The S-Rank Warden Devours the Academy - Chapter 81

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Chapter 81

“Wow, how are we supposed to break through this?”
Tae Eun-o pressed his face against the window in wonder.
As the blue barrier drew closer, its solidity and strength became all the more apparent.
Go Gyeol observed it carefully before answering.
“Apparently the aircraft has a special item that lets us pass through.”
“Oh, if it can pierce an S-rank barrier, it must cost a fortune!”
Tae Eun-o glanced around the cabin, then turned to Lee Ha-je with a grin.
“More than six hundred million won, you think?”
Of course, Lee Ha-je simply turned his head away, pretending not to hear.
“Mark my words, Lee Ha-je—one day I’ll tear that thing apart and find out.”
Tae Eun-o snorted defiantly.
Meanwhile, Ha Jae-yun, who had been staring silently out the window, swallowed hard.
“We’re almost there….”
“! Finally!”
The moment Tae Eun-o’s body tensed with anticipation—
Whoooosh—
The aircraft passed through the blue veil.
Thud.
The fuselage shuddered violently.
At the same moment, a strange sensation pressed heavily through their bodies.
Pins and needles shot through his limbs, and Tae Eun-o clenched and unclenched his fists, grumbling.
“Ugh, this feels completely wrong. Are we sure the engine isn’t blowing up—maybe it’s us?”
“…Yes, w-what?”
Ha Jae-yun’s eyes widened in alarm.
“That’s not possible.”
Go Gyeol let out a short breath and spoke.
“It’s an awakener scan.”
“A scan?”
…….
It seemed he’d completely forgotten the theory lesson from last week. Or perhaps he’d never paid attention in the first place.
Go Gyeol shook his head with a wry expression and sighed faintly.
“That’s why the barrier was set up in the first place….”
Jeju Island was an area with an unusually high rate of marine Gate emergence.
A constantly active barrier had been established to prevent any monsters from creeping onto the island.
But the problem was that this barrier also blocked the entry of awakeners with monstrous-level magical power.
To pass through the barrier, an awakener needed an item capable of neutralizing the barrier skill.
That was precisely why awakener airline tickets cost far more than non-awaker fares.
“—Even with the item, the moment an awakener enters the barrier, they get completely scanned by Hunter Kim Do-gyeong. It’s to filter out any wanted criminals or monsters.”
Only then did Tae Eun-o let out a genuine exclamation of awe.
“Wow… that’s an absolutely broken skill.”
“Hunter Kim Do-gyeong really is something….”
As Ha Jae-yun stood slack-jawed, Go Gyeol nodded in agreement.
“The 1st generation really is in a different league.”
With Gates tearing open and countless awakeners emerging, hunters capable of surpassing them were few and far between.
‘I wonder how many awakeners in the world could maintain a barrier this massive.’
Kim Do-gyeong—a 1st generation hunter and the nation’s only S-rank defensive awakener.
He’d known the man was impressive, but not to this extent.
Now that he’d felt the skill firsthand, the pressure it exerted was beyond imagination.
Gradually, the aircraft’s altitude decreased.
With a loud screech of friction, the plane touched down on the runway.
Before the cabin door had even opened, Tae Eun-o was already waiting at the exit, and he was the first to set foot on Jeju Island.
“We’re finally here~!”
“Hah, the airport barely looks different!”
Hyeong-won drew a deep breath and stepped forward, taking in his surroundings with a nostalgic gaze.
He had visited Jeju before the Gates broke open, and everything felt new again through that old memory.
“Ah, Eun-o! I have the travel permits, so we need to stay together!”
Hae-seong called out urgently toward Tae Eun-o, who was already pulling ahead.
As he hurried after Tae Eun-o and turned the corner, something stopped him cold.
“Eun-o, …what?”
Hae-seong came to an uncertain halt.
Tae Eun-o stood motionless before him.
A group in uniform blocked the path ahead.
“Pardon me, but I’d appreciate your cooperation for a moment.”
“Huh? What kind of cooperation?”
“Um, what exactly is this about…?”
Hae-seong studied the agents’ weapons hesitantly.
