I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 11

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Episode 11

Chapter 11: Advice? (3)

The trainees were momentarily confused by the story from the three instructors: Shinjiyeon, Jeongyujin, and Yunsangwoo.

It was understandable since they were suddenly told about practical training when they hadn’t received any proper education yet.

However.

“Practical training?”

“Are there monsters in there?”

“Like in a dungeon?”

“Huh. Let’s give it a try.”

They could have been afraid looking at the two iron doors made of solid metal, but Team 1 seemed somewhat calm.

While having Dohyun there was reassuring, they had also realized that the instructors would never push them too hard in training.

So they remained quiet while maintaining appropriate tension, but there was Team 2, which contrasted with Team 1.

“S-suddenly practical training? T-today’s the first day!”

“Wh-what is this…”

“C-can we do this?”

“…Wh-what should we do?”

“…”

Was it because of the atmosphere that Dongwook Park had destroyed at lunch? Or was it because their self-esteem had crumbled from consecutive defeats? The cause was unknown, but they definitely looked less confident compared to Team 1.

Of course, only Jiyuchan could calmly assess the situation and see through the true intention of the test.

‘Are they trying to make us experience the situation inside the Black Gate?’

While practical training from the first day might be excessive, there was no method as effective as actual combat compared to other training methods.

Though he knew this, Jiyuchan couldn’t help but feel nervous.

Team 2’s atmosphere was ruined, and in this situation, they would inevitably lack strength aside from himself.

With that thought, Jiyuchan glanced at Team 1.

Team 1 had a harmonious atmosphere where they relied on each other and encouraged each other to do their best, even though Dohyun wasn’t doing anything. In contrast.

“F-fuck, since it’s come to this, let’s do it… Don’t even think about holding us back.”

“O-okay.”

“We can’t lose again.”

“L-let’s win.”

Team 2’s atmosphere was definitely overheated, thinking only about beating Team 1 somehow.

At the same time, they were extremely tense, so anyone could see it was a situation where an accident was about to happen. Since this was familiar to Jiyuchan, who had been involved in sports for a long time, he stepped forward directly.

“I think it’s more important to get out safely than to think about winning.”

It was a sound argument.

Jiyuchan’s words could be considered the correct answer, but perhaps his teammates, who were already deeply affected by defeat, couldn’t hear him?

The worst possible response came back.

“Hey, Yuchan, don’t you get the situation right now?”

“…”

“If we lose this time too, we’ll be losing 3-0. We need to win here to at least save some face, right? Yuchan, I thought you were something special, but you just lost to that scrawny Dohyun, and this doesn’t seem right, does it?”

Jiyuchan was dumbfounded by Dongwook Park’s words.

Even though they all saw Dohyun’s abilities, could he only think in such a way?

Just as Jiyuchan was about to say more in this situation where inferiority complex seemed to have blinded his eyes and ears.

“R-right. Yuchan hyung, we can’t lose again this time either.”

“…What Dongwook oppa said was harsh, but it’s not wrong.”

“That’s right.”

Even the team members joined in and supported Dongwook Park’s opinion.

Seeing this, Jiyuchan gave up on speaking. He thought that since he had acted the same way initially due to his competitive spirit, he might not be qualified to stop them, and more importantly, there was no way they would listen in the current situation.

When Jiyuchan remained quiet like that, Dongwook Park became triumphant as if he had achieved something, seeing that his teammates had taken his side, and said to Jiyuchan.

“So Yuchan, just listen to what I say.”

“…Sure.”

Though he didn’t like it, since everyone in Team 2 except Jiyuchan agreed with Dongwook Park’s words, he had no choice.

He had to go with the majority.

At least.

‘I should be thankful it’s not real combat.’

Jiyuchan thought this sadly while looking at Team 1, which was still harmonious, and quietly thought.

‘I wish I had been in Team 1 too.’

Though it had only been a day, Jiyuchan was extremely envious of those who belonged to Team 1, or rather, those who were on the same team as Dohyun.

* * *

Practical training right on the first day afternoon – in normal circumstances, this could be called unreasonable overwork, but this was the Hunter Training Center.

If they didn’t do this much, their survival chances inside the dangerous Black Gate would be drastically reduced, so this could be considered a natural training intensity. It was a natural process if one wanted to become a hunter.

Still, since it was training simulating actual combat within the Hunter Training Center, it was much safer than real combat, which was fortunate.

Normally, one would still feel nervous, but Dohyun was an exception.

Without noticing at all that Team 2’s atmosphere was ruined, Dohyun looked at the three instructors thinking this was a windfall and examined what he had gained by analyzing their status windows.

In order, Shinjiyeon, Jeongyujin, and Yunsangwoo all had status windows that could be called competent hunters. But more important than this were the messages that appeared after the analysis.

