The S-Rank Warden Devours the Academy - Chapter 90

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Chapter 90

Do Gyeong folded his arms and jerked his chin toward Yeom Sa-hyeon.
“That sword from before—can I take a look at it?”
Yeom Sa-hyeon’s eyes narrowed.
The sudden request struck him as odd, and in the moment he was about to regard Do Gyeong with indifference, a single clue flashed across his mind.
Yeom Sa-hyeon opened his Inventory and drew out the Thorn Sword he’d stashed away just moments before.
“This one?”
“Yeah.”
Do Gyeong nodded, and Yeom Sa-hyeon tossed the blade to him with a casual flick.
Do Gyeong caught the incoming hilt lightly.
“Where’d you pick this up?”
“Got it as a Gate reward.”
“…A Gate?”
He rubbed his jaw, examining the blade with close attention.
Yeom Sa-hyeon watched him intently, then asked casually.
“What, you’re sensing that same frequency here too?”
“…!”
Do Gyeong’s eyes widened.
“How’d you figure that out?”
“If an Awakened can sense it, you’d naturally be able to feel it from an item too, wouldn’t you?”
Yeom Sa-hyeon shrugged with ease.
“…Sharp.”
Do Gyeong let out a hollow laugh, then muttered in bewilderment.
“It’s strange—usually you don’t feel much from items, but this one’s different.”
His eyes grew keen as he studied the blade.
“It’s faint compared to what I’d feel from an Awakened, sure, but the sensation is twisted and warped—makes it hard to pin down exactly.”
Do Gyeong turned the sword over in his hands, murmuring to himself.
Yeom Sa-hyeon made a low, thoughtful sound and tucked his hands into his pockets.
‘With that level of Detection Ability, it’d definitely be useful when tracking the Warped Mana Stones.’
If Do Gyeong could sense vibrations even from items that came out of a Gate, tracking the original Warped Mana Stone would be far easier.
A spark of interest flickered in Yeom Sa-hyeon’s eyes.
‘Might be worth coaxing him with the Deputy Director’s pass if the chance comes up.’
As he rolled this over in his mind, Do Gyeong tilted his head and handed the Thorn Sword back.
“Anyway, since the energy’s unstable, be careful using it inside the Gate.”
“Not like I’m planning to use it this time anyway.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon carelessly tucked the sword back into his Inventory, and at that moment, Jae Hyeok, standing at the head of the line, furrowed his brow and tapped his wristwatch.
“What are you doing? We’re already a minute behind.”
“Is someone going to fine me for being late?”
Yeom Sa-hyeon turned around, his tone edged with a sigh.
Do Gyeong watched his retreating figure as he strode toward the Gate.
He cleared his throat.
Then he deliberately raised his voice.
“Professor Yeom?”
“?”
Yeom Sa-hyeon furrowed his brow in a ‘what now?’ expression, turning his head slightly.
Do Gyeong smirked and spoke.
“Your master was worried about you.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon stopped dead in his tracks.
Do Gyeong tilted his mouth and spoke with casual ease.
“Take care of yourself—don’t go recklessly throwing yourself around like you usually do.”
……
Yeom Sa-hyeon’s eyes tightened almost imperceptibly.
‘…He really doesn’t miss anything.’
Yeom Sa-hyeon clenched his teeth and looked back at Do Gyeong.
In truth, it was an obvious development.
From the moment he’d sought out Yeom Chul, this situation had been foreseeable all along.
The heavy silence was broken by Tae Eun-o’s urgent voice echoing from the Gate entrance in the distance.
“—Yikes! Teacher Yeom! If we’re any later, Teacher Jae Hyeok says he’ll dock points from our class!!”
“Hah, at this rate I’ll get all my disciples disqualified.”
Do Gyeong jested lightly and gestured toward the Gate.
“We’ll discuss the rest once we’re outside.”
…….
Yeom Sa-hyeon narrowed his eyes wordlessly, then released the tension from them and let out a weary breath.
“Fine then.”
He left the words hanging and began walking forward again, slowly.

The moment he joined the cluster of students and Jae Hyeok, Tae Eun-o visibly relaxed, pressing a hand to his chest as though a decade’s weight had lifted.
“Ah, Teacher! We really were about to lose points!”
“What authority does an instructor from another class have to dock points anyway?”
Yeom Sa-hyeon let out an incredulous laugh, and Jae Hyeok’s disapproving gaze softened slightly as he raised an eyebrow.
“Let’s enter right away.”
Leading the way through the Gate, Jae Hyeok was followed by the Combat C-class students filing in one by one.
Yeom Sa-hyeon stepped in front of the Gate, leaving the Combat A-class students behind for now.
Then he stepped forward without hesitation into the shimmering depths of the Gate.
Whooooom—
A deep, resonant pulse of Mana reverberated through his entire body.
His ears went numb, and his vision began warping of its own accord.

