The S-Rank Warden Devours the Academy - Chapter 93

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Chapter 93

Creak.
The ship lurched violently once more.
While Go Gyeol gripped the railing and struggled to make sense of the situation, the vessel continued its relentless push toward open water.
And finally—
Whoooosh!
The massive Cruise Ship cut through the sea and set sail.
“N-Noona… what on earth is happening?”
Ha Jae-yun turned to Lee Su with eyes seeking explanation, but she merely raised her eyebrows as if to say she knew nothing.
“Seriously, if this is going to happen, why is the dungeon even called a Shipwreck?”
It was around the time Go Gyeol stared at the receding island with an expression of bewilderment.
Yeom Sa-hyeon, who had been leisurely gazing down at the sea with his arm hooked over the iron railing, opened his mouth casually.
“Convenient timing—the delivery’s arrived.”
“…Master?”
When Lee Yu-wol asked what he meant, Yeom Sa-hyeon pointed downward with his eyes instead of answering.
The moment Go Gyeol followed his gaze and looked over the railing.
“……!”
His eyes widened.
Something clustered densely along the outer hull of the Cruise Ship below.
“Huh? What are those? Barnacles?”
Tae Eun-o narrowed his eyes, peering at them intently.
At first, Go Gyeol had also assumed they were merely ordinary barnacles clinging to the vessel.
Whoooosh—!
But as the ship accelerated, those things began to writhe unnaturally.
“…Monsters?”
Go Gyeol muttered softly, his brow furrowed.
Then, between the barnacles, sharp pincers suddenly protruded.
Enormous monsters shaped like crustaceans, their carapaces heaped with barnacles like tombstones.
Small, razor-sharp eyes gleamed from within the cracks of their hard shells, fixed upon them.
“A-All of those are monsters?!”
Ha Jae-yun took a step back.
And then—
Scrape, scrape, scrape-scrape-scrape—!
Legs grinding against the hull as they moved.
They began crawling up the outer wall at a terrifying speed.
Monsters reached the railing in an instant.
Crack—!
The moment they seized the railing with their pincers, the thick metal crumpled and buckled.
The monsters began pushing their heads over the railing one by one.
“…….”
Go Gyeol quickly scanned the creatures.
Each one appeared to be well over a meter in size.
‘The location is terrible.’
The corridor where they stood was long and narrow.
With the railing already beginning to give way, fighting here was unwise.
“Fall back to somewhere wider!”
Go Gyeol raised his voice in command, then took off running toward the Outdoor Plaza.
Ha Jae-yun and Tae Eun-o quickly followed in his wake, with Lee Yu-wol and Akinonix sprinting rapidly behind them.
Crack-crunch, crack—!
As more monsters continued to climb aboard, pincers lashed out relentlessly from all sides.
They twisted their bodies narrowly to evade, struck at the creatures as they went, and hastened their pace.
“Not a bad call.”
Even in that chaos, Yeom Sa-hyeon offered his leisurely assessment.
Lee Su, who had been running alongside, turned back to look at him with an expression of disbelief.
“Are you really going to stand there assessing leisurely, instead of—”
Lee Su’s voice, which had been about to upbraid him, grew progressively quieter.
She exhaled softly, lost in thought.
Yeom Sa-hyeon slipped past the Monster’s rush with ease, then flicked his fingers as though cracking chestnuts.
Screeeee—!
That light gesture alone sent the Monster tumbling helplessly into the Sea.
“……You certainly do have time to spare.”
Lee Su quickly corrected herself.

