The S-Rank Warden Devours the Academy - Chapter 91

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Episode 91

Ha Jae-yun tilted his head after listening intently. “I’m not hearing anything.”
“I couldn’t hear it either….”
Go Gyeol narrowed his eyes and trailed off.
“Only I heard it? That makes it worse.”
Tae Eun-o rubbed his arms as though a chill had run through him.
‘…If even Tae Eun-o is reacting like that, something’s definitely wrong.’
“Professor?”
Go Gyeol turned to Yeom Sa-hyeon, seeking permission—a question in his eyes asking whether it was safe to enter, regardless of what lay beyond that door.
Yeom Sa-hyeon raised his brows and slowly focused his attention on the atmosphere within the ship.
A faint, damp presence—barely perceptible, yet seeping through the air.
‘Well, they’ll have their share of struggle, but.’
“It’ll be perfect for training.”
“Really?”
Go Gyeol’s expression brightened at that, and he moved toward the entrance where Tae Eun-o stood.
Meanwhile, Lee Ha-je approached Yeom Sa-hyeon with trembling breath, moving hesitantly.
“…Professor, I have to go in there too, right?”
“……? If you weren’t going in, why did you come this far?”
Yeom Sa-hyeon let out a bewildered laugh, and Lee Ha-je shut his eyes tight, speaking in a discouraged voice.
“I know, but… ugh, I can’t believe I have to walk in there myself.”
“What exactly is the problem?”
Go Gyeol turned to Lee Ha-je with a troubled look, the latter gripping his head.
“Never mind. I’m going in first!”
Tae Eun-o exhaled sharply through his nose and pushed open the entrance door.
Creak—
“Geez….”
Tae Eun-o, peering into the doorway, narrowed his eyes and glanced around.
“Why is it so dark?”
The interior was pitch-black, devoid of any light.
From the way sound echoed, it was clear the space was quite vast.
“Yeah….”
Ha Jae-yun murmured as he carefully stepped inside.
Ssscratch—
“!”
Just then, a chilling scraping sound grazed Ha Jae-yun’s ear.
“Just now!”
Ha Jae-yun trembled violently, clutching his ear.
That sound—it was wrong.
It was definitely close.
“…I heard it too.”
Go Gyeol hesitated mid-step and turned his stiff neck toward Tae Eun-o.
“Is there a light switch anywhere?”
“If it’s this dark, we won’t be able to do anything.”
Kwon Tae-jun, who had followed the others into the ship, spoke in a low voice.
Tae Eun-o felt along the wall, making a small noise. “Just wait a moment.”
The darkness made it difficult to secure any vision.
While Tae Eun-o was groping around near the entrance.
“…Aha!”
Lee Ha-je approached with narrowed eyes.
“What are you doing….”
Finally, the tip of Tae Eun-o’s fingers brushed against a metal button.
“Found what looks like a switch!”
Tae Eun-o called out brightly as he reached for the button.
“No, wait!! If you turn on the lights now—!”

