[{"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-108":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},1319787,1753,"Chapter 108","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-108",108,"\u003Cp>Chapter 108\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The barrier shattered, revealing the form of the demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An incomprehensible existence wearing the skin of Park Min-seo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just looking at it made my heart crumble and my hostility fade away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A horror completely different from the spectacle the illustration showed when I saw it in-game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was…… a demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The true enemy of this world, my end, the end of the world itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its gaze turned toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep darkness, like staring into a bottomless abyss, swallowed my very existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I clenched my teeth to steady my collapsing mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was just like the Dragon Fear Helena emitted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The immense pressure exuded by a high-ranking being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It merely displayed an exaggerated sense of presence compared to real-world existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Get a grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The being before me was not some absolute incomprehensible thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was nothing more than a boss that had descended a little earlier than expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I kept repeating that fact in my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But…….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just how was I supposed to kill the thing in front of me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t come up with any way to kill that demon right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sword Empress, Kang Jae-seok, Mabel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the combined assault of those three would be insufficient to defeat a demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that there was no way to kill a demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the setting, if their Heart of the Demon was destroyed, they would shed the shackle of immortality and be completely annihilated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, like when the Swordmaster killed a demon in the past, it was possible to completely destroy the body and seal only the heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was only possible because the Swordmaster was the strongest being in the setting, a monster that transcended humanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the first place, even the Swordmaster couldn’t completely kill a demon and only managed to seal it by destroying its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was because they possessed recovery abilities close to immortality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just dealing with a Demon that regenerated infinitely was already difficult enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To inflict proper wounds on a demon’s body, one needed the power of Karma, or the sacred power once used by Guardians, or to awaken a special power like Park Siwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Park Siwoo, who could deal meaningful damage to a demon, was far too weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least my Asura Divine Art fell into the category of unique powers and did possess the power of Karma, but even that had no guarantee of working on a demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, its gaze shifted toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked at me with an unreadable expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“너.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just hearing that voice made my heart feel like it was shrinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fragile thread of thought I had been clinging to snapped uselessly the moment I heard its voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t understand how, in the game, the Player didn’t just resist demons but actually beat them to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though my brain knew that the fear I felt was nothing more than an illusion, the instincts carved into my body believed it was real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I were stronger than I was now, would the situation have been any better?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had worked nonstop to strengthen my abilities, yet in front of the being before me, my power was utterly insignificant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it reached out a hand toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am pleased to have reclaimed my body. But your existence is deeply unpleasant. Did you truly think you could covet what belongs to this body and remain unharmed?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it spoke, its hand was stained black by demonic energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had to dodge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please, damn it, body, move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that touched me, it would be death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clenching my teeth until my gums bled, I struggled desperately to move my entire body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But my body only twitched weakly and refused to move an inch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, it sneered as if mocking something trivial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Truly a pitiful struggle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just before its black hand could reach me, the outer wall of the dormitory began to collapse with a violent explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon that had been reaching for me swung its hand and lashed out toward the collapsing wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kugagagaga!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with a violent roar, flying sword energy ceaselessly battered the black curtain spread by the demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned my head and looked toward where the attack had come from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There stood Instructor Kang Jae-seok, his entire body dyed crimson like blood, staring at us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty minutes earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A red Yaksha fell to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a boom, the earth split apart, and the gazes of the ghouls roaming the Academy turned toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guaaaah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gueeeeeh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wrapped in red blood energy, he tightly gripped his greatsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puhwak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he swung a single strike, the air burst apart with a massive explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghouls that rushed at him were split in half in an instant and fell to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The halved ghouls did not die and continued to writhe, crawling to find their other halves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Kang Jae-seok frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘So this is why even with the Sword Empress and Mabel, dealing with them is slow.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghouls’ offensive power wasn’t particularly impressive, but their regeneration was extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the point that even trolls, known as monsters with the greatest regeneration, looked cute by comparison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his head and looked up at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the air, the Sword Empress and Mabel were dealing with the ghouls and Demons, but the two of them alone lacked the leeway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kang Jae-seok lightly inhaled, his chest swelling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uwooooo!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His roar turned into a red energy wave that swept across the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called War Cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a skill of Instructor Kang Jae-seok that powerfully provoked enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kugugugugu……!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a faint vibration, the ground trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless enemies were detected by Kang Jae-seok’s senses, and soon innumerable ghouls filled his vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creatures of all shapes tangled together, forming a massive horde.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that all the ghouls in the area had gathered due to his roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I’ll wipe them out in one go.