Magical guns emanating a faint magical aura, and the words “Special Security Team” emblazoned across their chests.
‘The Special Security Team—that’s the hunter strike force.’
Normally, showing a travel permit when entering Jeju Island was all it took to pass through.
But for the Special Security Team to suddenly swarm in and block the way like this….
Hae-seong’s mouth hung open in bewilderment.
One by one, the others who’d been following caught up.
“Is there some kind of problem?” Jae-hyeok asked, frowning as he approached.
Behind him, Jun-hyeon trudged along, grumbling.
“Why aren’t we moving?”
“…It’s not that we’re not moving. It’s that we can’t.”
Tae-jun, spotting the Special Security Team belatedly, murmured the observation.
Go Gyeol, jaw clenched, spoke to Tae Eun-o as if ventriloquizing.
“So, what did you do this time?”
“I swear I didn’t do anything!”
Tae Eun-o protested, his face the picture of wounded innocence.
“…What is it now?”
Yeom Sa-hyeon, stationed at the very rear, narrowed his eyes with an air of irritation as he walked forward.
That was when it happened.
“Much obliged for your trouble.”
A man parted through the agents and came into view.
“Wh—wh—wh—what?!”
Tae Eun-o’s eyes widened progressively.
Forearms covered in tattoos, bulging muscles straining against the uniform as if ready to burst.
Tae Eun-o pointed at the imposing, scarred figure and cried out like he’d seen a ghost.
“The 1st generation hunter Kim Do-gyeong?!”
“!”
“What?!”
“It really is!”
Stunned exclamations erupted from all directions.
“Well, well.”
Kim Do-gyeong raised an eyebrow wryly.
“Pointing right in someone’s face? That’s rude.”
He lifted an arm like a log and gently pushed down Tae Eun-o’s outstretched hand.
“Now, which one would that be…?”
Kim Do-gyeong’s fierce eyes swept methodically across Yeom Sa-hyeon’s group.
His pupils, suffused with faint blue magical light, came to rest at a single point.
“You there, the tall one.”
Kim Do-gyeong jerked his chin toward the back of the formation and began walking smoothly forward.
The pressure radiating from an S-rank hunter caused the students to instinctively part left and right.
Kim Do-gyeong stopped before someone.
“? Teacher Sa-hyeon?”
Tae Eun-o exhaled in confusion.
Kim Do-gyeong, hands buried in his pockets, studied Yeom Sa-hyeon steadily.
His eyebrows rose slightly.
“Yeah, that’s right.”
Kim Do-gyeong forced out his most cordial tone.
“How about we talk somewhere quiet for a minute?”
…….
In the instant Yeom Sa-hyeon met his gaze with calm eyes—
Lee Ha-je stepped forward smoothly.
“What on earth are you doing, barging in without so much as stating your business?”
He was reaching out to block Kim Do-gyeong’s path when it happened.
Bang!
“!”
Just before Lee Ha-je’s hand could touch Kim Do-gyeong.
Blue magical power flashed in the empty air.
As though he’d struck a solid wall, Lee Ha-je’s arm rebounded uselessly.
“Ah, sorry about that, student. Didn’t mean to.”
Kim Do-gyeong’s apology rang hollow—not a trace of genuine remorse in his tone.
……
Lee Ha-je’s eye narrowed sharply.
“Wow….”
Ha Jae-yun let out a short murmur of amazement, and the students began to whisper among themselves.
Hyeong-won swallowed a gasp of shock.
“Wait, you’re telling me you just blocked Lee Ha-je like that? Jun-hyeon sent him flying with one blow.”
“…Well… it wasn’t quite one blow.”
Tae Eun-o shook Go Gyeol’s shoulder, equally astounded.
“Wait, aren’t they both S-rank? You practically swatted him like a fly!”
“Not all S-ranks are created equal, you know?”
Kim Do-gyeong grinned with ease and winked at Lee Ha-je.
“If you’re losing to a pup like me, you should retire while you still can.”
Lee Ha-je’s gaze turned glacial.
“Would you like me to retire you right now?”
“Oh, how frightening.”
It was as Kim Do-gyeong casually goaded him on, scraping at his composure.
“Enough with the banter.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon added curtly to the group, his voice laced with weariness.
“All of you, head on ahead.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon lowered his hand from his temple and met Kim Do-gyeong’s gaze directly.
In that instant, the playful smile that had lingered on Kim Do-gyeong’s face began to fade, turning cold.

