I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 13

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Episode 13

Chapter 13: Advice? (5)

With the instructor’s voice signaling the start, Dongwook Park stepped forward and shouted.

“Let’s go!”

Following Dongwook Park’s words, who had tacitly become their leader, all of Team 2’s members followed behind him.

Jiyuchan looked at Dongwook Park with a worried gaze, but followed him without saying anything. From Jiyuchan’s experience, this kind of overheated atmosphere was indeed a bad situation, but you never know what might happen.

An overheated atmosphere didn’t always lead to bad results, and since an active leader had emerged, he thought things might be different this time.

Until now, Jiyuchan had been the de facto leader, but he hadn’t been able to fulfill the role of a leader.

Although he had always been at the center of the group, he had never been a leader before, so there were times when he couldn’t step forward.

That’s why he thought that the atmosphere of Team 2, led by Dongwook Park charging ahead with the others following behind, might not be the worst possible scenario.

However, Jiyuchan had no idea that if Dohyun had seen this, he might have slapped his forehead watching Dongwook Park charge forward.

Was it because Dongwook Park had a lower trait grade than Jiyuchan?

That wasn’t the reason. Dohyun could clearly see Dongwook Park’s traits.

How could he not try to stop a buffer who was charging ahead pretending to be a leader? But Jiyuchan, completely unaware of this, rushed forward thinking it might actually be okay.

If even Jiyuchan was like this, the other members of Team 2 had similar thoughts.

‘How reassuring!’

‘Dongwook oppa should have stepped up sooner.’

‘But he’s kind of slow though.’

Perhaps because his agility was low, even though Dongwook Park was running with all his might, he was indeed slower than the other team members, so they couldn’t help but think that.

Thus, Team 2 with Dongwook Park taking the lead.

They entered the Maze. Dongwook Park was charging ahead recklessly, followed by Jiyuchan, and behind Jiyuchan were Kim Yunjung, Kwon Eunchai, and Han Junseo.

Thud thud thud thud.

The sound of their running echoed through the Maze, and with other sounds slightly muffled, Dongwook Park was running blindly without looking ahead or behind.

Jiyuchan couldn’t help but be slightly alarmed watching this.

‘Is he just running blindly?’

Hadn’t the Instructor Trio mentioned in the briefing that there would be traps and goblins? Yet Dongwook Park was running recklessly without thinking about any of that.

He had thought there would be some kind of plan, but there was none at all. Meanwhile, Jiyuchan’s field of vision caught sight of a wire installed on the floor that reflected a faint light, and Dongwook Park’s ankle stepping right in front of that wire.

“Huh?”

Soon Dongwook Park’s foot touched the wire, and feeling something strange, Dongwook Park made a stupid sound. At that moment, Jiyuchan quickly turned his gaze to scan the walls and ceiling, and seeing holes in the wall, he strongly pushed Dongwook Park.

Thud!

Whoosh whoosh.

As Dongwook Park was pushed and rolled pathetically on the floor, arrows flew past the spot where Dongwook Park had been just moments before.

If Jiyuchan hadn’t pushed him in time, Dongwook Park would have been hit by the arrows.

Of course, the arrow tips weren’t sharp but blunt, but if he had been hit, they had enough force to cause at least serious bruising.

“F-fuck, what, what was that!?”

“…Hyung-nim, they said there would be traps in the briefing earlier. Please be careful.”

“Ah, ri-right.”

Where in the world is there a leader who forgets even the basics and runs blindly without looking ahead or behind?

Was this indeed the worst situation?

That’s why Jiyuchan stepped forward as if he had no choice.

“I’ll take the front.”

When Jiyuchan said that, Dongwook Park instantly looked at Jiyuchan with an annoyed expression and snapped irritably.

“Yuchan, that was just a mistake, but I’ll handle it myself, so don’t step forward. We need to win, don’t we?”

“…?”

Wondering if he was serious, Jiyuchan looked and saw that Dongwook Park’s eyes were indeed serious.

He had hoped it wasn’t true seeing him act like he was something special, but it seemed to be real.

Jiyuchan couldn’t understand it, but when the other team members agreed with and supported his opinion, Dongwook Park was actually feeling like he had become something special.

He was even thinking that maybe things would have been different if he had fought Dohyun in the sparring match instead, so there was no way he would listen even if told.

Jiyuchan, who knew well the look in the eyes of someone being stubborn, had no choice but to step back.

“Understood.”

Jiyuchan raised both hands and stepped back. And as Dongwook Park dusted off his knees and stood up with an expression that said ‘you should have done that from the start’ while looking at Jiyuchan, the team members couldn’t help but notice something was off.

It was only natural.

Dongwook Park couldn’t even see the trap and charged ahead recklessly, while Jiyuchan, unlike Dongwook Park, saw the trap and saved him.