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Powerful blood energy condensed around his greatsword, emitting a brilliant light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Instructor Kang Jae-seok’s sword energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like his unbreakable body, his sword energy radiated an intense momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I’ll grind them to dust in one strike so they can’t even regenerate.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His single strike flew out, drawing the shape of a crescent moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kugagagagaga!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a rough thunderous roar, the ghouls were annihilated in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Instructor Kang Jae-seok’s anger did not subside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he had dealt with were only the Demons and ghouls in this immediate area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he expanded his perception even slightly, he could still feel countless cries for help and the presence of ghouls and Demons rampaging everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved to save the cadets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as he dealt with the Demons at an incredible speed, he felt an inexplicable sense of unease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why had something like this suddenly happened at the Academy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Academy had turned into hell, and countless Demons revealed the true identities they had hidden so carefully until now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet after facing them directly, their strength was all roughly the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current situation was merely the result of panicked cadets failing to display their true abilities; if they regained their composure, there were plenty of enemies that the upperclassmen could handle by joining forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was clearly something being targeted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Kang Jae-seok witnessed something strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon whose neck was caught in his hand suddenly began to scream as if it were being torn apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guaaaaa! No! No! Beriiid!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the Demon’s body began to turn to ash and scatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling momentarily bewildered, he loosened his grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thing had not died from his attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than anything, the name it had shouted before dying—‘Berid’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how many times he replayed it in his mind, it sounded like the name of a specific being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kang Jae-seok looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not only the Demon in his grasp that had begun to disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other Demons, as well as the hellish beasts wandering the Academy, were also turning into handfuls of ash and vanishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He barely had time to feel doubt at the incomprehensible sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He soon learned the answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive vibration shook the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if the world had entered a vacuum, all surrounding sounds vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An unknown anxiety made Kang Jae-seok feel his body tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without realizing it, he raised a hand to the back of his neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold sweat soaked his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Just what is this…….’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could grasp the situation, black energy blasted out from somewhere and swept across the heavens and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud, thud, thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cadets caught in the wave collapsed on the spot like dolls with their strings cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same happened to the instructors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, their legs gave out, and they dropped to their knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Kang Jae-seok barely managed to brace his legs, which were on the verge of giving way, and look around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heart pounded violently, as if it were about to sink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he realize that the emotion he was feeling was fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An emotion he had not felt in a very long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt as though he had returned to the moment of his youth when he had first faced a Monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his head toward where the black energy was being released.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘That direction is……,’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That way lay the Cadet Dormitory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just what in the world was happening over there?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One thing was certain—something had appeared that even he might not be able to handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instructor Kang Jae-seok struck his unresponsive legs to force them to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His violently trembling legs only began to obey his will after several heavy impacts that produced loud bangs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kang Jae-seok immediately kicked off the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could not lose to fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Hero was, by nature, someone who stepped forward to fight the fears that people dreaded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he stopped moving because of fear, who would protect the cadets here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At times like this, he had to move even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just a few leaps, he arrived at the Cadet Dormitory in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dormitory radiated an overwhelming presence that could not be compared to any other building in the Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confirming this, Kang Jae-seok ignited blood-red Sword Aura along his blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was power poured out with his full strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive bundle of Sword Aura, incomparable to before, poured toward the dormitory like a storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kugagagagagagaga!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the outer wall of the dormitory collapsed, exposing its interior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Kang Jae-seok locked eyes with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A familiar face bearing the horns of a mountain goat and the wings of a bat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that sight, Instructor Kang Jae-seok’s face twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Park Min-seo……?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, the being before his eyes could no longer be called Park Min-seo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just because the outer shell bore Park Min-seo’s appearance did not mean Kang Jae-seok would miss the abyss contained within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze shifted to the Devil Knight kneeling before the Demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Is that one the mastermind behind all of this?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Devil Knight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A being that had caused multiple disturbances at the Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Demon he had once thought was Yoo Sung-woo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did it mean that he had appeared here again?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though his mind was in turmoil, he knew exactly what he had to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his body, a bloodlust fiercer than before began to pour out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clenching his teeth, he began to squeeze his mana out to its very limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instructor Kang Jae-seok instinctively realized that the being before him was a Demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had lived as a Hero for decades, but this was the first time he had ever seen a Demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he realized that, even if he offered up his own life, he would not be able to do anything about the being before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, he poured everything he had into facing the Demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this situation, there was no one else who could stop him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kang Jae-seok hurled his body toward the death before his 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