I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 133

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Chapter 133
133: Wait? A Bounty Notice? (2)
Mulbeomaewi was quite far from Pureair, and was instead located in the vicinity of the Buburi Safe Zone. The name “Mulbeomaewi” came from a rock embedded in the middle of a cliff that resembled a seal.
Near that rock, which had been preserved for so long that Hunters used it to navigate, a five-person party was conducting a thorough search of the surrounding area.
All five members had one or two horns protruding from their heads, and while they boasted rippling hair, imposing musculature, and massive frames, their attire was neat and orderly—they resembled knights in their armor.
The Guinjok, always ranked among the top in combat prowess among mid-tier races. Similar in appearance to the oni found in Japan rather than South Korea, they were a species that combined horns and enormous stature with exceptional intelligence.
Perhaps because they were Guinjok? Despite their seemingly dull appearance, their search was meticulous and deliberate.
How long had it been since they found the trail?
“…Found it.”
Someone spoke those words, and when the remaining two gathered there, they discovered distinctive iron fragments scattered about and nodded their heads.
Observing the iron fragments resembled the material of the armor worn by the five Guinjok, the Party Leader who had first discovered the piece rose to his feet and spoke with certainty in his voice.
“The culprit is in this vicinity.”
They were those who had set out to find Guinjok who had gone missing during an expedition in this area not long ago. However, from the traces, they realized the missing Guinjok were no longer alive.
Thus, the Guinjok Party Leader lifted a blunt weapon—an iron rod with a massive iron mace at its end, larger than his own head—and cried out.
“Vengeance in blood!!!”
Then the remaining Guinjok standing behind the Party Leader also raised their respective weapons and echoed the cry.
“Vengeance in blood!!!” “Vengeance in blood!!!”
“Vengeance in blood!!!” “Vengeance in blood!!!”
After all had raised their maces and cried out, the Party Leader’s eyes blazed with intensity as he began searching for traces starting from where the iron fragment had been found. As a result, he could discern a line of what appeared to be the culprit’s trail.
If they followed this trail, they would surely find where the culprit was. Believing this, they moved forward in unison.
Because they advanced while searching for traces, their pace was not particularly swift, yet their gleaming eyes shone ominously as they tracked the trail.
With eyes burning to find and tear apart the culprit, they set forth following the traces.
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Two hours had passed since the Dohyun Party had launched themselves forward at full speed. If they had simply run, they could have arrived in an hour, but naturally there were considerable obstacles in between, so it took twice as long.
However, the expressions of Dohyun, Hanalin, and Jiyuchan were not poor.
‘There are fewer variables than I expected.’
To reach the Treasure Map Location, at the current pace, I would need to run for at least a month. I trusted that this was Analysis’s judgment and couldn’t be wrong, but one never knows. So this time too, I had predicted with Analysis how long the journey would take, and it came out to 1-2 hours, which was exactly as anticipated.
Because Dohyun had informed them beforehand, all three of their expressions remained unbothered.
The seafloor of the Cliff Region they had finally reached could be called quite spectacular.
Though it was the seafloor, gravity and water pressure did not act strongly here, so the Dohyun Party, hovering slightly, observed the cliff region surrounding them and the light descending from above, thinking it was quite a magnificent sight as they looked around.
And upon seeing a rock resembling a seal embedded in the largest cliff of the Cliff Region, Dohyun smiled faintly.
“Haha, it really does look like a seal, doesn’t it?”
“It certainly does.”
“…Seals exist here too, it seems.”
Seeing the surprisingly cute Mulbeomaewi, they chuckled, but since they hadn’t come here simply for sightseeing, they began examining their surroundings one by one.
According to the bounty notice’s location, the Gomi Creature should certainly be in this vicinity, but no clear traces had appeared yet. While they raised their guard and searched the area, Dohyun’s detection revealed not much in the surrounding 500 meters.
From small monsters to quite powerful mid-tier creatures encountered on the way here, Dohyun could see through everything within 500 meters of himself, but he sensed no presence that could be called a Gomi Creature.
Just as he was thinking whether he should extend his detection further and rise higher, Dohyun caught sight of the distinctive dome-shaped air bubble of a Safe Zone beyond the cliff region.
‘Is that the Buburi Safe Zone they mentioned?’
Since he had already seen the map and knew, he didn’t think much of it and was about to turn his head away when Dohyun suddenly found something odd and turned his gaze back toward Bubbly.
The Safe Zone came into view once more. It was at least larger than Pureair. But Dohyun measured the distance by what he could see, estimating it roughly. About 10 kilometers, perhaps? It seemed shorter than that, at least.
On Earth, that would be considered quite a distance. But in the Black Gate, 10 kilometers was absurdly short—like the convenience store in front of my home. And that’s when Dohyun sensed something amiss.
