[{"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-13":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},1319732,1753,"Chapter 13","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-13",13,"\u003Cp>Chapter 13\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning, right after I submitted my application to join the Student Council.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I received a message from the Student Council, telling me to come for an interview after school tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Park Siwoo walked up to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by his bright expression, it seemed he had received the same message as I did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They told me to come for an interview at the Student Council today.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He showed me his phone proudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Me too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For real? Guess they haven’t noticed that you sleep through class every day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I snorted at his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After talking with Park Siwoo for the first time yesterday, I realized he was a better guy than I thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How should I put it—he had great chemistry with people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was never a shortage of others around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was like a human capybara.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, with his good looks, brains, and athletic ability—not to mention a pleasant personality—there was no way he wouldn’t be popular.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As we were chatting, Helena Raiders, who had just arrived, came into view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She naturally sat next to me and asked nonchalantly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t think you had any friends. I thought you were just a loner.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her tone was sharper than usual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t tell me you’re still sulking about yesterday?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……I’m not.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sharply turned her head away, avoiding my gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was sulking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But Helena, you’re not really in a position to talk, are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What did you just say?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I mean, come on. You don’t have any friends besides me either.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who said you’re my friend?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What, we’re not? Then that means I have a friend here, and you don’t… so you’re the real loner.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helena glared at me with dagger-like eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since she didn’t say anything back, it seemed I had hit a nerve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finding the exchange amusing, Park Siwoo suddenly burst into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s so funny?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I kinda felt it yesterday too, but you two are really close, huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t go pairing me up with that person.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helena snapped back at him, her voice raised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her reaction, Park Siwoo laughed again and shrugged. “Alright, alright.” Then he returned to his seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, Instructor Kang Jae-seok walked into the classroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone’s here except one. I have an announcement. This afternoon, we’ll be conducting the weapon selection. Once lunch is over, gather at Hanul Hall.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instructor’s words stirred excitement among the cadets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, it seemed like real classes were about to begin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And understandably so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the past few days, all we’d done were dull theory lessons or physical training drills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weapon selection, huh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was, quite literally, the process of choosing the weapon I’d use from now on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a pretty important event, as it determined the direction of one’s growth. Depending on the weapon chosen, a player received a growth-weight bonus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem was… I still hadn’t decided what weapon to use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike other Playable Characters, this character didn’t have a designated main weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to the skill 【Weapon Mastery】, I could handle any weapon proficiently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On top of that, through the demon’s authority of the 【Dark Relic】, I could even create any weapon I needed—so I never really had to worry about this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But skipping the Academy’s main weapon setup and losing out on the weight bonus event seemed like a waste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, according to the Academy’s training curriculum, cadets had to choose a main weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned on my phone and checked my status window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Status Window】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Name: Yoo Sung-woo】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Age: 17】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Title: Hidden Player, A-Rank Villain Devil Knight】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Stats】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Strength: 32 Endurance: 40 Agility: 37】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence: 16 Luck: 9 Magic Power: 34】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Special Stat】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Resistance: 72】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Skills: 【Lamb】 (SS), Asura Divine Art 1-Star (S), Weapon Mastery (A)】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a flawless, evenly distributed, hexagonal stat chart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If my stats leaned heavily toward one side, I could’ve at least chosen a weapon that fit them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I guess I’d have to decide based on the character’s identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, I was playing the double role of a Villain and a Hero within the Academy—a double agent. One misstep could give them a reason to suspect me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To minimize suspicion, I needed to draw a clear line between Devil Knight and Yoo Sung-woo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Devil Knight was a stylish fighter who used the demon’s authority and multiple weapons with masterful precision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Yoo Sung-woo, within the Academy, should display a completely opposite fighting style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, I already had something in mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Fist King build centered on the Asura Divine Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was what players often called a “gimmick build.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Decent durability and regeneration, but lackluster attack power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its only weapon was a pair of close-combat gauntlets, and there were restrictions on armor weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of that, the build relied heavily on skills—something only eccentric players who liked self-imposed challenges would pick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I had my reasons for considering this build.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fist Build, under certain conditions, was theoretically the strongest build.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Become a Hero, playing with penalties came with high-risk, high-reward mechanics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, players who fought without armor or weapons would receive additional stat points every level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering how hard it was to earn stat points in the later stages, that was a huge advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With twice as many stats as other characters, I’d have overwhelming specs and raw power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if I paired those stats with a skill whose power scaled with them—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call it the strongest build of all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this build came with several problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, it only truly shined in the late game, once stats were sufficiently inflated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the early stages, everyone leveled up at about the same pace, and small stat differences could be overcome through weapon or skill choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On top of that, given Become a Hero’s brutal difficulty, raising a character all the way through the late game with penalties active was nearly impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second issue was finding the right skill to fully capitalize on those inflated stats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how high your stats were, without a matching skill, the build was doomed to fail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why most players only dabbled in the gimmick build early on, then switched to a main weapon once a good skill dropped mid-to-late game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as I was deep in thought, Instructor Kang Jae-seok’s booming voice echoed across the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cadet Yoo Sung-woo! It’s assembly time. Put that phone away!