The S-Rank Warden Devours the Academy - Chapter 55

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Episode 55

Murmurs rippled through the students watching down at the Sports Field.
“Hey, did you hear? Four against one?”
“A professor facing three A-ranks and one S-rank simultaneously? That’s insane.”
“Has to be bluster. A professor is at best A-rank anyway—it doesn’t add up.”
“Right? Just look at Yu Wol earlier. S-ranks are on a different level. She was crushing Jiseong too.”
“…Hey, hey. Jiseong’s right there….”
“! Oh….”
Mouths snapped shut.
The students glanced nervously at each other and shuffled backward.
“…….”
Tendons stood taut across Jiseong’s knuckles as he gripped the window frame.
‘…Just hold on. Not much longer now.’
Drawing a short, steady breath, Jiseong turned away without hesitation.
Meanwhile, Kang Moo-gun stood staring down at the Sports Field, his eyes glazed over.
“…A Master Craftsman Weapon, you said…?”
Then suddenly, he lurched forward as though ready to dive straight out.
“I want to be in A-rank too!!”
“No! Hey, Kang Moo-gun! This is the fifth floor!?”
Ryu A gasped and yanked him back by the collar.
“How did you even pass the test when you talk like that about sitting out a semester?”
“Honestly, equipment at a Master Craftsman’s level is worth sitting out for!”
Kang Moo-gun raised his voice indignantly.
“…I mean, that’s fair, but…”
Ryu A’s words trailed off.
Conflict flickered in her eyes for a moment.
A snort erupted from nearby students.
“Come on, that’s ridiculous.”
“How would a parachute professor like him get his hands on a Gwak Cheol-jung Master Craftsman Weapon?”
“Exactly. If he had it, he’d use it himself. Why hand it off to a student? It’s not like it’s chicken or pizza.”
Snickers and laughter rippled through them.
“…….”
Ryu A closed her lips in silence.
‘…It seems real, though.’
Which is exactly why Kang Moo-gun was drooling like this.
‘We went to Gwak Cheol-jung’s workshop ourselves, you idiots!’
But she couldn’t risk a careless slip—not knowing what kind of retaliation Yeom Sa-hyeon might inflict.
That day he’d followed her, those bone-chilling squats came to mind.
‘I can’t become a deadbeat Hunter….’
So she simply let her eyes fall quietly to the Sports Field below, glistening slightly.

