The S-Rank Warden Devours the Academy - Chapter 7

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Episode 7

In an instant, Creature Pelcon was pinned to the ground, its beak pressed flat beneath a boot.
Screeeee—
The monster wailed, thrashing its head.
“Wh-what just happened…?”
The short-haired hunter muttered, his eyes vacant with shock.
Sa Hyeon looked down at him with contempt and exhaled sharply through his teeth.
“Stop standing there gaping like a fool and clear the area, would you?”
Like a fool?
The short-haired hunter’s pupils trembled, and he was about to open his mouth to protest his wounded pride when—
The monster’s head jerked as it regained its senses.
Crack!
Sa Hyeon’s expression didn’t change. He simply pressed his boot down on Pelcon’s head.
Dust billowed up, obscuring the view for a moment before clearing again.
Creature Pelcon’s skull was crushed into the pavement.
The team leader’s mouth clamped shut once more.
Sa Hyeon smiled thinly.
“Don’t dawdle. Clear everything around here.”
Whoosh—
Sa Hyeon swung his spear in a wide arc, flicking blood from the blade, and added, “You’ve got five minutes.”
“F-five minutes?!”
The team leader’s eyes bulged from their sockets.
Sa Hyeon’s head tilted slightly.
“—Excuse me?”
The team leader found himself blurting out, “Is… is that not enough time?”
Sa Hyeon asked, his foot still pressed firmly on the monster’s beak.
Blood dripped from the spear he held, one drop at a time.
“No, no! Of course not! Five minutes is plenty!”
“Begin.”
“B-begin!!”
The short-haired hunter cried out, his face drained of all color, and spun on his heel.
That was when Hae Sung suddenly grabbed the team leader’s shoulder.
“Wait, team leader! Just one moment!”
“Y-yes?”
“We’ll need radios to coordinate properly with you.”
The short-haired hunter froze mid-stride, then let out a small gasp.
“Ah, right! Of course!”
He was clearly nervous, moving with sharp efficiency.
He didn’t even notice he’d been speaking deferentially to Hae Sung.
He pulled two small radios with transparent earpieces from his inventory and handed them over.
“Since we’re running short on time, I’d better get going!!”
And with that, the short-haired hunter bolted, fleeing the scene like a man possessed.
“Some team leader that is…,” Sa Hyeon sighed, shaking his head.
Hae Sung offered Sa Hyeon one of the radios.
“Sa Hyeon, this is a Guardian Corps radio. You’ll receive live situation reports.”
Sa Hyeon took the radio in one hand, light and easy.
He fitted the earpiece onto one ear.

—Distress signal confirmed from the roof of the Northwest Building.
—B Team moving out.

The Guardian Corps’ rescue status came through clear and crisp.
Sa Hyeon pressed down hard on Creature Pelcon one more time as it began to writhe, then gestured to Hae Sung.
“Go over there and watch how I move.”
“M-me, sir?”
“Don’t want to? You said you’d assist me. If you can’t take down one Pelcon alone, you can’t assist me.”
That’s a pretty harsh standard….
Hae Sung swallowed the complaint, responding instead with crisp military discipline.
“Y-yes, sir!”
Now only Creature Pelcon and Sa Hyeon remained.
Crash—
The monster beat its wings against the ground and slipped free from beneath Sa Hyeon’s foot.
It rose into the air, fluttering its wings, and fixed him with a sharp stare from its single remaining eye.
But Creature Pelcon’s attention wasn’t limited to Sa Hyeon alone.
Its yellow eyes darted greedily across the streets where Guardian Corps members were conducting rescue operations.
“Can’t have any interference.”
The sooner he cleared the area, the sooner this would be over. Sa Hyeon lowered his center of gravity and hurled his spear at the monster again.
Thwack—!
The spear struck true, piercing the creature’s remaining right eye. Creature Pelcon shrieked in agony.
Now it had lost both eyes. From here on, it would have to rely solely on hearing.
“Something usable….”
Sa Hyeon dusted off his empty hands and cast a wide glance around him.
He found something suitable nearby.
A wrecked car abandoned in the street.
He gave the rusted vehicle a hard shove with his foot.
Screeeech—! Crash—
The car scraped across the asphalt with a shrill, grating sound.
The flying vehicle slammed into a half-toppled utility pole, erupting in a tremendous collision.
At the same moment, the monster’s head snapped toward the source of the noise.
It launched its massive body toward the flying car.
Bang! Crash!
Sa Hyeon sprinted down the road, kicking cars in rapid succession as they came into view.
Creature Pelcon pursued him, raking its claws downward with each bound.
But Sa Hyeon evaded each strike with casual ease, almost toying with the creature.
The Guardian Corps members conducting rescue operations often stood dumbfounded watching him, nearly getting caught in the mayhem themselves….