* * *

Airport interview room.
Thud.
The moment the door closed, Kim Do-gyeong launched into an assault.
“Who the hell are you?”
Yeom Sa-hyeon narrowed his eyes without answering.
‘…Could he have figured it out?’
The flicker of doubt dissolved quickly.
Judging by the wariness in Kim Do-gyeong’s eyes, it didn’t seem he’d seen through his disguise.
Yeom Sa-hyeon finally relaxed his expression.
‘True enough—the old man saw my real face once, but Kim Do-gyeong never has.’
“You bastard, when someone talks to you, you answer, don’t you?”
Kim Do-gyeong stepped closer, his tone menacing.
Despite the low, growling edge to his voice and the furrow of his brow, Yeom Sa-hyeon didn’t so much as blink.
‘Let’s see what he has to say first.’
His composure was almost insulting against the force of Kim Do-gyeong’s presence.
“Who, me?”
When Yeom Sa-hyeon responded flatly, Kim Do-gyeong ran a hand sharply through his short hair and exhaled heavily.
“Your identity. Just to be safe, I checked your hunter registration certificate. But everything was blank.”
Kim Do-gyeong thrust his phone forward pointedly.
Yeom Sa-hyeon’s hunter registration certificate filled the screen.

[Name: Yeom Sa-hyeon]
[Occupation: (Restricted), Combat Class A Professor at the Hunter Academy]
[Rank: (Restricted)]
[Attribute: (Restricted)]

“What the hell are you that everything’s restricted?”
“It’s written right there. Academy professor.”
“You’re joking.”
Kim Do-gyeong let out a hollow laugh and slowly raked his gaze up and down Yeom Sa-hyeon.
“I don’t know what the Association was hiding you for, but one thing’s clear to me. You’re rotten to the core.”
‘Well, he’s not wrong about that.’
After all, only department heads from each agency could access that information.
When Yeom Sa-hyeon raised an eyebrow without expression, Kim Do-gyeong fixed him with a searching stare and spoke.
A faint blue light began to shimmer in his pupils once more.
“There’s an awakener frequency that only those who enter my barrier can feel. Each awakener has a unique resonance, like a fingerprint.”
“…Frequency?”
At the familiar word, Yeom Sa-hyeon’s brow furrowed ever so slightly.
Unaware of this reaction, Kim Do-gyeong continued.
“There’s only one circumstance where two people share the exact same frequency.”
Kim Do-gyeong extended a single finger.
“Either it’s you yourself.”
He raised another finger.
“Or you forcibly absorbed that person’s power.”
……
Only then did Yeom Sa-hyeon understand the situation.
Why Kim Do-gyeong, who didn’t recognize him, was so suspicious of his identity.
“Because I’m sensing a very familiar person’s frequency coming from you.”
Kim Do-gyeong closed the distance as if to grab him by the collar.
“But that person is already dead, isn’t he? We couldn’t even find a body.”
……
“Then the conclusion is obvious.”
Kim Do-gyeong was convinced that I must be connected to that incident.
“So what the hell are you?”
In Kim Do-gyeong’s blue-tinged eyes, a sharp killing intent flickered and churned.
……
Yeom Sa-hyeon fell silent for a moment.
It wasn’t entirely off the mark.
To quickly dispel these baseless suspicions, revealing his identity would be faster.
But there was something more important right now.
A clue that could unravel the problem that had been plaguing him recently.
If the frequency that Kim Do-gyeong sensed wasn’t limited only to human awakeners….
Yeom Sa-hyeon slowly opened his lips.
“Can you sense Mana Stone frequency too?”
“…What?”
At the unexpected question, the murderous glint drained from Kim Do-gyeong’s face in an instant.

S-Rank Instructor Devours the Academy Chapter 81

Author
Baek Ruga
Publisher
Daon Creative
Planning / Editing / Production
Yun Tae-ri
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