[{"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-131":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},1319828,1753,"Chapter 131","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-131",131,"\u003Cp>Chapter 131\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several days had passed since I obtained Solis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During that time, I took care of Wol-ah while thoroughly searching every corner of Mount Baekdu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was searching for whatever it was that had supposedly been hidden somewhere within Mount Baekdu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Another dead end today.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I knew it, the sun was already sinking below the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I never expected it would be easy to find what Pandemonium had hidden, but the lack of results was beyond my expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did I think about this too simply?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were several reasons why it was difficult to find whatever Pandemonium had concealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First of all, there was far too little information about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t even a clue pointing to where the thing hidden by Pandemonium might be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To begin with, I didn’t even know what exactly they were hiding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second reason was the sheer size of Mount Baekdu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mount Baekdu was the tallest mountain on the Korean Peninsula.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were merely a matter of going back and forth, that would be one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But combing through the entire mountain as if hunting lice was no easy task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after searching nonstop for several days, I still hadn’t covered even half of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should I just give up?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The information had seemed credible enough, so I’d held some expectations, but blindly searching the mountain like this was terribly inefficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I needed another method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I returned home to clear my head, and the moment I opened the gate, the fragrant smell of food drifted toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed Wol-ah was preparing dinner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small child peeked her head out from the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Wol-ah saw me, her expression brightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re back?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She came running over and stopped in front of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your clothes are covered in dirt again today. I’ll heat some water, so would you like to bathe first?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can handle it myself. And I told you I’d take care of the cooking.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though I said I’d handle the housework, Wol-ah never listened to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s okay. This is what I used to do anyway.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But it must be tiring.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not tiring at all. Besides, if I don’t do things like this, there’s nothing to do here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, she wasn’t wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place was a silent area located halfway up Mount Baekdu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a child like her, chores like these might even count as entertainment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, where have you been going these past few days? You keep coming back covered in dirt…….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve been looking for something.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looking for something?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come to think of it, Wol-ah had stayed by the Heavenly Demon’s side whenever I wasn’t here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe she knew something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wol-ah, have you ever seen anything suspicious around here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Suspicious?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah. Like Demons moving around, or some kind of secret place.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wol-ah tilted her head after hearing my question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, expecting an answer from such a young child was probably unreasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d barely ever left the Heavenly Demon’s residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then suddenly, as if recalling something, Wol-ah tugged on my sleeve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know something?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A long time ago, the Heavenly Demon once took me to Cheonji.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cheonji?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. And there was the corpse of a gigantic monster there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gigantic monster?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wol-ah continued speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you sure?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wol-ah nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheonji had been the very first place I searched when investigating Mount Baekdu, and I’d searched it thoroughly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I mean, the name itself—Cheonji (Heavenly Lake)—sounded suspicious enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, I’d investigated every inch of it, even the lakebed itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not only did I fail to find the corpse of a giant monster, I didn’t even see signs of anything being destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something felt off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, Wol-ah had no reason to lie to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thanks for telling me. I’ll check it out tomorrow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m hungry. What’s for dinner tonight?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I made seasoned mountain vegetables and 육전 using the meat the Heavenly Demon hunted.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After washing up, I sat down and ate dinner with Wol-ah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something I hadn’t realized before was that Wol-ah was an excellent cook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No joke—her skills could rival most local restaurants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flavor of the 육전 wrapped together with the seasoned vegetables was exceptional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Wol-ah kept glancing at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like she had something she wanted to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you have something to say?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Um…….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face reddened shyly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can say it comfortably. Do you want more tanghulu again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? N-No! I mean, I do want some, but that’s not it. Are you planning to go to Cheonji tomorrow?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s the plan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then… could I go with you too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wol-ah’s eyes sparkled brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tilted my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was she lonely from staying at the Heavenly Demon’s residence all day?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would make sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from the beautiful scenery, there wasn’t much good about this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only neighbors around were ferocious magical beasts, and it wasn’t like the Heavenly Demon had doted on Wol-ah either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, that still didn’t mean I could grant her request.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry, but it’ll be difficult to take you to Cheonji.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wol-ah’s eyes trembled at my firm refusal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, no meant no.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The area around the Heavenly Demon’s residence was safe because of her Aura, but Mount Baekdu’s original nickname was Demonic Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant it was a place overflowing with powerful magical beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if I really wanted to, I could protect Wol-ah while climbing there……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But honestly, there was no reason to take that risk just to bring a child along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hing……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wol-ah pouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t look like it, but apparently she knew how to act spoiled too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry. I’ll buy you lots of tanghulu next time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can’t I really go?