I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 163

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Chapter 163
163: What? We’re Not Pirates? (2)
The Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique, when not yet warmed up, possessed inherently weak power. Thus, one had to begin with the first move, Eternal Flame, and chain techniques together step by step, gradually building the heat of those flames to truly demonstrate the Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique’s full might.
Because of this, the martial art of the Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique was disadvantageous at the start. As combat continued, firepower would intensify, becoming an eternal flame that would consume the world itself, but initially it was weak.
However, Dohyun’s flames were different.
From the very beginning, he unleashed a deep crimson flame like a blazing sun that devoured everything.
The Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique’s fifth move, Crimson Flame Collapse, was a technique where crimson flames fell like lightning to shatter the ground, but Dohyun adapted it slightly—after landing the first volley, he made the crimson flames spread in all directions.
Whoooooosh———!!!
Craaaaaaash———!!!
Thunder roared from within the flames as if lightning had struck, vibrating the very air, while crimson light wrapped around everything nearby.
Unlike the dim twilight, the crimson inferno that incinerated all life didn’t merely burst the projectiles it touched—it melted them where they stood. Normally, such firepower in a first move would be impossible, but Dohyun was different from those who wielded ordinary martial arts.
‘Excellent.’
He had blended temperature-control magic and flame-series magic to supplement the flames. Since mana and aura ultimately derived from the same essence, through my Analysis, I fused them with the Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique’s first move, Eternal Flame, allowing such firepower even on the opening strike.
As metal gleamed brilliant crimson and scattered into molten slag, the enemy ship watching the projectiles intercepted had no choice but to be taken aback.
No matter how they looked at it, this wasn’t the technology of the Stream Reaper Pirate Crew they knew. Yet since the ship itself was indeed the Stream Reaper Pirate Crew, the attacking vessel had no choice but to continue.
-You may have been running and hiding from us all this time, but this time there’s no escape!!
Hearing those words, Dohyun’s curiosity only deepened.
That amplification effect currently operating wasn’t merely loud sound. Normally sound traveled through air as a medium, but this wasn’t traveling through air at all—it resonated directly within one’s mind.
How were they producing such effects?
And the Stream Reaper Pirate Crew—though the Dohyun Party had won easily, they were honestly high-level adversaries. Incomparably so compared to Rahel’s Party, whom we’d dealt with when first arriving in the C-rank Zone.
But thanks to Baeryujin’s training, the Dohyun Party achieved growth we hadn’t anticipated; otherwise, they could have been formidable opponents.
Yet those who the Stream Reaper Pirate Crew would flee from didn’t immediately come to mind, though I could make an educated guess.
Atavism was a bloodline ability only mid-tier races like the Birdman could use, so the fact that the Stream Reaper Pirate Crew fled meant only one thing.
A race superior to mid-tier races—in other words, one of the six Superior Races.
‘This should be interesting.’
The only Superior Race Dohyun had fought was the Elves, but they were relatively weak among the Superior Races, so I still hadn’t grasped the true might of a Superior Race.
If anything, I’d gained a slight understanding of Superior Race power through the Yongin Clan encountered around Late D-Rank.
That’s why Dohyun was curious.
Just how much did their current level compare to the Superior Races?
I couldn’t know which Superior Race they were, but the Stream Reaper Pirate Crew wouldn’t have been defeated by them, and the fact that they actively hunted them suggested these pursuers possessed their own sense of justice.
Analysis confirmed my reasoning, so if we seemed to be losing, wouldn’t they stop if we said we weren’t pirates? Though we’d been misunderstood, ultimately they attacked first, so this chance to fight with safeguards was rare.
I should make good use of this opportunity.
‘Well then, let’s see what a Superior Race can really do.’
As Dohyun smiled in midair, Hanalin and Jiyuchan, who spotted it from afar, swallowed hard with ominous foreboding.
Jiyuchan was about to shout at Dohyun, intending to stop him, as it was clear he meant to fight first rather than resolve the misunderstanding.
Just then, Hanalin grabbed Jiyuchan’s shoulder from behind and shook her head.
“Do you think he’d listen if we stopped him?”
“…You have a point.”
The two of them already knew Dohyun’s nature well enough. There was no need to say more. Since Dohyun wouldn’t be dissuaded anyway, it was easier on the mind to prepare instead of wasting time trying to stop him.
Hanalin and Jiyuchan began preparing for combat.
Changes erupted aboard the opposing vessel as well.
They didn’t launch cannon fire like before. Instead, a single figure burst forth from the ship—a humanoid race that resembled a person but bore something wing-like on their back. Before the entity even approached, Dohyun could discern their identity.
Not wings, but mana surging from their back. The artifact amplifying that ether’s output, combined with the cascading mana, resembled starlight pouring down, yet also appeared as an angel’s wings.
Their form matched that of an Elf in its humanoid nature, yet their hair—composed of mana itself—fluttered like ether in the wind.
And in that moment, Dohyun identified them instantly.
