[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss":3,"chapter-i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-10":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Became the Academy’s Final Boss",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1319729,1753,"Chapter 10","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-10",10,"\u003Cp>Chapter 10\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing the orientation, I headed straight to the infirmary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instructor had hit me so hard that my side ached with every step I took.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I entered the infirmary, I saw several cadets lying around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They probably overexerted themselves during the test, just like I did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, I spotted a familiar face—Helena, sitting on a bed with a disheveled look, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s she doing here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helena hadn’t really moved much during the battle, so she shouldn’t have been injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t something worth paying attention to, so I simply walked past her and approached the nurse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nurse frowned when she saw me and sighed deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression and gaze radiated annoyance and weariness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a bored expression, she motioned with her chin, and I sat down on the chair for an examination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sigh… So, what’s hurting?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She came closer to examine my condition, her expression still uninterested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she leaned in, my face instinctively twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Cigarette smell.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A stale, ingrained stench of smoke stung my nose, the kind that couldn’t be washed away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She noticed my unpleasant expression and smirked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What, does it smell?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn, you’re straightforward.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gave my shoulder a light tap, amused by my blunt response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I got into a fight with the instructor during orientation. My chest hurts every time I breathe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Every time you breathe, huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She went silent for a moment, as if pondering something, and then suddenly reached out toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hand landed squarely on my chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh my, you’ve got a nice body. I haven’t seen a cadet this well-trained before.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hand began to sweep over my upper body, as if probing for injuries but with movements that felt oddly suggestive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was… a little uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After examining me carefully, the nurse’s expression grew serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, take your shirt off.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pardon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it that bad?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I slowly took off my top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, you’d expect an X-ray or some kind of scan, but not here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this world, magical healing was far more effective than any scientific treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as I took off my shirt, her eyebrows twitched slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course they did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body was covered in scars far too many, and far too deep, for a normal student to have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were the results of the abuse and desperate struggles the body’s original owner had endured before I possessed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gently traced her fingers over one of the scars and smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn, you really are built well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re not going to ask about the scars?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s there to ask? I can already guess the story. Besides… I kind of like scars.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying that, she got up and started pulling the curtains around us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was she doing that so the other cadets wouldn’t see my scars?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly considerate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nurse placed her hand over my chest and began to channel mana into me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mana seeped through my body, flowing deep into every corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, she removed her hand and stared at me in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why… are you fine?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Excuse me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Several of your ribs are cracked, and one’s completely shattered. Doesn’t it hurt?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course it hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every breath felt like needles stabbing into my lungs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn’t enough to kill me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain like this was bearable—I could move, breathe, and endure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’d lived a life steeped in pain, and even the inherited memories of this body regarded this level of injury as almost trivial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was thanks to that special stat Resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It hurts, but I can endure it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you sure you’re a freshman? Any normal kid would’ve come in on a stretcher.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maybe I’m just used to pain?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gave me a mocking little laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah, used to pain at your age? As if—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stopped mid-sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze was fixed on the scars covering my upper body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief silence, she changed the topic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, who did this to you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Instructor Kang Jae-seok.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the mention of Kang Jae-seok’s name, her expression hardened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sighed, muttered a curse under her breath, and glared at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That bastard Kang Jae-seok… doesn’t know the meaning of moderation. Even if you’re a freshman, this is too much…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And from there, she launched into a full-blown rant about him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How he pushed students so hard that the infirmary was always full.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How he was so stubborn that no one could reason with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed she’d been holding all that in for a while now that she had an audience, it all came pouring out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, it was surprising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talking about an instructor like this, so casually, to a student?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wasn’t something you saw every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the game’s settings, even other instructors treated Kang Jae-seok with extreme caution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the kind of man everyone approached carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet here she was, gossiping about him like it was nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t just strange—she was gutsy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’d never seen this side of her in the game. Maybe this was something I could only witness because I had possessed this body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nurse placed her hand over my injured side again and began to chant something under her breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A warm light enveloped her hand—but the pain in my ribs intensified sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like shards of glass were swirling inside my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I flinched from the sudden pain, she grabbed my shoulder and warned me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re tough, I’ll give you that. But move wrong and you’ll end up crippled, got it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was hard to believe such a rough person worked as a nurse, but I gritted my teeth and endured the pain silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, the light from her hand faded. She lifted her palm from my side and smacked me lightly on the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Treatment’s done. Rest on a bed until the pain eases up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I obediently followed her instructions and headed for an empty bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I drew the curtain open, I saw Helena lying properly on the bed next to mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was she in the infirmary in the first place?