Lee Ha-je, hearing Tae Eun-o’s cry too late, rushed to stop him.
But.
Click.
Tae Eun-o’s finger was faster by a fraction of a second.
The moment he pressed the switch, the lights inside the ship flickered on.
“Ugh.”
Go Gyeol’s eyes contracted against the blinding light.
And the instant everything became bright.
Go Gyeol’s eyes widened slowly.
“……What?”
Their vision turned pitch black again in an instant.
‘No, it’s not that the light went out again….’
In that moment, a chill ran down Go Gyeol’s spine.
The scene before his eyes seemed slow, as though Sloth’s Skill had been cast upon it.
Whirr-whirr-whirr-whirr-whirr-!!
The sound of wings colliding filled the ship.
Ha Jae-yun leaped up and cried out as though screaming.
“C-cockroaches?!?!”
Until the light was turned on, cockroach variant Monsters the size of a medium dog had filled the ceiling, walls, and floor.
Dozens, hundreds of Monsters, stimulated by the light, suddenly beat their wings in unison and took flight.
“…Is this a dream?”
Go Gyeol wished he could simply lose consciousness.
“Aaaah! Why are there so many?!”
A black tide surging from all directions.
Tae Eun-o desperately unleashed a gust of wind to knock the Monsters back, but….
Whirr-whirr-whirr-whirr-whirr-!
Instead, their numbers doubled.
He’d awakened even those sleeping in the corners.
“Aaaahhh!! They just keep coming!!”
In the end, Tae Eun-o quickly escaped the ship.
The students retreated in a single file behind him.
Go Gyeol, too, forced his stiffened legs to move and ran for his life.
And a swarm of Monsters pursued close at their heels.
‘At this rate, they’ll chase all of us out onto the Deck!’
Go Gyeol’s mind raced.
‘They definitely started glowing when Tae Eun-o turned on the light. If they react to light….’
Just before stepping through the doorway, he flipped the switch Tae Eun-o had pressed back to its original position.
Click.
Darkness fell around them.
Go Gyeol bolted outside and slammed the door shut.
On the silent Deck.
“……Damn it.”
“Antennae, insane…….”
Only the ragged breathing of exhausted students filled the air.
After confirming the space beyond the doorway had gone quiet, Go Gyeol collapsed with relief.
“So that’s what they meant by difficulty level and all that….”
By the time everyone who had entered the site lay sprawled about.
“I figured it would be like this.”
Lee Ha-je approached, clicking his tongue.
“But there’s no way around it. All the other doors are blocked, so the only way in is through this Cafeteria.”
“What?!”
The students’ faces registered shock.
Go Gyeol turned back toward the place he’d just escaped from, a sickening feeling washing over him.
“…So we have to go through there regardless.”
“That’s why I said it was difficult.”
Lee Ha-je shrugged, hands on his hips.
Shin Jun-hyeon, still sprawled on the Deck floor, looked up at Lee Ha-je with a desperate expression.
“You’re telling us to go back in there…? You’ve got to be joking…?”
“…Why would I lie about something like that? I don’t want to go in either.”
Lee Ha-je answered reluctantly.
Sighs erupted from all corners of the Cafeteria. Ji Jae-hyeok, arms crossed as he watched, exhaled a low breath.
“Graduate? We’re blocked by D-rank Monsters. What kind of graduation is that?”
“If we just kill the ones down there, we’d pass the test immediately.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon’s lips curved into a lazy smile, and he added his own remark with perfect composure.
“…You two have surprisingly good chemistry, don’t you?”
Go Gyeol grumbled quietly, though he couldn’t argue the point.
The Cafeteria was teeming with Monsters—easily over five hundred at a glance, maybe more.
“…Well, yes, that’s true.”
Ha Jae-yun acquiesced quietly.
“The professors can’t see the visuals from where they’re standing, so they can say things like that…!”
Shin Jun-hyeon protested timidly, as if deeply wronged.
Tae Eun-o shuddered, his whole body trembling as he chimed in agreement.
“That… the sound of their wings, ringing right next to your ear—it was especially horrible….”
While the others recoiled, still bearing the aftereffects of trauma.
Ha Jae-yun’s fists clenched tight.
“…Let me try!”
His eyes blazed with determination.
Go Gyeol blinked in surprise.
“No… seriously?”
Then Hyeong-won rose with a reassuring smile.
“Count me in! My junior is stepping up to the plate—how could a graduating senior stand back?”
As the two moved forward, Lee Ha-je tilted his head with skepticism.
“It won’t help. Better to just ignore them and break through to the opposite door.”
“Either way, we have to go back in, don’t we? It’s a shame not to even try fighting them!”
Hyeong-won strode forward with swagger.
At his side went Ha Jae-yun, his resolve burning bright.
Finally, the two stood before the door again.
Drawing every eye on the Deck, they stepped back inside.
Click.
Hyeong-won flipped the switch.
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat—!!
As if they’d been waiting, the Monsters sprang up as one.
The instant Ha Jae-yun collided head-on with a Monster writhing its antennae.
“…Tch!”
Ha Jae-yun drove his fist forward.
Crack—!
The Monster burst green fluid and flew back from the tremendous impact.
Moments later, Hyeong-won’s kick flattened another.
“…Ugh. The feedback is worse than it looks.”
Even though the attack landed perfectly, Hyeong-won’s lips quivered.
The sensation of the hard shell cracking beneath his foot was disturbingly repulsive.
Yet each Monster that took a hit dropped in one blow.
Watching from a distance, Shin Jun-hyeon’s eyebrows rose.
“They look grotesque, but they’re weaker than expected.”
“Then join us now!”
Tae Eun-o offered readily, and Shin Jun-hyeon answered firmly.
“I’d rather die.”
Letting that exchange go in one ear and out the other, Go Gyeol frowned as he gazed upward into empty space.
A Quest Window hung before his eyes.
“But….”

