I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 17

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Chapter 17

Chapter 17: Genius Hanalin (1)

In reality, not in games, there are quite a few ways for hunters to learn skills and magic.

First is creating skills or magic through one’s own imagination, but among the current hunters on Earth, not a single person has been able to do this.

It was known as a method that the different races within the Black Gates occasionally used to create skills or magic.

Second is paying points to buy textbooks, which is the most common and widespread method.

However, the difficulty couldn’t be called easy. Even though basic skills and basic magic were said to be simple, dealing with unfamiliar mana was abstract, and people often struggled because everyone had slightly different ways of activating mana.

So a third method emerged.

The final third method was having someone who had already mastered skills or magic teach them.

Among the three, it had the easiest difficulty and was the most approachable method, so the Hunter Training Center also adopted this approach.

It wasn’t for nothing that this was the flower of the training center and what excited trainees who entered the facility.

Team 1 also couldn’t hide their excitement at the news.

“Wow! We’re finally learning skills!”

“Phew, I hope there’s a skill that suits my aptitude.”

“Hana, don’t you already have one?”

Dohyun likewise couldn’t help but feel excited. He had been wondering for a long time if he could see Hwang Hana’s skills, but a skill demonstration!

It was like a gift falling into his lap.

Shadow King’s Swift Movement and Fatal Strike.

He had worried so much about how he could see these two, but the opportunity came so easily! Dohyun felt like the world was helping him.

When things were meant to go well, they really did work out like this.

‘If I do well, couldn’t I learn both of them?’

While he was having such hopeful thoughts, Guminah looked at her teammates with an excited expression and spoke in great excitement.

“More importantly, did you hear? A mage is coming!”

“I know! Wow, I never thought I’d see a mage.”

“They say you need exceptional sensitivity to mana, I wonder if that’s really true?”

“…?”

At the somewhat strange reaction, Dohyun tilted his head as if finding it odd. His expression seemed to question whether a mage coming was really worth making such a fuss about.

While Dohyun had seen a lot of videos about hunters, he didn’t know the difference between mages and hunters well, so when Guminah noticed Dohyun’s expression, she asked back instead.

“Huh? Dohyun oppa, do you not know much about mages?”

“Yeah. Is there a difference from hunters?”

“Ah, you might not know. Usually people don’t know much if they’re not interested.”

When Dohyun asked the question, Yongchan Kim, who apparently didn’t know much either, was subtly listening in. Seeing Yongchan Kim quietly watching without being able to speak and Dohyun focusing on the explanation, Guminah, who knew well, explained.

“Ah, there is quite a difference between the two. Mages are included among hunters, but there are people who are exceptionally good at handling mana. To use magic, a certain level of mana control is required, and that standard is quite high. So they say the number of mages is considerably small.”

“Ah, I see.”

Then was the mage trait Dohyun saw in the characteristics also rare?

But for that to be true.

‘Guminah and Han Junseo have mage traits.’

It was a trait that existed one per team.

Then suddenly Dohyun tilted his head as if finding it strange and asked like a student.

“Huh? Then what about cases like buffers or healers?”

“They’re superior to regular hunters, and among mages, there are cases where they have aptitude for healing or buffing. They say it’s more like the attribute of mana they handle is different rather than mana control.”

“Oh, thanks.”

Since he didn’t know there were such differences, Dohyun smiled slightly while saying thanks as if his curiosity had been satisfied.

Meanwhile, Dohyun inwardly recalled the basic magic Fire that he had first read when entering the facility.

Since it was magic he had learned immediately through Analysis, he hadn’t thought it was particularly special, but it seemed more difficult than expected.

‘Learning magic was harder than I thought. But thinking about it, I use it really easily?’

Come to think of it, though he wasn’t conscious of it, when Dohyun learned something through Analysis, the method of use was naturally input into his mind.

Thanks to this, he reproduced the method exactly even without intending to, and the process was so fast and accurate that it only looked like using a skill, but the usage method was perfectly orthodox.

However, Dohyun couldn’t even dare to guess how this was possible.

‘Analysis really is overpowered.’

Whatever he looked at, it would analyze everything and input it into Dohyun’s mind so he could learn it.

While Dohyun was thinking other thoughts, considering awakening Analysis to be truly heavenly fortune, the other team members were deep in conversation.

“So that’s why there were few mages.”

“Yes. Maybe that’s why the Mage Association seems to have a bit more power.”

“I heard that too.”

“Then mages can’t use skills?”

When Yesul Park asked that since Guminah seemed to know well, Guminah thought for a moment, recalling what she had heard, then muttered.