『Vera Argent』
『Trait: Ether Artificer [S]』
『Skills』
▶「Ether’s Hand [S]」
▶「Magitech Engineering [A]」
▶「Pulse Manipulation [A]」
…(More)
『Stats』
▶「Strength: 81」
▶「Agility: 83」
▶「Endurance: 85」
▶「Mana: 91」
※She is a Celestial.
[Analysis succeeded through the effects of the skill 「Sword King’s Intuition [A]」 and 「Yongje’s Heir [S]」.]
[You acquire 5,000 AP.]
The third Superior Race I’ve encountered after the Elves and Yongin Clan—the Celestials. Based on appearance alone, they resembled angels fused with magitech engineering, making their combat approach difficult to predict. Yet as I examined Vera’s trait and skills, I couldn’t help but marvel aloud.
I’d been astonished seeing the Elves and the Yongin Clan, but this was no different. I’d felt it with Hezway too, but now I understood why the Elves were said to rank lowest among the Superior Races.
‘No wonder there’s such a difference.’
As I observed the Celestial who had leaped so far—Vera—I could see her expression shift to bewilderment. Well, that was natural enough.
Then—
-Huh? Not a Leoparcan, but a human…?!
Her voice carried the tone of someone who’d only just realized something was amiss after leaving the ship. Of course, Jiyuchan and Hanalin couldn’t hear that voice. The transmission had only been sent within the ship, so naturally they couldn’t. But through the power of Analysis, I could understand it.
And as that message reached inside the ship, she muttered to herself as if listening to a response.
It looked exactly like watching someone on a call.
-Yes, so… I don’t see a Leoparcan, just three humans… Wait? The Stream Reaper Pirate Crew shouldn’t have two humans….
Seeing her confusion, I realized I couldn’t let this opportunity slip away. After all, they’d attacked first without even confirming anything—their fault was considerable. So surely I could land at least one strike in return?
I moved forward, seized by an irresistible competitive spirit. At my movement, Vera, the Celestial, gasped in alarm and raised both hands.
“Ah, wait, there’s been a misunderstanding….”
“You attacked first. What’s there to explain?”
I spoke coldly and shot forward at tremendous speed, launching an assault at Vera with both fists and legs wrapped in the Eternal Flame.
We were at least 3 kilometers above ground level, so there were no obstacles or hindrances in sight.
My approach velocity through this open expanse was comparable to the speed of sound—fast enough that most opponents wouldn’t even register it. Yet Vera perceived it and, accepting the inevitable, manipulated the ether surging from her back.
Crackle—!
The current Vera generated leaked into the air, unleashing brilliant sparks, forming a perfect pulse that coalesced in her grasp. Seeing this, I found it exhilarating. I poured more firepower into my legs, boosted my instantaneous speed, and extended my fist.
It was an ordinary punch without any technique, yet its sheer destructive force made it as threatening as if technique had been layered upon it.
Shrieeeeeeek——!
My fist, infused with the Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique, cut through the air with devastating speed toward Vera’s abdomen, and she responded by firing a concentrated pulse directly at my incoming fist.
She had judged that a punch of that magnitude would remain intact even after colliding with the pulse.
Whoooosh!
Crash!
The pulse and the flaming fist collided.
As the flame and pulse struck each other, they scattered in opposite directions, painting the surroundings in both pulse and fire. But the instant they collided, I flowed the impact through my body, rotating my entire frame through my right fist and unleashing a kick with my left leg as the pivot.
Again, it was merely a simple kick—no technique layered within it.
And yet.
Boom——!!!
Whoooosh———!!!
The kick, wreathed in flames, struck Vera’s head squarely before she could even see it coming, snapping her head back and sending her sliding backward.
But.
‘Hmm, she only got pushed back that much?’
Despite the force I had channeled into the kick, aside from the Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique now burning across her face, both the distance she was pushed and the impact itself seemed minimal. It was absurd durability—even accounting for the fact that I hadn’t used any technique.
Seeing how little her wings had let her be pushed back, I prepared myself for a swift counterattack. Since I had struck first, I expected her to retaliate in kind.
But then.
“By any chance… are you pirates?”
She asked me with a perfectly composed expression. Despite being attacked, she wasn’t counterattacking or even resuming a combat stance? And this was a member of a Superior Race, struck by a human—a lower race?
Feeling the common sense I had accumulated shatter, I found myself asking in return.
“Pardon? We’re not pirates.”
“Oh! I’m so sorry. I misunderstood and attacked first!”
Honestly, I hadn’t expected it to end so anticlimactically, and there was a part of me that felt disappointed. But there was nothing to be done about it. With her taking such a submissive stance, continuing to attack would be tantamount to declaring all-out war. So I decided to back down here and nodded.
“…Yes, I was startled and counterattacked as well.”
“Oh! I’m fine! My body is quite sturdy, if I do say so myself!”
As I watched Vera respond that way, I was about to marvel at what it truly meant to be a Superior Race when something red suddenly spurted from her head.
Spurt.
“Huh? Wha—?”
Vera panicked at the sudden gush of red from her head, then immediately lost consciousness.
“…What is this now?”

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