‘A Gomi Creature has remained hidden across this distance until now?’
This Cliff Region, not far from the Buburi Safe Zone, was undoubtedly the primary hunting ground for the lower-tier C-rank Hunters staying in that Buburi. Yet no subjugation had occurred, and a Gomi Creature had been here all along. That meant one of two things.
Either the Gomi Creature was newly born.
Or.
‘It’s a master at concealing itself.’
Dohyun made his judgment and, going beyond mere ultrasonic detection or simple sensing, infused his mana with the attribute of Analysis and spread it widely. In that instant, Dohyun felt something rapidly approaching him and swung his sword with tremendous force.
The sword strike unfolded in midair, rotating fiercely as Dohyun’s body twisted, the grayish-white light tangling together to create a powerful downdraft, spawning a whirlwind that generated sharp blade wind.
Golden Sword Applied Technique: White Hawk’s Descent
As the blade wind poured down toward whatever was rushing at Dohyun like a pure white hawk falling through the grayish-white whirlwind, the rushing creature suddenly decelerated, raised both arms, and crossed them to block the sharp, awl-like edges of the blade wind.
Clang clang clang clang———!!
The grayish-white blade wind eventually wrapped around the water’s mana abundant on the seafloor and rotated, but because of mana’s homeostasis, the rotation was severely hindered, merely causing the rushing creature to plummet to the ground.
Of course, the creature, bouncing away like a cannonball, crashed into the cliff’s peak and collapsed one face of the cliff.
Because the rotation was weak due to water resistance on the seafloor, the entire cliff might have collapsed otherwise. But Dohyun was not satisfied. The sensation felt through the sword’s tip was faint, so he tried to rush forward again, but Hanalin’s attack was faster.
Ice spears appeared in midair without any magical prelude, began rotating along the water’s current, and countless ice spears poured down toward where the creature had crashed, flowing with the water.
Shush shush shush shush———
Sharp piercing sounds rang out, cutting through the billowing dust that rose up and advancing toward the center, but no sound of penetration was heard.
So Jiyuchan, who had prepared beforehand, swung his sword toward the dust, and blade wind erupted, splitting the dust in half at once. Jiyuchan flew into the gap, but in an instant something flashed, and his body was repelled faster than the speed at which he had flown in.
Whoosh———
A piercing sound burst forth as Jiyuchan was knocked backward and crashed into the opposite cliff. Then Dohyun stepped forward, but the creature, as if knowing Dohyun would rush in, extended sharp hands toward him and attacked.
Seeing this, Dohyun quickly added magical attributes to his mana and unfolded magic in one swift motion. That magic was none other than Frost Ray, which froze all things.
The Frost Ray flew forward, freezing the surrounding seafloor in pure white, and was dangerous in itself. The mysterious opponent tried to evade the pure white Frost Ray, but in that moment, Dohyun’s mana moved in a peculiar way, and the pure white, biting Frost Ray spread like a net unfurling, extending toward the fleeing creature.
Unable to evade the net of frost that occupied all directions at once, the creature was soon ensnared by the frost net, and a sound of freezing everything in the vicinity rang out.
Crack crack crack———!
That eerie sound, as if freezing this entire area, rang out and froze the creature solid. Finally, the Dohyun Party could see the creature, unable to move even a muscle, completely frozen.
It had a face resembling a gomi, a body with the glistening appearance of an octopus, yet the form of a mucous, writhing mollusk, while its overall shape resembled a human with limbs attached.
It was a form that seemed like a patchwork of various creatures, evoking a distinct sense of revulsion, yet none of the Dohyun Party paid any mind to such things.
Now was the time to focus on battle, so Dohyun unhesitatingly swung his grayish-white, luminous sword toward the ice.
Golden Sword Applied Technique: White Flash
Flash———!
The white flash, its sound faint and thin, was swung, cutting through the ice, and at the moment it aimed to strike the Gomi Creature’s neck, the ice cracked, and the Gomi Creature escaped through the brief fissure.
Not long after escaping the ice, the flash was swung, and the ice shattered completely.
But the Gomi Creature had already escaped, and seeing that extraordinary evasion, Dohyun looked at it in disbelief.
Then the part resembling an octopus-like mollusk became transparent, and its form began to disappear. Precisely speaking, it hadn’t become transparent. It had camouflaged itself by blending into the surroundings, so when Dohyun noticed it, he smiled faintly and faced the Gomi Creature directly.
As Dohyun saw through the camouflage, the Gomi Creature tilted its head in incomprehension. Dohyun smirked and spoke.
“I can see everything, you bastard.”
As Dohyun spoke, he looked at the Gomi Creature, and as always, a status window appeared.

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