[{"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-106":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},1319783,1753,"Chapter 106","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-106",106,"\u003Cp>Chapter 106\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scenery around me changed the closer I moved toward the center of the Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground had turned red and dried out, and the buildings, as if affected by it, had lost their original shapes and twisted into grotesque forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Grrrraaaaaah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, an incomprehensible shriek struck my ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I locked eyes with an Asura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the other Asuras, it possessed a massive body and a hideously distorted face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What stood out were the hands plastered all over its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sight was grotesque enough to provoke discomfort just from looking at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The closer I got to the source of the manifestation of Hell, the stronger the Asuras became, and their numbers increased as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That they had grown stronger meant one thing—they had eaten that many people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I already knew that I couldn’t save everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, I hoped that not a single person would die if I could help it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Berid, you bastard…….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Asura covered head to toe in massive hands let out a shriek and raised its enormous fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could clearly feel that its power was on a different level from the Asura I had encountered at the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I lowered my body and evaded its attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the hands clinging to its body stretched out and grabbed my collar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creature spread its arms wide and tried to pull me into an embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hands inside opened wide as if welcoming me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disgusting, as expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Infernal flames blazed fiercely from my hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I formed my hand into a blade and hardened my flow of energy, severing the arm that had grabbed me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, as if in prayer, I brought my hands together and condensed my power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scorching heat gathered in my palms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Paang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I struck down on its body, infernal flames burst forth from my palms and pierced straight through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After lightly shaking my hand, I burned it to ashes with infernal flames so it could no longer regenerate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I spread my energy again to estimate my position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The outskirts still retained the Academy’s form, but the deeper I went toward the origin point, the land itself—and even the buildings—became increasingly warped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the side effects of the manifestation of Hell didn’t stop there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to Hell’s demonic power, monsters were naturally spawning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, something like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked up at an angel statue flying through the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the Guardian statues, that had been an ordinary statue with no magical function whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was simply that, as Hellification progressed, souls without physical bodies had possessed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I focused the Asura Divine Art into my hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crimson infernal flames condensed in my palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I clenched it in my hand, the flames took the shape of a long spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I threw it straight at the creature, and the violently flying spear of infernal flame pierced through the gargoyle’s torso.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwah-gwang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a rough explosion, its body shattered into pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I avoided the falling stone fragments and hid beneath a massive tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait—this tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing a tree that looked strangely familiar, my expression stiffened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it had been so distorted by the manifestation of Hell that I hadn’t recognized it at first, this tree-lined path was the roadside leading to the dormitories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant that the origin point where Berid had unfolded the manifestation of Hell was the cadet dormitory itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My teeth ground together on their own at the filth of his intentions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the original game, the place where Berid manifested Hell had been the student council room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But right now, he couldn’t do that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had stayed behind in the student council room, directing people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than that, since we were using the student council as our base, it was impossible for him to scheme anywhere near it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the alternative he chose was the dormitory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was easy to infer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After classes ended, most students headed back to the dormitories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To create as many victims as possible, he had made the dormitory his nest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was probably why the damage had grown this severe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To begin with, dormitories were places where students without Academy classes went to rest their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some would be asleep after finishing training, and most would be lazing around enjoying their free time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were far more likely to fall victim than students who had been outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem was that most demonic rituals produced more horrific results the greater the number of sacrifices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way that mere manifestation of Hell was his only objective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the game, he always moved with some meaningful goal in mind and never did anything that would disadvantage himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Berid of reality was even more vicious and meticulous than the Berid from the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Sirius Academy was a training ground that nurtured heroes, and the spiritual home of countless heroes it had produced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why top-tier heroes like Kang Jae-seok and Mabel served here as instructors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how much power those bastards gained through Hellification, their limits were clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, for him to stir up something this massive meant that he had something he was relying on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So what option could someone who had lost Pandemonium’s trust possibly choose?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing that came to mind was Pandemonium’s high-ranking executives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The absolute powerhouses within Pandemonium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was no way those arrogant, heavy-bottomed figures would step in for someone who had already lost their trust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they had moved directly, this wouldn’t have ended with this level of chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then did a third force appear again?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like Honey Jack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that didn’t seem like a particularly convincing assumption either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If, like last time, he had paid some sort of price, recruiting a Villain wouldn’t have been impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But conversely, bringing in a Villain of that caliber required a corresponding price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Berid, who had already lost everything, had nothing left to offer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As those thoughts continued, I found myself arriving at the cadet dormitory before I realized it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cadet dormitory looked like a massive Demon King’s castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asuras crawled along the outer walls in search of living humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And screams from somewhere echoed through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instructors were gathering one after another, but a massive barrier covered the entire dormitory, preventing them from entering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, an instructor who noticed me stopped me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you a cadet? What are you doing here! Run away right now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instructor shouted at me the moment he saw me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his eyes were mixed worry and anxiety for the cadets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, to me, it was nothing more than needless meddling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I brushed past him and lightly knocked on the barrier covering the dormitory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud. Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just touching it caused a powerful rebound force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The barrier wall was sturdier than I had expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a level of barrier that could only be broken if someone of the Sword Empress or Kang Jae-seok’s caliber showed up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Sword Empress and Instructor Mabel were already struggling just dealing with the Asuras and Demons rampaging outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I lightly shook out my hands to loosen up my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just what was that bastard hiding to warrant a defensive barrier of this degree?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crimson infernal flames flared up from my hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instructors who saw it panicked and tried to stop me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, you! Get away from there right now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Asuras will pour out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come if you want.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They can’t harm me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if you’re wearing the title of instructor, you should at least be able to handle that much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I straightened my hand like a blade and grabbed my wrist with the other hand, taking a stance as if gripping a spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instructors moved to stop me, but froze in place as if they had sensed the energy I was emitting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is this……?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How can a cadet have this much energy…….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring them, I spread my magic power and created a domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, raising my concentration, I gradually compressed the expanded domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The continuously shrinking domain became small enough to wrap around my arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From now on, I had to focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I lost control, it would lead to unnecessary stamina consumption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intense heat rose from my core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames spun at a tremendous speed within the domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gradually, my hand began to be dyed red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the intense energy accumulated, considerable pressure was transmitted to my arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if my hand had transformed into a weapon right before quenching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that horrifying heat, the faces of the surrounding instructors twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned to look at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you don’t want to get caught up in this, it’d be better to step back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“O-okay.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instructors hurriedly nodded and quickly moved away from the barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I lightly inhaled, a wave of scorching heat rushed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asura Divine Art (修羅神功)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asura Descent (修羅降神)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strongest technique I could unleash collided with the barrier Berid had created.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Giiiiiiing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The barrier screamed as it tore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rebound force emitted by the barrier and the power of Asura Descent engaged in a fierce tug-of-war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would it break through, or be blocked?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gritting my teeth, I put my full body weight behind it and thrust my core forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the hand executing Asura Descent touched the barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with the sound of glass splintering, a massive crack spread across the barrier covering the dormitory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hup.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a short shout, Asura Descent finally pierced through the barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the barrier shattered into pieces and began to disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The barrier is down! Everyone, move into the dormitory! Rescue the cadets as fast as possible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming that the barrier had broken, the instructors immediately began entering the dormitory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Releasing Asura Descent, I took a moment to catch my breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using Asura Descent felt more stable than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My hand throbbed, but unlike the past, I didn’t suffer burns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t the effect of Hellification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asura Descent was, after all, a technique that used the energy within my body—the martial arts of the Heavenly Demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was probably helpful that I had once unfolded Asura Descent across my entire body during my clash with Instructor Kang Jae-seok.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, an intense presence was felt from inside the dormitory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A presence on an entirely different level from Asuras or other Demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, a sinister voice echoed in my ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[As expected, I knew you would come. Devil Knight.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it was the voice of an aged old man I had never heard before, I knew exactly who it belonged to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Berid.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I’ll be waiting at the usual place.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was noticeably excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I could say anything, the surrounding presence vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed he had said his piece and disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The usual place?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shamelessness of those words made my blood boil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the cadet dormitory where he had holed up, there was only one place that he and I always used to see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That damn bastard had set up the magic circle for the manifestation of Hell in my room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I immediately entered the cadet dormitory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, the inside of the dormitory was complete chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were traces everywhere of fierce battles between cadets and Asuras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Body parts—whether belonging to Asuras or humans—were strewn about all over the place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the corpse of someone familiar caught my eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Supervisor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His painfully twisted face proved that his final moments had been anything but peaceful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a kind person who greeted the cadets every morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took the sword clenched in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was hard to pull free because he had gripped it tightly, as if he had fought to protect the cadets until the very end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gently closed his wide-open eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dull ache welled up in my chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Berid, this bastard truly must not be allowed to exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elongated shadow stretching from my body gradually deepened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the power of Hell, demonic authority was reading my emotions and surging violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t restrain that energy and instead spread it in all directions to check if anyone was still nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The darkened shadow surged upward and enveloped my entire body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I bent my knees and lowered my stance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Authority of Mighty Strength\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overwhelming power surged through my entire body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t have time to slowly climb the stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground fractured under the pressure of the tremendous force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a violent explosion, a massive crater formed in the floor, distorting my vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After several crashing sounds, the ceiling collapsed and debris rained down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, I arrived at the fifth floor where my dormitory room was located.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fullness of Hell’s power told me I had arrived at the right place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing before my room, I kicked the door open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thunderous crash, the door was blown apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then I saw his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An old man dressed in black robes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Berid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve finally arrived!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And behind him, a shocking sight unfolded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There lay Park Min-seo, barely breathing with a hole pierced through one side of his chest, and beside him was the Heart of the Demon that I had once offered to Pandemonium in the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the sight, Berid’s mouth split open grotesquely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a sneer that looked as if my expression was so amusing he could die laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>",2242,"2026-06-05T19:04:26.866Z",1,"novelbin.me","d5cf8637d8c81118e62a0fd81c9f8b1c29b782c20274a39ba2e8893b75f01827","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-59","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-58",137,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-cover.jpg"]