I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 172

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Chapter 172
172: A Dimensional Peace Treaty? (1)
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The Celestials were a race whose magical engineering had reached extraordinary heights. Born from mana and overflowing with it in their very bodies, they were accustomed to combat that involved creating pulses from mana and fighting with them—a technique their entire race had mastered.
Hadn’t Ines, who had sparred with Dohyun before, done the same? Vera was no exception.
Just as when she first faced Dohyun, she converted ether from the wings at her back into pulses, creating countless pulse bullets suspended in midair.
The difference from that encounter was that Vera was no longer letting her guard down, and she had generated far more pulses than before.
Jiyuchan and Vera watched each other while awaiting Dohyun’s signal.
Then.
“Begin.”
At Dohyun’s word, both moved with swift precision. Jiyuchan was the first to act, but the speed of his attack couldn’t match Vera’s.
She fired the pulse bullets she had already prepared like ammunition toward Jiyuchan—this was Pulse Gun, one of Vera’s skills. A technique that allowed her to fire bullets like a gun without any trigger, simply by creating them.
It was one of the advanced techniques that only a handful of Celestials could use.
Bzzzzzzzzzz———!!!
The pulses shot forth, spraying countless sparks across midair. Jiyuchan, being a pulse himself, easily perceived the bullets moving faster than the speed of sound and stepped into a footwork pattern, executing a technique.
The fastest technique of the Golden Sword.
Golden Sword First Technique: Golden Flash
A golden radiance unfolded before Jiyuchan as he wove and dodged the pulse bullets in a zigzag pattern, evading the assault. As the distance closed, Vera spread her wings, ether cascading from her back, and lifted herself skyward.
For a duel between a swordsman and a mage to be viable, the mage’s distance control is paramount. A mage who surrenders distance to a swordsman rarely has any chance of victory.
Thus, hovering in the sky, Vera created pulse bullets anew and unleashed them toward the ground in a carpet bombardment.
Watching the pulse bullets rain down like precipitation, Jiyuchan showed no concern whatsoever. He reinforced both his legs with mana and kicked off the ground toward the sky.
Boom——!
Boom———!!
Crack———————!!!
With his first leap, the earth around Jiyuchan caved inward. Then a massive impact followed, and the surrounding area sank even deeper. Finally, with a tremendous fissure spreading wide around him, Jiyuchan was launched upward.
The pulse bullets from Pulse Gun rushed toward Jiyuchan, but as he ascended, he deployed the thickest technique of the Golden Sword.
Golden Sword Eighth Technique: Golden Mirror Fortress
Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat———!!!
A golden mirror materialized, standing firm as a fortress before Jiyuchan, and not a single bullet pierced through—all of them bounced away.
As Jiyuchan drew closer, Vera couldn’t help but panic.
“Wh-what?”
She hadn’t expected him to close the distance so rapidly. Moreover, with no means more powerful than Pulse Gun at her disposal, she was bewildered when Jiyuchan appeared directly before her eyes.
She attempted a counterattack, but it proved ineffective against him. Having closed the distance, Jiyuchan switched his grip to the flat of his blade and executed a technique toward Vera.
Golden Sword Second Technique: Golden Wheel Dance
A circular golden blade energy shot toward Vera. In that instant, she hastily converted pulse bullets into a defensive barrier, but it was insufficient.
Crack———!
The barrier shattered in one blow, and the blunt blade energy from the flat of his sword struck Vera’s abdomen, sending her plummeting toward the ground.
Of course, this alone didn’t incapacitate her. As Jiyuchan hovered in midair, continuing his circular sword dance, he immediately executed another technique.
Golden Sword Third Technique: Golden Eagle’s Celestial Fall
A golden eagle suspended in the sky descended toward the ground, diving at its prey. Faster than any other speed, Jiyuchan’s blade strike fell precisely upon Vera, who had crashed to the ground.
Screeeeeee――――――!!
For a moment, I heard what sounded like a hawk’s piercing cry, and in that instant, Vera was struck by a sword slash and collapsed to the ground.
Watching this, Dohyun clicked his tongue and shook his head.
“No, I taught you about Ether’s Hand—why aren’t you using it in combat?”
As Dohyun spoke with evident frustration, Jiyuchan hurriedly replied.
“…Either way, I won.”
Clearly, Jiyuchan had no desire to spar with Dohyun today. Dohyun, finding this strange, cast a muscle-healing spell on Vera and restored her regardless.
True to her nature as a Superior Race, recovery was swift once the healing magic took effect, and she regained consciousness without delay.
