[{"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-95":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},1319851,1753,"Chapter 95","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-95",95,"\u003Cp>Chapter 95\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But I cannot simply grant that request. Did you truly think you could so arrogantly summon me and walk away unscathed?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his single word, the atmosphere around me turned cold and heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disgusting aura that the Heavenly Demon had been suppressing began to crawl up my body once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heavenly Demon said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this was her way of saying—handle it yourself from here on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, I hadn’t called him relying solely on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I immediately bowed my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I apologize. I had no intention of showing disrespect to Lord Biden. Nor did I summon you with the thought of pestering you for her by borrowing my master’s authority.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[……It seems you’ve prepared something. Speak.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The anger laced in his voice softened ever so slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now came the crucial part—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>presenting a reward tempting enough for him to bite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I heard that Lord Biden’s deepest wish is to reclaim a living, breathing body.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That is true. But do not dare bring up my wish in jest, thinking to talk your way out of this.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could I ever attempt to deceive Lord Biden with half-truths? Please, hear me out first. If my words displease you, punish me as you wish.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[……What is it?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Got him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smile crept across my lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You underestimated a veteran player’s information. That’s your mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The body Lord Biden seeks cannot be just any living vessel, can it? A great necromancer like yourself could easily create such a thing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[……You seem to know much.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I carefully continued, matching his tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You seek a great body capable of containing both immortality and the vast knowledge of your soul, correct?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You abandoned your own flesh for power, and now you long for life? Hypocrisy at its finest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Indeed. But every attempt has failed. I’ve experimented on countless heroes and villains. For a brief moment, I could seize their bodies, but even then, no vessel could endure two souls coexisting within one flesh.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason his experiment failed was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only one soul can inhabit one body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s like two people trying to wear the same shirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if it fits, it’ll tear apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And worse, that shirt wasn’t even tailored for the second person—it doesn’t fit at all, yet he tried to force it on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know of a potential vessel—one that may serve as the living body Lord Biden seeks.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Are you telling the truth?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course. How could I ever lie to you, my lord?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[If your words prove true, I shall grant you a worthy reward.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, that’s a win for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shared the piece of information he’d been dying to hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you aware that Pandemonium has been creating a replica of me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A replica?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. Out of concern that something might happen to me, they are crafting a vessel capable of containing the Lord of Ten Thousand Demons.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Biden appeared genuinely surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, that was understandable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why make a spare when the original vessel—me—was perfectly fine?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a spare like that was more of a plan B or C—nothing that a high-ranking executive like him would bother with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If those replicas were created as vessels to contain the Lord of Ten Thousand Demons, then perhaps they might also serve as suitable vessels for Lord Biden’s soul.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[…….]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fell silent, seemingly lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind must be spinning right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Go ahead—think it through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, this card cost me nothing to play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That experiment ends in total failure anyway—and not long after, the entire lab blows up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How do I know?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the final playable character in Become a Hero was that very experimental subject who killed every researcher in the facility and escaped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, his wish was doomed from the start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was all in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lab blowing up, the experiments dying…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of that was my fault, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just had to get what I wanted and walk away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of calculation, Biden let out a sinister chuckle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Heh heh heh heh… You make a compelling point. If those vessels were created to contain the Lord of Ten Thousand Demons, then even my soul and knowledge should fit within them.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you satisfied with the information I’ve provided, my lord?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I shall see that you are properly rewarded.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I clenched my fist quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this, I had prevented Joo Sarang from being sacrificed in Berid’s scheme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now all that remained was to sit back and watch Berid make a fool of himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must already be furious after Yoo Iseo’s recent remarks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could hardly wait to see his face when he lost his subordinate as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone who had remained silent until now suddenly spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[……They’re creating your replica?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned my head toward the Heavenly Demon in alarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Biden hadn’t known of the plan, then naturally, neither had she.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. I heard about it by pure chance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I see. I’ll confirm it myself.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that, the Heavenly Demon abruptly hung up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Biden, looking somewhat flustered, followed suit and ended the call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must be panicking now—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>since that short-tempered Heavenly Demon might storm into the lab and destroy his precious replica.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, that’s his problem, not mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When night fell, Berid and his subordinates gathered together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their faces, cloaked in darkness, carried the same heavy gloom as mourners at a funeral.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An unbearable silence hung in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Berid himself, who had called this meeting, said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone there, except for Joo Sarang, was watching his expression nervously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joo Sarang, however, was enjoying the silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To begin with, there wasn’t a single person here she actually liked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all pretended to be normal students at the Academy—but in truth, every last one of them was insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, those lunatics were all pale and trembling like they were waiting to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d never had good feelings toward Pandemonium anyway, so seeing this sight delighted her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, she wasn’t foolish enough to openly show it, so she simply stayed in her seat, concealing her feelings as best as she could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Berid, who had remained silent until now, finally opened his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I assume everyone here understands the current situation. Because of your incompetent handling, our trail has been exposed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No one’s speaking. Have your tongues gone numb? Shall I tear those mouths open for you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“S-sorry, sir.