“Usually if you have talent as a mage, you’re not good with skills. It’s like mana control develops instead of the body developing? Usually when regular hunters get stronger through rapid physical growth, mages tend to have mana grow quickly, so the efficiency is different.”

“Oh? Then hunters also have poor efficiency with magic?”

“Yeah, that’s what they say. So usually when someone can use both, they say both end up being mediocre.”

“Ah, then Dohyun hyung probably can’t use magic? Since he’s like a monster when it comes to skills.”

“Probably?”

When Jeongminwoo said that after Guminah’s explanation, Guminah agreed.

Guminah agreed thinking that no matter how incredible a genius Dohyun was, he probably wouldn’t learn magic too, and the other team members also thought for a moment before nodding, saying it was impossible.

There was no way Dohyun’s talent would be mediocre.

As they talked among themselves, Dohyun suddenly tilted his head as if he hadn’t heard properly and asked back.

“Huh? Did you call me?”

“Ah, we were talking about hyung and magic….”

When Jeongminwoo tried to explain that if you have talent in magic, your efficiency in techniques drops, Dohyun misunderstood and thought he was asking if he could use magic, so he spread his fingers, lit a fire, and answered.

“This?”

Whoosh—

“??????”

“Huh???”

“Eh???”

“What is this???”

“Huh? Weren’t you asking me to show you magic?”

The team members were flustered, and Dohyun was even more confused than they were.

In the long gap between them, Yongchan Kim, who was at least the oldest, looked at Dohyun and asked.

“Uh, when did you learn that?”

“Ah, this… on my first day here, they said I could go to the Record Room, so I read some books there and…”

Dohyun wasn’t stupid either, so he noticed the subtly awkward atmosphere and trailed off, but it was already too late.

The team members who heard his story looked dejected and shook their heads.

“Crazy. No way, just from reading books…”

“…Really a crazy monster…”

“Phew, Instructor Gangjihun wasn’t wrong after all.”

“…That’s right.”

While everyone was feeling dejected and couldn’t even feel jealous, Dohyun felt embarrassed, extinguished the fire, got up from his seat and said.

“Ahem, well then, see you tomorrow.”

Since Dohyun had unintentionally ended up showing off, he hurriedly left the scene, and watching him leave, the other team members couldn’t help but chuckle.

There should be some difference, but when the gap was that wide, it was natural that they couldn’t even feel jealous.

Instead.

“He really is amazing.”

“That’s right. Who would have thought Dohyun oppa would have talent in magic too…”

“Huh? Then wouldn’t he be the first?”

“I’m searching for it, but so far there’s no one who has overwhelming talent in both?”

When Guminah casually suggested he might be the first, Jeongminwoo, who was the fastest at searching as befitted the youngest, answered.

When he said that no such person had appeared in the world yet, everyone began to realize one by one.

“If it’s Dohyun, he could do that.”

“If it’s Dohyun oppa, well.”

“That’s true.”

“If it’s Dohyun hyung, of course.”

Everyone just accepted it as natural.

Considering the overwhelming performance Dohyun had shown, it wasn’t particularly strange. The Team 1 members’ standards had somehow become warped, but they couldn’t quite realize it yet.

Meanwhile, wondering what this was all about, Dohyun went into his dormitory room and searched, only to learn that people usually only have talent in one of the two, and shook his head.

He had no idea that using only one of the two was supposed to be normal.

‘Oops. I ended up showing off.’

Though he had somehow ended up bragging, he figured it would be fine since his team members were nice, and Dohyun fell asleep like that.

He was eagerly anticipating tomorrow’s technique and magic demonstration.

* * *

Despite having a hunter pool strong enough to be called a powerhouse, South Korea had the humiliating nickname of being a “magic wasteland.”

It couldn’t be helped, because even though the number of mages was small, Korea’s case was severe.

Even if there were few mages, if even one mage with talent worthy of being called promising had appeared, it wouldn’t have reached this point, but for 15 years no notable mage had emerged. But now that too had become a thing of the past.

The one who overthrew the existing Hunter Training Center’s top rank and broke Hwang Hana’s record that hadn’t been broken for 5 years was none other than a mage.

That was just 2 months ago.

Hanalin.

Korea’s greatest magical genius, and a genius recognized by the world’s magical prodigies.

She wasn’t just someone Korea was making a fuss about, but a genius certified by the International Mage Association.

That’s why the Korean Mage Association tried to protect her at all costs. The proof was that even though 2 months had passed since she graduated from the Hunter Training Center, she still hadn’t entered the Black Gate.

That’s why Park Hyeonwoo, who held a fairly high position at the Seoul Branch of the Mage Association—the largest and most central branch in Korea, once called a magic wasteland—had no choice but to suffer today as well.