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I sat down on the edge of the bed, the nurse looked at me and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll leave the curtain open. Don’t try anything shady.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was she even saying to minors?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I ignored the nurse’s words and lay down on the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain was still there, but breathing felt much easier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I closed my eyes, I heard Helena’s voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did you get those scars?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Weren’t you asleep?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was she watching while I was getting examined?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, with eyes that could even see through illusion magic, a shabby curtain like that probably wasn’t much of a barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hadn’t planned on hiding it, but she caught me anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Was it because of demons?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You know quite a bit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At my faster-than-expected answer, she seemed taken aback and closed her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An awkward silence hung between us for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when I was about to fall asleep, Helena’s voice came again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Weren’t you scared when the instructor appeared as a demon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At her words, I slowly opened my eyes and looked at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You got those scars from demons, didn’t you? And you weren’t afraid?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a subtle tremor in Helena’s eyes as she spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it because of her demon phobia?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought about how to answer and then spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not really.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Liar.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helena frowned as if she couldn’t believe what I said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m serious. I’m not afraid of demons. If I were, I wouldn’t have even thought of fighting an instructor disguised as one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then how did you overcome it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I slowly sat up from the bed, and Helena’s gaze followed me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s something you’ll have to find out on your own.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that I didn’t know anything that could help her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for her current self, that information would be more dangerous than helpful—it could even cost her life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“W-wait! Where are you going?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where else? Back to the dorms. See you tomorrow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helena reached out to stop me, but I didn’t bother looking back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I left the infirmary and headed straight to the dormitory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Left alone in the infirmary, Helena blankly stared at the spot where he had disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘An incredible person.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, she had thought of him as a selfish, self-centered person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, his fight with the instructor had been so fierce and reckless that it seemed like he didn’t care about anyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she had been wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was far greater than someone like her, who had done nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of her uncontrollable eyes, she had accidentally seen his body—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A body covered with countless scars that would never fade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those weren’t simple scars left by monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were scars made by someone with malice, carved to torment and humiliate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that, Helena could imagine what kind of past he had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stories about demons kidnapping humans and committing unspeakable atrocities were common.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After glimpsing his tragic past, the way she saw him that day changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He’s someone far greater than a coward like me who trembles in fear of the past…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He burned brightly, using the pain and trauma of his past as fuel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relentless, like a tank that wouldn’t stop until it destroyed its enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without realizing it, Helena began to admire him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was everything she wasn’t the opposite of her, who had frozen and done nothing in front of an approaching demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a brief moment, Helena’s eyes reflected the horrifying image of that demon advancing toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because she could see through all illusions, the afterimage remained all the more vivid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just recalling that moment made her heart freeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mind had gone blank, unable to think—she had simply waited for death like a resigned animal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the demon that approached her hadn’t been the instructor in disguise, she would have died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why she had to overcome this cursed demon phobia as soon as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Helena thought—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had a past similar to hers, yet managed to overcome his fear, then maybe he knew how she could conquer hers too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My ear itched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was someone talking about me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I scratched the ticklish ear and walked back to the dorm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of habit, I opened my laptop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screen lit up with a blue glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Achievement Unlocked! Blessings upon your journey that begins at the starting point.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【For more convenient control, nearby devices will now be linked.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, my phone in my pocket began to emit a faint blue light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I checked it, a window identical to the laptop’s interface appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the notifications didn’t stop there—they kept coming one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Sealed functions are now unlocked.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Erosion Rate and Suspicion System have been unlocked.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Erosion Rate: 0%】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Suspicion】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Academy: 10\u002F100】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Instructor Kang Jae-seok is suspicious of your past.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Pandemonium: 0\u002F100】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Pandemonium considers you a useful hunting dog.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that, I couldn’t help but grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… no, this is really useful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know what the Erosion Rate meant yet, but the Suspicion System was something I desperately needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was destined to walk a tightrope between Pandemonium and the Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I could monitor both sides’ suspicion levels like this, my chances of survival would increase dramatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Pandemonium thought of me as a useful hunting dog, huh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked forward to the day that hunting dog would sink its teeth into its master’s throat.\u003C\u002Fp>",1913,"2026-06-05T19:04:26.586Z",1,"novelbin.me","675f496da2391954cb05e86bad5dc32febfad5b4f7bea0a48ca3d81ef1c7f46e","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-11","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-9",137,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-cover.jpg"]