“What are you doing? Move that car over there!”
“S-sorry, sir!!”

At his sharp command, they snapped to attention and moved with renewed urgency.
Fortunately, the rescue operations were proceeding smoothly.

“Confirmed injured persons in the four-lane vehicles.”
“Life signs detected on the third floor of the Northwest Building!”
“C-Team completed rescue of three survivors. All secured safely.”
“A-Team completed rescue of four injured from the north building.”

Radio reports came in one after another.

“Sir, all non-Awakened Ones near the Four-way Intersection have been evacuated!”

Finally, Hae Sung’s voice crackled through.
Crash—!
Sa Hyeon nimbly dodged the claws striking down at him and pressed the transmit button on his radio.
“Now all of you get out of here.”

“Yes, sir!!”
“Withdrawing immediately!”

The Corps members, who had witnessed Sa Hyeon’s rampage while conducting rescue operations, responded with crisp acknowledgment.
As the Guardian Corps vehicles carrying the wounded pulled away, Sa Hyeon exhaled deeply and cracked his neck sharply from side to side.
“Time to finish this.”
He drew another long breath.
Then he shoved the overturned sedan hard toward the center of the Four-way Intersection.
Screeeeeech—!
Metal shrieked against asphalt as the chassis scraped the pavement, a sound that cut through the air.
The car skidded to a stop in the middle of the intersection.
The monster hurled itself after the vehicle like a hawk diving at bait.
Sa Hyeon had drawn Creature Pelcon into the open Four-way Intersection, where sight lines extended in all directions.
In that brief window, he bit down on the edge of his glove and tore it off roughly, then launched himself toward the monster at a sprint.
And in the next instant.
He wrenched the spear free from the creature’s eye socket.
Shrieeeeeek—!
Blood sprayed like a fountain.
The moment Pelcon threw its head back with a howl.
Sa Hyeon adjusted his grip on the spear and drove it relentlessly toward the nape of its neck.
Arterial spray scattered through the air as Pelcon’s cries grew louder.
No matter how violently the monster thrashed, Sa Hyeon’s spearpoint remained fixed on a single target.
The goal: the nape of Creature Pelcon’s neck, where its core lay.
Shrieeeeek—shrieeeeeeek!
Creature Pelcon’s screams rose higher, blood dripping steadily from its neck.
Monsters do not die unless their core is destroyed. And when a monster senses its core is threatened with destruction, it unleashes a final, desperate strike.
This was why Sa Hyeon had ordered everyone to clear the area before engaging Creature Pelcon.
Shrieeeeeeeek—!
The monster charged straight ahead with a howl. Inside its throat, something violet flashed brilliantly.
Creature Pelcon’s core.
“Found it.”
Sa Hyeon, who had been about to dodge, stopped moving instead. The monster’s beak closed in on his face in an instant. He caught the creature’s head bare-handed, stopping its lunge for his throat.
Sa Hyeon’s irises flooded with blood-red light.

[Immortal Nightmare (SS+) skill has been activated!]

Foreign emotions and images flashed rapidly through his mind.
Crack—
Sa Hyeon clenched his teeth hard.
A chill born of dread, fear, and terror wrapped around his entire body.
Shrieeeeeeeek—!
Creature Pelcon felt it too.
Held by the head in Sa Hyeon’s grip.
The creature screamed as though its throat were tearing apart, overwhelmed by the sudden maelstrom of emotion.
Drip—
Blood ran from Sa Hyeon’s ears as well.
And finally.
“It’s over.”
He had found suitable material.
Sa Hyeon’s face broke into a smile of grim satisfaction.
And then.
Whooooom—
A transparent barrier wrapped around the monster and Sa Hyeon.