He could acquire a whopping 3 skills without consuming AP.

Instead, unfortunately, a message appeared saying he couldn’t learn any more skills today and that the ability points he could gain from analyzing skills wouldn’t increase further.

But Dohyun never thought of it as a loss.

‘I acquired all three for free and even raised their proficiency, so it’s a huge gain.’

Thanks to this, he also gained 450 AP, bringing it up to 800.

Thinking this was a loss would be an early symptom of mental illness, not anything else being mental illness.

Then suddenly thinking that not gaining stats might actually be somewhat of a loss, Dohyun scratched his head.

‘Hmm, am I mentally ill?’

Anyway, a gain was still a gain.

He had even obtained the tracking, detection, and pathfinding set that could be called the best skills in this type of maze, making him truly a specialist in finding paths.

While those three instructors had at most two of these skills, Dohyun had acquired all three.

At the point when Dohyun had finished all his preparations, if you could call them preparations.

The instructor trio gave a briefing about the maze they would enter this time, then distributed the desired weapons and armor to each team member, and Dohyun was also able to equip armor along with a dagger.

Seureureu——

The sound of a real sword as its sharp blue blade vibrated slightly.

When Dohyun smiled slightly at the sight, the instructor trio shouted.

“Everyone in front of the entrance!”

“All prepare!”

“Alright! Now begin!”

Thus, the practical training began.

* * *

Upon entering through the solid iron door, the very texture of the air changed in a way that could be vividly felt on the skin.

Would the inside of the Black Gate be like this too? The air became sticky and heavy as if entering a place with high humidity. But unlike high humidity, there was an inexplicable chill felt in the labyrinth where a strange tension circulated, and the Team 1 members who had entered all looked at Dohyun.

Their expressions were like baby birds looking for food, but if there was something slightly different.

“According to the briefing, there are traps besides goblins, so we should go carefully, right?”

“We haven’t learned about trap disarmament yet.”

“Then shall we divide roles and keep watch?”

“That sounds good. Then how should we divide the roles, Dohyun hyung?”

They weren’t just blindly relying on Dohyun, but first assessed the situation and organized the information. Moreover, they only passed the final decision to Dohyun, while everyone was aware of the assessment itself.

Determined expressions that had decided to follow Dohyun’s orders with appropriate tension. However, Dohyun.

“…?”

Had an expression that said, why are you asking me that?

No, it was strange that they had organized the situation well all along but asked him at the end, but Dohyun’s analysis quickly organized the situation without knowing Dohyun’s feelings.

“Hmm… I’ll be at the front watching for traps, so Yeseul will follow right behind with a shield, and behind that Minwoo will detect goblin presence, and the rest will wait until there’s combat.”

“Okay!”

“Wow, such a clean order!”

“As expected of Dohyun oppa.”

“Understood!”

Everyone nodded in satisfaction with Dohyun’s order.

It was natural for Dohyun to take the lead since no one else could detect trap installations right now, but it was strange how obediently they followed the order.

How far had they gone like that?

Dohyun sensed something.

Footprints on the floor, and some presence he could hear, triggered his analysis.

According to the analysis, they were just about to encounter goblins. There would definitely be goblins if they turned that corner and went over. Seeing this, Dohyun glanced at Jeongminwoo and could see him looking uncertain.

Soon Jeongminwoo spoke.

“…I think there’s something there.”

At those words, Dohyun honestly couldn’t help but be surprised.

He had given the role through analysis, but he hadn’t really thought Jeongminwoo would actually detect it. Looking at Jeongminwoo with surprised eyes, Dohyun nodded.

“Good job. There will be goblins when we turn the corner. Three of them.”

“…Huh.”

When he praised Jeongminwoo and gave an accurate briefing, the team members were admiring him, saying “As expected!”

“…I only felt that something was there and didn’t know the number, but as expected of Dohyun hyung. Amazing.”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

“Alright, everyone focus.”

“Right.”

After briefly admiring and moving on, Dohyun spoke quietly.

“I’ll charge in and take one, Yeseul will take one with her shield, and Minwoo will take another one. Then Yongchan hyung will help deal with the goblin Yeseul is handling, and Mina will deal with the goblin Minwoo is holding.”

No one questioned Dohyun taking on one and they all nodded.

Once the strategy was set, everyone prepared for combat.

In that place where tension hung like a tightly drawn string, Dohyun moved first.

And the goblins, who had already heard their sounds and were likewise preparing to ambush, suddenly burst out from the curved alley section as soon as they heard Dohyun moving.

“Keryuk!”

“Kekek!”

“Kerryuk!”

Though the goblins had burst out suddenly, Dohyun was faster than them.

