I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 191

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Chapter 191
191: Finally Arrived! Wait… the White Gate? (2)
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After testing Rupture [A], Dohyun was 100%—no, 120% satisfied. It was a skill that rendered defense meaningless, so there was no way he could be dissatisfied. If I had to describe it, it was like the penetrating strike you’d see in martial arts novels. That’s the closest comparison.
Of course, it wasn’t without its drawbacks.
‘The mana consumption is absolutely staggering.’
The mana drain was far greater than I’d anticipated, so it seemed best to reserve it for truly critical moments. Then again, a skill that essentially negates defense—if it consumed less mana, it wouldn’t deserve an A-rank rating. At this level, it would easily qualify for S-rank.
Beyond that, Hanalin and Jiyuchan had also tested their new items and were quite satisfied with their utility.
The next morning, Dohyun headed toward the Association but ended up at the Ilseong Guild Building instead.
‘I almost mixed that up.’
Now that I was officially affiliated with the Ilseong Guild, I was supposed to enter the Black Gate through the guild, not the Association. It wasn’t just me who was confused—Jiyuchan arrived a bit late as well. Only Hanalin, who apparently already knew, was waiting for both of us in the Ilseong Guild Entrance Waiting Room.
Watching the two of us arrive late, Hanalin shook her head. She’d sent a message knowing we’d be late, but seeing them head to the Association without even checking it left her baffled.
“Sorry, sorry.”
“…I’m really sorry.”
“It’s fine. I figured this would happen anyway.”
Though Dohyun and Jiyuchan apologized, Hanalin responded that it was okay since she hadn’t been particularly angry to begin with.
After completing the entry procedures in the Waiting Room, Dohyun looked out the window at the starkly visible Black Gate and turned to the other two.
“Let’s go. Time to find that treasure!”
At Dohyun’s words, both of them grinned with anticipation, and so the Dohyun Party was able to enter the C-rank Zone for the first time in four days.
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The most grueling and torturous segment in the C-rank Zone was the voyage. Simply passing through the surroundings quickly without incident was its own special kind of hell. However, that only applied to those without a ship.
A medium-sized ship cuts through the fierce currents and flies rapidly through the sky, surging forward with a powerful roar.
Kuoooooooo——!
Its speed far exceeded that of an ordinary medium-sized vessel. It shot forward with an output befitting a cutting-edge massive ship, making its velocity extraordinarily fast.
Dohyun, riding aboard the medium-sized ship hurtling at such tremendous speed, was grinning with exhilaration.
Originally, there would have been more than two weeks remaining, but now it was less than four days.
At this speed.
‘We’ll arrive within today.’
I thought we’d arrive today itself, right after entering. Since I’d accounted for the time spent climbing up and down those cliffs, I’d estimated longer, but flying straight ahead through the sky while ignoring cliffs and terrain made the journey far quicker.
After roughly a month of voyaging through the C-rank Zone, finally being able to reach the location marked on the Treasure Map I’d obtained early on felt like a dream.
Wondering what kind of treasure awaited, I was lost in thought when Hanalin, apparently thinking similar thoughts and having set the ship to autopilot, approached me with a question.
“What do you think it’ll be, Dohyun?”
“Hmm. I wonder if there’s a dungeon?”
“That doesn’t seem right. A treasure map, and then a dungeon…”
At Dohyun’s words, Jiyuchan shuddered as if horrified, and I shared the sentiment. Still, since anything was possible, we threw around various theories.
“Or maybe just a chest sitting there?”
“It would’ve been looted already.”
“I think so too. Maybe the Treasure Map itself acts as a key?”
“That makes sense, right? Though this Treasure Map came from a dungeon too…”
“So what do you think the actual treasure is?”
When Dohyun agreed with Hanalin’s words, Jiyuchan asked him with considerable excitement. Dohyun had no intuition about it either, but if I had to make a guess.
“If it’s something worthy of being called treasure, I’d think it’s probably a really rare item… but I honestly have no clue.”
“What if two items come out like they do in dungeons—a treasure item and a treasure manual, that sort of thing?”
“Ooh! That actually makes sense.”
“You’re right. Considering the dungeon reward system, that’s definitely possible.”
As they all chattered excitedly, lost in imagination and grinning, Dohyun looked at the Treasure Map again and smiled as he watched the dot grow closer and closer.
Then.
“We can just check it ourselves.”
As Dohyun spoke and pointed to a location, Hanalin and Jiyuchan looked where he indicated. From high above, what they saw was none other than the Reef Zone, notorious even on the seafloor. The reefs clustered together so densely that they formed what looked like one massive Maze, and they couldn’t help but laugh.
They had thought that without the Treasure Map they couldn’t find the treasure, but looking at the reefs packed so tightly together, they realized that even with the map, they might not find it. The entire Dohyun Party laughed at the sight.
For those who knew treasure lay there, this place was like a goldmine.
No one could predict what might emerge from between the reefs, but the terrain was so treacherous that it naturally felt like it wouldn’t be easy.