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pathetic. To think that fools who could only offer such pitiful apologies were his subordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Berid felt the urge to rip the heads off his useless underlings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had swallowed his pride as a Demon, even joining hands with a Villain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And not just any Villain—one who once ruled the city’s underworld with immense influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, the price for that alliance had been disgustingly high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, it had been worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All for their grand cause—and to hunt down that damned traitor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it had succeeded, it would have been a price well paid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Then why did everything go wrong again?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The traitor they were supposed to expose never appeared, and instead, Yoo Iseo showed up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew she’d been neglecting student council duties lately due to her Association work, but…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of all things, that “Association work” had to involve the Honey Jack Club.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she had mentioned even once that she was involved with that assignment, this mess never would’ve happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Come to think of it… when was the last time I actually spoke to her?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Seo Da-hee’s death, no matter how busy they were, they always shared the day’s events and Association affairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after Yoo Iseo’s death, when was the last time they had a real conversation—just the two of them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t recall any recent personal talk—only discussions strictly about work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, he finally realized why she had gathered them earlier today and brought up Honey Jack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘We’re being suspected.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only him, but all the Student Council executives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She probably wasn’t certain yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if that Villain in custody decided to talk—?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know whether her suspicions were true or not, but they couldn’t afford to sit idly by and take the risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had to silence the Villain before he could speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having made his decision, Berid turned his gaze toward the nine subordinates seated before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our trail has been exposed. It would be troublesome if the Villain captured by the Association starts spilling information about us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you saying…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One of you will have to go and deal with him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eyes of those gathered changed instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He might as well have told them to go die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Villain was currently imprisoned at the Association headquarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To kill him, they’d have to infiltrate that place alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And did anyone think the Association would sit quietly and allow it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—it was certain that security would be tighter than ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a mission would be near impossible, even for a high-ranking Demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the Demons spoke up in a trembling voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s too dangerous a mission. Setting aside the difficulty… if any of us were caught…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With their current level of skill, they wouldn’t even get close to an assassination—they’d just be captured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if that happened, Pandemonium’s infiltration of the Student Council would be exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It might be better to… request assistance from the Devil Knight…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puhwak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifying wave of demonic energy burst out from Berid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you just tell me to beg the Devil Knight for help?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I-I didn’t mean…! Forgive me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…No, you’re not wrong. I know well enough that what I’m asking of you all is absurd.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The oppressive aura surrounding them slowly faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I have no grounds to ask the Devil Knight for help. Haven’t we already received his aid multiple times? There’s no guarantee he’d grant us another favor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Berid spoke, his eyes turned toward Joo Sarang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling his gaze, Joo Sarang clenched her teeth hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re not seriously suggesting I should ask the Devil Knight to eliminate that Villain, are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you would, we’d be grateful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And why should I?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Would you rather send your powerless comrades to commit suicide in enemy territory? If any one of them is caught, we’ll all be under suspicion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joo Sarang bit down on her lip until it bled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘So that’s what this bastard was aiming for from the start.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d steered the conversation this way just to corner her into making that offer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She squeezed her eyes shut without realizing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What should I do…?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she refused, she’d immediately be branded a traitor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She already knew Berid was looking for any excuse to get rid of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as her thoughts deepened, Joo Sarang’s phone began to ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Berid’s face twisted in irritation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In such a critical situation, you didn’t even think to put your phone on silent?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait a second.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After checking the caller ID, Joo Sarang silently raised the phone and showed it to Berid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face instantly stiffened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Biden?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Should I not answer?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you waiting for! Answer immediately! Don’t you dare keep him waiting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than feeling relieved at escaping Berid’s pressure, Joo Sarang was overwhelmed by fear at the sudden call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord Biden had never once contacted her first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she answered, a chilling voice echoed through the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[So, you are Lilith.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, my lord.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joo Sarang’s voice trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the Demons in the room went deathly silent, not daring to breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Is that Berid beside you?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Put him on.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joo Sarang handed the phone to Berid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He accepted it respectfully with both hands and brought it to his ear in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, after the call ended—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face twisted into a demonic scowl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clenching his jaw, he turned a furious glare toward Joo Sarang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a crack, the phone in his hand shattered into pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You… what exactly did you tell him…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having no idea about the deal between Biden and Seongwoo, Joo Sarang could only stare blankly at her broken phone, destroyed before their contract had even ended.\u003C\u002Fp>",2011,"2026-06-05T19:04:26.866Z",1,"novelbin.me","ac9f072b00aa19e7259ffc2844a712e7fb134fa006737235e8f3d3ee462acc4b","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-96","i-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-chapter-94",137,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-became-the-academy-s-final-boss-cover.jpg"]