Villain Takes Over The Academy

Chapter 38

[Translator - Helga ]

[Proofreader - Starfall ]

Chapter 38

"Wow, Seo Su-kyung is incredibly lucky, isn't she? She totally escaped death."

Before Kim Tae-hee and Yang Hak-je confronted Professor D, Okamoto muttered with a hint of regret.

When the Devil villain targeted Seo Su-kyung just now, Okamoto, watching from afar, was convinced that his family's nemesis was finally taking a one-way trip to the afterlife.

However, Okamoto's wish couldn't come true.

Because Professor D had displayed superhuman abilities, blocking the Devil villain's path.

"To appear at that very moment. Tsk!"

It was the perfect opportunity to bury the cheating incident from last semester forever...!

Why did that guy, who hadn't shown his face until now, appear at that very moment?

Shin A-sol, who was next to him, also had a puzzled expression.@@@@

"...Why is that?"

"I wonder. Why now of all times..."

"No, I mean why did Professor D save Su-kyung?"

"Hmm?"

"He could have died in that situation, right? Why on earth did he do that?"

Shin A-sol's heart was still pounding.

When the Devil villain targeted Seo Su-kyung earlier, Shin A-sol couldn't do anything because she was too far away. Her heart sank at the thought of Seo Su-kyung dying helplessly.

Just when she desperately wished for someone to save Su-kyung, Professor D suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

As if answering her wish.

"Aren't you thinking too much into it? He probably just saved her because she's a student in his department."

Okamoto, who was still bitter about Seo Su-kyung's survival, dismissed it lightly.

But Shin A-sol thought differently.

"He saved her just because she's his student? The Devil villain's attacks were one-shot kills. Have you ever seen a professor risk their life for a student in our academy?"

Hmm... Was there ever such a case?

Okamoto searched his memories and soon realized that Shin A-sol had a point.

The Masterclass's educational philosophy was thoroughly wild. The professors' policy was that life and death were entirely up to the individual student.

"If it wasn't for Professor D, Su-kyung would have died. He risked his life to protect Su-kyung."

Shin A-sol's shock was even greater because she knew how dangerous that act was.

Of all people, Professor D was the one who displayed such a noble spirit of sacrifice?!

'Why? Professor D is a bad person, isn't he?'

The more she thought about it, the more confused she became. Although she believed that rumors weren't everything, Arche had died a mysterious death. Even though he was cleared of charges, Professor D was considered a prime suspect.

'It's the same with Su-kyung suddenly changing her major to the Deconstructionist Department.'

There must have been some evil scheme by Professor D. Otherwise, there was no way Seo Su-kyung would make such a foolish choice.

In Shin A-sol's eyes, Seo Su-kyung was a pitiful honeybee caught in the spider web spun by Professor D. She was someone Shin A-sol had to save, no matter the cost.

"But why did Professor D...?"

Shin A-sol's mind was now completely confused.

What was the truth? Who was bad, and who was good?

"Ugh! Th-the Corrupted Humans are moving again!"

Shin A-sol came to her senses at Okamoto's loud exclamation. The situation was becoming urgent again.

The commander-in-chief and Yang Hak-je had a confrontation with Professor D, and in the meantime, the target escaped.

To make matters worse, Professor D and Seo Su-kyung suddenly disappeared from sight.

"Where did those two go...?"

Shin A-sol quickly scanned the battlefield.

Her surprisingly wide field of vision caught the Devil villain quickly moving away.

And an unidentified white mist closely following the Devil villain...

Shin A-sol urgently called out to Okamoto.

"Okamoto, can you catch up to that?"

"That?"

Okamoto, who was frantically dodging the Corrupted Humans, glanced at the Devil villain and immediately shook his head.

"No way. Unless we feed Usain Bolt about 100 speed enhancement potions. Of course, he'd probably die from potion poisoning first."

"Is it really impossible..."

Just as she was about to feel discouraged, Shin A-sol's eyes suddenly fell on Okamoto's shoes. Come to think of it, Okamoto's movements, swiftly dodging the Corrupted Humans, seemed much lighter than usual.

"Those sneakers... are those the ones you applied the elasticity enhancement potion to? The ones you made for emergency escapes?"

"That's right... why?"

"Lend them to me for a moment."

"L-lend them to you? These?"

Okamoto's heart sank.

These sneakers were specially made to withstand the elasticity enhancement potion, a high-priced item with a production cost of over hundreds of millions of won.

Considering Shin A-sol's monstrous strength stat, the probability of the shoes returning intact after lending them to her was close to zero.

"Don't worry, I'll use them well and return them. You trust me, right?"

Shin A-sol smiled confidently.

Although he could clearly see the future, Okamoto couldn't bring himself to say no.