At last they emerged into the open Outdoor Plaza.
An Outdoor Plaza situated at the very heart of the Cruise Ship, open on all sides.
Tae Eun-o, standing motionless in the center, raked his hair through roughly in frustration.
“Hell, what’s going on here? Where is this ship even headed?!”
“That’s what I’d like to know….”
Go Gyeol steadied his breathing, eyes alert to every shadow.
Whether the Shipwreck would lurch again, or Monsters would crawl up from the Sea—
By now, the Monsters had encircled them completely.
Gyeol exhaled heavily, his voice tinged with weariness.
“We deal with these first.”
“…Yes, Gyeol.”
Ha Jae-yun dropped into stance, his fists clenched tight.
He drove his knuckles straight toward the nearest Monster’s head.
Crack—crunch!
The hard shell shattered, sending fragments scattering in all directions.
‘Got it!’
Jae-yun’s eyes brightened with promise.
“!”
But then came a strange sight.
Clear fluid seeped from the Monster’s broken shell, and then—it began regenerating an entirely new carapace.
Tae Eun-o, who’d been charging in, suddenly hit the brakes and cried out:
“What?! These things have a Regeneration Skill too?”
Go Gyeol, who’d been watching the Monster’s shell reform intently, suddenly shouted:
“Ha Jae-yun—attack again, right now!”
“Yes—!”
Jae-yun, his brow furrowed, thrust his fist forward once more.
Bang! Crunch.
The Monster, its body driven deep into the ground, lay pinned.
“Huh?”
Jae-yun’s eyes widened.
The shell was far softer than before—incomparably so.
The Monster’s carapace shattered completely, and its movements ceased.

[Monster Subjugation Count]
Ha Jae-yun – 1
Ji Jae-hyeok – 0
…….

The System Window changed.
“Ah!”
Jae-yun let out a cry of realization.
Strike the hard outer shell first, then target them the moment they attempt regeneration—and you can cut them down with ease!
With this new knowledge, the students’ movements became unstoppable.
Combat erupted across the Plaza.
In the midst of the hunt, Tae Eun-o suddenly bristled and pointed an accusatory finger.
“Hey, Lee Yu-wol! Why do you keep stealing my kills?!”
“……? That’s because you’re too slow, isn’t it?”
The two continued bickering endlessly.
Yeom Sa-hyeon, perched atop a tall structure at the edge of the Plaza, interjected with an even tone.
“The respawns will continue, so don’t waste energy on pointless quarrels.”
“Yes, Master.”
Lee Yu-wol straightened at once, meek as could be.
“…Tch, if it weren’t for the Master…”
Tae Eun-o ground his teeth but soon threw himself back into the hunt.
“But how do they keep appearing? Were they stuck to the bottom of the ship?”
Go Gyeol asked while swinging his dagger with practiced efficiency.
“Who knows.”
Yeom Sa-hyeon lowered his gaze, a cryptic smile playing at his lips.
“Something like that.”
“Something like that?”
At the vague answer, Go Gyeol exhaled in exasperation, and Tae Eun-o unleashed a skill with a refreshed grin.
“Either way, we’re racking up points, so I’ll take it!”
Compressed wind spiraled like a sharp arrowhead, piercing into a Monster’s crown.
Yeom Sa-hyeon rested his chin on his hand and turned his attention to the floating System Window.

[Monster Subjugation Count]
Lee Yu-wol – 7
Tae Eun-o – 5
Ha Jae-yun – 4
Go Gyeol – 2
…….
‘Lee Yu-wol is definitely pulling ahead thanks to Akinonix.’
Just as Yeom Sa-hyeon thought, Akinonix was bounding across the plaza with delight.
Monsters dripping seawater from their bodies were rolling helplessly across the floor after taking Electric Shock blasts from Akinonix.
Lee Su, standing beside Yeom Sa-hyeon, parted her lips carefully.
“…Still, things are moving smoothly so far.”
Lee Su added while her eyes lingered on Ha Jae-yun.
“Though we can’t afford to drop our guard.”
“You don’t need to be so tense about it.”
When Yeom Sa-hyeon replied offhandedly, Lee Su let out a shallow sigh and shrugged her shoulders.
“I suppose. For now, anyway.”
Her gaze shifted belatedly toward the System Window.

[Monster Subjugation Count]
Lee Yu-wol – 10
Tae Eun-o – 7
…….

