The S-Rank Warden Devours the Academy - Chapter 98

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Chapter 98

Confusion and suspicion filled Kim Do-gyeong’s and Hae-seong’s eyes as they alternated their gaze between Yeom Sa-hyeon and the core he’d handed over.
Sa-hyeon let out an incredulous laugh and jerked his chin toward where the students had gathered.
“You didn’t hear what they were saying?”
Both their eyes turned in unison to where Sa-hyeon indicated.
“—So you’re telling me the ship was shaking like that because of a Boss Monster?”
“Yes! Ha Jae-yun threw himself at its mouth, and—”
The Combat Class A students were regaling them from a distance, their faces flushed with excitement.
Sa-hyeon gave an unconcerned shrug.
“I just pried out the core.”
“Hmm, is that so?”
Kim Do-gyeong’s suspicious gaze remained, though Hae-seong closed his eyes and nodded knowingly.
“Ah, well, that does make sense. It would’ve been difficult to secure the core while clearing your first Boss Monster, I suppose.”
Hae-seong readily accepted this and began inspecting the core he’d received.
After studying its Status Window in quiet concentration for a moment, he slowly parted his lips.
“Hmm… I don’t see anything particularly unusual. Both purity and energy are standard D-rank readings.”
“No latent abilities or anything like that?”
“No. It’s quite ordinary.”
When Hae-seong nodded, Sa-hyeon made a low sound in his throat and asked Kim Do-gyeong, “You don’t sense that frequency thing from this core?”
“Hmm? Frequency?”
Kim Do-gyeong blinked deeply, then clenched his jaw in concentration, staring intently at the core Hae-seong held.
But shortly after, he withdrew his senses and raised his eyebrows.
“There’s nothing like that. It’s clean.”
At the casual answer, Sa-hyeon reached an internal conclusion.
‘So this Thorn Sword only reacts to the cores of living Bosses.’
He didn’t understand the mechanism, but it would be worth investigating further.
As Sa-hyeon tossed the sword into his Inventory,