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Yeom Sa-hyeon loosened his wrists lightly.
Bone and cartilage crackled softly.
“Time’s short, so we start now.”
“Understood!”
“Yes, Master.”
“Yes, yes….”
“…Hope this goes okay.”
As the four of them answered, Yeom Sa-hyeon turned his gaze casually to the side.
“Hae-seong, you watch the time.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Hae-seong straightened up hurriedly.
‘I just need to analyze their movements as usual.’
As he organized his role in his mind, Yeom Sa-hyeon added a note.
“This time, watch my movements carefully—not theirs.”
“Y-yes, I understand.”
Hae-seong nodded reflexively, though a small doubt bloomed in his mind.
Wasn’t this supposed to be Skill-focused training?
He’d thought this session would cover how to apply those Skills effectively.
‘Why does he want us to watch Yeom Sa-hyeon’s movements?’
“Just give me a moment.”
Hae-seong manipulated his Watch.
Time setting: five minutes.
Four pairs of eyes tracked the movement of his fingertips.
His index finger hovered over the timer’s start button.
“Begin!”
Before Hae-seong’s word had even finished.
A sharp crack split the air.
The atmosphere erupted.
Tae Eun-o launched first.
Wind Blade.
A Wind Slash streaked toward Yeom Sa-hyeon.
Yeom Sa-hyeon twisted his body, letting the attack slip past.
“Tch, damn it!”
Tae Eun-o’s curse had barely faded.
Crackling electricity split the air.
Archinox descended upon them.
“Hey, I said avoid the vital points!”
Yu Wol’s urgent cry cut through the chaos.
Lightning speared toward Yeom Sa-hyeon’s neck, fast and precise.
It appeared the Summoner hadn’t coordinated this attack with the others.
“Still a long way to go.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon tilted his head lightly, and the electricity dispersed harmlessly through the air.
In that instant, Go Gyeol burst from where he’d been hiding in Archinox’s shadow.
Go Gyeol unleashed a spinning kick toward Yeom Sa-hyeon.
But—
“——”
Yeom Sa-hyeon vaulted lightly off the ground, using Go Gyeol’s head as a spring, and evaded the strike entirely.
Yeom Sa-hyeon hung suspended in midair.
An opening.
“Go Gyeol, watch out—!”
Ha Jae-yun leaped high and drove his fist downward toward Yeom Sa-hyeon.
A soft thud.
Yeom Sa-hyeon pushed off from Go Gyeol’s head, using the momentum to shift his trajectory.
“——”
Go Gyeol’s balance shattered.
As Yeom Sa-hyeon redirected using the recoil, Ha Jae-yun’s descending fist found only empty air.
A tremendous boom—!
Ha Jae-yun’s punch cratered the ground beneath him instead.
Dust exploded upward.
Barely thirty seconds had elapsed.
“Wow….”
Hae-seong let out a dazed exclamation.
Yeom Sa-hyeon had slipped through every attack without breaking a sweat.
While the students poured everything into their assaults, Yeom Sa-hyeon seemed to be merely stretching, moving with effortless grace.
The situation didn’t improve as time wore on.
If anything, it descended into utter pandemonium.
“Ow! Tae Eun-o, what are you doing there?!”
“What do you want me to do?! That demon cat keeps throwing lightning, and I’m getting zapped!”
A low growl rumbled through the air.
“I’m so sorry! Did I step on your tail?”
Their attack patterns crossed, they collided with one another.
While Yeom Sa-hyeon simply evaded their strikes, they ended up dealing damage to each other instead.
“This is complete madness….”
Yeom Sa-hyeon simply slipped away from them all with the ease of someone entertaining children.
Buzz—
Hae-seong’s watch vibrated sharply.
“One minute remaining!”
“Ugh, we’re really still stuck with a full minute?”
Go Gyeol wiped his mouth with his sleeve.
His breathing had grown ragged, his momentum broken.
Yet through it all, Hae-seong’s gaze never once left Yeom Sa-hyeon.
The rotation of his shoulders, the direction of his eyes, the placement of his feet, even his breathing.
Buzz.
Hae-seong’s wrist chimed softly.
“Ten seconds remaining!”
The moment Hae-seong’s voice fell,
Yeom Sa-hyeon’s movements shifted.
Straight ahead.
He drove through the incoming wind pressure from Tae Eun-o without hesitation.
Thud.
His hand struck deep into Tae Eun-o’s abdomen.
“Gah!”
Tae Eun-o doubled over.
“Didn’t eat that long ago, blegh…!”
Yeom Sa-hyeon swept past Tae Eun-o as he staggered and gagged.
His eyes were already fixed on the next opponent.
Ha Jae-yun rushed in with Skill coursing through his raised fist.
Seizing the opening, Go Gyeol lunged for Yeom Sa-hyeon’s back.
‘Just a touch…!’
Go Gyeol dropped low, reaching his hand toward Yeom Sa-hyeon’s spine.
Yeom Sa-hyeon ran forward without a glance.
He caught Ha Jae-yun’s arm as it swung toward him.
In one motion, Yeom Sa-hyeon twisted his body at an angle and pulled Ha Jae-yun’s arm forward.
“Uh—ugh!”
Ha Jae-yun’s body lurched forward and crashed down.
“!! Wait, Ha Jae-yun!!”
Ha Jae-yun landed directly on top of Go Gyeol.
The two tangled forms rolled across the ground.
Crash!
Then Archinox roared.
From its front paws striking the earth, electrical current spread across the ground.
A net of electricity bloomed in all directions, but Yeom Sa-hyeon didn’t dodge—he simply ran across the current.
Crackle, crackle-crackle-crackle—!
Electricity detonating beneath his feet.
Yet Yeom Sa-hyeon’s expression never wavered.
“……!”
Yu Wol’s eyes, perched atop Archinox, widened in shock.
Yeom Sa-hyeon closed the distance.
His arm locked around Archinox’s neck.
Then he rotated smoothly, as if sliding—
Crack!
Yeom Sa-hyeon’s heel drove into Yu Wol’s torso.
“Ugh.”
Yu Wol barely managed to brace with both arms, but couldn’t absorb the force and flew backward.
And from that rebound, Yeom Sa-hyeon’s foot crushed down on Archinox’s body.
Screech—
The massive creature slammed flat against the ground.
“…….”
“…….”
“…….”
“…….”
Four figures and one Summoned Beast sprawled across the Sports Field.