Anyone could see that the latter should be the one standing in front leading the team.

‘Aren’t we going to fail if we continue like this?’

‘Forget about losing, aren’t we going to be in big trouble?’

‘Wh-what should we do?’

They should have supported Jiyuchan, but since Jiyuchan had obediently stepped back, they couldn’t say anything, so while they stood there awkwardly, the situation changed.

Goblins suddenly burst out from the curved section at the end of the Corridor where Team 2 was located.

“Kekek!”

“Kerruk!”

“Kehek!”

Three goblins appeared, just like with Team 1.

If they fought while maintaining formation with appropriate tension, it would be a number they could easily defeat. However, at that moment, Dongwook Park shouted loudly and charged forward with his weapon, an iron club.

“Uaaaah!”

Dongwook Park charged forward screaming. At first glance, it might look like he charged without any thought, but in reality, Dongwook Park had moved after thinking it all through.

Reading the wavering looks in his team members’ eyes at that moment, he had charged forward in anxiety, thinking he needed to show his qualifications as a leader somehow, so his movements were very shaky.

Was it because he was running while carrying a heavy weapon?

His movements seemed even slower than usual, but still roughly matched the goblins’ speed.

Thud thud thud thud.

Heavy footsteps charged toward the goblins, and the goblins tried to attack Dongwook Park with their crude daggers, but Dongwook Park was just a bit faster.

The iron club swung at fierce speed was powerful in itself, and when it struck the goblin’s fragile head, the creature had no choice but to crumble helplessly.

Crack!

One goblin collapsed with a bursting sound, but the goblins were already charging at Dongwook Park as if they knew him.

The goblins, deserving the modifier ‘cowardly,’ were trying to eliminate Dongwook Park by sacrificing their comrades.

For Dongwook Park, who had expected them to retreat when one died, this was an unexpected sight.

“Wh-what!?”

“Keuruk!”

Just as two goblins charging at Dongwook Park were about to stab him with their crude but sharp daggers.

Once again, Jiyuchan appeared, grabbed Dongwook Park’s armor, and pulled him backward.

Whoosh!

Dongwook Park tumbled backward as if pulled like a radish, and with Dongwook Park gone, Jiyuchan glared fiercely at the goblins floating in mid-air and swung his sword.

Though he had practiced swordsmanship for a long time, the feeling was different from before.

‘Right here.’

A-rank swordsmanship and the Sword King’s intuition activated as mana infused into the sword, and the Sword King’s intuition told Jiyuchan how to swing his blade.

The sword strike Jiyuchan delivered accordingly drew a perfect semicircle and simultaneously severed the goblins’ necks.

Swooooosh!

The semicircle drawn by the sword instantly turned red as the goblins’ necks flew off in mid-air, and their heads fell helplessly to the floor.

Thud, thud thud.

Pshhhhhh.

Blood spurted from the goblins’ cleanly severed necks, soaking the floor, and behind that floor, Dongwook Park was looking at Jiyuchan with trembling eyes.

If Jiyuchan hadn’t been standing where he was now, would it really have been the goblins lying there bleeding?

The moment Dongwook Park thought that, his pupils trembled slightly.

Surely he was the superior one, wasn’t he?

That delusion began to crack little by little.

Jiyuchan’s performance just now was something Dongwook Park could never replicate.

And if it hadn’t been for Jiyuchan just now, it might have been a situation where he could have died from fatal injuries.

‘Fuck.’

As Dongwook Park cursed inwardly and moved to get up, his legs could be seen trembling slightly.

Anyone could tell.

The fact that Dongwook Park was currently frightened.

Meanwhile, Jiyuchan tried not to forget the strange sensation that had emerged while swinging his sword.

That feeling just now had some resemblance to what Dohyun had shown.

Because Jiyuchan was faintly sensing mana, he could know for certain. That he had just unconsciously channeled some energy flowing through his body into his sword to attack. And he realized that Dohyun had also attacked him in that manner during their sparring match.

‘I’m starting to understand the feeling a bit.’

Having vaguely realized that the Sword King’s intuition had naturally activated his swordsmanship, he gripped his sword tightly, confident he could do better next time.

“…Hah.”

While Jiyuchan was reviewing like that, Dongwook Park, who had been fallen, got up, and the other team members were subtly watching both of them.

In a situation where they couldn’t even predict how things would unfold, to make matters worse, a broadcast sound suddenly rang out.

-Emergency! The mana circuits currently deployed in the Maze have become unstable, causing mana circulation blockages. The instructors are currently unable to enter. Accordingly, mutations in the goblins are expected. Each team should find an exit and escape as quickly as possible!

At that broadcast sound, Dongwook Park’s eyes trembled violently.

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