The S-Rank Warden Devours the Academy - Chapter 83

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Episode 83

“Guiding a group of student visitors—must be pretty bored, then?”
Yeom Sa-hyeon spoke with a flat, unimpressed gaze.
Kim Do-gyeong finished his meal only after cleaning his plate completely, including the side of boiled pork he’d ordered, then set down his spoon with a satisfied air.
“More or less. I mainly maintain the barrier, and occasionally head out to the Training Facility to coach the trainees.”
……
That seemed like it would be manageable enough.
Yeom Sa-hyeon exhaled with a hint of envy, then finally set down his spoon as well.
Kim Do-gyeong glanced sideways at Sa-hyeon’s bowl.
His eyebrows lifted slightly.
“Doesn’t suit your taste?”
It barely looked as though he’d touched it—scarcely different from when the server had first brought it.
“Not really.”
Sa-hyeon leaned back against his chair and answered flatly, prompting Hae-seong to scratch his forehead and hurriedly interject as if to make excuses.
“Ah! The restaurant I thought you’d enjoy isn’t really on our route, but I promise to take you there next time!”
“A grown man with a child’s palate, it seems?”
Kim Do-gyeong clicked his tongue, then puffed out his chest with unwavering confidence.
“Next time, we’ll go to a place I know well! Despite how I look, I’ve got years of experience living here, so I know all the local hidden gems!”
“Well, we’d certainly appreciate that!”
Hae-seong’s face brightened considerably.
Tae Eun-o, who’d been contentedly patting his belly and insisting he was stuffed, joined in with a cheer of his own.
“Wow, a true S-rank guide! This is amazing!”
“Ha! That guy’s got a genuine, straightforward personality!”
The mood had turned warm and cheerful.
“Feels like we’re actually on a vacation…”
Sa-hyeon crossed his legs with visible indifference.
“Come on, what’s wrong with that? It’s not every day an Awakener gets a legal chance to visit Jeju Island, so might as well enjoy it while we’re here, right?”
Kim Do-gyeong locked eyes with Sa-hyeon, pressing for agreement.
Sa-hyeon turned away with a dismissive look.
Meanwhile, Tae Eun-o, who’d been watching the two of them intently, narrowed his eyes and asked.
“Teacher, do you happen to know Hunter Kim Do-gyeong well?”
“Hardly.”
Sa-hyeon furrowed his brow firmly.
Thereupon, Go Gyeol tilted his head and offered his own observation.
“But you two speak to each other so naturally, without honorifics…”
“Well, there was a bit of a mix-up at the airport, wasn’t there? Since my mistake caused this man some trouble, I figured I should make it up to him—”
Kim Do-gyeong lifted the corners of his mouth in a smooth, evasive smile.
Though Sa-hyeon’s brow furrowed once more at that casual response, Kim Do-gyeong paid it no mind, casually untying the apron from around his neck and rising to his feet.
“All right, everyone’s had their fill—shall we head out?”

