I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 21

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Episode 21

Chapter 21: You Said to Try It, Right? (3)

Hanalin didn’t even think about whether Dohyun already knew how to use magic.

Above all, it was none other than Hanalin herself who had told him to try it.

Because she thought this way, Hanalin had high self-esteem and knew how to acknowledge others, so rather than being upset, Hanalin thought coolly even while being bewildered by Dohyun’s talent.

Even though it was basic elemental magic, was it possible that he had only learned the Ice magic that Hanalin happened to use? Statistically, it didn’t make sense.

Then did he learn all the basic elemental magic?

That was also far-fetched.

‘Today is only the second day, so if he learned it in advance, that means he learned it all just by looking at the books in the Record Room, which is ultimately the same as learning it in one go after seeing it.’

Since it was equally nonsensical either way, Hanalin had no choice but to coolly acknowledge Dohyun’s talent.

And since Hanalin was so surprised, it was natural for the other trainees to be amazed.

“Wow, crazy! He copied it in one try?!”

“As expected of Dohyun! So cool!”

“Amazing…”

“So that’s possible just from seeing it once…”

Hearing Team 1’s admiration, Hanalin couldn’t help but be dumbfounded.

The admiration shown to Dohyun, who had accomplished something even she couldn’t do just by watching, was only that much? That meant she could gauge just how amazing the talent he had shown up until now must have been.

‘What on earth is he?’

Hanalin then looked at Team 2, who were panicking to the point of nearly fainting from shock.

“??? Wait, Dohyun can use magic too!?”

“D-does that even make sense?”

“Crazy…”

“I-is that even allowed?!”

“…Hah.”

Among them, Jiyuchan maintained a relatively calm appearance, but the majority were shocked enough to tremble while looking at Dohyun.

While one might be confused by the contrasting reactions of Team 1 and Team 2, Hanalin was able to derive a common opinion instead.

Their reactions were like that because he had shown technically excellent performance.

Among them, Team 1 had watched Dohyun’s potential more closely and believed in him, which could explain their reaction, while Team 2, being competitors, had believed that Dohyun, who was already excellent in techniques, couldn’t possibly be good at magic, which explained their reaction.

And.

‘He doesn’t even bat an eye in the midst of all this.’

Seeing Dohyun act nonchalantly as if he were used to the trainees being caught up in such praise or bewilderment, Hanalin felt a strange interest.

As she had expected, showing such talent in both techniques and magic simultaneously should have seemed truly unreasonable, but rather, such aspects awakened her competitive spirit.

If he possessed tremendous talent in techniques and also had talent in magic, what she needed to verify was his magical talent.

It was an absurd talent to learn magic just by seeing it once, but Hanalin still didn’t think she had lost.

‘His speed of learning magic is faster than mine. So his sensitivity is superior to mine, but I wonder how his affinity is?’

If acquiring and learning magic was called sensitivity, then affinity meant having a broad spectrum for learning various types of magic.

And since Hanalin was a genius with affinity superior enough to be counted among the world’s best, she looked at Dohyun confidently and said.

“Then would you like to keep copying what I do?”

“Yes.”

Seeing Dohyun answer as if it were nothing, Hanalin smiled coldly with a strange attitude and spread her hand, causing a small wind to swirl around the ice above it.

Whirrr—

Wind swirling around the ice fragments—it was Wind, one of the basic elemental magic spells.

Dohyun naturally created wind around ice just like Hanalin, and here Hanalin didn’t stop.

Wind swirling around the ice.

And one by one, particles began to mix into that wind.

Small sharply carved stones mixed in and flew around, electricity sparking and weaving between the stones, and flames burning hot enough to scorch the surroundings along with water droplets mixed in the wind to avoid those flames.

Basic elemental magic with ice at the center—wind, stone, electricity, fire, and water all floating around. At the sight of handling all six elements, which was impossible without considerable control and affinity, the trainees’ eyes became as wide as lanterns.

“Wow, wow…”

“It’s beautiful.”

“Can you really do that many at once?”

“Is this what a magic genius is like?”

Like moths drawn to flame, they forgot even to blink as they stared at Hanalin’s overwhelming magical ability.

Feeling somewhat triumphant at their reaction, Hanalin looked at Dohyun, and Dohyun also watched it for a moment before nodding.

‘Did he give up?’

Well, if she showed him all this at once, it might be difficult to cast even with affinity.

Just as she was thinking she should show him more slowly, an unexpected change occurred in Dohyun’s hand.

The ice shattered into pieces, and wind embraced those fragments, making the broken ice pieces float and dance within the wind.

And within the wind, stones were sharply carved to similar sizes as the ice fragments, mixing in and flying around, with sparks weaving freely between them, flames burning near the ice, and water droplets joyfully dancing around them, all swirling together in the wind like a small storm.

Without interfering with each other, the elemental magic spells floated in the wind while maintaining their full power, each revealing their own presence and shining.

