I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 108

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Chapter 108
108: Preparation Training (1)
On the second day of Choe Yunsuk receiving training from Dohyun, the two of them stood facing each other, each gripping a blunt-tipped training spear.
While Dohyun remained composed, Choe Yunsuk was drenched in sweat, having trained for quite some time. Regardless, Dohyun gazed at him with emotionless eyes, and Choe Yunsuk found himself involuntarily trembling beneath that transparent gaze.
The moment Choe Yunsuk’s body shuddered, Dohyun moved.
From the basic stance—spear pointed forward, left hand gripping it, left foot leading—Dohyun moved his right leg before his front left leg, and his left foot followed in a single stride.
For an instant, Choe Yunsuk perceived Dohyun’s silhouette expanding as he charged forward. He quickly retreated, rotating his spear outward from the center to deflect Dohyun’s thrust.
The spear spiraled outward in a circular arc, wrapping around Dohyun’s thrust and flinging it away.
Clang!
Though Dohyun’s metal spear rang out as it bounced from the center, he immediately rotated inward, driving his spear back toward the middle with another thrust.
As Dohyun’s spear spiraled inward like a venomous serpent undulating through the air, Choe Yunsuk frantically adjusted his footwork and retreated. Yet Dohyun’s spear, burrowing inward with a subtle blend of piercing and scraping techniques, proved relentlessly persistent.
Choe Yunsuk attempted to counter by retreating while employing the outward circular deflection technique, but Dohyun’s spear—already infused with the essence of the piercing technique—wrapped around Choe Yunsuk’s defense and thrust through. Unable to overcome the force, Choe Yunsuk had no choice but to release his grip.
Clang!
The metal spear rang sharply as it rolled across the ground, and Choe Yunsuk, having lost his balance, collapsed to the floor.
Dohyun brought the blunt spearhead to Choe Yunsuk’s throat.
Choe Yunsuk stared at him with eyes like he’d seen a ghost, mesmerized. Dohyun chuckled and withdrew his spear, extending a hand to the fallen Choe Yunsuk.
After grasping Dohyun’s hand and rising, Choe Yunsuk shook his head in disbelief.
“You’re really incredible. I didn’t feel much difference in raw strength, but the way you handle that spear….”
“The technique?”
“Yeah. The depth of difference in technique is just too vast…. I still can’t apply variations well.”
At Choe Yunsuk’s words, Dohyun chuckled and nodded, saying it was natural.
In truth, Choe Yunsuk’s speed at this moment was quite remarkable. The synergy between Dohyun, an excellent instructor, and Choe Yunsuk, who possessed considerable talent, had reached its peak, allowing him to display such speed.
Dohyun was well aware of this, so he could only nod appropriately. After all, few in the D-rank Zone would understand the techniques he demonstrated.
Perhaps only Ihae-in’s Party?
Beyond that, most likely didn’t even understand the nuances of their own weapons.
Knowing that Choe Yunsuk was performing quite well, Dohyun told him not to be too hard on himself.
“It’s only been two days, so isn’t that natural? And at this pace, you’re already quite fast.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. Who’s teaching you, after all?”
“Ugh. You’re so full of yourself.”
Still, Dohyun spoke with slight exaggeration to keep Choe Yunsuk from becoming overconfident, and he chuckled. It was true that Dohyun taught well.
Choe Yunsuk felt this keenly, so without further comment, he picked up his spear again as he rose.
Though he’d fallen and been thoroughly humbled, the fact that he picked up his spear and stood again earned him quite a high score in Dohyun’s mind.
‘That’s Yunsuk for you.’
Though Dohyun teased him for being stubborn, Choe Yunsuk himself knew his intellect wasn’t exceptional, so he made up for it with effort.
Dohyun was the same way. The saying “birds of a feather” wasn’t without reason.
As his friend Choe Yunsuk rose, Dohyun asked with an approving expression.
“Want to try again?”
“Yeah, please.”
Already having agreed to teach him, how could Dohyun refuse when asked so earnestly? Just as Dohyun was about to face off again, the door to the Training Room opened.
When Choe Yunsuk turned his head to see who had arrived, he spotted Jiyuchan, whom he’d met yesterday.
Wondering why that person had come, Choe Yunsuk glanced at Dohyun, and seeing Dohyun smile as if to say he’d come at just the right time, he suspected Dohyun had called him over.
Sure enough, when Jiyuchan entered, Dohyun greeted him quite warmly.
“Oh? You’re here?”
“Phew, yeah.”
At Dohyun’s words, Jiyuchan let out a small sigh and nodded. Though his demeanor suggested he was doing something reluctant, his eyes burned with determination.
From that, Choe Yunsuk couldn’t help but think Jiyuchan hadn’t come entirely against his will.
But why had he come?
The moment Choe Yunsuk wondered this, Dohyun spoke to him.
“During training, learning by watching others spar teaches you just as much as simply conditioning your body. That’s why I wanted to show you me and Yuchan sparring. I asked Yuchan to come by after his personal training earlier.”
“Wow… Thank you so much for making time like this.”
“No, it’s fine. It’s training for me too. You don’t need to thank me so much.”
