I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 14

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Chapter 14
Chapter 14: Backseat Driving? (6)
When Instructor Shinjiyeon’s voice rang out urgently, every member of Team 2 fell into a state of bewilderment and panic.
It was a stark contrast to Team 1, whose leader had maintained steady composure throughout.
“W-what does this mean!?”
“S-suddenly?”
“A mutation?”
“W-what do we do?”
Meanwhile, Jiyuchan attempted to respond with composure upon hearing the news, though he couldn’t help but feel the tension creeping in.
Had he thought more rationally, he might have sensed something amiss, but since the instructor was someone to trust and follow, Jiyuchan had no choice but to fall for the deception.
What should he do in a situation like this?
After deliberating for a moment, Jiyuchan stepped forward and spoke.
“I think it would be best if I took the lead.”
At Jiyuchan’s words, the other Team 2 members agreed it sounded good and nodded in approval, then suddenly glanced toward Dongwook Park.
Honestly, Jiyuchan carried himself with composure while Dongwook Park displayed an aggressive and somewhat reckless demeanor, so it was inevitable that the team members would gauge his reaction.
As everyone exchanged cautious glances, Dongwook Park stepped forward and spoke.
“Let’s have Yuchan take the lead, and I’ll provide cover from behind.”
“Understood.”
With Dongwook Park’s reluctant agreement, Jiyuchan and the other team members couldn’t help but feel a surge of relief internally. Now they could focus on safety, and Dongwook Park had backed down from his stubbornness at just the right moment.
Just as the team members thought they could finally breathe easier, Dongwook Park’s expression was visibly darkening despite his agreement.
He’d thought he’d finally become the leader, only to have it snatched away again. It wasn’t even a three-day reign—what was this? Fury burned within him, but what could he do?
‘…I can’t step forward anymore.’
The image of two goblins burrowing into his chest and thrusting their daggers still haunted him, making him too afraid to take the lead. Dongwook Park had no choice but to fall back.
With Jiyuchan taking point, everything proceeded smoothly thereafter.
When they discovered a trap in time and Kim Yunjung, who had listened intently to the briefing about traps, worked alongside Jiyuchan to disarm it, they were able to handle it quickly.
With both of them working to disarm the trap, progress accelerated considerably, and they drew close to the exit mentioned in the briefing.
It was then that Jiyuchan caught an odd sound and halted the team.
“Kek, kek.”
“Kekek!”
“Kek.”
Hearing the goblin sounds echoing from afar, Jiyuchan turned back and quietly laid out a strategy.
“I’m not sure how many there are, but I’ll take the lead and eliminate one first, then handle another myself. Dongwook, if you can take one, the three of you can handle the rest together. Once I rejoin you, we should be fine regardless of their numbers.”
“Yes.”
“Sounds good.”
“We can manage that much.”
While the other team members nodded quietly in agreement, Dongwook Park flinched at the mention of goblins and reluctantly nodded to Jiyuchan’s plan.
Seeing this, Jiyuchan looked at Dongwook Park with a puzzled expression.
“Dongwook?”
“…I understand.”
Though Dongwook Park’s usual way of addressing Yuchan as “Younger Sibling” was notably absent, Jiyuchan assumed he was simply tense and let it pass.
With that, Jiyuchan took a combat stance, checked the other team members once, gave a signal, and charged forward first.
Thud-thud-thud.
Compared to Dohyun, it was slow, but it was still faster than anyone else in Team 2. The goblins startled at their sudden appearance.
Five in total. However, since they were sitting separately with distance between them, Jiyuchan could only target one. As he stepped forward and swung his sword, the goblin’s fragile neck was severed in one stroke, and its head flew off.
Thud.
Splash.
In the midst of combat where blood fountains erupted and the surroundings seemed to turn red like a mist of blood, Jiyuchan engaged one goblin and thought to himself.
‘Three left.’
So far, everything was going according to Jiyuchan’s strategy.
If Dongwook Park stepped up to handle one more, and the three of them took on two goblins, then Jiyuchan could quickly finish his opponent and rejoin them—a perfect situation.
So Jiyuchan called out to Dongwook.
“Dongwook!”
For the situation to unfold as planned, Dongwook needed to engage one goblin.
But Dongwook Park responded a beat too late to Jiyuchan’s call, letting out a loud cry.
“Ugh, uuuaaah!”
Dongwook Park charged forward with a howl, his hands trembling. Unable to face the goblin directly, he squeezed his eyes shut and rushed in.
Then Dongwook Park swung his iron club wildly.
“W-Dongwook?!”
“What, what are you doing?!”
“Kyaaaah!”
