I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 112

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Chapter 112
112: Incompetent Yet Capable! (2)
Once again, I spent the day browsing through various used bookstores and shops selling textbooks, but finding nothing worthwhile—not even a decent manual—I made my way to the Special Training Room with a heavy heart.
Resigned to abandoning my search and settling for solid training instead, I entered the training room only to find Hanalin still practicing magic, while Jiyuchan stood there with a refreshingly bright expression, looking pleased with himself.
I immediately wondered what was up with Jiyuchan. Both Hanalin and Jiyuchan greeted me warmly upon seeing my arrival.
Normally they would have continued training even while greeting me, but unlike Hanalin, who refocused on her magical practice, Jiyuchan stopped his training the moment he saw me and bolted toward the Storage Room.
Seeing Jiyuchan acting so strangely today, I glanced at Hanalin as if asking if she knew anything, but she merely shrugged her shoulders.
Wondering what wind had blown through him, I waited quietly, and soon Jiyuchan emerged from the storage area with a single textbook in hand—which I regarded with obvious bewilderment.
‘A textbook?’
Puzzled as to why he’d brought it, I looked at Jiyuchan, and Hanalin, seeing his behavior, stopped her magical training and approached us. She couldn’t understand what was going on either.
Once our entire Party had gathered in one place, Jiyuchan spoke with barely contained excitement.
“I bought this textbook yesterday from the Used Bookstore in front of my home.”
“…? Can you read it?”
When Hanalin asked, Jiyuchan immediately shook his head.
At his answer that he couldn’t read it, Hanalin looked at him with some exasperation, but Jiyuchan, as if he’d expected that reaction, explained what he’d realized yesterday.
“If I can read something, it’s usually just some mediocre textbook. But if I can’t read it, then maybe it’s actually a decent manual, right? So I bought it right away.”
“Huh?”
“What?”
Upon hearing this, both Hanalin and I widened our eyes at Jiyuchan’s surprisingly sound logic. It was such reasonable thinking that we both stared at him as if witnessing something bizarre, while Jiyuchan, unbothered, handed the textbook to me.
Hanalin also looked at me with anticipation, and I nodded in understanding, opening my eyes wide as I activated Analysis.
Then—
[You have successfully analyzed the textbook.]
[You have acquired 3000 AP.]
“Wh-what!?”
I let out a strange sound, and both Hanalin and Jiyuchan looked at me with eyes full of anticipation. Meanwhile, I couldn’t help but be shocked by the Analysis message that appeared before my eyes.
Generally useful textbooks—A-Rank manuals, to be specific—had yielded 1000 AP when analyzed. But this one gave me 3000 AP, three times as much, which was a clear sign of something exceptional. I swallowed hard.
I wondered if it might be S-Rank, but unfortunately, the textbook I saw through Analysis wasn’t S-Rank.
Yet my eyes widened significantly, as if to say this 3000 AP wasn’t for nothing.
『Essence of Mana Transmutation—「Nature Transformation [A]」』
▶「A textbook that contains detailed explanations about mana nature transformation.」
▶「By mastering this textbook, you can gain insight into the essence of mana nature transformation and also make it easier to understand the Inner Mindscape.」
▶「Applicable to both techniques and magic.」
※We recommend learning this.
“This is insane!!!”
“Why, why is it!?”
“Is, is it good!?”
At my outburst, Hanalin and Jiyuchan looked at me with frustration and asked, while I stared at Jiyuchan with an expression that said something like, “How is this even possible?”
I mean, he thought not being able to read something was a good thing and actually went out and bought an unreadable textbook.
“Yuchan! You did great!!!”
“Hahahaha!”
Jiyuchan was delighted by Dohyun’s words, thinking he had made an excellent choice, and Hanalin praised Jiyuchan for it as well.
“Yuchan oppa, you’re incompetent yet competent!”
“…?”
“That’s right!!! How did you even think of that? Thinking that not being able to analyze would be a good thing! You’re truly incompetent yet competent!”
“Uh, yeah. Thanks.”
Though it was praise of sorts, the compliment felt oddly strange. Jiyuchan nodded awkwardly with an uncomfortable smile. Either way, it meant he had done well.
After moving past that, Hanalin and Jiyuchan waited curiously to learn what kind of manual this was, and Dohyun explained it to them.
“It’s one of the manuals connected to the Inner Mindscape, and it’s a manual that lets you master the subtle principles.”
“Inner Mindscape and subtle principles….”
“…From just hearing it, I can’t quite grasp the concept.”
When Hanalin and Jiyuchan failed to understand from the simple explanation, Dohyun immediately received the acquisition message and proceeded to learn it right away.
[
『5000AP』
▶『2500AP』to acquire the subtle principle – 「Property Transformation [A]」?]
[You have acquired the subtle principle – 「Property Transformation [A]」.]
[This exceeds your current stats.]
[You cannot use it at its full power.]
It was incredibly expensive.