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wol-ah looked at me with eyes like a drenched kitten caught in the rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, it felt like my conscience was being painfully stabbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truthfully, it wasn’t as though there was no way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I placed Wol-ah inside the barrier created by The Reader while I searched Cheonji, she would remain relatively safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, from my perspective, there was simply no reason to go through that trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if sensing my hesitation, Wol-ah suddenly raised her hand energetically and tried to appeal to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll guide you to where the monster is!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The look in Wol-ah’s eyes held more than simple desperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was something almost obsessive hidden within them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Haa, you win. I surrender.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really? Really? You won’t leave me behind tomorrow?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nodded while looking at Wol-ah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t simply because I pitied her that I accepted her request.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had already searched Cheonji thoroughly and failed to find whatever Pandemonium was hiding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this girl claimed she could guide me there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was Wol-ah really just a simple attendant the Heavenly Demon had brought in to replace me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I started questioning her very existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, I assumed Wol-ah was a child brought from the Nest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if that were true, then the unique emptiness possessed by the children from the Nest should have existed in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet it didn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To begin with, bringing an attendant from the Nest was strange in itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heavenly Demon was not someone who easily allowed others near her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only reason she took me in was because the leader of Pandemonium had ordered it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, they brought in a child not even seven years old simply because she needed an attendant?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was definitely something strange about Wol-ah’s existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sudden thought crossed my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if the thing Pandemonium was hiding was Wol-ah herself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as I had been entrusted to the Heavenly Demon because I was a vessel meant to contain the Demon of the End, perhaps Wol-ah had been entrusted to her for a similar reason by the leader of Pandemonium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only one way to find out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bring her directly to Cheonji myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day arrived, and I finished preparing to head toward Cheonji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wol-ah carried a lunchbox bag in her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes sparkled brightly with anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somehow, this had turned into a picnic outing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re heading to Cheonji now, but once we leave this place, you absolutely must listen to me. Got it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wol-ah nodded energetically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After lightly stretching my body, I opened my arms toward Wol-ah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I planned to carry Wol-ah and move as quickly as possible all the way to Cheonji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I needed to search all of Mount Baekdu thoroughly again like yesterday, that would be another matter, but now Wol-ah was with me and the destination was clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no reason to waste time fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wol-ah obediently settled into my arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding her like this almost made me feel like a father taking his young daughter out for a trip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, Wol-ah’s outing began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The journey to Cheonji went rather smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only was it not very far from the Heavenly Demon’s residence, but most magical beasts couldn’t keep up with my speed even if we crossed paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flower-like smile bloomed across Wol-ah’s face in my arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She seemed intoxicated by the sensation of speed she had never experienced before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I sped toward Cheonji at incredible velocity, the lake soon came into view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An enormous lake surrounded by mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blue sky and clouds reflected upon its calm surface like a mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Wol-ah pointed somewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look over there! That gigantic monster the Heavenly Demon fought is over there!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment I heard her words, I released my mana and turned my gaze toward where she pointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But all I could see were the blue sky, mountains, and lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no gigantic monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where exactly are you talking about?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s right there! The monster’s there! The mountains are all collapsed too! Can’t you see the Gate over there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stared strangely at Wol-ah, who was gesturing toward empty air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was wrong with her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no giant monster or destroyed mountain where she pointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she really lie just because she wanted to leave the house?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, her reaction was far too genuine for that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then what exactly was the problem?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was there something only Wol-ah could see?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how much I looked around where Wol-ah pointed, all I saw were perfectly normal mountains and fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t see anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frustrated, Wol-ah stomped her foot on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You really can’t see it? That giant monster?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can’t see anything at all. Did Master do anything unusual here by any chance?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wol-ah thought for a moment before suddenly speaking as if she remembered something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Heavenly Demon went into the water.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s all?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She went into the water?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course I had gone into the water too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had searched every corner of the lakebed but found nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be because Wol-ah wasn’t there?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought in mind, I walked toward the lake with Wol-ah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once again, the only things reflected in the water were the blue sky and Wol-ah herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, I noticed something strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was Wol-ah reflected in the lake, but I wasn’t?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My gaze slowly followed the water’s surface toward its farthest edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wol-ah, where exactly is the monster?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s lying down right behind us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment I discovered something reflected upon the water’s surface, I instinctively swallowed my breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond the mirror-like inverted reflection upon the lake’s surface, I saw the half-destroyed corpse of an enormous golem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gigantic golem looked as though it had failed while trying to protect something, its body shattered miserably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding mountains appeared completely devastated by someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And beyond that—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small Gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was exactly as Wol-ah described.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No wonder I couldn’t find it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I had viewed everything through such a narrow perspective, I failed to see what truly mattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People naturally thought to dive into the lake and search the bottom, but never considered checking the world reflected in the mirror-like surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I blankly stared at Wol-ah beside me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But seriously… what exactly is this girl’s true identity?\u003C\u002Fp>",2004,"2026-06-05T19:04:26.866Z",1,"novelbin.me","eab63f58e45c2f49ddc25be5d7a248e12198c0c1d109b8cd3314c3cf1a3c880f","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-79","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-78",137,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-cover.jpg"]