[Monster Elimination Count]
Ji Jae-hyeok – 0
Kwon Tae-jun – 0
Shin Jun-hyeon – 0
…….

“Why isn’t the counter going up?”
As Go Gyeol voiced his confusion.
Ha Jae-yun threw a punch at an advancing Monster, but his gaze was caught by something else entirely.
A moment ago, the monster he’d sent flying caught his eye.
‘It looked like it just moved….’
The thin legs splayed upward against the ceiling began to tremble, then started writhing.
“……It’s moving again?!”
“What?!”
Jae-yun’s cry of alarm made Hyeong-won flinch, and he belatedly scanned the surroundings.
Among the still-dense clusters of monsters, those he’d believed were dead were clearly stirring their antennae once more.
“…Damn it.”
Hyeong-won clenched his teeth hard, then shouted urgently at Jae-yun.
“We need to retreat now!”
With Hyeong-won’s cry, the two of them flicked off the light switch and burst out onto the Deck.
Thud.
The moment the door shut, Hyeong-won dropped to one knee.
“Ugh, this is worse than I thought….”
The monster’s green blood smeared on his pants felt sticky.
Jae-yun, tension released, leaned on his knees and exhaled slowly.
“…But why won’t they die?”
Lee Ha-je replied in a matter-of-fact tone.
“They’re individually weak, but their defining trait is that stubborn vitality. I heard they come equipped with a Recovery Skill as standard?”
“Why are you telling us this now?!”
Tae Eun-o cried out in exasperation.
At that, Lee Ha-je shrugged lightly.
“I clearly warned you. But you all insisted on going anyway.”
Shin Jun-hyeon heaved a long sigh.
“Does anyone here have a fire attribute skill? We could just burn them all to ash!”
But neither the unarmed combat section nor the combat section had anyone with a fire-based skill.
“…Oh.”
Just then, Go Gyeol, who’d been thinking quietly, let out a small exclamation.
“We could just fry them with the Achinomics Skill, right?”
“Oh, like when we burned those spiders back then? Brilliant!”
Tae Eun-o gasped, recalling the hunt that had taken place at the Academy’s Individual Management Building.
Yu-wol, standing with arms crossed in an indifferent pose, let out a small sigh and activated his summoning skill.
“At this rate, when will this ever end….”
Crackle—
Achinomics appeared next, leaving faint sparks in its wake.
“There are toys over there for you to play with.”
Yu-wol tilted his chin indifferently toward the entrance.
Rumble.
Achinomics showed interest and sauntered toward the door.
It soon sniffed around the area, searching….
“……!”
Upon spotting the monster’s green ichor oozing through the door gap, its body stiffened.
And wasn’t it retching, as if it had caught a scent it couldn’t bear?
Seeing this, Tae Eun-o burst into an incredulous laugh.
“…Man, even a sewer cat wouldn’t cut it here.”
Go Gyeol’s eyes drooped pitifully, as if he understood Achinomics’ feelings completely.
While everyone stood at a loss for what to do.
“Time keeps passing….”
Yeom Sa-hyeon, leaning against the railing, added with ease.
“We’re all going to get academic failure if we run over the time limit.”
“…Sigh.”
Go Gyeol exhaled a helpless sigh.
Already twenty minutes had elapsed since entering the Gate.
They couldn’t afford to waste more time like this.
‘One way or another, we have to get through that entrance.’
His gaze turned toward the problematic door.
Apart from their grotesque appearance, it wasn’t his first time facing a situation where monsters poured out all at once.
‘…Yeah, if worst comes to worst, I can always hide my body in the shadows.’
He turned his thoughts over rapidly, then finally looked up.
“Either you all keep standing here, or cooperate with me.”
“Hmm? Have you thought of something good?”
Tae Eun-o perked up with interest.
“What do you mean, brother?”
Ha Jae-yun, who’d been patting Achinomics on the back, turned his head in unison.
“Remember that Monster Wave class we had with our instructor Sa-hyeon?”
The moment Sa-hyeon’s name left Go Gyeol’s lips, Yu-wol’s distant gaze finally shifted toward him.
Go Gyeol spoke matter-of-factly.
“Let’s try something similar here.”

S-rank Gyodogwan Devours the Academy 91

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Baek Ruga
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