I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 131

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Chapter 131
131: Mirage Jellyfish (2)
Quiern, along with the Jellyfish Person Jeradon and another aquatic race member named Whistler, formed a three-person party of aging C-rank Hunters whose strength had waned.
Blocked by their limits, they could no longer hunt, and their need for points had only grown. So all three had decided to turn to commerce, but truthfully, they lacked the aptitude for it.
They needed to acquire goods cheaply and sell them at higher prices, but business was never easy. Having spent their entire lives as Hunters, commerce felt even more difficult to them.
So they had to seek alternative means, and during that time, Party Leader Jeradon encountered a certain monster—none other than the Mirage Jellyfish, one of the Deep Sea’s creatures.
When I first discovered the Mirage Jellyfish, I thought we were done for. It wasn’t a monster that our exhausted party could possibly handle.
But perhaps because I was a Jellyfish Person, I could somehow communicate with the Mirage Jellyfish, and at the same time, I realized it was still young—swept here by the ocean currents.
“Perfect! With this adorable creature, we’ve got it!”
Jeradon devised the plan, and Quiern found a pursuit ring. We began hunting those who looked like easy marks or merchants buying goods in bulk, using the Mirage Jellyfish to show them illusions before dispatching them quite simply and earning points.
Rather than when we were Hunters, this new method actually earned us more points.
Even Quiern and Whistler, who initially felt pangs of conscience, now embraced it wholeheartedly. Quiern would scout for prey, while Jeradon and Whistler, still capable of combat, would handle those caught in the illusions.
This time too, as the Dohyun Party began moving, Quiern gave chase while Jeradon and Whistler followed behind.
As they pursued, Quiern caught sight of Jeradon and the small glowing Mirage Jellyfish in his hand, and he grinned wickedly as he spoke.
“Hehehehe, counting on you again today.”
At Quiern’s words, Jeradon looked back at him with a smirk and replied.
“The Mirage Jellyfish’s illusions are subtle enough that only those with mana control abilities comparable to the Superior Race—the Elves—would even notice. Don’t worry.”
“When did I ever worry?”
“Hehehehe, you’ve never doubted the Mirage Jellyfish’s abilities.”
Since that first time, we had always trusted the Mirage Jellyfish’s power without question, so all three of us laughed and moved swiftly.
Even with diminished physical abilities, as aquatic race members specialized in the deep-sea region, we could move faster than anyone else here, so pursuing the Dohyun Party’s high-speed movement was manageable.
Of course, we had to chase quite quickly to keep up, as the Dohyun Party’s speed was extraordinary, but all three of us trusted the Mirage Jellyfish’s abilities without question.
Eventually, when the Dohyun Party came close enough to see with the naked eye, Jeradon stroked the Mirage Jellyfish’s head, which shimmered with undulating light, and spoke.
“Hehehehe, do your best for us today.”
“Kyuueet!”
The Mirage Jellyfish responded with a cry. Soon, right in the middle of where the Dohyun Party was running, a massive fluffy cloud appeared—pink and pale sky-blue, like cotton candy—and the illusion began to bloom.
After that dreamlike, fairy-tale-like cloud bloomed, there was no one among them who wasn’t caught in the illusion. Just as the three-person group prepared themselves, unlike the confident trio, the Mirage Jellyfish made an odd sound and tilted its head in confusion.
“Kyuu-kyuu?”
The three didn’t notice, but only the Mirage Jellyfish saw three pairs of eyes gleaming brilliantly within that dreamlike cloud, and it trembled.
It desperately tugged at its master Jeradon’s sleeve, but unfortunately, Jeradon failed to understand the Mirage Jellyfish’s intent and spoke to Quiern and Whistler.
“Let’s go.”
“Hehehehe, plundering is the best.”
“Finally caught some easy prey.”
Among the excited trio, only the Mirage Jellyfish trembled as it saw the three pairs of eyes watching them.
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Wandering the seafloor at night carried considerable risk. Already dim with light as it was underwater, when night fell, the seafloor became the Deep Sea itself, and the monsters that appeared grew stronger. So even parties confident in their abilities generally avoided moving at night.
The Dohyun Party was no exception. Having decided to avoid reckless actions, we waited out the night and planned to leave Pureair in the morning when faint light returned.
As morning broke, the Dohyun Party left Pureair and consulted the map and compass, heading toward our destination.
Dohyun and Jiyuchan kicked off the seafloor and raced forward at high speed like exploding shells, while Hanalin used levitation magic and high-speed flight magic to soar slightly above them.
As we accelerated powerfully, feeling the fierce currents and resistance, Hanalin and Jiyuchan watched me grinning wickedly and thought to themselves.
‘Why did he have to pick Dohyun oppa of all people….’
‘Those villain merchants are really pitiful too.’
Normally, it would be undeniable that villains were bad, but Hanalin and Jiyuchan found themselves feeling considerable pity for them. When you thought about what they’d suffer at Dohyun’s hands, even villains deserved a modicum of sympathy.
As Hanalin and Jiyuchan felt this way while running at high speed, Dohyun opened his mouth with a sinister smile playing at his lips.
“Hehe, they’re following us.”
At Dohyun’s ominous words, Hanalin and Jiyuchan conducted thorough searches within themselves, but only much later could they sense something pursuing them. Though Hanalin and Jiyuchan were themselves monsters transcending genius, Dohyun’s detection capabilities seemed utterly insurmountable.
In any case, the two focused on Dohyun’s words without revealing anything, concentrating intently, while simultaneously sensing the enemy attempting something on their end.