* * *

Singing Scorpion's speed as he escaped the battlefield was truly astonishing. There weren't many villains who could traverse a city dozens of kilometers wide in just a few minutes.

But even more surprising was me, keeping up with that speed.

'To think the Mist Form spell would be this powerful.'

Hybrids of Devils and villains scattered all over the world.

They didn't consider each other as kin.

'Devil villains grow stronger by devouring each other.'

The reason why Singing Scorpion appeared as a major villain early in the story was because he had devoured the most of his kind.

In the original story, Nachal also became Singing Scorpion's prey. The reason I was able to make Nachal my comrade in the previous loop was because I saved him from Singing Scorpion...

'Otherwise, that weakling wouldn't have survived until Chapter 3.'

Even so, he died in the end... by the sword of the woman walking in front of me.

"...Why are you looking at me like that?"

Perhaps feeling a sudden prickling sensation on the back of her neck, Seo Su-kyung glanced back and asked.

Tsk, her senses are unnecessarily sharp.

I changed the subject, pretending not to know.

"How long are you planning to explore this cave? Are you sure we're in the right place?"

"The target's footprints definitely led here. He must be hiding somewhere in this cave..."

Seo Su-kyung suddenly stopped talking. At the same time, I heard it too.

Sob... Sob..

The sound of someone sobbing coming from somewhere.

Seo Su-kyung and I approached the source of the sound with heightened senses. The closer we got, the clearer the crying became.

"Ugh... Sob, sob..."

Finally reaching the end of the cave, the two of us couldn't believe what we saw.

The target we had been searching for.

The Devil villain was huddled against the cave wall, crying.

"S-save me, please save me. I was wrong..."

"...Oh my god, is this really that formidable villain from before?"

Seo Su-kyung clicked her tongue in disbelief.

The Devil villain, who had exhausted all his strength to the point where his black demonic energy had completely disappeared...

His trembling figure, consumed by fear, was hard to believe to be the same villain who had turned a city into a horrific battlefield just moments ago.

"This is ridiculous. To think we were struggling against such a pathetic guy."

Seo Su-kyung seemed to have lost her fighting spirit due to the absurdity of the situation.

I was also dumbfounded.

No, my bewilderment was probably several times greater than Seo Su-kyung's.

Because the guy in front of me wasn't the Singing Scorpion I knew.

"Anyway, this monster is definitely our target, the Devil villain. He has horns on his head."

After confirming the horns on his head, the symbol of a Devil, Seo Su-kyung reached for her sword.

Just before a flash of light erupted from the scabbard...

"Wait."

I stopped her. Seo Su-kyung looked at me with a puzzled expression.

"Good work. You can go back now."

"Huh...? What do you mean?"

"I mean your job is done. And that I'll take care of the rest."

Seo Su-kyung looked back at me with a mixture of incomprehension and disagreement on her face.

"You're telling me to go back after coming all the way here? When the highest points are right in front of me? Do you think I'll listen to such an absurd statement?"

Seo Su-kyung bared her teeth as if to say 'no way'...

Yes, I expected that kind of reaction from her personality. That's why I showed her what I always kept folded neatly in my pocket.

"Ugh, that's..."

The oath of allegiance.

When I presented the oath with her seal in blood shining brightly, Seo Su-kyung tightly shut her growling mouth.

"Your unwavering conviction is truly admirable. I wonder if you can maintain that conviction even after facing the penalties written here?"

"..."

Seo Su-kyung glared at the oath and me alternately with anger in her eyes.

It was inevitable, as the penalties for disobedience written in the oath were so severe that going to hell seemed like a better option.

To give a simple example...

"Personally, I'd like to see penalty number 3. Crawling on all fours around the yard while barking like a dog in front of the entire student body... I think you'd be quite a sight to behold."

"Y-you...!"

Seo Su-kyung trembled, her clenched fists white with suppressed rage...

Finally unable to contain her anger any longer, she tightly shut her mouth and left with quick steps.

For the Sword Saint to turn away from the highest points and flee without looking back...

It was indeed the right choice to make the oath, even if it took some effort.

"...Now that the nuisance is gone, I need to take care of my business."

After confirming that Seo Su-kyung had completely disappeared, I turned my attention back to the Devil villain.

"U-Ugh..."

As I approached, he cowered further, his face pale with fear. Singing Scorpion would never show such weakness.

That's why I found this situation difficult to understand. Because this guy wasn't Singing Scorpion.

Two large horns protruding from his forehead.

Large eyes that expressed all his emotions.

A youthful face that still held traces of boyhood...

Someone completely different from Singing Scorpion, yet incredibly familiar to me, was right in front of me.

"Nachal, why are you here?"

[Translator - Helga ]

[Proofreader - Starfall ]