The S-Rank Warden Devours the Academy - Chapter 5

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Episode 5

Boom—!
A violent tremor shook through the establishment.
“Aaaahhh!”
“Kyaaaaaahhh!”
Screams erupted from every corner of the restaurant.
Tables and chairs rattled. Food scattered across the floor. The lights flickered ominously. A tremor this violent could only mean one thing….
“Don’t tell me it’s already—!”
Hae Sung rushed to the window.
Sa Hyeon’s gaze snapped toward the intersection.

– Ahhh!
– Kyaaaahhh—!
– Get out of the way!!

The peaceful street had become a war zone.
People scattered in every direction, faces twisted in panic.
Sa Hyeon’s ashen eyes followed the direction of their flight.
“There.”
At the center of the intersection.
A black fissure hung suspended in the air above the city, as if the sky itself had split open.
And the gap was expanding in real time.
“A Sudden Gate….”
Following Sa Hyeon’s stare, Hae Sung murmured in a daze.
A tremor this violent the moment a Gate appeared could mean only two things.
Either a Monster Wave was detonating and pouring out hordes, or a high-rank monster was emerging.
“This is bad!”
Hae Sung tapped his wrist device several times, then jumped to his feet. He raised his Hunter License high around his neck and shouted.
“Everyone, a Sudden Gate has appeared ahead! Move immediately to the nearest Evacuation Shelter! There’s no time! Move quickly!”
Hae Sung positioned himself at the doorway, helping direct the crowd’s escape.
While he guided people to safety.
Sa Hyeon stared unblinking at the Gate forming in the void, drained the last of his drink, and muttered without emotion.
“That tiresome thing again.”
The fissure was already taking on the shape of a proper Gate.
Around it, a powerful wind howled, creating a whirlwind.
Kuuuuung—!
Another tremor struck—twice as violent as the first.
So intense that even Hae Sung, an Awakened One, staggered.
Thick dust rained down from the ceiling as if it might collapse at any moment.
In that instant.

Keeeeeeeeek!!

An ear-splitting shriek tore through the air.
A sound so sharp it could shatter eardrums.
People evacuating simultaneously clapped their hands over their ears and collapsed to their knees.
Through the widening fissure, a massive shape became visible.
A beak curved wickedly sharp, eyes gleaming yellow. And that tear-inducing cry.
Hae Sung’s face drained of color as he looked up toward the source of the sound.
“A Falcon?!”
An Aberrant Bird Form—a bird-based Mutant Monster.
It was forcing its enormous head through the fissure to squeeze through the narrow opening.
Judging by the size of the head and beak visible so far….
“It’s at least A-rank….”
“A-rank?!”
Sa Hyeon and Hae Sung spoke at the same moment.
“?! How did you know, Sa Hyeon—?”
I’ve been rolling around in monster fields for years—there’s no way I wouldn’t recognize this.
Sa Hyeon shrugged, and Hae Sung’s eyes widened before he began tapping his own cheeks repeatedly.
“Ah, no. This isn’t the time for that.”
The fissure was opening completely, and at any moment a monster could come pouring out.
“…This is maddening! Every B-rank and above flying-type hunter has been dispatched!”
Hae Sung ground his teeth and stamped his feet, then shouted at Sa Hyeon.
“Sa Hyeon! I’ve already put in a support request to the Hunter Association, but they say there aren’t enough hunters available to send reinforcements—it’ll probably take time. I think we’re going to have to do something ourselves….”
Hae Sung exhaled a short, deep breath, then spoke rapidly again.
“Let me share the monster’s status window with you first!”
The moment he spoke, a bright blue window materialized before Sa Hyeon’s eyes.

[Record Share (A+) skill has been activated!]
[Loading data…]

“A skill like this exists?”
It appeared Hae Sung possessed a skill that allowed him to share information he knew with others.
Soon a blue window appeared before Sa Hyeon’s eyes.

[Monster Information]
Name: Creature Falcon
Rank: A+
Characteristics: Resembles a common hawk, but distinguished by its enormous size and rapid mobility.
Its primary hunting method is to compress and fire ultrasonic waves with great force, numbing the target’s hearing.
[Estimated to be approximately 20 meters in size]

By sheer mass alone, its threat level far exceeded that of a typical A-rank monster.
The plus sign beside its rank was no accident.
Screeeeeeeech!
The cry grew louder.
In the meantime, the fissure widened further, and one of the Creature Falcon’s wings was already protruding through.
Then Sa Hyeon’s wrist vibrated.
His watch screen flashed brightly.
It was a response to the support request.