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“Wow, the view here is incredible!”
Tae Eun-o turned his head eagerly, face alight with excitement.
The vast Research Complex stretched directly alongside the sea.
“The buildings on the seaside are mostly spaces for the trainees, and the inner sections are mainly research facilities!”
True to his word, Kim Do-gyeong began his tour from the entrance of the Research Complex, moving through it methodically while offering thorough explanations.
Ha Jae-yun gazed out at the expansive landscape, murmuring to himself.
“Something about this feels like a military base…”
“It actually is—they converted a naval base to build this place.”
Go Gyeol, walking alongside him, answered in his stead.
Though he’d studied the information about the Jeju Island Training Facility thoroughly beforehand, the feeling of seeing it firsthand was entirely different.
Being a state security institution, detailed information wasn’t publicly available anyway.
Sa-hyeon trailed behind the group at a leisurely pace.
‘If anything, this feels more familiar to me.’
A salt-tinged sea breeze swept through, tousling his hair.
A landscape that bore stark contrast to the flashy, ostentatious appearance of the Academy.
Unlike the Academy Sports Field with its neat lawn, dust rose here from the earth.
Most of the buildings had been cleanly reconstructed, but traces of time showed through the worn concrete walls exposed in places.
“—And that’s the Gate you’ll be tested on Friday!”
Do-gyeong gestured with his chin toward an open area not far from the research building.
There, a massive Gate roughly fourteen meters high rippled with a deep blue light, emanating an overwhelming presence.
“Wow, it’s huge!!”
Eun-o’s eyes gleamed as he dashed forward eagerly.
“Whoa… wow…”
Jae-yun too let out an involuntary gasp at the overwhelming scale.
The closer they drew, the more impossibly vast the Gate appeared.
Go Gyeol tilted his head back fully, his expression stunned as he muttered.
“…Doesn’t this seem bigger than the Gate we went to last time?”
“For a D-rank, it’s on the large side, yes!”
Do-gyeong shrugged with a grin.
Hae-seong, observing the Gate intently with curious eyes, spoke up.
“The facilities here are incredible!”
Massive structures were densely installed in all directions around the Gate as its central axis, with Mana Carts moving busily back and forth.
The traces of unlimited budget poured into logistics and mana control were evident everywhere.
“The byproducts found inside are quite lucrative!”
Do-gyeong’s lips curled slightly as he added with a mysterious tone.
“Though the clear conditions are rather tricky, to be fair.”
“Come on, a D-rank should be easy!”
Eun-o spoke with supreme confidence.
But Go Gyeol said nothing, merely wetting his lips that had begun to dry.
‘If an S-rank Hunter like Kim Do-gyeong calls it tricky… what level of difficulty are we actually looking at?’
Most Gates disappear immediately after being cleared.
Because of this, Hunters had to brave risks during their assault and harvest as many byproducts as possible.
But this Gate was different.
Under the Association’s direction, raids were regularly organized and cleared, yet it never vanished.
As a result, safe additional harvesting was possible each time a clear was completed.
Even when the raiding party escaped the Gate, the interior reset entirely, allowing a fresh clear from the beginning.
The Association had begun squeezing this place periodically like an endless spring.
It was a rare phenomenon, one that could be counted on one’s fingers worldwide.
“It’s certainly unusual.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon offered a brief observation.
‘The Association must be raking in quite a bit of coin from this.’
Fitting that assessment, the interior of the Training Facility was quite efficiently designed.
The spacious indoor complex ranged from Physical Arts to Sword Arts, Spear Arts, and even Characteristic Techniques.
Dedicated halls were perfectly segregated to allow training in diverse disciplines.
There was even a training chamber where high-purity Mana Stones allowed one to indirectly experience various debuffs.
A system optimized for real combat had been designed with meticulous care.
“Wow~ I want to train here too!”
Eun-o’s mouth fell open in admiration, and Do-gyeong laughed with satisfaction, crossing his arms.
“Exactly, right? This whole system was built on my consultation, you know!”
‘Better than the unnecessarily flashy Academy, at least.’
Yeom Sa-hyeon silently agreed.
Kim Do-gyeong was stationed in the rear by nature, but it seemed his wealth of practical experience had played a role.
Hae-seong let out a small exclamation.
“There are quite a lot of trainees…!”
As they entered the Sword Arts Training Hall, which appeared to have been created by remodeling a grand auditorium, Hae-seong murmured with a bewildered expression.
There, a dozen or so trainees dressed in identical black combat uniforms were engaged in training.
‘There are this many Awakeners in the Association?’
Hae-seong made no attempt to hide his confusion.
After graduating from the Hunter Academy, he had taken the official civil service exam and joined the Association.
But these trainees had a different starting point.
Unlike the typical route of enrolling in the Academy upon Awakening, they were immediately placed under national affiliation.
While the exact details remained undisclosed, it was known that they were selected primarily for rare Traits that could potentially be misused through improper methods.
These individuals, educated under the Association’s management, were mostly trained as covert Hunters—Black Operatives with hidden identities.
‘In some ways, Yeom Sa-hyeon might be the same…’
Though in Sa-hyeon’s case, it seemed he was simply choosing not to reveal his identity.
Just as Hae-seong fell into thought, Kim Do-gyeong broke the silence with a measured tone.
“While you’re staying here, you’re welcome to participate freely in classes and training! I’ve got just the person to help you out—”
He let out a low hum and pointed toward a corner of the training hall.
“Yeah, that one looks perfect.”
Do-gyeong uncrossed his arms and called out.
“Hey, Kang Yisoo!”
His booming voice echoed through the hall.
The other trainees who’d just noticed Do-gyeong bowed respectfully to him.
But one trainee, who’d been wielding a wooden sword, froze mid-motion and slowly turned.
Whoosh.
With a fluid motion, she sheathed the wooden sword, then approached with measured steps.
A trainee with a sharp bob cut and a cold, expressionless face.
“You called, Kim Do-gyeong?”
“Yeah, say hello! This is Kang Yisoo, third-generation trainee, A-rank. You’ll be training together while you’re here.”
“Oh, A-rank? What’s your Attribute?”
Unable to contain his curiosity at Do-gyeong’s introduction, Tae Eun-o asked.
A prospective Black Operative’s Attribute—Go Gyeol was just as curious, holding his breath as he waited for the answer.
But Yisoo answered firmly.
“I’m afraid I cannot speak freely about my Attribute.”
“Aw, come on. That’s no fun.”
When Eun-o raised his eyebrows as if disappointed, Do-gyeong laughed heartily and waved his hand dismissively.
“Ah, you two don’t need to worry—and besides, you’ll figure it out soon enough once we start training together anyway.”
As Do-gyeong spoke with easy confidence, Yisoo finally let out a quiet sigh of resignation and spoke curtly.
“Mental-type.”
“…! Mental-type?!”
Eun-o’s eyes widened.
Gyeol’s brow furrowed in surprise as well, and Ha Jae-yun’s reaction was much the same.
Hae-seong’s too.
A Mental-type Awakener—the rarest and most difficult to control among all Awakeners.
‘The same type as Yeom Sa-hyeon…?!’
Hae-seong’s gaze naturally drifted toward Sa-hyeon, who stood at an angle with his weight on one leg.

S-Rank Instructor Devours the Academy – Chapter 83

Author
Baek Ru-ga
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