I Became an Unknown Professor at the Academy

“Is anyone there?! Help meeeee!!!”

The students frowned at the desperate screams coming from the direction they were running towards, especially Lim Gyeong-su, the boy with the shield, who was at the front, frantically clearing a path with his shield.

“Fuck! If that guy gets caught, I’ll break him in half!”

“Save your magic, and just focus on running.”

“Aaahhhh!!”

Chirp, chirp!

The purple liquid kept splattering against the shield, protected by magic, and flying in all directions. It corroded the walls and floor wherever it landed, accompanied by a chilling sound and smoke.

Running a short distance ahead of the group, Baek Hana narrowed her eyes and thought, ‘This is getting tough.’

Five minutes had passed since the first scream. She had intended to stop running and reorganize their formation if they could find a more advantageous position. However, the number of moss turtles only seemed to increase the further they ran.

Moreover, unlike when the first scream was heard, the moss turtles, now agitated by the incessant screams, started spitting out their poison without hesitation.

-Roar!

“Aaahhh! My uniform!”

“Fuck! Are we gonna die here?!”

“Help! Someone help us!”

Initially, the students had protected themselves from the poison by surrounding their bodies with magic. But now, one by one, they started to panic and shout desperately.

Baek Hana infused her voice with magic and addressed the group, “We’ll soon reach the person screaming. We’ll stop there.”

“Okay!”

Hearing that they would soon encounter the source of the relentless screams, Lim Gyeong-su glared and ran even faster.

“Hey, you asshole! Match your speed to ours!”

“Ah… Sorry!”

Upon hearing the girl’s rebuke from behind, he quickly slowed down and returned to his original position.

“Hey, look over there!”

Lim Gyeong-su, running with his eyes barely peeking over the shield, pointed to a wide path on their left.

“But it’s hard to stop now!”

“What should we do?”

They quickly sought the opinions of the two students at the front, as they faced a horde of moss turtles in the newly discovered passage. However, no response came.

Instead—

Kwa-gak!

With a loud crack, Baek Hana swiftly climbed up the wall, overtaking the group.

“Wow…”

“You pervert, focus!”

“Ahem!”

At the girl’s reprimand, Lim Gyeong-su quickly averted his gaze from Baek Hana.

“Idiot, watch where you’re going!”

“Huh? Oh no!”

-Roar?!

Kuuuung!

With a heavy sound, Lim Gyeong-su collided with a moss turtle in front of him, forcing the group to come to a halt.

“What a useless vanguard.”

“When we get back, let’s confiscate his shield.”

“Agreed. I won’t let him off in the student evaluation.”

The students cursed Lim Gyeong-su, who had fallen flat on his back, and quickly tightened their formation. At that moment, Baek Hana, who had rushed ahead, spoke to the group, “It seems safe up ahead. Guard these two while I clear a path.”

“Acknowledged.”

“Hey, why did the screaming guy suddenly go quiet?”

“Probably dead.”

-Hey, I’m still alive, you know?!

“A talking corpse.”

“I’ve always wanted to slice up an undead.”

“Let’s start with a strike test.”

As the students made brutal remarks, Baek Hana turned back to face them.

‘Three… five… nine of them.’

When her gaze was directed towards the side passage, she needed to take out as many of the moss turtles as possible. While running, she had observed that the turtles spat their poison without regard for their comrades, aiming solely at the students.

The reason was simple. The corrosive poison had no effect on the turtles themselves.

‘While running, we’re fine, but stopping now is dangerous.’

The potency of the poison spat by these low-level monsters was unusually threatening, comparable to monsters found in higher-level cracks.

As a result, the group’s magic power was almost depleted.

There was a reason for the saying that when attacking non-aggressive monsters, one must ensure they are killed in one blow.

-Hey, can you guys hurry up and help me?!

Baek Hana furrowed her brows at the persistent cries coming from the side passage.

‘That voice sounds familiar…’

It wasn’t just a passing familiarity, but a voice she had heard multiple times, so familiar that it tugged at her memory. Yes, it was a similar voice. Slightly different, as if it had been modified somehow, like a voice disguised by a voice changer.