[Flying-type hunters will arrive in 30 minutes]

“You’ve got to be joking.”
Sa Hyeon let out a hollow laugh.
Thirty minutes was enough time for this entire area to be reduced to rubble.
By now, even the monster’s other wing was jutting out from the fissure.
The situation was on a knife’s edge.
“Sa Hyeon, please take the civilians to the evacuation shelter for now.”
Hae Sung spoke with grim resolve, then strode purposefully into the establishment.
The interior was a mess, with tables and chairs scattered chaotically everywhere.
Hae Sung picked up a long kitchen skewer.
A long metal tool shaped like a rod.
He gripped the skewer firmly with both hands and turned back to Sa Hyeon.
“I’ll do whatever I can to hold out until the combat-type hunters arrive.”
Hae Sung steadied his grip on the skewer, his expression resolute.
“Right.”
An office worker with zero combat experience, armed with nothing but a metal rod, facing the Creature Falcon head-on.
Sa Hyeon let out a dry chuckle.
“So you want to die a dog’s death?”
“…Excuse me?”
“Hell. This is a problem. I’m supposed to drag around someone who doesn’t know anything.”
“What?”
Hae Sung’s determined expression crumbled in an instant.
“You. Don’t do anything. Just watch how I handle this.”
“??”
Sa Hyeon looked down at Hae Sung and clicked his tongue in disapproval.
“Have you seen my brother?!”
A student rushed toward the two of them, face wild with panic.
It was a familiar face—the older sister of the boy Sa Hyeon had scolded moments earlier.
Hae Sung looked up sharply, startled.
“He’s gone?”
“Yes, yes.”
The sister nodded, tears streaming down her face.
“We were trying to leave together, and when I heard the monster’s cry I covered my ears, but then I lost my grip on his hand… and while everyone was rushing out, he just disappeared. It happened so fast, I—”
Panic-stricken, she rambled incoherently.
Hae Sung pressed a hand to his head.
“I didn’t see him leave… which means he’s still in here!”

* * *

Tables and chairs lay overturned, ceiling debris scattered everywhere. Hae Sung and the sister called out the boy’s name, searching through the wreckage of the restaurant.
“Eun Woo!!”
The child was found wedged between fallen tables.
A small boy with a tear-streaked face, ears covered by his trembling hands.
The sister ran to him and pulled him into her arms.
“What are you doing here!”
“I got scared and hid under a table….”
The child spoke through barely suppressed sobs.
“At least you’re not hurt.”
Hae Sung exhaled with relief.
The boy’s face was a mess of tears and dust, but he bore no visible injuries.
“The nearest evacuation shelter is the subway station. Get there quickly.”
At Hae Sung’s urging, the sister and brother nodded.
The moment they clasped hands and turned toward the restaurant door—
Whoosh—crash!
“Aaaahhh!”
“Waaaahhh!”
A violent gust tore through, and the windows shattered into countless shards. The sister hugged her brother close while Hae Sung wrapped himself around them both, shielding them.
Flutter!
A body more massive than a freight truck.
Creature Falcon spread its two wings wide.
Keeeeeeeeeech—!
A shriek erupted—sharp as a blade, incomparably worse than before.
Blood trickled from the sister’s and the boy’s ears.
“Waaahhh!”
The child cried out in agony.
And in that instant, the monster’s gaze turned toward them.
Creature Falcon was a monster that hunted primarily by sound.
It had reacted to the boy’s cry.
“Run! Run now!!”
Hae Sung shoved the siblings forward.
Flutter—
But it was already too late.
The beak angled directly at them.
Creature Falcon dove like a fighter jet, its trajectory merciless.
‘There’s no escape.’
Everyone in that moment felt it instinctively.
The Falcon’s charge was powerful enough to obliterate an entire building. Even if they ran, they would be caught in its wake.
As they squeezed their eyes shut—
Boom! Whoosh—
The monster’s movement ceased.
A violent wind swept past them, and Sa Hyeon’s dark hair whipped wildly in its wake.
Then silence.
“Damn thing sure knows how to screech.”
“……?”
At the sound of Sa Hyeon’s voice, Hae Sung carefully lifted his head, still shielding the child.
“Hah….”
He exhaled the breath he’d been holding as he took in the sight before him.
Sa Hyeon, gripping the creature’s massive beak.
He turned back toward Hae Sung, his voice steady and measured.
“Watch carefully. For monsters that attack using sound waves, neutralizing the vocal organs comes first.”

Physical attributes could always be improved through training.
It would take time, certainly.
But if I could develop even one capable fighter, my own workload would only decrease.

“And then—”
Sa Hyeon pushed off the ground without hesitation, launching into the air.
What followed happened in an instant.
Crash—boom!
Sa Hyeon, spinning mid-air, drove his foot directly into the creature’s skull.
The massive form flew through the air helplessly.
Crack-crash-crash-bang!
The asphalt road tore and buckled as the Creature Falcon skidded across it and slammed into the ground.
“Wow.”
Hae Sung let out an involuntary gasp of admiration.
“Just sending it flying like that—that’s easy.”
Sa Hyeon touched down lightly.
“That’s the fundamental principle of monster subjugation. Block the attack based on its nature, then counter. Remember it.”

S-rank Instructor Devours the Academy Episode 5

Writer
Baek Ru-ga
Publisher
Daon Creative
Planning / Editing / Production
Yoon Tae-ri
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ⓒ2026, Baek Ru-ga

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