* * *

Whoooosh—
Both feet touched solid ground.
Between the gentle sound of waves, the cry of crows scratched loudly inside his ears.
“Another sea then….”
Yeom Sa-hyeon looked around slowly.
But the landscape spread before him was far different from what he’d anticipated.
“Ah.”
It wasn’t an ordinary place at all.
While Yeom Sa-hyeon offered his flat assessment, the Combat C-class students were stirring nervously, turning to look in every direction.
“Well, well—this is actually better than expected?”
“Damn, it’s huge….”
“That must be the main field inside, right?”
Meanwhile, the next wave of students poured through the Gate in succession.
—Whaak!
Tae Eun-o burst out first, letting out a cry as he lurched sharply side to side.
But unlike before, he didn’t tumble to the ground—he managed to catch his balance just in time.
“This cursed Gate spits people out like it’s launching them!”
As Tae Eun-o grumbled,
“Master.”
Yu-wol landed gracefully on the ground and immediately took position behind Yeom Sa-hyeon.
“Ugh, I don’t think I’ll ever get used to this Gate….”
Go Gyeol, who had come in after, grabbed his head and barely managed to steady himself.
He brushed the dust from his clothes and then caught sight of the vast expanse stretching before him.
“What is this place?”
Ha Jae-yun blinked deeply to settle his dizzy vision, then let his eyes wander.
“It looks like… a ship?”
“It’s not just a ship, though.”
Tae Eun-o swiveled his head around, letting out a small exclamation.
They stood on the vast Deck of a massive cruise liner.
A luxurious vessel so enormous it couldn’t be taken in at a glance.
The Deck was outfitted with exotic parasols, sun loungers, and even a small swimming pool at its center.
“But why is the ship half-grounded on an island?”
Tae Eun-o, now hanging from the Deck’s railing, leaned his body halfway over the edge.
“What?”
Go Gyeol stepped over to him and peered cautiously down below.
The bow of the massive cruise liner was beached on a small island’s sandy shore.
“Is it a shipwreck?”
Examining every corner of the ship revealed that the facilities, which at first glance appeared luxurious, were faded and corroded in places.
While Go Gyeol narrowed his eyes in speculation.
“…Huh?”
Lee Su’s face, the last to enter through the Gate, drained of all color and went rigid.
An instant later, his expression turned vacant and he pressed his palm to his forehead.
“Why… why did it have to be the Shipwreck Dungeon…!”
“You’ve been here before?”
Yeom Sa-hyeon asked quietly.
“…Yes, it was the theme from my first field trip.”
Lee Su’s voice carried a distant, wistful quality as he muttered the words.
“…The aftereffects were so severe I didn’t sleep properly for a month.”
“That… serious?”
Ha Jae-yun swallowed hard.
Lee Su offered a bitter smile as he spoke.
“The difficulty is relatively high. For various reasons.”
“What makes it so bad?”
When Go Gyeol asked, Lee Su’s eyes darkened with something like dread.
“…There are hordes of a particular Monster species I particularly dislike.”
At that, Tae Eun-o, who had been hanging from the railing, dropped lightly to the deck and arched an eyebrow in disbelief.
“Pfft, come on. You’re making it sound like the difficulty changes just because you don’t like certain Monsters? Some future Black Agent you turned out to be—all your nerve’s gone~”
Provoked by Tae Eun-o’s insufferable taunt, Lee Su’s brow furrowed in irritation.
“…I’m willing to bet you’ll be the first one running.”
“Ha! Running? There’s no Monster I can’t hunt!”
“Really now? Then let’s see how that plays out.”
Lee Su’s lips twisted into a sneer, and in that very moment—
Ding—
A blue system window filled their vision.

[Defeat Monsters.]
[E-rank and above Monsters 0/500]
[Boss 0/1]
[Clear Reward – ?]
[Time Limit 06:00:00 (Failure to clear within the time limit will trigger a Monster Wave.)]

Jae Hyeok studied the quest window carefully before speaking in a flat tone.
“It’s going to be rather tight.”
“With seven Awakened here, six hours is more than enough.”
At Yeom Sa-hyeon’s addition, Jae Hyeok raised an eyebrow.
“Then… I think we should set the pass conditions for this test as follows.”
At Jae Hyeok’s declaration, every student’s eyes snapped toward him.
Jae Hyeok continued methodically.
“Each Monster will be worth 1 point. However, if a Boss Monster is defeated solo, that will be worth 50 points.”
The students held their breath, listening intently to his words.
“For the graduating Combat C-class, the individual cutoff score is 100 points or above; for Combat A-class, 50 points or above. That concludes my explanation.”
Before he could finish, sighs erupted from various corners.
“A hundred points…”
“That’s definitely a graduation exam.”
“Oh~ So we just need to take down one Boss?”
Tae Eun-o called out eagerly, but Go Gyeol shook his head.
“If that were easy, they wouldn’t award 50 points for it.”
“Fifty Monsters… finding them all within six hours will be a task in itself.”
Ha Jae-yun muttered with concern.
“We just need to move quickly from the start! I’m going in first!”
Tae Eun-o stepped onto the Deck and headed toward the interior entrance.
Beyond the small glass pane set in the door’s center lay absolute darkness.
The moment Tae Eun-o pressed his face close to the glass, wondering if anything existed beyond—
“!”
For just an instant, something rippled in the darkness.
“Just as I thought.”
Tae Eun-o smiled with certainty as his hand moved to the heavy door handle.
Screee—
“…What?”
Tae Eun-o froze mid-step.
A strange, ear-scraping friction that made his skin crawl.
Goosebumps crept up the nape of his neck.
He moistened his dry lips and turned around slowly.
“……Didn’t you hear that?”

An S-Rank Gyodogwan Devours the Academy Chapter 90

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Baek Ru-ga
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DaOn Creative
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