Swinging with his eyes closed, the iron club headed straight for Jiyuchan’s back as he engaged one goblin in the narrow path.
Clang!
The iron club struck Jiyuchan’s back squarely, producing a heavy sound that sent him flying. And he was sent flying directly into the center of the goblins.
“Ugh!”
Though his armor absorbed some of the impact, being struck directly on the back caused his lungs to seize momentarily, and Jiyuchan’s breathing became ragged.
Moreover, as he was pushed back into the center of the goblins—surrounded by them—his stance crumbled, making it difficult even to block their attacks.
A sudden opening had been created!
The goblins couldn’t miss this opportunity. Even the goblin that had been charging at Dongwook Park now rushed at Jiyuchan with its dagger leading.
The other team members who witnessed this were already panicked from the instructor’s emergency broadcast, and now their minds went blank again—they couldn’t move.
“Kyaaaaaaah!”
“D-do something!”
“W-what do we do?!”
If only Dongwook Park had regained his senses then, it might have been different. But having sent Jiyuchan flying with his iron club, Dongwook Park watched Jiyuchan surrounded by goblins and remembered the goblins that had been charging at him moments before. He stammered incoherently and collapsed to the ground.
“U-ugh…”
Even in this chaotic situation, Jiyuchan didn’t abandon hope. Gripping his sword, he swung it according to the instinct of the Sword King.
His rigid swordsmanship dominated the space, severing one goblin’s neck and blocking the attack of the goblin in front of him.
Then, turning his body, he even managed to block and push back the third goblin’s attack.
However, his skill was still insufficient, so the Sword King’s instinct could only manifest partially, unlike Dohyun. And as a result.
Splurt!
“Keke-kek.”
I had no choice but to allow the last goblin’s attack, thrusting its dagger through the gaps in my armor.
Blood seeped out from a particularly bad wound, and Jiyuchan couldn’t even scream.
When I moved, the wound burned as if seared by fire, but if I stopped moving, I would die.
So I moved more, swinging my sword at the goblin that had stabbed me, but perhaps because of the dagger wound, my strikes lacked the same speed and power as before.
Whoosh!
As the goblin quickly retreated, my sword missed and failed to strike it.
“Kekekken!”
“Kekeken!”
“Kehehek!”
Three goblins remained, and Jiyuchan was reaching his limit.
If only I could swing my sword as I had before, but with my side injured, I couldn’t even wield it properly.
My teammates should have helped, but seeing Dongwook Park fumbling helplessly and the other members unable to move at all, Jiyuchan let out a bitter laugh at the absurdity of it.
“Hah.”
He found himself wishing he were in Team 1 instead, and just as he was resigning himself to taking the hits—
Something flew rapidly from the end of the corridor and struck the back of a goblin’s head.
Thud—
A dagger embedded with swift precision.
Jiyuchan looked up to see where it came from and spotted Dohyun rushing toward him like a shadow.
Before the goblin with the embedded dagger even fell, Dohyun arrived, pulled the dagger from the goblin’s head, and swung it at the other two goblins who had realized their companion was down.
A blue light traced the air in a crescent arc, and both goblins’ heads fell to the ground.
Faced with such overwhelming power, Jiyuchan momentarily forgot even the pain of the dagger wound in his side and stared blankly.
Though they had entered at the same time, the difference between them was stark, and Jiyuchan found himself asking Dohyun:
“How…?”
To Jiyuchan’s bewildered question, Dohyun answered matter-of-factly.
“I heard screaming, so I came.”
The composed breathing and calm tone of someone who had just killed three goblins in an instant made Jiyuchan shake his head in disbelief.
This person was truly remarkable.
Dohyun helped support Jiyuchan, who had collapsed from his wound, and Jiyuchan accepted his help without resistance.
Then, suddenly, Jiyuchan found himself puzzled as he looked at Dohyun.
What about the test? Why would he come all the way here to rescue another team?
Honestly, he couldn’t understand it. Was it because it was an emergency? He hadn’t been treated kindly, so the fact that Dohyun had come to rescue him seemed unbelievable.
Jiyuchan asked Dohyun:
“What about your test? Why did you come to help us first?”
Did he abandon his own test and come just in case?
Jiyuchan was internally marveling at how noble this person was when Dohyun answered as if the question made no sense.
“What? I passed my test and came back to rescue you.”
“…?”
Jiyuchan stared at Dohyun with an absurd expression, as if he had heard something ridiculous.
It was an answer he could never have imagined.
Meanwhile, Dohyun—
‘Why is this happening?’
I watched as Jiyuchan’s expression suddenly shifted, puzzled by the change.

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