Moreover, there were even monsters safely hiding within those formations, so they might face some difficulty reaching the treasure. Yet the mere thought of treasure had them all grinning with excitement.
“So where should we go?”
They anchored at the location marked on the Treasure Map and the Dohyun Party dropped down like they were being deployed. It was closer to a free fall than a controlled descent, but none of them paid any attention to that.
As they tried to head toward the location the Treasure Map had marked, considerable obstacles appeared as expected.
“Kwuweeeee———!!!”
A humanoid monster resembling a goby appeared—similar to the strange creature Dohyun had seen on wanted posters, though this one felt stronger. Dohyun found it amusing and drew his spear first.
Without slowing his descent from the sky, he thrust the spear forward and unleashed a technique.
Even in midair, Cheongmyeong’s blue aura and Dohyun’s energy intertwined, creating a grayish-white aura that rippled like a long line. Dohyun created a magical platform beneath his feet to move freely in midair, then pushed off hard and executed his technique.
Cheongmyeongjichang Fifth Technique: Cheongmyeong Heavenly Path
A cyan-white vortex of energy swirled around the spear as it shot toward the goby monster like a meteor. The creature’s head and torso were pierced through with a massive hole.
Pwoooong———!!!
A sound like a balloon bursting echoed out, and the goby monster’s body exploded. Below it, Dohyun fell without concern, still gripping his spear, descending even faster than before. Hanalin and Jiyuchan, following behind, also defeated monsters as they fell and landed on the ground.
Tok tok.
Taat.
Tuk.
Considering the speed of their descent, it was an impossibly light landing. Dohyun and Hanalin used their anti-gravity and telekinetic magic to minimize acceleration and landed gently. Jiyuchan, witnessing this, felt a twinge of envy for magic’s convenience.
Magic was unbeatable in terms of practicality. Soon enough, Dohyun, whose detection range was the widest and most detailed, raised his hand.
At his signal to wait, Hanalin and Jiyuchan stopped. Dohyun concentrated on detection for a long moment, then clicked his tongue.
“Tsk.”
Following him, Hanalin, whose detection range wasn’t as wide as Dohyun’s but still substantial, also frowned. Finally, Jiyuchan felt it too—the presence of countless monsters rushing toward them.
Though the Dohyun Party loved combat, the sheer number of monsters appearing near the treasure made them all frown in displeasure.
Then Dohyun and Hanalin raised their hands.
This time, Jiyuchan stepped back entirely. For mass slaughter, magic was superior to martial arts, so he left it to them. Dohyun used Ether’s Hand to transform his hand into a cannon, creating shotgun-like bullets within it.
Seeing this, Hanalin didn’t use area magic. Instead, she created exceptionally thick protective magic.
Dohyun trusted Hanalin and inscribed range magic into each individual bullet. Then, before firing, he even used mana incantation.
“Scatter.”
With those words, the fired bullets spread out, triggering explosions within explosions like Jericho missiles, creating the effect of dozens of area spells being cast simultaneously and obliterating the surroundings.
Tremendous heat erupted, creating a massive mushroom cloud in the vicinity.
Kuoooooooooo———!!!
The reefs were swept up by the shockwave from the explosion, shattering and fragmenting as they scattered in all directions. Dohyun watched the destruction unfold with a satisfied smirk.
“Now that’s what I call firepower.”
Witnessing Dohyun sweep away hundreds of monsters in a single strike, Hanalin and Jiyuchan gazed at him with genuine admiration. Though their stat values were comparable to his now, actually wielding and applying that power was an entirely different matter.
They couldn’t help but be astounded.
Both Hanalin and Jiyuchan wondered when such a gap had emerged between them, resolving to train harder as they surveyed the devastated terrain Dohyun had scorched.
They scanned the area to see if any monsters remained.
As they looked around, the fortunate news was that the explosion hadn’t drawn a swarm of creatures, and the scattered reefs had significantly improved their visibility.
“Since we’re in this vicinity, let’s search thoroughly.”
As Dohyun spoke, the moment the three prepared to scatter and search, light suddenly erupted from his chest.
Startled by the sudden radiance, Hanalin and Jiyuchan looked toward Dohyun’s chest, and he withdrew the glowing Treasure Map from within his garments.
Then.
Whoosh!
“Huh?”
“Could it be?”
“What?”
The Treasure Map suddenly rose into the midair. Seeing this, the entire Dohyun Party gasped and rushed toward it. The Treasure Map began moving forward as if guiding them, and before long, light burst forth from the map itself as something began to emerge from the ground, radiating brilliance.
Wondering if treasure was about to surface, Hanalin and Jiyuchan’s expressions brightened, and Dohyun was about to smile in agreement when—
The word “Analysis” materialized before Dohyun’s eyes.
[You have discovered the 『Fragment of the White Gate』.]
[Analyzing the 『Fragment of the White Gate』.]
“White… Gate?”
As Dohyun spoke, the light receded from the emerging object, revealing its form—a pure white gate that stood in perfect opposition to the Black Gate.

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