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry, sir.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could hear the other cadets snickering around me, but I ignored them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, what mattered most to me was refining my build.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This might actually work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The morning classes passed, and it was soon lunchtime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the past few days, I’d been eating lunch with Helena, but she must’ve been truly sulking after I teased her earlier—she told me to eat with my friend Park Siwoo instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was more petty than I expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I returned to the classroom after lunch, Helena was sitting alone at her desk, reading a book. Judging by her expression, I wasn’t sure if she’d even eaten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surely, she hadn’t skipped lunch… right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was considering whether I should buy her some bread when Park Siwoo called out to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sung-woo, let’s go change.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nodded and pulled my gym uniform out of my bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Helena glanced over at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was mumbling something under her breath—clearly, she had something to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing? Come on, let’s go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Park Siwoo, waiting by the classroom door, called out impatiently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helena’s expression stiffened; she looked flustered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she suddenly called out to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t you say you had to stop by the infirmary?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The infirmary? Where’d that come from all of a sudden?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face twisted as she awkwardly gestured toward her own body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You said it yourself before. During the orientation—you needed to go to the infirmary because of your injury.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did I?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. You said your body shouldn’t get any scars.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pfft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Understanding what she was trying to do, I couldn’t help but laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was clearly trying to stop me from going with Park Siwoo—worried he might see the scars on my body. So she came up with that ridiculous excuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s so funny all of a sudden?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I slowly walked up to her and whispered so only she could hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Were you… worried about me? That my scars might show?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, I expected her to blush and get defensive—just like when I’d teased her for being a loner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But instead, Helena looked at me seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your scars could become nothing more than a reason for others to mock you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You really think Park Siwoo’s that kind of guy?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maybe not. But you never know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt a pang of guilt for teasing someone who was genuinely worried about me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thanks for worrying. I’ll buy you some bread later, okay? You haven’t eaten, have you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helena shook her head and replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who said I’m doing this for bread? So what are you going to do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You didn’t eat because you were sulking, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I wasn’t! And stop changing the subject—what’s your plan?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At her insistence, I rolled up my uniform sleeve and showed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under my white dress shirt was a layer of black sportswear covering my skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that I didn’t care about my scars—I just didn’t see any reason to show them off to anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the solution had been surprisingly simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just wear an undershirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that, Helena finally relaxed and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now you can rest easy, Mom?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who are you calling Mom? Just go change already.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving Helena behind, I followed Park Siwoo to the locker room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pressed me for details about what had taken me so long, but I didn’t answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no reason to mock someone who had genuinely worried about me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, we arrived at Hanul Hall, where the weapon selection would take place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hanul Hall was an empty, white gymnasium—so vast it looked like a massive movie set.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, the class bell rang, and Instructor Kang Jae-seok entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As I mentioned this morning, today you’ll be selecting your main weapon. Most of you already have a weapon you’re used to, but I encourage you to try different ones—you might discover a hidden talent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he tapped on the tablet in his hand, a mechanical hum filled the air, and one side of the gym wall began to open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond it lay countless weapons of every type imaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cadets gasped in awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once you’ve chosen your main weapon, you won’t be able to change it until next semester, so choose carefully.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that warning, the cadets shouted their acknowledgment and rushed toward the display wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone seemed incredibly excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They chattered like children with new toys, grabbing and swinging the weapons one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I, too, began to examine the weapons lined up on the racks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, I had already decided on my main weapon long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I couldn’t just report it to the instructor right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether he’d accept my choice was another matter entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No weapons, no armor—if anything, he might think I was rebelling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, I had to do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, my setup was perfectly optimized for the Fist Build.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first problem with that build was surviving the early game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with my stats averaging 35 in Strength, Agility, and Endurance, there was no reason to worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering that most Playable Characters started with stats under 10, my survival chances were more than guaranteed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second problem was having the right skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I already had that covered too—with the Asura Divine Art, a technique personally taught to me by my master, the Heavenly Demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was an S-rank skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since SS-rank skills were only obtainable through late-game awakening events in Become a Hero, S-rank was effectively the highest tier a player could normally achieve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, the ultimate Fist Build that no one could ever complete in-game was now possible with this character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As other cadets began reporting their chosen weapons to Instructor Kang Jae-seok one by one, I also stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at me and asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, Cadet Yoo Sung-woo. What did you choose for your main weapon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a strange hint of anticipation in his tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I chose unarmed combat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I won’t be selecting any weapon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instructor Kang Jae-seok’s face twisted like that of a furious Yaksha.\u003C\u002Fp>",2069,"2026-06-05T19:04:26.586Z",1,"novelbin.me","05ee701d0aaa39edb5730a443dc38e111ee7c6572d40d7ead9d7a10df823bc0c","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-14","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-12",137,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-cover.jpg"]