“Ah…”
Now understanding Jiyuchan’s words, Choe Yunsuk nodded as well, and watching Jiyuchan approach with that resolute expression, Dohyun smiled and spoke.
“Like I mentioned earlier, I’ll lower my power to F-rank level and keep it basic. No skill usage, no mana manipulation. Got it?”
“So we’re building fundamentals from the ground up. That’ll actually be helpful.”
“Right.”
At Dohyun’s continued explanation, Jiyuchan answered accordingly, and Dohyun nodded in agreement.
The stronger one became, the more critical these fundamentals truly were.
Just as a great fortress could be built on solid ground, the rapidly growing Dohyun Party needed constant training to reinforce these basics. Jiyuchan understood this, which was why he’d finished his personal training early and come here.
Sparring with Dohyun was certainly hellishly grueling, but the gains were so immense it became almost addictive.
Painful, yet impossible to resist.
Of course, unlike actual addiction, the benefits were incomparably greater. In any case, Dohyun gripped a training spear, and Jiyuchan likewise took up a training sword.
Choe Yunsuk set down his spear and sat nearby, intending to watch the sparring comfortably, but even though the spear and sword clearly had no sharp edges, he could sense such a keen tension flowing between the two that he couldn’t help but swallow hard.
And then.
Whoosh!
Jiyuchan pushed off the ground and moved.
Certainly faster than Choe Yunsuk, but not so fast that his movements vanished from sight. Yet Jiyuchan’s movements were decidedly faster and sharper than Choe Yunsuk’s own. It was clear what it meant to have no wasted motion.
Dohyun was the same.
His movements contained no inefficiency whatsoever, flowing with perfect efficiency, and Choe Yunsuk couldn’t help but gape.
The gap between them when sparring with him was immeasurable. Even compared to Jiyuchan, the depth of technique felt far greater.
As Jiyuchan swung his sword, Dohyun rotated his spear from outside to inside, thrusting toward the center point, and the sword bounced off the spiraling shaft.
Clang——!!
Though the spear rotated inward, the sword flew outward in the opposite direction, and the spear that had been advancing toward the center also bounced away, trying to shoot upward.
But the spear held in both hands quickly bent as if about to snap, swinging downward like a sword. When Jiyuchan didn’t block and retreated, the spear’s tip touched the ground.
Boom——!
With no sharp edge, the massive impact struck the ground, and the moment it did, Jiyuchan reacted and rushed in as soon as his feet touched down.
But the spear that had struck the ground now curved upward from below toward the center point, and against the spear thrust in that straight line, Jiyuchan raised his sword to deflect its trajectory away from the center.
Then the spear and sword scattered long sparks as Jiyuchan closed the distance into Dohyun’s embrace.
The gap narrowed, and the moment the distance became unfavorable for the spear, Jiyuchan tried to swing his sword. To any observer, Jiyuchan held the advantage, but Dohyun twisted his waist, spun his body with a footwork technique, and swung the opposite end of the spear shaft instead of the spear blade.
Seeing the spear shaft being wielded like a massive tempest, Jiyuchan twisted his sword and swung it toward the shaft.
The spear shaft, wrapped in wind like a storm and thrust forward, pushed Jiyuchan back along with his sword.
Clang——!
Screeeech——!!
Pushed back considerably, Jiyuchan tried to close the distance again, but Dohyun’s spear unleashed countless thrusts to prevent it.
As Jiyuchan blocked those thrusts but struggled to narrow the gap, they maintained a precarious distance between them.
Choe Yunsuk watched the high-level sparring with his mouth agape when he suddenly heard a sound coming from the speakers installed in the Training Room.
-Huff huff.
It sounded like a microphone test, and then a voice followed.
-Jeongminwoo, Yunchan Kim, and Yerin Lee’s Party, please come to Meeting Room 3.
-I’ll announce this once more. Jeongminwoo, Yunchan Kim, and Yerin Lee’s Party, please come to Meeting Room 3.
At that announcement, Dohyun and Jiyuchan stopped their sparring and looked toward the speaker with confusion. Choe Yunsuk watched them, wondering why they were reacting.
Their names clearly hadn’t been called, so it was odd that they were responding.
However, Dohyun and Jiyuchan recognized it as their assumed identities, so they exchanged glances and stopped the sparring.
Then Dohyun spoke to Choe Yunsuk.
“Yunsuk, sorry, but I’m being called.”
“Huh? Your name wasn’t called though, was it?”
“Oh, it’s our Party. Since the Party has five members.”
“Ah, I see.”
Choe Yunsuk nodded in understanding at Dohyun’s quick thinking, and Dohyun let out a relieved sigh, seeming satisfied with how smoothly he’d handled it.
“I’ll practice what you taught me here and come back. If anything comes up, I’ll text you.”
“Sure. I’ll keep training.”
Choe Yunsuk said so and picked up the training spear again to continue, while Dohyun left the Training Room.
At the same time, Jiyuchan came out with him and asked, looking at Dohyun.
“Do you know what this is about?”
“I have no idea.”
“Hmm, I hope it’s nothing serious.”
Hearing Jiyuchan’s words, Dohyun nodded in agreement and headed toward Meeting Room 3.

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