I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 238

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Chapter 238
238: Is This Really a Sparring Match? (2)
A light that could erase every color in the world stretched in all directions, and in that world where only long shadows filled the space, the people watching reached their hands toward the light to shield their eyes.
Since this was a Safe Zone, the explosion wouldn’t be fatal, but it was an instinctive action that any living being would take unconsciously.
After the light faded and everyone’s vision recovered quickly, they saw the situation unfold.
Jiyuchan lay collapsed in the center from the attack of the chain censer that fell like a meteor, while Hanalin, who had used magic, remained crouched in place, radiating intense heat as if steam were pouring from her entire body.
Was this the backlash from using magic that hadn’t yet been permitted?
All her mana circuits were overloaded, causing the heat to pour out.
In a state practically close to retirement, everyone watching murmured.
“What… is this…?”
“Huh…?”
“A sparring match at this level…?”
“Just a clone at that…?”
“Eek.”
“Is this really a sparring match?”
“…I’m speechless.”
Everyone poured out their words in shock. If the grand magic that Hanalin had just displayed had been even slightly wider in range, they too would have been unable to withstand it without defending themselves.
What if this place hadn’t been a Safe Zone?
‘Some of them might have died.’
Hezway felt a chill run down his spine as he thought this.
But then.
Crack.
Rumble, thud.
The debris of the Sparring Hall stirred, and something massive rose up as it pushed aside the wreckage.
Hanalin, still unable to fully dissipate all the heat, stared in shock at the figure. And as everyone around her looked in that direction with astonished eyes, the Plague Lord—battered and covered entirely in burns—rose from the debris.
It was clearly not in good condition. Whether one arm had melted away or burned to ash was unclear, but it had turned black and crumbled, and the rest of its body was equally damaged.
But then.
Crack, crackle.
As the Plague Lord’s flesh gradually regenerated and writhed, its left arm slowly sprouted back, and everyone fell silent.
It wasn’t shock at witnessing such tenacity.
Everyone was astounded by that vicious determination—rising with only the intent to kill the opponent, clinging to malice until the very end. Even Hanalin, who had maintained consciousness unlike the fallen Jiyuchan, trembled in both eyes.
It was another formula of the Celestial Sequence that had been created by burning all her mana, but since she hadn’t anticipated that it would be endured and the Plague Lord would rise like this, even Hanalin couldn’t muster a proper response.
Whoosh.
The clone of the Plague Lord’s body crumbled into dust and scattered away, and the Plague Lord looked at the still-conscious Hanalin, smiled slightly, and nodded.
As if offering praise for doing very well.
“Ah.”
Seeing this, Hanalin also collapsed to the ground, whether her tension had eased or the backlash had finally arrived.
Thump.
As the Plague Lord’s clone disappeared and both Hanalin and Jiyuchan fell, everyone stopped holding their breath and watching. Just as they were about to move in panic, Dohyun’s voice rang out.
“Hezway! Heal!”
At Dohyun’s words, Hezway instinctively moved and cast Heal.
Jiyuchan, who had taken the brunt of the Cyan Meteor, looked serious, but Hezway quickly conjured a spear of healing and fired it at him for emergency treatment before rapidly approaching where Hanalin was.
On the surface, Jiyuchan appeared more critical, but the reality was different.
As Hezway swiftly approached Hanalin and examined her condition, she could indeed see that Hanalin’s state was far more severe than expected.
She bore not a single wound from the Plague Lord, yet her mana circuits were ravaged as if scorched by mana overload. The fortunate part was that either she possessed resistance to burns or the damage from the overload wasn’t as critical as feared, so Hezway quickly cast Heal.
A single Heal couldn’t cure mana circuit damage, but as if she’d consumed something beneficial, Hanalin’s mana circuits greedily absorbed Hezway’s healing while recovering from the wounds.
As the damaged sections within the mana circuits healed, Hezway watched them grow larger and thicker, and she muttered inwardly.
‘This is absurd.’
No matter how much transcendence faintly dwelled in a Superior Race’s body, mana circuits wouldn’t heal this rapidly once damaged.
Moreover, even if healing occurred, it was extremely rare for them to recover stronger, like muscle tissue. Unless one possessed an extraordinarily exceptional innate constitution.
Yet Hanalin, who wasn’t even a member of a Superior Race with faint transcendence in her body, was displaying such a phenomenon, leaving Hezway utterly astounded.
While Hezway was healing Hanalin’s mana circuits, the Celestial Party’s Healer took over treating Jiyuchan, and it didn’t take long before both were nearly fully recovered.
“Phew, I’ve never seen injuries this severe from a sparring match before.”
“Right. I’ve never witnessed injuries this bad even in the Safe Zone.”
“Truly… I’ve felt it before, but this party is beyond description.”
The three members of the Celestial Party spoke thus, and everyone nodded in agreement. Moreover, the very fact that such injuries occurred within the Safe Zone felt unprecedented, so everyone was marveling at it.
