[{"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-117":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},1319804,1753,"Chapter 117","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-117",117,"\u003Cp>Chapter 117\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Park Siwoo had entered a dungeon and hadn’t come out for three days?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like my head went cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Park Siwoo was the main playable character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And, by setting, the most important figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, if something went wrong with Park Siwoo, it would be a total disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that guy hadn’t made contact for three days?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—did he even go into the dungeon alone in the first place?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What about Helena and Dan Chun-woo?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was sure I told him countless times never to enter a dungeon alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lia continued her explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Well… I organized the information The Groom told me to pass along and handed it over to Yoo Iseo. But I failed to bring Helena and Dan Chun-woo into the student council. To be exact, it’s on hold.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Academy announced a one-month closure. During that time, Helena and Dan Chun-woo returned to their families. Because of that, we haven’t been able to contact them at all.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At her words, I covered my eyes with my hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoo…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sigh escaped me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did they suddenly go back home?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weren’t these guys basically runaway delinquents?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dan Chun-woo was currently expelled from his family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in the game, he only returned to his family in his second year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helena wasn’t any different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had conflicts with her father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her enrollment in the Academy had been half an act of running away, so I thought she’d never return to her family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what kind of bolt-from-the-blue was this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shook my head and took a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, not everything I’d heard so far was bad news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had already expected the Academy to close temporarily for reorganization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just hadn’t considered the possibility that Dan Chun-woo and Helena would return home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I thought about it more coldly, it actually benefited me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they had returned to their families, it meant they now had the best teachers possible by their side without me needing to guide them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no need to even mention Dan Chun-woo’s grandfather, the Swordmaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Helena’s father, Oliver Raiders, was also one of the top-tier Heroes in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real problem was Park Siwoo, who had been left alone at the Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So Park Siwoo went into the dungeon alone? I clearly told him never to do that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I know! At first, Yoo Iseo, Da-hee, and Park Siwoo formed a party and went in together. They even had pretty good results.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then why did he suddenly stop contacting you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That idiot went into the dungeon on his own without telling us!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You stupid bastard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did he even understand what a dungeon was before going in alone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the fragments in the Academy were difficult for me to handle alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet Park Siwoo, who was far weaker than me, went in by himself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would he make that kind of decision?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, he could be a bit dumb, but he wasn’t so foolish that he couldn’t distinguish right from wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you find out which fragment he entered?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yeah, I checked through the CCTV.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Information came first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to go save him immediately, but fragments were separate dimensions where the laws of reality didn’t apply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if I went, there might be nothing I could do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s the state of the fragment? Did you try entering it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Well…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lia trailed off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her trembling voice clearly revealed her anxiety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The fragment won’t open.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hoo……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing her answer, I let out a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice turned tearful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hic… S-sorry. But you didn’t contact me for a whole month… I’ve been really struggling too…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are you crying?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I-it’s because you were mad at me!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her sudden outburst of tears caught me off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well… she must have gone through a lot too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever my life was in danger, Lia also received warning signals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And over the past month, I had died hundreds—no, thousands—of times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I calmed her down first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not mad. If anything, I’m relieved.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[R-really?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fragments, once they accepted challengers, wouldn’t allow others to enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the fragment opened again after accepting challengers, it meant all previous challengers had died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, if Park Siwoo entered three days ago and the fragment still hadn’t opened, it meant he was still alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anything, I would’ve been in despair if I heard it had opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I see? That’s a relief.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You used to reside inside a fragment yourself, and you didn’t know that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Nope.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So where’s the dungeon he entered?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, clearing a fragment didn’t take more than a day in real time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If too much time passed without clearing it, you’d be ejected due to failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Park Siwoo hadn’t come out for three days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant the fragment he entered wasn’t a typical dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was usually only one type of fragment that took this long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A farming dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, Lia’s next words confirmed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The fragment Park Siwoo entered is Mana Training Room No. 13 in the Hall of Truth.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mana Training Room No. 13 was a famous spot even in the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A farming fragment for weapon proficiency and skill points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hidden dungeon that could only be entered once per character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the reason it became famous among players was something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hall of Fame system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That fragment had a ranking system, allowing competition with other players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had once briefly held the number one spot myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if you ranked first in the Hall of Fame, you could obtain a special skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That skill was extremely useful—and essential for clearing the game—so it was something you absolutely had to obtain eventually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Hall of Fame was a system that only worked in an online environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that I had been transported into the game, I wasn’t sure if it still functioned properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, just knowing that Park Siwoo was safe was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Farming dungeons were trial-type fragments where it was extremely difficult to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since I couldn’t go help him now, he had essentially chosen the best possible option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anything, he had found his own path to grow as strong as the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, a question suddenly came to mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dungeon I told Lia about didn’t include this fragment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then how did Park Siwoo even find out about it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaning against the dungeon wall, Park Siwoo caught his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was covered in countless wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were injuries he had sustained while defeating the Orc Warlord in the previous trial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite how severe they were, Park Siwoo closed his eyes and regulated his stamina as if he were used to the pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, a blue light enveloped his body, and his wounds began to heal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever he cleared a trial, his stamina and all injuries were restored like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a message appeared before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【You have cleared Floor 49.