I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 205

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Chapter 205
205: What is Black Mist?(1)
The Intruders—or rather, those who called themselves the Black Mist’s swarm of flies—rushed forward in indignation. Apparently feeling that we were looking down on them and belittling them, they charged at Hanalin and Jiyuchan while shouting.
“I never dreamed that a Celestial proclaiming justice would use such a despicable technique!!!”
As Zeb, one of the team leaders among the Black Mist’s swarm of flies, rushed forward in fury, Hanalin and Jiyuchan no longer paid attention to his words and focused entirely on combat. Seeing that even after Jiyuchan had severed the wrists of two of them, they still charged forward, they judged that these creatures must have hidden reserves. They didn’t lower their guard.
As expected, the ones whose wrists had been severed charged first, and though they lacked regenerative ability, their momentum in attacking despite having lost their arms was considerable.
Without truly being mad, one couldn’t continue fighting to such an extent, so Hanalin and Jiyuchan didn’t grow arrogant thinking their skills were superior.
Just as a cornered mouse might bite a cat, a single moment of carelessness and overconfidence could prove fatal. The two decided to utilize what they had gained from their recent enlightenment.
Pssshhhhh.
The moment the sound of gas leaking out echoed again, Hanalin’s wind magic materialized, condensing the air once more and absorbing all the Black Mist, transforming it into a single sphere.
With this, the number of black spheres created by Hanalin increased to two.
Seeing this, Zeb’s face contorted behind his gas mask as he extended both hands, rapidly forming hand seals. From Zeb’s hands, which wove dozens of seals in a single second, toxic liquid emerged as he shouted at Hanalin.
“Let’s see you block this!!!”
To that cry bordering on desperation, Hanalin showed no distortion whatsoever, and without any visible action, she simply manipulated mana. The mana followed her will and boldly transformed its shape. Simultaneously, wind magic, water magic, and freezing magic bloomed into existence.
Seeing this, Zeb’s eyes trembled for a moment as he muttered.
“Triple casting…?”
Startled by the rare triple casting from a C-rank Hunter, the magics created all at once interlocked with one another, weaving their own formulas and layering together.
As if the magics possessed consciousness, they moved and embraced one another, and moisture-laden wind swept through with freezing cold.
The unfolding scene was enough to instantly transform the entire surrounding area into an Extreme Cold Zone.
The moisture-laden wind created abundant moisture throughout the area, and the freezing cold froze all of it, transforming it into an Extreme Cold Zone. Even the toxic liquid that Zeb created and fired was affected.
Crackle——!
Shatter————
The sound of instant freezing echoed, and the toxic liquid, now completely frozen and losing its control, tumbled across the ground and shattered into pieces.
And in the midst of this, Jiyuchan wielded a sword aura where platinum and golden light gradually blended, now appearing nearly white, displaying the initial forms of the Golden Sword technique.
As Jiyuchan, whose platinum light danced like rays of light, moved in a flash, he swung his blade at the two whose wrists had been severed, cutting through their ankles and upper bodies, rendering them immobilized.
Not fatal wounds, but precise swordsmanship that cut deep enough to cause considerable bleeding and require recovery before movement was possible. Zeb’s eyes trembled violently witnessing such skill.
‘What… what is this…’
Hanalin, who used magic, displayed magic and mana control that seemed befitting of a Celestial, so he accepted that. But the swordsmanship Jiyuchan was displaying now was completely different from what Celestials used, causing him to blink repeatedly.
He wondered if perhaps they weren’t Celestials after all, but if things continued like this, he would truly become a fly in name only. He moved even faster.
He attempted to use the deadly poison magic, one of the magics disclosed only to team-leader-level personnel within Black Mist. It had been difficult to use before in this place that had become an Extreme Cold Zone, but deadly poison magic was different.
The moment Zeb began forming hand seals again to deploy his magic, Hanalin, seeing this, moved her staff differently this time, pointing it at Zeb. Zeb, seeing this, quickly tried to retreat backward.
‘Whatever it is, it’s magic.’
Without hand seals, incantations, or even a magic circle—merely pointing with her staff—but Zeb instinctively sensed it and tried to escape backward by channeling mana into his legs, attempting to shoot backward, but at that moment, Zeb felt the mana not reaching his two legs and lowered his head.
Then.
Crackle crackle crackle.
“Wh… when did…?”
In that brief moment he hadn’t even realized, his two legs had frozen, preventing him from channeling mana.
His frozen legs were now completely under Hanalin’s control. To escape, he would need to use magic, so as Zeb belatedly tried to form hand seals again, this time his hands wouldn’t move.
Crack.
Crackle.
Crack, crack, crack.
As the freezing spread from Zeb’s legs to his hands and arms, he could feel it—the undeniable truth that no matter what they did, they couldn’t overcome these two.
Yet driven by nothing but the resolve to land one final blow before his body froze completely, Zeb cried out to Hanalin.
“Kuhehehehe! It won’t matter! Our branch leader has already stolen the item by now! And we will never talk!!!”
At his defiant declaration, Hanalin and Jiyuchan exchanged glances, their eyes utterly devoid of emotion as they regarded him. Faced with that hollow gaze, Zeb felt an involuntary chill of terror pierce through him.
And then.
“You don’t need to say anything.”
“We just need to capture you.”
“…What?”