Among all the skills I had acquired so far, it ranked among the most costly, but as the concepts flowed into my mind, I could fully understand why.
Most subtle principles begin to be learned from C-rank onwards, but this Property Transformation was different.
It was one of the advanced subtle principles that only B-Rank hunters could typically master, so using Property Transformation at C-rank was only possible for a few Superior Races or exceptionally talented chosen mid-tier races.
Yet being able to learn it already was truly absurd.
Though both were A-rank, I had to acknowledge that it cost nearly twice as much as the Golden Sword or Conceptual Magic.
After learning it that way, Dohyun explained it to them step by step.
“You know how Hunters who use martial arts create an Inner Mindscape and embed it within their bodies, and Mages create an Inner Mindscape and manifest it into the world through magic, right?”
“Yes, of course.”
“I know that.”
Both nodded at Dohyun’s explanation. Well, it would be strange for two with such talent not to know at least that much.
So Dohyun skipped explaining that part and moved straight to the next stage.
“This manual describes the subtle principle that allows you to transform the nature of mana. In other words, before your own Inner Mindscape is fully formed, you extract the attribute that serves as its foundation and directly change the nature of your mana accordingly.”
“Huh?!”
“…Hmm.”
At those words, Hanalin’s eyes widened as if she understood, while Jiyuchan tilted his head slightly, apparently not fully grasping it.
When Dohyun looked at Jiyuchan, he fell into thought with a puzzled expression.
Hanalin also waited for Jiyuchan to think it through himself. After pondering for a while, Jiyuchan asked Dohyun.
“So I understand that you extract the attribute that forms the foundation of your Inner Mindscape and change the nature of your mana, but I don’t understand the part about how the foundation of my Inner Mindscape—which isn’t even complete yet—already exists.”
At Jiyuchan’s words, Dohyun nodded, saying it was a fair question, and as he was about to explain, Hanalin raised her hand up eagerly as if she were a student.
Though the gesture was quite cute, Dohyun nodded at Hanalin and gestured with his eyes for her to go ahead.
Then Hanalin lowered her hand and answered based on her understanding.
“From what I understand, an Inner Mindscape is something we create, but ultimately its essence lies within us. And the attribute that forms the foundation of that Inner Mindscape—the one corresponding to our essence—is already determined. So if we perfectly understand this Property Transformation, we can better understand our own essence and create our Inner Mindscape more effectively, right?”
It was quite a lengthy explanation, but only now did Jiyuchan’s eyes widen as if he finally grasped what Hanalin was saying.
I nodded in acknowledgment as I watched the two of them.
Hanalin’s words were exactly right.
Nature Transformation ultimately involved infusing mana with attributes corresponding to one’s own essence, making it more powerful and easier to control by altering its nature.
However, if one only thought of it this way, one could ask whether attacking with elemental magic was also a nature transformation of mana—but it was entirely different.
‘Using magic is closer to manipulating and controlling nature itself based on mana as a foundation, whereas nature transformation of mana is fundamentally different from magic.’
Just like now.
Crackle, crackle, crackle——!!!
As Hanalin and Jiyuchan watched the electrical mana blooming from my palm, they swallowed hard.
The sight of attributes manifesting not through magic but through mana itself, with electricity crackling forth, completely shattered their existing understanding of what was possible.
In other words, if one transformed the nature of mana, even simple pressure from mana could carry attributes and become electrical pressure, just as I had just demonstrated.
One could create the same phenomenon with magic, but the efficiency of mana would be far too poor. With nature transformation, using 1 unit of mana would be powerful, but to achieve the same effect through magic, one would need to use 10 units of mana—assuming genius-level mana control.
Moreover, this nature transformation didn’t stop at simply changing mana’s attributes.
Of course, that attribute conversion alone was remarkable.
“With this… I could create part of an Inner Mindscape, couldn’t I?”
“…Finally, the Inner Mindscape…”
The most astounding aspect of this nature transformation was the ability to glimpse the Inner Mindscape—something every Hunter struggles with—and actually create part of it.
I agreed with their words and was about to explain more about nature transformation when Hanalin and Jiyuchan fell into serious thought with grave expressions.
Their expressions were quite troubled, and understandably so.
“…Since I need to glimpse my essence, discovering what attribute I possess will probably be the real difficulty.”
“…It might be challenging in the short term.”
Both of their concerns were perhaps natural. Nature transformation was the easiest first step to creating an Inner Mindscape, yet even that required glimpsing one’s own essence. If they couldn’t manage that, discovery wouldn’t be easy, so their worry was justified.
After all, a person’s sense of self and their fundamental essence weren’t things anyone could easily understand.
But I looked at them wondering what they were worried about.
Difficult to glimpse one’s essence?
『Jiyuchan』
『Essence』
▶「Platinum」
『Hanalin』
『Essence』
▶「Magic」
‘Why?’
From the start, I could see their essences plainly.
I could just look and see them—what was difficult about it? That was the expression on my face.

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