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Would you like to challenge the next floor?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【yes \u002F no】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a message he had grown accustomed to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘How long have I been here?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since sunlight didn’t reach the dungeon, it was hard to tell the passage of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘It feels like it’s already been months since I met Instructor.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one who told Park Siwoo about this Trial Tower dungeon was the School Nurse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Hell Manifestation at the Academy, his mental state had been extremely fragile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Academy had been filled with grotesque creatures and Demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless casualties had occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And among them… were his friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there had been no time to grieve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Berid, who had turned the Academy into hell, went berserk and transformed into a grotesque monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the friend he trusted most had become the infamous Demon, the Devil Knight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unbelievable events kept happening, and in the midst of it all, he could do nothing but stand there and watch helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After everything ended, he asked the instructors and adults—along with Dan Chun-woo and Helena—what had actually happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘You don’t need to know.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This is a matter between the Academy and Pandemonium. It’s better for you to stay out of it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This is all for your sake.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the School Nurse—no, Instructor Chun Ga-eun—approached him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘You don’t have the right to know.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘The right?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Power. Those without power cannot approach the truth. It’s unfair, but that’s how this world works.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘……’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the discouraged Park Siwoo, Chun Ga-eun continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘You may not be able to obtain the truth, but you can obtain the qualification. Want to try?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she told him about the Trial Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Park Siwoo felt something deeply resonate within her words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he couldn’t obtain the truth, then at least…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would obtain the qualification to approach it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the right to hear the truth about his friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waiting for an opportunity, Park Siwoo secretly entered the dungeon as the Academy’s restoration neared completion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having finished resting, Park Siwoo stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already experienced his limits on the 49th floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, he pressed “yes” on the message window before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t matter if he faced his limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each time he surpassed them, he could feel himself growing stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in life-threatening battles, he could cast aside all the worries in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t stop yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to become stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His vision darkened, and a new scene unfolded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A space resembling a circular colosseum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing there, Park Siwoo waited for his opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, a magic circle appeared before him, and his opponent emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Park Siwoo’s eyes widened upon seeing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pitch-black armor and a longsword in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that familiar sight, confusion crossed his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Seongwoo?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—the being before him couldn’t possibly be his friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The killing intent emanating from it was real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter that Seongwoo had become a Demon, he had never shown hostility toward him like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was precisely why he was doing all this—to meet Seongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To personally ask whether the time they spent together and the conversations they shared were real or fake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that Devil Knight before him was nothing more than a fake created by the Trial Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a blue message appeared before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Face your fear.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trial began the instant the message disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a violent explosion, Park Siwoo’s body was sent flying into the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a movement too fast to follow with the eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Groaning, Park Siwoo stood up, brushing off the dirt from his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he hadn’t blocked the attack with his spear, his body would have been split in two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The being before him resembled Yoo Sung-woo as he had last seen him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it likely didn’t reach the level of the real Yoo Sung-woo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I’ve experienced this level of strength when fighting the Orc Warlord.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And through countless trials, he himself had grown stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gripping his spear, Park Siwoo took his stance and glared at the fake before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brilliant light burst forth from his spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Park Siwoo had never received formal training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike Dan Chun-woo or Helena, he had never learned any secret martial arts from a prestigious family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because his family was ordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A father who worked as an office employee, and a kind mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never been dissatisfied with that life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the world saw it differently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A promising rookie, yet a tragic genius lacking background.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People said that if he had been born into a better family, received early training, and consumed rare elixirs, he would have become one of the greatest Heroes in history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until now, he had ignored those words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He firmly believed that with enough effort, he could crush all such evaluations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after the Hell Manifestation incident, his thoughts had changed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only he had a proper master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only he had even a decent martial art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wouldn’t he have been able to reduce the number of casualties, even if just a little?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That sense of deficiency was the biggest reason Park Siwoo came to the Trial Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was because of that longing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His accumulated real combat experience and the unique power known as the Power of the Star—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with the exceptional talent of Park Siwoo as a playable character, a new system was being formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was taking the shape of the very martial art he had long desired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In ancient times, those who created their own martial systems were called Grandmasters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Park Siwoo’s talent had begun to bloom brilliantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, his spear shot forward toward the fake Yoo Sung-woo.\u003C\u002Fp>",2094,"2026-06-05T19:04:26.866Z",1,"novelbin.me","6781369b91c9859890d3c12756b6acb3be1e2b63e5d8962f63712e01caae9f6a","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-118","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-116",137,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-cover.jpg"]