I Became an Unknown Professor at the Academy

Level 3 Gate.
A place that was more like a playground for higher-ranked awakened ones.
Yet, dozens of awakened ones surrounded it.
‘Damn it…’
Jo Ju-hyeok cursed as he watched the middle-aged man standing in front of the blue light.
He had reported the situation to his guild leader, but why had the awakened ones from Changgu arrived here before his own guild, Milky Way?
And it was none other than Namgung Min himself!
‘Please, let there be no trouble… Please…’
The awakened ones from Changgu stood on both sides of Jo Ju-hyeok.
Jo Ju-hyeok sincerely prayed to various gods for Seo-hee’s safety.
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On their way to conquer the level 10 Gate that had appeared in Yeouido.
-Seo-hee is trapped at that coordinate.
A single message arrived.
Depending on who sent it, the content could have been quite upsetting, but Namgung Min didn’t hesitate for a moment. He jumped out of the moving car.
The message was sent by one of Yesol’s High Priestesses, which added weight to her words.
“Guild Leader, I’m from Milky Way.”
“Let him go. He’ll explain himself.”
Namgung Min pointed at Jo Ju-hyeok, whose face had turned pale, standing among the Milky Way members.
“I understand.”
Jo Ju-hyeok was led away by the Changgu members.
‘How will he get out of this?’
Namgung Min, who had rushed here, breaking several laws along the way, remained surprisingly calm.
On the surface, he appeared to be a doting father, but his inner thoughts were different.
‘Eun-jae isn’t capable of pulling off something like this.’
Namgung Min was a man who pursued practicality above all else.
Even now, he was pretending to be an anxious father in front of the Gate where his daughter was trapped, trying to piece together who was behind this and their motives.
‘It’s highly likely that they’re trying to interfere with the Yeouido Gate.’
As Namgung Min fidgeted with the hilt of his sword, anxious thoughts filled his mind.
-Whoosh!
The blue light rippled, and he felt the unfamiliar energy that he had experienced countless times before enveloping him.
A floating sensation in his legs, followed by an upside-down landscape.
“Huh?”
Namgung Min, who had entered the Gate, blinked at the sight of several awakened ones lying on the ground.
Crackle!
At the same time, he scattered his Mental energy in all directions.
“Dreamweed? They used an expensive one.”
A sweet scent that lured people, a terrifying poison that could trap even high-ranking awakened ones in nightmares.
Namgung Min burned away the remnants of dreamweed mixed in the air and searched for its source.
“Hmm, they must have a fat wallet.”
Namgung Min let out a dry laugh as he destroyed the dreamweed, which was emitting smoke like incense at regular intervals.
Possessing it was illegal due to its extreme toxicity. And the more illegal an item was, the more expensive it tended to be.
The price of the dreamweed he had just destroyed would easily exceed 10 billion won.
“My daughter must have suffered.”
Once someone inhales the scent of dreamweed and falls into a nightmare, they won’t wake up until the nightmare ends or they break free from it themselves.
Due to this characteristic, dreamweed was often used for assassinations, which made it incredibly expensive. After all, anyone could be killed as long as they inhaled the scent and fell asleep.
Fortunately, nightmares usually lasted no more than 2-3 days.
Whoosh!
Namgung Min’s unique magic power spread from him, flowing across the ground and surrounding him.
‘I can’t get a grasp on it.’
Dreamweed was most suitable for ambushing someone, but that was only when the target was of higher skill than the user.
Using dreamweed on children was like pouring gasoline on a pile of money and lighting it with a cigarette.
Moreover, the amount of dreamweed used here would result in a loss even if they successfully conquered the Yeouido Gate. Well, it could be justified if they were after public recognition.
‘There’s no way such a crazy person exists.’
No matter how much the public adores and supports them, a guild still needs money to operate. Without money, maintaining a guild is impossible, while public recognition is just an optional bonus.
“It must be over there.”
Namgung Min detected his daughter’s energy from within the cave and changed his direction.
“…”
He frowned at the gruesome scene before him.
Blood-red blood soaked the floor and the children.
Around it were scattered pieces of flesh, organs, and brain matter.
‘They tore them apart.’
If a sword or other cold weapon had been used, the cut surfaces would have been smooth. However, the flesh of the corpses lying on the ground was ragged, with some parts torn off.