-Hey, over here!

As she tried to recall, the urgency in the voice snapped her back to reality, and she took a deep breath.

Swish!

White hair sprouted fluffy ears, and a tail dangled from beneath the short skirt. Simultaneously, Baek Hana leaped onto the nearest moss turtle.

-Roar?

Startled by the sudden shadow, the moss turtle, with its somewhat dull expression, lifted its head.

Kwa-jik!

Baek Hana’s foot crushed its head, causing the purple liquid to ooze out. The liquid began to corrode the sole of her shoe, but she continued her movements, efficiently distributing her magic power only to the gloves and her body.

Ka-gak!

She kicked the corroded flesh and liquid, sending fragments flying towards another moss turtle’s head, piercing it.

-Guaaack…!!

Two turtles died instantly. Sensing the death of their comrade, the nearby moss turtles became aware of Baek Hana’s presence and tried to retract their heads into their shells.

Kwaaack!

Baek Hana swiftly grabbed one by the head and yanked it out.

Puhak!

The head and neck, along with the bones, were torn from the body and flung from her hand.

There was no hesitation in Baek Hana’s movements. She immediately threw the flesh in her hand towards another target and leaped towards the next one. Due to the large rocks obstructing their view, the moss turtles failed to notice what was happening behind them, and their heads were mercilessly shredded by Baek Hana’s claws.

Puhak!

The seventh head exploded.

-……

-……

Baek Hana wiped the grime off her gloves and stared at the two turtles that had retracted their heads into their shells.

She could have shattered the rocks or used magic to shake their insides, but she chose to do neither. Instead, she turned to face the group.

“Haa, haa… damn… we’re a mess.”

“Are these really low-level monsters?”

“You idiot, don’t you know that usually calm people become scarier when they’re pushed to their limits?”

“…Okay, understood.”

In just under a minute, the students who had been holding off the moss turtles from the rear were in a pitiful state. Their uniforms were riddled with holes, and they were soaked as if they had emerged from a body of water.

The only ones relatively unscathed were the two Alchemy students protected at the center and Nam Seo-hee.

Baek Hana let out a sigh of relief, seeing the moss turtles cowering with their bellies to the ground, hiding behind the other students. She had used somewhat cruel methods, unsure if they would work, but fortunately, these monsters seemed to have some level of intelligence, and the fear was properly instilled.

“Ah!”

Lim Gyeong-su, whose uniform was in tatters but had somehow managed to keep his shield intact, straightened his posture and glared. The other students frowned at him.

“Let’s catch our breath, damn it.”

“How come your shield is still intact?”

“I don’t know. That idiot was shielding himself with his body.”

Ignoring the sharp remarks from his classmates, Lim Gyeong-su quickly spoke up, “The screaming guy!”

“Oh, right.”

“The talking corpse.”

The arrows of anger, which had been directed at Lim Gyeong-su, instantly shifted to the unnamed student. Lim Gyeong-su, unfazed, quickly ran towards the side passage.

The other students followed suit, and Nam Seo-hee, sheathing her sword, approached Baek Hana.

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah, but my uniform will need some mending.”

Nam Seo-hee and Baek Hana chuckled as they looked at each other’s tattered uniforms.

“Shall we go?”

“Yeah.”

Baek Hana moved first, and Nam Seo-hee stuck close to her side, gently stroking Baek Hana’s fluffy tail with the back of her hand as it swayed behind her.

As the soft sensation of the tail brushed against the back of her hand, Nam Seo-hee’s lips curled up slightly. At that moment, both Baek Hana and Nam Seo-hee came to a halt. The only difference was that while Nam Seo-hee’s face was stiff with tension, Baek Hana wore a slightly puzzled expression.

“So, you got separated from the others?”

“Yeah, I have no idea where they scattered to…”

The voices of the students huddled against the wall of the passage, with a new voice emerging from within the group.

“Wait here.”

“……?”

