[{"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-2":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},1319721,1753,"Chapter 2","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-2",2,"\u003Cp>Chapter 2\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whew…….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was I dreaming right now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pinched, rubbed, and even slapped my own face to make sure this was truly reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My once pale skin had reddened from how much I’d been pinching it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be… I really possessed that guy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Final Boss of ?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I stared blankly at the black laptop screen, it flickered before lighting up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whirrr—\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  Stamina: 40  Agility: 37】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence: 11  Luck: 9  Magic Power: 32】\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>The familiar interface I had seen countless times over the past half year greeted me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only difference was that the information written within it belonged to the supporting character — and Final Boss — from .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how I thought about it, this situation made no sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the pain that wouldn’t subside without painkillers, and the heavy, stone-like sensation weighing down my limbs — they were all gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body felt better than ever before. Perfect, even.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—perfect wasn’t enough to describe it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when I’d been healthy, I had never felt this light, as though I could soar with just a single movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It truly felt like I had been reborn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every vivid sensation screamed that this was reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had possessed the Final Boss of the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at the same time, I couldn’t simply be happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, I could only despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why, of all people!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why! Out of all the countless characters, did it have to be this guy?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn’t asking to become one of the main Playable Characters like the Protagonist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would’ve been perfectly satisfied being a nameless background extra who didn’t even have a single appearance scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why the Final Boss, of all things!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a perfectly reasonable explanation for my desperate wailing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The body of this Final Boss — who was also a supporting character in — had the same fate as my real body: terminal illness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be precise, he became possessed by the Lord of the Archdemons, bringing the world to ruin and becoming the Final Boss, only to be brutally slain by the Player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was stolen by the Archdemon, and his soul was defiled by demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fate far more horrific than dying from a terminal disease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the laptop’s status window began to erase itself, and new text started appearing across the screen on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Would you like to inherit this character’s memories?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Memory inheritance?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell does that mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【For the Player’s safety, it is strongly recommended to accept the memory inheritance.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I understood correctly… it was saying it would give me this body’s memories?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, wait — shouldn’t it first explain why I even got possessed in this game in the first place?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if reading my thoughts, the haunted laptop began typing again on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The current situation was pre-announced and proceeds with the Player’s consent.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Would you like to inherit this character’s memories?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【yes \u002F no】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The haunted laptop blinked rapidly, as if urging me to hurry up and choose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It won’t do any harm to my body, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【This system exists to support the Player.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【It will not cause any harm to the Player’s life.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Would you like to inherit this character’s memories?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【yes \u002F no】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was being awfully pushy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I moved the mouse and clicked the “yes” button.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Beginning memory inheritance.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beeeep—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A familiar ringing filled my ears as my head spun violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was eerily similar to what I had felt right before I got possessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I could even process that thought, an overwhelming headache crashed down on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The excruciating pain robbed my body of strength, and I nearly collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barely holding myself up by using the desk as a crutch, I gritted my teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tsunami of foreign memories surged through me — my body trembled uncontrollably, and drool spilled from my mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, I endured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain was something I was well accustomed to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After what felt like an eternity, the bombardment of memories finally began to subside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Struggling to move my uncooperative body, I staggered to the bathroom and threw up everything in my stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uweeegh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Receiving the entire lifetime’s worth of another person’s memories in mere minutes was absolute madness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning on the tap, I rinsed my mouth several times and splashed cold water over my face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was, without question, one of the most disgusting sensations I never wanted to experience again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I returned to the desk and snapped at the laptop accusingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You said it wouldn’t cause any harm!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【We said no harm would come to your life. We never said it wouldn’t hurt.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Talking nonsense again……!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【But surely, it must have been helpful to you, Player.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As irritating as that tone was, it wasn’t wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had I not inherited the memories, I would have definitely regretted it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This inheritance didn’t simply grant information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was synchronization — sharing every ounce of experience the being I had possessed had accumulated throughout his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before becoming the Final Boss of , the owner of this body had been a mid-ranking executive of Pandemonium, the organization of evil and one of the main hostile forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The experience and techniques of someone of that level weren’t something an ordinary terminally ill man like me could ever imitate, even if I had all the knowledge in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that I had inherited those memories, all of his skills and experiences were mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, with just a single blade in hand, I felt as though I could wipe out an entire modern military company a walking killing machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the situation wasn’t all rosy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After revisiting the inherited memories, I realized things were far more miserable than I thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, I was not only a mid-level officer of the evil organization but also the sacrifice and medium meant to summon the Archdemon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, my future was already sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t have many regrets about life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’d already been terminal anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that didn’t mean I was willing to have my body and soul stolen and suffer eternal torment in Hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, to avoid a Hell Ending, I needed to reach that long-desired Happy Ending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had to walk a perilous tightrope between the damned evil organization and the Protagonist’s party — with my life hanging in the balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a game that demanded a level of difficulty more insane than any Playable Character ever faced and worse, it wasn’t a choice. It was mandatory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was precisely why the haunted laptop had “recommended” I inherit the memories if I wanted to survive longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I sat there lamenting this hopeless life, lost in frustration, I suddenly heard a faint melody.