[{"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-36":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},1319755,1753,"Chapter 36","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-36",36,"\u003Cp>Chapter 36\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My hand pierced through Seo Da-hee’s abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red blood spilled from her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A nauseating pulse of life throbbed from my hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah…….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hand grabbed mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she slowly turned her head, my reflection appeared in her fading eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stared back at her with a hardened expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the light that was slowly leaving her eyes, indescribable emotions swirled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why…… you……?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of answering, I pulled out the hand that had pierced her abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a wet, slashing sound, her body collapsed to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red blood soaked into the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The life in her eyes gradually faded away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Keulk keulk keulk, so you thought this would be your grave and dared to resist. How pitiful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon, who had now returned to his human form, nudged her face lightly with his foot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had raised her shield to protect me until the very end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was “pitiful,” he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if sensing my boiling emotions, Lia’s voice rang in my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Husband, endure it. You know this is only the beginning. We must deal with the situation first.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lia was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked toward the creature that had taken on the old man’s form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s no time. We move now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pressed the signal device I had brought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment I pressed that button, the emergency signal would be sent to the Student Council and to Instructor Kang Jae-seok, the advisor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yoo Iseo might have already realized that Seo Da-hee was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked down at the bloodstained name tag on Seo Da-hee’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Student Council’s badges were equipped with communication, location tracking, and life-sign monitoring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I deactivated the Gauntlet wrapped around my hand and activated the Asura Divine Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raging flames erupted, reflecting the turmoil in my heart as they burned through the tree-lined path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon’s face twisted from the scorching heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What an unpleasant aura your martial art carries.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough talk. Attack me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Very well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creature’s body morphed once again, and its enormous hand swung toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its claws tore across my chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With excruciating pain, a chunk of flesh was ripped away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Must you really go this far to wound yourself?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The woman I killed was strong. A shallow wound wouldn’t make the deception believable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Truly ruthless.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying that, the creature slashed at me several more times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, wounds that looked like I had fought a fierce battle covered my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing left to do was make it look like a desperate struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come at me with everything you’ve got.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon let out a thunderous roar and charged at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When its massive tail swept across the ground, the earth was gouged apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the attack, though powerful, was not threatening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had already learned its attack patterns while watching its fight with Seo Da-hee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I leapt to evade, then closed the distance in an instant, driving my fist—burning with the heat of the Asura Divine Art—into the Demon’s abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kuwoooargh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It let out a pained howl and glared at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you hit me properly like this, how am I supposed to pretend to flee?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You tore open my chest as well, didn’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creature lunged forward as if to crush me in its embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a massive spear of lightning struck down from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A horrific screech burst from the Demon’s mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kuuaaaargh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing it was time to flee, it quickly retreated into the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, beams of light rained down from the sky and struck the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From within that lightning emerged Yoo Iseo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hair, pure white, shimmered under the storm as she ran toward me with a shocked expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What in the world happened here? That wound—what is that!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, her gaze fell upon Seo Da-hee’s lifeless body lying on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah…….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yoo Iseo’s eyes trembled violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her breathing became ragged as she stumbled toward Seo Da-hee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her knees gave out, trembling uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Da…… Da-hee……?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the cold corpse of Seo Da-hee, Yoo Iseo collapsed to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With trembling hands, she pulled Seo Da-hee into her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“W-what is this…… Ah, ah…….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice quivered, unable to form complete words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she stared at the gaping hole in Seo Da-hee’s chest, tears welled up in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, that sorrow and pain—too deep to be spoken—burst forth as a scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She howled like a wounded beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, uaaah…… Uaaaaah, no…… Uaaaaaaaah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The burning path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, the cry of a girl who had lost her family echoed through the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumble—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if reacting to her grief,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the once-quiet night sky began to flash with light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark clouds slowly gathered, and rain began to pour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within moments, the downpour drenched my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stood motionless in the rain until—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instructor Kang Jae-seok, Ha Yoon, and Park Siwoo, having received the signal, arrived at the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first to arrive was Instructor Kang Jae-seok.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the horrific scene before him, he approached me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your wounds are severe. You must be treated immediately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hurry. You’ve already lost too much blood. At this rate, your life will be in danger as well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those words from Instructor Kang Jae-seok made my feet feel even heavier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yoo Iseo sat numbly, clutching Seo Da-hee’s body as she wept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of this— was a tragedy I had brought upon myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instructor Kang Jae-seok handed things over to Park Siwoo and a few others, then dragged me off himself for treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The place he took me to was none other than the instructors’ dormitory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chun Ga-eun! Chun Ga-eun!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knocked as if he would break the door down, and before long the room’s door rattled and opened irritably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You crazy bastard, at this hour…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face twisted like a demon’s as she puffed and glared at Instructor Kang Jae-seok, then her gaze met mine beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, my condition looked awful by any objective measure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I had protected myself with the bare minimum mana, my wounds weren’t immediately mortal… but still—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The large claw marks across my chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a glance it looked like blood was pouring out and perhaps even my organs. It was a wound that made one worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face went pale at the sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t bring corpses into my room!