“That said…”
Lee Su’s gaze drifted slowly downward.
“The Martial Arts Department students haven’t started yet, it seems.”
While the Combat Department’s numbers continued climbing, the Martial Arts Department students remained frozen at zero.
“I wonder if something’s gone wrong?”
An hour had already passed since they entered the Gate.
And they hadn’t even begun.
Yeom Sa-hyeon answered dismissively.
“They have a supervisor over there. What’s there to worry about?”
“…I suppose you’re right.”
Lee Su, unconvinced, squinted with one eye.
“The thing is, the Boss Monster here—”
Just as she was about to continue.
Boom.
The ship lurched violently.
“!”
“?!”
“What was that?”
The students reacted before they could even process what was happening.
Screeeeeech—!
With a grotesque sound like metal scraping, the Cruise Ship suddenly changed direction.
“Whoa!”
“What the—?!”
The abrupt turn sent students staggering, their balance shattered.
The shaking ceased, and they all steadied themselves and stood upright.
Ha Jae-yun was the first to notice the change.
“The ship… it’s going backward?”
“What?!”
Go Gyeol stared in disbelief.
“What in the world is happening?!”
Tae Eun-o shoved back the encroaching monsters with a Wind Barrier, then bolted toward the railing.
“Hey, Tae Eun-o! You’ll fall over the edge if you keep that up!”
Despite Go Gyeol’s protests, Tae Eun-o gripped the railing and fixed his gaze on the direction the ship was heading.
“It looks like we’re heading back… to where we came from.”
“…! What are you talking about?”
Go Gyeol narrowed his eyes and rushed to Tae Eun-o’s side.
“…Huh.”
Go Gyeol let out a dumbfounded breath.
The Stone Tomb, which had receded into the distance before, was drawing closer again.
“And… doesn’t the speed seem even faster than before?”
Ha Jae-yun muttered in confusion, then suddenly cast his gaze downward into the sea.
In that instant, his face turned rigid.
“That…”
Beneath the turbulent waves, a massive shadow flickered indistinctly.
“There’s something under the ship.”
Go Gyeol and Tae Eun-o both directed their sight beneath the surface.
Tae Eun-o drew in a breath, unable to suppress his shock.
“…No way.”
Beside the Cruise Ship, a shadow hung thick and dark.
Its form gradually enlarged, and its outline became clear.
Its size rivaled that of the Cruise Ship itself.
Swooooosh—
Tearing through the white spray, an immense black dorsal fin erupted above the water’s surface.
The moment it appeared, Tae Eun-o’s jaw dropped.
“What is that, some kind of giant great white?!”
“No.”
Go Gyeol narrowed his eyes, studying the creature’s form closely.
The sleek black back barely visible above the waterline. Tracing his gaze along its body, a faint white marking appeared near the head.
“It’s an orca.”
Go Gyeol murmured softly.
And the thick chain gripped in that black snout.
“The orca is dragging the entire ship with the chain.”
Ha Jae-yun and Tae Eun-o inhaled sharply, stunned.
“What?!”
“Insane—a D-rank Monster can do that?!”
“If it’s a Boss Monster, it’s certainly possible.”
Go Gyeol realized it instinctively.
That creature dragging the Cruise Ship through the depths was the Gate’s Boss Monster.
“So why? Where is it dragging us?”
Tae Eun-o’s face twisted in frustration.
Ha Jae-yun turned his head slowly, creaking.
“Could it be…”
The Stone Tomb the Cruise Ship was heading straight toward.
It was dozens of times larger than the vessel and looked solid as bedrock.
The Cruise Ship hurtled toward it at a speed more explosive than ever before.
A hollow breath escaped between Go Gyeol’s lips.
“…That’s it.”
It was trying to ram the ship into that colossal stone wall and finish it all in one blow.

S-Rank Instructor Devours the Academy — Chapter 93

Story by Ji Eun-yi
Art by Baek Roo-ga
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