In the middle of the Mage Association’s department head office, looking at a woman sitting with her legs crossed, buried deep in the sofa, Park Hyeonwoo thought.

‘Sigh, this is troublesome.’

The beauty with a somewhat cold impression sitting in front of Park Hyeonwoo looked young enough to have just turned twenty, but her attitude was far too relaxed, as if this place were her own bedroom.

However, her current appearance—where each strand of hair seemed to ripple with a subtle blue light resembling mana whenever it caught the light, moving as if alive—indicated that her mood was not very good.

“Why can’t I do it?”

She was tapping her arm with her fingertips in a steady rhythm while crossing her arms.

Her gaze was leisurely but sharp, and her already fierce eyes became even more piercing whenever a blue light occasionally flickered through them. That gaze had a strangely constricting power.

Could this really be someone who had only awakened mana 3 months ago?

The title of Korea’s greatest genius mage wasn’t given for nothing.

Park Hyeonwoo looked at Hanalin with her fierce eyes and scratched his head as if troubled.

What she was demanding was simple.

She wanted to be dispatched to the Seoul Hunter Training Center.

The reason was simply that she wanted to see Hwang Hana, who had previously set the record.

It was a somewhat unreasonable reason, but actually, it wasn’t impossible.

‘Of course, she has more than enough skill to educate the trainees.’

But there was also the Mage Association’s position to consider. It wasn’t for nothing that they hadn’t let her enter the Black Gate even though 2 months had passed since she left the Hunter Training Center.

She still needed more education.

Besides that.

‘She’s still too young.’

Everyone acknowledged that Hanalin was a genius who could rival anyone in the world. The same went for Park Hyeonwoo. However, she was still too young to be sent out into the world.

She was now a twenty-one-year-old adult, but he wasn’t talking about age.

Since there was no telling where the arrogant yet mischievous Hanalin might go, blocking her for now was the right move, but it seemed like this was a critical moment.

Looking at Hanalin’s eyes that showed both nobility and a hint of arrogance, Park Hyeonwoo carefully opened his mouth.

“So Miss Hanalin’s experience is…”

As Park Hyeonwoo tried to discuss her experience, Hanalin conjured flames in the air without even uncrossing her arms.

Fire, one of the basic magic spells.

But that wasn’t the end of it.

Wind began to blow around the flames, and suddenly stone fragments, ice shards, floating water droplets, and small sparks appeared in the air, flying around the flames before merging into one and simultaneously dissipating, spreading throughout the surroundings.

While most people would be recognized as mages just for handling one attribute, Hanalin had demonstrated handling six different attributes simultaneously.

She showed an overwhelming gap that no one could match in basic magic.

With that, Hanalin spoke confidently.

“Experience can be covered by skill.”

“…”

“Is there anyone in the Korean Mage Association who uses basic magic better than me?”

“…”

There wasn’t.

“Then what about someone who knows more than me, at least in theory?”

“…”

Similarly, there wasn’t.

Due to her slightly raised lips, Hanalin had a subtle smile even without actually smiling, and when the corners of her mouth lifted slightly, the air in the room became strangely heavy.

In that heavy atmosphere, looking at Park Hyeonwoo who had nothing to say, Hanalin asked back.

“So what’s the reason you can’t send me?”

“Huuu.”

With everyone logically speechless, Park Hyeonwoo couldn’t help but feel frustrated.

Seeing the troubled Park Hyeonwoo, Hanalin smiled slightly and asked him.

“What’s the real reason you can’t send me? Are you worried I’ll cause trouble out of boredom?”

“…That’s.”

At her mischievous smile, Park Hyeonwoo soon shook his head.

He wasn’t worried about her causing trouble. Though she was young, she did have proper judgment.

However, that seemingly arrogant personality was the problem.

He had been worried about potential conflicts, but this couldn’t be helped.

Since she desired it so earnestly, there was no justification to stop her, so Park Hyeonwoo raised both hands in surrender and said.

“Understood. I’ll arrange for Miss Narin to be dispatched.”

When Park Hyeonwoo said that, Hanalin finally smiled with satisfaction and said.

“Good. Then I’ll be going and coming back safely.”

Watching Hanalin’s departing figure as she left with a smile, Park Hyeonwoo thought bitterly.

‘I hope nothing happens.’

Or maybe not? Rather…

‘Maybe she needs to get a reality check to become more reasonable?’

He hoped Hanalin would learn something at the Hunter Training Center, but doubting whether there was anyone in South Korea who could humble Hanalin’s pride, Park Hyeonwoo quickly gave up and focused on his remaining work.

Hoping that nothing would go wrong, Park Hyeonwoo submitted the report approving Hanalin’s dispatch.

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