The sight looked exactly like a small storm containing various lights, so the trainees who had been watching Hanalin until just moments ago couldn’t help but have their attention stolen.

“What is that…”

“That’s Instructor Hanalin… she’s called a genius, but…”

“Isn’t Dohyun supposed to be learning magic for the first time???”

“If Instructor Hanalin is a genius… what should we call Dohyun???”

“…Crazy monster bastard.”

“…Hah.”

Each of them couldn’t help but be shocked while looking at Dohyun.

It was the same magic as Hanalin’s, no, it shone even more brilliantly, and the small storm blooming above Dohyun’s hand where the magic spells revealed their presence looked more powerful, so the trainees could only stare blankly.

And it wasn’t just the trainees.

“??????”

Hanalin was looking at Dohyun with eyes full of disbelief and questions as she watched this.

Good affinity enough to handle all six attributes? That’s entirely possible. Hanalin herself had surpassed the basic elemental magic that the instructor taught just two days after the magic instructor arrived.

But Dohyun’s performance that even surpassed such a Hanalin was mysterious. It was amazing enough that he could learn magic just by seeing it once, but it was unbelievable that he could control basic elemental magic in such a unified way, going beyond mere application.

Such control was one of the advanced abilities that even Hanalin had learned at the Mage Association after graduating from the Training Facility.

And yet.

‘He can copy that just by seeing it?’

The three important elements in magic are sensitivity, affinity, and control, and a mage’s talent meant being excellent in all three of these abilities. And what Dohyun had just shown was proof that he was superior to Hanalin in all three elements.

But was Hanalin just a genius limited to South Korea? That wasn’t the case either.

Hanalin was said to match in talent with Magnus Lockwood, the Master-level mage from America who was currently considered the most outstanding on Earth, yet this meant Dohyun surpassed even that.

She felt a wall that seemed unreasonably high.

Thinking that this was probably what other people felt when they looked at her, Hanalin now had no choice but to honestly acknowledge it.

“Were you able to do that as soon as you saw it too?”

When Hanalin spoke as if accepting defeat, Dohyun nodded with a somewhat flustered expression and said.

“Huh? Yes, you told me to try it…”

Dohyun asked as if wondering what the problem was since he did it because he was told to try.

Actually, from Dohyun’s perspective, this was strange. Since Hanalin had told him to try copying it, he thought maybe there were others who could copy it to some extent, so that’s why she asked, but perhaps that wasn’t the case?

‘The atmosphere is strange?’

As Dohyun thought this and casually dispelled the magic all at once, Hanalin found even that absurd.

Magic created using mana cannot be stopped without considerable control. To put it in simpler terms, it’s like trying to stop an arrow after shooting it. But what Dohyun just did was similar to shooting an arrow and then running to catch it.

Since she was so dumbfounded that no more words would come out, Hanalin shook her head briefly, then let go of even her characteristically cold expression and spoke to the trainees with a thoroughly exhausted look.

“Trainee Guminah and Trainee Han Junseo have talent for magic. So you can take magic classes instead of technique classes.”

At those words, Guminah and Han Junseo were startled and delighted, while the other trainees looked disappointed with slightly dejected expressions.

And Hanalin continued without stopping.

“And Trainee Dongwook Park, I’m not sure yet whether you’ll be a buffer or healer, but you can discuss it in the technique classes.”

When Hanalin said this, Dongwook Park also showed signs of being pleased.

Both healers and buffers were rare, but since they weren’t positions that involved direct combat, it was understandable that he’d be happy.

At the moment when the positions of the remaining members were essentially decided.

Dohyun raised his hand with a puzzled tilt of his head, as if something was strange.

And Hanalin looked at such a Dohyun.

As Hanalin was pondering what to say, Dohyun asked.

“What about… me?”

When Dohyun asked this since it seemed like he, who had clearly shown talent for magic, had been left out of the magic classes, Hanalin thought for a moment and said.

“…Trainee Dohyun… I’ll let you know after discussing with the other instructors.”

“I understand.”

Well, since he had shown talent in both magic and techniques, they would need to have a meeting with the instructors first, wouldn’t they? Dohyun also realized this and nodded.

Thus the magic class ended, and Hanalin left the Magic Training Grounds while holding her head as if dizzy. Dohyun watched such a Hanalin and scratched his cheek.

‘Hmm, did I copy it too excessively?’

Wondering if he had stood out too much and feeling troubled about whether he had overdone it, Dohyun read the text that was visible only to his eyes.

‘Oh well, whatever.’

If I gained this much benefit, it’s okay to stand out a little.

Dohyun thought this way carefreely and moved on.

However, he was a bit curious about how the classes would proceed from now on.

He became a little anxious thinking that surely he wouldn’t be excluded from technique classes when he still needed to learn techniques too.

‘Nah, no way.’

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