He wanted to ask why they were capturing him then, but unfortunately, he couldn’t. By now, Zeb’s entire body had frozen solid, transforming him into an ice statue.
Witnessing this, Jiyuchan let out an involuntary whistle.
“Whew, that’s impressive.”
“Hmm, I still feel like it’s lacking.”
“Same here.”
Both had moved their bodies based on their newfound insights, yet neither looked entirely satisfied. Still, having gained something from the experience, they left the frozen figures in place and waited for Dohyun while organizing their thoughts.
Then, Hanalin suddenly asked Jiyuchan a question.
“They attacked as a diversion without taking the item, didn’t they?”
“Right. So they didn’t completely erase their tracks—they deliberately left some clues and came here in a hurry.”
“But thinking about it, won’t there be a misunderstanding if we just stay here with them captured?”
“Huh?”
At Hanalin’s words, Jiyuchan made a dumb sound. Just as Hanalin glanced upward at the sky, a figure suddenly burst from a familiar ship and shouted in a familiar voice.
-Black Mist! How dare you commit such serious crimes in the Safe Zone… wait, a fellow Celestial?
At the still-confused voice, Hanalin and Jiyuchan chuckled softly while watching the figure descend from the ship.
It was true that a misunderstanding could have occurred, but fortunately, it was a Celestial they knew.
When Hanalin dispelled the transformation magic she had cast on herself and Jiyuchan, a response finally came from the Celestial Ship.
“Huh?! Why are you two here?!”
With those words, Hanalin and Jiyuchan spoke to Vera, who had descended from the Celestial Ship.
“You’re a step too late.”
“We’ve already captured them all.”
“…Ah.”
Vera stood there looking dejected, having arrived too late once again. Then, suddenly alarmed, she glanced around and realized Dohyun wasn’t present. Her expression shifted to one of slight relief as she swallowed hard.
And then.
“W-what about Dohyun?”
“He went to capture their leader.”
“They called him a branch leader, I think?”
“Huh?! If he’s a Black Mist branch leader, is he a C-rank branch leader?!”
At those words, Hanalin looked at Vera with an apologetic expression and asked.
“By the way, we know they’re Black Mist, but what kind of organization are they?”
“Ah? I… don’t think you know…?”
“Hmm, it seems most people know about them.”
“Exactly.”
At Jiyuchan and Hanalin’s response, Vera blinked as if finding it somewhat refreshing, then nodded as understanding dawned.
“Ah, you mentioned that ordinary humans typically operate in the outer regions, didn’t you? Then it makes sense you wouldn’t know. The Black Mist is a religious organization that operates near the center no matter where they go.”
“I see.”
“That explains it. Wait? A religious organization?”
I had thought it was a villain group operating from the central areas, but a religious organization?
Vera nodded and answered.
“Yes, they’re a group that worships the Plague Lord—a figure who once made a tremendous name for himself at the Black Gate but has since vanished.”
* * *
Hunters were emerging one by one from the rubble of the collapsed building, while those who hadn’t been swept up were attempting to help them—a scene of utter chaos. Fortunately, since this was the Safe Zone, there were no casualties, but such a terrorist attack was uncommon enough that everyone was equally bewildered.
Yet amidst all this, a single man in a white coat walked out of the Department Store without a speck of dust on him, moving with unhurried grace.
Tap, tap.
He smiled faintly, his footsteps echoing as he gradually left the Safe Zone behind.
Then the sounds from the scene reached him.
“Get the people trapped under the debris out first!”
“Even in the Safe Zone, being buried under rubble means long-term rehabilitation!!!”
“The psychological impact is unavoidable!”
“Damn terrorists! Lunatics!”
“Is it the Black Mist again?”
Several people muttered as if they knew who the culprit was. Indeed, the only lunatics capable of carrying out such a terrorist attack in a C-rank Zone were the Black Mist. Sure, B-Grade and A-Grade Zones were supposedly crawling with such madmen, but this was a C-rank Zone.
“Looks like they found some relic of the Plague Lord.”
“What was the Auction House doing? If it was a relic, they should have anticipated those bastards would come and prepared accordingly!!!”
“But they did prepare, and apparently still got cleaned out to this extent.”
“What!?”
“It seems a branch leader of the Black Mist has made an appearance.”
The man passing by couldn’t suppress his laughter at those words, grinning as if amused by his own story.
As he strolled down the street with that smile, he suddenly turned around, and before he could even notice what appeared behind him, someone’s two legs swelled like balloons before striking his abdomen in sync with the ground.
BOOM————!!!
A tremendous shockwave erupted as if a bomb had detonated, the street’s surface caving inward, and with that shockwave, the man was launched skyward like a cannonball, exceeding the Safe Zone’s boundaries. In that instant, light rippled above him as someone appeared and brought their swollen legs down upon his abdomen once more.
It was no mere stomp. As the foot descended, flames erupted and wrapped around the attacker’s leg, fierce fire tearing into the man’s abdomen before crashing down like lightning into the earth.
Eternal Flame Extinguishing Technique, Fifth Form: Crimson Flame Collapse Tremor
The man was helpless against the lightning-like kick and the flames, driven down into the ground, the terrain inverted as a massive crater formed around the impact.
CRASH————!!!
Looking down at the man who had fallen from that tremendous barrage, someone muttered.
“Hmm, he’s not dead, is he?”
Dohyun chuckled and murmured.
“Nope, still alive.”

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