“Huh!?”
Vera blinked in surprise at her loss. Yet she wasn’t devastated by it. This time, she hadn’t been careless—she’d given her all.
She’d simply wanted to acknowledge Jiyuchan’s strength.
“No, if you lose without going all out, what’s the point?”
“What? I….”
“You didn’t use Ether’s Hand.”
“What?”
I’d explained how to use it in combat, yet she still seemed oblivious. Watching Vera, I felt my vision darken as I let out a sigh and spoke.
“Jiyuchan, let’s spar for a moment.”
“…You said I didn’t have to if I won.”
“No, but seeing is believing, right? I need to show you how it’s done.”
“…”
His expression crumpled, but what could he do? Jiyuchan had no choice but to sigh deeply and step before me.
Then Vera could understand. Jiyuchan had been holding back considerably when facing her.
“Wow.”
As Vera gasped in admiration, Jiyuchan was truly formidable. The mana he expelled created a powerful magnetic field, causing small stones around him to levitate. Moreover, the rocks near Jiyuchan were being shattered into sharp fragments.
This was a phenomenon visible only among the Celestials to those who had reached their peak, so admiration was inevitable. Yet compared to that, I was unremarkable. Except.
“『Become Pulse.』”
I converted my voice into mana and issued a command to mana itself. This was the mana incantation I’d obtained from Ines. Utilizing it, I could temporarily employ Pulse, and once I could use it, Pulse bullets floated around me just as Vera had used them.
Fwzzzzz――.
Fwzzzzzzz――.
Up to this point, it was identical to Vera’s. But what came after was markedly different.
My hand gradually became one with the mana and underwent etherification. With near-perfect Ether’s Hand, I utilized it before Vera could even gasp in admiration.
“Ether’s Hand is no different from an enchantment, so this means such things are possible here.”
At my words, Vera couldn’t help but be shocked. My etherified hand thrashed about wildly, and gradually the shape transformed from a hand into something else. Vera was startled at the sight of my hand transforming like a gun barrel from an old cartoon, while Jiyuchan and Hanalin watched with expressions of resignation.
They’d already seen this before. It wasn’t for nothing that Jiyuchan had been reluctant to spar with me for a while.
During the two days Vera spent repairing the ship, I’d developed a technique using Ether’s Hand.
Namely, the ability to freely reshape my hand’s form.
I’d spent considerable time testing it with Hanalin and Jiyuchan.
This too consumed far more mana than ordinary Ether’s Hand, but it was dozens of times more efficient than etherifying objects I was holding.
So the moment I inserted a pre-made Pulse bullet into my hand transformed like a gun barrel, Jiyuchan rushed forward first.
Using Golden Flash, the fastest of his initial techniques, Jiyuchan drew a golden line of lightning through the midair like a single bolt and charged toward me.
Golden Sword First Form: Golden Flash
But before Jiyuchan could even arrive, Dohyun had finished loading. With a Pulse bullet in Ether’s grip, he thrust the muzzle toward Jiyuchan.
Then.
Kwaaaaaaaa―――!!!
The wave of Pulse energy erupting like a dragon’s breath struck Jiyuchan’s body with the force of lightning, nearly sweeping him away like debris caught in a tidal surge. But Jiyuchan applied his technique, cleaving through the Pulse wave.
Golden Sword Eighth Form: Golden Mirror Fortress
Golden Sword Second Form: Golden Wheel Dance
Activating the Golden Mirror Fortress and layering its mirrored form onto the Golden Wheel Dance, countless mirror images erupted forth alongside sword strikes, unleashing blade energy in all directions.
Golden Sword Combination Technique: Golden Mirror Dance
Dozens of golden mirrors shot forward, sometimes cleaving the waves, sometimes forming a massive breakwater to block the Pulse energy. Yet even this proved insufficient—countless mirrors shattered under the onslaught.
Crack!
Crack!
Crackle-crackle-crash!!!
Among the shattering blade energy of the Golden Mirror Dance, only the Pulse energy gleamed brilliantly, pressing relentlessly against Jiyuchan.
Though swept up in the Pulse wave, Jiyuchan had focused intently on defense, so his wounds weren’t severe. Yet his expression darkened with genuine irritation as he glared at Dohyun. Dohyun, ignoring this, turned to Vera and asked.
“See? Easy, right? This is how you do it.”
Hearing Dohyun’s words, Vera answered immediately.
“???What???”
As if asking what nonsense he was spouting.

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