“Say, you wouldn’t happen—”
Kim Do-gyeong, who’d been observing him intently from beside him, narrowed his eyes and began to speak.
“Did you use that sword in there?”
He had been eyeing the Thorn Sword Sa-hyeon was holding with displeasure since earlier.
Sa-hyeon lightly brushed past Kim Do-gyeong’s concern and received the core back from Hae-seong.
Kim Do-gyeong thumped his chest in frustration.
“Ugh, seriously—you never listen. That guy fights perfectly well with his skills alone!”
Sa-hyeon turned toward the students, leaving Kim Do-gyeong’s grumbling behind.
“Ha Jae-yun.”
At Sa-hyeon’s voice, Jae-yun’s ears perked up.
“! Yes? You called for me?”
Sa-hyeon tossed the black core to Jae-yun, who hurried over to him, with a casual flick of his wrist.
“?! Oof, sir?!”
Jae-yun caught the core in his arms with a startled cry.
Staring blankly back and forth between the core and Sa-hyeon, Jae-yun asked in confusion.
“This is… a core, isn’t it? Why are you giving this to me…?”
Sa-hyeon brushed off his hands and spoke without a trace of emotion.
“The one who cleared it should keep it.”
……!
Jae-yun’s eyes went wide as saucers.
“Really? Are you sure I can really have it?”
His first spoils since awakening. And a Boss Monster’s core at that!
A brilliant smile spread across Jae-yun’s face as if he’d just acquired all the treasures in the world.
Tae Eun-o, who had been sidling up beside them, draped an arm over Jae-yun’s shoulder and smacked his lips.
“Wow, Ha Jae-yun, I’m jealous! Next Boss, I’m definitely taking it down myself!!”
“Ha-ha, absolutely! Then I’ll give you guys the support you gave me, without a doubt!”
“Wonder what something like this is worth?”
Go Gyeol, who’d stepped forward with curious eyes, narrowed them as he fixed his gaze on the core.
Having offloaded that troublesome object, Sa-hyeon turned away from the students chattering among themselves and headed on.
“Professor, just a moment, please.”
It was Lee Su who spoke up then, her calm voice catching his stride.
“The Boss contribution rate calculation is complete.”
“Hm?”
“Already?”
Kim Do and Hae-seong, standing nearby, exchanged glances of bewilderment.
“Yes. First of all…….”
Lee Su blinked slowly, her voice mechanical as she launched into her report.
“Go Gyeol identified the Boss’s weak point and core location first, then proposed the optimal entry route, so roughly 25% contribution seems appropriate for him. Tae Eun-o fired area skills roughly 24 times before entry, clearing the approach path, so 15%. Lee Yu-wol successfully disrupted the Boss’s vision and diverted its attention with 14 Mana Gun shots, so 10%. And lastly, for Ha Jae-yun, who destroyed the core, I’ve calculated his share at 50%.”
“…….”
The moment she finished, rattling off words without pause, silence fell like a curtain.
“Wow…… Kang Lee Su, you sound like you’re doing rap. Want to try a survival show? I think you’d win.”
Kim Do clapped his hands as if he’d just witnessed some impressive feat.
When Lee Su narrowed her eyes at his teasing tone, Kim Do raised both hands with an exaggerated “Whoops,” grinning at her.
Hae-seong, who’d been slack-jawed, let out a belated exclamation of wonder.
“Wow…… How do you remember all those details so precisely? Do you perhaps have a related skill—”
Hae-seong was speaking with genuine admiration when he seemed to catch himself, his mouth closing as if something had just occurred to him.
He’d recalled what Kim Do had said—that Lee Su hated being asked about her skills.
At Hae-seong’s reaction, Lee Su’s eyebrows twitched slightly, and then she opened her mouth matter-of-factly.
“Yes, I have a skill called Memory Analysis.”
“……! Memory Analysis?”
“Yes.”
Lee Su nodded and continued.
“It’s a skill that lets me extract either my own memories or others’ memories and dissect specific sections with the precision of a video editing program.”
“Whoa, analysis too?!”
At those words, Hae-seong’s eyes ignited with scholarly fervor.
“Wow, if you had a skill like that, it would be incredibly useful for Hunters’ combat feedback and tactical analysis! May I ask what rank the skill is?”
“It’s A-rank, but…… it consumes a lot of Mana, so the efficiency drops.”
Faced with Hae-seong’s gaze—one that held no ulterior motive, only pure intellectual curiosity—Lee Su found herself smiling awkwardly and opening her lips to speak.
“……If you’re curious about other skills as well, you’re welcome to look at my Status Window directly.”
“R-really?!”
Hae-seong’s face lit up with joy in an instant.
“Yes.”
Lee Su shrugged indifferently, and Hae-seong, now beaming, began eagerly perusing her Status Window.
Yeom Sa-hyeon, observing this scene with a cold expression, suddenly raised one eyebrow.
“Kang Lee Su, how did you know Yun Hae-seong has a skill for viewing Status Windows?”
“…….”
It wasn’t Lee Su who flinched at that question—it was Kim Do.
“…Why did you startle?”
When Yeom Sa-hyeon narrowed his eyes, Kim Do cleared his throat awkwardly, as if caught in the act.
“Well, on the first day in the Training Hall, didn’t Hae-seong here rattle off a Monster’s Status Window? I thought it was interesting and asked him about it, and he told me!”
In other words, he’d simply relayed to Kang Lee Su what he’d heard from Yun Hae-seong.
Yeom Sa-hyeon let out a small, quiet laugh.
“Yeah, he’s not the type to keep his mouth shut, regardless of how he looks.”
“What are you on about? You should just listen to what your senior says, you brat.”
Embarrassed, Kim Do muttered and fussed needlessly.
“Ooh…! This skill is amazing too! I could see it being useful in real combat!”
Hae-seong’s eyes still sparkled brightly as he continued his exploration of Lee Su’s Status Window.
Kim Do glanced back at Lee Su.
Though her demeanor seemed slightly unfamiliar and awkward, her expression was at ease.
Kim Do asked casually.
“What’s gotten into you, anyway?”
Lee Su was someone who despised revealing her skills or traits to others.
Yet here she was, voluntarily opening her Status Window.
It was utterly unprecedented.
Lee Su, her face flushed with embarrassment, averted her gaze from Kim Do and muttered softly.
“…Well, everyone already knows I’m Psychic-type anyway.”
At the sheepish note in her voice, Kim Do broke into a small smile.
Lee Su fell silent for a moment, then opened her mouth again, her face seeming somehow hollow.
“Having Precognition, in the end… I can’t know everything. There are always variables.”
“That’s good thinking.”
It seemed sending them together through this Gate had been worthwhile experience after all.
The moment Kim Do-gyeong’s lips curled upward with satisfaction.
“…Huh?”
Hae-seong let out an abrupt, short exclamation.
He blinked several times, then jabbed urgently at the Status Window. “Student Lee Su, this skill…! You can use it?!”
Since Hae-seong was looking at a Status Window Lee Su couldn’t see, she replied in confusion.
“I’m sorry, what do you…?”
“An Unlocked Skill!”
At Hae-seong’s breathless shout that followed, Yeom Sa-hyeon’s eyes narrowed sharply.
Lee Su felt slightly rattled by Hae-seong’s fervent reaction, yet she spoke steadily.
“I’ve never actually used it myself, but I can release artificially sealed memories.”
“!”
Hae-seong’s gaze flew swiftly to Yeom Sa-hyeon.
“Sa-hyeon, this skill…!”
“….”
Yeom Sa-hyeon grasped immediately what Hae-seong’s eyes were conveying.
Both their gazes naturally drifted backward.
“-Yu-wol, what’s the secret to racking up so many points?”
“Come on kid, share some of those points if you’ve got a conscience.”
“…Your conscience is the one that seems to be missing, Jun-hyeon.”
The person encircled by the Body Arts Class, being pressed for answers.
In the midst of them, Yu-wol stood carelessly toying with the Piercing hanging from his ear.
The skill of Kang Lee Su—who could unlock sealed memories.
Yeom Sa-hyeon’s gray eyes sank low.
‘Could it undo Yu-wol’s blocked memories too…?’

Baek Ru-ga
Publisher
Daon Creative
Planning / Editing / Production
Yun Tae-ri
Cover Design
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