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can’t you see I’m standing? I’m alive. I took a lethal hit from a Demon. I need treatment right away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then call 119 and get a top-tier healer here at once…! For now, get him inside immediately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I was carried straight into her room and laid on the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tore off my shirt and inspected the wound carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s nasty, fatal. You’re keeping your wits together well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warm energy gathered in her hands as she said that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll deal with the chest wound first—it's the most urgent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When her hand touched the wound, warming energy seeped in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bleeding began to stop, and the torn flesh slowly knit back together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweat beaded on her forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had to be that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this world, healers needed to handle mana with as much precision as most mages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Treating someone’s wounds consumed more spirit energy than most imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like performing surgery using only magical power, without tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without tremendous mana control, one couldn’t even attempt healing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wiped her sweat away and sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve stabilized the fatal wound for now. His life shouldn’t be in immediate danger, but things aren’t great. A blood transfusion is mandatory, and the smaller cuts need treating before they get infected.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s a relief.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what happened?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kang Jae-seok chose his words and briefly explained the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The school nurse’s face contorted when she heard it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So did you catch that Demon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And Iseo…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She drew a deep breath, took a cigarette from somewhere, and put it to her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re in front of a student. You should refrain from smoking…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re going to nag me, get out. My mood’s awful right now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kang Jae-seok nodded and left the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She really did want to scold him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cigarette smoke thickly filled the nurse’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that tasty?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At my question she furrowed her brows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pulled the cigarette from her mouth and asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tobacco?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nodded slowly, and she grimaced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why, do you want to smoke too? You just died and came back—don’t you know cigarettes are poison for a patient?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re smoking in front of a patient, though. Secondhand smoke is still smoking, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You little— you’re rendering me speechless. But with the way the world is, how am I supposed to last without smoking?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t deny it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, I wanted a cigarette too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brief silence passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end she raised her hands as if admitting defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sigh, only this once. I’m already half-dead anyway.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The school nurse clicked her tongue and shoved the cigarette she’d been smoking into my mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thick smoke traveled down my throat and filled my lungs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough, cough, hack.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coughing burst out from the smoke filling my lungs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My throat stung and blood mixed into the coughs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from the wounds, I had never smoked before—my body had been clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You brat, a student smoking. So? How does it taste?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s true—tastes like crap.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She snatched the cigarette from my mouth and brought it back to her own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right? It really does taste like garbage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While I rested in the school nurse’s room, the ambulance she called transported me to the hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surgery began as soon as we arrived, and real treatment started in earnest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the operation I woke up in a hospital room and looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone was watching me from beside my bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, you’re awake.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Berid.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An unpleasant face greeted me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smile spread across his features.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You exceeded expectations on the mission. Truly, Pandemonium’s finest fixer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did things go?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his face made bile rise in my throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the root of all this. Seo Da-hee’s death had happened because of his ambition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke in a nauseating voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All went smoothly. The Demon that aided the mission escaped via the route I provided. Seo Da-hee’s death was handled as an unfortunate accident.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did Yoo Iseo and Park Siwoo react?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled and showed me his phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About twenty missed calls were displayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those were calls Berid had made to Yoo Iseo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s gone off saying she’ll rip the Demon that killed Seo Da-hee apart with her own hands. She moved alone without answering anyone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What about Seo Da-hee?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Her body went to the autopsy room for investigation. After the autopsy, there will be a funeral.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I see.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He patted my shoulder with that smug smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All of this is thanks to you. The grand plan is finally beginning.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s fortunate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nodded at his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laugh all you want now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know how long that smile would last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I vowed that his end would be crueller and more horrific than anyone’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll be off now. I’m busy with the aftermath, I only made time for a bit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He activated a teleport and vanished from sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he was gone I checked my body’s wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The largest wound was mostly treated, and the smaller ones were in decent shape—perhaps thanks to the surgery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doctor insisted on complete rest, but I felt I could move enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aftermath, huh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would now proceed with Pandemonium’s orders—to seize control of the Student Council and corrupt Yoo Iseo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Academy would gradually become a den of Demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I had no intention of watching that happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was time to bring Seo Da-hee back to life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had taken part in this damned play and held the keys for this very moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To do that, I first needed Yoo Iseo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had to find her—she had gone to deal with the fleeing Demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her pure, righteous lightning would be the most important key to reviving Seo Da-hee.\u003C\u002Fp>",1999,"2026-06-05T19:04:26.586Z",1,"novelbin.me","fb44a7ef64eb8c5cd55b2872cdf7a943298c5d98a542a1bdbd62d91878336a20","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-37","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-35",137,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-cover.jpg"]