“Each member of this party is a monster.”
“At this rate, I wonder if there’s any point in dividing by race.”
As Ines spoke, Jerome also clicked his tongue in exasperation. Yet despite all this, the fact that Hanalin and Jiyuchan had achieved a draw rather than victory was even more astounding.
It exceeded the power a clone should possess—utterly unreasonable.
It was a high-level sparring match that could easily pass as a duel between B-Grade Hunters, and everyone present felt something stirring within them.
One could say that any Hunter who watched a sparring match of this caliber without feeling their blood boil had no right to call themselves a Hunter.
Dohyun exhaled a sigh as he watched them.
“Phew.”
I had wavered until the end about stopping the match, but Hanalin and Jiyuchan’s unwavering resolve shown throughout prevented me from intervening, and it continued to the finish.
Fortunately, nothing went wrong, but I realized it had been somewhat dangerous and reflected on it.
‘I need to give them feedback.’
I hadn’t noticed before, but now seeing it so clearly, I could recognize the mistakes Hanalin and Jiyuchan were making.
Especially Hanalin.
Had she used grand magic in the correct direction, her mana circuits shouldn’t have burned at all. Yet the fact that she’s experiencing this backlash now means something went wrong.
Very fortunately, I was able to confirm it through Analysis, and I gained considerable insight as well.
‘I absolutely must tell Narin about this.’
Watching the sparring match was an excellent decision.
I gained something, and there was plenty of feedback to give them.
Above all.
‘I should test something new in this match.’
I had gained fresh inspiration.
I smiled with eager eyes, wondering just how effective this would be against the Ruin’s Dragon Solvent.
As Dohyun watched Hanalin and Jiyuchan’s healing finish, thinking it was now my turn and that I would stretch my stiffened body while observing the match, and that this time I would finally settle things with the Ruin’s Dragon Solvent, at that very moment.
A red light began leaking from Dohyun’s magic pouch.
“Huh?”
Just as I was about to begin sparring, a sudden crimson light appeared. Puzzled, I reached into my magic pouch, and an item was yanked out into my hand as if pulled by an invisible force.
It was none other than.
“The Compass of the Strong?”
The Compass of the Strong that revealed Davy Jones’s location—but unlike before, it was now emanating a crimson glow. Sensing something was amiss, I examined the compass more closely.
Then.
Click, click.
The compass, which had always pointed in a single direction, was now slowly rotating. In response to its movement, the Compass of the Strong pulsed with crimson light. Alarmed by what I saw, I lifted my head sharply, and Hezway, Ines, and Jerome all turned to look at me with concern.
And I spoke to them.
“Davy Jones is moving?”
At those words, everyone’s eyes widened in shock.
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Safe Zone Bamu.
The Safe Zone where the shipyard once stood—where Dohyun’s party and Vera had sparred for quite some time, correcting Vera’s behavior—suddenly erupted with a frantic alarm. It was located in the Central Zone, roughly two days’ journey by ship from the Central Zone.
Weeeeeeeeeng———!!!
At the urgent wail of the siren, the Hunters of Bamu, who had been peacefully going about their day in the Safe Zone, began to panic and look around nervously.
Suddenly wondering what was happening.
When Davy Jones first appeared and devoured another Kraken, the Hunters had been on high alert. But as time passed since then, that vigilance had dulled—and this was the result.
Despite the alarm blaring, they continued to stumble about in confusion.
-Red Code 1! Davy Jones is attempting to breach!!!
-All units prepare to defend against Davy Jones!!!!
-Davy Jones warning! Davy Jones warning!!!
-Davy Jones has appeared in the vicinity—exercise caution!!!
Red Code 1.
Upon hearing that alarm—which only sounded when a Zone Boss appeared—the Hunters finally snapped to attention and began moving swiftly.
But then.
“Wait… was it always this dark here?”
“What are you talking about? The city is lit up…”
“The sky seems a bit darker, doesn’t it?”
Everyone who heard this looked up at the sky, and they could clearly see that the Safe Zone’s barrier had turned black, as if a dark shadow had been cast over it.
In the moment someone thought that perhaps Davy Jones, being a Kraken, had sprayed ink.
The shadow draped over the Safe Zone’s dome suddenly split open, and eyes emerged. Those eyes multiplied and spread across the entire sky as if reproducing.
Before the Hunters could be seized by fear at the sight of those grotesque eyes covering the heavens, the eyes that had appeared all around began to writhe and move. Thorns bloomed from those eyes, completely shattering the dome of Safe Zone Bamu. The tentacles of shadow that had enveloped the dome moved and consumed the entire Safe Zone.
Kwaaaaaaaa———!!!
A massive impact as if a nuclear explosion had occurred, and thick dust rose into the air. As the tentacles and shadow vanished, the place where Bamu once stood was now nothing but ruins, with not a trace of anything remaining.
All of this had happened in barely two minutes after the alarm sounded.

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