“Impressive.”
Tearing people in half.
Namgung Min drew his sword and surrounded it with brain energy.
Crackle!
He cleanly burned away the entrails and other debris, then flipped over the two halves of flesh lying on either side and roughly stitched them together.
“Hmm…”
Although the eyes had been burned by the brain energy, making them hollow, it wasn’t difficult to recognize the facial features.
“Hmm, I think I’ve seen this face before.”
Namgung Min poked the eyelid with the tip of his sword and closed his eyes.
A middle-aged man with slightly wrinkled skin, probably someone who liked to put on airs.
Namgung Min captured this face with his smartphone.
Beep!
“…”
Namgung Min was speechless as the information appeared.
“Name: Gil Bain
Age: Unknown
Gender: Male
Age: 50+
Ability: Unknown (Multiple abilities confirmed)
A bishop-level figure serving a group that worships Amos, one of the four evil gods.
On the Day of Judgment, November 19, 2020, he killed the apostles of luck, mercy, and abundance and broke through the encirclement of high-ranking paladins alone.
Classification: Specially wanted criminal.”
I felt like I had seen this face before, and indeed, it was the face I had seen on a wanted poster.
And it was a long time ago.
‘I have a feeling I’ve gotten myself into something I shouldn’t have.’
Exactly ten years ago.
At that time, he killed three apostles who were far stronger than himself and broke through the wall of high-ranking paladins, each of whom was equal to himself, and disappeared without a trace.
Looking at the degree of skin aging, there was little difference from the one in the wanted poster in the app. It meant that no aging had occurred even after ten years.
In other words, he might have maintained his skills from ten years ago or even improved since then.
‘Either way, he’s an opponent I can’t handle alone.’
The important thing was that such an opponent had met a terrible death, torn in half without being able to put up a proper resistance.
‘Wasn’t there supposed to be at least two intruders?’
One of them would be the old man lying dead before me.
The other one…
Namgung-min’s gaze naturally turned to the girl who was cradled in his daughter’s arms.
‘I wonder if she’s related to that guy.’
A villain with a purpose targeting the children, and another monster who had followed in the villain’s footsteps without even the villain noticing.
He might be hiding somewhere, watching me, or perhaps he was among the awakened ones I had passed by at the entrance.
One thing was certain: there was nothing to be gained by digging deeper.
‘It seems that even Yesol didn’t know this would happen.’
Namgung-min watched the girl, who was strangely clean and not covered in blood, and stood up.
“Tsk, I’m going to get a call from the Guild Master.”
Not only had he abandoned his car in the middle of the road, but he had also scattered mana all over the place where ordinary people were.
-Guild Master, the paladins from the Bwiar side have arrived.
Namgung-min lightly pressed his earphone.
“Tell them that everyone is safe and that I’m taking them out now.”
-Yes, sir.
Namgung-min sheathed the sword he was holding and picked up his daughter and the girl she was holding in her arms.
“Sorry, I only have two hands.”
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Late in the evening.
Baek Hana, lying on the bed, exhaled a steady breath.
While the faculty meeting was taking place, the children returned to the mansion by the paladins who had returned from vacation upon Yesol’s instructions. All of them, without exception.
-Beep…
A fairy sat by Baek Hana’s bedside, looking at her with a worried expression.
‘… Dream herb.’
I never thought that the poisonous herb, which was rarely mentioned in the memories of the other side, would be used here.
I got up from my bed, gazing at the face of the girl who was sleeping like the dead.
…Squeeze.
“…”
I didn’t know when she had grabbed it, but one of her hands was tightly gripping my sleeve.
I carefully removed it and left the room.
“Professor.”
Claire was waiting for me in the hallway.
She approached me with a stiff face, looking straight at me.
“Please stay by Hana’s side.”
She had never asked anything of me before, but now she was asking me for the first time with a firm will, not for herself but for Baek Hana.
“I’ll try to be back before she wakes up.”
“… Professor.”
I received the blood-stained bag in my hand under her gaze, which was filled with desperation.
If I had been the pillar for her growth until now, she would become the new pillar for Baek Hana’s growth from now on.
That’s why I could act with peace of mind.
So that herpath would be as smooth as possible.
‘I’ll take care of everything.’