that—what test are you talking about? You still haven’t come to your senses.”
Tae Euno fought back to the last.
But after the two men’s relentless efforts, the potion finally trickled between Tae Euno’s lips.
Yun Haesung watched the color gradually return to Tae Euno’s face and exhaled in relief.
Then he recalled the next problem that needed solving and cast a sideways glance.
Yeom Sahyeon stood with his head tilted, observing the students—his expression suggesting he couldn’t understand why they were acting this way.
Not long after Yeom Sahyeon stepped away, a thunderous roar erupted. And immediately after, the Gate Rank Fluctuation notification window appeared.
He must know something about it.
Yun Haesung chose his words carefully.
“…Yeom Sahyeon. Do you happen to know what caused the Gate Rank Fluctuation?”
“Oh, that.”
Yeom Sahyeon’s brow furrowed slightly.
“It seems to be because of something I did.”
…….
Yun Haesung slowly turned the words over in his mind.
“…What?! You caused it, Yeom Sahyeon?!”
And belatedly grasping the meaning, he gasped.
Yeom Sahyeon began his explanation from the moment he set out to find the Boss.
After hearing the entire story, Yun Haesung fell silent.
His face deep in thought, he repeated Yeom Sahyeon’s final words.
“…You’re saying the Boss consumed a red Demonic Magic Stone.”
Then the spike it had used as a weapon was also from the Boss…?
At Yun Haesung’s question, Yeom Sahyeon raised his eyebrow in confirmation.
Despite how ruthlessly it had been swung, the spike that separated from the Boss remained intact.
Yeom Sahyeon propped the spike against the floor and asked.
“Has there been a similar case before now?”
“No…. There’s never been a Gate Rank Fluctuation caused by a Boss consuming a Demonic Magic Stone. It appears to be an abnormal Gate phenomenon.”
At Yun Haesung’s continued words, a sinew stood out on Yeom Sahyeon’s forehead.
“The Gate was supposedly inspected—how did they miss such contamination?”
They’ve grown soft since becoming president, their skills have deteriorated.
Yun Haesung broke out in a cold sweat listening to Yeom Sahyeon mutter darkly.
“We should probably investigate that Demonic Magic Stone the Boss swallowed.”
Yeom Sahyeon nodded as if in agreement.
“Recover the Demonic Magic Stone and get out of here quickly.”
He spoke as lightly as if he were simply planning to eat and take a walk.
Given the staggering number of monsters he’d just cleared, the “Eliminate 300 Common Monsters” quest would finish in no time.
Once he took down the Boss, it’d be over.
Haesung pulled up the system window.

[Monster Kill Count]
Yeom Sahyeon – 151
Tae Euno – 10
Go Gyeol – 8
Ha Jaeyun – 6
Yun Haesung – 0

“…….”
One hundred and fifty in that brief span.
The gap in power was overwhelming.
…and I couldn’t do anything standing there.
Haesung’s hand clenched into a fist.

Ding-

“…Huh?”
An alert chimed at an unexpected moment.
The window Haesung had opened shifted at the same time.
An identical window appeared before everyone’s eyes.
“W-what?”
“What is it?”
“…Eh?”
Jaeyun and Gyeol, who had been contentedly gazing at their empty potion bottles.
And Euno too, his face twisted in disgust as he worked his jaw over the lingering potion taste, blinked in bewilderment.

[Monster Kill Count]
??? – 1
Yeom Sahyeon – 151
Tae Euno – 10
…….

A new entry had been added to the system window.
Sahyeon’s brow furrowed.
“What the hell is this.”
Someone had entered the Gate.
Haesung’s face showed the same confusion—he had no idea what was happening.
“Could it be backup?”
When unexpected situations arose within a Gate, higher-ranked Hunters often arrived for emergency support.
But…
Euno tilted his head.
“Question mark?”
Why wasn’t a name showing?
There were only two reasons a name wouldn’t appear in the system window.
Either the Awakened hadn’t registered with the Association, or they hadn’t received Gate entry clearance.
The former was extremely rare, so odds favored the latter.
“There are exceptions for emergency situations, after all.”
Given how abruptly everything had unfolded, it might take time to process the authorization.
Haesung scratched his cheek, his expression uncertain.

Ding-
Ding-

The kill count began climbing rapidly.