Even without using Rush, his movement was so fast that the goblins couldn’t even react properly. Dohyun charged at those goblins and drew his dagger.

Though it was a short dagger, when he gripped the heavy real sword, the sharp Sword King’s intuition activated, saying that a dagger was also a sword.

Then he realized how to swing the dagger, moved quickly, and naturally extended the dagger while brushing past the goblins.

Then, as he brushed past between the goblins, the dagger touched the neck of the goblin at the very back, and slid past, slicing its neck.

Seurung——

Puwaaa——

With a sharp sound, blood spurted out and one goblin collapsed as if crumbling.

The remaining two goblins couldn’t come to their senses at the sight of their comrade who had fallen without even leaving a death cry. What on earth had just happened?

They wore bewildered expressions, never having dreamed they would be ambushed when they had clearly prepared the ambush first.

With only two remaining, Yesul Park charged at one of the goblins with a battle cry.

“Hiyaaah!”

Yesul Park, whose strength had increased compared to yesterday, gripped her round shield firmly and charged at the goblin. The goblin, thrown into panic by Dohyun, was knocked back helplessly after colliding with Yesul Park.

Seeing this, the remaining goblin belatedly came to its senses and tried to move to help its fallen comrade, when Jeongminwoo appeared and swung his dagger.

Slash!

Though it was fast, it seemed to lack power as the goblin’s wrist wasn’t completely severed but only half-cut, dangling loosely.

“Tch.”

He was surprisingly skilled at handling the dagger with high accuracy, but the power wasn’t complete due to either insufficient speed or strength, making Jeongminwoo click his tongue in disappointment.

Especially.

‘Dohyun hyung severed the neck in one strike.’

It was too disappointing for Jeongminwoo, who wanted to follow in Dohyun’s footsteps.

However, the victim was engulfed in pain and panic as his wrist was half-severed and mangled.

“Kehek!?”

On the other hand, when the goblin belatedly felt the pain in its wrist and screamed, Dohyun shouted.

“Now.”

At Dohyun’s order, Yongchan Kim and Guminah quickly closed the distance.

Yongchan Kim charged and thrust his sword toward the heart of the goblin that Yesul Park had knocked down, not giving it a chance to get up. Guminah, though slower than Yongchan Kim, also charged forward with her small shield and thrust her one-handed sword toward the goblin’s heart, but.

“Kekek!”

“Uwah?!”

The goblin resisted and dodged the attack, causing Guminah’s sword to miss slightly and pierce its shoulder instead.

Guminah tried to quickly pull out her sword, but whether it was caught on bone or she was flustered by the unexpected situation, she couldn’t extract the sword.

Just as the goblin tried to seize that opportunity and thrust its crude dagger at Guminah with its remaining hand, Dohyun shouted once again.

“Minwoo!”

“Yes!”

Thunk!

At Dohyun’s shout, Jeongminwoo moved swiftly and stabbed the goblin in the back.

With the dagger precisely piercing its heart, the goblin couldn’t manage to stab Guminah and collapsed as it was.

Though it couldn’t be called perfect, it was an excellent battle for their first group training.

“Is everyone okay!?”

“Minwoo, thank you.”

“I was able to move quickly thanks to Dohyun hyung.”

“Everyone’s teamwork is really amazing!”

Everyone was celebrating their victory together in joy.

As Dohyun sheathed his sword and thought it was fortunate, he could see that everyone had grown a little from that battle.

‘Everyone’s stats went up by one from that battle?’

He had been checking each person’s stats to give real-time orders, and he witnessed each of their stats increase from that battle.

Dohyun didn’t know it, but their growth was accelerated thanks to his precise observations through analysis and the advice he gave.

Unfortunately, Dohyun’s stats didn’t grow. Since Dohyun’s stats were considerable, it was perhaps natural that they wouldn’t increase from just defeating one goblin.

However, seeing his teammates grow, a message appeared before Dohyun’s eyes.

‘This is possible too?’

He had been disappointed by the message that he couldn’t raise stats by analyzing skills, but who would have thought that witnessing growth could also raise stats.

At first, giving orders and advice was somewhat bothersome, but if stats could increase this way too, that changed everything.

‘I should give more advice in the future…?’

As Dohyun was inwardly thinking about giving more advice, the voice of Shinjiyeon, one of the instructor trio, was heard.

-Emergency! The mana circuits currently deployed in the Maze have become unstable, causing a phenomenon where mana circulation is blocked. The instructors currently cannot enter. Accordingly, mutations in the goblins are expected. Each group should find the exit and escape as soon as possible!

At Shinjiyeon’s urgent voice, the other team members became tense, wondering if an accident had occurred.

What was this situation all of a sudden?

As everyone looked bewildered, Dohyun was about to be confused as well when.

“…?”

Analysis kindly informed him.

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