Beep-beep-beep, beep-beep-beep.

In the silence, a timer went off.
“Oh, five minutes are up.”
Hae-seong’s lips parted a beat too late.
“So nobody managed it in the end.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon tossed the words out lightly, brushing dust from his hands.
The Sports Field fell quiet.
From the Classroom Building, where students pressed against the windows watching, vacant murmurs escaped.
“…what did we just see.”
“That wasn’t training—it was just one-sided pummeling…?”
Hae-seong found himself equally speechless.
No matter how many times he watched, those movements were miraculous.
Ordinarily, a person would instinctively sense the possibility of a counterattack and hesitate at some point.
But Yeom Sa-hyeon’s every motion came without a trace of doubt.
That said….
‘…I hope the others are all right.’
“Ugh, urgh…!”
Tae Eun-o lay prostrate, retching helplessly.
Yu Wol sprawled across the grass in complete disarray. Archinox nudged her repeatedly with his snout, urging her to dispel him.
“Huff, huff! I’m sorry, brother!”
Ha Jae-yun only just realized Go Gyeol was pinned beneath him, then scrambled to his feet in alarm.
‘We’ve got the theory lecture coming up….’
Hae-seong was reaching for the First Aid Kit with a worried expression when—
“Hae-seong, you saw it properly?”
Yeom Sa-hyeon approached, cracking his neck side to side.
“Yes! I watched intently from beginning to end without missing a thing.”
Hae-seong nodded.
He read each movement in advance by following his opponent’s gaze.
There were no wasted motions whatsoever.
It would be a long road before Hae-seong reached that level himself, but he could at least grasp something of that sense.
“That’ll do then.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon left a brief remark and moved toward the students who were still unsteady on their feet.
“From now on, you’ll do this training morning and evening.”
“T-twice a day?!”
“…damn it, you want us to do this twice in one day?”
“Ughhhh.”
“…!”
Shock rippled through them.
Yeom Sa-hyeon added matter-of-factly,
“Not with me. One-on-one with each other.”
In that instant, the tension that had stretched taut through the air slackened.
“Phew. Well, that’s a relief….”
“I know. We dodged a bullet.”
“…not with the master, then. What does he…”
“Urgh.”
A collective sigh of relief swept through the students.
Yeom Sa-hyeon added,
“You join in too, Hae-seong. You can oversee things as well.”
Hae-seong stiffened as if struck by a thunderbolt.
“…Pardon? Me too?!”
“Just do like what you saw.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon gave a light shrug.
“It’s unarmed sparring, so it shouldn’t be too hard.”
Easy for Yeom Sa-hyeon, perhaps, but….
‘…so that’s why he had me watch his movements.’
Hae-seong’s lips twitched upward helplessly.
‘I shouldn’t have been worried about the others.’
The crow had finally split its legs.
“However.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon opened his mouth.
Gulp.
Ha Jae-yun’s throat bobbed sharply.
“If you end up facing me again without warning and it goes like this….”
Yeom Sa-hyeon’s gaze descended cold upon the prone students.
“Then it won’t end with just bruises.”
“…!”
“Ugh…!”
“Blech.”
Apart from Tae Eun-o, who was retching, everyone held their breath beneath Yeom Sa-hyeon’s pressure.
Go Gyeol exhaled sharply.
“…We’re screwed.”
It seemed they’d picked the wrong opponent this time too.

S-rank Instructor Devours the Academy Episode 55

Author
Baek Ru-ga
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Daon Creative
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