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ring-ring, ring-ring, ring-ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking around for the source of the sound, I spotted a phone placed by the bedside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I walked over, picked it up and on the screen, a “Restricted Number” flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn’t be a call from a doctor before my possession……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be Pandemonium?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most infamous criminal organization in — a group of demon-worshippers who sold their souls to the Archdemons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The memories I’d inherited about them were full of atrocities so vile and repulsive they made my stomach churn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, as a mid-level officer of Pandemonium, I couldn’t just ignore a call from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I slowly swiped the screen and answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The display flickered and a strikingly beautiful woman appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her long, dark crimson hair reminded me of a black rose alluring and dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her sharp, displeased gaze fell upon me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[To think you would dare keep me waiting. You must not value your life very much.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was so cold and cutting it sent a chill down my spine, and my heart dropped like a stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I immediately recognized who she was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That deadly beauty, that arrogant tone, that overwhelming presence that dominated others with just her voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was one of the six absolute beings within Pandemonium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The terror of even the most powerful Demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heavenly Demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I remained silent, her brows furrowed even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange, suffocating pressure filled the air; every hair on my body stood on end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My instincts screamed at me to run — that I was standing before death itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt as if an invisible blade hovered against my throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From here on, every word that left my mouth would determine whether I lived or died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Can you not hear my voice?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes sank, cold and lethal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was dangerous to stay silent any longer. I had to say something — anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Driven by instinct, I blurted out the first thing that came to mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……My apologies. I was momentarily entranced by my Master’s overwhelming beauty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[…What?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a brief moment, surprise flickered in her voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shit. I’m dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of all the things to say, I’d just uttered that nonsense to my direct superior the same woman infamous among players for dismembering subordinates without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was I really going to die before the story even began?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And my last words would be, ‘I was mesmerized by my Master’s beauty’?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There couldn’t be a more pathetic death than that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I closed my eyes, awaiting the inevitable, her voice came again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[So you’ve started spouting nonsense… Have you finally gone insane?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling no pain after several seconds, I cautiously opened my eyes and found her staring at me with a faintly pitying gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait… she’s sparing me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, she clicked her tongue and shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[To think you’d lose your mind in the brief time I looked away. This is why I detest being put in charge of the young ones.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she… think I’d gone mad?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, staying alive was good but if Pandemonium started treating me like a lunatic, I’d be dead soon enough anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I quickly opened my mouth to clarify.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, I am not insane.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[If you are sane, how could you call me beautiful?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Pardon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did I just hear that right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone who so much as caught a glimpse of her would agree she was stunning, beyond human comprehension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in the game, her breathtaking illustration had spawned a fan café, despite her being a Villain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who in their right mind could not call her beautiful?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet she seemed completely oblivious to her own allure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Determined to prove my sanity, I looked straight into her eyes and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, you truly are beautiful. Even if one searched the entire world, there would be no being as elegant and radiant as you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Enough! I’ve no time to waste on foolish words.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression twisted in clear displeasure as she dismissed my words outright and moved on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You’ve been assigned a mission. Retrieve the Heart of the Demon from the Seoul Artifact Museum.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Seoul Artifact Museum, you said?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Can you no longer comprehend plain speech?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I understand. I was simply wondering… why the Heart of the Demon would be there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[How should I know that? I’ve said what I must. I’m ending this call now.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snapping irritably, she cut the connection without another word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was… abrupt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once I confirmed the call had ended, I slumped down into my chair, drained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’d seriously thought she was going to kill me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten minutes of conversation had left me completely exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It truly felt like walking on the thinnest layer of ice before it cracked beneath me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still— the Heart of the Demon in the Seoul Artifact Museum, huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a name I recognized all too well after playing for nearly half a year.\u003C\u002Fp>",1964,"2026-06-05T19:04:26.586Z",1,"novelbin.me","7e1495ead86f76ae8995cad50321d10b4248363596c721b40898d926d8c5e062","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-3","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-1",137,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-cover.jpg"]