Baek Hana, who had been listening intently, watched as Nam Seo-hee suddenly drew her sword and cautiously approached the group of students with her sword held in reverse grip.

Nam Seo-hee quietly moved behind the students without making a sound, then pushed her way through and slashed her sword diagonally.

It all happened so fast that none of the students even realized she was there.

“That’s ruthless.”

“……”

Nam Seo-hee frowned at the voice coming from a short distance away, sheathed her sword, and turned around.

A handsome man with a tattered uniform like theirs playfully clapped his hands and looked at them.

“What’s up?”

“…… Just shut up.”

At Nam Seo-hee’s rebuke, Lim Gyeong-su closed his mouth. The other students remained silent as well.

It was an unexpected situation, but they weren’t fools. They had somehow dodged Nam Seo-hee’s attack, which was faster than they could perceive. The movements he displayed were not something he should have been able to make after begging for help from the moss turtles.

The students, having quickly assessed the situation, took out their weapons and positioned themselves to protect the Alchemy students.

Amidst the tense atmosphere, only Baek Hana remained, blinking curiously as she observed the scene.

“You’re a bit late with the introductions.”

“…… What did you do to the other students?”

Nam Seo-hee asked the man as she slowly began to prepare the magic power within her.

“They all ran away, didn’t they?”

“……”

“You don’t seem convinced.”

As the man scratched his head, Nam Seo-hee’s eyes turned cold.

“…… At least erase the scent of blood before you speak.”

“Ah~”

The man widened his eyes and nodded.

“Man, the students these days are getting scarier and scarier.”

At his words, the students behind Nam Seo-hee swallowed hard and tightened their grip on their weapons.

“It’s just a feeling! You all look exhausted, so I’ll graciously let you make the first move. I can see you’re preparing something, so take your time.”

“……”

The man smiled as he spoke, and Nam Seo-hee once again held her sword in reverse grip.

Pzzzt!

A bolt of lightning briefly crackled along the sword.

Nam Seo-hee raised the sword in her hand, pulled her arm back, and stepped forward with the opposite leg.

Pzzzzzt!

As she completed her preparations, another bolt of lightning crackled along the sword.

All the students witnessed the lightning that had appeared twice from Nam Seo-hee’s sword.

“Ah……!”

As Nam Seo-hee threw her sword, one of the Alchemy students, his face turning blue with fear, turned and ran.

Pzzzt!

Blue lightning crackled from the sword Nam Seo-hee had thrown.

Paaaaaaaang!

The intense lightning completely enveloped the surrounding space.

The blue current swallowed everything, accompanied by a deafening explosion-like sound, yet when the brief and powerful light faded, the man was still standing in the same spot, looking a little bewildered as he scratched his head.

“Umm, that’s…”

“Gick, gick.”

The students lay on the ground, unconscious, like frogs that had been knocked out.

And Nam Seo-hee, who had fallen to her knees with her hands over her eyes, also passed out.

The man glanced at Baek Hana, the only one standing, albeit with her hair and fur standing on end, and gently pressed his left ear.

“What should I do?”

“Ah, yes. I understand. I’ll take her.”

The man, Yu Heeshin’s Holy Knight, took his hand off his ear, put away the thick black pen he had taken out, and approached the unconscious Nam Seo-hee.

“Steam is a non-conductor, so it doesn’t cause electric shocks. And just because the humidity is high doesn’t mean you’ll get electrocuted either. If that were the case, would we take showers with candles lit? But…”

“Ugh?!”

Kiiik, kiiik.

The man removed Nam Seo-hee’s hands from her eyes and began to doodle on her face with the thick pen.

“This is a gate, isn’t it? It’s not just high humidity… Puhat!”

Nam Seo-hee’s face was completely transformed into that of a panda.

The man was pleased with his work and stood up. He then approached the unconscious students and began doodling on their faces.

“Kkum, kkum.”

“……”

After quickly finishing his doodles, the man turned to Baek Hana and casually raised his pen.

Baek Hana glared at him coldly, and he quietly put the pen away.

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