As they all prepared the moment they felt mana fluctuations and something being attempted, all three tilted their heads in confusion.
Something was definitely happening. They could feel it, but aside from ethereal clouds rising up, there was nothing distinctly visible. Or rather, to be precise.
“This is an illusion.”
“Hmm, but it’s so crude that I can’t really see what the illusion is supposed to be.”
“Hm, if I space out a bit I can barely make it out, but when I’m focused, I can’t see it at all.”
A mirage that only those with mana control reaching Elf levels could detect. Yet even Jiyuchan, the weakest in mana control and mana ability within the Dohyun Party, was treating it as so crude that he only noticed it when spacing out.
Dohyun, Hanalin, and even Jiyuchan wondered if this might be a trap as they calmly watched the three-person group approaching them.
Jeradon, along with Quiern and Whistler, were slowly drawing closer, but they didn’t seem to have realized the Dohyun Party’s situation yet.
Then, when the distance had closed to about fifty meters, the three-person group finally realized that Dohyun was seeing them clearly, and their bodies trembled with shock. Wondering how this was possible, they even looked down at the Mirage Jellyfish.
Simultaneously, the Dohyun Party stared at the three-person group in bewilderment. When the three of them looked at them—wondering why they seemed so confused when they’d come to plunder—the three-person group instead began blaming each other, as if asking what was happening.
“Wh-what!? You said the illusion would definitely work unless they’re a Superior Race!?”
“B-but it should work…?”
“Th-those bastards don’t look affected by the illusion at all…!?”
“Kyukyuk!?”
Now unsure what to do, they looked at each other, and even the Mirage Jellyfish protested to Jeradon as if saying he’d promised this wouldn’t happen—the whole scene looked like people who’d tried to plunder the Dohyun Party but failed.
Seeing how severely panicked they were, to the point where team dissolution seemed imminent, the Dohyun Party felt somewhat reluctant to attack first.
Wondering what to do about this, the Dohyun Party looked at each other seriously and cast a communication spell to speak.
-What’s going on?
-That… I’m not sure?
-Something seems off?
-Hmm, let’s just wait and see for now?
The moment Dohyun said that, Whistler was the first to draw his sword.
Ching—!
A sharp metallic sound rang out as the blade appeared in Whistler’s grip, and the Dohyun Party’s eyes turned toward him.
Whistler spoke to his two companions.
“Damn it! We’re exposed, no helping it! Draw your weapons!!”
Whistler was right. Since they’d already been caught using the Mirage Jellyfish, what was there to hesitate about? For people supposedly driven to the brink of retirement, it was a late decision, but thanks to Whistler’s quick judgment, Jeradon and Quiern also hurried to draw their weapons.
However, as Dohyun looked at these ragtag amateurs, he lowered his head and sighed.
“Haaa.”
He’d held some hope, but they turned out to be this pathetic. Thinking so, Dohyun moved his hand lightly. Without needing Hanalin or Jiyuchan to step in, the moment Dohyun swept his arm, he suddenly appeared before Whistler, who had drawn his sword.
The water current pushed backward like a shockwave, sending Whistler flying.
Pushed back several steps, Whistler tried to swing his blade at Dohyun, who had appeared so suddenly, with a dazed expression, but his sword was gone. Or rather, his arm itself—the one holding the sword—was gone.
Coming to his senses, Whistler could see his own arm rolling on the ground before Dohyun, and he could only scream in response.
“Krraaaaaahhhhh!!!”
Whistler writhed on the ground in agony, clutching at the severed stump of his arm as blood gushed forth. Quiern attempted to weave magic in response, but the moment Dohyun’s hand swept through the air again, the magical circle shattered like glass struck by a blade.
Dohyun observed the magic-disruption ability he’d acquired from Choe Phil with a measure of satisfaction, then paused, contemplating how to handle the remaining enemies.
As he deliberated over the anticlimactic nature of the battle, Jeradon thrust the small Mirage Jellyfish he held toward Dohyun and cried out.
“The Mirage Jellyfish!! Destroy that thing!!”
“Kyuuuu!!”
With nothing left to rely upon but the Mirage Jellyfish’s power, they hurled the diminutive creature toward Dohyun. As it swelled to monstrous proportions, Dohyun showed no surprise—as though he’d anticipated this all along—and swung his longsword toward the expanding threat.
The blade swept through the air like a golden flash, the luminescence fading to reveal an eerie grayish-white radiance that cleaved the Mirage Jellyfish’s body cleanly in two.
Then.
“Don’t think I’ll accept you as an ally just because you cry adorably!!”
“!?”
“!!!”
At Dohyun’s words, Hanalin and Jiyuchan gasped, staring at him in disbelief.
‘That wasn’t it!?’
‘I-it was kind of cute, though!’
Neither Hanalin nor Jiyuchan had imagined he would actually kill the adorable Mirage Jellyfish. They regarded him with expressions of utter shock.
As Dohyun turned to face them with a questioning look, Quiern and Jeradon exchanged glances. Believing this moment—while Dohyun’s back was turned—was their only chance, they abandoned the bleeding Whistler and bolted for escape.
Swish—— Thud, thud.
With the faint vibration of a razor-sharp blade, the heads of Quiern and Jeradon rolled across the ground.
“And who told you to attack?” Dohyun remarked coolly.
He turned his gaze to the last remaining Whistler, whose pupils trembled violently as he attempted to flee. But Dohyun’s blade never missed.

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