[Eliminate monsters.]
[E-Rank or higher – 177/300]
…….
[E-Rank or higher monsters: 191/300]

Gate Quests had been accumulating steadily as well.
“It’s convenient that this is working out.”
Yeom Sahyeon let the brief observation slip.
It seemed a fairly competent one had entered.
‘At this level, he’d be in the upper tier even among A-Rank.’
At this rate, I could handle the Boss Quest too….
‘…Wait.’
Yeom Sahyeon’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.
“If I finish off the Boss, that’ll be a problem.”
He needed to recover the Demonic Magic Stone from the Boss’s body in intact condition.
Besides, he had to find out what happened in the water and ransack the Boss’s mind as well.
“Ah! You’re absolutely right!”
The moment Yun Haesung suddenly looked up.

Kwoom-CRAAASH!

“……!”
“……!”
A roar entirely different from before thundered out.
The sound of something exploding.
The Boss—Yeom Sahyeon and Yun Haesung turned their gaze toward the source of the noise.
Ha Jaeyun cried out, his face drained of all color.
“It, it’s getting closer!”
Yun Haesung spoke urgently.
“Let’s contact the support unit first. It’ll be better to exchange information about the situation.”
His eyes narrowed gradually as he activated the Watch’s location radar.
“That’s… strange.”
“What now.”
At Yeom Sahyeon’s question, Yun Haesung’s rigid gaze shifted stiffly.
“…The radar isn’t picking up any location signal.”
A Watch is standard equipment that any certified Hunter must carry.
The fact that its signal couldn’t be detected meant….
‘Things are getting interesting.’
Yeom Sahyeon adjusted his grip on the Thorn and quirked the corner of his mouth upward.
“Can’t let some stray pick it off.”
Before Yeom Sahyeon could move, Yun Haesung keenly pointed in the direction of the sound.
“Head to the left!”
Yeom Sahyeon gave a casual nod and glanced back at Yun Haesung and the students.
“Going ahead.”
This was a Gate crawling with high-tier monsters.
If the fledglings just huddled together, there was no telling what disaster might befall them—better they stay close.
“Keep up on your own.”
Yeom Sahyeon left the words behind and moved swiftly.
And finally.

Hisssss—GRRROWWWL!

The Boss, reunited not far away.
It was nothing like what he’d seen moments before.
“It was modest enough then.”
Yeom Sahyeon clicked his tongue in displeasure.
What had looked like a lizard had now swollen into something like a colossal dinosaur.
Its muscle-bound frame, covered in scales, had bulged grotesquely, and crimson venom dripped steadily from the spikes that covered its entire body.
In the midst of combat, the Boss bled from its neck as it spewed fire indiscriminately into empty air.
Yet oddly, the Boss seemed unable to fix on what to attack.
‘So it got a boost in physicality but kept the same intelligence.’
Yeom Sahyeon thought without concern as he drew in a sharp breath.
‘Prey exists, but where’s the hunter?’
He surveyed the terrain around him.
A cactus fifty meters to the left, a massive boulder on the right.
Had to be one of them.
‘Well, doesn’t matter either way.’
Now that he’d located his target, there was only one thing that mattered.
Slicing open the lizard’s belly and extracting the stone it had swallowed.
Yeom Sahyeon was about to charge at the Boss.
“……!”
He instinctively raised the Thorn in a defensive stance.
The next moment, something slammed into him head-on.
Crash—
A violent impact resonated through the Thorn.
Only then did the source of the collision become visible.
Yeom Sahyeon fixed his gaze on the uninvited intruder.
‘…A cheetah?’
Gleaming yellow eyes, a body covered in spotted markings.
Snarl—
And long, razor-sharp fangs clamped around the Thorn.
The monster shaped like a cheetah drove Yeom Sahyeon backward with even greater force.
‘At minimum A-Rank.’
It was vastly different from the monsters he’d been facing moments before.
In a burst of effort, Yeom Sahyeon shoved the cheetah away.
Crack—
The Thorn split clean in two.
The monster bounded backward, landing lightly on all fours.
Low growl—
It crouched, watching warily.
Yeom Sahyeon studied the unwelcome visitor intently.
An A-Rank monster in a B-Rank Gate….
“Where the hell did you crawl out from?”

S-Rank Instructor Devours the Academy — Chapter 16

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Baek Ru-ga
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