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Hae Sung stopped in his tracks and turned to watch.
‘What exactly is that man?’
The Association chairman had only told him that Sa Hyeon was someone assigned to the same work. Since Hae Sung was a Non-combat Hunter, he had vaguely assumed Sa Hyeon must also be a Non-combat Hunter. But.
He had positioned himself at a safe distance and observed Sa Hyeon’s combat from afar.
Hae Sung, too, was an Awakened One with heightened senses, so watching Sa Hyeon from a distance was well within his capability.
At first glance his fighting seemed crude, yet Sa Hyeon’s combat was not born of pure strength alone.
First, he analyzed the monster’s characteristics and blocked its attacks. Simultaneously, he disrupted the enemy’s perception, cutting the overall threat level in half. And on top of that, the disorientation created through manipulation of the surrounding environment.
For someone who had only ever witnessed combat that relied on Skills and raw power, it was a fresh sight to behold.
He fought like someone who had engaged in countless battles.
More than that, he’d identified where the core lay without the tedious work of severing the head, and drove his spear through with perfect precision.
It was a battle that no one could execute, no matter how superior their physical stats, without a perfect grasp of the monster’s nature.
‘But at this rate, Sa Hyeon will be in danger too.’
Hae Sung gnawed at his lip.
Sensing the threat to its core, the monster unleashed a final blow.
Creature Pelcon deployed its Desperate Roar.
It was a powerful skill with enough force to destroy everything within a one-kilometer radius.
The reason only one hunter had been capable of facing Creature Pelcon until now was precisely because only that person could withstand such a strike.
In that instant.
Creature Pelcon charged toward Sa Hyeon.
Sa Hyeon, who had evaded with such ease until then, abruptly stopped moving.
“…?! Sa Hyeon—”
The moment Hae Sung cried out in shock.
Sa Hyeon seized the monster’s head.
At the same time, a transparent barrier enveloped both the monster and Sa Hyeon.
Hae Sung’s eyes widened.
‘Did he just activate a skill?!’
Simultaneously, something impossible occurred.
Pelcon, which had thrashed about even after losing both eyes, still struggled while held by the head in Sa Hyeon’s grip.
But why….
“…I can’t hear anything at all?!”
Creature Pelcon was clearly shrieking with its beak wide open.
Yet Hae Sung heard nothing.
As if sound itself had been blocked out.
It had to be Sa Hyeon’s skill.
‘What kind of ability is this?? Space manipulation?? Air control??’
Even Hae Sung, who kept abreast of hunter abilities both domestic and foreign, had never seen such a skill.
Sa Hyeon released the panicked Creature Pelcon’s head.
The monster’s head spun wildly as it gained freedom, and with no idea what to do, it could only open its beak and fire energy blasts repeatedly.
Then Sa Hyeon leaped high into the air.
Crash—
He stepped off a broken Traffic Light Fragment and charged directly toward the monster’s jaws.
Close enough that it would have been no surprise had he been swallowed by the creature’s enormous mouth.
In a single moment, Sa Hyeon’s spear point aimed true at the throat.
The instant he delivered the strike.
Whoosh!
Energy erupted as a violent gust scattered Hae Sung’s hair.
“Ugh!”
Hae Sung raised his arms to shield his head from the incoming debris and dust.
The moment he looked up again as the wind subsided, what appeared before him was….
…….
The space where the transparent barrier had vanished.
A long spear shaft protruded from the monster’s throat.
“…Is it possible?!”
Hae Sung rushed forward as if possessed.
Sa Hyeon withdrew the spear from the monster’s throat without hesitation.
Thud—
The monster plummeted straight down, and the ground trembled from the impact.
On the spear shaft was a crystal the size of a palm.
Creature Pelcon’s core.
The raid was complete.

The S-rank Instructor Devours the Academy – Episode 7

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Baek Lu-ga
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Daon Creative
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